Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 295 Peninsula Raiders
Gao Ming is not only good at bullshit, but also good at forcing cuteness, and the effect is not so good. Looking at the strange expressions on the faces of Li Shimin and the three of them, Gao Ming immediately knew that he had succeeded.

"Ahem...well...I just want to liven up the atmosphere, hehe!"

"..."

Li Shimin had known for a long time that Gao Ming was a bit out of tune in private, so he was not surprised by his behavior, but just shook his head helplessly.

"Gao Ming, I asked you here today because I have something to ask you, please sit down first!"

"Yes!"

Gao Ming was also polite, and sat down after hearing Li Shimin's words.

After Gao Ming sat down, Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin also sat down, only then did Li Shimin speak again.

"Last month, Goguryeo and Baekje attacked Silla and captured more than 40 cities. Silla is a vassal state of our Tang Dynasty, so I sent envoys to make Goguryeo retreat, but Yuan Gai Su Wen's refusal."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin glanced at Gao Ming, but found that Gao Ming's face did not change a bit, and he frowned immediately.

"Gao Ming, are you listening to what I said?"

"Listening!"

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Gao Ming nodded.

"I listened very carefully, but I didn't understand what you wanted to express."

Hearing Gao Ming's answer, Li Shimin frowned even deeper.

"Yuan Gai Suwen is so rampant, he really doesn't take me seriously, and he doesn't take Datang seriously, I plan to punish him!"

"Uh……"

Hearing that Li Shimin said that he wanted to conquer Goguryeo, Gao Ming was stunned for a moment.

"are you serious?"

"Ok!"

Seeing Li Shimin nodding with a serious expression, Gao Ming scratched his head immediately, with a hint of distress on his face.

"Is this a historical necessity?"

In fact, according to historical records, Li Shimin did conquer Goguryeo in the 17th year of Zhenguan, but there are actually many objective reasons, because there are too many facts that happened in the 17th year of Zhenguan.

First was the death of Wei Zheng, then the rebellion of Qi Wang Li You and Prince Li Chengqian, and then the death of Changle Princess Li Lizhi. Anesthetized himself, so he chose Yujia to conquer Goguryeo himself.

Since Gao Ming came to Datang, although Wei Zheng still died of illness, he stopped Li You's rebellion in time, and also eliminated the calamity of Jin Dan, saving the lives of Li Mingda and Li Lizhi.

From this point of view, Gao Ming also protected Li Shimin and prevented him from being severely traumatized again.

In other words, Li Shimin does not need to rely on the conquest of Goguryeo to anesthetize himself, but why would he still make the same choice as in history?
Thinking of this, Gao Ming frowned immediately.

"Old man, to be honest, I don't have a good opinion of Goguryeo, but I also don't have a good impression of Silla. In my eyes, they are all sticks, so I don't think they should be conscripted."

Hearing Gao Ming's explanation, before Gao Ming could speak, Li Ji stood up immediately, and then cupped his fists towards Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness, Silla is a vassal state of my Tang Dynasty. If we sit idly by, who will really belong to us in the future? That's why I feel that we should send troops to conquer Goguryeo!"

As soon as Li Ji finished speaking, Cheng Yaojin also stood up.

"His Royal Highness, my old Cheng also thinks that Mao Gong is right. Now our Tang Dynasty has a strong army and a strong treasury, which is enough to defeat Goguryeo."

Seeing the serious faces of the two, Gao Ming immediately laughed.

"Haha, you two uncles, don't get excited, I didn't say no to fighting, I meant not to fight now!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin also became interested.

"Then tell me, when will you be able to fight!"

"When Goguryeo and Baekje annex Silla!"

Having said that, Gao Ming immediately grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth.

"As the saying goes, the mantis catches the cicada and the oriole is behind. After Goguryeo and Baekje annexed Silla, before they recovered, we annexed them with one sentence, and turned the peninsula into the land of our Tang Dynasty, once and for all!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin's eyes suddenly showed emotion, but Li Ji frowned again.

"His Royal Highness, my Tang Dynasty is a state of benevolence and righteousness, so annexing a vassal state is really damaging the prestige of my Tang Dynasty, it is inappropriate!"

Li Shimin is also a person who cares about his reputation, so after hearing Li Ji's words, he nodded immediately.

"Mao Gong's words are indeed reasonable, and what's more, this incident is all the fault of Yuan Gai Su Wen. If annexation is carried out, I'm afraid it will attract criticism."

Seeing that Li Shimin was shaken, Gao Ming immediately sighed.

"Hey... old man, thanks to you claiming to be the emperor of the real dragon, do you know what a dragon is?"

"Ok?"

Hearing Gao Ming's sudden question, Li Shimin frowned immediately.

"Gao Ming, what do you mean by that?"

Seeing that Li Shimin seemed a little unhappy, Gao Ming immediately shook his head, then stood up.

"Dragon has been my Chinese totem since ancient times, so every generation of emperors claims to be the real dragon emperor, but since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed the Confucianism of all schools, many people ignored the nature of the dragon."

