Chapter 302 is a dilemma......
"My father wants to go on an expedition, and my son naturally supports it, but with the current situation in Datang, I'm afraid I won't be able to support such a large-scale expedition in a short period of time, so I also ask my father to calm down and don't get hot."
This is the second reason why Li Zhen is not optimistic about Li Shimin's expedition, the current situation of Datang is very dangerous, even if he can survive this crisis, he must have a short period of recuperation, and he should not think about waging war with foreign countries in three or five years - and Li Shimin's life is only five years, even if there is a wise doctor who can prolong his life, but with Li Shimin's diligence, the most industrious time is only the hard work of sleeping for one hour a day, with his life and rest habits, even if there is an elixir of immortality, I'm afraid I won't live long.
"Hahaha......
Zhen'er, you are so careful, do you think I can't even think of this, how could I make such a mistake?
You can rest assured, before the battle of conquest begins, I will naturally take a break to recuperate.
However, once the Tang Dynasty has cultivated, I will march westward and compare it with what you call Alexander the Great to see who is the real conqueror.
Li Shimin laughed and said, not appreciating Li Zhen's consolation.
Although Li Shimin is full of pride and can't wait to wrestle with the Western Empire, he also knows his own family affairs, and although the Tang Dynasty at this time is not crumbling, it is not much better.
Now to launch a war of conquest, then his fate may not be much better than Alexander the Great, and may even be inferior to Alexander - at least Alexander's empire collapsed after the death of Alexander the Great, and if Li Shimin dares to play like this, I am afraid that the Tang Dynasty will collapse in his lifetime.
"In this way, Erchen will be relieved."
Li Zhen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was not afraid of Li Shimin and himself for the credit of conquering the world, Li Zhen was not even going to let go of this thing, he also said Li Zhen's character before, he is a complete pragmatist, as long as it is good for himself, he can do anything, and reputation is not in his consideration at all.
Otherwise, he would not have risked the world's disapproval to become a businessman with the dignity of a prince, even if he won the title of God of Wealth because of this, and even caused crazy worship among the people, but in Shilin, Li Zhen's reputation is not good, but he never cared about this, as if those ridicules did not exist at all.
Therefore, as long as it is beneficial to the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhen will not care who a so-called name hangs on, compared with actual interests, reputation is the cheapest thing - unfortunately, it is this kind of cheap thing, but few people have been able to avoid it since ancient times, but they are desperate for this thing that cannot be eaten or worn, which is really not worth it.
To get back to the point, Li Zhen doesn't care about reputation at all, and Li Shimin may not be able to compete with Li Zhen, even if there is a miracle doctor to continue his life, his life can only last for ten years at most, of which five years still need to recuperate, and then use the remaining five years to conquer the world?
It's still the same sentence, the gods can't do it when they come.
This credit will eventually fall on Li Zhen's head.
Since the credit for conquering the world is his own after all, why should he rob it with Li Shimin?
The only thing he was afraid of was that Li Shimin was enthusiastic for a while, and he would immediately go out to fight regardless of it, and then everything would be over - it was better to sell the industry immediately and run away, and redevelop overseas, hoping to counterattack the mainland one day......
Now it seems that it is Li Zhen who underestimated Li Shimin, the eternal saint......
But think about it, who can leave the name of the saint in history, how can Li Shimin be an ordinary person?
How could he not be outstanding?
How could he make such a mistake - we will find that Li Shimin may have made many small mistakes in his life, but the real big mistakes were very few, and the only mistake was to ignore the opposition of his ministers to the expedition to Goguryeo......
What's more, this is not a mistake, although he lost, but Goguryeo did not fall well, and the loss was much greater than that of Datang.
"However, Zhen'er, you have paid a lot for Datang, so I can't chill your heart."
Putting aside the matter of conquering the world, Li Shimin turned the topic back to the issue of the navy: "Without the support of the imperial court, you built a whole three fleets for the Tang Dynasty with your own strength, and when everyone was not optimistic, you created a branch of the army, and now you have returned the navy to the country without asking for anything......
Ladies and gentlemen, how do you think Zhen'er should be rewarded for this achievement?
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The hundred officials were silent, not that the hundred officials didn't want to reward Li Zhen, on the contrary, they really wanted to reward Li Zhen at this time, because if they didn't even reward Li Zhen for such a heavy merit, then if they made meritorious contributions in the future, where would they have the face to reward?
Therefore, Li Zhen not only has to be rewarded, but on the contrary, he must be rewarded greatly, heavily, the more rewards, the better, however......
What shall he be rewarded?
Li Zhen is now the crown prince, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, under one person in the entire Tang Dynasty and above tens of thousands of people.
He also holds the control of all the territories south of the Lingnan of the entire Tang Dynasty, and basically the development of all parts of the Nanyang cannot bypass Li Zhen, and he is the direct controller of all the armies south of the entire Lingnan......
Such a powerful force, except for Li Shimin, Li Zhen has the highest authority in the entire Tang Dynasty.
Both status and power are the second in the world, second only to the existence of the emperor - how should you reward such a person?
Reward the official position, he is already the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and if he is promoted again, he will be the emperor, and now the emperor is not dead, you dare to promote him.
And then the reward?
This is even more nonsense, Li Zhen is the God of Wealth of the Tang Dynasty, his annual income is more than the tax revenue of the national treasury, and even the navy is a shelf that he has built with his own strength, and he almost didn't spend a penny of the court during the period......
Such a man rewarded him with money?
Is this rewarding him?
Or is it chilling him?
And then to reward him with rights?
Please, this is even more impossible, now Li Zhen has mastered a small half of Datang's military strength, and he still has logistics units such as arsenals - holding a large army, and he still has logistics production capacity, this is a military giant, if Li Zhen is willing, he can become a warlord at any time, that is, Li Zhenzhi is not here, otherwise he will definitely become the most troublesome existence in Datang.
People already have such a big right, the court is planning to restrict his rights, you still want to give him rights, don't even think about it.