When Tang Jian heard this, he was surprised and said: "Now that the Tang Dynasty has not even started to conquer the Eastern Turks, His Highness has already set his sights on the Western Turks?" Is this too early?
You have just completed a hundred miles of a journey of a thousand miles, so now you are thinking about something five hundred miles away?
With the current national power of the Tang Dynasty, it was not easy to conquer the Eastern Turks, but it might be difficult to conquer the Western Turks.
It is not that there is not enough money and food to support the expedition, but that there is not enough population to provide the Tang army with an expedition.
Li Yuanji saw the doubts in Tang Jian's heart and explained patiently: "I once heard people say that if you don't plan for the whole world, you can't plan for a while, and if you don't plan for the overall situation, you can't plan for a region. I, the Tang Dynasty, may have to wait until we conquer the Western Turks.
It will be many years later, but we must start preparing now. Because when we can go to conquer the Western Turks, it will be too late. By then we will inevitably pay a heavy price for our lack of preparation in the early stage.
." The phrase "Insufficient planning" is a famous saying by Chen Danran of the Qing Dynasty in his "Proposal for Moving the Capital and Establishing a Domain", which did not exist at this time.
So he couldn't say it directly, he had to pretend to be someone else. As soon as these words came out, Tang Jian was shocked. His eyes suddenly opened up, and there was a bright light inside.
"If you don't plan for the whole world, you can't plan for a moment; if you don't plan for the overall situation, you can't plan for a region... Whoever can say this must be a great sage, right?" Tang Jian did not hesitate to praise him at all.
But he never mentioned the matter of meeting this great sage. This is also expected. There were many great sages in the Tang Dynasty, and there were many who were unwilling to be used by the Tang Dynasty, or who were unwilling to serve as officials.
Therefore, after the ministers of the Tang Dynasty heard one or two powerful quotes, they would not clamor to meet this great sage.
Therefore, the great sages are very popular among the people in the scholarly community, but not necessarily in the court. After all, if the great sages have real skills and are quite powerful, they will take the position of others in the court. In the Tang Dynasty,
There are only so many positions for important ministers, and if one is robbed, one will be missing.
Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, only Sun Simiao, a highly professional sage, would be sought after by everyone, but not the others.
"Now you know why I asked you to send someone as an envoy to the Western Turks?" Li Yuanji stared at Tang Jian and asked.
Tang Jian nodded solemnly and said: "I understand..." For marching and fighting, only by knowing oneself and the enemy can one be victorious in every battle.
If the Tang Dynasty could understand all the conditions of the Western Turks in advance and send spies to lurk into the Western Turks, it would be much easier when the Tang Dynasty conquered the Western Turks.
Tang Jian was not a person who only knew how to send envoys and had no knowledge of civil affairs or military strategy, so he knew this truth very well.
"Now that you understand, let's go back and do it. Remember, don't make it public, just work it out slowly. If necessary, you can cooperate with the Taoist Forces Department in Yingzhou. I believe that with the help of the Taoist Strength Department, you will gain a firm foothold in Western Turks.
It's easier." Li Yuanji warned.
No matter how you say it, the Taqiu tribe is a branch of the Western Turkic royal family. Their understanding of the Western Turks and their influence in the Western Turks far exceed that of any force in the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, when sending envoys to the Western Turks and doing things in the Western Turks, it will be easier for them to have help from powerful troops.
"Here!" Tang Jian stood up and agreed. Li Yuanji asked Tang Jian to sit down again and chatted with Tang Jian about the recent developments of Wang Xuance and Chai Lingwu since they became disciples.
Tang Jian can also be regarded as a noble person in the life of Wang Xuance and Chai Lingwu. Therefore, under the influence of Wang Xuance, Chai Lingwu was very respectful to Tang Jian. Even though the two of them became famous teachers, they never forgot Tang Jian and would visit Tang Jian from time to time.
The family asked Tang Jian for advice and learned from Tang Jian.
Therefore, Tang Jian now knows the two of them even better than their parents. Li Yuanji does not have time to pay attention to the movements of his juniors. Even if he is very optimistic about Wang Xuance, he does not have the leisure to keep an eye on him all the time. In addition, he
His identity also made the juniors afraid to get close to him, so he could only find out about the current situation of the juniors through Tang Jian.
Firstly, I want to care about the lives of the juniors. Secondly, I have something to talk about with Tang Jian. It would be so embarrassing if two people just sit there.
Mentioning Wang Xuance and Chai Lingwu, Tang Jian immediately became interested, and the smile on his face never broke. According to Tang Jian, Wang Xuance was quite well-behaved after becoming a disciple. In addition to following Chen Shuda's back to watch politics every day, he also talked with the scribes from the three provinces.
Apart from our studies, there is nothing special about it.
Chai Lingwu is different. He doesn't look like he went to study with Wang Gui at all. Instead, he looks like he went to Wang Gui to collect debts.
After winning over the old lady of the Wang family, and gaining the support of the old lady, he completely became a tyrant in the palace.
Every day, he would either bully the Wang family's children and make them yell and scream, or make Wang Gui beat his chest and feet in anger.
Unfortunately, Wang Gui was not ready to hit him hard. He raised the board and hit him twice, but he was protected by someone.
