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Chapter 920 The Word of Death (less than 3000 words, I will add another chapter today)
When Luo Su proposed that countries within the Tian Khan international system should not attack each other, Li Shimin once asked him a question, "National Master, what should the Tang Dynasty do if it needs to take the initiative to provoke a war? Will it be possible to formulate rules in this way? Restrict Datang?”

Luosu answered him this way, "The king uses kindness to influence his subjects, and uses harsh punishments to force his subjects to fear, hoping that this will make his subjects loyal forever, but some people will still want to rebel.

Because this is how people are, most people, including of course your brothers and sons, are a group of greedy, stupid, short-sighted, ignorant, arrogant people.

You think that if you have strong strength, others will be afraid of you. You think that everyone will be self-aware, but that is just your wishful thinking. Most people in this world have a mysterious self-confidence and will do things that make you Something incredible.

Needless to say, the Dong Turks are indeed powerful. They are two tigers competing with the Tang Dynasty. It is normal for a war to occur.

But look.

The Xiyan Kingdom would soon dare to provoke the Tang Dynasty just because it was far away from the Tang Dynasty.

The more remote country, Gaochang, which controls the entrance to and from the Western Regions, currently has a good relationship with the Tang Dynasty, but will soon become arrogant because of its huge commercial interests.

Not to mention those Hu people, Xiyan and Gaochang, both were countries established by the Han people, and this was the case, not to mention the Hu people's country that was well versed in the law of the jungle. "

Luo Su's conclusion made Li Shimin feel the same and said: "What the Imperial Master said is really good advice.

But the Western Regions are literate. In terms of national survival, they have some concepts from the Zhou Dynasty. They like to restore the country. Each country has a high level of national consciousness and ethnic consciousness.

If you can't arrange it properly, you will fall into continuous bloody wars. This is an outcome that the Tang Dynasty cannot accept. No matter how powerful the empire is, it will be dragged down by the security war. "

Gaochang is seven thousand miles away from the Tang Dynasty, and there are two thousand miles of desert, which is enough to make anyone who sits in a well and looks at the sky arrogant.

Those countries in the Western Region are still very different from the Mobei Grassland. On the grassland, the law of the jungle is strong, and there is essentially no concept of a country. Whoever's tribe is strong will use the tribe's name.

After a few years, the Xiyan Kingdom was indeed as provocative as Luo Su said, and even invaded Liangzhou and brought about its own destruction.

Xue Yantuo, who had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, was also arrogant and wanton, and eventually reaped the consequences. He was beheaded in the desert by King Yan Li Ke. The people of the tribe were divided among other tribes on the grassland, and he used his own head to build a high platform for Li Ke's prestige. .

Luo Su smiled, but there was no hint of a smile, "So the Emperor doesn't have to worry about the Tang Dynasty wanting to start a war. If they don't have a reason to start a war, they will definitely jump out. What you need to think about is, how? Winning the war, and how to deal with the aftermath after winning the war.

This is the case with the Huns, Xianbei, and Turks.

I have always wondered whether the relationship between the Central Plains and the countries in the Western Regions will never be friendly because the Western Regions are too far away.

Not to mention the Western Regions, even in the Central Plains, there are always people who will rely on the natural dangers in Shu and the natural dangers of the Yangtze River to want to separate themselves and become kings. Little do they know that the so-called natural dangers can be broken at a glance. "

As for Gaochang State, it was gradually moving further and further away from the Tang Dynasty, and even blocked envoys who came to meet the Tang Dynasty.

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In the Taiji Hall, Li Shimin held the memorial from Anxi in his hand and said angrily at the imperial meeting: "The last time King Gaochang came to Chang'an for an audience, he refused to do so. This time not only did he not come, he even blocked the audience from other countries in the Western Regions. The so-called What can be tolerated and what cannot be tolerated? What should countries do if they do not obey the orders of the Khan?"

Qibi Heli immediately shouted loudly: "Cruel him, destroy his country, cut off his head, and punish him with the most severe punishment. The majesty of Tian Khan does not allow anyone to question it.

Your Majesty, please issue an imperial edict. I am willing to lead a large army to attack. "

There was naturally a reason for Qibi Heli to be anxious. Although his surname was Qibi, he had nothing to do with the Qibi whose surname was given by Luo Xuanxing in Liaodong Kingdom.

His ancestral home is in the Western Regions, belonging to a branch of Tiele, and living together with the Gaochang Kingdom.

He was very worried that the Qibi Kingdom and the Gaochang Kingdom were getting mixed up. Now the Qibi Kingdom had a very high status, because Qibi Heli was not only Li Shimin's trusted minister, but also Li Shimin's brother-in-law, the Qibi Kingdom Khan, also known as Qibi He. Li's younger brother is one of the Mingyue Khans in the Western Regions.

He was very worried that the brainless nobles in the country would not know that the world was vast and could challenge the prosperous Central Kingdom. Although he was no longer prepared to return to the Qibi Kingdom and live as a Tang Dynasty person and die as a Tang Dynasty ghost, that was after all. In the mother country, he still hopes that his people can live well.

Qibi Heli's statement made Li Shimin very happy. This is the general I trust. No matter his background, my Tang Dynasty is inclusive, so we have generals like Qibi Heli and Ashina She'er. "What I love you to say is very much in line with my wishes.

I decided to set up Gaochang Road in Gaochang Kingdom and a thousand miles away, and appointed the general manager to attack Gaochang Kingdom. "

This Gaochang Tao is different from the Tao within Datang.

Within the Central Plains, Dao is a supervisory area at the state level. There are no permanent officials, only temporary appointments. In the first year of Zhenguan, the third year of Zhenguan, the eighth year of Zhenguan, and the eleventh year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin appointed fifteen Dao supervisory envoys to go to various places. Supervise the administration of officials.

The Gaochang Road is not a surveillance area, but a temporarily divided combat area. Just like when Li Jing attacked the Dong Turks, he was the marching general manager of Dingxiang Road, and when he attacked Xiyan, he was the marching general manager of Qinghai Road. In one road, The marching general is the supreme commander. Other marching generals must obey the orders of the marching general as long as they step into the war zone.

This is the combat mode of the Tang Dynasty under the Fubing system. Soldiers and generals are separated, but not completely separated. This not only ensures combat effectiveness, but also prevents the army from becoming too powerful. Of course, it also has great shortcomings. But in the hands of Li Shimin, this combat mode Almost perfect.

It is victorious in all external battles and imposes very little burden on the country.

Fighting against Gaochang was necessary. In the Tang Dynasty, even the civil servants would never start a war because they were worried about losing. If they objected, it would definitely be because the treasury had no money.

How was the treasury of the Tang Dynasty?

Of course, the granaries are full, and the money and goods are abundant. As for the morale of the people, there have been no wars in the Tang Dynasty for several years since the attack on the Xiyan Kingdom. Now the people are not war-weary at all, and it can be said that the people's support can be used.

The only problem now is.

Who does the emperor want to serve as the general manager of Gaochang Road March?

(End of this chapter)