Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 311

Li Shimin is actually a person who likes to show off very much. As long as there is an opportunity to show off, he will usually not miss it. In modern terms, he belongs to the kind of man who wants to pretend and force all the time.

And now, his chance has come.

Drinking fire wine is a very cool way of playing. If in later generations, everyone sees it and shouts "Wow", "It's so cool", and then forgets about it, because everyone knows its principle.

But it was different in Datang, including Li Shimin who had already learned how to drink fire wine, and he didn't know the principle of it. In his opinion, he could drink fire wine because he was Li Shimin.

It was for this reason that when he went to court the next day, he was in a very good mental state, and even the roar of "going to court" was much louder than usual.

The court meeting has begun, and everyone is doing the same as usual, doing whatever they want, discussing matters, impeachment impeachment, and soy sauce continue to do soy sauce.

When everyone had finished talking about the matter, Li Shimin spoke up.

"My dear dears, I want to send troops to subdue Liuqiu and the islands of Luzon Island. What do you like, dear dears?"

This matter was discussed by Li Shimin and Gao Ming yesterday, but dispatching troops is a major national event, so it still needs to be discussed in court.

Moreover, Li Shimin's use of the word "conquer" is equivalent to saying that Liuqiu and Luzon Island are his own from the very beginning, which is also the usual way for monarchs in this era before the war.

After Li Shimin's voice fell, the eldest grandson Wuji, who was the "first brother" of the court, stood up, and then cupped his hands towards Li Shimin.

"May I ask Your Majesty, why did you suddenly send troops to subdue Liuqiu and the islands of Luzon Island?"

As Li Shimin's right-hand man, Changsun Wuji has a certain understanding of Li Shimin. He knows that Li Shimin must have his reasons for doing this, so he did not object at first, but intends to listen to Li Shimin's reasons before making a decision.

Changsun Wuji's thoughts also represented the thoughts of many ministers, so everyone didn't say anything for a while, but waited quietly for Li Shimin to speak.

Seeing the performance of the ministers, Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction.

"My dear friends, Liuqiu and the Luzon Islands are barren lands. Those who resist the Tu people are uncivilized people. As a state of etiquette, our Tang Dynasty should shoulder the responsibility of educating all peoples."

Uncivilized people is a very euphemistic term, it must be ugly, it means savage.

The officials of the Tang Dynasty are very confident. In their view, only the Tang Dynasty is the kingdom of heaven and court, a state of etiquette, and people in other places are savages.

Therefore, when Li Shimin defined people from Liuqiu and the Luzon Islands as savages, there was not even a single person in the court who refuted it. Obviously, everyone agreed with this statement.

Of course, accepting this statement does not mean accepting Li Shimin's decision, so Changsun Wuji spoke again.

"Your Majesty, it is certainly good to educate the people, but now that the national strength of our Tang Dynasty has not yet been restored, and the people still need to recuperate, it is really inappropriate to raise troops rashly. Please think twice, Your Majesty."

Changsun Wuji spoke euphemistically, but the meaning was already expressed very clearly.

"Stop talking about such useless things to me, and quickly bring out the dry goods, otherwise I will definitely disagree!"

Of course Li Shimin heard the meaning of Changsun Wuji's words, and he frowned immediately.

"I understand the meaning of the auxiliary machine. In fact, I also think about it for the people. Now my Tang Dynasty has nearly 350 million households, and more than 2000 million people are waiting for food, but the food in Datang is not enough now. .”

Having said that, Li Shimin laughed again.

"But it's different now. Maybe everyone doesn't know that Liuqiu and Luzon Island are not only fertile, but also can crop three times a year. Once the land is reclaimed and planted, nearly [-] million tons of grain can be harvested a year. , enough for the people of Tang Dynasty to use for two years!"

"Hiss..." Hearing Li Shimin's words, Changsun Wuji's eyes widened immediately: "Forty million tons? How do you know, Your Majesty?"

Seeing Changsun Wuji's surprised look, Li Shimin laughed again.

"Haha, don't worry about how I know, you just know that I won't be playing around with it!"

Li Shimin trusted Gao Ming very much, he believed that Gao Ming would not joke with him about this kind of thing, so he was naturally very confident when he spoke.

At this time, the lower part of the court hall had started to become noisy, and everyone was shocked by the number Li Shimin said.

It may be due to bad luck. Since Li Shimin ascended the throne, there have been frequent disasters in the Tang Dynasty, either drought or locust plagues, so the food in the Tang Dynasty has always been in short supply. Once there is a situation, it will be very troublesome, so Li Shimin can only leave. Prohibition prohibits folks from using grain to make wine, so as to ensure that there is enough grain for emergency.

The ministers also knew about these things, so now that Li Shimin said that Liuqiu and Luzon Island can produce [-] million dans of grain a year, their eyes widened.

"Forty million dan. When the harvest in the south of the Yangtze River was harvested the year before last, there wasn't that much grain, right?"

"No, no, let alone Jiangnan, there is none in the entire Tang Dynasty!"

"That Liuqiu and Luzon Island are simply treasures!"

"Yeah yeah……"

When everyone was discussing, Cheng Yaojin immediately stood up.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead troops to Liuqiu and Luzon Island, and take these two granaries for my Tang Dynasty!"

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

"Your Majesty, I am willing to go. If you don't take this treasure, you will be cast aside by future generations!"

Seeing Cheng Yaojin and Li Ji standing up, the generals immediately came out to ask for a fight. Seeing their eagerness, Li Shimin smiled and nodded immediately, and then looked around.

"About subduing Liuqiu and Luzon Island, dear friends, do you have any other opinions? If not, I will mobilize troops to fight. If I act faster, I may be able to harvest a batch of grain there this year!"

Li Shimin's words were completely copied from Gao Ming's original words, but the effect was surprisingly good. As soon as he finished his words, there were shouts of "My Emperor, Shengming" from the bottom of the court hall.

Obviously, on the issue of food, everyone's opinions are very consistent.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Li Shimin immediately appointed Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin as the commanders-in-chief, and each led an army of [-] to conquer Liuqiu and Luzon Island, and the two naturally accepted the order happily.

For generals, there is nothing more satisfying than fighting.

Looking at the happy faces of Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin, Li Shimin also nodded with a smile.

"Well, the matter of Liuqiu and Luzon Island is over, let's talk about the matter of South Vietnam. According to the report from the Jiaozhou Governor's Mansion, the natives of South Vietnam have often rioted in recent years, and each time has become more serious. The most recent one reached several. Ten thousand people, what do you love dears think?"

(End of this chapter)