Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 259 Dancing Together

Chen Qingsi did not respond directly, but was obviously moved.

This battle led to a direct knighthood, which made Chen Qingsi realize a problem.

In order to gain a firm foothold in the Tang Dynasty, it was absolutely impossible without any military merit.

With Li Zhi's speed in changing prime ministers, even if he becomes the prime minister below one person and above ten thousand people, he may not be able to stay in office for a long time.

People like Xu Jingzong are exceptions among exceptions...

On the contrary, the generals under Li Zhi who had great military achievements did well.

Take Wang Fangyi as an example. Wu Zetian hated the queen's cousin with all her heart, but Wang Fangyi was promoted and promoted all the way and became a famous frontier commander.

Another example is Pei Xingjian, this dear friend is even more remarkable.

Li Zhi intended to depose Wang Liwu, but he only spread rumors to test public opinion.

Pei Xingjian was like a cat stepping on its tail. He quickly approached Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang to express his stance and resolutely oppose military force.

Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang were the people that Li Zhi hated and feared the most. Pei Xingjian approached them to discuss counter-military affairs...

Is this more than a taboo?

This is a wooden knife stabbed into the hearts of Li Zhi and Empress Wu.

But because Pei Xingjian was guarding Anxi and had military exploits, he was directly recalled to the capital to take charge of the staff. Later, he was given the opportunity to go into battle to kill the enemy.

It can be seen that Li Zhi's intolerance was limited to pure civil servants. For civil servants who could achieve military success, even those who committed major taboos, such as Pei Xingjian, were forgiven, lived well, and achieved fame.

Chen Qingsi didn't dare to think about it before. After all, he knew nothing about war. It would be more efficient if he died before the attack was launched.

But after this battle, he found that with the machine of the Tang Dynasty as the backing, as well as advisers like Di Renjie, and veteran generals like Huang Heshou to help him, fighting seemed to be nothing difficult.

At worst, I would follow the list in my memory, promote some deputies who are capable of fighting, and then use some snacks to figure out some combat tactics. As long as I don't meet a general of Lun Qinling's level, it won't always be a situation where Feilongqiu faces.

At this moment, Chen Qingsi really has the idea of ​​​​taking a two-pronged approach and developing on two fronts.

In the Tang Dynasty, all generals who commanded the army faced one problem: vassal soldiers.

It is undeniable that the vassal soldiers made a great contribution to the Tang Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gathered the wealth of Wenjing and fought in the south and north, leaving the sea empty.

However, Li Shimin faced the mess left by Yang Guang and faced the ruined world with a sharp reduction of three-quarters of the population. Despite continuous battles, he was able to maintain development and create a miracle of Zhenguan rule.

There are many reasons, but one of them is the use of a large number of Tibetan troops to minimize war expenditures and casualties through the mercenary model, and to maintain year-round conquests in the north and south.

There are pros and cons to this model…

The Tibetan army has good fighting ability and is easy to feed. They don't need military pay, they just need to share some spoils.

But loyalty is difficult to control. Whether it will stab you in the back is another matter. It is also troublesome to not work hard when fighting.

But if there is a trustworthy person in the Tibetan army, and he mediates and leads, it will get twice the result with half the effort.

Just like how powerful Qibi is...

However, Chen Qingsi did not agree directly. He just drank the wine in the glass and said: "We are both serving the Tang Dynasty and serving His Majesty. This is what we should do."

The two of them didn't talk about it again.

At this moment, the atmosphere at the bonfire banquet had reached its peak, and many people left the table to go find dancing girls to dance with.

Cheng Boxian was also among them. This young man from an aristocratic family knew what love was when he was thirteen years old. He married a wife at the age of fifteen. He was very experienced and chose a small one to dance with. He also took off his obstructive shirt, exposing his tendons in the cold weather...

At this time, a person from the third seat at the banquet suddenly stood up. She took off her outer robe and walked into the center of the venue.

The people dancing around the bonfire got out of the way. Sijie dilu said: "This is our Sijie department, no, it is the pearl on the grassland, Bai Yaxian, the most beautiful flower and the most dancing flower."

Chen Qingsi looked in the direction she was pointing, and saw a pretty girl wearing an armless top and a short skirt, revealing a pair of round thighs, dancing in the field.

She has fair skin and fine facial features. She is indeed a rare beauty, especially the slender waist that is exposed. It seems that she can play with it with two hands...

Her appearance stole the spotlight from all the dancers, who stopped to cheer her.

Suddenly she raised her hands flat and spun around quickly in the field, arriving right in front of Chen Qingsi's table.

It is the way of inviting dances in this era, and there is an elegant name for dancing.

It has been around since the Qin and Han Dynasties. The word "belonging" means "wei", which means to invite. When the person in front of you finishes dancing and invites another person to dance, it is considered "belonging". In the earliest times, the host danced first and the guests danced in return.

Later it developed into a way of asking people to dance...

Dance yourself first, and then, just like beating a drum to pass flowers around, whoever comes to the table will dance.

Either way!

Chen Qingsi knew the customs of this era. It would be very rude for the invited people not to get up and dance, and it might even lead to terrible consequences...

It's definitely not because the other person is beautiful!

Chen Qingsi stood up with a smile and followed Bai Yaxian into the venue.

While Chen Qingsi and the beauty were dancing on the grassland, the Emperor Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty was still busy dealing with state affairs.

Originally, when the king of a country was at the helm of the world, there were many things to do.

Because of the appearance of Chen Qingsi, he did many things with his extraordinary insight and pointed out the shortcomings of the Tang Dynasty itself, especially the problems with the two neighboring countries of Silla and Tubo.

Chen Qingsi said this was simple, but it was not easy to actually do it.

After all, the imperial court never regarded Silla and Tubo as its enemies and rivals. Fortunately, Silla was far away, surrounded by Goguryeo and Baekje.

Tubo was the top priority.

At this moment, Tubo has risen and unified the entire plateau, and now it is waiting for the opportunity to capture Tuyuhun.

In order to prevent this from happening, the imperial court had to change the overall layout of Hehuang and Liangzhou.

Especially after the envoys who went to Tubo came back and reported on the situation in Tubo and Tuyuhun, Li Zhi and Li Ji realized that the situation was urgent.

The whole Tubo army was united and their morale was high.

Tuyuhun, on the other hand, was a loser, with constant internal conflicts and disunity at the top and bottom.

This is like a piece of fat meat placed next to the wolf's mouth.

That is to say, now that the tiger of Tang Dynasty is staring at it, the wolf dare not pick it up for the time being.

Once the tiger takes a nap, the meat may be gone.

Li Zhi had to speed up the pace of changes so that Helong and Liangzhou could support Tuyuhun at any time.

"hiss!"

Li Zhi suddenly put down the memorial in his hand and rubbed his temples. For some reason, he felt an inexplicable throbbing pain inside, but the pain soon disappeared, as if nothing happened.

Li Zhi also asked the imperial doctor to treat him, but no problem was found and he was asked to have a good rest.

Seeing that he was no longer strange, Li Zhi continued to pick up the memorial...

(End of this chapter)