In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Lingnan Road or the Guangzhou Governor's Office was the governor of the Tang Dynasty. Every year, like this place in Annan, Jiaozhi and other places, some local specialties such as ivory, rhino armor, jade, tortoiseshell, peacock and agarwood were tributed to the court.

There is no food tax. In the first place, the tax on the southern barbarian tribes stipulated by the court was only half of the Han people in the Central Plains, and even if these things were not transported from Lingnan, they could not be transported out of the country without shipping them.

Of course, the Tang Dynasty also bears relatively little responsibility for Lingnan. It has not really sent troops to Lingnan for more than 20 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. The government affairs of Lingnan were actually handed over to Feng Ang and others.

Feng Ann used the support of the Tang Dynasty to rule the Liao tribes in Lingnan, and then used the Tang Dynasty to talk directly with the Liao tribes, and used the leaders of local forces to increase his value in the court.

Historical books do not record Feng Ang as an official of the Tang Dynasty. For example, "Zizhi Tongjian" directly says that he was the "Lingnan Chief".

When Feng Ang was alive, the relationship between Lingnan and the Tang Dynasty was actually more like an ally, so he had to send his son to Chang'an to be a proton.

But Feng Ann knew in his heart that no matter how he became a local emperor in Lingnan, he had to surrender when facing the Tang Dynasty, otherwise the ambitious Li Shimin would definitely march south.

The Central Plains dynasty could not look down on the taxes in Lingnan, but it could not lose the country that Qin Emperor and Han Wu defeated.

If Feng Ang was twenty years younger at this time, he would not want the Tang Fleet to serve 200,000 stones of rice with both hands as soon as it was set off. It is difficult to walk on Lingnan mountains and there are many places and few roads, so it is not easy to save some food.

But now he is about to lose sight of his life, and his sons are unable to suppress all forces in Lingnan.

If the Feng family wants to continue to be in Lingnan, they must have the support of the Tang Dynasty. The arrival of the Tang Dynasty fleet can help them deter surrounding forces.

Unfortunately, Feng Ang’s sons could not understand the considerations of his sons. Over the years, he only knew that the Feng family was the local emperor of Lingnan, and the Tang Dynasty’s army had never entered Lingnan.

Even the eldest brother Feng Zhidai entered Chang'an as a charity, they always felt it was a shame, and they felt that the Tang Dynasty had caused them to lose people in front of the Lingnan Wuya.

They didn't understand that it was precisely because Feng Zhidae was a magistrate in Chang'an that many surrounding forces believed that the Feng family and the Tang Dynasty were unbreakable, so no one dared to make up their family.

Feng Zhiyun and Feng Zhiyu left Feng Ang's residence and rode a fast horse rewarded by Li Shimin and came to Feng Zhiyu's house in the east of Guangzhou City.

As soon as the two brothers sat down, Feng Zhiyu couldn't help but say, "Third brother, do you think my father is getting more timid as he grows older, and he is actually afraid of coming to the Tang Dynasty?"

Feng Zhiyan looked at Feng Zhiyu and shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Speak quietly, don't let outsiders hear it."

"What are you afraid of here?"

Feng Zhiyu waved his hand without caring about it.

Feng Zhijun said seriously: "The letter from the eldest brother said that the King of Wu's fleet this time had tens of thousands of troops, but it was difficult to deal with. We must gather all the barbarian chiefs around us as soon as possible to discuss countermeasures."

"So many fleets and soldiers must have a lot of supplies. We will not get much benefit if we robbed the Tang Dynasty ships!"

Feng Zhiyun opened his eyes wide and looked at Feng Zhiyu with a relaxed look on his face and said, "Do you still want to steal the Tang Dynasty's fleet yourself?"

If the Tang Dynasty knew that we had a rebellion, we would definitely send troops to Lingnan."

Feng Zhiyan was still a little brainy and knew that their family was the minions of the Tang Dynasty ruled Lingnan. Others could rebel against their family. If their family rebelled, it would be the Tang Dynasty that sent troops to quell the rebellion.

