Chapter 516 ??????
Golden Continent is the North America of later generations, but during the Tang Dynasty, most parts of North America were lakes and swamps, and humans could not survive. Only a small number of mountains, forests and primitive forests could live.
However, the local land is fertile and the climate is warm. The Indians have cultivated corn, potatoes and other grain crops. The Tang Dynasty regarded it as a large granary for the Tang Dynasty.
Although Li Chengqian knew that the Americas were rich in silver and gold, due to the limitations of the mining conditions, metallurgical technology, labor costs and other restrictions at that time, Li Chengqian did not instruct Li Ke to mine gold and silver.
Li Ke said with a serious expression when he heard this: "That was the case when I returned to the Tang Dynasty, a tribe in the Golden State provoked our Datang City, which was destroyed by our Datang soldiers. All of these golds were found from that tribe.
Gold can only be cast in the Golden State without any other use, so my brother brought it back on his own initiative.”
He did not say that the gold was originally intended to be dedicated to Li Shimin. Now Li Chengqian and Li Shimin are in a state of power, afraid that it will cause Li Chengqian's unhappiness when he says it.
When Li Chengqian heard the scene of the Tang Dynasty soldiers fighting with aliens tens of thousands of miles away, he softened his heart: "It is not easy to establish a country overseas. When I went to the early Tang Dynasty, you should focus on establishing a foothold there, but don't fight with local tribes to get gold."
Li Ke nodded in agreement, hoping that Li Chengqian didn't care about gold, and he might be able to take Chang'an to offer it to his father.
Li Chengqian said directly without any doubt: "Speaking of this, I am missing a lot of gold. Originally, you will use it when you bring it back."
When Li Ke heard that Li Chengqian was short of gold, he only lamented in his heart, but he did not hear Li Chengqian forcefully change his verbal words.
The two of them chatted casually with their own thoughts and walked to the banqueting shed prepared by Li Ke.
Because Li Chengqian ordered the banquet to be held urgently, Li Ke could only simply level a high ground and build a large reed shed overnight. Thick red felt was laid under the reed shed, and more than a hundred sets of tables and chairs were neatly placed on it. Although it was simple, there was nothing missing.
A treasure tent was specially set up for Li Chengqian to the north of the reed shed for Li Chengqian to rest and change clothes.
Li Ke helped Li Chengqian sit down in the main seat and retreated back to the first seat in his right hand.
Li Chengqian sat down in the main seat, looked up at the Grand Canal at the bottom, felt relieved, looked down and saw Li Ke's seat three steps away, reached out and pointed to his left and said, "The person comes to bring the seat of King Wu and the Lone King together."
Liu Kui hurriedly personally took the cases in front of Li Ke to the left of Li Chengqian's cases, which was equal to Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian patted the table next to him and said, "Seat here, third brother."
When Li Ke saw this, he hurriedly stood up and bowed to the ground, and said in a panic: "The prince is different from the emperor and his ministers, and his ministers, and his brothers dare not overthrow the enemy."
Li Chengqian looked at Li Ke and felt suspicious again. Although Li Ke was humble in the past, they were brothers who grew up together since childhood. Before Li Chengqian ascended the throne, Li Ke would bow to him at most.
It was the first time that I had worshipped on the ground like today. Even the ministers below felt that Li Ke had been humble.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!" Just as Li Chengqian was out of sight, Liu Kui whispered to remind Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian hurriedly stood up and helped Li Ke up, looking at him and asked seriously: "Third brother, why did you get along with your elder brother for two years?"
"Brother of me, brother of me..." Li Ke also realized that he had lost ground and could not find a suitable reason for the moment.
Seeing that he was unwilling to say something, Li Chengqian personally helped Li Ke to his left hand, pressed him to sit down and said, "You are not afraid of danger and go abroad to find a place full of vitality for the Tang Dynasty. In terms of credit, you should be on an equal footing with your brother."
"I don't dare!"
Li Ke said that he wanted to get up, but was finally held down by Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian continued to advise him, "Listen to me, I have already thought about it for you." Li Chengqian couldn't help but raise his voice when he said this: "As long as the third brother can successfully establish a country overseas, I will have an overseas base in the Tang Dynasty, and all your sons will be established overseas as a prince. In the ten thousand years, the Tang Dynasty will build an imperial tomb for you, and the gods will offer it to the Taimiao as the emperor, and be sacrificed by the descendants of thousands of generations."
After Li Chengqian said this, not only Li Ke was shocked and speechless, but also the ministers below were deeply shocked.
