Starting from the Sui Dynasty, the status of Japanese people has been different from that of other countries.
Why?
Because Japanese people know how to lick, and they feel comfortable... They admire culture and praise prosperity. When the Japanese envoys paid tribute to the emperor every year, the rainbow fart they blew was so innovative that it made all the emperors of the Tang Dynasty ecstasy.
They often keep their posture very low, as low as the dust, so that people will never be hostile to them, but will only feel sympathy and can't help but want to help them.
"Help them" is the purpose of the Japanese people.
The emperor felt comfortable being photographed, so he waved his hand and said, "Anyone who wants to send envoys to the Tang Dynasty or merchants on sea ships, please come, I will give you preferential treatment."
In such an atmosphere and environment, the status of the Japanese people in the Tang Dynasty was obviously higher than that of other countries.
There is no other reason than that the Japanese people are good at licking. They can be completely shameless and only want the comfort of His Majesty the Emperor.
All the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty had a humble and flattering attitude when they came to the Tang Dynasty, as if they had been uniformly trained before going abroad.
They kept praising and admiring each other, and then they opened their ignorant eyes and innocently asked for advice, how did you do it? Why are you so powerful? You are so good...
In ancient times, Gou Jian tasted feces for the king of Wu and inquired about his illness. The same was true for the Japanese people. For the comfort of the Tang emperor, they dared to eat feces.
This shameless gesture of complete surrender finally earned the Japanese people the courtesy of the Tang Dynasty. Their courtesy was obviously much higher than that of other countries.
However, there is another allusion to Gou Jian, which is the famous story of lying on fire and tasting courage.
The same is true for Japanese people.
Although there was no deep hatred between the Tang Dynasty and the Japanese country in the past, the ambition of the people of the island country was a deep hatred, and the jealousy of the island country towards the Tang Dynasty, which was rich in products and had a vast territory, was a big hatred.
This kind of unreasonable hatred is the motivation for them to endure hardships.
After more than a thousand years, China has finally become weak. Do you think that the Sino-Japanese War was just a whim of Japan?
They had been waiting for that naval battle for more than a thousand years.
What Li Qinzai wants to do is to strangle their ambitions in the cradle and keep them honest for at least a thousand years.
Li Zhi was a little hesitant. Li Qinzai's suggestion was really not in line with the state of mind. He had his own understanding of the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Japanese state.
A war is a war, and sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty is another way to send envoys to the Tang Dynasty. There is no connection between the two.
The war was started by a group of people from the Japanese country who were dissatisfied with the Tang Dynasty, but the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty... they felt comfortable licking it.
"There is no need to expel the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty, right?" Li Zhi said hesitantly: "There are envoys from hundreds of countries stationed in Chang'an City. If we expel the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty, what will those envoys think of my broad mind of the Tang Dynasty?"
Li Qinzai said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty and the Japanese state are now in a state of war. The two countries have declared war! Since it is a war, there is no reason for people from the enemy country to stay in the Tang Dynasty. Aren't you worried that there are spies and assassins among the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty?"
"I would like to give an example. After King Wang's army marched, it only took a hundred people to send the Tang envoys to gather and secretly dig the road at night. King's army's food and baggage would not be able to pass through, and the soldiers in front would be at risk of starvation. These people stayed in the Tang Dynasty.
It’s really a disaster.”
Li Zhi was startled, his expression became serious, and he was obviously thinking carefully about Li Qinzai's words.
After a long time, Li Zhi smiled and said, "Does Jing Chu still have any advice?"
"Yes. Secondly, I advise that before the war begins, all trade routes between the Tang Dynasty and the Japanese country should be cut off, whether private or official. Since the Japanese country is separated from the Silla country by the sea, the Tang Dynasty should also order the Silla country to cut off the trade routes with the Japanese country. In short, a grain of
Not even a pound of iron is allowed to enter the Japanese country."
"Japan is an island country, and most of its people's livelihood depends on imports. Silla and Baekje are the countries they rely on for imports. If the Tang Dynasty cuts off its trade routes, it means cutting off its logistics. The Japanese country dared to provoke the Tang Dynasty, and at the beginning of the war, it surrendered to the whole country.
