The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 425 Showing off force
Datang's winter court is more lively every year, and this year is naturally more grand and luxurious than last year.

In addition, it also initially has the weather of all nations coming to Korea.

Xue Yantuo, Plateau Five Kingdoms, Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, Tiele tribes, Tuyuhun, Khitan, Mohe, Wonu Kingdom, Funan Kingdom, etc.

This is still worthy of a name, such as Liugui Kingdom, Tamra Kingdom, etc., which cannot be called names, and some are even forces such as tribal alliances.

There are hundreds of them in total.

Compared with the same period in the previous life, this grand scene is not known how much stronger.

The reason why we use the preliminary weather of all nations to come to Korea is because there is a piece missing on the map.

Li Chengqian said: "The Western Turks occupy the Western Regions, blocking my way to the west of the Tang Dynasty."

"Aye looked at the map and lost his temper again today, wishing he could get rid of it immediately."

Chen Jingke kept flipping the pot with his chopsticks, causing Li Chengqian to make a gesture to hit him before he stopped.

Pick up a plate of mutton slices and pour them into the pot, waiting to be cooked.Many people like to eat tender lamb, which is tender and delicious after a little rinsing.

He is different. He likes to eat meat that is more than [-]% ripe, with a chewy texture, and the more you chew, the more delicious it becomes.

"Western Turks, Goguryeo, Xue Yantuo, Plateau, these are the powerful enemies that the Tang Dynasty will face next."

"And these four powerful enemies are also divided into priorities, the most important thing is the most inconspicuous plateau."

"However, fortunately, the imperial court acted in a timely manner, and acted before Tubo formed a general trend. This hidden danger has been temporarily resolved."

"Secondly is Xue Yantuo. The biggest mistake Datang made after defeating the Eastern Turks was to give Xue Yantuo too much support."

"It's only been a few years, and new hungry wolves have appeared on the grassland, and they have already shown disrespect to Datang."

Li Chengqian hesitated for a moment and lowered his voice: "Regarding this matter, I actually think it has something to do with Aye placing the Eastern Turkic descendants near Xue Yantuo."

"The two sides are feuds, and Xue Yantuo would not be happy to put them together."

Chen Jingke paused for a moment, picked up a piece of mutton and stuffed it into his mouth, he was so hot that he couldn't bear to spit it out.

It took a while to swallow, revealing a contented look.

"It was indeed a big mistake for His Majesty to place the descendants of the Eastern Turks in Dingxiang City."

"But it didn't anger Xue Yantuo, but ruined ten years of enlightenment."

"No matter what Tang does, Xue Yantuo will become an enemy. This has nothing to do with us, but their inevitable choice after they become stronger."

"No one wants to live in the hearts of the people for a long time, especially the grassland tribes. Whoever is stronger is the monarch."

Li Chengqian not only nodded, it was true.

Chen Jingke continued: "After the surrender of the Eastern Turks, His Majesty preserved their tribes and allowed them to govern themselves."

"But in fact, they were moved to the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty to settle down. After so many years, they have gotten used to their current life."

"And over the years, the Eastern Turks are also looking for opportunities to actively integrate into the Tang Dynasty, which can be seen from the number of Turks in Chang'an."

A few years ago, there were tens of thousands of Turkic people living in Chang'an City, and hundreds of them were officials, many of whom held high positions.

For example, Ashinasheer, the former Eastern Turkic royal family, was no less talented than the famous general of the Tang Dynasty. He was the only handsome foreign general in the early Tang Dynasty.

Originally, if Li Shimin could persevere, he might not be able to follow Xianbei's sinicization and integrate into the Han nationality, and integrate the Turks into the Han system.

But when the situation was very good, he began to suspect all the Turks who surrendered because of the rebellion of a man named Ashina.

That's why there was a plan for Li Simo to lead the Turks to settle in Dingxiang City.

It can be said that this move has brought to naught the assimilation work of the previous decade.

Considering the original world, this Eastern Turkic tribe who migrated to the grassland later reestablished a country called Post-Turkic.

Although there is Wu Zetian's reason for this, it really has to be traced back that this thunder was planted by Li Shimin.

"At the beginning, when the Eastern Turkic tribes were placed as a whole south of the Yellow River, the ministers have always opposed this matter."

"The ministers hope to disperse the Turkic tribes and place them all over the world, and then force them to change their customs, so that within two generations there will be no more Turkic people."

