Chapter 20 Chapter Twenty

In the third year of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (715 A.D.), the aristocrats of Dashi suddenly became excited and swept their ferocious eyes to the east—the Western Regions of Tang Dynasty. However, they also know that it is very unreliable to want to swallow the western part of the Tang Dynasty by themselves.The first is not familiar with the terrain, the second is probably not as strong as others, and the third is too few people.So, how can we achieve excellent results in this disadvantaged situation? History gave Dashi a surprise. Their luck was really good. At that time, Tubo's strength was not good. They fought against Chang'an, and their record was not good. They were quite depressed by Li Longji.Two depressed people have the same opponent, and what happened later is easy to imagine.Tubo and Dashi jointly promoted Aliuda as king, and paid him a respect first, and then the army set out, marching aggressively towards the Tang Dynasty.However, this time they are not fighting the Tang Dynasty, but the younger brother of the Tang Dynasty, Bahana.

Hearing that his younger brother was trapped, Li Longji immediately ordered the censor Zhang Xiaosong and Anxi Governor Lu Xiujing to lead more than 10,000 local soldiers and horses to fight. Then, the coalition forces withdrew, throwing away their armor and armor. However, a difficult problem lay in front of Datang. In the Western Regions, Mochuu, which was originally recognized by all tribes, was still obedient back then. Now that Mochuu is dead, the leadership of the entire Western Regions has become a vacuum.At this time, a thunderous general was killed from Tuqishi. He tidied up the rest and established himself as a Khan with 300,000 troops, dominating the Western Regions.

This person is Su Lu who will appear next. In the fifth year of Kaiyuan (718 A.D.), Dashi felt that the current Tang Dynasty might be easy to bully, so he went north to conquer the Western Regions again.Regarding the situation at that time, the text of Dashi records as follows—— At that time, we were about to succeed, but for some reason, the army was surrounded by a group of murderous Turkic people. You know, Tang Dynasty people and Turkic people...but these people insisted that they were Tang people, um, who are they? What's the matter?We only knew that our army was trapped. In the predicament, we found out that the Turkic people liked money, so we paid a large amount of ransom. The Turkic people saw that we were starving to death, so they decided to let us live.

Now, let's reintroduce Sulu. Su Lu, Khan of the Western Regions, the leader of Tuqishi, he also has a special identity, that is, General Tang Zuo Yulin.Comrade Su Lu led his own tribe and army, and always regarded himself as the Tang Dynasty. When the big cannibal was repelled by him, he sent good news to Li Longji.If you think that Su Lu is a good person, it only means that this world is too dangerous and you are not strong enough. Su Lu used the banner of the Tang Dynasty, secondly because the Tang Dynasty was powerful, and firstly, because he used the name of the Tang Dynasty to grab things.

Therefore, Ashinaxian of the Western Turks was very dissatisfied with him, so he wrote a letter to sue Sulu, and asked to personally lead the Ge Luolu tribe to beat Sulu, but Li Longji refused.The emperor refused to make the decision, the relationship between Ashina Xian and Su Lu suddenly became tense, and the conflict was about to erupt.Su Lu was very proud. Seeing that Ashina Xian did not dare to flatter him, he felt that the Tang Dynasty was easy to bully, so he took advantage of the time when Tubo and Dashi invaded and invaded Tarim (southern Xinjiang). A few months later, Su Lu succeeded and set out to attack the four towns of the Tang Dynasty.This Sulu, fearing that he would not be able to do it, joined forces with the Tubo and Dashi allied forces, coming towards him with great momentum and rushing water like a small river.Yanqi, Kuqa, Kashgar, and Khotan are in urgent need.Ashina cried, and he made Li Longji promise to lead his troops to beat Su Lu, this time Li Longji nodded.Ashina Xian led the troops, and without waiting for the fierce coalition forces of Sulu, Tubo, and Dashi to set up their formation, he couldn't wait to kill them.As a result, we saw the exciting scene of the tripartite coalition forces fleeing wildly with their heads in their arms, and Ashina roaring in front of the battle.

