Since ancient times, the descendants of Yan and Huang have paid attention to:
"When Huaxia invades the barbarians, the barbarians will conquer them. When the barbarians invade China, they will conquer China."
The word ‘in’ here means integrating.
Li Ke knew that Fang Xuanling was responsible for education and naturalization for the sake of his descendants, so at Su Mingzhe's request, he tried his best to learn from him, and he must be a teacher in his words and abide by his actions.
Seeing Li Ke's pious attitude, Fang Xuanling also put a lot of thought into the naturalization education in Korea.
Fang Xuanling not only found the basis for the origin of Shuo Yuan, the ancestor of Goryeo, in the lineage, but also found the basis in the legal system.
After the bloodline and legal system were found, Fang Xuanling asked Li Ke to take the initiative to integrate into the local dignitaries, and accepted dozens of local dignitaries' daughters as concubines in the harem.
Under this tolerant policy, the Kingdom of Goryeo soon became the Kingdom of Wu.
Late July.
Wu State recruited 100,000 troops and followed the Tang army to attack Baekje and Silla.
September.
Baekje and Silla surrendered one after another.
Su Mingzhe changed the two countries into the Kingdom of Wei and asked Wei King Li Tai to come and join the vassal state.
After Li Tai arrived in the Wei State, he followed the same steps as the Wu State. He began to write with the same text, drive with the same track, unify weights and measures, and govern the people with gentleness.
In this year, the news that King Li Ke of Wu and King Li Tai of Wei had established vassal status in a foreign land also spread throughout the Tang Dynasty.
Many princes and princes in the country came forward one after another, willing to go to other places to become vassal.
When Li Chengqian saw these memorials, he was excited but also very depressed.
In his opinion, Wu and Wei can be divided into ten or twenty vassal states. In this case, the number of princes in the country can be reduced by half.
In this way, as long as there are two or three more battles, there will be no princes or princes in the country.
Fortunately now, such a large piece of land is actually divided into only two vassal states.
In Li Chengqian's view, this is a huge waste.
"My father is still too partial. He actually gave the third and fourth children such big fiefdoms!"
In Li Chengqian's eyes, how much land can there be in the extra land, enough for domestic princes and vassal kings to divide it.
The princes and princes of the Tang Dynasty would appear in an endless stream.
Therefore, it is indeed a good idea to let princes and princes go to extraterrestrial lands to establish vassal status, but it cannot be too arrogant.
It is best for each vassal king to only have seven or eight cities, which is equivalent to one city in the Tang Dynasty.
Well, this is what Li Chengqian thinks is the most ideal state.
October.
Before the winter in Chang'an, Su Mingzhe returned to Huaqing Palace in Lishan with more than thirty noble ladies from Goryeo, Silla, and Baekje.
When Li Chengqian heard the news, he ignored the complaints in his heart and brought Prince Li Jue to pay his respects.
When three generations of grandparents and grandchildren met, the scene was quite warm.
Su Mingzhe hugged his grandson Li Jue and teased him for a while before saying:
"Qian'er, please send someone to bring the prepared medicinal materials. I'm refining the elixir here. I'll try to make a few more furnaces and you can learn from it yourself. Remember, the matter of refining the Peiyuan Dan will be discussed in the future.
You have to do it yourself, you can’t rely on others.”
"Father, I understand."
Although Li Chengqian tried hard to lower his profile, after being the emperor for a year, his majesty increased day by day, and he could no longer lower his profile.
Fortunately, Su Mingzhe also understood Li Chengqian's situation.
After all, the 'Emperor' is a very terrifying creature.
It is already rare for a person who becomes an emperor to remain calm.
As for being humble and petty, that is simply not what an emperor should do.
On the second day.
Li Chengqian's close confidants Du He and Zhao Jie sent medicinal materials for refining Peiyuan Dan.
Du He is Su Mingzhe's son-in-law, and Zhao Jie is Su Mingzhe's nephew. They are not outsiders.
