Early in the morning, Li Ye led the senior officials of the Political Hall to the northwest official road to welcome the first batch of property from the Western Regions, including the wealth of Bahna and Shi Kingdom, as well as the wealth accumulated by Sabah. Sabah, like his men,
He didn't trust anyone, so he took his wealth with him. In the end, it was taken over by the Tang army, which made the Tang Dynasty's finances a success.
This time, a total of 30,000 camels arrived, escorted by 3,000 cavalry, and 1,700 Tang girls. Then there was a special person, the son of Jin Shanling, Li Ye's eldest son.
Li Ye has received an express message from Pei Jia, the observation envoy of Longyou. Pei Jia is Li Ye's uncle. He commented on his grandson from a foreign country. He is quiet and simple, slightly rosy and easy to read.
This comment made Li Ye understand that in order to conceal his son's identity, Jin Shanling dressed him up as a girl since he was a child and let him grow up with a large group of Tang Dynasty girls. He was exactly the eldest son of Jia Baoyu type.
"Coming! Coming!" the guard shouted.
I saw a camel caravan appearing at the end of the road. The mighty caravan finally arrived. A small official lit firecrackers and crackled. Although gunpowder was invented many years ago, it has never been used by civilians and is still strictly confidential.
Military supplies.
On this point, Li Ye was unambiguous. With so many barbarians in the Tang Dynasty, he would never allow gunpowder to spread to the West. Even if the Tang army entered the age of guns, he would not allow Westerners to start using gunpowder.
The same applies to porcelain and silk. In fact, not only the Tang Dynasty, but also all dynasties strictly prohibited the introduction of silkworm breeding and porcelain technology to the West.
The team arrived, with 30,000 camels loaded with supplies. The leader of the team was called Wang Zhen. He did not expect that the emperor was here, so he hurriedly came to the big tent to pay his respects.
Li Ye smiled happily and asked, "Was it a smooth trip?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, we took Beiting Road and the journey was very smooth."
Li Ye nodded and took another look at the more than 1,700 Tang girls. Many of them were crying together, which was very sad.
The imperial court made arrangements for them and built a school in Xinfeng County with dormitories that could accommodate thousands of people. They were allowed to train for half a year and then work in textile factories to support themselves. If they were not yet adults, they would continue to study. If they were already
When they reach adulthood, while working, they will also consider arranging blind dates for them, mainly focusing on the Imperial Guards, and allowing some older Imperial Guards to get married first.
The first batch of Datang girls, and the second batch of 800 Datang girls, will arrive in Chang'an in twenty days.
Officials took them to Xinfeng County School, where they had their own dormitories where they could have a good rest.
At this time, an official brought in a young boy, it was Li Fang.
Li Fang was very nervous. He knelt down in front of his father and kowtowed to him respectfully.
Li Ye lowered his head and kowtowed respectfully to his son. This was a child with his own blood. He also thought that his mother had passed away, and a connection arose in his heart. He helped him up and said: "Get up!"
Li Fang slowly stood up, his figure was half a head lower than Li Ye's. Li Ye saw that he was very handsome, his face and eyebrows were like his own, his nose, lips and skin were all like his mother's. He couldn't tell the ancestry of the Hu people at all.
This made Li Ye very happy.
Then he asked with a smile: "Your name is Li Fang?"
"This is the name a mother gives her child."
"Yes, this name fits our family. Have you read the book?"
Li Fang whispered: "I have read it, but not a lot."
"Like reading?"
Li Fang nodded.
"Have you ever learned martial arts?" Li Ye asked with a smile.
Li Fang shook his head again, "I have only learned a few sets of swordsmanship. They are used for fitness, not martial arts!"
She was indeed a bit shy, like a girl, and I believed that her mother would like it very much. Li Ye saw two young ladies outside the tent and said with a smile: "Are those your maids?"
Li Fang said sheepishly: "They grew up with me, and I promised to marry them."
Li Ye chuckled, "Yes! If you like it, my father will help you. First go meet your grandfather and grandmother, and then meet your aunt and other mothers. Don't be too shy. Just integrate into the big family, and your father will arrange for you to continue studying.
