People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1105 If there is no target, just set one up

"Also, Your Majesty, I would like to ask you to replace the Shanyu Li De award, the Protector of the Protectorate." Liu Rengui solemnly handed over his hand.

The emperor raised his head and Empress Wu frowned.

All the officials in the palace looked solemn and looked at Liu Rengui.

No one expected that his last knife would strike the body of Duke Li Dejia.

Li Dezhang, the second son of Wei Guogong Li Jing.

Li Dejian, with average intelligence, no great merits, and no major faults, was appointed as the Chief Protector of Shanyu.

His brother Li Derjian was involved in the rebellion of Prince Li Chengqian during the Zhenguan period and was exiled to Wu County.

Therefore, after the death of Li Jing, the Duke of Wei, Li De was awarded the title of Duke of Wei.

"Your Majesty." Liu Rengui stepped forward again and said seriously: "Li Duhu has been in Monan for many years and has an unparalleled understanding of the grassland. But similarly, the Turks also have a very deep understanding of him, so in order to prevent Li Duhu from getting into trouble , it’s better to transfer him back.”

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly relaxed, and even Li Xuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This time, the twenty-four Turkic clans suddenly arrived in Chang'an. Shan Yu's governor was derelict in his duty if he failed to detect it in advance. It would not be an exaggeration to dismiss him.

He was not even aware of the changes in Turkic people's hearts over the years.

Anyone else would have been demoted and exiled long ago.

But he is Li Dezhou, the second son of Wei Guogong Li Jing, and the current Wei Guogong.

Although the government and the public knew that Li Dezhai had no ability, he was the son of Li Jing. In the Shanyu Protectorate, he used Li Jing's reputation to suppress the Turks.

As for the internal affairs of Shan Yu's Protector's Mansion, his subordinate Chang Shi and others were in charge, so no blame could be placed on him.

Transferring him back now is actually protecting him.

However, the most important thing is that last year, the British Duke Li Jingye, the grandson of the British Duke Li Ji, had just been defamed. He fled again this year and was actually killed by Li Xuan.

If at this time, the imperial court dealt with Li Jing's son again, the army would inevitably be shaken.

"Then let's move him back first, and move the left guard general Xiao Siye northward to investigate the situation first." Li Zhi nodded, and the ministers handed over their hands: "Your Majesty is wise."

Xiao Siye also served as the governor of the Shanyu Protectorate, but at that time, the governor of the Chanyu Protectorate was Li Dan, the prime minister.

He, the chief historian of the Chanyu Protectorate, is actually the governor of the Chanyu Protectorate. He also has a deep understanding of the grassland, but he has little understanding of the current changes in the situation in the grassland.

But it is enough to find out the situation and make deployment.

"It seems that war is still going to begin!" Li Zhi's expression became solemn, he turned to look at Pei Xingjian, and said: "The Ministry of War will prepare a troop dispatching strategy from now on... While taking into account the battle of Tubo, we will also prepare a troop dispatching strategy for the grassland. .”

Li Zhi's eyes fell on Li Xuan, and he saw that Li Xuan seemed to be distracted. He asked: "King of Nanchang!"

"I'm here!" Li Xuan quickly recovered and then handed over his hand.

"Do you have any good suggestions for the strategy of dispatching troops to the grassland?" Li Zhi asked directly, and everyone looked at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan was a leader among the younger generation in the court. In addition to his repeated military exploits in military campaigns, he also made considerable achievements in local government affairs.

The key is that he is young enough, and young people always have some surprising ideas.

……

Facing everyone's gaze, Li Xuan stood up to the left, then cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the Turks are coming together this time with twenty-four tribes. I'm afraid they are just coming to Chang'an to redeem their people."

"That's right, even if there is redemption and demonstration, the chiefs of the twenty-four tribes do not need to come together."

Li Zhi tapped the table lightly and said thoughtfully: "Although I am generous, the officials and generals in the court are also very bad-tempered.

