Chapter 649: I Have Decided Up

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Chang'an, including the cool hall.

Since seeing the map of mountains and rivers presented by Li Jing, Li Yi's mood began to become excited.

He thought in his heart that Li Jing was only eight or nine years older than him, and he was just a scholar in the countryside before he was twenty years old. But now, not only has he mastered a large army that seems to be extremely combative, but he has also made many meritorious deeds. Stabilize the Ziqingya soldiers, deter the head of the Youzhou army, crusade against Daibei Shatuo, and pacify the grass thieves in the Central Plains. Now, he has defeated the Bohai Sea, broken the Khitan, subdued the Tatars and Xi, recovered a large area of land in Liaodong outside the Guan, and saw that Goguryeo would launch a war to destroy the country and completely recover the Liaohe River Valley.

Originally, in the eyes of the officials and people of the Tang Dynasty, the land of Liaodong was just a bitter cold place. At the beginning, Emperor Taizong's personal conquest of Goguryeo was just to avenge the Chinese children and teach a lesson to the Liaodong barbarian states that refused to be included in the tributary system of the Celestial Empire. Later, although Emperor Gojong spent countless efforts to unite Silla and destroy Baekje and Goguryeo. But after that, Tiele opposed the Tang Dynasty, and Tubo committed the border. This made it impossible for the imperial court to fight on the eastern and western fronts. Plus Silla rebelled again. After all, the imperial court finally abandoned the chicken ribs of Liaodong.

Yesterday, he specially summoned Zhang Hong from the Dengzhou Jinju Academy in Chang'an into the palace and carefully inquired about some things about Liaodong.

After talking with this subordinate of Li Jing, who was full of awe for him, for most of the day, Li Yi already had a new view of Liaodong.

As Zhang Hong introduced, when the Tang Dynasty captured Liaodong and withdrew from Liaodong to Guanzhong, the main reason was Tubo, and then Nanzhao. The imperial court could not fight on both sides for a long time, but the situation is different now, and Tubo is no longer as strong as it was back then. He was extremely weak, in a serious civil strife, and could not afford to go down to the plateau at all. Nanzhao's chief dragon also died, and the newly succeeded Shilong also realized that Nanzhao couldn't afford to eat, so as soon as he took office, he had already sought peace with the Tang Dynasty, and also asked for peace.

After the threat of the two fierce rivals in the southwest, Tubo and Nanzhao, was removed, Datang could be said to have breathed a sigh of relief. In addition to these two opponents, the barbarians in the southwest are simply suffering from ringworm and are not worth mentioning.

Although the west of the Tang Dynasty has lost the Western Regions. However, since the Uighurs destroyed the Uighurs, the grasslands in the northwest have long been no longer a threat to the Tang Dynasty.

The southwest and northwest have been peaceful. There is no threat. The Western Regions and the northern grasslands are also calm.

It can be said that except for the group of smuggler and grass thieves who are still in the southeast, the situation outside Datang is very good.

Originally, the Northeast has always been a serious disaster for the Tang Dynasty, with Khitan, Xi, Tatar, Goguryeo, Bohai, and Silla, all of which are still threatening. Due to the secession of the three towns in Hebei, the imperial court lost the access to the Yanshan line, and also lost its control over these Tibetan people.

However, Li Jing attacked Liaodong from the sea, and in a few years, he had already achieved such an advantage, and the situation in the northeast of the entire Tang Dynasty had completely changed. The Bohai Sea was frightened, Silla was even more frightened and did not dare to ask, the Tatars and the Xiju clan asked to attach, although the Khitan was unruly, but now there is civil strife on the one hand, and Li Jing on the other hand, it is not to be afraid at all.

After seeing that Datang would achieve a complete victory in the entire Northeast, Li Yi, a young son of heaven, was moved.

Although Taizong personally conquered Liaodong and laid down many city territories, there were few that could really be controlled by the latter. Although Gojong destroyed Goguryeo and Baekje, he only used Hu to control Hu in the end, and implemented a policy of restraint. It is precisely because of this that Datang will occupy first and then lose.

According to Li Jing's excerpt and Zhang Hong's explanation, Li Jing's situation in Liaodong is completely better now. Every time a piece of land is occupied, it is a real occupation, relocation and immigration, dividing land to build cities, building roads and garrisons, and truly owning this piece of fertile black land according to Li Jing's depiction.

In Zhang Hong's words, the black soil in the Liaohe River basin is extremely fertile, and the roots and chopsticks can sprout, and the mountain and forest specialties are abundant, such as rods and roe deer, scooping fish, ginseng, deer antler and mink fur are rich in minerals. This is completely a piece of land that is richer than the entire Hebei Hedong combined, as long as it takes some time, it will lay a large territory for future generations forever.

What a work to expand the territory!

Li Yi couldn't help but feel his blood boiling when he thought that he could really participate in it, instead of just sitting in Chang'an and waiting for the good news. If he can personally conquer this black land, then in the history books in the future, he will definitely be able to compare with Taizong Gaozong.

Although he was only seventeen years old, the young emperor had always been extremely good at horseback archery or playing chess, and even practiced good swordsmanship. With such ability, he naturally wants to try his skills on the field.

However, when he was very interested in telling his personal plan to his favorite servant Shi Yeboar, Shi Yeboar, who had always made him happy, was frightened, knelt on the ground and begged him again and again to dispel this thought.

The emperor's martial arts of the Tang Dynasty are actually quite good, which is a long-standing tradition.

