Chapter 117 is even longer than what I thought

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A few days later, the court issued an edict, severely accusing Jie Li and his former Eastern Turkic Khanate, who were invaded by our Tang Dynasty, and thus the people of several states were attacked by them and had to send troops to attack them. Finally, all the troops of Jie Li were wiped out, and tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers who had violated our Tang Dynasty border were captured. Now Jie Li has surrendered, and the court no longer investigated the responsibilities of Jie Li and his subordinates in order to show their mercy, and also granted them official positions, only to repent in the palace. However, killing our Tang Dynasty soldiers and the soldiers of the people needed some punishment.

But our Tang Dynasty has always treated people with courtesy. Even if we treat these Turkish soldiers who once killed our Tang Dynasty soldiers and the people, we will not be punished seriously. We will not impose prison punishment on them. We will only make them work and use labor as a means to transform them, so that these Turkish prisoners of war will do their part to the infrastructure of our Tang Dynasty and act as atonement.

After the imperial edict was issued, these Turkish prisoners of war far away from Tongguan were imprisoned, escorted by our Tang sergeants, and rushed to Jianghuai and Jiangnan to carry out their first labor reform project, dredging the canal from Hangzhou to Luoyang, and re-excavating the Yongtong Canal from Luoyang to Chang'an.

After tens of thousands of Turkic prisoners of war were escorted to the road, the court issued another edict to express special grace to the surrendered Turks, allowing them to place them in several places such as Jianghuai, Jiangnan, Shannan, Lingnan, etc., which are in a pleasant climate and rich in resources.

The imperial edict specifically pointed out that these Turkic people who surrendered all year round, living a wandering life on the grasslands in the desert, and lived a hard life. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty could not bear to let them live such a wandering and hard life. In the richest southern roads of the Tang Dynasty, they chose a place for them to plant crops. After they arrived at the resettlement, they could follow the Han people to plant crops and grazed cattle and sheep. Life must be much more stable than the life of living by water on the grassland.

The edict also warned the surrendered Turks to abide by the laws of the Tang Dynasty, respect the customs of the resettlement areas, live peacefully with the Han people in the resettlement areas, and live in harmony. If there are any violations of laws and regulations and gangs and chaos, governments at all levels will still give them heavy responsibility.

A few days after the imperial edict was issued, more than 200,000 Turkic people, under the escort of the Tang Dynasty soldiers, set out from the detention areas one after another, and went to the resettlement place for them to be selected by the court under the leadership of the newly appointed leaders of tribes at all levels.

After all the Turkic surrenders set out from the place of detention, they deal with the surrendered Turkic people and came to an end.

More than 200,000 Turks went to the resettlement site, and the camp where the Turkish surrendered people was detained was vacant, which greatly relieved the officials responsible for guarding the Turkish surrendered people, and relieved many ministers in the court. More than 200,000 Turkic prisoners gathered in the middle of Chang'an and Luoyang. No one was not worried that these Turks would cause trouble. Now everything has finally come to an end, and the Turks are sent to various places.

No matter how powerful the Turks were, there were always so many people who were afraid of death or loved glory. The tribes led by the leaders who showed their favor to the Tang Dynasty, and the strong and warlike young Turks were all stripped away. Moreover, the Turks surrendered generals who were placed were placed in units of several people, and each county was placed about 600 people, with a total of more than 400 resettlement areas. In this way, the Turks were placed on a large scale. In the south where people were not familiar, there was no possibility of scattered Turks in a very scattered south.

Li Shimin basically took his suggestions, which made Wang Yi very proud. Through Li Shimin, he could say that he influenced and changed the history of the Tang Dynasty. For Wang Yi, who was a humble person in later generations, who was just an ordinary person, it was a bit unbelievable. He was also grateful to Li Shimin for his trust in him, and even felt a sense of friendship with Li Shimin. He wanted to talk about things with Li Shimin again, but for the next period of time, Li Shimin did not announce that he went to the palace, and even when he went to the palace to check his health for Empress Changsun and Princess Changle, he did not see Li Shimin.

Wang Yi had no choice but to put away his thoughts and concentrate on doing his own thing.

Time passed very quickly, and it was already the hot summer. Because of the complicated affairs of the court, Li Shimin did not go out to escape the summer this summer, but stayed in Chang'an City and in the Tai Chi Palace.

Wang Yi, who had already served in the court, could not have been able to go to the village outside the city to escape the summer heat, and he stayed in the city all summer.

There are also a lot of thunderstorms in Chang'an City in summer. After a heavy rain, the weather became much cooler. Taking advantage of the cool weather, Wang Yi took a group of followers out and headed to Yongxingfang, near the imperial city.

