"The aristocratic families will not sit still and wait for death.
Their plan to support Li Zhi had temporarily failed, so there was a high chance that they would ally with the foreign tribes to deal with the Great Tang.”
Li Ke had long seen the possibility of the aristocratic families joining forces with the foreign races to rebel.
He knew that this war was unavoidable.
In the original history, the art of making paper and living printing slowly appeared and spread.
It was a very slow process.
Knowledge was also slowly breaking the monopoly of the aristocratic families.
Then, the aristocratic families would naturally disappear in the long river of history.
However, as Li Ke transmigrated, these things suddenly appeared.
It had formed a fierce impact on the aristocratic families.
The aristocratic families would naturally not sit still and wait for death. They would definitely think of a way to eliminate the threat at all costs.
Within the Great Tang, the great clans could no longer defeat the Imperial Court.
What followed was to look for external help.
Letting a wolf into the house.
This situation could not be changed no matter what!
Even if Li Ke led his troops to kill all the aristocratic families, it would not do.
Not to mention that killing all the aristocratic families would immediately paralyze the Great Tang.
It was possible for them to self-destruct.
At that time, the Outsiders would definitely invade the Great Tang without hesitation, and destruction would be their only option.
"The only way to deal with the current situation is to stall for time.
Once the knowledge spread, all the problems would be solved.
However, if he wanted to stall for time, he would have to face the invasion of the alien races first.”
Li Ke understood the current situation.
"But war is also an opportunity.
Without war, it would be difficult for This King to develop.
This king is like a trapped dragon rising to the sky, I will definitely soar into the sky!”
Li Ke was filled with pride.
……
The Turks.
The Turkic Khan Jie Li hid in his tent, unable to do anything.
He felt an indescribable frustration in his heart.
Winter had just arrived.
But the Turkic steppe was already covered in snow.
The snowstorm fell, and the grassland was covered in white. It was freezing cold.
This was one of the few major disasters the Turks had faced in recent years!
Who knew how many grassland men would freeze to death in this blizzard.
Moreover, the Turks were nomadic.
Heavy snow fell.
It was impossible to graze.
The cows, sheep, and horses would gradually starve to death.
Thinking of this…
Jie Li Khagan felt a headache.
However, he was at his wit's end.
The Turks were simply too weak against natural disasters.
Suddenly!
A middle-aged man who was clearly Han but dressed like a Turkic rushed into the tent and shouted at him,
"Great Khan, Great Khan, this is a heaven-sent opportunity! It's a heaven-sent opportunity!"
This person was called Zhao Deyan, from the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty.
The Central Plains was in chaos, and he defected to the Turks.
He was appointed to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs by the Khan.
"Snow is falling!
The entire grassland would be covered in ice and snow, and countless people and cows would starve to death.
At this time, what kind of heaven-sent opportunity could there be?”
Jie Li Khagan raised his eyelids and glanced at him, shaking his head as he remained dispirited.
"Great Khan, this is definitely a godsend opportunity!" Zhao Deyan said, not annoyed.”
After saying that, he took out a secret letter and said,"This is a secret letter sent to us by an aristocratic family of the Great Tang.
They are willing to join forces with us to escort the Great Khan's army into the Great Tang's hinterland!”
Khan Jie Li frowned, his face revealing a puzzled expression.
"Why are the Great Tang clans willing to ally with the Turks? I'm afraid there's a trap!"
Jie Li Khan did not believe it at all.
They believed that there was definitely a trap.
Zhao Deyan told him about how Li Ke had massacred the Wang family in Taiyuan, as well as how he had killed the Crown Prince and the school.
"Great Khan, Li Ke, the third son of Li Shimin, has seriously threatened the interests of the Tang aristocratic families by running a large school.
In order to protect themselves, the Great Tang's aristocratic families can only ally with you to overthrow Li Shimin's rule.
Just like how Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty used up the power of the aristocratic families when he attacked Goguryeo.
It was as if the aristocratic families had instigated Yang Xuangan and the others to rebel and destroy Great Sui.”
"This…that Li Ke kid invented some new paper-making technique and living printing technique that are so powerful?
Even the great clans of the Great Tang feared him?”
Jie Li Khan did not understand.
He couldn't understand how those small things could threaten the Great Tang's great clans and make them betray the Great Tang to ally with him.
"A barbarian…"
A look of disdain flashed across Zhao Deyan's eyes when he heard this.
"Knowledge is the foundation of a family's survival.
And once this monopoly is broken, it's equivalent to someone trying to steal our Turkic men's cattle and sheep.
Naturally, they are unwilling."
"Oh! Knowledge is the cattle and sheep of aristocratic families!"
Jie Li Khagan finally understood.
If someone wanted to snatch his cattle and sheep, he definitely wouldn't do it.
Jie Li Khagan nodded, his face revealing an excited expression.
"Not bad! It's indeed a heaven-sent opportunity!"
He remembered the alliance at Weishui River three years ago.
That time, he had obtained a large amount of supplies from the Tang and had eaten them for several years.
But soon, his face was filled with distress.
"But it's snowing heavily now.
There was no communication between the various tribes. To unite the tribes and send troops was not something that could be done in a short period of time!”
Zhao Deyan offered a plan.
We can first send people to contact the major tribes to prepare to send troops. At the same time, we can also send messengers to the Tang Country with golden sabers to ask the Tang people to pay tribute.
The Tang are unstable internally and will most likely submit, so we can take the opportunity to extort a fortune.
If the Tang refuse, our Turkic cavalry will have already gathered and we can directly pillage the south!”
Jie Li Khan's mind shook.
"The Imperial Preceptor is indeed a rare sage! This plan is feasible!"
Without any hesitation.
Jie Li Khan sent an envoy with a golden knife token from the grassland.
In just five days.
Soon, they arrived in Chang 'an.
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