In fact, since he became a young secretary, Chen Zhengtai has been qualified to truly discuss national affairs.

After all, he is a little prime minister, so he is not just a joke. After all, all the court's memorials will be copied and sent to the Zhanshi Mansion after being sent to the Secretariat and Menxia Province.

After all, the Zhan Shi Mansion is a small team. What the Zhan Shi Mansion knows is no less than Fang Xuanling’s knowledge of anything happening in the world.

Since Chen Zhengtai became the Shaoqing of the Zhan Shifu, many people have actually known that His Majesty hopes Chen Zhengtai will be tempered.

So it is understandable that Fang Xuanling took the exam for Chen Zhengtai at this moment.

Chen Zhengtai calmed down and said, "It's okay if you ask."

Fang Xuanling and Li Shimin looked at each other, and Li Shimin smiled.

Fang Xuanling took a sip of the tea ceremony: "Chen Zhengtai, your tea is good."

Chen Zhengtai felt that he was teasing me, but at this time, he was still talking about this: "Uh... in a few days, I will give the housekeeper a few hundred kilograms."

He really wanted to say that he was ready, hurry up!

Fang Xuanling was satisfied and immediately said, "The latest report sent by him is that in this desert, the Tiel tribe and Tuyuhun had a conflict and attacked each other. Since the Turkic tribe began to weaken, the Tiel tribe and Tuyuhun gradually grew stronger, and they were both major concerns in the Tang Dynasty. The two attacked each other this time, but Tuyuhun was weak at this time. Your Majesty meant that he hoped to give Tuyuhun some support and send some swords and bows and arrows, so as not to be destroyed by the Tiel tribe and strengthen the Tiel tribe."

"It's just how to give support and how much support... but people need to be sent to contact Tuyuhun. How does Chen Zhanshi view this matter?"

Tielite tribe and Tuyuhun...

Chen Zhengtai looked surprised. At this time, shouldn’t Tuyuhun be strong?

Why is the Tielite tribe stronger?

Could it be something wrong?

At least in the history that Chen Zhengtai knew, Tuyuhun defeated the Tiel tribe and gradually began to erode the vacuum area where the Turkic tribe had weakened, and then began to grow stronger and finally became a new grassland overlord.

The Tang Dynasty always pursued a balanced strategy for the desert, and whoever is weak will support whoever is weak.

Obviously, in the eyes of the Tang Dynasty, Tuyuhun's strength on the books is relatively weak now, so he chose to help Tuyuhun to maintain a balanced state against the Tiel tribe.

However, there are many precedents for such balanced methods, such as the war between Tuyuhun and Tiel tribes this time.

Chen Zhengtai said: "This memorial... the officials have also read it in the Zhanshi Mansion. The Tiele tribe is only strong on the books. The Tiele tribe has nine surnames, and the nine surnames are very loose. As for the Tuyuhun tribe, they are descendants of the Xianbei Murong clan. Although they are nomadic in the desert, they have absorbed many craftsmen and Confucian scholars in the Central Plains as early as the Jin Dynasty. With the assistance of these people, Tuyuhun established the title of King, Gong, and Pushe, Shangshu, General, and Langzhong many years ago."

"The Khan of Tuyuhun... is in power. Although the strength on the books may not be as strong as the Tiele Nine surnames, Tuyuhun holds it just a fist. However, Tiele Nine surnames have their own ulterior motives. The following officials have their own opinions. The Tiele tribe will definitely be defeated in this battle. The court did not support Tiele tribe, but instead supported Tuyuhun, which made the officials very puzzled. The officials dared to ask if Tuyuhun's envoy had arrived in Chang'an."

Li Shimin did not expect that Chen Zhengtai directly made an opposition suggestion.

Fang Xuanling couldn't help but be surprised: "Yes, the messenger of Tuyuhun has arrived."

Chen Zhengtai sighed and said, "It's not surprising. What Tuyuhun is most familiar with is the situation in China. After all,... they absorbed too many advanced Han cultures and immediately sent envoys before the war started. It can be seen that... they have made great preparations for this war. Not only have they trained a large army, but they are also good at diplomacy. Such tribes are worthy of vigilance."

Tuyuhun is indeed different from the ordinary Hu people.

The fundamental reason why they were able to rise up and become the overlords of the grassland after the decline of the Turkic tribe was that they knew better than other Hu people to absorb all races to serve them.

In addition... because they were descendants of the Xianbei people who entered the Central Plains, they had long followed the Central Plains and established a bureaucratic system to ensure that the Khan had sufficient power.

They also had a large number of craftsmen, which were much stronger in terms of technology than the Nine Natels. Therefore... After the Turkic people were weakened, the inconspicuous Tuyuhun began to swell wildly.

On the other hand, the nine surnames of Tiele still adopted a system of united individual surnames. They each have their own small abacus. There is no unified and powerful centralized system, and their technology is particularly backward. This is also the reason for the defeat of the Tiele tribe in history.

