Not to mention the entanglement between Wang Xiaojie and Zhang Renyuan, shortly after Wang Xiaojie left, Liu Youqiu hurriedly entered the palace to meet again.

At the beginning of the year, the imperial government affairs hall made another adjustment. Liu Youqiu no longer served as the Left Chief of the Shangshu, but instead served as the prime minister and the minister of the Ministry of War, and was also responsible for presiding over the current martial arts performance in Mount Li.

Seeing Liu Youhui walking into the hall, Li Tong put the document in his hand on the desk and then asked, "How are you preparing for the funeral of Duke Liang?"

Duke Liang was the chief supervisor of Shuofang, Qi Bi Ming. He suddenly suffered from a serious illness a month ago and died without treatment. Hearing the saint's question, Liu Youqiu replied: "The coffin has been transported back to the capital, and the King Xinping will be welcomed back and the governor will be the funeral matter. After discussing the posthumous title, you can be buried with Qianling Mausoleum."

After hearing this, Li Tong nodded, feeling a little sad. He turned to order Yang Sixu, who was standing at the left, and said, "Tomorrow, I will return to Beijing, and go to the Liangguo Mansion to ask you again. What are your family's requests? Please give priority to the handling and ask the queen to attend the funeral on my behalf."

In the early years, when the Shendu Revolution was revolutionary, Qibi Ming was the deputy general manager of Xue Huaiyi. Because he refused to rebel Xue Huaiyi, he chose to surrender to the current saint who was only a title of Dai King. After the Shendu Revolution ended, Li Tong left the center and returned to Guanzhong. Qibi Ming also followed him and went to Hequ Shuofang to take charge, representing the Tiel tribes and Tuyuhun who were in charge of the remnants of the Hu people.

This stay lasted for several years and eventually died in the vocational school. Although Qi Biming did not make many achievements on the front battlefield compared to Zhang Renyuan and others who rose to the subsequent rise, there was no large-scale unrest in Hequ for several years, and this merit of defending alone is worthy of praise.

If Qi Bi Ming had not been able to maintain the Hequ situation with all his heart and strength, it would have been difficult for Li Tong to concentrate his troops in Taiwan to fight against Tubo in Qinghai, and it would have been difficult for him to lead his army eastward to compete and successfully win the throne.

So although Qi Bi Ming did not spend much time together in the court, Li Tong was quite grateful for this general in Jiuzhen, and was sad about his death. He couldn't help but sigh: "Last autumn, Duke Liang sent a letter to the court, hoping to return to the court to be prosperous and upbringed. Unfortunately, the court was worried about discussing it, but it did not agree. Even if he still wanted to use his talents, it was no longer possible. I am indeed a loss to Duke Liang!"

After hearing this, Liu Youqiu also sighed: "Although Duke Liang was born among the barbarians, he was able to deeply overcome education, establish loyalty and righteousness, and donate his life to become a feud. This life is also a great life. If a wise man in the spring feels sad because of his death, he will be very honored to think of the heroes."

Qibi Ming was born in the Qibi tribe among the Tiel tribes. He and his father Qibi Heli served the Tang Dynasty. He was a representative of the Hu generals who joined the Tang Dynasty from Zhenguan to Emperor Gaozong. They were both loyal and meritorious. They were also one of the positive examples of openness and tolerance in the Tang Dynasty.

Putting aside the emotional pursuit, Qie Biming's death will also have a great impact on the current situation, especially the order in Hequ will be greatly changed by Qie Biming's death.

Previously, Hequ had Qi Wuming, a person who was deeply aware of Hu's feelings and was good at taking charge. The court did not need to invest too much energy in this regard. As long as we ensure that the Turks, the foreign enemy, could not be able to attack at any time, the rule of the Hequ was stable and solid. Even if the court had any tough policy implementation, it would not arouse large-scale resistance and resistance from the Hu Hus of Hequ.

But now without the right person Qi Biming, who is the right person, the court must devote more energy to Hequ to maintain stability.

Although the establishment of the offensive and defensive system of the Three Seijucheng gave the Tang Dynasty greater initiative in dealing with the remnants of the Turks, Heshuo was not the only issue of external troubles like the Turks. The conflicts between different tribes and the impact on the overall border defense of the Tang Dynasty were still extremely important.

Nowadays, in Hequ, in addition to tens of thousands of Turkic surrenders, there are also the population of Tiel tribes and the Tuyuhun remnants who moved from Qinghai to this area. These are just a few relatively large tribal forces, and as for the other Hu tribes, there are countless.

Although a few years ago, the Shaanxi Road Grand Station was already organizing people in the pass to respond to the border, and after the imperial center returned to Chang'an, it directly promoted the registration of households among the Huhuo, so far, the power deployed by the imperial court and the organizational strength it already possessed between Heshuo still cannot have an absolute advantage.

Among them, the border gates established by the Three Surrender City have more than 30,000 households. When the imperial army was not concentrated in Heshuo launched a war, it can basically meet the daily consumption of the Heshuo garrison. After the Turkic surrendered people in the six prefectures of Hequ, nearly 50,000 households have been naturalized, plus more than 10,000 Tuyuhun residents.

These nearly 100,000 households are considered to be citizens directly under the jurisdiction of the prefectures in Heshuo. However, the nine surnames of Tielle are constantly attached to each other, and there are more than 100,000 entries of people gathered between Hequ. This is just the Hu people who are ruled by the Tang Dynasty. If other uncontrolled ones are added, the number will be more than doubled.