However, when thinking about the situation of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chengqian should also give Li Ke a major benefit.
Seeing that Li Ke couldn't react for a long time, Li Chengqian turned around and sat back in his seat, thinking: If the Tang people could walk towards the sea and the starry sky one thousand years earlier, what would it be like for an emperor?
Moreover, if Li Ke is dedicated to managing overseas, he will not interfere in this battle for the throne again, and may be able to kill two birds with one stone.
But Li Chengqian made a good plan, and someone insisted on causing trouble for him.
Just as Li Ke recovered and stood up to salute Li Chengqian, an eunuch quickly walked in and reported, "I will report to the Crown Prince, and an angel from Chang'an is about to read the edict."
After hearing this, Li Chengqian lowered his face and shouted lightly: "What angel? Another person who pretended to be an envoy of the court came to pass on false edicts?"
Li Chengqian knew that the edict sent to him from Chang'an at this time was absolutely nothing good, and he would never obey such edicts and directly designated as false edicts to save trouble.
"Your Highness, should you meet me?" Li Ke next to him advised with a worried look.
Li Chengqian turned around and sighed at Li Ke, and said helplessly: "Well, my third brother is not an outsider, so I should let you see how rampant some villains are."
Li Ke smiled embarrassedly and refused to respond.
Li Chengqian turned his head and shouted to the eunuch who reported it, "Tell him to come in."
The eunuch hurriedly withdrew and immediately led a young official wearing fifth-rank official uniform into the table.
The young official walked in the mat and raised his head high, not even interested in looking at Li Chengqian. He walked to a place five steps away from Li Chengqian and stood there. He didn't politely or speak. He took out a bamboo tube and raised it high, and said in a stiff tone: "The emperor's edict, Li Chengqian receives the edict!"
"Bang!"
During the meal, Zhao Jie, who was angry, smashed the wine glass on the young man. The young official turned his head and looked at Zhao Jie and said, "The bold and madman beat the imperial envoy, blasphemed the emperor's edict, and died before his eyes."
Seeing that the official dared to scold him, Zhao Jie cursed back in a louder voice: "Ignorance rats, I will go crazy to the sky with an imperial edict. When I see His Highness the Crown Prince and Nai Weng, I dare not polite..."
"You--" The young official heard Zhao Jie's curse and could not find any words to respond to Zhao Jie, and pointed at Zhao Jie and couldn't scold him.
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Li Chengqian ignored these things and just looked at Li Ke with a smile and said, "Do you still want to listen to his edict?"
Li Ke looked embarrassed. He didn't expect that Changsun Wuji and others would even ignore the basic etiquette in order to force Li Chengqian to rebel. They directly sent such a person to humiliate Li Chengqian.
The young official seemed to be unaware of this, and still had a expressionless face. He shouted condescendingly: "Don't Li Chengqian accept the imperial edict?"
"Stern brother, do you still want him to listen to the imperial edict? If you really want to listen, I am afraid that I will kneel down for you, so he will read it to you." Li Chengqian ignored the young official and just said to Li Ke quietly.
Li Ke hurriedly stood up, clasped his fists at Li Chengqian and said, "Let Your Highness be humiliated by others. My brother will die. Please wait for your prince. I will vent my anger for Your Highness."
After saying that, he turned his head to look at the young official and said in a cold voice: "Come on, I'll take out this traitor who has passed the false edict and beheaded."
With the order of Li Ke, a warrior who went out to sea immediately came out to arrest the young officials. The young officials felt scared at this time and said with a harsh and timid voice: "Bold, I am the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat who came to preach the imperial edict. Do you want to rebel?"
"Haha, I'm going to rebel, so what can you do?" Zhao Jie jumped out and said arrogantly.
"Rareless!" Li Chengqian was furious when he heard this.
Everyone in the table looked at Li Chengqian, and Li Chengqian stared at Zhao Jie and said angrily: "Who are you going to do to rebel?"
"Well!"
Zhao Jie couldn't help but speak when he heard this.
The propaganda of Qing dynasties targets treacherous ministers and villains, and rebellion targets the court and the emperor. Although the nature is almost the same, except for fools, ordinary people will not shout such words as "I am rebelling."
"The traitor in the court - the traitor in the court - the traitorous ministers were in power-" After a while, Zhao Jie stumbled and wanted to clarify the king's side.
"Enough!" Li Chengqian interrupted Zhao Jie with anger, and then said in a deep voice: "Zhao Jie was speechless after drinking, and pulled him out to fight forty military sticks."
"ah--"
Chapter completed!