In the Zichen Palace, Li Xuan smiled helplessly, cupped his hands and said: "Queen of Heaven, the issue of heirs depends on heaven and man. Heaven is elusive, and humans need to work hard, but Your Highness the Crown Prince... I have tried my best, what will be the final outcome? , we can only leave it to God’s will.”
It’s not like Empress Wu didn’t know what happened at the Lishan Hot Spring Palace.
After Li Xianzhi and the Crown Princess Fang spent one night together, they no longer got along.
So, where is the way to have children?
Empress Wu frowned and said, "If that's the case, then if things don't work out, I'll have to trouble King Nanchang to do it again."
"Of course I am willing to do my best, but I am afraid of His Majesty's objection. This time I will use His Majesty's order. But next time, in this kind of matter, if His Majesty the Prince gives orders in advance, then even His Majesty's order may not be able to be used. Enter the ears of the officials in the East Palace." Li Xuan couldn't help but shake her head.
If it comes to other government affairs, the officials of the East Palace will naturally have no room to refuse; but when it comes to the prince's private affairs, these officials of the East Palace have reasons and excuses not to get involved.
"There is no need to worry about this matter." Empress Wu waved her hands nonchalantly and said: "If Xian'er has no heirs in the future, this incident alone is enough to make everyone in the East Palace obey; the key is for your medicine to be effective. .”
Li Xuan took a deep breath, cupped her hands and said: "Tianhou, as I can see, Your Highness is resisting the Crown Princess in his heart. If there are other women approaching His Royal Highness at this time, maybe..."
"Grandson?" Empress Wu couldn't help but frown. This answer was not within her expectations.
Although Empress Wu was established by the emperor after deposing the king and empress, as she became empress, her son was naturally the emperor's legitimate son.
Nowadays, the matter of Li Xian's children is no longer a trivial matter. If Li Xian really has nothing to achieve, then even if the emperor is unwilling, he will still consider deposing the prince.
"Let's wait and see. The Tibetan affairs are very urgent at the moment. Let's wait until the Tubo affairs are over before we can talk about it in detail." Empress Wu raised her head, glanced at the East Palace with a faint expression, and said softly: "I chose Fang as the crown prince that day. Because it is easy for people to have children and raise children, there is no telling whether this can happen."
"What the Queen said makes sense." Li Xuan immediately handed over her hand.
Empress Wu nodded and said, "I heard that you often talk about the Book of Han with the Crown Prince, the King of England, and the Prime Minister?"
Li Xuan's breath suddenly stagnated, and then he bowed and said: "Reporting to the Queen of Heaven, I looked at the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" and found that it was too violent and far less violent than the "Book of the Han Dynasty". The "Book of the Han Dynasty" is magnificent, broad, and has the image of a king. , "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty was so young, it was too biased."
"The Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wen, Emperor Jing, and even Emperor Wu." Empress Wu looked at Li Xuan with a half-smile, and said with a smile: "King Nanchang, do you think that this dynasty and your majesty have the image of Emperor Wu?"
"No." Li Xuan said resolutely. He raised his hands to Empress Wu sincerely and said: "Queen Queen, the inheritance of the Tang Dynasty to this day is less than a century, and the emperor can only inherit it for three generations. Although the late emperor and your majesty worked hard to rule and rule the roost. Quartet, but in my eyes, it is comparable to Wenjing, as for Emperor Wu, I am afraid it will be left to future generations."
"Why?" Empress Wu immediately became interested.
"Farms, there are still fields in the hands of the people today." Li Xuan expressed the most important core of the matter in one sentence.
Today's Tang Dynasty was founded less than a century ago. The land in the world has not been distributed yet, and the people still have some land left in their hands.
If one day, the people no longer have enough land in their hands, then it will be time to change the world.
To evaluate the progress of a dynasty, it is useless to look at the civil and military skills. It depends on the land in the hands of the people.
As for the Tang Dynasty, the land allocated to the common people every year is not much, but there are still twenty or thirty acres.
In addition to paying taxes, as long as there are no disasters or famines, the people can spend a year safely without much problem.
If you are more diligent and have some skills in various arts, it is not too difficult to support your children and grandchildren.
Looking at such progress, isn't the Tang Dynasty just like the time of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty?
Looking at the later Han Dynasty who rose from aristocratic families and ruled the court, it is simply a joke.
After a long time, Empress Wu took a deep breath, looked at Li Xuan with a complicated expression and said, "What the King of Nanchang said makes sense."
"I'm just biased. The late emperor was revered as the Khan of Heaven by foreign tribes. Your Majesty also had the act of granting Zen to Mount Tai. These are things that Emperors Wen and Jing never did." Li Xuan paused for a moment, cupped his hands and said, "Perhaps future generations will do this. When it was stronger, but now, Your Majesty is much stronger than Emperor Wenjing."
"The only ones who can surpass me are my descendants." Li Zhi laughed and walked in from the side door. Li Xuan immediately bowed and said, "Chen Xuan, pay homage to your majesty."
Li Zhi waved his hand casually and said, "Forget it, no need to be polite."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Xuan bowed again, then stood up, but still bowed his head respectfully.
Li Zhi walked to and sat down beside Empress Wu, patted her hand and said: "Although I have great ambitions and strategies, I have often compared myself with Han Wu, but I know in my heart that I am not as good as Han Wu. If you say , from the founding of the Tang Dynasty to the present, only my father can compare with Han Wu. If I can pacify Tubo in my lifetime, I may be able to compare with Han Wu, who knows."
Li Zhi looked up at Li Xuan and asked with a half-smile, "Twenty-seventh Lang, what do you think?"
Li Xuan bowed and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, it is not difficult to destroy Tubo."
"Oh?" Li Zhi was extremely surprised. He looked at Empress Wu who had an equally surprised look on his face. He looked at Li Xuan and asked, "Twenty-seventh Lang, this is very different from what you said before."
"There is no difference." Li Xuan slightly cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, the reason why the Tang Dynasty cannot defeat Tubo is simply because of the poor terrain; Tubo is high, and ordinary people who climb up there will inevitably be short of breath and easily tired. , but if you can stay there for three to five years, you can achieve great success."
"It's still your cannibalizing method."
"No, Your Majesty, if I say it now, is it a compromise?" Li Xuan cupped her hands and looked solemn.
"Go on."
"The land of Tubo is roughly divided into three places, Qinghai Lake, Yuanguhun, Tubo Luozhe, and the Xiangxiong tribes in the northwest. In addition, there are Supi, Yangtong, Bailan, Dangxiang, and Fu If the annexed tribes of Guo, Jialiang, etc. can be instigated and allowed to be used by the Tang Dynasty, Tubo will be destroyed."
Li Zhi leaned forward slightly and said in a deep voice: "There is Tuyuhun Khan in Lingzhou, and there are also Tuyuhun people accompanying him this time."
"Your Majesty, this is Da Miao!" Li Xuan bowed seriously, looking at Li Zhi's surprised look, Li Xuan said seriously: "Your Majesty, since the Tuyuhun destroyed the country, the Tuyuhun tribe has been divided into three parts, and most of the tribes have remained in Tuyuhun. The old land was used by Tubo; a small number of them moved several times with the governor of Anle Prefecture, and finally moved to Lingzhou. But even so, many parts were lost and scattered in various places, and their loyalty to Tuyuhun was extremely weak."
Murong Nuohebo, the governor of Anle Prefecture, the Prince Consort, General Zuo Xiaowei, the governor of Anle Prefecture, the King of Qinghai, and the son of the former King Tuyuhun.
Nowadays, although Murong Nuohebo has a group of Tuyuhun tribes under his command, there is no harm in returning to the country after many years. The people of those tribes have gradually lost hope.
"The Tuyuhun incident was also seen by the Tubo people, so they plotted against Huang Heshou, the governor of Lingzhou. The purpose was actually Tubo." Li Xuan looked up at Li Zhi, cupped his hands and bowed: "Your Majesty, the Tuyuhun survivors are no longer able to return. In the hometown of Tuyuhun, its appeal among the tribes is extremely weak. It is better to recruit the warriors from the scattered tribes and form an army on their own. Instead of leading the army from the Tuyuhun nobles, recruit troops from the lower classes and select generals to make them our army of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Zhi looked at Li Xuan and his breathing became heavy for a moment. This was a strategy of annexation.
The Tuyuhun remnants have always been dominated by Murong Nuohebo, the governor of Anle Prefecture. Although the Tang Dynasty had shown sympathy for many years, whenever there was a war with Tubo, the Tuyuhun people would be summoned to serve Murongnuohebo and accompany the army. Although this army had many enemies in Qinghai and Tibet. Although he has great combat power, he never exerts much power.
Li Zhi had never realized this problem before, but now that he thinks about it, the threat posed by the Tuyuhun survivors to Tibet has indeed declined rapidly.
In this case, it is not even as good as the Tang Dynasty recruiting Tuyuhun soldiers and controlling them with the Tang military system.
Li Xuan's fleeting words had completely killed the future of Tuyuhun's surviving family.
Nowadays, when it comes to important matters, not to mention Li Zhi, even Empress Wu also has a solemn expression.
Suddenly, Li Zhi smiled, waved his hand, and said with a smile: "I just like to see the twenty-seventh man talking loudly, as if I was a teenager."
Li Xuan immediately held up his hands and said in panic: "It's your minister Meng Lang."
"It's none of your business." Li Zhi took a breath, nodded, and said, "I will consider this matter, but the war is imminent, and the Tuyuhun tribe is of great importance, and it will easily shake the morale of the army, so you can't do anything random."
"Your Majesty has insight into all directions and can clearly see thousands of miles away." Li Xuan immediately handed over his hand.
The policy change of the Tang Dynasty was equivalent to the Tang Dynasty directly annexing the entire Tuyuhun clan. This was really no small matter.
When the Tang Dynasty established the Four Towns of Anxi, countries such as Yanqi and Gaochang, which were originally allies of the Tang Dynasty, immediately turned against the Tang Dynasty and became enemies of the Tang Dynasty.
How can the sensitivity of this be explained clearly in a few words, not to mention that it is just before the war between Tang Dynasty and Tubo.
Even if it is to be done, this matter needs to be planned slowly and subtly to annex Tuguhun.
As his eyes flickered, Emperor Gaozong already had a plan in his mind.
Emperor Gaozong looked at Li Xuan, who was standing there respectfully, nodded, and said, "You already know about Sanlang. By the time of the great dynasty, the expedition will be finalized. This time the Tibetan emissary quietly arrived in Chang'an. Stealing secrets and leaving, the Yu family, Yuan family, Hou Mochen family, and even the Dugu family are involved behind the scenes. You and Sanlang are about to arrive in Lintao, which is the headquarters of the Longxi family, so you have to be careful."
Li Xuan cupped her hands and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, my Li family is also a Longxi family, and that is also the headquarters of my Li family."
Li Zhi smiled.
There are not to mention dozens of Longxi aristocratic families, but there are still more than a dozen important families.
Over the years, with the rise of the Li family in Longxi, the aristocratic families surrounding the Li family have become prosperous and have great influence in the court and local areas.
In his hometown in Longxi, the Li family is the number one local clan. Even if others have some thoughts, as long as they make good use of the power of the Li family, there will be no trouble.
Li Zhi leaned back slightly, then sighed and said: "It's a pity that I decided to leave early. If I had seen that Twenty-seventh Lang had this pattern, I should have sent you to Dunhuang."
Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said: "Your Majesty, Master Shiyin's methods are better than those of me. I don't think that my handling methods can surpass Master Shiyin's."
"Yes, Ming Shiyin has his own means." Li Zhi nodded and said: "This time when we go to Lintao, you and Sanlang will be in charge of the rear army. It is impossible to send you many soldiers. The three thousand you trained in Hangzhou Soldiers, how is your fighting strength?"
Three thousand soldiers, Empress Wu also looked at Li Xuan at the same time, with sharp eyes.
During the Xuanwumen Incident, Emperor Taizong only used 800 soldiers, and he had completely conquered the entire world.
When Li Xuan was in Wuzhou, his soldiers were always wandering around. It was not until later that he recruited troops in Hangzhou that he only had 3,000 soldiers.
Now that they have been training for a long time, these three thousand people are no longer the original three thousand people.
(End of chapter)
