Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

Speaking of this, Li Ke paused for a moment, and then said to everyone again: "Here, on behalf of the Tang royal family and the people of the world, I pay the highest respect to each of you, because you are the foundation of the Tang Dynasty!"

After finishing speaking, Li Ke bowed to Li Daozong and others to salute. Li Daozong stood there with an excited expression on his face, but he didn't return the salute, nor did he stop him, because he knew that what Li Ke was facing was not him alone, but dozens of people from the Tang Dynasty. Thousands of soldiers.

After Li Ke saluted all the soldiers around, Li Daozong knelt down on one knee and said loudly, "Your servant guards the frontier for the Tang Dynasty, even if you die, you will have no regrets!"

"Death without regret!" All the soldiers around knelt down on one knee in unison and shouted loudly.

The tidy roar spread in all directions, expressing the excitement and passion in the hearts of the soldiers!

Although the family members around Li Daozong did not kneel down, they also saluted in their own way.

"General Li, please get up." Li Ke stretched out his hand to help Li Daozong up.

A simple welcome ceremony is over, but it represents an unprecedented future.

All the soldiers were led back to their respective posts by their captains and school captains. Maybe many soldiers today would consider whether to allow their families to move to the future Qinghai Road, and Li Ke would naturally not either. to force.

According to the information in Li Ke's hands, the entire Qinghai Road has arable land area equivalent to about 3000 million mu in the Tang Dynasty.

Although the statistical area of ​​cultivated land comes from the statistical data of Qinghai Province in later generations, the statistical data of later generations is because the national grain logistics and transportation are not a problem. Many sub-level cultivated lands in Qinghai have been transformed into cultivated land for other purposes. The urban area of ​​Xining, which is located in the Huangshui River Basin, occupies more than 7000 square kilometers.

The location of downtown Xining used to be good arable land. The urban area of ​​Xining alone is equivalent to more than 400 million mu of arable land in the Tang Dynasty.

At present, the population of Qinghai Province in the next few decades, or even hundreds of years, will not be able to catch up with the population of later generations, and more than 3000 million mu of land, based on 100 mu of land per household, is enough to allocate 30 households!

You must know that the number of registered households in Datang's household department is less than 300 million!Although the actual population is much larger than this, it also shows that there is no shortage of cultivated land in Qinghai Province.

The migration of the population is related to Datang's control of the local area, as well as the population ratio.

Although with Li Ke's current methods, it is not a problem for Tuyuhun herdsmen to return to their hearts, but it is still very important to increase the population ratio of different ethnic groups, which has an extremely important impact on the assimilation of the local environment.

Once the people whose ancestors lived here are completely assimilated, the future generations here will be the territory of the Great Tang no matter what!The risk of being occupied by nomads is drastically reduced.

Similarly, after Qinghai Road has a sufficient population, it means that Datang will use this place as a springboard in the future to control the Western Regions more easily.

Therefore, Li Ke's ceremony today was not done for nothing. It is very difficult to migrate ordinary people in this era, so Li Ke first used these soldiers on the border as a breakthrough and gave them a lot of benefits, thereby incidentally increasing the population of the surrounding area. .

The soldiers left separately, but Li Ke's actions today will plant a seed in their hearts. This seed is very simple, let them understand why they are fighting!Not for the illusory idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor, but to protect their own homeland.

Baojia and Zhongjun do not conflict.

Li Daozong and his family will naturally meet Li Ke again, but this time they are here in Li Ke's tent. Besides, there is another thing, that is, they came with Li Daozong's family. An envoy from Li Shimin came to read the imperial decree.

The content of the imperial decree is very simple. Li Daozong was appointed as the deputy governor of the Xizhou Governor's Mansion, while Xue Wanche, Xue Wanjun and others' positions as generals remained unchanged. It was placed under the Xizhou Protectorate.

In addition, a chief Shi Qiao Shiwang was also dispatched to Xizhou Governor's Mansion. From the third rank, he was at the same level as Li Daozong's Deputy Governor.In addition, Su Dingfang was appointed Sima of Xizhou Protectorate, from the fourth rank.Pei Xingjian was appointed as the secretary of the Xizhou Protectorate to join the army, from the sixth rank.

Qiao Shiwang is about a month away from taking office. Qiao Shiwang is still Li Ke's uncle. He is the husband of Li Ke's aunt, Princess Luling. In fact, Qiao Shiwang is not much older than Li Ke. His aunt Not even a few years older than him.

After receiving the order, Li Ke met Li Daozong and his family in his tent.

"I have met His Highness King Qin." Li Daozong, his wife, and two concubines saluted Li Ke first.

"Mrs. Li, there are two more people who are polite. This Xizhou Chihai City has just been built, and the living conditions here are difficult. You have worked hard." Li Ke returned a gift to them.

"His Royal Highness King Qin is serious. What His Royal Highness just said, I also feel deeply. It is my honor to be able to accompany my husband to guard the frontier for the Tang Dynasty. What's more, His Highness is still able to guard the frontier with the dignity of a prince. How can we talk about hardships?" " Mrs. Li said with a smile, "Come on, I have met His Royal Highness King Qin."

"The ministers Li Jingheng, Li Jingren, and Li Jingyu have seen His Royal Highness King Qin." The three men in the back saluted Li Ke at the same time.

"Exemption."

"Sister Li Yan, I have met my brother." A fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl standing behind saluted Li Ke calmly.

Li Ke's gaze also focused on her. This appearance is comparable to that of Yang Anning and the others. She is extremely beautiful, with a slender figure, and she is quite tall. The main reason is that the name of the other party makes Li Ke very uncomfortable. interested.Their family and Li Daozong's family are considered distant relatives, so there is no problem calling the other party elder brother, but Li Jingheng and the others all regard themselves as ministers, in fact, they are a little different.

After all, this is already a private occasion, but Li Yan's introduction instantly brought the relationship between the two closer, and it also suits Li Ke's appetite.

"Sister Li Xin, I've met my brother." A girl next to him was twelve or thirteen years old, with the same good looks, looked at Li Ke curiously, and introduced herself with a salute.

So one of these two might be the legendary Princess Wencheng?Li Ke was full of curiosity, but now that Li Shimin hadn't issued an edict, it was naturally impossible for Li Ke to know who it was.

In history, it was the 14th year of Zhenguan that Li Shimin named Princess Wencheng, and it was the 15th year of Zhenguan that Li Shimin married Songtsan Gampo. Now it is only the ninth year of Zhenguan, that is to say, there are still six years left.And Li Yan seems to be at least 15 years old, and will be 21 years old six years later, which is already very old in the Tang Dynasty.

On the contrary, Li Xin, who will be eighteen or nineteen years old in six years, is more suitable.

To be honest, Li Ke doesn't know which of the two is the real one. In fact, there is a question mark whether it is Li Daozong's daughter. The origin of Princess Wencheng has never been recorded in the official history, so Li Ke can probably understand.

It's just for the sake of stabilizing the relationship with Tubo, it's very simple, if it is recorded, if it is introduced to Tubo, the leader of Tubo will lose face?I'm here to marry a princess, you call this a princess?

The fact that Princess Wencheng is the daughter of Li Daozong is just speculation by later generations. The main reason is that Li Daozong personally escorted Princess Wencheng to Tibet. Considering the historical situation and status at that time, Li Daozong would not be able to come anyway, so It was only then that everyone speculated that Li Daozong might have other relationships with Princess Wencheng, so Li Daozong was allowed to escort him.