The coalition forces who had been beaten up went back to their homes to find their mothers, and Su Lu was beaten black and blue by Ashina Xian. He also realized a very important problem: he could not defeat the Tang Dynasty, so he had better surrender. Li Longji gave Su Lu the title Zhongshun Khan. Yousi explained to Su Lu in detail what "loyalty and obedience" is.Su Lu smiled ashamedly, and asked Li Longji to arrange some tasks for him, so as to reflect his own value.Li Longji pointed to the west and said: "My order is very simple. Didn't you submit? Just lead your own army and take back Dongba Khanna, who was swallowed by Dashi. This task is not difficult, right?"

Su Lu accepted the order happily, without even taking a breath, he led the army and rushed to the back of the Dashi army in Dongba Khana, smashed the Dashi army, and completed the task assigned by the Lord with ease and joy. In the sixth year of Kaiyuan (718 A.D.), Tubo sent envoys to seek peace.In order to prove that this time he was sincerely seeking peace, the envoy also brought the autographs of Tubo Zanpu and Lun Shang.Of course, the envoy also required the signatures of the clan and ministers of the Tang Dynasty to guarantee their personalities in all aspects.Li Longji was very angry with Tubo's actions. He told the Tubo envoy that the previous oaths had no effect, and the oaths were ineffective because of insincere words.

After the Tubo envoy returned to the court, he kept his oath and did not move for three years. He made an astonishing move and had nothing to do. He led the army to besiege Xiao Bolu. Xiao Bolu sent a distress signal to Zhang Xiaosong, the Jiedu envoy of Beiting: Xiao Bolu is the west gate of the Tang Dynasty!Xiao Bolu is about to perish, and the Western Regions will become Tubo's, ambassador!Ambassador, we are optimistic about you, Ambassador! At the same time, Tubo wrote a very gentle letter to Xiao Bolu: We are not beating you, we are going to beat the four towns by way, dear! Playing this kind of low-level game under Zhang Xiaosong's nose is like playing with an ax in class, and Lao Luo is showing off his skills in front of his eyes.Zhang Xiaosong made the correct judgment, and now Tubo was only thinking of swallowing Xiao Bolu, squatting at the door of his house and not leaving.Zhang Xiaosong asked Zhang Sili, Shule's deputy envoy, to lead a total of 4,000 infantry and cavalry from the Fan and Han nationalities. They rushed to the back of Tubo in a starry night.

From then on, Tubo did not dare to act rashly for several years, asking for instructions early and reporting late.However, very different from Tubo, Dashi's little heart has not yet been shaken by the Tang Dynasty. Two years later, Dashi changed its leader, and the new leader wanted a place to practice and show his ability, so he chose Dongba Khanna. Then, more than half of Dashi's army died, and they were driven everywhere by Sulu. Kang, Shi and other countries that were originally attached to the Great Food Kingdom turned around one after another to meet the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.Dashi's plan to expand to the entire east was forced to run aground.

In August of the sixth year of Kaiyuan (718 A.D.), a strange phenomenon occurred in the wealthy Tang Dynasty. The salaries of officials could not be paid. The richest country in the world can't even distribute cash and grain. Why?Cui Mian, the young supervisor of the secretary, believes that it is not poverty, but a problem with the strategy.He said that the current rules are really outdated. In order to prevent the rich from getting too rich, they even asked the rich to pay for officials' salaries.In this way, the poor will not get half of the benefits, and the gap between the rich and the poor will not be reduced, and the rich will also be hollowed out.

