A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1039 Restoration
Wu Huaiyu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that he no longer had to go to western Sichuan.

Although the scenery in western Sichuan is beautiful, he still likes Lingnan, and he prefers the sun, sea, beaches, coconuts and seafood in Luzon.

My father-in-law is not bad this time.

Not only did he successfully clear away the crime of being the guardian of Tuyuhun, which resulted in King Murong Shun being killed by the rebel nobles, but he also felt proud and proud.
Today, wearing the golden armor given by the emperor, he rode into Chang'an with the prince in a military chariot and presented the prisoners to the palace, showing his face in a big way.

Now he has been restored to his original position of governor and governor of Liangzhou, and also serves as the governor of Qinghai. The governor is Li Zhonglie, the prince of Heyuan County and the consort of Princess Honghua.

Not only was his face restored, but he was also given enough rewards. He was reinstated, given an additional 200 households, and his son was given the title of viscount.

If it hadn't been for the emperor, he might have felt that it was a bit unsightly to have the princes gather to pay homage to the prime minister this time, so he deliberately gave him some extra compensation. In terms of military merit alone, those rewards were really not enough.

Tubo was just a small country. It had been in a stalemate for more than half a year, and then fifty thousand people were defeated by two hundred thousand people, and only more than ten thousand prisoners were killed. It was really nothing.

The three generals, Lao Niu, Lao Liu, Lao Li, were also very satisfied with the reward.

Although he still has to stay in the Jiannan border, it is normal for the military commander to guard the border for the country. After fighting this battle, he will be promoted to an official position and even named his wife Yinzi, which is a great gift.

The palace banquet slowly came to an end amidst this uneasiness.

"Your Majesty is recovering well,"

"I drank a lot of wine just now, but I didn't eat a few bites of food. Now I feel a little hungry. I want to drink some milk tea to relieve the hangover and satisfy my hunger."

Everyone raised their glasses together, "Drink to win!"

In fact, the last time we were separated was in the summer, and it didn't last long.

Finally the emperor got up,

"Huaiyu stays for a while."

Hope, hear and ask,

The palace servants are making tea on the side. Milk tea takes time to make.

The two sat down.

The emperor let out a long sigh. It could be seen that the emperor was under a lot of psychological pressure during this period. After all, he was not yet forty years old.

The dance steps of the beauties in Jiaofang are also lighter,

After walking for a while, the emperor took him to the Manna Palace.

"I feel very energetic now. I even get up early in the morning. I have always followed your instructions and exercised restraint. I have not been pregnant with my concubines."

The emperor took Wu Huaiyu out of Wude Hall and walked around the palace.

Wu Huaiyu wanted to say that drinking tea after drinking was not a good habit, but he didn't say much.

"What kind of tea?" asked the emperor.

"Twenty-three sons and twenty daughters." Huaiyu replied.

These Wu Huaiyu were quite professional and broke the silence.
The emperor is in good health;

Seeing that the tea was not ready yet, Li Shimin asked for the chess piece.

"Drink victory!"

If he could no longer visit his concubines, it would indeed be a huge blow to him.

The emperor raised his glass,

Although the poison from Tianzhu monk's Hu medicine has not been completely eliminated, it is not a serious problem. Of course, the poisoning still caused a lot of irreversible damage, but now it will no longer continue to poison.

"I am still young and want to have more children," Li Shimin said with a smile, "How many children do you have?"

Li Shimin nodded.

Among all the ministers in the palace, the emperor kept Wu Huaiyu alone, not even the eldest uncle Sun Guo.

The atmosphere became cheerful again,

"Please help your Majesty," Wu Huaiyu broke the silence.

Wu Huaiyu first wrote and prescribed some prescriptions for the emperor to take care of his body. "Your Majesty will turn it over to the Shang Yao Bureau and wait for the emperor to check it,"

The monarch and his ministers sat there in silence for a while.

But both of them felt a sense of unfamiliarity.

The emperor is not holding back some big move.

The fat uncle Guo had some envy in his eyes and left with a bit of reluctance.

