Tibet

Wei Jiansu was startled and asked in confusion: "Wei Chen didn't understand what your majesty meant!"

Li Ye said slowly: "Queen Bahan hopes that Tubo will send troops to occupy Suiye and completely destroy the Tang Dynasty's power west of Congling. Two hundred thousand taels of gold is her reward for Tubo!"

Wei Jiansu laughed and said, "Isn't she afraid that after the Tubo occupation of Suiye, they would also destroy Bahanna?"

"That's why I said she was stupid. I conquered Bakhna instead of Nanzhao's plan. It's because of this stupid queen."

"Your Majesty, why did Tubo appear at Ba Khan's place?"

Li Ye nodded, "That's a good question. I got a report from Li Chenghua. The Tubo envoy not only appeared in Bukhanna, but also a group of 500 Tibetan soldiers to protect the special envoy appeared in Uzhanna, Tochara. Bolu and Shishi Kingdom were opened up by Tubo again. "

"So your Majesty still wants to send troops to Dabolu and Yushi Kingdom?"

"That's for sure!"

Li Ye walked two steps with his hands behind his back: "Is this related to the Tang Dynasty's national policy towards Tibet? In fact, it is a 'blockade'. Our soldiers cannot go to the plateau, and the army cannot supply supplies, but we can block it and block Tibet on the plateau." Except for Tianzhu in the south, we can block its expansion on the other three sides and block it on the plateau for a long time. When the climate slowly cools down, Tubo will decline. "

Wei Jiansu asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, do you think the climate will get colder?"

"Fei Long told me that he has some magic and can recognize the changes in the world. He said that in a few decades, the climate will gradually become colder, and a lot of land on the Tubo Plateau will no longer be able to grow food. The population of Tubo will decrease, and there will be internal disputes. It will be aggravated, and they cannot adapt to Tianzhu’s extremely hot climate. As long as they are stuck on the plateau and cannot get out, they will definitely decline and will no longer become a thorn in the side of Datang.”

"Your Majesty is wise, but will the Tang Dynasty also become colder?" Wei Jiansu asked worriedly.

Li Ye smiled and said: "The Tang Dynasty spans thousands of miles. The heat in the north has become warmer and cooler, but the heat in Lingnan has become more pleasant. The north and south will naturally be balanced, and the real coldness in the north is the Mobei grassland and Liaodong. The Hu people They will continue to harass people from the south. I am also very worried about this, so I have taken precautions and attacked the Donghu people in Liaodong first. This is why."

Wei Jiansu suddenly understood, bowed and said: "Your Majesty has foresight and foresight. Only now do I understand. If you say this, wouldn't it mean that barbarians from the grassland will become a danger to the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Ye smiled and said: "When have the barbarians in the grassland not been a threat to the Central Plains Dynasty? But I have a plan for the barbarians in the grassland. Let's talk about it in a few years!"

Wei Jiansu nodded silently. He stopped talking about this issue and said: "Now that the gold and silver from the Western Regions have arrived, our currency reform plan needs to be accelerated."

"Please ask the Prime Minister to keep an eye on the currency reform for me. In addition, Li Mi sent people from Fuzhou to send a batch of paper made of bamboo as raw material. Let the civil and military officials evaluate it in the past few days. If it is good, I will approve it in Fujian. Paper production began on a large scale.”

"Weichen will make arrangements now!"

Wei Jiansu bowed and left.

When Li Ye saw that it was almost noon, he was thinking about his son Li Fang who had come from the Western Regions, so he ordered: "Go back to the palace!"

Pei Sanniang had always been a little worried that her grandson from the Western Regions would be arrogant, but when she saw Li Fang, she immediately liked him and loved him very much.

The reason is also very simple. Li Fang completely fits the image of a son in Pei Sanniang's mind. Why does the old man like his grandchildren? Because the grandchildren allow the old man to see his children again when they were young, allowing them to make up for some unfulfilled regrets.

Li Ye was extremely rude and naughty when he was a child, and kept getting into trouble, which gave Pei Sanniang a lot of headaches. She often wiped her tears alone. Every day, she hoped that her son would become quiet, well-behaved, and like a girl.

Although Li Huan's son Li Nan feels this way, after all, Li Nan is not Pei Sanniang's biological grandson, he is Yu Wenluo's grandson.

The arrival of Li Fang allowed Pei Sanniang to see what Li Ye had expected when he was a child, and Pei Sanniang was so happy that she couldn't help but smile. This was the grandson she wanted.

She immediately recognized this grandson and personally brought him to the palace to meet Dugu Xinyue and others.

When Li Ye returned to the palace, Li Fang was telling his aunt, aunts, and younger brothers and sisters about the customs and customs of Samarkand. He also lived outside the Daguangming Temple for several years and lived in the market of Samarkand, so he was very familiar with Su. He understands Te's local customs very well and speaks eloquently.

At this time, a little palace maid ran over and whispered to Dugu Xinyue: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is back!"

Dugu Xinyue nodded, leaned forward and said to her mother-in-law Pei Sanniang, who was sitting in the main seat: "Mother-in-law, Aye is back."

Pei Sanniang still likes to keep the previous title. Of course, not every daughter-in-law can call her Aye in front of her. Only two people can. One is Queen Dugu Xinyue. She is the authentic daughter-in-law. She can call her, and the other is Qingyu. This is her favorite daughter-in-law, and she can call her Qingyu, but Qingyu never dares. "

Pei Sanniang nodded and said with a smile: "You guys keep talking, I'll talk to him first!"

Pei Sanniang got up and went outside the palace surrounded by more than a dozen maids. She happened to meet Li Ye.

"Mom, why did you come out?"

"I have something to tell you."

Pei Sanniang and her son came to the corridor. Pei Sanniang said with a smile: "Mother Fanger likes it very much. Mom always hoped that you would be like him when you were a child. It's a pity that I won't mention it anymore. Ye'er, please take his mother over too! Even though she is a barbarian. , but I can admit this daughter-in-law.”

Li Ye was startled. It turned out that his mother didn't know that Jin Shanling was dead. He pondered for a while and said, "Didn't mother ask Fang'er?"

Pei Sanniang shook her head, "I didn't ask, I think I should ask you about this."

Li Ye sighed and said, "His mother has passed away. There was a civil war in Samarkand, and her mother was martyred with thousands of people."

"What?"

Pei Sanniang's eyes widened, and she was immediately angry: "Why didn't you stop it?"

"Mother, when I knew it, it was already..."

"Don't say such things to me!"

Pei Sanniang waved her hand angrily, "Are you an ordinary person? You are the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Who will die if you don't let them die? Don't treat me as a three-year-old child. I know that you don't like the child's mother. Do you think she is too old?"

Li Ye was also anxious, "Mother, I didn't know that this son existed. Jin Shanling refused to come back and dedicated himself to the Zoroastrian god, so I let her go. Even if we went our separate ways, when I knew that this son existed, it was only half a month before Jin Shanling died. Even if I sent an eagle letter to Suiye, it would take nearly half a month. , but it takes 20 days to get from Suiye to Samarkand, how could she make it in time? More importantly, I didn't know she had decided to die for her religion! "

Pei Sanniang's face softened a little, "The key is whether you did it?"

"Of course I did it. I immediately wrote a letter to Jin Shanling and asked Li Chenghua to give it to her. I mainly wanted to ask about my son's situation, but she died of her religion before the letter arrived in Zhangye."

Pei Sanniang slowly calmed down, "It seems that mother blamed you wrongly. I thought his mother was forced to commit suicide!"

Li Ye sighed and said, "Mother, Zoroastrianism has always regarded burning oneself with fire as a noble destination. Jin Shanling had been planning it as early as five years ago. She transferred all the wealth of the Saint's Society for 70 years, hid it in a cave, and then handed her son to Li Chenghua. She was ready to perish with the Saint's Society. Someone forced her to step down, but she refused. What she couldn't get, no one else could get. "

"What about the wealth of the Saint's Society?" Pei Sanniang suddenly returned to her true colors.