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But then Tang Xiujing's explanation made Li Tong realize that he was a little suspicious. Tang Xiujing had been in the Western Regions for a long time, and he also had some understanding of the situation in the Great Food Kingdom.

The current turmoil in the Dashi Kingdom is not inferior to that of Tubo, and the localities are doing their own thing. Even if there are traces of activities in the Western Regions, they are only some tentative actions in the region, not a signal of the whole country's eastward invasion, and it is not enough to threaten the Great Tang. Core interests in the Western Regions.

Even if Dashi will take further radical actions and actually collide with Datang, the current garrison and ruling foundation of Datang in the Western Regions alone are enough to defeat such provocations.

After listening to Tang Xiujing's explanation, Li Tong felt relieved for the time being, and just took a pen to record the relevant matters, and put them in a conspicuous place in the hall, so as to strengthen understanding after preparation.

At this time, the morning time had come, and with the sound of the morning drum, Li Tong also stood up, left the inner hall with Tang Xiujing, and went to the main hall to accept the worship and congratulations of the officials and the tribes.

Chapter 0927 I am a king, love the people like a son

Daming Palace, in front of the Hanyuan Hall, accompanied by the solemn sound of bells, drums, ceremonies and music, the officials and foreign guests and envoys lined up in an orderly manner and filed into the hall.

Tang Xiujing, who had been summoned to the inner hall in advance, was also led by the middle official, and returned to the courtiers. Many courtiers saw this scene, and they couldn't help showing a bit of envy in their eyes, and said: A lot of associations arise.

Although Tang Xiujing is now an official residence in Anxi, but because he has not been in the court for a long time, he does not have a high sense of presence in the court. Even many court officials do not know that there is such a number one person in the border.

But now, all the ministers, including the prime ministers, are waiting outside the Danfeng Gate for the court assembly, but Tang Xiujing was summoned by the sage before the start of the dynasty, which shows the depth of the holy family.With such an identity as a relative of the emperor, coupled with long-term affairs, the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo has taken a turn for the worse, and many court officials realized that they must re-understand Tang Xiujing more seriously. Special character number one.

Not to mention the changes in the minds of the officials of the outer court, after the saint separated from Tang Xiujing, he did not go straight to the Hanyuan Hall, but waited between the two halls for the palace officials and the inner guards to protect the emperor. The Empress Dowager is here.

Before the start of the great dynasty, the empress dowager, the empress and all the wives gathered in the Zichen Hall and waited, so the saint was not allowed to wait too long at this moment, and the empress dowager arrived here soon.

Seeing the Empress Dowager driving by, Li Tong stepped forward and glanced at the Empress Dowager sitting in the chariot.

Today's empress dowager also wears a solemn and luxurious gown, deep clothes, big belts, and ribbons. Although it is not as solemn and majestic as the emperor's crown, the details of the adornment are far beyond the ordinary ones. Regulation.Now the title of Empress Dowager is Zetian Holy Mother Empress Dowager, even if there is no plan to return to the imperial court to supervise the country, the daily rituals are compared to the emperor Li Yuan at the beginning of the country.

Sensing the emperor's questioning gaze, the Empress Dowager raised her lips and nodded slightly, but her expression changed more or less stiffly.

Li Tong didn't doubt that his grandma would be stage fright, not to mention that his grandma had been officially emperor for several years. Before she formally replaced the Tang Dynasty, the grand occasions she managed and presided over far surpassed that of many emperors.

But people's hearts always change with the situation. For several years, she lived in the inner palace and did not care about foreign affairs. Now that she has the opportunity to return to the court again, Wu Zetian must be very excited.

So he raised his legs to get on the chariot, sat down with the Empress Dowager, raised his hand and patted the back of his grandma's hand as a sign of comfort.But this action did not get a gentle response from his grandma, but a slightly embarrassed look. He could only laugh dryly, and waved his hand to signal the guard of honor to move on.

Followed by the ceremonial officer, the sage and the empress dowager ascended to the hall together, and all the officials in the hall paid their respects one after another, shouting: "The ministers will pay homage to the saint and the empress dowager..."

