Li Taina left Chang'an as if he was running for his life.
To be honest, this matter can only be handled by leaving by myself. Even if I think about it with my toes, it must have something to do with Li Chengqian, and Li Shimin is afraid that he will severely punish Li Chengqian before he lets himself leave Chang'an.
And if he were here, Li Shimin would be afraid that if he dealt with Li Chengqian and published the evidence of his crime, the ministers who chose to speculate would be unable to bear it and directly remonstrate to depose the prince.
But before he dealt with Li Chengqian's affairs after he left, Li Shimin had already shown that he did not want to change the prince.
As long as we deal with it in a low-key manner, I believe the ministers will not be too pushy.
Naturally, Li Tai didn't know that this time it involved Li Chengqian's beloved Yin Xin.
Even if he knew, Li Tai's eyes were blank. The Crown Princess knew him, but he didn't know who Cheng Xin was!
Historically, Li Shimin also killed Qin Ying and Wei Lingfu for their demonic ways and deceiving people.
It's just that Cheng Xin was remembered by Li Chengqian and his name was left in the history books, making the world think that Cheng Xin was the main reason.
But the problem is that the king has the habit of Longyang, which is really not a shortcoming in this era.
Not only because Li Chengqian already had his eldest son, but more importantly, we must not forget that Emperor Wen of Han had his favorite minister Deng Tong.
As long as Li Chengqian held up Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty as an example, this matter would only become a good talk, not a stain.
But what needs to be noted is that the Taoist priests Qin Ying and Wei Lingfu in history used black magic to personally support the prince. So who was the target of their magic? Why did Li Tai in history succeed with this complaint? Obviously
This must have been influenced by Chunqiu's brushwork.
Adhering to the traditional virtue of being a taboo for respected people, you can imagine who Li Chengqian's target is.
But Li Shimin still chose to kill everyone involved, but left Li Chengqian alone.
At least it shows that deep down in his heart, Li Shimin still hopes that Li Chengqian will continue to be the prince. Even if the prince is wrong, Li Shimin still hopes to give him a chance!
This time, Li Chengqian also used sorcery, but he did not intend to kill Li Tai. From Li Shimin's perspective, Li Chengqian still had some conscience.
Therefore, the only method used was to deal with this matter coldly, kill all the villains around him, and let Li Chengqian continue to be close to virtuous ministers. I believe that he can still be saved in the future.
"Sure enough, Aye still feels sorry for Li Chengqian and continues to maintain his position as prince!" Li Tai sighed with emotion.
"Huh?" Yan Wan, who was on the carriage, stuck out her head and looked at Li Tai curiously.
"Nothing, let's leave quickly!" Li Taize said to Yan Wan with a smile.
Li Tai was not in a hurry. After all, Li Shimin was still alive and could manage Datang well as his own property.
It is only the twelfth year of Zhenguan, so the time is still long, so I can just continue to accumulate strength.
At this moment in Xihai County, Wang Xuance watched Xue Rengui successfully return from the snow and fog with the academy soldiers.
Every time Wang Xuance looked at Xue Rengui's soldiers, all wearing 160 kilograms of shields, he couldn't help but feel like watching the movement of the Steel Corps. He didn't know if it was strong or not, but it looked really good.
So handsome and powerful!
"Xuance?" Xue Rengui himself wore an extremely thick shield and appeared in front of Wang Xuance step by step.
"Take off this armor, I have something to ask you!" Wang Xuance said to Xue Rengui.
"Okay!" Xue Rengui waved his hand, and a soldier wearing a shield and armor pressed hard on the buckle on his wrist. He first freed Xue Rengui's hands, and then helped to dismantle the armor piece by piece.
for at least a quarter of an hour.
After all this series of matters were dealt with, Xue Rengui followed Wang Xuance to the Prefect's Mansion.
Wang Xuance said with a serious expression, "There is news from the Dongnu Kingdom that the Tubo people have made some changes!"
Wang Xuance's service over the years was not in vain. Thanks to his potential as a diplomat, he got along quite harmoniously with the surrounding tribes.
Especially the tribes such as Dongnvguo or Dangxiang, which border with Tubo. Basically, as long as Tubo takes action, it will almost certainly pass through these two tribes.
In this era, if there are not enough savings, the resource allocation for a large-scale war will take at least half a year to prepare, let alone Tubo, a country that is still just a slave society.
Even though Trisang Yangtun had made very foreseeable preparations for a year, the basic productivity and organization of a slave country can be imagined.
If it were not for such a dangerous and dangerous place as the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, coupled with the climate trend of global warming, it would be almost impossible for Tubo to become a close enemy of the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, even if they were given a few more Lunqinlings, Tubo would still be destroyed.
"Sure enough, Du Biejia also said that there will be changes in Tubo this year!" Xue Rengui's face became serious and he asked Wang Xuance seriously: "Should this matter be reported to the imperial court?"
"It's still not certain that Tubo's target is our Tang Dynasty. Maybe Tubo just wants to annex small tribes like Dongnu or Dangxiang." Wang Xuance said in a deep voice, "We just need to do a good job on their only path.
Enough warning!"
"Just let the Tibetan army come here?!" Xue Rengui said a little unconvinced when he heard Wang Xuance's words.
"Only by letting them in will we be able to annihilate them all. Otherwise, are you going to look for them in Shangougou?" Wang Xuance looked at Xue Rengui in surprise.
When Xue Rengui heard Wang Xuance's words, he rubbed his hands and said, "Okay! You come and direct me to fight, but we are waiting for them!"
"It's still early!" Wang Xuance curled his lips when he heard Xue Rengui's words and said,
"If they are thinking of a protracted war, they will send troops in March this year. If they want to hurt the Tang Dynasty in one go, they will probably send troops in July or August!"
"Food farming?!" Xue Rengui was quite keen on war and understood immediately.
Or maybe it's because the Xuefu soldiers are all from the Agricultural College, so these Xuefu soldiers will open up some land every year and try to grow some local wild vegetables.
After all, people can't live on tea alone. Life is really difficult.
Then some local wild vegetables were planted to a greater or lesser extent, and were mainly handed over to the academy soldiers who came to serve as soldiers in the first year.
After all, they have just graduated from agricultural students, and the knowledge has not been completely thrown away from their heads. However, other academy soldiers who have been here for two or three years, although they still remember how to grow vegetables, are not as capable as the first-year academy soldiers to take care of them.
Meticulous.
And when Li Tai built the glass greenhouse, he also wanted to send it here. In other words, glass greenhouses are not necessarily prepared for so-called off-season vegetables.
Some cold areas with short summers and long winters are actually very suitable for the glass greenhouse model.
"Then we'll have to wait!" Xue Rengui's expression couldn't help but be serious, with a bit of emotion in it.
"Compared with this, how do you feel about using the armor and weapons that King Wei sent over these days?" Wang Xuance asked.
"I always feel that shield armor is a bit wasteful when used for training. This thing is more suitable for heavy infantry armor. I'm afraid it will take a ballista or ten stone arrows to penetrate this armor!" Xue Rengui couldn't bear it.
Live with emotion.
"Use it first, just use it to build up strength!" Wang Xuance said calmly, "Compared with this, which one is more comfortable for you, scale armor or cotton armor?"
"As long as I take off my shield, I'll feel comfortable using either one!" Xue Rengui said,
"There is not much difference between scale armor and cotton armor, especially cotton armor. In fact, I soaked it in water and then left it outside to freeze overnight. It seems to be better than scale armor.
Even if you get a hole or something, you can recover quickly using this method!"
"No normal person would come up with such an idea! I'm asking about normal cotton armor!" Wang Xuance couldn't help but said seriously.
"It's okay. Unless the weather is extremely cold, cotton armor is no match for scale armor!" Xue Rengui explained,
"Generally speaking, we remove the iron sheets from the outside and put on cotton-padded clothes directly to keep us warmer!"
"I know!" Wang Xuance pressed his temples and said to Xue Rengui, "Next, you should be more vigilant. I will write to King Wei, ask for some more supplies, and tell King Wei my judgment and King Wei's support for us.
There should be more.”
"Where is the imperial court?" Xue Rengui couldn't help but asked in confusion after hearing Wang Xuance's words.
"I'm afraid the imperial court will not support us until a war breaks out. After all, Tibet is not at war with us, the Tang Dynasty!" Wang Xuance said.
After Wang Xuance finished chatting, he started to write a letter. If nothing else, he just hoped that Li Tai could send more resources.
Although there is a lot of content to write, in summary it can be summarized as King Wei, Hungry, Fanfan, Woohoo!
This letter went through several rounds and finally fell into the hands of Li Tai in February. After Li Tai read it, he handed the letter to Lu Cai.
