Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 507 Fishing in troubled waters
Normally, the marriage is of course with Li Erhe.But Qin Lang insisted on telling Chengqian that he should take the initiative to propose marriage with Li Shimin and come to Naxi Turkic Khannv by himself.

This is the woman who let her son rob Lao Tzu.

Li Shimin disgusted Qin Lang before, and he is still a little angry now.

"Your Highness, the Five Khans of the Western Turks do not match my status as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. My Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is Tian Khan. How can their daughters match Tian Khan? If your majesty accepts a daughter as a marriage partner, it will be a disservice to my greatness." Because of Tang's face and status, I think it is just right for the crown prince to come down to the Naxi Turkic Khan women."

"Of course, I also have some small calculations. If His Highness is the daughter of Naxi Turkic Khan, then this is also a foreign aid of His Highness, which can boost the prestige of His Highness the Crown Prince. Why not do it?"

Chengqian seems to understand, he is only an 11-year-old child, and he has not even started to choose the crown princess. Although the palace is also planning to arrange one or two sensible palace officials for Chengqian to understand personnel affairs for him, it is still too early A little bit.

Regarding matters between men and women, the prince is like a blank sheet of paper.

The prince is not interested in the so-called marrying a daughter, but since the teacher said it, Cheng Qian nodded in agreement.

After Chengqian ate Kung Pao Chicken made by Qin Lang himself in Sanyuan, he rushed back to Chang'an, called the scholar Chu Suiliang, dictated to him to write, and told Chu Suiliang what Qin Lang taught him, so that he could polish the pen, Advise the emperor.

Chu Suiliang is a well-known calligrapher in the world because of his excellent handwriting, so now he is considered to be appreciated by the prince in the East Palace.

He was writing with a pen, and it didn't feel right.

These words should not be something that the prince can come up with, he is too old, and when he wrote that the prince offered to ask for the daughter of the five Naxi Turkic Khans, he felt something was wrong.

"Your Highness, does this seem inappropriate?"

"What's wrong? How can the status of the Five Western Turkic Khans match that of my father, Huangtian Khan? As the concubine daughter of the Naxi Turkic Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, I have already condescended. I am also sharing the concerns of the court. Share your worries for my father."

Chu Suiliang thought to himself, there is no such way to divide worries, take the initiative to rob Lao Tzu's woman?
However, the crown prince first mentioned that he wanted the daughter of the Naxi Turkic Khan, so it cannot be said that he was robbing the emperor's woman. On the contrary, the crown prince mentioned it earlier. suspected.

Under the insistence of the prince, Chu Suiliang finally had to write all these truthfully.

After writing the letter, send someone to send it to Luoyang quickly.

In just three days, the letter was delivered to Luoyang Palace.

In the Hall of Zhenguan, after Li Shimin bestowed Zheng Wanyan's death, there was a lack of a capable female secretary by his side, and there was no one to do things like reading the memorial and unpacking the secret memorial.

The servant presented the prince's letter.

The emperor rubbed his temples.

When I took it apart, I thought it was just a simple fold, but after a closer look, I was a little surprised.

The prince has always given him some surprises in Chang'an recently.

"Western Region!"

Li Shimin did not expect that the prince not only paid attention to the Western Regions, but also put forward his own suggestions on how to deal with it. The Prince suggested not to ignore the Western Regions, but also believed that he should actively interfere.

This strategy is extremely old-fashioned.Of course, the emperor would not think that this was Chengqian's idea, it must be the suggestion of the left-behind officials or the East Palace officials.

Is it Li Jing's, Qin Lang's, or Wang Gui's?
Wang Gui has no military knowledge, so it is more likely to be Li Jing's, but Li Jing should directly submit it to himself instead of asking the prince to forward it, so it is more likely to be Qin Lang's suggestion.

Thinking of this kid's anger when he left Luoyang last time, Li Shimin felt a headache.He regrets it now, but he was indeed impulsive and confused at the time.

Although he came to his senses quickly, apologized to Qin Lang, and gave him a reward, but now this kid has not sent a memorial.

Originally, he had given Qin Lang the right to play in secret, if he had something to do, and if he had nothing to say, he would have at least one or two notes a month, but now there is no news of this kid.

The officials in Chang'an also reported that Qin Lang is not asking about anything now, and stays in the manor in the countryside all day long.

Li Shimin could only smile wryly when he heard this, because youthful temperament is great.

Now that he received the letter from the prince and read the suggestion, Li Shimin smiled slightly.

He thought this was what Qin Lang meant, but this boy didn't report to himself, instead he told himself through the prince.There was such a circle in the middle, but Qin Lang said that he still cared about the political affairs of the court and was still very attentive, and he didn't really quit.

This strategy is indeed good. When all the officials of the Manchu Dynasty are staring at the East Turks, there are still people who can pay attention to the West Turks. It is really good.