"Counting all the prime ministers and generals, it seems that Wen Xiang (Wen Yanbo) is the only one who insists on all his customs and all his tribes. For this reason, Wei Xiang has always been dissatisfied with him."

"And the sage didn't listen to the opinions of the majority, but chose Wen Xiang's suggestion."

"It can be said that the sage was wrong from beginning to end when it came to the placement and reuse of Turkic people."

"At the beginning, I sang against the officials and chose a wrong start."

"If he can make the mistake and stick to it, it can be justified to start the education work along with the trend."

"As a result, I gave up the achievements of more than ten years because of one person, and everything returned to the original point."

Li Chengqian was a little embarrassed. He agreed with this matter, and he didn't agree with it, so he simply pretended not to hear it and buried himself in eating.

Chen Jingke didn't expect him to answer, and said to himself: "You will sit in that position in the future..."

"Forget it, when it's time to be confused, no one can persuade you, no matter how much you say, it's useless."

Li Chengqian didn't dare to answer these words, and continued to eat like crazy.

Chen Jingke also changed the topic at the right time, saying: "Continue to talk about Xue Yantuo, as long as he is there, Datang will not be able to fully manage the Western Regions."

"So before actually operating the Western Regions, it must be wiped out first, so as to remove all worries."

Li Chengqian finally put down his chopsticks, tried hard to swallow the food in his mouth, and said:
"Yes, Xue Yantuo can threaten the Hexi Corridor at any time. The most worrying thing is that they will collude with the Western Turks. At that time, our Anxi Army will be in danger."

Chen Jingke said: "So Xue Yantuo must fight, and now he just lacks an excuse."

Li Chengqian thought for a while, nodded first, then shook his head and said, "It's not as simple as you think, and it has something to do with Yi Nan."

"Yi Nan is a smart man, and he took the lead in responding to the Tang Dynasty's rebellion against the Eastern Turks. We have to give him this face."

Chen Jingke sneered and said, "How much is face between countries worth? The reason why the saint talks about this kind of affection is that the excuse is not enough."

"I really wait until the right excuse comes. You can see if the saint will send troops."

Li Chengqian said: "That's the problem, Yi Nan is a smart man, he won't give such an excuse."

Chen Jingke recalled what happened in the history of his previous life, and said with a smile: "A lot of times things don't happen as he wants."

Li Chengqian's heart moved, and he said, "East Turkic?"

Chen Jingke nodded and said, "Yes, even if Yinan can resist attacking the Turkic people in Dingxiang City, the leaders of Xue Yantuo's ministries can't resist."

"So they will definitely attack the Eastern Turks. At that time, as soon as the Huaihua County King's request for help arrives, Datang will be able to send troops."

Li Chengqian suddenly realized: "I said why Aye frequently mobilizes troops and quietly hoards military supplies. It turns out that it is for Xue Yantuo."

Chen Jingke rolled his eyes and said, "As the head of the cabinet, don't you know about this? Why are you pretending to be a wolf with a big tail?"

Li Chengqian chuckled, and said, "I'm not cooperating with you. If I know everything you say, wouldn't it appear that you are not good enough?"

It is impossible for Li Shimin to tell him everything, but as the foreman of the cabinet, there is no way to hide most of Datang's big moves from him.

It's all like this, if he still can't judge what Li Shimin will do next, then this prince is too unqualified.

It was just to cooperate with Chen Jingke just now.

Another point is that Chen Jingke keeps talking about Li Shimin's faults, even saying what you should do when you are an emperor, and he is not easy to answer.

Chen Jingke naturally understood this too, it was just an exchange of opinions.

"By the way, what did the saint do? I heard that he called all the envoys from all countries together?"

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "What else can you do, Liwei."

On the third day of the Great Court Meeting on Yuan Ri, Li Shimin suddenly invited the princes' envoys to the royal hunting ground in Longshouyuan for unknown reasons.

Although the envoys from various countries were very curious, they still went there on that day.

On the way, they found that many civil and military men in Tang Dynasty uniforms were also heading in the same direction.

After inquiring, I realized that it was not only their envoys who accepted the invitation, but also all the important ministers of the Tang Dynasty's feudal officials.

Now everyone's curiosity is lifted high.

Before arriving at the destination, I found a huge city in front of me. Now everyone is even more curious. When did Longshouyuan build the city?
The point is, what did the emperor think?Actually repairing the city in the hunting ground?Do you want to practice offensive and defensive warfare?

With such doubts in mind, they continued to walk towards their destination, only to find out when they got there that this was not a city, it was clearly a city wall.

