hsntnovel Chapter 1787 Unreliable
Chapter 1787 Unreliable
Li Chengqian stood up quickly:
"I accept your order."
Li Chengqian did not show any excitement and remained calm.
This made Li Shimin even more satisfied.
However, the three brothers who were watching the fun had their own thoughts in their minds.
However, all three knew that the prince was one step closer to succeeding to the throne.
His father did not issue an imperial edict, but instead issued a prince's order. The meaning of this is self-evident.
Even Li Shen could see it, not to mention other ministers with keen political sense.
Li Shimin is handing over the military power.
The military power of the Tang Dynasty was in the hands of Li Shimin and the prime ministers of the three provinces.
As emperor, Li Shimin had the Northern Ya Imperial Guards as his private army, which was responsible for the safety of himself and his family.
The Southern Yamen was under the management of the three provinces and was responsible for maintaining the security of the imperial city and the capital. Of course, it was only management, and the deployment still had to be decided by Li Shimin.
Li Shimin has a fish talisman in his hand.
Now that Li Shimin has authorized the crown prince to issue the crown prince's order, isn't that telling the world that the crown prince can mobilize troops?
This is the first time the prince has mobilized troops.
Li Zhi's face looked a little ugly, but he tried his best to hide it.
Li Tai narrowed his eyes and smiled, no one knew what he was thinking.
Li Shen frowned, thinking seriously whether he should keep a few tricks in reserve and wait for the right time to use them on Li Chengqian.
Now it is becoming increasingly difficult to deceive his father.
There are still more than 20 million strings of wealth in the treasury, that's a warehouse of gold.
At this moment, Li Shimin spoke again:
"In addition, the Yaochi Military Governor's Office was established in Tingzhou, which was under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate, and the Left Guard General Ashina Helu was appointed as the Yaochi Military Governor.
The Fengzhou Military Governor's Office was established, and Li Suli, the Protector of Yanran, was appointed as the concurrent military governor.
You are also responsible for publishing this matter.”
"Yes, I'll obey your order." Li Chengqian bowed again.
He understood that his father had given him two great generals, Ashina Helu was brave and good at fighting, and Li Suli was even more talented.
He was a fair and honest person who abided by the law and did not shy away from power. During the Wude period, he dared to advise Emperor Gaozu not to kill innocent people at will and to act in accordance with the law, which was deeply appreciated by Emperor Gaozu.
He once tried to persuade the Quenishubie tribe to surrender. At that time, people gave him a lot of cattle and horse skins, but Li Suli refused to take any of them. He only accepted a cup of wine and returned all the gifts.
Later, he led the tribes to open up wasteland and cultivate land, and was deeply feared by the barbarians in the Yanran Protectorate.
Such people can be transferred to Chang'an to serve as prime ministers in the future. They are both civil and military talents.
The three people on the side did not expect that their father would not only give them a little military power, but also give them two generals.
Li Shen looked back at Li Tai and Li Zhi. He wanted to see the expressions of the two brothers behind him.
He really wants to interview Li Zhi. Do you still have the heart to do so under the current circumstances?
"What are you looking at me for?"
Sure enough, Li Zhi said to Li Shen with a dark face.
In Li Shen's ears, it turned into "What are you looking at?" Li Shen really wanted to reply, "What's wrong with me looking at you?"
But when the words came to his lips, Li Shen smiled and said:
"Just a casual look, Brother Nine seems to be in a bad mood. I... Eh? That's not right."
As Li Shen was speaking, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He turned around and asked Li Shimin.
"Aye, was that Ashina Helu that you just mentioned?"
Li Shimin nodded doubtfully.
"Exactly. What's wrong with him?"
Li Shen thought about it and seemed to have some impression that Ashina Helu was a member of the Turkic royal family, equivalent to the level of a prince.
But his ambition was too big. Li Shen had watched a TV drama in his previous life. This guy rebelled and was defeated by Su Dingfang. After being captured, he said he wanted to die in Zhaoling.
