Chapter 257: Gold Everywhere
'Don't worry, ......
Li Yuanjing immediately responded in his heart, if he is really relieved, what are you going to do if you want to arrest the two of them back alive or dead? Kidding?
"Brother Fang, why don't you speak?" Li Yuanjing quietly pulled Fang Xuanling's sleeve.
Since entering the imperial study, Fang Xuanling has not opened his mouth.
The state of the whole person seems to be a little wrong, Li Shimin's reprimand, and Wei Chi Jingde's fight, these seem to have nothing to do with him.
"Hehe, there is nothing to see in these things, Your Majesty can naturally see right and wrong, why waste your tongue again!" Fang Xuanling responded absentmindedly.
"It's still Xuanling Zhizhen!" Li Shimin laughed and said, compared with Fang Xuanling, Li Yuanjing seems a lot more frivolous, at such an important juncture, there is still kung fu to scare this and that!
"Your Majesty, in fact, the responsibility of the minister in this matter is greater than that of His Royal Highness King Zhao, everything King Zhao has done has actually been seriously considered by the minister, but the minister did not expect that it would bring such a big consequence." Fang Xuanling took the initiative to take responsibility with a grim expression on his face.
He didn't discuss this with Li Yuanjing, the more he knew, the more he knew how terrible Li Yuanjing was, such a capable and thoughtful prince was placed in Chang'an, not to mention that Li Shimin was uneasy in his heart, even his Fang Xuanling was not much better.
But at this time, he had to help Li Yuanjing carry this pot, saying that he was robbing the merit, or anything else, if Datang wanted to get out of the current predicament, he had to use Li Yuanjing.
Therefore, at this time, Fang Xuanling must protect Li Yuanjing, and not let him be punished by His Majesty because of these things, so he will be disheartened and not ask about the world.
But it's also a contradiction, that is, I don't want him to be in the limelight, but I have to let him be in the limelight.
"Chen has been wondering, did we do something wrong? On this trip to Silla, the minister finally figured out this problem, we really did it wrong, we were wrong from the beginning, it was very wrong! ”
"Brother Fang, have you overlooked something?" Li Yuanjing looked at Fang Xuanling with some surprise, it's true to top the pot, but do you need you to top the pot?
Besides, doesn't Li Shimin know about our urine? Even if you say so, will he believe it?
I'm afraid it's self-defeating, right?
"Hehe, King Zhao, you still lack a resume, the old man used a little heart, you followed the old man's guidance to do it, but I still have to thank King Zhao, if there is no help from you, the old man can't figure out these problems, let alone find a solution." Fang Xuanling looked at Li Yuanjing with a smile as if he had changed people, and he felt quite ironic?
"Hehe, the drama spirit ......" Li Yuanjing said speechlessly.
Isn't he clear who Fang Xuanling is? Although he said so, he didn't see his stunned appearance at the beginning.
What about the guidance, isn't it from beginning to end that the king is leading the nose?
Forget it, for the sake of your face, this king will not fight with you for this.
"Your Majesty, although King Zhao's plan to be crowned is very good, it is still not enough for the Tang Dynasty, far from enough, this time the voyager went to Tamna, went to the Wa Kingdom, and found that the location of Tamna is very superior, and the population is not large, and more importantly, the King of Tamna has given us a reason to do something against him.
The Tang Dynasty only needs to send 35,000 troops, it can be like stepping on the green to level Tamna, and the land area of Tamna is enough to feed more than 50,000 households, the imperial court can migrate the people of the narrow countryside to Tamna to develop tuntian, farming, fishing, only a few years, Tamna can provide strong logistical support for the imperial court to attack in the northeast. Fang Xuanling said directly, of course, most of these were told to him by Li Yuanjing, but now he didn't feel any shame about his doctrine.
"What's the reason?" Li Shimin asked with a frown.
"His Royal Highness King Zhao lost two ships with 800 soldiers on his first voyage, and they arrived at Tamna by mistake.
It was originally to ask the Tamna people about the direction of Goguryeo, but the king of Tamna sent someone to lead them to the Wa Kingdom, which has been invaded by many thieves over the years, and the King of Tamla wanted to use the Tang army to help them solve the hidden dangers, anyway, the 800 Tang troops were lost at sea, as long as they kept their mouths strict, no one knew where they went?
It's just that the king of Tamna made a lot of calculations, but he didn't count the weapons of the Tang army in their hands to expose their hidden secrets, although they did not directly do anything to the Tang army, but their behavior was very unfriendly. Fang Xuanling told him about Tamluo.
"Oh? And what else is there? Li Shimin's face changed slightly, King Tamluo dared to deceive Tang Jun to help him solve the problem of the thieves of the Japanese Kingdom?
This kind of behavior is indeed enough for the Tang Dynasty to send troops, but Li Shimin is still a little hesitant, after all, Tamluo is overseas, not to mention the geographical location for the time being, is it not appropriate to send troops directly like this?
Later, the ministers recruited a few guides in Tamna, and asked them to guide the ministers to the Wa Kingdom, and found the Tang army in the south of the Wa Kingdom, and they had almost cleaned up the thieves' nests on the seaside, and found a large amount of gold and silver there.
Even ......" Fang Xuanling deliberately paused, hearing is false, seeing is believing, no matter how advanced Li Yuanjing's boasting is, if Fang Xuanling has not been to the country in person, he will definitely not believe it.
Therefore, there is a very important factor in Li Yuanjing's success in persuading Fang Xuanling, that is, Fang Xuanling went to the Wa Kingdom by mistake and saw the situation there with his own eyes.
"You can even find some gold in some rivers, and the minister asked some of the captives, and they all said that this is very common in the Wa Kingdom, and the ones that the ministers and others have seen are actually not much, which is also confirmed by the Chan in Silla, and the place with the most gold mines is Goguryeo, and they have seen it with their own eyes, although they have not seen the gold mines of the Wa Kingdom, but they have seen a lot of gold and silver in the Wa Kingdom."
Li Shimin frowned deeply, he understood what Fang Xuanling meant.
Silla, who had high hopes, did not find enough gold mines to use, but the gold mines were not far from them, so should they advance or retreat at this time?
Advance, a larger battle may break out, and retreat, all the investment in the early stage will be lost.
And this time it was found that there were two places with gold mines, and the fighting power of the Japanese State was not strong, and the eight hundred lost Tang troops were able to sweep them, which has been confirmed.
Goguryeo is not strong, there is no complicated terrain, they are completely scum, and now that the Tang army occupies Silla, if the troops are sent from Silla, Goguryeo is not the opponent of the Tang Dynasty in one round at all.
But the reason for doing something to the peninsula was not sufficient, so Tamna appeared in front of him at this time, and Li Shimin subconsciously looked at the map, but did not find the location of Tamna.
Fang Xuanling didn't have a map in his hand, but he had seen Li Yuanjing's map in Silla and hurriedly pointed out the approximate location of Silla on it.
"Your Majesty, the Juntian system will one day have no land to equalize, and it is impossible for the imperial court to conjure up enough land out of thin air, so it is also a good choice to develop overseas, for example, Tamna, if there are 50,000 immigrants and garrisons, in this way, the imperial court will master the transportation throat of the entire northeast region, and it can be attacked! Retreat and defend!
Goguryeo and Wa alone have found a lot of gold and silver, what if we find other uninhabited islands that also have these resources? ”