Chapter 274 The Thought of Joining Tang

Liu Bei felt a little regretful for a moment.

He regretted leaving his sword outside when he came in.

But it doesn't matter. Liu Bei's eyes swept through the government office and looked at the wall next to him.

There was a decorative sword hanging there.

Zhang Fei jumped up quickly:

"Zilong and I are brothers, and we need your help in the cavalry!"

Liu Bei sat down again.

Seeing Yide and Zilong whispering together, Liu Bei looked at the light curtain again.

He cared more about the fact that Gaochang, with its strength, could split the land and call itself a country, and it has been passed down for more than a hundred years for nine generations.

Why does the Western Region seem so easy to get along with?

Liu Bei couldn't help but be fascinated.

...

Yan Lide and Yan Liben quickly traced the horseshoes listed on the light curtain.

"Horseshoes are easy, but these horseshoe nails are quite difficult."

This was Yan Lide's evaluation after he looked at it carefully.

Even Yan Lide was not unfamiliar with this. Isn't this what the people commonly call horse iron shoes?

And just as the light curtain said, the people all knew that this thing was useful, but it was too troublesome.

One was that in the severe cold season, the iron shoes of horses could easily slip on the ice and snow, causing the horses to fall and get injured.

The other was the iron nails, which were too expensive for the people to afford, and too cheap for the blacksmiths to make.

Therefore, looking at the emperor who was lost in thought, Yan Lide tried to give his own advice:

"Your Majesty, if you want to equip this thing, you should hire a nail maker."

Li Shimin also calculated it silently in his heart, and then he felt a little surprised.

The horseshoes listed in the light curtain require at least three nails to fix, and some even have eight nail holes.

Using the simplest horseshoes to equip a team of 4,000 cavalry, it would take almost 50,000 nails, which is not a small number.

Li Shimin directly designated the candidates:

"After the light curtain ends, Lide and the pharmacist will stay and talk to me about the iron nails."

Hou Junji next to him was a little hurt for a while:

Can you give the protagonist some respect?

【For the Tang Dynasty, destroying Gaochang was just a matter of convenience, and how to govern it was a problem.

The court ministers headed by Wei Zheng and Chu Suiliang believed that it was appropriate to set up Xichang Prefecture.

The Tang Emperor Li Shimin believed that it was appropriate to set up Xizhou.

Although Xizhou and Xichang Prefecture only differ by one character, they represent completely different meanings.

Because in the Tang Dynasty, if the name of a prefecture was two characters, it meant that it was a tributary prefecture.

"Ji" means to win over and control, which is what we commonly call the self-government of the Hu people. They can listen to orders but not to announcements, and have strong autonomy.

The appointment and dismissal of officials, tax collection, financial expenditure, etc. in the tributary prefecture were all decided by the tributary prefecture itself, and only the central government needed to be informed.

But if the name of a prefecture was only one character, it meant that it was a direct territory of the central government of the Tang Dynasty.

The appointment of officials, tax collection, system and army were all decided by the central government of the Tang Dynasty.

After arguing for two months, Li Shimin succeeded in suppressing his objections and decided on the name of Xizhou until Hou Junji was arrested and imprisoned.

Wei Zheng and Chu Suiliang were very surprised, because controlling the Western Regions with the Jiemizhou was a method of the Han Dynasty, which was an advanced experience with traces to follow.

Moreover, Li Shimin had not been so resistant to the establishment of the Jiemizhou before.

As for why Erfeng's attitude suddenly changed, it was related to a case of treason one year before the demise of Gaochang. 】

For a while, everyone's eyes were focused on Hou Junji.

Even Fang Xuanling, who was always steady, couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

Could it be that the Duke of Lu was not the first to rebel?

The rebellion of Li Xiaochang, Luo Yi and others in the first year of Zhenguan could only be regarded as the aftermath of the Wude year.

And Hou Junji didn't have time to think so much for the time being.

"It must be that I did not obey the holy order and was not strict with my subordinates, which led to the blame."

