Liu Mu looked at Li Shimin's appearance in full-body armor and snickered.

"Ridiculous? What's so ridiculous? Li Shimin asked with a dark face.

Liu Mu replied truthfully: "The age of firearms is also the era of the disappearance of traditional armor, and the new generation of armor still needs to be studied. The imperial brother's body is of no special use except for looking mighty. ”

"Really?" Li Shimin asked lightly.

Liu Mu continued: "If the second brother really wants to fight Goguryeo, the Shence Wei Firearms Battalion will fight with all its might, and it is estimated that Goguryeo can be bulldozed in three months, and their city is not enough to defend against the artillery of the great general of Shen Cewei. In the absence of firearms, the Warrior Guards can blow up all the way through, and there is no need to think about defending against hidden arrows. ”

Li Shimin shook his head: "It seems that you still don't understand." ”

"Could it be that the second brother has more clever tactics, I really think that without considering military spending, the firepower is very strong."

"That's right, your firepower is not only strong, but also extremely domineering, not to mention a city, even a high mountain can make the Shence Guard Firearms Battalion push to the ground. But you still don't understand. ”

Liu Mu is really confused this time, what don't he understand?

Li Shimin gently patted Liu Mu's shoulder: "The purpose of the Tang Dynasty's fight against Goguryeo is not to lay down that piece of land, but a very sacred and very important ceremony. ”

"Ritual?"

Yanagi exclaimed, he couldn't think of anything that war had to do with rituals.

Li Shimin looked up to the sky and laughed, laughing very happily and happily.

"If you want to fight Goguryeo, you have the certainty of victory in the early years, why don't you fight, it's not that you can't fight, but you're waiting for an opportunity. An opportunity to complete the ceremony. ”

Li Shimin mentioned the word ritual for the second time, and Liu Mu didn't know what to say.

Li Shimin explained: "Why do you say the ceremony, the million-strong army of the former Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times, and there were countless casualties. It can be said that the rebellion at the end of the Sui Dynasty was triggered by the construction of canals and the expedition to Goguryeo. At present, Datang does not spend less than repairing canals, and the manpower used is not less. ”

"Well, the railroad is harder to build than the canal."

"That's right, so what are the people looking at, the people are afraid, afraid of repeating the rebellion at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Therefore, the defeat of Goguryeo is a ritual, a ritual for all the people of the world to see. It can be said that most of the people in the world don't know what happened at all, but when it comes to Goguryeo, it's different, and there is still a hidden pain in the hearts of the people. ”

A sentence of faint pain, Liu Mu understood.

There are countless people alive in the families of the Sui army and the people who died in the battle of Goguryeo, and it can be said that all the people of the entire Tang Dynasty and their relatives and friends have experienced the battle of Goguryeo, which is a pain, a pain in the depths of my heart.

What Li Shimin gave to the people of the Tang Dynasty was a good medicine.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo were like a strong elite swordsman facing a child with a wooden stick.

The elite swordsman also has to put on a gorgeous posture and fight the boy with the wooden stick with a rigorous attitude.

Li Shimin wants to bring glory, self-confidence, and pride to the people of Datang.

Destroy Goguryeo and open up the momentum and mind of the people of the Tang Dynasty who are proud of Huanyu.

"Goguryeo has stayed for so many years, and now it has become a sacrifice at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty." Li Shimin slowly drew his saber and made a martial artist's gesture, with a confident and joyful smile on his face.

At the beginning of the court meeting, the court meeting still discussed the affairs of agriculture, politics, commerce and sea, and did not mention the war at all.

The war was secretly prepared only in the Shangshu Province, the Cabinet, and the top of the six ministries.

In the evening, Konoe Zhongli knelt in front of the door of the study of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin.

For a serf who was once a Japanese lord serf and did not even have a name, the Tang Emperor was as noble as the sun high above.

The kneeling ceremony is not a common ritual in Datang.

According to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty Rite Department, the Heaven and Earth Monarch is five kneels, and there are five non-kneels.

There is no need to kneel for the ceremony of the king, only in the big ceremony, the big ceremony needs to kneel and bow to the big ceremony, compared to the ceremony of the king, but the two teachers need to kneel a lot of times.

According to the regulations of the Ministry of Etiquette, Konoe Tadashi is only a face of the king, and he does not need to kneel.

No matter what others said, Konoe Tadari insisted on kneeling in front of the door and waiting for the summons, and his tough attitude made the guards helpless.

Of course, this also gave Li Shimin a chance to be close to the people.

After meeting with Li Jing of the Ministry of War, Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty personally walked to the door of the study, and helped up the guard with one hand: "All the people in the world, all the tribes are my people, and they are all children of heaven like me. ”

Konoe Tadayi entered the study and pushed it back for a quarter of an hour.

Among the soldiers of the Fusang clan, the genius general who ranked third in the assessment of martial arts, strategy, and formation could not stop crying at all, and the attendants comforted him for a while, and it took some time to reorganize his appearance, so he was delayed for a quarter of an hour.

In the study, there is a seat for Konoe Tadari.

Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty personally made tea, a cup of willow wood, and a cup of Konoe Zhongli.

Konoe Zhongli was about to get up and thank En, but was stopped by Li Shimin: "Sit down, I just said that all the people in the world are my family, why do you need to keep giving gifts when your family sits together and drinks a cup of tea." ”

Liu Mu was observing Konoe Zhongli, and at this time, Konoe Zhongli only needed a hint from Li Shimin to charge for Li Shimin with the explosives bag.

Li Shimin did not mention official business first, but asked: "I heard that there was a tsunami on Fuso Island a year ago, and there were many people affected by the disaster. ”

"Okay, everyone still has rice to eat and clothes to wear."

Konoe Tadarei's words are indeed from the heart, the fields have been destroyed nearly 100,000 acres, but they still eat better than when they were serfs, this is still before the disaster relief grain arrived, the farmers relied on the grain stored at home, and each family helped each other, and the food was enough to eat until the next harvest.

"My family is good."

"Thank you, my family is fine, if it weren't for ......" Konoe cried again.

Liu Mu patted him on the side: "Okay, let's get down to business, you should have heard about the battle between the former Sui and Goguryeo when you were in the training camp." ”

Konoe Zhongli jumped up violently: "I am willing to charge forward for the saint, and if I can't take the head of the king of Goguryeo, my head will be offered." ”

"Sit down." There was still a hint of sternness in Li Shimin's tone.

After Konoe Tadayi sat down obediently, Li Shimin said: "A long time ago, the Baekje people were in contact with the Udaiwa country, and the general plan was like this, you selected a group of excellent people to pretend to be the army of the Yamato country, and chose a time to release the news, you took over Tsushima Island, and then took the fleeing Baekje nobles and army to Nagato. ”

Although Konoe Tadari has studied the art of war, although he is excellent, he is at most at the level of a middle school student: "Sage, the subordinate does not understand it very well." ”