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

Chapter 1309 Who is Tubo in the world now?
Under the Red Mountain, the General Manager's Mansion.

Li Xuan sat behind the table in the middle hall and carefully reviewed the household registration book sent by Wang Dezhen.

The sound of rapid footsteps sounded outside. Li Xuan subconsciously looked up and saw Yang Zhirou standing outside the hall, holding her hands solemnly.

Li Xuan took a look and nodded slightly: "Come in."

Yang Zhirou breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the hall. He looked at Li Xuan in surprise and said, "Commander, don't you care about those treasures?"

Li Xuan put down the yellow household registration book and asked: "Brother Yang, how many treasures can there be in such a batch of treasures?"

"It must be quite a lot." Yang Zhirou's breathing was a little heavy. She looked at Li Xuan and said with cupped hands: "The Tubo royal family can use it as a treasure for the restoration of the country. It is not said that it is rich enough to rival the country, but it buys a city and forms an army. Wan’s elite cavalry is still enough.”

"Who would have thought that Tubo would destroy the country." Li Xuan's words made Yang Zhirou stunned.

Li Xuan looked at Yang Zhirou calmly: "Back then, Songzan was rampant, attacking from the north and the south, and married a Tang princess. They were four thousand miles away from Chang'an. I'm afraid he never dreamed that Tubo would be destroyed.

As for later, Lu Dong praised, discussed Qinling, praised Xiruo and his son, defeated Tuyuhun in the east, left Anxixi Town in the west, and won the victory of Dafeichuan, how could they think so. "

Yang Zhirou fell silent immediately, and then said: "But after the defeat of Dafeichuan five years ago, the Tubo royal family should have foreseen the danger."

"So what?" Li Xuan shook his head and said: "Before Qin Ling's death, all the affairs of Tubo were in his hands. Even before the battle of Nagqu last year, he was still killing countless nobles. They are the only ones who will start. The time to make preparations will be after Lun Qinling’s death.”

Yang Zhirou had to admit that Li Xuan was right. The Tubo royal family only had one year of free preparation time.

Li Xuan continued: "From the beginning of the year to the present, the Tubo people have been eager to spend every penny on military supplies. Coupled with the replacement of generals in the army, they had high expectations. Few people thought that there would be a big defeat."

When Yang Zhirou heard this, he immediately remembered the purpose of coming here. He cupped his hands and said, "The commander-in-chief, the subordinate officers, the deputy commander-in-chief, and General Qiu Zhonglang have checked all the captured palace soldiers. No one knows that there are any About the treasure house..."

"So either those who were carrying the treasure have been killed, or there is no such treasure at all." Li Xuan raised her eyes and looked at Yang Zhirou.

Yang Zhirou smiled bitterly and cupped his hands and said: "What the commander said is absolutely true. Although I don't want to believe that there is no such treasure house, it is still possible after all, so..."

"Bu Lu deceived us." Li Xuan looked at Yang Zhirou, whispered, shook his head, and said, "So you want to interrogate Bu Lu?"

"Please give me permission, Commander-in-Chief." Yang Zhirou immediately handed over his hand.

"The quickest way to find those treasures is to torture the Lu family." Li Xuan raised his eyes, looked at Yang Zhirou and said, "Brother Yang, do you think that this king has never thought of arresting Chidu Songtsan and torturing him?" , and then use it to force Mr. Lu to speak? "

Yang Zhirou's breathing suddenly became heavy, and she cupped her hands and said, "I dare to ask, why doesn't the commander do this?"

"It's the same question as before." Li Xuan raised her hand slightly, motioning for Yang Zhirou to sit down, and then said, "How many treasures are there in that batch?"

"Please give me some advice, Commander-in-Chief."

"If you say there are none, I will never believe it; but if you say there are too many, it is absolutely impossible." Li Xuan looked at Yang Zhirou and said: "If there are any treasures in this batch, it should only be enough to form a group of treasures." A cavalry force of about a thousand men.”

