Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 958 Conspiring to Destroy Silla
Take the land of the peninsula and invest in the good port of the Tang Dynasty.

This is the strategic concept proposed by Li Qinzai to Li Zhi, but this concept is a supplement or extension of the Great Navigation Strategy.

The reason for its existence is that before that, Li Qinzai had put forward the concept of a great voyage. On the basis of the great voyage, Datang must take the land of the peninsula in order to accelerate the completion of the great voyage strategy.

It’s a bit convoluted, but to put it simply, Wa, Baekje, Silla and Goguryeo, these countries must be completely controlled by the Tang Dynasty, just like the overseas military bases of the US military in later generations, there is a reason for their existence, it is inevitable lack.

With Li Qinzai's advice in a few words, Li Zhi went through the original world map in his mind, and then fully understood what Li Qinzai meant.

Li Zhi's eyes gradually became excited.

Li Qinzai once again succeeded in persuading him.

"So, Jingchu felt that after the destruction of Goguryeo, my master Tang Dynasty should take Silla again?"

Li Qinzai smiled and said: "From the geographical point of view, although there are good ports along the coast of Silla Kingdom, in fact, the mouth of the sea is blocked by the Kingdom of Wa, and the location is not as good as the seaport to the east of the Kingdom of Wa. It looks like a chicken rib, and it is suitable to choose."

"However, when Goguryeo and Baekje were destroyed and the Wa Kingdom was completely controlled by the Tang Dynasty, there was only one Silla Kingdom left in the huge Haidong Peninsula that was not under the control of the Datang Dynasty, and the Silla Kingdom had hidden evil intentions. It’s hard to say what troubles it will bring to Datang in the future.”

"There is another advantage of the Great Tang's destruction of Silla. If Silla is destroyed, the east side of the Great Tang will be safe from now on, and there will be no need to worry about any foreign forces. From then on, the strategic focus of the Great Tang will shift to the west, and there will be no fear of fire in the backyard. , Datang can also enjoy the huge dividends brought by sailing to the east."

"Your Majesty, the bonus of sailing is absolutely unimaginable to you, and it can't even be described with specific figures."

"Conversely, if these countries on the peninsula are not destroyed, Datang will certainly not be able to bypass these countries while exploring the world, and we will have to share the dividends we get with them. It may only be [-]% or even less in the Datang treasury..."

These words finally succeeded in detonating Li Zhi's anger.

"Divide the bonus of profiting me, dreaming! They are delusional!" Li Zhi said angrily.

As he said that, Li Zhi's eyes were full of murderous intent: "After the destruction of Goguryeo, the king of the Tang army went all the way south, and he must take the whole peninsula. The Silla Kingdom lost its ministers first, and I defeated the country that did not have ministers. Famous, in short, whoever dares to share the dividends of my voyage is my sworn enemy!"

Li Qinzai laughed. In the final analysis, benefits move people's hearts, and at the same time, benefits can also make people kill people, and the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was no exception.

Today, I broke the truth with Li Zhi, crushed it, and told him. Li Zhi was still hesitant to do anything to Silla.

However, when the huge benefit of "navigation bonus" was placed in front of Li Zhi, Li Zhi finally became restless.

In the face of national interests, close relatives can be killed, let alone an overseas Dongyi with hidden evil intentions.

These years, Li Zhi was really short of money. Why didn't he want to fight in all directions like his father and expand the territory? However, Li Shimin exhausted the country during his reign. No matter the population, wealth or resources, they were all in the Zhenguan Year. It is almost consumed in foreign military use.

Even though Li Zhi was ambitious after he ascended the throne, he had to adopt a recuperation policy to allow the treasury and the people to recover some strength. Therefore, Li Zhi used foreign troops pitifully infrequently for more than ten years since he ascended the throne.

Even if they use troops, they can only fight local small-scale wars, and they can't fight a big war at all. For example, Li Qinzai once conquered Tuyuhun, for example, the more famous Xue Rengui's three arrows fixed the Tianshan Mountains, and the nine-surname Tie Le, etc. In fact, they only It can be regarded as a small-scale war.

