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Chapter 437
When Lin Xuan took two maids to a cloth shop, Cao Hu came back.

Lin Xuan let Chunyue Yuhe go in first, and walked aside with Cao Hu.

"Master Hou, that person is Chencang County Captain, named Liu Rengui, because..."

"Wait, you said his name is Liu Rengui?" Lin Xuan exclaimed.

He had been inquired about Liu Rengui before, but there was no news at all, but he didn't expect to appear by himself now.

"Master Hou knows this person?" Cao Hu asked with some doubts.

Lin Xuan waved his hand: "I've heard about it, so go on."

"Liu Rengui is the captain of Chencang County. Lu Ning, the captain of Zhechong in Chencang County, is arrogant and illegal. No one dares to offend the local officials. After Liu Rengui took office, he specially warned Lu Ning not to commit repeated crimes, but Lu Ning was still as violent and arrogant as ever. Liu Rengui sent someone to arrest Lu Ning He was beaten to death with a cane. His Majesty was furious when he heard that, and ordered him to be escorted to Chang'an, where he was going to be punished." Cao Hu told all he had heard.

Lin Xuan was speechless.

The military mansion of the Tang Dynasty was called Zhechong Mansion, and the chief officer was the captain of Zhechong.

In other words, that Lu Ning is at least the fifth rank.

The matter of the county lieutenant in charge of public security and arresting robbers is similar to that of the chief of the county public security bureau in later generations.

But the county lieutenant is only at the ninth rank, which is the smallest official.

It is equivalent to the chief of a county public security bureau beating to death the commander of a military division.

This kind of thing is very serious even in later generations.

Let alone in ancient times.

This behavior of Liu Rengui belongs to the following offenses.

For whatever reason, such behavior was frowned upon in ancient times.

What's more, he beat people to death.

Lin Xuan didn't know much about Liu Rengui. He only knew that he defeated Fusang in the Battle of Baijiangkou and was a prime minister.

He doesn't know anything else.

Lin Xuan didn't know if this incident had ever happened in history.

It's okay if it happened, but if it didn't happen, Liu Rengui's life would be gone.

Lin Xuan thought for a while, called Zhang Dayong, and asked him to take someone to protect Chunyue and Yuhe, and then took Cao Hu to the place where the horses were kept, and rode to the palace.

……

When he came to the palace, he was notified and met Li Shimin.

"See Your Majesty." Lin Xuan bowed and saluted.

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Excuse me, tell me, what's the matter this time?"

"I want to snatch someone from the prison of the Ministry of Punishment." Lin Xuan said.

"Looking for people? Do you know who is in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice?" Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

Lin Xuan nodded: "I know."

You can enter the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice if you don't want to.

The Prison of the Criminal Ministry is somewhat similar to the Sky Prison in film and television dramas. Generally, criminal officials and rebels are locked up.

"You know you're still speaking so confidently?" Li Shimin said with a gloomy face.

He felt that Lin Xuan was too tolerant, making him more and more presumptuous.

"Your Majesty, the person I want to fish may be wrong, but there is a reason for it." Lin Xuan said.

No way, he didn't know if Liu Rengui beat Lu Ning to death in history.

If you commit the following crime and beat someone to death, this is a capital crime.

Liu Rengui, as a famous minister and general in the early Tang Dynasty, would be a pity if he died like this.

"Who are you trying to catch?" Li Shimin asked.

"Liu Rengui." Lin Xuan said.

"Liu Rengui?" Li Shimin frowned slightly, he felt that the name was familiar.

Li Mu reminded: "Your Majesty, Liu Rengui is the county captain of Chencang, and because he was beaten to death, he rushed to the captain Lu Ning. Your majesty ordered him to be escorted back to Beijing."

Li Shimin remembered that Liu Rengui's subordinates committed crimes and killed Shangguan, which made him very angry, so he had some impressions.

"Since you said that there is a reason for the incident, I will call him here and ask him personally. After seeing what the reason is, I will let him commit the crime above!" Li Shimin said.

As the highest level of the class, he naturally does not want the situation where the inferior commits the superior.

If you can beat Shangguan to death today, should you rebel tomorrow?
However, Li Shimin is not a person who does not listen to people's words, and he is also a little curious about Liu Rengui, and wants to see what kind of person is so bold.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lin Xuan thanked.

Li Shimin waved his hand and told Li Mu to bring Liu Rengui.

"According to various signs, the Western Turks and Xue Yantuo may fight after the beginning of spring. What do you think of this matter?" Li Shimin asked.

"Isn't this what His Majesty wanted?" Lin Xuan asked in confusion.

Li Shimin shook his head and said: "I hope they will fight, but now the court is short of food, and there will be no food until next year's autumn harvest. However, the situation of the war is ever-changing. If the war on the grassland comes to an end before the Tang Dynasty sends troops, it will be troublesome." .”

Although Western Turks and Xue Yantuo are two countries, they are both Turks in essence.

Although the strength of the two countries will be greatly weakened when they compete, once one of them annexes the other, it is not a good thing.

When the Eastern Turks were destroyed, Li Shimin supported Yi Nan to establish Xue Yantuo, except because the Tang Dynasty was unable to completely eliminate the Eastern Turks.

Another reason is that we do not want to unify the grasslands.

Once the Western Turks and Xue Yantuo are at war, if Datang cannot send troops in time due to food shortages, it is likely to delay the battle.

"Your Majesty, whether it is the Western Turks or Xue Yantuo, there are at least 20 soldiers and horses. It shouldn't be so quick to decide the winner?" Lin Xuan said.

Don't look at those battles in history where you won more with less, tens of thousands of people died in World War I.

But that was not a real fight at all.

Those battles are at the right time and place, and they are indispensable.

But grassland warfare is different. The grassland is flat, and the nomads are all cavalry.

There is simply no place to take advantage of.

This is also the reason why the Central Plains dynasty mostly adopted defense when dealing with nomads.

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "You don't know the Turkic people. Although the Turkic people are brave and ruthless, they respect the strong. Once the strength of the Yinan's headquarters is damaged, the tribes under their hands are likely to be destroyed." will surrender."

Lin Xuan nodded. The situation Li Shimin mentioned is really possible.

Although Western Turks and Xue Yantuo are Khanates, they are still tribal systems.

Except for the tribes they are directly in charge of, the other tribes are all vassals.

They respect Nishu and Yinan as Great Khans only because they are more powerful than them.

Once their strength is damaged and the tribes under their opponents are no longer suppressed, those tribes will naturally not fight to the death for them.

It is also easy to solve this situation, just when they are about to decide the outcome, Datang takes the opportunity to send troops.

This way they didn't have time to integrate other tribes at all.

But there is a prerequisite, that is, Datang has enough food and grass to send troops at any time.

However, Datang has no food at all now. Although a squeeze can produce some food and grass, it cannot support long-term combat at all.

This kind of problem is also easy to solve, as long as there is food.

The purpose of Li Shimin asking Lin Xuan was also to see if he could solve the food problem.

"Your Majesty, although the past two years in the Tang Dynasty have not been smooth, there have not been any natural disasters, right? The court has no food, but the people have it, and the court is not short of money now, just spend money to buy it." Lin Xuan said .

"Do you think I don't know? But most of the food is in the hands of the family. Although those grain stores sell food, they are retail. If I send people to buy a lot, the family will definitely increase the price of food." Li Shimin said.

(End of this chapter)