Chapter 42 The Turning Point of History (One Update)

A butterfly in the tropical rainforest of the Amazon River Basin in South America occasionally flaps its wings a few times, causing the air system around it to change and produce a weak air flow. The production of weak air flow will cause corresponding changes to the surrounding air or other systems, which will cause a chain reaction and eventually lead to a huge weather change in other places. It is called the "butterfly effect".

The prosperous Tang Dynasty was like a poem and a painting. Although Chen Ying was a human being in his two lives, he seemed to see farther than the ancients, but in fact, Chen Ying's way of thinking was not necessarily smarter than the ancients.

As for the many thoughts in his previous life, not to mention Chen Ying, he only had a slight understanding of them, but even if he was really proficient and his theory was too advanced, it might bring greater harm to society.

How did Wang Mang’s new system end up being done? This is a lesson from the past. Chen Ying was not unaware of it. As far as theory is concerned, the content of Wang Mang’s new system was considered advanced when it was placed in the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, even if we need to reform, Chen Ying never thought of influencing the Tang Dynasty court and promoting the whole world. However, what Chen Ying did not expect was that he was affecting the development direction of the Tang Dynasty bit by bit.

Originally, Chen Ying did not think about building a road system for the Tang Dynasty. He simply followed the rail system for mine transportation in later generations, saving effort and time-consuming transportation of river mud excavated. However, after seeing this scene, Li Jiancheng decided to repair the road system of the Tang Dynasty. The nearly 400-mile road from Luoyang to Tongguan was about to be completed. It is expected that the entire line will be opened to traffic in the spring of the fourth year of Wude.

This was just a change in the Tang Dynasty. However, Chen Ying never expected that he only used wet method to make some primitive phosphorus fertilizers, which affected the Tang Dynasty's abolition of the death penalty.

Although it was only partially abolished, it is obvious that once this policy is introduced, the population of the Tang Dynasty will undergo a huge change. At least, the population base will be much larger. As long as it is labor reform, there will be the day when it is released from prison. Then the descendants of these people will breed countless populations for the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuan agreed with Xiao Yu's opinion without considering it. After all, Li Yuan was a person who cherished his feathers.

Once this policy is implemented, it will not have a particularly negative impact on the Tang Dynasty. Instead, it will allow the Tang Dynasty to obtain countless phosphate fertilizers and increase grain production. The people who benefit will be more grateful to him, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, he is not bloodthirsty and easy to kill. A kind-hearted emperor has always had a reputation as a violent one, and he is praised by the king.

At this moment, Chen Ying noticed that Li Xiuning's face was a little pale, and gradually a rosy look appeared on Li Xiuning's face. Suddenly, Li Xiuning covered her mouth and ran to the distance. After running for more than ten steps, she held her in front of a small tree and started to vomit.

Chen Ying didn't care about Li Yuan discussing major affairs with the ministers in the court, so he hurried over.

The world is big, and the wife is the biggest.

In Chen Ying's eyes, even the King of Heaven is not as big as a wife.

Li Yuan's eyes were filled with warmth. Seeing Chen Ying so nervous, Li Xiuning's face appeared with a hint of warmth.

Chen Ying waved his hand and asked Guo Luo to bring the kettle over, while patting Li Xiuning on the back: "Sanniang, how about it, are you better?"

Li Xiuning rinsed her mouth with water, and before she could even open her mouth, she started vomiting again.

Chen Ying was extremely nervous and shouted: "Guo Luo, come here quickly..."

However, Li Yuan still felt sorry for his daughter. Seeing Chen Ying sounded so loudly, he thought something had happened.

He hurriedly asked the imperial physician to come forward to treat Li Xiuning.

When Li Yuan left the palace, even though he had only been sixty miles away from the city, he followed the imperial physician in the Imperial Medical Office. After a while, an old doctor with gray hair and beard reached out to put his hand on Li Xiuning's wrist.

After a moment, a smile appeared on the imperial physician's face, let go of Li Xiuning's wrist, bowed to Li Yuan and Chen Ying, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Prince Chen, Princess Pingyang is happy!"

"What? Are you happy?" Chen Ying was ecstatic, and Li Yuan laughed when he heard this.

But at this time, a person who looked like an eunuch walked outside and said, "Your Majesty... I'm going to report it urgently!"

Li Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyes full of confusion, but at this moment, he heard the news that Li Xiuning was happy, and he was in a very good mood and laughed: "Why are you urgently?"

The eunuch said, "Report to Your Majesty, the general manager of Liangzhou, Li Daozong, urgently reported!"

