Man Tanghong

Speaking of which, Ashina Simo is also a legend. He is the great-grandson of Turkic Yili Khan. In the 19th year of Emperor Kaihuang of the Sui Dynasty, the Turkic Qimin Khan fled to the Sui Dynasty. The Turks became leaderless, so Mobei The various Turkic tribes united to support him as Turkic Khan.

In other words, he was a Turkic Khan earlier than Jieli, and earlier than Shibi and Chuluo.

After Qimin Khan returned to Turkic from the Sui Dynasty, he relinquished the Khan position, asked himself to remove the Khan number, and returned the Turkic Khan position to Qimin Khan.

When Shibi and Chuluo were in power, he was also deeply loved by these two khans because of his cheerful personality, quick thinking, and good at finding the right.

It's just because he looks like a barbarian, not a Turkic. Chu Luo has always suspected that he is not from the Ashina tribe. It is also because of this that after Chu Luo succeeded to the throne, he dismissed many of his powers. He was only given a vanity number that included Bitler.

The same is true after Xieli succeeded to the throne, still using the false name of Bitler to support him, not giving him any real power, and not trusting him.

In the fourth year of Wude, Jieli and Tuli's army invaded the Tang Dynasty, but was stopped by Li Shimin. Xieli sent him as an envoy to the Tang Dynasty to negotiate peace with the Tang Dynasty.

Because of his sincere and simple temperament, Li Yuan liked him very much, not only called him to the prelude to the imperial couch, but also canonized him as King of Heshun County.

When he really shined, it was after Li Jing led the army to destroy the Turks in the fourth year of Zhenguan in history.

Historically, after Li Jing led the army to pacify the Turks, he and Jieli were captured by Zhang Baoxiang. Li Shimin appreciated his loyalty and appointed him as the general of Youwuhou, the governor of Huazhou, the king of Huaihua County, and the former leader of Jieli. Occupying the southern part of the Yellow River.

Since then, he has been with Li Shimin, and has helped Li Shimin put down the old Turkic rebellion, stabilized Mobei and Monan, defeated Xue Yantuo, and went to conquer Goguryeo. He was injured by the loss. Li Shimin personally sucked blood for him, but even so , He still died on the way to conquer Goguryeo.

Although his resume is not as gorgeous as Li Jing, Li Shiji, Su Dingfang and others, as a general, he can follow Li Shimin loyally and even die for the Tang Dynasty, which shows that his loyalty is beyond doubt.

He, Qibi Heli, and Ashinasheer can be said to be the most outstanding generals in the Tang Dynasty.

After the three surrendered to Datang, they followed Li Shimin and Li Zhi loyally all their lives. Among them, Qibi Heli and Ashinasheer also made great military exploits for Datang.

After Li Shimin's death, Qibi Heli and Ashinasheer also offered to be buried.

You know, at that time they were all important ministers of the Tang Dynasty, and they were able to give up the wealth they had already obtained to be buried for Li Shimin, which shows that their loyalty to Li Shimin has penetrated deep into the bone marrow.

That is to say, Ashina Simo died early, otherwise he would be indispensable.

Of course, this is not the most exaggerated. The most exaggerated thing is that Qibi Heli’s family has been loyal to Datang for generations. Even if Datang died, Datang’s successor, Song, would soon die. When the world's most powerful army at that time was about to pass by the tombs of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, they still stood up resolutely and shook the then world's most powerful army Mongolian cavalry.

The Mongols were forced to swear that they would not invade the tombs of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, so they gave up their resistance.

This shows how precious the loyalty of these three people is.

Among all the civil servants in Datang, perhaps only Yu Wenbao can be compared with them in this aspect.

Therefore, no matter what Li Yuanji said, he had to win them into his own hands.

Even if it is for them to personally risk it, it will not hesitate.

Judging from their performance in history and the power they have mastered in history, once they enter the lineage of Prince Yong's Mansion, they can provide nearly 50 loyal herdsmen and nearly [-] loyal cavalry for the lineage of King Yong's Mansion.

With the iron army that Datang then sharpened on the grassland, and the nearly [-] iron cavalry, in the entire grassland, who dares to be an enemy of Datang, who can be an enemy of Datang?
If there are any changes in Prince Yong's Mansion in the future, with these [-] cavalry, they can deal with it calmly.

Don't dare to say that you can recreate the world, but you can also challenge all opponents head-on.

Therefore, this risk is worth taking, and it can even be said to be a huge profit.

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Daizhou at the end of February was still bitingly cold, and the cold wind blew frantically along the gaps in people's collars and cuffs.

Even though the grass around is already green, it still feels like a cold winter.

Li Yuanji and his party traveled for nearly half a month, and finally arrived at the border of Daizhou.

Su Dingfang, Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong and others immediately led their generals to the Daizhou boundary marker to respond, not only them, but also Xue Shou.

A group of people stood in the cold wind, and the cold wind blew the flakes on their armor to one side, but they still remained motionless.

"Chen Su Dingfang..."

"Chen Cheng Yaojin..."

"Chen Wei Chi Gong..."

"Chen Xueshou..."

"..."

"Welcome His Royal Highness King Yong!"

Li Yuanji got off his horse, walked up to Su Dingfang, supported Su Dingfang with both hands and said with a smile: "There is no need to be polite..."

Then, he raised his hand to Cheng Yaojin and others, "Get up."

Su Dingfang clasped his fists again and saluted, "I'm guilty, please punish me, Your Highness!"

The border city was attacked, the merchants and goods in the border city were looted, and the soldiers in the border city were also slaughtered. This dealt a great blow to Su Dingfang.

This was also the biggest blemish on his time in Daizhou, and it couldn't be erased no matter what, so he immediately stepped forward to plead guilty.

After Su Dingfang's words fell to the ground, Yu Chigong gritted his teeth, quickly stepped forward and cupped his fists and said, "I'm also guilty, please punish me, Your Highness!"

The two school lieutenants who neglected their duties and caused the border city to be breached easily and were looted and slaughtered were his subordinates.

But that's not his fault either.

It wasn't that he was incapable, that he didn't deploy well, or that he didn't speak up, which made people take advantage of his loopholes.

It's that the men he commanded in the past were all men who knew the basics, and they were all veterans who joined him in the army, so he could turn the whole army around with one movement and one look.

This is also an important reason why Li Shimin still asked him to command the four thousand soldiers and horses he brought to Datang after he surrendered to Datang.

After Li Shimin's defeat and the eight commanding military mansions of Prince Qin's Mansion were dispersed, the soldiers and horses he commanded were no longer his cronies, but the mansion soldiers recruited from the local area.

Although the government soldiers are under his command, the Yamen directly under him are the general management offices of various places.

And the soldiers and horses of the two schools under him came from Taiyuan's General Manager's Mansion, which used to be called Bingzhou University's General Manager's Mansion.

Those who came out of Bingzhou General Manager's Mansion had a little relationship with Yongwang's Mansion, and some of them were even distant relatives of Li's family.

He doesn't control others well, and they don't sell his face.

So it caused the tragedy in the border city.

However, after all, he is the boss in name, and Su Dingfang is also the commander of the army, so he should be punished.

The superior has no time to care about who is right and who is wrong here, and the superior only cares about one result.

I handed over the person to you, and you didn't give me a satisfactory result, and even caused a catastrophe, that's your fault.

As for what you were bound by, or someone tricked you, that's your problem.

"Since you have rescued all the merchants, snatched back the goods, and punished the evil chief, I will fine you a year's salary. Do you have any objections?"

Li Yuanji knew that Su Dingfang and Yu Chigong were not to blame for this matter, so he lightly exposed it.

Naturally, Su Dingfang and Yu Chigong had no objection, and Yu Chigong even showed a sense of relief.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness."

Li Yuanji looked at Yu Chigong's expression of relief, and said with a smile: "Are you worried that I will take the opportunity to retaliate?"

Yu Chigong hurriedly bowed and said, "I dare not!"

Li Yuanji shook his head and smiled, "It's not that you don't dare, it's that you refuse to tell the truth."

Yuchi Gong forced out a smile, smiled dryly, and stepped aside.

Li Yuanji didn't chase him and force him to tell the truth, but turned his attention to Xue Shou, and said with a smile, "Why is Xue Aiqing here?"

Xue Shou said frankly without any concealment: "I heard that General Su captured a group of prisoners, so I came here to buy them."

Human trafficking is not a taboo in the Tang Dynasty, and the relevant laws of the Tang Dynasty did not completely prohibit this matter, but the trafficking of lovers is not allowed, so when Xue Shou said this, he did not mean to hide people at all. I didn't feel that there was anything wrong.

Now, the six and a half states in the northern region recovered by Datang need people to develop them, and Datang does not have enough population to develop these places. As a local official, it is very common to buy captives to serve as serfs , is also a matter that is beneficial to Datang.

So Xue Shou can not only talk about it, but can even say it with confidence.

"I heard that the captives you bought back have a high loss rate?"

Li Yuanji doesn't advocate this kind of behavior of selling people like goods, but Datang is in urgent need of labor, and the people who are being sold are not Datang's people. As the ruler of Datang, he has no reason to go Care about.

So not advocating it is not advocating it, but there is no reason to stop it.

When Xue listened to this, a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face.

The loss rate of the captives captured from the Turks in the six northern states in the past two and a half years is indeed high.

It has exceeded [-]%.

As a result, the money spent on purchasing captives in the six states and a half in the northern border has never been reduced.

The imperial court allocates a large sum of money to them every year and gives them advice, which is what it should be.

If they don't raise their opinions, they will only think that the money came for nothing and they will not save it at all.

"This... not only the state where I am located is like this, but also other states and counties. If Your Highness thinks that the loss rate of prisoners in the county where I am located is too high, I can find a way to reduce the loss."

After Xue Shou hesitated for a moment, he spoke dryly.

The meaning of dealing with it was written on his face.

Those who died were captives, not the people of Tang Dynasty, so there is no need to care so much.