There was no need to infer, Hou Junji pleaded guilty on the spot.

Anyway, no matter what he did, these two charges can be put on him.

Li Shimin glanced at Hou Junji and said quietly:

"The later generations said that when you conquered Gaochang, you took the lead in looting and arbitrarily dealt with the nobles of Gaochang."

Sweat immediately covered Hou Junji's forehead:

No wonder your experience after returning to Chang'an was so strange!

"I was arrogant and violated the rules, and I deserved it!"

Just as Hou Junji was about to kneel down and plead guilty, Li Shimin stood up and grabbed his arm:

"It won't be too late to judge you when you really do it."

Relieved, Hou Junji quickly assured:

"I will keep this in mind and be vigilant every day!"

Du Ruhui was afraid that he would not be able to hold back his laughter if he continued to watch, so he analyzed:

"The light curtain put them together, saying that everyone abandoned the shackles for this reason."

"It can be seen that these people who rebelled are those who were restrained by the Tang Dynasty."

Li Shimin immediately concluded:

"It must be the Turks!"

In Li Shimin's view, the Hu people were the kind of people who were shameless when given face in later generations.

And the Turks were indeed the best among them!

[After Jie Li was captured by Li Jing and danced for Er Feng, there were still some small khans left in the Eastern Turks.

Among them, there are two people who stand out:

One is Ashina She'er, who was originally stationed in the west of the Eastern Turks. After Jie Li was captured, he led his troops to flee to the Western Regions and conquered half of the territory of the Western Turks, calling himself Dubu Khan.

After serving as Khan for two years, Dubu Khan led a large army to attack Xueyantuo to avenge the destruction of the Eastern Turks.

It can only be said that it is very reasonable. If I can't beat the Tang Dynasty, can I beat you?

In the end, they really didn't beat him. After being beaten by Xueyantuo, Dubu Khan had a sudden realization:

I don't want to be a Hu person anymore!

As the saying goes, once the thought of surrendering to the Tang Dynasty comes up, the world will be wide open.

In the ninth year of Zhenguan, Dubu Khan led his troops to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, destroyed Gaochang, pacified the Western Regions, and attacked Goguryeo. This person participated in all of them and made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty.

The most important thing is that he followed the famous general Li 𪟝 to destroy Xueyantuo and successfully avenged.

In the end, he was appointed as a general and was granted the title of Duke of the State. He was another star general of the Tang Dynasty. 】

"This Dubu is a man with a quick mind."

Li Jing commented:

"Afterwards, when the remnants of the Eastern Turks were investigated, I heard that this person fled to the west. Before that, I thought he would definitely be unacceptable to the Western Turks."

"I didn't expect..."

Li Jing shook his head. This person went from a general of the Eastern Turks to a Khan who confronted the Western Turks.

In the end, he entered the court as a general, fought in all directions, became a general and Duke of the Tang Dynasty, and his life experience was rich.

"Maogong's contribution has been settled." Li Jing smiled.

Li Shimin's eyes sparkled. He was waiting for it. This time, he was the protagonist!

Then he excitedly glanced at Su Dingfang who was hiding his disappointment:

Young man, you have to respect your seniors, understand?

However, the light curtain said "destroy the three kingdoms and capture the three kings". This Xueyantuo is just one. What about the other two?

Li Shimin's face was calm. After all, when the Tang Dynasty was founded, there were Hu people as generals. It was not a big deal.

And now as the Khan of Heaven, he naturally had to accept all the unsuccessful talents from the four barbarians and let them all be used by the Tang Dynasty.

For a while, Li Shimin pinched his chin and thought:

Should we compile the resume of this kind of Hu general into what later generations call a novel?

Born as a shepherd, despised by the tribe, and finally surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and was used, leaving his name in history.

Deprecating the barbarity of the Hu people and praising the enlightenment of the Tang Dynasty.

And the poem that this junior made up later was not wrong.

