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Chapter 801 Li Yan's Plan

Li Yan worriedly told Ashina Yun: "Tell the Khan to let them start as centurions, and then slowly promote them after they have accumulated experience and merits."

"War is a dangerous time. The burden is too heavy all at once. If they can't bear it, it will harm them and the soldiers. Do it bit by bit."

It has to be said that girls cannot live without the nourishment of love.

The feeling of being pampered by her husband made Ashina Yun feel as if she had drunk a large spoonful of honey. She felt incomparable sweetness and happiness in every corner of her body and mind. This feeling was something Ashina Yun had never experienced before, and in the month since Li Yan arrived.

Ashina Yun has experienced this many times and has become deeply addicted to it, unable to extricate himself.

"If that's the case, then there won't be any problem. The personal guards that Father Khan has assigned to me alone number 5,000 people. We can definitely let them go in and gain some experience first."

Well.
Seeing Ashina Yun's proud look, Li Yan was speechless and could not help but sigh that the princess of the Hu people was really arrogant. Tuli, this crazy girl-loving man, actually gave Ashina Yun 5,000 men at once, and they were all cavalry?

If this were placed in the Tang Dynasty, it would be equivalent to a private army of tens of thousands of people.
As the crown prince of a great country, he only has the Eastern Palace Guards of a few hundred men that he can deploy at will. Even if all ten guards of the Eastern Palace are counted and the Embroidered Uniform Guards are added, there are only a few thousand people, not even a fraction of Ashina Yun's. How shabby.

However, Li Yan was also glad that Caoyuan made the right move.

Tuli's 50,000 to 60,000 cavalry would be a powerful force in the Central Plains and could influence the overall situation. Now it is all in his hands.

Well.
It still seems to be Tuli's now, but Tuli will not live long and Ashina Yun listens to him, so he will be his sooner or later anyway.

He kept these tutors, firstly to train generals, and secondly to get acquainted with these Turks in advance and get familiar with the actual situation of the grassland. When Tuli died, it would be natural for him to help Ashina Yun take control of the army.

Otherwise, once Tuli died, the group would be leaderless, and it would be difficult for Ashina Yun, a girl, to win the support of others.

The powerful generals under Tuli are not without ambitions. Just because Tuli can intimidate them doesn't mean a weak woman like Ashina Yun can do the same.

But with the strong support of the Tang Dynasty and the checks and balances of famous generals in the future, and Ashina Yun having a righteous cause in hand, it will not be a problem for him to stabilize the situation.

Thinking of this, Li Yan smiled slightly and leaned against Ashina Yun's crystal clear earlobe and said, "In order to thank Madam for her kindness, I have decided to let my father-in-law name our first child."

"hiss"

Ashina Yun was startled all over and stood up suddenly. She opened her beautiful light blue eyes wide and looked at Li Yan excitedly. Her eyes were full of expectation for consultation, fearing that she had misunderstood Li Yan's meaning.

Li Yan nodded with a smile.

"My husband, thank you. Ashana Yun will be grateful to you for the rest of my life!" Ashana Yun's eyes suddenly filled with tears. She threw herself into Li Yan's arms and cried excitedly.

He didn't stand up until the front of Li Yan's shirt was wet. Then he put his hands on his chest and bowed deeply to Li Yan solemnly.

"Madam, what are you doing? Get up!"

Ashina Yun said with emotion: "My husband, I can imagine how happy my father Khan will be when he hears this news."

"My father is in poor health and no longer cares about his own life or death. The only thing he is worried about is that after he passes away, I will be left alone, helpless and bullied. That's why I made such an excessive request to the emperor."

"He actually knows how unreasonable his request is, but Father Khan did it all for me, husband, so please don't blame him, okay?"

"If you want to blame someone, blame me. Don't hate Father Khan, okay?"

"Besides that, the biggest regret of my father's life is that he didn't give birth to a son. He only has me as a daughter, and the family line has been cut off with me. But today, you have given my father another chance to live up to his ancestors."

"Your appearance has fulfilled both of Father Khan's wishes. Thank you, and thank you Changshengtian for your love for Ashina Yun."

Li Yan held this weak yet extremely strong girl in his arms, and gave her the greatest comfort he could give at this moment: "Silly girl, don't think like that. I don't blame anyone. I just hope you can live a happy life."

"As for me, it doesn't matter"

Li Yan thought to himself that Ashina Yunhuai's child was born before Haitang, so he was considered his eldest son.

But the problem is that Haitang is the principal wife, Ashina Yun is a concubine, and the eldest son is not the legitimate son, which is embarrassing.

In the feudal era, legitimate sons were more important than eldest sons. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the mother of the eldest son Yinzhi was Consort Hui, while the mother of the second son Yinreng was Empress Hesheli, so Emperor Kangxi had no choice but to make the second son Yinreng the crown prince, and no one could say anything. This was the feudal etiquette system that distinguished legitimate and illegitimate sons.

