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The first day of the Lunar New Year.

Li Chao wore a purple robe and jade belt for a long time. Although he does not hold a real position in the court, he still has a scattered rank, a title and a honor.

The three departments of Kaifu Yishi, Taibao, Shangzhu Kingdom, and Zhao Guogong Li Chao.

This is all the lords and official ranks that Li Chao has now. This rank is still from the first rank, but the title is the first rank.

As a real Duke of the Kingdom and the Grand Guardian of the Third Division, Li Chao usually does not have to go to court, but he still has to go to a special day like the Zhengdan Grand Court.

Li Chao set out. Although the group of young dukes and marquis and uncles in the Li family were also officially awarded titles, they were less than old and did not need to attend.

Today is a special day. Old Butler Li started to fight Li Chao's full guard of ceremonies early on.

The palace also sent people here early, with a total of 500 soldiers from the Shenji Army.

One hundred three-eyed knights, four hundred bird gunners.

With the one hundred clans of the Li family, they are extremely imposing.

He surrounded Li Chao's carriage, and the white tiger, black bird, Li Shuzhi's family emblem fluttered on the swallowtail flag.

Along the way, there were such teams everywhere.

Usually only the officials in Beijing went to court, and the dynasty of the dynasty, a large number of local officials also entered the court. In addition, those honorary relatives like Li Chao who did not hold real positions also came to court today, so the roads were crowded.

The genius was slightly bright, and there were no other people on the road. Everyone knew that in the dynasty this morning, they stayed wisely at home. Otherwise, there would be dukes, marquises and high-ranking officials everywhere on the streets, and they would not be able to eat or live if they met any one of them.

Li Chao's team is very popular, and there is basically no one on the road that has more pomp and ceremonial guards than his guards.

The carriages of each family took the initiative to make way to Li Chao's convoy, and some dukes and officials would take the initiative to get out of the car and greet them.

When we arrived at the Meridian Gate, the palace gate had not opened yet.

The convoys of each family had stopped in front of them, and the officials got off the train and stood in front of the Meridian Gate to wait.

Everyone held the stove in their hands and gathered together to chat.

As soon as Li Chao appeared, everyone came over to greet him.

"Duke Zhao!"

"Taibao!"

"Ling Gong!"

Li Chao bowed and returned the favor one by one. The Grand Marshal Li Jing was in good spirits, wearing a purple robe and a flower beard, but he was energetic.

"Wen Yuan, thank you for the last time."

Li Chao replied with a smile, "Mr. Wei has said this. Our two families are in-laws, so why both of them say these things?"

Li Jing had several sons, many grandsons, and even had a lot of great-grandsons. Li Jing's great-grandson was engaged to Li Chao's daughter, so the relationship between the two families was naturally extraordinary. This time the court sold Liaodong Jue, and Li Chao's in-laws, Li Jing's humble Changsun, also bought one.

The one I bought was a real title, but he almost had some money, so Li Chao took the initiative to borrow money. Not only did he buy a jue for his in-laws, Li Chao also took the initiative to express the cost of territory construction, and he could help borrow it first.

One is the Taibao of the Third Division, and the other is the Taifu of the Third Division.

Li Chao and Li Jing are only two of them who were taught by the Three Dukes of the Third Division of the Tang Dynasty. Both of them resigned and were idle at home. In addition, they were in-laws, so there was no need to avoid suspicion as they did in the past.

It turned out that Li Chao was the Minister of the Shang Dynasty and Li Jing was the Privy Councilor. Two people were in charge of administration and military affairs, so it was difficult for them to have any interactions. But now, neither of them has this concern.

"Did you hear that recently, the real nobles have made an appointment to report to regain Liaodong?" Li Jing told Li Chao about a news.

Li Chao didn't find it strange at all. He held the stove in his hand and said that he had heard of the news.

The emperor gave all the Liaodong of Goguryeo to the nobles as fiefdoms and collected the money.

