"The grandson promised his grandmother."

"Remember... you can get the fief earlier than all your half-brothers. It was not given to you by Li Xia, but left to you by me..."

"Grandma, don't worry, your grandson will keep it in mind."

Li Changsui waited for a long time and didn't hear Wu Luhu Nai speak again. When he looked up, he saw that she had lost her breath.

He had been raised by Uluru Kunai himself since he was a child. At this time, he couldn't help but feel extremely sad and burst into tears.

Only Namur in the big tent could comfort him, hugging him tightly and saying: "Grandma was taken away by Changshengtian..."

No matter what, when Li Changsui walked out of the tent wearing a white robe, he was already the new khan of the Chagatai Khanate.

He will bear countless people.

…

May 13th, Zhaisang City, Royal Palace.

"I have gone to Chang'an to ask Your Majesty to crown me King of Anxi."

Li Changsui sat on the throne and spoke slowly, with a calm tone.

After hearing this, Namur was stunned for a moment and asked: "What do you mean?"

"The Chagatai Khanate will no longer exist, and from now on there will only be the Western Region vassal kings of the Tang Dynasty..."

"No, grandma has only been away for seven days, how could you do this?"

"This is not what I meant, but what my grandmother promised my father." Li Changsui said: "This was the condition she brought me in sixteen years ago. Now it's just time to fulfill her promise."

Namur shook his head, stepped forward and hugged Li Changsui, saying: "But you don't want to, right? You don't want to be a vassal king, you want to be a great Khan, a unique Khan."

"Namur, this has nothing to do with whether I think about it or not." Li Changsui said: "It has never been important what I think. Everything has been doomed a long time ago."

"No……"

"I only sat on the throne for seven days, and it was during these seven days that I realized how powerful my father was. Once we lose the support of the Tang army, the iron hooves of the Golden Horde will be able to break through our royal city in less than two years.

Not to mention the consequences of betraying the Tang Dynasty."

When Li Changsui said this, he smiled bitterly and murmured in a low voice: "That's why he threw me here and never cared about me. Because he only needs my blood to make the Chagatai Khanate a stable place."

Just get off it."

"Have you planned it a long time ago?" Namur cried and asked: "You have been lying to me and my grandmother. You betrayed the Chagatai Khanate as soon as you ascended the throne. Sixteen years of

Isn’t love worth the word filial piety?”

"What can't be compared to the strength of a great country with tens of millions of people, what can't be compared to thousands of years of inheritance of etiquette, understand? Now that I am in this position, what else can I do? Start a war with the Tang Dynasty?"

Namur burst into tears.

But no matter what, she could not change the demise of the Chagatai Khanate...

Half a year later, the edict from the Emperor of Tang Dynasty arrived to confer the title of King of Anxi, and along with it came generous rewards.

Wu Ze, who became the Prime Minister of Anxi, informed the royal city that water conservancy projects would be built on the Irtysh River, and the whole city cheered.

There are people who miss the Khanate, but they are very few.

It was night, Li Changsui stroked Namur's face and said: "Namur, I hope that no herdsmen will starve to death or freeze to death in and around Zhaisang City this winter. We have more food and food from overseas.

The transported charcoal can be sent to Zhaisang City along the Hexi Corridor, and the content of newspapers published in the Western Regions is only half a month later than that of Lanzhou... This is the general trend, and you and I can't stop it. You and I are just mayflies in the world.

.”

"Your Majesty." Namur was a little uneasy, hugged Li Changsui's waist, and said: "At least promise me that our child will become the heir, as you promised my grandmother..."

~~

Thirty-six years after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Yao Sui arrived in Zhaisang City as the Chief Minister of Agriculture, Deputy Prime Minister of Agriculture, Hanlin Bachelor, and concurrently serving as the Anxi Propaganda and Comfort Envoy.

One month after taking office, Yao Sui had a heart-to-heart talk with Wu Ze.

"Your Majesty asked me to ask Mr. Wu, what if he intends to divide Gaochang, Hami and other places into prefectures and counties?"

Wu Ze was silent for a long time, then sighed and asked: "Why is it so urgent?"

"Your Majesty does not want the vassal kings in the Western Regions to become too powerful." Yao Sui said: "You also know that your Majesty is considering the stability of future generations, not the affection between father and son."

Wu Ze nodded and said: "There are too many things to weigh in this matter. I will seal the deal after I consider it all."

"There is one more thing." Yao Sui said: "The King of Anxi requested that the eldest son of the king be canonized as the crown prince, but there were some voices in the court."

"What?"

"I heard that the three concubines of King Anxi were all Han women, and they all gave birth to princes. Does the king think there is a suitable candidate for the heir apparent?"

