I'm a marquis in Datang

Arithmetic will be widely known.

Fortunately, in these aspects, Du Qi actually only needs to give a direction, he doesn't need to do it himself, and he is happy and relaxed.Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the reign of Wude passed and entered the first year of Zhenguan.

It's the beginning of February again.

Although the weather is still cold and cold in spring, the snow has begun to melt and everything is recovering.At the beginning of this year, Li Shimin was still busy dealing with internal affairs, because although Li Shimin adjusted the officials of the DPRK and China, he also firmly controlled the army in his hands, but all over the world

Still needs reassurance.

This cannot be done overnight, and requires a little planning.So Li Shimin is very busy now.In fact, no matter whether it was Li Shimin, or even the important officials in the court such as Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui, they were too busy to touch the ground.

Because Li Shimin has great ambitions and wants to create a prosperous world, it is impossible to enjoy himself, and there are countless things to deal with.

The princes in the court were busy, but Du Qi didn't care.

He still does his own thing.

The third day of February.

On this day, when Du Qi was busy dealing with the affairs of the bank and the cement factory at the mansion, a eunuch from the palace came to the mansion to deliver Li Shimin's order to summon him.

Du Qi got the order and went to the palace.

From Li Yuan's abdication last year to now entering the first year of Zhenguan, Du Qi actually went to the palace from time to time.Because he went to see Li Yuan from time to time.

On the contrary, Li Shimin's summons are relatively seldom here.

Du Qi also seldom involved in government affairs.

Concentrate on doing his thing.

Du Qi went to the palace, and after entering the palace, he soon came to the main hall.Today's Li Shimin has moved into the palace, and Li Shimin is handling government affairs in Liangyi Hall.

Du Qi went straight to the Hall of Liangyi.

He looked around, there were Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng in the hall.

This is the core of Li Shimin today.

The reason why Wei Zheng entered the core is because he represented the former East Palace.In fact, no matter Wei Zheng's talent and learning, or the status of Wei Zheng's past representative, they are all worthy of Li Shimin's preferential treatment, so Wei Zheng can enter the inner circle.

Du Qi saluted and said: "Minister Du Qi, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Li Shimin's body now has more majesty, after all, he is now an emperor who can determine life and death with one word.

He is no longer the former King of Qin.

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Sit down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After Du Qi thanked him, he sat down respectfully.

Li Shimin went straight to the point and said, "The reason why I called you here is because the Turkic matter is involved."

Du Qi raised his eyebrows when he heard it.

Historically, Li Shimin destroyed the Turks. Li Shimin adopted strategies such as long-distance friendship and short-term attack, as well as division and disintegration, to continuously weaken the Turks, and finally completely wiped out the Eastern Turks.

The destruction of the Eastern Turks in history is not now, and it will take a few years to wait.

Not so today.

In the Battle of Yanmen Pass, because of Du Qi's participation, Jieli Khan was defeated and suffered huge losses.Even in the past few years, Xieli has recovered its strength, but it has not recovered to the historical level.

Just like this, when Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, even if Jieli got the news, he never sent troops south, and he was still entrenched in Turkic. After all, Turkic is not peaceful today. Resist one after another

Heng Jieli.

As a result, Xieli's strength has been weakened a lot.

Du Qi's face was serious, and he said seriously: "Your Majesty means that you are preparing to go to the Turks."

A sharp look flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, and he said, "Now my plan is to destroy the Turks in one go."

Du Qi asked: "The world has just arrived, and everything is on the right track. Is it suitable to send troops at this time?"

Chapter 550 The road ahead

the way of the future

Li Shimin pondered for a while, and then said: "Yes, it is time to send troops. Although everything is on the right track, Jieli has been isolated. Whether it is Xue Yantuo, Huihe and other tribes, or even Tuli Khan, Do the same with Jieli Khan."

"This is the best chance to deal with Xieli."

"Of course, given that the situation has just stabilized, it is not suitable for a large-scale dispatch of troops, and I cannot leave Chang'an either. Therefore, this time, I will lead the troops to fight, with Li Jing as the chief commander of the march, and lead the army to attack the Turks."

"The number of troops sent will not be too many, only 3. I will not ask about the specific arrangements, and I will authorize Li Jing to make the decision. This direction has already been finalized."

"The reason why I called you here now is that I hope that you, my boy, will also go out with the army, responsible for escorting food and grass, and serving as military advisers."

Li Shimin said: "Are you willing?"

When Du Qi heard this, he knew that the matter had been finalized, and he was just asking for his opinion.

Du Qidao: "Your Majesty, I am willing to go."

Although there are many things to deal with at the moment, for Du Qi, the expedition is actually not bad.

Li Shimin said: "Okay, the matter is settled like this."

Du Qi asked, "When will you go out?"

Li Shimin said: "Right now we still need to raise food and grass, and call the government soldiers from all over the country. So for the time being, we need to wait for a short time. At the beginning of March, we will officially send troops to the north."

Du Qidao: "I understand."

Li Shimin made many arrangements, and all the civil servants and generals left separately.

Du Ruhui had government affairs on him and had to deal with them in the palace, so Du Ruhui and others went to the office where they were working, while Du Qi left the palace alone.

He returned to Du's house and was busy with his own affairs.After all, he was about to leave Chang'an for a long journey, so he needed to arrange all the things in the industry properly to avoid troubles after Du Qi left.

In the evening, Liu Jian entered and reported: "My lord, my master invites you to go."

"understood."

Du Qi replied.