The atmosphere in Chang'an City in the early spring of the 14th year of Zhenguan is also somewhat subtle.

Earlier, the saint said that he wanted to send troops to Gaochang State. As a result, the army did not move. Prince Gaochang led dozens of people to Chang'an City, and he rode all the way to Chang'an City. Yan said that Gaochang State had been controlled by the Turks. He came here to ask for help, and hoped that the Tang army could lift the siege of Gaochang.

There were many offenses earlier. It was not their original intention of Gaochang. Wangtian Khan was willing to forgive them. This time, he specially brought their national treasures of Gaochang. He presented them to Tiankang. Wangtian Khan could forgive their sins.

Nowadays, most of the people in the market believe that Gaochang is innocent, but the ministers in the court may not be.

Besides, this innocent or not is not the most important thing, what matters is that since your Gaochang Kingdom is not closely related to the Turkic people, the Tang army is going to attack you.

If other small countries in the Western Regions want to abandon Tang and surrender to the Turks in the future, then they must first think about the consequences and see the lessons of the Gaochang people.

However, nowadays, public opinion has been formed among the people, especially Gaochang is another Buddhist country. Buddhism is also prosperous in Chang'an City. Those Buddhists have stood up and spoke for Gaochang. If they fight Gaochang again at this time, it will be a bit heartbroken.

Li Shimin has obviously not been in a good mood these days. Qu Zhisheng said he wanted to offer him treasures. He didn't see him, so he just left the person there and ignored him.

How arrogant is Gaochang State in front. Earlier, people from Yanqi State came to Chang'an City to complain, saying that Gaochang State obstructed their envoys from entering the capital. Li Shimin sent envoys to Gaochang at that time, and listed a few requests for Gaochang King Qu Wentai, but Qu Wentai refused all of them. So the Central Plains court said that they would send troops to attack him. Seeing that the army was about to go on a war, he came to offer treasures again. Is this fun?

Hou Junji has also been very annoyed these days. He had originally said that he would go to fight Gaochang well, but the army was about to go to war, but such a change happened again.

Qu Wentai from Gaochang State actually wanted to ask the Tang Dynasty for help and ask the Tang army to help them fight against the Turks.

Originally, Hou Junji had a good idea, so he drove the army over and destroyed the Gaochang Kingdom in a few seconds. Then he wrote a note in the history books to destroy a country and open up the territory of the Tang Dynasty. What a great military achievement.

As for where Gaochang is, how big is this country and how many troops it has, who cares about it? How many ordinary people can understand it clearly?

If he wants to fight the Turks now, the Turks are a tough bone. Not to mention a few strokes, even if he Hou Junji's life is over, he will definitely not be able to destroy it.

Originally, a good military merit was about to become such a thankless job. What would Hou Junji do? He has entered the palace to meet Li Shimin several times in the past few days. He said that Gaochang Kingdom was going to fight, and Qu Wentai and Qu Zhisheng and his son were not good birds. Even if you help them now, they would have to turn around and bite them back then.

Some of the ministers in the court said they were fighting, some said they would not fight, some said they beat Gaochang, some said they beat Turks, and the morning court these days was also noisy.

At this moment, Tang Jian sent someone from the Hexi Corridor to Chang'an City, and there was also a document.

Such things are the compass produced in Changle County. It looks like a small box, the size of a palm, and it is made of wood. The appearance is polished smoothly.

As stated on the official document, gently slide with your fingers, and the lid on the compass was slid open. It was originally connected to the point on the round cover with the box below. When you open and close, you only need to push and slide with your fingers, which is a bit exquisite.

Look at the box again. There must be a pointer in the middle. The two ends of the pointer point in two directions, with the words "North and South" engraved with the carousel plate. The pointer is shaking, but it does not rotate with the wooden plate, but still points in the original direction!

On this day, the emperor and several ministers discussed the matter. After talking about the main topic, he asked someone to take out the compass and take a closer look with the ministers.

"Is this thing...is it Sinan?" These ministers in the court were also very knowledgeable people in this era, and someone soon identified the purpose of this thing.

"Tang Jian wrote to him that he could produce in large quantities and the cost was also low." The emperor said.

In fact, Tang Jian also included a manual in this letter, stating that the emperor had asked someone to do it and had not completed it yet, but this matter can be left to be discussed later.

"This Sinan is really light." A minister was playing with this small wooden plate in his hand, and he couldn't let it go.

