On the day Li Shimin met the leaders of the tribes, such a thing happened, and the dinner was just a hasty meal.

Li Shimin was not in the mood to be perfunctory with the leaders of various tribes, but Li Chengqian was not idle.

Not to mention that the elders of the Nine surnames of Zhaowu have been surrounding Li Chengqian, even the leaders of the five Turkic tribes frequently showed their attention to Li Chengqian, but instead put their genuine Khan Li Simo aside.

This made the leaders of the Party Xiang very confused. They wanted to rely on Li Chengqian as their backer and were worried that they would be used by Li Chengqian...

But at this point, there was no wink and he dared not ask Li Shimin to tell them about it.

Li Shimin sat down at the dinner and called a few of his confidant ministers to the tent to discuss the matter of taking a ride back to Chang'an.

The tent was brightly lit, but Li Shimin's face was a little heavy, and the other ministers also had their own thoughts.

After a while, Li Shimin said worriedly: "You have also seen what happened today. Do you think Chengqian's actions will be beneficial to the long-term stability of the Tang Dynasty in the northern border?"

When several people heard this, they all looked thoughtful. When Li Shimin ordered to take down Hou Junji and others, the ministers thought that Li Shimin had decided to fully support Li Chengqian.

Now that Li Shimin asked this, it seems that there is still room for maneuver, so I...

"I call your Majesty, I think that the move of the Crown Prince is very beneficial to stabilizing the territory of the northern country." The first person to speak was Li Shiji.

Li Shimin nodded silently when he heard this. Of course, he knew that this matter would be beneficial to the long-term stability of the northern border, but he still hesitated: "But so many people oppose it. Will it cause greater chaos if it is forcibly implemented?"

Li Shimin's character was weaker among the emperor than Qin Shihuang who had been before him and Ming Taizu behind Emperor Wu of Han, and often he compromised.

Although he knew that Li Chengqian's policy was beneficial to the Tang Dynasty, he was afraid that the implementation would be too expensive.

Gao Jifu pondered for a while and said, "Your Majesty is very concerned. Although His Highness, although his prince is far-sighted and ambitious, the current Dangxiang tribes are unwilling to be in the military affairs. If they cause rebellion, the northern border will immediately become a battlefield. Then wouldn't our battle to destroy Xue Yantuo be in vain?"

In the early Tang Dynasty, ministers were seriously influenced by Taoist thoughts, and many ministers adhered to the theory of purity and inaction.

For example, Zhang Xuansu's current Gao Jifu and the others have completely opposite attitudes towards Li Chengqian, but their political attitudes are extremely similar. They are both quiet and inaction factions.

The main function of Confucianism and Confucian scholars in the early Tang Dynasty was the official of rituals, which was the role of Shusun Tong in the early Han Dynasty. Li Shimin used them as prime ministers in the late years.

In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, Han Kui emphasized "establishing virtue, making meritorious and making words" and Zhang Hengqu of the Song Dynasty proposed "establishing a heart for heaven and earth, establishing a destiny for the people, inheriting unique knowledge for the past sages, and opening peace for all ages." These are all very progressive contents.

In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, because the civil officials of aristocratic families had no world structure, they wasted all the powerful military power of the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, now our Tang Dynasty is strong and powerful, and it is a good time to govern the northern border. I think the strong Han Dynasty was the point of the Chinese military commander to establish counties and peace in the world.

At this time, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, His Highness the Prince of Shenwu is wise and his wise prince, and his father and son have never been together forever. Why should His Majesty worry about the failure to cure the northern border?"

When Li Shimin heard this, he also aroused his ambitions and nodded, "It's rare that Cheng Qian has been planning for a long time. If I don't allow him, he will not be willing to do it, so let him do it!" As he said that, he looked at Gao Jifu and said very domineeringly: "With me in the world, I can't mess up!"

When the ministers knew that Li Shimin had made up their minds, they stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty is wise!"

"Everyone is calm!"

Since Li Shimin decided to support Li Chengqian, he began to make corresponding personnel arrangements later.

Li Shimin looked at Zhang Shigui and said, "Shigui is now the governor of the Lingzhou Grand Governor's Office and cannot go back to Beijing with me. So stay and help Chengqian manage the Lingzhou departments well."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Shigui quickly expressed his opinion: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will do my best to help His Highness the Crown Prince achieve this great achievement!"

Li Shimin heard this and said, "Okay!" Then he said to Li Shiji: "It's enough to move my troops back to the court with Jingde and Daliang leading the army. The troops sent to Mobei have not yet come back. Maogong, please help Chengqian. After everything is arranged, escort him back to Chang'an."

