New Year celebration on the first day of the 21st year of Zhenguan.

Despite his health, Li Shimin still presided over the ceremony of worshiping his ancestors and meeting the court officials.

Before, Li Yuanai was just a formality, but since he returned from the Northeast's campaign against Goguryeo, his status has risen sharply. Not only was he invited to attend the court meeting, but he was also among the best.

Li Shimin sat high on the head of the Tai Chi Hall, and seemed to be in good spirits.

Li Yuanai clearly felt the anxiety revealed by hundreds of civil and military officials in the court before Li Shimin came. When Li Shimin appeared, the anxiety disappeared in an instant, and replaced by peace of mind, and morale rose in vain.

This is Li Shimin's prestige and his unique aura as a saint of eternal lord.

Throughout history, the transformation of imperial power has often caused the most accidents, and the greater the emperor's own achievements, the more dangerous the successors are.

The most famous one is the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, because their prestige is too high and too heavy. Once such people leave, the court officials will lose their backbone.

If the person who succeeds without huge prestige and stable situations, it is easy to cause various mutinies.

The Tang Dynasty was so brilliant under the leadership of Li Shimin, with all the foreign achievements. The Eastern Turks, Western Turks, Tuyuhun, Goguryeo, Gaochang, Xueyantuo, and the Western Regions all surrendered to the iron cavalry of the Tang Dynasty.

All the surrounding countries followed the leader of the Tang Dynasty. At the order, the soldiers and horses of various countries were mobilized at will. Every year, there were many foreign races who contributed generous gifts to the North Korea. The Four Barbarians' Hall was expanded again and again.

All nations come to pay tribute and congratulate from all directions, without any silence.

The most exaggerated thing is that almost all the foreigners who come to celebrate the world speak fluent or poor Chinese, with great influence that is unprecedented.

Invincible and utterly speaking.

The prestige of China has never been seen in ancient times. Even in later generations, only Zhu Di and Yongle Dynasty could compare.

However, compared with Zhu Gaochi, who had been crowned for twenty years, and Li Zhi, who had been crowned for only three years, had far less prestige and prestige.

And Li Zhi became the crown prince with kindness and filial piety? It is inevitable that people will be looked down upon a little.

It's only been nearly a year since Li Zhi's reign?

But compared with Li Chengqian's sixteenth year prince, he is much inferior? Even Li Tai may not be as good as that.

Li Tai is very literary? He is extremely intelligent and has great prestige in the Shilin.

Will Li Shimin suppress Liu Yan?          It is not without reason that Changsun Wuji's uncle and nephew are harmonious.

Li Shimin really wants to leave, although Li Zhi's ability and talent are beyond doubt? But his prestige is far from enough to subdue the civil and military officials of the court? He cannot intimidate those foreign kings.

It is essential for founding elders of Changsun Wuji to assist the new emperor in establishing prestige.

Thinking of this, Li Yuanai sighed inwardly: "Xiao Jiu has a long way to go!"

Li Shimin accepted the worship of all civil and military officials, and said a few words of praise and summary? Then he went to Taimiao to worship his ancestors.

As before? Li Shimin will accept the worship of foreign envoys in Tai Chi Hall in the afternoon.

But this time it was a little different. Before accepting the worship, Li Shimin suddenly greeted Li Zhi and said, "Crown Prince, come here too! Accept their worship with me. My father is their Khan monarch? You will also be their Khan monarch in the future, so you should accept their worship." As he said, he took Li Zhi's hand and whispered: "Disposing them is like dealing with Xue Yantuo, disobedient? He will directly destroy them. Treat them with a whip in one hand? He has to eat with the other. Is there anything wrong? Hey, twitch? Hey."

Just as Li Yuanai was writing the "Enlightenment Sutra", the war between the Tang Dynasty and Xue Yantuo finally broke out.

Yi Nan's son Ba Zhuo learned that Li Shimin was bedridden after returning to Goguryeo and began to force his father to the palace, and no longer pay tribute to cattle, sheep and horses to the Tang Dynasty.

Yi Nan knew very well that even if the person in Chang'an was sick, he could not afford him. He angrily scolded Ba Zhuo for intending to follow Li Yuanai to Chang'an, Yi Mang, who had already had a pseudonym Xue Yimang, and changed him to Prince Xue Yantuo.

However, the elderly man lost his prestige on the wild grassland.

Moreover, the various Xueyantuo tribes were very repulsive of the act of Yi Nan tribute to the Tang Dynasty every year.

Under Bazhuo's instigation, Laozi Yinan, who killed himself, proclaimed himself Xueyantuo Khan, began to expand to the border of the Tang Dynasty, and confronted the Li Simo tribe, a Turkic tribe who guarded the border of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Simo was naturally not the opponent of Xue Yantuo, the king of the North, but he bought the Tang Dynasty time to mobilize troops.

Li Zhi appointed Li Ji as the chief marching chief, Jiangxia King Li Daozong's left guard general Ashinaser, and Right Guard General Qi Biheli sent troops to attack Xueyantuo.

After seeing Li Zhi's arrangement, Li Shimin went out to intervene at the last moment and appointed Li Ji alone to lead 200 cavalry to Tielechitian Khan ordered the recruitment of troops to besiege Xueyantuo.

Tiele, Uighurs, Khitan, and Xi tribes acted upon orders and directly stationed troops in Yu Dujun Mountain, where Xue Yantuo's Khanate was located.

