I became emperor in the Tang Dynasty by relying on the palace fighting system

Li Chao added: "However, my sister has been in the mortal world for a long time. She has to learn many things from scratch. I am afraid it will be difficult for her to guard the border. I will send someone to help her."

Li Chao looked at Chen Shuozhen and said, "Sister Taibai, the task of guarding the Western Regions will be temporarily handed over to you."

Qingluan sent the task through the private chat interface of the [Fourth Disaster Module], and Chen Shuozhen agreed: "Okay."

Li Zhi finally breathed a sigh of relief. With Taibai Jinxing guarding the border, the Tang Dynasty no longer had to worry about Tubo and Western Turks.

Taibai Jinxing was going to guard the border, and Li Zhi could not hold on to the military power. He quickly issued an edict appointing Chen Shuozhen as the Grand Protector of Anxi Protectorate, a second-rank official, to guard Yanqi.

Princess Honghua was the King of Qinghai, the Deputy Grand Protector of Anxi, a third-rank official, and the Governor of Anle Prefecture.

The Tang Dynasty's move was not small. When Tubo heard that there was a star god guarding the border, it temporarily calmed down.

Li Zhao also ended his study tour and returned to Luoyang in the second year of Xianheng (671 AD).

After returning to Luoyang, Li Zhao had nothing to do, so he opened the live broadcast room and chatted with everyone about Emperor Wu's martial arts.

"My dears, we have nothing to do today, let's talk about Emperor Wu's martial arts!"

Li Zhao said: "Do you know? The Wu Zhou Dynasty founded by Emperor Wu was the Han dynasty with the largest land area in history."

"Among all Chinese dynasties, the one with the largest land area was the Yuan Dynasty founded by the Mongols, but the one with the largest land area among the Han dynasties was the Wu Zhou Dynasty, which had an area of ​​1241 million square kilometers."

As soon as the show started, two bad apples appeared in the barrage.

[Green glaze]: This is an old rumor. Wu Zetian lost millions of territories. She was really good at bragging!

[Yu Wei]: Li Zhi conquered so much territory, and the border even extended to Persia, but it was all lost by Wu Zetian. How dare you say that!

Li Zhao's face darkened immediately: "Wu Zetian lost the territory conquered by Li Zhi? Who said that!"

[Yuwei] posted two comparison pictures in the comment section.

[Green glaze]: If you don't believe me, just look for yourself! Look at how big the Tang Dynasty was under Li Zhi's rule, and how big the territory Wu Zetian left to Emperor Zhongzong of Tang was. She had the nerve to brag after losing such a large piece of land!

Li Zhao laughed: "Your first picture is the Tang Dynasty at its peak during the reign of Li Zhi, in 669. The second picture is in 705, when Wu Zetian abdicated."

"The area of ​​ancient territories was constantly changing. If we want to compare, we should use the map of the peak period of the Tang Dynasty and Wu Zhou Dynasty!"

Qingluan also threw out two maps: "This is a map of the Wu Zhou Dynasty in 697. In 692, Wu Zetian asked Wang Xiaojie to recapture the four towns of Anxi, and also obtained Laichuan City and the Ten Prefectures of Tubo."

"In 695, the Later Turks surrendered and became the Chanyu Protectorate of Wu Zhou. The territory of Wu Zhou reached its peak."

Li Zhao sneered: "Is this a rumor that Wu Zetian lost the territory conquered by Li Zhi? How crazy!"

"That [Green Glaze], the territory in your first map only lasted for one year, from 669 to 670, you idiot!"

"According to the Old Book of Tang, in 669, the Eighteen Kingdoms of the Western Regions, Anxi Protectorate, Dang, Xi and other Qiang Prefectures were all conquered by Tubo! Li Zhi was not dead at that time!"

Li Zhao's virtual image pointed to the place where the Later Turks were located on the big screen in the live broadcast room.

"As for the Later Turks, the Old Book of Tang, Biography of Pei Xingjian, clearly records that in 680 AD, Pei Xingjian put down the rebellion of the Eastern Turks and promised that Funian Khan would not die."

"Pei Yan hated Pei Xingjian's contribution and slandered him to Li Zhi, who executed Turkic leaders including Funian Khan, which led to the rebellion of the Eastern Turks in 682 and the establishment of the Later Turkic Khaganate."

This time it was the Tang Dynasty that broke its promise first. Pei Xingjian had already defeated the Eastern Turkic rebel forces, but Li Zhi insisted on killing Funian Khan to establish his authority.

As a result, they lost more than they gained. The Eastern Turkic upper class was in panic and rebelled again within a year. However, the Tang Dynasty was unable to pacify the border again.

Li Zhao snorted and laughed: "When Emperor Wu took over the Tang Dynasty, most of the territory conquered by Emperor Taizong of Tang had already been lost by Li Zhi."

"Li Zhi is the emperor who lost the most territory in the Tang Dynasty."

The two bad apples in the barrage continued to speak out.

[Green Glaze]: Pei Yan once worked with Wu Zetian to depose Li Xian. He was obviously Wu Zetian's confidant. Wasn't it Wu Zetian who ordered him to kill Funian Khan?!

