Datang: Let you supervise the country and become an emperor through the ages

Chapter 274 A word to wake up the dreamer
"Ping Ma Zhou, what is wrong with you? To deal with those barbarians, you should be so tough. The crown prince entrusted Honglu Temple to you to manage. I am very relieved. You don't need to feel pressure."

Li Shimin encouraged Ma Zhou without blaming him. He immediately changed the subject and asked the ministers present, "Masters, now that the Western Turks have taken the initiative to ask for war to help our army, how do you think it is best to respond to the Western Turks?"

After Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others heard the words, they stepped forward to offer their opinions, but Li Shimin didn't listen to what they said, because at this moment, Li Fu, who had been keeping calm, suddenly entered Li Shimin's mind.

[Those guys from the Western Turks really know how to make things happen. It’s so shameless to come out and pick up something ready-made at a time like this. 】

[Speaking of which, when Li Er couldn't do it, it seemed that they helped beat Datang. Now that Li Er was shaking, he immediately switched to Datang. These guys are really foolish. 】

[But speaking of it, it is the best candidate to draw the Western Turks over and let them help deal with Xue Yantuo and completely solve Xue Yantuo's future troubles. After all, Li Jing and the others suffered a geographical disadvantage when they could not find the remnants of Xue Yantuo. 】

【Right now, Li Jing may have chased him to Lake Baikal. Li Jing doesn’t know the terrain, but he doesn’t. 】

[Let the Western Turks lead the way with the Western Turkic Allied Forces, and completely eliminate the remnants of Xue Yantuo once and for all. 】

It looks like a good idea!After listening to Li Fu's voice, Li Shimin already had a decision in his heart, and then listened to the unnutritious words of Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji, and he lost his mood at all.

So His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty made a decision directly, "Ma Zhou, you reply to the Western Turks. The content of the letter says that I promise them to join forces and let them send troops to join forces with Li Jing, but the command authority must be based on our army." , otherwise don’t come.”

"I obey the decree!" After Ma Zhou accepted the decree, Li Shimin dispersed the court and everyone left.

The Western Turkic Khan, just as Li Fu thought, saw that the Tang Dynasty was now stronger and immediately fell to the Tang Dynasty.

Especially during the Battle of Tuyuhun, seeing the Tang Dynasty's Mo Dao Army, there was a tremor in the Western Turks. Seeing the Tang Dynasty conquering the remnants of Xue Yantuo, they began to think of forming an alliance with the Tang Dynasty's coalition forces.

Therefore, after receiving the approval of the Tang Dynasty, the Western Turkic Khan immediately sent his personal guard cavalry to Li Jing's camp to help the Tang army find the whereabouts of Xue Yantuo Yinan Khan.

The Western Turks knew that Xue Yantuo was completely finished. The Tang Dynasty had already solved Goguryeo, Silla and Baekje. Now that it had solved the remnants of Xue Yantuo, it was obvious that it wanted to unify the grasslands.

It is definitely not wise to be an enemy of the Tang Dynasty at this time, so the Western Turks decided to accept the vote of honor, and exchanged the life of Xue Yantuo's barbarian Khan in exchange for friendship with the Tang Dynasty.

In this way, as long as Datang agrees to form an alliance with the Western Turks, the Western Turks will dominate the grassland from now on. After all, the Western Turks understand Datang, and after the Great Tang conquers the grassland, they will definitely not station troops on the grassland.

In this way, the real king on the grassland is the Khan of the Western Turks. With such a relationship of interest, the Western Turks will naturally spare no effort to help Datang to capture Xue Yantuo Yinan Khan.

And these news, Ma Zhou reported to Li Fu immediately.

In fact, Li Fu didn't care about the things on the grassland at all now, but he found that Ma Zhou seemed to be absent-minded when he reported to him today, so he knew that Ma Zhou had something hidden in his heart.

But Ma Zhou didn't say anything himself, and Li Fu didn't bother to ask. Unexpectedly, when Li Shimin came to the East Palace, seeing Ma Zhou in front of Li Fu, he said to Li Fu directly: "Prince, I plan to let Ma Zhou go to the grassland."

"What did my father send Ma Zhou to the grassland? Isn't there already Duke Ying and Duke Wei on the grassland? Now there are the guards of the Western Turkic royal family to help, what else is there to worry about?" Li Fu looked displeased. untie.

Li Shimin shook his head and said: "The grassland war is about to end. I plan to select a khan from the Nine Tribes of Tiele under the leadership of Ma Zhou after the war is over to help Datang rule the grassland."

"In this way, the Western Turks can also be checked and balanced, and at the same time, the grassland will not be left without an owner. My Tang Dynasty can keep track of the movements on the grassland at any time, and will not be led by the nose by the Western Turks."

After hearing Li Shimin's explanation, Li Fu felt bad.

[What kind of nonsense excuse is this?Is Li Er out of his mind?What are you kidding? 】

[Now that Xue Yantuo is gone, both Monan and Mobei have been taken down. This is something that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty failed to do. Li Er intends to hand over the grassland to others like this? 】

[I knew this earlier, so why fight this battle?Just for face?Are you kidding me? Isn't this a joke? 】

Li Fu was really speechless, and scolded Li Shimin hard in his heart.

【Grassland hasn’t learned enough lessons from being a disaster to the Central Plains for so many years, and is planning to let future generations continue to fight?Li Er is really crazy. 】

[Since the grassland is now under our rule, why not just establish a grassland order belonging to the Tang Dynasty on the grassland, why do you have to choose some shit Khan, it’s not my Tang people who are the masters, why are you so cheap? nine? 】

[Those who are not of my race must have different minds. Why not set up a Protectorate of the Western Regions like Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty? If it’s not possible, just build a city directly. Isn’t the Tang Dynasty now worried about having no land to enclose?Isn’t this all ready-made land? Seal it! 】

Li Fu's heartfelt voice really awakened the dreamer!

Li Shimin has been racking his brains recently, not knowing how to rule the grassland well.

Finally, after many days of discussion with Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others, they finally came to the conclusion that a new grassland khan should be selected from among the nine Tiele tribes. But now it seems that this idea is simply wrong.

Since the territory has been conquered, why should it be left to outsiders to manage?As Li Fu said, people who are not of my race must have different minds.

They may be obedient at first, but in later generations, if the Tang Dynasty declines and the new khan becomes stronger, they will definitely start to plot against the Tang Dynasty again.

It's really not as good as Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty, who established the Protectorate Mansion, directly ruled the grassland, and let the Tang people manage the grassland themselves!

Thinking of this, Li Shimin was really annoyed, how he had completely forgotten the experience of his predecessors, and he had to be reminded by Li Fu to react.

In this way, the problems on the grassland can be fundamentally solved.

At that time, you can really try to build a city on the grassland, like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and move the population of Datang there, so that it can be regarded as the real expansion of the territory, otherwise the battle will be in vain!
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