After reading this, Lu Cai frowned and said seriously,
"King Wei, the weapons and armor that Luoyang has sent to Xihai are enough for four thousand people.
As for food, it was supported by the Hehuang Valley where Du Chuke was located. This amount of money and food was enough to support Wang Xuance in a big war.
After all, he only has 3,000 people at his disposal, so what does he want with so many cotton clothes and food?"
"It should be used to win over the surrounding foreigners as miscellaneous soldiers!" Li Tai sighed,
"Besides, what Wang Xuance wants is just cotton-padded clothes. It's much more convenient than getting cotton-padded armor. This request is not too much. Just prepare it for them."
Li Tai couldn't help but look at the peacock as he spoke, and said,
"You prepare this batch of supplies, including 100,000 jins of fried rice noodles, 10,000 pieces of cotton-padded clothes, 10,000 jins of tea leaves, and cane sugar.
The weather on the plateau is cold, so food like sucrose should be suitable. Let them eat a piece before the war to ensure that their bodies are warmed up!"
"When do you want it?" Peacock heard Li Tai's words and asked Li Tai doubtfully.
"Let the next batch of agricultural students take them there when they graduate." Li Tai said thoughtfully,
"Since Wang Xuance has judged that Tibet will either launch an attack in March to destroy farming, or launch an attack in August for a decisive battle, then we will follow the August plan, otherwise even if we want to prepare, we may not have time to prepare!"
"Understood!" Peacock nodded, but his doubts were still unresolved, "Won't Wang Xuance make a mistake in his judgment?"
To be honest, Wang Xuance has not shown convincing results so far, and even he himself is a scholar who has judged war.
Peacock is a little confused that Li Tai would trust Wang Xuance's judgment so much!
At least in Peacock's view, should such a serious matter as war really be based entirely on Wang Xuance's judgment?
Not to mention, Li Tai also had such an important bargaining chip.
Not to mention, as long as Du Chuke comes to Luoyang, the work efficiency of the entire Luoyang will be greatly improved.
After all, in terms of passion for work, Li Tai is really not as passionate about work as the Du family.
"No, even if their judgment is wrong this time, I am willing to give him a third chance!" Li Tai said calmly.
It doesn't matter, just rely on the reputation of one person to destroy a country. Unless Li Jing or Li Ji, otherwise with the combination of Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui, as long as I provide them with good logistics, then even if any of the legendary seventy-two generals confront them
, and I am willing to pressure them to win.
The only pity is that if I had known that I would time travel, I should have studied history lessons well, at least memorized the seventy-two generals, and knew which long legs to keep when I arrived in the Tang Dynasty.
Otherwise, as for now, I'd better trust those who have already left their names in history.
Those who have not left their names in history, even if they are really powerful, do not appear in my eyes, I cannot see them!
"Then the next step is the road construction plan of Henan Road!" Peacock stopped worrying and changed the subject.
"We have prepared the supporting industries. Now we are waiting for the imperial court to send people down and the Wang family to gather the funds raised by aristocratic families from all over the country!"
"Don't worry, let Wang Zhenru do the complete survey work first!" Li Tai smiled and said,
“The original plan was just to give people in the court a concept, and it was completely different from the on-site construction design drawings.
Only after the overall construction design drawings are produced can we set the construction period.
Otherwise, even if the Zheng family sends the money from the aristocratic family, we will just guard this money and stare at it."
Peacock nodded when he saw what Li Tai said, and then said to Li Tai: "Then my subordinates will go and dispatch these resources to Xihai first!"
"Yes!" Li Tai nodded, then looked at Lu Cai and said, "Repairing the entire Henan Road is a big project. I think the number of craftsmen we have on hand is not enough!"
"What does the king mean?" After hearing Li Tai's words, Lu Cai couldn't help but feel a little confused on his face.
"Let's hold a craftsman assessment competition!" Li Tai said with a smile, "Last time we built Zheng Bai Canal, we not only produced a group of craftsmen who received documents issued by the court, but also a group of outstanding craftsmen of Zheng Bai Canal who were presented with badges.
The entire work system we are going to develop now can also be regarded as an assessment project, allowing the craftsmen to come and try it out!"
"Your Majesty, do you mean to continue to prostitute a group of craftsmen for free?!" Lu Cai said thoughtfully.
"Free prostitution? What free prostitution!" Li Taiyi said sternly, "We want to give the craftsmen an iron rice bowl that can be passed down from generation to generation!"