"Cheng Qian." Li Shimin pondered for a moment and made up his mind directly.

"Father."

"What you told me before, I agreed, let's talk about the specific details, but in terms of the army, how much do you need?" Li Shimin asked in a deep voice.

"10,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 auxiliary soldiers. The topography of Southeast Asia is dominated by most of the plains with a small number of mountains, and the most important thing is that many areas of the local area have dense primeval forests, and there are poisonous miasma inside. Li Chengqian immediately spoke.

"In addition, I need adequate logistical support and at least thousands of civil officials and Confucian students." Li Chengqian added.

"That's right, it's not difficult for civil officials to be Confucian, there are few big Confucians, but simple Confucianism is very simple, and you can also transfer some of the poor children from the academy to you, although they don't have too much knowledge, but the teaching experience as a foundation is enough." Li Shimin said decisively.

"Yes!"

"10,000 elite soldiers, 10,000 auxiliary soldiers, I can transfer elite soldiers to you, but the auxiliary soldiers can only be drawn by the local government soldiers in Lingnan Province, if you can solve the life problems of some local government soldiers, it will be better." Li Shimin nodded.

"No problem, Erchen already has a belly case." Li Chengqian immediately nodded and agreed.

"Very good, I can transfer the elite soldiers to you now, you have two years." Li Shimin agreed.

"Erchen understands, but Erchen has one more request, a year later, Erchen hopes to bring 10,000 elite soldiers to the border area of Lingnan Province, lead them to adapt to the environment in advance, and know that the other side can survive a hundred battles." Li Chengqian said directly.

"Do you have any thoughts about your crown princess?" Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian and suddenly asked a question that should not have been asked.

Li Ke and Li Tai next to them couldn't help but glance at each other, this kind of problem is actually no choice for them, it stands to reason that it should be decided by their father and mother later, and they themselves have no choice at all.

Even if they are all princes, in fact, this era is also like this, they have long been used to it, but they didn't expect Li Shimin to ask him.

"What does Father mean?" Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, of course he didn't think that Li Shimin meant to ask him if he had anyone he liked, of course Li Chengqian didn't, even if he did, at most he was a concubine, and it was impossible to have a wife.

"At present, the situation of the entire Datang, the five surnames and seven hopes occupy an absolute advantage, although with the reform of commerce and other methods, their influence on the Tang Dynasty has been weakened a lot, but for now, they still have a very strong influence on the entire Datang."

"Therefore, if these aspects cannot be broken in a short period of time, there is only one way to strengthen the power of other gate valves." Li Shimin's tone was calm.

"If that's the case, the gate valve family in the Jiangnan area can." Li Chengqian pondered for a moment, and then spoke.

"Wu Jun Zhu, Wu Jun Lu, Wu Jun Zhang, Wu Jun Gu." Li Shimin's mouth spit out the four largest gate valve families in the Jiangnan region.

"Yes, the original strength of these four families is good, but they are rooted in the Jiangnan and Lingnan regions, and the main forces are in the relevant regions, but because of the emergence of the Han Dynasty and the fact that most of the Han textile industry continues to enter my Datang by the five surnames and seven wang organizations, the four families of Wu County have signs of loneliness, if they are strengthened in this way, it can be regarded as achieving the goal of the father." Li Chengqian nodded.

"Okay, I'll go back and discuss it with the queen mother, what about you, Li Tai?" Li Shimin turned to Li Tai.

"According to what my father and eldest brother said, then I should choose from the four families of Chenjun Xie, Langya Wang, Lanling Xiao, and Chenjun Yuan." Li Tai thought for a while and said, the four families Li Tai mentioned came from the Shandong region in later generations, such as Langya, Lanling, etc., which were all near the Linyi area of Shandong in later generations.

And if Li Tai wants to go to sea, then he will inevitably need a supply port in Shandong. Although it is said that the four families in Jiangnan are closer to the Wa Kingdom, the fleet will also be responsible for the later attack on Goguryeo, so it is impossible for the fleet to be transferred to Li Tai.

And the strategy prepared by Li Tai is not the same as Li Chengqian, so it is okay to choose these four.

"I'll just arrange it for my father." Li Ke waited for Li Tai to finish speaking directly after speaking, the place he chose was further south, and it didn't matter who he joined with, although it seemed that he was also a better choice to unite with the four families of Jiangnan Wu County.

Li Shimin looked at this son, who was more like his own in appearance and personality, and he pondered for a while and said, "You and the Taiyuan Wang family." ”

Li Ke was stunned for a moment, didn't he just say that he would weaken the five surnames and seven hopes? Why is it that all of a sudden he is directly with the Taiyuan Wang family here?

