When Li Jing arrived at the imperial study, the officials from the outer palace were already on duty, and Feng Dao and Jingxiang from the palace had also arrived.
Seeing him coming, a group of people who were already working came out from behind the desk and started to kowtow.
Li Jing was in a good mood. He smiled and raised his head slightly: "That's all, no courtesy, let's go and do our own things."
After everyone thanked them, they all saluted with happy smiles: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, on the birth of Longzi..."
Li Jing responded with a smile, then walked into the hall, sat behind her own royal eucalyptus, pointed at them and said with a smile: "You have really quick ears."
All the officials laughed.
This kind of thing can be guessed by looking at Li Jing's reaction today, not to mention that there will be rumors in the palace, and the emperor's night edict to the officials of the Ministry of Rites is not about the important matter of establishing a prince.
The Holy One loves and values his eldest son very much...
Everyone took advantage of the excitement and chatted more with Li Jing before returning to their respective posts, reading memorials, checking forms and recording documents required by various departments.
Now that Feng Dao and Jing Xiang are helping to read the memorial, Li Jing feels a lot more relaxed.
Now he sat firmly and smiled.
"I heard that Li Siyuan is living a prosperous life in the Western Region."
Everyone raised their heads and cheered up.
They are no strangers to this name.
When we besieged Taiyuan in the past, we had the intention of encircling some points and calling for reinforcements. I never thought that this guy would actually have the courage to abandon the entire Jin Kingdom in one fell swoop and lead his people all the way to the Western Regions.
I don’t know how the soldiers under his command are willing to follow him.
After sending someone to summon Zhong Xiaokui, the commander of the Jin Yiwei, Li Jing summoned Jing Xiang and others to the back hall and sat down each.
He opened his mouth and asked, "What do you think?"
The officials below looked at each other, and then Feng Dao was the first to speak out.
"Your Majesty, the previous continuous battles were to support the orthodoxy and kill the aliens. It is indeed the time to fight. But now the war has just calmed down and there are too many battles. Should we rest for a few years before using weapons again... "
Li Jing nodded and agreed, "That's indeed the truth."
Then, he smiled and said, "There is no need to worry, Prime Minister Feng. I have no intention of operating on Li Siyuan right now."
Feng Dao breathed a sigh of relief.
Jingxiang then spoke up: "I heard that Li Siyuan was doing things in the Western Regions, such as attacking Tibet, absorbing Huihe people, etc., and he was doing it under the banner of the Tang Dynasty..."
At this time, Zhong Xiaokui was brought here.
Ignoring the ministers in the hall, she knelt down on one knee and saluted with her fists clasped: "Zhong Xiaokui pays homage to Your Majesty."
After Li Jing asked her to excuse herself, she smiled and said:
"Now that Commander Zhong is here, you can ask her if you have any details. She should know more."
But there was a moment of embarrassment in the palace.
Zhong Xiaokui is one of the elders at the head of Jinyiwei. She usually only obeys the emperor's orders and acts completely regardless of the consequences. In the past few years, countless corrupt officials have had their homes confiscated by her hands. She is quite cruel. reputation.
This person is completely beaten wherever Li Jing points him out, and he is completely alone.
No one present was familiar with her, and besides, she was never close to anyone, and she never knew where to hide to spy on them. It was very scary.
Jingxiang coughed slightly. He knew that Zhong Xiaokui was a member of the Xuanming Sect before.
Now Li Jing would speak, and he was not polite and asked: "Commander Zhong, does he know what the scene is like in the Western Regions now?"
Zhong Xiaokui looked solemn, looked at Li Jing meticulously and confessed.
"The situation in the Western Regions has changed many years ago. Since the civil strife in Tubo, its country has been disintegrated and divided into various tribes, which are in constant chaos. It is no longer possible to get involved in the Western Regions.
