Tibet.

Chapter 1417 Tibetan Report
Early in the morning, Li Ye led the senior officials of the Council of State to the northwest official road to welcome the first batch of property from the Western Regions, including the wealth of Bukhara and Shiguo, as well as the wealth accumulated by Sabah. Sabah, like his men, did not trust anyone and carried all his wealth with him. In the end, it was all seized by the Tang army, which made the financial affairs of the Tang Dynasty a success.

A total of 30,000 camels arrived this time, escorted by 3,000 cavalrymen, in addition to 1,700 Tang Dynasty girls, and then there was a special person, Jin Shanling's son, who was Li Ye's eldest son.

Li Ye had already received an express letter from Pei Jia, the governor of Longyou. Pei Jia was Li Ye's uncle. He commented on this foreign grandson, saying that he was quiet and simple, had a bit of a feminine air, and loved reading.

This evaluation made Li Ye understand that in order to conceal her son's identity, Jin Shanling dressed him up as a girl since he was a child and let him grow up with a large group of Tang Dynasty girls. He was completely an eldest son of the Jia Baoyu type.

"Here it comes! Here it comes!" the guard shouted.

I saw a camel caravan appearing at the end of the road. The huge camel caravan finally arrived. A small official lit firecrackers, which made crackling sounds. Although gunpowder had been invented for many years, it had never been used by civilians and was still a strictly confidential military product.

On this point, Li Ye was very clear. With so many Hu people in the Tang Dynasty, he would never allow gunpowder to spread to the West. Even if the Tang army entered the age of guns and cannons, he would not allow Westerners to start using gunpowder.

The same is true for porcelain and silk. In fact, it was not just the Tang Dynasty, but all dynasties strictly prohibited the spread of silkworm species and porcelain technology to the West.

When the team arrived, 30,000 camels were all loaded with supplies. The leading official was called Wang Zhen. He did not expect that the emperor would come, so he hurried to the big tent to pay him a visit.

Li Ye smiled happily and asked, "Did you have a smooth journey?"

"Your Majesty, we took the Beiting Road and had a very smooth journey."

Li Ye nodded and looked at the more than 1,700 Tang Dynasty girls. Many of them were crying, which was very sad.

The imperial court made arrangements for them and built a school in Xinfeng County with dormitories that could accommodate thousands of people. They were trained for half a year and then went to work in textile factories to support themselves. If they were not yet adults, they would continue their studies. If they were adults, while working, they would also be considered for blind dates, mainly for the imperial guards, so that some of the older ones could get married first.

The first batch of Tang Dynasty girls and the second batch of 800 Tang Dynasty girls will arrive in Chang'an in 20 days.

Officials took them to Xinfeng County School, where they had their own dormitories and could have a good rest.

At this time, an official brought in a young boy, who was Li Fang.

Li Fang was very nervous. He knelt down in front of his father and kowtowed to him respectfully.

Li Ye bowed his head and kowtowed to his son. This was his own blood. Thinking of his mother's death, a connection arose in his heart. He helped him up and said, "Get up!"

Li Fang stood up slowly. He was half a head shorter than Li Ye. Li Ye saw that he was very handsome, with a face shape and eyebrows like himself, and a nose, lips and skin like his mother. There was no sign of Hu blood at all, which made Li Ye very happy.

Then he asked with a smile, "Your name is Li Fang?"

"This is the name the mother gave to the child."

"Yes, this name fits our family. Have you read any books?"

Li Fang whispered, "I have read it, but not a lot."

"Like reading?"

Li Fang nodded.

"Have you ever learned martial arts?" Li Ye asked with a smile.

Li Fang shook his head again, "I have only learned a few sword techniques to keep fit, they don't count as martial arts!"

He was indeed a little shy, like a girl, and I believe his mother would like him very much. Li Ye saw two young ladies outside the tent and smiled and asked, "Are they your maids?"

Li Fang said embarrassedly: "They grew up with me, and I promised to marry them."

Li Ye laughed, "Sure! If you like, your father will grant you your wish. Go meet your grandfather and grandmother first, then meet your aunt and the other mothers. Don't be too shy, just integrate into the big family. Your father will arrange for you to continue your studies, and these two girls will follow you!"

