Chapter 485 Reduce the Turkic Cavalry
After Li Ke got married, he spent much less time reading books at night because he wanted to accompany Asunayun.
However, no matter how hard he tossed at night, Li Ke would still get up early the next morning. This was his habit and it had lasted for four years.
In the morning, after breakfast, Li Ke took Asunayun to Yang Fei's Qianqiu Palace and said goodbye to Yang Fei.
Although Concubine Yang refused to let Li Ke go, she knew that Li Ke had his own things to do, so she could only hold back and not say it. Li Ke naturally knew what Concubine Yang was thinking, so she asked Ashinayun to accompany Concubine Yang. He told Princess Gaoyang and Princess Qinghe some stories, which made the two little girls laughed, but when they said they were leaving Chang'an, the two little girls were reluctant to leave.
Li Ke left Yang Fei's Qianqiu Palace and came to Li Shimin's imperial study room.
Li Shimin had just discussed the issue of farming this year with the central ministers, and then he was about to take a break when he heard Wang De say that the Northern King and the Princess met.
When Li Shimin thought that Li Ke had brought Ashi Nayun, he must have been preparing to leave Chang'an! So, he asked Wang De to take Li Ke and his wife into the imperial study.
After Li Ke and Ashinayun finished ceremonies with Li Shimin, Li Ke said, "My son is busy with affairs in the Northern Palace. He will leave Chang'an tomorrow and come to say goodbye to his father!"
"Well, you put state affairs first, and the Father appreciates this!"
Li Shimin said lightly.
"Thank you, my father, for your praise, my son, don't dare to take it!"
Li Kedao.
"The Northern Prefecture is newly established, in charge of military affairs of four thirty-six prefectures, commanding the 400,000 troops including the Tang and Turks. Don't let me down!"
Li Shimin said lightly.
"Don't worry, Father, I will never let you down!"
Li Ke assured Li Shimin.
In fact, he also speculated that Li Shimin was very worried about himself. This was not because of his concern for loyalty or management.
After all, Li Ke is still very young. Even though he has made military achievements, he still suffers from his qualifications in dealing with some veterans. He is afraid that Li Ke will have a conflict with these veterans, so he reminds Li Ke at all times.
"You entered the palace this time not just because you said goodbye to me, right?"
Li Shimin continued to say to Li Ke.
He knew Li Ke's character very well. He would not enter the palace easily. As long as he entered the palace and came to his imperial study, he would definitely have something to do.
"Father, daughter-in-law will take her leave first!"
Asunayun said very sensiblely that if women do not interfere in politics, women will naturally not be able to listen to politics. Now Li Ke and Li Shimin want to talk about political affairs, so Asunayun naturally needs to avoid it.
"Yeah, then you go down!"
Li Shimin said lightly.
Seeing Ashinayun leave the imperial study room, Li Shimin said to Li Ke, "Tell me, what's wrong with you!"
Li Shimin also knew that Li Ke was so anxious to return to Bingzhou, which must be to implement the plan he gave to memorial a few days ago.
Seeing his son working so hard, Li Shimin felt very comforted and asked Li Ke like this.
"Father, my son only wants to ask you for a few words!"
After Li Ke finished speaking, he handed a brocade handkerchief to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin picked up the brocade handkerchief and saw that it read: Royal Army Academy, Royal College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Royal College of Chinese Medicine.
He was stunned at first, and then he thought of Li Ke's intention. Li Ke was not thinking about how many words he asked for, but wanted the two words "royal"! Li Shimin also knew what the two words "royal" meant, which means that these three academies were run by the royal family.
Li Shimin looked at the three names on the brocade very carefully, and he began to think about whether the word "royal" could be used.
After repeated consideration, he felt that as long as these three academies were successfully opened, they would benefit the Tang Dynasty in the future without any harm, and they would also deserve the word "royal".
So, he smiled slightly and said, "I just knew you boy. Every time I leave Chang'an, I will ask me for something!"
When Li Shimin teased him, Li Ke was also happy and felt relieved. He knew that Li Shimin agreed to his request.
When Li Shimin put the brocade handkerchief on the jade table, Li Ke quickly stepped forward to spread rice paper for him. Li Shimin waved his pen and finished the three words without a moment.
Li Shimin has been studying Wang Xizhi's calligraphy all year round. His calligraphy also contains traces of "floating like a floating cloud and arrogant like a shocking dragon" in Wang's font. It is vigorous and powerful, grand and glorious, and it is a unique family.
Li Ke looked at Li Shimin's handwriting and was amazed.
Li Shimin was also very helpful, but he nodded and smiled without saying a word, which was quite leisurely and contented.
Li Ke put away the three characters, and talked to Li Shimin about his ideas about the Royal Army Academy, and showed Li Shimin's subjects. After reading them, Li Shimin asked Li Ke for advice without understanding. Li Ke explained them one by one. The two of them had questions and answered them all, but most of the time they had gone.
And at this moment, Wang De whispered to Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, Fang Xiang and Du Xiang are looking for a meeting outside the study!"
After listening to Wang De's report, Li Shimin realized that he had something to discuss with Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, and Li Ke also tactfully said goodbye to Li Shimin and left.
Li Ke took Li Shimin's word and left the imperial study room, and met Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui at the door.
Fang Xuanling's body was very strong. He is now the Minister of the Tang Dynasty, Zuo Pushe, who is a veritable prime minister, and can show off his talent. This makes him look good. When he sees Li Ke, he comes forward to greet him, and Li Ke also returns the gift.
