Zhenguan Chang'an Xiaofangzheng

Chapter 162: Banquet at Guanglu Temple

In August, good news came.

Hou Junji, the general manager of the Jiaohe Road march, led the army across Qikou.

Qu Wentai, the lord of Gaochang, fled away with his troops because of the pre-appointed ally Ashina Yugu. The jewels he had sent earlier were lost. Attacked, isolated and helpless, died in fear.

Prince Qu Zhisheng succeeded to the throne and begged Hou Junji to retreat in every possible way. Even Ashinaji, the champion general who had provoked Yizhou, was tied up and handed over to Tiandi City. However, Hou Junji was never a soft-hearted person. !
Suggest Xuanwumen, cut grass and roots.

For the sake of the future, Hou Junji was able to tuck the bottom line into the folds of his trousers and endure the long march for seven or eight months. Is it to make you Gaochang a minister?
The reason why it took so long is because of the Turkic servant army waiting in Shazhou.

It's not that Turkic soldiers and horses are necessary, even Hou Junji discriminated against Turkic combat power, but for the Turkic who cannot eliminate their race, they can only consume their vital strength in the form of servants, lest they have spare power to add chaos to the Tang Dynasty.

This task is not difficult for Hou Junji, who has always been ruthless.

The difficulty lies in that even with the city wall as the backing, Gaochang, with its tens of thousands of soldiers, is still vulnerable.

Hou Junji even had the illusion that when he punched with all his strength, he hit a milk baby.

Knowing that Gao Chang is so weak, [-] soldiers and horses are enough to easily win.

Qu Zhisheng couldn't bear it until he took Tiandi City and played with artillery carts to attack the city. He led his younger brother Qu Zhizhan (a good name) and civil, military and sergeant soldiers to open the city to beg for surrender.

Hou Junji sent troops to various places to drive away the Long Tuqi Branch of Yanqi State who was begging for wildfire, and obtained three counties, five counties, and 22 cities, with [-] households, [-] population, [-] horses, and eight land boundaries from east to west. One hundred miles, five hundred miles from north to south.

Li Shimin, who had been troubled by Li Chengqian's affairs, couldn't help being overjoyed when he received the good news, and issued an edict: Among the Yiwei, Fubing, and Auxiliary soldiers who went to Gaochang this time, among their relatives, the father or son was under the death penalty, Relatives who have been sentenced to exile for a short period of time, relatives who have made great achievements have been sentenced to imprisonment or less, and relatives who have minor meritorious deeds and who have been punished with sticks can all be exempted from crime.

Guanglu Temple set up wine and held a banquet to entertain the emperor and ministers, and even the small officials such as the supervisory censor were not missed, which shows how proud Li Shimin is.

In fact, there is no need to show off the results of the battle. This is a game of hitting small insects with a big hammer. It is worth mentioning that it has strategic significance.

"Now the Jiaohe Army has lightly captured the land of Gaochang. Qu Zhisheng and other Gaochang rulers and officials and their families are all escorted to Chang'an. I intend to set up Xizhou in Gaochang's old place to govern the five counties of Gaochang, Liuzhong, Jiaohe, Puchang and Tianshan."

Li Shimin announced triumphantly.

Reserved, reserved, you can have a smile, try not to laugh.

"Chen Cheng Yaojin, congratulations to Tang! Congratulations to His Majesty!"

Cheng Yaojin was the first to toast and laugh.

Fan Zheng understands that Cheng Yaojin's success is a great success, and this attitude of lowering his figure is a great contribution.

Cheng Yaojin's words led the trend, and the Guanglu Temple was full of congratulations.

"It's a good thing for Your Majesty to open up the territory with the momentum of a great victory. But who has considered that Gaochang City is 510 miles away from Chang'an!"

"Qu Wentai is greedy, blocks business routes, and disrespects the Tang Dynasty. He really should be punished. However, since Qu Wentai is dead, can't his descendants be punished, defend the land of Gaochang, and become the Tang Dynasty's vassal state?"

"To set up prefectures and counties, the Tang Dynasty needs to send troops to go to war. The distance is long and the cost is extremely high. After ten years, Longyou will be empty. Minister Wei Zheng thinks that we should think twice before acting."

