Chapter 281 The 23rd Year of Zhenguan

On the first day of the first lunar month in the 23rd year of Zhenguan, after the grand court meeting, the envoys from various places returned to their respective places after completing their work of reporting to the court.

On the morning of the 6th day of the first lunar month, Li Er looked very energetic and even more smiling. It is said that because he took the elixir, his body was better than before.

"Report if there is something to report, and leave if there is nothing to report!" Wang Yuan repeated his daily work.

"Your Majesty! The commander-in-chief of the Kunqiu Road Army, the general of the right guard, Ashina She'er, and the general of the right guard, Qibi Heli, returned to the capital after conquering the Guizi Kingdom. They captured the Guizi King Helibushibi and the prime minister Nali alive, and defeated the reinforcements of the Western Turks." An unnamed minister stepped out and said.

"Where are Ashina She'er, Qibi Heli, Halibushibi, Nali and others now?" Li Er asked.

"They are waiting outside the palace for your Majesty to call them." Wang Yuan replied.

"Summon Ashina She'er and Qibi Heli to see you!" Li Er said.

"Summon the general of the right guard Ashina She'er and the general of the left guard Qibi Heli to see you!" Wang Yuan shouted to the outside of the palace.

Hearing the shouts from inside the palace, Ashina She'er and Qibi Heli immediately tidied their clothes and walked in with jade tablets in both hands.

"Your Majesty, your servants Ashina She'er and Qibi Heli pay their respects to you!" Ashina She'er immediately saluted when he saw Li Er.

"No need to be polite!" Li Er said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Ashina She'er and the others stood up and said.

"This time you conquered Guizi and dealt a heavy blow to the Western Turks. I will reward you well."

"Let's start!" Li Er said to Ashina She'er and the other two, while ordering Wang Yuan to read out the awards for them.

"General of the Right Guard Ashina She'er and General of the Left Guard Qibi Heli have made great contributions in conquering Guizi, and are specially rewarded..." Wang Yuan read out a bunch of rewards.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your reward!" Ashina She'er and the other two hurriedly thanked him!

"Bring in Guizi King Helibushibi and his prime minister." Li Er said.

"Yes!" Qibi Heli accepted the order, turned around and left the hall, and brought Guizi King and others who were detained outside the hall into the hall.

Qibi Heli made King Guizi and others kneel in the hall, waiting for Li Er's punishment. They dared not to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty. If they were not punished properly, where would the majesty of the Tang Dynasty be?

Li Er scolded King Guizi Helibushibi and others, spitting everywhere, and scolded Helibushibi and others so much that they dared not utter a word.

"Your Majesty! How should King Guizi and his subjects be dealt with?" an unknown minister asked.

"Release them all!" Li Er said.

"Release? This?" The ministers did not understand Li Er's intention.

"The Tang Dynasty is a country of etiquette. How could we bully the rulers of small countries? They have already received the punishment they deserve. Can I be so petty as to execute them?"

"Helibushibi is the ruler of a country after all. You will stay in Chang'an in the future. I will appoint you as the General of the Left Guard." Li Er said.

"Thank God Khan!" Helibushibi and others saluted.

Now for them, being able to save their lives is already a great gift from heaven. They dare not have other unreasonable thoughts.

For Helibushibi, life is really full of ups and downs. He was still a prisoner in the previous second, and he didn't know what was waiting for him.

But in the next second, he became the General of the Tang Dynasty. Life is really full of drama.

Li Er ordered people to take Guizi King Helibushibi and others away.

"Your Majesty! The Tumozhi and other barbarians in the southwest are willing to submit to the Tang Dynasty. Will you accept their submission?" Changsun Wuji stepped out and saluted.

Tumozhi is one of the thirty-seven barbarians of Nanzhao, scattered in the central Chuxiong area of ​​Yunnan to the central Yunnan area.

"Of course we have to accept it. Send envoys to confer official positions on them. Set up four states, namely Bang, Wang, Lan and Qiu, under their jurisdiction. They will be under the jurisdiction of Langzhou Governor's Office. As for the candidates, you Zhongshu Province will choose a suitable one." Li Er smiled.

How could Li Er let go of such a good thing? This is equivalent to expanding his power again. For Li Er, this is a great achievement.

"Yes!" Changsun Wuji replied. The candidate is not a problem.

"Your Majesty! The Turkic Khan Chebi Khan claims to be ill and is unwilling to come to Chang'an to pay homage to Your Majesty! How should this be handled?" Changsun Wuji retreated, and the official of the Ministry of Rites asked.

The Tang Dynasty asked Chebi Khan to come to Chang'an to pay homage to Li Er, just to test whether he was loyal to the Tang Dynasty or was secretly disobeying the emperor. Chebi

Khan was worried that he would be placed under house arrest in Chang'an, and from then on, he would never be able to return to Mobei, and he would lose all his rights.

Chebi Khan naturally did not want to see such a result, so he found an excuse not to come to Chang'an.

"The Turkic Khan Chebi Khan has a wolfish ambition, and everyone knows Sima Zhao's heart. If he is ignored, he will become a major concern for the Tang Dynasty in the future." A minister said. "

Order Gao Kan, the General of the Right Guard, to recruit troops from the Uighurs, Pugu and others to attack the Turks." Li Er said.

Li Er would mercilessly destroy anyone or anything that threatened the Tang Dynasty.

After the ministers reported some things to Li Er, they withdrew from the court and everyone left the Taiji Hall. After receiving

the order, Gao Kan, the General of the Right Guard, immediately set out to the Mobei to recruit troops from the Huihe and Pugu to attack the Turks.

As soon as Gao Kan's army arrived in the Turkic territory, the Turkic tribes who heard the news came to surrender

one after another. After all, the Tang army was powerful, and confronting them head-on would only lead to death. No one was a fool, so Gao Kan surrendered the Turks without wasting a single soldier when he arrived at the place.

Among them, the leader

of the Basmils, Fei Luocha, was the first to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. The Tang court was very happy when it learned about it. Li Er even issued an edict to set up a new Lizhou in his place and appointed Fei Luocha as the governor. In February, Li Er issued an edict to set up the Yaochi Military Governor's Office in the location of the Western Turkic tribe that surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, which was subordinate to the Anxi Protectorate; and appointed the left guard general Ashina Helu as the Yaochi Military Governor.

Li Er set up the Yaochi Military Governor's Office with the purpose of monitoring and balancing the Turkic people under Chebi Khan. Li

Er's decision laid the seeds for Ashina Helu's rebellion against the Tang Dynasty in the future. Fortunately, Ashina Helu was not strong enough and was eventually eliminated by the Tang Dynasty.

On March 13, the Tang Dynasty set up the Fengzhou Military Governor's Office, and Yanran Protector Li Suli concurrently served as the military governor.

On the 17th, the first rain fell after the severe drought that began last winter, which relieved the court, which had been worried that it would affect grain cultivation.

Recently, Li Er's health started to get worse. On the 23rd of this month, Li Er struggled to support his sick body to the outside of Xiandao Gate and announced a general amnesty.

At the same time, Li Er also ordered Crown Prince Li Chengqian to hold court at Jinye Gate.

By April, Li Er's health was a little bit exhausted, and Chang'an was really not suitable for Li Er to recuperate, so he took Li Zhi and Princess Gaoyang to Cuiwei Palace for recuperation.

Li Er went to Cuiwei Palace to recuperate, and all the important affairs of the court were handed over to Crown Prince Li Chengqian. This time, Li Er was afraid that it would be dangerous.