"And what about next year? I heard that Narhiye and Belus, who is recuperating in Chang'an, especially Belus, are about to level the threshold of your East Palace, and I hope you will continue to send troops next year, why don't you agree? Li Zhi put down Li Ye and watched the two little guys giggling and playing.

"The surrounding form has changed too much, the princess of the Great Food Country suddenly returned to Chang'an, and there are disagreements within the Great Food, if we are too anxious now, I am afraid it will backfire." Li Hong rubbed his aching waist and glanced at Pei Wanying next to him.

"Backfired? Are you saying that to the west of the Great Food Country, there is really a more expansive land, no less than my Datang? Li Zhi asked with some disbelieving.

In their inherent concept, the end of this world, or the territory of this world, should have been almost completely occupied by Datang.

But in the past two years, I have been in contact with the map made by Li Hongzhi in the imperial study, although I understand that the Tang Dynasty only exists in a corner of this world, and there are more, larger, and more vast lands in this world.

But in terms of concept, it is still difficult to accept it all at once, after all, the concept of a round sky and a place has existed for many years, and it is still difficult to change it all at once.

Li Hong nodded silently, and then continued: "Our successive battles on the battlefield of Anxi have made the forces deployed by the Great Cannibals in the east begin to be stretched, if they no longer go west, but focus on the east and make the enemy of our Tang Dynasty, then we will not be able to win as easily as this, we will have to pour all the troops of Anxi, and even the troops of Tubo will have to be invested in it at that time, at that time, once they enter the state of war, the impact of victory and defeat is not only Anxi, It will even endanger the foundation of my Datang Dynasty. ”

"Wouldn't it be nice to add a sailor? When I look at the map, it's just a long strip. Li Zhi still asked with some dissatisfaction.

"The long strip? However, it is impossible to rely on the sailor to break through alone, it can only be a temporary harassment, Ma Zai has been building roads in the southwest (Yunnan-Guichuan) in recent years, the mountains are high and the water is deep, rugged, and even some places are foggy all year round, and if you are not careful, you will fall into the cliff and break your bones, not to mention the carriage, it is very difficult for the war horse to pass alone, and now the army on land can't pass, only the sailor has passed, and it can't form a strategic suppression at all, so it still needs to wait a few years. Li Hong began to frown at the mention of the form of the southwest.

Ma Zai has been in the southwest for five or six years, but it will take a few years to build a road that can be used by thousands of troops and horses to move smoothly on muddy mountain roads.

The materials needed for the war have already begun to be hoarded there, but no matter how much they are hoarded, once it is time to fight, it will be consumed faster than the current coal mountain, so the supply of materials, no matter which direction in Datang, is a problem that plagues the world, including Li Hong.

Li Zhi pouted his lips without caring about himself, he was just idle and had nothing to do, just ask him, as for what should happen, as for the direction of the Tang Dynasty, whether to continue to expand the territory, or to benefit the people outside and inside, he is too lazy to care.

Hua Ji walked in respectfully and whispered to the few people present: "Your Majesty, the Queen, His Royal Highness the Prince, Fang Muqing is asking to see you outside the palace." ”

Wu Mei looked at Li Hong, and Li Hong continued to be on the sofa, this matter has nothing to do with herself, not to mention that people are asking to see their father and mother.

"Let her in." Wu Mei said softly, and then motioned to the palace maid to see where Li Guangshun and Li Guangren were, and brought them over to meet their concubines in a while.

"The minister left first, this year's Yuan-Japan court meeting, the minister still has a lot to do." Li Hong watched the old man's dissatisfied eyes sweep over himself and Hua Ji, how could he not know that he was being cautious again.

Isn't it just that when Hua Ji played just now, he brought himself in his Daming Palace, as for looking at himself with such annoying eyes!

But I have to admit that now whether it is the old man's personal eunuch Hua Ji or the dragon mother's personal eunuch Wang Lou, as long as they are in the Daming Palace, whether it is the harem or the front hall, when they play something, they will unconsciously bring themselves.

However, this also reflects the fact that the rights of the Tang Empire are now completely and completely in the East Palace.

Pei Wanying watched her husband stand up, so she hurriedly stood up, and then saluted Li Zhi and Wu Mei, ready to say goodbye.

Someone healed the scar and forgot about the pain, raised his foot and kicked Li Ye and Li Ye's little buttocks: "It's time to go, say goodbye to your imperial grandfather and grandmother." ”

The two little guys who wrapped the brocade handkerchief in the hands of the palace maid and their heads smoothly ripped off the brocade handkerchief on each other's heads, and then saluted Li Zhi and Wu Mei in a regular manner, and then took Pei Wanying's hand left and right, ready to leave with Li Hong.

Just walked to the screen, listening to Li Zhi calling Li Ye's name behind him, Li Hong suddenly turned around, patted his head and said, "I almost forgot about business, remind you, this year's Yuan Day Dynasty will meet you...... Don't you want to participate? ”

"Why?" Li Zhi sat on the recliner and asked, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot.

