Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 263: The Military Affairs of the Three Governorates, Feng Li's Urgent Report
Inside the Haikang Palace, Feng Ang followed Li Yuanji and wanted to move back, but Li Yuanji would not let him.

"Mingda, there is no need to make those gestures. How can your general be like this? Just follow me peacefully."

Li Yuanji did not mind at all about Feng Ang's extraordinary treatment. He really liked Feng Ang very much, and more importantly, he was repaying Feng Ang for his previous help to him.

No matter what Feng Ang's purpose was, when Feng Ang first came to Lingnan, Feng Ang did tell him directly that he would obey his orders, and most importantly, Feng Ang not only said it, but also did it.

Although he asked Li Yuan for permission to make Lingnan his fiefdom, he was not so arrogant as to think that everyone would obey his orders once he arrived.

As the leader of the largest force in Lingnan, Feng Ang's attitude is particularly important.

When he first arrived, things were not peaceful at all. If Feng Ang had not chosen to support him, his development here would definitely not have reached its current level. He might even have been defeated by Feng Ang.

Later, Feng Ang gradually handed over all the power in his hands to him. Even when Feng Ang's army and navy were handed over and his troops were reduced, he had no complaints and worked diligently to help him guard against the Tang Dynasty in Guangzhou.

In the many foreign wars, the generals under him gradually demonstrated their power. Feng Ang's voice in Lingnan became weaker and weaker, but he still did not complain.

How could Li Yuanji not love Feng Ang, with such a man as this and all his support? This is also the reason why, of Feng Ang's four sons, except for two who were still studying, the other two were in important positions.

He attached great importance to Feng Ang. Even though Feng Ang's reputation in Lingnan had almost declined, every time Feng Ang came, he would come to pick him up in person. This was an honor that no one else had.

Li Yuanji also wanted to tell Feng Ang that he had not forgotten everything Feng Ang had done, so that Feng Ang could feel at ease.

Feng Ang was indeed deeply moved. Li Yuanji's trust in him and the Feng family was worthy of his previous efforts and even exceeded them by a lot. The standards were very high.

While Feng Ang was grateful, he was also afraid. He tried to forget his reputation in Lingnan and fade out of the public eye for the sake of the Feng family's future.

However, Li Yuanji found ways to increase his reputation. Not only did he give him many rewards, but every time he came to Lingnan, Li Yuanji would come out to pick him up in person. It can be said that this was truly unique in Lingnan.

Feng Ang was very clear about his original prestige in Lingnan. He knew that after Li Yuanji's arrival, only Li Yuanji's voice would be heard. If he could not retreat at the right time, he would only end up hurting himself and the entire Feng family.

This is the reason why Feng Ang chose to keep a low profile. Even though Li Yuanji still valued and valued him, he himself adhered to the principle of avoiding contact with the outside world if possible.

When there was a war, he would not seek battle. When in Guangzhou Prefecture, he would not meet any outsiders. Except when required by his duties, he would either be in the military camp, in the government office, or at home. He would never appear anywhere else, let alone attend any banquets.

Everything he did was to prevent Li Yuanji and other people from thinking too much. After all, people's words are scary.

Now seeing how Li Yuanji treated him, Feng Ang could feel in his heart that Li Yuanji really had no grudge against him at all.

After entering the hall, Li Yuanji deliberately sat at the bottom, opposite Feng Ang.

"When you come here, just treat it like you're back home, don't be shy.

You are just too low-key on weekdays, so you don’t need to restrain yourself anymore.”

Feng Ang immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I am a simple-minded person. If possible, I would like to retire and live out my days at home."

After he finished speaking, without waiting for Li Yuanji to speak, Feng Ang knelt on one knee and spoke solemnly.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty of not disciplining my family members properly, which led to such a big incident in Guangzhou Prefecture and Nanzhou Prefecture. Please punish me!"

The most important reason why Feng Ang hurried here from Quanzhou Prefecture this time was because of this incident. At that time, people from his clan were actually involved in the affairs between Guangzhou Prefecture and Nanzhou Prefecture. After Feng Ang found out, he wanted to kill those people with his own hands.

Today in Lingnan, in Li Yuanji's palace, it seems that the most powerful people are those like Cen Wenben, but in fact, his Feng family is the biggest.

All Feng Ang thought about day and night was reducing the Feng family's presence. After all, a big tree attracts the wind. If he had not been worried about Li Yuanji thinking too much, he would have definitely handed in a letter of resignation to Li Yuanji.

