Li Zexuan did not expect that the teachers and students of the academy would encounter such a big crisis in Taiyuan City. He expected that the Turks would interfere with it after learning about the purpose of the academy's people going north. However, according to his expectation, the Turks were most likely to be in Taiyuan City. Yunzhou took action. After all, it was located on the border of the Tang Dynasty. The sky was high and the emperor was far away. But he never expected that the Turks would directly launch the "King Explosion" in Taiyuan City. Shouldn't they first test the reality in Taiyuan City, and then Will we launch another "defeat" in Yunzhou
This series of actions of the Turkic spies were unreasonable, but precisely because of this, they caught everyone off guard!
However, Li Zexuan did not expect that his father-in-law would intercept the secret message of the Turkic spy by accident. This was so critical. If it were not for this accident, the situation of the teachers and students in the academy would only be more passive. Even they could not even face themselves. No one knows the right enemy, let alone how to deal with it!
Of course, what Li Zexuan never expected was that the leader of the Turkic spies was actually Zhao Deyan!
Although he could not be said to be familiar with history in his previous life, he still heard about Zhao Deyan! This guy was the biggest traitor in the Tang Dynasty!
But compared to other traitors in history, Zhao Deyan, a great traitor, did not leave much infamy in the history books. On the contrary, many Central Plains people even had a good impression of him. The main reason is that Zhao Deyan, a great traitor, did not If he was not "qualified" and detailed his actions in the Turks, not only did he not help the Turks, but to a certain extent, he even helped the Tang Dynasty!
The TV series "The Reign of Zhenguan" has a very interesting description of Jie Li getting Zhao Deyan. Zhao Deyan turned out to be the governor of the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin found that he was good at flattering and had no real talent, so he decided to let him harm the Turks.
Li Shimin first removed Zhao Deyan from his position as governor, and then asked Zhao Deyan to accompany the Tang delegation on an envoy to the Turks. After Zhao Deyan arrived in the Turks, he flattered him, which made Khan Jieli feel very useful, so he decided to re-employ Zhao Deyan. In order to make Zhao Deyan serve Jieli wholeheartedly, Li Shimin also sent Zhao Deyan's family to the Turks.
In fact, Zhao Deyan was not a governor, but just a local official. The official history is limited in length and does not record how Jieli Khan obtained Zhao Deyan. "Zizhi Tongjian. Volume 192" only records: "Jieli Khan was entrusted by the Chinese Zhao Deyan."
The Eastern Turks maintained an absolute advantage over almost any force at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty. In 615 AD, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, who still regarded himself as the only emperor through the ages, visited the Yanmen area on a northern tour. The Turkic cavalry got the news and took the opportunity to march southward. They conquered most of the areas near Yanmen with unstoppable momentum. In his panic, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty took refuge in Yanmen County for a while. The Turkic army immediately blocked the city and launched a siege. During the fierce battle, the Turks' arrows once hit Emperor Sui Yang. The usually arrogant Emperor Sui Yang was so frightened that he couldn't stop crying after facing the pressure of real swords and guns on the battlefield. As the Turkic offensive intensified, the frightened Yang Guang cried until his eyes were swollen.
After this battle, the reputation of the Eastern Turkic Khanate became even stronger and it became the overlord of the grasslands of Northeast Asia at that time. When they reached their peak, they expanded their territory to the vast area from the Khitan and Shiwei tribes in the east to the Tuyuhun and Gaochang Kingdom in the west. The chiefs of the various tribes and the monarchs of small countries all submitted to the Eastern Turkic Khan.
After the fall of the Sui Dynasty, the Eastern Turks became even more chaotic. At that time, various warlords in the northern part of the Central Plains had more or less transactions with the Eastern Turkic Khanate. Among them was Tang Gaozu Li Yuan who was based in Shanxi. He even did not hesitate to surrender to the Turks so that he could borrow 500 Turkic cavalry when he was about to attack Chang'an. Through this method of pretending to be powerful, it puts great psychological pressure on the opponent.
The power of the East Turks is getting stronger and stronger, and it even seems to have the capital to threaten the Tang Dynasty and aspire to the Central Plains. However, Khan Jieli of the East Turks has always had a worry. He longs to have the supreme power like Li Yuan and Li Er!
When the Turkic forces started, their governance model was quite simple. Other nobles under the Khan also had considerable power. They retained their original habits in their respective tribes without interference from the Khan. The privileges of life and death that the Central Plains emperor had at home were only a dream and desire for the Turkic Khans.
