Li Ke, who was called my Ying Guo by Li Shimin, did not disappoint him.

Li Ke said: "Father, the son doesn't want to go to the Sichuan fiefdom to take office, and he also wants to be like the fifth brother to expand the territory for his father." ”

Li Shimin said with great satisfaction: "Okay, it is worthy of being my Li Shimin's son." You say, you want to go there? ”

Li Ke said: "Erchen wants to go to the southwest for his father. ”

"Okay, the natives of Jiaozhi County have rebelled repeatedly, and Lingnan and other places need to be developed, and they really need a competent person to sit in charge.

Moreover, after Li You solves the contradiction with the Great Cannibal, he will move his army eastward, and you two brothers can join forces and advance my Tang territory to the coast of the South China Sea together, which is promising. ”

Li Shimin said excitedly.

Li Shimin stood up and said, "Ke'er, the land of smoke barriers in the south is extremely difficult, I don't know if you can stand the harsh environment there?" He said as he walked to the map hanging on the wall.

Li Ke followed behind him and said, "Father, the son can stand it." Over the years, the fifth brother has been fighting in the east and west, and everywhere he has gone is a place with a dangerous environment, and his sons can also do it. ”

After the two stood in front of Yutu, Li Ke pointed to Jiaozhi, Linyi, Zhenla, Biguo and other places and said: "The fifth brother said that this generation has a humid and hot climate, but it is the most suitable place for plants to grow.

He said that after the completion of the Great Navigation Program, there will be a plant called rubber, which is an extremely important strategic material. This kind of rubber is most suitable for growing in the humid and hot areas of the south. ”

Li Ke was very envious of Li You's battle experience, and was greatly influenced by Li You, and he also wanted to fight on one side.

"Okay, you're right, the south is a good place, there are endless gold, ivory, jade and other jewels, just waiting for my Tang soldiers to transport them back." Li Shimin said magnificently.

Then, Li Shimin and Li Ke carefully discussed the plan of the southern expedition.

Soon after, the imperial court issued an appointment, Li Ke was the king of Lingnan, with jurisdiction over Lingnan Province and Jiannan Province, with 120,000 people under the jurisdiction of Duan Zhixuan and Chai Shao, guarding the southeast, and conquering Linyi, Zhenla, Piguo and other places in the south.

Shu Wangfu.

Li Ke was about to leave Chang'an, and Concubine Yang came to see Li Ke off. Also coming together was the younger brother of Li Ke's mother, Liang Wang Li.

Concubine Yang complained: "I complain that Li You is not stingy, if he doesn't rush to Persia, you don't need to run to a place like Lingnan." ”

Li Ke said with a smile: "I really don't blame him for this matter, as a prince, it is his duty to expand the territory for his father." Besides, Erchen left Chang'an, and his brother was by your side. In this regard, you are much better than Concubine Yin. ”

Concubine Yang said proudly: "That's, who let her only have one son." ”

The mother and son had lunch together, chattered for a long time, Concubine Yang Niangniang told her a thousand instructions, and finally left the Shu Mansion and returned to the palace.

After Concubine Yang left, Li said, "Big brother, I also want to leave Chang'an." ”

……

The sons all went out to fight, and Li Shimin couldn't sit still, so he wanted to drive the expedition himself to remove Goguryeo, the thorn in his eye.

On the first day of this year, the Tang Dynasty's vassal state Fuyu sent envoys to pay tribute to Li Shimin, but they were intercepted outside the Yuehu City of Sanjiang in Liaodong, the tribute was snatched, and the envoys were also killed.

Buyeo State complained to Li Shimin, who was furious and decided to drive the expedition in person and completely destroy Goguryeo.

Li Shimin personally inscribed an article entitled "Expanding the Territory and Expanding the Territory and Promoting the Prestige of Our Country", which was published on the front page of the "Datang Daily".

The article called on the subjects of the Tang Dynasty to enthusiastically join the ranks of fighting for the country and expanding the territory, leaving more land and wealth for the descendants of the Tang Dynasty.

After three years of recuperation and recuperation, Datang's national strength is unprecedentedly strong. The military has completed the change from a government military system to a conscription system, and the army's education and training equipment has been improved to a great extent.

The civil official system did not object, because Li You had brought huge wealth to the imperial court over the years, and this time he went to Persia to increase the land of hundreds of miles for the imperial court, bringing nearly a million people, which had already stimulated them to be eager to try.

