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    Li Shimin originally did not want to kill his son, but now the news of Li You's rebellion has reached the court. Ministers headed by Wei Zheng are demanding severe punishment for Li You, so Li Shimin is facing great pressure. However, when he is in a dilemma, the first  However, the important minister Fang Xuanling said that there was a way to get the best of both worlds, which shocked Li Shimin. Fang Xuanling was very resourceful. Since he said there was a way, there must be a way.

    Seeing Li Shimin looking at him with hope, Fang Xuanling coughed lightly and said: "Your Majesty, the King of Shu ignored his father and risked the disdain of the world to raise an army to rebel. It can be said to be a heinous crime. If you don't prove the punishment, I'm afraid  It¡¯s hard to convince the public!¡±.

    Fang Xuanling's words were very serious, and the meaning behind them was very clear, that is, to ask Li Shimin to impose heavy punishment on Li You. This hit Li Shimin, who was full of hope, in the head, but he was the king of a country after all.  He soon woke up, and at the same time his face was as gloomy as water. His eyes looking at Fang Xuanling were also full of anger, thinking to himself, would even Fang Xuanling force herself to kill her son Li You?

    However, Fang Xuanling suddenly showed a strange smile and said: "Although the King of Shu is a nobleman of the Emperor, his crime is unforgivable after all, so I think that the King of Shu should be severely punished. However, during this period, the domestic people  Criminals are usually exiled to the King of Qi to work for forgiveness, so the old minister suggested that the King of Shu should be demoted to a commoner and then sent to the King of Qi for disposal!"

    high!  It¡¯s really high!  As soon as Fang Xuanling finished speaking, Li Jing and Changsun Wuji next to him all looked at each other, their eyes full of admiration. Although Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling did not get along, they both had the same attitude towards handling Li You.  They are on Li Shimin's side.  So after hearing Fang Xuanling's ingenious handling of the matter, Changsun Wuji naturally expressed his admiration.

    And Li Shimin just slapped the table.  He walked up to Fang Xuanling excitedly and praised loudly: "Well, Xuanling is worthy of being my humerus. Our Tang Dynasty governs the country with benevolence and righteousness. Even if they are criminals, I will give them a chance. Although Li You committed Tao Tian  Big mistake, but after all, he is still too young. He will inevitably make mistakes when he is instigated by villains. So this time I will give him a chance and send him to work as a coolie at Liu Lang. However, the miasma is rampant overseas. Once the traitor Li You goes, I am afraid that he will not be able to do it again.  There will be no day to meet again!¡±

    Li Shimin's previous words were his true words, revealing that he did not want to execute his son. However, in the end, he may have found that he was too explicit, so he added a sentence about the miasma rampant overseas. It seemed that Li You was sent to Li Min to be very  Dangerous as a way to hide his embarrassment.  Naturally, Fang Xuanling and the other two people could hear it, but they all looked at each other and smiled.  Nothing was said.

    The reason why Fang Xuanling proposed to exile Li You to Li Min was actually based on facts. At first, Li Min was short of manpower, so he proposed to Li Shimin.  He hopes to exile all the criminals in the country to him, not because he expects these people to do heavy work, but just wants these criminals to be supervisors.  After all, managing the slaves who work is better than other people.  These heinous criminals are best suited for this kind of work.

    And Li Shimin heard this suggestion, which is not bad, anyway, if the criminals are kept in the country.  Not only would they have to build prisons for them, but they would also waste food. It would be better to give them all to Li Min. After all, they were overseas, and they were not afraid of these criminals coming back again, so they agreed.  So far, 90% of the prisons in Datang have been cut, and most of the criminals have been sent to Taiwan. Most of the remaining 10% of prisons are just for show, holding a small number of criminals who are not suitable for exile.

    It is also worth mentioning that in order to support Li Min, Li Shimin had ordered that, in addition to some heinous criminals, other death row prisoners were also exempted from the death penalty and instead exiled overseas for life.

    Ordinarily, Li You's crime of rebellion should be considered a heinous crime, but he is Li Shimin's son after all, so Fang Xuanling proposed to treat him as an ordinary death row prisoner and exile him to Li Min. Although this kind of punishment is better than killing.  The head is lighter, but after all, one life is saved. As for Li Min, although he and Li You have a bad relationship, they are brothers after all. No matter how Li Min dislikes Li You, he will not really embarrass him too much.  .

    Three days later, news of Li You's rebellion finally spread, and major newspapers began to rush to report on it. However, before that, Li You's punishment had been decided, and he was deprived of his title as King of Shu and demoted to a commoner.  Then he was exiled overseas and was never allowed to return to China. However, because of Li You's special status, he had to go to Sixi to meet Li Min first, and then Li Min arranged for him to go fishing for turtles on an inconspicuous island?

    When the punishment for Li You was issued, an order from the Ministry of War was also issued to the Tang army in the grassland, requiring them to cooperate with the actions of Prince Fu of the Prince of Qi and to free up a way out for those grassland barbarians who had surrendered to the King of Qi.