If you look closely, the disc is divided into two parts, the sunken space below is dug out from a whole piece of wood. The material of this piece of wood is also exquisitely made.

In order to distinguish the upper and lower parts, the lower part only has patterns around it, the bottom is flat and there is no sculpture. The lid on the upper is arc-shaped, thick in the middle and thin in the surroundings, and there are patterns on it. Such a small and exquisite thing, gently slide the lid with your fingers, and there is another world inside. It is really exquisite!

Such a lightweight thing is low in cost and can point people in the direction. If it is really mass-produced...

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this thing cannot be easily shown to others." Someone immediately objected.

"This is a sharp weapon!"

"Sinan has existed since ancient times, and it is used by princes and ministers. How can such a powerful tool flow into the people?"

“…”

After hearing this, the emperor did not say anything, but took out Tang Jian's document and showed it to them.

What is written in Tang Jian’s document? It is somewhat complicated to talk about.

Lord Tang was not idle in the Hexi Corridor during this period. He often traveled between Dunhuang City and Changle County. He had talked with the Hu people and some local knowledgeable people, and took many ready-made ones from Luo Yong. Finally, he organized the organization and became such a document.

This document is more of a paper than a document.

The article involves the countries in the Western Regions and their current situation, and involves all aspects of politics, economy and culture. There are even a few simple pictures.

However, the focus of this document is religion, which mainly focuses on Buddhism and Islam.

Many countries in the Western Regions believed in Buddhism, and were rich in Buddha style. Although there were many other religions among them, the Buddhism of the Tang Dynasty, connected with Buddhism in the Western Regions, and Buddhism in India, was a large Buddhist circle. This is an invisible religious and cultural defense circle that cannot be seen with the naked eye, but it is extremely important.

In the distant Western Regions, there is also Islam. In recent years, the Arabian Peninsula has achieved unity and is now expanding to surrounding areas. Islam is a religion with little distinction between regimes and doctrines. It is highly aggressive and exclusive. At present, their country is in a stage of continuous expansion and growth, and it has to be guarded against.

Finally, Tang Jian said that regardless of Islam or not, as a country of Buddhism flourishing, when Buddhism is flourishing everywhere, Tang should strive to occupy religious high ground and make this religious force a powerful force to support Tang.

Looking at the current situation, there is the rising empire of Dashi in the west, Tubo in the south, and Songtsen Gampo is still so young, so he has achieved something. There are Turkic Xueyantuo Goguryeo in the north, and those are hard bones that are difficult to chew.

Under such a general situation, what's the point of being a small Gaochang country?

Now is the time to win over the Buddhist forces, so there is no need to make the Tang regime live in a gap with many Buddhists for the sake of the Gaochang Kingdom.

Such a paper that looks at the world directly made some ministers dizzy.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart that Tang Jian's mind and vision are indeed not comparable to ordinary people.

After Tang Jian said this, Gaochang Kingdom would not have to be beaten. It just so happened that Qu Zhisheng is now in Chang'an City, saying that he would offer treasures to Tian Khan all day long, otherwise...

"In my opinion, even if the Gaochang Kingdom is defeated, it doesn't make much sense." A minister said at this time.

From the Hexi Corridor to Gaochang State, there is still a large wasteland. If the Tang Dynasty's national strength is strong, he, a small Gaochang State, naturally would not dare to act rashly. If the Tang Dynasty's national strength is not strong, even if it is defeated, it will not be able to defend such a place. Even if civil officials and military generals are sent to that place, these people will be likely to occupy the geographical advantage and become kings. In a few years, there will be another new regime.

For such a country, if so much food, grass, and military pay are spent, and so many lives of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are used to fill it?

However, even if you don’t attack Gaochang, the Turks will definitely fight. Since Gaochang is interested in surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, then we will take it off and work with Gaochang to fight the Turks.

After thinking about it, this is the most beneficial to the country.

After the ministers dispersed, Li Shimin was not in a hurry to leave, but still sat there, holding Tang Jian's document and taking a closer look.

Tang Jian is indeed talented. Looking at the court, I am afraid that no one can write such a document. Although he is full of talents, he always has his own strengths. Some people are good at fighting wars, and some people are good at governing the country. There are indeed very few who can truly look at the world.

This Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who was later famous throughout the ages, no longer cared about the affairs of Gaochang Kingdom. The world was so big that he could do too many things. Why bother to get stuck and fight against the small Gaochang Kingdom, which made him seem not kind enough and not generous enough.
Chapter completed!