What's more, at Li You's suggestion, the Tang Dynasty stipulated that the imperial court would also reward civil officials for their outstanding performance in conscription and support. This is the only chance for civilian officials to gain military merit.

Even Wei Zheng, who proposed the policy of supporting the people to be quiet, did not object, as a member of Datang, who doesn't want Datang to have a broader territory.

Li You provided a reward system for the military merits of the Great Cannibals, suggesting that 35 of the property captured in the war should be owned by the front-line soldiers, 15 by the local front-line personnel, and the remaining 15 should be handed over to the state treasury.

In short, all those who participate in foreign conquests, regardless of the army and localities, regardless of the government and the people, have all interests.

Not only that, Li You proposed the establishment of a new system for the resettlement of bereaved and disabled people, which did not rely entirely on the state to pay for expenses, but to establish an industrial system for the families of war-dead soldiers and the disabled, and to provide tax exemptions and exemptions.

In this way, the worries of the combatants are solved to the greatest extent.

For a time, there was an upsurge of enthusiastic signing up to join the army throughout the country, and the local government also vigorously supported it, and organized militia support teams with counties as units.

Liangyi Palace, study.

Li Shimin, Li Chengqian, Fang Xuanling, eldest grandson Wuji, Li Jing, Hou Junji, and others were listening to the report of Zhang Liang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and he said excitedly: "Your Majesty, there are a total of 300,000 recruits in the army this time, and 4.2 million people have taken the initiative to sign up to join the army. ”

Fang Xuanling has always been steady, but this time he couldn't help but be a little excited, he said: "Your Majesty, in the past, the imperial court recruited soldiers, and there were many complaints, and most people were crying. Those rich children have to spend money to find someone to replace them.

Who would have thought that it is unimaginable that so many people have enthusiastically signed up for the military recruitment in the imperial court now. ”

Li Jing was also very happy, and he said: "Your Majesty, the soldiers who were forced to conscript and the soldiers who volunteered to participate are not in the same spirits, and the morale of the army will be unprecedentedly high. ”

After several repetitions, Li Chengqian recognized that what Li You did was right, and he said: "Father, the reason why we have today is because of the victories won by Li You, the king of Qi, in foreign wars again and again, and the huge captures brought about an exemplary role. ”

"Yes, although His Royal Highness King Qi is not in the army, every time the minister follows him on the expedition, he has achieved a great victory, and it has not dragged down the court, but has increased the income for the court." Hou Junji said.

The eldest grandson Wuji was very satisfied with Li You's initiative to stay away from Chang'an, and he now supported Li You, he said: "The reason why there is a situation where the whole country enthusiastically supports the imperial court in foreign conquests has a lot to do with the military merit reward system proposed by His Royal Highness the King of Qi. Driven by such interests, even the ministers want to go into battle to kill the enemy, haha. ”

Li Shimin was very happy, and he said: "Now, let's discuss the strategy of foreign warfare. ”

Referring to the effective war strategy of the Great Cannibal, Li You proposed the countries and regions to be conquered:

First, those who voluntarily surrender and merge into Datang can enjoy the national treatment of Datang, and will be exempted from tax for three years and reduced for three years.

Second, those who voluntarily submit to the Tang Dynasty should retain their status as autonomous regions and hand over the corresponding taxes to the Tang Dynasty every year, but diplomatic and military affairs must be under the unified control of the imperial court.

Third, those who do not surrender and stubbornly resist to the end will be killed, and the Tang army will be free to carry out robbery, and its citizens will be incorporated into slavery.

There was no opinion.

Li Chengqian added, he said: "All the cities that encounter resistance, after the attack, the first to climb the tower, regardless of officers and soldiers, in addition to rewards, must also set up a monument on the tower. The commander who is responsible for attacking the city, and after the city is conquered, renames the city after the general. ”

This article was written by Li You to tell Li Chengqian in advance.

"Oh, that's great, with these two, the soldiers don't work hard to make contributions." Hou Junji applauded.

Li Jing also nodded frequently.

Li Shimin was very happy and said: "The prince can use his brain and come up with such a way to motivate soldiers to use their lives, which is very good, and this proposal is very much in line with my heart." ”

Next, everyone discussed Li You and Li Chengqian's proposal. Their proposal was adopted and published in the Datang Daily.

At this time, the Tang army was crazy, and the soldiers were willing to participate in foreign battles, and the war letters flew to the military headquarters like snowflakes.

The Tang Dynasty's vast war machine was in motion.