Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

As soon as the words fell, everyone's faces were even more shocked. Fatty Zhu couldn't calm down any longer, his fleshy body was like a ball, he jumped up and down and asked anxiously: "What? There is such a thing hidden in the little Tucheng?" Big fish? Brother, what do you think we should do?"

Chapter 221 Decision, Fight or Go

"What should I do?"

Guo Ye rested his chin and stared at the ancient city of Ali two hundred paces away. It was hard to make a decision for a while.

The appearance of the ancient city of Ali was absolutely beyond his expectation, and it was a huge, huge variable.

And it also involves a heavy topic, that is, the ancient city of Ali turned out to be the hiding place for the remnants of the Sui Dynasty.

The remnants of the Sui Dynasty, whether it is Guo Ye, a person who traveled through the future, or Kang Bao, Pang Feihu, Zhu Fatty, Guan Jiujiu and other people who live in the present, are all familiar with it.

How long has it been since the end of the Sui Dynasty four years ago in Zhenguan?

Emperor Sui Yang, the most prodigal bastard in history, killed his brother and father and prostituted his wife 26 years ago (that is, in 604 AD), and launched a palace coup to win the throne.

There is nothing surprising about these actions in the changing of the throne in the past dynasties. After all, he was born in the emperor's family, and there is no shortage of bloody methods.Even His Majesty Li Er, the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was not the one who slaughtered his elder brother Prince and younger brother King Qi at the Xuanwu Gate, and threatened his father to abdicate to make him worthy, it's no big deal.

But he is incomparable with His Majesty Li Er. His Majesty Li Er, after inheriting his father's business, worked hard to rule and created the rule of Zhenguan.

And what about the tyrant Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty?In the early stage, it can still look like a model, but in the later stage, it will be over, and it will be a big building to build a palace, and it will be spent on digging a canal with people's fat, people, manpower and material resources, that's all, at least it can be useful.

The key point is that this prodigal emperor does not hesitate to be lucky, not only to satisfy his own arrogance and extravagance, but also to raise taxes all over the country, causing people's resentment everywhere, recruiting beautiful women from all over the world, and causing panic among women's families everywhere.Moreover, a few years after he ascended the throne, he began to wantonly eliminate dissidents, persecute good ministers and loyal people, and force courtiers everywhere to feel insecure, and the secret alliance is ready to rise up.

Especially when the country is in such a chaotic state, he still doesn't stop and doesn't work hard to manage it. On the contrary, his overjoyed temperament has become more and more obvious.

The most typical example is that when the country was unstable, the three campaigns against Korea were unsuccessful, leaving the national treasury empty, and how many good sons of the Sui Dynasty were buried on Gaoli's sticky land.

Even Generalissimo Chiang knew that to fight against the outside world, we must first secure the inside, but he did the opposite.

It is really rare in history for a prodigal to be defeated to this extent.

Not to mention that it has only been 20 years since the Great Sui Dynasty came into his hands, no matter how awesome the rule of the founding emperor left by his father Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, he can't help but make it like this.

No, the good Sui Dynasty fell apart after only a dozen years in his hands, and wars broke out all over the country, and was eventually replaced by the Li Tang Dynasty.

He didn't get a good end himself, and was forced to hang himself by his most trusted courtier Yu Wenshu's son, Han Yu Wenshu, the second best in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

He ended up dying in a foreign land, without even a coffin.

It is said that Empress Xiao and some eunuchs and maids who are currently in Eastern Turkic took down the bed boards and made him a small coffin, which could barely be buried in the earth.

It is sad and deplorable for a generation of emperors to end up like this.

After his death, Li Yuan became emperor and established the Tang Dynasty.

And his descendants of the Yang family, the Great Sui imperial family, were naturally cunning rabbits, lackeys cooking, and with luck, they could even become hozens that were scattered before the tree fell.

His queen Xiao and grandson Yang Zhengdao were welcomed to East Turkic by Chuluo Khan (now East Turkic Jieli Khan's father), and the Central Plains people in East Turkic territory were handed over to the grandparents and grandsons. Established the last Great Sui Dynasty, known as the Later Sui Dynasty in history, and Yang Zhengdao was named King of the Sui Dynasty.In fact, it is just a puppet of the Turks.

Guo Ye pouted and said in his heart, after a while, Empress Xiao and Sui Wang Yang Zhengdao would probably be escorted to Chang'an with the demise of the Eastern Turks.

Now that Zhenguan has been in the fourth year, and it has only been ten years since the Sui Dynasty's death, everyone present will feel familiar with it to some extent.

Hearing that there are ready-made remnants of the Sui Dynasty occupying Ali Tucheng, he is naturally very excited.

