Xu Qilin stayed in the villa for seven or eight days, and when he returned to Chang'an again, he happened to be planning to buy a house and decorate it.

Xiao Zhao's reasons seemed to be very sufficient, and he told Xu Qilin with sternness: "Brother, you are already a marquis. The court has also removed the repair costs. How could it be that a grand marquis' mansion?"

"Just paying repair fees, not just a big house, I'm so stingy." Xu Qilin complained about the court's stinginess and handed over the matter to Xiao Zhao, "Just look good, repair and arrangement according to your wishes, we are not short of money."

Xiao Zhao likes her brother's pleasure and gives her basically everything at home. She is already an adult, which makes her feel very accomplished.

"Brother, A Ke said not to enter the palace again." Xiao Zhao couldn't help laughing when he said this, and while he was happy, he told A Ke about slapping King Jin's forehead.

Xu Qilin was also a little surprised at first, and then burst into laughter. Xiaoye was really not easy or serious, so it would be better if she didn't enter the palace, so that she wouldn't have anything else to do.

"I'll just take a photo. With you and my sister protecting me, the King of Jin will not be able to do anything." Xu Qilin said disrespectfully: "A Ke doesn't want to enter the palace and follows her. The palace is not a good place."

After pausing for a moment, Xu Qilin hurriedly added: "For the sake of my sister, you should bear it more."

Xiao Zhao sighed helplessly and said, "I know. If it weren't for my sister, I would have gone to the villa to escape the summer heat."

Xu Qilin patted the little sister on the shoulder and said, "I'll go to the palace and I'll go out in two days. I'll leave the family affairs to you."

"Go, go!" Xiao Zhao was entrusted with an important task and immediately waved his hand with a very stylish look and said with a smile: "I'll go see the house, and the guarantee must be as elegant as a marquis."

Xu Qilin smiled and took his men straight to the palace.

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In Qianqiu Palace, His Majesty Li Er looked at a report with a gloomy face. After a while, he threw the report onto the table, got up and walked away in the palace.

This is the "King Qi Secret Memorial" received at the Meridian Gate today. The visitor is said to be an official in the Wei Palace. This "King Qi Secret Memorial" is full of accusations of all kinds of crimes against Li Sipang, which makes His Majesty Li Er not angry.

His Majesty Li Er is favored by this fat son. In recent years in Luozhou, his Fat Son has also done a very good job. Not only has the local governance done well, but he also created the masterpiece "Guodizhi", which really made His Majesty Li Er very pleased.

But seeing this secret comment, the fat son's good image collapsed instantly. His Majesty Li Er felt deceived and his anger rose in his heart.

At this moment, the palace servant came in and reported that Xu Qilin was waiting to see him outside.

His Majesty Li Er waved his hand, and wanted to say no, but hesitated again when he spoke.

He is eager to ask someone now that his fat son is so unbearable, and he really dares to deceive me? But Li Tai is far away in Luozhou, who knows Li Tai better in the capital? I really can't find many.

Xu Qilin seems to have had a lot of interactions with Li Tai, including the reform of the Cao government and the construction of Xin'an base, which were all carried out within the territory under Li Tai's jurisdiction.

Li Tai held a banquet in the capital, and Xu Qilin was also invited, and he saved Jinyang once.

Thinking of this, His Majesty Li Er took a few deep breaths, suppressed his mind, returned to the imperial throne and sat down, and ordered the palace servant to let Xu Qilin come in.

Xu Qilin entered the hall and bowed, "I have seen Your Majesty."

His Majesty Li Er nodded, waved his hand and signaled the palace servants to take a horse, and they were too lazy to say anything.

After Xu Qilin sat down, he felt that His Majesty Li Er's expression was something wrong today, so he did not speak easily.

"Have everything at home been handled?" His Majesty Li Er knew Xu Qilin's plan and guessed that he was here to say goodbye to Xin'an.

Xu Qilin bowed and bowed, "Yes, I plan to set off for Xin'an in the next two days."

Xin'an is also Taier's territory, so you will definitely deal with it!

His Majesty Li Er pondered for a moment and asked, "What's your relationship with the King of Wei? Do you have any contact with him?"

Xu Qilin blinked his eyes and said half-truely: "The relationship between Wei and His Highness the King of Wei is OK, and there are occasional letters to communicate with each other."

After pausing, Xu Qilin continued: "His Royal Highness of Wei is very enthusiastic about civil affairs and asked Weichen whether to plant cotton in Luozhou. Weichen was not clear about it, so he pulled out some cotton seeds to experiment in Luozhou. According to the harvest statistics from various places last year, Luozhou's output was not high, so this year the experimental fields in Luozhou were cancelled."