"How could I come forward in person? I ordered Jiling, Bin'an and Nanshan three barbarians to take the lead, and we can dress up as barbarians and mix in." Feng Zhiyu said confidently.

"Are you sure that you can only send three gangs?"

Feng Zhiyi looked at Feng Zhiyu with a cold look and asked.

Feng Zhiyu sneered in his heart when he heard this, but laughed and said, "It's just a 20,000-strong fatigued teacher, and it's enough to have three unfamiliar people."

The three Liao Man Jiling, Bin'an and Nanshan proposed by Feng Zhiyu are actually all Feng Zhiyu's father-in-law's family. He has three important wifes from these three Liaos.

These three parts were originally the powerful Man Liao in Lingnan, and with the help of the Feng family, they have expanded rapidly over the years.

Feng Zhiyu was also inflamed because of the support of these three Yaos, and he did not take his brothers seriously at all.

Now their brothers have regarded the Tang Fleet as the meat in the bowl, so they naturally want their forces to swallow them clean.

Feng Zhiwan no longer silenced and Wushe said in a tough tone: "Plus, Long Yuan and Geliang attacked together.

Our opponent is His Highness the King of Wu of the Tang Dynasty. Not only do we want to rob his fleet, but we also have to do it beautifully. Afterwards, the Tang Dynasty cannot see any doubts related to us."

Feng Zhiyu's face turned cold when he first heard Feng Zhiyan's words, but when he heard it, he still agreed: "Then it depends on you."

After saying that, he went out with a cold face and sent people to deliver letters everywhere. Feng Zhiqiu was angry and stood up to spread the support of his two barbarian chiefs Long Yuan and Geliang.

In the early Tang Dynasty, people in the mountains in various parts of the south, including Jiannan Road, Jiangnan West Road, Jiangnan East Road, etc. were called Liao people. In the early Tang Dynasty, Shanyao often rebelled, and the court usually nested first and then stroking. Later, these people came out of the mountain and became ordinary people.

The mountain people in Lingnan are lie people, but most people will not subdivided them and directly called them Liao. For example, the fifth ancestor of Zen Buddhism, Hongren, called the Sixth ancestor Huineng, the Liao people.

Of course, being able to marry his daughter into the Feng family's Yao tribe was considered very advanced at that time. Their territory was all near Guangzhou City, and their chief's sons and nephews all lived in Guangzhou City.

On that day, the Feng brothers first summoned the members of the Liao tribe who had formed their own alliance to inform them of the matter, and asked them to send people back to the tribe as soon as possible to inform them to join Guangzhou City.

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The South China Sea is calm and the deep blue sea looks like a piece of boundless silk undulating with the wind.

The huge Datang fleet sailed at full speed with sails.

As the sun slowly turned to the south, some servants on Li Ke's flagship began to get busy. They put some low tables on the deck and placed felt pads behind the low tables.

Then take out a large brazier and ignite the charcoal fire, put it on a wire cage, then take out the jerky meat and sea fish to start making barbecue on the wire cage.

Soon the dried meat and fish roasted on the fire exuded a strong aroma, and the fragrance drifted into the ship's warehouse and the ship behind it with the wind.

Li Ke, who smelled the aroma of meat, walked out of the warehouse, looked at the grilled and fish on the deck, and thought about how the generals came up to discuss with them how to collect grain from Guangzhou later.

"Come on! Come and get two jars of soju!"

Li Ke said loudly as he walked around the deck.

"The prince is a small gathering today and doesn't drink." Yu Biao, who had been standing at the gate of the warehouse, ran behind Li Ke and reminded him.

Li Chengqian knew that the sea was heavy and the people in the north might not be able to withstand it. When Li Ke set off, he ordered someone to transfer 100,000 kilograms of white wine to him.

Li Ke knew very well that it was rare to drink too much white wine. The soldiers who were free from disasters and illness could only drink once every ten days, and only gave two taels of wine once.

Li Ke's ship had dinner with the generals every five days, and at the same time, he ordered all the soldiers of each ship to take turns to have dinner on this day.

Some barbecue may not be anything to Li Ke's opinion, but this is a rare reward for soldiers who can only eat some shelled rice and salted fish every day.