Having said that, Gao Ming slowly walked in front of Li Shimin, and met his eyes.

"The dragon's nature is evil!"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, although Li Shimin's face didn't change much, his pupils shrank instantly, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Looking into Li Shimin's eyes, Gao Ming's mouth suddenly curled into a smile, and then he turned to look at Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin.

"The dragon is an ancient mythical beast. It possesses great power. It can overwhelm rivers and seas, let floods submerge the earth, and slaughter common people at every turn. Therefore, dragons are evil gods!"

Having said that, Gao Ming turned around again, and looked at Li Shimin with a smile on his face.

"However, no matter how vicious a dragon is, it will not destroy its lair. Datang is your lair, but Goguryeo and Silla are not. They can only be regarded as food for dragons at best."

Hearing Gao Ming comparing himself to Jackie Chan, Li Shimin's eyes flashed with joy. In order to make him make up his mind, Gao Ming decided to add another fire.

"The reserves of gold and iron ore in the peninsula are very high. As long as we can swallow it, my Tang Dynasty will not have to worry about the empty treasury for at least 100 years. Besides, old man, didn't you want to renovate the palace a long time ago?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Shimin's eyes lit up.

"Goguryeo and Silla are really that rich?"

"Ok!"

Seeing that Li Shimin was tempted, Gao Ming nodded immediately.

"It's very rich, not only their treasury, but mainly the gold and iron mines that haven't been mined. Those are the big ones, so as long as you can win the peninsula, let alone renovate your bedroom, even if you rebuild it several times. no problem!"

"it is good!"

After hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin immediately clapped his hands "slap".

"Then as Gao Ming said, after Goguryeo annexes Silla, we will intervene in the name of helping Silla restore the country. After defeating Silla and Baekje, we will support a puppet to be the king of Silla. The peninsula merged into Datang."

Li Shimin is worthy of being a veteran in the political arena. He quickly came up with a proper solution, which not only gained benefits, but also did not cause his reputation to be too bad.

To put it bluntly, after finishing the mounting, the archway was also built by the way.

But these clever people don't care. In his opinion, as long as they can swallow the peninsula, it will be enough to save them from being disgusted by those sticks.

In order to solve the problem thoroughly, Gao Ming also proposed a feasible solution.

"Well... I think that after we annex the peninsula, we will encourage the people of our Tang Dynasty to migrate there, and then assimilate them. We can promise that anyone who is willing to go will get [-] acres of land!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, not only Li Shimin, but also Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin were shocked.

"Two hundred acres?"

There is a reason why they were so shocked, because in Datang, only at the beginning, farmers could obtain one hundred acres of land, but with the increase of population, the per capita arable land in Datang today is less than one hundred acres.

Especially in places like Chang'an, many people only have three or four acres of arable land, and this is the result of Gao Ming's land reform, otherwise these lands would not be in the hands of farmers.

Now Gao Ming said that anyone who goes to the peninsula will be given [-] mu of land, which made Li Shimin frown immediately.

"Does the peninsula have that much land?"

"Have!"

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Gao Ming nodded.

"The peninsula has more than 20 square kilometers of land, or [-] million mu of land!"

"Three hundred million mu!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, not only Li Shimin, but also Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin's eyes widened.

"There are so many!"

Obviously, they didn't expect that the small peninsula would have so much land, especially Cheng Yaojin, who was already gearing up.

"Your Majesty, when will we send troops to Yuan Gai Suwen?"

Cheng Yaojin is a general, and the meritorious service of a general is to expand the territory. Now Gao Ming said that the peninsula has [-] million mu of land, which made him a little restless.

And Li Ji's eyes were also beating with excitement, but he was calmer than Cheng Yaojin. After hearing Gao Ming's words, he immediately asked questions.

"His Royal Highness said that the peninsula has [-] million mu of land, is this really true?"

"Of course!"

After getting Gao Ming's affirmative answer, Li Ji nodded immediately, and then bowed his hands to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, if you attack Goguryeo, please let the humble officials lead the army!"

If Gao Ming used gold and iron ore to impress Li Shimin before, then this time Li Ji was moved by the land of the peninsula, because no matter what, his essence is still a military general, and the essence of a military general is to defend the country and open up the country. Frontiers!
Seeing that Li Ji had called for the fight, Li Shimin immediately burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha, well, since even Maogong thinks this battle is feasible, then it's decided, Maogong, send out scouts, and report back immediately if they find that Goguryeo has annexed Silla."

"Yes!"

After ordering Li Ji, Li Shimin turned his head to look at Gao Ming again.

"Gao Ming, I named you Tiance Admiral. Once Goguryeo and Baekje annex Silla, you will lead the army to break through the peninsula in one fell swoop, so that the world will know that I am the son of the Li family, hahahahaha!"

"Uh……"

Looking at Li Shimin who was laughing out loud, Gao Ming was dumbfounded.

Admiral Tiance?What the hell?

(End of this chapter)