In the early morning of Chang'an, it was another day in the imperial city where the imperial court was fiercely debating some information that was beneficial to the people to see how to implement it.
After everything was settled, Li Shimin happily walked towards his office to deal with some memorials submitted from across the country that required his personal approval.
As soon as he arrived at the palace and started handling government affairs, a messenger came quickly to report, after asking for instructions from the eunuch. The messenger quickly rushed in front of Li Shimin.
"See Your Majesty!"
Looking at the courier with several urgent flags on his back, Li Shimin nodded, "Get up and talk."
Li Shimin was very kind, and his casual words moved the envoy to the point of crying, but the envoy hurriedly stood up and spoke to Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, I am the envoy arranged by the Anbei Protectorate to report."
While he was talking, he had already taken out from his arms a letter sent to Li Shimin by Shi Jin, the Protector of the Anbei Protectorate, and Feng Tao, the Chief Shi.
After seeing the memorial from the Anbei Protectorate, Li Shimin was very happy.
"I didn't expect that the Anbei Protectorate was already so far north. Even Emperor Qin and Han Wu couldn't achieve such great achievements, right?
In the past, the Qin Emperor attacked the Xiongnu in the north to protect Hetao. The Han Dynasty drove out the Xiongnu and left Monan without a royal court. As the emperor of Li Tang, I, Li Shimin, completely defeated the Turks in the north and turned it into our Tang Dynasty region. Now it has reached the extreme north. The land of the north. "
Li Shimin couldn't help but look at the memorial submitted with this information, fully expecting that his civil and martial arts would be able to overcome the comments in history, right?
No one will ever say that they do it for the sake of doing it
The emperor killed his brother and imprisoned his father for his own selfishness. Only by doing this can he be worthy of being an emperor for eternity.
Li Shimin was happy at the scene. He had indeed forgotten that good things never happen alone, but usually in pairs.
After Li Shimin replied to Shi Jin and Feng Tao, he asked them to continue to expand their achievements. Although they had reached the far north, there was still a little distance from the far north to the east and west. Let's see if they could expand the territory for the Tang Dynasty or See if there are other countries in the far north.
Although in the memorials of Feng Tao and Shi Jin, they encountered many tribes living as city-states in the far north, they all chose to surrender after seeing the powerful soldiers of the Anbei Protectorate. Feng Tao and Shi Jin did not disappoint Li Shimin and made appropriate arrangements.
After the emperor ordered them to become the tribal leaders of this place, he completely subdued them.
Li Shimin just looked at the information from the Anbei Protectorate and withdrew from the imperial city, and then another eunuch came to report again.
"Your Majesty, a messenger from the Anxi Protectorate has arrived."
"Hey, good things come in pairs."
Li Shimin muttered this and nodded to the eunuch, "Since they are from the Anxi Protectorate, let them come in. I want to see what kind of good things the Anxi Protectorate has brought to me."
The last time the Anxi Protectorate came, Li Shimin thought very clearly that it was Li Shentong, the great general of the Tang Dynasty who served as the Protectorate of Anxi, requesting to conquer the Western Regions in the west and expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin agreed to Li Shentong's request very casually, providing convenience for him to do things cheaply and allowing Li Shentong to invade the Western Regions.
, which once again expanded Li Tang's territory.
Moreover, Li Shentong also sent back some goods that were beyond imagination. Although there were not many gold, silver and jade articles, there were indeed many specialties from the Western Regions, which added a lot of weight to Li Shimin's small treasury.
Although the continuous flow of gold and silver shipped from Dongzhou has brought about earth-shaking changes to Li Shimin's treasury and his own small treasury, Li Shimin is very happy to be able to earn a little more, even if it is just a mosquito leg.
When you have money, you can do what you want, without looking at the ministers' faces. When you have money, you can easily save them when disasters occur in various places, and make all people praise you. This is also a great thing.
With all these things, Li Shimin was even more certain that he was right in becoming emperor and how wise and powerful he was. Even if he had a little reputation, his achievements would always outweigh the reputation.
Li Shimin kept driving. The eunuch serving next to Li Shimin was indeed a little anxious. Seeing that Li Shimin didn't show any expression, he couldn't help but take a step forward in fear, ready to remind Li Shimin. Li Shimin suddenly coughed, The eunuch was so frightened that he knelt down with a plop.
This sudden scene made Li Shimin a little curious, "What's wrong with you? Why did you kneel down to me? Didn't I tell you to get up just now?"
Li Shimin asked kindly, and the eunuch raised his head tremblingly, "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have come in to report when Your Majesty was thinking about things. Please spare my life."
The eunuch begged in front of Li Shimin fearfully, and Li Shimin
The people couldn't help but be a little surprised when they heard his pleading words.
"What do you mean by begging? What do you mean by sparing your life? Can I still take your life? Where is this?"
But as soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, he remembered that he had indeed thought too much just now. There was a messenger from the Anxi Protector's Palace waiting for his greeting outside the door, and then Li Shimin smiled awkwardly.
"Okay, this is not your fault. Go and bring in the messenger from the Anxi Protectorate outside the door."
After Li Shimin finished speaking, the eunuch nodded hurriedly.
