Gongri Gongzan was Tubo Zanpu. With his surrender, the matter of the Tang Dynasty surrendering Tubo ministers became easier.

Li Ke entered the Potala Palace and detained Gongri Gongzan. In his name, he surrendered the Tubo ministers to maintain the order of the Logis, comfort the people, and stabilized the Logis situation in the shortest time.

After stabilizing the logic, Li Ke ordered Siru to surrender the city to the Tang Dynasty. The foreign troops in Tubo were already unable to defeat the Tang army, but they encouraged to resist. Now, there was the order of Gongri Gongzan. Except for a few places that were still resisting, the rest of the rest surrendered.

The Tang army was powerful and far from comparable to Tubo. There was no one in Tubo who could help Tubo survive in a desperate situation, so the remaining places were still stubborn and struggled to survive, and it would not last a few days.

A month later, as the general trend progressed, the soldiers of the Tang army had swept the entire Tubo territory, the plateau country, and the land in southern Tibet had been owned by the Tang Dynasty and included as the Tang territory.

As the entire Tubo area returned to the Tang Dynasty, Li Ke's Western Expedition was gradually over, and the rest was how to govern the Tubo after the war.

The war was settled, the Tubo country was destroyed, and the four armies of the Tang Dynasty, more than 300,000 troops met in Yuluo, the former Tubo capital.

The land in southern Tibet is new, and the Tubo people must have many resistance to the control of the Tang army, so the Tang army must have stationed troops in Tubo.

However, the garrison is a garrison. How to garrison, where to garrison, and who to command, is particular about how to garrison, and especially the choice of the commander is particularly important.

Because although Tubo has been settled now, the situation in southern Tibet is not good, so the commander stationed in Tubo this time must be in charge of heavy troops. This commander must not only be both civil and military, but also be able to go on horseback and dismount the horse to govern the people, but also be a confidant who Li Ke absolutely trusts.

Lusie City, Potala Palace.

Li Ke is meeting with his most desirable coach, the commander of the North Army and the governor of Liangzhou - Pei Xingjian.

First of all, when it comes to Li Ke's trust, Pei Xingjian naturally has no shortage. Pei Xingjian was Li Ke's hero. When Li Ke was still the governor of Bingzhou in Taiyuan, Pei Xingjian was with Li Ke and followed Li Ke for many years.

As for ability, Pei Xingjian is even more lacking. Pei Xingjian comes from a famous family in Hedong, has a wealthy young man, and has literature at Hongwenguan, and is a martial artist. He is both civil and military. He is also the leader among the younger generation of the Tang Dynasty.

And the most important point is that Pei Xingjian knew Li Ke’s thoughts, and he could implement Li Ke’s will here without any omissions to govern southern Tibet.

"The land in southern Tibet is new, and the upper and lower levels are uneasy. I am not at ease here. I have discussed with the prince. I want to set up the southern Tibet Protectorate here, and you are the first southern Tibet Protectorate, and you are the third rank of the subordinates of the Secretariat, and you are the third rank of the subordinates of the Central Secretariat, and for three years." Pei Xingjian was a confidant, and Li Ke did not beat around the bush, and he came up to tell Pei Xingjian.

The southern Tibet Protectorate is higher than the northern Anhui Prefecture, and is both the upper Protectorate. It is the third rank of the Protectorate. This official position is even higher than that of Pei Xingjian's current Liangzhou Governor.

Generally speaking, it is a hurdle after the military officials become the governor. For most people, even if they are at the top, it will be very difficult to get promoted. However, even if Li Ke’s arrangement helps Pei Xingjian directly overcome this hurdle and pushes a critical step up.

Moreover, this is not the most important thing for Pei Xingjian. The most important thing is that Li Ke ordered Pei Xingjian to be the third rank of the subordinates of the Secretariat and served as the southern captain of Tibet.

The third rank of the Secretariat of the Tongzhongshu is usually the prime minister. Pei Xingjian is the guardian of southern Tibet and is not in the center, so he naturally will not do the prime minister. However, Li Ke directly gave Pei Xingjian the identity of the chief minister.

Or it can be said that Li Ke is promising Pei Xingjian in disguise that as long as Pei Xingjian returns to China for three years in the future, Li Ke will use this merit to promote him to the prime minister and enter the Political Affairs Hall.

This is a path that many people may not be able to complete after ten, twenty or even thirty years. However, Pei Xingjian only has three years, and Li Ke's preference for his heroic officials has been written on his face.

"The last general will receive the order." Pei Xingjian immediately bowed and accepted the order.

After Pei Xingjian received the order, Li Kecai asked: "Control southern Tibet must be a military-political integration in the early years. You should not be careless about this matter. Do you have any concerns in your heart?"

Li Ke asked, Pei Xingjian did not dare to reply hastily. After thinking for a long time, he replied: "The civil and military forces are divided into different places to station troops, and the government is lenient and severely punished."

Li Ke smiled and said, "What is the division of troops? Let's talk about it carefully."

Pei Xingjian replied: "The land in southern Tibet is vast and the people are widely distributed. If the troops are stationed in various places, the military expenditure will be greatly damaged, and the finances will be insufficient. Secondly, the troops will be insufficient, and it will be difficult to maintain. Therefore, the generals thought that our army would not need to be widely distributed. As long as we guard the important towns and fortresses, the rest can be handed over to local troops and horses to keep the south."

Li Ke asked: "Where are you scrupulous?"

Pei Xingjian replied: "Losse City, Gechuanyi, Damu City, Pulanguan, and Pibo City, only a few places are enough."

In the places mentioned by Pei Xingjian, Lucicheng was the capital of Tubo, the first city in southern Tibet; Gechuanyi was a fortress that divided southern Tibet and northern Tibet, and military strategists must fight for it; Damucheng was the barrier of Luci, the largest city in the north; Pulanguan was the isolation of Tubo and Xiangxiong, and military strategists were the key; and Pibocheng was the old capital of Tubo, which was also a place of prosperity.

These places are either important towns with abundant resources or fortresses that lock their throats. The Tang army is still in control of these places, so the Tang army can always firmly control the situation in southern Tibet and control the Tubo.

In this regard, what Pei Xingjian thought was consistent with what Li Ke said.

Li Ke continued, "What about lenient punishment? Since it is a severe punishment, how can it be lenient? What is this?"

Pei Xingjian replied: "The so-called lenient government and strict punishment are two things, and they cannot be generalized. Those who are lenient in politics have new achievements, and the people are new to them. They are lenient in politics, and they can win the hearts of the people. But after all, Tubo is not as strong as the Central Plains. The people are strong in the people, and the people will definitely be difficult to control. If they only practice lenient administration, they are afraid that they will not be able to do so. Those who violate the law must be punished severely and will not be leniently pardoned, which will shock everyone."

After hearing this, Li Ke roughly understood what Pei Xingjian meant. Tubo was newly surrendered and there were many rebellious people among the people. Pei Xingjian wanted to relax the laws and give Tubo people more freedom to capture and calm people's hearts. However, those who ignore laws and obey laws will be severely punished and used as a warning to others. This can ensure that the Tubo people can obey the control of the Tang army to the greatest extent.

Li Ke nodded in praise and said, "What you said is reasonable. I will hand over Tubo to you. Don't worry. I have been away from Beijing for more than half a year. I must be without a king in the country. I will return to Beijing soon. It will be up to you here."

Pei Xingjian responded: "Your Majesty let go, even if I die thousands of times, I will never let you down."
Chapter completed!