Thinking of this, Li Shen said:
"Aye, this Ashina Helu is unreliable."
Li Shimin was stunned after hearing this. Ashina Helu was loyal to him and he never found him to have any second thoughts.
"Li Shen, why do you say that? Ashina Helu was loyal to me. He led thousands of people from the Zhishedi, Chumukun and Pobi tribes to surrender.
Are you also going to say that those who are not of my race must have different hearts?"
In Li Shimin's opinion, Li Shen should not have such thoughts.
“Aye, this Ashina Helu is a Turkic royal family member and once served as the Turkic Yehu.
At that time, he ruled over the five tribes of Chuyue, Chumi, Gusu (Geshu), Gelulu (Gelulu), and Nushipi.
Later, he led the three tribes of Zhishedi, Chumukun and Pobi to surrender, and you, Aye, gave him two thousand tents. Is that right?"
Li Shen began to explain to Li Shimin.
"Yes, so what?" Li Shimin asked with a frown.
Li Shen immediately replied:
"Because he is now secretly gathering the scattered people he formerly led.
Aye, I have contacts with various tribes in the north. In addition to exchanging supplies, I also pay attention to some of them.
Last year, someone from Prince Ji's palace reported that Ashina Helu was secretly recruiting his previously scattered five-surname tribesmen.
It’s just that his tribe was not big at that time and I ignored him.
This person may be loyal to Aye, but I am afraid I cannot control him."
Li Shen said what he thought in one breath. The others had already known it, but the surrendered Turkic tribes were recruiting soldiers, so he didn't take it seriously at the time.
For example, the tribe of his eldest brother-in-law Ashina Zhong is now the largest Turkic tribe.
They all grew stronger through annexation, but when disaster strikes, some small tribes may not be able to withstand it and will disperse.
Just like the people from the Central Plains fleeing famine, when they arrived at his tribe, he would keep everyone except the old, young, strong, women and children.
This time, Li Shen also remembered some things from his past life, so he said these words.
Now that Li Shimin is still alive, Ashina Helu certainly would not dare to rebel, but what about in the future?
After listening to Li Shen's words, Li Shimin fell into deep thought.
He was thinking about how likely what Li Shen said was. At the moment, Li Shimin didn't take Ashina Helu seriously at all.
If there is a rebellion, just suppress it and kill him. But what if the prince loses control after I die?
Everyone else also listened to Li Shen's words, and Li Chengqian also fell into deep thought.
After Li Shen finished speaking, he picked up the teacup and drank it alone, as if it had nothing to do with him.
After a long time, Li Shimin raised his head:
"What good ideas do you have for this matter?"
Naturally, he was asking Li Shen, and Li Shen shook his head.
"Aye, I was just guessing. The most difficult thing to guess in the world is the human heart. Maybe I guessed wrong?
Besides, regardless of whether he is right or wrong, Ashina Helu is currently loyal to Aye and he still has a great role to play.
Just be careful of him, brother."
"Well, you're right. It's not too much to be on guard. Gao Ming, you can arrange this yourself.
If you find any unusual movements, just kill them." Li Shimin thought for a moment and decided.
"Yes, Aye." Li Chengqian agreed.
"Your Majesty, the meal is ready, you can enjoy it." At this time, Wang De came over to report.
Li Shimin stood up and waved to his sons:
"Let's go, have a meal first, and then talk while we eat."
The four brothers stood up quickly, Li Shimin walked in front with Li Chengqian, while Li Tai supported Li Zhi and walked behind.
Only Li Shen was the last one to fall behind. He looked at the figure in front of him, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, smiled wickedly, and followed.
(The military operations mentioned in these chapters are all recorded in history, not fabricated.
It's a true story. I just wrote it as a novel so that everyone can understand it.
To promote our country's history.
Yehu was the position second only to Khan. Ashina Helu was a member of the royal family. At that time, he lived in Duoluo River (now the upper reaches of Irtysh River in Xinjiang) and had five tribesmen under his command.