Chapter 1380: Western Expedition

Chapter 1380: Western Expedition

  Chapter 1380 Western Expedition

  Qin Lang glanced across the hall.

Li Ji retired to Chang'an in Xijing due to illness, Cheng Chumo, Su Dingfang, Liu Lancheng, Niu Jinda, Qin Guozhong, Li Heli and Li Sheer were all divided into different parts of the town, even Liang Jianfang, Gao Kan, Xi Junmai, Wang Xuance, Liu Rengui, who were able to fight, were also divided. Out of town.

  The Privy Council is now Cheng Chumo as the Privy Council Envoy and leader of the Upper Court, Niu Jianwu as the Judge of the Privy Council and the Leader of the Lower Court, Xue Rengui and Qin Jun as the Privy Council Deputy Envoys and Tongzhi Privy Council Affairs.

  The Privy Council team is actually relatively weak, especially now that the team is not complete.

The emperor is now relying on Qin Lang to preside over the overall situation, so he worships Qin Lang as the minister of orders, zhizhongshu, two provincial affairs under his sect, and the executive secretary of Pingzhangshi. The bachelor of the academy also knows how to make edicts, and also serves as a transit envoy, inspecting the soldiers and horses of the north gate of the school.

  Anyway, all the official positions that can be held concurrently.

  The three powers of government, military and finance are integrated into one, and even have the power to know and internal control.

  So the name of the chief assistant is indisputable.

   "Grand Master, you are a mere clown who doesn't know how to live or die. I am willing to go to the Western Regions to wipe out all the captives."

  The privy envoy Cheng Chumo opened his mouth, with a clear attitude, and directly wiped out the rebels in the Western Regions who jumped back with force.

Xue Rengui reminded cautiously, "Fighting must be fought, but the strategy of the Western Expedition drawn up by the emperor before has changed a bit out of line with the situation. The Dashi has ended the civil war faster than we expected, and the Western Turkic ministries dared to launch a sudden attack. The rebellion under the instigation and leadership of the Qi and Ge Luolu people is something we never thought of, not to mention that Zhaowu Dufu and Tocharo Duhu are rebellious, and even the Kazadu Hufu has an unclear attitude. You have to adjust your strategy first.”

   "Whatever is adjusted, it must be punished even if it is far away." Niu Jianwu also believed that the more the Hus of the Western Regions jumped, the more they had to conquer by force without hesitation.

  Qin Lang nodded to Xue Rengui.

"Xue Shuai's proposal is correct. The more we have to be cautious at this time, we naturally don't need to be afraid of these barbarian rebels, but the death of Guo Shuai and the three thousand soldiers of the Western Expedition is the result of our carelessness. We can't do this again. If you make a mistake, the Western Regions has worked hard for 30 years, and now it collapses, this is a lesson."

   "Sanlang, you have to convince them first." Cheng Chumo said.

Dawan Army Town is under siege at this time, and the situation is not yet known. From the Fergana Basin where Dawan Army Town is located, it is thousands of miles away from Luoyang. .

  While Mulu Town is still 1,800 miles west of Dawanjun Town, as for Persian Jiling City, it is even further away, more than 2,000 miles away from Mulu City.

In the past, Datang successively set up Yili, Suiye, Dawan, and Persian Mulu Fourth Army Towns in the north of Tianshan Mountains, and then stationed troops in Persian Jiling City in the south, and penetrated into the middle of the river, and even the Khorasan Plateau, Sistan The basin mainly relies on the deterrence of the Tang Dynasty, supported by the Western Turkic, Sogdian, Persian, Tocharian and other allies.

  Once all the tribes turn against each other, the Tang's armies west of Congling will be encircled.

   Now let alone the expedition to the Xindu River Basin, how to keep the four towns from falling is already very serious.

Datang fought in the Western Regions in the early years, not only relying on the sturdy iron cavalry and elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, but also relying on some barbarian forces in the Western Regions to jointly suppress the other part, and even food and grass are the main Obtained by supplies from the Western Regions.

  If the grain and grass are transported from the distant Guanlong area, the cost is ten times the actual demand. Not to mention the waste of grain and grass, more importantly, it will cost a lot of labor to transport livestock, and the supply line is still very fragile and dangerous.

  And if there is no allied army, relying entirely on Datang's own army, the demand for troops will increase, and the military consumption will also increase greatly, and the difficulty of logistics and supply transportation will also continue to increase.

  After more than 30 years of hard work, the current situation in the Western Regions has been achieved, but once it starts to collapse, it will be very dangerous.

   "Soldiers must be dispatched, and rescue must be rescued." Qin Lang set a tone first.

   How many troops can be sent, where to send troops, how to supply and transport logistics, food, military supplies, etc. are all problems.

Cui Dunli once had rich experience in sending diplomatic missions to Turks. At this time, he asked whether he should first send envoys to appease the Western Turks. For example, he could issue an edict to confer the sons of Mishe and Buzhen as the new Khans, and then confer the title of Tuqi Shi and Ge Luolu are the chief officials and titles.

"Then you have to fight first. If you reward before you fight, it won't have any effect." Cheng Chumo objected. He also lived in southern Xinjiang for a long time and fought against barbarians for so many years. He didn't know that these people were not It's reasonable.

Some people such as Cui Dunli and Xue Rengui think that it should be used in conjunction with suppression, such as issuing an edict to cancel the Western Expedition to Xindu, or even sending envoys to negotiate peace with the big cannibals, and stabilize Tucharo, Zhaowu, and big cannibals first, so as to avoid the four sides fight.

   Prioritize the settlement of the two Western Turkic tribes who took the lead in the rebellion, Tuqishi and Ge Luolu.

  Tuqishi and Geluolu people are the chief culprits. They must be killed first. As for the Zhaowu Sogdians and Tocharians, bear with them first.

   Great cannibals, peace talks first, and even return the soldiers of Jiling City to Mulu first, or even abandon Jiling and Mulu first, and return to Dawan or Khotan if necessary.

  Rely on the military town, defend first.

   Then wait for the imperial court to send troops to sweep over, from east to west, from south to north, clean up one by one.

   Fighting must be fought, and it is impossible not to fight, and it will be over if you don’t fight the Western Regions.

  Although the states in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains can survive, Anxi and Beiting will also be in danger if they lose their outside territories, not to mention the trade on the Silk Road and so on.

In fact, at this time, in the eyes of the ministers in the palace, no one would pay attention to the trade of the Silk Road in the Western Regions, because since the prosperity of maritime trade, the share of trade has been tilting to the southeast, and the share of the Maritime Silk Road has been increasing. Compared with the Western Regions, the share of the Silk Road in the Western Regions is getting smaller and smaller.

  And when the Guanlong faction headed by Changsun Wuji collapsed, whether it was the military upstart faction or the gentry faction in power for a short time, their operations were all in the heart of the Central Plains and the southeastern region of the empire.

The military nouveau riche faction represented by the Qin family is the biggest supporter and beneficiary of the southeast sea trade. They are more interested in and attach more importance to maritime trade. As for the Silk Road in the Western Regions on land, there is only a lot of it this year. ?

  If it weren't for the fact that the Western Regions are related to the safety of Datang, who would want to toss the Western Regions? The pay and benefits are simply not worthwhile.

Operating the Western Regions has even become a continuous financial gap. Every year, a large amount of money is pulled out to the Western Regions to build Fengdun, Post Road, Jianjun Town, Shouzhuo, Fortress, Garrison, Immigration, and even rewards The barbarians of the Western Regions, etc., have invested a lot.

Those city-states in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains changed their land and returned to the people, and set up prefectures and counties. Basically, they paid money to them every year. Their own output and taxes were not much. In order to encourage immigration, reclamation and grazing, etc. Various reduction and exemption policies have been introduced, such as five-year tax exemption and ten-and-a-half-year tax exemption.

  If it weren't for the financial and tax subsidies from the southeast, the imperial court would not be able to maintain the situation in the Western Regions.

