When Zhao Ziliang's edict arrived in Chang'an, it was the spring of March, and two months was enough time for the forbidden army to prepare for the expedition. However, two months is a bit insufficient for the Southern Route Army, the Southern Route Army wants to take the sea route, and needs large warships that can sail to the sea, this kind of large warship Datang has not yet been able to build, Zhao Ziliang has long taken this into account, and sent a fleet of more than 500 warships of the Western Qin Navy to set off from Nantianzhu in early March, passing through the Strait of Malacca, and crossing the South China Sea to Yangzhou.

This was an unprecedented ocean-going voyage, which was able to train the ocean-going ability of the Western Qin naval fleet and draw nautical charts. However, for the safety of navigation, the fleet tries to move along the coastline, in fact, over the years, the West Qin side has been collecting ocean currents and climate change in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea, for these situations, the fishermen near the coast are the most familiar, the fishermen know when there is a monsoon, when it is suitable to go to sea, when it is not suitable to go to sea, which sea areas are more dangerous, which sea areas have been calm, these are all things that the West Qin Navy needs to collect.

The information collected from various coastal areas is summarized and synthesized, and then analyzed to formulate the safest, most accurate, and shortest voyage charts, and this voyage can verify and correct the charts that have been drawn.

The Tang people are more conservative, in the eyes of the Tang people, the people outside the Central Plains are all outsiders, and the culture created by the people outside the country belongs to strange and skillful skills, how can the Central Plains culture be broad and profound? They don't bother to learn.

However, the Western Qin liked to learn everything they thought was good, and they not only learned the essence of other peoples, but also combined them with the knowledge of their own people to create better things. In this regard, the most representative of the Western Qin people like to learn other civilizations is shipbuilding, in terms of shipbuilding, the East of this era is not as good as the West, especially the Romans, Greeks, Phoenicians, the shipbuilding skills of these nations are far beyond other peoples of the same era, the Western Qin people have learned the shipbuilding of the big cannibals, and then learned the shipbuilding of the Romans and Greeks, and later the Western Qin people themselves began to build their own warships, the warships made by the Western Qin are larger, and the navigation performance on the sea is more stable, Wind and wave resistance is better, and it is stronger and stronger, and faster.

Western Qin not only studied Western shipbuilding, but also Western geometry, mathematics, and physics, and a large number of well-known scholars emerged.

In the two months since the departure of the Western Qin naval fleet from Nantianzhu, the Tang army has been preparing for the expedition, and the Chang'an court has again sent a note to Xinjing in mid-May.

May 15th.

At the court meeting, Honglu Temple Qing Hong Xu bowed to Zhao Ziliang and saluted: "Great King, the Chang'an Regent Mansion sent a chapter, saying that the lord of the Bohai Kingdom, Da Qinmao, refused to send troops to assist the Tang Dynasty in attacking Silla on the grounds that the country was small and the soldiers were outnumbered. In addition, the Japanese envoy to the Tang Dynasty, Saeki Jinmao, also refused to send troops to assist on the grounds that the losses in the sea-crossing operation were too great and the Japanese had few small soldiers! ”

"Hmph, I don't know how to lift!" Zhao Ziliang's face was a little ugly, and he asked, "In what name did the Regent Mansion send a request to the Balhae Kingdom and the Japanese State to send troops to assist in the attack on the Silla Kingdom?" ”

Hong Xu said: "It's an edict issued in the name of the king!" The ministers thought that the Bohai Kingdom was too remote, and they may not know the authority of the king, so they refused for various reasons, and the Japanese sent the Tang envoy Saeki Jinmao, the deputy envoy Ono Ishone, and the great god Suzu had just arrived in Yangzhou from the sea when they received the edict, and they were afraid that they did not know how heavy the authority of the king was, so they refused to send troops to assist in the attack on Silla! ”

"Humph!" Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly, patted the imperial case vigorously and said coldly: "Since they don't know the authority of this king, then let them know the fate of offending this king!" Tell Gao Shang and others, if the Bohai State and the Japanese State do not send troops to help, will the Tang Dynasty not be able to win the Silla State? Let's ignore these for now, and then make them look good when we destroy the Silla Kingdom! ”

Hong Xu agreed: "Obey!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said to the ministers with a cold face: "You all saw it, right? These small vassal countries have something to ask us for, so they nod and bow to us, wagging their tails and begging for mercy! Let's let them contribute, and they will shirk and be shrunken turtles for various reasons. If we can't win, we will go to the book to ask for guilt and admit mistakes, there are many people in the court who eat their set, from the emperor to the small officials, those who turn into foreign barbarians to admit their mistakes and ask for guilt, they will be very happy, and their vanity has been greatly satisfied! They didn't know that they had already been coaxed by those barbarians like monkeys and stupid pigs! ”

