Tibet

Chang'an, the internal security reform plan has been finalized.

The first is disarmament. The 40,000 internal guards were reduced by 30,000 to 10,000.

The inner guard is divided into one hall, nine departments and fifty battalions. The hall is Xuanwu Hall, which is modeled after the White Tiger Hall of the imperial court. It is the front end of the inner guard and is responsible for filing, dividing and closing cases.

The Internal Security Bureau's acceptance office has been cancelled, and Internal Security Bureau no longer accepts individual complaints. If an individual has any problem, he or she can go directly to the county government or other government agencies to report the case. The county government or other government agencies will then decide whether to transfer the case to the Internal Security Bureau.

After receiving reports from other government agencies, the Internal Security Bureau Xuanwu Hall will initiate an review. If it does not meet the internal security responsibilities, the report will be dismissed and the case will not be filed.

If the review meets the internal security responsibilities, the case will be formally filed and then assigned to one of the nine functional departments. For example, the case of casting counterfeit money will be assigned to the Treasury Department. The Treasury Department will start investigating the case. If troops are needed, an application will be submitted to the Metropolitan Controller. An army was dispatched from fifty battalions under the control of the capital.

The separation of functions and the military is also one of the essences of internal defense reform.

The separation of the three powers of filing, functional and military affairs results in the power of the internal guards being caged.

The result of locking power in a cage is not important. What is important is who holds the key to this cage. Of course, it is not the court, but the emperor.

The inner guard has always been a sword for the emperor. The blade was too sharp and the subordinates had too many opinions, so the emperor customized a new scabbard and inserted the sharp edge of the inner guard into the scabbard.

When necessary, the emperor draws his sword and shows his sharp edge.

At present, Li Chenghua is still in charge of the Imperial Guard, and Liu Wutong is still the deputy capital commander, acting on behalf of the capital commander.

After the implementation of the internal guard reform, the effect was immediate. When officials drank wine, there were no internal guards to arrest them. When there were disputes over store competitions, no internal guards intervened.

The inner guards seemed to have disappeared in Chang'an, at least the people could not feel it.

But in fact, the internal guards are still there. If the various government offices cannot solve major cases, the internal guards will definitely appear.

At night, the study in the Daming Palace is brightly lit.

Li Ye paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his hands. On his desk was an eagle letter from Li Chenghua from Broken Leaf. He had received five eagle letters from Li Chenghua in a row, but this was the only one. The letter made him feel overwhelmed.

Jin Shanling actually gave birth to a son, the second year after Jin Shanling went to Samarkand.

Li Chenghua said that it was his son, and of course Li Ye believed Li Chenghua. There was no paternity test in the Tang Dynasty, so Li Chenghua naturally had undeniable evidence.

By calculation, the child must be fifteen years old. The Eagle letter said that he grew up with the girls of the Tang Dynasty and must be a boy like Jia Baoyu.

Li Ye gave a long sigh, picked up the eagle letter on the table, and went out.

Queen Dugu Xinyue has a big belly and is sipping a cup of milk tea. During this time, she likes sweets, especially milk tea. In the past, she was just average and dispensable.

Now she is as fond of milk tea as Yang Yuhuan.

At this time, the door knocker rang, and a palace maid said: "The Holy One has arrived!"

Li Ye then opened the door curtain and came in. Dugu Xinyue put the tea cup aside, pursed her lips and smiled and said, "Why are you here, Your Majesty?"

Li Ye sat down next to his wife, held her hand and smiled: "Agu said you are more likely to be a boy, what do you think?"

Dugu Xinyue shook her head and said with a smile: "I feel like it's a girl. Auntie is not right this time!"

"Is there any basis for this?"

"Of course I do. When I was born with Xingsha, I particularly liked sweets. Later, when I was born with Tan'er, I started to like meat again. This time I am fond of sweets. I must be a little girl."

"I like it too, little lady!"

Li Ye pondered for a moment and said: "There is a big issue now. I want to hear your thoughts."

"What happened?"

"Do you still remember what I told you about Jinshanling?"

