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

Chapter 290: Bloodshed in secret, it’s time for the Jinyiwei to start taking action!

Li Yuanji was thinking quietly by himself. The technology in other aspects was fine and the impact was not that big, except for firearms.

The existing firearms technology is mastered by Li Er. According to the current production and manufacturing conditions and speed, as long as Li Er devotes resources, he can catch up in one to two years. By then, his advantage over the Tang Dynasty will disappear directly.

If the advantage of firearms and military equipment disappears and the situation becomes balanced with the Tang Dynasty, he will be at a disadvantage overall and the Tang Dynasty will regain the upper hand.

“It could take one year at the fastest, or two years at the slowest. So let’s just assume one year is enough.

Li Er, Li Er, do you really think that you can catch up with me just by mastering these?

If you dare to cause trouble, I will let you know how far behind me you are!"

Li Yuanji is not so angry about this incident anymore. His firearms technology is just in its infancy now, and it is good that such a thing happened, as it pulled out all the bugs in his fiefdom.

If the firearms technology is fully developed in the later stage and then leaked out, he will really regret it and will definitely gather troops to kill Li Er.

That is to say, although today's firearms have advantages, this advantage is not enough to convert into victory, which is why he has not taken action yet.

Originally, he wanted to develop something else, but now it seems that other things have to be postponed. The real thing is to once again be significantly ahead of the Tang Dynasty.

The reason why he was angry but not that furious this time was that those who leaked the technology were all the spies planted by Li Yuan, and no one else betrayed him.

Li Yuanji was extremely pleased with this result, as it also showed that his special treatment of these technical talents was feasible, problem-free and popular.

Those traitors were just his fault for not keeping their eyes open and not catching them. He couldn't blame anyone else except Li Yuan and Li Er.

Now Li Yuanji also knew why these people were alone when they came to Lingnan. Thinking about the reasons those people gave at the time, he was so naive that he didn't have any doubts. Li Yuanji wanted to slap himself twice.

Just then, Yang Jianhe walked in.

"Your Majesty, Wu Shigui is outside seeking to see you."

Li Yuanji sighed in his heart. He used to be very wary of Wu Shigui. It was only at the end that he began to entrust him with important tasks. All members of Wu Shigui's family came to Lingnan, and he appointed them one by one.

The person he had been on high alert against, turned out not to be in any trouble this time. The person he had trusted turned out to be a traitor and a spy. This was a situation he had not expected.

Li Yuanji looked deeply at Yang Jianhe.

"Ask him to come in. After you go down, gather all the Jinyiwei men. After Wu Shigui leaves, you can come in."

Jinyiwei. It has been a while since he ordered Yang Jianhe to form Jinyiwei. Now, it is the turn of Jinyiwei to start making efforts.

Yang Jianhe responded solemnly, and after a moment, Wu Shigui walked in.

"See you, Your Majesty."

"waived."

Li Yuanji's majestic voice came down, and he looked at Wu Shigui indifferently. He wanted to see what Wu Shigui wanted to say to him.

He could probably guess the reason why he came to him at such a critical moment, but Li Yuanji was also very curious about the details, especially whether Li Yuan had given Wu Shigui any secret mission.

Wu Shigui still did not stand up, but bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I am guilty of not being able to explain myself to you in time. Please punish me."

"Let's first tell you what it is."

Listening to Li Yuanji's calm voice, Wu Shigui felt even more heavy and bitter in his heart.

“Your Majesty, I came to Lingnan because I was specially arranged by the Emperor. Before I came, the Emperor had already explained it to me.

When I arrive in Lingnan, I will obey your Majesty's orders in everything, but if the Supreme Emperor has any orders, I must obey them.

For this reason, the retired emperor left my two sons in Chang'an and recruited them into official positions.

But then my two daughters, Wu Shun and Wu Mei, entered the king's palace. The king's fortunes improved and his power grew stronger. Li Er launched a mutiny again, so I made up my mind to follow the king and call his two sons in Chang'an to come to Lingnan.

After I entered Lingnan, the retired emperor had no contact with me at all, as if he had forgotten me, until Li II's rebellion. I was worried about the safety of the retired emperor, but I was also relieved and anxious at the same time.

After that, I kept hesitating whether to tell the king about this matter. After thinking for a long time, I decided not to tell him.

I thought that the retired emperor had been imprisoned in the palace by Li Er and had no chance anymore.

