Chapter 49 The Northeast is small, and the real future lies in the West
The person waiting outside the house is Xue Ne!
At this time, Xue Na was wearing a loose warrior uniform. Although he had no title of Grand Commander, he still looked like he was in Youzhou. He stood upright, like a pine and cypress standing on the ground, full of energy and energy without any change.
Xue Ne smiled and said, "It's only been less than half a year. You are now in a glorious position. If you don't pretend to be your grandfather, you won't even give me a notice."
"Where is it!" Pei Min accompanied him to smile and invited him into the house. "Isn't the Grand Governor slapped the boy in the face? No matter how beautiful he is, he can't compete with you. Yi Ju conquered Liaodong, western Liaoning and stabilized the situation in the Northeast. That is the real power. The boy's light of fireflies, how dare he compete with Haoyue for the bright light."
Xue Ne strode into the house and smiled and said, "It's not bad, I understand it quickly enough. This is just a top scholar. Before entering the officialdom, I learned a lot of flattery and was the material for being an official."
When he arrived at the hall, Xue Ne looked around and nodded, "Your new home is no worse than my house in Chang'an. The eldest princess is really good to you."
"Of course!" Pei Min smiled and said, "But the gift was too heavy, I was alone. I needed such a big house there? I couldn't even get busy with cleaning. I wanted to summon a few maids. After asking about the wages, it was not low, and I also included food and accommodation. After thinking about it, I simply stopped asking for it. Whatever I love, I really became an official and had a stable salary. I was watching the maids in the mansion now were all left by the eldest princess, and they would leave in a few days." He shook his eyes with Xue Na when he spoke, asking him to pay attention. Although Pei Min didn't think Princess Taiping had to monitor him, there was no harm in being careful. All maids were Princess Taiping's people. Even if I accidentally heard something, I would not rule out the possibility of informing me.
Xue Ne knew it, and did not say anything sensitive, and talked to him about his current situation and family matters.
Xue Na talked about Pei’s mother: “When he left office, he went to your house and chatted with your mother. She was so safe, but she just missed you. Before leaving, I arranged for Du Binke to help take care of him. He is a polite person, so you can rest assured.”
Pei Min stood up excitedly and bowed. There was no news that was more happy than getting her mother's current situation. Now the Chang'an court is in chaos, and the game between Princess Taiping and Li Longji is getting worse and stronger. Zhang said that the prime minister who followed Li Longji to Princess Taiping arrived in Luoyang. Now there are only a handful of talents available around Li Longji, and he is embarrassed and doesn't say much. It is worthy of the happiness of the Imperial Party that the Supreme Emperor Li Dan has a little regretful, delaying Li Longji's decision to go out to the frontier, and fell into self-entanglement, giving Li Longji a chance to breathe. Faced with this complicated mess, Pei Min was unwilling to let Pei's mother come to Chang'an to take risks with him, and just waited for the overall situation to settle before picking her up.
Xue Na shook his hand and said, "No need to be polite, just help each other. Without your enlightenment, I can't win Liaodong and Liaoxi. But you passed the top scorer, but I became white. When I think of this, my heart was inexplicably angry." Even at this moment, he was still so angry that he looked up.
Pei Min advised: "The Grand Governor should think about it from another perspective. I think the Grand Governor was demoted this time, not only is it not a bad thing for you, but it is a great thing."
Xue Ne asked curiously: "What do you say?"
Pei Min paused and said, "The situation in the Northeast is almost certain, right? Although you did not cause much harm to the Xi tribe Khitan, you killed tens of thousands of their animals and cut off their food, making it difficult to discount their bones."
Xue Ne praised: "This is the real smart man. Cui Xuandao and Li Sijing, two ignorant farmer, have lived to the age of dogs. We cut off the logistics of the Xi tribe Khitan, which is equivalent to angering them and putting them into a dead end. Our soldiers' combat power is already like that. At that time, we can fight them head-on and make good efforts. We will defend ourselves to the death without hurting the soldiers' lives and win without fighting. Why not do it? We have to give up the overall situation for some credit, which is stupid."
Looking at Xue Na, who became more and more angry as he spoke, Pei Min knew in his heart that it was not Cui Xuandao or Li Sijing stupid, but that if they listened to Xue Na's plan, all the credit would be given to Xue Na, and they would only get the minor contribution of surprise attack and breaking the city. But if they defeated the Xi tribe and Khitan on the battlefield head-on, their credit would be significant. To put it bluntly, it was because they were their own soldiers, they were not subject to control and selfish.
Xue Na continued: "With tens of thousands of animals missing, the Xi tribe Khitan can only hunt as much as possible before winter so as to survive this winter and be unable to raid Liaodong and western Liaoning. We have more than half a year to consolidate the defense line. By next year, the defense line will be consolidated, and the Xi tribe and the Khitan will not be able to do anything to Liaodong and western Liaoning. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be no major wars in the northeast in the next ten years. Even if there is, it is not worth a small fight, and it is unlikely to be a big army."
"So!" Pei Min smiled and said, "If the Grand Governor does not give a demotion, then according to your great achievements in seizing Liaodong and Liaoxi, you may be promoted to the Grand Governor. At that time, not only Youzhou, but also Liaodong and Liaoxi and even the Andong Protectorate were all under your jurisdiction. It sounds really powerful, but you also said that there is no major war. Could it be that you will watch the show in office? The focus of the future war in the Tang Dynasty is not in the northeast, where the layout is too small, and the heroes are useless. The place where you can really show your strengths is the northwest. It is the West, fighting with Tubo for Longyou and Turks for Liangzhou, and even further away from the Western Regions, and fighting for sovereignty with the Great Food Kingdom in the Western Regions. That is the time when the real Grand Commander exerts his own ability, rather than being trapped in the northeast, and playing with blind bears in Changbai Mountain boringly. Now all the military generals in the court have the qualifications and achievements that can match you, but when the war in the northwest is on fire, the Grand Commander will surely be re-activated by the court, and he will definitely be the commander of the three armies. At that time, the place where you are fighting is the northwest battlefield."
Xue Na listened to the dancing and heard Pei Min say the key point, and even danced with her hands and feet, just like a child: "In this way, is it a good thing for me to be demoted this time?"
Pei Min cried and said, "For you, it is indeed a good thing to get rid of the situation trapped in the Northeast. It is not good for me. I originally hoped to have a big backer, but I could not make any preparations when I thought of the backer.
Chapter completed!