Emperor Li Shimin looked at the memorial from Wang Gui, the governor of Tongzhou, and couldn't help but shake his head, "Wang Gui wrote a letter requesting to repair the Great Wall in northern Xinjiang and recruit people to build castles to consolidate the border defense. He has not been away from the center for a long time, but he is already so slow.
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"Turkish natural disasters and man-made disasters continue. Jieli does not accumulate virtue and do good because of this, but becomes more violent and fratricidal. His death is not far away, so I want to clear the desert and use the labor of the people to repair the obstacles?"
As he said that, the emperor turned around and pointed at the screen behind him. Those who blocked the border for me were not castles and fortresses, but the generals and governors. Those who supported the people for me were the governors and governors. I wrote their names on the screen.
We watched them carefully when sitting and lying down, and learned about the good and evil deeds during their tenure. They were all noted in their names in preparation for their removal."
Those sitting in the hall were all the current prime ministers and important ministers.
Being closer to the throne, you can clearly see the names and notes on the screen.
The screen is very large, and on it is actually a map of the territory of the Tang Dynasty. On the location of Youzhou in the northeast, the name of Wu Huaiyu, the governor of Youzhou, is written.
The emperor pointed at the words Youzhou and Wu Huaiyu, "Youzhou is located on the northeastern border. Since the Sui Dynasty, it has been particularly turbulent. Luo Yi has been independent for many years. Before that, Li Yuan's rebellion and Wang Junkuo's rebellion happened, and the local gentry clan
The power is also deep-rooted,
However, Wu Huaiyu has not been appointed governor of Youzhou for a long time, but he has sorted out the internal and external affairs.
A Wu Huaiyu is better than the 800-mile Yanshan Great Wall!"
The emperor seemed to be very satisfied with Wu Huaiyu. Under his name, there were many ink letters indicating his achievements after arriving in Youzhou, such as surveying fields, conducting censuses, paying taxes, and opening up farms.
In the border market, another example is to collect the border people behind Fushan, annihilate the Sogdian Hu who stole the land and separatist rule, and even directly claim the land from King Xi to open up the border, return troops to patrol outside the fortress, and persuade Tuli and Jieli to attack each other...
Moreover, when Wu Huaiyu took office, he not only increased tax revenue, but also made a lot of money by selling Sogdian Hu captives, livestock and property. The three thousand Sogdian Hu families and their properties alone brought hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue to the court.
Such a frontier governor was truly the perfect frontier official in Li Shimin's mind.
New Year is coming soon. This year, Wu Huaiyu still stays in Youzhou to guard the city, and only sent Chief Wei Xiaojie to Beijing to attend the meeting. This is how he fulfills his duties.
Under Wu Huaiyu's governance, not only the Fan Yang Lu family and other prominent families were respectful and obedient to the imperial court, but also the former border people behind the mountains and even the Tibetan tribes within the territory were now obedient.
But there are always people in the court who want to impeach Wu Huaiyu. Today they impeach Wu Huaiyu for oppressing the gentry, tomorrow they impeach Wu Huaiyu for creating border provocations, and the day after tomorrow they say Wu Huaiyu killed innocent people indiscriminately, and still others say Wu Huaiyu slept with Princess Huainan and abducted Tuli Kehe Dun.
, this is very rude, and it is also said that he abused his privileges, conscripted Hebei scholars and awarded too many officials, and suspected that he was accepting bribes, etc.
These people were buzzing like flies. Even if he ignored them, they would still be annoying.
In fact, although Wu Huaiyu received many privileges, everything he did was under the supervision of the emperor.
"If the twenty-four border governors are as loyal and conscientious as Wu Huaiyu, then what worries do I have?" The emperor sighed, and the prime ministers knew that Wu Huaiyu would probably be rewarded again.
really,
The emperor then said, "Youzhou was the Grand Governor's Palace at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Later, it was changed to the Grand Governor's Palace. It once served as the governor of seventeen states. In the ninth year of Wude, it was demoted to the Central Governor's Palace. But now it seems that Youfu
Still needs to be strengthened,”
"From now on, the central governor's office in Youzhou will be promoted to the upper governor's office, and the governor You Yi Mo Ying Cang Tan Ji Ping Ying Yan Shizhou,"
The two prefectures of Yan and Shen, which were originally built with Mohe inside, were abandoned and merged into Youzhou, and Yanzhou in the north was changed to Yanzhou.
