"Master, what do you think Li An wants to do?"
Seeing that it was impossible to go, Wu Mei no longer hesitated, and then asked about Li An again.
"Lee An?"
Ji Song closed his eyes and said nonchalantly: "He can do whatever he wants. It has nothing to do with our family. Remember, don't get involved. I'll stay away from all royal matters."
Wu Mei rolled her eyes and said angrily: "Of course I know this, but such a big move ended up being nothing, which made me waste so much effort!"
Thinking about it makes me feel angry. It took a lot of effort to dig out the person behind Li An, but now there is no movement, as if he didn't see it.
If she had known earlier, why would she bother?
"You are so competitive. Sometimes there is no result, but in fact it is the final result. Do you think His Majesty knew about this? But he knew but did nothing. It would be strange if nothing happened. This time Suddenly turning it on its face, it is actually his purpose. As for what to do, that is not something you and I, master and disciple, should worry about."
Ji Song understood some of the emperor's thoughts, but he had no intention of participating. Every time I met him, I would pretend to be dumbfounded, or hide away from him. The emperor actually had this intention when he took him to see Li Jiancheng last time, but he just didn't take the bait.
This has already involved the royal family's private affairs and grudges. To participate as a foreign minister is simply to seek death. Maybe Li Chengqian will not do anything in the future, but there is no guarantee that future emperors will not do anything.
Once brought to the surface, this is a time bomb, the kind that can blow Ji Song to pieces. Do you think Ji Song is afraid of it?
What happened to Li An last time was just incidental, and the emperor had achieved his goal. So he did whatever he had to do from now on. Li An was still teaching, but other people who wanted to take advantage of Li An became victims, such as the Pei family.
The Pei family was completely defeated this time. The territories they worked hard for overseas were plundered. Now they are colluding with outsiders to fight against the Tang Dynasty, hoping to establish a foothold overseas.
The Pei family has expelled him from the Pei family. Anyway, the person who appears overseas has nothing to do with the Pei family anymore. Abandoning the car to keep the handsome man, this is what the family has always done, and there is nothing wrong with it!
But the attitude of other aristocratic families is worth pondering. Not only do they not have any assistance, many people are also adding insult to injury. The Pei family is not having a good time now. Not only Pei's Xijuan, but other Pei's clan members were also implicated to some extent.
It is foreseeable that in the next overseas competition, Pei will definitely lag far behind others. Although the court promised to wait until the war was over, the Pei family's territory still belonged to the Pei family. But everyone knows that if you want to get something, you have to give something. It was impossible for Pei not to bleed heavily this time.
But these have nothing to do with Ji Song. His current task is to win this war.
"Okay, you should prepare to go back to Chang'an next time. I will leave in three days, and I probably won't have time to see you off. I will send someone to escort you back then."
Ji Song stood up and tidied up the folds of his clothes, and said without looking back: "Let's go, there's no need to send it away!"
After saying that, he waved his hands and walked out.
Wu Mei walked outside the door and saw the teacher's leaving figure. She sighed softly and went back to prepare her things to go back to Chang'an...
Three days later, all ships except warships were expelled from Mingzhou Port. At this time, more than a hundred giant ships were at the head of the port, followed by four to five hundred ships, lying across the port like countless giant beasts. Prepare to choose someone to eat!
[To be honest, I have been using it recently
The big hard sail was raised, and under the influence of the monsoon, it began to move slowly towards the open sea.
Followed by more than a hundred giant ships, and then hundreds of warships. Apart from the initial blast of the horn, there was no movement. It's like a giant dragon waiting for an opportunity to move, slowly lurking, waiting for the best time to attack...
"The boy has left?"
Chang'an, Qinzheng Hall.
Just after discussing with his father about today's morning court affairs, he heard his father ask.
"He's gone. The news just came back from the taming falcon. He left in the dark yesterday evening. The local government was not alerted, and no one saw him off. Even his wife was driven back to Chang'an in advance."
Of course Li Chengqian knew who his father was asking, but he was a little confused after receiving the news. Others wanted to make the army known to everyone, so he had to raise his momentum first no matter what. But Ji Song did the opposite this time and deliberately set off in the evening, for fear that others would know.
Hearing Li Chengqian's words, Li Shimin glared at his son and said angrily: "You still don't understand!"
"He's scared, or he thinks this victory has little chance."
