Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 375 Sending troops to Japan and Goguryeo

Yohji Yamamoto left after receiving Fang Yuan's message.

He doesn't need to stay in Chang'an City, and he can cooperate after returning to Japan.

The cooperation between the two parties is not a matter of today and tomorrow, but a matter of a certain day in the future.

It is very likely that the envoys from various countries returned to their own countries, leaving Jieli Khan and Murong Fuyun.

The two were placed under house arrest in Chang'an City. Originally, half of Jieli Khan's treatment was directly given to Murong Fuyun, and there was no previous treatment.

In the past, Li Shimin was worried that the old Eastern Turks would not obey the discipline, fearing that they would cause chaos, but now that the Tang Dynasty has firecrackers, there is no need to worry too much about it.

After the envoys from various countries left, Datang resumed construction again.

During this period, Li Jing's army and Li Ke's army came back one after another, and all the foreign troops came back.

The imperial court praised them, and the formation was quite large, which attracted the attention of the people in the city.

After Li Ke came back, his reputation became even greater, and he has become the most suitable candidate to be the prince.

Someone even wrote to Li Shimin to make Li Ke the prince.

Time flies and more than half a month has passed.

On this day, Yohji Yamamoto, the Japanese envoy, appeared again and found Fang Yuan in private.

"Lord Fang, I'm here again."

Yohji Yamamoto said with a flattering smile.

"how?"

Fang Yuan asked directly.

"The emperor has agreed that Datang can send troops at any time."

Yohji Yamamoto continued with a flattering smile.

"You wanted to buy [-] firecrackers before, so my Tang Dynasty will also send [-] troops, no problem."

Fang Yuan nodded and said.

Eight thousand guns can resist three or four times the number of troops.

It doesn't play much role in calculation, but it is Dongpu who is really fighting, and the eight thousand firecrackers are almost the same.

"Can this be a little more, another [-]?"

Yohji Yamamoto said.

"Another ten thousand?!"

"It's not impossible, but the food and grass will be given in advance."

Fang Yuan frowned, thought for a while and said.

In order to realize your own ideas, it is not impossible to spend another [-] yuan.

Relatively speaking, the larger the number of people, the greater the chance of killing Dong.

"It's natural."

"Master Fang, do you have any other questions?"

Yohji Yamamoto was overjoyed and said excitedly.

"The firearms army is only a vanguard army."

"According to the normal situation, if it is found that the subsequent Dongying army has not kept up, the firecracker army will no longer cooperate with Dongying."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

The most suitable for the firearms army is to be a vanguard army.

This way you won't kill the wrong person when you kill the enemy.

"OK."

Yohji Yamamoto thought for a while, then nodded.

For Dongying, it is natural to hope that Datang will put in more effort.

But Datang is not stupid. He is willing to be a vanguard, but he will not be a vanguard unconditionally.

"When the food for [-] troops arrives for a month, Datang will send troops."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

"Does the food come first?"

"Shouldn't Tang Jun go to the east to win first and then give it?"

"In this way, you don't need to waste the time to go back and forth for food."

Yohji Yamamoto said puzzled.

"It's a waste of time, but it protects both of you and me."

"My army will not enter your Dongying, and your Dongying will ensure that my food is okay."

"From the waterway, the difference is not a few days."

Fang Yuan smiled slightly.

If the food doesn't arrive first, who can guarantee whether Dongying will be empty-handed.

"Yes, yes."

Yohji Yamamoto nodded repeatedly.

It would be better for Tang Jun not to go to Dongying Island, so that he and others would not be able to sleep.

"Then wait for your news."

"In addition, I would like to add that if the war is not over in one month, please prepare the food for the next month half a month in advance."

Fang Yuan thought for a while and said.

"As it should be."

Yohji Yamamoto smiled.

After saying goodbye to Fang Yuan, his expression changed.

After returning to China, they Dongying tested the fire gun.

Unexpectedly, nine times out of ten there is a problem, such as bombing the chamber.

I asked Datang why he gave such rubbish things, but the reply I got was that Datang firecrackers are like this now.

For this reason, whether it is Dongying or Tubo, they can only bite the bullet and accept that result.

Half a month after Yohji Yamamoto left, the food was transported by ship to the Weishui port of Datang.

After confirming that there is no problem with the food, Fang Yuan asked Li Shimin to mobilize the army.

The rest is naturally not decided by Fang Yuan.

The [-] firecrackers had just sailed to Dongying when Gao Tianzhi arrived again.

"Lord Fang, do you still remember my request?"

Gao Tianzhi secretly came to find Fang Yuan because of what he told Fang Yuan before.

This time when he returned to China, he was impeached by the first prince and the second prince because most of the guns were defective.

