Chapter 858 Slag
Yan Liben is very busy.
As the minister of the Ministry of Industry, he is in charge of all the projects, farms, craftsmen, etc. of this huge country, and even manages the supply of pens, ink, paper and inkstones used by governments at all levels, which can be said to be very busy.
He started working early in the morning.
"Cough! Shangshu."
The waiter Huang Wan came, his slightly dark face was more happy, Yan Liben smiled and said: "But there is good news?"
Huang Wan coughed dryly, "Cough! Some craftsmen from Goryeo and Silla have just been sent here. The officials went to see them yesterday. These craftsmen are all good, just in time to be used."
Yan Liben said gratifiedly: "It's autumn now, so hurry up and do what you need to do, otherwise you'll have to stare blankly when it's freezing cold, so let's assign them all."
Huang Wan nodded, just turned around and looked back, her dark beard moved slightly, "Cough! Shangshu, there is one more thing. The people who went to Jia's house yesterday didn't find you, saying that Jia Ping'an is not at home."
Yan Liben smiled and said, "That just saves me a meal."
Huang Wan smiled and coughed dryly, "Cough! The Shangshu said that Jia Ping'an mentioned the matter of shipbuilding, and the officials were puzzled... Does he know how to build ships? There are twelve shipbuilding places in the Tang Dynasty, and there are countless skilled craftsmen..."
Yan Liben was stunned, and then smiled and said: "Mr. Jia Jun is a great talent. When he was in Sanmenxia, he said something about the benefits of the sea. The Tang Dynasty must go to the sea to have a way out. I listened to it, and there are many radical words. But It’s good to be able to listen, anyway, it’s also a way.”
He looked at Huang Wan, and said earnestly: "Our Ministry of Industry has a great responsibility, if you listen to it, you will understand!"
Huang Wan nodded, "Cough! I know. But these craftsmen have become more and more excellent in the past few years. This time we are going to build a warship. They have been thinking about it for two years. Didn't they send a lot of blueprints for the new warship, Shang Shu have a look…"
Yan Liben shook his head, "Others are fine, but the old shipbuilder doesn't know anything about it, so it depends on you."
Huang Wan said confidently: "Cough! Don't worry, Shang Shu, this time will definitely make the Datang navy look brand new."
Shut up!
He let out a sound from his nose, and said goodbye.
"Yan Gong!"
Someone came outside, and came in loudly.
"Mr. Jia...Little Jia!"
Yan Liben was delighted when he saw Jia Pingan.
"Mr. Yan." Jia Pingan glanced at Huang Wan, "Do you still remember what you promised me?"
Yan Liben wondered, "What's the matter? Why can't I remember?"
hehe!
Jia Pingan chuckled, "The painting Yan Gong promised at the beginning..."
You are boring!
Is someone Jia's account so good? Even if it's underground, I have to find you out.
Yan Liben smiled wryly, "I'm getting old, but I forgot about this matter, I'm guilty, that's all, I'll invite you to drink to apologize today, and I'll cheer up and paint for you someday..."
Jia Ping'an immediately said: "I want a landscape painting."
Landscape paintings are valuable!
"It's easy to say."
Yan Liben readily agreed.
"If there is no more this time, I will go to Yan Gong's house to eat and live until the painting is finished."
With a supervisor, I don't believe you can still be lazy.
Yan Liben pointed at him and smiled wryly: "You are aggressive!"
After talking about the nonsense, Jia Pingan asked the business, "It is said that the Ministry of Industry is going to build a ship?"
Yan Liben nodded, "After the Battle of Liaodong, the court said that the navy was strong this time, so the shipbuilding that had been in preparation for several years was finally brought forward."
"How much to make?"
"How much?" Yan Liben asked Huang Wan.
"Cough! Not counting small boats, but twenty big boats."
Jia Pingan was taken aback, "Are there only twenty ships?"
Yan Liben smiled and said: "I remember a lot, but the three kingdoms in Liaodong were destroyed, so it was cut by half."
"Cough! Now the navy is useless, there are more than 20 ships." Huang Wan said.
This person has strep throat?
Jia Ping'an was furious, "Who said the Tang navy has no opponent?"
What is Wa country?
And... the expansion of Dashi is inevitable, does Datang want to give them a blow from the waterway?
Jia Pingan knew that there was no way to talk to these people, "I will enter the palace to see Your Majesty."
"Let's drink together later!"
Lao Yan is very upright, he still remembers today's treat.
Jia Pingan entered the palace all the way.
"Your Majesty, Duke Jia is asking to see you."
Li Zhi was discussing matters with Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong, when he heard the words, he asked, "What did you say?"