There have always been many Uighurs with different intentions in the north, but now they have been divided. Each tribe is scattered and scattered. A small part of them has moved westward and is missing. A larger part moved south into the Western Regions. Among them, the two most powerful tribes were called Ganzhou Uighurs and Shazhou Uighurs. They entrenched themselves in key roads, occupied prefectures and counties, and took over cities as their own.
, many of whom were our former subjects of the Tang Dynasty were captured and made into slaves..."
Everyone in the hall was silent after listening.
The Western Regions had been separated from the control of the Tang Dynasty for who knows how many years. During the Anshi Rebellion, Suzong mobilized the Hexi garrison troops to quell the rebellion in the Central Plains. Tubo took the opportunity to invade Hexi and Longyou, and "millions of Tang people fell into the hands of Tubo."
During this period, although the Guiyi army rose up on the spur of the moment, conquered the prefectures and counties, and brought the eleven prefecture maps and household registrations to the dynasty and returned to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty at that time was no longer able to send a single soldier to assist.
The yellow sand gradually covered the way back home for the Tang people.
Therefore, it is nothing more than that Li Siyuan will use the banner of Datang to mix in the Western Regions and quickly develop and grow.
On the one hand, he is powerful, but also because Datang's name is really easy to use.
Although in the Western Region now, I don’t know how many people are still devoted to the Tang Dynasty...
Zhong Xiaokui continued to speak: "Tongwen Hall... or Li Siyuan has obviously been in the Western Region for a long time. As soon as our people leave the border, they can attack and kill them at any time, so the relevant information is still there for the time being. It cannot be collected completely."
Li Jing fell into deep thought.
Some officials said disdainfully: "This Li Siyuan has a good plan. Under the banner of the Tang Dynasty, he can not only win over the hearts and minds of the people in the Western Regions, but also win over the rebels in the Western Regions, so as not to become his help."
"I remember that there was a rebel army in the two states of Gua and Sha."
At this time, Li Jing suddenly spoke up.
Feng Dao nodded, stroking his beard and said: "During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, Zhang Yichao, the leader of the rebel army, took advantage of the civil strife in Tubo to recapture the eleven prefectures in Hexi Province. He also sent his brother to present the map and household registration to the court, and Xuanzong was granted permission to return the rebel army to Shazhou. .”
It must have been seventy years...
"Does the Guiyi Army still exist now? What's the situation?"
Li Jing said this while looking at Zhong Xiaokui.
Zhong Xiaokui reported back: "According to the information from spies and Hu merchants, the Guiyi Army is indeed still guarding Shazhou and Guazhou, but the current self-proclaimed Jiedu envoy is indeed the Cao family."
Li Jing leaned back on his chair and muttered: "With Li Siyuan's methods, he will definitely win over or even annex the Guiyi Army... This person does have a lot of vision."
An official said: "It is better to send an envoy to contact the Guiyi Army and formally grant the title of Jiedu Envoy to Cao family, so that we can contain Li Siyuan."
Jingxiang shook his head: "Commander Zhong made it very clear just now. There are Li Siyuan's spies everywhere in the Western Region. Without a large army, it may be difficult to contact them."
Finally, he tugged at his beard and narrowed his eyes: "This officer has great ambitions - Your Majesty, we should kill this person as soon as possible, otherwise he may not be the next Li Keyong, and he will unify the Western Region and become an unstoppable force."
As soon as these words came out, all the officials started gearing up.
When it comes to war, they haven't been afraid of anything.
Unexpectedly, Li Jing just laughed.
"Destroy him? Why should we destroy him now——"
"It's not a disaster for him to take back Hexi and Longyou under the banner of our Tang Dynasty.
After he defeats Tubo and Huihe, we will lead the majestic royal army to defeat him head-on——"
"Isn't it beautiful?"
Feng Dao agreed: "Your Majesty's move is excellent. Now is the time to recuperate."
"No."
Li Jing stood up, holding her belt, her sword eyes blazing.
"A small enemy is not worth fighting against."
"War means war, but my Tang Dynasty——"
"But we must win in one battle!"
