There was a sudden silence in the hall. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Li Shimin held the delicate teacup in both hands, turning it slowly, but he didn't speak.

Li Chao slowly tasted the common bait that was still known as Mengcha, and did not speak.

"After going out for half a year, I have added five more children to my family, so I must want to go back as soon as possible, right?" Li Shimin broke the silence.

Li Chao made a joke, "It's better than going out for five years and going home with one more son." ”

This joke made Li Shimin snort too.

"I heard that your family style is very strict, and there will never be such a thing. Your Mrs. Cui is a good housekeeper. ”

Li Chao nodded, this is natural. He's just joking, although there are a lot of women in the family, and he's often away, he really doesn't have to worry about this. In this era, the rules are strict, and it is extremely rare for red apricots to go out of the wall.

Li Shimin smiled and asked again, "Are you going to bring Sanniang's child home?" ”

Just before Li Chao came back from Hebei, Li Xiuning gave birth to a son in Youzhou.

"Actually, the family knows, and I also told Thirteen Niang."

Pingyang gave birth to a son, according to what his father said before, after giving birth to a son, he had to bring it back to the Li family to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, so Li Chao wrote a letter to Thirteen Niang to tell him before he came back.

However, Pingyang's son is not Li Jiahachilang.

There were originally seven sons and three daughters in the family, and this time five more were added. Thirteen Niang gave birth to another son, Zheng Wanyan and Du Shi Niang and Zheng Hongxian also gave birth to a son, and Hu Ji gave birth to a daughter.

Pingyang's son is already ranked eleven lang.

has sixteen children, but Li Chao is still not as good as Li Shimin, Li Shimin has given birth to more than 20 children, and he is not as good as Li Yuan. Li Yuanguang's son has already given birth to twenty-five.

"I have only one request, I can't let Sanniang be wronged, and I can't let that child be wronged. You have made such a great contribution in the north this time, and I have nothing to reward you, so I will reward this child with a county duke, the founding duke of Ningyuan County. ”

"Your Majesty, isn't it good for the child to be crowned a prince at such a young age?"

"I just say it's okay, what's wrong?" Li Shimin glared, he was such a sister in Pingyang, thinking that he had a total of five brothers and sisters, the third died early, and he became enemies with the eldest and the fourth, one was imprisoned by him and the other was exiled by him, and the third sister was left to be considered a parent.

"I not only want to seal him as a county magistrate, but also seal his territory, just by the Yanbei River, a hundred miles."

"Don't refuse, this is for my nephew, not for you."

Li Chao could only thank him, he knew that although there was a reward for Pingyang and his nephew, it was also a reward for him this time.

Although Datang is large, not an inch of territory is superfluous. Even if the land used to divide the vassal was on the four sides outside the Central Plains, the imperial court would not easily divide it. Even if he was Pingyang's son, Li Shimin would not be so generous as to take a hundred miles and send it out.

Li Xiuning is not the only son, she and Chai Shao originally had two more, they are so old, Chai Zhewei and Chai Lingwu brothers have not even been sealed with an empty title now, let alone a territory.

took out a county duke and a hundred miles of fiefdom, Li Shimin felt that it was right to live in Li Chao.

"The Tibetan side begged to surrender, and went to the table."

Li Shimin got down to business again, the last time he sent troops to fight Tibet, he originally wanted to destroy the small country of Tibet in one war, and sent two generals, Cheng Yanjin and Hou Junji.

But who would have expected that it was going smoothly at the beginning, but in the back, there was such a bullshit thing, Hou Junji and Cheng Yanjin got into trouble, and the coalition retreated.

This made Li Shimin very faceless, especially his own henchman Hou Junji. In addition, Li Chao was against this battle plan before the war, and Li Chao advocated using a plot to let Prince Sun Bo go back to rebel in tandem, plus use spies and assassins to behead and create chaos, etc., and then let Tugu Hun Dongnu and other vassals fight, and Datang would command and cheer in the back.

At that time, Li Shimin felt that this plan was too slow, and it was not done by Datang himself, so he could not show the national prestige of Datang. Now Li Shimin regrets a little that he engaged in such a big battle, but he returned in embarrassment, not only did he not teach Tubo a lesson, but let his vassals see the jokes of the Tang Dynasty.

Fortunately, Tubo was still taught a lesson this time, and Datang took his younger brothers around, although they came back a little embarrassed, but Tubo was by no means easy, after all, this battle was fought in Tubo, and they also lost at least tens of thousands of people and countless livestock.

The Tubo people can be regarded as being hit on the head, and they suddenly recognized the situation, damn, Datang is not so easy to mess with. Although they drove the coalition forces away this time, they were also worried about doing it again. In case the Great Tang Dynasty is annoyed and angry, the next time he sends a 50,000 Tang army, the result may be the same again.

Nang Ri Praise was very smart, the Tang army retreated, and he organized a mission on his side and sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty. directly presented the table, respectfully addressed Datang, requested to attach Yunyun, and asked to send a sister to come over and kiss, and then asked Datang to marry a princess.

Tubo's invitation to surrender, of course Li Shimin knew that this was not a real surrender, but just to give Datang a face. This made Li Shimin feel a little more comfortable, otherwise, he really planned to send troops to fight Tibet again.

"I am still in a hurry, that Tubo is located on the plateau, too far away, and the use of troops against Tubo, whether it is logistics supply or marching, and its special climate, it is indeed not suitable for such a hasty army to conquest. If I had used your strategy earlier, I wouldn't have been embarrassed this time. ”

"Your Majesty agreed to their proposal?"