Li Shimin's words were not surprising, and Li Chengqian almost jumped up in fright. His eyelids jumped and he said cautiously: "Why did your father say this? Ji Song, I still understand. When it comes to martial arts, there is nothing to say about it. There are not many in the Tang Dynasty. The art of war, the chance of change, the The formation of troops is second to none. With him leading the troops into battle, what else do you have to worry about?"
"What is he worried about?"
Li Shimin did not answer Li Chengqian's words immediately, but handed him a stack of papers.
"Take a look and then talk after you finish it!"
Li Chengqian looked puzzled, but he still took it and looked at it carefully. When I saw the content above clearly, I was shocked. I quickly glanced at my father and then lowered my head to read again!
Time passed quickly amidst the rustling of pages, and Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief after reading it.
"finish watching?"
"It's over!"
But Li Chengqian was not relieved at all, and his brows furrowed even more. He knocked on the eucalyptus table slowly until he could organize his words, and then said: "The Tang Dynasty allowed the aristocratic family to go to sea and eat a lot of food... No, it should also benefit the interests of all the countries in the middle of the Silk Road?"
"Not bad!"
Li Shimin looked at the prince with admiration again this time, and he could quickly extract the essence of the matter from a bunch of words. This not only requires a unique vision, but also requires an understanding of the entire world.
He didn't expect that the prince would see the essence of this naval battle in a short period of time. Now he was really relieved that there was someone to succeed the Tang Dynasty!
"Come on, look at this again!"
Li Shimin took out another secret letter and handed it to Li Chengqian, saying: "This guy sent it secretly. He made a comprehensive analysis of the entire incident from the origin of the Dashi, its finances, geographical location, and its impact on the Western world. Analysis. You have to learn this from him. His way of looking at events is refreshing, and he uses dialectics to explain the origin of this naval battle and its impact on the Tang Dynasty, Dashi, the central countries, and the far west."
"Let's take a closer look. Who would have thought that what we thought was a temptation at first was actually a long-planned conspiracy by these morons in the middle of the Silk Road. It's so comfortable to make money while lying down, and you can get rich by collecting tolls when you have nothing to do. Now it seems that we are very Maybe they broke their blockade at sea and jumped out immediately."
"It's really no good and I can't afford it early!"
"The sages have a saying: All the prosperity in the world is for benefit, and all the hustle and bustle in the world is for benefit. The same is true for a country!"
When he saw this letter, he really broke out in a cold sweat. It is too naked, analyzing the essence of each country thoroughly, leaving no room at all.
Dashi is located on the main transportation route between the East and the West. With the huge profits brought by the Silk Road, it controls the absolute side of the trade between the East and the West. The former Han Dynasty, the former Sui Dynasty, and even the Tang Dynasty did gain a lot by opening up the Silk Road, but compared to these road tyrants, they are the real winners.
Sitting at home, you can make profits that are ten times or a hundred times that of the Central Plains. Datang
The people worked hard and made exquisite porcelain, gorgeous silks, and other goods with their intelligence and hard work.
But they didn't even get a cent from them. They stood in the middle of the east and west, charging high taxes. Their merchants bought exquisite goods from the Central Plains at ten times the price, and then sold them to the Western world at a hundred times the price.
The Central Plains dynasty worked hard, spent a lot of manpower and material resources, and suffered many casualties to open up the Silk Road. In the end, they found that the biggest profiteer was not themselves at all, but the tax collection bastards lying at home.
"You bastard! How shameless!"
Li Chengqian gritted his teeth and said: Father, we can't just let this matter go. They simply deceive others too much. They just want to make a lot of wealth for themselves, and they also try every means to prevent me from opening up the east-west main road from the Central Plains. This thing is to eat what's in the bowl and look at what's in the pot. There is no such thing in the world.
"If you don't teach them a lesson, do you really think you can do whatever you want?"
"Then it depends on whether Datang agrees or not!"
Li Shimin looked at the angry prince speechlessly and said angrily: "Okay, sit down first, why can't you keep calm? What's the use of being angry? If it's useful, just be angry."
"I am not willing to give in. Who would have thought that they would be so shameless?"
He took Ji Song's secret letter, pointed to a passage on it and said, "Listen, this is what a smart person in a country thinks!"
"Ji Song is right, this is the shipping battle of the Tang Dynasty. It is also an inevitable battle to the next level, unavoidable! If we win, the dragon will be like the sea, and the waterway will lead directly to the west. We can also earn a lot of money. Wealth. If you lose... everything will come to an end!"
