Tibet

Early in the morning, Li Ye led the senior officials of the Political Hall to the northwest official road to welcome the first batch of property from the Western Regions, including the wealth of Bahna and Shi Kingdom, as well as the wealth accumulated by Sabah. Sabah, like his men, He didn't trust anyone, so he took his wealth with him. In the end, it was taken over by the Tang army, which made the Tang Dynasty's finances a success.

A total of 30,000 camels arrived this time, escorted by 3,000 cavalry, and 1,700 Tang girls. Then there was a special person, Jin Shanling's son, Li Ye's eldest son.

Li Ye has received an express message from Pei Jia, the Longyou observer. Pei Jia is Li Ye's uncle. He commented on his grandson from a foreign country. He is quiet and simple, slightly rosy, and good at reading.

This comment made Li Ye understand that in order to conceal his son's identity, Jin Shanling dressed him up as a girl since he was a child and let him grow up with a large group of Tang Dynasty girls. He was exactly the eldest son of Jia Baoyu type.

"Coming! Coming!" the guard shouted.

I saw a camel caravan appearing at the end of the road. The mighty caravan finally arrived. A small official lit firecrackers and crackled. Although gunpowder has been invented for many years, it has never been used by civilians and is still strictly confidential. Military supplies.

On this point, Li Ye was unambiguous. With so many barbarians in the Tang Dynasty, he would never allow gunpowder to spread to the West. Even if the Tang army entered the age of guns, he would not allow Westerners to start using gunpowder.

The same applies to porcelain and silk. In fact, not only the Tang Dynasty, but also all dynasties strictly prohibited the spread of silkworm breeding and porcelain technology to the West.

The team arrived, with 30,000 camels loaded with supplies. The leader of the team was called Wang Zhen. He didn't expect the emperor to come, so he hurriedly came to the big tent to pay his respects.

Li Ye smiled happily and asked, "Was it a smooth journey?"

"Reporting to your Majesty, we took Beiting Road and the journey was very smooth."

Li Ye nodded and glanced at the more than 1,700 Tang girls. Many of them were crying together, which was very sad.

The imperial court made arrangements for them and built a school in Xinfeng County with dormitories that could accommodate thousands of people. They were allowed to train for half a year and then work in textile factories to support themselves. If they were not yet adults, they would continue studying. If they were already When they reach adulthood, while working, they will also consider arranging blind dates for them, mainly focusing on the Imperial Guards, and allowing some older Imperial Guards to get married first.

The first batch of Datang girls, and the second batch of 800 Datang girls, will arrive in Chang'an in twenty days.

Officials took them to Xinfeng County School, where they had their own dormitories where they could have a good rest.

At this time, an official brought in a young boy, who was Li Fang.

Li Fang was very nervous. He knelt down in front of his father and kowtowed respectfully.

Li Ye lowered his head and kowtowed respectfully to his son. This was a child with his own blood. He also thought that his mother had passed away, and a connection arose in his heart. He helped him up and said, "Get up!"

Li Fang stood up slowly and was half a head lower than Li Ye. Li Ye saw that he was very handsome, with a face and eyebrows like his own, and a nose, lips and skin like his mother's. There was no trace of his Hu people's ancestry. This made Li Ye very happy.

Then he smiled and asked, "Your name is Li Fang?"

"This is the name a mother gives her child."

"Yes, this name fits our family. Have you read the book?"

Li Fang whispered: "I have read it, but not a lot."

"Like reading?"

Li Fang nodded.

"Have you ever learned martial arts?" Li Ye asked again with a smile.

Li Fang shook his head again, "I have only learned a few sets of swordsmanship. They are used for fitness, not martial arts!"

She was indeed a bit shy, like a girl. I believed that his mother would like it very much. Li Ye saw two young ladies outside the tent and said with a smile: "Are those your maids?"

Li Fang said sheepishly: "They grew up with me, and I promised to marry them."

Li Ye chuckled, "Yes! If you like it, my father will make it happen. First go meet your grandfather and grandmother, and then meet your aunt and other mothers. Don't be too shy. Just integrate into the big family, and your father will arrange for you to continue studying." , these two little ladies will follow you!"

