bastard seizes tang

Chapter 200 Roster
Jieli used to be a Turkic khan, and he was sitting on thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in the north. The strength of the Turks even dominated the Central Plains, and he was still above the Tang Dynasty. It is not easy for Jieli to be so cautious.

Li Ke looked down at Jieli's appearance, and asked cautiously: "Khan, you should know that Li Ke has always been courageous, but although I am brave, I don't dare to ask for anything. What is Khan talking about?" , I want to see and see first."

"The important weapon of the country, Your Highness may wish to guess." Jie Li's expression was still tired, but when these four words came from Jie Li's mouth, his eyes lit up.

In Li Ke's eyes, the so-called important weapons of the country are nothing more than three: one is the soldiers, the other is the armor, and the third is the food and grass. Now that Jieli is in Chang'an, and all the Turkic soldiers have returned to the Tang Dynasty, military power is naturally impossible. , As for food and grass, if Xieli still had food left, he would not have become so embarrassed after the original snowstorm, so food and grass were also impossible. The only thing Li Ke could think of was armor.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the Turks ruled the North. Li Yuan, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong and other heroes of the Central Plains all looked up to the Turks.

The tribute paid by the kings of the Central Plains, plus the captured and plundered by the Turks in successive conquests, the Turks' armor is naturally very abundant.

Li Ke was surprised, and asked: "Could it be that you still have armor in the north?"

Li Ke thought so, but as soon as he said it, he felt ridiculous and shook his head.

No matter how good the armor is, it cannot be separated from the elite soldiers. Now that the Turkic clan has surrendered, there is no one in Jieli's hands. Even if Jieli has armor that can prepare millions of troops, so what, isn't it? A pile of useless scrap iron?
What is the use of keeping it except for rusting?

What's more, if Jieli really has a soldier in his possession, doesn't it show that he still has two hearts towards Tang Dynasty?How could he tell Li Ke?

Li Ke thought for a while, shook his head, asked himself and answered, "No, no amount of armor will help you anymore, and it's useless to ask for it."

Jieli heard the words, smiled and said: "That's natural, no matter how powerful the soldiers are, how can they defeat the hearts of the people? Now that the Turks' hearts have been scattered, and they want to return to the Tang Dynasty, what is the use of more soldiers?"

Li Ke heard the words, thought about it, but still couldn't understand it, so he could only ask: "Li Ke is stupid, I hope the general can speak clearly."

Jieli looked at Li Ke, his face suddenly became dark, pointed to the position behind Li Ke, and said to Li Ke: "The things are in the wooden box behind His Highness, Your Highness may as well take it out and have a look."

Li Ke listened to Xieli's words, and the curiosity on his face became more and more serious. It is not a soldier armor, but what is it that can make Xieli so cautious and hide it in a seemingly inconspicuous wooden box? .

Hearing this, Li Ke stood up, walked to the wooden box that Jieli was pointing at, and looked down.

This wooden box is no different from ordinary wooden boxes, there is no abnormality at all, and even the simplest iron lock is not hung on this ordinary wooden box, obviously it is used to store some commonly used objects in daily life.

But who would have thought that what was hidden in this box was a thing called Jieli who was so cautious.

Li Ke bent down, slowly lifted the ears of the box, and opened the box. Li Ke looked at it with confidence, and there were some clothes that were commonly used after autumn, and there was nothing else in the box.

Just when Li Ke was curious and was wondering if he should go to the bottom of the box again, Xieli spoke again.

Jie Li said: "The things are not in the box, but in the mezzanine of the side wall of the wooden box. Your Highness needs to open the wooden box to have a look."

Hearing this, Li Ke understood the mystery inside the wooden box, and knocked, and sure enough, the side wall of the wooden box made a "dong dong" sound, obviously the inside of the box wall was empty.

Li Ke's strength is not small. Li Ke pulled out the saber at his waist, inserted it into the wall of the wooden box, and pried it hard, and forcibly separated the wooden box that was originally connected together. Come on, then, Li Ke looked down.

Sure enough, the inside of the wooden box was really hollowed out.

"The things are inside. Your Highness will know it at a glance." Jie Li looked at the wooden box that had been disassembled, and said to Li Ke.

It's not unusual for Xieli to hide it so carefully from Ashinayun. Li Ke looked at the hollow box, both excited and curious.

Li Ke stretched out his fingers, and slowly took the thing out of the box. What Li Ke took out was nothing but a thin booklet.

Li Ke picked up the booklet and couldn't wait to open it, only to see that every page of the booklet was densely filled with words, and these words actually recorded the interests of various ethnic groups in the northern region and him before Jieli came to the Tang Dynasty. contacts.

In the Renwu year, the Zhao family in Changshan offered five hundred shi of grain and three thousand guan of money;

In the year of Jiashen, the Guo family in Taiyuan offered [-] arrows and [-] pairs of armor;
In the year of Bingxu, the Gao family of Bohai donated [-] guan and [-] catties of tea;
Li Ke looked at the booklet in his hand, and his back suddenly felt cold. What kind of account book was in Li Ke's hand? It was clearly a sharp sword hanging over the heads of these aristocratic families, which could kill them at any time.

According to the law, those who collude with foreign enemies will be beheaded and their property confiscated, and the rest will be sent to the frontier for three thousand miles.

Any one of these is ironclad evidence of fornication with foreign enemies, and it is enough to destroy a local clan that has been passed down for hundreds of years.

Li Ke flipped through it briefly. Although there are no famous families such as the Pei family in Hedong, the Wang family in Taiyuan, and the Lu family in Fanyang in this account book, there are quite a few of those low-level families. weak force.

Seeing Li Ke's astonished expression, Jieli said slowly, "Since I first ascended the position of Khan more than ten years ago, all the elites from the North who have been handed over to me every year are here. It's a pity to burn this booklet." I'm worried about keeping it, so I don't know what to do with this booklet. It's very embarrassing. I will hand it over to His Highness today. If His Highness wants it, I can keep it. If it's troublesome, just burn it. Except for you and me, no one in the world knows the existence of this booklet."

Li Ke listened to Xieli's words, looked at the booklet in his hand, knew what it meant, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.

"I don't know how to thank the general for this great gift?" Li Ke asked Xieli while holding the booklet.

With this booklet, Li Ke can control the lifelines of dozens of local clans in this booklet, and it is also equivalent to control their power. This is not the case for Li Ke, who has a weak foundation and no power in the local area. It's really a great help.

However, Jie Li replied: "It is enough for His Highness to agree to take care of Ah Yun. This booklet may be considered a great gift for His Highness, but it is just a burden for my minister. My son Di Luo Shi Young and not talented, keeping this booklet is just a disaster for him. I want it for no benefit, so I might as well give it to His Highness, His Highness just needs to keep it for a while."

(End of this chapter)