The first enemy country that Li Er hated deeply was naturally the Turks.
During the Weishui Alliance, Jieli Khan took advantage of the chaos caused by the Xuanwu Gate Incident to force Li Er to sign an alliance under the city. Li Er regarded it as a great shame and humiliation and vowed to take revenge.
After many hardships, he finally defeated the Turks and captured Jieli as a dancer in the King Khan Song and Dance Troupe.
In addition to the Turks, there is another country that makes Li Er very unhappy. It is the kind of country that he wants to attack at a glance.
This thing that Li Er and even the entire Tang Dynasty disliked was Goguryeo.
The reason is very simple. The Tang Dynasty inherited the legal system of the former Sui Dynasty. However, the three expeditions of the former Sui Dynasty to Goguryeo failed miserably and millions of people were lost. This was a personal pain for the people of the Tang Dynasty.
It was precisely because Yang Guang had lost millions in Goguryeo that Li Er attached great importance to the conquest of Goguryeo and wanted to be fully prepared before taking action.
The combat effectiveness of Goguryeo's army was no threat to the Tang army.
What really troubled the Tang army was the cold weather in winter and the long supply lines.
The root cause of the failure of the Sui army's three conquests was also here.
After the large-scale popularization of cotton and woolen cloth and the large-scale use of coal, the cold in winter was effectively dealt with.
As for logistical supplies, what Li Er carefully supervised was the railway line extending from Luoyang to Youzhou.
This railway line has been under construction a long time ago, but it has not been completed for many years. The main reason is that there are many large rivers along the way and it is extremely difficult to build bridges.
It was not until Li Yunze decided to take action again and brought advanced construction equipment and raw materials from the modern world that the solution was finally solved.
As for if the technology has not reached the corresponding level in a few decades and maintenance and operation cannot be performed, Li Yunze will have already run away and will be out of control.
When the railway line was finally completed and opened to traffic, Li Er finally showed his fangs towards Goguryeo.
He drove away the Goguryeo envoy and declared war on Goguryeo on the grounds that he moved his left foot first when he met.
Train after train carried a large number of Tang Army sergeants and military supplies to Youzhou. At the same time, fleets began to be secretly assembled in Jiangdu and other places, preparing to raid Goguryeo's ally Baekje by sea.
Li Er has been waiting for this battle for many years.
He wants to prove that he is better than his cousin, and he wants to do what his cousin failed to do!
The entire Tang Dynasty began to rotate at high speed, and all power was tilted towards Youzhou.
In this general environment, the former prince Li Chengqian's mission to suppress the Japanese country was not so eye-catching.
Relying on his prestige and strength, Li Er forcibly suppressed the opposition and determined the arrangement of establishing virtuous people rather than senior officials.
He had been giving Li Chengqian a chance, but this kid's psychological endurance was too great and he couldn't bear the pressure and disappointed Li Er again and again.
It was not until Empress Changsun died of illness that Li Chengqian, who had lost his biggest supporter, was finally given up.
When Li Chengqian left, no one from the officials or nobles came to see him off.
There was nothing to say, they had to avoid suspicion. After all, if they come to see each other off, the emperor who will succeed him in the future will definitely have small shoes to wear.
The only people who really came to see him off were the royal family members.
Princess Changle, who had a bulging belly, said goodbye to her brother, wiping tears and feeling very depressed.
However, Li Chengqian looked more relaxed than ever before, and there was a smile on his face that he hadn't seen in a long time.
After comforting Princess Changle, Li Chengqian looked at Li Yunze, "Brother-in-law, you must take good care of my sister."
"It's natural."
Li Yunze nodded and then presented a box.
"What is this?" Li Chengqian took it and opened it, looking at the thick paper inside with confusion.
"The gift." Li Yunze explained, "It contains the mineral distribution map of Japan, as well as the construction drawings of new ships. Japan is an island country, and the sea is the lifeline. Develop the fishery and navigation industry well, and keep going east, east, and east. You will eventually find what you like
of paradise. "
After speaking, he took a step forward, leaned close to Li Chengqian's ear and whispered, "Thirty thousand miles to the east of the sea, there is a continent that has not yet been explored. You can find a way to get there, so that you can completely stay away from the pressure that keeps you awake."
There is only one pressure that keeps Li Chengqian awake, and that is his father, Li Er.
The Tian family is ruthless, which can be seen from the names between father and son.
In ordinary families, they are father and son, but in the Tian family, they are father, emperor, sons and ministers.
First the minister, then the son.
Li Chengqian has felt the pressure of Li Er since he was a child. As he grows older, this pressure gradually turns into fear until it completely crushes him.
It may be a good thing for him to go to sea and create a world of his own now.
"In the fleet at the seaside, I left you a set of shipyard equipment, a ship of high-quality rice seeds, and some other things."
Li Chengqian, who looked complicated, stared at Li Yunze and nodded slowly, "Thank you."
"It's actually quite good that you don't have to quarrel with your brothers." Li Yunze patted him on the shoulder. "Pay attention to suppressing Hou Junji's forces. The Hou family members can be used but be on guard. At least when His Majesty is around, he dare not Explosive stabbing.”