When Changsun Wuji was in power, the Guanlong faction still paid more attention to the Western Regions, because many Guanlong nobles had their family business roots in the Guanlong area. It would be of great benefit to them to develop the Western Regions and expand trade on the Silk Road. .

  But in the end, the Tang Dynasty still moved its capital to Luoyang. After all, the proportion of maritime trade became larger and larger, and finally the financial center of gravity of the empire moved eastward.

But with their persistence, the imperial court still has to draw a lot of money every year, but after the defeat of the eldest grandson and others, the imperial court's investment in the Western Regions began to decrease, and when the emperor wanted to abolish the Western Turks regardless of the facts, it became even more difficult. It broke the fragile balance of the Western Regions.

   In the final analysis, it was the abandonment of the Western Regions by the central government that led to the current collapse.

   "I recommend Su Dingfang as the head of the Anxi Metropolitan Governor's Office Shi Jianzheng's Westward Marching Army." Qin Lang said,

  Since we must fight, let’s choose a handsome guy first.

   There are many generals who are qualified and capable of commanding the Western Expedition, but Qin Lang finally chose Su Dingfang.

   "Qin Jun can be the deputy general manager."

  Promoting talents does not avoid relatives, Qin Lang also recommended his son Qin Jun as the deputy manager, "Xue Rengui can be the manager of the forward, and Xiao Siye can be the deputy manager of the forward."

   This recommendation surprised the emperor, even many people in the palace.

   "Xiao Siye... against the party!" Cui Dunli reminded Qin Lang.

   "Give him a chance to make meritorious deeds." Qin Lang knew that Xiao Siye hadn't participated in any conspiracy, and even refused with righteous words when Gao Hu persuaded him, so he has also been tested, and he is also a general with many military achievements.

  Qin Lang will definitely not reverse the case of the Wei family and the Xiao family. It doesn't matter whether they are wronged or not, because the power struggle at the top is never polite.

   Just like Changsun Wuji's Fang Yiai and Li Ke's rebellion cases, it doesn't matter whether there is rebellion or not, the important thing is to get rid of political enemies. And the Taishang Prince Yin did the same thing with his eldest grandson Wuji.

  Qin Lang has no personal grievances with Xiao Wei, but after Wei Xiao came to power as the toolman of the Supreme Emperor Li Yin, he also messed with the Qin family and the others.

   Now that the Qin family supports the new emperor, it is natural to eliminate Wei Xiao's party, which has nothing to do with personal grievances.

  Of course, this kind of struggle doesn't have to be endless and rootless. People like Xiao Siye can still be wooed.

  The emperor hesitated.

   "Wouldn't it be better for King Wu'an to stay in the court and continue assisting the government?"

  After all, Qin Jun made the first contribution, and he still trusts this uncle after all. Su Dingfang, Xue Rengui and the others are enough for the Western Expedition, and there is no need for Xiao Siye, let alone Qin Jun.

  Qin Lang recommended his son to go to the Western Expedition at this time, mainly to take the opportunity to let him resign from the bunch of high-ranking officials, and at the same time, he also went to the Western Regions to make military contributions. Qin Jun has no qualifications and prestige in the court, and what he lacks most is military merit. Although he has discussed with Qin Jun that he will stay in the court for three to five years at most before resigning to South China Sea, but if there is a chance, let Qin Jun go to the Western Regions to make meritorious service , to Qin Jun and the Qin family, there are many benefits.

  Qin Jun volunteered to go out at this time, and then resigned from his bunch of important posts.

  Qin Lang also suggested to the emperor that Su Dingfang should be given the title of privy envoy, and Qin Jun should be given the title of deputy privy envoy.

  The reason is, of course, that Xizheng can no longer hold other positions.

"Then take Su Dingfang as the Privy Envoy of the Procuratorate, the Chief of the Governor's Office of Anxi, and the Recruitment Envoy of Anxi's Economic Strategy, and the General Manager of the Jiaxi Expeditionary Camp. Qin Jun is the Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council, and the Chief of the Governor's Mansion of Beiting Shi and Anxi The Deputy Envoy of Jinglue Recruitment, the Deputy Chief of the Jiaxi Expedition Battalion, and the Army Envoy of Suiye Town, "

   "Qin Li was appointed as the envoy of the Qing Navy to suppress the town and the Qing Navy, and was awarded the left commander of the Western Expedition and Battalion."

  Xue Rengui was the general manager of the forward, and Xiao Siye was the deputy general manager of the forward. Li She'er, who had once been known as the Khan in the Western Regions, was also transferred to the Western Expedition Camp, where he was appointed as the right general manager of the camp, as well as the envoy of the Yili Army and Yili Army.

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  The court meeting is over.

  The emperor left Qin Lang to play alone.

  If the general Zai Zhi was left to play alone, it is estimated that he would be opposed by other Zai Zhi, but who is Qin Lang?

  Qin Lang pulled out the dictionary from his sleeve.

   But he resigned from Shang Shuling, Shang Fu, the Privy Envoy of the Procuratorate, the Grand Master of the Imperial Academy of the Procuratorate and Zhi Zhigao, and the soldiers and horses stationed at the North Gate of the Protestant School, and refused to honor the honorary title of Father Shang.

  Emperor Li Zhao took it, and then rejected Qin Lang's refusal without hesitation.

   "North Korea and China now need Shangfu to preside over it."

  Qin Lang rejected these conferments from the emperor, and the emperor rejected Qin Lang's refusal memorial.

   Anyway, just play.

  The emperor insisted, he couldn't do without Qin Lang's support now.

  Especially now that the chaos in the Western Regions has happened again, the emperor has no idea.

   "Nowadays the personnel affairs in the center are a bit chaotic, please ask Shangfu to help me sort out and adjust." The emperor also handed over the appointment and dismissal of the chief executive to Qin Lang.

   Qin Lang was not polite about this, and after declining several times, he gave the emperor a list.

  Recommended Laiji as Zhongshuling, Shangguanyi as servant, Pei Xingjian as Shangshu Zuopushe, Jia Runfu as Shangshu Youpushe, all of them were added to the third rank of Zhongshumen.

  Xu Jingzong added Situ, Li Yifu added Sikong, and they all joined Zhongshu Menxia to make peace.

  Lai Heng was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Xu Yushi was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Yan Liben was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

  Liu Xiangdao served as the imperial historian,

  Cui Dunli is a Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy······

  Eighty-one-year-old Tang Jian, Duke of the State of Ju, paid homage to Prince Zhan Shi, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, and also knew Zhigao.

The four chiefs of the three provinces, plus Qin Lang, Xu Jingzong, and Li Yifu who are not the officials of the three provinces and worship the prime minister, the Zhengshitang has seven chiefs. This time, none of Zhongshu and the four ministers under his door were added to the Zhengshitang However, most departments such as the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, and the Minister of the Household Department did not enter the hall.

  The list Qin Lang drew up was naturally all his own people.

   Laiji, Laiheng, and Pei Xingjian are all his righteous brothers, Jia Runfu and Cui Dunli are his uncles, and Shangguanyi is his student.

  Tang Jian and Yan Liben were in-laws of the Qin family, and Liu Xiangdao and Xu Yushi were also his imperial examination students.

   To promote the virtuous is not to avoid relatives.

  After listening to these lists, the emperor naturally agreed to all of them. Although these people are not relatives or old friends with Qin Lang, they had already held important positions in the central government and even served as the chief executive. They were demoted by the Supreme Emperor before. Now they come back, which is reasonable and reasonable, and they all have reputations and talents.

  At this stage, Qin Lang's people are naturally the emperor's people.

   Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu did not serve as the three senior officials, which was a little unexpected for the young emperor, but Qin Lang himself did not serve as the third senior officials.

   "Where's the fortune teller?"

   "Who does the grand master think can take on this important task and take charge of the country's finances?"

   "Prince Zuo Shuzi Li Jingxuan can serve as the transit envoy, Ma Zai can serve as the deputy envoy and household envoy, Xin Mao can serve as the salt and iron envoy, and Hao Chujun can serve as the Duzhi envoy."

  (end of this chapter)