, these two little ladies will follow you!"
Li Fang didn't expect his father to be so easy to talk to. His eyes turned red and he choked with sobs: "Thank you, dad!"
Li Ye sighed in his heart, patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't worry! You are home."
Li Ye arranged a carriage and ordered the guards to take him to Xingqing Palace to meet the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.
Li Dai and Pei Sanniang have received the news and are waiting in the palace for the arrival of their exiled grandson.
Back in the palace, Li Ye sat in front of the imperial cabinet and carefully read Li Chenghua's first report. The first report did not involve Hezhong, but mainly focused on Sui Ye and Ba Khanna's observations.
Of course, since it is a formal report, all the information recorded is true and credible and well-documented. Even if it cannot be verified, Li Chenghua will indicate the source of the information.
Among them, three pieces of news attracted Li Ye's attention. The first was that Ge Luolu occupied the Yili Valley and was defeated by the Tang army. However, they fled to the west of Yibohai instead of escaping back to their home base of Xuanhai.
This shows that their old nest has been occupied. From the analysis of location and strength, it can only be the Kunjian tribe. Although there are still some small tribes, their strength is too weak to compare with the Geluolu people. Even if they are
The defeated Geluolu people were far from their opponents.
This made Li Ye very proficient. If the Kunjian tribe occupied the Xuanhai area, their next step must be the northern foot of Jinshan Mountain. This was Li Ye's goal, which meant that he had to take action in advance.
Li Ye noticed the second news, which turned out to be about Tubo, which made him feel refreshed. There had been no news about Tubo for a long time, but he didn't expect that this time the news about Tubo came from Ba Khan.
Li Ye quickly took a closer look. Last year, Tubo sent special envoys to visit Queen Bukhanna twice, and it turned out that they were discussing that Tubo and Bukhanna would send troops at the same time to attack Suiye and remove the Tang army's only stronghold west of Congling.
This confused Li Ye. Where did Tubo send its troops?
He read the next news about Tibet, and the third news surprised Li Ye. A Tibetan army of 500 people escorted the Tibetan mission to visit Wuzhanna in March.
This news is stated as being provided by a businessman in Uzjana, and the authenticity cannot be verified.
But this news happens to be a footnote to the previous news. If the previous news is true, then the third news is more likely to be true.
This illustrates a serious problem. Tubo once again opened up the passage from Dabolu to the Kingdom of Yushi.
Li Ye had a big headache for a while. Tubo was really an invincible little strongman. He was determined to fight against Tochara. He fought and lost again and again, and he wanted to enter Tocharo again and again.
In fact, Li Ye had been dealing with Tubo for so many years, and he knew Tubo's intentions very well.
Tubo's biggest shortcoming was the lack of population. After Nanzhao suddenly lost 50,000 troops, Tubo was heartbroken. Tubo expanded everywhere in order to find population resources.
With the population resources, Tubo would have the confidence to go to war with the Tang army.
Tubo previously wanted to introduce the population of Tianzhu, but the population of Tianzhu was of no use and failed completely. It turned its target to Tocharo.
Tibet still wanted to use the population of Tochara to fight against the Tang army. This must be the case.
At this time, the attendant reported at the door, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Wei wants to see you!"
Li Ye nodded, "Announce his appearance!"
Not long after, Wei Jiansu hurriedly walked in, holding a booklet in his hand. He bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty, the preliminary inventory report from the Ministry of Household Affairs has been released."
"How many?"
"About 20 million taels of silver, 3.7 million taels of gold, and 2.4 million gold coins."
Li Ye nodded and smiled: "It exceeded our expectations."
"Your Majesty, there is another interesting situation. Among the gold in Bukhanna, there is actually a batch of gold from Tibet."
Li Ye was not surprised. He smiled and asked: "How many?"
"The two hundred thousand taels of gold were all used to cast the golden Buddhas for the Tubo nobles. Bukhan Na was going to give it to Tubo as a national gift. The humble minister couldn't figure it out. Bukhan Na was so grand!"
"It's not grandeur, it's stupidity, the stupidity of Queen Bahan!" Li Ye said coldly.