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

Inside the Taiji Palace, Li Yuanji looked at Yang Jianhe in front of him with surprise in his eyes.

"You said that Li Er's whereabouts were found? He rebuilt his country? And it's still called the Tang Dynasty?"

"Your Majesty, this is what the Royal Guards found out, and the news is true."

Li Yuanji took it and looked at it, and was immediately surprised. It was not for any other reason, but because Li Er fled all the way and finally established the Tang Dynasty in eastern Germany next to Poland.

Moreover, the policies implemented by Li Er there were not much different from those he had implemented in Lingnan. Now Li Er has really made some achievements. The army now has tens of thousands of troops and is vigorously promoting the Tang culture and writing.

What was strange about Li Yuanji was that this Li Er was planning to copy his path, to find a place to develop like him, and then fight back to Chang'an?

He has the assistance of the system. If he didn't have the system, let alone fighting back to Chang'an, he would probably still be facing Li Er's attack. It would be impossible for him to surpass the Tang Dynasty and enter Chang'an in just a few years.

And he was in Lingnan. After all, the people in Lingnan were all citizens of the Tang Dynasty. But the place Li Er was going to now was completely unfamiliar, and speaking and communicating might be a problem. However, Li Er was able to do it very well, and Li Yuanji still admired him in his heart.

Li Er is not as systematic as him. Li Er can show signs of rising again there, and all this is achieved by Li Er's own abilities.

Li Yuanji was not only weird in this way. Li Er was also spreading culture and writing there. It would be fine if Li Er's regime could remain stable there. But if one day Li Er's regime was overthrown by the local people, it would be an early opportunity to enhance the strength of the people in Europe.

The people there are still using the old-fashioned cold weapons to fight each other and the tactics are outdated. When Li Er goes there, he will completely crush them in all aspects. It will not be difficult for him to conquer the territory, but can Li Er really maintain the existence of his regime?

How many people could Li Er have around him after escaping from the Tang Dynasty to that place?
Given Li Er's current situation, he cannot avoid integrating into the local community. Yes, integrating.

If Li Er brings enough people with him, it means he can accommodate others, but if he has only a few of his own people, he can integrate into the local community.

After Li Yuanji's weird reaction, he became solemn. He had to solve this problem. Li Er had too many things with him and knew too many technical skills. They were not only cultural heritage, but also various inheritances in governing the country and military affairs, as well as advanced technology. If he was not careful, he would really be making things difficult for others.

Li Yuanji then looked at Yang Jianhe.

"Go and get Cen Wenben, Wang Xuance, Ning Chun, Wei Zheng, and Fang Xuanling."

Fang Xuanling is still serving as an official in the court. These people were brought back by Su Dingfang and others. Du Ruhui is gone, and Changsun Wuji's entire family was executed by him. Only Fang Xuanling and Chu Suiliang are left. These people did not resist too much and held out for more than a year before re-entering the court one after another.

As for power, it is definitely not as great as before.

As for Li Lizhi who was sent back, Li Yuanji did not do anything to her. Instead, he made her a princess and kept her in good health. As for the disease she had contracted, Li Yuanji asked Sun Simiao to take a look. Finally, to put her at ease, he exchanged the water of life and death from the system for Li Lizhi to take.

Although the fight between him and Li Er was irreconcilable, Li Lizhi was just a little girl. Li Yuanji was not so morbid as to have any thoughts about a little girl, because he could not cause any trouble with Li Lizhi.

After a while, Cen Benwen and others arrived one after another.

"See Your Majesty."

"No need, take a seat."

Li Yuanji looked at several people and finally set his sights on Fang Xuanling.

"Xuan Ling, there is news about Li Er."

Fang Xuanling was startled, then he looked at Li Yuanji calmly.

"Please tell me, Your Majesty. I am very grateful."

Fang Xuanling did not hide his worry about Li Er, and Li Yuanji did not care about Fang Xuanling's idea. Now that Li Er was far away, Fang Xuanling could only think about it.

The reason why he hired Fang Xuanling was not only because Fang Xuanling did have some talents and he was short of people, but also because he wanted to show his broad-mindedness.

Yes, mind.

Li Yuanji wanted to let the world see that Li Er's confidants were still being used by him, Li Yuanji, and he did not hold them accountable. This was also to reassure those who had left Li Er and let these people devote themselves to developing the Tang Dynasty and making contributions to it.

This is also a common way to show one's magnanimity. For example, Li Er did the same. After killing Li Jiancheng, he re-employed Li Jiancheng's former staff.

