This is the first time that Li Wei has officially participated in the affairs of the imperial government, even in a later meeting, if nothing else, he can only listen, and it is estimated that he can't even say a few words, even if he does, at most, he will only say a few words that are not nutritious.

But it still made Li Wei nervous!

Therefore, being able to accompany my father to this imperial military strategy meeting today is in itself a matter of great political significance.

Three days ago, his father told him to prepare and participate in the military conference three days later.

After learning the news, although he remained calm on the surface, he was very excited in his heart, and his mother Empress Dong was even more excited than him, Empress Dong didn't sleep well all night last night, and early this morning she personally dressed her son Li Wei in this four-dragon pattern military uniform that she sewed by herself.

The reason why they are so excited is because they all know that Li Xuan took Li Wei to participate in this imperial strategic military meeting, which is not just a pre-imperial strategic military meeting, but represents the imperial crown prince Li Hui, who will gradually come to the fore and begin to gradually participate in the imperial government affairs.

And allowing Li Xuan to officially participate in government affairs, Li Xuan is tantamount to sending a very important political signal to the whole world: Li Xuan, the son of heaven, has begun to pave the way for his heir!

At the same time, this signal is enough to warn other princes and the relatives and courtiers behind those princes, stay honest, don't have any thoughts of seizing the heir!

Li Hui's position as the crown prince is as stable as Mount Tai.

At least, that's how it seems now!

The crown prince Li Wei followed behind his father Li Xuan, maintaining a calm smile on his face as always, the expression on his face, his every move, and even the amplitude of his pace, all of which made people unable to jump out of the slightest fault, which was completely the standard process in etiquette textbooks.

At this time, after he slowly entered the conference room with Li Xuan, all the generals began to salute and greet the holy driver!

As he moved forward, he said, "Don't be polite, just get flat!" ”

The first two sentences are naturally kind words, and the next sentence is the point, if Li Xuan doesn't say a flat sentence, these generals have to maintain a saluting posture all the time.

Although he was late, Li Xuan obviously wouldn't explain anything about it, let alone say something apologetic, and the emperor's identity didn't allow him to say these things.

So after he just said a few words, he strode forward, and at this time, the generals also began to salute the imperial prince Li Wei, and one by one they called the ministers to see His Royal Highness!

Li Wei was not the same as Li Xuan, but smiled and nodded slightly: "You don't have to be polite!" ”

Subsequently, Li Wei followed Li Xuan all the way into the conference room, and then Li Xuan went to the front of the rectangular table alone and sat on a huge dragon chair, and Li Wei did not sit on the rectangular table, but he did not stupidly follow Li Xuan to the small high platform, but stood under the dragon chair, in front of the rectangular table, and at this time, naturally the former secretary moved a chair and put it behind Li Wei.

However, Li Wei did not sit down yet, but continued to stand!

The other generals also walked to the rectangular table one after another according to their respective military branches, ranks, and positions, and they did not sit down directly, just like the crown prince Li Wei.

I only heard Li Xuan say lightly: "Give me a seat!" After that, after everyone thanked them, including Li Wei, they sat down.

After everyone sat down one after another, it was possible to find that the position where everyone was sitting was clearly distinguished, and the front of the rectangular table was naturally empty, because this side was facing Li Xuan.

The left side is led by the Minister on Duty in the Imperial Study, Army General Hao Bonian, Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council, and then over, the Minister of Operations of the Privy Council, General Deng Xide, and then the Minister of Staff, the Minister of Military Affairs, the Minister of Logistics, and the Minister of Ordnance in the Privy Council, followed by the three directors of the Army Cavalry Director, the Army Artillery Director, and the Army Quartermaster Director, and then the First Army Commander, and then the heads of several extremely important divisional institutions in the Privy Council. That is, the director of the intelligence department under the Ministry of Operations, the strategic department under the General Staff, etc.

The army generals who attended the meeting, including Hao Bonian, had a total of fourteen people, including six generals and eight lieutenant generals!

On the right side, there is a general of the navy, headed by Admiral Song Binglin, the minister on duty in the imperial study and deputy envoy of the Navy Commander's Office, and below him are the ministers of the Navy's Military Command Department, General Staff Department, Military Affairs Department, Logistics Department, and Ship Administration Department, in addition to the commanders of the Second Fleet and the Third Fleet, and there are also generals of several important subordinate organizations.