A city wall that is three feet high, five feet wide, and twenty feet long.

There is also an area a thousand steps away in front of the city wall that is tightly covered with straw mats and heavily guarded.

Everyone is even more curious, what does it mean to build such a city wall here?What is that straw mat covering?
Everyone whispered to each other, but no matter whether it was the envoys or the officials of the Tang Dynasty, no one knew what was going on.

Not long after, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong and others arrived one after another. Some acquaintances immediately came to inquire, but the result was that they didn't know.

After a while, Yuwen Shiji, Gao Shilian, Fang Xuanling and others also arrived one after another, and there were still people asking for news.Everyone is thinking, Zaifu should know such a big thing, right?

But what surprised them was that the ministers shook their heads one after another. Although they didn't bluntly say that they didn't know, it could be seen from their expressions that they also knew nothing.

Now everyone's curiosity was hoisted to the highest level, what exactly was the Emperor of Tang going to do?Why even Zaifu kept it a secret.

Soon it was the appointed time, and Li Shimin arrived at the destination under the escort of the Xuanjia Army. What caught people's attention was that the sage of the Tang Dynasty was wearing a suit of armor.

Even put on the armor that he never wore after ascending the throne, what is the emperor going to do?With such thoughts in mind, everyone stepped forward to greet them.

"Pingshen, Zhu Qing has been waiting for a long time." Li Shimin jumped off his horse and said.

After everyone stood up, Fang Xuanling spoke first, "I don't know why the sage summoned the ministers today?"

"Hehe..." Li Shimin chuckled and did not answer, but said:

"Let's go, let's go to the city wall to have a look." After finishing speaking, ignoring everyone's reactions, he walked towards the city wall first.

Everyone had no choice but to follow.

In fact, Fang Xuanling's heart is clear, and even many high-level officials in the Tang Dynasty know what's going on.

It was just a double reed song for the envoys of various countries to read.

This is a gorgeous performance, which is used to shock Siyi, the feudal officials and future princes and kings in the Tang Dynasty.

I believe that after this performance, no one should question Li Shimin's right to rule in a short period of time.

For this performance, Li Shimin even simulated the city wall.

This is a real one-to-one city wall. The interior of the green brick cladding is filled with soil, and there are many dummies placed on the city wall.

The uninformed people became even more puzzled. Could it be that the emperor wants to perform an offensive and defensive battle for everyone?

Lu Dongzan was also among the invited crowd, and he was equally puzzled.It's just that it didn't show it, but hid in the crowd without showing the mountain.

After watching the city wall, Li Shimin smiled and said, "Are you all curious about what I'm going to do today?"

Everyone nodded.

"Today I'll show you something good... I believe many people have heard of the Shenwei Great General Cannon, right? Many people have also inquired about it in private."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions were different. The Shenwei Great General Cannon is Datang's top-secret weapon.

Although equipped with a lot, it has only been tested in small-scale combat and has not been applied on a large scale.

It's not that Datang's casting technology is poor, and it's not that Li Shimin is afraid of rebellion and dare not use it.

But Datang's combat power is too strong, and he has no chance to use it.

But such a big thing can't be hidden from people, and the rumor that Datang has a powerful weapon still spreads.

Many forces have sent people to investigate privately, but they still can't get the point.

This also makes most people suspicious of this. Could it be that Datang deliberately intimidated the nations?
But I didn't expect that the emperor of Tang Dynasty would show this kind of artifact today.

Seeing that everyone's appetites had been whetted, Li Shimin said unhurriedly to a general: "Duan Xiong, let's start."

This general is Duan Xiongzhixuan, the leader of the Xuanjia Army, and the head of Li Shimin's bodyguard.

The Xuanjia Army is an elite force built by Li Tang at the beginning of the founding of the country, spending a huge amount of resources.

As you can tell from the name, Xuan is black, a black armor-piercing unit.

In the early Tang Dynasty, iron production was very low, and it was not easy for any force to gather an army wearing iron armor.

This army is Li Tang's sharp knife.

Li Shimin's ability to command the army is very strong, so Li Yuan entrusted this army to him to command.Over time, this Xuanjia army has become his iron club from top to bottom.

It can be said that the Xuanjia Army is the most trusted army of Li Shimin. After becoming the emperor, it was used as a personal guard most of the time.

Some tasks with high confidentiality are also entrusted to them.

The safety of major events like today is also handed over to the Xuanjia Army throughout the entire process, and other troops cannot even rely on it.

(End of this chapter)