At the back of the letter, Cheng Qian also attached his controversial views on the current court's handling of the Eastern Turks. After reading those views, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing again.

This was clearly Qin Lang's idea again, and it was similar to his previous disposal strategy, which was to set up Zhengzhou, send Liuguan, draw Dingkou, and demarcate land boundaries.

The emperor leaned back, lay on the backrest, relaxed his limbs, and slightly closed his eyes.

Regarding the disposal of East Turkistan, it has been controversial for too long.

Even the crown prince Chengqian, who was far away in Chang'an, knew that this was wrong. At the end of the prince's letter, he specifically reminded the court that the Eastern Turks had no leader at the moment, and it was a good time to take action.The imperial court also had to beware of Mobei Tie Le people, and Xue Yantuo's barbarians took advantage of the defeat of the Eastern Turks to seize Mobei.

There are many tribes with the nine surname Tie Le, and their troops are strong. Once the Yi men take the opportunity to occupy Mobei, it will form a new big trouble.The prince reminded the emperor that he should send someone to confer the title of Yi Nan, and at the same time, guard against Xue Yantuo.The prince also pointed out that among the Tiele tribes in the Mobei Grassland, there are now two strong Tiele alliances, one is Xue Yantuo, and the other is the Huihe alliance formed by Yuanhe, Pugu, Tongluo, and Bayegu. .

While conferring Xue Yantuo closer, Datang should strengthen the alliance relationship with Huihe. Tumidu, the leader of Huihe, can be canonized as Khan to draw the boundary between Xue Yantuo and Huihe and separate things. In this way, the Tiele tribes in Mobei It will be difficult to unify, integrate into a whole, and divide and rule, which will restrict the Tiele people from dominating Mobei and feeling Monan.

The Turkic people were resettled in the Monan area as a buffer between the Tang Dynasty and Xue Yantuo.For the descendants of the Eastern Turks, they should also be divided and ruled. From the north of the Great Wall to the Yinshan line, the earliest affiliated Yusheshe and Zahu tribes were resettled, Zhengzhou was established, officials were assigned to manage, and the pastures were divided.

From the north of Yinshan Mountain to the southern edge of the desert, those Turkic tribes that were not very close to the Tang Dynasty were resettled, and these powerful Turkic tribes were designated as Jimi Prefecture, and the chiefs of those tribes were appointed as governors and governors, and conferred titles on them. It is the title of general and duke.

In order to be able to better manage these Turkic people in Monan, the prince also suggested that the court confer the titles of the two Turkic nobles who belonged to the left and right Khans, and select four chiefs each, and confer the titles of wise kings in the east, west, north, south, and assist the two Khans respectively. , in fact, is to decentralize and balance.

Chengqian even gave suggestions on the candidates for Khan, thinking that Yang Guozhong and Li Simo, who were bestowed by the emperor earlier, were more suitable.Although Tuli was also a good candidate, he had a high prestige and status in the Turks, so he could not be granted the position of Khan.

As for the four virtuous kings, they could also be four-leaf guards, and four Ashina nobles at the special service level could be selected to serve as them, so that the left and right Khans and the four leaf guards could check and balance each other.

The prince also proposed that the policy of smoking can not be changed. Whether it is the control of the Jilin in Monan or the officials in Zhengzhou outside the Great Wall, they must implement the policy of smoking the Turks, so as to weaken the Turks, and transfer the Turks to the south to strengthen the southern border. Guard and strengthen the deterrence against barbarians.

It is old enough to seek the country.

After Li Shimin saw it, he sighed.

This was clearly Qin Lang's strategy, but he said it through the mouth of the prince.But he had to admit that the advice was valuable.

When he was about to close the letter, the emperor found that there was still a brief cover letter, but he told him some trivial things about his parents, such as the queen's health is good recently, the king of Jin has gained weight and so on.

He finally told the emperor that among the beauties that the emperor bestowed on Qin Lang last time, there was an orchid with an astonishing status. After taking Ke Dun captive, he gave it to Tuyuhun Khan Fuyun. Fuyun sent it to Chang'an as a tribute to the emperor, but he only said it was Hu Ji.

Now this orchid has become Qin Lang's concubine.

Li Shimin opened his mouth in surprise.

Princess of the Roman Kingdom, West Turkic Ketun, such a noble woman, was rewarded to Qin Lang by him out of nowhere?

Li Shimin frowned, feeling a little uncomfortable.

Why didn't this Qin Lang report to himself?
Still mad at me?
The emperor closed the letter, closed his eyes and meditated for a long time.

The next day, the emperor held a court meeting.

The prime minister and important ministers participated.

Before the meeting started, the emperor circulated the letter from Prince Chengqian to the ministers.

"Although the crown prince is young, what he proposes is an old-fashioned strategy for maintaining the country. I think it is very good. Today, everyone will discuss again, the issue of the disposal of the Eastern Turks, as well as the issues of Mobei and the Western Regions. Let's talk freely. But today we have to talk about a result."