The four sides surrounded the Northern King Xue Yantuo in one fell swoop.

As Li Shimin said, if you can support Xue Yantuo as the King of the Northern Land, you will naturally be able to destroy it at will.

Yimang Tulishi came in handy at this time, and he was named Zhenli Khan, and the remnants of Xue Yantuo were incorporated, and placed outside the border of the Tang Dynasty. Like Li Simo, he was given the surname Li and changed his name to Li Yimang.

It took only more than two months from the time of ordering troops to the demise of Xueyantuo.

There was no problem with Li Zhi's arrangement for the mobilization of this conquest, but he was a little brave enough and did not mobilize Tiele, Uighurs, Khitan, Xi tribes and other tribes.

Li Shimin's move today was to make Li Zhi realize that the country he ruled was not only the Tang Dynasty, but also the grasslands.

If he himself had no confidence and courage to command all ethnic groups on the grassland to send troops to fight for the Tang Dynasty, how could all ethnic groups on the grassland fight for the Tang Dynasty?

Li Zhi was still young after all. Although he was deeply thinking, his courage was still much inferior to Li Shimin in terms of this.

The auspicious time has arrived, and the four barbarians of each tribe entered the hall to meet him in turn.

Xueyantuo, who had always been among the top four barbarians, has significantly decreased its position. The first one is Tiel, who contributed the most to this conquest, followed by Uighurs.

This time, Li Jiru ordered the four barbarians on the grassland, and Tiele responded first, and the nine surnames Tiele were all included in Li Ji's tent to obey the orders. The Uighurs who responded later were the most brave in fighting.

Silla ranked third, which was not a big deal for the help of the Tang Dynasty, but was a loyalty.

Since the fourth year of Emperor Gaozu's Wude, Silla began to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty. Until now, the tribute route was blocked when he was enemies of Goguryeo and Baekje. It was only a few years before the rest. As long as the roads were clear, the tribute never stopped.

Moreover, Silla was the first country to let court officials change their Tang Dynasty clothes, cancel their reigns, and use Zhenguan.

Therefore, the Tang Dynasty attached great importance to Silla and ranked among the top three.

Li Yuanai's status has improved now and can be with her side.

Seeing Kim Seung-man wearing a gorgeous princess dress, bright and beautiful, I couldn't help but be amazed, and I didn't know if I could hold a beauty back.

As for Baekje, after Fuyulong's multi-way efforts, his status has also been greatly improved and he has squeezed into the top fifteen.

But obviously the Baekje prince was a little dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to say anything.

There is one more person to worship, and the envoys of all races dare not say anything, and worship as much as they should.

After accepting the worship of hundreds of envoys from countries, the next step was the exciting polo session.

This has almost become a routine.

Under the influence of the Tang Dynasty, polo has become the largest sport and is popular all over the world.

This first game was actually Datang vs. Silla.

Seeing that Li Shimin seemed to have stepped down to rest, Li Zhi sat in the main seat to keep the scene. He also let go of his constraints and came to Kim Seung-man's side and gave her a guide to the stadium.

"Silla also sent a polo team this time. What ranking does the eldest princess think can get?"

Jin Shengman gave Li Yuanai a blank look and said without any worries: "I still know how good the new Roman team is, as long as it is not at the bottom."

The strength of the Datang Pole team is well known.

It was a routine for the Tang Dynasty to play in the first game, but the opponents were randomly drawn.

Silla won the Tang Dynasty when he opened the door, but his luck was so bad.

"Okay! I won't lose too ugly!"

Seeing that Jin Shengman was ready to be bloody, Li Yuanai was not very morale, so she stopped before the battle and said to Jin Shengman: "Wait for me!"

Li Yuanai came directly to the renovation venue of the Tang Dynasty polo team.

As soon as he entered, he immediately looked like stars holding the moon.

"King Shang!"

"Have you met the King of Shang!"

"The King of Shang also wants to play? Don't, why use a slaughter to kill a chicken!"

In the early years, Li Yuanai led Li Zhi and Luo Tong to save face for the Datang Polo team on the polo court, and he had a very high position in the team.

"There is no big or small on the court, so brothers give me some face and keep some fighting! You think our opponent is still Tubo, so we have to use the sharp weapon on the blade. Silla has a great relationship with our dynasty, so we have to give them some face."

Luo Tong is already the number one batsman of the polo team and is very proud of his face. He said directly: "Don't worry, your highness, I will definitely not let Silla lose too ugly."

Others also expressed their unanimously.

Li Yuanai said proudly: "Brothers are so proud, then I'm not stingy. If you have itchy skills, please come to my Bashui Polo Stadium to play polo, and you won't get any money."

Cheers arose one after another on time.

Who doesn’t know that Bashui Polo Stadium is the best grassy polo Stadium in Chang’an?

Playing polo at the Bashui Polo Stadium is a great pleasure.

Li Yuanai returned to Jin Shengman and gave her a look of getting it done.

Jin Shengman looked surprised.

The competition begins!

Jin Shengman soon felt something strange. The polo of the Tang Polo team was extremely gorgeous. All polo players were showing off their skills and were not in a hurry to attack, which caused screams from the surrounding area.

Moreover, they have tough offenses, but their defense is very poor.

He actually played back and forth with the New Roma team and scored goals with each other.
To be continued...