"Teacher! Fight, we must fight. In addition to the 50,000 Tang troops in the Western Regions, there are also more than 200,000 servant troops. As long as we get the position of the protector of the North Garden, we will have 300,000 usable soldiers in our hands. Even if there is something in the future, there can be a strong reinforcement. As soon as Li Tai walked into the study, he yelled at Cen Wenwen.

"Fight? What to fight for? You go? Cen Wenwen didn't put down the pen in his hand, and he didn't raise his eyelids.

"Lonely ......! Of course you can't go! As soon as Cen Wenwen said, Li Tai was suddenly like a frosted eggplant. He can go to Liaodong, but he can't go to the Western Regions. The harsh natural environment is put aside for a while, even if Li Tai is willing to go to the Western Regions to eat sand. Li Er would not have agreed that such a prince would take the risk of sitting on the crater.

If there is an accident in the Western Regions and Li Tai is killed. For Tang Guo, it is undying hatred. Li Er just wanted to rule steadily, and he didn't want to kill all the people in the Western Regions right now.

"Of course Your Highness can't go, the Western Regions are far away. If Your Highness goes, you can tear the earth and seal the king as you. In the future, the Western Regions will not be a state of bondage, but an independent kingdom. His Majesty will not allow such a thing to happen, and the nobles of the Tang Dynasty will not allow such a thing to happen.

A thing that is collectively rejected by His Majesty and the Tang Dynasty will never succeed.

Moreover, the Western Regions are thousands of miles away. And there is no train there, even if there is something for His Highness in the future. Could it be that you can really transfer the Western Regions army into Chang'an? The old man is afraid that they won't even be able to enter the Jade Gate!

So it's a errand, and no one wants to go. If you insist on inserting someone into it, your majesty will be suspicious. Xia will be resented by the soldiers, and the place in the Western Regions is far less rich than Guanzhong. Whoever you send there to eat sand, who will not resent you. Even if there is something really going on in the future, it is possible to follow Qin Zhi Zhao Tuo's painting of the Tufeng King and enter the King of Jingqin? Difficult! ”

Cen Wenwen's words made Li Tai freeze. He didn't expect that his political wisdom would be so immature. Fortunately, I didn't speak in the hall today, otherwise I would have offended anyone. Don't wait for a good pass, who wants to go to the Western Regions to eat sand.

"Then we won't fight for this position, whoever wants to fight will fight." Thinking of this, Li Tai was also relieved. Sitting on a chair, he personally lit a cigarette for Cen Wen. The teacup next to him also pushed Cen Wen's hand.

"It's good that Your Highness thinks so, but it's not enough. If His Royal Highness sees that this letter is still appropriate, then quickly copy it, send it to the palace overnight, and present it to His Majesty's Imperial Review. Cen Wenwen picked up what he had just written, carefully dried the ink and handed it to Li Tai.

Li Tai took it and looked at it, and immediately stood up and said hurriedly: "Teacher! If we don't take this position, Zhang Liang is now wearing a pair of pants with Wu Wangke, how can we protect him? ”

"Huh! The place in the north courtyard is the barrier of the Jade Gate Pass, and someone has to go there. Since our people don't want to go, let's protect King Wu's people to go. Zhang Liang is the prince of the country and the old man of His Majesty's Qin Palace. There is no problem with loyalty, and there is no problem with official status. If he doesn't go, who else can go?

Besides, once Zhang Liang returns to Beijing, is he still not a helper of Wu Wangke? Now he sent out early, and he won't be able to come back for at least three or five years. Wu Wangke is missing an arm, so it is much easier to deal with. Your Majesty's plan to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf will eventually fail. Cen Wenwen explained to Li Tai with a smile that this strategy had come up with him since he knew that Beiting was going to re-elect the Grand Duke.

"High! This trick is clever, teacher, and the old handsomes are reluctant to go. Now only Zhang Liang can go, and His Majesty will definitely agree. Let's see the truth, what kind of expression will Li Ke have after learning that Zhang Liang was sent away. Li Tai laughed "hey" "hey", a little gloating.

also consulted with the master, as well as Li Zhi. The two met in the underground secret room, and the flickering candle flame made the secret room smell of conspiracy.

"Teacher! You said I should recommend myself to Beiting? Li Zhi couldn't believe his ears, and for a moment Li Zhi even suspected that this old thing was deliberately harming himself.

The harsh natural environment of the Western Regions has far more beards than the Tang people. God knows when those Hu people will rebel and sit in the position of the capital protector of the North Garden, that is, sitting on the crater. If it does erupt, there will be no bones left. Du Ruhui, an old guy, actually suggested that he was on the table as Beiting? Could it be that this old guy was bought and wanted to pit himself?

"That's right! It is to ask His Royal Highness to recommend himself to the North Garden! Du Ruhui looked at Li Zhi with a smile.

"It's ......!"

"Your Highness, listen to the old man!" Du Ruhui stretched out his hand to stop Li Zhi from going on.

"Your Highness recommended yourself to go to the North Garden, and Your Majesty will never let His Highness go to that place. Please make this clear to Your Highness. Even if His Majesty did not acquiesce in your decision to become the heir to the throne, he would never allow a prince to go to the North Court.

Do you know what worries Your Majesty the most right now? ”

"What?"

"Your Majesty is most worried about the fact that the long-term comfortable life has made the old handsome men have a lot of spleens. And they are no longer enterprising, and no one wants to go to the Western Regions. No one wants to share His Majesty's worries!

Your Highness is going to tell Your Majesty at this time. You are willing to share your worries for Your Majesty, and you are willing to fight on the battlefield for the Tang Dynasty. In this way, the weight in your majesty's heart is a little heavier.

Your Majesty, an emperor who looks down on the eagle, likes the most people who are responsible. If you blindly pretend to be a baby, it will only make Your Majesty doubt whether you can carry the huge country of Datang. ”

After listening to Du Ruhui's explanation, Li Zhi immediately relaxed. It's not difficult to play a song, just go home and let the chief envoy Li Yifu write a copy. Since it is impossible to go to the Western Regions, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Everyone is worried about the affairs of the Beiting Grand Protector, and Yun Hao is also worried about this position. The reason why he was worried was that he was afraid that this position would fall on his head. The life at home is comfortable, and the ghost is willing to go to the ghost place in the Western Regions to eat sand.

It's not unreasonable to be worried, the reason is that Li Er saw the sky and summoned him into the palace. After bribing the Yellow Gate, Yun Hao knew that Li Er was in the Martial Arts Hall at this time, looking at the huge map of the Western Regions.

Walking into the Wude Palace, I saw Li Er really standing in front of the map of the Western Regions. On the ground not far away, there is also a huge sand table. Just look at the appearance, you can see that it is also a map of the Western Regions!

It seems that the great Majesty Li Er is really worried about the Western Regions.

"Excuse me!" Yun Hao was about to give a salute, but Li Er waved his hand and gave it away.

"Look, this is the North Garden. This is the least peaceful place in my territory. In the entire Western Regions, the population of Anxi and Beitinghu people is nearly five million. But in this 8,000-mile land, there are only 50,000 Tang troops to defend it. What a drop in the bucket!

I have decided that the Anxi Protectorate will be under the rule of Beiting. That is, the two parties are subordinate. The selection of the Beiting Metropolitan Protector is very important. I love you the most! After Li Er finished speaking, he looked at Yun Hao with tiger-like eyes.

"Don't go!" Yun Hao immediately refused, really let Lao Tzu go to the desert to eat sand. If Lao Tzu wants to go there, Lao Tzu will kill those five million people first. Even if the Western Regions become a Jedi, they must not sit on the crater.

"I know you don't want to go! So, give me a good idea. How can I let Datang operate the Western Regions stably, otherwise I will detain this errand on your head. If you don't believe it, you dare to resist it. Li Eryin's sympathetic smile hung on his lips, making Yun Hao shudder a little. It looks like this bastard really wants to trick himself.

"No way, eight hundred miles of Hanhai. The supplies that Datang was able to provide to the army were only able to support an army of 50,000 people. Although the railway has been repaired to Yumen Pass, it is 6,000 miles away from Yumen Pass to Tingzhou in Beiting. Not to mention the city of Shattered Leaves, and then to Almaty. It can be said that logistics is the biggest obstacle for Datang in the Western Regions. Yun Hao spread his hands and said that there was no way.

"Daoyan said several times that he wanted to build the railway to the Western Regions. In this way, not only the supply of the army can be guaranteed. Even the communication between the Western Regions and the Central Plains can become smoother. The caravans from the Western Regions are becoming fewer and fewer, and I'm worried! Li Er sighed.

Isn't it just that you are collecting less tax? You still need to make so many excuses, you haven't calculated how much money the Commodity Inspection Department of the Customs collects a year. I know that the customs duties of the caravan in the Western Regions are less, and the money for forgetting the customs is more. Such a selective forgotten head, Yun Hao also wants to have one.

"My Majesty! In the long run, there will be fewer and fewer caravans from the Western Regions. Why? Because our Datang's maritime trade has developed, Datang has completely controlled the South China Sea. It can be said that piracy has been eradicated in the strait, and the risk of maritime traders has never been lowered.

How much can a caravan carry, and how much can a big ship carry. Nowadays, more and more sailing ships are appearing at sea, and they can use the wind when there is wind on weekdays. When the wind is bad, you can use a steam engine as power. The speed of the ship increased greatly, and it used to take two or three years or more to sail to and from Persia.

Now, counting the time spent in Persia, you can go back and forth in less than a year and a half. Tell me who still bothered to organize a caravan. Walking thousands of mountains and rivers, transporting things from the Tang Dynasty to Persia?

This trade route has been going on for hundreds of years, and the so-called trade route is the road of profit. Now there's a more convenient, faster, and more efficient way to do it. Naturally, overland trade routes will be eliminated! Merchants are the purest group of people in the world, as long as there are more efficient methods and higher profits, they will not care about tradition.

Without the trade route, in fact, the significance of the existence of the North Courtyard is not great. The Tang Dynasty is too huge, from east to west. Not to mention horseback riding, even the train has to run for more than a month. Datang does not have enough population to fill such a large place, and letting the Hu people govern is what His Majesty should do now. Instead of sending any Beiting Protector, use 50,000 people to rule over 5 million people.

No! It's really impossible to do that! Once something happens, the 50,000 Tang Dynasty soldiers will not even bubble up, and they will be swallowed up by others. We don't even have the population to fill Liaodong and Goryeo, let alone go to the Western Regions to eat sand. ”

"Do you mean to let Datang give up the Western Regions?" Li Er's eyes were sharp, if others saw Li Er's eyes, they would definitely be scared to the ground.

"It's not about giving up the Western Regions, it's about making the Western Regions autonomous. In other words, let the people of the Western Regions manage the Western Regions themselves. Of course, the annual tax paid to the empire could not be less. It's like hiring 100 shopkeepers to help you run such a huge place. All you need to do is claim your earnings on time. ”

"Since the beginning of the Wude period, Datang has not lost an inch of land. Now, you let me give up the land that the Tang Dynasty soldiers have won in a hundred battles to those Hu people? Without the Western Regions as a buffer, the borders of the Tang Dynasty will become in flames again. Li Er looked at Yun Hao angrily, eager to tear him apart and eat him now.

"No, my majesty. The train has been repaired to Yumen Pass, which means that Chang'an sent troops to Yumen Pass, but it was only a matter of six or seven days. If someone wants to get close to Yumen Pass, within three hundred miles, they will definitely be discovered by airships. That is to say, as long as we go out of Yumen Pass for 300 miles to build a few cities, we can monitor the range of thousands of miles around Yumen Pass.

The Hu people did not have any chance to attack the borders of the Tang Dynasty. Besides, do you remember what happened in Lhasa? If you want to punish any tribe in the Western Regions, you still need the Tang Iron Cavalry? It only takes a hundred and ten airships, loaded with bombs, to teach them a lesson, and those Hu people will suffer heavy losses. It is believed that their people will cry and cut off the head of the traitor, and then kneel in to offer it to you.

Maritime trade has flourished, and there is no future in the Western Regions. Without the trade routes, the countries of the Western Regions, large and small, will shrink rapidly. In the end, those people could only migrate, either to come to the Tang Dynasty to be obedient people, or to Tocharian in the west, or to fight in Dashi.

If you don't make money in the Western Regions, you won't be able to live. If you keep them, they won't stay in the Western Regions. The tree dies, and the man lives. No one is going to stay where they are and die! Without trade routes, the barren Western Regions would never be able to feed five million people. Yun Hao said helplessly, he wanted Li Er to know that the rule of the economy is the best rule.

Instead of sending tens of thousands of troops to try to rule over millions of people.

"Uh......! Think about it! Yun Hao's concept was too advanced, and Li Er felt a little confused.

"As soon as the people of the Western Regions could not survive, they would migrate east or west. When you come to Datang, you are definitely unwilling. Therefore, they can only go to Tocharian in the West, and there is a big food to develop. With the nature of the Great Cannibals and Tocharians, they must not be kind to these people, so war is inevitable.

At that time, you will find that there are actually few people in the vast Western Regions. ”

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