Li Chengqian got on the train with his whole family, old and young, and many in-laws.
Li Er tried his best to give him as much strength as possible. In addition to planning to immigrate millions, he also sent a large amount of supplies and so on.
Perhaps only at this time, Li Er and Li Chengqian are father and son, not father and son.
Most of the indigenous people in the Japanese country had been wiped out by Hou Junji, and the remaining ones were basically young women.
The Tang Dynasty will continue to immigrate to the past, and in a few decades there will no longer be the word "Japan" in the world.
Li Er did not come to see him off. He was afraid that he would be soft-hearted and let Li Chengqian stay.
However, his character flaws destined Li Chengqian to be unfit to inherit the throne.
In order to optimally pass on the throne that he had exchanged for the lives of his father, brother and younger brother, Li Er had to make such an arrangement.
The train's whistle blew, and amid the roar, the long train slowly started to set off.
Many royal relatives and relatives on the platform waved and shouted, saying their final goodbyes to Li Chengqian and others.
We have gone thousands of miles away, and I am afraid we will never have the chance to meet again in this life.
The tearful Princess Changle fell into Li Yunze's arms. She really didn't understand why her father and brother would make such a fuss.
Li Yunze patted her shoulder and comforted her, "This is actually a good thing for your brother. You should bless him for getting rid of the psychological shadow of many years and starting a new life again."
Princess Changle didn't understand this and could only sob weakly.
Li Yunze looked around and saw that none of Li Chengqian's brothers were here.
Facing their exiled eldest brother, they were worried that coming to see him off would offend Li Er, but they didn't understand that the seemingly cold-hearted Li Er valued family ties the most at this time.
Those who don’t come to see me off will definitely be in trouble in the future.
Sure enough, just a few days later, Li Er suddenly announced without warning that Li You, the king of Qi, would go out to control Luzon and become the king of Song Dynasty, and Li Min, the king of Shu, would go out to control Borneo and become the king of Lan.
There is no doubt that this means that Li You and Li Min are out.
The reason is simple. During the operation to overthrow Li Chengqian, these two brothers were the most cheerful.
As the saying goes, the first bird is shot, and Li Er felt guilty for banishing Li Chengqian, so he had to find someone to vent his anger on.
Because these two brothers danced the most happily in the past, they were also the first to be unlucky.
Places like Luzon and Borneo have almost nothing but mines and plantations.
Not to mention the enjoyment of Chang'an City, the weather is hot and miasma is rampant, and it is good to be able to live without getting sick.
It was really bad luck to be kicked to a place like that.
The two brothers cried and begged, and even asked their mother and concubine to help plead for mercy.
It's a pity that Li Er at this time is the father, not the father, so it's useless for anyone to say anything, and he is forcibly packed and sent away.
Li Yunze didn't give them any gifts, and he didn't even go to the station to see them off in person.
I just arranged for someone to deliver some daily necessities, including a few boxes of commonly used medicines in tropical areas.
After all, Nanyang in this era is a truly wild land, where savages are rampant.
If you want to survive in such a place with harsh living conditions, the most important thing should be luck.
After Li Er sent away his three sons one after another, everyone, whether in the court or in the royal family, held their breath and concentrated, and even walked quietly, for fear of offending the emperor and suffering unreasonable disaster.
In this environment, all the things and work promoted by Li Er are progressing at an unprecedented speed.
In the eyes of others, Li Er was exiling his sons.
But in fact, Li Er was carrying out Li Yunze's proposal and enfeoffing his sons to the end of the world.
Even if the descendants of those sons performed well in the future, or even killed them directly to inherit the Tang Dynasty, it didn't matter to him, because they were all his descendants, and they had to worship him when worshiping their ancestors.
Li Er is a generation of emperors with great ambitions, not an old man whose parents are short-lived and want their children to hang around him all day long.
After feeling sad for a while, Li Er quickly recovered and returned to his work as an emperor.
The most important and only important thing in the current Tang Dynasty is to defeat Goguryeo.
When the whole world attacked the Tang Dynasty, Li Er had wanted to go into battle and fight in person, but because of the external environment and internal turmoil, he had to stay in Chang'an City and take charge.
Now that the external opponents have basically been defeated, Li Er is finally free to go into battle in person.
There were many things to do before the expedition. The first thing was to stabilize the interior, so Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others were left to guard the home.
The second step is to provide food, clothing, housing and transportation to hundreds of thousands of troops and civilians before they move. They need to be assembled on the front line in advance.
The increasingly affluent Tang Dynasty was now even able to provide sufficient supplies to the common people.
Even a commoner who was conscripted into the labor force could still receive supplies such as cotton clothes, quilts, leather hats, leather gloves, leather boots, woolen blankets, etc. that were luxuries just a few years ago.
In order to deal with the well-defended cities of the Goguryeo people, the gunpowder that had been secretly prepared for many years was all taken away this time.
Li Er's thoughts are very simple. This time he wants to completely destroy Goguryeo in one battle.
After the autumn harvest in the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, Li Er took his luxurious regiment of famous generals and boarded the train leaving Chang'an City.
