Chapter 540: Picking up shirts

The city entrance of Tongguan.

Gao Luxing and Wei Renqing sat under the parasol, drinking ice drinks, and there were also young men next to them fanning them, looking at the army formation under the city with great pleasure.

"High school, what do you think the prince is doing?" Wei Renqing shook the cold drink in his hand gently and shook his head and said authentically.

Gao Luxing was also thinking about what Li Chengqian wanted to do if he didn't attack the city. Hearing this, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Wei Renqing.

Seeing Gao Luxing's opinion, Wei Renqing laughed proudly and said, "Do you want to use this neatly arranged military formation to scare me to open the city gate for him?"

Hahaha……

Wei Renqing laughed after saying that.

Gao Luxing didn't realize that Wan'er had just stopped thinking, but he still reminded: "Don't underestimate Li Chengqian."

After hearing this, Wei Renqing confidently pointed at the crossbow and the tall catapult behind him and said, "Didn't this be prepared for him?"

Gao Luxing also felt that there was no negligence after reading it.

Gao Luxing knew that Li Chengqian had two siege weapons, gunpowder and hot air balloons.

Now they have prepared a bed crossbow to shoot hot air balloons in the sky, and a catapult can fight against the catapults under the city.

They are now condescending, and the catapult under the city is by no means an opponent.

He felt that the two sides were comparing patience to see who couldn't waste it first.

Gao Luxing thought of this and looked at the city again. Looking at the still strict military formation under the city, Gao Luxing had to admire Li Chengqian's strictness in his military discipline.

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"Tadadada..."

Su Dingfang, who was wearing a helmet and armor, rode his war horse slowly patrolling the military formation.

Li Chengqian ordered: He was induce but not to issue, and wait for the order to act.

Two hours have passed, and tens of thousands of troops are waiting in line. Under the hot autumn sun, tens of thousands of troops are in a state of solemnity.

Of course, this is the result of daily diligent training, and it is also inseparable from Su Dingfang's majesty in the army. Tens of thousands of soldiers could not think about him except obeying orders.

"What's going on..."

“Return…”

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Suddenly, a noise came from the front of the military formation. Su Dingfang turned his head and looked, and saw a hanging basket on Tongguan City.

Su Dingfang immediately turned his horse's head and headed forward. When the soldiers in front saw Su Dingfang coming, they immediately stopped waiting for him to speak.

When Su Dingfang came to the front of the formation, the hanging basket on the top of the city also hit the ground. Three people walked out of the hanging basket, a small official in a green robe and two servants in green clothes walked towards Su Dingfang with a big gift box.

"Secretary Zhao Yizong, please see the general." The official in green robe walked to Su Dingfang's horse and gave a deep salute.

At this time, Su Dingfang's head and face were covered by a helmet, only a pair of shiny black eyes were revealed, and he looked at the three people in front of him with a calm look.

"The lower official was ordered by the high school secretary to go out of the city to offer cold drinks to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Zhao Yizong directly explained his purpose when he saw Su Dingfang did not speak.

After hearing this, Su Dingfang looked up at the head of Tongguan City. Seeing that Gao Luxing and Wei Renqing were also looking here, he nodded and ordered: "Send a group of soldiers to lead them to see His Royal Highness the Prince."

Lead the way to send a group of ten soldiers?

"Thank you, General."

Zhao Yizong seemed to not understand the surveillance meaning, and smiled all over his face, and gave a deep bow to Su Dingfang.

Su Dingfang stopped looking at them, and then patroled the army again.

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Li Chengqian gave Su Dingfang an order and did not move forward any further. He ordered people to find some Putuan and sit down in the middle of the bluestone road with a group of ministers.

The eunuch brought the tea and sat on the ground to chat.

When everyone listened to Li Xiang's analysis, they all understood in their hearts that Li Chengqian had already arranged the plan to break the Tongguan. He no longer was worried about the current situation. Instead, they talked about the policy of how to make the Tang Dynasty prosperous and safe in the future.

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"In recent years, in order to quickly pacify Liaodong, the Lone King transferred a lot of food from overseas. In the future, he should try to minimize the food from overseas. When he returns to Chang'an, the court will formulate a ten-year plan for cultivated land reclamation, and all regions must implement it as planned.

The food should be self-sufficient in planting in the Tang Dynasty." Li Chengqian said seriously.

"That's right, transporting food from overseas to the Tang Dynasty. What if something happens on the ship..." Du Zhenglun spoke and agreed.

Li Chengqian looked at Du Zhenglun very satisfied. Du Zhenglun was a visionary minister. He had his own opinions on many government affairs and was brave enough to practice. Many people in the court and the country must have seen the issue of the official selection system of the Tang Dynasty. Those who dared to raise them were counted in the entire Tang Dynasty for 270 years, and Du Zhenglun was the first one.

Other ministers also felt that what Li Chengqian said was reasonable and nodded and followed.

Only Li Xiang thought for a long time and asked, "Don't transport food from overseas to the Tang Dynasty, then will we still be sealed overseas?"