There are also the Tubo people. The Tubo people may be hoping that I will kill a few more Turks so that the Turks can start a rebellion.

With such a huge risk, it makes no sense for the tribal chiefs of the 24 tribes to come together. Are they really not afraid that I will take the blame? "

The ministers suddenly fell silent. The Turkic chiefs of the twenty-four tribes came together. The biggest purpose should be to demonstrate.

Demonstrated in Chang'an, and then linked up with all the countries in the Western Regions to jointly oppose the Tang Dynasty.

After all, the Tang Dynasty is now prosperous, and every person takes a bite, which is enough to fill up the bowl and make the mouth full of oil.

Empress Wu looked at Zhao Gong, who bowed slightly.

"King Nanchang, what do you think?" Li Zhi lowered his head and looked at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan earnestly raised her hands, looked at Li Zhi and said: "Your Majesty, I think the fundamental purpose of their coming to Chang'an is to pick up someone, but this person should be Ashina Nishugo and Ashina Gana .”

Ashina Nishugui, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, the grandson of Tuli Khan.

Ashina Gana, the right-guard Zhonglang General, was the grandson of Jieli Khan.

"It turns out that the chiefs of the twenty-four Turkic tribes came to Chang'an to force me to release them." Li Zhi's eyes suddenly became sharp.

The chiefs of the twenty-four Turkic tribes gathered in Chang'an to welcome Tuli and Jieli's grandsons back to the grassland, and the grassland once again ushered in its prosperity.

Li Zhi had even thought about how to write a history book.

No wonder the chiefs of the twenty-four Turkic tribes were able to unite and take such great risks to come together.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the Turks may not really need a khan to lead them back. What they need is probably just a puppet." Li Xuan's soft words instantly extinguished the infinite anger in Li Zhi's heart.

Li Zhi's brows jumped, and he subconsciously looked at Li Xuan, and then at Liu Rengui, Li Jingxuan, Liu Shenli, Pei Xingjian, Li Jingjia, Liu Boying and others. Everyone nodded in unison.

That's true, no one wants a gold hoop on their head.

"So, the Turks, no, to be more precise, Ashina Wenfu, all he needs is a puppet." Li Zhi leaned back slightly, looked into the void ahead, and said softly: "Even this time , he is just showing his ability to other Turkic chiefs. If it succeeds, it will be best. If it fails, he can blame the Tang Dynasty and arouse public anger." "Your Majesty is wise." All the ministers handed over their hands at the same time.

Yes, the Turks, no, to be precise, they are Ashina Wenfu.

All he needs is a puppet, not Ashina Nishugo and Ashina Gana.

If Datang insists on holding on to these two people, then he will naturally find other nearest Ashina bloodline to be the puppet.

That way the grassland people can accept it.

For this kind of thing, no one needs to say much, and the ministers in the palace can come up with countless methods.

Even in many cases, what is true or false does not need to be that important.

Even fake ones are better.

……

"Then what should we do? I can't really let Ashina Nishugo and Ashina Gana return to the grassland." Li Zhi looked at the ministers.

The purpose of the Turks is to find out, but now, they must find ways to deal with the Turks' conspiracy.

"Your Majesty." Li Jingxuan stood up and said with cupped hands: "Just now, the Left Prime Minister said that people can be sent to spy on the Turks' intelligence. If that is the case, then why not place people in Ashina Nishugo and Ashina Gana? They should be the people around them who know the true and false status of the Turks best. Bribing and infiltrating the people around them may achieve miraculous results."

"So, Zhao Guogong agrees to release him." Li Zhi nodded, and then looked at Liu Rengui.

Liu Rengui cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the policy of releasing people is feasible, but I think it is not necessary to release two people, but only one. What the Turks want most is probably Jieli's grandson Ashina Gana, so we might as well Let Ashina Nishu crawl back and target him to death, then we can target the main force of the Turks."

"At that time, there is no need for a large army. A force of five thousand cavalry can attack Huanglong directly." Pei Xingjian added with his hands in hand, looking solemn.

