Cultivation of chastity

Li Tai asked Yuan Keshi and Peacock to meet and discuss the details of this matter.

And Li Tai returned to his study, and began to integrate the idea of ​​collecting wool from other races through wool spinning. After integrating it and writing down its function and meaning, he was about to hand it over to Baihe to make a copy and send it to the court.

After thinking for a while, he added a few more sentences, and then handed it to Bai Hedao, "Look up the typos in this manuscript, and then make a copy and send it directly to the saint."

"No!" Bai He heard Li Tai's words without any hesitation, and immediately rolled up a scroll and sent it to Chang'an.

In fact, Li Shimin was quite busy during this time period.

For example, let Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng revise the old rites and formulate new rites. "New Rites" contains 130 articles, including 61 articles in "Auspicious Rites", 42 articles in "Bing Rituals", [-] articles in "Military Rites", [-] articles in "Jia Li", There are six chapters in "Ceremony" and five chapters in "National Shirts".

At the same time, this year also started the selection of palace maids. Originally, 13-year-old Wu Meiniang, ten-year-old Xu Hui, etc., will almost all enter the palace at this time.

But it's a pity that Li Tai proposed to raise the childbearing age of women to sixteen years old, at least fifteen years old.

And the palace set an example, so when selecting the maids, they directly killed most of the maids who were not qualified for their age. It can be considered that Li Tai saved countless lolis invisibly, which can be described as infinite merit.

As for ordinary work, although there are more or less, it has become a routine.

In terms of management, a relatively stable administrative system has been formed. If Li Shimin is more diligent, then Fang Xuanling will be more relaxed, and if Li Shimin is more relaxed, then Fang Xuanling will be responsible for a few more tasks.

It has to be said that the existence of Fang Xuanling allowed Datang to restore its national strength extremely quickly. At least for now, Datang has recovered almost all the materials consumed in Tuyuhun.

But Li Shimin began to hold the map around Datang, thinking about which one to fight.

At this time, Li Tai's urgent documents were sent all the way from Luoyang to Chang'an, and sent to Li Shimin.

Because Li Tai would write letters to the palace on the first and fifteenth day of every month, Li Shimin also knew Li Tai's habit of sending letters.

But the letter didn't arrive according to the normal time, which had to surprise Li Shimin.

So when Li Shimin received the letter, his face was somewhat dignified.

After all, if there is a problem that my own son can't solve, it's probably not a small problem.

Li Taixing Gaoling, built Tianjin, developed Hehuang, laid out the West Sea, and now he has played a game of Luoshui, and everyone in the world who likes to play chess will go to participate.

If Li Tai encountered any troubles, he rushed to ask him for help, it might not be a trivial matter, which made Li Shimin somewhat worried.

But soon, Li Shimin heaved a sigh of relief after reading the content of the above letter. At least it wasn't that Li Tai encountered any problems, but Li Tai launched the follow-up of the seed project, just came to report to himself.

"Order Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Wei Zheng to come over!" Li Shimin thought for a while and then called for someone!
Soon, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Wei Zheng all came in front of Li Shimin, and saluted after seeing Li Shimin.

Li Shimin didn't say much, so he handed Li Tai's letter to the three of them, and said, "All of you come and see!"

Everyone was not polite, one by two they took the letter from Li Shimin's hand, passed it to each other and read it.

After watching for a while, Wei Zheng spoke first:

"The King of Wei intends to establish a distribution center for wool textiles in the West Sea to absorb the livestock supplies of the nomadic people in the West Sea.

Since King Wei is sure, let King Wei try first.

After all, there are soldiers and capable officials in the land of the West Sea, so even if something goes wrong, as long as it doesn't cause turmoil in the frontier, it's not a big deal. "

From Wei Zheng's point of view, there seems to be nothing wrong with Li Tai's direct purchase of foreign materials through Tang coins. If it succeeds, the court will have an extra rope to contain the border areas.

Compared with drafting a plan, it takes a long time to lay the groundwork. Now this plan is relatively good for both Datang and foreign races, so why not do it.

"The king of Wei really intends to educate the foreign races in the West Sea!" Fang Xuanling frowned when he saw Li Tai's wool textile technology.

Because none of the three had a technical background, strategically speaking, they agreed with Li Tai's plan to build towns on the West Sea to strengthen ties with foreign races on the border.

But why the wool textile industry is the core, the three of them can't tell why, so they can only use their own knowledge to see Li Tai's layout.

