After receiving this news, Li Shimin convened the imperial meeting again.
Although Li Chao is not Zaifu, he is the honor of the Taishi and the dean of the nobility.
Li Shimin specially asked Li Chao to stay in the discussion, and even today Li Shimin asked the prince, who had not participated in the imperial meeting for a long time, to sit in the imperial study together.
Yang Gongren, president of the People's Assembly, was also invited today.
However, this person still seems to remember the enmity between Li Chao and Cheng Qian, and he doesn't have a good face for the two of them.
Li Chao greeted him with a smile, "Dean Yang is very energetic today." ” Yang Gongren snorted and twisted his head to the side, "Don't worry, the old decay can't die, and it won't be a problem to live for another twenty years." ” "Huh."
Li Shimin's expression was serious.
"The matter of Funan has been decided, but now there is an accident on the side of Xindu Ling.
The Ring of the Sun Kingdom in the middle of Tianzhu has conquered the surrounding countries over the years, and now it is extremely strong.
Now they are going westward and want to seize the trust of my Tang Dynasty.
It is reported that the king of the sun currently sent 10,000 elephant soldiers, 10,000 horse troops, and 30,000 infantry troops, making a total of 50,000 troops to the west.
They have blatantly crossed the border line of my Datang and invaded the territory of my Datang."
Cheng Qian got up.
"Your Majesty, all the ministers.
Taishi once said such a sentence to Lone, although Datang is big, but not an inch is superfluous Although the trust collar is far away from the Central Plains, it is also the territory of Datang.
Now that the King of the Ring of the Sun has openly invaded the territory of my Datang, Datang must have zero tolerance and must fight back.
Erchen asked to lead troops to Tianzhu to conquer the country of the ring" Li Shimin looked at the increasingly heroic and tall prince, but he didn't reply immediately.
After the incident in May last year, he and the crown prince still maintained the filial piety of father and son on the surface, but in fact they both knew that the rift between father and son was very large.
Nowadays, the relationship between the two is quite complicated, and the specific situation is not something that can be explained in one or two sentences.
"Wen Yuan, do you think that the Xindu Collar can block the first round of the Japanese army's offensive and hold out until our reinforcements pass" Li Shimin ignored the prince and asked Li Chao directly on the side.
"Your Majesty, at present, Xindu has 8,000 officers and troops, stationed in the three cities of Gandhara, Peshawar and Xindu Harbor, and is under the command of Wang Xuance.
Although there are not many soldiers, Xindu has thousands of vassals, and there are a lot of fiefdom knights and militiamen, and if they can be gathered, this is also a very powerful force. ” "Of course, although there are a lot of noble guards and militiamen, they are not official soldiers after all, they are not as good as the equipment, and these soldiers are relatively scattered, and the unified command is not so sensitive.
But just holding out the first round of attacks, it's still no problem.
As long as the imperial court can quickly send reinforcements, it can guarantee confidence and worry-free. ” Li Shimin pondered for a moment.
"Wenyuan, I intend to set up the Governor's Mansion of Xindu, and you will be the Governor of Xindu, what do you think?"
The eldest grandson Wuji was about to oppose when he heard it, Li Shimin gestured to him, although the eldest grandson Wuji didn't understand why the emperor wanted Li Chaojing to go to Xindu at this time, but he still kept his mouth shut.
"The minister has no opinion."
Wei Zheng objected again.
He thought that there was no need for war, and that the imperial court should send envoys to negotiate peace with the country that had stopped Japan.
It is not right to be reckless, Datang now has such a large territory, how can it be necessary to hold on to the credibility that is thousands of miles away Even his subtext is that Xindu can only pay the court how much tax in a year, why is there any need to go there to fight and occupy that land, and to fight, it is obviously a loss.
What's more, isn't the imperial court already divided many nobles.
Now it's time for the nobles to screen the court, it should be them who guard the border for the court, how can they become the court to save the vassals, isn't this putting the cart before the horse It's a pity that no one paid attention to Wei Zheng.
