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Chapter 839 Li Yan's version of the morning court
Over the past five years, the grassland has undergone tremendous changes. The current New Turkic Khanate is no longer the Great Turkic Khanate of the past.

After Jie Li was defeated in Dingxiang, he no longer had any prestige among the original ruling elite, and those people challenged Jie Li's position openly or covertly.

Jie Li was even more unwilling to see these people again, just like Yuan Shao was too embarrassed to see Tian Feng after his defeat at Guandu.

Jie Li wanted to maintain his rule, so he urgently needed to promote a group of new people to take charge of the grassland. Those new people had no qualifications and no merits. Jie Li promoted them, which was a great grace to them. How could they not repay Jie Li wholeheartedly?

In this regard, Li Yan and Jie Li have the same idea. They urgently need the original old people to vacate their positions so that they can show favor to a group of new people.

The two hit it off and carried out a brutal purge of the original tribal upper echelons.

After five years, almost all the tribal leaders in the eastern grasslands were replaced. Even Misu'a of the Bayegu tribe, who was the most loyal to Jie Li, was killed in a war because Jie Li held a grudge against him because he did not support Jie Li's raid on the Hehun tribe in the first place.

After the situation stabilized a little, Jie Li, who was afraid of mishaps due to his old age, stayed in the rear of Urge all year round, and Li Yan was almost always in charge of fighting.

Li Yan did a more thorough job in this regard.
Taking advantage of the convenience of commanding in person at the front, he adopted various means, those who obeyed me prospered, and those who opposed me perished. He made large-scale moves, placed his confidants everywhere, and promoted generals. It can be said that more than 70% of the generals in command on the grassland were brought up by Li Yan.

Although the tribes on the grassland are relatively independent, tribal leaders often serve as generals and leaders cannot be sent from outside.

But Li Yan could let those tribal leaders who did not approve of him and obey him die on the battlefield, and then select and promote people who were loyal to him to power in their tribe.

After these people who had nothing and were not qualified to compete for the tribal leader were mentioned, they were all grateful to Li Yan and were willing to serve him wholeheartedly.

Li Yan has the True Eye to discern loyalty, so setting up a surveillance system is a piece of cake.

After five years, dense secret lines have spread all over the eastern grassland. Every tribal leader has his own people around him. In addition, most of these leaders are already very loyal, so the two systems are in control.

It can be said that the entire Turkic people have long been firmly in the hands of Li Yan, and no matter who is the Khan, this cannot be changed.

Even if the military and political power was handed over to Jie Li, it would not be able to shake Li Yan's position.

Of course, the grassland people believe in and advocate the use of force, their minds are relatively simple, and their loyalty is like the grass on the ground, coming and going quickly. This requires Li Yan to occupy a certain high position, have considerable shocking power, and frequently maintain and update, removing the dross and retaining the essence.

Another auxiliary monitoring system can make up for this well.

This system was managed by Heermu on behalf of Li Yan, so when Gu Rentu was worried about Li Yan's situation, Heermu was not worried at all. Because he knew more inside information and knew that the entire Turkic Empire had long been in the hands of the Right Wise King.

Li Yan was just concerned that as a Han Chinese, he had not been on the grassland for a long time and people's hearts were not yet settled, so he had to stay behind the scenes for the time being and be the uncrowned king.

In fact, Li Yan's foundation is even deeper than that of Jie Li and his son.
Whether it is Jie Li or Shi Luodie, Li Yan has spies around them. Their every move every day, even where they sleep at night, how many times they wake up at night, and what they say in their dreams, as long as Li Yan wants to know, he can know it clearly.

At the residence of the Right Wise King of Hulunhai on the grassland, there is a stable procedure for transmitting information. Under Hermu, there are eight persons in charge, each with their own duties and responsible for an area.

It is not common for the informant below to pass information directly to me like what happened tonight.

However, when they arrived at the north bank of the Liaohe River and were in the midst of war, in order to grasp Jie Li's actions in a timely manner, Hermu set up a temporary channel, allowing Jie Li's spies on this line to report directly to him if anything happened, so that he could quickly deal with various emergencies.

Helmu looked at the records on paper of all the conversations between Jie Li and Changsun Wuji, including the list of supplies that Jie Li handed to Changsun Wuji in the middle of the conversation. Everything was in accordance with the rules and regulations, very normal, and in line with the next steps instructed by the Right Wise King and himself.

It was the last sentence that caught Hermu's attention.

'Note: Before leaving, the Khan sent away all his slaves and had a secret conversation with the Tang envoy for about an incense stick of time, the content of which is unknown. Then the Tang envoy left in a hurry, feeling happy, worried and suspicious.'

Heermu stretched out his right hand, tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and showed a thoughtful expression on his face. He murmured: "The Khan and Changsun Wuji stayed alone for a stick of incense, and then Changsun Wuji left in a hurry, happy, worried, and confused. What happened?"

"What is so secretive that makes the Khan so cautious?"

'.'

The next day, Li Yan woke up early in the morning, and after being served by maids and servants, he dressed neatly and came to the big tent that served as a temporary living room.

On the table in front of him were fresh goat milk, millet cakes, eggs and a plate of pickles.

This is the breakfast of the Right Wise King. The grassland is different from the Central Plains. Even though Li Yangui is a prince, the food is not too rich.

