Li Chengqian only laughed at Li Shimin's plan. It has only been about a month since the Flying Eagle Army was created.

Even if these thousands were sent to Liaodong, Li Chengqian could soon train another group of flying eagles.

Li Shimin didn't know about this process and thought that he would have lost his absolute military advantage in Chang'an City by sending Su Dingfang and Feiying Army Li Chengqian. He obviously thought too much.

However, since the Flying Eagle Army is to be used as a regular army, Li Chengqian still finds a way to take advantage of it.

"I heard from my father that the soldiers of the Flying Eagle Army are now all the soldiers on the Dragon Shouyuan. These soldiers are not soldiers in the palace. They only train in the busy farming period and have to farm, pay taxes, and serve in the military service. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to send them to fight?"

Li Shimin and his ministers thought Li Chengqian was still struggling for the last time. He smiled and looked at Li Chengqian and said loudly: "The people on the Dragon Shouyuan are all the victims and landless farmers you have summoned. You have given them land and tools, and they are also very loyal to you. Then consider them as soldiers in the East Palace and include them in the six-character sequence."

Li Shimin didn't feel anything when he said this, but when he finished speaking, he was very scared. The dragon head was originally in the north of Tai Chi Palace, with nearly 100,000 people loyal to Li Chengqian living on it.

Then when the people of Chang'an came out to quell the chaos when King Jing rebelled, it was chilling.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin wanted to repent and change the people on the Dragon Shouyuan into government soldiers, but Li Chengqian would not give him a chance to repent.

Li Chengqian slowly stood up and said to Ma Zhou lightly: "Then follow Your Majesty's will, and the Secretariat will draft the decree!"

The Secretary of the Secretariat Yang Shidao has not been to the court for several days because of the pain of losing his son.

Ma Zhou, the Minister of the Secretariat, walked out and said, "I obey the order!"

This scene is very strange. Li Shimin's decree was required to be confirmed by Li Chengqian before the Secretariat could accept the order. It seemed that Li Chengqian's power was above Li Shimin.

Don’t look at Li Shiji’s acceptance of the imperial edict, he could not do anything without the edict of the Secretariat.

However, according to the Li Chengqian edict for the State Administration when Li Shimin was critically ill, it was reasonable for Ma Zhou to accept Li Chengqian's order, and Li Shimin could not say anything.

No matter what, looking at the father and son standing above, the ministers were all a little overwhelmed.

Li Chengqian still issued an order to Li Shiji without any awareness: "Li's Ministry of War sent troops to Liaodong and passed by Wagang Village to go back to see it. Build another village in the place where you rebelled back then, just like the same as before..."

"I dare not!"

Before Li Chengqian finished speaking, he scared Li Shiji to the ground and never dared to look up again. His voice was very frightened.

Li Shimin also asked with an ugly face: "Chengqian, what are you going to do?"

Seeing this, Li Chengqian laughed and said, "Li Qing misunderstood, hurry up and calm down!"

Li Shiji slowly stood up and said to Li Chengqian: "If you have any instructions from the Crown Prince, please make clear."

Li Chengqian nodded slightly and continued, "The Lonely King asked you to build a village there, and then record the situation of the uprising in Wagang Village that year.

I found some old people who remembered what happened back then and asked him to tell me why they rebelled back then, and recorded all the situations they said, carved them into inscriptions and erected them there.

The Gu Wang will send students from the Royal Military and Political College of the Tang Dynasty, students from the Imperial College, and the princes and grandchildren from Hongwenguan to study there, so that they can all know the reason why people are struggling and those who are superiors cannot do anything.”

Li Shiji and his ministers suddenly realized that Li Chengqian was indirect attacking Li Shimin.

Li Shimin has always warned himself of Emperor Yang of Sui's destruction. Why didn't he know that the Sui's expedition to Goguryeo made people's livelihood decay, and the world's wind and smoke are everywhere...

However, Li Chengqian wanted to use this teaching to serve as students and juniors, where did Li Shimin's face be put?

Sure enough, Li Shimin's face turned into a pig's liver, he snorted angrily, flicked his sleeves and left.

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Li Shiji watched Li Shimin walk away and looked at Li Chengqian with embarrassment, not knowing whether he should accept his order.

Seeing Li Shiji in a dilemma, Li Chengqian smiled and said to him: "The cost of building a village is paid by the royal treasury. Do you need to calculate how much it will cost when you go back?

Then write a memorial to your Majesty.”

After saying that, he turned around and left.

The ministers saw Li Shimin and his son leaving like this, and felt that Li Shimin must come out to preside over the government.

Otherwise, if the imperial court ordered many families to go out, they might end up in the same embarrassing situation as Li Shiji today.

The next day, when the three high officials jointly wrote a letter to ask Li Shimin to come out to preside over the government, Li Shimin refused to preside over the government on the grounds that Huang Taichengqian had a successful study, had a stable handling of the government, and was justified in his experience.

The court ministers were all very embarrassed and puzzled, but Li Shimin did not express any opinions on other government affairs.

All the memorials of Li Shiji's request for funding to repair Wagang Village were approved, but the inner treasury only approved ten cents of coins.

Li Shiji looked at the ten-ton coins given by the eunuch and just shook his head and smiled bitterly.

But thinking about rebuilding Wagang Village was also a recognition of what they did back then, and he made up for the cost of the decision to build the village himself.

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The Purple Light Hall of the East Palace is brightly lit.

Li Chengqian held a banquet for Li Ke who went out to sea tomorrow and Li Shiji who was about to march east.

Li Chengqian sat in the main seat, Li Ke, Li Shiji, Su Dingfang and others set up seats on both sides.

"The father's dragon body has been healed, and you can go out to sea with confidence now." Li Chengqian raised his glass to tribute to Li Ke with a glass of wine.

"But why is the father unwilling to preside over the government?"

Li Ke raised his glass with both hands and asked carefully.

Li Chengqian laughed and looked at Li Shiji.

Li Ke was stunned when he saw this, and then suddenly said, "Does his father want to personally conquer Goguryeo?"

After hearing this, Li Chengqian nodded and said, "I think it should be for this."

"But the father's body..." Li Ke said worriedly when he heard this.

Li Chengqian raised his hand to stop him and said, "Don't worry about everything, and I will go to Goguryeo on behalf of my father."

Li Ke stood up and bowed to Li Chengqian solemnly, "Then I'll ask my brother for everything."

This worship was to worship Li Chengqian for his filial piety to Li Shimin, and it was a brotherly ceremony.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian hurriedly got up and walked off the throne, helped him up with both hands, and looked at Li Ke and said sincerely: "Exploring overseas is the plan of the Chinese clan for a thousand years, but the sea is overwhelming and chasing obstacles, and it is a life-threatening death.

The eldest brother is useless, and these things can only be relied on the third brother!"

As he said that, he took a wine glass from Liu Kui and handed it to Li Ke with both hands.

Li Ke took the wine glass with both hands and drank it with tears in his eyes, bowed to Li Chengqian again, and then Li Chengqian helped him sit down.

Li Chengqian walked back to the throne and wiped the corners of his eyes. After a while, he turned to look at Su Dingfang and said, "In addition to deterring Goguryeo, Su Qing also needs to catch some whales in the sea."

whaling?

Qin Shihuang once shot whales, which was to go out to sea to find immortal medicine. What did Li Chengqian do to hunt whales?

Su Dingfang hesitated when he heard this: "Your Highness, Qin Shihuang once shot whales in the East China Sea. Later, Qin Shihuang died outside. Later generations all said that shooting whales are ominous!"

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Don't believe that these are false things. Even though they are big, they are just livestock.

If you catch whales, the meat can be made on the spot as bacon as military rations to nourish the soldiers. The bones can be ground into powder as horse materials, and other miscellaneous pieces can also be used to fatten the fields. The most important thing is whale oil. If whale oil is burned on our hot air balloons, it will fly at least dozens or hundreds of miles away at that time."

"There are such good things in this sea. Can you catch some of them?"

Before Su Dingfang could answer, Li Ke's eyes shone first.

Li Chengqian heard this and said, "Of course!"

Li Ke nodded after hearing this, and later said in embarrassment: "The elder brother and the minister have something to do not understand..."

Seeing that Su Dingfang was still thinking about something, Li Chengqian said to him directly: "Say something directly."

Li Ke said carefully when he heard this: "I heard Fang Xuanling say the day before yesterday that the islands on the sea are wild and poor, with people like beasts and language, so they are not easy to collect taxes."

Li Chengqian looked at Li Ke with sharp eyes when he heard this. Until Li Ke was afraid of getting up and trying to apologize, he asked hatefully: "Did you have any ideas for the old man?"

Fang Xuanling was one of the participants in the Xuanwu Gate coup of Li Shimin. Li Chengqian was worried that he would give Li Ke some ideas.

At this time, Li Ke also realized that his contact with Fang Xuanling could easily cause Li Chengqian to misunderstand and hurried out: "My brother just went to the kiln to mention those criminals, Fang Xuanling cried to his sons saying that this trip was difficult, and these words were not said to me..."

Li Chengqian didn't look at him and said lightly: "There are so many difficulties at sea, so it's better if you don't go."

Li Ke heard the whole story and said, "I am willing to go through fire and water!"

Li Chengqian still didn't look at him, but said to himself: "'All the king's land is the king's land, and the shores of the land is the king's ministers.' The islands in the South China Sea are rich in resources, but the barbarians there rarely come to the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute. Is it wrong for the Lone King to send you to the South China Sea to collect taxes?"

Even Li Chengqian's words sounded too domineering, but there was no reason to refute them.

"All the king's land under the world is the king's land, and the shores of the earth are the king's ministers."

Dynasties that dare to say such words and execute them are absolutely expansive dynasties.

The Tang Dynasty was the last dynasty in China that dared to say that "can it be the king's land..." in the world. Anything next to each other was basically defeated.

If there was no civil strife, I really don’t know where the Tang Dynasty would go westward?

Li Ke felt very regretful when he heard this. He had always taken the responsibility of establishing a career, but he actually shook his confidence in going out to sea because of Fang Xuanling's experience.

If I regret it now and say that I will make achievements, I am afraid that it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the Tang Dynasty. If I want to live well, I will only have one way to rebel.

Thinking of this, I realized that Fang Xuanling was terrifying. No wonder Li Chengqian was always on guard against Fang Xuanling.

Without hesitation, he quickly replied: "What's wrong with the prince's heart? The food ministers from the islands of the South China Sea must be recruited back for the elder brother!"

Li Chengqian then said lightly: "You and my brother, don't be too polite, take your seat quickly!"
To be continued...