Gao Zhe took Gao Qiang with him for three whole days, and Gao Qiang returned to the barracks three days later, Gao Qiang learned a lot in these three days, and Gao Qiang secretly swore in his heart: This expedition will never disappoint His Majesty and his father.

After Li Jun received Gao Zhe's remarks about marrying Li Moyue, he sighed and wrote on the recital: "The old general's heart of a beloved son, I understand, the old general takes good care of his body, and the day of Gao Qiang's triumph is the day of the peace's marriage." ”

After writing it, Li Jun put down the pen, handed the fold to Sima Da and said, "Sima, don't change a word of this letter, and send it back to the old general's mansion." ”

"No, the minister obeys."

After Sima Da left, He Shen cautiously walked over and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Lang Yin of the Ministry of Works is out asking to see you. ”

Li Jun waved his hand and said, "Let him in." ”

In fact, at this time, Yin Shijing was summoned by Li Jun, and his heart was a little empty, the news of his marriage with Gongsun Kun's daughter in the past few days has spread throughout the capital, which also means that he has completely integrated into the miscellaneous family faction headed by Lu Hang and Gongsun Kun.

Yin Shijing was familiar with history books and knew that the emperor didn't like his ministers to form gangs, so Yin Shijing felt very empty when he saw Li Jun, so he made a big salute respectfully.

Li Jun smiled and said, "Okay, get up, I congratulate you first." ”

Yin Shijing hurriedly waved his hand and said, "The minister doesn't dare." ”

"Hehe, after you got engaged, the most beautiful man in the Tang Dynasty, I don't know how many girls are crying in their dreams?" Li Jun laughed.

Yin Shijing blushed rarely, and replied embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare to be the first beautiful man, in the eyes of the minister, Your Majesty is wise and martial, and he is the first beautiful man in my Tang Dynasty." ”

Li Jun touched his nose and said with a smile: "Although I know that you are a sycophant, I am quite happy in my heart, okay, let's get down to business." ”

"Your Majesty has something to do, but please command." Yin Shijing hurriedly said.

"My army is about to march south, and you have also been in Shu, you should understand the environment of Lingnan, the environment of Lingnan is humid, and the use of gunpowder is inconvenient, I hope you will hurry up and solve the problem of waterproofing gunpowder."

"Your Majesty, Lord Shangshu Dou of the Ministry of War has already found the minister, and the minister has a clue here." Yin Shijing replied immediately.

"Well, how do you solve it? I asked the Mo family, and they said that there was nothing to do. Li Jun asked curiously.

Yin Shijing took out a bag from his arms and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is a white flower, this flower was found by chance in a flower shop in Chang'an City, I thought it was interesting, so I bought it back, this thing is soft, and it can't be used as a spice, but the waterproof is particularly good." ”

Li Jun fixed his eyes and saw that it was cotton, and he had been looking for cotton for several years but did not find it, but he didn't expect to let the blind cat of Yin Shijing run into a dead mouse and find it.

Li Jun was overjoyed and said: "This is a good thing, but there is a lot of gunpowder used in this expedition, are the ones you planted enough?" ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the minister discovered this thing last year, so the minister planted more than ten acres in his manor this year, which is definitely enough."

Li Jun nodded with satisfaction and said: "Yes, the seeds of this thing will be sent to the Ministry of Agriculture and Shaofu, I will give you a credit, if it is really useful, the day of the triumph of the army is the day you will be crowned." ”

"Ah, thank you, Your Majesty." Yin Shijing was stunned by this big pie, and hurriedly thanked him.

Now Li Jun has reformed the feudal marquis system, and the marquis is no longer hereditary, except for some founding marquis, plus Xiao Wangzhi, Gao Zhe, and Wei Wuji, the rest of the marquis have become three generations of marquis, that is to say, if you become a marquis, your son can also inherit your marquis title, but if your grandson has no ability, it will be hanging.

There are two advantages to doing this, one is to facilitate the new emperor's grace, and the other is to maintain the fresh blood of the nobles, so now Li Jun's requirements for the marquis are lowered, not to mention others, these relatives can become marquis.

Yin Shijing left happily, Li Jun was also very happy, cotton is a big killer, first of all, this thing is easy to feed, whether it is dry land or saline-alkali land, it is no problem, and secondly, with cotton, in the future war against Beijin and Northern Liao, the Tang army will have a better chance of winning in cotton clothes; The last point is that cotton is an important cash crop, which can greatly alleviate the lives of the people in the bitter cold land of the north.

At this time, Gongsun Kun came to see Li Jun, and Li Jun had to put these things behind him for the time being, and then waved his hand and said, "Xuangong Sun Kun come in." ”

Gongsun Kunzu is not a Tang person, he is the emperor of Liao, he was forced to surrender to the Tang Dynasty because of the failure of the struggle in Liao, so what the Gongsun Kun family is most afraid of is to lose the trust of the emperor, a general, there is no foundation in the Tang Dynasty, if they lose the trust of His Majesty, then what awaits them will be extermination.

When Gongsun Kun saw Li Jun, he presented the text of the Ministry of Rites on the Southern Expedition with both hands, Li Jun opened it and looked at it, then frowned and said, "Gongsun Aiqing, are the words written on this too light?" ”

"Your Majesty, that's how the previous texts were written." Gongsun Kun replied cautiously.

Li Jun shook his head and said: "No, this text is equivalent to a war book, and they have all fought with others, so why be a gentleman if you don't scold others to death in advance?" ”

"Your Majesty, please." Gongsun Kun hurriedly arched his hand and said.

Li Jun smiled and said: "If you write like this, you will say that these three kingdoms do not accept the king's nature, the jackal's nature, the proximity to the wicked, the king's cruelty to the loyal and good, the abuse of the people, the killing of sisters and brothers, the murder of kings and mothers, the same disease of people and gods, and the intolerability of heaven and earth." I still harbored evil intentions and stole artifacts, and I regretted it in my heart, and decided to conquer the Three Kingdoms in the south to save thousands of Li people and water and fire. ”

Gongsun Kun listened to it, and unconsciously cold sweat flowed down, all in all, now the Tang Dynasty still retains the legacy of the Spring and Autumn Period, scolding people without revealing their shortcomings, this is the style of a gentleman, and he has never scolded people to death like His Majesty today, and sprayed dirty water on people in pots and basins.

But Li Jun is the emperor, although Gongsun Kun felt that it was inappropriate, and he didn't have the courage to confront the emperor, so Gongsun Kun only promised: "The minister obeys the order, and he will revise it when he goes back." ”

Li Jun thought carefully and said, "There is one more, just say that the Three Kingdoms are blocking the trade routes." ”

Hearing this, Gongsun Kun was full of black lines in his mind, the trade route blocked by others is obviously your trade route for the slave trade, which is also considered a crime, as an emperor, who would allow other countries to plunder their own people so wildly.

Li Jun looked at Gongsun Kun, who was stunned, and couldn't help sighing and said: "Gongsun Aiqing, Datang Fadu, has its own word Wang Ba, in the future, your Ministry of Rites must remember that you must be domineering to the outside world, so as to show the prestige of my Datang Dynasty, understand?" ”

"The minister remembers it in his heart." Gongsun Kun hurriedly agreed.

Li Jun said coldly: "There is no excuse for the crime you want to add, don't think about anything else, just write it to me to death." ”

"Obey."