The three of them were stunned by Li Yi's words. They looked at the palace maids and eunuchs.
"You … You think you can control other officials? You're an imperial censor? "The only thing Tan Shui knew was an imperial censor.
"I'm the Guanglu Physician, the Deputy Captain of the Army. I'm skilled in both civil and military matters." Li Yi puffed out his chest.
The palace maids and eunuchs quickly lowered their heads and pinched their noses. They were afraid they would laugh out loud.
One of them was a civil official, rank two, and the other was a military official, rank nine. How could they be used to brag?
"Huh?" Tan Shui did not know the secret. She was impressed by the two officials. One of them was a civil official, and the other was a military official.
"Then, do you know how much we should pay as tribute? We're getting more and more as the years go by. "Tan Shui recalled something. She felt something was amiss.
"A province's tribute can't exceed 50 rolls of silk. At the same time, the government will buy them," Li Yi answered.
"That provincial governor is called …"
"Pang Renqing," Tan Hai reminded her.
"Yes, Pang Renqing. Before we left, he said he'd distribute the items to our villages. Our large village has about 30 rolls of silk. "
Tan Shui knew how to calculate this. The provincial capital collected the money and asked the villages to pay.
In total, there were more than 200 rolls of silk. Moreover, the government did not pay them and took them for free.
"Very good. Good job, Pang Renqing. Let's do it this way. The villagers will suffer. When the time comes, they'll support him as the provincial governor and the Tang dynasty."
Li Yi nodded and praised Provincial Governor Lu Zhou.
There was nothing wrong with bullying the minorities. When the time came and the minorities were scared, they would not rebel.
Tan Shui felt gloomy. She knew Li Yi was being sarcastic. What could she do?
"After breakfast tomorrow, I'll have someone bring all of you to the Government Affairs Hall. You can talk to the Chancellors about the road and the things I want. You can also mention this to them."
Li Yi gestured for them to eat hotpot. The mutton rolls would be melted soon.
"Oh!" Tan Shui thought Li Yi would say he would take care of it. She did not expect him to look for someone else.
Tan Shida and Tan Hai were not as clueless as she was. How could Li Dongzhu bring someone to the Government Affairs Hall to meet the Chancellors?
Thinking of this, everyone ate together.
The palace maids and eunuchs ate the Mandarin Duck Hotpot. Some of them didn't want to eat spicy food.
Li Yi told the three of them to eat less. If they ate too much, their stomachs would be uncomfortable at night. The more they ate, the hungrier they would be in the morning, and it would be easy for them to have acid reflux.
While they were eating, a group of twenty riders was running. The sky was dark, and the moon was in the last quarter of the moon, and had not yet risen.
The horses were not very fast. They held torches to illuminate the road, and the road was smooth.
At this moment, they were about to reach the last courier station before entering Chang 'an.
Seeing the light in front of them, the rider shouted in a hoarse voice, "Great victory for the Anxi Protectorate, great victory for the Anxi Protectorate! More than 29,000 enemies were killed, more than 17,000 prisoners were captured, and countless horses were captured …"
When the night guard heard the commotion, he leapt out of the relay station and ran back to pick up a bundle of torches.
"Hurry up and come out. It's time to switch horses. A great victory for the Anxi Protectorate," he shouted.
The rest of the guards, who had been sleeping in their clothes, suddenly sat up, rubbed their eyes, and hurriedly ran out to lead the horses.
"I have enough torches. I won't change." The person from the Anxi Protectorate shouted and threw out his waist token.
The night guard threw down the torch, caught the waist token, looked at it, and ran back to hand it over.
The twenty horses were led out, and the twenty people changed horses and galloped away.
In less than half an hour, the group arrived at Chang 'an, and they shouted to increase their speed.
There were street lights in Chang 'an, and the people who didn't know how to walk in the middle of the city at night deserved to be hit and killed!
By the time the twenty riders arrived at Xingqing Palace, many people knew that the Anxi Protectorate had killed and captured many enemies.
