When Mo Jiazi was hotly discussed by the whole city, the entire court was secretly rejoicing for Gaochang's victory, after all, everyone knew what a risk it was, and the hundred officials felt extremely happy, it is ironic that Mo Jiazi was the biggest hero of the Gaochang War, and it was he who made the Gaochang Battle end so quickly, but at this moment, Mo Jiazi became the object of suspicion of the hundred officials.

The Mo family has also been mentioned many times in the court, of course, not worship but fear, after all, such a powerful weapon of mass murder is only in the hands of the Mo family, and some people are inevitably uneasy in both public and private affairs.

However, now is the day of celebration of Gaochang's victory, and at this time, targeting the Mo family will only make the heroes feel cold, so it did not break out immediately, but this undercurrent has been turbulent.

So on the bright side, the entire Taiji Hall is still a great joy.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, Gaochang has won a great victory, and my Tang Dynasty will definitely be a powerful name in the Western Regions."

"So far, the Silk Road has been unblocked again, and the whole world has benefited from it, and everyone is grateful for Your Majesty's grace."

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In the court, one by one the ministers complimented, and the news of Gaochang's victory came, and the clouds on the heads of the hundred officials were suddenly swept away.

"Thanks to the soldiers who served their lives, when the army returns, I will definitely be rewarded." Li Shimin was full of smiles and smugness, and he didn't have the sad face he had two days ago.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, on behalf of the soldiers." A group of generals bowed.

"I didn't want to raise troops, but Ju Wentai went against the sky, and I had to set things right." Li Shimin said modestly.

"Your Majesty is wise!" The ministers congratulated.

After Li Shimin accepted the praise of the ministers, he remembered the business of today's court meeting, and said loudly: "Now that the Tang Dynasty has captured the entire territory of Gaochang, and Gaochang King Koji Zhisheng has also been captured, I don't know how you Aiqing thinks you should deal with Gaochang." ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu Ling Hu Dedi took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, there are precedents before the Tang Dynasty, I think that after the Tang Dynasty attacked Tuyuhun, he will ambush and return with his head, and finally set up Murong Shun as the king of Tuyuhun." Now that Gaochang's first evil Ju Wentai has died, according to the custom, he should be appointed to succeed to the throne to show the grace of His Majesty's Heavenly Khan, and Gaochang can also be allowed to compliment the Tang Frontier. ”

"Establish another king and defend the frontier!" Li Shimin's eyes flashed, this is indeed the previous practice of Datang, in this way, Datang can save worry and effort, and the effect is very good, enough to make the frontier stable for decades.

"Is this also possible?" Many ministers chimed in.

However, Kong Yingda frowned, and took the initiative to object: "Weichen thinks that it is inappropriate to be the king of another person, Koji Zhisheng is different from Murong Shun, Murong Shun is the son of Princess Guanghua, half of the Han blood, plus he has been a proton in Chang'an for many years, and is deeply influenced by Chinese culture, and more importantly, he was seized the position of prince in Tuyuhun, and he was depressed. Although the mother of Koji Zhisheng was named a princess by Yang Guang, she was not a Han Chinese, plus she was not a proton in the Tang Dynasty, did not understand Chinese culture, and she herself had ascended the throne of King Gaochang, and His Majesty named him the King of Gaochang again, and there was no grace, how could this person be heartfelt to the Tang Dynasty. ”

The ministers nodded one after another, at this point, Ko Zhisheng is indeed far inferior to Murong Shun, although Murong Shun is incompetent, but he is indeed loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and Koji Zhisheng, who has always been a native, is not necessarily.

Linghu Dedi frowned when he heard this: "In this case, let Ko Zhisheng abdicate and set up a new king of Ju Wentai's son, as far as Wei Chen knows, Ju Wentai has several children, and he will definitely be grateful to His Majesty." ”

Kong Yingda shook his head and sighed: "What about an emperor who is grateful to Datang, although Murong Shun is focused on Datang, he is not in a different place now, even if he sets up a new king in Gaochang, his subordinates are not convinced, and Murong Shun is just a lesson from his past." ”

Li Shimin nodded slightly, this time, Tuyuhun was captured by Tubo and Murong Shun's subordinates inside and outside, but don't forget that behind the singing, there is still a Western Turk who is extremely hostile to the Tang Dynasty, and it will not repeat the tragedy of Murong Shun.

"What does Kong Aiqing mean?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and asked.

Kong Yingda said proudly: "From the perspective of Weichen, my Tang Dynasty should follow the example of the Han Dynasty and reset the Western Regions Protectorate. ”

"The Protectorate of the Western Regions!"