Li Fang didn't expect his father to be so easy to talk to. His eyes turned red and he choked up: "Thank you, dad!"

Li Ye sighed in his heart, patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't worry! You are home."

Li Ye arranged a carriage and ordered the guards to take him to Xingqing Palace to meet the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.

Li Dai and Pei Sanniang have received the news and are waiting in the palace for the arrival of their exiled grandson.

Back in the palace, Li Ye sat in front of the imperial cabinet and carefully read Li Chenghua's first report. The first report did not involve Hezhong, but mainly focused on Sui Ye and Ba Khanna's experiences.

Of course, since it is a formal report, all the information recorded is true and credible and well-documented. Even if it cannot be verified, Li Chenghua will indicate the source of the information.

Three of the pieces of news attracted Li Ye's attention. The first was that Ge Luolu occupied the Yili Valley and were defeated by the Tang army. However, they fled to the west of Yibohai instead of escaping back to their home base of Xuanhai.

This shows that their old nest has been occupied. From the analysis of location and strength, it can only be the Kunjian tribe. Although there are still some small tribes, their strength is too weak to compare with the Geluolu people. Even if they are The defeated Geluolu people were far from their opponents.

This made Li Ye very proficient. If the Kunjian tribe occupied the Xuanhai area, their next step must be the northern foot of Jinshan Mountain. This was Li Ye's goal, which meant that he had to take action in advance.

Li Ye noticed the second piece of news, which was about Tubo, which made him excited. He hadn't heard any news about Tubo for a long time, but he didn't expect that the news about Tubo came from Bukhara.

Li Ye looked carefully. Last year, Tubo sent special envoys to visit the Queen of Bukhara twice, and they were discussing whether Tubo and Bukhara would send troops to attack Suiye and remove the only stronghold of the Tang army west of the Pamir Mountains.

This confused Li Ye. Where would Tubo send troops?

He looked at the next piece of news about Tubo. The third piece of news surprised Li Ye even more. A Tubo army of 500 people escorted the Tubo delegation to visit Wuzhangna in March.

This news was noted as being provided by merchants in Wuzhangna, and it was impossible to verify its authenticity.

But this news just gave a footnote to the previous news. If the previous news was true, then the possibility of the third news being true was high.

This illustrates a serious problem. Tubo once again opened up the passage from Daboluo to the Kingdom of Qishi.

Li Ye was overwhelmed. Tubo was really an indestructible little cockroach. It was determined to fight against Tokharistan. It fought and lost repeatedly, but fought again and again, and tried to enter Tokharistan again and again.

In fact, Li Ye had been dealing with Tubo for so many years, and he was very clear about Tubo's intentions.

The biggest shortcoming of Tubo was its insufficient population. After Nanzhao lost 50,000 troops at once, Tubo was heartbroken. Tubo expanded everywhere to find population resources.

With population resources, Tubo had the confidence to go to war with the Tang army.

Tubo wanted to introduce the population of India before, but the population of India was useless and failed completely. It turned its target to Tokharistan again.

Tubo still wanted to use the population of Tokharistan to fight against the Tang army. This must be the case.

At this time, the attendant reported at the door, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Wei wants to see you!"

Li Ye nodded, "Summon him to see you!"

Soon after, Wei Jiansu hurried in with a book in his hand. He bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty, the preliminary inventory report of the Ministry of Revenue is out."

"How much is it?"

"About 20 million taels of silver, 3.7 million taels of gold, and 2.4 million gold coins."

Li Ye nodded and smiled, "It exceeded our expectations."

"Your Majesty, there is another interesting situation. Among the gold in Bukhanna, there is actually a batch of Tibetan gold."

Li Ye was not surprised. He smiled and asked, "How much is it?"

"Two hundred thousand taels of gold are all for casting golden Buddhas for Tibetan nobles. Bukhanna is going to give it to Tubo as a state gift. I can't understand why Bukhanna is still generous!"

"It's not generous, it's stupid, the stupidity of Queen Bukhanna!" Li Ye said coldly.