Of course, so many Hu tribes were not all under the command of one tribe. Especially after the defeat of Dongshoujiang City and the Turkic forces basically withdrew from the southern desert area, it was difficult for a powerful force to completely integrate such a large number of Hu tribes.

But so many unstable factors wandering between Hequ. Once the riots arise, they will directly affect the hinterland of Guanzhong, which is really a headache. It is far from a day or night to rule so many people want to completely rule. If they are driven north of the Yellow River, they will add money and fire to the remnants of the Turks.

Therefore, who should be chosen to replace Qi Bi Ming to take charge of Heshuo, which is also a headache. Of course, the most critical issue is that although the national strength has recovered and Li Tong intends to extend it outside, Heshuo and Mobei are not the area he wants to focus on for the time being.

After all, the Tang Dynasty is still in a short rest, and its national strength is not strong enough to be able to squander the willfulness and attack from all sides. Of course, it is necessary to choose a more important direction. It is difficult for the Turks to invade wantonly anymore, and they are still resting in the north of Mo, and the local Hu disaster in Heshuo is not too great to affect the tilt of national policies.

Therefore, in the future, the Hu tribes in Heshuo must not only pursue the previous tough attitude of optimism, but also avoid the escalation and expansion of disputes and contradictions, which has higher requirements for successors.

After pondering for a moment, Li Tong asked again: "Although doing this is a bit unkind, I still ask if Duke Liang Guoxi had any plans to inherit his father's ambition and take over the love and return to the town?"

As the Turks retreated to the northern part of the Mo, the Tielite people's power in the Heshuo area increased greatly. Because the Qieli and Heli and his son were successively generals of the Tang family, the Qieli tribe of the nine surnames Tiel was also the most pro-Tang tribe, and its strength was quite good.

Of course, the Qie Ming family has been a Tang minister for a long time. Although they nominally served as the leader of the Qie Ming tribe, they cannot treat the Qie Ming family as the Qie Ming tribe. However, if the legitimate son of Qie Ming inherited his tribe, it would undoubtedly be better than the court's re-send of ministers. As long as the Qie Ming tribe does not lose control, the space for operation in other places will be much greater.

After hearing this, Liu Youqiu nodded, then submitted a document and said, "This is the previous instructions of the saint. Tiel's tribes are serving in the court and the names of generals who participate in the military exercise in Mount Li this time."

Li Tong took the book and read it briefly. He soon found a problem. He pointed to the book and frowned and said, "Why weren't the Huihe army who entered the court this time? "

"The leader of the Uighurs, Bisu, died of illness in the spring of the second year of Kaiyuan. The proton only asked the tribe to take charge of the affairs. It was still in the mourning period, so he sent his legitimate son Fudifu to lead his tribe in the court to attend the ceremony."

When Liu Youqiu heard the saint's question, he replied.

After hearing this, Li Tong snorted coldly and said unhappily: "Hu Nu has not been in the process of conquering etiquette and righteousness for a long time? Since I have been given a famous title from the Tang family, I dare to violate my order for personal love!"

He made such anger, not completely inhumane, nor even allowed the Hu tribe leader to mourn his father, but knew that the Uighur leader's intention of not entering the court was not simple enough.

Today, the Uighurs, as one of the most powerful tribes among the Tiel tribes, have received the focus of the court. The Hanhai Protectorate, which was originally led by the Uighur leaders for generations, was directly removed, and the Uighur tribes were also split. Some of them moved westward to rely on Xizhou, with the Adu clan inside the Uighurs as the leader, and also led the Sima of Xizhou.

Another part is the original Uighur leader Yao Luoge, who moved from west of the Yellow River to Saizhou, one of the six Turkic states set up in the Hequ area, as the city power of the surrendered city on the north bank.

Such an arrangement actually divided the Uighurs into two tribes, the East and West. However, Yaoluoge was the leader of the Uighurs for a long time and his power was still quite strong. It was difficult to completely separate the Uighurs through such means.

Li Tong arranged the Uighur Yaoluoge among the Turkic surrendered people, and also hoped that through the internal friction between the Hu tribes of these two sides, the court would do better.

This is true. As the Uighur tribes entered the country, the survival pressure of the Turkic surrenders increased sharply. In addition, Mochuo was defeated by the Suspension City in the east, which failed to shake the situation that destroyed the entire Hequ. Therefore, the wealthy chiefs of the Turkic surrendered households were not highly resistant to the implementation of the imperial household registration.

But in addition to suppressing the Turkic descendants, Li Tong also had an idea, which was to use these Turkic descendants to eliminate the power of the Luo Ge family. However, this intention was not effective enough. Although the overall strength of the Luo Ge family was far inferior to that of the six states, its cohesion was far better.

The two sides' several small-scale frictions not only did not cause too much actual damage to Luo Ge, but the Yao Luo Ge took advantage of several collisions to officially gain a foothold in Hequ.

Moreover, the Uighur leader of this generation, Bi Su was indeed a cunning person. He faced the aggressive advances of the court several times, and all of them endured it. Whether it was splitting his tribe, moving his subordinates eastward, or even sending his sons to the ranks, he did not resist and obediently executed, making the court look like a villain who had no sect leader and wanted to destroy regional peace and order.
Chapter completed!