Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 179
The status of the Japanese people has been different from other countries since the Sui Dynasty.

why?
Because Japanese people can lick, and lick comfortably.What is admiration for culture, what is praise for prosperity, when Japanese envoys pay tribute to the emperor every year, the rainbow fart blowing is simply innovative, making the emperors of the Tang Dynasty want to die.

They often put their posture very low, almost as low as the dust, so that people will never feel hostility towards them, but only sympathize with them, and they can't help but want to help them.

"Helping them" is the purpose of the Wa people.

The emperor felt comfortable being photographed, so he waved his big hand, whatever sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty, whatever sea merchants, just come, I will give you preferential treatment.

In such an atmosphere and environment, the status of the Wa people in Datang was obviously higher than that of other countries.

There is no other reason, that is, the Japanese people lick well, they can completely shameless, and only want His Majesty the Emperor of Shang Kingdom to be comfortable.

All the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty came to the Tang Dynasty with a humble and flattering posture, as if they had been trained in a unified way before going abroad.

You were admiring and admiring incessantly, and then you asked for advice innocently with mung bean eyes that were ignorant and seeking knowledge. How did you do it?Why are you so good?Good luck to you...

In ancient times, Goujian tasted excrement for the king of Wu and asked about illnesses, and the Japanese people did the same. For the comfort of the Tang emperor, they really dared to eat excrement.

This shameless gesture of complete surrender finally won the Japanese people the courtesy of the Tang Dynasty, which was obviously much higher than that of other countries.

However, there is another allusion to Goujian, that is, the well-known "steal one's courage by lying on one's salary".

The same is true for Japanese people.

Although there was no deep hatred between the Tang Dynasty and the Japanese country in the past, the ambition of the island people was a deep hatred, and the island country's jealousy of the rich and vast Datang was a great hatred.

This kind of unreasonable hatred is the motivation for them to endure hardships.

After more than 1000 years, China was finally weak. Do you think that the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War was just a whim of the Japanese kingdom?

They waited for more than 1000 years for that naval battle.

What Li Qinzai has to do is to strangle their ambitions in the cradle and keep them honest for at least 1000 years.

However, Li Zhi hesitated. Li Qinzai's suggestion was really not in line with Shangguo's mind. He had his own understanding of the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Japanese kingdom.

Wars belong to wars, and sending Tang envoys returns to sending Tang envoys, the two have nothing to do with each other.

The war was provoked by a group of people from the Wa Kingdom who were dissatisfied with the Tang Dynasty, but the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty...they licked it very comfortably.

"There is no need to expel the envoys to the Tang Dynasty, right?" Li Zhi hesitated, "There are envoys from hundreds of countries stationed in Chang'an City. If the envoys to the Tang Dynasty are expelled, what will those envoys think of my Tang mind?"

Li Qinzai said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom are now at war, and the two countries have declared war! Since it is a war, there is no reason for people from the enemy country to stay in the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty is not worried that there will be spies and assassins among the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty?"

"To use an analogy, after the Master Wang leaves, the Tang envoys only need to gather more than a hundred people to secretly dig the road at night, and the Master Wang's food and supplies will not be able to get through, and the soldiers in front will be in danger of starving. These people stay in the Tang Dynasty. It's a disaster."

Li Zhi was startled, and his expression became serious, obviously thinking seriously about Li Qinzai's words.

After a long time, Li Zhi smiled and said, "Does Jing Chu have any advice?"

"Yes. Secondly, before the war, the minister advised to cut off all the business routes between the Tang Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom, whether private or official, the Wa Kingdom and the Silla Kingdom are separated by sea, and the Tang Dynasty should also order the Silla Kingdom to cut off the business routes with the Wa Kingdom. Grain and even a catty of iron are not allowed to enter the Wa Kingdom."

"The Wa country is an island country, and most of the people's livelihood depends on imports. Silla and Baekje are the countries they rely on for imports. If the Tang Dynasty cuts off its business, it means cutting off its logistics. The Wa country dared to provoke the Datang. At the beginning of the war, the whole country The subjects tasted panic."

