Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 208 Li Jing who entered the den of thieves

"Okay, Xuanling, His Highness is not the first one anymore. Since he is willing to go, let him go. There is nothing to be afraid of if there is a pharmacist to take care of him. Didn't they cooperate very well in the last Northern Expedition?"

Du Ruhui had no choice but to comfort his old friend, who didn't know that the prince had a stubborn temper that would not change his mind easily, and who could stop him from what he decided to do except the emperor.

What's more, the emperor didn't show up to discuss such a big matter today. I don't understand that he also supports the prince's expedition. With the stubborn temper of the two fathers and sons, even Wei Zheng can't help it.

"That's right, but the old minister is worrying too much." After speaking, he called the officials on duty to ask them to bring the map and sand table for reference.

"Although I have fought with them before, but this time it is going to be a big fight, so it's better to be cautious. Fang Xiang, I heard that Yi Zhizhi said that you have dabbled in the history of various countries, so I will trouble you to wait for me today Let me explain it.", I just swept the face of the old house for the expedition, and now I have to give someone a step down no matter what.

After listening to Li Chengqian's apology, Fang Xuanling returned a smile and walked to the map: "Tuyuhun, also known as Tuhun, was originally the eldest son of the Murong family Shanyu Murongshegui of Xianbei in Liaodong. Let others use animal husbandry.

Murong She returned to death, and his son, Murong Xun, succeeded him as Shanyu. He was at odds with Murong Tuyuhun, so Tuyuhun led his troops to move westward to Shanglong, ending in Yu and Fanghan. Using this as a stronghold, descendants passed on from generation to generation, and forced Diqiang to become a Northwest Strong.

After more than 300 years of development, its land is from Xiping to the west of Linqiang City, to the east of Qiemo, to the south of Qilian, and to the north of the Snow Mountains, four thousand miles from east to west, and two thousand miles from north to south". When necessary, collect taxes from wealthy families and businessmen for national use, and of course this is the main reason why they plunder our borders,"

"Later, the Sui Dynasty fought against Tuyuhun twice, and set up Heyuan, Xihai, Shanshan, and Qiemo four prefectures in the land. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Tuyuhun gradually returned to its original place. Kualu was passed down to Shifu, and he married Princess Guanghua of the Sui Dynasty. Soon, Shifu died , the younger brother Fu Yunli, according to the custom, still takes the princess as his wife.

In the sixth year of Wude, Tuyuhun and Dangxiang invaded Tao, Min, and He prefectures when our country was weak at the beginning of the dynasty, and were defeated by Duke Qiao. "

After Fang Xuanling finished speaking, Li Chengqian clapped his hands involuntarily, and said with a smile: "Fang Xiang is well-learned and strong-minded, and he is indeed a scholar with a reputation. Just in case. Du Xiang, shouldn't it be time for you to show your hand?"

Seeing Li Chengqian dumping the burden on himself again, Du Ruhui smiled wryly, and said: "Your Highness wants to roast this minister on fire, or whatever, then this minister will show his shame."

After finishing speaking, he went to the map and pondered for a while: "Tuyuhun mainly focuses on animal husbandry and is good at raising and training horses. There are a lot of horses, cows, sheep, and camels. This is why they have enough horses to equip the cavalry. The most famous good horse is the Qinghai Cong known as the dragon species.

Legend has it that whenever winter comes, the undulating Qinghai Lake is covered by ice, and the Tuyuhun people drive the fine-bred mares to Haixin Mountain in the center of the lake.In the spring of the second year, the mare was pregnant and gave birth to a strong foal named "Dragon Breed".Qinghai Cong is a hybrid of Persian horses and local indigenous horses. It is known as a thousand miles a day.

In addition to animal husbandry, some Qiang people in Tuyuhun also engaged in agricultural production, growing barley, millet, beans and other crops.Of course, after the marriage with the former Sui Dynasty, Yang Shi also accompanied a large number of craftsmen, which made Tuyuhun's iron smelting and weapon manufacturing have made great progress.