Dugu Xinyue nodded and said with a smile: "Could it be that Jinshan Ling wants to come to Chang'an again and become a concubine?"

"That's not true, but she actually gave birth to a son for me. I didn't know about it for so many years."

The smile on Dugu Xinyue's face disappeared. The prince and concubine were obviously completely different in nature.

She said after a while: "Husband, are you sure that child is yours?"

"Chenghua confirmed it, she said it was mine?"

Dugu Xinyue was also extremely convinced of Li Chenghua. She nodded, "Since Chenghua said he is yours, it shouldn't be wrong. What are your husband's plans to take him back to Chang'an?"

"I don't know. I'm very confused right now. This happened so suddenly. I was not mentally prepared at all. I actually had an illegitimate child. That's why I want to listen to your advice?"

Dugu Xinyue thought for a moment and said, "Husband, you can think about your situation back then!"

Li Ye was shocked. He actually forgot that he was an illegitimate child. Li Ye nodded and said gratefully: "Thank you, madam, for reminding me!"

Dugu Xinyue said softly: "Jin Shanling hasn't said anything for so many years, which means she doesn't want to give her son to you at all. It should be that she is in danger now and can't protect herself, so she made the decision to entrust her to the orphan. I think husband No matter what thoughts you have about Jin Shanling, whether you hate or miss him, these are not important. What is important is this child. He is the blood of your husband. You should recognize him and bring him to Chang'an. As for how to arrange him in the future, That’s another story.”

Li Ye sighed, "How can I ask for a wife like this?" I am lucky to have such a kind and tolerant queen.

Li Ye immediately made up his mind to take Jin Shanling's son back to Chang'an first.

Li Ye thought for a moment and then smiled: "Li Chenghua also brought back 3,500 Tang Dynasty girls from Samarkand."

"ah!"

Dugu Xinyue was shocked, "3,500 people?"

Currently, the empress is basically responsible for the placement of the girls who returned from overseas. This is something she took the initiative to do. Now everything is going smoothly because there are not many girls. For example, there were 55 girls in the first batch who were found. Now all of them are serving as maids in the palace. Dugu Xinyue has several of them.

But the problem is that she is now eight months pregnant and is likely to give birth next month. How can she have the energy to take care of the overseas girls?

Li Ye knew his wife's difficulties, smiled and said: "I will ask the Ministry of Households to place them, my wife, don't worry about it."

Dugu Xinyue breathed a sigh of relief and asked: "How does my husband plan to ask the Ministry of Households to place them?"

"It depends on their age. If they are under 16 years old, they can go to school first. If they are over 16 years old, they can work in a spinning workshop to earn money to support themselves. When there is a suitable opportunity, arrange for them to date soldiers from Chang'an and find a good home for them."

Dugu Xinyue nodded, "This is a good idea. The key is to arrive in Chang'an safely."

Li Ye smiled and said: "There will be a special army to escort them back, and there will be officials to receive them along the way."

"Then I feel relieved."

Li Ye returned to the study and immediately wrote an eagle letter to send to Suiye tomorrow morning.

In Suiye, Bai Xiaode assembled 60,000 troops. After fully discussing with the generals, Bai Xiaode made a deployment. The Tang army will be divided into three routes, the south line, the north line and the center line. The north line will be led by Yang Riyou, the general of the Tiger Guards, and will lead 10,000 troops to recapture four military cities, including Ashbulai City, Julan City, Talas City and Baishui City. Then the army will go south and join the main force in Tuozhi City of Shiguo.

The center line will be led by Bai Xiaode himself, with 40,000 troops to take down Bukhanna and Shiguo. This is the top priority of the Western Expedition. Bai Xiaode judged that the army attacking Suiye is in these two places.

The south line will be led by Li Feiyuanli, who will lead 10,000 troops to attack Juzhanti. If Juzhanti is heavily guarded by the enemy, wait for the main force to join before attacking.

After arranging the three armies, the three armies set off in a mighty manner the next morning.

Suiye is still a logistics base that cannot be lost, and it is still garrisoned by Guo Xin and his 7,000 troops.