Capital Datang

Although Yipidulu Khan wanted to unify the Western Turks, he did not dare to offend the Tang Dynasty too much, so he came up with a way, which was to let Kucha, who originally belonged to Nanting but now secretly defected to him, send troops to frequently rob Lu The caravan on the Silk Road cut off this very important trade route for Datang.Use this to test Datang's reaction. If Datang is unable to look westward, or if he is just bluffing, then he will use all his troops to unify the entire Western Turks in one fell swoop.

However, Yipidulu Khan miscalculated one thing, that is, the military front of the Tang Dynasty was at its peak in the past few years. First, Gaochang in the Western Regions was destroyed, and Xue Yantuo in the northern grassland was destroyed two years ago. You must know the strength of Xue Yantuo It is no worse than the current Western Turks.In particular, Gaochang is right next to Qiucha. After being destroyed, it was established by the Tang Dynasty as the Protectorate of Anxi, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers were stationed there. Offend Datang?

Regarding the orders of Yipidulu Khan, King Sufadie of Kucha did not dare to disobey, but he did not do his best. For example, they sent troops to rob merchants on the Silk Road, but as long as they encountered Han people, they would only take the goods and not Hurt people's lives, and sometimes even politely escort the other party back to Datang.In addition, the King of Kucha secretly sent someone to Chang'an to ask Li Shimin to see him, and told Yipidulu Khan's orders, and sincerely apologized to Li Shimin, showing that he did it out of helplessness, and hoped that Datang would not blame them for tortoises. hereby.

Originally, for this matter, as long as Datang sent more troops to Anxi Duhu and put pressure on Yipidulu Khan, he would immediately dispel the idea of ​​unifying the Western Turks and achieve the goal of defeating others without fighting.After all, Datang's record in the past few years is so amazing that even the entire northern grassland is in the hands of Datang.Not to mention a fragmented Western Turkic.

But this time Li Shimin didn't know what was going crazy, he asked people to publish Yipi Dulu Khan's plan in the newspaper.Let all Datang people know the other party's conspiracy, and as a result, Datang is full of enthusiasm.Whether it is the court or the people, there is a crusade against Yipidulu Khan.Capital Datang 543

Faced with this situation, although Fang Xuanling and other important officials felt that the use of troops against Western Turks was a bit hasty, the power of public opinion had been mobilized by Li Shimin, and even they dared not oppose it, so in the end Li Shimin 'followed' public opinion, War was declared against the Western Turks. At the same time, Guo Xiaoke, the governor of Anxi, led an elite army to enter Kucha, and Li Shimin also issued several imperial edicts.He ordered Tubo and the countries of the Western Regions to send troops to jointly crusade against the Western Turks.

Although the news that Li Zhi read in the newspapers was incomplete, based on his understanding of the situation in the Western Regions, he could guess some things, but what he couldn't figure out was that it was obvious that he could win a war without a fight, and let Yibi Dulu Khan didn't dare to act rashly, why did his father choose to start a war with the Western Turks?

Although Datang is now strong and strong, but two years ago.Datang had just eliminated Xue Yantuo and included the northern grasslands into Datang's territory, but this also consumed a considerable amount of Datang's strength, and two years would not allow Datang to fully recover.What's more, the civil strife in Western Turks is slowly disappearing, and the strength is much stronger than a few years ago. If you attack the opponent at this time.I'm afraid it's not a good time?

"Huh? Wait!" Li Zhi suddenly felt a flash of inspiration and said to himself, "Western Turkic has been in chaos for nearly 20 years. As the saying goes, the long-term must be united. Could it be that the father has expected that the Western Turkic is likely to be destroyed by the second party?" Vidulu Khan is united. That’s why you want to take advantage of the fact that the Western Turkic Northern Court has not completely wiped out the Southern Court, and want to kill the other party in its infancy?”

The more Li Zhi thinks about it, the more he feels right. If the Western Turks are united, they will definitely not be willing to be at the mercy of the Tang Dynasty, and the Western Regions controlled by the other party are the necessary places on the Silk Road. The lifeblood is in the hands of others.

Thinking of this, Li Zhi finally let out a sigh of relief.In addition, he immediately thought of another point, that is, during this period of time, the sixth brother Li Yin, needless to say here, destroyed the Japanese kingdom, robbed Linyi, and occupied Luzon, and it can be said that he has laid down a large piece of land overseas.And a few months ago, the seventh brother Li Yun and the eighth brother Li Zhen also captured Ceylon Island, and now they have established a firm foothold in Tianzhu, ready to expand outward at any time.

Several sons have performed so well, which makes Li Shimin proud.But as the pride of a father, he was not willing to be robbed of the limelight by his sons. Therefore, in this battle against the Western Turks, in addition to wanting to strangle the opponent before unification, he also meant to compete with his sons.

