"I am the royal driver, you are the marching marshal, and I will transfer Shubao and Jingde as the vanguard of the left and right."
Li Shimin stood in the hall, holding a teacup in his hand, very excited.
Thinking that this time he took advantage of Tong Ye Hu's illness and directly asked for his life, destroyed Tong Ye Hu, took the Western Regions, and restored the Western Regions Capital of the Han Dynasty, Li Shimin couldn't help but be excited.
"Your Majesty, the minister does not object to the Western Expedition, but it should not be the Western Expedition at this time, and Your Majesty should not personally conquer the Western Expedition."
Li Chao spoke out against it very inopportunely next to him.
"What" Li Shimin thought he had misheard, turned around and stared at Li Chao.
"Your Majesty, the minister opposes Your Majesty's personal conquest of the Western Regions at this time."
"The Turks have always been a big problem for the Central Plains, and now Datang has a chance to sweep away the Turks, why not fight?"
"The minister said that he is not against the western expedition, but at the moment, there is no need to personally conquer, and there is no even need for the Tang Dynasty to march west at this time.
Although Tong Ye Hu defeated Mo Helu, he himself also suffered a big loss of vitality, especially Mo Nan has been owned by the Tang Dynasty, and Mo Bei has been swept away by Yi Nan, Tong Ye Hu has not even been able to completely sweep away Mo Xi, what can he do to fight with the Tang Dynasty" Li Chao understood Li Shimin's idea of desperately wanting to destroy the Turks, after all, the Turks had been pressing on the head of the Tang Dynasty for so long.
But it is not such a way of fighting, going to the army to conspire, and in terms of overall strategy, the Tang Army is actually not ready for a large-scale westward expedition.
Fighting a war, especially a big battle of that kind, is not so simple.
If there are fewer troops mobilized, then the expedition may fail, and if there are more troops mobilized, there will be too many preparations to be needed, and the more troops there are, the more difficult it will be to march and the more difficult it will be to replenish.
Yang Guangsan's expedition to Liaodong is not far away.
Besides, in fact, although Datang has won a lot of battles in recent years, Datang's strength is not so strong that it is already invincible.
It's more about cleverly taking advantage of the situation.
Last year, Hedong rejected the Turks, and then this year to fight Goguryeo, and then to break the Turks, all of which were very difficult.
If it weren't for Xue Yantuo's rebellion in Mobei, coupled with the rebellion of Mohedu in Moxi, and the successive defeats of Tuli and Yu, Tang's strength was actually still behind the Turks.
Now he wants to go to the Western Regions and go to Ye Hu's hometown to fight, Li Chao thinks that the time is not right.
"Your Majesty, in fact, to conquer the Tongye Protector, there is no need for the Tang Dynasty to send troops in person, just transfer Tuguhun, Xue Yantuo, and the Khitan, Xi, and Murowei departments to fight the Tongye Protector, and even we can transfer Tubo to fight."
In Li Chao's view, although these vassal states have surrendered to the Tang Dynasty on the surface, their strength is very strong, when the Tang Dynasty is strong, they are naturally honest, in case the Tang Dynasty encounters a big defeat and a big loss in strength, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not fight back.
Datang chose a general to be the commander-in-chief, and by the way, it was enough to send 18,000 soldiers, form a coalition army, and then march west.
You can even contact the Sassanid Empire of Persia, or even the Lower Byzantine Empire, and let them join forces to control Ye Hu.
Well, the states of the Western Regions, such as Gaochang and others, these small states that are subject to the Western Turks, can also rebel against them.
In short, let's pull more people first, and then talk about destroying Tongye, even if I temporarily support Mo Helu and wait, I am not afraid to keep the Western Turks first.
In short, one step at a time.
First kill Tong Yehu, a guy who was a Turkic Khan, and then it's easy to operate.
Last time he fought Tibet, Li Chao also suggested this.
Li Shimin didn't listen at the time, but later he still got a coalition army, but the result was not very good.
Now Li Chao said that he was engaged in a coalition again, and Li Shimin frowned dissatisfied.
"To destroy the Turks, you have to be in the Tang Dynasty, and it is unreliable to count on outsiders."
"Your Majesty, even if you want to fight, you don't have to rush.
