In the face of national interests, there is actually no lower limit to morality. In other words, there is no such thing as "morality" at all. This is the case in ancient and modern times.
Empress Wu couldn't turn this corner, not because her moral bottom line was higher than others, but simply because she had been in the glory of the great and righteous Tian family for a long time, and in front of Li Zhi, she was really embarrassed to show too little bottom line.
So I had to grit my teeth and sing the opposite, in order to prove to Li Zhi that she was a gentle and kind-hearted empress who cared about the world.
Li Zhi doesn't care about morality.
At this moment, he only has interests in his eyes, and he will do anything for interests.
And Li Qinzai’s suggestion that Japan provoked Silla and provoked a war between the two countries was not a new idea.
To put it bluntly, it is the Tang Dynasty version of proxy war, does it look familiar?
I'll charge you to death in Japan, and I'll get the sailing bonus from Datang. That's it.
Sometimes it is clear that the country concerned knows that it is being used as a weapon and knows that it is being taken advantage of, but it still has to bite the bullet and continue to fight.
If you continue to fight, you may eventually get a share of the victory. If you refuse, the destruction of the country will be around the corner.
The tragedy of a weak country is that it is always being ordered by a strong country and is unable to resist.
The Japanese will understand this truth in the future.
Under Li Qinzai's advice, Li Zhi once again made up his mind.
It is strange that Li Qinzai was reluctant to discuss government affairs easily, but once he spoke, his words were astonishing. Moreover, his reasoning always had a magical power that made people have to believe and follow it. Neither Li Zhi nor Empress Wu could refuse.
"By the way, what does Jingchu mean by loosening ties with Japan? Let Tang Dynasty withdraw its local garrison?" Li Zhi asked with a frown.
Li Qinzai sneered: "How is it possible? It was very hard for me to destroy the Japanese country. Although I did not personally participate in the fighting, from the landing to the northern island of the Japanese country, I also rode on horseback for many days. OK, it took such hard work to destroy the Japanese country.
How can the Wang Division's garrison be easily withdrawn?"
Li Zhi smiled: "So, by loosening ties, you were actually deceiving the Japanese envoys?"
"It's not entirely a lie. I thought that I could remove the imperial palace from the Japanese king's palace and hand it over to the Japanese people. However, I did not agree to remove the Tang garrison in Asuka City, the capital of the Japanese nation."
Empress Wu couldn't help but marveled at Li Qinzai's shamelessness again. She rolled her eyes at him and said: "The palace ban has been withdrawn, but the capital is still tightly surrounded by the Tang garrison. After all, the leader of the Japanese country cannot escape from the palm of the Tang Dynasty.
Such loosening of ties would make the leader of the Japanese country hide his face and cry."
Li Qinzai smiled and said: "I still said what I said, those who are not of my race will have different hearts. It is safest to always point the sword at the nose of the alien race."
There was an inexplicable silence in the main hall for a long time before Li Zhi said: "If we follow what Jingchu said, from the beginning of the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo, the entire strategic layout must be overturned and re-planned."
Empress Wu nodded: "Yes, one move can affect the whole body. Now that I have changed my mind and want to control the entire peninsula, this battle is no longer a battle to destroy Goguryeo, but a battle to level the Haidong Peninsula. It involves the decline and prosperity of the four kingdoms. Originally
The strategy has failed."
Li Zhi turned to face the outside of the palace and said in a loud voice: "Come here, please summon the left and right ministers, the Secretary of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs, and all the old generals to come into the palace quickly to discuss matters."
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Li Qinzai resigned and left Tai Chi Palace.
He does not need to participate in the subsequent specific strategic planning, that is what the old killers do.
At this moment, the Tai Chi Palace must be filled with sinister winds and murderous intent. Every word that comes out of the mouths of the old killers is endless killing and cruel extermination.
How could Li Qinzai, a young, handsome and sunny young man, listen to topics that are too dark and inhumane?
A gentleman is far away from the kitchen, where the chef kills people. A gentleman cannot bear to see it and avoids it.
As soon as he walked out of the Tai Chi Palace, Li Qinzai met many old generals who were rushing over, including his grandfather Li Ji.
Li Ji was surrounded by senior generals, and slowly walked toward the palace gate like stars over the moon.
Li Qinzai paused in his steps, hurriedly stepped aside, and saluted the senior generals.
The veterans also saw him, and laughed one after another, with curious expressions on their faces. It was obvious that everyone was coveting the Qilin'er of the Li family, and they all wished to trick him into becoming their grandson.
Li Ji was also stunned for a moment, thinking that the emperor had just summoned him urgently and saw that Li Qinzai had just come out of the palace. Li Ji immediately realized that something was unusual.
"You evil beast, you gave His Majesty another evil and smoky idea, and the old man and others came in a hurry to work hard for your evil idea, huh?" Li Ji said with a sinister look on his face.
Behind him, the generals such as Cheng Yaojin, Qibi Heli, Liang Jianfang and Xue Rengui laughed.
Liang Jianfang put on his familiar mean face again, hooked Li Qinzai's shoulder and said, "Look at how unhuman your grandpa is. He just scolds you without even asking. This grandpa is so bad, why not change him?" What do you think of me?"
"As long as you agree to be my grandson, a hundred peerless beauties will be sent to you right away. You can mess with them as you like. I will keep my word."
Li Qinzai was disgusted with the cold: "Grandpa Liang, please don't make trouble. It offends my grandfather. It's a trivial matter to chop you with a knife, but it would be unjust to injure an innocent boy..."
Everyone burst out laughing again, but Li Ji did not laugh. He said with a cold face: "The Eastern Expedition is about to begin. Everything is ready and the three armies are ready to go. At this time, you evil beast, please don't create any trouble and say, "You are going to serve His Majesty again." What's the bad idea?"
Li Qinzai blinked innocently: "My grandson didn't come up with any ideas, he just slightly optimized the plans of grandpa and the elders..."
Cheng Yaojin stroked his beard and laughed and said: "It's strange to say that a few days ago, my parent, Sun Cheng Boxian, was just appointed as the Right Guard General by His Majesty. Before he took office, he was suddenly transferred to the Quanzhou Navy as the Commander-in-Chief. I'm rushing to take office, Jingchu boy, I'm afraid this matter has something to do with you, right?"
Li Qinzai said sternly: "Brother Shangxian has the ambition to serve the country, and takes the initiative to go to the most difficult front, serve the country, and share the emperor's worries. He is a role model and role model for us. This is all because of Brother Shangxian's sincere heart, which has nothing to do with this kid." It doesn't matter, Grandpa Cheng, please don't blame me."
Cheng Yaojin laughed loudly: "Brother Maogong, look at your grandson, your ability to talk to people and ghosts is really amazing. You fooled me into a daze. You are so cunning and capable." Your grandson happened to be reincarnated into your family, and your ancestral grave must be on fire and smoking..."
Li Ji was furious: "The ancestral grave of your Cheng family exploded! It exposed such a wicked old man like you!"
Then he pointed at Li Qinzai and Li Ji said angrily: "When I see you coming out of the palace, I will know that you have done nothing good. I will settle the score with you when I come back. Get out!"
Li Qinzai said carefully: "Grandpa, and all the elders, I would like to give you a heads up. I'm afraid you won't be able to go back to your home today, so you may have to have a long talk with His Majesty all night long. Well, the workload is a bit heavy, so please take care of yourself." ."