It's just a few more beats.

In ancient times, the average person ate two meals a day, rich families ate three meals a day, and only the royal family and the nobility could have four meals a day.

At this time, Li Yan started to eat while yawning. He behaved like a homely aristocratic boy, exuding kindness and with a sleepy look on his face as if he had just woken up. He did not look like the Right Wise King, who was feared by everyone on the grassland.

Only Heermu, who knew Li Yan very well, knew that the harmless young man in front of him had another terrifying side. Everyone around the Right Xianwang knew that during the morning meal, Li Yan would listen to reports and handle official business. Except for the necessary relevant people, no one else was allowed to listen.

At this time, only Hermu was standing in the big tent, talking about the news from various parties gathered by the information network in his hand, including news from Hulunhai in the rear, Urge, and even some latest intelligence from the northern and southern deserts and the Tang Dynasty.

But more about the battle situation of Shi Luodie who fought in Goguryeo.

Li Yan listened absentmindedly, not taking these matters, which seemed like big things to others, to heart.

Having lived three lives, Li Yan has a broad vision and a high level of vision, which no one can match in this era. After being in the core of power for a long time, he has rich political wisdom and governance experience. It is as easy for him to control the eastern grasslands.

After Helmu reported one item, he would pause briefly.

If Li Yan feels it is necessary, he will naturally express his opinion on how to deal with the matter. If he does not say anything, it means it is not important and Helmu can handle it on his own.

Helmu then expressed his thoughts and solutions. Li Yan had no objection, so Helmu moved on to the next thing.

The two of them cooperated very well, and this was Li Yan's version of the morning court. During the time of breakfast, all the government affairs of the Right Wise King of the Turkic Khanate were completed in this dramatic process, which was simple and effective.

This is due to Li Yan's super control ability and the relatively simple lifestyle on the grassland, which is something others cannot learn.

"Right Wise King, in the past few months, although Shiluodi has made rapid progress and conquered the entire Goguryeo except Pyongyang, the material consumption is huge and the casualties are serious. It can be said that for every one thousand enemies killed, eight hundred of our own men were killed."

"On average, thousands of people died every time we captured a city. The original 150,000 people, roughly estimated now, only 100,000 are left."

"Moreover, the military discipline of Zuo Xian Wang's troops is corrupt. They have committed murder, arson, rape, looting, and all kinds of evil. They have even massacred the city several times. Now the people of Goguryeo hate them to the core. Shi Luodie has encountered several assassination attempts, and now he dares not leave the barracks."

Li Yan's expression froze slightly, his face fell silent, and then he continued eating as if nothing had happened.

War is cruel and casualties are inevitable. As the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, I can only ensure that these things do not happen on Tang territory.

The more this is the case, the easier it will be for the Tang Dynasty to conquer Goguryeo in the future.

Shi Luodie lowered the bottom line of survival for these people. As long as the Tang Dynasty could provide them with a little peace, so that the remaining people could have food to eat and live a peaceful life without being tortured by war, they would truly support and accept the Tang Dynasty.

If you want a hero to save a beauty, someone has to play the role of the robber. If everyone is a good person, where does the kindness come from?

Seeing the reluctant look on Heermu's face, Li Yan shook his head and said, "Shi Luodie has no talent in military affairs. If he wants to win quickly, he can only use violence and drive his soldiers to attack the city like ants."

"Alas, an incompetent general can tire out the entire army."

Li Yan complained, confirming Shi Luodie's guilt, and implicitly pointed the finger of blame at Jie Li.

A merciful army cannot be commanded; this is the most profound experience that Li Yan has gained in the past five years as he has built a kingdom on the grassland.

He also knew that although Shi Luodie was stupid, he was not a cruel person.

The casualties on the battlefield are too heavy, which will accumulate a lot of violence and madness in the hearts of the soldiers. The killing in these people's bones will be completely released, and they will become beasts and machines that only know how to kill, and eventually destroy the entire army.

Appropriate indulgence will dissipate the accumulated resentment in the army. This must be the method that Jie Li taught him.

Finally, Li Yan said calmly: "However, this kind of thing will not continue."

"Oh, is it you, the Right Wise King, who are going to take action?" Helmu asked in surprise, and then an excited look appeared on his face.

"No, this battle is Shi Luodie's alone. Jie Li won't let me interfere."

Seeing that Heermu was puzzled, Li Yan explained: "The Tang Dynasty has also been thinking about this place for a long time. From Wude to Zhenguan, it has been nearly 20 years. It is impossible to say that the Tang Dynasty has no knowledge of the three countries of Goguryeo, Silla and Baekje."

"They must have a lot of detailed information."

"Once the negotiations between Khan and Tang are finalized, they will pass on the intelligence to Khan to help us conquer it as soon as possible. The only real tough bone in the Three Kingdoms of Korea is Goguryeo. Silla and Baekje are both small forces. They have not experienced any big scenes and will not put up much resistance."

"The only real obstacle for Shiluodi is Pyongyang. After we take over Pyongyang, we can almost conquer the two small countries behind with just a single order."

Although Heermu was smart and had experienced many wars, they were all wars between grassland tribes, and he didn't know much about the siege warfare in the Central Plains. After Li Yan's guidance, he immediately had a deeper understanding of the next situation.

(End of this chapter)