Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 491 The Western Turks came to make the party commit the border

Apart from Yang Gongren and Pei Ju, in Cen Wenwen's view, the six ministers of the political affairs hall, Pei Ji, Chen Shuda, Li Shuliang, and Tang Jian, the remaining four ministers, will pack up and leave sooner or later.

The reason is the same, these four people are either supplementary, or are temporarily kept by His Highness the Crown Prince.

Then, once these four people step down in the future, who would not want to enter the vacated positions?

He, Cen Wenwen, was also a minister of the hidden mansion who followed His Highness the Crown Prince. He thought he was no worse than Du Ruhui and the others, so he had no idea about the aspect in his heart.

"I don't like officials and petty officials, but I always feel that I don't want to be a county magistrate, or a central minister. I don't know why a small person is in the center and assists the king. I am willing to govern one side for His Highness, and I implore His Highness to agree."

Hearing this, Li Zhiyun was slightly surprised, but calmed down soon.

He knew that his subjects were holding back their energy now.The generals held back their energy, ready to kill the Turks.

Civil servants are for the future.

Cen Wenwen is not the first to ask to be released, nor will he be the last.

After Du Ruhui and Xue Shou left Chang'an, Wei Zheng, Chu Suiliang and others all asked Li Zhiyun to release them.

After thinking about it, Li Zhiyun asked, "Where would you like to be an official?"

Cen Wenwen is a talent, and he will definitely reuse it in the future.

"I would like to listen to His Highness's arrangement."

Picking and picking is not a good habit, and Cen Wenwen naturally wouldn't make mistakes on this kind of issue.

Li Zhiyun thought for a while and asked, "How is Luozhou?"

Cen Wenwen was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "I am willing!"

Luozhou, where the Eastern Capital is located, is also an important place!
Li Zhiyun also has his own considerations, Luozhou is complicated, and non-cadres cannot clarify it.

And Cen Wenwen is just right.

"Since Du Ruhui and Xue Shou left Chang'an, Guben planned to invite you to be the servant of the Huang family and help Gu participate in political affairs. I didn't expect you to be lonely." Li Zhiyun said with a smile.

These words are somewhat sincere.

No matter how capable the several prime ministers in the Zhengshitang are, they are still not the courtiers who follow him. There is no gap between the two parties, but there is always some distance between them.

It is far from the closeness of these officials who followed him in the first place.

Cen Wenwen explained with a smile: "Your Highness, don't worry, there are a lot of talents in the court, and they are all willing to advise His Highness."

Li Zhiyun smiled.

Soon after, the imperial decree was issued, ordering Cen Wenwen to serve as the governor of Luozhou.

Holding the imperial decree, Cen Wenwen packed his luggage, and after a few days, he took his family to Luozhou to take office.

Soon after, Li Zhiyun received news from Honglu Temple that Yehu Khan, the leader of the Western Turkic Empire, sent an envoy to pay tribute and beg for marriage to the daughter of the clan.

For this reason, Li Zhiyun summoned Pei Ju, an expert on the Western Regions.

"The old minister thinks that he can agree." Pei Ju said: "East and West Turks have always been intolerant of each other. If we can win over Western Turks and make friends with them and attack them from a distance, in the future we will send troops to the East Turks, and the Western Turks will definitely help our court."

After a pause, he continued: "Besides, the old minister thinks that Tong Yehu dominates the Western Regions, so it's not appropriate to turn against him now. Moreover, Tong Yehu Wude has already shown his favor to me in his early years, so it's not appropriate to refuse this matter."

The truth is this truth, but Li Zhiyun just doesn't want to agree.

And dear.

Those two simple words, but Li Zhiyun hated them very much.

Any powerful dynasty should not be married.Although it is said that marrying a daughter of a family can win the friendship of the state, but the bond is so fragile.

Isn't this the emperor's incompetence and helplessness?
"Who is the Western Turkic envoy who came to court this time?" Li Zhiyun changed the subject.

"It is said that Ashina is familiar with it."

Li Zhiyun nodded and said, "Pei Xiang, go and tell the Western Turkic envoys that the Great Tang has the virtue of being good at life, and it doesn't mean to raise troops."

Hearing this, Pei Ju understood in seconds.

The prince does not want to get married, but wants to continue to maintain the status quo with the Western Turks.

"Your Highness, don't worry, the old minister understands, and will persuade the Western Turkic envoy to give up the marriage."