When the thought of surrendering to the Tang Dynasty came up, I suddenly felt that the world was wide.

The territory of our Tang Dynasty is quite wide.

I, the Khan of Heaven, am also quite broad-minded.

[Another one is Tuli Khan.

After Jie Li was captured, Tuli was a man who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and was appointed as the governor of Bingzhou. He had a house in Chang'an and lived a very leisurely life.

But there was one person who had a strong opinion, Tuli Khan's younger brother, Ashina Jieshelu.

He couldn't stand his brother's debauchery and lack of ambition as a grassland man, so he reported his brother's rebellion on the spot.

After it was found out that it was a false accusation, Tuli Khan and Li Shimin scolded him and even cut his salary in half. He was immediately unhappy.

In the 13th year of Zhenguan, Ashina Jieshelu heard the news that Li Shimin moved to Jiucheng Palace to escape the summer heat.

So this man summoned forty former Turkic tribesmen and announced his rebellion plan:

Li Shimin's son Li Zhi would ride out of the palace every day. We would ambush on both sides, and when the palace gates were wide open, we would rush in and kill Li Shimin!

Once Li Shimin died, the Tang Dynasty would be in chaos, so we would lead the former Turkic tribesmen back to the grassland and rebuild the Turkic Khanate!

As a result, the plan went wrong as soon as it was implemented:

There was a strong wind that night, and seeing that the weather was not good, Li Zhi did not leave the palace.

The Turkic people who had been ambushing outside for half a day decided to force an attack with the idea that they had come since they had come.

Jiucheng Palace was just a summer palace, and more than forty Turkic people successfully broke in.

After fighting for a while, seeing that the assassination was hopeless, they seized horses and wanted to flee north to the Turkic homeland. On the way, they were surrounded by the imperial guards and all executed.

The biggest impact of this rebellion was that the Turkic tribesmen who were detained in Hetao were all restless.

Li Shimin was almost forced to re-ennoble a Turkic Khan and let him lead the Turkic tribes back to the Turkic homeland.

For this incident, Li Shimin's evaluation of himself was two words: embarrassed.

And he sighed afterwards that he regretted not listening to Wei Zheng's advice.

Because there were also two factions in dealing with the Turkic issue at the beginning:

Wei Zheng believed that the Turkic people were ambitious and should either be completely dispersed and moved to Hebei for education, or be driven to the northern desert to check and balance with Xueyantuo.

Wen Yanbo believed that Liu Xiu's policy of controlling the Southern Xiongnu should be followed, and a piece of land should be allocated nearby for easy management.

Li Shimin finally adopted Wen Yanbo's opinion, which eventually led to the assassination.

It was also for this reason that Li Shimin's attitude towards Gaochang changed from control to direct administration.

This also meant that the Tang army officially entered the Western Regions in person, thus opening up the vigorous territorial expansion of the Tang Dynasty. 】

Fang Xuanling's face was subtle:

"Previously, the strategy for dealing with the remnants of the Turks was indeed to control them."

But the people who had stayed in Ganlu Palace had different views on the Turks, so control was not adopted in the end.

What Wei Zheng was doing in the north at this time was what they had agreed on together.

The large tribe was split into small tribes and made to live in separate counties, and they were not allowed to have private contact.

The small tribes were divided into households and incorporated into the counties and prefectures and registered as Tang citizens.

And the person involved, Li Shimin, jumped up immediately:

"Send an edict to Wei Zheng, and exile this brother of Tuli Khan as far away as possible!"

He was patient with Hou Junji, but he had no good face for the Hu people at all.

Not to mention that he was a defeated person, he even wanted to assassinate him? !

And it was just exile, not execution, even Liu Bei had to praise his kindness!

Don't these Hu people like grasslands? Then send them to the poor mountains and bad waters to see enough!

Only then did Li Shimin understand why the Turks had been destroyed.

But later on, An Lushan was born in a Turkic tribe and was still an enemy of the Tang Dynasty.

What a mess, it was just a mess!