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It rained heavily for several days before and after the Dragon Boat Festival, the drought was completely alleviated, the dying prairie regained its vitality again, the grass was green, the flowers bloomed, the northern Xinjiang after the war was full of vitality, on the bank of the meandering Qingshui River, a group of antelopes were leisurely drinking water and frolicking by the river, several hares were jumping around in the grass, and the huge wild camels were walking on the grass with graceful steps, everything was so harmonious and quiet, suddenly, a black line appeared on the horizon in the distance, The flock of antelopes drinking from water pricked up their ears vigilantly, and their big black eyes fixed on the place where the smoke and dust began, and the wild camels that were strolling also stopped reservedly, and looked warily at the northern horizon, and the timid hares stopped playing, and the men stood up, and their long ears turned around and did their work.

The wind blew, and a majestic song fluttered before the sound of horses' hooves - "The mountains are vast and wild, and the wilderness is vast across the river." Crossing the river and the sea, and the long road to fight with the son ......", the rumbling horse's hooves could not suppress such a passionate and heroic song, the iron-blooded banner fluttered in the wind in the galloping military column into a beautiful landscape, the small animals who had been hesitating were shocked by such a sky-high heroism and did not know what to do, and fled in all directions in a panic. It seems that there is only one army of Top Gun in the entire Western Regions, and that is the Anxi Tang Army! The rolling iron stream completely ignored the existence of the Qingshui River, and rushed into the river without the slightest hesitation, tens of thousands of horses' hooves tread the water, splashing countless splashes, and the whole army rushed across the river like a huge wave, leaving only the turbidity of the river.

The Tang army of Anxi is undoubtedly proud, because they have the pride of the capital in just a few months of campaign, annihilating nearly 200,000 enemies, sweeping the northern frontier, forcing the Xue Yantuo Khanate to sign an alliance under the city, crisscrossing the desert steppe, invincible, expanding thousands of miles, this kind of strength is the strong army under the Han Wu Emperor is far from reaching, and now the war is over, at this time of triumph, the whole army is rejoicing, and the morale is extremely high.

Not only the soldiers were elated, but also Li Zhen, the king of Yue who galloped at the forefront of the army, was also in a good mood, yes, in the face of the results of such a great victory, how could Li Zhen not be happy - on May 11, the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, Bazhuo booby-trapped the Western Turkic Khan Qi Si Sadushe, subdued the rest of the more than 14,000 people, bound them to the Tang army camp, and then under the escort of the main force of the Tang army, Bazhuo's whole army withdrew from the Takshiken Pass to the Xue Yantuo Khanate, and the war in northern Xinjiang ended; On May 14, the 18th year of Zhenguan, Li Zhen, in the name of the governor of Anxi, met with the commanders of Kangguo, Anguo, and Caotong, as well as the new Yehu Amoti of the Qarluq tribe, to divide their respective borders and sign a covenant of mutual assistance, and ordered Qin Wenhua to be the envoy of the Northern Xinjiang Pacification to take charge of the government affairs of the five continents in the Northern Xinjiang; With Lin Chenghe as the town guard of northern Xinjiang, he took charge of the military affairs of northern Xinjiang, and Sha Feihu was the town guard of Chuhe Prefecture, leading an army of 5,000 to guard the Chu River Plain; With Lin Ting as the town guard envoy of Tazhou (from the Takshiken Pass to the Ulastai Pass), he led an army of 5,000 to build the city to defend it; With You Sifan as the envoy of Ili Town, he led an army of 5,000 to guard Yili; Li Zhen personally led the main force to carry out a thorough reorganization of Ashina Sero's department by the Ulungu River, eliminated the old and weak, selected its elite into the Anxi Tang Army, appointed Ashina Sero as the deputy commander of the Anxi Cavalry, and led the main army of more than 70,000 troops to withdraw from the Ulungu River on May 20, the 18th year of Zhenguan.

In the passionate song, a goshawk flew over from a distance, circled over the galloping military column for a while, let out a high-pitched eagle chirp, and swooped down towards the front of the military column, and it had accurately stopped on the shoulders of the eagle in the rise and fall. The eagle, who had been prepared, stretched out his hand to take off the small copper pipe hanging on the eagle's talons, fed the goshawk a piece of jerky, and then caught up with Li Zhen at the front of the queue, and reported loudly: "Your Highness, the Beijing division is urgent." ”

During this period of time, the situation in Beijing has been unpredictable, there is a lot of news sent from Beijing, Li Zhen saw that there was an urgent delivery, but he didn't care very much, and he didn't even stop the ** war horse, as soon as he reached out and took the small copper pipe in the hand of the eagle, untied the hidden button, and looked at it on the back of the horse, but just as soon as he saw it, Li Zhen's face changed, and he became terrifyingly blue, and he was so murderous that the eagle was startled, but when he saw Li Zhen's terrifying face, he didn't dare to ask questions without permission, and quietly retreated to the side.

