Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 602
Hearing Wu Juluo's words, Prince Li Chu looked at his righteous brother.

Prince Ye Hu is about the same age as him, but since returning to Chang'an, he has been drinking to soothe his worries all day long, and his temples have grown gray.

Li Chu felt a little sympathy with Prince Ye Hu all of a sudden, and then there was a trace of fear. If Prince Ye Hu failed to win the heir, he could still live in the Tang Dynasty. If he failed to win the heir, where would his home be? ?

At this time, Wu Juluo ordered his subordinates to send a box of treasures, kowtowed to Prince Li Chu and said:

"Your Highness, please help my prince return to the grassland!"

Looking at the box full of gold, silver and jewels, Li Chu finally made up his mind. He helped Wu Juluo, then took Prince Ye Hu's hand and said:

"Don't worry, brother, I will speak to the emperor at the court, allowing you to return to the grassland for the funeral!"

In Chang'an, the reputation of the East Palace is much stronger than that of King Qi.

It's not that the East Palace doesn't accept gifts to do things, but that the East Palace will try its best to do things when it receives gifts, and whether King Qi can do things after receiving gifts depends on King Qi's mood.

If Queen Zhang and Li Fuguo were not supporting King Qi, the East Palace would have wiped out King Qi's faction long ago.

At the next day's court meeting, Prince Li Chu proposed to let Prince Ye Hu return to the grassland to attend the funeral for his younger brother Mou Yu Khan.

This memorial naturally caused an uproar among the officials. First, Prime Minister Zhang Hao said in a stern sentence:

"There is no reason in this world for an elder brother to attend the funeral for a younger brother, and now that Ye Hu is the Marquis of Guiyi in the Tang Dynasty, there is no reason for him to return to the grassland!"

The new prime minister, Li Xian, also said: "Now that Tongguan is in critical condition, the Marquis of Guiyi should be invited to help Tongguan. The Tang Dynasty has spent so much money to support the elite. There is no reason for Ye Hu to bring them back to the grassland."

In response to the opposition from the prime ministers, Prince Li Chu talked eloquently: "Although there is no reason for an elder brother to go to the funeral for his younger brother, but Guiyihou used to be a royal family in the grassland. Now that the Uighur Khan has passed away, it is reasonable for Guiyihou to return to the grassland to pay homage. things in it."

Immediately afterwards, Li Chu said: "If the Tang court ordered Guiyihou to go to Tongguan, and Guiyihou harbored resentment, wouldn't that put Tongguan in danger instead? Moreover, the cavalry led by Guiyihou would not be in a fortress like Tongguan. It didn’t work either.”

After saying this, the two prime ministers were silent.

Li Chu continued: "Now the Uighur situation is unclear, and there are many doubts about Mou Yu Khan's death. The court cannot easily appoint a new Khan. Otherwise, he will lose the heart of the grassland. It is better to let Guiyihou return. Grassland to see the situation."

Now many ministers hesitated.

According to what the messenger from the Uighurs said, the one who controls the situation on the grassland now is Princess Ningguo, who was sent by Datang to make peace.

However, Princess Ningguo has just entered the grassland, and has not even completed the wedding with Mou Yu Khan. In fact, the entire Tang Dynasty is very skeptical about whether Princess Ningguo can control the situation on the grassland.

And Prince Ye Hu used to be the heir of the grassland, if Prince Ye Hu returned to the grassland to succeed the Khan, then Datang had invested a lot in the new Khan.

And Li Chu's secret memorial to the emperor also showed that Prince Ye Hu promised that if he returned to the grassland, he was willing to marry the princess of Ningguo as his own Ketun according to the customs of the grassland.

Moreover, Prince Ye Hu also promised that if he could become the new Khan, he would send [-] horsemen to support Datang, and provide [-] war horses to pay tribute to Datang every year.

Li Heng was already a little moved by Prince Ye Hu's offer. Seeing that the officials were also silent, Li Heng said: "It is reasonable to ask Gui Yihou, so he is allowed to return to the grassland to attend the funeral for Khan Mou Yu." .”

"As for the canonization of the new Khan, let's wait until Hou Guiyi has a specific report."

"Let's retreat."

Prince Ye Hu, who was anxiously waiting for the news, was ecstatic after receiving the official edict from the Tang Dynasty. He sold all his treasures and rewarded his subordinates, and then led the remaining soldiers from Chang'an to return to the grassland.

The news that Prince Ye Hu was going to return to the grassland was also passed on to Longyou by Shang Bo after the dynasty was dispersed.

"My imperial brother is really calculating." Li Tan sneered and threw the information on the table.

Li Mi picked up his glasses, read the information carefully, and sighed involuntarily.

Li Heng is considered a good emperor, but Li Bi also knows his shortcomings.

The ears are soft, and they lose the righteousness when they see small gains.

To put it bluntly, it is lack of assertiveness and short-sightedness.

According to the summary of information obtained from the Uighur Consolation Envoy, Li Guangqin, the princess of Ningguo, is quite capable, and can even be said to be a hero among women.

After some political operations, the Uyghur royal court is now under control, and all Uyghur nobles and nobles have pledged their allegiance to the young new Khan. Through a series of operations, she has firmly controlled Ketun's position.

After that, Princess Ningguo's series of policies to get closer to the Tang Dynasty allowed the forces of Longyou to penetrate into the grassland even more, and also accelerated the process of Sinicization of the grassland.