At least in their view, Li Tai's plan is conducive to the transactions between Datang and the surrounding alien races, thereby stabilizing the relationship between the border alien races and consolidating Datang's control over the surrounding alien races.

Fang Xuanling looked at the letter sent by Li Tai, thought for a while, and said, "Should I let Nuohebo go to Hexi?"

"Huh?" Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling with some doubts when he heard Fang Xuanling's words.

Fang Xuanling said to Li Shimin at this time, "Our control over the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is probably only part of the land to the east and south of the West Sea, and we can't completely control these places.

Therefore, someone needs to go to the area north and west of the West Sea to gather the alien races. On the one hand, we will further implement administrative orders. "

"If so, will Tuyuhun come back?" Li Shimin frowned.

To be honest, Tuyuhun was not weak. Even before Li Jing led his troops to attack, Tuyuhun's combat effectiveness should have been ranked among the top ten in the world.

The overall strength is probably behind the Tang Empire, the Arab Empire, the Sasanian Empire, and the Byzantine Empire.

In terms of combat effectiveness, if you touch the East Turks who have fallen from the peak, the Tubo who is climbing, or even the Goguryeo who is dedicated to defense, you may not die so completely at the peak.

It's just that, who made him meet Datang, whose national strength and morale were rising, and then ran into Li Jing's hands.

After all, even if it lost a battle in Hehuang Valley, the potential of Tubo's follow-up war still supported it to fight Li Jing again.

Although the main military group was completely wiped out by Li Jing, the remaining base was enough to maintain the dignity of a kingdom.

It wasn't until the internal turmoil in Tuyuhun made the surrounding aliens see Tuyuhun's weakness, and then Tubo swept away the remnants of Tuyuhun, which wiped out the last bit of Tuyuhun's foundation.

"As Tubo wiped away part of Tuyuhun's influence, this allowed Tubo to begin to border on our Tang Dynasty."

Du Ruhui said calmly, "The Hu people are always afraid of power and not virtuous, we defeated Tuyuhun in an upright manner, and the Tuyuhun people are convinced that we occupied the land of Tuyuhun.

But Tibet is different.

Taking advantage of the loss of Tuyuhun's backbone strength, they ate up a lot of Tuyuhun's land. It would be strange if Tuyuhun could endure it easily.

Therefore, at least until Tuyuhun has no second-talented Zhanbu, they will definitely respect us Datang.

And in order to have a talent war department, I am afraid that Tuyuhun would be very willing to have friction with Tubo.

This is conducive to our Datang's control of the Xihai area. "

Hearing Du Ruhui's analysis, Li Shimin stroked his beard and began to think.

At this time, Wei Zheng added, "Whether we in the Tang Dynasty want to implement the grass planting plan, or the king of Wei wants to establish a so-called wool textile distribution center, we must let someone from a foreign race take the lead.

When the time comes, the current Tuyuhun people or people from other ethnic groups will change their customs, then even if Nuohebo has the amazing ability to rebuild Tuyuhun 20 or 30 years later, it still depends on whether his people belong to him or not. tribe!

Just in case, I implore the sage to give me a marriage promise bowl, so that he can use the majesty of my Tang Dynasty to rebuild Tuyuhun. "

"Give a marriage?!" Li Shimin couldn't help thinking when he heard Wei Zheng's words, if it was a marriage, it would be serious.

But Wei Zheng looked at Li Shimin without fear, and said solemnly to Li Shimin,
"Has the sage ever remembered Princess Yicheng of the former Sui Dynasty? Although her crimes are unforgivable, her affection is respectable, and my Tang Dynasty also needs a woman like Princess Yicheng."

Li Shimin couldn't help thinking when he heard Wei Zheng's words.

To be honest, Li Shimin also knew what Wei Zheng meant, which was to invest in Tuyuhun when it was almost completely destroyed.

This investment is not for the development of Tuyuhun, but to leave a means of check and balance within Tuyuhun.

Just like Princess Yicheng of the Sui Dynasty, with the strength of the Eastern Turks, Princess Yicheng even independently controlled an army with the talent of the war department, and even had the capital to disturb the border of the Tang Dynasty.

The original purpose of the Sui Dynasty was only to split the Turks, but they did not expect that Princess Yicheng would do such a good job.

After the fall of the Sui Dynasty, she was the only member of the royal family who insisted on opposing the Tang Dynasty and was able to oppose the Tang Dynasty.

"Precisely!" Li Shimin pondered, "Choose a woman of the right age from the royal family, give it to her as a daughter, and marry her to Nuohebo. After Nuohebo is married to her, send Nuohebo back to the West Sea and rebuild the country of Tuyuhun! "

"Sage is holy!" Seeing that Li Shimin agreed to this matter, the three of them felt that Li Shimin's choice was very good.