"Your actions will definitely be made clear to these married gate valve families later, since you have made it clear, the Taiyuan Wang family is embarrassed not to help you? If it helps you, this in itself is a weakening, after all, the Taiyuan Wang clan is in the north, and if they want to transfer their power to the south, it will also cost a lot of manpower and material resources. Li Shimin said lightly.

The top batch of Li Shimin of the Datang gate valve family all know in their hearts, and the most powerful ones are none other than five surnames and seven hopes.

That is, the Longxi Li family, the Zhaojun Li family, the Taiyuan Wang family, the Xing (xing) Yang Zheng family, the Fanyang Lu family, the Qinghe Cui family, and the Boling Cui family, as the top seven gate valve nobles in the Tang Dynasty, these seven families even strictly reserve the situation of intermarriage with each other, and their descendants will never intermarry with any of the five surnames and seven wangs.

However, in the past five years, this custom has been broken by Li Shimin, and there is only a long way to go, and there is still a long way to go before it is completely broken.

Aside from this first echelon, the rest are the gate valve families from different places in the Tang Dynasty, such as the Guanzhong region: Jingzhao Du, Hedong Liu, Hedong Pei, Hedong Xue, Jingzhao Wei, Hongnong Yang.

Henan Lu, Henan Yuan, Henan Yuwen, Fufeng Dou, Henan Yu, Henan Yuan, Henan Yuan, and Henan Changsun in the Daibei region.

Then there are the four families located in the eastern region: Chen Jun Xie and the other four, which is what Li Tai said just now.

Finally, there are the four families in the Jiangnan area, which Li Chengqian mentioned.

This is basically the door valve family left in the first echelon after the entire Datang Dynasty put aside the five surnames and seven wang families, and there are more door valve families in the later ones.

"The retainers obeyed. However, does my father agree with the eldest brother's statement? "Li Ke doesn't care, whoever he marries is also married, there is no difference to them.

"Agreed, your eldest brother talked to me yesterday, in addition to the two of you, Wei Shuyu and they also agreed to help your eldest brother." Li Shimin nodded.

Li Tai next to "poof...... was directly choked by his own saliva, he stared directly at his eyes and spoke: "No, boss, do you want to be shameless, you are a sneak attack, don't talk about martial arts, when did you look for them privately?" ”

Li Shimin next to him raised his eyebrows and wanted to say something, but in the end he held back, because Li Ke also shouted: "Big brother, you are too shameless, right?" The two of us gave you ideas, and you actually started to win people behind your back? And also carrying the two of us on his back? Otherwise, the two of us will follow you and help you. ”

At first, Li Chengqian was still a little weak-hearted, but after Li Ke finished speaking, he paused for a moment, and simply said confidently: "How to speak, what is a sneak attack from behind, I just chatted with them, I said this by the way, they all agreed, I naturally have no choice, the reason why I didn't call you is because the eldest brother is for your good, let you rest more." ”

"You can help me, just follow the eldest brother, you will be talented, besides, I Datang also needs your ability, besides, the three of us brothers, don't you two always say that you are better than me? It's better than me to learn, with your ability, you shouldn't need the help of a few other people, big brother believes in your ability. ”

Looking at Li Chengqian's shameless face, Li Ke and Li Tai were stunned, but Li Chengqian laughed twice, and said with a disapproving smile: "Don't look like this, Li Tai, you have to use commercial methods to buy some families of the Japanese Kingdom to work for you, so you don't need to use force at the beginning, and you don't need to use yourself enough if you want them." ”

"As for Li Ke, you are all natives there, what do you need so many people to do to clean up the natives? Waste, look at the big brother here, whether it is Lin Yi, real wax or mule country, there is no one who is easy to get along with, you can't watch the big brother fail, right? Can you bear with it? Besides, don't you suppress your play after they make a big show of it?! ”

"That's why I said that they all called over, this is to help you, and you can't hide your talent." Li Chengqian said quickly.

Li Tai: "......"

Li Ke: "......"

Li Shimin: "......" Li Shimin looked at his prince a little strangely, very good...... At least this shameless style, this mentality already has part of the ability to be an emperor.

In addition, Li Shimin's unscrupulous expression of the three people...... Although it is impolite, it is this attitude that can say anything that shows how deep the relationship between the three people is, and these attitudes have explained everything.

Li Shimin is the most pleased with this, with these as the basis, what etiquette and the like, Li Shimin doesn't care at all, because this is not in public, this is in private, when he Li Shimin and Cheng Yanjin are together, they often burst into foul language.