Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2004 Can Go West

Western Turks are strong, this is something Li Shimin and many officials know.

It will not be watered by the contempt of some officials in the DPRK.

Originally, the Western Turks were part of the Turks. During the Sui Dynasty, the city was divided into two Turks, the East and the West. The Turks had been wiped out by the Tang Dynasty a few years ago, and the Western Turks have always been in bad shape.

They didn't dare to do anything to Datang, so Datang didn't rush to do anything to them.

However, in the past two years, a man named Ashina Helu has slowly risen and become stronger in Western Turkic, and even became the recognized Khan of Western Turkic, and the leader of the Turkic ten-surnamed tribe.

After he became the Western Turkic Khan, he fought against the Great Food Kingdom once, and despite the huge disparity in military strength, he actually caused the Great Food Kingdom to suffer.

And the military strength that can make the Great Food Kingdom suffer, absolutely cannot be weak.

Thinking that just after the rebellion was put down, the Western Turks came to make trouble again, Li Shimin felt that his head was about to grow big.

"Your Majesty, if the Western Turks invade our Great Tang like this, if they don't return the favor, it will only make them feel that our Great Tang can be bullied even more. Your Majesty, please send troops to conquer the Western Turks."

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, the Western Turks have gone too far, we must fight back against them."

"Yes, Your Majesty, we must fight back against them and let them know how powerful our Great Tang is."

Many people in the DPRK thought that we should attack the Western Turks, but at this time, the officials of the household department stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the Western Turks are indeed hateful, but if we really want to fight, the food and grass of our Tang Dynasty may not be as good as it is." No, the snowstorm is severe this year, and there is still a little shortage of food for disaster relief in various places. If there is a war, it will really not be enough."

The household department knows best how much food and grass a war needs, and they also know best whether their Datang can withstand such a war.

The officials of the Ministry of Households don't think so, so Datang really can't turn around food and grass now.

At this time, other people also stood up.

"Your Majesty, this year the Tang Dynasty suffered a severe disaster. I think it's better to provide disaster relief first. As for the Western Turks, we can ignore them and let the soldiers and horses on the border take more precautions."

"Yeah, ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. That's how we dealt with the Turks before. We were able to bear it back then, and we can bear it now. After we recover, we will definitely be able to destroy them."

"Extremely, extremely, Your Majesty, we must seek stability, otherwise once our Tang army is defeated, the consequences will be disastrous."

The future development of a defeated country will definitely be affected.

The two sides said so, and soon quarreled.

"Hey, when did my Great Tang ever fear those countries? If they dare to invade my Great Tang, we have to destroy them and never let them live."

"That's right, that's right, it's just the problem of food and grass. I believe that if we, Datang, find a way, we can still solve the problem of food and grass."

"Hmph, do you think that the problem of food and grass is easy to solve? Then you come to raise food and grass. If you can raise food and grass, our household department will not say anything. You are simply not in charge of the family and don't know the cost of firewood. You can stand and talk without back pain. ah."

"That's right, that's right, food and grass are easy to get. I don't know how long this snow disaster will last. They all need food and grass. Once the food and grass for the people in the snow disaster cannot be supplied, our Tang Dynasty will be in chaos first." .”

"........."

Arguing and arguing, everyone seemed to be unwilling to obey anyone, Li Shimin felt more and more that his head was getting bigger.

When will they continue to quarrel like this, and when will they be able to think of a completely feasible solution?

In the end, there was really no other way, so Li Shimin could only wave his hand and retreat first, and discuss it at another day.
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The snow in Chang'an City has stopped, and now it is starting to melt.

When the snow melted, the weather became much colder. After Li Shimin returned to the imperial study, he felt extremely irritable.

And at this time, a palace official reported: "My lord, His Royal Highness King Jin is asking to see you."

Li Shimin felt a little relieved when he heard Jin Wang Li Zhi came. This Li Zhi is the youngest son of Empress Changsun. Li Shimin likes him very much. He thinks he is smart and filial, which makes people feel comfortable.

"Let him in."

The palace people retreated, and not long after, Li Zhi walked in from the outside.

"Father."

"Why did Zhi'er come here?"

"Father, the weather is cold. My son hunted yesterday and caught a mink. Then he asked someone to make a fur coat for Father. Today, I came here to send it to Father."

As he said that, Li Zhi took out a sable fur. Li Shimin smiled and nodded when he saw the sable fur.
But the most important thing is Li Zhi's filial piety.

Just as he nodded, Li Shimin couldn't help sighing again. Li Zhi saw this beside him, and quickly asked, "Why is the father sighing?"

Li Shimin said: "This year, the snowstorm in the Tang Dynasty was severe. I am afraid that the people need a lot of funds, but the household department can't provide them. Just now in the court, there was news that the Western Turks attacked our Tang Dynasty and plundered them." There are a lot of people and property, and now my Tang Dynasty can be said to be worse, this makes the father, how can I not worry about it?"

When Li Shimin said this, he sighed again. As the emperor, he felt very bitter, unspeakably bitter.

However, after Li Zhi listened to it, he thought about it and said, "Father, I heard that Qin Guogong is about to return from Nanzhao. The Holy Majesty promised at the beginning that if he returns from the rebellion and saves the elder brother of the King of Shu, that So he was crowned king, now why doesn't my father send his fief Feng to the border, and let him help our Tang Dynasty resist the Western Turks and the countries of the Western Regions? If you want to use Qin Guogong's method, the Western Turks will definitely never occupy it again. Nothing cheap."

When he said this, Li Zhi seemed to say it casually, that is, he thought of Qin Tian, ​​but Li Shimin was a little enlightened when he said it so casually.

He thought Li Zhi's proposal was very good.

They Tang Dynasty did not want to have a king with a different surname, and now that they have one, it is a last resort, but even if there is a king with a different surname, he does not want to confer the fief of this king with a different surname to a rich place, but a poor place, He couldn't speak again.

But it's different now. Now they need someone to guard the northwestern land of Tang Dynasty, so it's reasonable for Qin Tian to go.

And as long as Qin Tian went to guard that place, the Western Turks would never want to set foot in their Tang Dynasty, because Li Shimin believed that with Qin Tian's ability and means, there should be no problem in resisting the Western Turks.

"Father, if Qin Tian wants to become king, he can't do it so easily."

(End of this chapter)