"Wu Huaiyu has made great contributions in guarding and governing Youzhou. He has granted 200 additional seals, making a total of 900 households."
The Shangdudu was the former Great Governor, but Zhenguan is now renamed Shangdudu. Normally, he is usually only called the Shangdudu, which is the second rank. Originally, there were only four Shangdudufu, Jing Yangyi and Jing Yang. Now Youzhou has been restored to the Shangdudu and has become the second rank.
Five went to the Dudu Mansion.
The Grand Governor is usually led by a prince.
But now among the five major governors, three are quite special. One is the governor of Bingzhou, Li Ji. He is a special royal family who was given a surname and clan status. He is actually the governor of Bingzhou instead of a distant leader.
Another one is Jingzhou Metropolitan Governor Shi Xun, who was transferred from Liangzhou Governor, who was the first in the Central Governor's Office, to Jingzhou Metropolitan Governor, and now Wu Huaiyu has been promoted to Youzhou Metropolitan Governor.
Among the five governors, three were named Li and two were named Wu.
Wu Huaiyu's real enfeoffment was increased to 900 households, which is in the same category as Li Ji, the national surname master.
This was originally ranked 18th among the real meritorious officials, but Luo Yi from the 1,200 households was executed for treason, Wang Junkuo from the 1,300 households was executed for treason, and Pei Ji from the 1,500 households was convicted and stripped of his food.
Yi, Wu Huaiyu of this envoy is now ranked fifteenth on the list of actual meritorious officials. In the same category are Li Ji and Liu Hongji.
In front are one thousand three hundred households, one thousand two hundred households, and one thousand households with three levels and twelve people.
However, Yu Chigong, who had one thousand, and Liu Shili, who had one thousand, actually temporarily took away the food. Although these two people were Li Shimin's confidants, this kind of seizure of food was also temporary. But seriously speaking, Wu Huaiyu should temporarily take away the food.
It is ranked thirteenth.
If Du Ruhui, who passed away due to illness, is included in the list, his ranking can still go up.
This momentum is indeed strong.
No longer serving as prime minister, but going out to serve as governor-general, he is still unparalleled.
There were originally forty-eight meritorious officials, but now five have been removed from the list, two more have been convicted and deprived of their land, and a few have died of illness. Wu Huaiyu, on the other hand, was not on the actual list, but now he has come from behind and has been granted several titles.
, has reached thirteen.
It is indeed remarkable that he is a general and a minister, and he is still the son of the emperor.
At this time, the prime ministers Hou Junji and Zhang Liang who were sitting in the palace were very envious. Hou Junji had sealed a thousand households, but he had not changed. He was about to be overtaken by Wu Huaiyu. Zhang Liang was just like Li Jing from the beginning.
Only four hundred households were granted the title. Although they were only county princes at first, they are now granted the title of Duke and Prime Minister, but they have been left far behind by Wu Huaiyu.
The third year of Zhenguan is about to usher in, and Li Shimin is very happy now, because after more than two years of depression, it is finally time to see the real deal with the Turks.
"At this time, Tuli should have been defeated by Jieli,"
The emperor looked in the direction of Monan. Li Shimin was looking forward to the defeat of his brother Jie Li, so that Tu Li would have to rely on the Tang Dynasty and Jie Li would lose an arm before the war.
Zhang Ananda, the chamberlain supervisor, came in.
"The saints Zhang Shigui, the governor of Suzhou, and Zhang Baoxiang, the governor of Ganzhou, sent people to report to Chang'an that there was civil strife in the Western Turks. Tong Yehu Khan was killed by his uncle, the young Khan Mohe Du, and Mo He Du established himself as Mo He Du.
When Hou Quli became the khan, he originally only controlled the Wudu land tribe on the left side. After he claimed to be the Great Khan, the five crossbows on the right side were lost and the Bi tribe was dissatisfied. They jointly recommended Nishu Mohe as khan. Nishu refused to accept the offer.
He has welcomed the son of Tongyehu Khan, Zheliteqin, and made him Yibibolasi Yehu Khan. Siyehu and Mohedu each control the two sides of the Western Turks. They attack each other and the fighting continues. Now they each
Send an envoy to the Tang Dynasty to propose marriage to the court."
Li Shimin was a little surprised when he heard the news.
Originally, I was waiting for the outcome of the battle between the Great Khan Jieli of the Eastern Turks and his uncle and nephew, the Little Khan Tuli. Unexpectedly, I was waiting for the news of the internal strife between my uncle and nephew of the Western Turks thousands of miles away.
In fact, the Tang court had long expected that something would happen to the Western Turks.
After Tong Yehu succeeded his brother Shekui Khan as the Great Khan, he still showed great wisdom and courage, and conquered a large territory. However, this man soon became arrogant, self-willed, domineering, and treated Tie Le
All kinds of suppression were carried out, and even Turks with different surnames were not spared. This led to the betrayal of Ge Luolu and other tribes, and Xue Yantuo moved tens of thousands of his tents eastward.
It was a matter of course for Mo Hedu to cause his nephew to rebel.
In fact, Shekui Khan, the elder brother of Tongyehu Khan, usurped the position of Great Khan from his nephew Chuluo Khan.
During the reign of Emperor Kaihuang, Apo Khan Daluo was captured alive by Yehu Khan of the Eastern Turks, and the Western Turks succeeded him to the throne with his grandson Nili, the Datou Khan. Nili's wife was from the Central Plains and gave birth to his son Daman. After Nili's death,
Daman succeeded to the throne as Nipu Chuluo Khan.
However, Chuluo Khan governed the country unethically and his subjects were rebellious. During his reign, he often attacked the Tiele tribes. He once trapped and killed hundreds of Tiele chiefs, forcing the Tiele tribes to rebel and even establish a khanate.
Later, Yang Guang intended to weaken the Western Turks, so he followed Pei Ju's plan. During his western patrol, he lured Chuluo's uncle Shekui to send troops to attack Chuluo Khan. Chuluo was defeated and fled to Gaochang. Yang Guang then asked the Xiang family who stayed in the Central Plains to
Go and persuade your son Chuluo to join the court.
In the end, Chu Luo had no choice but to lead his troops to annex. Yang Guang divided Chu Luo's troops into three parts and asked his younger brother Que Dushe to lead more than 10,000 old and weak people to live in Huining. He also asked Teqin Ashina Danai to lead more than 10,000 people to move to the east of Hedong.
Loufan, and then made Chuluo the Khan of Hosana, led five hundred cavalry to patrol with the emperor, and later married Princess Xinyi to Chuluo as his wife.
In the land of Western Turks, his uncle Shekui was conferred the title of Great Khan.
Although this Shekui became the Great Khan with the support of the Sui Dynasty, he was indeed very capable. He expanded the territory from Jinshan Mountain in the east to the Aral Sea in the west. All the countries west of Yumen Pass belonged to him. After his death in the second year of Wude,
, Tong Yehu succeeded to the throne.
The basic national policy of Tong Yehu is to be friendly with the Tang Dynasty in the east, to unite with the Tang Dynasty to fight against the aggression, and then to go all out to the west. This is a god of war who leads hundreds of thousands of people to control strings, annexing Tiele to the north, rejecting Persia to the west, and connecting to the south.
Bin, to dominate the Western Regions, all the kings in the Western Regions had to accept the title of Jielifa granted by him, and even had to accept the Tutun supervision and tax collection he sent to various countries.
It can be said that it was under the leadership of brothers Shekui and Tong Yehu that the Western Turks truly got rid of the control of the Turkic Khan and became an independent Western Turkic Khanate.
He proposed marriage to the Tang Dynasty several times, but unfortunately he was blocked by the Turks in his early years. Later, when Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, he no longer looked down upon the Western Turks and was unwilling to marry them, deliberately setting up marriage conditions that they could not achieve.
Li Shimin stroked his beard.
For the Tang Dynasty, it is unable to go west for the time being, so it only needs to guard Yumen Pass.
The civil strife in the Western Turks was actually not a bad thing for the Tang Dynasty. This way they would not have any spare time to look eastward. The Tang Dynasty did not have to worry about the Western Territories and could only concentrate on dealing with the Eastern Turks.
"I sent a message to Zhang Shigui and asked him to convey it to the envoys of the two Khans of the Western Turks. He said that your country is in trouble, the king and ministers have not been decided, and the war is endless. How can we talk about marriage? We ordered them to each guard their territory and stop conquering each other."
Mohe Duo Khan and Si Yehu Khan, one old and one young, each united five tribes and let them fight. Datang dismissed it with a mild word and did not want to get involved at all.
"saint."
Zhang Ananda left and came back.
"What else?"