The New Year's Eve is a solemn and grand ceremony, and there are no sudden changes.The empress dowager will go to the hall with the saint to accept the worship of the officials. The officials of the Ritual Department have already informed the officials attending the ceremony.

The ministers were of course doubtful about this. Although the Empress Dowager did not completely see outsiders in the past few years, similar ceremonial occasions were usually accompanied by the empress in the Zichen Palace waiting for the wives from other countries to worship.This year, he came to Hanyuan Hall with the saint. Such a major etiquette change naturally makes people suspicious.

Many courtiers in important positions have already known the details and been persuaded by the sage, but this is only a minority among the courtiers.Without the permission of the sage, they naturally would not dare to reveal the forbidden secret words, so many people in the palace are still very puzzled by this.

But no matter what the thoughts of the officials in the palace are, today's grand court meeting is not an ordinary occasion after all, especially with many foreign envoys participating in the ceremony. Any persuasion and disputes exposed the contradictions of the Tang Dynasty's national conditions to foreigners.

The emperor and the empress dowager accepted the worship of the officials in the hall, and the officials stood in front of the majesty to read the celebration document. The document did not have any substantive content. The Yi Bin envoys, looking forward to the new year, pray for the blessing of the Tang Dynasty and the prosperity of the country.

After the reading of a document, the next step is to grant promotions to some meritorious officials.In the ordinary season when there is no major event, such awards are just a formality, nothing more than the general award of the first class or the addition of shade, and it will not bring much change to the current political situation.

However, this year's awarding process is destined to be unusual. After all, since last year, the national policy of the Tang Dynasty has undergone great changes. Take the New Year's appointment as a signal of how the political landscape is about to change.

This is indeed the case. Most of the series of meritorious officials announced in the hall are related to border affairs and military affairs.Among them, the most surprising thing is the series of honors bestowed on Tang Xiujing, the governor of Anxi.

Tang Xiujing went out to thank her, not to mention the surprise or envious mood changes of the courtiers, the foreign guests in the palace also became dignified for a while, and put away the relaxed mood of watching the fun.

Although Tang Xiujing didn't have a high sense of presence in the court, he was well-known in the border.From Liaodong to the Western Regions, it can be said that all the Hu tribe forces that had military interactions with the Tang Dynasty have more or less heard of Tang Xiujing's name.Although Tang Xiujing is currently mainly active in the Western Regions, even the grandfather of Xi Wang Li Dazhen died at the hands of Tang Xiujing.

Since the guest envoys were sent to the Tang Dynasty, of course they also had a certain understanding of the rules and regulations of the Tang Dynasty, and naturally they also had a certain understanding of the significance of Tang Xiujing's special honor.Even if you don't consider too many strategic changes, the most simple truth is that if you want a horse to travel far with a heavy load, of course you must feed it.

Now that Tang Xiujing, a veteran general of the border, has received such kindness and generous reward from the Tang court, the significance of this is naturally obvious.For a moment, all the beards in the hall also held their breaths, frowning and thinking.

Seeing the change in the atmosphere in the hall, Li Tong also smiled slightly. When Tang Xiujing encounters a change alone, it can trigger everyone's thinking about the national policy of the Tang Dynasty. This not only shows that Tang Xiujing's influence in the border is not weak, but also Through this event, he also announced Datang's decision and determination to Zhu Hu.

After the awarding of the meritorious officials in the country is completed, the chief guests of the chieftains will come to celebrate the New Year.The first one to go out was Prince Jin Longji of Silla. Although this prince was young, he was considered mature and stable.

Li Tong looked down at the dancing prince of Silla, and his thoughts inevitably changed.Although the current strategic focus on border affairs is not in the Northeast, Silla, as the only independent regime on the peninsula, cannot be ignored.

He also has a lot of ideas about the proton of Silla, such as wooing him to support a group of pro-Tang forces in Silla, and he doesn't even rule out the idea of ​​sending him back to the country to help him fight for the throne.After all, based on the name alone, this kid doesn't look like a simple person.