Originally Fang Yuan and Datang should be blamed for these things, but Gao Tianzhi didn't dare, he still needs Fang Yuan's help.

And from another point of view, domestic firearms are bad, which is more conducive to his future power.

"Of course I remember."

"How many people do you need?"

Fang Yuan was waiting for Gao Tianzhi to come over.

Among his ideas for Dongying, Goguryeo was included.

When Dongying attacked Baekje, he helped Gao Tianzhi seize the Goguryeo regime.

After Gao Tianzhi seized power, Dongying's struggle for hegemony also had a result.

At that time, I will use Goguryeo and Goguryeo's terrain to fight Dongying together with the [-] troops sent out earlier.

Dongying's demise must be no problem.

"three hundred!"

Gao Tianzhi said in a deep voice.

He still has support at home.

And he is not a rebellion, but a palace change.

As long as they seized the power of the palace, killed the eldest prince and the second prince, and obtained the right of succession from the king.

This is an imitation of the change of Xuanwu Gate.

Because the king of Goguryeo happened to have three sons.

"Only three hundred?"

"When do you want it?"

Fang Yuan was a little surprised.

It's only three hundred, which is surprisingly small.

Such a small amount is too embarrassing to lend it out.

It also has no effect on the plan for Dongying.

"Three hundred will do."

"Master Fang, please complete it."

Gao Tianzhi took out a gift.

It is also a very old medicinal material.

"Okay, when do you want it?"

Fang Yuan accepted the gift, said in a deep voice.

Fang Yuan had shown Sun Simiao the medicinal materials that Gao Tianzhi sent last time, and they were all the best of the best.

There are also two women sent last time, Xu Changlin has won Sun Simiao's hope, and now he is Sun Simiao's registered disciple.

"Middle of next month."

"This month, Goguryeo will have a group of businesses that will cooperate with Datang. At that time, Master Fang will be replaced by his own people."

Gao Tianzhi said in a deep voice.

It was not easy for 300 people to enter Goguryeo with firecrackers.

Now Goguryeo has ordered the whole country, and everything that finds firecrackers must be handed in.

Therefore, it needs a suitable method to transfer Fang Yuan's firecracker army into the country.

Among them, the caravan is a good way to prevent the soldiers guarding the city from checking.

"Okay, waiting for your message."

Fang Yuan nodded and said.

It's only the middle of the month, and there's still one month to go until the middle of next month.

There is still plenty of time, just wait for Gao Tianzhi's news about the caravan.

After finishing the matter of Dongying and Goguryeo, Fang Yuan heaved a sigh of relief.

Now that the seeds are planted, it's up to them to see what they bear.

However, the personnel going to Dongying made it difficult for Fang Yuan.

Because of the small number of people, Li Shimin let Fang Yuan decide for himself.

And for the same reason that the number of people is too small, the generals of the imperial court do not want to lead.

At this time, Li Ke paid a visit during the day.

"Fang Yuan, long time no see, congratulations on being promoted to Minister of the Household Department."

"This small gift is not a respect, please accept it."

Li Ke didn't just come by himself.

There are also large boxes and small boxes of gifts.

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu, you have already brought glory to the humble house by coming in person."

"Bring so many gifts here, I absolutely can't ask for it."

Fang Yuan took Du Miaoyan and others to welcome Li Ke.

There is no way, Li Ke came here aboveboard, and he has to be greeted with sufficient scale.

"It's not for you, it's for your children."

"Miaoyan, we grew up together, you have to accept this gift."

Li Ke laughed.

Looking at Du Miaoyan's obvious stomach, congratulations and congratulations.

"Thank you, Your Highness the King of Shu."

Du Miaoyan glanced at Fang Yuan, and finally accepted it.

The words of the king of Shu have reached this point, if you don't accept it, you will lose face.

Soon, Fang Yuan invited Li Ke to sit in the main hall.

Because Du Miaoyan was pregnant with Liujia, Fang Yuan let her go down to rest.

"Fang Yuan, I'm here this time to thank you, Fire Gun."

"Because of your blunderbuss, I completely defeated that boy named Qingshan."

"If it wasn't for the firecrackers coming, I might have failed."

Li Ke thanked Fang Yuan.

When mentioning that young man in Qingshan, Li Ke's eyes flashed with admiration.

It's really rare for a person from the bottom to have such a high vision and be inseparable from himself.

If it weren't for the support of the firecrackers, this war would not have ended so quickly, and it might be possible to win by itself.

"That's what I should, Your Highness don't need to thank me."

Fang Yuan shook his head and said.

This kind of gratitude is completely unnecessary, it is all for the court.

Presumably Li Ke's gratitude is just an excuse, and I'm afraid there are other real thoughts.

