Chapter 135 War will start
After Wen Yi and others digested it for a while, he continued: "I have already explained the matter of establishing the crown prince, now let's talk about the matter of Prince Yin.
Before I talk about this, I want to make one thing clear. His Majesty launched the Xuanwu Sect not for his own selfish desires, but because he truly wanted to make the Tang Dynasty better.
Therefore, after His Majesty ascended the throne, he did not do anything to King Yin and King Qi, but instead gave them greater power.
Of course, His Majesty had talked openly with them before, and King Yin also supported His Majesty's decision very much, so this time His Majesty personally led the expedition and allowed King Yin to supervise the country.
Putting aside old grudges, King Yin is very capable in handling internal affairs and is fully qualified to assume the responsibility of supervising the country."
After hearing what Wen Yi said, Wei Zheng felt like he was in a state of panic. He stupidly picked up the wine bottle and took a deep drink in his mouth. Then he stiffly bowed his hand to Wen Yi and staggered out of the living room.
Changsun Wuji also wanted to dissuade him, but was stopped by Wenyi: "Uncle Changsun, it's normal that Prime Minister Wei can't accept it for a while. We have to give him more time.
Let him go back and think about it."
In addition to Changsun Wuji, Xiao Yu, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Kong Yingda and others sitting here also looked stupid, while the heads of the six families who shared the money were very excited. It turns out that this is the reason for the experience of the royal children, so why not
It's not that we still can't decide who the new emperor will be in the future. It's very likely that he will be the person who was tested in his own family! By then, wouldn't his family be soaring into the sky?
What a good deal with huge profits! You know that if you follow Wen Xiang, you will get something to eat! No matter what you say in this life, you must stand firmly on Wen Xiang's side, otherwise how can you repay such a great favor! The six people picked up the cups in unison and looked at each other.
They smiled in tacit understanding and said at the same time: "We would like to toast Wen Xiang."
Literature and art gave a look that said nothing, and drank the wine in one gulp.
The old fox Zhang Sun Wuji saw the strange behavior of the seven people in his eyes. He turned his eyes and picked up the wine glass and said to Wenyi with a smile: "Xiaoyi, although I don't know what the agreement between you is, but we are a family, why don't you let me do the same?"
Mix in?"
Wenyi smiled bitterly and shook his head and said: "Uncle Changsun is really smart, you have discovered all this.
You can join if you want, but you need to show some interest."
After saying that, he stretched out his left hand and made a gesture of counting money.
The steelmaking plant of Changsun's family has been put into full production and is operating at full capacity 24 hours a day. The money is pouring into his house like snowflakes. When he heard that literature and art only need money, it is not easy. Changsun Wuji straightened his back and said proudly.
: "As long as money can solve the problem, it's not a problem. I have agreed to take part in this matter."
Wenyi nodded and said with a smile: "Uncle Changsun, don't worry. Please stay for us to talk in detail later."
Xiao Yu is also a good person. Seeing that Sun Wuji was like this, he couldn't sit still and immediately expressed his intention to join.
Literature and art naturally accept all comers and accept them all.
When the banquet was coming to an end, Kong Yingda pulled Wenyi aside furtively and said sheepishly: "Prime Minister Wen, although our friendship is not as deep as that of Prime Minister Chang Sun, I also want to join this plan."
Wen Yi raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "What do you mean, Bachelor Kong? Of course you can join if you want to.
You can join us later."
After saying that, he was about to turn around and go back to the table, but was grabbed by Kong Yingda again. Kong Yingda blushed even more: "Prime Minister Wen, I have something else to ask of you."
Wenyi nodded: "Sister Kong, please speak."
Kong Yingda hesitated for a long time before summoning up the courage to whisper: "My Kong family has been passing on farming and studying for generations, so the family is living in a tight situation. So... I would like to ask Prime Minister Wen for some advice."
I was so happy with literature and art, I thought that a family like the Kong family, which only read books from sages and sages, would disdain doing business. It turns out that they would be jealous of other wealthy families making money every day.
Wen Yi thought for a while and smiled: "So that's what happened, I just have two ideas that can help you.
I wonder if Bachelor Kong is interested?"
Kong Yingda nodded hurriedly and said: "I would like to hear the details."
Literature and Art: "The first is newspaper publishing, and the second is printing."
Kong Yingda was stunned: "What is a newspaper?
Printing is now done by many aristocratic families, and although there is some profit, it is not much."
Wenyi explained: "Although many aristocratic families are also printing now, you are Confucian orthodox. There are more and more scholars in the world, and the market is quite large. Moreover, I want you to be the boss of the printing industry, not as small as you are now.
Make a fuss.
What the newspaper company said is even more outrageous. If it is run properly, it is not surprising that it can make tens of thousands of dollars a day, let alone tens of millions of dollars a day."
Kong Yingda immediately smiled and said: "Thank you very much, Wen Xiang!"
Wenyi nodded: "I'll come to you to discuss it in a few days after I finish writing the plan.
Let’s go back to the table and drink first.”
...After all the matters of personally recruiting the imperial commander, establishing the crown prince, and training the royal disciples have been settled.
Wenyi sent everyone away, humming a little tune and returned to the study to prepare to help Kong Yingda write the newspaper and printing plan.
The newspaper literary and art department had wanted to do it for a long time, but Wang Erxuan, who was originally chosen, didn't have the guts to do it, so it didn't work out. This time it was replaced by the coaxing Kong family, and no one would dare to cause trouble again.
