Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 926 The Prestige of the Western Regions Empire ([-])

After the Great Tang Empire conquered the Western Regions, it did not demand Fan Bang's apparent surrender, but continued to plunder and oppress the countries in the Western Regions.The former Western Turkic tribes have completely become vassals of the empire, and have become the eagles and dogs of the empire to expand its territory in the Western Regions.

After the end of the 12th year of Zhenguan, in March of the 13th year of Zhenguan, the general Su Lie broke through the Yanqi royal city and captured the Yanqi royal family.

On April [-]th, Pei Xingjian led an army of [-] to attack Kucha.

On June 28, King Yi Li Chengyan occupied Balujia Kingdom and captured Prince Gumo alive.

At the beginning of July, Li Chenglie, king of Qing, captured Yuzhu and slaughtered [-] of his army.

Afterwards, 27 countries, including Shule, Weitou, Wujiao, Zhujubo, Sheluo, and Neda, were all conquered by the empire.

In the 13th year of Zhenguan, the Western Regions ceased to exist.

boom~
As a heavy bell rang, on Suzaku Avenue, kings and nobles from various small countries in the Western Regions rode and walked on the white concrete road with the empire's invincible plate armor.This long avenue is full of people at the moment, and one after another the foreign kings who used to dominate the Western Regions are like prisoners at this moment, waiting miserably and anxiously for the saints of the empire to treat them Judgment of fate.

The people of the empire have long been accustomed to these foreigners being arrested and paraded along the streets of Chang'an, but such a big scene with thousands of people like today is still rare.A knowledgeable person, while admiring, introduces who is the king of a small country.When they introduced, a strong sense of pride filled their hearts and lungs.

The noise was endless, and it made those foreign nobles who did not understand the Central Plains dialect panic, and some were even too scared to walk, or fainted directly.This cannot be blamed on them, it can only be said that the conquest of the empire was too sharp, they had no resistance in front of the soldiers of the empire, and could only passively be beaten and begged for mercy.

This grand event of presenting prisoners lasted for three days. On the first day, the emperor personally presided over it and rewarded the soldiers of the three armies.The remaining two days will be handed over to the prince to preside over it, which can be regarded as an opportunity for the prince to exercise.

After the Western Regions were conquered, Li Zhiyun did not set up a governor's office in the Western Regions for management, but set up prefectures and counties, and dispatched governors to educate the locals.Li Zhiyun did not oppress the people of the Western Regions too much, but chose a milder assimilation action.People from the Western Regions are different from grassland people. The former are sheep, which are easier to tame.The latter are wolves and can only be exterminated.

Those tribes that the Western Turks surrendered were dispersed by the imperial court and placed in various places for management.Some thorns are killed directly.Li Zhiyun has always been decisive in matters related to the stability of the Western Regions.

So far, the martial arts of the empire has reached its peak.

But smart people know that some things are not quite over yet.Today's sage is still young, and it is not that there will be opportunities to continue to expand the territory in the future.However, they are already numb. They have seen, enjoyed, and even participated in such a prosperous world.Looking through the history books of the past dynasties, there are only a handful of times as powerful as the Zhenguan Dynasty.

As night fell, Prince Li Chengzhao sent away the last foreign nobleman, and watched the soldiers escort the man into the Ministry of Punishment, and he finally relaxed a little.It has to be said that he is now more and more admiring of his father's energy in handling affairs. It seems that this large-scale prisoner offering event, the imperial court has not held an event of the same magnitude.He only experienced it once, and he felt exhausted and exhausted, but his father didn't know how many times he had experienced it.

"Your Highness, are you tired?" Shangguanyi asked with a smile on the side.

In the past two years, Li Chengzhao also began to search for talents to form the Donggong team, and Shangguanyi was the talent he found.When forming the Donggong team, Li Chengzhao went to find out what his old father meant.If the old father is unwilling, he will choose to give up.

As a result, Li Zhiyun just rolled his eyes, and then said angrily: "I also lack great talents, so don't expect me to send you talents, go find them yourself. You can handle the official positions below the fourth rank in the Eastern Palace."

To be honest, Li Chengzhao was very moved when he heard this. He had read a lot of history books over the years. In all dynasties, it was really rare for a crown prince to be indulged like his father.

"Not tired!" Li Chengzhao cheered up and said, "Go back to the palace and let the gentlemen come to see Gu."

"As ordered."

East Palace, meeting hall.

Li Chengzhao is very frugal, this point, he was taught by his father and mother.In fact, to be honest, he has never seen any magnificent palaces or treasures.After the emperor's teaching, Li Chengzhao has long since left the low-level bad taste.He doesn't have any special hobbies, if he really wants to find one, it's that he wants to grow faster.There's no way, the old father's land is too great, and he, the prince, is under more pressure.

Although he is not afraid of the brothers below, he is afraid that he will not be able to manage such a big business in the future.Now Li Chengzhao, under the cultivation of the emperor, has undoubtedly been growing rapidly in his thinking mode.

Because of frugality, only a few candles were lit in the meeting hall, and the space was a bit dim, but this did not prevent the happiness of the few people here.

Because the prince began to host such large-scale activities, it meant that the prince further gained his reputation in the hearts of the subjects of the world, and it also meant that the emperor had a good feeling for the prince.This point is very important, as long as the emperor can always be so optimistic about the prince, then the prince's status will be as stable as Mount Tai.

Of course, some people also feel that it is necessary to guard against hidden dangers.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty appreciates the meritorious service that the two His Royal Highnesses, King Yi and King Qing, have made in the Western Regions. I am not trying to provoke the brotherhood between His Highness the Crown Prince and those two Highnesses. I just hope that His Highness the Crown Prince will pay attention. One or two."

The person who spoke was Han Yuan.

Right now, Li Chengzhao has four confidantes, namely the Crown Prince Tong Shiren Shangguanyi, the Prince Shangren Han Yuan, the Prince Shangren Wang Dezhen, and the Prince Siyi Lang Mazhou.

Well, these four are the top few in the imperial examinations in previous years.Among them, apart from Shangguanyi, the remaining three people actually have official positions in the six departments.Because of their achievements in the local area, they were transferred back to Chang'an by the emperor.Moreover, they were not deliberately stuffed by Li Zhiyun to the prince, but Li Zhiyun went around in a circle, let them meet the prince by chance, and let the prince choose whether to accept these people or not.

For this son, Li Zhiyun really broke his heart.Teach him various principles, not to mention his ability to handle things, even Li Zhiyun secretly prepared his future capable ministers for him.Moreover, whether to choose is up to him.

It is no exaggeration to say that the four people under Li Chengzhao's subordinates are all real talents of Zaifu.

Han Yuan, the former prime minister of the Gaozong Dynasty in history, was demoted by Li Zhi because he opposed the establishment of Wu Zetian as queen.The other Wang Dezhen, Shangguanyi, and Ma Zhou were also former prime ministers in history.Among them, Shangguanyi and Ma Zhou needless to say, they are famous enough.And Wang Dezhen's reputation is relatively small, but he is also a talented minister.

When Li Chengzhao first discovered these talents, he was complacent, thinking that he had discovered talents.As a result, after inquiring, the good guys are all talents who have been killed in the imperial examination.Moreover, I know that they are talents, so doesn't my father know that?

Royal father, this is a special gift for him!

Li Chengzhao, who figured this out, was both ashamed and moved.

"Don't worry about these things, I know what's in my heart." Li Chengzhao said confidently.

His father was not an idiot like Emperor Gaozu.

Well, it's a little disrespectful to call the emperor a fool.However, he has always looked down on Emperor Gaozu in private.

(End of this chapter)