Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 407 While investigating the case, destroy a country by the way

Inside the Hall of Zhenguan.

Li Hong was reviewing the memorial, and quickly pressed the center of his eyebrows wearily, then looked at the wooden sign on the screen, and began to memorize.

But after remembering it for a while, he had to admit that he was not as energetic as Empress Wu at all.

With the power given to the five auxiliary ministers, the daily handling of government affairs has reached the limit of the body, and there is not much to do.

At this moment, the servant came into the hall and said: "Your Majesty, Li Ge leads me to see you."

Li Hong nodded and said, "Let Yuan Fang in."

Li Yan brought Jin Renwen and Li Jingye back to the inner guard, handed them over to the smiling Qiu Shenji, and then went to the palace to have an audience and report the progress of the case.

Li Hong was not very interested in the old things more than ten years ago. He frowned slightly when he heard that the doctor might be from Silla. Then he heard that the British prince Li Jingye was asking for Jin Ren, and he immediately showed displeasure: "So How can a frivolous person take up the responsibility of Jiu Qing?"

This is a very serious remark, and it is almost destined that Li Jingye will not be in the position of imperial servant shortly. If there is a play, I will explain it to them myself!"

Li Yan never doubted the responsibility of this saint, but despite the fact that the influence of Guanzhong's standard has faded, the energy of Guanzhong's noble children still cannot be ignored, so he said: "Your Majesty, you should not deliberately suppress the Guanzhong gentry and cause a backlash. If talented people are promoted, the life of those mediocre officials will naturally become more and more difficult."

Li Hong smiled slightly: "Yuan Fang is really quick to talk, and that's exactly what I think."

Li Hong inherited Li Zhi's method, and adopted a suppressive attitude towards the high-ranking nobles. During the Wu Zhou period, it was pure suppression.

Suppressing aristocratic families is really cool, but the result is social turmoil, people suffer, and the overall situation in the country is unstable. The key is that those aristocratic families will not die out, and they also occupy a lot of political resources, especially those with the weakest bones and the fastest kneeling , still able to control the power, so when Wu Zhou's rule ended, what should the aristocratic family do.

Li Hong knew that Li Yan and the disciples of Xungui in Guannei had always been at odds, and he was even more satisfied when he saw that he never went beyond the scope of the inner guard's authority. He got up and said, "Yuanfang, you came just in time. Look at this screen. It was obtained from the Queen Mother, and all of them are the governors of the Jianghuai region."

Li Yan came to Li Hong's side, seeing that he was fond of the screen, he smiled and said, "Your Majesty has made arrangements for Cao Si's transfer envoy?"

Li Hongdao: "The Di Huaiying you recommended is a great talent. Thanks to him for the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, the transshipment along the way in the south of the Yangtze River made me prefer him. As for the other ways, Yuanfang still has talents like Di Huaiying to recommend. ?”

Li Yan shook his head: "According to my opinion, Di Huaiying's talent is the only one in the south of Beidou, so I can rest assured that he will go out. As such a capable minister, I really can't recommend any other."

Li Hong was a little surprised: "I didn't expect Yuan Fang to have such a high opinion of Di Huaiying, that's really because I'm greedy..."

He sighed slightly: "However, the establishment of the first batch of candidates for the transshipment department is really crucial to whether the department can change the local deadlock. I want to recruit talents, but I am worried that those people will still not be able to change the local situation."

Li Yandao: "The administration of local officials has always been a problem that the central imperial power hopes to solve in all dynasties. Your Majesty's ability to open the Cao Si is already a sacred act of the Ming emperor, and it cannot be rushed."

Li Hong was a little unwilling: "If the queen mother can assist the government, I can arrange more capable people, but once she gets involved in politics, I'm afraid she will not be satisfied with the status quo."

I want the horse to run, but I also want the horse not to eat grass. This is how Li Zhi and Empress Wu treated their courtiers back then.

Now that Feng Shui is taking turns, Li Hong also wants to use Empress Wu's talents, but does not want to be interfered with by him.

But how can there be such a good thing in the world?