As for Du Ruhui, Li Ke clearly felt that his health was getting worse day by day, but Li Shimin had appointed him as the Minister of Shangshu Zuo Pushe and Deputy Prime Minister, and he could only participate in political affairs while he was sick.
After the ceremony with the two, Li Ke left the imperial study room.
When he returned to the palace, Li Ke asked Yang En to carefully collect the three words written by Li Shimin to him and then handed him over to Wang Zhongchang for safekeeping.
He rested for a while and then went to the Prince's Mansion of Beiping County with Asunayun and went to Tuli to say goodbye.
When Tuli heard that Li Ke was coming, he hurriedly left the mansion to greet him. Li Ke kept saying that he did not dare to apologize to Tuli, but Tuli refused to accept it.
Seeing this scene made Asunayun get goosebumps on her body.
Tuli, Li Ke and Ashinayun entered the Prince's Mansion, and Ashinayun went to his boudoir, while Li Ke talked to Tuli about some issues regarding the reduction of Tuli's cavalry.
Tuli had an army of 80,000. In addition, after conquering Jie Li's surrendered troops, his troops reached as many as 160,000. Moreover, after taking over Jie Li's six prefectures, he conquered many of Jie Li's old subordinates and Turkic troops, and his troops expanded to more than 200,000. This was just a permanent army of the Turks. If the Turks were all soldiers, the army that the Turks could pull out would probably reach 300,000 to 400,000.
Therefore, Li Ke discussed with Tuli about the issue of reducing Turkic cavalry.
The Turks agreed with Li Ke's proposal. He felt that the Turks had been fighting all year round, which consumed the Turks' own manpower and rudeness, especially the consumption of Turkic males. He believed that if the Turks wanted to develop, the primary purpose was to reduce cavalry and focus on developing the population and improving Turkic life.
Li Ke still admires the Turks' vision very much.
He told Tuli that Tuli could retain 120,000 Turkic spirit cavalry to facilitate him to manage the Turkic troops, and the remaining 40,000 permanent troops, Li Ke meant to give it to himself.
Tuli understood and agreed to Li Ke's request.
Moreover, Li Ke is Tuli's son-in-law now, even if Li Ke wants him to have 100,000 Turi cavalry, Tuli will not refuse.
The purpose of Li Ke's 40,000 Turkic cavalry was very simple, that is, to enrich the source of troops for Li Zong's bandit army and Ren Hu's ghost-faced cavalry. With the combat effectiveness and barbarity of the Turkic cavalry, Li Ke felt that they were very consistent with the characteristics of these two cavalry.
Li Ke and Tuli talked about the Turkic cavalry until dinner time, and then they used up dinner at the urging of Asunayun.
While eating, Tuli saw his daughter looking happy, and he was happy and comforted him a lot.
Seeing that Li Ke was very nice to his daughter and seeing two very loving looks, Tuli felt that his choice was correct. He believed that even if Li Ke could not achieve the throne, based on his current love for his daughter, Tuli felt that it was worth his efforts for Li Ke.
While eating, Li Ke and Tuli were not talking about political affairs, but instead directed the topic to the Turkish life problems.
Tuli is very concerned about the lives of the Turks. Nomads rely on grasslands to eat, and there are often times when mountains are covered with snow and grasslands are covered in the north of the desert. In this case, the Turks will fall on the verge of starvation and die many people because there is not enough food.
Therefore, Tuli has been worried about this problem.
Li Ke had his own ideas. The Turks grazed and there were countless cattle and sheep, and the cow hair and wool could be used as exquisite carpets, which was a great source of wealth.
Therefore, he suggested to Tuli, "Father-in-law, I think you Turks can lower the hair tips of the grazing cattle and sheep in summer to store them. I will order people to buy these things with grain. By winter, you can use these grains to spend the winter!"
Seeing Li Ke say this, Tu Li didn't ask Li Ke what he made of wool and cow wool, and happily agreed to Li Ke's proposal.
However, Li Ke continued, "Even so, it still cannot solve the problem of food shortage in your Turks in winter. Some of you still need to migrate to the Dingxiang generation, learn to farm with the people of the Tang Dynasty, and the Yingzhou generation has fertile land and a relatively small population, which is very suitable for you Turkic groups."
Li Ke’s suggestion was to live in a mixed relationship with the Tang army and assimilate them. This was the only way to get the burden of the Turks.
Tuli did not immediately reply to Li Ke, but he still thought about it for a long time.
Li Ke did not disturb Tuli, and had a quiet meal with Asunayun, waiting for Tuli's reply.
After a while, Tuli thought that Li Ke's proposal was the only way to solve the problem of food and clothing for the Turks, so he agreed to Li Ke, saying that he would make a decision after returning to Tongzhou.
Seeing Tuli agreeing, Li Ke didn't care when he would execute it! Tuli was not in a hurry to join the province, and Li Ke also guessed his intention.
That is, if Tuli was in a hurry to return to Tongzhou, if Tuli was in a hurry to return to Tongzhou, it would make Li Shimin suspicious of his purpose. Tuli stayed in Chang'an for a long time and did not rush to return to Tongzhou. He handed Tongzhou over Du Junchuo, Am and Zadler, which would eliminate a lot of the wariness of Li Shimin and the Tang court.
Li Ke knew the sudden idea, so he did not force him to implement the immigration policy.
So, the three of them had a very pleasant dinner.
Chapter completed!