However, Li Chengqian asked the two to put down the medicinal materials and let them leave.
For Li Chengqian, Peiyuan Pill was a panacea used to control powerful and wealthy families.
Just like what Su Mingzhe said, the process of refining the Peiyuan Pill must be kept secret.
It would be best if only you and your father knew.
Su Mingzhe didn't pay attention to Li Chengqian's thoughts. After checking the medicinal materials, he began to teach Li Chengqian how to identify the medicinal materials, how to select the medicinal materials, how to clean, soak, and finally refine them, etc.
In one day, Su Mingzhe made five furnaces and obtained ten pills from each furnace.
For the last medicinal ingredient, Su Mingzhe asked Li Chengqian to refine it himself.
After Li Chengqian practiced, Su Mingzhe took it out, checked it, and commented that it was "too angry."
"Qian'er, once raw, twice cooked. Now that you know the steps, you can try your hand at refining some ordinary elixirs."
As Su Mingzhe spoke, he took out a copy of "Alchemy Notes" compiled by himself:
"There are several common elixirs here, and the materials used are also common. There is no need to be afraid of waste or failure."
"Thank you, Father."
Li Chengqian took the 'Secret Book', and the complaints that had been weighing on his heart some time ago disappeared in an instant.
It's nice to have a child whose father loves him.
After teaching alchemy, Su Mingzhe and Li Chengqian left the alchemy room and walked towards the main hall. As they walked, they also taught the emperor's way:
"Gan'er, remember, training your ministers is just like training an eagle dog. You can't feed them all at once. A full eagle dog will only find a warm place to rest and will not help its master hunt."
What Su Mingzhe said was actually giving Li Chengqian instructions on how to distribute these Peiyuan Pills.
"Father, don't worry, I understand."
Li Chengqian has been taught by famous teachers since he was a child and has his own opinions on the way of the emperor.
Li Chengqian and Li Jue stayed one night in Huaqing Palace, and then left together the next day.
After they left, Su Mingzhe sent people to block the roads leading up and down the mountain from Huaqing Palace.
Without the interference of outsiders, Su Mingzhe could be an unscrupulous, mediocre and unscrupulous monarch in the Huaqing Palace.
A winter has passed.
None of the slightly pretty beauties in the palace escaped Su Mingzhe's misfortune.
Of course, when Su Mingzhe harmed these beauties, most of them were willing to be harmed.
There are only a few women who are reluctant, such as Dai Ji, Zheng Guanyin, Yeon Gae Suzhen, and Yeon Crystal.
But their parents and their family's life and death are still controlled by men.
Therefore, when Su Mingzhe came to the door, they all chose to lie down and let the man do what he did.
In the blink of an eye, it was February, the beginning of spring, and the Western Expedition army began to gather again.
Although Su Mingzhe still went out with him this time, the two armies of the imperial court were led by Li Jing and Hou Junji respectively. He himself took the beauties from Huaqing Palace and followed slowly behind, just like a sightseeing tour.
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The number of troops sent out this time was the same as last year, 30,000 troops.
The difference is that this time the army is all cavalry, and there are only more than 50,000 civilians responsible for transporting grain and grass.
Before leaving, Li Chengqian was both excited and worried:
"Father, there are over a hundred vassal states in the Western Region. Isn't the army of 30,000 a little too small?"
"There are quite a few. The main force is not the Tang army. There are Turks, Uighurs, and the Khitan people are opening the way in front. The Tang army is only responsible for picking up the hard bones."
Su Mingzhe had already made plans.
The population of the Tang Dynasty was only between 10 and 20 million, so I had to save some money.
By allowing the grassland nomads to take the lead, the Tang army would not have to charge into battle.
After hearing his father's plan, Li Chengqian stopped talking nonsense and just bowed and saluted, asking his father to take care of himself and not to work too hard.
After being the emperor for more than a year, Li Chengqian was very high-spirited and thought about what he could do to become an emperor for eternity.
