Li Mao, who returned to the imperial study with Gao Lishi, stood in front of the huge world map, looked up for a long time with his hands behind his back, and waited for Gao Lishi to carefully bring the tea to him, and then he smiled slightly: "Old Gao, don't you also think that I am deceiving them in order to eliminate internal troubles!" "No, no...... The old slave didn't dare! The old slave also thinks that the words of the sage, today, are a bit of a surprise, in the past, the ministers and clan nobles only looked at the one-third of an acre of land in front of them, and they earned it to the death, and today it is really a bit of a rat's eye......"

"That's right! Lao Gao, you are worthy of being an old man who has been by my father's side for decades, this is indeed very comparable, today's world is the weak and the strong, you stick to those morals and do not rob others, then one day others will come to rob you when they are strong, not to mention the Huns of the pre-Qin Dynasty, the Turks of the near time, and the Tibetans, how could they have been soft on the people of our Central Plains! What I have done is for the benefit of future generations, and I also know that if I do this, I will definitely be criticized by those people of insight, and even the history books of later generations will understate that I am a bloodthirsty and immoral person! However, these are not a big deal compared to China standing on the top of the world in the future...... Haha......"

"Sage, the old slave also thinks that this matter can be discussed in the long run, if it is in the name of commerce and trade to subtly subdue those small countries of Fanbang seems to be really desirable! For example, the country of Fuso, Japan, they already have a lot of respect for our Tang culture, and they have repeatedly sent that mission to and from our land of China at this moment in the former Sui Dynasty......" Gao Lishi said this, and his eyes unconsciously looked at the Japanese island on the map.

And Li Mao immediately showed a little fierce light in the corners of his eyes after being reminded by Gao Lishi, and then said casually, "Lao Gao, you will go and spread my will in a while, so that those missions sent by Fusang Kingdom will return immediately, and let them pass on a word, from this year onwards, we must pay 500,000 taels of silver to our Tang Empire every year, and 50,000 strong men and women will each have labor......" After Li Mao said such an astronomical amount, Gao Lishi thought that his ears had heard it wrong.

"Saint! You mean to make them tributary? But these 500,000 taels, and a population of 100,000, is it too difficult for a strong man! The total population of their projectile land seems to be less than a million combined! "Oh Gao! You know they don't have a million people! But even this small country of Yelang, which can no longer be small, should also use the strength of the whole country to attack Baekje Silla at that time! If it weren't for the annihilation of their entire army by the elite division of the Tang Dynasty at that time, maybe something would have happened to such a country of wolf ambitions. Do you think they'll be subservient? My principle is to never leave a disaster to my Huaxia land, even if he is hundreds or thousands of years later...... Even if you go to spread my will, if you don't agree, just wait for my Datang million lions to land in their land and get it......" The old slave is going to ......."

Although Gao Lishi did not understand why Li Mao hated the country of Fusang so much, but now he also faintly felt that what Li Mao said was still a little reasonable, and he also knew about the naval battle of Fusang's invasion of the Silla Peninsula at that time, a small island country had such ambitions, if it was left unchecked, maybe after a hundred years, it might really rise in the turbulent times like the Turks and Tibet, and now the shipbuilding skills of the Tang Dynasty have made rapid progress under Li Mao's planning, and there is still more than sailing on the boundless ocean, so how can this small Fusang Strait be stopped.

The more Gao Lishi thought about it, the more he felt that what Li Mao said was right, so when he walked all the way to the place of the embassy, his heart had already subtly lost some sympathy, but those Japanese envoys to the Tang Dynasty who had studied steadily in the prosperous world of Chang'an and Kyoto for more than ten years heard this holy decree as if they were struck by lightning in an instant. Giving gifts will be a lot of expenses, but every time they go back, they will definitely receive double the courtesy of the Tang Dynasty, even if they say a few good words and kowtow a few heads, the actual benefits in their hands are simply unimaginable!

"High Angel, why does this saint suddenly want to be so harsh on my Sunrise Country! We have studied hard in Chang'an, but we have never done anything to violate the laws of the Tang Dynasty, and besides, our monarch treats the monarch of the Tang Dynasty as a father and son, will there be any misunderstanding among the high angels! I also bothered the angel to go through the saint again, and I waited for the envoy to hope that he could apologize to the Tang saint in person......"

"This is not necessary for our family, you have three days from tomorrow to pack up and go home, but our family has one more mouth, not only did not return the gift this time, but you are not allowed to take away a single thing you used in Datang, you also know that you are a lower country, how can there be more things in the lower country every time than what is sent, those books, craftsmen, and utensils are not allowed to be taken away, just bring some rations, as for the boat, we will arrange it......" As soon as the Tang envoys heard this time, they not only had to go back with a heart-wrenching message, Even when they couldn't take away the things they had learned in the past few years, they were really a bit of a lie to tell the truth, so they immediately cried bitterly at the feet of Gao Lishi, but Gao Lishi knew Li Mao's character, where would there be any sympathy. turned his head and went straight back to Daming Palace, and after he went back, he summoned hundreds of Jin Wuwei to watch the Japanese envoy to Tang Dynasty pack his bags and return to his hometown.

It is said that after Li Mao used the method of equalizing interests and started a psychological war with the civil and military officials in the court, although this effect did not appear immediately, it more or less affected the strength of the clan behind them to support Li Heng, because the reason why those clan nobles dared to be so powerful was that in the final analysis, they were relying on the inextricable internal threads in the court. At this time, the news that Xiao Tiancheng's troops had broken the 150,000 encircled army in Youzhou finally quietly spread to all directions.

So much so that the Qingfeng, who was intercepting the ruthless grain transport team in Changshan, was also a little confused immediately after learning the news. "No way, this ...... How could this be a veteran of the battle, why can't they stop them with three times the enemy's military strength, this is simply a big joke, the general has already found out that Xiao Tiancheng's department does not have the thunderbolt firearm developed by Li Mao, how can it be that they are still killed by 50,000 people in a hurry to escape? That's the 150,000 horses that my Cui family has painstakingly gathered! Could this be Li Mao's trick? ”

"General Hui, it's true! When the villain came, Xiao Tiancheng's more than 40,000 light cavalry were still under Youzhou City, but fortunately, General Huhu and General Lu Yougui worked together to defend the city, and they barely defended it! However, Xiao Tiancheng, a thief, was insidious and cunning, and even used his bow and arrow to constantly scatter demagogic letters into the city, saying that if the defenders in the city did not surrender, the day the city was broken, the old and young would be left behind......"

"No, no...... Xiao Tiancheng would never dare to do this, Li Mao thief has always advertised that he is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, he will not allow Xiao thief to act like this, you hurry back and inform the Urging Hu and Lu Yougui, as long as they hold on to the city for half a month, then Xiao Tiancheng's tired army will naturally not fight for a long time...... "But...... The general is here to ask for help! Ever since the thief shot the propagated letter into Youzhou City, the people and defenders in the city have all been terrified! And most of them are in the land of Youzhou, and the whole family is in the city, they don't have the determination of you! At present, the people in the city are already panicking, and even the rice, grain and vegetables for the city are becoming more and more nervous, and the thief Xiao doesn't know how to use to be surrounded by the entire Youzhou City, not allowing particles to enter the city, it seems that he is forcing the people and horses in the city to come out and fight him ...... decisive battle"-->