This is Xu Qilin's cleverness. To be honest, it is not all. This way it seems real and makes him feel indifferent.

His Majesty Li Er had a slight head. Sure enough, he felt that Xu Qilin was not covering up and was very sincere, so he asked the palace servant to give the secret memorial on the desk to Xu Qilin.

Xu Qilin didn't understand why, so he took it over and looked at him, couldn't help but frown, glanced at His Majesty Li Er, and then continued to lower his head and read the secret memorial.

After reading it, Xu Qilin handed over the secret message to the palace servant. While waiting for His Majesty Li Er to ask questions, he thought about it and roughly understood the reason why His Majesty Li Er was in a bad mood.

This matter should be caused by Li Chengqian or his men. But so naive and superficial, Xu Qilin really despises him.

His Majesty Li Er waved his back to the palace servant, leaned back into the chair, and asked with a slight squinted eyes: "From your understanding of the King of Wei, how do you think about this?"

Xu Qilin smiled and said, "I don't know who this secret is, just call me to ask. It's true or false, and it's true or false. Under the eyes of Your Majesty, there is no way to hide the truth or false."

Can you still laugh?! His Majesty Li Er rolled his eyes and said, "This secret song was handed over to the Meridian Gate. The secret songwriter has left. I don't know what his identity is."

Xu Qilin showed a look of surprise and said, "The credibility of the secret commentary is doubtful. I have no investigation and research and no say. If Your Majesty wants to investigate the authenticity, one is to investigate the secret commentator, and the other is to send someone to Luozhou. Wouldn't it be easy to find out the truth?"

His Majesty Li Er stroked his beard and fell into deep thought. Xu Qilin's calmness made him calm down. After careful consideration, he also found some suspicions.

How can ordinary people do the secret memorials be delivered from the Meridian Gate? Even the officials in the Wei Palace do not have this ability.

In other words, the secret actor can communicate with the guards in the palace, or even more senior officers. With this alone, His Majesty Li Er felt chilled.

Looking at Li Tai's crimes listed in the secret memorials, they are mostly alarmist, but there is no evidence. They look infuriating, but they think carefully, but there are loopholes that cannot be hidden.

Just now, he was so anxious that he was really impulsive. His Majesty Li Er gently stroked his forehead, and finally got rid of his anger, and his IQ was online again.

In fact, His Majesty Li Er has a bad temper, but what is valuable is that he can suppress it and not make a decision in anger.

Otherwise, Wei Dazengzi and those in the court who gave advice would have been killed long ago.

Seeing His Majesty Li Er's expression, Xu Qilin knew that he could think calmly, so he continued to say, "If Your Majesty trusts me as a loyal country, I can also go to Xin'an to investigate. If you are aware of everything, I feel that I still have this ability."

His Majesty Li Er glanced at Xu Qilin and said, "Is Gongzhong's country a little bit? Just forget it if you are assassinated in Ganzhou. Can you find the murderer?"

Xu Qilin scratched his head and said with a hint: "Although it has not been found out, it scared the murderer so much that he dared not show up."

His Majesty Li Er just snorted at Xu Qilin's defense and said slowly: "This matter cannot be rumored, I will send someone to investigate it."

"My mouth is as tight as a stone." Xu Qilin hurriedly promised, and then continued: "My name has not only said goodbye to His Majesty, but also some suggestions to submit a memorial."

"Take it to me." His Majesty Li Er sat upright.

Xu Qilin had no choice but to step forward and present the report to His Majesty Li Er, saying, "There are sand tables made by Weishu outside the palace. Should the palace servants carry them in?"

His Majesty Li Er nodded, lowered his head and opened the report to read it, but it was Xu Qilin's detailed study on Hexi.

In this report, Xu Qilin raised the status of the Hexi Corridor to the height of national security. Judging from the history of the Han Dynasty, this is indeed the case. If Hexi falls, Chang'an will face the threat.

Judging from the current situation, it is difficult for nomadic peoples north of Hexi to pose a threat; but in the south, although Tuyuhun is used as a barrier, Tuyuhun's combat power is worrying and may not be able to play a role.

His Majesty Li Er stroked his beard, shook his head gently, and said, "You don't have to worry about the threat of Tubo, right?"

Xu Qilin had already asked the palace servant to carry the sand table in. When he heard His Majesty Li Er say this, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please move, so you can see more clearly on this sand table."

His Majesty Li Er got up and walked over, stopped in front of the sand table, looked carefully, and couldn't help but exclaim: "This sand table is very well done, and the geographical situation in the northwest is clear at a glance."

Xu Qilin smiled and pointed and said, "Your Majesty, please see, this is Hexi, this is the Western Regions, this is Tuyuhun, and this is Tubo."

