The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 264 Congratulations to the Host for Arriving at Datang
No marriage, no compensation, no cede land, no vassal. Just after Li An learned that his daughter was favored by Tubo's Lu Dongzan, Li An directly presented his first form to Li Shimin.

The title is very simple, just the twelve big characters above.

But the content shocked Li Shimin and all the civil and military officials.

In the Han Dynasty, Zhaojun came out of the country, and Princess Yicheng of the Sui Dynasty married a Turk. Although their love stories were very touching, they could not conceal the incompetence of a dynasty behind this beautiful love.If a dynasty is strong enough, confident, and perseverant, how can it be possible for its children to travel far away from home?

The Tang Dynasty was different from the Han Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty should be ashamed of marriage and should not sacrifice its own blood relatives for the sake of its own country and country.

You must know that the generals of the Tang Dynasty are star-studded. When these generals saw Li An's appearance, they were all excited, but Li Shimin was still thinking, because the Tang Dynasty seemed very powerful, but there were too many dangers around the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, the Tang Dynasty had no choice but to use marriage to consolidate its status, but the prerequisite for consolidating its position through marriage was that you must have strong military capabilities. In the early stage, the Tang Dynasty had strong national power and military power, and it was also more difficult to deal with ethnic minorities. Openness and equality formed the mentality of ethnic minorities generally respecting the Tang Dynasty on this basis.

By making peace, the Tang Dynasty could usually defeat others without fighting and win maximum benefits for the Tang Dynasty.However, in the late Tang Dynasty, after the national power began to decline, it lost the support of strong national power, and the attraction of marriage to ethnic minorities was greatly reduced.Although during this period, the Tang government also actively promoted the policy of peace and marriage in an attempt to attract the support of ethnic minority regimes, it often failed to achieve the expected results, and many princesses who were married to the princess were killed.

It can be seen from this that in the context of strong national and military power, marriage can be regarded as an efficient means of peace, which can maximize political and military benefits for the country.But when the national strength is weak, the role of marriage is greatly reduced.

Li An used this to analyze the role of marriage to Li Shimin. Finally, it was also crucial. In order to make Li Shimin make up his mind, Li An still sent three magic weapons. After all, without powerful weapons, Li Shimin would not make up his mind because Li Shimin was the emperor of everyone in the Tang Dynasty, not the emperor of any one person!
Ang Lee understood Li Shimin, so the first weapon he sent was the fierce fire oil tank.

This thing was invented in the Song Dynasty. The main body of the fierce fire oil tank is a cooked copper cabinet. There are four feet under the cabinet. There are four hollow cylinders on the cabinet. There is a horizontal pump connected to the hollow cylinder. Oil storage 1.5 kg.

The pump can perform simple piston movement and has ignition powder at the front end.When in use, the pump applies high pressure to the oil tank through compressed air, and the flaming oil is sprayed out from the mouth of the pump, and the igniting powder is ignited with a red-hot soldering iron, and the flaming oil burns when heated, causing damage to personnel and equipment.

At the same time, there is also a portable high-fire oil tank, which uses a lightweight copper hoist to replace the bulky oil storage tank, which is conducive to personnel carrying and maneuvering.

In modern times, experts have copied this fierce fire oil tank, and the actual measured combat distance is 5-6 meters.In the era of cold weapons where soldiers fought hand in hand, such a distance can effectively damage the enemy. More importantly, the heart-piercing screams of soldiers on fire will shake the enemy's will to fight.

Moreover, the fierce fire oil tank has shown its combat power, and it is a very terrifying combat power. As long as this kind of fire burns on your body, you cannot put it out. Once the Song Army Li Bao used the fierce fire oil tank to wipe out the Jin army!

The second weapon is the Torsion Crossbow. The so-called Torsion Crossbow is a small catapult that can be operated by three people. To form, so the range is very long, a full 1000 meters.

You must know that during the Zhenguan period, the range of 1000 meters can only be described as terrifying, because the effective range of Datang's bows and arrows is at most one hundred to two hundred, and the crossbow is about five hundred, which is the limit.

However, the Torsion Crossbow has broken this limit. The so-called Torsion Crossbow is actually a modification of a European and Asian crossbow. Small and powerful.

And this Torsion Crossbow is an auxiliary attack weapon.

