This prince, it doesn't matter if you don't do it!

Chapter 445 Volume [-]: Li Chengqian's Bombshell!

A lot of things don't have answers and don't need answers.

Because everyone knows very well that there must be a reason for the countries in the Western Regions to do this.

It's just that they don't know it.

On this occasion, no one would ask the envoys from the Western Regions, but in private, everyone would definitely try to find out.

Their missions to the Ming court this time actually have their own purposes.

For example, Xue Yantuo, at this moment Xue Yantuo's emissary chatted with the officials of the household department.

Inside and outside the words are all about Daming's ordnance.

Not only them, but Tubo, Goguryeo, and even Japan have this idea.

Needless to say, Daming's ordnance is indeed ahead of this era.

Of course, Daming was more vague.

This thing can be sold, but how to sell it, who to sell it to, and how much to sell it is still open to discussion.

But what is certain is that it will definitely sell.

At the end of the war, the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty urgently needed to revive business, economy and people's livelihood, and the real profitable business must be military equipment. As a later generation, Li Chengqian knew this best.

Relatively speaking, the purchasing power of the country is definitely greater than that of individuals.

The key is the quantity!

Moreover, only the state machinery can gather the supplies they urgently need so quickly.

After about an hour or so, the banquet was over.

Everyone dispersed.

It can be regarded as a home away from home.

After they dispersed, Li Chengqian gathered Pusiruo and others together, and no one knew what they were discussing.

And the missions of various countries also came together in twos and threes.

Among them, Tubo and Xue Yantuo walked the closest.

Only Gu Jianzhang of the Great Zhao Wangting seemed a little alone.

In fact, he was unwilling to go to Daming. Li Chengqian had left a deep impression on him before. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was a little afraid of Li Chengqian.

But the life of Da Zhao Wang Ting is not easy now, and the Daming Wang Ting who lives next door is their biggest reliance now.

Furthermore, Li Yuanjing also wanted to get a little return from Li Chengqian through this mission.

Not only him, but all countries probably have this idea.

What the Ming court is most famous for, of course, is the craftsmanship of the Ming Dynasty.

Regardless of whether it is ordnance or other things, anyway, this will be a profitable business.

In the temporary embassy, ​​Lu Dongzan and Xue Yantuo's envoy are inviting each other for a drink.

"Unexpectedly, in just one year, the imperial court of Ming Dynasty has really become a climate." Lu Dongzan picked up his wine glass and shook his head for no reason.

Xue Yantuo's envoy also shook his head and said, "If you had been able to put some pressure on Li Chengqian from the south, it would be impossible for Daming to take down Tuyuhun so quickly."

From their standpoint, of course they don't want Daming to annex Tuyuhun.

If Tuyuhun continued to occupy this land, at best it would be a toothless wolf.

But the Ming court was different, it was a fierce tiger that had entered the forest.

If given a choice, they would certainly like to be neighbors with Tuyuhun.

"We underestimated Li Chengqian." Lu Dong sighed and said, "This prince of the Tang Dynasty was on guard against me from the very beginning, and even secretly supported Su Pi for this reason.

If it weren't for Li Chengqian's secret interference, I would have unified Tubo long ago. "

During this period of time, they were often entangled by Su Pi.

If it wasn't for Su Pi, when Daming and Tuyuhun were in full-scale war, they would definitely go north to help.

It's not that they have any enmity with the Daming royal court, but that this is why they agree with their interests.

Wars have always served various interests.

"It can only be said that Murong Fuyun's fate has come." Xue Yantuo's emissary smiled wryly, "In other words, Li Chengqian does have the style of being his father.

Maybe he secretly supported West Turks and Subi in the first place, just to hold you and me together.

Not to mention, it really made him do it.

In the future, this plateau may not be very flat. "

"Yeah, it's too peaceful." Lu Dongzan said, "Not to mention that his Ming Dynasty still relies on the Tang Dynasty, just the Daming after annexing Tuyuhun is already not to be underestimated, let alone the Western Turks are still taking the initiative attached.

The future imperial court of Ming Dynasty has become the bridgehead of Tang Dynasty's westward expedition.

This time I am going to Daming, in addition to congratulating Daming, my Zanpu also has an explanation, and I want to ask Xue Yantuo what he means..."