Li Yan didn't directly comment on this. Anyway, Eunuch Gao briefed him every day, and there was a nemesis of Empress Wu by his side, and he was dispatched at critical moments.

After thinking for a while, Li Hong returned to the case: "Li Jingye probably wasn't involved in the case deeply, so what should Jin Ren ask? Before that, there was a Silla thief who did evil in the Eastern Capital. I didn't expect that the royal hostess would not obey him. Muwo Great Tang Ende should not be a country of rebellion, but what I see now is that a fierce lord is in power, and his actions are vicious!"

Li Yandao: "When Queen Seondeok and Duke Chunqiu were in power, Silla really admired me, Tang Huasheng. After all, my Tang Dynasty is not as good as Silla's bone product system. All the nobles can be officials, and the Huayi people all admire the emperor's grace, so There is Jin Liangtu, the official doctor of the capital, who would rather be the loyal soul of the Tang family than a humble slave..."

This sounded comfortable, and Li Hong was even more impressed by it, and nodded slightly: "Okay!"

Li Yan went on to say: "The current civil and military king Jin Famin has unstoppable greed. He has repeatedly touched the homeland of Baekje and even dreamed of obtaining the land of Koryo. There will be a relapse, and the Liaodong Peninsula will be in turmoil again, and the people will be devastated!"

Li Hong raised his brows, and understood the meaning: "Yuan Fang's intention is to let my Tang Dynasty accept all the Miao descendants of the Three Hans?"

As expected of a sage, he can speak so freshly about the destruction of the country, Li Yan smiled and said: "I have indeed thought about it, and my national power in the Tang Dynasty is enough to do it, but the specific process is not simple. Your Majesty would like to listen to my analysis of Zhenguan." In the early years, my Tang Dynasty fought against the Eastern Turks?"

Li Hong became interested: "It was your grandfather Li Gong who destroyed the Eastern Turks. I would like to hear more about him."

Li Yandao: "There are many reasons why my grandfather was able to lead the Tang army to destroy the Eastern Turks."

"In the first year of Zhenguan, the Turks were severely affected by natural disasters. 'It snowed heavily in the country, the ground was several feet flat, sheep and horses died, and the people were starved'. The nomads depended on the sky for food, and their ability to resist disasters was extremely weak, which was very fatal."

"Afterwards, the Tiele tribes under the Turks rebelled, especially the Xueyantuo tribe, which was strong, and the Huihe tribe also rebelled. There were also Tuli Khan, who had serious differences with Jieli Khan, and became increasingly discordant."

"It is precisely because of the above reasons that Jieli Khan moved his Yazhang to Yinshan. On the one hand, there are continuous civil strife in the grassland to avoid the limelight, and on the other hand, it is also to prevent my Tang Dynasty from occupying Monan."

Li Hong was taught by great Confucian masters in various ways. Although he didn't sort it out in such a comprehensive way, he still understood it: "I remember that the courtiers proposed to send troops to the Turks at that time, but Taizong rejected it."

Li Yan nodded. It was a group of courtiers headed by Xiao Yu who proposed to send troops, and another group of courtiers headed by Changsun Wuji proposed to postpone. The enemy has not been wiped out, the government's politics, economy, officials, and laws are still bad, and the national strength is weak, and it cannot support such a full-scale war, so it chooses to stand still."

Li Hongshen thought it was right: "That's right. Even if the troops were sent out at that time and achieved a small-scale victory, they could not destroy the Turks. On the contrary, they took the initiative to tear up the Weishui Covenant and gave the Turks an excuse to go south."

Li Yandao: "In the second year of Zhenguan, the ministers suggested that Emperor Taizong build the Great Wall in case of Turkic invasion, but Emperor Taizong denied it, and believed that Jieli Khan was tyrannical and immoral. The imposing manner, this point is in stark contrast to the Great Wall built by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty during his labor service to defend Luozhou."

Li Hong smiled: "Is Taizong comparable to Sui Yang?"