In history, Li Er did the best because there was no interference from him. Li Er did not hold any of Li Jiancheng's civil and military officials, including Wang Gui, Wei Ting, Feng Li, Xie Shufang, Xue Wanche and others, accountable, but directly appointed them.

Although these people were outside the central government, it showed that Li Er had a broad mind. These people were the confidants of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. Li Er used them without holding grudges, which made people of the world feel relieved. Except for a few people who still rebelled, no one responded to those people.

Especially Wei Zheng, whom Li Er valued even more. Originally, it was to show his broad-mindedness, under the pretext of using Wei Zheng as a mirror. However, Wei Zheng's talents gradually emerged, and he was indeed loyal to Li Er. Therefore, Li Er gradually paid attention to him and valued him.

Now Li Yuanji is using Fang Xuanling for a similar reason. The position he is given is not high and he does not have any real power, but he still shows that he is valued.

Li Yuanji then told Cen Wenben and others the news about Li Er. They were surprised and then began to ponder.

Now that there is news about Li Er, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is to send troops. After all, the hidden dangers still need to be eliminated. Although it is basically impossible to copy Li Yuanji, what if?
Originally, no one had any concerns about this, but with the existence of Li Yuanji as a real example, it was impossible not to worry.

They don’t know whether it is a system or not. They only know that since Li Yuanji succeeded, they wonder if Li Er also has the possibility of success.

Cen Benwen and the others did not say anything, but were waiting for Fang Xuanling to speak first. Not only did Li Yuanji mention Fang Xuanling, they also wanted to hear what Fang Xuanling would say.

After hearing this, Fang Xuanling stood up without hesitation.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that we send troops to attack!
Li Er is from our Great Tang. Now he is spreading the advanced technology of the Great Tang to other races, starting with Persia. As a result, Rome now has mastered firearms. He often provokes in the border areas. Although it has been suppressed, Rome is willing to pay tribute to the Great Tang. But this also shows that his behavior is bad.

Moreover, Li Er only brought a few thousand people with him, maybe even less, but now he has tens of thousands of troops, obviously all of them are foreign troops. He wants to lead the foreigners to attack back the Tang Dynasty and betray his ancestors!
I am indeed worried about his safety. He was my former master and treated me very well, which I will never forget.

But now, I am a Tang citizen and a Tang official. I ask Your Majesty to send troops to punish the disobedients!"

After Fang Xuanling finished speaking, Cen Wenben and others also looked up to him. In fact, ever since Fang Xuanling re-entered the court, no one wanted to get close to him. Almost all of their dealings were on official business, and everyone had some grudges against Fang Xuanling.

Now Fang Xuanling spoke these words openly and for the greater good. No matter what he had done before, at least Cen Wenben and the others recognized such a person.

Cen Wenben was the first to stand up.

"Your Majesty, I second your motion. Please send troops to conquer the rebellious people!"

"I second the motion!" Everyone agreed to send troops. The Tang Dynasty was now strong, and there were too many weapons and shells stored in the armory. Some of the grain stored in the granary was about to mold. However, Li Yuanji was still constantly reclaiming wasteland. Even though there was enough grain, he was still vigorously expanding the arable land.

In addition, there are many granaries in the Tang Dynasty today. Although the population has increased dramatically, the increase in arable land and the high grain output mean that the granaries can store a lot of grain.

Although mold is a bit exaggerated, it also proves that the Tang Dynasty had a lot of grain reserves.

Upon hearing this, Li Yuanji looked at everyone solemnly without hesitation.

"Since you all agree to send troops, I will lead the army personally this time!

He personally dispatched 200,000 troops for this expedition, and supplies began to be allocated immediately.

Also, after I personally lead the expedition, the Crown Prince will be the regent!"

After Li Yuanji finished speaking, several people looked at each other, but ultimately no one objected. This expedition was not only to capture Li Er, but also to expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty again.

Before, the territory was constantly expanded when Li Yuanji was the King of Qi. Now that Li Yuanji is the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, it means that this is the first real expansion of the Tang Dynasty, especially to completely eliminate the hidden danger of Li Er. It is understandable that Li Yuanji wants to lead the army in person.

The key is that Li Yuanji is leading the army in person. With the current strength of the Tang Dynasty, no one can imagine who can stop it.

If there was any danger, they would definitely stop it. Now there is obviously no danger at all, why would they stop it?

Li Yuanji is happy and can go if he wants to.

