Great Tang princess

Chapter 139 Li Zhi wants to beat Silla
Li Yuechen took off his Taoist robe, thought for a while, and changed into a black uniform to visit Yan Liben's residence.

She is a princess, so naturally she couldn't wear white, so she changed into a black dress to show her condolences.

The carriage stopped outside Yan Liben's house, and when he saw Li Yuechen coming down, Bu Qu, who was on duty at the gate, immediately ran back to inform his family that someone was coming from the palace.

Another trilogy hurriedly saluted, and then respectfully invited Li Yuechen into his home.

When he came to the courtyard, Yan Liben's family members also came out to greet him.

"Excuse me, everyone!" Li Yuechen raised his hand, "I am here this time to represent the Emperor and Empress to offer incense to express my condolences."

After burning the incense, Li Yuechen bowed his head in silence for a few seconds, then turned around and prepared to leave.

The other officials who came to pay their respects all turned their heads to salute her from a distance, Li Yuechen also nodded slightly in response, and then left.

After returning to the palace in the carriage, Li Yuechen did not go directly to the Anfu Hall, but turned around and went to the newspaper office.

Princess Yiyang and Shangguan Wan'er are already sorting out the manuscripts for the next issue.

Shangguan Wan'er raised her head: "His Royal Highness, Lord Yan passed away, but..."

"Yeah." Li Yuechen nodded, "Let me take a look after sorting it out."

Then he sat down without saying a word and continued to write the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Back at Anfu Hall in the evening, Fulai came to report again: "Your Highness, the candidate for the news stand has been found."

"No problem?" Li Yuechen raised his head and asked.

Fu Lai nodded: "Don't worry, Your Highness, two are widows, and they make a living by helping others with needlework. The other is a retired government soldier, who is old now, has no children, and lives in poverty."

Li Yuechen nodded after listening: "Okay, let's arrange it like this."

……

On the first day of November, the second issue of Datang Daily was officially launched.

Since there are already newsstands in the three cities, the children don't have to go there, but sell along the street in other places.

Perhaps because of the experience gained last time, the sales volume of the newspaper was significantly higher this time.

Even those who couldn't read said they wanted to buy a copy, so that they could recite it for the help of the literate kid next door.

At the same time, in the teahouse and wine shop, many people were holding newspapers, and when they saw the news of Yan Liben's death, they expressed their regrets.

The emergence of newspapers undoubtedly gave a signal to the people that anyone can discuss political affairs.

So it's not a big deal now that people on the street talk to each other about these things.

It is absolutely impossible for such things as newspapers to be published without the emperor's permission.

In the evening, the sales statistics also came out, about [-]% higher than last time.

Li Yuechen feels that this number should be about the same. After all, the literacy rate is so low, this number must not be too high.

It seems that there will be another shop selling paper in Nanshi, which should improve the literacy rate in a few years.

Seeing that it was already November, and the Chinese New Year would be two months away, everything in the palace began to get a little busy.

After Li Yuechen's guidance, Princess Yiyang, who is now the chief editor of the newspaper, and Shangguan Wan'er, the chief writer and editor, already understand how to write newspaper articles, so she doesn't need to be here to stare at them every day.

The blast furnace experiment on Mangshan Mountain is still going on. The good news is that the production rate of high-quality steel has indeed increased a lot; the bad news is that it is only a lot, and it has not yet reached a surprising scale.

Li Yuechen didn't care, at least it showed that the direction was right, and the next step was to slowly improve and improve.

She does not need her to produce soap and glass outside the city, and Laicao will report to Fulai on a regular basis.

She just needs to check if there is any problem with the accounts when she is free, and she doesn't need to do the rest herself.

During the recent period, Li Yuechen, apart from going to the prison gate guards to find Geng Yunqiang for actual combat training every now and then, still followed his previous habit of going to his master Liu Rengui to do military exercises on the sand table every few days.

With the understanding of many heavy weapons of this era, there are also many weapon pieces such as flying towers or bed crossbows on the sand table.

To say that the only thing that makes Li Yuechen feel a little funny is that now Liu Rengui accompanies him to do actual combat training less and less.

Originally, it would come every five or six days, but at the end of November, it was said that it was better to come once every half a month.

However, at the beginning of December, she said that since the guards usually accompany her to train, the master only needs to do it once a month.

Li Yuechen also knew that he was too old to do these strenuous exercises, so he didn't say anything, but obediently nodded in agreement.

After two years of Li Yuechen's research on grain production has achieved great results, Li Zhi's mind began to come alive again.