Li Zhao spit at her: "Puh! Pei Yan is Wu Zetian's confidant? Just one sentence can make Li Zhi kill the Turkic Khan. Who is Pei Yan's confidant?"

"Pei Xingjian was Wu Zetian's confidant. His wife, Kudi Xiangxiang, had a close relationship with Wu Zetian. During the Wu Zhou Dynasty, she served as the Imperial Secretary. When Li Zhi wanted to execute Funian Khan, Pei Xingjian was very opposed to it."

[Yuwei]: Wu Zetian started to be regent during the Xianqing period. Doesn’t she have any responsibility for the loss of territory?

Qing Luan laughed, "Are you out of your mind?"

"The war was ordered by Li Zhi, and the Khan was killed by Li Zhi. The Emperor Wu was only in charge of logistics. Whoever made the decision is responsible. It was not the Emperor Wu who issued the order. The Emperor Wu advised Li Zhi but he didn't listen. It's none of her business if Li Zhi lost territory!"

"In the Chronicles of Wu Zetian in the New and Old Books of Tang, the territories lost during Li Zhi's reign were not attributed to her at all. Instead, they were recorded in the Chronicles of Li Zhi. You are putting the blame on Wu Zetian for Li Zhi's mistakes?!"

[Yuwei]: What about the four Anxi towns? According to historical records, the four Anxi towns were recovered by Pei Xingjian in 679 AD, but were lost by Wu Zetian in 687 AD. How do you explain this?

Li Zhao was speechless: "Where did this rumor come from? When was the Four Towns of Anxi recaptured by Pei Xingjian?"

"In 679 AD, Pei Xingjian suppressed the rebellion of the Ten Turkic Clans, but he didn't even fight with Tubo. How did he recover the territory?"

Qingluan directly cited the historical data: "The New Book of Tang records that in the first year of Xianheng, Tubo captured the Protectorate. In the second year of Changshou, the four towns of Anxi were recovered."

The same record also exists in the "Taiping Yulan". During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, Tubo captured the four towns of Anxi. At the beginning of Changshou... Xiaojie arrived in Anxi... and recovered the four towns of Qiuci, Yutian, Shule, and Suiye and returned.

Li Zhao: "According to the Records of the Yuangui of Cefu, in the first year of Tiaolu, Suiye, Qiuci, Yutian and Shule were the four garrisons, which means that the positions of the four garrisons in Anxi changed."

Li Zhao: "In the old Anxi, Qiuci, Yutian, Shule and Yanqi were the four towns. In the new Anxi, Suiye, Qiuci, Yutian and Shule were the four towns."

Qingluan: "But in fact, after Pei Xingjian captured the leader of the Turkic rebels, he sent him to Suiye City, which is the farthest away."

The Four Anxi Towns were not a military town, but four cities that jointly governed the vast area of ​​Anxi Protectorate.

For many years, the Tang Dynasty and Tubo had been fighting a tug-of-war here, and the locations of the four towns had changed from time to time.

Pei Xingjian did not send the rebel leaders to Qiuci, Khotan, Shule and Yanqi because they were enemy-occupied areas!

Qingluan: "It can be seen that among the four new and old Anxi towns, the only territory that the Tang Dynasty can actually control is Suiye City."

"And the four old Anxi towns - Qiuci, Yutian, Shule, and Yanqi - have been under the control of Tubo since the Xianheng period."

Qingluan continued, "Historical records show that Li Zhi once stationed troops from four towns in Suiye. It is not difficult to see that he concentrated the troops from the four towns in Suiye City and planned to use Suiye as a base to counterattack Tubo."

Li Zhao sneered: "You said Wu Zetian lost the four towns of Anxi? That's really making me laugh! Anxi was clearly recovered by Wu Zetian!"

Li Zhao also added a historical document: "After Wu Zetian became the empress dowager, she organized large armies many times to attack the Tubo people entrenched in the four towns of old Anxi."

"According to the Old Book of Tang, when Empress Wu Zetian came to power, she appointed Wei Daijia, the Right Prime Minister of Wenchang, as the Grand Administrator of Anxi Road, and Yan Wengu, the Grand Protector of Anxi, as his deputy. In the first year of Yongchang (689), he led troops to conquer Tubo."

"The next year (690), he ordered Wenchang Right Prime Minister Cen Changqian to be the general commander of the Wuwei Road to attack Tubo, but he turned back halfway and the army did not succeed."

"During the period from 683 to 690 AD, when Wu Zetian was in power, there is no record of Tubo conquering Anxi in her chronicles."

Qingluan: "This only shows one thing. In 683 AD, before Wu Zetian became regent, except for Suiye City, the rest of the military towns were already Tubo's territory."

"Otherwise, why would Emperor Wu send troops to Anxi to fight against Tubo?"

Li Zhao directly criticized the two idiots [Qingyou] and [Yuwei].

"If you don't have a brain, read more books. The history book for junior high school says that Wu Zetian expanded the territory and consolidated the frontiers. Did you guys swallow that?"

Li Zhao rolled up his sleeves and said, "Today I'm going to fight you bunch of rumormongers!"

"If you have any other tricks, just use them! I'll scold you to death!"

The rumor dogs named [Qingyou] and [Yuwei] are really getting excited and keep barking. Their remarks are really enough to make you angry.