Got it? It's a! Who did this to you? Damn the dog, I'm going to skin him! Li Zhen has the intention of driving Li Zhi out of the East Palace, and in the past, he secretly created some chaos for Li Zhi, but that was the need of politics/struggle, and there was no compromise at all, but Li Zhen never thought of taking Li Zhi's life - Li Zhen is a human being, not a god, and a human being will have feelings, for Li Zhi, the little brother who has been eating behind him since he was a child, Li Zhen still loves him very much, and the brotherhood between them is much deeper than that of other brothers, if he was not born in the emperor's family, the two of them would definitely be a pair of very good brothers, It's a pity that creation makes people, there is only one emperor's throne, if you want to sit on it, then you have to press all the other brothers under your feet, and the struggle between them is inevitable, but the struggle is a struggle, but the brotherly relationship is another thing, as soon as I think of the past years and Li Zhi to learn art together, a free day, Li Zhen's heart hurts badly, and there is an urge to kill.

"The whole army stops, camp on the spot!" Li Zhen silently galloped for a while, suddenly raised his voice, shouted loudly, in an instant, the terrible horn sounded, tens of thousands of troops immediately abruptly stopped, no one asked why they camped here, and no one asked why they had to set up camp when the day was just Shen, the whole army heard the order to dismount, under the order of the commanders of the army, set up tents and tents, and built camp walls, in less than half an hour, a huge military camp has been erected on the top of the empty prairie.

The sky gradually darkened, the Chinese army's big tent was plain white, in a temporary built mourning hall, Li Zhen sat in front of Li Zhi's spiritual seat, silently did not say a word, even if the generals of the army came to pay incense to Li Zhi, Li Zhen did not have any reaction, the whole person sat still like a wood carved clay sculpture, only the iron blue face and the face that twitched from time to time showed that the anger in Li Zhen's heart was burning more and more.

"Your Highness, it's time for dinner, you see ......" Seeing that it was already past the time for dinner, but Li Zhen never moved, Ying Da, as the captain of the guard, couldn't help it, stepped forward, and whispered a tentative word, but he didn't get a response from Li Zhen at all, so he had to retreat, walked to Mo Li's side, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Mo, look at ......, alas, you can persuade Your Highness." ”

Mo Lijiu has been an official in Beijing for a long time, and he knows what happened between Li Zhen and the brothers, and at this time, seeing Li Zhen sad like this, his heart is also quite sad, and he secretly sighs that being born in the emperor's family is really a great sorrow in life, but as a minister, Mo Li naturally can't sit back and watch Li Zhen just go on like this, after all, with the death of Li Zhi, the battle for the heir will not only not weaken, but will become more white-hot, in the bloody struggle behind, it will be a life-and-death struggle between you and me, and there is no compromise Yu Lian Tangtang Prince can be assassinated, What did those princes dare not do? Thinking of the bloody rain and bloody wind that he was about to face, Rao is Mo was calm and calm, and he couldn't help but feel cold, sighed, patted the eagle's shoulder with the feather fan in his hand, and signaled the eagle to be restless, but he slowly walked to Li Zhen's side, sat down, and said in a calm tone: "Your Highness, the day you enter Beijing is not far away, and some arrangements are better done first." ”

This is Mo Li's cleverness, he did not directly persuade Li Zhen not to be sad, but mentioned that what Li Zhen should do has not yet been completed - the war in northern Xinjiang is extinguished, but it does not mean that northern Xinjiang has been calmed down, in addition to military deterrence, the relevant work in government affairs is the key to whether northern Xinjiang can become Li Zhen's most powerful base, in addition, if Li Zhen enters Beijing, who should lead the Anxi metropolitan protectorate is also a big problem, and all kinds of problems need Li Zhen, the decision-maker, to make the final decision, not to mention that after entering Beijing, he will have to face a more severe battle for succession, if he is blindly immersed in pain and fails to plan thoroughly, Li Zhen will have to follow in the footsteps of Li Zhi and become the next sacrifice in the battle for succession.

Li Zhen understood Mo Li's thoughts, and he also knew that this was indeed not the time to be sad, let alone angry, but the depression in his heart was always extremely uncomfortable, so he took a deep breath, forced himself to suppress the surging emotions in his heart, and said hoarsely: "Mr. Good intentions this king knows, it's just that, alas, please invite Qin Wenhua and Lin Chenghe to come in." As soon as he saw Li Zhen open his mouth, he knew that Li Zhen had woken up from his grief, so he didn't say anything more, nodded, walked to the side, and said a few words to Yingda, then sat down cross-legged again, closed his eyes and recuperated.