Huaiyu told him that he only needed to be a little more restrained now. He would be lucky once every three to five days and it would not affect his body.

Li Shimin seemed very happy today, so he rarely drank alcohol, but today he made an exception and had a few drinks, and his face was a little red.

Wu Huaiyu breathed a sigh of relief and was just about to go home.

Wu Huaiyu said it was up to His Majesty, so Li Shimin asked the palace servants to make milk tea.

"You already have more children than I have." Li Shimin smiled and said that he must work hard.

"That's it for today,"

As Wu Huaiyu sipped his wine, he found that the emperor's eyes seemed to glance at him from time to time, which made him a little uneasy.

Li Shimin took the order and handed it directly to the waiter without looking at it.

Now that he is in good health, he no longer pays so much attention to these prescriptions.

"Come, play some chess,"

Playing chess is very suitable for chatting while playing, which will make the atmosphere more relaxed.

Li Shimin chatted with him about things.
But Lu Song was not mentioned, and Wu Huaiyu certainly would not take the initiative to mention Lu Song.

"Now that Lingnan is very stable, do you want to return to Chang'an?" Li Shimin asked.

Wu Huaiyu dropped a piece, "Lingnan has just got on the right track. It is still too far away from the Central Plains. Someone still needs to watch over it."

"If you return to Chang'an, then I will let you be the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

"Your Majesty has appointed Hou Sanshui as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. How can he change the order overnight? Besides, I really prefer to stay in Lingnan to do practical things and start well."

"If you want to come back, Hou Junji will go back to his place, and you will definitely enter the political hall when you come back."

But Wu Huaiyu still shook his head and refused.

Because he was very sure that the emperor did not really want him to return to the court and become prime minister.

If he really meant that, why would the palace suddenly announce that Junji would be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Personnel today? What he said now was more like a test.

"If you stay in Lingnan, you are really underestimating your talents. Now that you are in Lingnan, you are killing a chicken with a sledgehammer. Your great talents are being used to a lesser extent."

Wu Huaiyu said nothing.

"Your eldest son, I have grown to like you more and more over the past six months in the palace."

"Thank you for taking care of me, Your Majesty."

The tea is ready,
The fragrance of tea, milk, and fragrance.

The young and beautiful palace servant brought tea to the two of them.

"I have ordered that all the little ones in your family should go home tomorrow for a long vacation and a family reunion."

Wu Huaiyu thought that the emperor was letting his four children go home for real, but he didn't expect that it was just an annual vacation. Although he knew clearly that the emperor was holding his four legitimate children as hostages, Wu Huaiyu could only thank him. After all, the emperor and the empress raised the children of heroes in the palace, which not everyone was qualified to do. The milk tea is very fragrant.
It's just that Wu Huaiyu doesn't like this kind of tea very much. He still likes a purer tea aroma.

"Tuyuhun conquered, and Tubo's provocation was defeated. Where do you think Datang should go next?" Li Shimin took a few sips of milk tea and was very satisfied.

"Wherever your majesty's sword points, I will follow my heart."

Wu Huaiyu answered happily, Your Majesty, I will hit wherever you point me.

Li Shimin smiled.

This guy is getting slippery now,

"I have been hesitant recently. After destroying Tuyuhun and defeating Tubo, I can take advantage of the victory to advance westward and restore the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty. However, the time is not yet mature.

The Gaochang Kingdom has been quite respectful to us, the Tang Dynasty, over the years. Gaochang is the first stop when marching into the Western Regions, but we can learn from Wuming. "

When you reach Li Shimin's level, you can no longer just consider the tactical level, you have to consider higher levels.
War is, after all, a continuation of politics.

Now in the Western Region, whether it is the two warring Khans of the Western Turks or Gaochang and other Western Region countries, their strength is far inferior to that of the Tang Dynasty, but they have always been more respectful to the Tang Dynasty. At this time, the Tang Dynasty has no reason to send troops to the Western Regions.

Forcibly sending troops will lead to the deterioration of the extremely bad regional political environment.

"Since the fruit is not yet ripe, let it grow longer." Huaiyu said.

