The sails are far away from the blue sky, and only the Wei River flows in the sky.

The farewell team at Weishui Wharf finally began to disperse when Defei's fleet disappeared in the distance.

"Do you pay more attention to the movements of Baiqisi and Qianniubei during this period. If there is anything strange, tell me in time."

As soon as Changsun Wuji returned home, he immediately began to arrange tasks.

No one knew what Concubine De finally said to Li Shimin.

But Changsun Wuji had a ghost in his heart, so he naturally wanted to confirm whether it had anything to do with him.

"Aye, the Baiqisi's forces are spread all over the Tang Dynasty. It is probably not that easy for us to grasp their movements? Especially Li Zhong, who is very cunning, is that ordinary people can't guess his next move."

Changsun Chong found that Aye had assigned such a difficult task and couldn't help but resist.

"No matter how cunning the fox is, he cannot escape the hunter's bow and arrow. As a father, he does not give you all the things. Naturally, I will arrange some eyeliners in the palace to pay more attention to the movement. But I don't know why, but I always feel that the look of Your Majesty looking at me just now is not much the same as usual."

"It's normal for Concubine De to leave Chang'an City just now, Your Majesty's expression has changed."

Changsun Chong didn't take what happened today too seriously.

During this period, he was busy with various research institutes at Weishui Academy.

With the opening of the Mingzuo Railway and the relaxation of the steam engine authorization, all academies have been putting enough energy to want later generations to take the lead.

Guanshishan Academy Steam Engine Research Institute has opened up a market for everyone. Now they have the opportunity to come forward and take advantage of it, and no one of them wants to miss it.

"No, you don't understand! Your Majesty is not the kind of person who can't control his emotions. Besides, Concubine De is not favored now. Since Li You committed the crime, I heard that His Majesty has never turned over Concubine De's brand again.

Although there are factors such as His Majesty's physical strength decline and Concubine De's old age and deterioration in her sex, it is an indisputable fact that Concubine De's fall from favor.

Therefore, it is unlikely that Your Majesty will have any very major emotional fluctuations because of her departure. Instead, after she retreated at the last moment, what Concubine De said would most likely bring an impact to Your Majesty."

Changsun Wuji still has the ability to judge this point, otherwise how could the Changsun Party become the largest party in the court?

"Okay, since Aye said that, I'll ask the people in the mansion to pay more attention to the movements in the Summer Palace and see if you can find any clues."

Changsun Chong has now slowly taken over some core industries and affairs of the Changsun family.

Like the death warriors, servants, and guards in the family, he can control them slowly.

After all, he is the eldest son of the Changsun family, and his overall performance is still online.

...

"Your Majesty, drink a glass of iced sour plum juice. My sister went to Nanyang to enjoy the happiness, not to suffer. You don't have to worry too much."

In the Summer Palace, after Li Shimin returned, he sat there in a daze in silence.

Xu Hui knew how to seize the opportunity. When she went back, she felt that Li Shimin was a little restless.

So she immediately arranged for someone to prepare iced sour plum juice so that she would have an excuse to go to Li Shimin.

"Qi Wanggang's development is booming, and various living conditions are also keeping pace. In addition, this time, Guanshishan Academy Medical College and Agricultural College have a group of people following him, so I'm not very worried."

Seeing Xu Hui appearing, Li Shimin squeezed a smile on his face.

"But I think you feel a little depressed. Could it be that there is something else? Or did Concubine De tell you something bad in the end?"

Among the people who went to see him off, no one was not interested in the conversation between Concubine De and Li Shimin at the last moment.

Even fools know the content of this conversation, so it is definitely extraordinary.

"It's nothing, it's just that I'm reflecting on something myself."

Although Li Shimin loves Xu Hui very much, he will not tell her what Concubine De told him.

This will lead to turmoil in the court. Even if he is restless, he will not lose the most basic judgment.

"Actually, I think there is a saying about Concubine De who is right. National affairs cannot be handled. Your Majesty should put the dragon body first. Now His Highness has begun to help and assist in handling government affairs. There are capable officials like Fangxiu in the court. Your Majesty can completely relax without putting such great pressure on himself and relax appropriately.

If the air is very hot today, it is suitable for swimming in the swimming pool. Why don’t your Majesty just exercise? It’s also a way to relax?”

There is no shortage of water in the Summer Palace.

The swimming pool is not a particularly rare thing in Chang'an City now.

After all, several academies such as Guanshishan Academy, Weishui Academy and Qujiang Academy have built special swimming pools.

So when the Summer Palace was built, Li Kuan naturally arranged for people to design two swimming pools.

But Li Shimin doesn't use much.

If Li Shimin didn't use this, many concubines in the palace would be embarrassed to use it.

After all, I wear very little when swimming. If someone impeaches me and says you are doing something, it will be more than worth the loss.

"No need, you can go over and exercise yourself, I still have some memorials to deal with."