Li Zhi nodded lightly and said, "Just like Duke Wei used to act."

At that time, Li Jing sent a large army to Huanglong, captured Jieli directly, and regarded the entire Turkic army as useless.

"In this way, as long as Ashina Nishugo is killed, even if he is a puppet, it will be enough to cause a devastating blow to the morale of the Turks." Liu Shenli nodded in agreement.

Li Xuan, Li Jingjia, Liu Boying, and even Pei Yan all nodded in agreement.

"So, let's start preparations." Li Zhi nodded seriously, looked at Liu Rengui and said: "The Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Industry will do their best to prepare without affecting this year's spring planting and autumn harvest; Youzhou, Jizhou, and Bingzhou, The governors and county magistrates of Shuofang, Ganliang, and Shasu must be vigilant and try their best to detect the movements of the Turks."

"Here!" Liu Rengui accepted the order, and the Tang Dynasty's war machine against the Turks officially began.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say!" Pei Yan stood up at this time.

Li Zhi looked at Pei Yan in surprise and asked, "Pei Qing, do you have anything to add?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Pei Yan cupped his hands and said seriously: "The Turks came here to lure the Changluo Turks with money, and used their power to force the court to release the Turks' grandson, but they wanted to use this to coerce the countries in the Western Regions to join them. Being anti-Tang is not enough..."

"Let's be honest, what else will they do?" Li Zhi's brows wrinkled again.

"Shock it with power." Pei Yan cupped his hands, looked at the emperor seriously, and said, "Your Majesty, if I am right, the Turks should still perform martial arts with the Tang Dynasty during the celebration of the Zhengdan Dynasty. "

……

When Li Xuan heard this, he looked at Pei Yan in surprise. Pei Yan was right, the Turks were indeed likely to do this.

There is a custom on the grassland. At a conference, wrestling and fighting are inevitable.

The winner will not only get the admiration and applause of everyone, but also get a beautiful sword and a war horse, which shows the toughness of the prairie people.

Of course Li Zhi also knew about such customs, so after Pei Yan finished speaking, he immediately knew that what Pei Yan said was not wrong.

The Turks must have such a plan.

"The Prince of Peiping County, you and the Duke of Guangping County have discussed that Zuo Qianniu Guard and Zuo Jinwu Guard will each prepare fifty good soldiers. I want to see how many people the Turks are prepared to send this time." Li Zhi said with a smile. With a sneer, the Turks brought more than two hundred people into Chang'an this time. In addition to protecting safety, they also naturally did provocative things.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid there may be one or two killers among them. Your Majesty, please prepare generals to deal with them." Pei Yan handed over his hand again.

Li Zhi nodded lightly. In grassland wrestling competitions, one must be determined to be the strongest. If such a person appears, ordinary people may not be able to defeat him.

"Your Majesty." Pei Xingjian stood up, raised his hands and said, "Since the Turks want to move, I'm afraid they will have a target of their own, and it might not be wrestling, or even a duel with weapons or a duel with horses."

"Who do you two Pei Qings think their target will be?" Li Zhi leaned forward slightly.

At this moment, Pei Xingjian and Pei Yan all turned to look at Li Xuan.

When other people present saw this scene, they all looked at Li Xuan at the same time.

Li Xuan looked solemn, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I will definitely kill this person, and congratulate your Majesty!"

Li Xuan didn't expect that others would provoke him.

But think about it, they can't challenge people like Pei Xingjian and Xue Rengui. Their targets will only be young people.

And Li Xuan is the most famous among the younger generation of the Tang Dynasty. If you don't choose him, who will you choose?

But no matter why others choose him, since others choose him, they must be prepared to pay the price with their lives.

"Okay." Li Zhi nodded and said, "Then you can recharge your batteries at home these days and don't go anywhere. If the Turks really want to take action, small tricks are indispensable."

"I accept the decree!" Li Xuan bowed seriously.

The moment he lowered himself, his eyes were filled with murderous intent.

(End of this chapter)