An urgent imperial edict came from Chang'an City to Huainan Road.
Xu Yunyan kept mentioning that he was coming from Qiongzhou towards Huainan Road. Although Xu Yunyan and the others were running non-stop, the efficiency of the post station as a military intelligence transmission seemed to be higher than that of Xu Yunyan and the others.
After Xu Yunyan finally returned to Yancheng after working hard for three days and nights, Li Shimin once again received a letter from Qiongzhou.
Li Shimin looked at the letter submitted by Jiang Fangguo, the commander of the Qiongzhou Navy. Li Shimin couldn't help but feel a little thump in his heart.
"The Qiongzhou Navy is hidden on the surface, but it costs a lot of money to set up such a navy, and the waterways are unclear. From time to time, navy officers and soldiers have their ships destroyed and people killed due to various problems such as reefs. Could it be that something major has happened? ?”
Li Shimin's heart was pounding. Although Li Shimin agreed with the navy's transportation of grain to enrich the grain reserves in the north of the Tang Dynasty, he was a little worried after such a situation happened again.
Don't waste money to build a navy. In the end, it wastes people and money, and everything is in vain.
Just when Li Shimin was thinking this, he looked at the letter in front of him as if it weighed a thousand pounds, but he still gritted his teeth and picked it up, opened it and browsed it carefully.
Li Shimin finally breathed a sigh of relief at this sight.
"It's okay, okay, there aren't many changes. It's not what I thought."
The more I looked at the information submitted by Jiang Fangguo, the more I felt that Jiang Fangguo had received guidance from an expert.
"You can actually think of such a thing and turn the entire boundless sea into the inland sea of our Datang Dynasty. If you have such arrogance and ambition, you should have a drink for our Datang Navy."
Li Shimin said this cheerfully, and a person next to him coughed. In an instant, Li Shimin's surging sexual feelings felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured on his head. He felt that he had just lost his composure, and he hurriedly admitted his mistake.
"Father, listen to me."
Li Yuan was sitting on a chair next to him. He didn't know who had developed it. The chair like a recliner was reclining there. Two old eunuchs were fanning him and blowing the wind.
Li Yuan shook his head indifferently to Li Shimin's words.
"What did I hear you say? I am enjoying the cool weather here, what do you want to do when you suddenly come up with this throat?"
Li Yuanyi's words were a bit harsh, and Li Shimin lowered his head and did not dare to say anything here.
"Father, this is a good thing."
Li Shimin just finished speaking and looked at Li Yuan proudly, but Li Yuan squinted and Li Shimin immediately became honest.
"That's what happened..."
Li Shimin was randomly talking about the reason for the matter here, and after Li Yuan heard what Li Shimin said, he couldn't help but get up from his seat, quickly walked to Li Shimin's desk, took the memorial and started reading.
"It's good, it's really good. Our Tang Dynasty still has such an inland sea, which is really magnificent.
Now the emperor's achievements are directly catching up with those of Emperor Qin and Emperor Wu of Han. With such a large inland sea, the whole world will no longer say anything about me, Li Tang. "
Li Yuan said happily, and Li Shimin was also happy here. However, after reading the memorial, Li Yuan suddenly found that there was another page at the end of the memorial, and he randomly turned it back.
Li Shimin's face froze for a moment. He had only looked at the front and didn't pay attention to see if there was any content at the back of the memorial. Seeing that Li Yuan could easily read the content at the back, his face became a little hot.
"Okay, he is really a good son-in-law of my Li family."
When Li Yuan said this, Li Shimin was stunned.
"If your father has any great information, I'll take a look."
Seeing that Li Shimin, who was approaching, had no imperial image, the two old eunuchs serving Li Yuan did not dare to say anything. They lowered their heads and acted as if they had not seen anything, did not hear anything, and would not say anything. Li Yuan didn't pay attention to this. Instead, he felt that Li Shimin was so cordial, and then pointed to a line on the memorial:
"Have you seen it, Your Majesty? This is the trick my benefactor arranged for Jiang Fangguo when Li Ying went to Qiongzhou to pay homage to his late wife. Jiang Fangguo is also an honest person and can be of great use. It's good to report truthfully."
As soon as Li Yuan finished speaking, Li Shimin was stunned.
"Father, even if Jiang Fangguo doesn't tell us, we don't know about it. According to Li Ying's personality, he doesn't seem to come to claim these credits."
As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Li Yuan nodded here.
"You are right. Li Ying has a good grasp of people's hearts. But you have forgotten one thing. If Jiang Fangguo takes the credit for this, or to put it lightly, it is Xu Yunyan who gave him the hint, and we rewarded him. After rewarding Xu Yunyan by the way, isn't Jiang Fangguo's ambition too big?"
Li Shimin nodded hurriedly after being reminded by Li Yuan.
They are all emperors and cannot allow their generals to have such power. Many overseas islands must choose a trustworthy general to lead them.
Three to five hundred people were stationed on this island, and five or six hundred people were stationed on that island. If a general with different intentions slightly changed the number, they would not know it.
With their navy's income on the sea, they can afford to double their troops.
Xu Yunyan's suggestion at this time is very good. If you have trustworthy people, you can retain the extraordinary army and turn the tide in times of crisis. However, if you don't have trustworthy people, it will be a huge trouble. In times of crisis, it will be a huge problem. Earth-shaking...
Li Shimin looked at Li Yuan, and Li Yuan said proudly, "If our good son-in-law of the Tang Dynasty really doesn't care about the affairs of the North, it would be good to let him command the navy again."
Li Shimin looked at Li Yuan a little embarrassed.
"Father, what you said is right, but it's just..."
Seeing Li Shimin just sitting here, Li Yuan also sighed.
"Yes, we generals are fighting against the Turks. Except for General Li Jing and Li Ying, the others have not grown up yet. Although you sent your confidant Shi Jin to follow him and learn from him in order to be Yes, but if this is the case, students will lose their minds and need to study it further."
An old man in a family is like a treasure. When Li Shimin was thinking about Bei's affairs here, Li Yuan's words woke him up like a bell.
"Yes, there is a shortage of generals in the North and there is a shortage of generals in other places. Although the Tang Dynasty now has a strong army and strong horses, and the 16 generals are all-powerful, but are they the younger generation?
Why!
The military academy is really going to be established. This is what Xu Yunyan explained, but the best teacher Li Jing is still in Beidi. What should we do? "
Li Shimin was murmuring here, and Li Yuan stood next to him and raised his hand to slap Li Shimin with a slap, which made Li Shimin's face full of grievances.
"Father, why did you hit the child again? The child is here to study for me, Datang, and Li Jing has no time."
Li Shimin was in trouble here, and Li Yuan looked at him.
"Have you forgotten your other identity?"
"My other identity?"
Li Shimin was confused here, and Li Yuan looked at him a little worried, but he finally said it.
"Have you forgotten the identity of General Tiance? Apart from General Li Jing, don't we have other generals in the Tang Dynasty? And these generals you taught are all disciples of the emperor, how noble are they?"
"But Father, I...I don't have so much time!"
After Li Shimin said that, he felt happy for a moment, but soon he lowered his head again.
Yes, as Li Yuan thought, he was a general, but he didn't have so much time.
But just when Li Shimin was wailing here that he didn't have so much time, Li Yuan looked at him.
"The prince is old enough to supervise the country, and there is an old guy like me here. You don't need to teach every student seriously, right? As long as you take some free time to teach them, it will be good to teach them two classes in one class. ."
But just after Li Yuan finished speaking, he felt a little embarrassed here.
"It's just that the prince is not in the capital. It seems that we still have to wait until Li Jing returns from the North before making a decision. We still need to mobilize trustworthy generals to garrison in the North. We cannot let the Turks have another incident. Those who can calm the situation now are One is Xu Yunyan and the other is Li Jing.
But compared to expanding the inland sea, as long as our navy is strong, this is not a problem. It seems that Li Ying still wants to return to the Northland. "
Li Yuan also considered this, and Li Shimin also nodded here, and quickly arranged Xu Yunyan's next arrangements.
After finishing the wedding for his sister, he returned to the Northland and continued to serve as his Protectorate of Anbei to intimidate the Northland. Then Li Jing and Prince Li Chengqian came back to make arrangements for the long-term stability of the Tang Dynasty and the training of generals.
Just after Xu Yunyan returned to Yancheng in a hurry, he looked at the road from Wanghai Township to Yancheng. Someone was resting here, and he was very curious.
On the road from Wanghai Township to Zhaojiacun, there were also people resting here, and they felt even more puzzled. Under such circumstances, I couldn't help but stop a few people working there and ask.
"I'm disturbing this old man."
As soon as Xu Yunyan spoke, the man who was smoothing the road quickly looked up.
"This young master is very polite. I wonder what's wrong with this young master?"
Although Xu Yunyan was exhausted, he was riding a war horse and was guarded by several guards also riding horses. No one could tell that he was an ordinary person.
After the old man asked, Xu Yunyan hugged his fists again and said to them.
"I wonder what you brothers are doing here? It looks like building roads?"
Xu Yunyan asked this question, and the man in front of him hurriedly acknowledged, "Yes, we are building roads here. Not only will we build roads to Yancheng, we will also build roads from Yancheng to other places. It is not just for transportation." I broke my promise, it seems that some high-ranking official will go from the seaside to the county town and then return after a while."
"Oh? So? Is there any salary?"
After hearing his salary, the man in front of him shook his head.
"Where's the wages?"
Hearing this, Xu Yunyan was even more frightened, but she didn't want Xue Li and Yue'er to do something so outrageous for the sake of their wedding.
If you don't give them money and let them force the road to be built here, they will cause huge trouble.
When Xu Yunyan heard this, he was about to move forward in a hurry when an old soldier next to him asked.
"Brother, are you doing corvee work?"
The man building the road in front of him nodded hurriedly.
"It is true that a corvee is sent out, but it is much better to have a corvee in front of your own home than to go to other places to do the corvee.
We here only need to work for half a day every day and then we can go home and rest and do our own things. From now on, even if the time is longer and no matter how hard and tiring it is, I am willing to do it! "
Hearing this, Xu Yunyan felt that something great was about to happen. If these people really worked here, his sister and future brother-in-law would cause a lot of trouble.
These corvees are all assigned by the Ministry of Industry. If they use such people for their own selfish purposes, they may not necessarily be dealt with. However, don't be deliberately targeted by someone with intentions and make a wrong choice. It will be too late to regret it by then.