Historically, the Tang Dynasty finally destroyed Gaochang, then destroyed the Western Turks, established the Anxi Protectorate, and stationed troops in four towns, all the way to Suiye City.

But it was not stable. The flag of the Tang Dynasty flew over the Western Regions. Since then, there has been no peace in the Western Regions. There have been many chaotic wars. The Central Plains has been stationing troops in the Western Regions, and has continued to immigrate to the Western Regions. They are known as the Long March athletes.

Until the Anshi Rebellion in the Central Plains, the main force of the Anxi Army was transferred back to the Central Plains, and the remaining Anxi soldiers and civilians were stationed in the Western Regions.
But later Tubo occupied Hexi and cut off the passage between Anxi and the Central Plains.

The Tang army that stayed behind in the Western Regions fought alone for decades. It was not until decades later that the Tang envoys came to the Western Regions via Huihe and saw the white-haired veterans all over the city that they realized that the Anxi Army was still there.

But unfortunately,
In the end, the Tang Dynasty could not care about Anxi.
The White-haired Anxi Army and countless Han people who settled in the Western Regions were eventually buried by the ruthless years. Most of them either died or intermarryed with Hu'er from the Western Regions. In the end, they could not escape the fact that when the barbarians entered Xia, they became Xia, and when Xia entered Yi Zeyi's law.

The Western Region is not a poisonous fruit;
It's edible, but it's not yet ripe. It's too early to pick it and it won't taste good.

"Xue Yantuo in Mobei and Goguryeo in Liaodong, who do you think I should destroy first?" Li Shimin asked again.

Wu Huaiyu thought for a while,

The Tang Dynasty has indeed become stronger now, but it has not yet reached the point where it can attack whoever it wants, destroy whoever it wants, or even shout that they will join forces.

In fact, only ten years had passed since Jie Li led the Turkic cavalry to drink from the Wei River and Li Shimin killed a white horse at Wei Bridge to form an alliance.

Ten years of gathering together,

Time is still too short.

"We can find a way to lure Xue Yantuo to march westward and let them fight the Western Turks. If two tigers fight, one of them will be injured."

"Xue Yantuo may not be fooled," Li Shimin said, holding a tea cup. Previously, both She'er and Siyehu Khan from the Western Turks had launched a large-scale campaign against Mobei Tiele, but both returned with great defeats.

The Western Turks and Mobei Tiele have indeed been at war with each other in recent years, but the Yi men of the Xueyantuo Khanate have always been relatively restrained.

"Yi Nan may not be tempted by Western Turks, but if DTZ provokes, Yi Nan will definitely not be able to bear it."

DTZ? But DTZ had already been destroyed by Datang.

"Your Majesty, we, the Tang Dynasty, can support DTZ's restoration of the country outside the six towns of Yinshan, and issue the slogan of returning to Mobei and building the Khan Court. If this happens, Xue Yantuo will definitely not be able to sit still.

I am even sure that Yi Nan will take the opportunity to go south and rob Monan under the pretext of attacking DTZ. "

Li Shimin understood.

Datang didn’t really want to restore DTZ to the country,

But now, part of the DTZ is dependent on the Tang Dynasty and moved inward, and part of it is still dependent on the Tang Dynasty although it has not moved inland.

Xue Yantuo had previously crossed the desert to test, but was ambushed by Wu Huaiyi and returned defeated.

Yi Nan did not dare to go south easily. Wu Huaiyi's ambush showed that the area south of the desert had been included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. If they went south, they would invade the Tang Dynasty.

Yi Nan doesn't dare to openly attack Datang yet.

But if the DTZ is restored, even if only the area north of the Sixth Town of Yinshan is allocated to the DTZ, it will be different.

Even if DTZ surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, it would still be a country after its restoration.

Xueyantuo was also nominally a vassal of the Tang Dynasty. A fight between Xueyantuo and DTZ would be regarded as a battle between two vassal states at most.

