Chapter 213 Reorganize the troops and horses to expand the territory

Chang'an Taiji Palace, on the terrace outside the Wude Palace, Li Yuan looked at the western sky. At this moment, Yu Yanzhang, the general of the left prison guard, appeared unconsciously, and Li Yuan was already surprised by this. Yu Yanzhang handed a secret letter to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan took the secret letter and said in surprise: "What? Shimin secretly returned to Beijing and had secret contact with Du Fuwei, and the two reached a secret agreement to marry Jin Lan? ”

Pei Lin followed Li Yuan to take the secret letter, glanced at it hurriedly, and his face changed suddenly: "Your Majesty, this ......"

Li Yuan seemed to mumble to himself: "It's not too stupid, I know how to find friends!" ”

Pei Lian's eyebrows stretched, and Li Yuan used Li Shimin to balance Li Jiancheng's intentions, he knew very well. Now Li Jiancheng's soldiers are bloodless, quelling the rebellion in Hebei, and his reputation has soared. And Li Shimin's momentum is getting weaker and weaker, and it is even more difficult to gain a foothold in the court.

Now Li Shimin and Du Fuwei have formed a political alliance, and the two sides communicate with each other, and Du Fuwei, who has more than 20 states and hundreds of counties and tens of thousands of elite soldiers, plus Li Shimin, they can barely compete with Li Jiancheng.

Li Yuan said: "Now that the prince has become a general trend and his wings are growing, it is difficult for King Qin to gain a foothold, and now he is evenly matched!" ”

Pei Lin bowed down and said: "Your Majesty knows thousands of miles, and the minister is far behind!" ”

Li Yuan's faint smile, his eyes unconsciously looked in the northwest direction, he seemed to be asking Pei Lian, and seemed to be muttering to himself: "Count the days, the holy decree should also arrive in the Western Regions, I don't know, Chen Ying read the edict, how will he deal with it?" ”

Speaking of this, Li Yuan turned to look at Pei Lin and said: "Chen Ying has always been perverse, I do my own thing, this time let the decree, I hope Chen Ying, can understand my hard work, lay down Shule, then hand over the military power, and return to Chang'an." Pei San ......"

Pei Lin stepped forward and bowed and said, "Your Majesty means ......"

Li Yuan muttered: "You also have to work hard, the proposed new list of officials in the Western Regions, this time the appointment and dismissal of officials in the Western Regions will not be given to the crown prince or the king of Qin, I will appoint it myself." ”

Pei Lin smiled bitterly: "What if Chen Yuma refuses to accept it?" ”

In the Tang Dynasty, unlike the Manchu Dynasty, in the Manchu Dynasty, the imperial court was the emperor's hall, and the ministers were all the emperor's minions. However, at this time in the Tang Dynasty, the relationship between the emperor and the minister was like that of the president and the professional manager of a large company, and the two sides cooperated on the basis of your willingness, rather than the emperor could make a decision. Just like when Concubine Yin De was very fond of her, especially when she gave birth to her son Li Yuanheng, Li Yuanheng, who was even more favored by Li Yuan.

However, after Li Yuan's decree was issued, even Pei Lian, the left servant of Shangshu, did not dare to attach it to it, and Chen Shuda, who was the middle secretary at the time, directly returned Li Yuan's decree. If an edict is not countersigned by the prime minister and there is no Chinese book to print, it has no legal effect.

Under such a background condition, it should be completely possible to refuse to take over as the Great Situ of the Tang Dynasty on the grounds that he is young and young and has shallow qualifications, and instead serve as a respected minister.

Li Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "Let Yuanji go, he should be able to handle this little thing." ”

Pei Lin shook his head and said: "The minister thinks it's inappropriate, the rebellion in Hebei has just been peaceful, and there are more than 200,000 Eastern Turkic cavalry eyeing each other, if the Western Regions are adjusted, the ministers of the central government, who can take over as the protector of the Western Regions, I'm afraid that His Royal Highness the King of Qi will also surrender to the generals of the Anxi Army for prestige, if the Western Regions are turbulent, I'm afraid that the Eastern Turkic Jieli Khan will no longer have any worries and pour his troops south, so what should I do?" ”

Li Yuan thought about it for a while, and also thought that Pei Lin was definitely not alarmist. Chen Ying has now occupied the Geluo Ridge Pass, Shule Tuoyun Pass, and the western part of Khotan, and basically controls the northern, central, and southern passes of the Green Ridge, completely cutting off the connection between the East and the West Turks, and the Anxi Army under Chen Ying can completely attack the Eastern Turkic Mobei grassland from the Altai Mountains, Wolf Mountain, and Hunhe River.

Li Yuan's face gradually became grim, and he said coldly: "The authority of the local government is too much, in the long run, it is not the blessing of the community, for the sake of future generations, it is imperative to abolish the local government of the local government and take back the power of the local governance of the Taiwan!" ”

Speaking of this, Li Yuan turned around and looked at Pei Lin aggressively and said, "Pei San, what do you say I should do now?" ”

Pei Lin thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, since then, it is better to abolish the Shaanxi East Road Xingtai, Shandong Dao Xingtai, Hebei Dao Xingtai, and then abolish the Hedong Dao Xingtai and Jiannan Dao Xingtai!" ”

Li Yuan's gaze froze, and he nodded slowly.