Li Shiji also quickly stood up and saluted, "I obey the order!"

When Li Shiji sat down, Li Shimin looked at Gao Jifu and said, "Ji Fu has the talent for governing the world. He has once advised me to stop my mistakes. If Sui Liang is not by Chengqian's side, please leave him to pick up the leftovers and make up for him!"

"Minist obeys the order" Gao Jifu also stood up to salute.

Li Shimin waved his hand to signal him to sit down and asked his ministers to follow him, "Chengqian is angry and may be inconsistent with his assistance. Let's see if he is tolerant of him for a moment."

When all the ministers heard Li Shimin's words like he was entrusted with his own son, they were shocked and hurriedly stood up and saluted again: "I will obey Your Majesty's will."

After saying that, all the ministers surrendered, Li Shimin called Li Chengqian into the tent and gave him a sincere instruction, and ordered him to return to Chang'an immediately after finishing the matter here, and left Li Ke and Li Zhi in Lingzhou to return to Chang'an with Li Chengqian.

Two days later, Li Shimin took off and returned to Chang'an, and issued an order for Li Chengqian to be fully in charge of government affairs in the northern border as the prince. In addition to leaving three ministers for Li Chengqian, he also left him 20,000 imperial guards to protect Li Chengqian from returning to Chang'an.

Li Shimin's departure was completely liberated, and he would let him decide on the subsequent matters.

Because the martial arts were already in the formalities, Li Chengqian ordered the chiefs of the herdsmen from the northern border to come to Lingzhou to see him. He himself took his men to wander outside Lingzhou City, preparing to choose a site to build a wool felt factory.

On that day, Li Chengqian just returned to the Lingzhou Governor's Office and saw Xu Jingzong hurried to see him.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince is only five days away from the Martial Arts. There are only more than 400 children of small tribes who have signed up for the Martial Arts..." Xu Jingzong replied to Li Chengqian with concern.

After hearing this, Li Chengqian slowly sipped the tea, he said lightly: "Don't worry, they will strive to sign up in a few days."

Xu Jingzong didn't dare to say much when he heard this, but he knew in his heart that since Li Shimin led the army to leave, the Dangxiang tribes had become dishonest.

Li Chengqian looked at Xu Jingzong's desire to speak but stopped and said confidently: "Let them go crazy for a few days. Don't think that if the Tang Dynasty soldiers leave, they will be lawless!"

After hearing this, Xu Jingzong left.

Four days later, the next day, the martial arts competition will officially begin, and Li Chengqian and the people from the Lingzhou Governor's Office have no action.

Seeing that Li Chengqian still did not move, the leaders of the Dangxiang tribes couldn't help cheering and gathered together in the restaurant in Lingzhou City at noon to drink and have fun.

On the second floor of the restaurant facing the street, a group of Dangxiang leaders formed a circle to eat meat and drink alcohol based on a small table.

Tuoba Chici took a bowl of wine and drank it all in one go, then laughed and said, "I thought this Li Chengqian had what ability? When Tian Khan left, he didn't even dare to fart."

All the leaders burst into laughter when they heard this.

After everyone laughed, Feng Bulai stood up and said, "The total population of our party's Xiang ministries exceeds one million, which is not comparable to that of the Yi tribe in the Mobei region. So Li Chengqian dared not start a war easily."

"That's right, even Tian Khan is also a person who knows the pros and cons, how could he indulge Li Chengqian as an enemy of us? Doesn't he want the Tang Dynasty anymore?" A drunk leader stood up and said.

Tuoba Chici was a little fluttered when he heard these words, and stood up and said to everyone: "Although Li Chengqian didn't dare to cause trouble for us for a while, we still have to have a charter. In the future, Li Chengqian would be able to resist with us and other departments."

Here, the Dangxiang ministries are the most powerful, and everyone will naturally be willing to do so.

"That's right, we will select the leader of Toba as Khan today, and let Li Chengqian know that we are not easy to mess with."

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The leaders were talking in a verbal manner when they suddenly heard the crying sounds of women from downstairs and the discussions of people on both sides.

I vaguely heard someone saying something like "These Dangxiang women are so pitiful..."

Tuoba Chici and others walked to the window and looked down. They saw that there were ragged women and children on the street.

These women and children were driven to the Lingzhou Governor's Office by a group of samurai soldiers named Jiu in white clothes and holding scimitars.

The leaders of Dangxiang naturally understood that this was the Zhaowu Jiu's surname attacking Dangxiang's tribe.

Originally, it was extremely common for tribes on the grassland to attack and kill each other. In recent years, because the various governments established by the Tang Dynasty on the grasslands were fair, such things are gradually decreasing, which is also the reason why some small tribes in the Dangxiang can survive.