"Thousands of people?" Yang Zhirou stared straight-eyed, eyes filled with disbelief, and subconsciously said, "So few?"

"It's quite a lot." Li Xuan shook his head and said, "If there is no large army mobilization, a thousand cavalry are enough to cover thousands of miles. As long as they are managed carefully, they can also restore the country."

Yang Zhirou immediately calmed down and said seriously, "It's the official who made a mistake."

Li Xuan waved her hand and said: "Brother Yang has been in the army for a long time. Usually tens of thousands of cavalry are mobilized for military resources and food. Thousands of people are really nothing."

Yang Zhirou sighed softly, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"The wealth of Qianqi is indeed quite a lot, but it is nothing compared to an army of 70,000. And compared to the wealth that millions of people can create in the entire Tubo territory, it is even worse." Li Xuan shook her head completely indifferently.

Yang Zhirou fell completely silent, and after a moment, he spoke: "Before coming here, the official was still full of excitement and actively running around to find the wealth, but all this was completely worthless in the eyes of the commander. Mention it.”

"It's not entirely right to say it's not worth mentioning, otherwise the deputy commander wouldn't have gone with him." Li Xuan picked up the household registration booklet beside him and sighed: "I am researching this thing. If I can't find it in the end, With that treasure, as long as we can come up with a beneficial strategy to govern the people, we may be able to harvest wealth that is not inferior in just one day. "

"The commander-in-chief has a broad vision, and the subordinate officials are not as good as him." Yang Zhirou stood up and seriously raised his hand to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan waved her hand and said: "Brother Yang wants to interrogate Lu's mother and son, but the reason why I don't allow it is mainly because His Majesty has an order for me to take the mother and son to Chang'an.

If you starve for three days, you will be exhausted at most. But if you are severely interrogated, you will die. How can you and I face His Majesty? "

Li Xuan gently pushed the household registration booklet in front of her, and Yang Zhirou's face became extremely solemn.

The emperor asked Li Xuan to send Wu Lu's mother and son to Chang'an. In addition to following the example of Emperor Taizong who asked Jie Li to dance in the Taiji Hall, more importantly, he wanted to prepare for the sacrifice to Mount Song next year.

And worshiping Mount Song is part of the entire Five Mountains Festival. Compared with these, all the messy treasures have to make way.

"The official is wrong." Yang Zhirou cupped his hands and said, "The official will go look for clues elsewhere."

"There's no need to be too hasty." Li Xuan waved her hand and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to gain anything before I leave to return to Chang'an. We might as well wait until the incident in Chang'an is over and then ask Qianniu Guards to investigate. Although it will be later, these The things will definitely fall into His Majesty’s hands.”

Yang Zhirou looked at Li Xuan in disbelief. Li Xuan was so magnanimous that Yang Zhirou herself felt ashamed.

"Your Majesty, please excuse me." Yang Zhirou cupped his hands solemnly, and then slowly left, feeling endless emotions along the way.

……

It was dark, and Li Xuan finally finished flipping through the yellow book.

Immediately, under the desk, a densely written book appeared in Li Xuan's hand.

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief after looking at this booklet.

It records some parts of the household registration yellow book that need to be carefully adjusted.

The proportions and positions of slaves, civilians, and sergeants in dividing the fields are all very inconspicuous, but extremely important. The emperor only had one or two years left, maybe even shorter, and once Li Xian ascended the throne, he would immediately face Empress Wu's most intense power grab.

Although Li Xuan has been away from home for the past few years, her communication with Li Xian has never been cut off.

Over the years, Xue Yuanchao, Li Xuan, Su Liangsi, Du Shenyan, Yang Jiong and others have never stopped teaching Li Xian.

Li Xuan believes that the current Li Xian is definitely not the weak Tang Zhongzong in history who had people rush into the palace and directly depose him. He already has a certain degree of resistance.

Even if Empress Wu united with Pei Yan, it would not be that easy to destroy him.

What's more, if the emperor had left Li Xuan a position as a minister who cared about life before his death, maybe Li Xian could have completely stabilized the throne.

but……

The emperor did not trust Li Xuan that much.

