"Everything needs to be a step-by-step process. Nowadays, Anxi has more and more wealthy families represented by literati, but there are only so many ordinary people, and those herders, including farming people, have no intention of reading. What enthusiasm is there? For them, if they have time to study and read, they might as well take the time to visit the sheep pens and cattle pens, and drive the sheep to the rich pastures to feed them." Li Hong played with the wine glass in his hand. Looking at the expressive faces of Li Zhe and Li Xian, he continued: "So the arrival of wealthy nobles can only help them understand etiquette, morality, and understand the heaven and the emperor."
"The cultural traditions of the Tang Dynasty are increasingly taking root here. In some places, even weddings and funerals are held, especially by some local wealthy and wealthy families, in order to show the nobility of their families and to establish a relationship between themselves and the real wealthy families in the Central Plains. The gap has narrowed, and they have now begun to imitate the traditional etiquette of the Tang Dynasty. Many herders have even changed their funerals, and they have begun to call themselves Tang people. Presumably, this is your purpose, right? "Li Xian said playfully? Looking at Li Hong, he smiled and said.
He vaguely understood Li Hong's plan. I was afraid that west of Anxi was where he should be for the rest of his life.
He has been in Anxi for many years, but he has never paid any attention to it, and he has never even restricted the scope of his activities in Anxi. Whether he is a herdsman or a local farming tribe, he can wander around within its scope.
What is even more obvious is that after Mecca, the heir to the Cordo family who was rich in food, escorted him back to Anxi a few days ago, Li Hong was not supposed to participate in such an occasion as a prince who was deposed as a commoner. He called me over, and even made a point of getting closer to Mecca during the banquet.
Now it seems that Li Hong's meaning is extremely obvious. Even Li Zhe next to him glanced back and forth at the two of them with a pair of sneaky eyes, and nodded thoughtfully from time to time. Apparently, he also gradually I understand Li Hong’s intention.
"Are you really willing?" Li Xian stretched out his one arm, poured himself a glass of wine and drank it all before turning around and asking.
"If you didn't want to, you would have died."
"Will Li Jingxuan be used by me? Isn't he afraid that you will pursue...?"
"Li Jingxuan will naturally not be used by you. In two or three years, if the Persian Governor's Mansion improves and civil strife continues in Dashi, it will not be difficult for the court to establish the Persian Governor's Mansion. What's more..." Li Hong showed a sneer. , continued: "Just relying on your status as a prince of the Tang Dynasty, it is estimated that it will be difficult to turn that vast land and people into people who believe in the imperial power of the Tang Dynasty in two or three years. . Whether you can even pacify them to comply with the rule of the Tang Dynasty is unknown. "
"So Narsiya, the son of King Belus of Persia, would go to Jiling City with me, plus the Kordo family of Dashi. If Dashi calmly ascends to the throne of the monarch, then there will be three parties. The forces are competing for that territory. I only have the identity of a prince of the Tang Dynasty, Narsiya only has the identity of a queen of Persia, and Mecca only has the identity of a food aristocrat. Who among the three of us can aspire to the top, I am afraid only you can Whoever you lean towards will have a better chance of winning than the other two. Why do you do this? You can completely ignore the emperor's imperial edict, just like you did in Anxi, and completely eliminate Tocharo and other places that belong to me, the Tang Dynasty. If you go back later, why should the three of us fight there while you watch the show?" Li Xian couldn't figure out why Li Hong wanted to give himself such a difficult and dangerous road to rebirth.
"So what if I take it back? Is the Tang Dynasty really as strong as you think? With all these years of military deployment, wars have never stopped. Although there have never been wars in the Central Plains, including Jiangnan and other hinterlands of the Tang Dynasty, this The border has been fighting for years, the national treasury is depleted, etc., but I am afraid that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are also tired of it. I will need three to five years to reorganize the military department or all the troops of the Tang Dynasty. , sort out everything again..."
"You want to inherit the throne?" Li Zhe was so shocked that he almost dropped the wine glass in his hand.
A trace of loneliness flashed in Li Xian's eyes, and then he sighed silently, and then said: "I should have expected it. Now there is peace around the Tang Dynasty, but the places neighboring us are full of chaos and turmoil, and no one is here At this time, it can pose a real threat to the Tang Dynasty. Succession to the throne is the most important thing for the Tang Dynasty. The war will naturally stop, and the general amnesty will naturally be inevitable. The scene of national peace and prosperity, even if it only appears in the temple. It also needs to be exaggerated, so in order to inherit the throne, you spent three years to make the surrounding area a mess, so that when the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty ascended the throne, they could only bow to me, the Tang Dynasty, but not Can pose any threat to us."