"Our concept is going to change, benevolence, righteousness and morality only exist between monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons, relatives and friends, and it is absolutely not suitable for countries to be between countries, and no one can affect public affairs and national politics because of personal feelings. There can only be a relationship of interests between countries! For more than 100 years, Japan has sent more than a dozen envoys to the Tang Dynasty to lead delegations to study in the Tang Dynasty. Why? Tell the king's will, whence they come from and where they go! Send all their students, monks, and officials who stayed in Datang and Western Qin out of the country, and we won't wait! ”

Someone immediately stood up and said, "My lord, I'm afraid that sending Japanese monks out of the country will cause criticism!" ”

"Criticism?" Zhao Ziliang looked at the official and said angrily: "Who criticizes? Who dares to criticize? The king sees that he never wants to ring the bell again, and he never wants to recite the scriptures again! ”

The official shrunk his neck in fright, retreated silently, and did not dare to speak again, already waiting for Zhao Hanlin to quickly draft the edict.

Zhao Ziliang continued: "This king has not returned to Chang'an for five years, and now I don't know what the situation in the Central Plains is. Where is Liu Dan? ”

Deputy Prime Minister Liu Shan stood up and arched his hand: "The minister is here!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "You haven't returned to the Central Plains for many years, go back and take a look after a while!" This king ordered you to be the special envoy of the plenipotentiary Qincha, give the sword and the king's order banner, and inspect the military and political affairs of the Tang Dynasty and various local governments on behalf of the king! Every month, I will send a letter to the king to report the inspection situation! ”

Liu Shan picked up his court clothes and knelt down: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Zhao Ziliang planned to let Liu Shan return to the Central Plains, first inspect the military and political affairs of the Chang'an court and various places as a special envoy, and then transfer Gao Shang back after two years, so that Liu Shan could take over the affairs of the regent palace, and other ministers of the regency palace would also be transferred back one after another and replaced with new people. At this stage, the ministers in charge of presiding over affairs in the Regent Palace's palace are still mainly officials sent by the Western Qin Dynasty for the time being, and after a few years, one or two people with both ability and political integrity will be transferred from the Chang'an court to join in.

After the court meeting, Zhao Ziliang left Prime Minister Dugu Wenshu and Vice Minister Liu Dan behind.

Zhao Ziliang said to Dugu Wen: "The main reason to leave you here is for Persia and the land of the Great Food, now the Great Food Peninsula has been captured by Bai Xiaode, but it is a barren land, although we have captured a large area of the Great Food Country, but we have not yet put our rule there on the right track, most of the areas are still under military control, this situation cannot continue forever, the army cannot always be used to maintain law and order, so your government Council must quickly come up with a plan to govern these newly acquired lands for the king to see!" Do you have any thoughts on this? ”

Dugu asked: "The king, the minister already has a preliminary idea, and the minister thinks that the first thing to do is to start with public security, and only by doing a good job of public security in these areas can he say anything else." And to rectify public order, the minister believes that special circumstances should be treated specially! First set up patrol bureaus in various places, most of them still recruit locals, a small number of people from Tubo, Tianzhu, Armenians or other ethnic groups, the main officials are still Han officials, and some less important positions can be held by others, which is called Yiyi to control Yi! The locals are familiar with the local situation and it is convenient to handle the case, but they are pinned down and monitored by the aliens in their colleagues, and our officials can let them check and balance each other! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and agreed: "Very good, this method can be tried." In this way, you should make the plan as soon as possible and show it to the king! ”

Dugu asked, "Yes, king!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked again: "What do you think of the refusal of the Bohai State and the Japanese State to send troops?" ”

Liu Shan said: "King, the minister has a little idea, but he doesn't dare to say it!" ”

"Don't dare to say? What is there not to say? What nasty words have this king not heard? Zhao Ziliang said and raised his hand, "You just have to say, this king forgives you for your innocence!" ”

"Yes!" Liu Shan agreed and said, "King, they are only afraid that they don't know how heavy the king's authority is, this should only be one of the aspects!" On the other hand, maybe in their eyes, the king is only a regent after all, not an emperor, and Da Qinmao and the Japanese envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty are afraid that they can't afford the status of the king! ”

After Zhao Ziliang heard this, his face was blue and red, and he sneered: "Yes, this king is only a regent and not an emperor, those barbarians naturally look down on this king, where will they listen to this king's orders?" This king is not angry, and he just took this opportunity to destroy Silla first, and then destroy the Bohai Sea, and when the time is ripe, he will fight the little Japanese! ”

Dugu Wenshu and Liu Dan couldn't help muttering in their hearts, and said that if they weren't angry, they would destroy other people's countries.

Liu Dan asked at this time: "Dare to ask the king, the minister went to the Central Plains to inspect military and political affairs this time, and asked the king to send a general to follow, the minister does not understand military affairs and military affairs, and needs a general to accompany him, so as not to be fooled by those people." In addition, the minister wants to be the king, what authority does the minister have to go this time? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "With the royal flag, you can dispatch no more than 5,000 soldiers and horses in the local area, and the sword can kill illegal generals and officials, but try to use it sparingly, and it's best not to use it!" ”

"Got it!"