On the sixth day of December, it was very cold.

Li Zhi called a group of ministers to the Hall of Renshou and began to discuss the matter of beating Silla.

But at the same time, Li Yuechen was also called, and the reason was that, as Liu Rengui's apprentice, she should also listen.Besides, the princess was smart since she was a child, so she might be able to come up with some good ideas.

The emperor said so, and the ministers naturally couldn't have any opinions, so they sat down obediently after saluting.

Seeing that Zhang Chengxin didn't come in, Li Yuechen lit the small stove and started making tea.

Qibi Heli, who was closest to her, saw it, and immediately stretched out his hand to stop him: "Hey? How can His Royal Highness do this kind of rough work? Let me do it!"

"You'd better sit down obediently, old man, and don't spoil the saint's good tea!" Pei Xingjian laughed.

Liu Rengui next to him was about to raise his hand to help, but Li Yuechen stopped him with a smile: "Master, please sit down too. Although I am a princess, I am still a junior, so there is no problem."

Seeing this scene, Li Zhi and his wife only smiled with a slightly proud expression, and didn't say much.

The daughter's actions can also be said to be a corporal in place of the emperor.

With a proud smile undisguised, Li Zhi leaned on the back of the chair, twirling the health ball in his hand, and started the topic: "Since the reign of Zhenguan, Silla has been attacked by Baekje and Goryeo many times. Soldiers help them attack them. However, now that Baekje and Goryeo have been destroyed, Silla's ambitions have expanded, and it has repeatedly violated our Tang border!"

"In the past few years, disasters continued, and the ministers advised me not to use swords, and I agreed. But now that my Tang's grain production has increased, I feel that it is almost time!"

Li Zhi's expression was very serious, and he even gritted his teeth a little at the end.

It's normal to think about it. In the past few years when the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goryeo, Silla not only sent troops to reinforce it, but also occupied the old place of Baekje at the same time.

And also took in a large number of people from Goryeo who fled to Silla, including An Shun who led the rebellion a few years ago.

Li Zhi was very angry in his heart. I have been helping you many times since the Zhenguan period, but now you are causing trouble for me instead!

Li Yuechen could understand the anger in his father's heart. He had read a lot of books over the years, and he had a general understanding of the history of that period.

To put it simply, when Taejong just came to the throne, Queen Seondeok of Silla was attacked by Baekje and Goryeo jointly, so she asked Li Er for help: "Korea and Baekje blocked me from paying tribute to you. , what do you say?"

At that time, Li Er also had a headache. After all, when he first came to the throne, Datang was almost a mess, with a lot of waste to do, and no energy to fight.

Not to mention that during that period, there was a lot of public grievances because of the Sui Yang Emperor's affairs, and some people wrote a poem about it, called "Don't Go to Liaodong to Give the Head Song".

But even so, Li Er still sent an envoy to strongly condemn Goryeo!
It's just that as soon as the envoy left, they continued to attack Silla. Silla continued to ask for help, and Li Er continued to send envoys to condemn.

The three parties did not give up on each other's mating dolls, and Queen Seonde begged Li Er for help for two years.Li Er also sent envoys to condemn him for two years.

As the political situation in Datang stabilized, Silla also really embraced Datang's thigh and stabilized accordingly.

Later, Queen Jindeok of Silla succeeded to the throne, continued to hug her father Li Zhi's thigh, and wrote a poem.

It probably means that the Tang Dynasty is awesome, and by the way, it contains some barbarians who should be punished by heaven.

At that time, the father was very happy to add V to their certification, but he didn't expect it to swell to this point in just a short time.

Speaking of which, the envoy sent by Silla in the first year of Yonghui is the current king of Silla, Kim Famin.

Seeing the gritted teeth of his father, Li Yuechen saw that the time was almost up, and quickly poured out the tea soup and placed it in front of him respectfully: "Grandfather, drink tea."

"Ok!"

Seeing the adorable smile on his daughter's face, Li Zhi also smiled.

The health ball in his hand turned slightly, turned his head and said: "Now the food problem has been solved, and there are no other worries. I plan to send troops to crusade against Silla. Dear friends, what do you think?"

Qibi Heli waved his hand carelessly: "Your Majesty wants to fight, so let's fight. I would like to invite you to fight!"

Liu Rengui and others also felt that it was okay to fight now, since there was nothing going on in Datang anyway.

So they all saluted and asked for a fight.