So Li Zhi has always been very aggrieved. A penny is hard for a hero, but also hard for an ambitious emperor.

If the imperial court had sufficient money and food, Li Zhi would have been riding on Tubo's neck to shit, and by the way, he would have woken up Lu Dongzan with a dip in yellow urine, so why did he endure it until today.

In addition to bringing new species to Datang, the great voyage strategy proposed by Li Qinzai actually has the greater advantage that it can bring endless dividends to Datang.

This bonus is the biggest reason for Li Zhi to make up his mind to agree to the navigation strategy.To put it bluntly, it is actually colonial plunder.

Quanzhou in the southeast has started shipbuilding, and the naval officers and men of Datang are also slowly expanding and practicing. Coupled with Li Qinzai's world map, everything is advancing in an orderly manner, and the dividends of sailing are not far away.

At this juncture, whoever dares to share Li Zhi's bonus, Li Zhi will definitely fight with him.

I want to fight big battles, I want to surpass the former emperor in the matter of opening up territories, I also want to build palaces and gardens, I also want to give benefits to the people, so that I can leave the name of "benevolent emperor and holy emperor" in the history books good name...

All of this requires endless money.

In the face of huge interests, what is Silla?
Doesn't even count as an idiom?

Don't hesitate to kill it!

"Jingchu, I think we can start planning for the destruction of Silla." Li Zhi said in a gloomy tone: "When Wang Shidong conquered Goguryeo, the layout for Silla must be carried out at the same time, so that after the destruction of Goguryeo, It perfectly connects with the battle of destroying Silla."

Li Qinzai bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for overstepping, the minister has already started to make arrangements."

"Oh? How does Jingchu arrange?"

"Last night, I promised the Japanese envoy Fujiwara Yoshino that the Tang Dynasty can consider loosening the ties to the Japanese country, but the condition is that the Japanese country immediately recruits young men from the country to go to sea to provoke the Silla country, and land in Silla to create friction between the two countries and brew the cloud of war. .”

"The end of the battle to destroy Silla, I thought it could be handed over to the Wa Kingdom, and the Tang Dynasty would not be infamous for being unkind."

"The war between the two countries has reached a point where it cannot be controlled. The Tang Dynasty intervened strongly in the name of the suzerain to mediate. Wang Shi naturally settled in Silla, and the Wa country retreated."

As he spoke, Li Qinzai sighed sadly, and said: "Who knows that the sky has no eyes, the war between the two countries has just been mediated by the Tang Dynasty, and the leader of Silla died suddenly, and the Tang Dynasty had to support another puppet to be the leader..."

"However, after all, the puppet is still a little bit weak, and the incompetence in governing the country has caused public grievances everywhere, so the new ruler had to ask Tang to attach him, just like Tuyuhun. After three requests and three requests from the whole country and subjects, Datang reluctantly brought Silla into its territory. ..."

Li Qinzai spread his hands, and said innocently: "In this way, the whole peninsula has somehow become the Tang Dynasty. The world is unpredictable, and the sea has changed. Your majesty is wise. Those who have attained the Tao will help, and God will reward them generously."

After Li Qinzai finished speaking, Li Zhi and Empress Wu were stunned. The couple looked at each other in blank dismay, and didn't say anything for a while.

After a long time, Li Zhi stammered: "Jingchu, you came up with such a brazen method?"

"Your Majesty don't need to care about the process, the minister just asked, whether this method works or not, it's over."

The couple were silent again, and after a long time, Empress Wu gritted her teeth: "It works, but...it's too shameless, it sounds shameless, and Datang played the role of a hypocrite."

Li Qinzai had no choice but to sigh, and said: "Then the navigation bonus of our Datang is probably unavoidable..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Zhi slapped his thigh decisively: "Not shameless! Who dares to say shameless?"

"What hypocrite, the suzerain went to the country to act for the heavens, what's wrong with it? Just do it like this!"

(End of this chapter)