"The Turks are all merchants, and they are from Ashina Luoheng, the lord of Dali City. Manager Wang said that this man is keen on business and not interested in fighting.
When people who went to the north came back, they all said that this man was fair in dealing with things. Whether they were Turks or Tang people, they would be treated fairly by him when they went to Dali City..."
"That fat man... is different from other Turks. When we were in Jinyang, he sent someone here... It was Chen Xiaoyi who advised me not to put the cart before the horse and have private dealings with the Turks.
Yu Wenxin was there at that time, and he really wanted to take back Dali City.
In the end, I listened to Chen Xiaoyi and ignored Ashina Luoheng.
You said that things in this world are also interesting. When I was in Yunnei, I stopped the Wang family's caravan. I think you also know what they were doing to the north.
After a few years, everyone seems to have reversed the situation, but some people from the Turks came to beg for mercy, huh, what a fair treatment, if the Turks had not suffered from us, otherwise they would be lambs to be slaughtered in the north."
Wang Zhibian nodded with deep feeling, "Your Majesty is right, those Turkic savages only recognize swords and guns. If we hadn't killed them out of fear, how could there be peace today?"
Changsun Shunde looked at the monarch and his ministers singing in harmony. Although he was envious, he also felt that something was wrong. Why was there so much murderous intent in his words?
Didn’t you say that Your Majesty has been on good terms with the Turks for many years?
Although he did not go when the alliance was held with the Turks in the third year of Yuanzhen, he heard that during the alliance, the emperor and the Turkic Khan had a very happy conversation. They often chatted for a day and a half on the grassland. It looked... very...
It's intimacy.
Why do you act like this when talking to Wang Zhibian?
Changsun Shunde couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart. He said that it seemed that it was better to return all the gifts that the Turks sent to his house. It would be okay to say a few nice words for them, but if it went against the emperor's wishes, then it would be inappropriate.
Worth it.
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"Didn't you go to Yanmen to take a look?"
"Originally I wanted to go back and have a look, but because I had to go back to Beijing to report on my duties, it would be difficult to explain if I was late, so I didn't go... There should be nothing going on at Yanmen? I didn't hear Manager Wang and the others talk about it."
"Qu Tutong is getting older, so I'm just a little worried..."
Wang Zhibian laughed and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. General Qu has been through several dynasties, and he should know it well. Now he is probably getting stronger and stronger, and he doesn't want to be a useless person. Unlike me, who is less than sixty years old, he always wants to
Let’s go home and retire.”
Li Po also laughed, "If they were all like Qing, it would be unreasonable, but it would also make people worry a lot. There are not many veterans left in the reign of Emperor Kaihuang of the Sui Dynasty.
But speaking of it, Emperor Wen is really... the people he uses are very talented, and there are many people who live long lives. He is really a role model for our generation."
This is what Li Po said in his heart. The more he understands the story of the former Emperor Kaihuang of the Sui Dynasty, the more he realizes Emperor Wen Yang Jian’s great talent and strategy, which allowed the powerful Turks to bow their heads and become vassal, and willingly call him a sage khan. This is the only way.
I'm afraid he is the first among the emperors.
What is particularly amazing is the foreign strategy of the former Sui Dynasty, which was flexible and never rigidly adhered to formalities. This was an advantage that the former Han Dynasty could not match, and it was also a very rare phenomenon in the feudal dynasty era.
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Li Po was very relaxed when chatting with an old man from Yunnei like Wang Zhibian. He talked about what he was talking about. If it weren't for his eldest grandson Shunde, this chat would be more enjoyable.
After drinking a few drinks with two ministers, Xu Shiji hurried back.
Li Po originally wanted to ask him how the situation was at Qingning Palace, but it was difficult to ask him. Xu Shiji also looked at him indifferently and said nothing about what he had just seen and heard.
Li Po hinted a few words, but received no response. He was immediately furious. Is this guy stupid? He was smart, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to get his girl away quietly.
This must have been an order, otherwise he wouldn't have dared to pretend to be deaf and dumb like this.
Looking at the emperor's frequent glances, Xu Shiji found it interesting, but he also secretly complained, isn't this a human being inside and out? I didn't do anything, so why did I become a tool for the emperor and queen's fighting spirit?
So he corrected his attitude, respectfully offered three glasses of wine to his uncle, and also played the favor card he had prepared, "Your Majesty, I heard that the teacher is about to return to the capital. Could you please allow me to take someone to greet him?"
When Wang Zhibian and Changsun Shunde heard this, they were both stunned, and then they understood that the teacher Xu Shiji mentioned must be Li Jing and Pharmacist Li, and their spirits were lifted.
Li Jing, the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Conquest, is about to return to the court. This is news that everyone in the government and the public knows, but the time for his return has not yet been determined.
It is conceivable that Li Jing's return to the court this time must be very lively. In two or three years, Li Jing led his army to overseas expeditions and destroyed two countries, especially the victory over Goguryeo. It cannot be overstated.
If there is any achievement that can be compared with it now, it is the achievement of defeating the Turks.
The achievements made in the sixth year of Yuanzhen have not yet been rewarded. They are probably waiting for Li Jing to return to the court.
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Li Po looked at Xu Shiji and said to himself, you bastard, how dare you call Li Jing your master?
Li Jing is his father-in-law. To show respect, he often calls him "teacher" because he did become his teacher first and then married Li Bi, so he would not be embarrassed to be called "teacher".
Xu Shiji followed the same path as him. He first went through Yuan Shiming, took advantage of Li Jing's drunkenness, and became Li Jing's disciple, and then through these messy relationships, he asked Li Chun to be his wife.
Everyone is on the same page, so no one needs to talk about each other. But after Li Po became the emperor, then Xu Shiji, the junior fellow apprentice, had to address the senior fellow apprentice as His Majesty.
Now that the word "teacher" was openly mentioned on his lips, Li Po was very dissatisfied, and immediately thought in his mind that the chief guardian of the Donghai Protectorate had been absent from his post, so he might as well get this guy to go to Fusang...
Okay, this is just a thought. No matter what, Xu Shiji is his brother-in-law. If he was sent to the end of the world, wouldn't he make the girl a widow?
So Li Po stroked his chest and felt troubled. Why has he always been unhappy recently? Could it be that he scolded the bald donkey too much and the ancestors of the monks came to cause trouble for us?
My mood continued to fall, so I just waved my hand lazily and said, "What's the way to welcome me? Let me tell you."
Xu Shiji blinked his eyes a few times, and immediately said smartly: "It still depends on what the court says... Well, even if I say this, as long as your majesty agrees, I will go there when the time comes."
Wang Zhibian was overjoyed when he saw Xun Xin, so he interjected: "Why don't you let me accompany General Xu to greet him, so that I can see the style of the governor."