Let the coalition army go first, not only to consume the strength of the feudal domains, but also to attack the commander Yehu, if it can be defeated, it is the best.
If it can't be defeated, when the imperial court sends out an army again, it will be well prepared, and it will just pick peaches. ” "There's some truth to what you're saying."
Li Shimin calmed down, and felt that it was indeed more prudent to do so, "Then let you take command of the western expedition." ” Li Chao refused without hesitation.
"Your Majesty, the minister has just returned from Hebei."
Li Chao, who was fighting in the east and west, was also annoyed, and besides, he didn't think that Datang could fight alone.
"You're tired again."
"Your Majesty, the minister refuses."
Li Chao is very polite, since Li Shimin is not sympathetic, he doesn't have to be polite.
Li Shimin was choked, and Li Chao was surprised by his refusal.
"Your Majesty, the minister is a little unwell and needs to recuperate."
Leaving behind Li Shimin, who was a little temperamental, he refused to stay in the palace for dinner, and Li Chao went home directly from the palace.
It was more than half a year after I left home, and five children were added to the family.
He only knew about these children in the letters, and he had never even met a single one.
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At the wharf opposite Yuliang Island, the family's carriage has already come to wait.
"Xiangye."
Steward Lao Li smiled and stepped forward to salute.
"Li Bo is welcome, let's go, go home."
The four-wheeled carriage with the Li family emblem on it started and moved forward slowly, and Li Chao pulled the housekeeper to sit in the carriage together and asked about the current situation at home.
The carriage galloped by, surrounded by the Li family's family guards, all riding tall horses, led by Li Chao's students.
The five founding marquis, the four founding uncles, and one founding son, in addition to Su Lie, Li Chao's ten military attache disciples rode horses to open the way, and this momentum is no one else.
Wang Xuance four, a lot of meritorious service in the past few years, before entering Beijing this time, he has been awarded the title of knight by the imperial court, and he has been awarded the title of the founding county earl, although it is not a real seal, there is no territory, but this is an earl after all.
Even Zhu Tu, who was the last to enter, had to be crowned a founding son because of his fierce achievements.
The procession drove into Xiangyang City, and pedestrians on the side of the road looked sideways.
"Li Linggong's carriage."
"Li Linggong is powerful, and even his disciples are extraordinary."
"But no, eleven heirs of the art of war under the Ling Gong Sect, five county marquis of a county, and four county uncles plus a county, a loyal martial artist."
Some people are very interested in the family crest on the Li family's carriage.
"What's on this?"
In ancient China, there was no tradition of family crests.
Earlier, in the ancient Chinese tribal era, the tribes admired totems.
Primitive clans and tribes, choose an animal or natural image as a special mark, the Nuwa clan uses the snake as a totem, and Xia Yu's ancestors use the yellow bear as a totem.
People carved totems on caves and tools, and served as a sign of war and sacrifice.
From the clan flag and the clan emblem to the national flag and the national emblem, it has become a symbol of hierarchy and self-existence.
The Book of Mountains and Seas and the Five Tibetan Mountains record that the dragon totem clan is basically in the south; The bird totem clan is mainly distributed in the eastern part of Henan Province and the western part of Hubei Province; The Snake Totem clan is in the northern and central parts of Shanxi; Horse, cow, sheep totem clans in Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai and other places; The pig totem clan is mainly distributed in the western, southern, and northern parts of Henan Province and the southern part of Hebei Province.
It can be said that the development of family crests in ancient China stopped at this stage.
The emperor has twelve coats of arms, but the emperors of each dynasty have this set, so it is not a separate family coat of arms.
The reason for this situation is also very understandable, mainly because China entered the era of centralization, Qin abolished feudal counties, and the imperial court appointed officials.
In fact, whether it is the family coat of arms in Europe or the samurai family coat of arms in Japan, they are actually the products of the sub-feudal system, and in ancient China, starting from the Qin Dynasty, it is no longer a real sub-feudal system.
But now, Datang has begun to have a family coat of arms again.
This is also a new fashion that Ba Shang Li began to lead, of course, not every family is qualified to get a family crest.
You have to be a feudal prince to be eligible.
If it is necessary to register with the Ministry of Rites of the imperial court, the family crest of each feudal prince is different to show the difference.