"Yes, little one, go find someone right now."
After the eunuch finished speaking, he hurriedly lowered his head and stepped backward carefully. Maybe he was frightened just now, or maybe his brain circuit was a little beyond imagination, so he just backed up, then fell back with a splash. On the ground, this made Li Shimin smile knowingly.
However, he still didn't leave the throne he was on, he just raised his hand and pointed lightly to the front.
"Okay, look at why you are so worried and scared, and you will still be like this when you serve me in the future. How should I arrange things with you? Don't let me end up serving you in the end."
Although the eunuch was lying there, when he heard Li Shimin's words, he immediately got up and knelt on the ground, begging for his life in fear.
Li Shimin looked at him like this and waved his hand.
"Okay, okay, you are also a poor man who came to the palace to serve me. This is our fate. You don't need to be so cautious in front of me. Just be a little casual. I'm not the kind of person who just eats when I see you. the devil
. "
What Li Shimin said made the eunuch extremely excited, and Li Shimin didn't know how much convenience his unintentional mistake would bring to him. At the critical moment, he had unexpected gains.
Not long after Li Shimin sent the eunuch away, another veteran soldier followed the eunuch into the hall. The eunuch signaled to Li Shimin that Li Shimin waved to him kindly, which made the eunuch even more excited and hurriedly exited the hall. The soldier and Li Shimin were left to report alone.
Li Shimin was also very kind after the soldier saluted him. Perhaps it was because the good news came one after another, which made him very happy and raised his hand to comfort the soldier.
"Get up and tell me what kind of good news my brother has for you to bring to me."
After Li Shimin asked, the messenger hurriedly looked up at Li Shimin and started talking about the harvest of their group in the Western Regions.
After the messenger finished speaking, Li Shimin was a little curious, "This is something I know, but what is the purpose of your coming here this time?"
The messenger looked at Li Shimin with confusion and said weakly, "Your Majesty, don't you want to ask about the situation in the Western Regions?"
Li Shimin was speechless at this moment, but he reacted immediately and looked at him and smiled.
"Yes, I want to ask about the situation in the Western Region, but now I want to ask you why you are here?"
As soon as Li Shimin started asking questions, the messenger in front of him reacted quickly, took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Li Shimin. After Li Shimin saw the letter from the Anxi Protectorate,
I couldn't help but laugh.
"Okay, great, the entire Western Region is under the control of the Tang Dynasty. We can set up a Western Region Protectorate. But who will be arranged to go there?"
Li Shimin groped his chin here. General Li Shentong and General Li were still in charge of the Anxi Protectorate. What about the Western Region Protectorate?
Okay, I have someone chosen. Doesn’t my brother think about going out every day?
As Li Shimin finished his sentence, Li Daozong soon appeared in front of Li Shimin. After being brought back to Chang'an City by Li Chengqian, Li Daozong had been working as a king in Chang'an City, but he had almost faded away. He had nothing to do. He was suspected of pretending to be crazy, and now Li Shimin suddenly came to call him, which made Li Daozong quite excited.
"Is there a mission?"
His nephew Li Chengqian went out and did not give him an order to go to the frontier. Although Li Daozong would not complain about Li Chengqian, after all, there was no need for someone to be in charge of the frontier, but Li Shimin suddenly came to see him, which made him very curious.
"Your Majesty doesn't know what it means to come to this old minister."
Li Shimin looked at Li Daozong's appearance and pointed to the messenger next to him who had been arranged by the Anxi Protectorate.
While Li Daozong was puzzled, Li Shimin said, "The Anxi Protectorate has now occupied all of the Western Region."
After Li Shimin finished speaking, Li Daozong immediately knelt down in front of Li Shimin and said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty and Congratulations to the Tang Dynasty."
But before Li Daozong finished speaking, and there were still many gorgeous words to say, Li Shimin had already waved his hand.
"Okay, don't talk about these nonsense, I know you have always wanted to go out and sit down,
Now the opportunity has come. Do you want to be the Protector of the Western Region Protectorate? "
Li Shimin started talking straight to the point, and Li Daozong stood up without even thinking.
"I think, thanks to His Majesty's kindness, the general will manage the Western Region properly."
"Very good, then you can go to the Western Region and take up the post."
Li Shimin arranged for Li Daozong to go out without thinking, and Li Shentong's order was nothing more than to request someone to go to the Western Regions to take charge. Now that Li Daozong was in charge, Li Shentong's messenger had not left yet and looked at Li Shimin again.
"Your Majesty doesn't know what I, the Protectorate of Anxi, should do."
Li Shimin groped his chin, "Why don't we try to go west to see if we can continue to expand our territory? I remember that there is a Kushan Kingdom in the west of the Western Region. I don't know what their current strength is. Can I capture them all?" Down?"
But Li Shimin scratched his head as soon as he finished speaking.
"It seems that Kushan is no longer there, only black-clothed food."
"Oh, is that so? But this black-clothed food looks a bit familiar."
Li Shimin thought of his Anbei King Xu Yunyan again, and then waved his hand.
"Now we are stationed in the Western Region. Let's wait until the formation of the Western Region Protectorate is confirmed before making arrangements."
