Marry Changle in Datang

Chapter 854 Situation!manner!

Since then, the word "gouzi" has been added to the swearing language in Chang'an City. After various modifications, it has occupied the top list of swearing words.

Don't mention gossip, the book returns to the main story.

After the disintegration of the court, Li Shimin thought about it and considered that the dispute between Xue Yantuo's tribe and the Turks should not be discussed in the court hall. He sent an order to Ashina Simo, Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, Wei Zheng and other ministers to negotiate in a small area in the Ganlu Hall.

In the Palace of Ganlu, the emperor discussed this matter with Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, Wei Zheng, etc., so that the ministers who were not optimistic about their idea of ​​supporting the Turkic Ministry did not dare to disobey the emperor.

Li Shimin was satisfied with the attitude of the courtiers submitting to himself, and said to Ashina Simo.

"I intend for you and other Turkic tribes to settle in Monan, keep the territory occupied by Xueyantuo's tribe as it is, and make Turkic tribes move out of the Great Wall to the south of the Gobi, and set up Turkic tooth tents in places outside the Great Wall to confront Xueyantuo's tribe. You should guard the territory and manage the tribe well, so as not to invade the territory of Xue Yantuo's tribe in the north."

Ashina Simo received the emperor's oral order, still a little afraid in his heart that Qin Wenyuan's military order would not be carried out and disaster would be caused, so he prostrated himself.

"My Majesty, the King of Qi once ordered the Turkic tribe to settle in Monan and return the territory occupied by Xue Yantuo's tribe. He still ordered our tribe to continue to expand southward according to the order, so that the king of Qi would know and stop the army, or the Xue Yantuo tribe would attack us again. Tribe, what should Xiao Wang do at that time, I hope the emperor will clarify."

"It's okay! You just act according to my will, Xu Tian and Xue Yantuo's department, I have my own ideas to make them act according to my will."

Ashina Simo promised the emperor that there would be a pleasant surprise. He really did not expect that the emperor would allow the Turkic tribe to continue to expand southwards in addition to maintaining the status quo, so that the tribe would gain great benefits.

After Li Shimin finished talking about the Turkic tribe, according to the strategy discussed with Fang Xuanling and others, he ordered Sinonong Qing Guo Siben to send his own letter to the Xue Yantuo tribe on the festival, the letter said.

"Before the Turkic tribe Jieli Khan was defeated, he thought he was strong, and harassed, plundered and killed the people of the Tang Dynasty. He was defeated by the elite army under my command, and many Turkic tribes belonged to the Tang Dynasty. However, I still forgive the Turkic tribe for their mistakes. Reward him for his good deeds and bestow official titles, treat him as his own people. The etiquette and justice of the Tang Dynasty never thought of destroying the minority forces. Because of the brutality of Jieli Khan, I sent the army to crusade, not because I was greedy for the Turkic land and Therefore, the surrendered Turkic tribes were placed in the land of Henan and allowed to graze. Now that the Turkic tribes have more and more people, sheep and horses, I appointed Ashina Simo as Turkic Khan, and made him lead his troops back to the Turkic tribes. The original place of residence, Monan, is bounded by the Gobi, the Turkic tribe is in the south of the Gobi, and the Xueyantuo tribe is in the north of the Gobi. I think I will make you the Khan of the Xueyantuo tribe, and I will make Ashina Simo the Turkic Khan In the back, the former is the big and the latter is the small. You and the other two should guard your own land and manage your own tribe well. If there is any overstepping and killing each other again, I will send a large army to question the crime. The intention has been made, and I hope that you will not only abide by it yourself, but also carry it out from generation to generation.”

The emperor's old son's letter to Zhenzhu Khan Yinan's threats meant that Yinan restrained Xue Yantuo's tribe and made the greatest concessions to the Turkic tribes according to his own wishes, thinking that in this way, the Tang frontier fortress would have the greatest space to recuperate. , but they don't know that such a strategy of supporting one side to suppress the other side may seem to be calm in the short term, but in fact it will form a bad situation with undercurrents and turbulent waves among the various tribes in the grassland, and one day it will become a huge wave.