Because Li Chengqian repeatedly expressed his intention to enfeoff Li Xiang overseas, he paid great attention to this matter.

When he asked this question, all the ministers present raised their spirits.

Li Chengqian's policy of expulsion overseas has not been implemented much so far, but this idea alone has caused many noble ministers to be disloyal from him.

Even the Tongguan City in front of him was also caused by the overseas eviction. So at this time, the ministers wanted to know whether Li Chengqian still insisted on the overseas eviction policy. If he was willing to change his mind, even if it was just temporary, he would fulfill his obligations to Gao, Wei Renqing and others promised that they would no longer implement the overseas eviction policy. With Li Chengqian's identity and achievements, he would pass through Tongguan, enter Chang'an, and practice the throne, and celebrate the whole world.

Li Chengqian is also very clear about this, but can he give up his policies?

No. Because this is the only way to solve the problem of overthrow and re-emergence in hundreds of years in the ancient Chinese dynasty. Think about the harm caused by this nation when the new dynasty was established, he must grit his teeth and persevere.

Or make some unwilling promises for temporary benefit?

Nor can't.

Because he had to do many things that his predecessors had not done before, he had to ensure his credibility. Just imagine, if a minister dares to enforce his decrees when encountering difficulties?

Or some smart people think that they should not force overseas bans so much. They can take it slowly so that the nobles and nobles can slowly see the benefits of overseas, and then the nobles and nobles will go by themselves.

Li Chengqian can only say that they were too naive. China's going to sea began in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. Not only did it go to sea, but it also opened the Maritime Silk Road.

Did the ancient Chinese really not know how big the world is?

Don't you know the wealth at sea?

However, few people take their families or friends to sea to occupy an island around the South China Sea and build a country. This is because China is so good. People who are capable of going to sea are vested interests. They enjoy their wealth and prosperity safely in China?

I went to a life-threatening island overseas to open up a deserted island. Generations of people cannot see hope. Who will go except fools?

Not to mention going overseas, the wilderness of Shannan Road and Lingnan Road did not change for three hundred years.

When Hainan Island was still a place of exile for the retaliation of the imperial court during the Northern Song Dynasty, did you still want these vested interests of the Tang Dynasty to voluntarily cultivate overseas?

Li Chengqian thought about these questions more than once. This time there was an accident in Chang'an, Li Chengqian knew where the problem was, but his intentions never changed.

However, given the current form, he did not actively mention overseas bans recently, but at this time he could not avoid it.

Seeing that all the ministers looked at him, Li Chengqian knew that he had to clarify his attitude today, grabbed his crutch and stood up slowly, ready to confess his thoughts to everyone.

The ministers stood up as soon as they saw this. Only then did Li Xiang realize that he had asked a stupid question.

Li Chengqian looked around the ministers with a crutch and looked solemnly, and then said calmly: "The seal is naturally necessary to seal it. The overseas world is much larger than the Tang Dynasty, and its products are also richer than the Tang Dynasty.

Even if we want to be self-sufficient, we must often transport some food from overseas to meet the needs of time.

What's more, we have to transport gold, silver, wood, ore, etc. from overseas to the Tang Dynasty. How can we not enfeoff the ban?

And the most important thing is that the Tang Dynasty, the world, has limited people to support. In the peaceful and prosperous times, the population will be over 100 million in a hundred years. If you don’t go overseas, the Tang Dynasty will inevitably suffer civil strife. When the dynasty is overturned, the creatures will suffer from misfortune..."

The ministers were silent for a while. Li Chengqian could understand these principles many times, but... but they had no choice.

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"Report to the Crown Prince, Gaolu of Tongguan City sent someone to offer cold drinks." At this time, an eunuch reported.

When the ministers heard this, they made way for a passage and looked at Zhao Yizong.

When Li Chengqian stood up just now, he saw Zhao Yizong and his group standing not far away. He heard the eunuch report and said, "I ordered him to go forward."

When Zhao Yizong heard that he did not wait for the eunuch to pass the commander, he stepped forward and walked five steps away from Li Chengqian. He bowed and said, "Zhao Yizong, the Left Guard, joined the army, met His Royal Highness."

"Flat!" Li Chengqian said.

"Thank you, Prince."

Li Chengqian saw Zhao Yizong stand up straight and asked slowly: "What cold drink is Gao Luxing offering?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yizong quickly turned around and opened the gift box and took out a bronze bowl from it, and smiled and said, "When you go back to the prince, Gao Gong saw that the weather was hot, he specially ordered Weichen to give His prince a cup of iced sour plum soup to relieve the heat."

Li Chengqian heard this and smiled faintly, "Take it."

An eunuch walked up to Zhao Yizong and took the bronze bowl, held it in front of Li Chengqian and bent down for Li Chengqian to see. Li Chengqian saw that there was indeed a crystal cup with a lid inside. He thought it was supposed to be sour plum soup inside. He waved his hand slightly, and the eunuch knew it and took it away immediately.
To be continued...