Victory. The Tang dynasty had won another victory.
Li Longji, who was sleeping, was woken up by Gao Lishi. When he heard the news of a great victory, he immediately fell asleep.
He put on his regular clothes and personally went to find the messenger. The person on duty in the Political Affairs Hall arranged for someone to ride a horse and call for the three Prime Ministers.
When he arrived, the twenty people were supported by others and couldn't stand up.
They had been riding horses for many days, and other than stopping to go to the toilet, they hadn't walked on the ground.
Now, when they walked, their legs were the same as when they were riding horses.
From time to time, someone would feed them warm soup. After drinking a few mouthfuls, someone would come over and wipe their faces with a wet towel.
When Li Longji arrived, the people around him greeted him as "Your Majesty."
The twenty people had never seen Li Longji before, but they still had to salute him.
"Rise." Li Longji waved his hand, took a towel from someone, and carefully wiped the face of the messenger in front of him.
"Have a good rest. Don't force yourself. The Tang dynasty can't do without you. We are counting on you to guard the border," Li Longji said as he wiped the face.
The messenger who had traveled a long distance and hadn't complained once. When he heard Li Longji's words, his eyes instantly turned red, and tears fell down his cheeks.
"Did the brothers suffer a lot of casualties?" Li Longji wiped the tears of the soldier in front of him.
He didn't ask how many enemies they had killed. Instead, he asked about the situation of his own people.
The messenger shook his head. "No, not much. When we fought, they were defeated."
"Don't talk anymore. Take care of your throat. Go and get the throat-soothing pills that Li Yi made." Li Longji nodded and ordered.
After drinking a bowl of soup, the twenty people were carried away with the throat-soothing pills in their mouths.
Just like the previous twenty people, when they fell asleep, someone massaged them, and they also took a bath.
Li Longji took the report from the Anxi Protectorate and carefully read it.
It wrote: After learning that Su Lu had led his troops to attack, this subject gathered the troops to respond. Patrol Envoy Zhang Xiaosong led ten thousand elite cavalry …
Li Longji read from the beginning to the end. Zhang Xiaosong led ten thousand elite cavalry to escape, then ambushed twenty thousand white-clothed Arabs and captured many prisoners.
Turning around, Zhang Xiaosong led his men to search for Su Lu's troops. When they found them, they worked together with the hot air balloons to defeat the Turkic soldiers and pursued them.
In this battle, they killed twenty-nine thousand six hundred enemies and captured seventeen thousand six hundred.
Currently, there were eight hundred and fifty-eight casualties on their side. There were also some injured that needed treatment.
Zhang Xiaosong led his men to search for Tubo's troops. He wanted to work together with Ashina Xian and Karulu's troops to attack them.
"Zhang! Xiao! Song! "Li Longji said word by word.
He had almost forgotten about this person. He had been too busy.
Back then, when Li Yi said that he couldn't touch him, he didn't touch him. In fact, he even gave him an additional reward. If he wanted to be greedy, he could be greedy.
For a year and a half, Zhang Xiaosong continued to stay there.
Who would have thought that Zhang Xiaosong would seize the opportunity to ambush and sneak attack Su Lu's first attack? Together with his own army, Zhang Xiaosong defeated them.
Even so, he didn't withdraw his troops and continued to charge forward.
"As expected of a general who can take down a hundred cities and slaughter three cities with ten thousand soldiers."
Li Longji was in a good mood. Look, I didn't punish Zhang Xiaosong for his crimes and even gave him money.
Now, how many people has Zhang Xiaosong killed? Tubo's troops are probably finished.
If even the miscellaneous soldiers can kill so many people, the elite cavalry would naturally be even more impressive.
"Now, we just have to wait for Guo Zhiyun's troops to fight the Jiuqu army. If they succeed, we can settle the Yellow River's source in one battle." Li Longji mumbled as he sipped on a bowl of soup.
The weather at night was stuffy and hot, without the slightest hint of coolness.
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