But just before that, someone holding the secret order from the retired emperor suddenly came to my house. I was terrified, but I did not choose to obey the order of the retired emperor.

However, due to my selfishness and fear of being implicated, I did not tell Prime Minister Cen about this matter. Now that I know such a big thing has happened, I regret it deeply.

Your Majesty, I really did not reveal any information to the people in Chang'an, but I am guilty, please punish me."

Li Yuanji listened quietly. He had already guessed what Wu Shigui had said before. Wu Shigui had been following Li Yuan when Li Yuan started his rebellion in Taiyuan. He could be said to be a shareholder in the rebellion and had invested a lot of money and food to support Li Yuan.

After Li Yuan came to power, he also provided a lot of support to Wu Shigui, otherwise how could Wu Shigui have held such a high position.

When Li Yuan sent Wu Shigui to Lingnan, he was consciously on guard against this person.

When Wu Shigui talked about calling back those two unlearned sons, Li Yuanji felt somewhat relieved. At least this man did not have any wrong ideas, and even if Li Yuan issued an order now, he would still stand on his side.

However, after hearing the end, Li Yuanji really couldn't help but want to chop the man in front of him. Li Yuan sent people to come, but he didn't report such a big thing and actually covered it up secretly.

The reason I'm confessing all this to him is because this incident has become too serious. He's probably afraid that it will bring harm to himself and his family, so he's telling him all this.

Li Yuanji was really angry. This was clearly a chance that could have caught all of Li Yuan's people in one fell swoop and uprooted them all without letting Li Er get these technologies. But it was gone just like that, causing him to lose so much in vain.

Li Yuanji stared at Wu Shigui, then stood up and walked in front of Wu Shigui.

"Wu Shigui, Wu Shigui, what can I say to you? Since you have decided to follow me completely, why don't you speak out about this matter?

Even if you don’t tell me about the things you did before, I can guess them. Whether you tell me or not, I don’t mind. I can even appoint you as the Minister of Commerce. I don’t care about those things.

But this matter is so important, and such a good opportunity was ruined by you, and it caused me such a huge loss.

I tell you, if you didn’t have these two daughters, Shun’er and Mei’er, I would have killed you today. Not only you, but your entire clan would have died!”

Li Yuanji was really pissed off by this man. If it was anyone else, if he hadn't let Wu Shun and Wu Mei enter the palace, or if he hadn't been with Wu Shun and Wu Mei for so long, even if this Wu Mei was Wu Zetian, he would have killed them directly. Li Yuanji sighed helplessly. At this point, he didn't know whether to kill Wu Shigui or not. He could kill him, but he also had reasons not to. He had Wu Shun and Wu Mei in his harem, so what could he do?

"Somebody come!"

Yang Jianhe hurried in from outside, and before he had time to say anything, Li Yuanji's angry voice came over.

"Draft an imperial edict to relieve Wu Shigui of all his duties and not allow him to leave the palace for three years!
Wu Shiyi is dismissed from his post as governor of Nanzhou Prefecture. All male members of his Wu family are not allowed to leave the prefecture within one year. They are not allowed to engage in any business, not even business, within three years!"

Li Yuanji had really had enough. One Wu Shiling was enough, but now Wu Shigui had done something like this again. It was simply unforgivable.

Although no one from the Wu family was killed in this punishment, the development of the Wu family was destined to be left behind by other families.

This time, he was also reminding other families that Wu Shun and Wu Mei from the Wu family had both been severely punished in his harem, and if people from other families dared to commit the same offense, he would kill the entire family.

Even if it's Yang and Wei, they have to think carefully for him. Don't think that he can do whatever he wants just because he has Yang Qingwan and Wei Gui.

Upon hearing such a punishment, Wu Shigui was filled with dejection, but he was already very satisfied that Li Yuanji did not kill any of the Wu family members.

"I, your humble servant, thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

After Li Yuanji waved his hand, the Jinyiwei immediately entered and sent Wu Shigui back.

Li Yuanji rubbed his brows. He was really tired now. He really didn't know whether he should laugh or be sad about what happened this time.

Now, at least the people who came from Chang'an at the beginning have been completely eliminated under his rule. His internal affairs, which had never been cleaned up, have been passively cleared out through this incident.

Although he lost a lot of technology, he didn't care that much. What he has now doesn't mean it is the most advanced one.

Rubbing his forehead for a while, Yang Jianhe, who had made arrangements, hurried in.