"An urgent report came from Wu Huaiyu in Youzhou. Tu Li's troops fought with Jie Li at Jiujiuquan, Beiyuan, a military fortress in the north of Saibei. Tu Li was defeated and captured. Jie Li took advantage of the victory to advance eastward and invaded the northern Yanzhou border. Wu Huaiyu had already led his troops.
Leave the Great Wall and fight at Fox Ridge in the Huai Wilderness!"
Yehuling, outside the Great Wall of Beiyan, was once the Gate of Infinity during the Warring States Period. Zhao Xiangzi, the founding monarch of Zhao State, also built a military fortress called Gate of Infinity in Daibei.
Yehuling is a natural barrier connecting Mobei to the north, the Western Region to the west, and the Central Plains to the south.
Huaihuang Town, one of the six towns in the Northern Wei Dynasty, is located in Zhangbei near Yehuling.
Wu Huaiyu planned to defend the enemy outside the country and fight outside the Great Wall. He used the dangerous mountain terrain of Yehuling to limit the combat effectiveness of Jieli's Turkic cavalry. This way, he could fight against the Turkic army with a small force and render the Turkic cavalry useless, and even
With its back against the Great Wall and a fortress, it can be attacked, retreated or defended.
Li Shimin looked at the plan and nodded slightly. Wu Huaiyu was very courageous, but the plan was indeed feasible, but it was hard to say whether the Youzhou soldiers could defeat Jieli's army. After all, Tuli was already quite strong.
But he was defeated in one blow and became a prisoner.
Now Jieli, taking advantage of his new victory, said, "Your Majesty, Wu Huaiyu underestimated the enemy and was too conceited. He should shrink his troops, retreat to dangerous positions, and wait for the imperial court to mobilize troops for reinforcements. Now he rushes to fight. If he loses, the whole cloud will be opened, and even
The whole of Hebei will rot." Hou Junji saw the emperor frowning and immediately attacked Wu Huaiyu.
Li Shimin was silent, and Li Jing, the Minister of War, immediately said, "Your Majesty, I think there is nothing wrong with Wu Huaiyu's plan. Although Jieli won a new victory, it was freezing and cold. He fought with Tuli first, and then pursued eastward. Wu Huaiyu's soldiers came out of the Great Wall.
, with its back against the Great Wall and the dangers of Yehuling, it takes the initiative and can attack or defend.
If, as Hou Junji said, as soon as he heard that the Turks were coming, he would shrink his troops and retreat to Youji, then would he simply hand over the back of the mountain to the Turks to plunder at will, or even let them into Hebei?
If you don’t have the courage to fight, then why are you talking about the Northern Expedition and the end of the war this year?”
When the imperial court Wu Dechao faced the Turks, they always kept guard. The Turks also went south again and again, as if they were in uninhabited territory, plundering and plundering at will. Now it has been two years since Zhenguan, how can they still be allowed to be so wanton?
Li Jing was unceremonious in praising and criticizing his two students, "Your Majesty, I believe that the military situation in the frontier fortress is urgent and changing rapidly. It is up to the border general to make decisions on the spot. Now that Jieli has reached the Great Wall, the imperial court should let Wu Huaiyu take command."
, what we need to do is to mobilize troops and horses from the towns in Hedong and Hebei to reinforce and cooperate,"
"Win this battle first and then talk about it."
Hou Junji blushed and said unconvinced, "Even if we want to fight, Wu Huaiyu does not have enough prestige and ability to take on this important task. I thought that Li Ji, the governor of Bingzhou, should take command. Even if I let Zhang Gongjin, the governor of Daizhou, take command, it would be more difficult than Wu Huaiyu."
Yu Qiang, what big battle did Wu Huaiyu fight?"
"Li Ji is far away in Taiyuan, and Zhang Gongjin is also in Yanmen. They are thousands of miles away from each other in Huaihuang. How can the distant water be as close as the thirsty one? Although Wu Huaiyu is young, he has fought many battles. He destroyed all the Liang divisions."
"Master Liang, that's nothing, Wu Huaiyu just got a bargain."
Li Shimin was very dissatisfied as he listened to their quarrel.
"The military situation is urgent, so I will entrust Wu Huaiyu to command this battle. I also believe in Wu Huaiyu's ability,"
However, the emperor still added a decree, telling Wu Huaiyu not to underestimate the enemy. If he could not fight, he would not fight. If he could fight, he would not fight big. But just keep the border firmly.
It won't be too late to start the Northern Expedition after autumn.