Ashina Simo wanted to retreat to the Turkic tribe in the Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin sent a decree to host a farewell banquet for this guy, and said softly to Ashina Simo at the banquet.

"Planting every plant and tree is all for the joy of its growth. What's more, the tribe I raised you, and the sheep and horses that gave birth to you, are not less than before? Your parents' tomb is north of the Yellow River, and now the old courtyard has been restored. So I set up this banquet as your farewell."

Hearing the emperor's words, Ashina Simo was so moved that his eyes shed tears, he knelt down and toasted, "Long live!"

After this guy shouted "Long live", he spoke again.

"After the defeat of the Turks, the Holy Majesty can still bury the dead bones of our people in our homeland. Xiaowang swears that the descendants of the Turks will serve the Tang Dynasty for generations, in order to repay the emperor's kindness and great virtue."

After the banquet, Li Shimin sent Li Xiaogong, the king of the county, and Liu Shanyin, the minister of Honglu Temple, to the Turkic tribe led by Ashina Simo to preach the decree to build an altar on the bank of the Yellow River, so that Ashina Simo could be consecrated and bestowed on him. Drums and banners demonstrate the Tang Dynasty's favor to the Turkic tribe.

When Zhenzhu Khan Yinan received Li Shimin's autographed letter, he couldn't sleep or eat in the dental tent, so he sent his advisers to visit Qin Wenyuan in the "Qi Prince's Mansion" in Chang'an City.

At that time, Qin Wenyuan already knew that the emperor ordered the Turkic tribe and the Xue Yantuo tribe to rule in the "Gobi" under the "Ganlu Palace", so that the county king Li Xiaogong and the minister of Honglu Temple Liu Shanyin demonstrated for the Ashina Simo platform in the north of the Yellow River .

Qin Wenyuan sneered, and ordered eight hundred miles to expedite the military order, mobilized a cavalry force from Khitan to guard the Turkic army around the city of "Dingxiang", and ordered Wu Ping to lead [-] elite cavalry from the Xu family to "Songmo" and "Raomo". Outside the city of "Le", the original Xue Yantuo tribe harassed the area occupied by the Turkic tribe, and cooperated with Ma San's plan to drive apart the leaders of the Turkic tribes in the city of "Shuozhou".

Rumors have sprung up in the city of "Shuozhou" recently, all of which clearly stated that Ashina Simo had betrayed the interests of many Turkic tribes in the court of Chang'an City for his own benefit, which made most of the Turkic people living in "Shuozhou" city worried.

Which of the Turkic nobles, Ashina Zhong and Nashi Nani, had to surrender to the Qin family? "Or "Rao Le" settled in the grassland outside the city and was sheltered by the Qin army, so that they could live in peace and recuperate.

Then, when Xue Yantuo's counselors went to Chang'an City to visit Qin Wenyuan, Qin Wenyuan was summoned by the palace, and gave advice in this way, so that Xue Yantuo's tribe could wait and see the changes of the situation, and was still committed to the development of people's livelihood and the conversation of imposing strength, and lived in "Shuozhou" city Due to dissatisfaction with the frequent exploitation by the Tang army and the aristocratic families in the city, coupled with the instigation of Ma San's intelligence personnel and the hype rhetoric of the Turkic people from Mobei, they have begun to quietly move northward to the territory under Qin Wenyuan's rule.

Ashina Simo, the county king Li Xiaogong, and the minister of Honglu Temple Liu Shan went to "Shuozhou" with great interest. When they arrived at the city of "Shuozhou", they had already received the news that some tribesmen had moved northward to Xu Tianzhi's subordinate areas. Although this guy had an ominous premonition, but he had the support of the emperor and he didn't raise any precautions.