Printing Literature and Art is thinking about asking Kong Yingda to print some official books, such as "Dictionary", "Enlightenment Book for Children", "Imperial Examination Book" and so on.
Nowadays, major aristocratic families print many books in order to improve their reputation, but they are all traditional books such as the Four Books and Five Classics, and there are still many deficiencies in basic and comprehensive books.
If the Kong family can do these two things, then it will be easier to broadcast the culture of the Tang Dynasty! Just when Wenyi was about to write, the outsider reported on the 28th: "Young Master, Your Majesty announces your admission to the palace."
Wenyi patted his forehead. Li Shimin must be waiting for news about him, but he forgot about it. This is not the behavior of a good employee.
When the literature and art arrived at the palace, Li Shimin was rehearsing the war with a group of generals in the Tai Chi Hall.
Wenyi stepped forward and saluted: "I pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Li Shimin waved to him and said, "Come and see how my deployment is going. Can I defeat the Turkic army with 3,000 Xuanjia troops?"
Wenyi looked at it and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, according to your tactics, we can completely wipe out the enemy! It's perfect!"
Li Shimin heard that Li Shimin's tone was not right and couldn't help but asked: "Based on your tone, shouldn't we annihilate all the enemy troops?"
Wenyi nodded and said: "Your Majesty, we are vigorously carrying out infrastructure construction and need a lot of labor. We, the common people of the Tang Dynasty, have too few people.
The strategy of showing weakness to the enemy is to capture more prisoners to use as laborers.
You wiped them all out at once, I feel very sorry for you, those are 100,000 high-quality laborers!"
Everyone laughed, and Li Shimin couldn't help but smile: "The northern Turks have always been a serious problem in the Central Plains. How come you have turned into pigs for slaughter at will? You still want to capture the 100,000 Turkic troops alive, so you are not afraid of catching them back."
Will you rebel later?"
Wenyi said contemptuously: "It's only 100,000, not 1 million, it's trivial.
I have prepared 50 sonic tanks and 10 warehouses of tranquilizer bombs. Not to mention 100,000, even 1 million will still defeat them all."
Li Shimin raised his eyebrows: "Good boy, the supplies are all ready.
Okay, you will be responsible for the logistics this time.
I must capture Jieli this time!"
At this time, Wang Junxian, the commander of the Xuanjia Army, asked: "Xiang Wen, this? This is the first time that the new Xuanjia Army has been on the battlefield. Isn't it a good idea to use tranquilizer bombs instead of live ammunition?"
Wenyi waved his hand: "Don't worry, this is a war between hot weapons and cold weapons. The strength of both sides is not at the same level at all. They will only be massacred unilaterally by us, so there is no need to worry.
Besides, Xuanjia’s new army all has the protection of Hope Armor, even if they can’t defeat the Turks to save their lives, there’s still no problem.”
Li Shimin nodded and said: "Yes, this war is just a game of catching young men for us.
Now let’s redeploy the situation and try to save more lives for Xiang Wen, haha.”
Wenyi laughed mockingly, then stepped aside.
In marching battles, he only knew how to crush them head-on. He didn't understand the strategic tactics of keeping alive, so he didn't step forward to get involved.
He quietly sneaked to Li Shimin's jade case, grabbed a bunch of iced grapes, and hid behind a stone pillar to eat.
By the time Li Shimin and others finished their discussion, it was already sunset.
After the generals left, Wen Yicai told Li Shimin what happened at the banquet.
After hearing this, Li Shimin nodded and said: "Okay, I can rest assured that you can handle the matter. I will be on my way to the expedition soon, and I will leave the affairs in Chang'an to you. Also, Ke'er has already started printing banknotes, and you also want more."
Please help me."
Literature and art readily accepted the order.
At the court meeting the next day, Li Jiancheng came to the court early in a python robe and waited. He still stood in the position that originally belonged to the prince. He was filled with emotion. Unexpectedly, he went around and returned to his old position.
After everyone had finished their salutes, Li Shimin said: "Tomorrow I will be marching in person to conquer the country. The affairs of the court will be handed over to King Yin from now on. You must cooperate seriously."
Wei Zheng and others no longer objected, and everyone accepted the order in unison.
.....Everything is stable in Chang'an, but the Turks are noisy. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered around Jieli's tent. The Turks' warriors gathered in groups with open arms and wiped their beloved sabers.
They discussed happily how much they could gain from this trip south.
But the Turkic chiefs were not as optimistic as the soldiers.
They were beaten badly by Princess Pingyang last time, but now they still have psychological shadow. If Military Advisor Zhao hadn't heard that Datang had just experienced a coup and was in a state of political instability, they would definitely not have dared to go south again.
Not to mention, this Military Advisor Zhao is really a capable person. Not only can he help them get sophisticated weapons, but he can also get a lot of salt.
This was a strategic material strictly blocked by the Tang Dynasty! He also taught them how to make water plants more prosperous and how to raise fatter cattle and sheep! The current military advisor Zhao has a much higher status than Jie Li in the eyes of the Turkic people.
One wants to make their lives better, and the other wants to capture the young men in their family! Now the Turkic people will put incense sticks on Zhao Junshi's longevity tablet every day, and then pick up the tablet with "Jieli" written next to it.
Chapter completed!