When leaving Qinzhou Port, the local people from all walks of life were reluctant to go to the wharf to see each other off, and the scene made Cheng Qian's face turn purple with excitement. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Lonely will not fail them!"

Li Chao sat in the captain's room in the stern and looked at the letter, "Gorofusha? Isn't this the Malacca of the future? Li Chao compared the map marks attached by Xue Li, and after looking at it for a long time, he finally confirmed that this small city-state that had been renamed Goro County was Malacca in the future.

Unexpectedly, Xue Li actually conquered this small country without blood.

The harvest is good, this Gorofusha is still in the middle of the strait, occupying here, which is still very helpful for Li Chao to control the strait.

Xue Li's way of dealing with it was also very satisfying to him, taking the king, nobles, and the sons of big merchants back to the Lion City as hostages, and at the same time letting them receive a Sinicization education there.

Xue Li disbanded Gorofusha's army, but left a company of troops in it and re-recruited a native army. The appointment of a Han merchant who had been there for many years as a county magistrate was also a stroke of genius.

On the Malay Peninsula, there are large states such as Langya and Kada, as well as many smaller states such as Korofusa. To colonize the Malay Peninsula, it is unrealistic to rely on Li Chao's tens of thousands of people. In any case, Li Chao's people are too few after all, even if he can attack the city and break the ground, there is no land, but how to occupy and maintain it is a big problem.

Li Chao can't fight anywhere, he always has to face the problem of being ruled dozens of times dozens of times that of them.

Xue Li's method is a sustainable and long-term way.

Li Chao wrote back to Xue Li, praising his handling methods, and suggested that this method should be used in the future, supplemented by strong attacks and dominated by tenderness.

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Hankyung.

Li Shimin looked at a secret report in his hand, and his heart couldn't calm down for a long time.

The mysterious force in the South Seas has gradually surfaced.

This is a force of at least 50,000 horses, with at least 500 large and small ships, and even they have armor and artillery. After a rigorous investigation, it was found that the warships, artillery, plate armor, etc. they owned were not leaked by the imperial ordnance superintendent.

Even the horizontal knives, spears, bows and arrows they possessed were not from the workshops of the imperial court.

The fact that there is so much armor, especially when it comes to high-end weapons such as top-of-the-line warships and artillery, and such a huge number of private armies, has exposed a lot of staggering problems.

Some people privately built warships, artillery, bows, knives, spears, etc. Moreover, they have a strong manufacturing capacity and they hide it well. It is very likely that these workshops were built outside the Central Plains.

And someone may unknowingly pull up such a powerful private army, Li Shimin is already a little frightened.

"Who the hell is it?"

The Emperor's words were low, but they were filled with rage.

Wang Chengen couldn't help but be a little frightened.

In fact, when he got this report, he was already scared and his legs were weak.

"Back to Your Majesty, the person behind the scenes has not been found yet, but there is some speculation in the Six Doors that the person behind this army may be Zhang Zhongjian."

Zhang Zhongjian has been in the South China Sea, rooted in the South China Sea for many years, and his power is very strong. It is also very likely that he can build such a force in the South China Sea.

But Li Shimin shook his head.

"Impossible!"

"50,000 troops, Zhang Zhongjian does not have this ability. Especially since this is not an ordinary army, you see, they have more than five hundred ships of all sizes, especially they have top-of-the-line warships, and their performance is not inferior to ours at all. And look at their top-of-the-line warships, all armed with artillery. Even their soldiers, mostly with plate armor, as well as muskets, etc. ”

"These equipment are comparable to the elite of my Datang's Beiya Forbidden Army!"

Zhang Zhongjian would never have such an ability, even if he had money, but those warships, artillery, and armor could not be bought by money.

"Li Chao!" The emperor spat out a name.

Only Li Chao has the manufacturing capacity of those warships, artillery, and plate armor, and only the Li family can establish such a huge equipment manufacturing workshop overseas.

Li Chao has skills, money and courage.

"Your Majesty, we haven't found any evidence related to Li Chao yet."

"This kind of thing, you don't need to check, you can't find it. But I dare to say that Li Chao is not the real person behind the scenes. To build such a large private army, it is necessary not only to use money and technology, but also to have a banner. I still seem to have underestimated those people, they are actually planning so much under my nose. ”

Wang Chengen was secretly frightened and didn't dare to answer.

I really can't take these words, the meaning of the emperor's words is obvious, this private army in the South China Sea is not a certain person, but belongs to a certain group. If Li Chao is not enough to be the one who carries the flag, then who?

It's obviously the crown prince.

But will the prince? Wang Chengen is not sure, but Li Chao is indeed very suspicious, and some of the evidence he has found shows that Zhang Zhongjian will definitely not be able to escape the suspicion.

Perhaps, there really is a group.

Li Shimin's chest rose and fell violently, and he was very angry.

Thinking that the prince had gone to Nanyang, he was even more angry.

Now that the prince wants people and soldiers, what will the prince do?

Do you want to raise the flag and raise the army, and you want to create a rebellion against your father?

Have you seen it yourself?

What should I do?

Could it be that there is going to be a civil war in Datang?

If there is a war, how many people will be on their side, and how many will be on the side of the prince and Li Chao.