Seeing that the generals all expressed that they could fight, Li Zhi nodded in satisfaction: "Then..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly stopped talking, turned his head to look at Li Yuechen: "Taiping thinks, who should be sent to fight?"

"Ok?"

Li Yuechen was taken aback for a moment, "Why are you asking me?"I am your daughter, not your executive deputy emperor!
However, he reacted quickly with a grin: "If you ask me, I will naturally think that Master is the most suitable to go out! By the way, I can follow along to see!"

To be honest, she really wanted to see it.

There is no need to worry about safety issues. In fact, a coach like Liu Rengui usually does not go to the battlefield in person. Most of the time, he observes the battle situation from the rear and issues orders at any time.

So as long as you can follow the master and observe the battlefield, it will be fine.

Master also said before that ten years of hard training is not as good as the last battle. Even if you don't fight the enemy in person, or stand by and watch, it is also a kind of baptism for the spirit.

However, as soon as the words came out, I heard my father and master rejecting in unison: "No!"

Originally, Wu Zetian also planned to say it, but just as he was about to open his mouth, the two of them had already said it.

"Why?" Li Yuechen asked a little puzzled.

Liu Rengui replied: "His Royal Highness is still young now, and the march has been long and bumpy..."

Li Zhi next to him also nodded: "Yes, although you have been practicing martial arts since childhood, it is not yet time for you to go into battle to kill the enemy. If you really want to, when you grow up in the future, I will order someone to build you a set of high-quality armor. Say it again."

Damn, I didn't want to go into battle to kill the enemy!After all, I'm also a princess. I don't need to do things like killing people in person, do I?

I just wanted to go and have a look, I didn't want to go in person.

"I……"

Li Yuechen was about to explain, but saw his mother staring over with wide-eyed eyes.It seemed that as long as he dared to say one more nonsense, he would immediately rush over and beat him to death.

Seeing his mother's appearance, Li Yuechen closed his open mouth again, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and obediently continued to pour tea for his father.

Although he rejected his daughter's request, Li Zhi still nodded his head: "I also feel that Mr. Liu has rich experience and is indeed the best candidate for this time!"

After the emperor's words fell, Liu Rengui got up and took orders.

At the same time, I thought in my heart that I was finally able to go out for a while, and it is best to fight this battle for a longer time, I would rather go to the battlefield than be a training partner for my apprentice!
……

After the meeting, the father let them go back without saying to keep them for a meal, and told Master Liu Rengui to get ready and send troops after the Chinese New Year.

At noon, the couple left their daughter to eat here, and also called the prince Li Hong.

While eating, I told Li Hong about his plan to beat up Silla, and asked his opinion.

Li Hong said that it is good to listen to his father in everything, and he will fight if his father says to fight.

Li Zhi shook his head while listening, and even Li Yuechen shook his head inwardly.It's good for you to listen to your father, but as a prince, it's better to express your own opinion at this time, right?

It doesn't matter even if you say something wrong, the emperor can teach you.Otherwise, if you become an emperor in the future, no one will be able to teach you these things...

Li Zhi turned his head and asked his wife's opinion.

Wu Zetian thought for a while: "I remember, Jin Famin's younger brother should be serving in Beijing, right? If he is made the king of Silla, he will be sent back to the country when he sends troops..."

Li Yuechen who was sitting opposite was slightly taken aback, and couldn't help but stop for a moment as he stuffed the mutton into his mouth.

Damn, this move is cruel enough!It should be said that my mother really deserves to be the champion of this year's palace fighting, and it's no wonder that the evaluation of her by later generations is always inseparable from the word vicious. I have to say that this trick is really sinister.

While sending troops to fight, he sent his younger brother back to seize power.

Regardless of whether it can be done or not, at least it can distract Jin Famin's attention on a large scale. When the time comes, under internal and external troubles, he can easily beat him so that his mother doesn't even know him!
But having said that, this is indeed a good strategy.

Li Zhi nodded after listening, and looked at Prince Li Hong: "What does Hong Er think of this plan?"

"A Niang is a great talent, but a child is not as good as her!" Li Hong replied respectfully.

Li Zhi smiled: "You, you still need to learn more in the future..."

"Kid remember Grandpa's teachings! Cough... Why did you kick me, Yuechen?"

"Ah?" Li Yuechen looked confused, "Brother, did you read it wrong? How could I kick my brother?"

Seeing the innocent expression on his sister's face, Li Hong frowned in doubt. Could it be true?

Li Zhi and his wife next to her looked at their daughter appreciatively.

(End of this chapter)