Hearing Li Ke's words, Li Shimin sitting next to him was shocked: Is it finally coming? Does the bet between myself and Li Ke also mean that it is finally about to begin?
None of the ministers spoke, but silently lowered their heads and quickly checked the information sent in their hands. When they saw that Silla and Baekje were completely captured as they had originally expected, everyone understood that the Tang Dynasty's The first step of strategic objectives has been achieved.
"Your Highness, do you mean that we will attack the entire Goguryeo after the new year?" Li Jing read the information in his hand, then raised his head and looked at Li Ke and said.
"Yes, the battle in Nanyang in the Tang Dynasty has basically ended. In the last half month, Piao Kingdom will be completely included in the management of the Tang Dynasty. If it were not for the purpose of controlling these places as soon as possible and avoiding future troubles, this matter would have been It should have ended long ago.”
"At that time, Li Xiaogong will stay in Piao for the time being, and then return to Chang'an after Burma State is completely stabilized. Other Hou Junji, Zhang Liang, Yuchi Gong and others will return to Chang'an after the year."
"My opinion is that after the Shangyuan Festival is over, Datang will begin to mobilize in various places, first by sea, to temporarily transport most of the materials to Silla, Baekje, Shandong Prefecture and other places for our next year. Be fully prepared for combat strategies." Li Ke said seriously.
"Isn't this a little too anxious?" Wei Zheng hesitated and asked, "After all, we have just completed the battle in Nanyang, and now Silla and Baekje have just entered our hands, and the Japanese country in the next year will also be able to do so. Are you included in our Tang Dynasty?"
"These places all need to be planned. If it is stable for a year, I think it is the best choice to start again at this time next year. Within one year, we will be able to mobilize more supplies and be more fully prepared. In Hanhai Prefecture , Youzhou and other places can also quietly mobilize more soldiers."
"In this case, if we take action the next year, it means that we can completely wipe out the entire Goguryeo as quickly as possible."
There is some truth to Wei Zheng's words. Fang Xuanling also nodded and said: "I think what Zheng Guogong said is very true. If there is a one-year buffer, it will indeed be more convenient for us to move."
Li Shimin next to him almost jumped up on the spot. A year later, it's getting harder and harder to fool Li Ke. Li Shimin felt that Li Ke might have noticed something. The longer time passes, the more detrimental it will be to his plan. And since Li Ke said this, it proves that this matter is absolutely certain.
Li Shimin has always been concerned about the manufacturing of military equipment in Datang. However, because the number of state-owned commercial banks and scientific research institutes is constantly increasing, the reason why the progress in this area has to be slowed down in many cases is because of the talents of Datang. Can't keep up yet.
But even so, the basic technology of the Tang Dynasty has increased a lot, which means that the number of weapons and armors, bows and arrows, crossbows, etc. has increased extremely quickly.
With such a large number of guarantees, Datang's defeat of Goguryeo was just a certainty.
What do you two mean? Are you holding me back at this time? Are you still not from my Prince Qin’s Mansion? Li Shimin was almost angry to death.
But he couldn't show it on the surface, and even had to create an illusion for Li Ke. Since this bastard had noticed it, Li Shimin had to find a way to make him misunderstand.
So Li Shimin sat on the spot and said calmly: "Yes, Li Ke, does this matter need to be considered in the long term? I think it can be postponed for one or two years. Datang is now in various aspects." If the Tang Dynasty is given two more years to continue its rapid advance, it will be easy for the Tang Dynasty to eliminate Goguryeo."
While talking, Li Shimin looked at Li Ke with worried eyes.
Noticing his father's expression, Li Ke couldn't help but hummed in his heart, "Dad, I have discovered your conspiracy now. You haven't given up on making me the emperor yet, have you?"
Don't you just want me to stay in this position longer? As long as it lasts long enough, my reputation will definitely be higher in various parts of the Tang Dynasty.
The point is, my way of doing things will make the officials and people of the Tang Dynasty get used to me handling government affairs.
This will have a subtle influence on people and make people think this is normal.
Attacking Goguryeo after two years would mean that his time to straighten out all the actions of the Tang Dynasty would be delayed by two years! Doesn't that mean that Li Ke's time to play will be reduced by two years?
impossible! Absolutely impossible!
My father is already engaging in psychological warfare.
Next year, he will capture Goguryeo, and then ask his father to go to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to heaven, become a Zen, and relieve the messy thoughts in his heart. In three years at most, Li Ke feels that he will be able to solve Tianzhu and the Western Turks. .
When these two places are resolved, it also means that the Middle East and Europe will be left in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Li Ke can retreat bravely. He will have nothing to do anyway. Counting next year and four more years, by By then, everything in Datang should be on track.
Four years of national unified examination and training in universities have allowed Datang to produce many grassroots officials, and this year's group of officials who passed the unified examination have been trained for four years, which means they can definitely stand on their own.
Although Datang's land area may seem huge by then, it actually has a small population. A considerable number of people have been concentrated in some places, forming major population gathering areas. These population gathering areas can save a large number of officials.
After capturing Tianzhu, part of the population from Tianzhu and other places can be moved into the interior of the Tang Dynasty, especially in later Central Asia and Russia.
Those places are vast and sparsely populated.
After these places are stabilized, the remaining countries such as Persia, Arabia, and Byzantium will be left to Lao Li himself.
At that time, the Tang Dynasty could conquer all these countries without Li Ke.
In other words, in four years at most, you can play around.
Think about it, Li Ke will not be more than twenty-five years old by then, and he will be able to retire completely when he is twenty-six years old at most.
When the time comes, he will take Li Yan and his daughters-in-law to plant children all over the country, but he still doesn't believe it. The reason why he can't plant seeds now must be because he is too busy. These state affairs actually put a lot of pressure on Li Ke.
After all, he cannot let any problems arise in these state affairs. One of his orders may affect hundreds of thousands or millions of people.
So it seems that Li Ke is relaxed, but in fact there is still pressure.
It’s normal to not have children when you’re under pressure.
But it doesn't matter, four years later he will only be twenty-five years old. In future generations, he will still be a proper young man!