"What he said here is still a bit vague. Let me tell you, if the conquest of the Turks was the founding battle of the Tang Dynasty, then this naval battle was the battle of the national destiny of the Tang Dynasty. Think about the vastness of the overseas, once the Tang Dynasty is on the sea To dominate, the curse that has plagued the Central Plains for thousands of years will be broken. There is no land for farming in the Central Plains, so go overseas, where there are large fertile unowned lands. There are even places where crops are harvested three times a year."
"It can be said without any hesitation that as long as this battle is won, Datang will have great prosperity for three hundred years."
Li Chengqian stood stunned on the spot. He didn't expect that his father would attach such high importance to this battle?
A battle for national destiny?
"Once this battle is won, the sea will be unobstructed for me, the Tang Dynasty. As long as the sea continues to deliver blood to the Central Plains, even if the descendants are unworthy and prodigal, it will be enough to ruin the family for hundreds of years. I do not believe that my descendants will be defeated for three or four generations. Is it because you are a fool?"
Li Shimin stood up directly and said: "Fight, this battle must not only be fought, but also fought hard. And we must win, a big victory!"
"Tomorrow, tell those aristocratic families to send all merchant ships with a price of more than three thousand stones to Mingzhou and Dengzhou ports to wait for orders. The Ministry of Industry will send enough personnel to modify them. Add weapons where necessary, and modify what needs to be modified. Then recruit water The division has 30,000 soldiers, and Zhang Liang is ordered to go and train, so that he can fight in a short time."
"More orders, private merchants will sail more than three thousand stone merchant ships to the two ports and wait for orders. Tell them that after this war is over, all the families and merchants participating in this war can choose a territory no more than ten miles overseas and be subject to Protected by the Tang Dynasty."
"In addition, order all the major shipyards to build ships of more than 5,000 dan with all their strength, and tell them that if they build ten more qualified ships, the chief officer will be knighted, and the participants will have their military merits improved."
"From today on, all officials of the Tang Dynasty fully support this naval battle. Anyone who slacks off will be severely punished!"
When Li Chengqian heard this, he was so excited that he couldn't help but stood up and took the order: "My son, take the order!"
Li Shimin patted Li Chengqian on the shoulder and said with a smile: "This battle is no longer a simple naval battle. This will be a war that will establish the power of the Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years. It can only succeed, not fail!"
"Yes, only success is allowed, no failure is allowed!"
The two looked at each other and smiled, and both saw the fighting spirit in each other's eyes!
The next day, when Li Shimin returned to court, the first thing he did was announce yesterday's decision.
After hearing such an imperial edict, everyone exploded. Many people wondered why the emperor made such an extreme decision when it was just a naval battle.
Yes, in their opinion this is too extreme.
"There is no need to discuss this matter further, Fang Qing!"
Fang Xuanling hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I'm here!"
"I will explain the reason for this later, but before that, officials from all ministries must implement it unconditionally. Remember, this is an order, there is no room for negotiation. If you know how to implement it, you must implement it even if you don't understand."
"Do you understand?"
Fang Xuanling glanced at the emperor in surprise, but all she saw was her mother's suspicion. He understood that the emperor had made up his mind!
"I promise that everyone will do their best!"
After hearing this, Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and said: "Everyone else, please leave. Fang Qing, Du Qing, Wei Guogong, Lu Guogong, Zhao Guogong, the Minister of Hubu, the Minister of Industry, the Minister of Honglu Temple and others will stay."
"I obey your orders!"
When the rest of the crowd left and there were only a few people left in the hall, Li Shimin didn't waste any time and distributed all the information that the prince had seen yesterday and Ji Song's secret letter to everyone.
"Everyone, let's take a look at it first. If you still feel that I am making a fuss out of a molehill, I will retract the imperial edict just now!"
Everyone, look at me, I look at you, and then look at the solemn-faced emperor and prince, and you suddenly have a bad feeling!
rustle~
The hall was filled with the sound of flipping through papers for a while. Everyone didn't take it seriously at first, but as they went deeper and deeper, everyone frowned, and finally their veins jumped, showing that they were very angry!
"Shameless! Absolutely shameless!"
Fang Xuanling was the first to jump out and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have invited you to go to Mingzhou to supervise the battle. If I don't beat this shameless traitor to pain, I will be afraid that I won't be able to swallow this breath!"
"Your Majesty, I invite you to fight!"
"His Majesty..........."
The crowd was excited for a moment, and it was obvious that they were quite disgusted by this incident!