The waiter shook his head, "I didn't say anything, just said it was urgent."
Li Yifu smiled and said: "Which matter in the court is not urgent?"
Do you dare to hate Xiao Jia?
Xu Jingzong sneered and said, "Li Xiangke knows what urgency is? The urgency is when the eyebrows are imminent. Look at your eyebrows, old man... Slack, and... tsk tsk! The eyebrows on both sides are still connected together. This kind of physiognomy How to say it, let the old man think about it... brows bridged, gambling and whoring."
I'm still here!
Li Zhi's eyelids jumped. He knew that Xu Jingzong had this character, so he would speak up when he had something to say! Even in front of him, the emperor, without any fear.
This kind of people can be called straight people, which is the most reassuring.
But Li Yifu exploded!
In front of the emperor, you actually said that the old man gambled and whored, what a mother... Li Yifu was furious, stood up and shouted: "Traitor Xu, are you really going to be an enemy of this old man today?"
You **** dare to hate Xiao Jia, do you really think I, Xu Jingzong, are just a show? Xu Jingzong got up slowly, and said indifferently: "You Li Yifu villain! You also deserve this old man to be your enemy? Even if you are an enemy, what can you do?"
You hit me!
come on!
Xu Jingzong looks like a hob meat.
Li Zhineng would be furious with another person, but now he wants to laugh.
Xu Jingzong hasn't changed at all over the years, he still looks like this, which shows that he really has this kind of personality.
Li Zhi looked down at the memorial.
Li Yifu was enraged by this scolding. He has been very domineering these past few years. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the emperor bowed his head, he just slapped him with his hands.
Xu Jingzong turned his head to avoid it, and then slapped back.
Li Yifu didn't expect Xu Jingzong to fight back in front of the imperial court, so he didn't react.
Snapped!
Li Zhi raised his head, his eyes turned.
Xu Jingzong looked innocent.
One side of Li Yifu's face was a little red.
This is a private fight between the two, whoever sues will be a jerk!
Li Yifu forced a smile and said: "Just now a mosquito flew to the face of the minister, and the minister slapped me, this..." He spread his hands, and at some point there was a thread in his hand.
Wang Zhongliang watched the whole process from the side, and couldn't help muttering: "Li Xiangzhen is strong."
Li Zhi lowered his head, Li Yifu's face turned even redder, squinting at Xu Jingzong, his eyes were full of threats.
Xu Jingzong is not false.
Everyone is His Majesty's confidant, the old man is much earlier than you. When His Majesty first ascended the throne, I dared to yell at Changsun Wuji and others, what were you doing at that time?
The old man is afraid of you!
He triumphantly raised his hand and gently flapped it back and forth.
It really is the traitor Xu!
Wang Zhongliang has seen many wonderful moments of Xu Jingzong, so he takes it for granted.
But Li Yifu felt that this was a great humiliation.
"Your Majesty, Duke Jia is here."
Li Zhi put down the memorial and rubbed his eyes.
Recently, he has a tendency to suffer from a headache, and he dare not use his eyes too much.
Jia Pingan came in, saluted and said: "Your Majesty, I just went to the Ministry of Industry and learned that the court has reduced the number of ships to be built..."
Li Zhi thought for a while, "There is such a thing."
Jia Pingan and the treacherous minister Xu Hao wore a pair of trousers... Li Yifu felt the heat on his face, and smiled lightly: "The three kingdoms in Liaodong have been destroyed, and now the opponents of the Tang Dynasty are Tubo and Turks. Get it on plateaus and grasslands? Hahahaha!"
He smiled very cheerfully.
Jia Pingan looked at him and felt that the later decline of Datang was inevitable.
Without an emperor with outstanding eyesight, without a group of far-sighted ministers, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is like a flash in the pan.
Its prosperity is also vigorous, and its death is also sudden!
Countries that cannot see the general trend will end sooner or later!
Jia Pingan became angry and approached Li Yifu, "How many eyes does Xiang Li have? Let me see one."
"Disrespectful!"
Li Yifu gave a cold drink.
My mother wants to hit someone!
Jia Pingan took a deep breath...
"Li Xiang knows what is overseas? There are countless fertile fields overseas, countless mines overseas, endless fish and shrimps overseas, and countless lands overseas..."
He looked at Li Yifu, "There are countless enemies overseas."
Is your nonsense interesting?
"There is a class in the new school called the world. After Confucianism is the only one, some of the sages of many theories lived in seclusion, some changed their course, and some were so angry that they refused to make a living in the big man, so they went to sea together..."
Big brothers, this is helping you to make your name... Jia Pingan lied with peace of mind, thinking that people used tools hundreds of years ago with peace of mind, "They saw a giant whale overseas, and a giant whale looked like a hill. They saw When the volcano on the bottom of the sea erupted, the sea water boiled; they saw countless islands, they saw countless lands, lands bigger than Datang..."
Jia Pingan talked too much in one breath, and took a breath, "There are flocks of cattle and sheep on those lands, and oil can be squeezed out of those lands..."
He looked at Li Yi's mansion, but he actually told Li Zhi, "Those sages couldn't help being ecstatic when they saw this. They wanted to settle here and prosper, but who would have thought that there would be some savages on those lands. They would like to talk to those savages, but in exchange but clubs and stone knives.
Most people were hacked to death or stoned to death, a small number escaped to the boat, and then left... They went ashore again at night, followed the fire to find the past, and saw those savages eating barbecue. Upon closer inspection, the meat turned out to be... human flesh. "
Wang Zhongliang retched a bit, thinking how could there be such a savage?
Do you, Jia Da, want to fool the old man too?
Li Yifu sneered: "Mr. Jia, dare to swear?"
Jia Pingan raised his hand and said solemnly: "There are cannibals overseas. If there are no cannibals, Mr. Xu's... No, if there are no, my descendants will be civilians for generations."
He glanced at Old Xu apologetically, he almost wanted to swear on Old Xu just now.
This oath is not vicious, but it is extraordinarily true,
Children and grandchildren serve the people, this is a heavy blow to Master Jia who is destined to be famous, almost like descendants being slaves.
Li Zhi was also surprised, "There are such savages? How many?"
"Not many, thousands to more than ten thousand."
Those cannibals have a long history, but the most famous cannibals are Hu people.
When the Five Husbands were in chaos in China, those Hus never brought dry food when they marched and fought, and they brought countless Han women with them. During the march, these women were treated as army rations for cooking, and at night they were treated as camp prostitutes and ravaged... Those who could not finish eating were directly driven into the river and drowned, and the river stopped flowing.
So when referring to the Sima family in the late Han and Jin dynasties, Jia Ping'an only had one sentence: a group of wild dogs!
When it came to the Song Dynasty, Sima Guang, the famous "gentleman" who illuminated the Song Dynasty, was also a member of the Sima family, and he could be called a disaster in the same line!
Li Yifu said: "I don't know how to go overseas, and Datang doesn't need overseas territories now..."
Datang has not even developed many places in the south, and the overseas territories are indeed earlier.
Li Yifu is really sharp!
He sneered in his heart, unless you find that somewhere overseas is full of gold and silver, it will be useless for you, Jia Pingan, to say more.
"Wo country?"
Jia Pingan suddenly mentioned the country of Wa, "The country of Wa is ambitious and wants to capture a place...
Your Majesty, the Wa country is an island. There are many strong winds and rainstorms every year, and earthquakes are frequent, so the Wa people want to change places wholeheartedly.
The last time they shot and killed their ally Baekje, they got a foothold and then attacked Silla. Your Majesty, this is a shameless and greedy Japanese country. Datang cannot just sit back and watch them recuperate and grow bigger day by day. "
He said decisively: "That's raising tigers!"
Li Zhi was moved.
Waguo's performance last time... To be honest, it can be called a hungry wolf. That's all for a hungry wolf, but this hungry wolf is extraordinarily vicious and shameless.
"Waguo and Silla secretly formed an alliance, and they clearly formed an alliance with Baekje. After going ashore, they stabbed Baekje backhand, and then attacked Silla. It is shameless!"
Old Xu uttered an assist.
Thank you very much!
Jia Pingan gave a thankful look, and Xu Jingzong made a sausage gesture... He thought this gesture could represent a sausage.
Jia Pingan was taken aback for a moment.
Old Xu, I don’t like that bite!
Li Zhi nodded, "The Japanese are indeed ungrateful people, they cannot be trusted, let alone ignored. The risk of attacking without crossing the sea is not small."
There is a door!
Li Zhi wanted to surpass the late emperor, but Jia Pingan's words moved him.
"Your Majesty, the wrecked ships of the Wa Kingdom can transport tens of thousands of troops ashore. The ships of the Tang Dynasty are taller and stronger. You only need to check the water regime and avoid the windy season. I think there is no need to worry about it."
yes!
Wa people can transport tens of thousands of troops over... Their so-called water army was easily defeated by Datang. For this reason, Li Zhi also rewarded Liu Rengui, who commanded him, and ordered him to stay in Liaodong to govern and suppress.
"Your Majesty, crossing the sea to conquer the Japanese kingdom... The risk is too great, but it cannot be compared with the benefits."
Li Yifu said worriedly: "There are only so many elite soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, if...it's too late to regret!"
These words are even more tit-for-tat.
Li Zhi frowned slightly, but did not hesitate.
"Wa has a lot of gold and silver!" Jia Pingan gave the latest chip without hesitation, "Also, does your Majesty still remember Dashi?"
"Gold and silver?" Li Zhi's eyes were red.
Li Yifu's eyes were slightly red, and Xu Jingzong was panting like a hungry wolf.
Datang is short of precious metals, so that anything can be used as currency, except for shells to recharge.
This... Li Zhi nodded, "Let's take a look at this matter. Dashi has paid tribute several times over the years, and it seems respectful."
Boss, that’s a diplomatic etiquette, if you’re not respectful, you’ll be beaten out long ago.
Jia Pingan coughed dryly, "Your Majesty doesn't know that the Great Cannibal is also a big country with sharp soldiers, and now it is expanding towards the Western Regions step by step. I dare to say that sooner or later, the Great Cannibal will definitely have a battle with Datang."
"Dashi?"
Li Zhi's heart moved slightly.
"Your Majesty, Dashi is by the sea."
Later, the Tang Dynasty sent envoys to Dashi by sea.
Li Zhi understood, "When attacking Liaodong, the navy continuously transported food and grass and landed soldiers..."
Interesting idea.
Li Yifu said: "The Tang Dynasty must be careful who it is against, and don't listen to one person's words."
The heart of a villain!
Jia Ping'an said flatly: "Master Xuanzang traveled to the west back then, and he knew the reality of Dashi."
Li Zhi nodded, "You can go and ask. In addition, there are many businessmen from the Western Regions in Xishi, so you can also ask."
—Jia Ping’an mentioned Dashi with Xuanzang last time. Xuanzang heard a lot of news about Dashi on the way to learn Buddhist scriptures, saying that this is a new country.
New students!
But now he is old.
Waiting was very boring, so Jia Ping’an was looking forward to Ajie’s rescue, so it’s good to go out for a while.
Shao Peng appeared.
Sister, you really are my savior.
"Your Majesty, the Queen has summoned Duke Jia."
Li Zhi looked up and smiled kindly, "Go."
When Jia Pingan arrived at the Queen, he smiled and cupped his hands, "I've seen Sister!"
Wu Mei got up and came over, "Turn around!"
What do you mean?
Jia Ping'an subconsciously turned around.
Bah bah bah!
Wu Mei gritted her teeth and kicked, "Frivolous, you actually broke away from the guards with Gao Yang... Do you know how many people want to kill you? You idiot!"
Bah bah bah!
Jia Pingan cried out in pain, and remembered Li Zhi's smile earlier... At that time, he felt a little weird, but now it seems that Li Zhi clearly knew that he was going to be unlucky, and he was gloating!
The queen kicked hard to vent her anger, and then shouted: "Get lost!"
Jia Pingan resigned disheartened.
"etc!"
Wu Mei said with a cold face, "Someone sent some fresh fruits in the morning, Zhou Shanxiang went to get some, and you brought them back to your wife and children."
Jia Pingan went back in despair.
Seeing him coming in, Li Zhi couldn't help smiling.
"Your Majesty!"
The person who went to ask questions came back.
"The mage said that he heard a lot of news about Dashi on the way to learn the scriptures. It is a fierce country that keeps fighting and expanding!"
Jia Ping'an!
Li Zhi's eyes were full of relief... He really is a loyal courtier.
Immediately, the people who went to West Market also came back.
"Your Majesty, those merchants from the Western Regions say that Dashi is now very powerful, invincible, and expanding everywhere."
Li Zhi looked at Jia Ping'an with undisguised admiration in his eyes.
Will this person know the reality of Dashi? Did he ask about it on purpose? Li Yifu was suffering in his heart. Today he wanted to stop Jia Pingan, but from the beginning to the end he was acting like a clown, and Jia Pingan easily defeated him.
Old man...
Xu Jingzong's sneer came from beside him, it was very slight.
"A prime minister like you is not as good-sighted as the Minister of the Ministry of War. What kind of prime minister are you? Since you are incompetent, you should retire earlier and let young people come... Li Yifu, you are old."
Li Yifu felt great hatred...
Jia Pingan happened to look over.
He will be proud, right?
Li Yifu is ready for this wave of showing off.
Jia Ping'an was not proud, but contemptuous!
He glanced at Li Yifu contemptuously!
Scum!
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