Li Shimin now wants to surpass Emperor Qin and Han Wu and become an emperor through the ages.
As the prince said, no matter how big the territory of the Tang Dynasty is, not an inch is superfluous.
Besides, it is true that the vassals guard the border, but in the event of an invasion, if the court does not send troops, it will not chill the vassals' hearts The vassals guard the border, guarding the first wave, and the follow-up still has to be contributed by the court.
At the end of the meeting, Li Shimin deliberately left Li Chao behind.
"What are the plans for this reliability?"
Since Li Chao has been released, he must not just want to repel the Japanese army.
Li Shimin's plan is not small.
"The minister went to Xindu and repelled the Japanese army first.
Then he planned to take one or two ports at the mouth of the sea on the east and west sides of the Ring of Japan, build a castle there, and station soldiers and horses. ” It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge.
But Li Chao is not the kind of person who has to wait for ten years, he can't hate overnight.
The seizure of the East and West Coast is also one of the established plans to increase the protection of the sea trade routes.
At the same time, it is also to insert two iron nails into the ring day, and to lock them step by step.
"The strength of the Ring of Japan is very strong, although my Datang is strong and strong, but after all, it is too far away to invest too many troops."
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Li Shimin reminded Li Chao.
"The minister didn't think about destroying the Japanese country in three or five years, but just seized one or two coastal ports and built a city as a stronghold.
Having a stronghold of this thing can also contain the army of the Ring of Japan and relieve the pressure on our north.
Ten years, if there is ten years, the country of the Ring Sun will definitely be locked and weakened by us, and then when my Datang has been operating in Xindu for a long time and the troops are strong, they will be able to raise troops to attack. ” "It seems that you know the situation very well in your heart, and I can rest assured."
Li Shimin smiled, "Do you have any other plans?"
"Yes" "When the credibility side stabilizes, the minister is ready to send troops to attack the area around the Green Ridge and destroy Bolu."
"Extinguishing the Discipline" Bolu is an important passage from the Western Regions to Tibet, where later generations also called Xiaoxizhang.
At the same time, the important passage between the Western Regions and Afghanistan, the Wakhan Corridor in later generations is on this side.
The upper reaches of the Indus River are in the territory of Boru.
In history, the Tibetan expansion expedition to the west was the first to conquer Bolu, and then to invade the four towns of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, take Boru, and to the east are Yangtong, Tubo, Nibrah, Lamen, Rumen, and Jomon.
Across the snow-capped mountains, there are the countries of Tianzhu. ” Li Chao walked to the map on the side and introduced Li Shimin.
The Tang Dynasty had conquered the Tuhun Valley in Qinghai, and Subi in western Sichuan and northern Tibet were also vassals.
The next step of the Tang Dynasty was definitely to conquer Tibet, although many people in the court opposed sending troops to Tibet, believing that the place was worthless.
However, although Tibet is poor, it is very important to the entire strategic security of the Tang Dynasty.
Especially after Datang managed the Western Regions and its power reached credibility, Tubo became stuck in the middle and occupied the high ground, which was very harmful to Datang.
In any case, the Tang Dynasty will take Tubo sooner or later, which is very important for both the operation of the Western Regions and the expansion of Tianzhu in the future.
This is like the Taihang Mountains between Hedong and Hebei, separating the two places.
If the imperial court wants to control the two places, it is impossible to let Taihang Mountain have an independent force.
To attack Tibet, the imperial court could send troops from Qinghai and Sichuan, and of course, it could also send troops from Bolu's side, attacking from both sides.
"Very good, do what you want, the court will try to support you."
Li Chao thought about it, and still said, "Your Highness seems to have the intention of going outside." ” Li Shimin was a little hesitant.
"Do you support Cheng Qian's departure from Beijing?"
"The prince is not young anymore, and it is estimated that he is bored to stay in the capital every day, if he is willing, it is better to go out of Beijing to take a look, and also add more experience and know more about Datang."
"Let me think again."
Li Shimin still didn't make up his mind. t1706231537: