Chapter 1254

Li Zhi's unrequited love is only his own trouble. Now the whole Chang'an city is attracted by another thing, that is, the Turks ask for help, and even the battle over the precise time of various schools of thought discussed before has been suppressed.

The Turks who once overwhelmed Datang turned to Datang for help, which can not help but make the people of Chang'an somewhat satisfied, but there are still many disputes about whether to rescue Turks.

"Inform your royal highness that smokhan has sent five urgent reports to Tang for help."

In the Tai Chi hall, Li Chengqian has just returned to the palace. Linghu Dehui, the Minister of rites, has been waiting with other officials. Seeing Li Chengqian's return, he rushed to report.

"What's the situation now?" Li Chengqian asked quickly.

"Return to your highness, Prince! Xue yantuo has been planning for a long time. He got the news that his majesty went east to Mount Tai to become a Buddhist monk. He took the opportunity to assemble 200000 cavalry to attack Turks under the leadership of Prince Dadushe, with the intention of destroying Turkic troops in one fell swoop. Now all troops and horses on the grassland have gathered under Dadushe banner and are heading south." Li jireport, the Minister of military affairs, reported.

"200000 cavalry!" the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty could not help taking a breath. It seems that Yi man Khan is really a very courageous man. He is ready to destroy all the departments returning to Turks and eliminate his threat in the bud. Once Yi man Khan causes the fact of killing East Turks, the Tang Dynasty may have no way to Xue yantuo.

"What is the strength of the Turkic ministries?" Li Chengqian frowned.

Li Ji shook his head and said, "there are only 40000 elite soldiers and 100000 herdsmen under the command of Simo Khan. Now Simo Khan has ordered the old and weak to go south and close to the Yellow River, and he himself led 40000 elite soldiers to mediate with Xue yantuo and wait for the help of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Chengqian shook his head secretly when 40000 elite soldiers faced 200000 cavalry. Such a huge gap in strength, if Datang did not take action, the Turkic departments would undoubtedly lose.

"Now your majesty has gone east to Mount Tai to become a Buddhist monk. He has not yet returned. He is now in the custody of the crown prince. Please order the crown prince to immediately rescue the Turkic ministries, otherwise the Turkic ministries will be in danger." Linghu de was distressed first.

The Turkic ministries are a catfish that Li Shimin specially released to the grassland in order to contain Xue yantuo. If the Turkic ministries fail, the strategic layout of the Tang Dynasty will become an empty talk.

"Please also ask your highness to send troops." the ministers asked for orders one after another.

In the absence of Li Shimin, Prince Li Chengqian is a nominal emperor. Although the rescue of East Turkistan is an established strategy, this order must be issued by Prince Li Chengqian himself.

"How many troops and horses and how much food and grass does the imperial court need to prepare?" Li Chengqian asked.

Tang Jian, the Minister of civil affairs, said, "Your Highness, the prince of Hui, Xue yantuo has strong troops and 200000 cavalry. Our Tang soldiers are brave and good at fighting. We only need 30000 troops and horses and 100000 loads of food and grass."

Li Chengqian took a deep breath and said, "that is, my Tang Dynasty will send troops and money, and the war results will be handed over to the Turks."

"Only in this way can we show your Majesty's generosity and make the world return." Wei Zhengzhi said proudly.

"Really? Lord Wei was strongly opposed to his Majesty's Taishan Buddhist cult. He thought that it would cost people and money to go north to help Turkic ministries. The money spent by Lord Wei Zheng is more than ten times that of Mount Tai Buddhist cult. How can Lord Wei Zheng not be distressed." Li Chengqian sarcastically said that he was angry at Wei Zheng's embarrassment to Li Shimin.

Wei Zheng said proudly, "one is for national interests and the other is for personal interests. How can we be confused."

"Who cares about the Tang soldiers who bled for no reason? If they were damaged in the grassland, how many families would be separated and broken." Li Chengqian sighed.

"The prince's intention is to see the Turks die and watch Xue yantuo swallow all the Turks." Wei Zheng frowned.

Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "of course not. Datang must return to the Turkic departments and return to the grassland. It is necessary to help the Turkic departments to have a foothold in the grassland. How to help them remains to be discussed. At least we can't just let Datang contribute."

The Manchu officials were not surprised. Then they suddenly realized that Li Chengqian had other plans.

"Please make it clear to your Highness the prince." all the officials said one after another.

Li Chengqian Lang said in a loud voice, "if the Turkic ministries want to have a foothold on the grassland, they can't always rely on the support of Datang. They still need their own efforts, otherwise Datang can save the Turkic ministries once and save them a second time?"

Many ministers nodded one after another. Unless Datang sent troops with all his strength, it would be impossible to destroy Xue yantuo. It is conceivable that the struggle between Xue yantuo and Turkic ministries will continue for many years. Datang could not be trapped in the quagmire of grassland war.

"But Xue yantuo didn't listen to the orders of the Tang Dynasty and sent troops to Turks for no reason. We can't sit idly by. However, in addition to the direct dispatch of troops by the imperial court, there is another way to greatly increase the strength of Turkic departments in a short time, that is, selling Turkic armor and weapons. In this way, we don't need to send troops in the Tang Dynasty, and Turkic departments can protect themselves. This is the strategy offered by Mo sacrificing wine. I don't know you What do you think? "Li Chengqian's proud proxy war plan came out and sold the Mohist school. After all, such a rogue method is really detrimental to his open and aboveboard image as a prince.

"Agent war?" Tang Jian couldn't help but brighten his eyes. In this way, Datang didn't have to spend a penny. Instead, he could get a lot of benefits from the grassland. I'm afraid only Mozi could think of such a way to make a steady profit without losing money.

The Minister of the Manchu Dynasty was also stunned. Who could have thought that mojiazi applied the means of doing business to the national level, and this method was simply too rogue and subverted the Confucian ethics.

"Wei Chen agrees that as long as most of the Turkic ministries serve in Chang'an forbidden guards, as long as they have weapons, they can certainly double their strength and compete with Xue yantuo." Tang Jian took the lead in agreeing. As long as they don't let the household pay, he is naturally happy to see their success.

"No! How can I be so greedy for money? It's really out of your Majesty's demeanor of heavenly Khan." Yu Zhining and other civil servants angrily objected. Now as long as it's the idea of Mohism, he has always opposed it. Let alone in his opinion, national exchanges are based on righteousness. It's too cheap to do business.

"If we don't sell Turkic weapons, do we want the Tang soldiers to bleed and die in vain?" Li Chengqian asked.

Yu Zhining was speechless. On the one hand, it was the national righteousness, on the other hand, it was the lives of soldiers and the interests of Datang. No matter how he chose, he would bear a curse.

"Tell your Highness the crown prince that I think I should use and defend all Turkic departments. Turkic departments are brave and good at fighting. If Turkic departments have the elite armor weapons of the Tang Dynasty, it is not to feed the tiger. I have a two-way policy, which can let Turkic departments protect themselves without damaging the interests of the Tang soldiers." Unexpectedly, Chang sun rushed out to oppose the sale of Turkic weapons.

"Oh! The eldest grandson's son-in-law, please." Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows. He didn't think that his brother-in-law's two-way policy could be comparable to Merton's agent war policy.

Chang sun Chong said proudly, "the proxy war of Mo sacrificial wine can indeed make Datang the most favorable, but it will damage the reputation of his majesty Tian Khan. Therefore, Wei Chen believes that it is most appropriate to change the sale to delivery. In this way, it shows the demeanor of his majesty Tian Khan and greatly increases the strength of all Turkic departments."

Many ministers thought that if they sold Turkic weapons instead of sending Turkic weapons, they suddenly decided to be very different, which was very in line with the Confucian ethics. Suddenly, many important officials looked at Chang sun Chong with satisfaction and were satisfied with the Confucian children of this civilian general.

Tang Jian nodded. If he changed the sale to delivery, although he lost some armor and weapons, he didn't have to pay for them

"However, if Turks expand, it is also not in the interests of Datang, so we can't give Turks too many armor weapons. From the perspective of Wei minister, Datang can only give Turks 3000 armor weapons at most, which is enough to enable Turkic departments to protect themselves and will not be out of Datang's control. Datang only needs to send a small number of troops and horses, and take Turkic cavalry equipped with Datang weapons as the front, which is enough to defeat them Xue yantuo, of course, the cost of sending troops in the Tang Dynasty also needs to be borne by all Turkic departments. "Li Chengqian Lang said, revealing his complete strategy.

Li Chengqian immediately thought about it in his mind. Naturally, he knew that the plan of the Mohist leader's war was the most beneficial to Datang. However, he was in a high position, but he could not only look at interests, but also politics. Yu Zhining strongly opposed the plan of the proxy war to safeguard the benevolence, righteousness and morality of Confucianism, while Chang sun Chong half supported the proxy war and strongly encouraged Datang to send troops directly, This obviously has the interests of the military. After all, every war is accompanied by great achievements, which is an irresistible temptation for military generals.

"The eldest grandson's son-in-law's strategy is brilliant. I don't know what the ministers think." Li Chengqian finally compromised. After all, he is only a prince. He can't ignore the interests of civil servants and military generals. He can only agree to this compromise.

"Great kindness!" the Manchu civil and military nodded one after another. So far, the plan of Datang to assist Turkic ministries has been determined, half of the troops and half of the weapons and armor.

As for the memorial of the Mohist School preparing to build a super high building, it passed quietly on the court hall.