"Yes, that's it." Li Zhe's eyes sparkled, and he took over Li Xian's topic and said: "With the current national strength and prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, since we want a new king to ascend the throne, then we should grant amnesty to the world, including stopping the war, or other things Wait, we all need to make way for the new king to ascend the throne. In this way, if there are still continuous wars around us, maybe my father will make some concessions with neighboring countries for the new king to ascend the throne. The purpose is to give the new king a prosperous life. The scene of peace, a prosperous country and a strong people, and stable borders, but this is obviously not in line with your wishes, brother, so you mess them up. This will naturally stop the war in the Tang Dynasty border, as long as it is the Wei Xu border. .right?"
Li Hong nodded noncommittally, and then asked with a smile: "Do you think my father and mother will let me go if I don't inherit the throne when I go back? My father and mother wanted me to inherit the throne in the early years. Why, you Aren’t you also looking forward to it?”
Li Xian's eyelids twitched involuntarily. Li Hong was right. Especially when Fang Muqing got permission from his father and mother to come to Anxi to visit him, he had imagined that once Li Hong succeeded to the throne, what would happen to his father? Following his mother, a group of people must be pardoned, and among this group of people, Li Xian himself must be the first to be pardoned.
In fact, this is what Li Zhi and Wu Mei have been looking forward to, hoping that after Li Hong becomes the new king of the Tang Dynasty and Li Xian can no longer threaten his throne, they can pardon Li Xian.
"Then can I still go back to Chang'an in the future?" Li Xian took a deep breath and looked at the wine glass in front of him, as if he was bottomless Li Hong, which was too elusive.
Who would have thought that Li Hong had thought of this thing that no one had ever cared about. He had been unwilling to inherit the throne for many years. In addition to the neighboring countries around the Tang Dynasty, especially Dashi, which was too great a threat to the Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that Pardoning himself may also be a factor he considers.
Now as long as I nod and agree to his request and be willing to go to Jiling City to promote the Three Kingdoms War with Narsiya and Mecca, then even if Li Hong returns to Chang'an and inherits the throne, he will be forced by the pressure from the court, his father, and his mother. , when I had to forgive myself, at that time... could I escape from Jiling City and return to Chang'an in a short while
Li Xian didn't know, because no one knew whether he would be willing to retreat when faced with interests once Jiling City entered the situation of the Three Kingdoms, and whether he would be able to retreat. Although after he arrived at Jiling City, even if It will take at least three to five years to successfully defeat Mecca and Narsiya.
At that time, Emperor Li Hong's throne was already stable, and the entire Tang Dynasty was under his control. His father, emperor, and mother had not been involved in the political affairs of the court for many years. Where he would go and what his fate would be were completely decided by Li Hong. .
"Yes, why not? In any case, because of the relationship with the Tang Dynasty, you and Narsier should be closer at least. It shouldn't be a problem to defeat Cordo's Mecca, right? Moreover, even if Jiling City is in In the next few years, it will be allowed to remain as it is today, but Dashi will never be able to stabilize. The more chaotic they are, it will not only be good for you... "
"It's mainly good for you, right?" Li Xian shook his head and smiled. This time, he first poured a glass of wine for Li Hong, and then poured a glass of wine for himself and Li Zhe.
After the three of them finished drinking, Li Xiancai continued: "If Dashi is pacified by any noble, Dashi will definitely take back Jiling City and other places, so for my future settlement, Jiling City will not After being recaptured by Dashi, I had to work with Narsier to contain the Cordo family, and then I had to help the Cordo family without telling Narsier. As for the Cordo family, it was to guard against me in the name of the Tang Dynasty. The prince will secretly want to make friends with Narsier. In this way, the three of us in the territory of Jiling City will become inseparable from each other, and no one will ever be in a true alliance with anyone. Even I admit this, Lao Wu, can you tell me what is the purpose of doing this? "
Li Xian asked with a wry smile again. When it came to the scheming city, he was far behind Li Hong. Even though he could analyze his plan clearly, there was still a layer of fog in front of him. , making it impossible for him to see clearly what Li Hong wanted to do.
"I don't want anything, I just hope that before my Datang enters another era, the surrounding states will fall into chaos and have no time to compete with our Datang in terms of national strength, and I also hope that the Tang army will gain some breathing time, and for the Domestic development will win more focus. If possible, I even hope that they will continue to be chaotic and never have stability, whether it is Dashi in the west, Goguryeo in the east, or Japan and other places around my Datang Dynasty. , I think they have been in chaos, and there is only this pure land of Datang."
(End of chapter)