Wu Ze hesitated for a long time and asked: "Brother Duanfu has not met the eldest son of the king this time, right?"

"It's true that I haven't paid a visit yet." Yao Sui said, "I heard that the queen has many complaints against the court."

Wu Ze thought for a while and asked, "Brother Duanfu, would you like to go to the mansion with me to study?"

"Oh? There is also a government school in Zhaisang City."

"In the early years, when Duke Lian first took office in Chang'an, the first thing he did was to ask the great scholar Xu Lu Zhai to promote Jingzhaofu School, so Duke Lian was able to gain your majesty's trust. Although I am not talented, I am willing to follow this example and build Zhaisang City.

The first thing built after that was a school.”

Yao Sui was Xu Heng's disciple. After hearing this, of course he nodded repeatedly and said: "The merits of this act by Prime Minister Wu will be passed down to future generations."

After that, he sighed and said: "In the past twenty years, even the imperial court has spent a lot of effort to promote culture and education in the north. It first moved the capital and allocated one-tenth of the tax from the national treasury to culture and education every year.

.”

"Yes, it takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. Culture and education are especially difficult."

As the two walked, they talked, and Yao Sui said: "The Mongolians conquered all the countries with force, but they fell apart within a few decades. It can be seen that the only way to conquer the barbarians with culture and education is the long-term way. However, it is easy to conquer by force, but it is difficult to conquer with culture and education.

"

"Step by step." Wu Ze looked at the sky in the distance, thinking about his more than 20 years of experience in the Western Frontier, and murmured: "If you have enough food and clothing, you will know honor and disgrace; if you have enough food and clothing, you will know etiquette..."

The Fuxue was built in the north of the city. It is not entirely in Chinese architectural style, but incorporates some local styles.

There are colorful paintings on the screen wall, many flower patterns on the top, and grapevines growing on both sides of the front yard.

The sound of reading came from far away.

"In ancient times, if you want to bring enlightened virtue to the world, you must first govern your country; if you want to govern your country, you must first regulate your family; if you want to regulate your family, you must first cultivate your body..."

Wu Ze raised his hand and asked Yao Sui to go to the school. The two of them stood outside the window and watched the students studying.

There were more than seventy young men in the hall, all dressed in different clothes and from all ethnic groups.

Wu Ze took two steps back and whispered: "Although the number of people is small, it is not easy to build this mansion school, especially it is difficult to find teachers. King Anxi asked the teachers of the princes to come to the mansion to study and help the industry."

"Teacher of the princes?"

"In other words, if the children in the city are interested in studying, they can study with the prince after applying."

Yao Sui didn't expect it.

Wu Ze asked again: "Can you identify who is the eldest son of the king?"

"But that young man in brocade in the front row? He looks more like a Mongolian."

"The one in row three wearing a t-shirt."

Yao Sui's eyes narrowed, slightly surprised.

Wu Zedao: "Although the eldest son of the king is of Mongolian blood, he has read the books of sages since he was a child. He is polite and speaks elegantly, which is even better than when King Anxi was young."

"I never thought..."

"It can be seen that Datang has indeed become rich and powerful in these years."

Wu Ze raised his hand in greeting and walked away from Yao Sui so as not to disturb the students in class.

"I have been able to feel this change even more in the Western Regions in the past few years. It is not only the vigorous development of agriculture and trade, so that the people have food and clothing, and the national treasury is enriched, which is rich, but also the northern barbarians, the annexation of Goryeo, the destruction of Japan, and the war on the western frontier.

His martial arts shocked the four nations, he was powerful. Therefore, the queen’s attitude had to slowly change.”

He lowered his voice and said, "Because the queen knows very well that if she doesn't change, then she will change."

Yao Sui smiled.

Wu Ze also laughed at himself and said: "It's funny. When I first came here, I was really worried. But gradually, I began to understand the feeling of all the nations coming to visit the country after the country became rich and powerful. It was really... very good.

.”

"It has only been thirty years since the founding of the country." Yao Sui said: "This is only the first taste of wealth and power."

While talking, the two of them climbed onto the high platform of the mansion school.

Looking at it, the surface of Zhaisang Lake is verdant, more translucent than turquoise, and breathtakingly beautiful.

Seeing the beautiful scenery, Wu Ze couldn't help but think that as long as this lake could be kept as the territory of the Tang Dynasty forever, he would have no regrets about spending his whole life and future generations in the Western Region...

Added an update for the leader "Lazarus", thanks to the leader for the reward~~ In addition, there are probably not many extras that can be written, so let me give you a preview~~ If there are other leaders who have not been updated in the future, I will thank you separately~~
Chapter completed!