Suddenly the ministers were in an uproar, for the famous Western Regions Protectorate, the ministers naturally knew about it, and soon talked about it, and the benefits of implementing the Western Regions Protectorate were also obvious, so that Gaochang could be directly placed under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, so as not to have another example of Tuyuhun overturning.

"I didn't expect that the dignified Confucian family would intend to destroy a country for their own selfishness, do you know how serious the consequences will be once the Tang Dynasty destroys Gaochang, so that the surrounding countries of the Tang Dynasty will be vigilant and vigilant against the Tang Dynasty, and the reputation of Your Majesty Tian Khan will be in name only." Linghu Deqi sneered, everyone knows that Kong Yingda is so active in wanting to destroy Gaochang, just to cooperate with Yan Tongyin to promote the art of Confucian education, so that the prestige of Confucianism will be raised to a higher level, so that Confucianism and the Confucian family will benefit, but the Tang Dynasty has lost its reputation, especially the reputation of Li Shimin's Tian Khan, I am afraid it will be damaged.

When Li Shimin heard this, he couldn't help frowning, Tian Khan was his most proud name, and Li Shimin, who loved to be false and intended to wash away his stains, naturally attached great importance to it.

Kong Yingda was not afraid to say: "Weichen's move is indeed a little selfish, but it can be said that he has a clear conscience, the purpose of the Western Han Dynasty to set up the Western Regions Protectorate is to coordinate the contradictions between the Western Regions and protect the Silk Road, and now I Datang also needs to let the Western Regions countries live in peace and let the Silk Road be unblocked, and Datang will naturally set up the Western Regions Protectorate." ”

Many ministers have nodded, the Silk Road is too important for the Tang Dynasty, but it is related to the stability of the Tang Dynasty currency system, and now the large-scale emergence of cotton cloth has hit a large number of silk products such as silk to play the role of currency, fortunately, the Tang Silk System designed by Morton allows a large number of silk to go to the Western Regions, and the price of silk has not collapsed, which makes the Datang monetary policy soft road.

However, for a long time, Datang must maintain the price of silk in order to slowly strip silk from the monetary system, it can be said that the Silk Road is no longer a problem of silk alone, but has the mission of stabilizing Datang's monetary policy, and it can be said that the Silk Road cannot be lost. In this way, it is far more in line with the interests of the Tang Dynasty to set up the Western Regions Protectorate in Gaochang than to set up another king.

Li Shimin suddenly fell into a tangle, on the one hand, his reputation as a heavenly khan, and on the other hand, the tangible interests of Datang, which was really difficult for him to choose.

Linghu Dedi frowned and said: "Gaochang is thousands of miles away from the Tang Dynasty, and it is separated by two thousand miles of the Gobi Desert, coupled with its weak national strength, it is not enough to feed the army. ”

According to the meaning of Linghu Dedi, Gaochang is barren, it is not worth spending so much money to set up the Western Regions Protectorate, and setting up a new king can not only make the Silk Road unblocked, but also reduce the burden of the Tang Dynasty to the lightest, so why not, and the same radical strategy of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty at the beginning, but in the end he had to issue the "Luntai Edict", and in the later period, he completely abandoned the Western Regions.

If it was before, Kong Yingda would definitely have the same view as Linghu Dedi, but now that the Mo family is rising, Confucianism must forge ahead, and the land of Gaochang is the best test place to verify the homonym of the language, not to mention that there are more great benefits to setting up the Western Regions Protectorate, and Kong Yingda will not give up in public and private.

Kong Yingda's thought moved, and he thought of an allusion from the Han Dynasty, and said loudly: "Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gave up the Western Regions, his successor, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, inherited the will of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and set up the Western Regions Protectorate in Luntai to contact the countries of the Western Regions, laying the foundation for the final defeat of the Xiongnu. And now that my Tang Dynasty has more Western Turks eyeing the Western Regions, His Majesty has set up the Western Regions Protectorate, so that he can follow the example of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty and contact other countries to resist the Western Turks, otherwise the matter of Gaochang will definitely be repeated again. ”

I have to sigh, history is strikingly similar, how similar is the situation of the Tang Dynasty and the period of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, Li Shimin finally got excited, and finally preferred to set up the Western Regions Protectorate, after all, in the face of the old enemy of the Western Turks, face seems to be not so important.

"Order Hou Junji to set up a capital protection mansion in Gaochang City, but it is not the Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate, but the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate." Li Shimin said loudly.

The ministers were shocked, and immediately knew Li Shimin's intentions, Anxi here may not mean to stabilize the Western Regions, but to stabilize the Western Turks!