Pei Lian's plan, during the Warring States Period, Fan Sui offered advice to the King of Qin: "The king is not as good as a distant friend and a close attack, and if you get an inch, you will be the king's inch; The ruler is also the ruler of the king. ”

Today's Datang has set up the Jiannan Road Xingtai Chengdu Governor's Mansion (jurisdiction over 44 states), Longyou Road Xingtai Liangzhou Governor's Mansion (jurisdiction over 14 states), Hedong Road Taiyuan Governor's Mansion (jurisdiction over 24 states), Shaanxi Province, Henan Road Xingtai Luoyang Governor's Office, jurisdiction over 31 prefectures in eastern Shaanxi and Henan, Hebei Province Xingtai Xiangzhou Governor's Mansion (jurisdiction over 39 prefectures), Shandong Road Xingtai Qizhou Governor's Mansion (jurisdiction over 27 prefectures), Southeast Road Xingtai (jurisdiction over 73 prefectures).

To say that the most extensive territory is still Xizhou Road (19 states), but to say rich, Xizhou Road is far inferior to the southeast road, occupying the land of Jianghuai Lake, fish and rice.

Pei Lian's suggestion was to abolish eastern Shaanxi and Henan Province and establish Henan Prefecture.

At this time, the world is decided, and eastern Shaanxi and Henan do not have to bear the threat from Jingxiang Xiao Milling, and they can completely abolish the Taiwan organs first and return power to the central government. The key is that Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng at this time, is Li Yuan's nephew, he has neither ambition nor core troops, and most of the generals under his command are Qu Tutong's old departments.

Li Yuan nodded noncommittally and said, "Now that the battle has been won, the imperial court has to give an explanation to the Guanzhong clan no matter what." In a few days, the prince will return to Beijing, Pei San, you discuss with the prince and come up with a charter as soon as possible! ”

Pei Lin nodded and said, "The old minister understands!" ”

Li Yuan said solemnly: "This matter is related to the foundation of our Datang Dynasty and the society of the country, and it cannot be ignored." You go and discuss with Xiao Shiwen, Chen Shuda, Yang Gongren, and them first, and Shangshu, Zhongshu, and his subordinates must come up with countermeasures as soon as possible. ”

Pei Lin bowed down and said, "The minister will do it!" ”

……

Chen Ying held hot water and waited for Li Xiuning to scrub his body. Li Xiuning's fingers touched the large and small, deep and shallow scars on Chen Ying's body, and the trembling in his heart was like the thunder of spring, and his eyes slowly turned red.

Chen Ying was worried that the pregnant Li Xiuning's body was too excited, so he hurriedly persuaded the lieutenant: "Scars are a sign of a man's maturity, Luo Shixin doesn't even have a good place the size of a copper coin, it's all scarred, don't you see it......"

Li Xiuning pushed Chen Ying and asked Chen Ying to turn her back, she got into the quilt first, and took off her clothes in a hurry, her snow-like arms were exposed to the cold air, and the red forged quilt was horizontal, and the light on the candlestick was as bright as mutton fat jade, and the collarbones and shoulder sockets exposed on the shoulders were white and sexy.

Li Xiuning looked down at the slightly bulging abdomen, looked at the fat on his waist, and couldn't help but look at Chen Ying and asked, "Do you feel that I am old?" ”

Chen Ying smiled and said: "Sanniang, you think too much, now you, you don't know, how charming you are!" ”

Listening to Chen Ying's sensual love words, Li Xiuning was infinitely shy, and slowly felt it, but her body was inconvenient, and her thoughts were even stronger, so Li Xiuning had to use other things to divert her own attention.

Li Xiuning pondered some words and said, "Chen Lang, what are you going to do?" ”

"It seems that I am too sharp, which makes people jealous!" Chen Ying smiled helplessly: "The Tang Dynasty has the King of Qin, the crown prince, and tens of millions of troops, just one Chen Ying. Why bother, now I can't wait to deprive me of my military power......"

Li Xiuning said indignantly: "There is a traitor around Daddy, and Daddy is also confused!" ”

Chen Ying sighed leisurely and did not speak.

Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying and said, "What does Chen Lang think?" ”

Chen Ying smiled coldly: "The Guanlong clan, the gate valve of the world, supports the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty is the beginning, and the lip service is not enough." But they are unwilling in their hearts, provoking the rebellion in Hebei is only one of them, and they are afraid that Jiangnan will also make waves again, but they are afraid of me, but it is real. Not only the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, but also the clan lords, they are also afraid of me! ”

Li Xiuning's face immediately became ugly when he heard this.