For Datang, I want you Xue Yantuo to think like this, and I want you to go south to attack DTZ. Then Datang will have a lot of room for maneuver. It can either provide money, food and equipment to DTZ, or it can send troops to support the Turks.

Even if necessary, you can just roll up your sleeves and get off the field to join the battle.

How it is done is not important, what is important is whether it can seriously injure Xue Yantuo, especially when there is no risk.

If the Tang Dynasty crosses the desert and goes to Mobei to conquer Xue Yantuo, the risk is actually very high. This is much greater than the risk of destroying Jieli, so Li Shimin will not underestimate the enemy and send troops.

Wu Huaiyu was not the kind of person who thought that Datang was invincible.
Therefore, it is best to set the battlefield to Monan to lure Xue Yantuo south. It would be better if DTZ could be in front to fight Xue Yantuo first.

Fighting in Monan, Datang would at least be in an invincible position.

Even Wu Huaiyu’s plan not only plotted against Xue Yantuo, but also plotted against DTZ people. There are still many tribes in DTZ that retain their strength.

Although these tribes are now surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, they are still a hidden danger.
Only when their strength is weakened can they not threaten Datang.

Please enter the urn, borrow a knife to kill someone, kill two birds with one stone,
In short, it's a plan within a plan, a series of plans.

Wu Huaiyu did not consider attacking Goguryeo now, did not first solve the Xue Yantuo Khanate in Mobei, or even weaken the DTZ tribes in Monan. The strategic situation around Datang was not stable.

The upper troops attacked the plot, the second attacked the Jiaotong, the second attacked the soldiers, and the lower attacked the city.

Li Shimin looked at Huaiyu and said, "You are more suitable to be the Minister of War than Doulu Kuan."

Wu Huaiyu still just smiled and shook his head.

What he actually wanted to say in his heart was, if I really agree to return to the court, whether as prime minister, minister of the Ministry of Personnel, or minister of the Ministry of War, are you really willing to do so, Emperor?
Adults are always so hypocritical.

Everyone knows it, but they still have to act.

Quite tired.

"When DTZ restores the country, who should be appointed as Khan?" Li Shimin picked up the pot of tea and gave Huaiyu a refill.

Wu Huaiyu thanked him for tea.

If the Tang Dynasty really wants to restore DTZ, then the person suitable to be the Great Khan must have both prestige and strength, and he must be the younger brother of Prince Ashina Khan with pure blood.
There are not many candidates who meet these conditions. The sons of Jieli Khan, Tuli Khan, and even the sons of Chuluo Khan can pass the primary election.

Dieluozhi, the son of Jieli Khan, should be the first choice. After all, Jieli was the last great khan of DTZ.

Then there is He Luo'u, the son of Tuli Khan. His father is Tuli Khan, who was the first to join the Tang Dynasty. His grandfather is Shibi Khan, who is very famous.

Then there are Ashinashe'er and Ashina Momo. They are both sons of Jieli Khan's brother, Chuluo Khan, and they are both quite capable. Momo was originally Yu Sheshe, a military officer of another department, with five soldiers. Wan Zhang Nomadic Hetao.

She'er was stationed in Mobei for expansion. Later, he was defeated and went to the Western Regions. He once occupied half of the Western Regions and claimed to be the Great Khan. However, when he returned to Mobei, he was defeated by Xue Yantuo. Later, he had to annex the Tang Dynasty and entered the dynasty as the Great Khan. Will.

These are the direct descendants of the Khan King.

In terms of strength, Mo Mo is the strongest now, because he is still the leader of a group, nomadic outside the Yin Mountains, with tens of thousands of troops, and the others are now in Chang'an. To put it bluntly, they are completely attached to the Tang Dynasty. .

Li Shimin sipped his tea, thinking that Wu Huaiyu would recommend Tuli's son He Luo'u. Firstly, Tuli's family had the best relationship with the court, and secondly He Luo'u was one of Wu Huaiyu's adopted sons.

Unexpectedly,
Wu Huaiyu said another name.

"I think the prince of Huaihua County, the governor of Beikaizhou, and the general Li Simo of Youwuhou are suitable."

(End of this chapter)