Moreover, everything in the Tang Dynasty is now on the right track. Even if Li Yuanji is not here, it will not have much impact. Moreover, now it can be regarded as an early training for Li Chengye.

Li Chengye has been strictly taught by Li Yuanji for many years. They have all taken turns to tutor him. Li Yuanji then threw him into the army and taught him for a period of time by Xie Shufang, Su Dingfang, Liu Rengui and others. Although he seems to be good in all aspects now, this is a good opportunity to see how he is really like.

The current Tang Dynasty is too powerful, far more powerful than any previous dynasty. Everyone hopes that the Tang Dynasty's prosperity can continue.

Li Yuanji made the decision and officially announced it at the court meeting the next day. Everyone became excited, and the military generals were even more excited.

The literati were excited because the Tang Dynasty was expanding its territory again and they could finally participate. In the past, when Li Yuanji expanded the territory to such a large extent, many people did not participate. How could this be possible?

If they want to enter the history books and be remembered forever, they cannot do so unless they have participated in destroying a few countries.

As for the military generals, they were even more excited. After such a long period of peace, they could finally send troops again. Although many of them had the merit of destroying countries, who would think that was too much?

Especially the elderly Li Jing, Li Ji who recovered later, and other generals, but they had no outstanding achievements in destroying a country. Only Li Jing could be compared with Xie Shufang, Su Dingfang, Liu Rengui and other ruthless people who destroyed a country.

The most excited ones were the young generation of generals discovered by Li Yuanji later, including Xue Rengui and his group, who really had no military achievements.

In 642 AD, on July , the eighth year of Kaiping in the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuanji led an army of , accompanied by generals Xie Shufang, Xi Junmai, Songtsen Gampo, Tan Dian, and the young general Xue Rengui, to march to Europe.

Li Yuanji led a large army westward and passed through the Western Turks. The Western Turks did not put up any resistance. Some of them moved westward again or fled north, while the rest surrendered and sent a letter of surrender, which became the Anxi Prefecture of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuanji continued to lead his army and the army entered the present Ermao area. The Navy's West Sea Fleet II, led by Yuwen Bao, entered the Caspian Sea and began to attack the surrounding forces. Li Yuanji also left behind 100,000 troops, led by Xue Rengui, to attack the area around the Caspian Sea.

Persia was the first to surrender and completely became a prefecture of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuanji had already led his troops into Poland. Fortunately, they had cars to travel and the navy to transport them, so it didn't take that long.

When Li Yuanji's army appeared in Poland, Li Er learned the news of Li Yuanji's arrival.

In the small palace, Li Er was alone and somewhat depressed. At this moment, Li Er was no longer as sharp as before, as if he had entered old age.

That’s not right. At this time, Li Er is about to enter his twilight years.

Hearing the news of Li Yuanji's arrival, Li Er's face was full of bitterness.

"Even after running so far, you still come back."

Li Er was in deep thought for a long time, and then a figure slowly appeared, it was a young man.

"Father, I have assembled a large army and am ready to fight Li Yuanji to the death!"

This young man was none other than Li Chengqian. The current Li Chengqian was no longer lame, and after all these experiences, the current Li Chengqian seemed to have a bit of the shadow of Li Er when he was young.

Li Er looked at his eldest son in front of him, his eyes full of relief and guilt.

The good news is that Li Chengqian is now extremely outstanding. At least in Li Er's eyes, the Li Chengqian in front of him is very similar to him when he was young.

What makes people feel guilty is that such a good prince of the Tang Dynasty should have made the Tang Dynasty more powerful, but he was unable to perform because he was implicated.

At this time, another young man came in.

"Father, brother, I want to join the battle too!"

This young man is Li Tai. Today, Li Tai is not fat at all. His body is full of muscles and he looks very heroic.

Li Tai now has also had many years of experience and is more elegant than Li Chengqian, but his abilities are equally great.

Li Er looked at his two remaining sons who agreed to fight, and he no longer hesitated.

"Haha, great! Since Cheng Qian and Tai Er are ready, let's send out our troops and fight Li Yuanji to the death!"

Li Er didn't want to escape anymore. After coming here for a few years, Li Er realized how difficult it was. He also knew that he would not succeed, especially when facing these people with strange looks, either white or black. Li Er really had no good feelings towards them.

The father and his two sons looked at each other and hugged each other.

They all knew what this battle meant, but no one chose to retreat or continue to be cowardly.

Finally, Li Er, along with Li Chengqian and Li Tai, led an army of 80,000, with Li Junxian as the general, and began to march in the direction of Li Yuanji's army. (End of this chapter)