"I plan to pick a woman from the clan, give her the title of princess, and send it over."

Li Chao couldn't help but shake his head, is it called Princess Wencheng, do you still plan to get a large number of craftsmen and books as dowries?

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is impossible." Li Chao was resolutely opposed.

The Tang Dynasty was founded not long ago, but there were many 'princesses' sent out. Princesses have been sent to Jieli, Tuli, Tongye Hu, Murong Fuyun, etc., although these princesses are all princesses of the clan and are not the daughters of the real emperor, but even so, they are married in the name of princesses of the Tang Dynasty.

In the early years, the conditions in Datang were not good, and there was really no way, so it was necessary to stabilize the situation with relatives. But now it's different, even if you don't get along.

There is no need to wronged your own woman.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Tubo's request for surrender is acceptable. They can accept women and gold and silver, but we can't promise them to send the princess to make peace. The princess of the Tang Dynasty should not marry a foreigner. The tranquility of Datang cannot be stabilized by sending a princess, even if it is an ordinary woman. The frontier is peaceful, and it is guarded by our Datang soldiers, and it is not the turn of women and relatives to exchange it. ”

Li Shimin pinched his chin with his hand behind his back and nodded seriously.

Li Chao continued, "From now on, I Datang should establish a rule, no harmony, no courtiers, no tribute!" ”

Originally, he also wanted to add a sentence that the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies. But think about it, the Son of Heaven guarding the country is not all right. From the point of view of military and political affairs, placing the capital of the country on the borders of the country is not conducive to the smooth operation of state administration nor to the security of the country.

This is actually the same reason that when there is a war, the commander is not suitable to charge in person, or stand in front of the formation, which is too dangerous. It not only puts the commander in danger himself, but also puts the situation of the whole army in danger.

Take the initiative to put yourself in passivity, so that the whole army is passive.

"Your Majesty, although we did not compete for all the success of this expedition to Tibet, we were not defeated. It was the Tubo people who were defeated, and we attacked the city and plundered the land, and almost hit the city of Luo. It is they who are afraid, or they will not ask for surrender. We agreed to the Tibetans' request for surrender and accepted the women and treasures they had sent, but we had to add that they should send as a hostage the son of Nangri Ronzan, who abandoned Zongnong. ”

"Abandon the Zongnong?" Li Shimin was puzzled.

"The son of Nanri Ronzan, who is said to be very intelligent and very well loved, will be the Tibetan Zanpu in the future. Let him send the abandoned Zongnong to prove the loyalty of Tubo. ”

abandoned Zongnong, who is Li Shimin's son-in-law in history, Songtsan Gampo. However, at this time, he was still very young, only two years older than Cheng Qian.

Li Shimin thought for a while, "Okay, then I will let Tubo send his daughter and relatives, send his son as a hostage, and then let him compensate a sum of money, if he is willing, then this matter will be settled, and I will not settle accounts with him for the time being." ”

"I also learn from Cheng Qian, give the seal of the day to praise as the king of Tubo County, and then give the name Li Guiyi." Li Shimin laughed, and admired Cheng Qian's name to the six feudal kings.

"Li Guiyi, the king of Tubo County, Your Majesty is clever. However, the minister thought that even if he was willing to send his children over when he was praised and was willing to pay compensation, he couldn't really let go of the matter. Li Chao always thought that Tubo would be the rival of the Tang Dynasty, how could he be easily defeated by sugar-coated shells.

"We can change the way, instead of storming, we can use assassins to assassinate Nangri Lunzan. Nowadays, there are actually many contradictions within Tibet, and the old and new aristocrats are in flames. As long as Nang Ri praises the death and there is no direct external military threat from our Tang Dynasty, then there is Prince Sun Bo and others secretly instigating, then the civil strife in Tibet will be born. At that time, we were not in a hurry to do it directly, support Prince Sun Bo and them, let Subi split from Tubo again, let them go to internal strife at that time, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and when they both lose, the Tang Dynasty will make another move, and it will be decided. ”

Li Shimin gave Li Chao a thumbs up, this move was ruthless.

It is more ruthless than sending troops directly.

He liked it, though.

"Okay, then do as you say, since it's your idea, it's still up to you to be responsible."

The matter of Tibet can be regarded as an agreement.

Accepting the invitation of Tubo, he transferred to bite Jin and Hou Junji to return to Beijing.

"The matter of Tubo will be done according to your plan, let's talk about the Western Regions and talk about Tongye Hu. I still underestimated Tong Ye Hu a little, or rather, I looked down on Mo Hedu. It's only been just over half a year, and Tong Ye Hu has already defeated Mo Hedu, who we fully support, and if we don't make any more moves, Tong Ye Hu will pacify the Western Regions. ”

"I have decided to personally conquer the Western Regions, and I will never let the Unified Leaf Protector sweep away the Western Regions. If he quells Mo Hedu's rebellion, then he will have to gallop the grassland again, and then it will become a big trouble. ”

It turned out that Datang was giving Mo Helu all kinds of grain, grass, ordnance and other support on the side, and he was cheering him up, but Mo Helu was too angry. Now Li Shimin plans to roll up his sleeves and go down to Tongye in person.

Li Shimin was worried that after Tong Ye Hu put down the rebellion in the Western Regions, he would return to the eastern grasslands.

He's going to strike first!