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298. Preparing for the War (Part 1)

In the past few days, Jing Wen went back from time to time to see the Avenge Army, and spent the main time staying at home. Jing Wen was very relieved that the Avenge Army had been established and the three departments of the General Affairs Office of the Military Affairs Office assisted in the management, and these three departments were core institutions. In addition to the finance and personnel appointments, everything else was left to them to handle. Jing Wen also "invented" a method called the committee to let the Military Affairs Office

Feng Yong, Liu Rengui of the General Affairs Office, and Ma Zhou of the Service Office made a decision together. If there is any problem, three people can vote for the decision. If there is a big problem and dare not make a decision without authorization, then let Jing Wen make a decision. As for Jing Wen, if there is a bad plan, it will be vetoed. However, Jing Wen still believes in these three guys, because two of these three guys are the future prime ministers. What can Jing Wen not believe? This also makes Jing Wen very leisurely.

"Jingwen Jiedushi, the emperor asked you to go to the palace." said a eunuch.

Jing Wen came to the palace and found that there were still many people here. There were actually several prime ministers in the court, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, and even Wang Gui, who was not familiar to Jing Wen, and Xiao Yu. Even a lot of military officers came here, and all the military generals of the court, Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, etc., came. Jing Wen couldn't help but mutter, what are you doing? Looking at this situation, all the elites of the Tang Dynasty were concentrated here. If there were bombs at this time, one bomb would be enough to kill all the elites of the Tang Dynasty, and then the Tang Dynasty would be destroyed. Oh, of course, there would be no bombs in this era, because gunpowder was in Jing Wen's hands, so this kind of thing would not happen.

"The emperor is here!" said the eunuch.

"I have seen the emperor!" Everyone saluted together.

"If you send an order, no idle person can get close to the Ganlu Palace. If someone trespasses, warn first. If you still don't obey, you will rectify the Dharma on the spot. Also, if there is no summons, people cannot go out without authorization, and people outside cannot come in casually. If someone dares to spy on it, kill them," said Li Shimin.

When Jing Wen heard the news, he immediately became nervous. What was he going to do? When he came here to hold a secret meeting, was something happened? It’s just the Chinese New Year, and it’s less than a month. Why is something going on?

"Dear friends, you are just having the New Year, and according to common sense, it should be during the holidays. However, the reason why I am so anxious to invite everyone is to be unexpected. And everyone, everyone must record this meeting in their minds and don't say it casually. Moreover, you are all elites of the court and have great power. I believe everyone can keep it secret. However, since you are here, I still have to reiterate that if anyone is not stern and misses a big deal, don't blame me for being cruel." Li Shimin said.

Everyone stood up their ears, obviously knowing the seriousness of this matter. At this time, everyone sat down one after another and waited for the emperor's explanation.

"Li Chunfeng, come out!" Li Shimin said.

At this time, a young man about twenty-five or six years old came out. He bowed to the ministers. When Jing Wen saw this young man named Li Chunfang, he immediately recognized him as the young man who was eating vegetarian food with Yuan Tiangang at that time. He called Yuan Tiangang "Master Uncle". Now he has come here, and I don't know why the emperor asked him to start.

"Li Chunfeng is now working in the Taishi Bureau and has a deep understanding of astronomy and geography. I asked him to analyze the astronomy of the Turks a few months ago, and he came up with a result. Now, I will let him inform you of the results." Li Shimin said.

Li Chunfeng was not frightened and said to everyone directly: "My dear masters, I was ordered to study the weather of the Turkic generation. After various analysis and historical comparisons, I came to a conclusion. That is, in the next winter, a huge snow disaster will break out in the Turkic region. This snow disaster can be said to be unprecedented and can cause the Turkic people to suffer for a long time. Whether this snow disaster is good or bad for us, it depends on the arrangements of the emperor and all the adults."

Everyone was surprised to hear that the Turks were about to break out in snow disaster. Some people didn't believe that this snow disaster would come, obviously they didn't believe that it could predict for so long. Even Jing Wen couldn't help but be surprised that Li Chunfeng could predict so accurately? If Jing Wen did not have historical information as a reference, he would probably not know that the heavy snow disaster encountered by the Turks in the winter of the third year of Zhenguan, countless cattle and sheep were frozen to death. This snow disaster also allowed the Tang Dynasty to take the opportunity to attack and destroy the Turks. Although this was just the East Turks and the Western Turks. The Eastern Turks were also the Turks that often plundered the Central Plains, and the Western Turks could no longer threaten the Tang Dynasty.

Jing Wen also had some speculation about this meeting, that is, this meeting was mostly about using troops against the Turks. Once the Turks were affected, they could no longer survive the disaster. They might have to go south to plunder. This Turks was not a disaster for a certain tribe, but a disaster for all the Turks, so they could not resist invasion. When they were not affected by the disaster, they were worried that there were rebellious Xueyantu people behind them, so they did not dare to go to war with the Tang Dynasty. However, the pressure of natural disasters far exceeds the pressure of fighting on both sides, so the Turks inevitably took the risk of going to war with the Tang Dynasty and plundering the Tang Dynasty. This is the result of survival pressure and can no longer be measured by politics.

In the history of the Tang Dynasty, it also took this opportunity to take advantage of his illness to kill him, and before the Turks began to invade the south, they went through the northern expedition. This time, they destroyed the Turks and left northern China without border troubles for decades. This is one of the reasons why the Tang Dynasty could develop steadily and then become a prosperous era.
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