"Xiaguan (the last general) see His Highness." Not long after the eagle left, Qin Wenhua and Lin Chenghe came one after another, and each stepped forward to salute Li Zhen.

"Well, sit down." Li Zhen sat cross-legged, pressed her hands, and motioned for the two to sit on the ground. Qin and Lin couldn't see through the meaning of Li Zhen's move, but both of them were Li Zhen's henchmen, and they were not very formal in front of Li Zhen, so they each took a sin and sat down opposite Li Zhen, waiting for Li Zhen's order, but both of them had some curiosity in their hearts - both of them knew about the death of the prince, and they had already gone to this mourning hall to pay respects, but they didn't know the truth inside, and they didn't know how the prince died. I thought that Li Zhen should have explained the cause of the prince's death.

"Zizhong, Zi Fenger and the others are now the highest civil and military officials in Northern Xinjiang, do they have any opinions on how to govern Northern Xinjiang?" Li Zhen glanced at Qin and Lin, and opened her mouth with a flat face.

Qin and Lin obviously didn't expect Li Zhen to ask such a question at this time, and some of them couldn't react for a while, they each glanced at each other, but they didn't speak, and after a long silence, Lin Chenghe took the lead and said: "Your Highness, the last general thinks that the northern Xinjiang is now focusing on adjustment, and it should be the main thing to do with internal affairs, just to ensure that there is no loss from the Takshiken Pass to the Ulastai Pass, that is, there is no worry about external troubles. Fully assist Qin Zhen to make government affairs. ”

Li Zhen was very satisfied with Lin Chenghe's overall view, nodded approvingly, and emphasized: "Well, the northern Xinjiang is initially decided, the people's hearts are not stable, when the Fu is the mainstay, the suppression is supplemented, Zifeng can clearly understand this point, this king can rest assured, but there is one thing that must be kept in mind - Northern Xinjiang is also the land of my Tang Dynasty, and the people of Northern Xinjiang are also the people of my Tang Dynasty. The future is limitless. ”

"Yes, His Highness's words, the last general should keep them in mind and dare not forget them." When Lin Chenghe heard Li Zhen's words, it seemed to have a parting meaning, although he was very puzzled in his heart, he didn't dare to ask lightly, but just bowed down respectfully and replied.

"That's good." Li Zhen was very relieved of Lin Chenghe's military ability, and he didn't explain anything more, but just raised his hand falsely, signaling that Lin Chenghe didn't have to be polite, and then turned to Qin Wenhua, and said in a deep voice: "Zizhong, Tianshan is a road, the scenery of the north and south is very different, the governance of northern Xinjiang is difficult to govern in southern Xinjiang, and it has been more than two months in northern Xinjiang, do you have any ideas?" ”

Qin Wenhua did not participate in the war, always engaged in the rear of the military rations and baggage scheduling and related government affairs, until the Bazhuo Department was trapped in the calf hoard, Anxi Tang Army victory has been decided, only with the grain transport team to the army, these days, because of the responsibility for logistics and disaster relief affairs, has been to a lot of places, although the northern Xinjiang is still not well understood, but for the folk customs and climate but also have a general impression, since was appointed as the northern Xinjiang town envoy, Qin Wenhua began to think about how to revitalize the land of the five states, At this time, Li Zhen asked, but he was not flustered, and bowed his hand and said: "Your Highness, southern Xinjiang is mainly based on agriculture and commerce, supplemented by nomadism, while northern Xinjiang is just the opposite. ”

Li Zhen has been planning to level northern Xinjiang for many years, and he knows that what Qin Wenhua said is true, but Li Zhen wants to listen to specific measures, not such general words, at this time, seeing that Qin Wenhua still can't let go, he frowned and said: "Where do you think you should start?" ”

Qin Wenhua is also a wise man in the world, as soon as he heard Li Zhen's words, he knew that Li Zhen was dissatisfied with his general talk, and hurriedly explained: "Your Highness, as far as the lower officials know, there are many suitable places for reclamation near the Tianshan Mountains, but there is a lot of rain, which is not suitable for planting cotton, but can grow rice and other crops. In order to provide convenience for the herdsmen who convert their pastures in winter and summer, encourage commerce and trade, and strive to sell livestock production to the mainland, in addition, according to the knowledge of the lower officials, the woolen spinning machinery in Gaochang City has been manufactured, and the lower officials plan to open several wool mills in the five states to digest the wool produced by the herdsmen, and use the woolen yarn produced for garments, so as to encourage commerce and trade to be exported to various places. ”

Li Zhen could see that Qin Wenhua was still a little nervous, no wonder, Qin Wenhua's promotion speed in the past two years was not only Anxiyi, but I am afraid that no one in the entire Tang Dynasty can compare with him - from a grass to the skyrocketing, first became the state assassin, and now has become the supreme governor of the land in charge of the five continents, such a rapid rise, if it is a different person, it may be carried away, but for a wise man like Qin Wenhua, he deeply feels the weight of the burden on his shoulders, and the weight is a little breathless. Trembling is inevitable, this Tongzi is a long talk, and it is really difficult for him, fortunately, most of them are to the point, Li Zhen is not too dissatisfied, but after thinking about it, he said: "Zizhong can think of such a thorough, this king is very pleased, the construction funds needed in northern Xinjiang are first allocated by the metropolitan protectorate, and the insufficient part can be borrowed from the 'Yan Ji firm', this king gives Zizhong five years, five years later, Northern Xinjiang should have the ability to stand on its own, can you dare to accept it?" ”

Five years is not long, but it is not short, it is not easy to be self-sufficient in these five years, not to mention that in addition to the economy, there are also things to worry about such as ethnic integration and cultural transmission, Qin Wenhua dared to agree easily, after thinking about it for a while, he said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, if you want to balance the fiscal revenue and expenditure within five years, the lower officials may have a certain certainty, but the rest of the affairs of the lower officials do not dare to say anything, if countless decades of unification, the northern Xinjiang will never be completely merged into the Tang Dynasty." ”

Qin Wenhua's words are naturally the truth, Li Zhen is from later generations, naturally knows that it is not easy to integrate the nation, the so-called ten years of trees, a hundred years of people is this truth, if you really want to merge the entire Western Regions into the Tang Dynasty, there is no hope of success after decades of efforts, in the final analysis, Li Zhen is not particularly confident in his heart, but since there is such an opportunity to try, Li Zhen will not let it go, at this time, seeing Qin Wenhua's bitter face, he immediately smiled and said: "Zizhong doesn't have to be like this, just work hard to have a clear conscience, It is a great achievement to be able to break even within five years, and the rest of the things can be done slowly, ten years will not be successful, then twenty years, twenty years will not be successful, then thirty years will be good, after all, one day this Western Regions will be my Tang Dynasty's paradise, the son is a great talent, this king is trustworthy, I will wait for the next world to go once, I have to leave a thought for future generations, I hope that the son will pay attention to help this king achieve this wish. ”

Qin Wenhua saw that Li Zhen finally smiled, and his mood was also relieved - as Li Zhen's henchman, of course he didn't want Li Zhen to be depressed and hurt himself, at this time, listening to Li Zhen's generosity, Qin Wenhua would not shirk anymore, bowed down and said: "Your Highness's words, the lower officials should keep them in mind, for the blessing of my future generations of the Tang Dynasty, the lower officials are willing to do their best, and then die." ”

"Okay, this king will entrust the northern frontier to the two, I hope the two will be cautious, and then be cautious." Li Zhen was very satisfied with Qin Wenhua's statement, bowed her waist, got up, and gave a very polite order. As soon as they saw Li Zhen get up, Qin and Lin couldn't sit still, and they both stood up in a hurry, each bowing humbly.

"Your Highness, are you leaving Anthy?" Lin Chenghe has been with Li Zhen for a long time, and he knows more about Li Zhen's character, and after a conversation tonight, he was quite uneasy, and at the end, he couldn't help but ask.

Are you leaving? Perhaps, Li Zhen himself can't be sure when he will leave, calling Qin and Lin to come, itself has the meaning of a parting gift, at this time, seeing that Lin Chenghe still asked the words when he got to the bottom, he didn't hide it, but just nodded and said: "Maybe, this king can't be the master of this night, but you can rest assured, even if this king leaves Anxi, this Anxi's sky is still my Tang Dynasty's day, you just have to rest assured, everything has its own king to support you!" ”

Qin and Lin are both shrewd people, as soon as they heard Li Zhen's words, they knew that Li Zhen's departure from Anxi had become a foregone conclusion, and the thought of leaving Li Zhen's side, each of them was a little sad, but at the moment of the prince's new funeral, the two of them didn't say much, after glancing at each other, they each bowed down and retreated, Li Zhen didn't leave them more, and after the two of them went, Li Zhen walked slowly to the spirit table, silently looked at the tablet on the spirit table, and after a long time, he muttered: "Childish slave, let's go, starling will definitely avenge this blood revenge for you, A certain swear! ”

Although Li Zhen's voice was light, the murderous aura inside was amazingly heavy, that is, even the two brave men in the tent, Ying Da and Mo Li, couldn't help but shiver, and the atmosphere in the big tent suddenly became amazingly cold, maybe in the near future, a bloody storm will be staged in the Jingshi......

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