When Li Shimin heard this, he became interested and said, "But I heard that since the decline of the Turkic tribe, the Tiele tribe has grown the most powerfully. There are a large number of Turkic people who refuse to obey King Guiyi, who defected to Tiele tribe. Their men have grown from just 20,000 to 30,000 at once."

Chen Zhengtai shook his head: "Mr. Teacher, the students think that the stronger the Tielite tribe, it will be unfavorable to them. The Tielite tribe has not established a complete administrative system, and the people recruited are mixed with dragons and snakes, and they cannot organize strongly. The more people there are, it is just a mob."

Speaking of this, Chen Zhengtai paused for a moment, thought for a while and said, "So the students thought... if the court wanted to balance, they also needed to fund the Tielite tribe, but... the war is imminent, I am afraid that even if it is funded, it will be too late. Besides, the problem of the Tielite tribe is difficult to recover, and it is definitely not just a simple funding... it can be solved. The students' suggestions are that the Tang Dynasty should be prepared for the defeat of the Tielite tribe."

Li Shimin was speechless for a moment.

Chen Zhengtai’s analysis also makes sense.

However, the information in this era is not well developed. Even if the Tang Dynasty had enough meticulous work to explore the horses in the desert, the possible news would be just a few words and could not be done as if it were the first hand.

The current situation is that Tuyuhun sent an envoy to ask for help, and the Tuyuhun tribe had only 20,000 to 30,000.

However, Chen Zhengtai proposed to support Tiele, and it is obviously not easy to make up this determination to suppress Tuyuhun.

Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling: "What do you think about Fang Qing's family?"

Fang Xuanling did not underestimate Chen Zhengtai because of his youth. After Chen Zhengtai's analysis, he listened very seriously. At this moment, he was unable to make up his mind and pondered: "Why not, take a look?"

However, Changsun Wuji, who was sitting on the other side, said: "This is just Chen Zhengtai's guess. The situation in the desert is changing rapidly. How can a guess affect the national policy of the court?"

"Your Majesty, I have a conversation with the Tuyuhun envoy. The Tiel tribe has indeed grown too strong recently. If it cannot be weakened, I may be in great difficulty in the future."

Chen Zhengtai glanced at Changsun Wuji with deep eyes.

I heard that after the Tuyuhun people entered Chang'an, they first looked for the Ministry of Rites, but went to Changsun Wuji.

Because the Tuyuhun people are descendants of the Xianbei people, and in fact, Changsun Wuji is also a Xianbei person.

Of course... it's not that Changsun Wuji completely disregards the interests of the Tang Dynasty, but that Changsun Wuji and the Tuyuhun people were a family two hundred years ago, so they would feel a little intimate and inevitably have some bias.

What Changsun Wuji cannot tolerate is that Chen Zhengtai, you, it would be fine if you suggest not supporting Tuyuhun, but you even have to support the Tielite tribe. This is a bit unacceptable to Changsun Wuji.

Li Shimin frowned and pondered: "I'll discuss this matter tomorrow."

The emperor said this, and everyone could only say obediently: "Here."

Li Shimin immediately said: "Zhengtai began to gradually contact the state affairs. This is a good thing, but... you are the young secretary and assist the prince... The prince is the foundation of the country, and this cannot be neglected. The prince has not seen anyone these days, and even his mother does not ask him any more. You are the young secretary and you need to remind him about this matter."

Chen Zhengtai naturally did not dare to tell the truth, and even felt a little guilty and said obediently: "Students obey the order."

Li Shimin immediately left Li Jing, obviously... Li Shimin hoped to continue to discuss in-depth with Li Jing about the battle between Tiel's tribe and Tuyuhun.

Chen Zhengtai retreated and just took two steps when Changsun Wuji called him.

Changsun Wuji's face was a little bad, and he said with a tense face: "Chen Zhengtai, do you have any prejudice against me?"

Chen Zhengtai hurriedly said, "How can Mr. Changsun say this?"

Changsun Wuji narrowed his eyes and looked at Chen Zhengtai and said, "I heard...what do you say in front of the princess should not get married within three generations?"

"Ah..." Chen Zhengtai never expected that... this matter would have spread.

You should know that Changsun Wuji's legitimate son Changsun Chong had an engagement with Princess Changle. Changsun Wuji attaches great importance to this marriage. After all, Princess Changle is Li Shimin's favorite daughter. Once she gets married, her sister is the queen and her son is the prince consort. The status of the Changsun family will naturally rise.

Chen Zhengtai subconsciously said: "Where did you hear this?"

Changsun Wuji said coldly: "Of course, Princess Changle regrets the marriage and goes to find her mother."

Chen Zhengtai: "…"

Repent to marriage.

Chen Zhengtai suddenly felt that the sky was rolling.

Your uncle, I just said it casually. You are using this reason to regret the marriage?

People who don’t know think that I, Chen Zhengtai, deliberately wanted to destroy other people’s marriage, have any bad intentions.

At least now, Changsun Wuji stared at Chen Zhengtai impolitely. Changsun Wuji is a cunning person. For such a person, he can think of any simple thing extremely complicatedly. Moreover, this is related to the future events of the Changsun family.

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