"Your Majesty, the matter concerning the Wu family has been arranged. All the Jinyiwei officers have been assembled and are ready to obey your orders at any time!"

Li Yuanji looked at Yang Jianhe, his eyes full of murderous intent.

"From the time I ordered the formation of the Royal Guards to now, even if we exclude the time of this trip, it has been more than three months.

This trip can be regarded as a kind of training for the Jinyiwei. After being established for such a long time, the Jinyiwei has never been assigned any targeted tasks. You are only asked to form an intelligence network.

Now, it is time for your Jinyiwei to make its debut and test the Jinyiwei you have formed to see how it works. "

Listening to Li Yuanji's words and feeling the murderous aura emanating from Li Yuanji, Yang Jianhe's murderous aura became increasingly strong.

"Please give the order, Your Majesty, and the Royal Guards will be able to complete it!"

Yang Jianhe had the confidence that the original Jinyiwei were all top-notch fighters. During this period, they also absorbed all kinds of people in order to gather intelligence. After such a long time, it can be said that the Jinyiwei had begun to take shape.

Now Li Yuanji has something to entrust to the Jinyiwei, so this is the Jinyiwei's debut. In Yang Jianhe's eyes, this time, there will only be success, no failure.

If he fails, he will die to repay Li Yuanji's great kindness.

Listening to Yang Jianhe's confident words, Li Yuanji was willing to believe it, and named this organization the Jinyi Guards, abbreviated as Jinyiwei. He also had great expectations in his heart.

It has only been established for a short time, and he does not expect to be like the Jinyiwei in the early Ming Dynasty, but this time, he wants to see the shadow of that Jinyiwei in his Jinyiwei.

Even if he could just see his shadow, he would be extremely pleased.

Li Yuanji tapped the armrest with his fingers and spoke slowly.

"Such a big thing happened this time. In addition to the hidden agents originally planted by the retired emperor Li Yuan, how the people who came from Chang'an contacted those people is particularly critical.

This incident also indirectly shows that there are many insects in Lingnan now. These insects are gnawing everywhere in an attempt to find the needed information.

The first task of the Jinyiwei is to catch all these bugs in Lingnan.

Catch and interrogate everyone we catch, and kill everyone we interrogate. Anyone who has anything to do with these bugs, no matter who they are, even if they are businessmen from other countries, will be killed without distinction!

Don’t worry about making things worse. If the small countries behind those merchants dare to cause trouble, I will send troops to destroy them!

All forces will fully cooperate in this Jinyiwei operation, especially the customs. I will issue an edict later, and all forces must obey your Jinyiwei's deployment.

This time, I only want the result!"

Li Yuanji is now furious. Isn't he just doing something behind the scenes? Who wouldn't be the same?

He knew that Li Er had the Hundred Cavalry Division, but he was equally confident in his own Embroidered Uniform Guards.

As for those traveling merchants, since he could say it, he could do it. He would kill anyone who dared to have any connection with Li Er's Hundred Cavalry Division.

If the small country behind him dares to stand up for the merchants, he will destroy the country.

After a pause, Li Yuanji continued speaking.

"While cleaning up the Lingnan bugs, send some people into the Tang Dynasty. Find and kill those who dare to follow Li Er's men back to the Tang Dynasty!
At the same time, an intelligence network should be established in the Tang Dynasty, especially in Chang'an, and it should be improved as soon as possible.

At the same time, in the southern part of the Tang Dynasty and in the coastal cities near the river, we will focus on deploying personnel to find out the intelligence of the Tang army and their movements, and report them at any time. "

This time, some people just took out the information, but did not leave. Instead, they stayed here to endure his anger. However, some people took the information and ran back to the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuanji wanted to let these people know that even if they ran back to the Tang Dynasty, they would die!

He already had an intelligence network in Chang'an, but it was incomplete. As for the cities along the river along the southern coast of the Tang Dynasty, they were related to the changes in the Tang Dynasty navy.

If he goes to war with the Tang Dynasty in the future, launching an attack from the south would be his only choice and the most appropriate choice if he does not occupy the Turkic and Tuyuhun areas.

Now that Li Er has these technologies, he just wants to see how long it will take Li Er to manufacture them all and deliver them to the army, and complete the reorganization and changes of the army.

As for Li Er’s Hundred Cavalry Division in Lingnan, just as he said, wipe them out!

He just wanted to kill these people as soon as possible without showing any mercy.

(End of this chapter)