At the same time, Li Shimin continued, "This matter is settled, but next... Where is Sassan?
Qing Que actually asked us not to directly reject Sasanian's request for help for the time being, but to send envoys to Sasanian to investigate and make a map? "

"Sassan was Anxi before, and it was an empire created by the Persians. Although it experienced turmoil several times, it still stood in the world in the end. There are many exchanges between Anxi and the Han, Sassan and the Northern Wei Dynasty!"

Wei Zheng's ability to be well-informed and knowledgeable was manifested, and he thought about it and said:

"Basically, with the smooth opening of the Silk Road, the communication between us and An'an and Sassanid has increased.

To some extent, they are our friends on the Silk Road, but even Sassan and my good minister in Tang Dynasty absolutely disagree with sending troops to rescue Sassan.

After all, the distance is too far, thousands of miles away, how to supply! "

To be honest, Wei Zheng didn't expect Li Tai to actually have the intention of helping Sassan, but as an admonisher of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Zheng blocked this matter at the first time, after all, Wei Zheng could see that Li Tai seemed to have feelings for Sassan. interest.

It's like someone's sheep dare to eat grass today, but they dare to eat people tomorrow.

From Wei Zheng's point of view, Li Tai dared to propose a survey map today, so maybe one day he would propose to travel thousands of miles to rescue.

Although Wei Zheng also knew that Li Tai would not make any stupid suggestions, but no matter what he said, he had to put an end to the possibility of such a thing.

After all, Wei Zheng could also sense that Li Tai's proportion in Li Shimin's heart was getting higher and higher.

Under such circumstances, what if one day Li Tai made Li Shimin happy and Li Shimin agreed impulsively!
However, even though Wei Zheng said so at this moment, Du Ruhui said,

"If it's really related to the Silk Road, then the soldiers may not be sent, but the guides and envoys need to be arranged in advance."

"Huh?!" Hearing this, Wei Zheng couldn't help but look at Du Ruhui, and couldn't help but widen his eyes.

But Du Ruhui saluted and said, "I respect the orders of the saints, and have carried out the water transportation plan designed by King Wei step by step.

From Youzhou to Yuhang, after the entire Grand Canal was completely dredged, I can clearly see that the speed of recovery of our national power in the Tang Dynasty has been restored to the greatest extent with the unblocking of the canal.

So from my point of view, sending envoys to follow the Sasanian envoys to Sassanian can let me know how many enemies and friends there are outside the Yumen Pass.

Secondly, rebuilding the Silk Road and recreating the story of Bowang Houhou will help us restore the national power of the Tang Dynasty.

The most important thing is that the Great Han is in front and the Great Tang is behind. If we cannot recover the 36 countries in the Western Regions and re-establish the Western Regions to command the Western Regions, how can the Great Tang stand shoulder to shoulder with the Great Han! "

Hearing Du Ruhui's words, Wei Zheng opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he chose to keep his mouth shut.

Although strictly speaking, the 36 countries in the Western Regions can only be regarded as the sphere of influence of the Han Dynasty, not the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

But for any capable Han emperor, there is still some hope for re-establishing the Silk Road and bringing back into his control the 36 countries in the Western Regions that had been separated from the Han people's sphere of influence.

After all, why did Emperor Sui Yang never forget Goguryeo so much? The most important reason is that it has been the territory of the Han Dynasty since ancient times.

If you want to inherit the legal system of the Han Dynasty, then inheriting the land of the Han Dynasty is the most basic thing.

And after Datang took over the baton from Tai Sui, what can prove that Datang is greater and more legitimate than Da Sui, that is, what Da Tang did in Da Sui, and what Da Tang did not do? done.

Although the matter of the 36 countries in the Western Regions seems insignificant now.

However, after Datang eliminated Tuyuhun and restored the sphere of influence of Datang to the four counties in Hexi, how to deal with the 36 countries in the Western Regions must be put on the bill, which can be temporarily shelved, but this matter will be resolved sooner or later .

But thinking of this, Fang Xuanling made a final decision at this time,

"The influence of the Tang Dynasty has never been involved in the Western Regions, let alone the situation west of the Western Regions.

If we can use this Sasanian envoy to let us understand the situation in the Western Regions, it is not impossible.

As for whether to help Sassan, it is not too late to make a decision after returning from the mission and letting us understand Sassan's situation. "