What it really wants to serve is the third weapon, the Pandora released directly by Ang Lee, which is black powder.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The black gunpowder canister was continuously shot out by the torsion crossbow, and there were bursts of explosions 1000 meters away, and the explosions crushed Lu Dongzan's heart layer by layer. He couldn't imagine, If one day, Datang uses the weapons in front of him to attack Tubo, can Tubo still rely on the geographical advantages of the plateau to defeat Datang?

What's even more frightening is that without its geographical advantage, how can Tubo still harass the cities of Tang Dynasty? Can Tubo's cavalry withstand this sky-high explosion?
Lu Dongzan was a smart man, he knew that Tubo had lost, so three days later, Lu Dongzan directly submitted his resignation to Li Shimin, and was willing to surrender to the Tang Dynasty forever, without marrying any princess or princess.

After Datang waited for Lu Dongzan to leave, he also directly made a decision to the surrounding neighboring countries, that is, Datang would not make peace with each other, make indemnities, cede territory, or claim vassal status.

But what people didn't expect was that after the Tang Dynasty said these things, a small country called Gaochang didn't take it seriously. The king of Gaochang, Qu Wentai, thought that he had not gained much practical benefit from joining the Tang Dynasty. At present, the Tang Dynasty still wanted to support Yanqi to separate him. interests, this is too unfair.

After some careful consideration, Qu Wentai decided to change his mind and join the Tang Dynasty's biggest rival in the Western Regions, the Western Turks.

Qu Wentai believed that although the Tang Dynasty was powerful, it was more than [-] miles away from Gaochang, and there were [-] miles of desert in between, making it difficult for the army to move forward.So since you have already fallen out, let's just do it to the end.

In the following years, Gaochang not only stopped paying tribute, but also set various harsh conditions for caravans heading to the Tang Dynasty. If they disagreed, they would be punished with fines or confiscated goods. The monopoly business transformed into a car bandit and a road tyrant.

He even asked Li Shimin to send a princess to marry. Li Shimin finally couldn't bear it. He issued an edict asking Gaochang King Qu Wentai to come to Chang'an to explain in person, but Qu Wentai ignored it and replied instead: "Eagle flies in the sky, pheasant Lying in wormwood, cats swimming in halls, mice in caves. Everyone has their own way of living."

You call this crazy, according to history, Li Shimin appointed Hou Junji as the general manager of the Jiaohe Road March and led the army to conquer.

The final result was that the crusade was successful, and this time it was gunpowder that made a contribution. Hou Junji brought nearly three thousand kilograms of gunpowder and threw it all into the city of Gaochang. In the end, the city of Gaochang was directly blown up.

Gaochang was directly subjugated.

At the same time, Datang is also taking off at the highest speed. In the 12th year of Zhenguan, Datang has fully planted sweet potatoes. Because of the promotion of the imperial court, the people also planted sweet potatoes crazily. The yield of sweet potatoes per mu It is very impressive, so when Datang is fully planted, even after that, Datang can still have a lot of food support.Because of this, the population of Datang has increased rapidly.

In the 13th year of Zhenguan, Li An once again introduced the planting of cotton. Cotton is actually white cotton. After Li An introduced it, people didn't know the use of cotton at first. In fact, cotton had already appeared, probably starting from the Qin and Han Dynasties, in the Western Regions The region already has a tradition of growing cotton.

However, for a long time, cotton was only used as an ornamental plant and not as a cash crop. The nobles also planted cotton as an ornamental flower.

Among them, the total population of the ancient belt is not large, and due to wars and other reasons, the growth rate is slow.In addition, there are many fabrics to keep out the cold, and cotton is not a necessity. In addition, cotton has seeds that are difficult to remove, so people feel that cotton is of little use and are unwilling to plant it.

But Li An took the lead in introducing cotton, and then made a flower machine that could remove cotton seeds. In the 14th year of Zhenguan, a large number of cotton clothes and cotton trousers appeared in Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty.

The price of a cotton coat was far higher than the price of food. Soon the nobles saw the business opportunities and began to plant cotton in their manors. As the yield of sweet potatoes was sufficient, some common people also began to plant it. cotton.

In this way, cotton began to be widely planted. Soon, due to the large amount of cotton on the market, the price of cotton became lower, and cotton clothes and trousers could also be consumed by the common people.

This is Ang Lee's contribution, but also because of Ang Lee's contribution, Hyundai has become more and more different, just when Ang Lee wanted to go back to Hyundai to buy medicine.

