Around the fourth year of Kaiyuan, the atmosphere of the court and the country was not calm enough because Tubo provoked border riots. At the beginning of the new year, the saint announced at the dynasty meeting that he would go on an expedition in person to recover Qinghai, which had been occupied by Tubo for decades, and instantly ignited the atmosphere of the entire Chang'an City.

The people's reactions were warm in various atmospheres, and the saints who had lived in the inner world for a long time had no personal experience. However, the reactions in the court were so intense that even though the saints were mentally prepared, they were also surprised by the passionate and eager responses of the courtiers.

Just as the grand dynasty meeting ended, many memorials rushed to the southern province like snowflakes. Many of the writers did not have the qualifications to write to the letter and talked about the matter, and they also entrusted the chief officer of the department to submit them on their behalf.

As for the bronze trunks set up outside the Danfeng Gate, they were filled with books from all parties within just one hour of the end of the dynasty meeting. When the supervisor led the officers to collect books from the books, the copper trunks were already full of all kinds of books from the surrounding area.

Originally, after the grand dynasty meeting, the saint should have gone to Linde Hall to give gifts to the Dali Dynasty. However, because there were too many memorials coming from all over the place and urgently needed to be reviewed, the Great Li in Linde Hall was handed over to the Empress Dowager and King Qi Li Shouli, while the saint and several important ministers and prime ministers rushed to the Xuanzheng Hall of Zhonggong to handle memorials from all parties.

When Li Tong came to Linde Hall, the Zhongshu, the scholars under the disciples, including Jiying Hall, had already become busy entering the hall. There were a large number of memorials piled up on everyone's desks, and there were still boxes and cages outside the hall.

To be honest, Li Tong was quite nervous after seeing this scene. At today's grand ceremony, the two things he announced can be said to have shocking influences. Whether it is his own commander or the Empress Dowager's return to the court and the country, they can deeply touch the pain points of Shiliu.

Although he had reached a consensus with the important officials in the DPRK before, if the people in the DPRK have widely senated and are opposed to this, it is also a headache to do so.

Not only the saints themselves, but the prime ministers also looked serious and did not dare to neglect them. After entering the palace, they rushed to the memorials on the desk, without any other thoughts.

At this time, the imperial case was filled with preliminary memorials. These writers were mainly composed of fifth and sixth rank officials, most of whom were chief officials of the departments under the three provinces and six ministries, and were the specific executors of the court affairs and the backbone of the Tang court. Their attitudes and opinions were naturally extremely important.

After Li Tong took his seat, he began to browse these memorials quickly. After reading a few articles in succession, his expression gradually changed. Without waiting for him to summarize, Prime Minister Liu Youqiu had already left the seat with a few memorials in his hand. He walked to the imperial court and said with an excited expression: "The people's sentiment is passionate, the morale is brave, the emperor's orders are powerful, and the heroic plan is worthy of reliance!"

As Liu Youqiu spoke, several other prime ministers also stood up one after another, their expressions became much more relaxed, and they all spoke praises.

When Li Tong heard what the prime ministers said, he couldn't help laughing, pressing his hands on the imperial case, and his tone was quite relieved: "The country's family is far from being able to achieve the strength of two or three sons with courage. He can enjoy this feat, unite as one, and the revival of the country's fortune is expected!"

Although there are also arguments among the memorials collected in the hall to advise the saints not to go to the border to take risks, the proportion is not large. Most memorials discuss the feasibility of the Tang Dynasty sending troops to recover Qinghai and various specific strategies. As for the return of the Empress Dowager to the court, it is even less mentioned.

Li Tong was naturally relieved about such a public opinion situation. What he was most worried about was that the ministers ignored the real military and political plans and were still obsessed with various internal disputes.

In the past few years, while the court has been recuperating, it has been avoiding and preventing this situation from happening. However, since there is no signifiable event to test it, there is actually no absolute clear judgment in his mind whether Li Tong or the prime ministers have made any specific results.

But now, through the memorials of the ministers, we can see that the focus of current public opinion is not on internal power distribution and stance disputes, but on everyone's serious thinking about the development and future of the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Empire was huge in size and never had the second thought in the world. Such a huge empire is actually difficult to determine the rise and fall of the entire regime if any external challenges or crises come from. The biggest factor that determines the strength of the country is the issue of internal consumption.

Internal struggles and losses are problems that are inevitable for any large organization from ancient times to the present. Whoever can solve this problem better will be stronger.

In order to achieve this situation, Li Tong has made many efforts in the past few years, including but not limited to institutional reform, personnel adjustments, and physically directly eliminating those who are stubborn and destroying the overall situation.

Now that the big thing is in the picture, Li Tong finally saw his ideal situation in Korea, and he was in a good mood.

At the same time, he was deeply grateful for the legacy left by generations of the previous kings. It was precisely because the Tang Dynasty had a glorious past that it was able to get out of the shadow of the dark and chaotic past in just a few years when the current situation was restored. The entire court took it as its mission to revive the glory of the past, and no other consideration was important.

The worries in his heart stopped, Li Tong stood up from the table and ordered several prime ministers to continue to stay here to review and select these memorials, and he returned to Linde Hall.

At this time, there was a lively scene of singing and dancing in Linde Hall. Many ministers and Hu Chief Envoys did not pride themselves on their identities and did not laugh at each other, and they sang and danced to show their skills to invite joy.

But under this lively appearance, everyone was a little absent-minded and could not completely indulge in the play. After all, the message I heard in the hall just now was too shocking, which was so shocking that it was not in mind and could not help but feel distracting.

When the saint returned to the hall again, everyone cheered up and suppressed the many distracting thoughts in their hearts, hoping to receive more messages.

The Empress Dowager knew the reason why the saint left just now, so when the saint entered the hall, he threw a concerned look at him. When he saw the saint's eyes were happy, he nodded slightly, but after a moment, he couldn't help feeling a little sad.

The Empress Dowager knew that what she did when she was in power in previous years had violated the wishes of too many people, so after agreeing to the emperor's request to return to the court and govern the country, she was also prepared to be strongly opposed by Shi Liu.

But now, looking at the meaning of the saint, Shi Liu did not have too strong resistance to this, at least it would not affect the normal progress of things.

Wu Zetian was not confident enough to think that his return to the court was what everyone expected, and Shiliu was happy to see this, so he did not object. This situation only shows that in the broad Shiliu's view, whether the Empress Dowager returns to the court or not, it will no longer bring too much impact and change to the current current situation order, and naturally there is no need to discuss it again.

In other words, the current era no longer belongs to her, and she is no longer the queen who ruled the world and could shake the world with every move. She is just a relative of the Zong family who is harboring under the wings of today's saints.

For a politician who once stood at the peak of power, such a situation that was neglected by the world was indeed a bit unacceptable. But when the saints ascended to the temple and the Hubins asked the people to worship respectfully, the loneliness in Wu Zetian's eyes gradually faded away, and instead showed contentment and relief.

Anyone who once held power would not be willing to push out the power in his hands, let alone the Empress Dowager, whose desire for power was much stronger and more intense than that of ordinary people.

But after experiencing several turbulent changes in the palace and none of his sons died well, Wu Zetian had to admit that the current situation was the most decent exit for her and the best arrangement for the country.

The public opinion in the middle school of China is not losing control. What needs to be paid attention to next is naturally the attitude and position of the surrounding Hus regarding the Tang Dynasty's military operation.

As soon as Li Tong arrived at the palace, Xi Chief Li Daqiu went out to work and told him impatiently: "Now the saint is going to take charge of the heavenly soldiers and punish the evil forces. Although I was born in a despicable Dongyi, I also enjoy the favor of the emperor and have deep loyalty and righteousness. I beg the saint to allow all the officials to send troops and form a formation to help the situation!"

At this time, several hours had passed since the saint announced the amazing news, and the Hu chiefs and envoys made their own preliminary decisions. As Li Daqiu came out of the class to express his opinion, many people were upset and rushed to express their opinions.

With the initial statements of this group of people, the Hu chiefs in the palace also stood up to speak, expressing their support for the saint's decision.

In fact, no matter what statements these Hu chiefs made, it was not enough to affect the decisions of the Tang court, and it also could not avoid the obligation to recruit troops and horses to participate in the war. But their specific attitudes can also explain many problems.

Although it was an extremely heavy burden for them to accept the conscript of the Tang Dynasty and participate in various wars, it was also a great opportunity. Many Hu tribes seized similar opportunities and performed well, so they were mainly supported by the Tang Dynasty and became the overlords of the powerful.

For example, the Xi chief Li Daqing, who was most eager to show, was not impatient because of his loyalty and righteousness. Instead, he saw the gap in the power of the Northeast. The Tang Dynasty still did not select a new agent, so he had to show enthusiasm.

Li Daliang was not the only one who had such ideas, such as the Tuqi Shi envoy who was expelled from the court for disturbing the court. He even cut off his face outside the Linde Hall to apologize, with blood flowing on his cheeks and unable to kneel down. He just begged the Tang Dynasty Tiankang to give Tuqi Shi an opportunity so that they could join the military service in Qinghai.

Of course, this is not a shame, but a greater benefit is contained in it compared to the price paid. Once they are supported and recognized by the Tang Dynasty court, they will undoubtedly achieve twice the result when they develop and grow.

Of course, the premise for all this logic is that the Tang Dynasty itself is strong enough to maintain the normal operation of a complete set of banish orders. As for the current situation in Qinghai alone, Tubo really does not have the conditions and strength to compete with the Tang Dynasty.

"I am also very pleased that all of us can be loyal to the king's orders and hate evil as enemies. After the military operation is carried out, the detailed rules for recruitment and the court's major plans have been agreed upon, we will issue military orders. As for today, we will congratulate this festival without making miscellaneous comments and disrupting the interest."

Seeing the enthusiastic attitude of the Hu Hu, Li Tong also said with a smile.
Chapter completed!