Of course, these business operations require certain objective conditions to be implemented, and they are just some rough ideas at the moment.

After the prince of Silla came to congratulate him, the imperial court also reciprocated, granting him Taichang Shaoqing and a member outside.

After the Prince of Silla, there was Ashinaxian, the Khan of the Xingxi and the dead of the Western Turks.And when this khan appeared on the stage, the eyes of all the Hu in the hall were attracted.

Compared with Silla, which has always lived in the peninsula, the Turkic Ashina family undoubtedly has a more glorious past. More than half of the barbarians in the palace alone once begged for food in the Ashina family's rice bowl.So when it comes to international influence, the Ashina family is also leveraged, which is not comparable to Silla.

Ashina Xian is a bit older than the Prince of Silla, but he is also young and weak. However, compared with the Prince of Silla who just appeared on the stage, his appearance and bearing are a little inferior. The long-standing Hu chiefs were quite disappointed.

Li Tong was not familiar with this puppet Khan, so he was a little surprised to see the sharp contrast between before and after.Although the current Turkic royal family is not as good as a phoenix, this Ashina Xian is really not an ordinary person. During the prosperous Tang Dynasty in history, he was also a pivotal figure in the Western Regions. It can be said that he was the last of the Western Turkic Ashina family. A little afterglow.But now it seems that it is not enough spirit.

However, it is not incomprehensible that Ashina’s performance is not good enough. Although he was born in the Turkic royal family, his family was ruined, his father and enemies were killed, and he even sat in the palace. Seeing that so many dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty were slaughtered and killed, deep fear naturally accumulated in my heart.

After Ashina offered grass and grass to congratulate him, the court only made empty words to comfort him, and did not give actual conferments, and the treatment was also very different from that of the prince of Silla.

Not to mention the differences among the chieftains reminiscing about the difference, before the chieftains of the second class had time to go out to congratulate, Li Tong had already interrupted the process by raising his hand, and asked: "For the New Year's Day, all parties come to congratulate, and the guardian of Mengchi Why not?"

After the demise of the Western Turks, the Tang court divided its territory and set up two major guards, Kunling and Mengchi, and the leaders of these two guards were the two Khans Xingxishi and Jiqianjue respectively.The extinct Khan Ashinaxian is now in the court, while the successor Khan Ashinahu Seluo is in the town, and he is the guardian of Mengchi that Li Tong asked about.

Hearing the sage's question, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became dignified. The Hu chieftains and the guests all looked around quickly, and then hurriedly lowered their heads.

Don't wait for the envoy of the Khan to go out to answer, Tang Xiujing, who has just received the reward, has already left the class first, and said: "Mengchi is sick and lying in the town. , not disrespectful..."

After listening to Tang Xiujing's report, Li Tong's face softened a little, and then he said again: "Although Mengchi is far away, its people regard me as their king, and I love them like children, so I sent people Declare orders to comfort, survive and save danger. However, the minister who is ordered is also my humerus confidant. He needs to be kind and make good use of it. Choose another staff."

Hearing the words of the sage, the faces of the Hu chiefs and envoys in the hall changed again.But there were two people with obvious smiles on their faces, one was the Huihe leader Dujiezhi, and the other was the envoy of Tuqishi.

Dujiezhi's smile was particularly cheerful. Although the saint's tone was quite gentle, he could guess that the Khan who did not enter the dynasty must be in trouble.When a person is unlucky, kind words have little effect of comforting them. Only when they see people who are more unlucky than themselves, will they be genuinely happy and gloat.

As for the envoy of Tuqishi showing his joyful face, the reason is much more profound. Even before it was his turn, he rushed out of the shift, paid homage and shouted: "The saint is wise!"

Chapter 0928 under the flag, all my humerus

The Hu situation in the Western Regions is complicated, which can be seen from the many Hu chieftains from the Western Regions who entered the court today.And there is also a main thread in this intricate Huqing relationship, that is, the original Western Turks, the overlord of the Western Regions.

The existence of the Western Turks was longer than that of the Eastern Turks, and it was not until the reign of Gaozong Xianqing that they were attacked and destroyed by the army led by the famous general Su Dingfang of the Tang Dynasty.Although Datang set up the Anxi Protectorate to be fully responsible for handling the military and political affairs of the other side, in the specific implementation process, because the cost of stationing the army far away is too high, it is still mainly based on restraint and Huairou.

The Tang Dynasty's detention policy in the Western Regions focused on the original members of the Western Turkic royal family, the representatives of which were the two Khans of the Rise and Fall of the Western Turks.

This detainment policy was indeed more conducive to the restoration of order in the homeland of the Western Turks at first, allowing the Tang army to quickly withdraw from the western front and invest in the attack on Goguryeo.

But gradually the situation changed. As the puppet supported by the Tang Dynasty, Khan did not have too much power in his hands, and his deterrence mainly relied on the support of the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, these two puppet khans are also feuds with each other, and they framed and killed each other, which greatly violated the original intention of Datang to support them.Therefore, for quite a long period of time, the Tang Dynasty did not set up a successor Khan, which greatly reduced the influence and deterrent power of the Western Turkic royal family on the Western Regions.

In addition to Datang's strategic shift in its own side affairs focus, there is another important factor that is the rise of Tubo.After annexing Tuyuhun, Tubo strongly intervened in the struggle for hegemony in the Western Regions, and even the Tang Dynasty once succumbed to the disadvantage.Between these two powerful countries, the original majesty of the Western Turkic royal family was even more difficult to reflect.

Of course, in addition to these external factors, with the fall of the Western Turks, the rise of local forces in the Western Regions has fundamentally shaken the influence and control of the Western Turkic royal family over the local Hu tribes.And one of the representatives is Tu Qi Shi.

Tuqishi's influence in the Western Regions is gradually growing, and at the same time, he is actively striving for the recognition and support of the Tang court.Especially in the process of Tang and Tubo competing for hegemony in the Western Regions, Tuqishi can be said to have performed very well, and his role far exceeded that of the original Western Turkic royal family.

For example, during the years of Chuigong, due to the continuous rebellion in the country, Wu Zetian had to shrink the border defenses and withdraw the troops of the Tang Dynasty left behind in the four towns, hoping that the Jiji forces headed by the successor Khan Ashinadhusero could fight against Tubo With the post-Turkic offensive.

As a result, this successor khan was really a scumbag, and he couldn't defend the four towns at all. Once attacked, he fled all the way back to Longbian from Suiye City where he was stationed.On the contrary, the Tuqi fought bravely and recaptured the Suiye City abandoned by Ashina Huseruo.

During the Changshou period of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, Wang Xiaojie led his troops to recover the four towns. In fact, only three towns were recovered by fighting.

Of course, Tuqishi did this not only because of his heart for the Tang Dynasty. In this series of events, Tuqishi's own power is also growing rapidly, and he has actually controlled most of the original Western Turkic territories and subordinates.

The growth of Tuqishi and the decline of the Western Turkic royal family are the biggest changes in the Western Regions today.But for a long time in history, the Tang court did not face up to it, or was unwilling to accept Tuqishi as the spokesperson of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, and still stubbornly regarded the rise and fall of the Western Turks and the succession of the Khan as the core of the rule.

During Zhongzong's period, although Guo Yuanzhen, who was the governor of Anxi at that time, urged the court several times to pay attention to the use of Tuqi, and stop being obsessed with the old tricks and blindly relying on the mud to support the rise and fall of the Western Turks who could not support the wall, the court at that time However, this suggestion was still not heeded, and the side plan was messed up, which eventually led to the alliance between Tuqishi and the later Turks, and sent troops to attack the four towns of Anxi, making the order of the Western Regions disappear.

In the end, this turmoil ended when Tang recognized Tuqishi's status in the Western Regions and gave up allowing the Western Turkic royal family to return to the Western Regions.Tuqishi finally obtained the coveted legal recognition of Datang, but this pride did not last long.

In order to express his loyalty to Datang, the newly-canonized Tuqi Shi Khan immediately broke with the Later Turks and led his troops as the forward force of Datang's attack on the Later Turks. As a result, he was silently defeated by the Later Turkic Khan Even the new Khan died in this war, and then entered a decade-long period of weakness.

During this period, Datang went back to the old way of supporting the Western Turkic Ashina family. The Khan Ashina offered to return to the Western Regions and brought the Western Turkic Ashina family to the Western Regions. A glimmer of afterglow.

The Hu situation in the Western Regions is complicated, and as the Western Turks gradually withdrew from the historical stage, the rise and fall of Turkishi's power is the most intuitive manifestation of the situation in the Western Regions.The rise and fall of the surrounding powers such as Tang, Tubo, Later Turks, and Dashi are also closely related to the ups and downs of Tuqishi.

As a visitor from later generations, Li Tong naturally understood the important role that Tuqishi would play in the future situation of the Western Regions, not to mention that the signs of this phenomenon were already beginning to emerge.

Although Datang's strategy is still based on the alignment with Tubo, the Western Regions in the future will inevitably be the main battlefield for Datang's army to expand abroad, so some strategic adjustments must of course be arranged early.

That's why he announced at today's court that he would be dismissed from the post of Mengchi Duhu, the successor Khan Ashina Hussero. The Western Regions also have no value expression.On the other hand, it is to show a little favor to the upstart Tuqi Shi of the Western Regions.

Turkic Shi was originally a different tribe of Turkic, but he didn't have much loyalty to the old master of Western Turkic.The withdrawal of the Ashina family's personnel influence from the Western Regions is naturally conducive to the further growth of its tribal power and influence.

So after hearing the decision made by the sage, the envoy couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, rushed out of the class, first praised the sage's wisdom, and then began to talk about Ashina Huseruo's many stupidities in the Western Regions No way, it is simply portrayed as a big villain who bullies men and women and does all kinds of evil.

However, these accusations did not bring about greater dissatisfaction and sanctions from the sage towards Ashina Hutholo.Even before the other party finished speaking, Li Tong's face darkened, and he ordered the guards in the hall to expel the messenger who had disturbed He Chaoyi from the hall, to be punished later.

The reason is also very simple, even if the successor Khan is disappointing and abandoned by the court, but if you want to become the new spokesperson of Datang in the Western Regions, you will naturally have to put in matching efforts and compare each other. If it is bad, it will not be valued and recognized by the court.

Moreover, the current imperial court recalled the successor Khan not because the other party was guilty, but because he was unwell and unsuitable to continue to serve in the Western Regions.This also left a little leeway for the rise and fall of Khan to return to the Western Regions, and the court still did not completely abandon them.

At present, Tu Qishi is eager to take the official position, and he is indeed a rare good fighter.But people's ambition always grows with their strength, it's really hard to say how long this state can last.For example, Xue Yantuo, who helped Datang secure the Eastern Turks in the past years, naturally gave up immediately when his ambitions became too hot and became a new threat.

Such an approach has nothing to do with morality or not.There has never been any lasting friendship between countries, and interests are the basis of all interactions.

After this little episode, the ceremony continued, and the chieftains and envoys of the Hu chieftains went out to congratulate them again in order, and the imperial court also gave them various compliments.

When King Murong Wan of Qinghai came out to congratulate him, the situation changed again.After the congratulations were over, Murong Wan did not return to work and sit down immediately, but cried and bowed to the ground with dim eyes and said in a mournful voice: "During the festive season, one should not be good at showing signs of sadness. It is embarrassing for the envoys to gather in the capital and offer a large amount of tribute to thank the saint for his kindness..."

On occasions like New Year's celebrations, it's always inappropriate for the King of Qinghai to make such a sad cry, using such old events to disturb and destroy the current atmosphere of etiquette.Just now the envoys of the sudden cavalry came out in disorder and had already been reprimanded and expelled, and now Murong Wan expressed his grief for losing his country, so many people couldn't help gloating and waiting to see Murong Wan suffer more severe punishment.