Li Fang didn't expect his father to be so easy to talk to. His eyes turned red and he choked up and said, "Thank you, Dad!"

Li Ye sighed in his heart, patted his shoulder and comforted him: "Don't worry! You are home."

Li Ye arranged a carriage and ordered the guards to take him to Xingqing Palace to meet the emperor and the empress dowager. Li Dai and Pei Sanniang had received the news and were waiting for the arrival of their grandson who was living in a foreign land.

After returning to the palace, Li Ye sat in front of the imperial desk and carefully read Li Chenghua's first report. The first report did not involve Hezhong, but mainly focused on the records of Suiye and Bukhara.

Of course, since it is a formal report, all the records are true and credible, and can be verified. Even if they cannot be verified, Li Chenghua will indicate the source of the information.

Three pieces of news caught Li Ye's attention. The first was that the Qarlugs occupied the Yili River Valley and were defeated and fled by the Tang army, but they fled to the west of Yibohai instead of returning to their old nest in the Xuanhai area.

This means that their old nest has been occupied by someone. Judging from the location and strength, it can only be the Kunjian tribe. Although there are still some small tribes, they are too weak to be compared with the Qarluk people. Even if they are defeated by the Qarluk people, they are far from being their opponents.

This made Li Ye very knowledgeable. If the Kunjian tribe occupied the Xuanhai area, then their next step would definitely be the northern foothills of Jinshan Mountain. This was Li Ye's goal, which meant that he had to act in advance.

Li Ye noticed the second piece of news, which was actually about Tubo. He couldn't help but feel refreshed. There had been no news from Tubo for a long time. He didn't expect that the news from Tubo this time came from Bukhara.

Li Ye hurriedly took a closer look. Last year, Tubo sent special envoys to visit the Queen of Bactria twice. It turned out that they were discussing that Tubo and Bactria should send troops at the same time to attack Suiye and eliminate the only stronghold of the Tang army west of the Pamir Mountains.

This confused Li Ye. Where would Tubo send its troops from?

He looked at the next piece of news about Tubo. The third piece of news surprised Li Ye even more. A Tubo army of 500 people escorted the Tubo delegation to visit Wuzhangna in March.

It was noted that this news was provided by a merchant in Wuzhangna and its authenticity could not be verified.

But this piece of news just happens to provide a footnote to the previous piece of news. If the previous piece of news is true, then the possibility of this third piece of news being true is greater.

This illustrates a serious problem: Tubo once again opened up the passage from Dabolü to the Kingdom of Qishi.

Li Ye felt a headache. Tubo was really an indestructible cockroach. It was determined to conquer Tocharistan. It fought and was defeated repeatedly, but it kept fighting and trying to invade Tocharistan again and again.

In fact, Li Ye had been dealing with Tubo for so many years, and he was very clear about Tubo's intentions.

The biggest shortcoming of Tubo was its insufficient population. After Nanzhao lost 50,000 troops at once, Tubo was heartbroken. Tubo expanded everywhere in search of population resources.

With population resources, Tubo had the confidence to go to war with the Tang army.

Tubo had previously wanted to introduce the Indian population, but the Indian population was not enough and it failed completely, so it turned its attention to Tocharistan.

Tubo still wanted to use Tokharistan's population to fight against the Tang army. That must be the case.

At this time, the attendant reported at the door, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Wei wants to see you!"

Li Ye nodded, "Summon him to the emperor!"

Not long after, Wei Jiansu hurried in with a book in his hand. He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue's preliminary inventory report is out."

"how many?"

"About 20 million taels of silver, 3.7 million taels of gold, and 2.4 million gold coins."

Li Ye nodded and smiled: "It exceeded our expectations."

"Your Majesty, there is another interesting situation. Among the gold in Bakhtinar, there is actually a batch of Tibetan gold."

Li Ye was not surprised. He smiled and asked, "How many are there?"

"Two hundred thousand taels of gold are all for the golden Buddhas cast for the Tibetan nobles. Bakhtinha is going to give it to Tibet as a state gift. I don't understand why Bakhtinha is so generous!"

"It's not magnanimity, it's stupidity, the stupidity of Queen Bactria!" Li Ye said coldly.

(End of this chapter)