Li Zhiyun nodded in satisfaction, and immediately explained: "It's not that I don't want to give up my sisters, it's because the lessons of history are vivid in my mind. Throughout the dynasties, there has been no peace in exchange for eternal peace. Prime Minister Pei has served in two dynasties, and he must understand this truth."

"Yes, the old minister understands." Pei Ju sighed: "It's just that, as far as the current Tang Dynasty is concerned, if we can have one more friend, we can also have one more helper in dealing with the Eastern Turks in the future."

"Gu knows this." Li Zhiyun changed his voice, "But Prime Minister Pei, have you ever thought that if the Western Turks are really powerful, why should he join hands with us, Datang?"

Pei Ju understood, "I understand."

"Go."

"My minister retire."

Western Turks are indeed a helper, but this helper is not reliable.Like Xue Yantuo, the Western Turks just wanted to make the Tang Dynasty and the Eastern Turks tough so that they could follow suit.

Otherwise, with the pissing nature of the prairie people, if they can eat each other, they are still waiting to share a piece of the pie with you Tang people?

Tong Ye protects the name to propose a marriage, but in fact he just wants to use Datang, and even push Datang to the forefront.

If Li Zhiyun agrees to get married, what will happen to Jieli after knowing it?

He will definitely fight Western Turks or Datang.

The Western Turks are far away in the Western Regions, and the Tang Dynasty is right under their noses.

It was clear at a glance who suffered.

The Turkic surrender is not necessarily a dog, it may be just a wolf cub wearing a dog chain.

A few days later, Li Zhiyun met Ashina.The latter never mentioned the courtship again, and the two sides talked happily.

As far as Ashina is familiar, Tang Chao does not agree to marry a daughter, and he can accept it.Because Tong Yehu Khan gave him the task of maintaining relations with the Tang Dynasty and continuing to let the Tang Dynasty and the East Turks die.

As long as the Tang Dynasty does not surrender to the East Turkic Jieli.

In mid-April, just after the Western Turkic envoy left Chang'an, news came from Weizhou that the Dangxiang tribe attacked the Han people, burning, killing and looting.

Li Zhiyun smiled.

Turks are arrogant, they are built on the basis of strength.Why did your party give Lao Tzu a slap in the face?

give you face?

Su Lie and Zhang Shigui were ordered to enter the palace to meet the prince.

"You all know about the party items, right?"

Li Zhiyun turned his back to them, and his eyes fell on the map of Longyou Dao.

Zhang Shigui said: "The last general has received the residence report."

"The courtiers all persuaded Gu, according to the usual practice, to send envoys to question the party, what do you think?"

Zhang Shigui and Su Lie looked at each other, and the former said: "The party members, the Cuoer clan, if let go easily, it will definitely fuel their arrogance, and then I will be in trouble in Weizhou. The end is stupid, thinking that we should fight quickly , to teach him a lesson so that he will not dare to commit the crime again.”

Li Zhiyun let out a 'huh', and then asked: "How much do you know about Party items?"

Su Lie said: "The Dangxiang clan has eight major tribes, which can be divided into Tuoba clan, Xifeng clan, and Fei Ting clan. The big ones have more than five thousand cavalry, and the small ones have more than a thousand cavalry. The common people prefer military force and live by herding. No It's like I farm and eat grains, and the party has no permanent place."

"That's right." Li Zhiyun said: "The population of the party, roughly calculated, is nearly [-]. Although they are savages, they must be guarded against."

"The final general is willing to wipe out the barbarians for His Highness!" Su Lie and Zhang Shigui begged for orders.

Li Zhiyun turned around and said, "I told you to come here because I want you to fight the party. But this time is different from the past. You want you to catch more party members and send them back."

In the past, when the Tang Dynasty went on an expedition, it would be impossible to lay down an opponent, and at most set up a frontier state to enclose it.But this time, Li Zhiyun wants to change.

Slaves are a good thing.

It is not possible to take the Turkic people under the knife now, but it does not prevent him from arresting a few party members to dig coal.

"I will understand at the end!"

For Su Lie and Zhang Shigui, it is enough to be able to fight and make meritorious service. As for why His Royal Highness wants to arrest more party members, that is not important.

The next day, Li Zhiyun ordered Zhang Shigui to be the general manager of the Qinzhou Road march, and Su Lie to be the commander of the march.

(End of this chapter)