But when they saw the Jiu surname Zhaowu openly sending the women and children from Dangxiang to the Lingzhou Governor's Office, they understood that the Tang Dynasty would not uphold justice for them in this matter.

Their faces turned pale and they watched the women and children who were bullied by Zhaowu Jiu walked forward slowly.

After a while, the women and children in the Dangxiang tribe finished walking, and behind them were horse-drawn flatbed trucks, with the heads dressed by Dangxiang men neatly zipping.

A group of leaders of Dangxiang stood in the restaurant, watching the tragic death of the same clan, but their faces turned as if they were ashen.

Suddenly, two young Dangxiang people jumped out of the street. They reached out to hold the horse reins in the hands of the samurai leader named Jiu of Zhaowu, and shouted loudly: "Tian Khan has an order to not allow the grassland tribes to attack and kill each other. Why should you Jiu of Zhaowu attack and kill the Dangxiang tribe?"

Seeing this, the samurai of the Jiu surname of Zhaowu pulled out a scimitar to surround the two young men of Dangxiang, preparing to dismember them from corpses.

The two Dangxiang Samurai were not afraid and still tightly held the reins of the samurai who was the leader of the 9th surname of Zhaowu.

The samurai of the Jiu surname of Zhaowu who was robbed of the reins of the horse was not angry. He raised his hand to stop the other samurai of Zhaowu. He looked at the young Dangxiang and said lightly: "Young Dangxiang Warrior, you know the will of Tian Khan, and you should also know that you are enjoying the safe environment for you in the Tang Dynasty. Shouldn't you give some money to the Tang Dynasty?"

The people who rushed out were the brothers Xifeng Dazhao and Xifeng Dade. Xifeng Dazhao thought for a while after hearing this, "Our brothers were born in a tribe with only more than one hundred people. I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will also participate in the martial arts ceremony."

The warrior led by the Jiu surname of Zhaowu looked at Xifeng Dazhao and said, "You are very good people in the northern border."

But some people have no idea of ​​repaying kindness. Not only do they not follow the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, they also destroy it everywhere, such as the Yeremede tribe who was captured by my troops.

We and other tribes in the north are given great kindness by the Khan of Heaven and His Royal Highness. How can we allow such a heartless person and tribe to survive?"

The first day after the Xifeng Dazhao brothers entered Lingzhou City, they were involved in the incident of Yeli Lai's killing of the Tang Dynasty's soldiers. They also learned from this that they intentionally slandered the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. They had no good feelings for the Yeli Meide tribe. Hearing this, he relaxed the reins and clasped his fists at the samurai leader named Zhaowu and said, "My brother doesn't know that the warriors are going to fight against rebellion and kill the thief, so they are disrespectful!" As the two brothers retreated aside to make way.

Seeing this, the samurai leader named Zhaowu immediately clasped his fists to the brothers Xifeng Dazhao.

There were soldiers from the Tang Dynasty and warriors from various departments on the roadside. Hearing this, several Turkic warriors even shouted in public: "We should go back and report to the elders of the clan to send troops to destroy several of the rebels!"

The leaders of Dangxiang in the restaurant were all chilling as they watched this scene, as if they were falling into an ice cave.

As tribal leaders who have lived inside and outside Hetao for many years, they know very well what would the Turkish tribes do if they lose the constraints of the Tang Dynasty?

After a while, Tuoba Chici reacted and hurriedly ran out, shouting as he ran: "Send someone to sign up for the martial arts ceremony quickly, and all the registrations will be accepted!"

When the leaders heard this, they rushed downstairs in a hurry.

As soon as the leader of Dangxiang returned to the inn, he immediately ordered his children to go to Lingzhou City to find a pavilion where the Tang Dynasty accepted the registration for martial arts.

A group of leaders of the Party Xiang were waiting for news in the inn. After more than an hour, the children of the clan who went out came back one after another, but none of them successfully registered because the registration point in Lingzhou City was withdrawn yesterday.

The leaders of the Party Xiang were anxious when they heard this. At this time, they all knew that they had to ask Li Chengqian.

Under the leadership of Tuoba Chici, a group of Dangxiang leaders hurried to the gate of the Lingzhou Governor's Office to ask for Li Chengqian.

But the gate guards looked at them and ignored them.

Now almost all the people in Lingzhou City know that these Dangxiang people were evil in Li Chengqian, and the surrounding tribes were waiting to eat him one by one. Who would send a letter to them for nothing at this time?

Tuoba Chici and others had to try their best to please the gate-guarding imperial guards and give them valuable gifts, so the imperial guards were willing to send letters to them.
To be continued...