However, the saint's reaction was beyond their expectations, instead of stopping Murong Wan with his mouth, he listened to Murong Wan's sad complaint with a serious expression.

When Murong Wan was sobbing and unable to continue, Li Tong said seriously: "It was difficult for the former king to start a business. Since I have enjoyed the throne, I should guard my business and prosper, and dare not slack off. Since all parties respect the Tang family's fate, respect How can you limit yourself to Huayi when you serve the father of a king and how to use kindness?

The king of Qinghai established a dynasty, and he was a monarch and minister in righteousness, and an uncle and nephew in love.The family slaves rebelled against each other, and the fierce enemies forced each other, so they lost their ancestral property. Although the imperial court gave them land to recuperate, it was inevitable that they would be born like duckweed and sigh in vain.What's more, the survivors from the other side of Qinghai are also my people, and there is no imperial edict to grant them. How can they be governed?

The Tang family's kindness and righteousness cannot be tolerated outside the law!Now the King of Qinghai has said that the order of the frontier is out of order, for him it is the pain of losing the country, for me it is the humiliation of breaking one's feet.Yu, whoever is ordered by this talisman of the Tang family, is my minions, eyes and ears, how can it be damaged outside the law!

Today, the court gathers all parties inside and outside, and tells all the people who eat and pay, that I will go to Qinghai in person to put the chaos back into order.As soon as the magic knife is out, the point of the blade is the enemy, and under the banner, all my humerus! "

As soon as this remark came out, the crowd in the entire Hanyuan Hall was silent, and the needles could be heard. It lasted for more than ten breaths. Finally, King Qinghai bowed again with an excited expression, and shouted in a passionate tone: "Jun En!" Huge, never abandon the despicable. Shilu Tang family, the minister's great fortune, Wang Ling made him, even though he died without regret! Qinghai was restored to the king's order, and the minister did not dare to monopolize it privately. , a lifelong mission!"

Chapter 0929 loyal to the king's life, jealous like hatred

Around the New Year's Eve of the fourth year of Kaiyuan, the atmosphere between the government and the opposition was not peaceful enough due to the border provocations provoked by Tubo.And at the beginning of the new year, the sage announced in the court meeting that he would personally set off to recover Qinghai, which had been occupied by Tubo for decades, and instantly detonated the atmosphere of the entire Chang'an city.

The sage who has lived in Da Nei for a long time has not experienced the enthusiastic response of various atmospheres among the people.However, the reaction in the court hall was so intense that even the saint had been mentally prepared for it, and was greatly surprised by the passionate and eager responses of the court officials.

At the same time that the Great Court Conference ended, many memorials poured in to the southern province like snowflakes. Many petitioners themselves were not qualified to submit letters, and they entrusted the chief officials of the department to submit them on their behalf.

As for the Tongjiao set up outside the Danfeng Gate, within an hour of the end of the Great Court Meeting, it was filled with letters from all parties.And when the prison envoy led his staff to collect the submissions, there were already piles of various submissions around Tongji.

Originally, after the Great Court Meeting, the sage was supposed to go to the Linde Hall to give a feast to the attendees of the Dajiu Dynasty, but because there were too many memorials pouring in from all over the place, they urgently needed to be reviewed and processed, so the Linde Hall Dajiu was handed over to the Taihuang The Empress Dowager and Qi Wang Li Shouli co-chaired the event, while the saint and several important ministers and prime ministers hurried to the Xuanzheng Hall of China and North Korea to deal with the various parties' memorials.

When Li Tong came to Linde Hall, all the scholars from Zhongshu, his disciples, including Jiyingguan, had already entered the hall and got busy.There are a large number of memorials piled up on everyone's desk, and boxes and cages are constantly being delivered from outside the hall.

To be honest, after seeing this scene, Li Tong was quite nervous.At today's Great Court Meeting, the two things he announced can be said to have a shocking impact. Whether it is his own imperial conquest or the return of the empress dowager to supervise the country, they can deeply hit Shiliu's pain points.

Although he has reached a consensus with the important ministers in the DPRK and China before, if the people in the DPRK have extensive consultations and are opposed to this, it is also a headache whether he should do this or not.

Not only the sage himself, several prime ministers also looked serious at the moment, not daring to be negligent. After entering the hall, they went straight to the memorials on the desk, and had no intention of gossiping at all.

At this time, the imperial case was already filled with the preliminarily sorted out memorials.These petitioners are mainly court officials of the fifth or sixth grade, and most of them are chief officials of various departments under the three provinces and six ministries. They are the specific executors of government affairs and the backbone of the Tang court.Their attitudes and opinions are naturally extremely important.

After Li Tong was seated, he began to quickly browse these memorials. After reading a few of them, his expression gradually changed.Without waiting for him to make a brief summary, the Prime Minister Liu Youqiu had already left the table with several memorials in his hands, and walked up to the imperial majesty, and said with an excited expression: "The people's sentiments are passionate, their morale is courageous, and the emperor's order is restored to the world and the majesty." There is a lot to rely on!"

Following Liu Youqiu's opening, several other prime ministers also got up one after another, their expressions relaxed a lot, and they all spoke their praises.

Hearing what the prime ministers said, Li Tong couldn't help laughing, and put his hands on the case, and said in a relieved tone: "The strength of a country is far from being achieved by the second and third sons. The crowd supports this feat , united as one, the revival of the national fortune is expected!"

Although some of the memorials collected in the palace contained arguments admonishing saints not to go to the border and take risks, the proportion was not large.Most of the memorials are discussing the feasibility and various specific strategies of the Tang Dynasty sending troops to recover Qinghai.As for the return of the Empress Dowager, there was even less mention of it.

For such a state of public opinion, Li Tong was very pleased.What he worries most is that the officials are still obsessed with various internal disputes regardless of the real military and political plans.

In the past few years, while recuperating, the imperial court has also been avoiding and preventing this from happening.However, since there is no iconic event to test, neither Li Tong nor the prime ministers have an absolutely clear judgment in their hearts.

But now, through the memorials of the officials, we can see that the focus of current public opinion is not on internal power distribution and position disputes, but that everyone is seriously thinking about the development and future of Datang Sheji.

The Tang Empire was huge, and the world did not think twice about it.Such a huge empire, in fact, any challenges and crises from the outside can hardly determine the rise and fall of the entire regime.The biggest factor that determines the strength of a country is the issue of internal friction.

Internal strife and attrition are unavoidable problems in any large organization from ancient times to the present.Whoever can solve this problem better will be stronger.

In order to achieve this situation, Li Tong has made a lot of efforts in the past few years, including but not limited to system reforms, personnel adjustments, and the direct physical elimination of those who are stubborn and disrupt the overall situation.

Now that the big things are going on, Li Tong is in a good mood when he finally sees his ideal court love situation.

At the same time, he is also deeply grateful for the legacy left by several generations of kings. It is precisely because Datang has an extremely glorious past that he was able to walk out of the gloomy past in just a few years after the situation returned to stability. Shades of confusion.The entire imperial court is committed to restoring the glory of the past, and any other considerations are no longer important.

With no more worries in his heart, Li Tong stood up from the banquet and ordered several prime ministers to stay here to review and select these memorials, while he returned to Linde Hall.

At this time, the Linde Palace was full of lively scenes of singing and dancing, and many ministers and envoys of the Hu chiefs did not pretend to be serious, and competed to sing and dance to invite joy.

It's just that under this lively appearance, everyone is more or less absent-minded, and they can't fully indulge in the fun.After all, the news heard in the main hall just now is too shocking, it makes people so shocked that they are out of their minds, and they can't help but be full of distracting thoughts.

When the saint returned to the hall again, everyone cheered up and suppressed the many distracting thoughts in their hearts, hoping to receive more messages.