Li Yandao: "However, during this period, Emperor Taizong did not completely indulge the Turkic situation. He adopted a diplomatic war and sent envoys to the Turks. Chang’an thanked the Holy Grace, and at the same time, the internal guards were active everywhere, wooing the Mohe, Pugu and other tribes around the Eastern Turks, completely intensifying the conflict between the Jieli Khan and the Tuli Khan.”

Li Hong said with a smile: "I also remember one thing. Jieli Khan didn't trust Tuli, but trusted Zhao Deyan, a Han Chinese who fled from the Central Plains, but he didn't know that he was also a member of the inner guard. It's a mess."

Li Yan nodded: "There are many such actions. Under the influence of many factors, Tuli finally made up his mind and asked to surrender to my Tang Dynasty. When he heard the great news, Taizong told the courtiers around him that he was both happy and worried."

Li Hongqi said: "How do you say this, and where does the worry come from?"

Li Yandao: "According to the records of daily life, Emperor Taizong is happy that the Turkic Khans have come to surrender to our Tang Dynasty. , I am afraid that one day the country will also embark on the road of Turks, and the rivers and rivers will go downhill..."

This is the real prophecy. Although it is the inevitability of the historical process, Li Longji silently withdrew from the family group.

Li Hong sighed: "Since I succeeded to the throne, I have also been sincere and fearful, and I can better understand Taizong's preparedness for danger in times of peace!"

Li Yan concluded: "With all these things, my grandfather's military talents needless to say, but without all the previous deployments, it would be really difficult to destroy the Eastern Turks in World War I."

Li Hong understood: "Yuanfang, I understand what you mean. The Turks suffered internal and external troubles, natural disasters and man-made disasters coexisted, and the internal guards were active in many ways, so they were destroyed. But if you compare Silla with the Turks, do you think it is too high?" They?"

Li Yan said solemnly: "Your Majesty, Silla's national power is not comparable to that of the Turks at all, but the steps to subjugate the country are actually similar. Our Tang army can defeat the Silla army, but just like Taizong's attack on Goryeo, we were not able to destroy it. These small countries have their own difficulties, which should not be underestimated."

Li Hong frowned: "That's right, Koryo in Liaodong caused the former Sui state to flourish and decline, even Taizong could not destroy it, is it protected by celestial phenomena?"

Once the ancients couldn't find the reason for something, they cited it to the heavens. Li Yan immediately broke this feudal superstition: "It is protected by celestial phenomena, and how can it be better than my Tang Dynasty? Extinct?"

"What's more, when Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Koryo for the first time, he could have taken Liaodong City in one go. He ordered that to show the power of a great power, as long as Koryo surrendered, the Sui army had to stop the offensive immediately."

"So Koryo surrendered when he saw that the situation was not going well, took a breather and resisted again, and repeatedly dragged on for a month, so that the good situation was ruined. If there is no such order, Koryo will be destroyed at that time gone."

Li Hong commented: "Stupid!"

Li Yan is not ashamed to say that in the history of the war between the Tang Dynasty and Silla, the civil and military king Jin Famin actually used similar methods. procrastination.

Logically speaking, this is Yang Guang’s old way, but it’s not as good as Yang Guang’s imperial conquest at that time. After the failure, he suffered heavy losses. Datang failed to win, and the loss was not big, but it also gave Silla a chance to breathe, and finally stole Liaodong. The result of the war on the peninsula.

Li Yan summed it up: "In my opinion, the most important thing to destroy such a small country is to pay attention to its ability to survive, and not to underestimate the enemy."

"I understand..."

Li Hong nodded slightly, he understood the reasoning, but he still couldn't change his concept for a while.

He attached great importance to Tubo, who was able to wipe out [-] Tang troops in the Battle of Dafeichuan, but he hated Silla very much, and he couldn't look at it with the eyes of a big country after all.

However, Li Hong has one advantage. Since he listened to what he said, he decided to give full play to his talents and issued a clear order: "Yuan Fang, you are the queen of Wei Guogong, and you are also my Tang Dynasty detective. If Silla does more mischief, don't worry about it. Just like how we did against the Eastern Turks in the past, make early preparations and show off our Great Tang Tianwei!"

Li Yan cupped his hands and saluted: "I obey the order!"

(End of this chapter)