In the city of "Shuozhou", Ashina Simo summoned the clansmen to tell the emperor the will of the Tang Dynasty, so that the clansmen gathered in the north of the Yellow River first, and accepted the ceremony of the emperor bestowing drums on the Turkic tribe presided over by Li Xiaogong, the county king, and Liu Shanyin, the minister of Honglu Temple.

At the ceremony, Liu Shanyin, Minister of Honglu Temple, announced the decree.

"The Turkic aristocrat Ashina Zhong was named Zuoxian King, Youwuwei General, and Ashina Ni was named Youxian King. Together, he assisted Ashina Simo to lead the Turkic tribes and led his troops out of the Great Wall to the south of the Gobi. Rest and recuperate, and don't use your sword anymore."

The two of them accepted the order, but they couldn't stop muttering in their hearts. They were all worried about risking Xue Yantuo's tribe and migrating to the south of the Gobi, which would put the tribal people in crisis.

When Li Xiaogong and Liu Shan returned to Beijing for fulfilling the mission entrusted by the emperor, and Ashina Simo led the tribe out of the Great Wall to the outside of the Great Wall, Ashina finally made up his mind out of worries, and found Ma San in the city of "Shuozhou". After the secret negotiation of the residence, when the Turkic tribes left the "Shuozhou" city and went out of the Great Wall, they quietly made their own tribesmen move in the direction of "Songmo" city, so that they had to submit to Xu Tian's Turkic tribe leader Kili Sugu. Leading the army to respond, completely separated from Ashina Simo's command.

In the city of "Dingxiang" in Monan, Ashina Simo, who was able to settle down, heard that a large number of people under his command went north to the Qin family's rule. This guy became nervous, and finally realized that it was Prince Qi who did not obey the military order. The plan of revenge was carried out, and it was reported that the influential Turkic aristocrat Ashinah had already led his troops back to the north. Outside the city of "Dingxiang", there were unknown Khitan cavalry staring at the Turkic troops. Aroused fear, and quickly sent eight hundred miles of emergency military reports to the court.

In the imperial palace of Chang'an City, Li Shimin was busy making several decrees for going to "Mount Tai" to enshrine Zen, and dispatching the Tang army's elite escorts to various government offices along the line from the capital to "Mount Tai". Because the emperor was worried about the "Qizhou" When "Mount Tai" was consecrated to Zen, he was attacked by the Qin family army under the command of the virtuous king Qin Changqing, who made Qin Changqing take the emperor to order the princes, and took this opportunity to seize the land of the Tang Dynasty.

It is understandable that Li Shimin was so suspicious. Normally, under such circumstances, he should give up the matter of enshrining Zen in "Mount Tai". However, the old emperor had dreams at night and thought about it during the day, and he couldn't stop thinking about it. In such a complicated state of mind, I received an urgent report from Ashina Simo.

After receiving the urgent report from Ashina Simo, Li Shimin pondered for a while, and already guessed that Qin Wenyuan was probably responsible for the incident. Qin Wenyuan is the one who has such influence in various tribes and tribes outside the Great Wall. It must be this bastard who thinks The court's counterattack against Xue Yantuo's injustice.

At the court meeting the next day, Li Shimin specially summoned Qin Wenyuan to discuss matters in the hall.

Qin Wenyuan is now looking for the court to have nothing to do and never goes to the court meeting to join in the fun. With this little time, wouldn't it be fun to hide in the Taoist temple in his mansion with Senior Sister Taohong.

Qin Wenyuan received the order and went to the palace, and when this guy arrived at the palace, all the officials in the Taiji Palace had already gathered.

Li Shimin saw Qin Wenyuan enter the palace on the dragon couch, saw this guy's face was radiant, his skin was as round as jade, his smile was not a smile, and he looked at the ordinary things in the world, he couldn't help secretly envious of this kid's vitality like spring.

"Young is good!"

The old man of the emperor secretly lamented the ruthlessness of the years, thinking that he once had such a vigorous youth, and now he is no longer the same.