"It's all the same." Before he finished speaking, Xue Yantuo's envoy nodded and said, "My Zhenzhu Khan also meant the same thing, and I'm afraid the future will be difficult.

We all know Datang's ambitions.

After Da Ming completely established itself on the plateau this time, Datang might shift its strategic focus to this side.

To be honest, before I went on a mission, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty had given us Xue Yantuo an ultimatum, either to surrender or to be destroyed. "

Speaking of this, he was also worried.

Lu Dongzan was also taken aback when he heard the words: "The Tang Dynasty is so domineering?"

"Did you know?" Envoy Xue Yantuo breathed out, and said, "The Central Plains Dynasty has always been like this, as long as they stand firm, they would like to stamp the seal of their Great Tang on the buttocks of every cow.

After all, we people, in their eyes, are just aliens after all.

So we're going to..."

"Alliance!" Lu Dongzan nodded emphatically.

He understands this truth, and this is also the purpose of his mission to Ming Dynasty. "Originally, our idea was that our two countries, plus Western Turks and Goguryeo, form an alliance to fight against the Tang Dynasty. As a result, Western Turks..."

"Hmph, Ashina Nishi, with long hair but short knowledge, actually rushes to join Li Chengqian.

But when it comes to alliances, I do have a suitable candidate. After the envoy Xue Yantuo finished speaking, he smiled mysteriously.

Lu Dongzan pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "You mean the Great Zhao Wangting?"

"Yes, it's them. Although the Great Zhao Wang Ting's strength is not very good, but his identity is sensitive, and forming an alliance with them is beneficial to us and has no harm."

This is something they have long thought about.

Li Yuanjing was indeed someone they could win over.

This guy is different from Li Chengqian. It is inevitable that Li Chengqian has his back to the Tang Dynasty, but since Li Yuanjing established his own royal court, he basically broke away from the Tang Dynasty system.

There are many benefits to forming an alliance with him.

Lu Dongzan nodded, he understood the truth: "By the way, what are you going to do about Datang's ultimatum?"

"How can I deal with it? Let's delay it first." Speaking of this, he was quite helpless.

However, dragging words is an established policy that they have planned for a long time.

"It's okay to delay for the time being." Lu Dongzan said, "Datang is now using troops against Goguryeo, and after the previous battle, the Ming Dynasty probably needs to recuperate. The prestige of victory is just a lip service."

They still have preconceived notions that Daming is actually the bridgehead for the Great Tang's Western Expedition.

But this is also normal, after all, who would have thought that the dignified prince of the Tang Dynasty would have the idea of ​​establishing his own family.

This is more or less a sense of déjà vu that my brain was kicked by a donkey.

It is obvious that you can play badly and win the most powerful empire in the world, but you still need to work hard?

This is thinking differently.

Li Chengqian felt that only what he actually held in his hand was his own.

Datang may be his, but it may not be his.

That being the case, before it is 100% confirmed, it is better to manage your own Daming well.

Saying that, the two went to find the envoy of Goguryeo together.

When they were discussing forming an alliance to fight against the Tang Dynasty, Duan Lun was not idle. He still remembered the main purpose of his mission this time, and immediately asked to see Li Chengqian again.

Regarding Duan Lun, Li Chengqian was still very polite, and when he learned that he asked to see him, he said to everyone: "Do as the king ordered first, remember, don't be in a hurry.

After the war, our most important thing is to restore people's livelihood. "

When all the officials heard the words, they all bowed and saluted. After they all left, Li Chengqian summoned Duan Lun.

Not long after, Duan Lun came in, and without waiting for Duan Lun to salute, Li Chengqian walked up in three steps and two steps, held up Duan Lun who was about to salute, and said with a smile: "Is there any outsider here? Besides, if this is going to be passed back to let my aunt know, how can my little nephew dare to come to the door?"

Duan Lun's wife is Princess Gaomi, Li Er's sister.

As I said before, half of the court in Chang'an is the in-laws of the Li family. This is not an exaggeration.

"Courtesy cannot be discarded." Duan Lun smiled, but did not insist.

Li Chengqian was willing to show a little more intimacy, so of course he would not refuse the door.

"Your Highness has really grown a lot in the past year or so."

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Let's go for a walk?"