In other words, the emperor didn't trust anyone.

Therefore, no matter how much time Li Xian can sustain, the final outcome will not change.

So before that, Li Xuan needs to integrate all the power in the entire Tubo land.

Tubo itself has a population of more than 3 million, and 200,000 of them were either killed or injured at the hands of Li Xuan.

If they can mobilize with all their strength regardless of everything, even Li Xuan will not be able to win that easily.

But unfortunately, Tubo itself is a city-state system after all, and city-states, large and small, have become the core of Tubo. The power of the Tubo royal family suddenly stopped when it reached the major city-states, and its mobilization power was pitifully weak.

Therefore, Li Xuan directly intervened, and then divided his troops to the north and south. The resistance of the Tubo people was immediately completely annihilated.

The city-state system was the foundation on which Tubo was able to establish its country before. Now it is naturally Li Xuan's biggest enemy in ruling this land.

The household registration and land distribution law was Li Xuan's first step in destroying the city-state system, destroying aristocratic rule, and accumulating strength for himself.

As long as this step can be successful, then the North Korean Lieutenant General will draw away all the military strength of Tubo, and Li Xuan can immediately raise a military strength of 200,000.

At that time, we will leave Tanggula Mountain, descend to Tuyuhun, and go straight to Longxi, Tianshui, and then Chang'an.

Li Xuan's fists were gently clenched.

At this moment, there was a slight sound of footsteps.

Li Xuan turned around and saw Su Weier, Queen of Supi, standing at the side door. Before Li Xuan could speak, Su Weier had already handed her over and said, "Commander, Chidu Songtsan can't hold on any longer."

"Oh!" Li Xuan stood up immediately, eyes excited.

……

Walking into the red hall, Li Xuan immediately heard faint sobbing and Lu's low-pitched comfort.

After two days and two nights without water and rice, Chidu Songtsan couldn't hold on any longer.

Li Xuan looked sideways at Su Weier and whispered a few words in her ear. Su Weier immediately looked at Li Xuan in disbelief.

Li Xuan waved her hand, and Su Weier had no choice but to leave.

After a while, a bathtub filled with hot water was carried into the red hall from the outside, and finally carried to the side hall in front of Lu and Chidu Songtsen.

Seeing the bathtub full of flower petals, Lu's expression suddenly changed.

At this time, the Qianniu Guard guarding the side hall strode away, and then, four maids wearing tulle came in from the outside, stood in front of the bathtub, and looked at Wu Lu calmly.

Lu's face instantly turned extremely pale.

Crisp footsteps sounded, and immediately, Li Xuan, dressed in black brocade clothes, appeared in the hall, and a pair of cold eyes immediately fell on Wu Lu.

Lu immediately felt as if she had been stripped naked, and felt chills all over.

"Come here, take King Zao to the main hall to have a meal."

After Li Xuan finished speaking, the two maids stepped forward and snatched Chidu Songtsen, who was crying loudly, from Wu Lu's hands, and carried her directly to the main hall.

Lu had lost much strength a long time ago, and could only watch her son being snatched away, and then watched Li Xuan walk up to her, looking at her with wanton eyes.

Li Xuan leaned over, gently pinched Lu's smooth lower jaw, and said in a cold voice: "Are you taking off your clothes now, or am I helping you to take off your clothes, or am I bringing your son back and asking you to take it off?" In front of him..."

"No, don't!" Wu Lu immediately rushed towards Li Xuan fiercely, trying to catch him to death full of resentment.

Li Xuan just gave way slightly and got out of the way of Wu Lu.

"Come here, bring the Zao King back." As soon as Li Xuan said this, Lu couldn't help shouting: "No."

Seeing Mrs. Bulu whose defenses had been completely defeated, Li Xuan lifted her chin with his index finger and said softly: "If you don't want your son to be brought back, you can do whatever I say."

"Okay!" Wu Lu finally bowed her head completely.

Li Xuan's eyes flashed red.

(End of this chapter)