Li Zhi took it very seriously, and said with a smile: "Si Yan is good, Cui Sheren, take it down."

Cui Sheng frantically wrote, his eyes glanced at Li Qinzai and finally softened a little.

Although I can't understand my brother-in-law's behavior, Li Qinzai's words are the words of a national scholar, which is admirable.

Li Qinzai went on to say: "Thirdly, I ask the Datang Navy to block the sea area. The warships of the Datang not only block the Baijiang Estuary, but also blockade the waters around the Wa Kingdom, so that their fishermen dare not even go out to fish, and continue to cause panic in the Wa Kingdom. ..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Zhi's face was a little embarrassed.

Li Qinzai asked curiously, "What is your Majesty's problem?"

Li Zhi coughed, and said: "Although the Tang Navy is strong, the number of warships has never been enough. In the past, when the first emperor conquered Goguryeo, Zhang Liang raised [-] sailors and [-] warships. But over the years, many warships are old The old ones are abandoned, and there are not many new warships filling the navy..."

Li Qinzai understood: "How many warships can we use now?"

Li Zhi thought for a while, and said, "There are about three hundred ships, but half of them will patrol the southern waters of the Tang Dynasty, so it is impossible to recruit the whole country's warships to serve here."

Li Qinzai was speechless for a moment.

Half of the 100 warships are more than 100 ships, tsk! More than [-] warships, not to mention the blockade of the Japanese sea area, are enough to deal with the battle of Baijiangkou.

How did this emperor become?Datang's tens of thousands of miles of sea, relying on more than 300 warships to maintain the peace of the sea?Don't know the importance of navy?

Seeing Li Qinzai's contemptuous expression, Li Zhi felt depressed and had to explain: "After I ascended the throne, the court was quite chaotic, and the late emperor had too many foreign conquests when he was in power, and the treasury was empty, so there was really no spare energy to build warships."

Li Qinzai sighed, and said: "Yes, I understand. Let's pretend that the third point I just said is not mentioned, and the Tang Navy will go all out to fight the Japanese at Baijiangkou."

Li Zhi smiled and said: "Jing Chu's remonstrances are very reasonable. This is a theory of seeking the country. I have written it down. I don't know if Jing Chu has any remonstrances?"

Li Qinzai hesitated for a moment, and said: "Also, please ask your Majesty to allocate more gunpowder to the minister, it may be of great use."

Li Zhi asked curiously, "What are you using it for?"

Li Qinzai hesitated and said, "After Master Wang's victory, how about some firecrackers to celebrate?"

Li Zhi stared at him deeply, and after a while, he smiled and said, "It depends on you."

Li Qinzai is the inventor of gunpowder, and it is the duty of a courtier to apply for the payment of gunpowder in person today.With his ability, there is no need to apply at all, and he can collect materials by himself.

Now that he has applied, it means that he strictly abides by his duties as a minister, and Li Zhi naturally wants to give face.

I don't know what Li Qinzai is going to use gunpowder for, but Li Zhi is sure that he will not use gunpowder to blow up Datang's warships.

After Li Qinzai returned to Chang'an, he didn't even enter the house, and he went to the palace to meet the emperor just to say these remonstrances. Now that the words were finished, Li Qinzai finally felt relieved, so he got up and left.

"Your Majesty is going home and preparing to go on an expedition. Take care, Your Majesty. I will retire."

Li Zhi stared at his face and said: "Take care, Jing Chu, I didn't want you to go to the battlefield, but your grandfather insisted, he said that you are not doing things right behind closed doors, and the son of the Li family has to go through the baptism of the battlefield to truly succeed. I also think it makes sense."

Li Qinzai was silent for a moment, then said softly: "I went voluntarily, and it has nothing to do with others."

Li Zhi couldn't help asking curiously: "Why did you go out?"

"For the sake of the minister's son, and for the sake of peace in the world."

(End of this chapter)