"You don't know that your nephew is walking sideways in the palace now. Once Wang Shujie raises the board to teach him a lesson, his young daughter will immediately jump out, look at him pitifully, and plead for your nephew. If he
If you continue to teach your nephew ruthlessly, his young daughter will invite Mrs. Wang. Now Wang Shujie cannot beat or scold your nephew, he can only support him. Hahahahaha..." Tang Jian said the last word, laughing loudly.
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It can be seen that he is very happy to see the outcome of Wang Gui's failure. He is even happier when Wang Gui's son-in-law is defeated and there is nothing he can do about it.
What made him even more happy was that he introduced this son-in-law. Li Yuanji said in a dumbfounded voice: "Wang Shujie didn't offend you, why do you like to see him crippled so much?" Tang Jian said with a cheerful smile: "Wang Shujie didn't offend you.
But I just can't stand the way he looks at everyone as inferior to him." Although talking about people behind their back is not the behavior of a gentleman.
Maybe among the people who got into the court, who is a gentleman? Tang Jian is obviously not. Li Yuanji is certainly not either.
Li Yuanji pointed at Tang Jian, shook his head and said with a smile: "You, you, you are so evil!" Tang Jian was not ashamed, but proud of it, and smiled even more heartily.
Who makes Wang Gui so disgusting? Especially after becoming a censor, he became even more disgusting.
He relies on the fact that he comes from a top aristocratic family, and looks at everyone as inferior to him. He looks at those who are not as good as him, as if they are stinky shit.
Although he never said anything that looked down on others, his aura of being superior to others and looking down on everyone could be felt from a distance.
Therefore, there are many people who dislike him. That is to say, he has a high status and a high status, so when he uses this kind of momentum to face his subordinates, they will not react much.
Only people who are on the same level as him, or whose status is similar to him, would feel disgusted. Otherwise, he would have been criticized by thousands of people.
Now he is a censor, and his job is to offend people, so even more people hate him.
Tang Jian is a smooth and easy-going person who generally does not offend others, but if he can find some fun from people he dislikes, he will not refuse.
Obviously, Wang Gui is his pleasure now. Watching Wang Gui lose weight is probably more enjoyable for him than going to Jiaofangsi to watch beauties dancing.
"You, it's better to restrain yourself from now on, otherwise Wang Shujie will target you and you will suffer a lot." Li Yuanji warned in an angry and funny tone.
Wang Gui is definitely not an easy person to deal with, at least for Tang Jian. If Tang Jian really offends Wang Gui, Wang Gui will most likely use the power of Yushitai to deal with him.
In order for Tang Jian to be able to help Datang properly in the future, it would be better to remind him. Tang Jian nodded and said with a smile: "I know what's appropriate..." I hope... Li Yuanji cooed in his heart, but said:
"It's already noon, please stay in the palace and have dinner with me." Tang Jian declined twice, and then followed Li Yuanji to the dining place.
The Taiji Hall was the most solemn meeting place in the Tang Dynasty, so except for the New Year's Eve banquet and the celebration banquet, no other banquets could be held.
So there were other places to eat in the palace. After a simple meal, Li Yuanji ordered Liu Jun to send an audience to send Tang Jian out of the palace.
Within two days after Tang Jian left the palace, he began to take care of the matters of sending an envoy to the Western Turks. Although the Honglu Temple has always been responsible for the diplomatic work, the Ministry of Rites is also responsible for part of the diplomatic work. When necessary, the Honglu Temple also
You have to work under the guidance of the Ministry of Etiquette.
Therefore, Tang Jian, the Minister of Rites, took action personally, and the people of Honglu Temple quickly cooperated with Tang Jian's work without any trouble.
... Time flies to the winter month. After Tang Jian sent the first batch of envoys to the Western Turks to Chang'an City, the war between Jieli and Sunisu changed.
Jieli chose to stop the war after encroaching on one-tenth of the territory under Sunis' rule. Sunisu did not take the opportunity to fight back, so he chose to stop the war and once again sent people to ask for a large amount of military assistance from the Tang Dynasty.
The reason why Jie Li and Suni Shi stopped fighting was not that Jie Li wanted to let Suni Shi go, or that Suni Shi gave in to Jie Li.
But once the winter months enter, the temperature in Turks will drop suddenly. In the coldest time, even if you pee out, you may freeze your little brother to death.
Therefore, every year around the beginning of autumn, the Turks will prepare for the winter. When winter comes, they will be like a blind bear, hiding in one place and not moving.
The reason why this year lasted until the winter months was also because of the war. If there had been no war, Jie Li and Sunis would have probably found a place near a water source to spend the winter.
Therefore, what caused Jie Li and Suni to lose the fight was not that one side wanted to let the other side go, nor was it that one side was cowarded, but because of the weather.
After Jieli and Sunisi chose to strike at the same time, Datang's border markets in Daizhou and Lingzhou became popular at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In addition to asking for military assistance from the Tang Dynasty, Sunisu took out a large number of cattle, sheep and horses to exchange supplies with the Tang Dynasty.
And he personally appeared at the border market in Daizhou to supervise the delivery of every cargo.