All the ministers in the hall saw that the emperor seemed to be in a daze thinking about something, they were all silent and did not dare to make a sound, waiting for the emperor to open his golden mouth to break the unbearable tranquility.

After a while, Li Shimin came back to his senses, the hall said softly.

"Turkic Asina Simo reported that most of the Turkic people migrated to Mobei, and there were Khitan cavalry around Dingxiang City, which seemed to be unfavorable to the Turks, and the former Xueyantuo tribe was occupied by the Turks. The cavalry did not know their purpose. This situation made Ashina Simo dare not continue to lead his troops to move south of the Gobi. What should be reported to the court? Your Majesty, I would like to see what you are going to do?"

All the ministers looked at Qin Wenyuan after hearing the emperor's words, thinking that this matter might have something to do with the king of Qi. I don't know what kind of ghost Qi king had in mind again. He had participated in the discussion with the emperor to send the Turkic tribe to the area south of the Gobi. Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, Wei Zheng and other courtiers, especially Li Jing's heart was as clear as a mirror. This was determined to be Qin Wenyuan's insidious trick because he was dissatisfied with the imperial court's protection of the Turkic tribe.

Qin Wenyuan was smiling all over his face, and slowly stepped forward under Jin Luan and said in a leisurely manner.

"The emperor misunderstood this matter. What does Ashina Simo lead the Turkic troops to where it has anything to do with the ministers? I really don't know if the Khitan cavalry has any malicious intentions towards the Turks, but the Xu army's change in Songmo City Normal military mobilization is a military exercise subject that the Qin army should have in its normal training. The so-called; more drills in peacetime and less bloodshed in wartime. Training will make soldiers always have a sense of urgency, and will not relax a little bit about war because of peace."

This remark made Li Jingyu Qin Wenyuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, feel ashamed of Qin Wenyuan's thinking about governing the army. Although he felt that this statement must be an excuse for the Turkic Ministry to move towards the Gobi, and the army threatened Ashina Simo. The strategy of strengthening the army, Qin Wenyuan's words are on point, but the Tang army often implements the government soldier system, making soldiers in wartime and farming in peacetime, how can they effectively organize military exercises of the scale of Xu Jun? In fact, the military service system implemented by the Qin army is much better than that of the imperial court.

Li Shimin was also helpless when he heard Qin Wenyuan's words. The little bastard denied it, but he couldn't do anything about it.

According to the report of the detective cavalry department, Xue Yantuo's department has not made any changes so far, and they are all committed to the people's livelihood. Why do I have any reason to reprimand Zhenzhu Khan again, and the Turkic tribe is now in a situation where it can't go up or down, making it impossible to advance or retreat Under such circumstances, the population of the Turkic tribe will be greatly reduced. At that time, Ashina Simo followed the decree to build the tooth tent in the south of the Gobi, and the imperial court will have little effect in curbing the development of the Xue Yantuo tribe.

Li Shimin thought so.

The county king Li Xiaogong played in front of the hall.

"Your Majesty, in view of the current situation, I believe that the decree should be sent to make Ashina Simo lead his troops to retreat to Dingxiang, suspend the strategy of expanding the buffer zone between the state and the minority forces in the south of the Gobi, and live in the former Xue Yantuo's subordinate area Turkic tribes can move to Monan to settle down, making this area a common grazing land for Xue Yantuo and Turkic tribes, achieving a situation where the people of the two tribes are friendly and live in harmony.”

"Your Majesty, what the king of the county said must not be allowed. I think the Xueyantuo tribe and the Turkic tribe originally had a dispute over the land. If the people of the two tribes were to graze in one place, it would inevitably cause another dispute over the pasture. I think it is better to let the Turkic tribe now Set up Yazhang in Dingxiang, while the Turkic tribes stationed in Monan and Xue Yantuo's subordinate areas remained as they were. Mocheng, if this is the case, the Khitan cavalry will naturally retreat in spite of the difficulties."

(End of this chapter)