Under such a good situation, the emperor and the court not only failed to help Li Guangqin, but put Prince Ye Hu back to get in the way.

Li Mi knew Prince Ye Hu's character very well, he was a more ambitious Uighur prince than his predecessor, Khan Yidijian.

Although Prince Ye Hu is close to Tang Dynasty, Li Mi can see that ambition. If he becomes Uighur Khan, it is absolutely impossible for him to be so obedient.

The Tang court actually released such a person back to the grassland, then the battle between Ye Hu and Princess Ningguo ended, no matter which side would continue to be close to Datang.

What a bad move!
Li Mi cursed inwardly, the Tang court is a bunch of short-sighted guys!What a group of insects!How can the country be governed with them!
Li Mi said to Li Tan: "Your Highness, Prince Ye Hu cannot be allowed to return to the grassland."

Li Tan stood up and looked out the window and said, "Of course, Ye Hu's return to the grassland will disrupt our Longyou's arrangement in the grassland, and ruin our business in the grassland over the years."

Li Mi hesitated at this moment and said: "Why don't we write to the court?"

Li Tan shook his head and said: "Bi Gong, don't you know Father and the princes of the Manchu Dynasty?"

Li Mi was silent.

Li Tan said: "Besides, Ye Hu still owes me a big 'favor', and now it's time to repay it."

Li Mi didn't know that Li Tan was ambushed when he first entered Longyou, so he looked at Li Tan suspiciously.

Li Tan asked Xu Jun beside him: "Chief Xu, what route will Ye Hu return to the grassland?"

Xu Jun pointed to the Tang Dynasty map hanging on the wall and said: "According to the analysis of our staff department, Ye Hu will return to the grassland as soon as possible, and then summon his old troops to support him, so the fastest way is to go north from Lingzhou and cross Yinshan Mountain. "

Li Tan looked at the map and laughed: "Bi Gong, let's not teach Huma to go to Yinshan Mountain once again, but this time we don't let Huma go north."

Li Mi immediately understood what Li Tan meant, he was going to kill Prince Ye Hu!

However, Li Mi quickly figured out the pros and cons. It was obvious that Princess Ningguo, who needed the support of Longyou more than Prince Ye Hu, was the best partner for Longyou to cooperate with.

Li Mi is not a straightforward Confucian, he looked at the map and said: "Now Lingzhou is under the control of Longyou, so when Prince Ye Hu enters Lingzhou, you can prepare to surround and kill him."

Xu Jun said: "As for the reason, it is because Prince Ye Hu failed to cross the river and drowned."

Li Tan said with a smile: "That's a good reason. Tell Cui Tao to prepare. No Uighur is allowed to be released back to the grassland!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Arrange internal guard players along the way to monitor the whereabouts of Prince Ye Hu, and set up a siege net in Lingzhou to surround and kill Prince Ye Hu. Naturally, the staff will arrange players to do all this. Li Tan has lost interest in paying attention to this matter.

But this time, Li Tan was further disappointed with the court.

Obviously Li Guangqin had stabilized the situation on the grassland, and everything was changing for the better, but the court insisted on adding chaos.

In fact, starting from Li Longji, the Tang court has been constantly adding chaos. Once the court intervenes, things will develop in a bad direction.

Li Tan looked at the battlefield in the Central Plains. In the end, An Qingxu was still reluctant to part with the fat of Luoyang, the eastern capital, and ordered the army to besiege Luoyang, and began to get used to Luoyang's attack.

However, Zhang Xun took his time and arranged the defense of the city long ago. An Qingxu's attack did not have any results, and he returned in defeat.

Shi Siming, who had vowed to fight against the Tang Dynasty, sent troops from Taiyuan Mansion and went south to occupy Xiangzhou and Jeju, which An Qingxu originally occupied.

Shi Siming's eldest son, Shi Chaoyi, also led the Fan Yang army to the south and occupied Qizhou and Zizhou.

Originally, the Tang court thought that Shi Siming and An Qingxu were on fire, but when they learned that An Qingxu had already withdrawn the army and officials, something even more frightening happened to the court.

Shi Siming appeased the people in Xiangzhou and Jeju, and dispatched officials, all in the appearance of a long-term operation.

Only then did Guo Ziyi understand where An Qingxu's army and equipment came from.

Although the cooperation between An Qingxu and Shi Siming does not seem to be so reliable, the pressure on Datang has increased sharply after the two sides merged.

When the news reached Chang'an, Li Heng no longer hesitated, and directly ordered that one out of seven out of seven soldiers be drawn in the Guanzhong area, and immediately train a new Shence Army in Chang'an, and then quickly dispatched to Tongguan after simple training.

Li Guangbi, who escaped from Xiangzhou, was not convicted by the court, but continued to appoint him as a general to assist Guo Ziyi in coordinating the defense of Tongguan.

At the same time, the imperial court once again ordered Nan Jiyun in Qingzhou and Zhang Duanyang in Pengcheng to send troops to Zizhou as soon as possible to protect the safety of water transportation.

For places where the water transportation was cut off, the imperial court recruited trackers and civilian husbands, and either used the trackers to pull the boat, or disembarked for land transportation, and all local officials who could not guarantee smooth water transportation were dismissed and investigated!
And in Dahang City by the Yalu River in the north, ships are preparing to set sail.

(End of this chapter)