What does this mean?

Represents great credit.

No, Kang Bao has already shouted impatiently: "Think about it, brother. You have to know that it is the remnant of the Sui Dynasty who is occupying Ali Tucheng now. If the surname is Yang, it should be Yang, the remnant of the Sui Dynasty." The descendants of the royal family, how can you just let go of this great contribution and miss it for nothing?"

In order to attract Guo Ye's attention, Kang Bao pushed Guan Jiujiu away from Guo Ye, leaned forward and counted with his fingers: "Brother break it for you, now Ali Tucheng is in Datang Since the border with Tubo is occupied by the remnants of the Sui Dynasty, it means that it is a no-nonsense area. As long as we capture Ali Tucheng and present it to His Majesty Chang'an Emperor, haha, the credit for opening up the frontier will be indispensable, right?"

Speaking of this, he swallowed his saliva, continued to snap his fingers and said, "Second, you have arrested the descendants of the Yang family, do you know what this means? His Majesty the Emperor is now afraid of the neighbors who are waiting for me on the border of the Tang Dynasty. , it should be to eradicate the potential turmoil in the country? There are two hidden worries in this country, one is the remnants of the former prince Li Jiancheng who are left in various places, and the other is the remnants of the former Sui Dynasty. This, this, Yang of Ali Tucheng The ready-made great contribution of the descendants of the royal family is in front of you, how can you not earn it?"

Guo Ye understood what Kang Bao meant, and also understood the reason for his anxiety. Whether it was opening up land for the Tang Dynasty, or successfully capturing the descendants of the former Sui royal family, they were all great contributions.

Not to mention Kang Bao, even he himself was tempted after listening to the analysis.

At this time, Fatty Zhu also pushed Guan Jiujiu away, jumped up and shouted: "Little brother, you must know that the descendants of the Yang family in Ali Tucheng have their own horse farm. These days , War horses are more expensive than gold, if we can take this racecourse as our own, hehe, it’s a big deal, it’s a real deal, it’s a big deal.”

Racecourse!

Guo Ye's memory of this incident is still fresh. The Tang army is now fighting abroad, and what it lacks is horses.

A northwest war horse in the Central Plains market has a price but no market. Not to mention it is something that various families in the Central Plains are scrambling to buy, even the Tang Dynasty court will buy war horses at all high prices.

In the war years, war horses are comparable to gold, and this statement is not adulterated at all.

If you have your own horse farm, it is equivalent to having one, no, ten, a hundred hens that can lay golden eggs.

Moreover, if I have a horse farm in my hand and can provide myself with a steady stream of war horses, then maybe I, Guo Ye, can also have my own cavalry.

As a visitor from future generations, his heart will never be at peace.

The same is true for Guo Ye.

Just when Guo Ye was tempted, Guan Jiujiu stepped forward and said: "Master Bingsi, this Ali Tucheng is as big as Longxi County, who knows if he has other cities? Besides, we don't You know how many troops they have, don’t you? If you delay the time to go north to Turkic in order to capture Ali Tucheng, then it will ruin your plan.”

Go north to Turkic to get credit?

Guo Ye weighed the two. According to Kang Bao and Zhu Fatty's analysis, then going north to Turkic is even more tasteless than it is?

Capturing Jieli Khan can certainly make him famous all over the world, and maybe he can meet His Majesty Li Er.

However, compared with the capture of Ali Tucheng, the benefits of this are very few.

Ali Tucheng has a city and a racecourse, what does Jieli Khan have?

At that time, maybe His Majesty Li Er will give himself an idle official position at will, and let him go to some Qingshui yamen to hang around and wait to die, then the gain will not be worth the loss.

Besides, just take down Ali Tucheng, open up land for Datang, expand the territory of Datang a little more, and open it at the border with Tubo, huh, huh, this credit is not big, but it is not small ah.

After weighing the pros and cons in this way, Guo Ye already had the answer. He smiled lightly at Guan Jiujiu and said, "Man is not as good as God, and the plan can never keep up with the rapid changes. Do you think it is easy to give up the fat that is on your lips? Brother, is it my style?"

"Uh……"

Guan Jiujiu was speechless for a while. Hearing what Guo Ye meant, he had obviously made a choice.

He is a smart man, always adhering to Master Guo's principle of saying that east is east and west is west.

Now that Mr. Guo has made up his mind, he, a smart man, of course knows how to turn the rudder when the wind blows, and immediately nodded in praise: "Master Bingsi is right, the students are convinced, and he is convinced."

With the ability to flatter a horse, Guan Jiujiu dares to admit that he is second, and no one dares to admit that he is the first.

Even Fatty Zhu didn't dare to confront him, who made him study.