I heard that the area around Bailan Mountain is rich in gold, copper, iron and other materials. This time I dispatched troops there must be captured.In addition, Tuyuhun controlled the Qinghai Road on the Silk Road, also known as the Yuhun Road. The business travelers and missions from various countries suffered from it for a long time. This is one of the reasons why the Tang Dynasty sent troops to crusade. "

"What Du Xiang said is very true. We must learn the lessons of the Northern Expedition. The imperial court only leaves but does not enter, and also bears the burden of millions of hungry people. This situation must be changed. Is it true that every time I send troops in the Tang Dynasty? Is it going to lose money? What is the reason for this?
Ben Gong doesn't believe that there is any business in these years that can come faster and more than the destruction of the country. "

After Li Chengqian and the two finished speaking, Fang Xuanling also nodded frequently. It is not easy to be the prime minister of this big country. The Northern Expedition can be said to have exhausted the treasury. Otherwise, so many measures that are more than state-owned transactions would not be shelved because of lack of money.

In fact, his requirements are not high, as long as he can pay back the capital, otherwise, if any unexpected incident occurs, he will be helpless.

What the hell, how did I get into a den of thieves? Is this still the dignified prince and prime minister?For a long time, he just took his wealth for the purpose of destroying his country.Then what is the difference between you and those robbers, no, you are much more ruthless than them, they dare not rob a country.

No, you can't take all the benefits of this. Since the old man is from the military, I have to do something for them.Then he said: "Then we have to build a military horse farm that belongs to us in the local area, and we can't reward them with so much as last time."

There is also a reason for Li Jing to say this. After the Northern Expedition, the tribes of the Mobei Grassland also had their little ones who took Datang as the co-lord. They were afraid of the strength of the Tang army and that the Tang would plunder their cattle, sheep and horses, so they kidnapped them morally. Datang, let Datang lose a natural military horse farm.

Seeing that Li Jing also wanted to come out to share a share, the three of Li Chengqian met each other and smiled, this honest man finally got into the water.That's right, why should our soldiers bleed and die, and the things they get should be given to them. Oftentimes, let alone bring down the country, we can't explain it to the soldiers.

"General, that's what you said, but Tuyuhun is not made of mud after all, and there are nearly 30 people who control strings under him. How this battle is fought depends on you, the God of War of the Tang Dynasty." Li Chengqian smiled and said Pass the tea in his hand to Li Jing.

This is his consistent principle. Professional matters are left to professional personnel. Li Jing is a top strategist in the Tang army, and he has the most say in this kind of war of destroying the country.

"The current border affairs in Hezhou and Minzhou are led by Duan Zhixuan, General Zuo Xiaowei, and Guo Xiaoke, Governor of Minzhou. They have less than 2 people under their command. Then run away, our army has too few cavalry at the border, so let them flee far away, Yichen thought that this battle must use a large number of cavalry."

Li Jing's words meant that he wanted to gather the cavalry in the court and use them. This could be regarded as a problem for Fang Du and the two of them.There must be a large number of cavalry troops who want to fight against Tuyuhun. In addition to the imperial reserve, it is afraid that a large number of cavalry from the sixteen guards will be mobilized.

But the main task of the sixteen guards is to guard the central position. If they are all exhausted, what should they do if there is something to do in other places? Besides, those generals may not be happy, and they will use their treasures to make contributions to others The roof of the Ministry of War has not been lifted yet.

Li Chengqian on the side slapped his thigh after pondering for a moment, and then said: "At the beginning, a horse farm was built in Mang Mountain for the Northern Expedition of the Weinan Military Industrial Zone, and it has not been abolished since then. There are many government affairs recently, and I don't have the time to look at it. But it’s all accounted for.”

Immediately, Heng Lian called him in and told him to fetch the ledger, but when Heng Lian turned to leave, Li Chengqian changed his mind: "Go and call Du Gou."

(End of this chapter)