    The hot summer has not passed yet, and the grassland is a lush scene. The long grass is taller than the cattle and sheep. Occasionally, a breeze blows, and the green grass leaves reach the sea.The ups and downs made Wang An, who was sitting in the carriage, a little dazed, feeling as if he had returned to the endless sea.

    Wang An and Duer arrived in Taiyuan half a month ago and took a rest there. At the same time, they also received an imperial edict from Chang'an, authorizing him to recruit grassland tribes.  Then Wang An and the others immediately followed the newly built grassland cement road all the way north.

    This trip gave Wang An a more realistic understanding of the situation on the grassland. After they entered the grassland, what they saw was no longer the endless grassland of the past, but a winding line extending toward the sky.  There is a cement road, and along this cement road, there are fortresses standing on the grassland from time to time. In front of the gate of the fortress, pedestrians come in and out, many of them are barbarians on the grassland. They bring furs,  Cattle, sheep and other items were exchanged for daily necessities such as salt, tea bricks and so on in the fortress.

    In addition, a considerable part of the people coming in and out are Han Chinese, and even among the herdsmen you encounter occasionally, many are dressed as Tang people. It can be seen that the tentacles of the Tang Dynasty have truly extended into the grasslands. I believe that decades later,  This place will become an integral part of Datang.

    Although the cement road on the grassland is not very wide, it is very solid. Wang An started riding a carriage and drove all the way, and soon reached the northernmost end of the grassland actually controlled by Datang, which was the end of the cement road.  However, the army of the Tang Dynasty was stationed here, and there were also laborers recruited from various ethnic groups on the grassland to work here. The work was very simple, that is, building roads and fortresses.  I don¡¯t know who came up with this strategy. The Tang Dynasty only provided money and supplies, but it asked for manpower from the dependent prairie barbarians. In this way, it became the prairie barbarians who tied the rope around their own necks.

    When Wang An arrived here, the garrison here had already received the order, so after seeing Wang An, the garrison not only received him very warmly, but also sent a thousand cavalry as Wang An's guard to prevent  What happened to them on the grassland?

    After bidding farewell to the Tang army, Wang An officially entered the grassland that was not yet completely controlled by the Tang Dynasty.  As soon as he entered here, Wang An immediately felt a barbaric aura coming towards his face. Compared with the grassland actually controlled by the Tang Dynasty, the grassland they were in could be said to be more dangerous, even if they were fighting against the regular army of the Tang Dynasty.  flag, but also encountered several groups of bold horse thieves on the road.

    The origin of these horse thieves is very complicated. Some are horse thieves composed of herdsmen who have lost their tribes and escaped slaves. However, the proportion of such horse thieves is not large. Most of the horse thieves are guest appearances from nearby tribes. These grassland barbarians have always been fierce.  , serving the people and being thieves is just a thought. As long as they see a profit, even the regular army of the Tang Dynasty dare to stroke it.

    Wang An's team this time was extremely large, with five hundred royal guards and a thousand Tang regular troops. In addition, when they were in Taiyuan, Duer also hired a large caravan and purchased a large caravan.  A large number of daily necessities. After all, after their tribe escaped, all kinds of daily necessities were in short supply, so they just took this opportunity to replenish some.  However, these things attracted the attention of many gangs of horse thieves, so they ignored the intimidation of the regular army of the Tang Dynasty and tried to seize grain from the fire several times. Unfortunately, Wang An kicked the iron plate this time. The thousand regular troops were temporarily  Not to mention, the five hundred palace guards alone are not something these horse thieves can take. After all, these people are all tiger-headed troops. Without more than ten times the number of people, it is simply a dream to stop this elite.

    Several daring horse thieves were defeated along the way, and the tiger-headed army's attack was naturally very bloody. However, it was precisely this that finally frightened those prairie barbarians who were fearful of power and unethical, and they never dared to come again.  Mess with this team.  After nearly ten days of traveling, Wang An finally arrived in the Luoyun tribe where Duer was located by carriage.

    In fact, the Luoyun tribe was not far from the actual line of control of Datang. The reason why we wasted ten days on the road was mainly because of Wang An's personal reasons. He had a foot disability and could not ride a horse. When there was a cement road at the beginning,  , riding a carriage is very fast, but after entering this free grassland, the ground seems to be very flat, but in fact there are many big and small pits, so the speed naturally cannot be increased.

    This is a very barren grassland with sparse pasture. The shepherds of the Luoyun tribe drive their cattle and sheep to graze on this grassland. However, compared to other places with abundant pasture, the cattle and sheep of the Luoyun tribe are obviously much thinner, but they  After all, he escaped from other places, so it was good to have such a barren pasture.  Wang An even heard Duer say that they fought several battles with other tribes just for this pasture, and relied on the tribe's larger population to gain a foothold here.
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