The nobles spent real money and naturally thought that they could get their fiefdom one day earlier. Even if the emperor didn't want to fight against Liaodong, the nobles would not agree now.

There are more than 300 nobles who spent money to buy land. Although many of these more than 300 nobles are second-generations like Li Chao's son, the real money is the first generation, such as this duke, the prime minister, and the general.

Which one does not occupy a place in the court, or is a thousand-year-old wealthy family like the Five Clans and Qiwang.

"What is Mr. Wei's idea?" Li Chao asked with a smile. Li Chao did not object to attacking Liaodong. As long as he was not crazy, he would be messing around like Yang Guang's campaign against Liaodong. In fact, he supported attacking Liaodong.

Of course, you have to play strategically.

Li Jing and Li Chao had the same idea, "Liaodong needs to be fought. It is better to fight early than to fight late. Taking advantage of the momentum of the court, the top and the bottom are united and sent troops to fight."

"I mean the same thing. I still have to fight. Last time Goguryeo attacked me, we cut one arm off. Now that we are seriously injured, we cannot let them recover. But be cautious. I mean, how to fight is very particular. You can't fight like the previous dynasty, especially if you can't fight that way. Liaodong has a unique terrain, many mountains and many mountainous cities, and the climate is severely cold. It's especially difficult to replenish the army. The more troops are sent, the greater the logistics pressure."

When Li Jing said that he was fighting, he became energetic and asked with his white beard, "Wenyuan, you are a recognized war god. Last time, the 50,000 people in Goguryeo were not in your hands. Tell me quickly, what are the tricks?"

"We don't attack Liaodong, and we don't expect to perish in one day when we fight. The Goguryeo people have thousands of miles of territory, with a vast territory, and are quite powerful. It is unrealistic to want to perish them in one battle. We must make long-term preparations, preferably with small troops, multiple attacks, and consume them little by little. By the way, contact Silla and Baekje on the Sanhan Peninsula behind Goguryeo. They have fought with Goguryeo many times before. By the way, we can also go on a water and land journey together."

"Water and land?"

Li Jing was a little confused. When the Sui Dynasty marched eastward, it was several times when it advanced along the water and land, and attacked Pyongyang from Shandong directly from sea. Once, it even directly entered Pyongyang City, but there were only a group of strange soldiers on the sea, and it was also alone. After all, it was already incredible to cross the sea by boat, and it was difficult to supply and last. If the land could not be broken through, then the sea could only be retreating in the end.

Li Chao smiled, but Li Jing still had the same idea of ​​a large army battle.

"We don't have to do that, and we don't have to go directly to Pyongyang for sea attacks. It doesn't even require tens of thousands of people. We can use pirate tactics to break them into pieces and attack the entire coast of the Goguryeo people. Attack their villages and towns, capture their population, rob their food and property, destroy their crops, and burn their villages and towns. In short, it is to make Goguryeo bleeding."

There must be benefits when fighting.

With the strong strength of the Tang Dynasty, especially the current sailing and seaships of Li Chao and the new navigation technology, Li Chao believes that this pirate tactic is completely feasible.

At that time, Goguryeo will be unable to defend itself.

At the same time, this tactic can make a fortune.

Grab the population, plunder property, and make the more profitable you make.

Li Jing gave Li Chao a thumbs up, "It's cruel, but it will be effective."

Li Chao laughed. If the court could adopt this plan, Li Chao could still sell a wave of sailing warships to the court, and maybe even ask Li Shimin for a privateer license for merchant ships. At that time, Li Ji's merchant ships, and even all the merchant ships of the Tang Dynasty, could rob Goguryeo.

Selling a ship can make a profit, and the imperial court's orders can expand the scale of the shipyard.

If we let go of the plunder of the coast of Goguryeo, we can still capture a large number of people and return, Li Chaozheng is short of people.
Chapter completed!