When he arrived at a mansion whose area covered a large area but was closed, Wang Yi signaled his followers to wait aside. He personally went over and handed over the name of the sect.

"When Wang Yi is here to visit Li Xiang, please pass on the post!" Wang Yi handed over his famous sect to the concierge.

This is because of his merits, Li Jing's brother-in-law, who was promoted to the Shangshu Youpushe. Wang Yi came to visit him when Li Jing was free.

Since Li Shimin talked to him about his apprenticeship last time, Wang Yi has long wanted to visit Li Jing, but after coming several times, Li Jing is not at the mansion, or he is busy with something, so he has never been able to see him. Wang Yi thought that he would definitely meet Li Jing today, because Li Jing must be at the mansion and there is nothing to do.

After the army returned to the capital, Li Jing was granted the position of the Right Pushe of Shangshu. However, at a court meeting, the censor Xiao Yu was the Censor of the Censor Xiao Yu, who was unable to destroy Jie Li's tent, and condone his soldiers and plundered treasures and killed Jie Li's treasures and treasures. Xiao Yu asked the court to hold Li Jing accountable on the grounds that Li Jing's imperial army could not have been unable to break Jie Li's tent.

Li Jing was not surprised that he was shocked by the officials of the Censorate. When he returned to Beijing, he was mentally prepared to deal with the shock of any officials. However, he did not expect that the officials of the Censorate would shock him with this crime, rather than disobeying the emperor's orders and privately ordering the army to launch a surprise attack on Jie Li's remnants who had requested to submit.

Li Jing did not make any arguments. After being shocked, he immediately left the door to thank the guests and asked to resign. After comforting Li Jing, Li Shimin immediately sent someone to investigate the matter and finally concluded that looting property was the business of a few soldiers, not Li Jing was indulging.

Finally, Li Shimin refuted the shocking situation and rewarded Li Jing again.

However, since this incident, Li Jing still closed his door to thank the guests, did not accept people to visit, and did not ask about the court affairs, and never expressed his opinions at the court meeting.

Li Jing's performance is as recorded in history. After being appointed as the Shangshu's right servant, "there seems to be indescribable." Wang Yi guessed that Li Jing must be hiding in his mansion and had nothing to do. He thought that Li Jing would definitely meet him today.

Sure enough, after the doorman held Wang Yi's name and informed him for a while, the servant from Li's mansion led Wang Yi into the mansion.

Wang Yi was taken to Li Jing's study. When he went in, he saw Li Jing writing something at his desk.

Wang Yi stepped forward and saluted, "My younger generation Wang Yi, pay homage to Li Xiang!"

Li Jing, who is nearly 60 years old, is still very hard-working. His appearance is not angry and powerful, which makes Wang Yi feel a sense of depression and restraint. He even doesn't feel uncomfortable when he is with Li Shimin.

The momentum emitted by the general who has been through the battlefield is indeed different from that of ordinary people. Wang Yi is cautious when speaking.

Li Jing put down his pen, waved his hand to Wang Yi for a moment of mercy, and said with a smile: "Nephew, Mo Duolie, please sit down and talk!"

"I'm going to disturb Li Xiang's quiet today, please forgive me!" Wang Yi stretched out his head and looked at what Li Jing had just written on the case, wanting to see clearly what Li Jing wrote, but because he was far away, he couldn't see clearly.

"It's okay. I'm just looking for an opportunity to chat with you, but I've never had time. Today I'm fine. You just happened to come here, that's right. We can have a detailed chat today!" Li Jing still smiled while speaking, "Let's sit down and talk!"

Li Jing's natural smile and casual speech eliminated most of the restraint when Wang Yi first entered Li Jing's study, but he was still a little restrained. "Thank you, Li Xiang!" He said that, and sat down with Li Jing.

After the servant served tea, he quickly retreated and brought him to the door, and stayed at a certain distance from the study room when he heard the footsteps.

Li Jing's eyes that were not very compatible with the youth fell on Wang Yi, "Nephew, before I went to war, I heard from Your Majesty that you had some of your views on the battle against the Turks when you met the Saint. I think you were very reasonable. I thought I would discuss this with you about this matter, but the army was about to go to war at that time, and I had no time to go. I missed the opportunity. It was a pity!"

"Li Xiang has been awarded more. I just talked to Your Majesty a lot about the thoughts I thought of by chance. I didn't expect that Your Majesty would value it so much. I still have to praise Li Xiang, which is very ashamed!" Wang Yi held his fists again and saluted, "I have something wrong with me, please point it out all the time!"

"I didn't think there was anything wrong with your argument at that time. On the contrary, I felt that what you thought was even longer than what I thought," Li Jing's eyes were even more glaring, and his eyes never left Wang Yi's face. "I want to ask you today, what reason did you think ** convince Your Majesty to change your mind, and urgently pass an edict, ordering me to continue leading my army to attack Jie Li's remnants!"

Wang Yi did not expect that Li Shimin also told Li Jing about this matter, and did not hide it at the moment, and reorganized it. He told Li Shimin the reason he said to Li Jing that day: "Li Xiang, I thought it was strange at that time. Jie Li asked to be attached. Why didn't I ask General Manager Li and all the sub-masters under you to surrender, or submit a petition to the court through General Manager Li, but sent an envoy to bypass my army in Dingxiang Road and come directly to Chang'an to meet the saint, and ask His Majesty to ask His Holiness to follow the matter, and felt that it was a deception... Also, I think that dealing with the cunning Turks and destroying all their power is the best strategy. There are many Turks in the north of Mo.

The tribe of the clan had always been obsessed with Jie Li. If Jie Li took the opportunity to escape the pursuit of our army in the south and allowed him to lead tens of thousands of remnants and more than 100,000 tribes, he was still a great force on the grassland. If he received support from other Turkic clans, such as Ashinasunis, or Uighurs, Xueyantuo and other tribes, then Jie Li's threat would come back soon. The northern border of our Tang Dynasty would be uneasy. Therefore, I strongly suggest that Your Majesty should not accept Jie Li's request. This is just a strategy for Jie Li to delay time and delay our army's pursuit. Jie Li wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of our army to temporarily suspend the pursuit, escape calmly and enter the desert..."

"Well!" Li Jing nodded with his slightly gray beard, "It's reasonable. It's a pity that no one in the other officials in the court thought of this. Alas, he almost missed the opportunity to completely wipe out the remnants of Jie Li's troops!"

"Li Xiang, I came to this conclusion with random thoughts. I was just guessing. Li Xiang was in charge of the army in front and knew the situation the most. I felt that Li had already made a conclusion on how to make a decision. Even if there was no secret order from His Majesty, he would definitely lead the army to continue chasing and annihilation until he wiped out the remnants of Jie Li and took the opportunity to repair the other tribes before he would stop the troops!"

Li Jing was surprised and suspicious, "Why do you think I will continue to pursue him regardless of His Majesty's order?"

"I think Li Xiang has already understood Jie Li's conspiracy and has a lot of mountains and valleys in his heart, so no matter what His Majesty's orders are, no matter where our Tang Dynasty missions go, even if they arrive at Jie Li's camp, they will still raise a large army to pursue them until they wipe out the remaining Jie Li's troops!"

"Haha!" Li Jing laughed twice, "It's rare that there are a few people who can understand what I thought at that time. But I didn't expect that one of them was you, a young man who had never led a war and was less than a young man in his prime, which is really a strange thing!"

"Li Xiang, my father is a veteran who has been leading the army for many years. I have been with my father since I was a child. I was infected by him and was somewhat curious about military affairs. I like to think about some ways of using military forces, and I also like to make some self-righteous conclusions. I also boldly told Your Majesty these ideas. I didn't expect that my Majesty would be adopted by you and also praised by Li Xiang. I am very happy!"

"Well, your father, General Wang is a powerful general that I admire very much. He rarely lost his battles and had many years of military defeat. I thought at that time that if the Jianghuai army was in chaos, their leader was your father, not Fu Gongyou, who would win and who would lose in that counter-rebellion war, no one could have predicted," Li Jing said at this time, his expression became serious. "I think that the strategy we adopted at that time had been successful in dealing with Fu Gongyou, but if we had no chance of success against your father, they might have fallen into your father's plan... Alas, it's a pity that such an outstanding general did not die on the battlefield, but died at the hands of the villain Fu Gongyou. It's really a pity that such an outstanding general did not die on the battlefield, but died at the hands of the villain Fu Gongyou. It's really a sigh!"

Wang Yi stood up and bowed respectfully to Li Jing, "Thank you for your respect for your father, and for your loyalty to Chen's father in front of Zhao County Prince for being quite old!"

At that time, Li Xiaogong submitted a memorial to the court that Wang Yi's father Wang Xiongdan and Kan Ling, who had surrendered, all had the intention of rebellion. Only Li Jing argued with reason and tried his best to ensure that they had no intention of rebellion. However, at that time, Li Xiaogong was the commander of the entire army and was the first person in charge of the Prime Minister of the Jianghuai affairs. Li Jing's opinion was not adopted, Kan Ling was still killed, and the property of the former general of the Jianghuai Army was confiscated. It was not until Li Shimin became emperor that all this changed.

Of course, Wang Yi would like to thank Li Jing for supporting his father's actions at that time.

Just when Wang Yi expressed his gratitude to Li Jing, what Li Jing continued to say made Wang Yi very depressed...
Chapter completed!