However, those people just wanted to cause trouble for him, and Feng Ang was almost angry to death.

For this purpose, he specially returned to the tribe, set strict tribe rules, and even directly expelled some people from the tribe. Then he rushed here.

After hearing this, Li Yuanji came to Feng Ang with a smile and helped him up personally.

"Get up, this is not your fault, I know who you are.

Without your support, I would not have been able to settle down in Lingnan so easily.

It is normal for someone in the clan to make mistakes. This is not unique to your clan. Even the prominent families in the Tang Dynasty will have such mistakes, and there are more of them.

After this incident, what you need to do is to do a good job of ideological work for them and ask them not to make the same mistake again in the future.

Okay, sit down and have a drink. Those things are in the past. They have been dealt with. There is no need to mention them again. "

Feng Ang was moved and bowed deeply to Li Yuanji again.

"Minister, thank you very much, Your Majesty.

When I return, I will warn my people and live up to the king's kindness."

"Okay, it's good to have a good intention, come and eat."

Pulling Feng Ang to sit down again, after two glasses of wine, Li Yuanji spoke casually.

"The people from the Yang and Wei clans have already arrived. From now on, both clans will settle here. Although not all of them, there are still quite a few people."

Listening to Li Yuanji's casual words, Feng Ang gradually understood that Li Yuanji was telling him that he didn't need to worry about hiding himself just because Feng was so powerful.

Although the Yang and Wei families could not be compared with those families in the Tang Dynasty, they were still powerful families. Moreover, now that they had come to Lingnan, even if they were not the entire clan, they would not be smaller than the Feng family.

This was to reassure him so that he didn't have to worry about Feng Shi, and Feng Ang understood this in his heart.

"I congratulate the king. The arrival of Yang and Wei will further enhance the king's strength and solve the problem of talent shortage. This is really a great joyous event."

Li Yuanji smiled immediately. It was the best thing that Feng Ang could recognize these things clearly.

As for him, he was not afraid that his family would become powerful and pose a threat to him. He had no such worry at all. What he was worried about was that people like Feng Ang would think that he would be worried, and thus be cautious and control their family members from entering officialdom.

What he needs now is more people to join the government, because with the expansion of territory, the academy he established before is just a drop in the bucket, and the real academy system has just been implemented. He is in urgent need of talents to fill the local areas.

He had no requirements for any great abilities, nor did he have any ideas about them. As long as he could govern a state or a county well, that would be enough.

His name was Feng Ang, not just because of the things happening between Guangzhou Prefecture and Nanzhou Prefecture. Just for this one matter, there was no need to ask Feng Ang to come in person.

Li Yuanji laughed and said, "Mingda, when did your mouth become so slippery?

Having said that, let me get down to business. I called you here because I have a real responsibility to entrust to you." Feng Ang sat up straight, waiting for Li Yuanji's next words.

Li Yuanji paused for a moment and looked at Feng Ang solemnly.

"The people who have migrated from the Tang Dynasty are about to be brought back. Xi Junmai wants to transfer me back, so there will be no one left over there.

I will now hand over the military affairs of Guangzhou, Quanzhou and Liuzhou to you.

You are the governor-general of the three prefectures, and you are in charge of all the armies of the three prefectures

Your task, in addition to guarding against the Tang Dynasty, is to be ready to support Dongzhou Prefecture at any time.

When Dongzhou Prefecture was first established, I asked Yang Cheng to take charge of it, but things will definitely not be peaceful afterwards, as we have to deploy forces against Baekje and Silla, as well as the various tribes in the Turkic steppes.

Although you won't easily encounter war in these three prefectures, you must build a good army and be prepared at all times.

If those places need support at that time, we will draw troops from you, and you may even lead the team.

How about it, do you have the confidence to do it well? "

There is only one Wei Yunqi under Li Yuanji, who is in charge of the military affairs of three offices. He is also the governor of four offices. He is in charge of not only military affairs but also government affairs, integrating military and political affairs.

But the four prefectures of Wei Yunqi are completely different from Guangzhou Prefecture, Quanzhou Prefecture, and Liuzhou Prefecture.

The four prefectures managed by Wei Yunqi were originally the territory of Zhenla. They were part of the outward expansion. Although they were said to be an integrated military and political power, their actual power was very limited.

As for the other three prefectures, except Liuzhou Prefecture which was conquered, the other two prefectures have extremely strong foundations, especially Guangzhou Prefecture.

Even Liuzhou Prefecture was basically ruled by Han people, and after all, it was still Han people. It was superior to Wei Yunqi's four prefectures in all aspects.