"This matter has been delayed for too long, and it cannot be delayed any longer."

After reading the crown prince's memorial, all the ministers had a thought in their minds. This was clearly Qin Sanlang's idea, but he put it forward in the name of the crown prince.

But everyone also felt that Qin Lang's proposal was indeed a synthesis of the opinions of several schools in the court.

The whole day of fierce discussions, lunch and dinner were delivered directly to the hall, the emperor's original words were not to come out of the hall if there is no result of the meeting today, even if the meeting is until midnight, the result will be reached.

Ever since, after spending a day, everyone was not so hard, and finally came to a result that was comparable to the prince's suggestion.

The emperor first canonized Tuli as the Great Khan of the Eastern Turks, but in fact he stayed in the capital, conferred the title of General of the Right Guard, and made him King of Beiping County, with [-] households in the city.

Give Jieli Khan Guiyi County King and General Youwuwei.

Li Simo, king of Heshun County and general of Zuowuwei, was canonized as the wise king of East Turkic Zuo and the governor of Huazhou.Canonize Yang Guozhong, the king of Huaihua County and the general of Youwuhou, as the Youxian King of Eastern Turks and the governor of Changzhou.

Ashina Sheer, Ashina Danai, Zhishisili, and Qibiheli were awarded dukes, canonized as Turkic four-leaf guardians, and each took the post of governor of a state.

Xue Yantuo Zhenzhu Bijia Khan Yinan was conferred the title of Beidi County King, his two sons Dadushe and Tulishi were conferred the Little Khan, each duke of the country, and a banner.

The leader of Huihe, Yaogeluo Tumidu, was granted the title of Huairen Khan, the king of Fengyi County, the general who led the right army, and the governor of Hanhai Dudufu.

Canonize Western Turkic Siyehu, Mohedu, Zabir, Dadushe, and Qibigelen as the Western Turkic Khans, with Dadu as the Western Turkic South Khan, Siyehu as the North Khan, and Zabiel He is the khan of the west, Qibigelen is the khan of the east, and Mohedu is the khan of the center.

The five Khans were all named county kings, generals, and governors.

According to the emperor's edict, Siyehu, the two sage kings of the East Turks, the two Khans of Tiele in Mobei, the Five Khans of the West Turks, and Yehu, the Thirteenth Khan, all sent their daughters to the Central Plains for marriage, and entered the East Palace as the prince's side concubine.

The Eastern and Western Turks and Tie Le all demarcated the borders, stopped the attack, and served the Heavenly Khan Datang Emperor together. If there is any violation of the edict, the Great Tang will order all the Khans to join forces to attack and destroy it together!

It is also ordered that the Turkic tribes in Monan and Saibei take one out of every ten dings to go south to herd horses in the Tang Dynasty, and another one to go to the southern border to guard the border.

Every five years, it will be replaced by rotation.

The Tiele people in Mobei, the Turkic people in Monan, and the Turkic people in the Western Regions, the imperial court set up Jimi Prefecture, and granted the chiefs of the Turkic Tiele people the titles of Great Khan, Yehudu, Governor, and General Shi.

In name, Datang officially included Monan, Mobei, and the Western Regions, including Tocharia and Khazar, into its territory.

When the news reached Chang'an, Qin Lang just smiled and said to the crown prince, "This is a great map opening!"

"What is the map to open up borders?" The prince was puzzled.

"Even this newly opened territory is actually only ours on the map. In fact, we can't effectively control it. But in general, this is also very good."

In fact, by this time, Datang's territory on the map was indeed not small.

But if we really want to talk about the actual control area, it is only the traditional Central Plains area.

Places like Lingnan can only be regarded as barely controlled areas, and more of them are Jimi areas. As for the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, they are completely Jimi areas, and the imperial court has not yet reached out.

As for the Qinghai-Tibet area, it is now more completely a land of alienation, that is Tuyuhun, Tubo, and all the big and small Qiang kingdoms.

And the Liaodong area is basically under the control of the Goguryeo people now. Even the Liaoxi area has a population of only a thousand households and has not recovered at all.

The area outside the Great Wall in the north is sparsely populated, and Saibei is even more occupied by Hu.

However, the Tang Dynasty has experienced many years of wars in the late Sui Dynasty, and it has only been a decade since the founding of the country. It is not easy to have the current situation.

Being able to open the border with a map is actually very powerful, otherwise, even if you want to open the border with a map, if the barbarians refuse to surrender even on the surface, they will have no face.

Open up the map, and then slowly infiltrate the control, step by step.

"Tian Khan's name, this time His Majesty has finally confirmed it."

Qin Lang also had to admire Li Shimin's brilliance. To be able to manage such a situation in just a few years really has the ability of Emperor Qin and Han Wu.

(End of this chapter)