"Li Daozong..." When Li Yuan heard this, a bad premonition arose. The Turkic Khan, 300,000 soldiers were in Dingxiang, and there was no abnormal movement. However, in the eyes of Li Yuan and the ministers of the Tang Dynasty, this was a sharp sword hanging on the head of the Tang Dynasty.

God knows when this sharp sword will be cut off.

There was only one possibility that the Turks' attack direction was not Lingzhou and Shuozhou, Taiyuan, Hebei's new land, nor Youzhou, and it was actually placed in Liangzhou.

Li Yuan unveiled a secret report and his face immediately became gloomy.

As expected, Li Yuan expected, it was precisely because of what Li Daozong reported that the Turks had more than 100,000 troops attacked Liangzhou. Li Daozong had no choice but to shrink his troops and wait for assistance.

When Li Jiancheng saw Li Yuan’s bad expression, he immediately took the urgent report from Li Yuan. When Li Jiancheng saw that his face was full of sadness.

Li Jiancheng also felt extremely immense because it was true that the Turks were attacking Liangzhou, but it was not Jie Li Khan. It was the soldiers of the Western Turks.

In 583, the East and West Turks split, and the West Turkish Shekui Khan opened up his territory. The countries from today's Shanxi to the Aral Sea were all under his rule. The Khan's temple was built on Mount Sanmi to the north of Kucha. In the autumn of the second year of Wude, the Western Turkic Khan Yehu sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute. Li Yuan had close contact with Tongyehu and prepared to jointly attack the Eastern Turkic Khan. Jie Li was very scared when he heard the news and quickly reconciled with Tongyehu.

In theory, the relationship between the Western Turks and the Tang Dynasty became a bit entangled because of the relationship between the Eastern Turks, and both sides were both enemies and friends.

However, Li Jiancheng really couldn't figure out why the Western Turks, who had just had a relationship last year, suddenly changed their minds now?

Li Yuan did not think as much as Li Jiancheng thought. Tens of thousands of Western Turkic soldiers attacked Liangzhou. This matter cannot be underestimated. The worst result is the alliance between the East and the East and the Turkics. Once the alliance between the East and the West, it would be a catastrophe for the Tang Dynasty.

Although the Eastern Turks are powerful, they are still very concentrated and the whole world's power is invincible.

However, the addition of East and West Turks is not a problem of one plus one equals two.

As early as the period of the Khan of Shekui, the Western Turkicans expanded their territory and expanded their territory to the west to the sea (now the Aral Sea). Compared with the Eastern Turkic, the Western Turkic was more well-equipped and controlled the Kangju Kingdom, one of the great powers in the Western Regions, and directly bordered the ancient Persian Sassanid Empire.

However, since the Sassanid Empire was in a war with the Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) for four hundred years, in the end of the Sassanid Empire, Holmezd IV continued to fight with Byzantine. At home, he attempted to rely on Christians to strengthen his position and continue to implement the policy of suppressing the great nobles, and thus angered the great nobles and monks, and was overthrown. In just under twenty years, he changed the thirteen kings, all of whom were puppets of the nobles and monks.

Coincidentally, in this case, the weak Sassanian Empire encountered the rising Western Turks. So it became even more tragic. The Sassanian army was not only restrained in large numbers on the Western Front and the Byzantine Empire, but also in the eastern Khorasan region, as well as Kang State, Shi State, etc., were all empty and unprepared, and were taken advantage of by the Western Turks.

In Chen Ying's memory, the extended war of the Western Turks lasted until about the fourteenth year of Zhenguan. Now, they should have more than twenty years of struggle.

Chen Ying even remembered that there was no record of the Western Turks taking the initiative to attack the Tang Dynasty. However, in this time and space, the Western Turks actually advanced eastward, which made Chen Ying feel very absurd.

Li Yuan left in the Qinglin, Li Jiancheng left, and important civil and military officials left, and Chen Ying also took Li Xiuning back to Chenjiabao in the Qinglin.

However, the Western Turks invaded Liangzhou made Li Shimin get a big advantage.

Originally, whether Li Jiancheng or Li Yuan, he did not want Li Shimin to go to Liangzhou, but was enfeoffed in Chang'an. Li Jiancheng hoped that Li Shimin would be under his nose, and Li Yuan also needed Li Shimin to check and balance Li Jiancheng.

However, in this situation, Li Yuan had no choice.

The troops under Li Daozong must not be able to stop the tens of thousands of soldiers from the Western Turks. It is imperative to reinforce Liang, but whoever can command the army is a problem.
Chapter completed!