The subjects tasted panic."
Li Zhishen took it seriously and said with a smile: "That's a good statement. Mr. Cui She, please take note of it."
Cui Sheng wrote quickly, his eyes finally softened a bit when he glanced at Li Qinzai.
Although he could not understand his brother-in-law's behavior, Li Qinzai's words were the opinions of a national scholar and were admirable.
Li Qinzai continued: "Thirdly, I asked the Tang Navy to block the sea. The warships of the Tang Dynasty not only blocked the Baijiang estuary, but also blocked the sea areas around the Japanese country, so that their fishermen would not even dare to go to sea to fish, which continued to cause panic in the Japanese country.
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Before he finished speaking, Li Zhi looked a little embarrassed.
Li Qinzai asked curiously: "What is your Majesty's problem?"
Li Zhi coughed and said: "Although the Tang Dynasty's navy was strong, the number of battleships was never enough. In the past, when the late emperor conquered Goguryeo, Zhang Liang proposed 70,000 navy and 500 battleships. However, over the years, many battleships have lost their strength.
The old ones were abandoned, and not many new warships were added to the navy..."
Li Qinzai understood: "How many warships can we use now?"
Li Zhi thought for a while and said: "There are about three hundred ships, but half of them have to patrol the southern waters of the Tang Dynasty. It is impossible to mobilize the entire country's warships to fight here."
Li Qinzai was immediately speechless.
Half of the three hundred warships is more than a hundred warships, tsk! Not to mention blocking the Japanese waters, more than a hundred warships are not enough to deal with the battle of Baijiangkou.
How did he become the emperor? The Tang Dynasty relied on more than 300 warships to maintain the tranquility of the thousands of miles of maritime territory? Don’t you know the importance of the navy?
Seeing that Li Qinzai's expression was a bit contemptuous, Li Zhi felt frustrated and had to explain: "After I came to the throne, the court was quite chaotic. Moreover, during the reign of the late emperor, there were too many foreign expeditions and the treasury was empty. There is really no spare capacity to build warships."
Li Qinzai sighed and said: "Yes, I understand. Just pretend that I haven't mentioned the third point I just said. The Tang Dynasty navy will fight the Japanese at Baijiangkou with all its strength."
Li Zhi smiled and said: "Jing Chu's advice is very reasonable. This is a theory of country planning. I have written it down. I wonder if Jing Chu has any advice?"
Li Qinzai hesitated for a moment and said: "The other thing is, please give me more gunpowder, maybe it will be of great use."
Li Zhi asked curiously: "What do you use it for?"
Li Qinzai hesitated and said: "After the King's victory, how many firecrackers will be held to celebrate?"
Li Zhi looked at him deeply, and after a moment, he smiled and said, "It's up to you."
Li Qinzai is the inventor of gunpowder. It is the duty of a minister to apply for the allocation of gunpowder in person today. With his ability, there is no need to apply at all. He can collect the materials and make it himself.
Since he applied, it shows that he strictly abides by his duties as a minister, so Li Zhi will naturally give him face.
I don’t know what Li Qinzai wanted to use gunpowder for, but Li Zhi was sure that he would not use gunpowder to blow up Tang warships.
After Li Qinzai returned to Chang'an, he didn't even enter his home. He went to the palace specifically to say these words of advice. Now that he had finished speaking, Li Qinzai finally felt relaxed and stood up to leave.
"I am going home to prepare for the expedition. Your Majesty, please take care. I will retire."
Li Zhi stared at his face and said: "Take care, Jingchu, I don't want you to go to the battlefield, but your grandfather insisted. He said that you working behind closed doors is not the right way. The sons of the Li family must go through the baptism of the battlefield before they can truly make a difference. I also think what I said makes sense.”
Li Qinzai was silent for a moment and said softly: "I went voluntarily and has nothing to do with anyone else."
Li Zhi couldn't help but asked curiously: "Why did you go to war?"
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