Especially every ten days there are two taels of soju, which plays a very critical role in reconciling the distressed mood of the soldiers on the boat.

Li Ke didn't look back and said in a deep voice: "Just obey your orders, I know what you think!"

Yu Jian didn't dare to say anything anymore, so he turned around and went back to the warehouse to move the wine.

At a moment, the generals on other ships smelled the aroma of meat and came to Li Ke's main flagship.

When Li Ke saw that all the generals had arrived, he walked to the main seat to stop.

"See Your Highness the King of Wu!"

All the generals bowed to him and saluted him.

Li Ke smiled and raised his hand and said, "You don't have to be too polite, please sit down quickly." He said that.

"What day is today? The prince is very kind to drink wine!" Deputy General Zhang Shujin looked at the wine jar next to Li Ke and said with his eyes.

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but look at the wine jar, their eyes shining, and they seemed to be able to reach out their hands in their throats.

Seeing this, Li Ke laughed and said, "Pour wine for all the generals."

The eunuchs behind him heard this and quickly divided the wine from the jar into bronze pots. Then each of them walked to the generals' table with a wine pot in his hand and carefully poured it for the generals.

The generals hurriedly picked up the wine glass, then looked at Li Ke waiting for him to raise the glass, but saw that the wine glass in front of Li Ke did not move, and just smiled faintly at the generals.

Seeing this, Deputy General Zhang Shujin knew something was wrong, so he slapped his head and said, "Today is not a day for drinking, but the prince took out the wine. Could it be that there is something big to say?"

When the generals were stunned when they heard this, they asked one after another.

"What happened to the prince?"

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Before Li Ke came out, Li Chengqian warned him that once he got on the boat and stayed away from the Tang Dynasty, he must treat the generals well, otherwise anything might happen at sea.

Therefore, since Li Ke went to sea, he never acted as a prince. He treated all the generals equally and quickly conquered the generals.

Now everyone is floating on the sea, and they are all prosperous. When the generals see Li Ke like this, they hurriedly ask about the situation when they know there is something.

Li Ke smiled faintly when he heard this, "Actually it's not a big deal. It's just that I'm going to Guangzhou. Your Majesty sent us to raise some food and grass in Guangzhou..."

Zhang Shujin immediately shouted loudly when he heard this: "Your Majesty's will be completed by ourselves. Can the Guangzhou Governor's Office still dare to resist the will?"

Li Ke nodded and said, "I naturally know what General Zhang said, but since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, I have never sent a soldier to Lingnan, nor have I collected taxes from Lingnan, and now I have suddenly collected grain..."

When the generals heard this, they also showed a solemn look.

"Duke Geng has always been loyal to the court, has it been..." Zhang Shujin couldn't help looking at the ship warehouse when he heard this. He knew that Feng Zhidai was recuperating in the warehouse.

"It was General Feng who told me that Geng Guogong had been seriously ill for more than a year, and most of the government affairs in Guangzhou were under the presidency of his younger brother..." Li Ke said.

Zhang Shujin thought a little and said loudly: "What's the matter? When I was waiting for my departure from Chang'an, the Crown Prince once said, 'Although the whole world is full of kingly land, when I come to the sea to collect taxes this time, I will inevitably encounter some rioters who do not listen to the orders of the Tang Dynasty.'

His Highness the Crown Prince has prepared enough weapons for us to use to fight against rebellious officials.

If there are really rioters in Lingnan, we should share the worries of the court and pacify Lingnan."

"Yes, yes! Since the Liang people in Lingnan have never seen the military power of our Tang Dynasty, let them see it this time..."

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When all the generals responded enthusiastically when they heard this, Li Chengqian sent a large army to collect taxes with the words "All the kings under the world is the king's land." In fact, everyone understood that this was a robbery.

The generals who came out with the army were all thorns who were not subject to discipline on weekdays. Of course, they were not afraid of war.

Seeing that Li Ke had achieved his goal, he picked up a wine glass and stood up, holding the wine glass and said to everyone: "Please drink this glass all over."

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Chapter completed!