The whole society stagnates because you always want to kill affluence. Li Longji asked, what should we do then? Someone suggested that Li Longji, since he wanted the people of the world to enjoy the prosperity together, he had to adopt other methods.The solution couldn't be simpler: official salaries still have to be paid by the people's taxes, and the rich cannot be simply forced to be apportioned.At that time, wealthy households in some states and counties had already been ruined, and those who envied a wealthy life did not dare to do business, because the fruits of a lifetime of hard work might just disappear without a trace. Li Longji was very happy to hear such a voice, he found Yao Chong and Song Jing, and discussed with them how to solve the current problem.Song Jing believes that the most deceitful thing right now is the circulation of private money and bad money, melting Kaiyuan Tongbao, which was originally made of pure copper, and turning it into bad money mixed with other worthless metals. Song Jing proposed to let the prefectures and counties take out 100,000 shi of stored grain and sell it to the people, and let the people pay for it, and then gather the collected bad money in one place and destroy it collectively.Illegal casting of money has been a chronic social disease from ancient times to the present. Strict and strict laws have been enforced in all ages. One family's private casting, and five families even sitting together, have not been able to stop some people from committing crimes.In the case of severe punishment, Song Jing's plan was implemented. The effect was not bad, quite good, so, in view of Song Jing being so capable and unselfish, many villains began to hate him. Song Jing offended not one or two people, but a large group of people! Song Jing is known for his knowledge of people. He can tell your depth at a glance, your personality and your talents after a few words. Comrade Song Jing once gave a performance. He believed that Li Yong, Sima Yuanwai of Kuozhou, and Sima Zheng Mian of Yizhou, although talented, had changeable personalities.If it is not used for a long time, it will seem that their talents have been subdued. It is better to grant them the governors of Yuzhou and Xiazhou.It turned out later that the Li Yong that Song Jing mentioned was indeed a well-known expert, but what this guy did was really unpredictable to me. As a governor, he is a god-man with changeable personalities, a wonderful son of the Beihai emperor, who guides the backward, blocks the road and robs, plays tricks, and deceives others. Another day, Song Jing played a performance, thinking that Dali Qing Yuan Xingchong was talented, and it was right to use him, but after a long time, this guy couldn't do it.Song Jing asked Li Longji to make him a casual official and a regular servant, and let Li Chaoyin take over his job.Li Longji asked: "Li Chaoyin is Henan Yin, Li Chaoyin is gone, who should Henan Yin do?" Song Jing said: "Lu Xiang first." Although Lu Xiangxian was lenient in law enforcement, he never allowed his subordinates to commit crimes. He was the governor of Henan and protected the Eastern Capital so that Chang'an could rest easy. Song Jing only cared about his work and appointed people on merit, but he forgot that the group of officials who were dismissed by him were followed by a large group of guests waiting to be fed, as well as the ardent expectations of the full family. In April of the eighth year of Kaiyuan (AD 720), Qi Guogong, Kaifu Yitong and Wang Renjiao, the third minister, died, and more people hated Song Jing.As soon as Wang Renjiao died, Wang Renjiao's son, Wang Shouyi, wrote a letter asking Li Longji to make a five-foot-high grave for his father. The reason was that this was what Dou Taiwei did after his death. Comrade Wang Renjiao made great contributions. , should do the same.Li Longji approved, and Song Jing jumped out to speak out.Generally speaking, the graves of first-rank officials are one foot nine feet high, and even the founding fathers are only three feet high. Song Jing began to reason: when Taizong married his daughter, the money was too much, Wei Zheng raised his voice, and Empress Wende (Guanyin's maidservant) also praised Wei Zheng.His Majesty let good people not learn, but he chose to learn from Wei Shuren (the grave that Empress Wei made for his father became the imperial tomb)!Think about it, Your Majesty, with the dignity of the queen's father (Wang Renjiao is the queen's biological father), it is not difficult to build a big grave.But I'm not for the sake of being tall or not, the height really represents people's hearts, what I'm doing today, I'm afraid it will damage the queen's virtue. Li Longji was very happy and gave Song Jing and Su Ting four hundred bolts of silk and satin.Just one thing, now, the group of people behind Queen Wang have also become people who hate Song Jing. They only care about their interests, how can there be so much reason?