Do you understand why Wei Zheng was pushed to the tombstone after his death?

Thieves hate this temper, every time he pours cold water on his head!
However, Wei Zheng's knowledge and eloquence were so good that no one refuted him for a while, and the scene was a bit embarrassing.

Fan Zheng couldn't stand it any longer, stood up and said, "What Zheng Guogong said has some truth, but it's biased. If God doesn't take it, he will be blamed. If this time, it's not the West Turkic Yi Bisha Boluoye Protecting Khan Ashina Bobu and attacking each other with Yipi Dulu Khan Ashina Yugu, the pressure on the Jiaohe Army will be extremely high."

"There are two commercial roads in the Western Regions after Congling. The south line goes through the state of Yutian, passes through Qiemo City and Shanshan City, enters Tuyuhun, and then enters Longyou; the north line passes through Shule, Qiuci, Yanqi, and Xizhou, and enters Yizhou, Shazhou, Dalong right way."

"On the southern route, everyone knows that the former prince of Tuyuhun, Murong Zunwang, is entrenched in Qiemo and Shanshan. He will definitely stop the hatred of killing his father and seizing the country, and there is only the northern route left."

"At this time, Xizhou will be handed over again, and the business route will be over. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there has been no taxation. In addition to relying on soldiers to fight for gains, a large part of it comes from the commercial tax of [-] taxes, and even most of them are What Hu merchants contributed, no matter how expensive it is, Xizhou must firmly grasp it.”

The servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs Gao Xing stood up: "Since I moved to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, I have carefully sorted out the taxes and taxes. What Fan Zheng, the supervisory censor, said about taxes and taxes is true, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs can provide detailed figures."

Finally, Fan Zheng had the opportunity to repay the favor!
The right servant of the Shangshu shot Gao Jian and glanced at his own Dalang, his eyelids drooping.

Big baby!

Everyone has their own ideas.

Wei Zheng snorted twice, wondering if he didn't bother arguing with Fan Zheng.

In this matter, the public says that the public is right, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is right. No one can tell the absolute truth.

Otherwise, what choice is there in this world?
Li Tai shook his body and stood up: "My minister Li Tai, when compiling "Kuo Dizhi", I checked the geography of the Western Regions, which can confirm the words of the supervisory censor. Either stop the trade route and take the magnificent sea route; or, go all out to open up the Western Regions For commercial routes, Datang has no choice."

The risk of the sea route is unknown. Datang’s flat-bottomed boats are still flat-bottomed boats, which are only suitable for coastal waters. Far seas or strong winds and waves are still not optimistic.

Wei Ting and Liu Ji, the servants of the Huang family, said in unison: "The minister seconded the proposal."

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Since the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, let's do it this way!"

No one knew that Li Shimin also became jealous of Li Tai.

There are two servants from the Zhongshu Province, and two servants from the Huangmen, Qing Que, you have pulled all the servants from the Huangmen over, what do you intend to do?
This is one of the three provinces, the center of the imperial court!
I am not old enough to be the Supreme Emperor!
Gaochang's monarchs and officials were escorted into Chang'an, and Zhuque Street was full of joy again.

From one victory to the next, Datang, mighty!
Li Shimin granted Qu Zhisheng the general of Zuo Wuwei and the Duke of Jincheng County according to the etiquette; his younger brother Qu Zhizhan was the general of Youwuwei Zhonglang and the Duke of Tianshan County.

Note, this must be a fake job!
……

Colleagues in the procuratorate, the old and the new, Fan Zheng has unknowingly become a veteran, and he can show off his seniority.

It was Kan Tom who left.

For the past six months, he had been low-key in front of Fan Zheng, taking the initiative to show weakness, and Fan Zheng didn't bother to pay attention to him.

But Kan Teng always felt that Fan Zheng was targeting him.

Liu Fan sent him a job, he felt that this must be a trap set by Fan Zheng;

Don't send work, he feels that this is ostracizing him.

Even though Wei Yu and Li Qianyou took turns to persuade him, his heart knot remained the same, so he had no choice but to ask to move to Si Nong Temple, Ren Zhengbapin took the bait and shielded the order, and took care of chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs if he had nothing to do.

(End of this chapter)