Now Li Yuanji has let Feng Ang be the governor of the military affairs of the three prefectures. It can be said that this is the greatest emphasis he places on military generals.

Feng Ang listened carefully and was also shocked at the moment. As the governor of the military of the three prefectures, he knew very well the value of this power.

Feng Ang frowned and thought for a moment, then looked at Li Yuanji in surprise.

"I wonder how many troops the king has left in the three prefectures?"

Now, most of the more than 300,000 Type A troops under Li Yuanji's command had been gathered together, and they would all go to various places and return to the outside of Haikangwang City.

Li Yuanji smiled slightly.

"You originally had 30,000 troops there, and I will leave you another 30,000 troops, so 60,000 troops should be enough.

I don't care how these 60,000 troops are deployed, as long as they can guarantee that the Tang Dynasty can hold on if it uses military force.

At the same time, on this basis, we can mobilize about 20,000 troops at any time to support Dongzhou Prefecture."

Li Yuanji smiled, he believed Feng Ang would agree, and sure enough, Feng Ang stood up solemnly immediately.

"I obey your command! We must prepare for the defense of the three prefectures and support Dongzhou Prefecture at any time!"

Li Yuanji nodded, and then said: "You don't have to feel too burdened. The war with the Tang Dynasty will not start easily, but necessary precautions are still necessary.

I tell you this not so that you can relax your guard against the Tang Dynasty, but so that you can have an idea.

Besides, I will take you to a good place later to see the newly developed weapons. I think you will be more confident. "

Feng Ang's heart was immediately lifted up. A new weapon appeared? Feng Ang really wanted to know what it was.

Without letting Feng Ang wait too long, Li Yuanji took Feng Ang to the Firearms Bureau. When Feng Ang saw the muskets and cannons, his eyes widened.

He thought there would be a surprise, but he didn't expect it to be such a big surprise.

Li Yuanji now gives priority to supplying artillery and muskets to the armies that may be involved in the next battle, such as Feng Ang, Wei Yunqi, Liu Rengui, and Yang Shu.

Bringing Feng Ang to see these was also to enable him to have a deeper understanding of firearms.

Feng Ang stayed for two days and then returned by boat without any delay. Now that he was so valued by Li Yuanji, Feng Ang also wanted to achieve something.

The warships of Liu Rengui's navy have already been equipped with five cannons and three hundred muskets. After the last five cannons are installed, he can almost set off.

During this period, Liu Rengui continued to train the navy and marines to become proficient in the use of artillery and muskets. The Firearms Supervisor also sent out 20 people to teach the army how to use these firearms.

One day, Cen Wenben came to Li Yuanji.

“Your Majesty, the settlements of the Yang and Wei families have almost been chosen. There are two places, one in the south and the other in the west of the city.

The subsequent outward expansion of Haikang City will be mainly in these two directions. Before these two directions, there is a relatively flat area, which is more suitable for the expansion of the city.

But I have no idea which one to choose."

"Don't ask me which place to choose, go ask the people of the two tribes directly. Go find Yang Ze and Wei Yuancheng and let them decide for themselves.

Remember, the land given cannot be too much, even if it is wasteland. Divide the residential area and farmland for them. After the farmland is reclaimed, it will be used to grow crops and mulberry trees.

In addition, you need to gather the right people, but you need to make it clear to them how many people are needed and how much the budget is. "

Li Yuanji didn't even think about it. He could only set a tone for the matter. The specific choice was up to Wei Yuancheng and Yang Ze.

Cen Wenben wrote it down, and then said solemnly: "There is one more thing. Feng Li sent back an urgent military report that the Harsha Dynasty assembled 300,000 troops to attack the Gaoda Kingdom.

The various tribes of Gauda sent out 120,000 troops, joined forces with 80,000 troops of Kamarupa and 50,000 troops of Manipur and other tribes, and started fighting against King Harsha's army.

The Pyu Kingdom has not yet sent out its army, so I don’t know which side it will support.”

Li Yuanji asked someone to bring a map and pondered for a moment.

"What about the battle between King Harsha and the coalition forces of Gundam? Tell Feng Li to pay attention to the changes in the situation. He is a guest army and is only there to assist. Just don't let King Harsha achieve his goal. Don't worry about anything else.

As for the Pyu Kingdom, have Yuwen Bao and Yang Shu keep a close eye on it, and at the same time send a message to Wei Yunqi. If the Pyu Kingdom dares to support King Harsha, send troops directly to destroy the country!"

(End of this chapter)