Chapter 470: The Emperor's Mind
In the early morning, the sky turned light blue, very light; in a blink of an eye, a red glow appeared in the sky, slowly expanding its range and strengthening its light. Then, the sun left the horizon, red, like a dazzling agate plate, slowly moving upwards. Finally, the sun broke through the clouds and jumped out of the sea. The color was so red that it was so cute. In an instant, the red turned into dazzling light, and countless golden waves rolled on the sea.
"Grandpa Grandpa, are you here?" On the deck on the side of the ship, a three- and four-year-old boy in purple clothes had a chubby little face. He stretched out a fat finger and pointed at the sunrise at the sea and screamed in surprise.
Changsun Shunde had just walked out of the cabin and blocked the dazzling sunlight with his hands, then smiled and said, "Here, come." He walked towards the boy with a big strode.
Seeing him coming, a pair of delicate young men and women standing behind the boy saluted him and said, "Grandfather."
Changsun Shunde nodded, walked to the boy and said, "Yaoer, grandfather is here."
The little boy said, "Grandpa Grandpa, look, does that sun like Yao'er's face?" As he said that, he gestured with his fingers and made a smiling face.
"It looks very much like it." Changsun Shunde said with a smile.
The boy is the great-grandson of Changsun Shunde, and the young man and woman are his grandson and granddaughter-in-law. The granddaughter-in-law said with some flaunts: "Yaoer, please recite the sunrise poem written by His Highness King Qi to your grandfather."
"The light shines on the sea breeze, and the waves are surging in all seasons. The eagle spreads its wings for three thousand miles, and the sun, the moon and the universe are in the line." This poem by Meng Haoran, included in "Li You's Poems Collection", was recited completely by the little boy.
"Okay, Yao'er is great." Changsun Shunde praised happily. He asked, "Do you know what this poem means?"
"Yaoer knows that Ah Niang told Yaoer that the slight dizziness of the sunrise is like dyeing the sea breeze into a ray of light. The waves are still rolling in the four seasons. The sea eagle soaring in the sky seems to be in the same line as the sunrise and the moon set by the skyline. The meaning of expression is to have ambitions and dare to meet the challenges."
"Okay, okay." Changsun Shunde narrowed his eyes into a slit with a smile.
For a long time, Changsun Shunde's family was uneasy, afraid of any unexpected changes. Now, they have finally left the territory of the Tang Dynasty and are full of expectations for starting a new life on Jeju Island.
At noon that day, in the cabin of another command ship, the deputy commander of the Offshore Fleet, Wang Jue, finished lunch and wanted to lie down and rest for a while. An officer from the Marine Corps asked to see him. When the officer met Wang Jue, he showed him his waist card. It turned out that he was from the Baiqisi whom Li Shimin directly controlled.
Wang Jue suddenly felt something was wrong.
Sure enough, the Hundred-Chiefs' man said: "Wang Jue, deputy commander of the Outer Sea Fleet, received the order."
Wang Jue knelt down and said, "I will accept the order."
The people from the Hundred Cavalry Division recited: "The emperor ordered the reign of heaven, and the emperor said, "Wang Jue, deputy commander of the outer sea fleet, has gained my trust. I hope you will do your business according to my oral orders. I respect this."
The people from the Hundred Riders asked Wang Jue to see the imperial edict, then took it back and burned it in front of him. Then, he whispered softly in Wang Jue's ear.
Wang Jue's face looked extremely ugly, but when he saw the Baiqisi people staring at him, he had to grit his teeth and said, "I obey the order."
The people from Baiqisi left immediately. Wang Jue pondered for a long time, called his confidants and explained to them. Each of his subordinates looked ugly. After everyone discussed for a while, Wang Jue said helplessly: "Resisting the order is a death sentence, so let's do things according to the order." Everyone nodded silently and left immediately.
That night, the wind blew on the sea and the fleet sailed silently in the night.
Suddenly, a fire appeared on the sea surface, and the fire was extremely fierce, and a huge fireball soon formed...
Changsun Shunde died. His family of 176 people and 677 people on the ship were all dead. They sank to the bottom of the sea with the Yinzhou ship they were on.
After Changsun Shunde and others had an accident, Wang Jue sent a fifth-level sail battleship back to Dengzhou to report to King Li You of Qi.
Dengzhou Governor's Office.
Li You received the report and was silent for a long time. He lay down without even having lunch. Liu Rengui and Xue Rengui and others were sad when they saw him and wanted to go in and persuade him, but Cheng Yaojin stopped him. He said, "Don't persuade him, let him stay alone for a while."
Cheng Yaojin knew Li Shimin too much, so he didn't have to guess what was going on.
Although the visitor reported that the "Yinzhou" ship that Changsun Shunde and others caught fire unexpectedly, Li You also knew what was going on. He was in a bad mood and had been with Changsun Shunde for a while and had some feelings for him.
Li You felt that Li Shimin's actions were a bit too much, but he could understand it. As an emperor, his subjects could forgive no matter what mistakes they made, but treason was not possible. He was wondering if he was the emperor, would he deal with such a thing like Li Shimin?
There is no answer because he is not Li Shimin. The emperor is not an ordinary person, but Li You is an ordinary person. He doesn't want to be an emperor because he doesn't want to become inhumane like the emperor. He just wants to be a foodie who can be casually kinship, love and friendship.
Things have already happened, and life has to continue.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Li You appeared at the Eastern Expedition Army Command. He discussed with Cheng Yaojin and others and decided to re-embrace other subordinates of Changsun Shunde as citizens of the Tang Dynasty, establish a county on Jeju Island, and establish a Jeju Island Shogun Office, and temporarily Sima Jiong served as the highest military and political chief of Jeju Island.
He wrote the appointment letter and handed it to Sima Jiong, asking him to go to Jeju Island with the messenger sent by Wang Jue, and at the same time wrote a memorial to report his arrangements for Jeju Island to Li Shimin.
After finishing this matter, he said to Cheng Yaojin and others: "We should set off too. We should start boarding the ship today and set off the morning after tomorrow."
Silla Trading Company.
Takahashi Kyumiko sent someone back to deliver letters to her father, but she stayed.
There is Fengming Mountain near the military port of Dengzhou Navy. When the weather is clear, you can see the situation inside the military port when standing on that mountain. When she sees the tall and mighty warships anchored in the military port, she knows that her side is powerless to resist. She is deeply worried about her father and brother.
After careful consideration, Takahashi Kumiko made an important decision, she wanted to assassinate King Li You of Qi to stop the Tang Dynasty's Eastern Expedition.
Chapter completed!