Chapter 537 – Another Three Years

　　The day after the victory in the defense of Taku, the town of Taku finally welcomed reinforcements, and the one who brought them was no other than Li You.

　　And this was also the first time Li You had seen this uncle of his since he set foot on the northwest battlefield.

　　Looking at his uncle, who was not older than himself by a few years, but exuded iron blood and majesty, Li Yu did not know what to say for a while.

　　In this way this pair of uncle and nephew who met in the battlefield, from the time they met, after saying a word, until now they did not say a word, and looked at each other just like this.

　　”Girl, this battlefield really should not let a woman set foot, and I have always believed so, even if our family has a previous female general who has made great achievements, Princess Ping Yang, but that I also think that it is just a special case, but now I see you, I think I’m wrong, a woman can also become a general who commands thousands of troops, so from today onwards you will be followed by me, and now I’m going to give you a day’s time, hand over all the defense, bring along the general, and then you’ll have a day to go to the battlefield. Now give you one day, hand over all the defense, bring your soldiers, with this general, clean up the remnants of the soldiers scattered in this northwest land, so that this land in the inability to threaten the power of my rule of the great Tang dynasty”

　　In the end, Li You broke the silence, he first gave Li Jiu his affirmation, and at the same time, he also gave orders to Li Jiu.

　　After saying this, Li You directly got up and left Li Zhu’s residence to deal with various military affairs.

　　And Li Jiu in Li You talk during the period, are not a word, are there to listen carefully, until their own fifth uncle left, Li Jiu face only showed a smile, the kind of recognition, be sure of the smile.

　　But this kind of happiness Li Jiu didn’t last long, from the time she stepped out of her residence, went to hand over the defense and mobilize the soldiers, she resumed her characteristic icy sharpness.

　　When Li Zhu finished handing over everything, the next morning, Li Zhu brought her own hundred phoenix guards along with Li You’s army and set off.

　　At this time, Li Yu realized that when his fifth uncle arrived at Taku, the Western Turkestan army in Hualin gave up attacking the Hualin fortress, and turned to the north to scatter in the northern grassland.

　　And Li You’s task is to go to eliminate this force.

　　In order to achieve this goal, Li Yu followed Li You, in this vast northwestern land, attacked in all directions, large and small battles hundreds of times, and finally lasted for one year, finally in the Zhen Guan thirteen of the original Western Turkestan all the places are under control, and for the Tang Dynasty to open up millions of territories.

　　Li You, with this achievement, was named King of Wu by order of Li Shimin, Xue Rengui also became Duke of Ping from Marquis of White Tiger, and Wang Xuanze and Su Dingfang were both appointed as marquises.

　　Even Li Jiu was appointed as a princess, and her title was directly inherited from that of Princess Pingyang, and she was appointed as Princess Pingyang Zhao.

　　And Li Zhu’s Hundred Phoenix Guards, after many times of replenishment and expansion, reached 20,000 in number.

　　With the destruction of Western Turkestan and the flight of Goguryeo to the north, the territory of the Great Tang was expanded indefinitely.

　　But obviously this was not enough to satisfy the ambition of Li Shimin’s father and son. After thoroughly consolidating these two battlefields, and considering the situation in the future, Su Dingfang was transferred to the northeast to take over Li Jing’s position, and continued to organize his troops to the north in pursuit of the Goguryeo who fled northward.

　　Li You and Li Jiu each led their own armies from the northwestern border then northward, deep into the grasslands, and the former Eastern Turkic border has been assembled White Tiger Guards together to kill deep into the grasslands.

　　Li Xiaogong, on the other hand, went to the newly established Xizhoufu, the former Western Turkestan, to take over Xue Rengui’s position in guarding the border, while Xue Rengui and Wang Xuanze went back to Chang’an to report their duties.

　　In Goguryeo Li Jing and others, in addition to leaving Chai Shao, Hou Junji guarding the governance of the newly established northeastern province, so the generals back to Chang’an to report to their duties.

　　And after this mobilization, datang in addition to the northern expedition of the two armies, other places have entered the road of peaceful development.

　　Under the efforts of Li Shimin and a group of civil ministers, the newly struck land in various places, also slowly restored prosperity, countless conquered foreign tribes are also under various policies, gradually integrated into the Great Tang, so three years have passed.

　　In this past three years, in addition to the development of the Great Tang, many things have happened.

　　The first is that this should be in the ZhenGuan nine years on the death of Li Yuan, finally in more than five years after living, in ZhenGuan fourteen years in September died in GuangHua Palace, and 7 days later and too Mu Queen Dou buried in XianLing.

　　And this has a funeral there are happy events, in the tomb for Li Yuan half a year, Li Chengqian in Zhenguan 15 years for his eldest daughter Yiyang County Li Yun and Wang Xuanze held a wedding.

　　This time the wedding, the scene of the big, no less than when the eldest princess Li Wei’s wedding.

　　After Li Yun’s marriage, Li Chengqian’s younger sister Li Li and Li Man also married Yuchi Baolin and Changsun Chong one after another.

　　And compared to the royal family’s various funerals and joyful events, this civil change is not small, this with the efforts of the Ministry of Education in these years, the whole of Datang built as many as two thousand colleges at all levels of more than two thousand, has cultivated more than two hundred thousand students, which has been nearly more than 5,000 people graduated successfully, entered into the local government offices in the post, greatly alleviating the need for officials in the Great Tang.

　　Education finished, that is the livelihood, and to the livelihood that have to mention, led by the Prince, Princess Li Wei as president of the Royal Bank was established.

　　This Royal Bank was established, so that the original complicated transaction, become simple, all the merchants as long as a place to deposit their own money into the Royal Bank, and then take the bank issued a deposit slip, you can go to any one of the Royal Bank of Datang branch place, to take out their own money.

　　This reduced the hassle of having to carry large amounts of money for off-site transactions.

　　Also because of the opening of the Royal Bank, the whole of the Great Tang trade, but also created countless job opportunities, so that countless people have been benefited.

　　This has the benefit, the people have money, that security is the problem, so in the Royal Bank was established in the second year, that is, ZhenGuan sixteen years, in the Prince Li ChengQian’s proposal, all the ministers of support, Li Shimin directly board, reorganization of the Eagle Guard, by the original Eagle Guard plus the magistrates of the government offices around the city of the Department of Defense to form a new department, the Ministry of Police, by the King of Qin LiTai as Minister, the leadership of all the police of the Tang Dynasty, to strengthen the security of all parts of the Tang Dynasty, to fight against all kinds of crime. The police department was formed by King Li Tai of Qin as the minister.

　　Although the establishment of these departments has caused great changes in the civil society, but what really makes Li Shimin happy is not these, but the letters sent by his third son from time to time.

　　Ever since Li Ke went to the south, Li Shimin has always been concerned about the development of this state of affairs.

　　At first, Li Ke took the entire country of Nanzhao, Li Shimin did not feel anything, but with Li Ke’s constant campaign, into just three years of time, now Li Ke has hit, when Li Tang was first established when the land area.

　　This makes Li Shimin in getting this news, a person ran to his father’s tomb, stayed a whole night, during the period who do not know the generation of emperor in the end said what, only know that when Li Shimin left, his eyes are red.