The Li family was originally an eight-pillar country, after the military aristocracy.

Li Hu was the Shangzhu State of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Li Yuan was also a general of the Sui Dynasty, with excellent riding and archery skills.

And Taizong is not to mention, the only Tiance general in Datang who is a good product and has served as a real Shangshu Ling, half of the world in Datang was beaten down by him. After becoming the emperor, he also personally conquered Liaodong.

Later emperors, such as Xuanzong, were also very powerful when he was young, and even planned two mutinies.

In the subsequent Su and dynasties, the three emperors of Dezong were all princes who led the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and then several emperors, such as Emperor Xianzong, Emperor Xuanzong, Emperor Wuzong, etc., also maintained excellent riding and archery skills.

The Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty was attacked by soldiers several times, and even fell several times, but the Tang Dynasty survived after the most defeat, relying on the bravery of Li Tang Junchen.

When Taizu raised his army, the Turks went to Jinyang, Taiyuan, the foundation of the Li family. After Taizong just ascended the throne, the Turks directly killed under the city of Chang'an, and there was the White Horse Alliance.

Then Xuanzong was An Lushan to break Chang'an, Daizong was Tubo to break Chang'an, after a short time, when Dezong, the imperial court crusaded against the rebellion of the four towns, and as a result, the Jingyuan town soldiers who passed through Chang'an mutinied, and attacked Chang'an again.

Although Jingshi Chang'an lost three times, none of Xuanzong, Daizong, and Dezong fell into the hands of thieves, and all of them succeeded in counterattacking later.

Li Yi was dedicated to the enlistment, but even his closest servants were opposed, which made him feel very bad.

Just after the emperor's Yingtian Festival, a decree came out in the palace, and the emperor summoned the main ministers of the two prefectures, Yanyingdian, to discuss the matter.

When the prime minister of the political hall, the two lieutenants of the North and South Privy Councils, the Shence Army, and the eunuchs of the North and South Courts of Xuanhui entered the hall, they felt that the atmosphere in the hall was not right. Han Quanhai, who served as the general of the Zuo Shence Army, was the adopted son of Han Wenyue, one of the two lieutenants of the Shence Army who had killed Yizong's eldest son and helped Li Yi ascend the throne. He was on duty today, and although Han Wenyue and Liu Xingshen supported Li Yi to take the throne, they were later beaten by Tian Lingzi and Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong.

Han Wenyue and Liu Xingshen, the two former lieutenants, have long lost their real power after being crowned a national duke, and now Han Quanhai and Liu Xingshen's adopted son Liu Jishu has already joined Ximen Sigong's door. Finding an opportunity, he secretly told Ximen Sigong that the emperor said on the court yesterday that he intended to conquer Liaodong in person.

"What? Which bold minion brought it up, and immediately put it to the staff and killed him! After Zheng Zheng was deposed, Ximen Sigong's status in the palace has also declined a lot, especially as he gets older, and more and more people don't take him seriously. But in the final analysis, he is still serving as a lieutenant in the right army of Shence, and he is not confused. Several of the great eunuchs of the Northern Division are so majestic, they control the government and even overpower the political affairs hall, to put it bluntly, it is not because they control the Shence Army, and furthermore, it is completely because the emperor is in their hands.

If the emperor really ran away to Liaodong all of a sudden, then with Li Jing's current prestige and military strength, something bad would happen. If the world is in the hands of Li Jing, then Li Jing must not immediately become Cao Cao and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the candidates?

In that case, what is the matter with the Tang Dynasty and their eunuchs?

"This matter was not instigated by the subordinates, it was completely the emperor's own thoughts, he only told Shi Yeboar, and Shi Yebo knelt down to persuade him at that time."

"Even if he still knows some reason, otherwise he won't want to see the sun tomorrow." Saying that, Ximen Sigong scolded in a low voice, took two quick steps, and walked into the main hall with several other eunuchs. He looked at Yan and found that Tian Lingzi, Zhang Tai, Yang Fugong, and several big eunuchs, as well as Lu Xi, Dou Lu Peng, Cui Xin, Yu Cong, and Li Wei, all had serious expressions on their faces, and they didn't dare to take a breath of the atmosphere. Obviously, although the emperor wanted to personally conquer Liaodong, the emperor only said a word to Shi Yeboar, but the ministers obviously had their own eyeliner in the palace, and everyone already knew about that matter.

Yanying Hall is not a foreign court, and there is no celebrant here, so everyone did not make a big salute, but simply bowed, and was given to sit by Li Yi.

After Li Yi gave the ministers a seat, he went to the top and sat on his throne. The emperor's posture didn't look much different from before, he was still just a young son of heaven who had been crowned in advance. But the attentive ministers also found that the emperor today is indeed a little different. At least, if it was in the past, the emperor would never take the initiative to convene the ministers of the Southern and Northern Divisions to discuss the matter.

"Goguryeo returned to the country in vain, and the Khitan invaded my Tang territory. The king of Andong led his soldiers to fight for the country, and he worked very hard, and the current situation in Liaodong was very good. After Li Yi sat down, he said loudly: "Captain Li played, this time he led the army to send troops, and he will definitely destroy the Goguryeo barbarians for the country." However, I thought that it was not enough to destroy Goguryeo, and the Tang Dynasty wanted to destroy the Khitan who dared to provoke the majesty of our dynasty. I have made up my mind, and I will conquer Liaodong in person! (To be continued......)