There were a total of 12 admirals attending the meeting, including Admiral Song Binglin, who were also all admirals and vice admirals.

On the back sides of the rectangular table and at the tail sat several generals of the Guards and the commander of the fleet of the Tang Western Company.

All of them combined, almost thirty people.

At this time, everyone saw Li Xuan pick up a document from the imperial secretary next to him, and then casually opened two pages and said: "Before talking about business, let's talk about another trivial matter, this is a report sent back from the northwest, saying that the Tatars have started a new round of westward expeditions, and the direction of their expansion is not to continue to attack the Safavid Dynasty in the west as we expected, but to fight the Timurid Dynasty in northern India in the south. ”

"The importance of India, I don't need to say much, I'm afraid you also know it, so the Indian strategy should be accelerated to ensure that the military power of the empire is put into the northern region of India as soon as possible, I don't want to fight a cavalry battle with the Tatars on the Indian peninsula in a few years!"

Li Xuan suddenly talked about the Tatars, but many people still don't know about this situation, especially the generals of the navy, they never pay attention to the Tatars, and only some of the generals of the army know about the Tatars in time.

But that's not the point, the point is what Li Xuan said, the Indian strategy must be accelerated!

When Li Xuan said this, he had basically set the tone for today's meeting, that is, to launch the Indian strategy as soon as possible.

In the following time, the conference room entered the Yangtze River where the usual military meeting was held, and the people of the army and navy, and even the commanders of the Guards and the company's fleet, all expressed their opinions, but they did not discuss any battle of Malacca, nor did they discuss a specific battle.

These things don't need to be taken out on an occasion like today, and the Battle of Malacca has already begun to be executed, so it is useless to discuss it in the rear.

What they are discussing is not one or two battles, but a question of strategy, or a question of strategic direction.

Today's Imperial Military Strategy Meeting is not to decide a specific battle, but the main direction of expansion of the Tang Dynasty in the next year or even two or three years.

and the order of expansion, how many resources are ready to be invested, and so on.

Although it is said that the war with the Portuguese is already in progress, it is better to go to what extent the war with the Portuguese will be carried out, by what means, and at the same time it will be fought there.

At the same time, we have to take into account the reaction of the Spaniards and the reaction of other countries or forces, such as the Timurid dynasty in northern India, which already occupied many northern parts of India and many Central Asian regions, and its strength is not weak, and now the Tatars have aimed their expansion at them, and it is not known what kind of chain reaction will occur in the future.

The worst-case scenario is that if the Timurid dynasty could not stop the Tatars, then the Tatars would be able to drive all the way from northern India and then all the way across the Indian peninsula, and they could not believe that the indigenous princes in India except for the Timurid dynasty could hold back the Tatar army, which was simply impossible.

Then there are the Spaniards, although the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Empire do not think of Spain, and they still regard them as Taixi barbarians in their hearts, but it is undeniable that Spain is still very strong in these years, its sea power is extremely strong, and its colonies are all over Africa and the Americas.

The overall strength is much stronger than that of Portugal!

If the Empire attacked Portugal, what would Spain have reacted to, by welcoming the Empire attacking Portugal, or by being on guard against it, and even supporting the Portuguese against the Empire's attack?

Although the current naval strength of the Tang Empire is strong, but strong strength does not mean that it can put military power into the world, at least in the Atlantic region, the imperial navy is helpless, not that the warships are not good enough, there are not enough warships, but there is not even a supply port in the Atlantic.

Spain and Portugal were able to profit greatly from the world's maritime trade because they had many colonies around the world, and the colonies represented supply ports.

As a result, their warships can travel freely to and from the world's seas without worrying about resupply.

On the contrary, the Tang Empire's navy could not do this, at most it could only achieve replenishment at any time in the western Pacific waters and part of the Indian waters, while in other seas, it was often necessary to rely on the supplies carried by the fleet itself for operations.

Because of its own lack of numerous supply ports, this is also the reason why the Tang Navy is so keen to support the immigration and reclamation division to build colonies all over the world, because colonies represent ports and supplies.

It's a pity that because of the limitations of technical capabilities in these years, it is not so easy to build a colony, and it takes a lot of time and resources.

But for the huge Tang Empire, the resources spent on developing and building colonial strongholds are nothing.

What the Tang Empire lacks now is time!

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