Will Datang be greatly damaged because of this war?

If the crown prince is really reversed, then who will he appoint as the new prince?

"It seems that I was really stupid last time, I didn't die if I beat the snake, and there will be endless troubles in the future. I knew I should have wiped them all out at once last year! ”

Wang Chengen didn't dare to take a sip.

"Your Majesty, do you want to check it again, and then deal with it when it is clear."

"Check again? What are you looking for, wait until the rebel and the rebellious minister Li Chao come to Hanjing with his troops?"

"Perhaps, Your Majesty can directly send a messenger to question Li Chao in person and see how he answers."

Li Shimin shook his head.

Shipbuilding and cannons are not a trivial matter, which requires a whole industrial chain. And the Li family's shipyard and steel mill are all closely monitored by the imperial court, but now there are still such major events.

Since when did Li Chao start to secretly lay out all this.

This Li Chao has been planning in secret for a long time.

In vain, he still believes in Li Chao so much.

This one is broken.

"Immediately summon the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Yu Wenshi and other prime ministers into the palace, immediately!"

When the prime ministers heard the edict, they all rushed into the palace.

The Imperial Study.

Li Shimin sat there, his face gloomy all the time, and he saluted, but he didn't speak.

Wait until all the zaifu are here.

Li Shimin slowly spoke, but as soon as he opened his mouth, it was shocking.

"The prince rebelled, Li Chao and Zhang Zhongjian rebelled, you Aiqing, what do you say!"

The eldest grandson Wuji and the others were all taken aback, just now when they saw the emperor's face, they knew that the situation was not right today, but they didn't expect it to be such a big event.

"Your Majesty, where did this begin?"

Li Shimin said coldly, "Do you think I'm crazy? I'm afraid you don't know that in Nanyang, there is an army of 50,000 people, with elite equipment comparable to the Northern Ya Forbidden Army, with strong ships, artillery, and plate armor. But before, I didn't know that there was such an army, let alone where their elite equipment came from. ”

This time, the prime ministers are not calm.

"A rebel group, hidden for so long."

"Now, Cheng Qian and Li Chao have gone to Nanyang, and they have finally been exposed."

"I must suppress them!"

Li Shimin said hatefully, Wei Zheng interrupted the emperor's words, "Your Majesty, these words have real evidence, if there is no real evidence, the minister thinks that Your Majesty's words are inappropriate." The matter involves rebellion, and it also involves the prince and the prince, which should be more cautious, and must not speculate, otherwise, the consequences will be unpredictable. ”

Li Shimin glared at Wei Zheng angrily, "Do you mean that I deliberately wronged the prince and Li Chao?" ”

"Whether you are wronged or not, your majesty just needs to show evidence and speak."

Li Shimin flicked his sleeves, "I don't need evidence!" ”

The atmosphere was tense and solemn for a while.

Fang Xuanling stood up.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter is very important, and it is better to find out. You can send ministers to Nanyang to recall the crown prince and Li Chao first. ”

"What if they won't come back?" Li Shimin asked.

"If Your Majesty can guarantee that before the matter is clarified, he will treat them well and give them justice, and the minister believes that as long as they are innocent, as long as they are still loyal to Datang and His Majesty, then they will definitely come back."

The eldest grandson, Wuji, also supports this approach.

Although, this way of dealing with it may force the prince to rebel. But there was no way out, and he didn't expect that things would come to this point.

I just came here once last year, and now I'm here again.

Your Majesty, is this determined to abolish the crown prince?

He even secretly thought, could it be that this incident was actually a fictitious thing, and the emperor deliberately wanted to force the prince to rebel? Just a reason to abolish the crown prince?

The other Zaifu had no better way at this time.

The emperor insisted that Li Chao and the crown prince were secretly accumulating soldiers and horses, building ordnance, and intending to rebel, what could they say. Now no one has any evidence, and they can only hope that the prince and Li Chao will return to Beijing to prove their innocence.

However, many people are worried that this is just a means of the emperor, and if Li Chao and the crown prince return to Beijing, they are afraid that they will be arrested.

Many people's hearts are very heavy, and they are about to set off a storm again?

Why can't you live in peace for a few days?

If the emperor intends to deal with Li Chao and the crown prince, why should he let them out of Beijing.

All of this is confusing.

Although Wei Zheng and Li Chao often disagreed, at this time, regardless of the identities of the two relatives, he did not shy away from defending the crown prince and Li Chao, thinking that the emperor summoned them back to Beijing like this, but he was afraid that he would really force the two to rebel.

"Your Majesty, by all means." Wei Zheng admonished bitterly.

But Li Shimin has already made up his mind, when he thinks of the elite army of 50,000 people, he can't sleep at night, and now he can quietly build an army of 50,000 people, so can he pull up another 100,000 and 200,000 troops?

He remembered that Li Chao had asked the court for all the fiefdoms of the Li family, and now it seems that it is an ironclad evidence of rebellion.

"Don't say it, the clean will clear himself, if Li Chao is really innocent, then he will immediately return to Beijing to prove himself after receiving the edict. If he doesn't dare to come back, then there's something wrong with him. ”

"Wei Zheng, you are Li Chao's in-laws, you should avoid suspicion in this matter, don't say more, otherwise, I will suspect your motives!"