Ashina Yun was not only a concubine, but also a Hu person.

Just because of this, she will never be able to replace Haitang's status as the main wife, and Ashina Yun's children will never be able to replace Haitang's children.

Li Yan is the crown prince and the future emperor. This is not a personal matter, but a major event concerning the purity of the royal bloodline and the power structure of the court. It represents the future and destiny of countless people.

If Li Yan was vague, it would only create conflicts between Haitang and Ashina Yun, causing them to have a bad relationship and become hostile to each other over time. Haitang and Ashina Yun both had powerful forces behind them, and if things went wrong, these two forces would cause Li Yan headaches.

That's why Li Yan asked Zhang Xuansu to tell Haitang that Ashina Yun and her son could not replace them.

Giving the right to name Ashina Yun's child to Tuli was actually a tacit agreement that the child could have the Ashina family name and inherit Tuli's incense. Of course, in the eyes of Li Yan, a pragmatic person, the main thing was to inherit Tuli's tribe.

And the grasslands of the future.
If the child's surname is Li, it will be difficult for him to be accepted by the grassland people, even if he was born and raised there. In the eyes of the grassland people, he is also a Central Plains person. To the grassland people, he is an outsider and will be rejected.

By choosing the surname Ashina, the boundaries between the two ethnic groups were blurred, making it easier for him to survive on the grassland and be recognized by the grassland ethnic groups.

With a change of surname, the children born to Ashina Yun will never threaten the status of the legitimate son born to Haitang. In this way, not only can Haitang and Ashina Yun live in harmony, but the two children will also have their own destination.

One in the south and one in the north, we can rely on and support each other without any worries.

Now that their status has been determined, the forces behind the two wives can also reach a tacit understanding, utilize and tolerate each other.

In fact, Ashina Yun and Tuli did not care whether the child could inherit the Tang Empire in the future. They were born and raised on the grassland. This was their hometown and their roots. They loved this land from the bottom of their hearts.

They want their descendants to live on the grassland.

If it was Tuli who helped Li Yan before, then the change of the surname of Ashina Yun's child became Li Yan's help to Tuli and his daughter. In order to repay Li Yan, Tuli would certainly do his best to train those tutors.

This is a kind of exchange and tacit understanding between superiors. Moreover, once these people grow up, they will become the link between the Central Plains and the grassland. In the future, they will try their best to protect their daughters and grandchildren.

After Li Yan's distribution, the two bloodlines were clearly separated, yet they were of the same origin.

Personally speaking, a person who spans both the north and south regions can be said to have a position as stable as Mount Tai and unbreakable. Even if Li Shimin wanted to move Li Yan's position as crown prince, he had to consider the attitude of the northern grassland forces.

From now on, I will no longer be a figurehead prince. My brothers haven’t launched the attack yet?
In future wars, the outcome will have been decided in advance!
For Yu Gong, the real threat to the Central Plains dynasty is still the northern nomads. It is unrealistic to use force to eliminate all the people on this land or have them move to the inland to survive.

The only way is to penetrate deep into enemy territory, influence and control them from within, so that they can form a close entity with the Central Plains and be controlled by the court.

But it is not enough to rely solely on one's own efforts. Future generals such as Liu Renyuan and Gao Kan came into contact with the grassland, understood the grassland, and finally integrated into the grassland through the tribes of Tuli and Ashina Yun, so that in the future, when they stepped into the core of power.

Naturally, they would not feel rejection or fear of the grassland forces, but would subconsciously bring the grassland under the jurisdiction of the court.

Of course, when I take over the Tang Dynasty government in the future, I will continue to send personnel to these border areas to strengthen interaction and exchanges.

I will definitely leave at that time, but the clone I leave behind will have a lifespan of over a hundred years. In other words, I can stay in power for at least sixty years, so I only need to hold on for sixty years.

Then the grasslands and the west can truly integrate with the Central Plains. Are we still worried that we cannot extend the life of the Tang Dynasty by a hundred years?
Gradually, a confident smile appeared on Li Yan's lips.

The next day, Li Yan sent Zhang Xuansu off to report back to the capital, and then explained the next arrangements to Chang Sheng and others.

Upon learning that Li Yan was leaving alone, Chang Sheng was the first to object, "No, Prince. I am here to protect your safety. How can I leave you alone to Yi Nan? If something happens to you, how can I explain to the Emperor and the Empress?"

"Yes, we subordinates will never leave Your Highness," Liu Renyuan, Gao Kan and other servants retorted in unison.

Li Yan looked at his favorite generals and smiled. "I know you are worried about me, but the alliance has been formed. After defeating Jie Li, Yinan and Tuli will also submit to the Tang Dynasty. Yinan wants me, but he is worried that the Tang Dynasty will break its promise and reveal the alliance to Jie Li."

"Let these grassland tribes kill each other"

(End of this chapter)