But when he became emperor, he realized that there were too many disobedient officials in the court.
He killed a disobedient minister, thinking that by killing the chicken as a warning to the monkeys, other ministers would be afraid and would be afraid of their majesty and allow themselves to display their ambitions.
Who would have expected that when Li Chengqian killed a minister with his sword, all the civil and military officials in the court jumped out.
Li Chengqian was so angry that he planned to kill ten or a hundred more ministers to see if the remaining ministers were prepared to continue to oppose him.
At this moment, it was Queen Su Tan'er who took out the imperial edict left by Su Mingzhe and stopped Li Chengqian's violence.
Su Mingzhe knew all these things. Fortunately, nothing major happened, so he just pretended that nothing happened.
At this moment, Li Chengqian came to see him off, and Su Mingzhe mentioned casually:
"Qian'er, I am afraid that the number of cities gained in this Western Expedition is no less than a thousand. The court must prepare at least thousands of reserve officials. If there are ministers in the court that you don't like, just throw them over...
"
"Father, don't worry, my son is awake."
Li Chengqian was not a fool. When he heard what Su Mingzhe said, he knew that Su Mingzhe knew about his plan to kill dozens or hundreds of officials last year.
"If you really understand, then I will naturally feel relieved."
Su Mingzhe is now a little disappointed with Li Chengqian.
He is not very capable and has a small mind.
He always wanted to kill chickens to scare monkeys, but he didn't understand the importance of population to the Tang Dynasty.
Forget it, just give him a last helping hand.
After all, he was his biological son, so Su Mingzhe spared no effort to help Li Chengqian.
Before leaving the Tang Dynasty, more than thirty princes and princes were recruited and asked to go out with the army.
The population of Tianzhu is about the same as that of the Tang Dynasty, with millions of households. According to 10,000 households, one head of the country can be enfeoffed. This place is enough to enfeoff more than 100 princes and princes.
King Li You of Qi, King Li Min of Shu, King Li Hui of Jiang, King Li Zhen of Yue, King Li Zhi of Jin, and King Li Shen of Ji
, also went out with the army.
Su Mingzhe's sons, apart from the new emperor Li Chengqian, the only remaining ones are King Zhao Li Fu and King Cao Li Ming.
One of these two little guys is only four years old, and the other is just over half a year old. Naturally, it is not convenient for them to go out with the army.
In addition, within the territory of the Tang Dynasty, there were more than ten princes and princes.
These people are all self-aware wastes waiting to die. After asking the emperor for permission to wait for a few years before going on an expedition, they simply chose to lie down.
As for whether future generations will be demoted to the rank of nobility, that's none of their business.
It's enough for them to enjoy themselves.
If your children are unwilling to be demoted to a higher rank, then let them work hard on their own.
It has to be said that the children of these princes and princes will suffer serious consequences if they have such a father.
In the blink of an eye.
Ten years have passed.
Su Mingzhe led the Tang army from the Western Regions to sweep through Tianzhu, Persia, Europe and other places, and captured countless cities.
The number of princes and princes of the Tang Dynasty who established vassal vassals in other places also climbed from the original Wu and Wei countries to as many as one hundred and thirty-five.
In addition to the princes and princes seeking vassal status, the princes and princes of the Tang Dynasty also began to request to go to other places to seek vassal status.
Su Mingzhe originally didn't want to agree, but the fertility of the Tang Dynasty clan was not strong. More than 30 years after the founding of the country, there were only more than 400 clan children, nearly a hundred of whom were Su Mingzhe's sons.
In order to appease these important officials of the Tang Dynasty, Su Mingzhe scattered them across the continent of Europa.
Another thirty years passed.
Wu Meiniang and Xu Hui's grandsons began to prepare for the feudal lordship.
Su Mingzhe looked at the ice-covered Antarctica under his feet and couldn't help but sigh:
"It's only been forty years, and I have unified the world. How will I live the rest of my life..."
This chapter has been completed!