In some ways, this family crest is actually similar to the meaning of the two words "founding" before the titles of the princes, and it is also a kind of glory.
The addition of the opening of the country before the knighthood does not really allow you to open a country, but only an honor, the same as the opening of the government before the officials.
Now the imperial court allows the princes to have their own family crest, which is actually a kind of honor.
The surname Li is one of the clans of Jiuli.
According to ancient records, Gaotao is the ancestor of the surname Li, Li is the tiger, and can be written as raccoon, Li, and Li, all of which are made of false homophony.
Therefore, in ancient times, the totem surnamed Li was composed of three parts: tiger, wood and son.
The tiger represents the ancestor of Gaotao, Shaohao, the wood represents the totem of the Gaotao Xuanniao clan, and the son is a bird's egg, symbolizing the descendants of the descendants.
The totem surnamed Li symbolizes the descendants of the white tiger Shaohao.
The history of Gao Tao for Dali and the legend of Gao Tao descendants Li Zheng because of the Shang King was hunted down, eating plum fruit to satisfy hunger and was saved, because of the surname "Li".
A pig swallows the momentum, and tends to be a person who is a pig and a person who is an adjudicator.
After the imperial court set up the family crest, the Li family of the imperial family chose the dragon and the tiger.
The dragon naturally represents the royal family, the tiger is the Li totem, and between the dragon and the tiger is a plum tree.
This is the royal family crest, Li Chao is given a surname, and included in the family tree, it is also a royal person.
But after all, Li Chao is also a member of the Li family, which is a royal branch.
Therefore, the family crest of the Li family on the ba, also a tiger, and two plum branches and leaves cross.
In the middle of these two plum branches and leaves, there is a white tiger and a black bird.
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The Xuanniao, shaped like a swallow, is a mythical bird in ancient legends and one of the bidding in the Li totem.
The difference between the family crest of Ba Shang Li and the royal family Li is not big, the royal family is the golden dragon and the white tiger plus the plum tree, while the Ba Shang Li is the white tiger, the Xuanniao and the plum branch.
The Li family has a big business, all kinds of industries are all over the world, since Li Chao selected this family crest, all the industries of Li Ji have begun to add the family crest of the white tiger Xuanniao Li Shuzhi.
Li Chao is now going home, and on the carriage he is riding, the flags flown by the generals next to him, and even the clothes they are wearing, are embroidered with the family crest of the white tiger and the bird Li Shuzhi.
This is the dazzling logo of the feudal princes, and if you can get a family crest, it must be the feudal princes of the Tang Dynasty.
Nowadays, there are no more than 100 families that are eligible to have a family crest.
Without a real fiefdom, even if you are the prime minister, you are not eligible to get a family crest, but it is a crime to set up a private family crest.
"This white tiger Xuanniao plum branch emblem is really beautiful."
Many people sighed.
"Of course it's good-looking, you think that ordinary people can use white tigers and plum branches can use white tigers, they must be branches of the royal family, and those who can use plum branches must also be from the Li family.
As for dragons, they can only be used by royalty. ” The eldest grandson family, the Dugu family and the Dou family, these three major families have three kinds of sacred birds, including phoenix, Qingluan, and Vermilion Bird.
The use of these three kinds of sacred birds is also exquisite, which shows that their family has had a queen.
The mother of the Emperor Taishang of the Tang Dynasty is Dugu, his wife is Dou, and the current queen is the eldest grandson, and the crown prince is the Li family.
Therefore, the phoenix, Qingluan, and Vermilion Bird of these three families, plus the Xuanniao of the Li family, are actually very particular, indicating that they are descendants.
"It turns out that the Xuanniao in the Li family emblem on the Ba Shang still has this meaning."
"Of course, Li Xiang's eldest daughter, but the crown princess, won't she be the queen in the future."
"In this way, the emblem of the Li family on the Ba is too good.
It's the royal white tiger and the descendant's bird."
"No, you don't look at Ba Shang Li's family situation, Zhenguan is the first of the eight nobles."
"With Li Xiang's family situation today, it was all earned by Li Xiang with a knife and a shot.
In terms of merit, Li Xiang is the king is enough" Many people nodded one after another, and some people said that it was really better to give Li Xiang a king than to give those foreign leaders a king. t1706231537: