Wu Meiniang's actions sounded a wake-up call to Di Renjie. He also knew why Li Ke was so concerned about Li Yu's opening of the palace. Li Ke never worried about Li Yu, but the harem. Li Ke was afraid that the Tang Dynasty would repeat the mistakes of the Western Han Dynasty, the harem would interfere in politics, and the foreign relatives would chaotic power.

Li Ke stood behind Di Renjie. Di Renjie was naturally not afraid of Wu Meiniang, but Di Renjie did not tell Li Ke about Wu Meiniang in a hurry, because Di Renjie knew that once Li Ke was informed of this matter, it would inevitably lead to a rift between the emperor and the empress, and Di Renjie was not easy to explain in front of Li Yan.

And there is another important reason, that is, this matter is related to Li Yan's position as the prince.

It is true that Di Renjie is loyal to Li Ke, but as a minister, he also has his own tendency to the candidates for the crown prince. Naturally, he tends to be Li Jun, who is very close to him. Di Renjie has his own thoughts.

Once this incident is aroused, everyone knows that the stability of Prince Li Yan's position is not good, and Wu Meiniang is far from becoming a miracle than Li Ke. If Wu Meiniang restrains herself, it would be the best. If it fails, it would not be too late for him to report this to Li Ke.

Although Di Renjie did not report to Li Ke on this matter, Wu Meiniang's troubles had just begun.

Ganlu Hall, inner hall, study room.

In the study, the Secretary of the Central Committee, Cen Wenben, the Secretary of the Sect, Wang Xuance, and the Secretary of the Shang Dynasty, the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the House of the

"I conferred the title of the female Khan of the Turks. The original intention was to divide the power of the northern desert and make the East-West Turks fight each other. I thought that the Western Regions would be prepared in the future. What will happen to the things you have drafted?" Li Ke came up and asked several people.

As Li Ke said, Li Ke issued an order to integrate the Eastern and Western Turks and conferred Ashinayun as the female Turkic Khan in order to seek a strong Turkic Khan. Li Ke's purpose was to re-divid Mobei by taking advantage of the female Khan in the canonization of the female Khan, and to re-divid the entire Mobei under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and from then on it became the territory of the Tang Dynasty. It was a practical reorganization, not a submission in the mouth.

Li Shimin and Li Ke devoted the power of two generations of emperors to pacify the desert, especially the Ding of Mobei, and Li Ke had many contributions, so all ethnic groups in Mobei surrendered to Li Ke.

But Mobei's surrender to Li Ke was based on force and blood. Submission to Li Ke did not mean submitting to the emperors after the Tang Dynasty. The grassland tribes were strong but neglected righteousness. If there were no further measures, one day, if Li Ke was gone, would they still be loyal to the new king of the Tang Dynasty?

So what Li Ke had to do was to completely suppress Mobei during his reign and turn Mobei into the borderland of the Tang Dynasty, so that he could maintain a hundred years of peace.

However, it is not easy to accomplish this. Li Ke cannot do it rashly. He also took advantage of the fact that he had enthroned the Turkic female Khan after rectifying the imperial guards in the north and south and conquered all the real powers of the Zhechong Mansions in the world.

Fang Xuanling presented the memorial at hand and said, "I have already discussed it and asked Your Majesty to read it."

Li Ke ordered someone to send a memorial presented by Fang Xuanling, and glanced at it a few times, with a smile on his face.

"The tribes in the north of the Mo River are the prefectures, the Eastern Turks are the Jinshan Prefectures, the left and right tribes in the Western Turks are the Yaochi Prefectures, the Tianshan Prefectures, the Uighur tribes are the Hanhai Prefectures, the Pugu is the Jinwei Prefectures, the Bayegu is the Youling Prefectures, and the most common geese are the Yanran Prefectures, and the same Luo is the Guilin Prefectures, and Sijie is the Lushan Prefectures, Huxue, Xijie, Aduo, Qiezi, Sijie, Bai Xiao and others are the seven prefectures such as Gaolan."

In the memorial submitted by Fang Xuanling, the Ministry of the Northern and Western Turks divided the Governor's Office and prefectures and counties, and the leaders of each tribe were appointed as the Governor or Governor, and they were directly ordered to Chang'an, similar to the Shannan tribe. In this way, all the government orders for the appointment and removal of officials in the northern part of the Mobei were out of the court, and they were restrained by each other, so they naturally gradually returned to their submissions.

Li Ke smiled and said, "It's good, but this matter is not too late, and it needs to be implemented as soon as possible. Now the enthronement of the East and West Turks, and the enthronement of the female khan will soon spread to the north of Mo. At that time, all ethnic groups are worried that the Turks will be in trouble and will harm themselves. In order to protect our Tang Dynasty, we will definitely obey our orders."

Fang Xuanling replied: "Your Majesty said that I will deal with this matter immediately after returning to the yamen."

"Yeah, that's the best."

After Fang Xuanling responded, Li Ke nodded and then continued: "Actually, I would like to come here today in addition to discussing the Turkic period, there is another important matter to discuss with you."

"Your Majesty also asks you for your order." Cen Wenben bowed and bowed.

Li Ke said: "I established the female Khan of the Turks in order to divide the Western Turks, open up the Western Regions, and restore the Silk Road of the Han Dynasty to benefit the people's livelihood of the Tang Dynasty. However, the situation in the Western Regions is complex and the resistance is extremely great. There is more than just one Western Turk. Tubo lives on the plateau and is also determined to be in the Western Regions. Therefore, I think that if I want to open the Western Regions, I must first make complete preparations to pacify other problems to avoid being attacked from both sides. This is the only way, do you agree with it?"

Cen Wenben was very familiar with Li Ke. As soon as Li Ke opened his head, Cen Wenben immediately understood what Li Ke meant. Li Ke said that he was attacked from both sides and the Western Regions were in the west. The Yuwu Li Ke said was naturally Goguryeo in the east.

Since the 18th year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin's north expedition to Goguryeo but failed to destroy the country and returned with great success. He was in a state of depression and died of depression, the hostility of the Tang Dynasty towards Goguryeo had reached its peak, especially in the past two years, Goguryeo has not stopped and has often had friction with the Andong Protectorate stationed in Liaodong. Li Ke regarded Goguryeo as a thorn in his side and wanted to get rid of it.

When Li Ke ascended the throne last year, people were determined, so there was no big noise on the sidelines. Now Li Ke has firmly placed on the throne. In addition, this year, Goguryeo has never paid tribute, so Li Ke's murderous intent has become even heavier.

Cen Wenben asked, "What Your Majesty said is Goguryeo."

Li Ke said: "Yes, it was Goguryeo. The expedition to Goguryeo in the east and destroying its country was the will of the ancestors. I should do it right."

Cen Wenben thought for a while and said, "Goguryeo is arrogant and will definitely destroy Liaodong for the sake of disaster, but it may not be the time at the moment."

Cen Wenben's words fell, and Du Ruhui said: "I followed what Cen Zhongshu said. Your Majesty has not long been ascending the throne, and the hearts of the world have been settled. In addition, the grain disaster in Guanlong last year and the granary was not abundant. It is not a time to use arbitrary weapons. I hope Your Majesty will think twice."

Li Ke was not surprised by Cen Wenben and Du Ruhui's words. There were many people in the court who wanted to fight east, but most of them were military officials. Most of the civil officials still opposed Li Ke's attacks the year after he succeeded to the throne.

Li Ke just asked casually today, and all the prime ministers in the court were like this, which represented the opinions of the court officials. It was impossible for Li Ke to really send troops to Goguryeo this year.

However, Li Ke also knew the current situation, and he did not expect the prime ministers to support him in sending troops at this time.

Li Ke said: "Since this is the case, let's discuss the matter of the Eastern Expedition for the time being. However, Goguryeo was rebellious after all, and its momentum could not rise. I want to make the Antonian defender Xue Rengui attacked him with a partial army during the Spring and Autumn Period to destroy the farming season and consume his national strength. I wonder if it is possible?"

Li Ke just wanted to mention the Eastern Expedition first, and then make a little concession, so that Xue Rengui would fight the former war first. If Goguryeo counterattack and the situation of the war expanded, Li Ke would have a reason to start the war. If it failed, it would be at worst possible to lose Goguryeo's national strength.

Goguryeo is about to fight sooner or later. If it can damage its national strength, it will be a good thing to start the war next year. Cen Wenben said: "Your Majesty knows the military, this plan is feasible."

When Li Ke heard this, he nodded slowly, and was about to summon the decree, but at this moment, there was suddenly more noise outside the door.

Li Ke was discussing matters with the prime minister, but it suddenly became noisy outside. Although Li Ke has always been kind to others, he was a little unhappy.

Li Ke asked Xi Junmai, who was on duty outside the hall, and said, "Junmai, why are there noisy outside?"

Li Ke spoke, Xi Junmai hurried into the hall and replied, "Your Majesty, it was daylight at this time, but Taibai Star suddenly appeared. The people in the palace were surprised, so it was a little noisy. I hope Your Majesty will forgive you."
Chapter completed!