"Old man, my father's ambition in his youth has not been corroded by the years. It seems that being a son is much easier for me." Li Zhi said with a wry smile. As Li Shimin's son, he naturally understood his father's temper very well. , That's why he could think of the last point, and he believed that Brother Six would definitely be able to guess the selfishness in his father's heart.

Wanting to understand the reason for the Tang Dynasty's war against the Western Turks, Li Zhi read the newspaper from the beginning to the end, and found that in addition to the report on the front page of this Taiwan daily, the other several sub-pages were mostly about Taiwan's war. Current news reports and comments, such as how Taiwan can fully control Malacca after the Lion City naval battle; a new generation of steam ships has been successfully researched, which is bigger and faster than the previous ones; an eastward current has been discovered off the coast of Luzon , is likely to lead to distant North and South America and so on.

These are news that Li Zhi is very interested in, especially about the ocean current discovered off the coast of Luzon.Of course, he was not interested in the ocean currents per se, but in North and South America, which was mentioned in passing in the newspaper.Because he had heard from his sixth brother Li Yin before that he knew that they were two vast continents rich in gold, silver, copper and other precious metal mines. Unfortunately, it was too far away and Li Yin didn't want to take risks, so he never sent anyone to go there. Passing there, if the ocean current discovered on Luzon can really reach the Americas, it will definitely be a big discovery.

"Dinglingling~" With a rush of bells, it marked the end of this morning's study, and all teachers and students can go to eat.Li Zhi also stopped his excited thoughts, put the newspaper back where it was, and took his tableware to the school cafeteria.

Compared with the school he saw in Jincheng, Zhonghan Prefecture, their Sugarcane Primary School is several times better than that school in terms of hardware and software. Not to mention, the difference can be seen in just a cafeteria For example, the canteen of the elementary school in Jincheng is just a row of windows, and there is no place to eat. The students have to go back to the classroom to eat after receiving the meals.

However, the canteen of Gancane Primary School has a very spacious dining room. There are rows of tables and chairs in the dining room. The students take the class as a unit, send the students who are on duty that day to pick up the meals, and then carry them to the classroom where each class is located. The location is fixed, and then the students on duty send it to their classmates.

At the beginning, the amount of meals for each student is the same, and after these meals are distributed to students, each student must finish eating, and there must be no leftovers. Of course, if some students feel that they are not full after eating, You can have another serving yourself.When Li Zhi walked into the restaurant, he happened to see students from four classes sitting at the dining table with their hands behind their backs, waiting for the students on duty to distribute meals to them.

At the beginning, Li Zhi didn't quite understand this management method. After all, in his opinion, elementary school children are too young, and there is no need to ask too much of them, so he even thought about writing to the Education Institute, requiring Let go of the controls on the kids.But after he heard that this management method was proposed by Li Yin, he went back and thought about it for a few days, and finally realized it.

In fact, the reason why Li Yin set up this system is mainly to cultivate the collective consciousness of the children and let them get used to living in a group.We must know that a person's strength is limited, and only when a group of people unite can they exert their greatest strength.There is a saying in later generations about the Chinese people, that is, a Chinese is a dragon, and a group of Chinese is a swarm of insects. In fact, this means that the Chinese do not have the awareness of unity and cooperation. Therefore, Li Yin borrowed some education methods from later generations abroad and cultivated them from an early age. The collective consciousness of these children.

Speaking of which, the population in Li Yin's hands is too small. Even with the desperate immigration from the Tang Dynasty, the number of Han people in Li Yin's hands has just reached 150 million. If it takes another year, it is estimated that it will exceed 300 million people.Although 300 million does not seem like a lot, life in Taiwan is rich, and it will become even richer in the future. If these 300 million people are allowed to join the army voluntarily, there must not be many people willing, so Li Yin is already preparing to promulgate the compulsory military system. At that time, all men of the right age will have to go to the army for training.

Therefore, children who have grown up with this kind of education have an advantage, that is, after they join the army, they will definitely be able to adapt to the collective life in the military camp in the shortest possible time, and the trained army can also be trained to a greater extent. exerted its fighting power.

Li Zhi came to the teacher's area in the restaurant. Compared with the strict management on the student side, the teacher's side is much more free. They eat the same food as the students, but they can eat as much as they want.Li Zhi ordered three taels of rice and a sweet soup, and then put half of cumin mutton and half of fried vegetables on the plate.Capital Datang 543

His previous problem of not being able to eat meat was corrected at the factory. He was tired and hungry after working every day, so it was impossible not to eat meat.But since he came to the school, he stopped doing those physical jobs, which cut his appetite by half. If the meal he took now was in the past, he would only be half full at most.

Li Zhi found a seat with the food and was just about to eat with his chopsticks when suddenly someone sat beside him and whispered, "Xiao Jiu, where have you been all morning, something big is going to happen in our school! "(to be continued...)