Li Shimin felt that it was necessary to arrange for Li Zhong to investigate the situation.

No matter what you want to do or not, the authenticity of what Concubine De must first verify?

...

"Puff! Puff! Puff!"

With a carrier pigeon landing in the Chu Palace, Li Kuan finally received the news that Xi Jun bought it and sent it back.

"Prince, I didn't expect the effect to be so good in this winter."

After reading Xi Junmai's report, Wang Xuance's face was full of smiles.

"Weapons are the tricks! The more we think it is impossible, if our people appear in front of them, the effect will naturally be the best. The Tubo Plateau originally came earlier than Chang'an City in winter, and it has been calm in the past few years and no problems have occurred.

Now let Xi Jun buy them join forces with tribes such as Sheep Fan, Dangxiang, and Aries who are familiar with the plateau situation to attack various nearby tribes. They absolutely did not expect it."

Li Kuan was also shocked by the results described by Xi Junbu.

This kind of battle-loss ratio shows that every battle is almost one-sided.

You should know that there are as few as a hundred people dispatched by each team, and as many as five or six hundred, there are not more than a thousand.

Although the tribes next to them were all scattered, thousands of people gathered together at most, and they were easily defeated and captured.

I don’t know if Xi Junmai’s combat power is too strong or the combat power of the various tribes of the Tubo Kingdom is too weak.

"This sled is the biggest contributor to this operation! Judging from what President Xi said, the snow on the plateau can bury the whole person when it is deep. If there is no sled, let alone attacking various tribes, it is unrealistic to walk on the plateau."

When Li Kuan proposed to use the sled, although everyone thought it was quite innovative, they did not pay special attention to it.

Now that I have used it, I found that the sled is the biggest contributor.

Just imagine, a group of people from the Tubo tribe gathered together, surrounded by white snow, and the warriors of the Tang Dynasty and a bunch of elite soldiers suddenly emerged, constantly moving around you like ghosts, but you can't even chase him. What kind of picture is this?

"If you want to achieve unexpected results, you naturally need unexpected tools to cooperate. This time, many students from the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty participated in the battle and brought some new special combat methods, which also played a very good role."

Li Kuan was captured by Li Jing from time to time and went to the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty to give lectures to the students or give advice.

Therefore, the development of the Military Academy has been very rapid in recent years, and various subjects have gradually been improved.

"Now Lu Dongzan and Songzan Gampo have not received any news yet. After the beginning of spring, it is estimated that all tribes in the northeast of Tubo have been almost washed away. It is too late for them to receive any news."

Wang Xuance's face was full of excitement.

Thinking of Lu Dongzan's reaction when he heard the news, he couldn't help but want to laugh.

"Although the situation seems to be very good at the moment, the northeastern region of Tubo is relatively not their focus. Even if we are tortured this time, they will not be able to hurt their roots. And after the beginning of spring, if Tubo launches an army to attack the tribes that cooperate with us, the war will probably be beneficial to us.

Of course, our goal must have been achieved, allowing those tribes to fight against Songtsen Gampo's army and restrain the development of the Tubo country. It would be best if we could support several independent kingdoms to come out."

Li Kuan did not expect to destroy the Tubo Kingdom after a winter of battle, which was simply unrealistic.

Although the sled is very useful, it can still have a certain effect if it sneaks into Tubo people in the border areas.

However, it is impossible to decide the outcome of competition between countries by relying solely on such a little sneak attack.

Now is the time when the national strength of the Tubo Kingdom is increasing, and they have a geographical advantage. It is possible for the Tang Dynasty to defeat them in a short period of time.

But the price paid is too high.

That's why Li Kuan developed a model of agent war, exporting some weapons and materials through the Tang Dynasty, and then supporting various marginal tribes such as Yang Fanren to fight against the regular army of the Tubo Kingdom.

Anyway, the things produced by the Tang Dynasty are still very hopeful to make them back through various spoils transactions.

Even if you can't make it back, you can make it up through other indirect effects.

For example, if the Silk Road in the Western Regions was allowed to develop, the Tubo Kingdom would continue to compete with the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions and Central Asia, wasting a lot of energy from the Tang Dynasty.

It will also have a great impact on the development of business.

However, if the Tubo country's troops were restrained by various rebellions, it would be different.

Even the rebellions in the northeast, as long as they last a little longer, the tribes in other places may have new thoughts.

After all, everyone wants to be the boss.

There is no problem with the relatively loose tribal alliance of Tubo when it is smooth sailing.

Once you encounter a situation where development is hindered, you will soon collapse.

"Prince, after the beginning of spring, I will personally go to the Tubo Kingdom. On the one hand, I will express our sincerity in cooperation with those tribes, and on the other hand, I will see if I can win over some tribes to join the struggle against the rule of the Tubo Kingdom."

Wang Xuance has always been very interested in such mediation and negotiations.
To be continued...