"You keep forcibly breaking into the court like this, even if your sons can stand it, the other courtiers will be scared out of your illness sooner or later, so it's good." Li Hong saw that the old man was about to go crazy, hurriedly stretched out his hand to make a surrender form, and continued: "This year, there will be a lot of foreign envoys who are tied up in the Yuanri Dynasty, so you, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, will lose your identity as the emperor and your majesty, and it is enough for the ministers to deal with it, otherwise I am afraid that I will be laughed at." ”

Before Li Zhi, who had a face as black as the bottom of a pot, could speak, he saw Wu Mei suddenly turn sideways and look at Li Hong standing in front of the screen, and wondered, "The envoys of the foreign state are coming?" Which one? What are you here for? Why wasn't there any news before? ”

"Some time ago, I discussed with the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, including the Chinese Book and the Men, at that time, you and your father happened to be busy with the autumn harvest, so you forgot about it for a delay." Li Hong took the pillow that Wu Mei threw over angrily, and talked nonsense with a shy face.

"Autumn Harvest! It's been a few months since the autumn harvest? I forgot about it as soon as I delayed it, why didn't you forget to eat! "Li Zhi's face is still as black as the bottom of the pot!

This rabbit cub is finding reasons more and more casually, and there is no embarrassment or embarrassment between his expression and attitude, and he is just looking for an excuse to deceive you everywhere!

Wu Mei only gasped angrily, obviously this rabbit cub didn't plan to tell them, if it weren't for the fact that His Majesty had forcibly broken into the court several times because of Fang Muqing's incident these days, and scared this rabbit cub out of the shadow, I'm afraid I wouldn't have told them yet.

"Then tell me clearly, who is coming?" Wu Mei stood up slowly, and the feather duster was handed over by the palace maid next to her in a timely manner, and her intuition told her that this year's Yuanri Dynasty Meeting was probably related to the princess who came to Chang'an, or the night moon who has returned to Chang'an now.

Some time ago, I didn't settle accounts with him about the absurd matter with the princess of Dalai, and now I don't know what to do again, and I actually summoned the envoys of various countries to arrive in Chang'an on the first day, and deliberately concealed it from them from the beginning, this move must have some ulterior secret, otherwise I would never hide it from myself.

Li Hong helplessly spread his hands, looking at Long Ma's aggressiveness, ready to beat his gaze, so he had to let Pei Wanying leave with the two little guys first.

Then he looked at the dragon father and the dragon mother, and said helplessly: "Dashi sent envoys to my Tang Dynasty to negotiate peace, and including the big and small Bolu and other tribes, and even the southwestern countries, as well as the Wa Kingdom, Silla, Goguryeo, and Baekje in the east, will send envoys to my Datang, so the son told his father that he just didn't want his father to be too abrupt when he arrived." ”

"Then can I participate or not!" Li Zhi trembled angrily, stood up violently, snatched the feather duster in Wu Mei's hand and was about to beat Li Hong.

"What are you anxious about?" Li Hong pulled a palace maid next to him to block in front of him, and then said helplessly: "I say this, I just hope that you will prepare in advance, when the time comes, you will not preside over who will preside, and all countries will come to worship, if you are not there...... Well, Erchen just hopes that when that day comes, you don't just promise them random messes. ”

Li Zhi's face finally softened a little, and it was no longer as dark as the bottom of the pot: "This is about the same, you can explain something to Honglu Temple, and when the time comes, Honglu Temple will tell me what I need to do." ”

Wu Mei's gaze swirled back and forth on Li Hong and Li Zhi, if it was really as Li Hong said just now, the exotic states around the Tang Dynasty, as well as other small countries, would come to the Tang Dynasty on the first day of this year, then wouldn't it be the Tang Dynasty on the first day of this year, and it would present a prosperous scene of all countries coming to worship? But what is it that will make all these people gather in Chang'an? Who is it for? Why? What does the Tang Empire want to do? ”

Wu Mei found that she didn't know anything about these at all, and she didn't even know how many enemies and friends there were around Datang now, and this time Li Hong made such a big event, even a grand event that had never been seen since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, what kind of calculation did he play?

Facing the cold inquiring eyes of Long Ma, Li Hong shrugged his shoulders, but his face was very solemn and said: "This time the envoys of various countries will not be of a very low level, in the eyes of the sons, this time to Datang, I am afraid that it is not the powerful figures of various countries, but also the very influential figures in the royal families of various countries, many of which were initiated by the Great Food Country, and many of them are looking at the form and want to take the initiative to come to my Datang to repair, in short, this court meeting will be a grand meeting to redefine my Datang, It will also be related to a grand event of prosperity in the future of my Datang. ”

"It's you and the king of the Great Food who are in charge?" Wu Mei's gaze was like a knife pointing straight at the depths of Li Hong's heart.

Li Hong nodded silently, and then saluted Li Zhi and Wu Mei before saying, "Almost, this time is very important." ”