His Majesty Li Er nodded and said, "Well, after looking at the sand table, I found out the exact situation in various places. The terrain of Tubo is very high!"

Xu Qilin nodded vigorously and said, "Tubo is very high and the climate is cold, which is their great advantage. Because of the high cold, it is difficult for ordinary people to adapt. When they go there, they will be unable to breathe, lose all their strength, and even die because of this."

His Majesty Li Er pondered and said, "You mean that Tubo can be invincible only by relying on the right territorial position? Even our Tang army is difficult to win?"

Xu Qilin said: "It is not impossible to win, but it is definitely not in the land of Tubo. If the two countries go to war, our Tang army will strive to defeat him in Tuyuhun and try to annihilate his living forces."

"Tubo has advantages in geographical advantages, but also its weakness, even if it is a small population. After a severe injury, it can be calmed down for more than ten years. Your Majesty can see that the terrain of Tuyuhun is also relatively high, but it is still much worse than that of Tubo. If our Tang army is fighting in some battles or stationed here, its adaptability to the plateau will gradually increase."

His Majesty Li Er smiled and didn't care much about Xu Qilin's attention to Tubo so much. He pointed his finger and said, "If Tubo is an enemy of our Tang Dynasty, even the Western Regions will encounter war!"

"Your Majesty is wise and he is very accurate!" Xu Qilin hurriedly added fuel to the fire, "not only the Western Regions, but also Longyou and Hexi. With the strength of Tuyuhun, it is embarrassing to be the barrier of our Tang Dynasty."

His Majesty Li Er looked at Xu Qilin's anxious look and asked, "Do you have any objections to my marriage to Tubo? Or are you going to start a war with Tubo now?"

Xu Qilin hurriedly shook his head and said, "I have no objection. Second, I am not going to start a war, but to prevent problems before they happen. Now I am vigilant and guard against Tubo."

His Majesty Li Er secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "How to prevent it?"

Xu Qilin thought about his words and said, "In the battle of Songzhou, Tubo saw the power of our Tang army. He knew he was defeated and came to propose. On the surface, he was obedient, but in fact he was sleeping on firewood and tasting gall, thinking that he was the next picture..."

Bara Bara said a lot, and Xu Qilin said he was dry, and finally came to the conclusion, "It is okay to give marriage, but it can be written by the dowry. What are the advanced technology, craftsmans and calendars, and they don't give them any skills..."

"...bring more luxury goods such as porcelain, silk, and more Confucian classics and Buddhist scriptures, and more monks also send more, and then sneak in some spies to inquire about Tubo..."

As for sugar-coated shells, Xu Qilin understands that material and spiritual things will make the Tubo people both material and spiritual civilization.

His Majesty Li Er smiled and saw Xu Qilin stopping and asking, "It's over, that's all?"

Xu Qilin tilted his head and thought about it, and then thought of it, saying, "There are tea leaves, which is even more powerful. Give them a gift first. If you get addicted to drinking, you can pinch their necks."

His Majesty Li Er smiled, nodded, and said, "Qi Lin has put his heart into it. Well, I have already recorded it. I will summon people to discuss this matter and will definitely prevent problems before it happens."

After pausing, His Majesty Li Er moved his eyes to the sand table and said, "Hexi is already well managed. The next step is Longyou. What do you think?"

"Hexi Longyou is the important place to curb Tubo." Xu Qilin agreed: "If my Tang Dynasty started a war with Tubo, I thought it must have risen because of Tuyuhun."

His Majesty Li Er ordered the palace maid to bring Xu Qilin a cup of tea, and he watched and examined the sand table. As the emperor who was very good at military affairs, His Majesty Li Er would naturally have a complete arrangement when he looked at the sand table.

Although Xu Qilin's statement was not entirely correct, it was just because he was not good at military affairs, His Majesty Li Er believed that his argument about Tuyuhun was correct.

Tuyuhun, as a barrier between Tangtu, has considerable functions. Before the Battle of Songzhou, Tubo defeated Tuyuhun.

Moreover, in the eighth year of Zhenguan, after Tuyuhun was destroyed by the Tang army, Tang Lifu Yun's eldest son Murong Shun became a Khan. Later, Murong Shun was killed by a pro-Tubo countryman, and his son Nuo Hobo succeeded to the throne.

Because Nuo Hobo was young, his relatives and ministers who had been close to Tang and Tu, and the country was in chaos. In order to support Nuo Hobo and suppress the power of Tubo in the country, the Tang Dynasty gave Nuo Hobo a marriage to Princess Honghua, in the 13th year of Zhenguan, he gave him a marriage to Princess Honghua, a royal family girl.
Chapter completed!