webnovelvip Chapter 617 Situation
Chapter 617 Situation
Chapter 617 Situation
After Han Wen left, Li Tai's expression darkened.
Although the aristocratic family has brought him a lot of help, this incident let him know that the aristocratic family is not so easy to grasp.
He also thought carefully about what Han Wen said, and felt that it was not without a chance of success.
As long as he can succeed, he will be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the co-lord of the world.
What he was thinking about before was the crown prince, but now that he has a chance to become the emperor directly, it would be a lie to say that he is not tempted.
But he was not completely blinded by the throne, he knew that if he really did this, he might become a puppet of the family.
After all, most of the people under his command are members of the aristocratic family. If he really seized the throne, the court will definitely go through some cleaning, and the power of the aristocratic family will increase greatly by then.
He has read the history of Sima Daiwei.
The minister is strong and the master is weak, and the end is not much better.
Li Tai felt that he should find a power to balance the family, so that the family would not dominate.
As for this candidate, Li Tai thought of Hou Junji.
Hou Junji has followed Li Shimin for many years, and he has made many contributions, and he also has a lot of prestige in the army. At that time, Hou Junji will control the military power, and will be a check with the family.
As long as the aristocratic family does not have military power, the threat to him will not be that great.
Thinking of this, Li Tai called a confidant and gave orders in a low voice.
After listening to the confidant, he took the order and left.
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Although Lin Xuan did not participate in the early court, he still knew what happened in the early court.
He doesn't want to participate in these things, and he can't participate.
However, not long after he heard the news, people from the palace came.
At first Lin Xuan thought that Li Shimin was looking for him because he wanted to talk about Li Tai, but after thinking about it, it was unlikely.
After all, Li Shimin had already said in the court that it would be meaningless to ask Li Tai to resign after half a year.
Since it's not about Li Tai, it's probably about the grassland.
While Lin Xuan was thinking about the situation in the grassland, the carriage arrived at the gate of the palace, got out of the carriage, and after checking, he came to the Ganlu Palace under the guidance of the eunuch.
Outside Ganlu Hall, Lin Xuan also saw Cheng Chuliang and Chang Sun Chong who were on duty. Lin Xuan nodded to them and entered the hall.
Chang Sun Chong looked at Lin Xuan's back with an unfazed expression, why should I stand guard, but he doesn't.
"I see Your Majesty." Lin Xuan bowed.
Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "This is a secret report from Baiqi and Xue Rengui, please take a look."
After speaking, he handed the two letters to Li Mu.
Li Mu took the letter with a bow, stepped forward and handed the letter to Lin Xuan in a small step.
Although Xue Rengui said he was writing a letter to Lin Xuan, the letter must have arrived in Li Shimin's hands first. If the letter arrived in Lin Xuan's hand first, it would be of no benefit to both of them.
Lin Xuan took the letter and read Baiqi's letter first.
Lin Xuan was not surprised that Baiqi was able to investigate information on the grassland.
Although the nomads are not easy to impersonate, they must rely on Datang for the salt, iron and some living materials they need.
Now that the border market is not open, they can only be bought from those smuggling merchants. It is very simple for Baiqi to plant some spies in the caravan.
The content of the letter is not much, it just said that the border between West Turkic and Xue Yantuo started martial law, and there were many small frictions, but there was no big war.
Baiqi was able to investigate these things, which is already very good. After all, caravans can enter the grassland, but they cannot contact the high-level officials of the two countries.
However, from this information, we can also analyze the general situation of the grassland.
It can be described as one-touch.
Lin Xuan looked at Xue Rengui's letter again, and returned the letter to Li Mu after reading it.
"What do you think?" Li Shimin asked.
It's not like he handed over the entire grassland war to Lin Xuan.
If Datang mobilized the army, it would be impossible to hide it from the grassland.
After all, there are many alien races in the Tang Dynasty, who knows which ones are spies from the grassland.
The transfer of 2 or [-] troops can be concealed, but it is too difficult to conceal the transfer of [-] or even hundreds of thousands of troops.
The original surprise attack on East Turks was also because the university closed the road. As long as the main road was blocked in advance, those spies would have no way to report the news.
But it's different now, there are many trails in the mountains, and without the cooperation of God, they cannot be sealed by people alone.
When he called Lin Xuan over, he actually hinted that Lin Xuan should leave.
"Your Majesty thinks that the grassland will start fighting soon." Lin Xuan said.
From all indications, the grassland war is not far away.
"I also think so. If you want to greatly weaken the strength of Western Turks and Xue Yantuo, Datang must not enter the game too early. Your role is particularly critical." Li Shimin said.
Lin Xuan naturally understood his role. If the grassland side wins too quickly, it will not be a good thing for Datang.
Even though unifying the grassland will definitely consume a lot of power, unification and division are two concepts.
The best result is an even match, and in the end both sides will suffer, and Datang will pacify the grassland in one fell swoop.
But the battlefield is changing rapidly and anything can happen, and Lin Xuan's role is to let the weaker side have a respite at critical moments.
"Tell him at Ashinasheer, as long as he surrenders to me and allows him to be a duke, he will still be in command of the army." Li Shimin said.
Lin Xuan wanted to subdue Ashinasheer, as he could guess from Xue Rengui's letter.
The situation Ashinasheer is facing now Li Shimin has known for a long time that he has no other choice but to take refuge in Datang. He had the idea of recruiting Ashinasheer before, but it was not yet time.
Clearly, the time has come.
"I understand."
Li Shimin didn't say anything, Lin Xuan also mentioned this matter to Li Shimin when he was about to leave.
If you want to pacify the grassland, killing alone is useless.
The Central Plains dynasty fought with the nomads for more than 1000 years, and the nomads on the grasslands have changed one after another, but they have not changed.
Only integrated occupation can fundamentally solve this problem.
And if you want to integrate the Turkic people into the Tang Dynasty, Ashinasheer can't kill them.
On the contrary, preferential treatment is required to let other Turkic people know the benefits of taking refuge in Datang.
Thousands of gold buy horse bones, but that's it.
Since Ashinasheer couldn't be killed, Lin Xuan couldn't promise him some empty promises, otherwise he would rebel at that time, wouldn't he be setting a negative example.
As for the title of official title, only Li Shimin agrees.
"After Ashinasheer surrendered, how do you plan to arrange him?" Li Shimin asked.
Lin Xuan pondered for a while, and said: "I intend to keep it secret, let him stay where he is, and pay attention to the movements of the Western Turks. If the Western Turks have the upper hand, send troops to harass their rear, and the minister will lead people against Xue Yantuo."
Li Shimin nodded, this arrangement is undoubtedly the best.
"I have asked the Ministry of Industry to speed up the production of the crossbow. There should be nearly a thousand in ten days. When the time comes, you will bring them all, and I will leave the matter of the grassland to you. Don't let me down." Li Shimin said.
In fact, there are many candidates, Li Shimin sent Lin Xuan to train Lin Xuan more.
Most of Tang's current generals are not young, and the younger ones, such as Li Ji and Hou Junji, are also older than him. After a hundred years, these people will be useless.
He trained Lin Xuan for the future emperor, which is why Lin Xuan never wanted to be in power and he didn't care about it.
For Lin Xuan, he wanted to use it, but he wasn't going to use it much.
In this way, Lin Xuan can be trained without having too much power, which is just right for the next generation of emperors.
(End of this chapter)