Therefore, Jieli Khan appointed Zhao Deyan, a Han Chinese who fled to the grasslands, to carry out drastic political reforms. Jieli hoped to strengthen his power and completely unify the tribes that retained the right to autonomy.
Zhao Deyan, who was appointed, also fulfilled his mission. He moved the methods of governing the world from the Central Plains Dynasty to the grassland intact. As a result, the Khan carried out a forced "Chinese reform" on the Turks.
The Central Plains Dynasty at that time had a very advanced national management system. For example, there are three provinces and six ministries, a two-level administrative system of prefectures and counties, etc. This system is indeed much more advanced than the Turkic administrative system.
The key to the problem is that this advanced system is suitable for China, which is mainly agricultural, but not suitable for Turks, who are mainly nomadic. Just like a strict personnel system is suitable for large companies, but not suitable for some small private companies. The Great Khan Jieli did not understand this truth and gave Zhao Deyan full authority to promote the Turkic administrative reform movement.
But the Turkic tribes have long been accustomed to simple, crude and effective administrative methods. They had great resistance to Zhao Deyan's reforms. In order to promote the smooth progress of the reform, Zhao Deyan used the power given by the Great Khan Jieli to suppress the Turkic tribes who opposed the reform. Zhao Deyan's reforms were advanced amidst many obstacles, which aroused the Turkic people's dissatisfaction with Jieli Great Khan.
This incident is cited in the record of "Zizhi Tongjian. Volume 192". The original text is: "The words of virtue are only for their power and blessing, but they often change the old customs, and the government orders are cumbersome, and the people of the country are not happy."
Zhao Deyan copied China's administrative methods and complicated simple problems, which caused the major Turkic tribes to complain against the Great Khan Jieli. Under Zhao Deyan's encouragement, many Turkic people were unwilling to work for the Great Khan Jieli. Tribes with conditions and opportunities began to find ways to escape from Jieli's control. Some even directly defected to the Tang Dynasty, such as A few months ago, the leader of the Khitan tribe led his tribe to defect to the Tang Dynasty. A large part of the reason was that Jieli had begun to alienate himself on the grassland!
Therefore, to a certain extent, although Zhao Deyan is a big traitor, he is a "big traitor" who has made great contributions to Li Er!
The rolling wheel of history did not change its direction because of Li Zexuan's unexpected time travel, but because of Li Zexuan's pair of "butterfly wings", some variables appeared out of thin air!
For example, without him, there would not be Yanhuang Academy, there would not be teachers and students from the academy going north to build telegraph relay stations, and there would not be Turkic spies ambushing Taiyuan and kidnapping Li Tai!
Of course, without him, Han Lizheng would not have gone to Yifang County, and naturally he would not have accidentally intercepted the secret letter sent by Zhao Deyan to Xie Li!
But the most unexpected variable for Li Zexuan is that according to official history, Zhao Deyan should be assisting Jie Li in carrying out "Chinese reforms" on the grassland at this moment. How could he appear in Taiyuan? And he also brought a bunch of Turkic spies with him? How could this guy become the head of a "secret agent" if he didn't act as a good "reform minister"
"Didi didi di~!"
The beeping of the telegraph machine was still ringing. Li Zexuan quickly put his thoughts back and continued to listen to the telegram sent by Tiedan.
This last part of the telegram mainly means that Tie Dan is asking him for advice on how to rescue Tie Dan!
"Master, when Qingque was captured, he asked me to find you. He said that you must have a way to save him, and he also asked Master for advice! Even if I have to go through fire and water, I must rescue Qingque!"
Seeing Tiedan's last words, Li Zexuan couldn't help but be silent. Naturally, Li Zexuan couldn't help being a little touched by Li Tai's unreserved trust in him at the critical moment. However, the firm tone in Tiedan's words made him His heart tightened. Apparently, Tiedan blamed most of the responsibility for Li Tai's arrest on himself. In order to rescue Li Tai, he seemed to have no concern for his own safety!
Li Zexuan doesn't want anything to happen to Li Tai, but he doesn't want anything to happen to Tiedan either. One of these two children is one of his most proud students and has acquired most of his true heritage, and the other is his direct disciple and brother-in-law. It was hard for him to accept anything happening to anyone. After taking a deep breath, Li Zexuan controlled the telegraph machine and replied to Tiedan:
"Master has already predicted what will happen tonight. You should get some rest first and don't act rashly. Master has already made arrangements for the rescue. Qingque will be fine~!"
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