Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 366: Castle in the Sky
Ma Zhou was taken aback by the news that the thieves had attacked the Vermilion Bird Gate, and then he read the two letters carefully, and after a while he clicked his tongue and said, "You are actually allowed to be arbitrary..."

Li Shan was silent, and he was also a little surprised by this.

In a normal unified dynasty, under normal circumstances, officials with local arbitrary power were not allowed, but in the early Tang Dynasty, this model became Li Yuan's main means of controlling the local area.

After all, as the founding emperor of the country, Li Yuan never led an army to go to war after he ascended the throne. He chose to be ruled by clan generals.

For example, Li Shimin led the Shang Shuling of Shandong Road and Yizhou Daoxingtai, and Li Xiaogong served as the Zuo Servant of Xiangzhou Daoxingtai. Last year, Li Daoxuan, the king of Huaiyang, and Li Yuan, the king of Lujiang, served as the general manager of Luozhou. They actually governed the states of Shandong, even today In fact, Hedong Road is also under the jurisdiction of Li Shenfu, the governor of Bingzhou, who is under the jurisdiction of Duosi... After all, the Daizhou Governor's Mansion has not yet been officially restored.

But this time, Li Yuanxu has the right to be arbitrary, and he has the posture of treating Li Shan as a clan... It is even more encouragement or encouragement to Li Shan.

You don't need to take into account the current governor of the Bingzhou Li Shenfu, or the possible restoration of the deputy governor of the state, so feel free to do it boldly!

"Princess Pingyang mentioned it, beware of other people's reports." Ma Zhou looked down at the two letters, "Ling Bo also mentioned this matter...you should point it out."

"Wenxi Pei, the most prominent family in Hedong." Li Shan said with a sneer, "If there is a fire in the backyard, he must be watching Yanmen... If there is a good opportunity, he will naturally not let it go."

"That……"

"You don't need to worry too much about it. I have my own concerns about this matter." Li Shan put the letter from Princess Pingyang in his sleeve, picked up Ling Jing's letter and looked at it for a few more times. mean."

Ma Zhou nodded in agreement, "Uncle Ling hopes that Huai Ren will do something, but His Royal Highness the King of Qin does not want to lose the hero."

Uh, let me sum up the meaning of Ling Jing’s letter. The main points are the bright spots. One is to hope that Li Shan can make a difference in Dai County, and the other is to hope that Li Shan will not force him to do so in Dai County. Quickly go south, in order to stay useful, the court has sent generals to deploy defenses around Taiyuan Mansion.

In fact, these two points are contradictory. The former is Ling Jing's proposition, and the latter is Li Shimin's suggestion.

Li Shan pinched his fingers and calculated, "It's been more than half a month since Mayi's great victory, and today, on the seventh day of September, the autumn harvest is already over...Turks shouldn't come to commit crimes this year, right?"

Ma Zhou's expression changed, and he said in a low voice, "Huiren, you better stop talking..."

Li Shan didn't bother to talk to this guy, he really thought I was a prophet, he thought about it and continued: "I've already asked, last year Mayi was still in the hands of Yuan Junzhang, and Jieli Khan led his army to break Yanmen in July, The attack on Daizhou almost penetrated the Hedong Road, and in August, the troops were divided into Hebei Road and Guannei Road..."

"But in July this year, Gao Manzheng invited Shuozhou to vote..." Li Shan rubbed his fingers at the corner of his clothes, and said suspiciously, "Jieli Khan should know the importance of Mayi, but he only sent thousands of troops to help Yuan Junzhang. Since the defeat, there has been no action..."

"After mid-October, there will be heavy snowfall and cold weather... It is impossible for the Turks to send troops."

"If you want to send troops, it should be in September."

Ma Zhou's face turned livid, "Shut up!"

"Shut up, so the Turkic people won't come?" Li Shan sneered, got up and said: "I had intended to send people to investigate, since the sage promised arbitrary power, let's send a caravan to try it out first." .”

"Why?" Ma Zhou thought for a while, and asked tentatively, "Do you think...the Turks have changed?"

Li Shan's eyes flickered, but he didn't answer.

Although he didn't say anything, Li Shan was sure... If nothing happened to the Turkic side, after Yuan Junzhang's disastrous defeat, he should immediately attack with a large army. It is impossible to sit back and watch the Tang army take root in Shuozhou.

What happened in the end... Li Shan could vaguely guess that there were two main reasons for the possible conflict with Jieli Khan in history that led to Turkic civil strife. One was the Turk Khan, and the other was the establishment of the later Xueyantuo Empire.

Last year in Hebei and this year in Hedong, Li Shan has been paying attention to the news of these two aspects, but found nothing. Not long ago, he heard some news from Mayi.

One is that there is actually Xue Yantuo now, but it has not yet established a country, it is just a tribe, and it is not under the command of Jieli Khan, but belongs to the Western Turks.

No wonder there was no news in Hebei last year.

The second is Tuli Khan, who had a quarrel with Jieli Khan early last year, and was expelled after a disastrous defeat... But I don't know how it is now.

It might be Xue Yantuo, because Xue Yantuo belonged to East Turks at the beginning, and then defected to West Turks... In the future, he will definitely belong to East Turks. Otherwise, Li Jing's destruction of East Turks in the future should have nothing to do with Xue Yantuo.

It may also be Tuli Khan. Although he suffered a disastrous defeat at the beginning of last year, he must still have power. In history, the Turks drank the Mawei River. Shan has a vague impression of his previous life.

Li Shan called Zhu Ba with a loud voice, and immediately dispatched people to deliver the letter. Tomorrow, all the leaders of the powerful clans in the county will be called together. Since you want to get something from me, whether it is career or influence, then you have to give something.

Li Shan didn't go out either, but just sat there giving orders, explaining everything, and after hesitating for a while, he turned around and asked, "Who is the leader?"

Ma Zhou thought for a while, "Wang Junhao has a strong and impulsive personality, so he is not suitable to lead the team...Fan Shiyi and Zhou Zhoulang are fine."

If he wanted to inquire about the news, Fan Shiyi, a scout in the army, would definitely come in handy. Zhou Zhoulang took care of household affairs before he was involved in the rebel army by Liu Heitai, and he was quite effective in managing the brick factory in the past six months.

Li Shan nodded, "Zhou Zhoulang is the leader, and Fan Shiyi is the assistant."

Looking carefully at Li Shan's background, Ma Zhou frowned, "Huiren, has Turkic really changed?"

Li Shan replied casually: "Maybe..."

After hearing Li Shan's tirade about the future of Dai County more than half a month ago before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Ma Zhou still couldn't let go of one thing... Li Shan's everything was based on one foundation, that is, the Turks could not break through Yanmen.

If Yanmen is not broken, and Dai County is not looted by the Turks, Li Shan has the space and time to use his means... But is it true that the Turks cannot break through Yanmen?

Is it just because Gao Manzheng elected Shuozhou to vote for Tang Dynasty?
In Ma Zhou's view, Li Shan's plan is like a castle in the air, lacking a foundation.

Until now, Ma Zhou suddenly noticed that it seemed that Li Shan had a good understanding of the Turkic interior... If the Turkic civil strife would be difficult for a while, Daixian would have a chance to catch his breath.

Is this news accurate?

Maybe it's accurate...Looking at Li Shan's appearance, I feel a little confident.

But the crux of the problem is, where did Li Shan get the news?
Ma Zhou thought quietly, he and Li Shan have been getting along for almost two years, almost day and night, but there always seems to be a faint fog around the other party, which makes people unable to see through and understand.

　Hold back a chapter, it's so hard

　　
　
(End of this chapter)