Chen Ying said lightly: "I am in the Western Regions, with an army of 100,000 in hand, they feel like a man's back, they want me to leave the Western Regions and return to Chang'an, in fact, they are really afraid of me, in their opinion, if I stay in the Western Regions, in the long run, the Western Regions will not be the Tang Dynasty Western Regions, therefore, the family can't wait to send me back to Chang'an...... The most important thing is that they have taken a fancy to the huge interests of the Western Regions, where there are tens of millions of fertile fields, tens of millions of grasslands, and a large amount of steel, coal, fierce fire oil, agate, jade, precious stones, gold, silver and copper mines, as long as Chen Ying loses power, or rather, I die, they can rest assured that they can swallow the fat of the Western Regions! ”

Li Xiuning roared indignantly: "They dare, the things here belong to our son, no one can snatch them, if anyone dares to rob them, I will fight with whom!" ”

Chen Ying stiffly removed his gaze that fell on Li Xiuning and took a heavy breath.

Chen Ying glanced at Li Xiuning and warned casually: "Sanniang, now the entire Guanlong family and the gate lords of the world are afraid of me, the general of the Zhenguo, in their opinion, even if they add Your Majesty, they are not my opponents." They didn't dare to let me do a good job in the Western Regions, but took advantage of the new establishment in the Western Regions, and we couldn't wait to take the knife! ”

Li Xiuning frowned, breathing a little unsteadily, and said, "What's the use of being afraid?" ”

Chen Ying spread his hands, his eyes widened, deliberately showing an innocent and innocent look, and said innocently: "The problem is this, before the Western Turks are completely defeated, the Guanzhong clan, the Tianxia Gate Lord, and even the imperial court will not give me any substantial support, we can only rely on ourselves in the Western Regions." ”

Li Xiuning looked relaxed and unworried, and asked, "Chen Lang seems to have a way to deal with it?" ”

Chen Ying smiled leisurely: "Yes, there are three strategies. ”

Li Xiuning immediately straightened his back, with a look of deafness: "But when I heard Chen Lang's clever plan, how can I calm the world!" ”

Chen Ying said solemnly: "The best policy is that I will immediately raise troops on the side of the Qing monarch, contact the clans and gate lords who are dissatisfied with the imperial court, and make it difficult to conquer the heavens, so as to please the ministers, kill Guanzhong in one fell swoop, and then disintegrate the Tang Dynasty and solve the problem once and for all." ”

Li Xiuning touched the soft flesh of Chen Ying's ribs, and suddenly forced, her hand twisted a piece of soft meat, and turned it at three hundred and sixty degrees, Chen Ying took a breath of cool air from his heart, and grinned in pain: "Sanniang, stop, it hurts, it hurts!" ”

Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying fiercely and said, "You dare!" ”

Chen Ying smiled bitterly: "Of course I don't dare, I'm just talking, in this way, I'm afraid the world will be torn apart and blood will flow like a river!" ”

Li Xiuning stared at Chen Yingliang for a long time and said, "It's good if you know!" ”

Chen Ying continued: "Zhongce is to ask His Majesty for his life, return to Chang'an as a great Situ, and prove to the emperor, to the world, and to the world with practical actions that Chen Ying has no rebellious heart, if he thinks that Chen Ying has affected the stability of the world, Datang Sheji, Chen Ying committed suicide, without Chen Ying, without the general of Zhenguo, Datang is still as stable as Mount Tai." ”

Li Xiuning's eyes gradually lit up, and then then dimmed: "It's not appropriate, if someone else wants to make a move, they can't stick their heads over, so what's the next step?" ”

Chen Ying said: "The next policy, the next strategy is that Chen Ying will lead his troops to continue to attack westward, and swear to the world that he will not be allowed to enter the customs for the rest of his life." ”

Li Xiuning sat in Chen Ying's arms and remained motionless.

Chen Ying hugged Li Xiuning for a long time, and the two were speechless for a long time.

Finally, Li Xiuning finally raised his head, looked at Chen Yingdao, and said, "Is there any other way?" None of the three strategies are advisable! ”

Chen Ying pulled the corners of his mouth unexpectedly, smiled helplessly and said coldly: "Yes!" ”

Li Xiuning hurriedly said: "What way?" ”

"The prince is generous and generous...... Chen Ying's eyes burst out with a fine light and said: "The Western Regions are big, unprecedented, the Tang Dynasty is far west, but Rome, that is, the Great Qin recorded in the history books, we Shule is still more than 20,000 miles away from the Great Qin, we can reorganize the troops and horses, for the Tang Dynasty, open up the territory." Right and wrong, leave it to the prince to deal with in the future! ”

Li Xiuning was stunned when he heard this, Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng are two types of people, Li Yuan is mean, Li Jiancheng is generous, Li Shimin is fierce, if Chen Ying hands over the military power in the Western Regions to Li Yuan and returns to Chang'an, it will definitely be difficult to escape the fate of Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande.

However, Li Jiancheng will definitely take back the power of the place, but under Li Jiancheng's rule, it will definitely not be difficult for Chen Ying to be a rich man.

Because Li Jiancheng has enough self-confidence and enough personality charm to make people happy and surrender.

But Li Yuan likes to nip danger in the bud.

Chen Ying's heart is becoming more and more calm, he is betting that Li Yuan will not turn his face with him!

PS: Four thousand words, there will be more later!