He knew why Duan Lun came to find him, and he didn't really mind about it, or rather, he himself was looking forward to it.

No way, that's the way it is.

If Daming doesn't have officials from those aristocratic families, he wants to return to Datang to become the throne in the future, hehe, let's go to sleep.

No matter who it is, when it's time to compromise, they must compromise.

Duan Lun brought so many people this time, to put it bluntly, it was actually a kind of recognition from those aristocratic families in Datang.

"Then accompany His Highness for a walk." Duan Lun said with a smile, he was not in a hurry.

Li Chengqian would definitely accept it with pleasure. Not only him, but everyone in the Tang Dynasty knew this.

It's not a question of whether Li Chengqian lacks people, but Li Chengqian has to do this if he still has the heart to win the Ninth Five-Year Plan.

Soon, under the support of Liu San and others, the two left the city and came to the wall built outside the city: "At the beginning, this wall blocked Dayanmang's tens of thousands of troops."

Li Chengqian patted the city wall lightly, and said, "At that time, I would stand on the top of the city and look inside the city every day. My uncle may not know that during that time, I did not have a peaceful night's sleep.

I always worry that when I wake up one day, Dayan Mangjiebo will be standing at the head of the king's bed.

Hey, no one has even said these words before.

If it wasn't for my uncle's arrival, this king can only keep these words in his heart. "

Duan Lun nodded, standing on the city wall, looking at the traces left by the previous war, he could imagine what kind of tragic war took place here.

Although Li Chengqian had ordered people to fill up the trench dug out by Dayan Mangjiebo, there were still traces of the war.

"It's really not easy." Duan Lun said.

But apart from these few words, he actually didn't know what to say.

Or, what could he say.

After a long time, Duan Lun saw that Li Chengqian still had no intention of opening his mouth, so he said, "Your Highness, this is the end of all hardships. Now that Tuyuhun has been completely annexed, the future Ming court will surely shine."

"I hope." Li Chengqian still looked like he was dying, "By the way, according to what my uncle said before, Chang'an has also developed by leaps and bounds in terms of craftsmanship?"

"There has never been any rapid progress in the craftsmanship of the Tang Dynasty." Speaking of this, Duan Lun said with a smile, "After all, where is the foundation? It was just that people didn't pay attention to it before, but now that they pay attention to it, there is a little progress, which is normal. .

Not long ago, a craftsman had perfected the method of pouring steel, for which His Majesty was very happy. "

This Li Chengqian also heard about it, and I heard that Tao Mingyu had to be made an earl because of this.

This is already a rare generosity.

"Good thing." Li Chengqian said with a smile, "the old saying is good, if a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tool. My Ministry of Industry is currently working on improving the Zhiyuan plow. After the improvement, compared with the existing Zhiyuan plow The shaft plow should be lighter and labor-saving, which can save a lot of manpower and livestock."

"Improve Zhiyuanli?" Duan Lun was stunned when he heard this, "Are you sure?"

As the minister of the Ministry of Industry, he certainly knew that if the Zhiyuanli was really improved, it would have a profound impact on Nongsang.

"Of course there is certainty." Li Chengqian said, "Now we have achieved preliminary results, and we are just waiting for mass production. On the basis of the existing Zhiyuan plow, the work efficiency can be increased by at least twice. We will name it for the time being. Qu Yuanli."

"Quyuanli? Double the work efficiency?" Duan Lun was really shocked.

Although this is just a plowshare, for Datang who is mainly agricultural today, this is definitely a more shocking thing than Liannu. He can imagine how excited Li Er would be when he heard the news.

This is a blockbuster!
Seeing Duan Lun's reaction, Li Chengqian was secretly proud.

fight me?
I'm afraid you don't know, before this king crossed over, he was a handicraft expert, he couldn't compare to you in other things, playing handicrafts, who are you with?
Didn't he know that the reason why Datang made industrial reforms was because Li Er was not convinced.

Otherwise, how could it be possible for the mere irrigation method to be named an earl!

But this is also Li Chengqian's goal.

What he has to do now is to push Datang step by step towards the direction he is familiar with.

This is also to lay the foundation for him to return to Datang to inherit Dabao in the future.

Otherwise, when he returns to Datang, the ruling policy will be very different, so he is just playing a fart.

Since Li Er is so good, let him do it. In the future, he can pick up a ready-made one.

Besides, this kind of competition is not a bad thing for Datang and Daming.

As for Qu Yuanli, Duan Lun was immediately under pressure.

This satisfied him.

Sometimes it's like this, I can't change you, then I will surpass you and force you to change yourself to keep up with me.

"I don't know if I can bring back a pair of Qu Yuanli when I leave?" Duan Lun asked.

If this thing is released in Chang'an, Li Er will definitely put pressure on their Ministry of Industry. This problem has always existed recently.

But Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Uncle, don't worry, after mass production, we will definitely send people to Uncle's house first."

Right now, hehe, he doesn't have any.

But he is not in a hurry, the blueprint can be drawn as soon as he speaks.

What a big deal.

With the blueprints, the general supervisor of the Ming court was made in seconds.

Duan Lun nodded, but still worried.

He knew that Li Er was a competitive person, and he was the same in every respect, so whatever the royal court of the Ming Dynasty did would stimulate Li Er's fragile nerves.

Well, it may be too much to say that Li Er is nervous.

But Li Er is absolutely unwilling to lose to his son, that's for sure.

"By the way, Your Highness." Seeing this, Duan Lun continued, "When the old man came this time, he brought a lot of young people from various families to study in Daming, and they all wanted to experience the culture of the Northwest.

From now on, I'm afraid His Highness will have to worry about it. They are all young people who have read poetry and books from various families. Even if they are placed in the Tang Dynasty, they are still outstanding. "

Finally got to the point.

However, Li Chengqian had no opinion on this, and nodded immediately, and said: "I am the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and it is the time when I need talents. Uncle has done my nephew a great favor this time!"

This kind of thing, everyone knows it well, and there is no need to say it too bluntly.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Duan Lun stopped talking about this issue. What he was thinking about now was Qu Yuanli mentioned by Li Chengqian.

If this thing is to be passed back to the Tang Dynasty as Li Chengqian said, it will definitely lead to a new round of technological innovation.

It's just that he didn't know that even without Li Chengqian, Qu Yuanli would shine in the Tang Dynasty. In the final analysis, this thing was created by the people of Tang Dynasty.

Right now, he also has a headache.

Li Er has made a lot of demands on their Ministry of Industry recently, and this time, there will only be more demands.

In this regard, Li Chengqian could do nothing to help.

From his standpoint, there can only and must be a competitive relationship between Da Ming and Datang, and technological competition is just the first step.

Now that he has won the entire Tuyuhun, he is already preparing for a full-scale competition with Datang.

Still the same sentence, since he can't directly change Datang, he should strengthen himself and let Datang take the initiative to seek changes to keep up with his own footsteps.

He wasn't worried at all about whether Datang would follow in his footsteps.

Without him, even if Datang can't, Li Er can!

That is a person who never admits defeat, especially when he loses to his own son.

In this regard, Li Er has indeed done impeccable.

What's more, Li Er is now in his prime, when he is experiencing the most vigorous experience, even a little pressure can't overwhelm him.

"Okay, since it's all right, let's go back too." Seeing that everything was done, Li Chengqian planned to go back immediately.

After Duan Lun heard the words, he asked again: "By the way, Your Highness, there is one more thing that I can't understand. Please ask Your Highness to clarify?"

"Huh?" Li Chengqian was a little curious, "Uncle, please tell me."

"I really don't understand why the countries in the Western Regions suddenly turned their backs on Tuyuhun?" Duan Lun asked, "It is said that the words His Highness said in the Taiji Hall to control the Western Regions should have spread throughout the Western Regions, and they just Don't worry about Your Highness..."

This is not just his question, the entire Chang'an court has this question.

"Uncle shouldn't ask this king about this." Li Chengqian said with some displeasure when he heard the words, "Uncle should ask who spread my king's words in the Tai Chi Hall to the Western Regions!"

He won't answer this question, mainly because if he answers it, Li Er will probably be pissed off.

Not to mention Li Er, even the civil and military officials of Datang would have to rethink after learning the reason.

Therefore, he deliberately pointed the finger at Chang'an Chaotang.

Duan Lun was also taken aback, this...

He forgot about it.

But there is no way to say this matter. Back then, there were so many people in and out of the court hall, and it was normal for it to spread.

(End of this chapter)