"Fang Yuan, remember what I said before?"

"If you are willing to support me, I will make you the one-word side-by-side king after I register!"

Li Ke suddenly became serious and said solemnly.

He has a deep understanding of the power of the firecracker and knows what kind of weapon it is.

He had secretly stashed a few for research, but to no avail.

So Li Ke came to Fang Yuan, hoping that Fang Yuan could support him.

Many people in the court now support him.

With Fang Yuan's support, success is just around the corner.

"Your Highness, I said that I would not participate in any competition for the throne."

"If you must talk about this, then we have nothing to say, please go back."

Fang Yuan shook his head and said.

In history, it was Li Lizhi who succeeded Li Shimin to the throne.

I traveled over by myself and changed a lot of things. I don't know if Li Zhi will inherit the throne in the future.

But it's not that Li Ke also doesn't know, and doesn't want to know, just follow the development of the times.

Individuals are very small in the torrent of the times, and there is no need to participate in so many things.

Especially now that Li Shimin is still very young.

"Since you don't want to talk, let's talk about something else."

"Fang Yuan, are you planning to send troops to Goguryeo now?"

The corner of Li Ke's mouth twitched, embarrassed.

He was a little angry, but he could only bear it.

I just thought that except for some old ministers who don't have to give me face, other ministers also have to respect themselves.

But he didn't want to, being directly ordered to chase away guests by the young Fang Yuan would greatly embarrass himself.

But he can only bear it, Fang Yuan is not only the Minister of the Household Department, but also holds firecrackers, money bank and other important materials in his hand.

"Your Highness also knows?"

Fang Yuan is not willing to talk too much with Li Ke.

In fact, Fang Yuan didn't want the gift he gave.

But he didn't expect Li Ke to know about Goguryeo, which surprised him.

"Father told me."

"Since you can't find anyone yet, why don't you let me go?"

Li Ke laughed.

After he came back from Pingding Qingzhou, his father trusted him a lot.

In the past, many things had nothing to do with him, but now he is everywhere.

Naturally, Li Tai was also among them, so Li Ke still felt that there was a crisis.

Therefore, Li Ke wants to participate in those who can get credit, so as to gain more support.

"His Highness is willing to lead?!"

Fang Yuan said in surprise.

"What, is it surprising?"

Li Ke laughed.

Seeing Fang Yuan's surprise, his dissatisfaction just now disappeared a lot.

"It was a surprise."

"Your Highness is willing to lead, because he wants to get more credit?"

Fang Yuan nodded and asked.

"Yes."

"You know that I am staring at the throne, and I need more credit to get more support for me."

Li Ke had no intention of hiding it.

Now when dealing with Fang Yuan, he focuses on sincerity.

"It's very good to have such an idea, and I also support His Highness leading the way."

"But I have to remind Your Highness that there are only 300 people on this trip. If Gao Tianzhi goes back on his word, they won't be able to come back."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

This is probably one of the reasons why the generals were reluctant to go.

There were only 300 people and only 300 firecrackers. If Gao Tianzhi had other ideas, none of these [-] people would be able to come back.

"Is there such a possibility?!"

Li Ke's expression instantly became serious.

He cherishes his life very much now, and has to keep it for the future when he ascends the throne and becomes emperor.

For things that are too risky, he has to decide whether to go or not.

"Things are not normal, this possibility is not impossible."

"Your Highness, please consider carefully."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

He had to remind Li Ke of the danger.

In case something happens to Li Ke during this trip, he is more or less related.

"Thanks for reminding!"

Li Ke nodded seriously.

If there was no reminder from Fang Yuan, he might have gone in a fever.

If you can't come back from this trip, then what's the use of so many years of hard work?

There are only 300 people. Once an accident happens, the problem will be so big that everyone will not be able to come back.

"You're welcome, please drink tea."

Fang Yuan nodded and said.

After a cup of tea, Li Ke knew he should leave.

After bidding farewell to Fang Yuan, Li Ke left Fang Mansion with his people.

With Li Ke's status, he will be watched wherever he goes.

As soon as he left Fangfu, someone reported how long Li Ke had been in Fangfu and how many boxes of gifts he had given.

The palace, the imperial study.

"Father, after the third brother came back from the war, he gave gifts everywhere. Everyone knows Sima Zhao's heart."

"Do you not care about him staring at the royal father so unscrupulously?"

"If the emperor doesn't care, then the minister will start giving gifts to the ministers."

Li Tai directly approached Li Shimin to file a complaint, expressing his dissatisfaction.

A prince cannot get that close to a minister, but Li Ke did it blatantly.

If there is no constraint, then he will also win over the ministers.

(End of this chapter)