Li An was horrified to find that he was actually wanted in modern times. Li An originally wanted to avoid those who wanted him, but unfortunately, Li An was finally arrested. What to do by yourself, but to Ang Li's surprise, these people didn't do anything to him.

These people just gave themselves a warning, warning Ang Lee that he can no longer change history, that he should be a little more calm, and not change too much historical changes. If there are too many changes, it is very likely that this generation will turn you into An unfounded generation.

Those people also told Li An that the cave tunnel had been blocked by their people and would give Li An some necessary help, such as medicine, modern glass or some gadgets, but would not provide Li An with any other knowledge. Especially the knowledge of thermal weapons.

Because Ang Lee made gunpowder available in advance, hundreds of millions of people died in the whole world, and Ang Lee can no longer talk about bringing higher-tech technology into Zhenguan.

Li An did not expect that a small action of his own would cause the death of hundreds of millions of people. In the end, Li An also said that he would not bring higher technology into Zhenguan in the future.

In this way, Li An began to hibernate. Li An no longer interfered too much in the affairs of the Zhenguan years. Basically, he took Wei Wangning and others to play around Chang'an. After the 15th year of Zhenguan, Li An had three Although she has a son, her daughter is still Li Duoduo.

In this year, strange changes occurred among several princes in Chang'an City. Li Chengqian suddenly changed his temperament this year. Although Empress Changsun did not die, she still did not stop Li Chengqian's change.

After Li An received the news, Li Chengqian's leg was broken, and Li Tai was behind the scenes, and the two princes drew their swords to face each other. In the end, it may be that the wheel of history did not stop, and the two princes were directly abolished by Li Shimin.

Li Shimin directly announced that the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty was Li An. He not only named Li An the King of Qin, but also gave Li An the right to directly open the Tiance Mansion.

Li An tried his best to refuse, but Li Shimin never gave Li An the chance to refuse. Li Shimin directly ordered Li An to meet the East Palace, and announced to the world that sweet potatoes, cotton, Quyuan, etc. Plow and others are all from after Li An. In an instant, Li An followed the people's will,
In this way, Li An became the Prince of the East Palace, Li Zhi, and Li Mingda have been supporting Li An with all their strength. Li An found a time to find someone outside and asked if he had changed the course of history again.

Because according to the history that Ang Li knew, Li Zhicai should be the prince, and he was not. But what Li Ang didn't expect was that people outside said that he was following the track of history, and hoped that Ang Li would continue to maintain it.

Li An was dumbfounded, but he clearly remembered that history was not like this. Time moved forward slowly, and the time came to the 20th year of Zhenguan. Empress Changsun died on this day, and Li Chengqian also died following his mother on this day.

After the death of his queen and legitimate son, Li Shimin was heartbroken and unable to deal with affairs in the court. At this time, Li An began to formally supervise the country, and this supervision lasted for two years. Two years later, in the 22nd year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin finally got out of the gloom and continued to deal with government affairs.

But at that time, Li Shimin's health was getting worse and worse, and Li An had to help. Moreover, at this time, Li Shimin began to enjoy himself, building palaces and recruiting beauties, and Li An was satisfied one by one. Of course, this use of It's all Li An's own money.

Li Shimin was also very moved by his son, and finally Li Shimin passed away in the 25th year of Zhenguan, but at this time, something happened to Li An's body, as if he had been poisoned, and a large-scale rash appeared on Li An's body , All the imperial doctors were helpless.

And at this time, the grown-up Li Duoduo stood up, and she wanted to take Li An back to the modern age. Although Li Duoduo knew that she might die if she returned to the modern age, Li Duoduo was willing to go all out for her father. die.

In this way, Li Duoduo secretly carried Li An to the cave he came to many years ago one night. Since coming here, Li Duoduo has never come back because his father told him that if he comes again If you go back through time, you will definitely die, so Li Duoduo has never been close to this place.

But today, Li Duoduo has to travel through the cave again and return to modern times for the sake of his father.

Slowly, Li Duoduo carried Li An on his back and entered the cave, and kept moving forward. When he reached the end, when Li Duoduo thought he would see modern society, an antique house actually appeared in front of Li Duoduo. In front of Duo.

Then a systematic voice sounded in Li An's mind: "Ding, congratulations to the host for arriving in Datang!"

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