Cheng Zhijie, Li Shimin and others all looked dull upon hearing this.
"Not only that, the small country of Linyi does not have many troops, and the people do not like to join the army. If Duke Su goes there, I am afraid that only three thousand elite soldiers can attack the entire small country of Linyi!"
Tang Jian continued to talk.
At this time, even Li Shimin couldn't help but feel a little moved.
"There is such a kingdom!"
Such a precious land, the people are still so lazy, and the kingdom is so weak, it is full of temptation for warmongers like them.
"Moreover, in that area, not only the small country of Linyi can harvest three crops a year, but several countries around Linyi can also harvest three crops a year!" Tang Jian said again.
This time, the eyes of the old killers became even redder.
"Your Majesty, I, Old Cheng, want to lead troops to attack the small country of Linyi!"
Cheng Zhijie quickly raised his hands and said.
"Your Majesty, I can also lead troops to attack the small country of Linyi or the surrounding countries!"
Li Xiaogong on the side was also a little tempted.
As for Hou Junji, Xu Shiji, Chai Shao and other generals, they all looked at Li Shimin expectantly.
"We will discuss this later!"
Li Shimin said slowly.
Hearing this, Cheng Zhijie, Hou Junji and others on the side couldn't help but look anxious and wanted to continue asking for orders.
However, Du Ruhui, Li Xiaogong and others quickly reached out and grabbed these old killers.
Your Majesty is obviously a little moved, but it is difficult for Your Majesty to directly agree to the idea of conquering other countries without any reason.
Moreover, how could the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and a group of ministers stand on the street and talk about how to conquer other countries?
It’s unbecoming!
And after returning to Liangyi Hall.
Cheng Zhijie, Hou Junji and other generals could no longer bear it and began to challenge Li Shimin again and again.
"Your Majesty, now the Tang Dynasty has sufficient food and grass, the people's homes are overflowing with food, and our Tang Dynasty has countless soldiers. We even have war weapons like bombs.
This is the opportunity for us, the Tang Dynasty, to send troops."
"Your Majesty, as long as we, the Tang Dynasty, attack the small country of Xia Linyi, and even all the surrounding countries, we only need to supervise those lazy people every day and grow food for our Tang Dynasty.
In this way, within two years, our Tang Dynasty will be able to produce millions more grains a year. And the people of our Tang Dynasty will also be able to have enough to eat, and even three meals a day!"
"His Majesty……"
On the sofa, Li Shimin looked excited as these old killers talked.
However, the civil servants such as Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji had not spoken yet, and Li Shimin had not made up his mind.
Finally, after Cheng Zhijie, Hou Junji and other generals stopped talking.
Civil servants such as Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji began to oppose it.
"Your Majesty, I think this is not a good time to send troops!"
"Exactly, Your Majesty, now is the New Year's Day. This is an important festival for all the people in our country. It is not appropriate for those soldiers to stay away from home.
Moreover, in three months, it will be the time of spring plowing, which is related to the livelihood of the people of the Tang Dynasty, and we cannot let those young men go out to fight."
"Your Majesty, our people in the Tang Dynasty have been exhausted physically and mentally from years of fighting. We should rest for a while! Just in time, while we are full of energy, we can add more people to our Tang Dynasty!"
"Your Majesty, I, Old Cheng, think they are farting. The conquest of Linyi only requires 5,000 soldiers and horses and more than ten large ships, not tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. We only need to select some soldiers from Zhechong Mansion who have many brothers in the family, and there will be no delay. Farming does not delay giving birth, so how can there be so many things?"
"Exactly, if Your Majesty feels that five thousand soldiers is still too much, the last general can lead three thousand elite soldiers..."
"Your Majesty, the last general only needs two thousand soldiers..."
Li Shimin: "..."
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Lijiazhuang.
Li Shimin sat on the sofa with a helpless expression. In the past two days, with the continuous flow of food being transported in and out of the city, Cheng Zhijie and Hou Junji, the old killers, became more and more excited and couldn't hold it back.
Li Shimin, on the other hand, was greatly annoyed by these old bastards.
"Your Majesty, our Tang Dynasty is very short of food right now?"
Li Xuan asked helplessly.
"This year in our Tang Dynasty is a year of great harvest, and with the 1.5 million shi of grain transported back from Linyi, there will be no shortage of food!" Li Shimin shook his head and replied.
"Then why is Your Majesty so anxious?"
Li Xuan said with a strange face, "On New Year's Day, thousands of soldiers were separated and sent far away from their hometown, parents and relatives. Why would Your Majesty be so hard-hearted, just for those useless grains, or for those who looked big but were useless?"
Territory map for use?”
Hearing this, Li Shimin and Li Chengqian on the side couldn't help but be surprised.
"Xuanba, how can the food be useless? Moreover, that is 1.5 million food!"
"hehe!"
Li Xuan chuckled lightly, "Your Majesty, it may not only be 1.5 million, but it may even be two million stones, or even three million stones of food!"
Suddenly, Li Shimin's breathing couldn't help but speed up subconsciously.
"However, the people of the Tang Dynasty are not short of food, and the court is not short of food. So we are so anxious to transport the food back to the Tang Dynasty, transport it back to Chang'an, and put it in those cold grain depots, waiting to become moldy and feed the rats?"
"How can the food in the granary become moldy? As for rats? Even rats can't get into the food in those cement houses!"
At this moment, Li Shimin's mind was filled with grain in granary after granary, and he did not understand the meaning of Li Xuan's words at all.
Of course, it is possible that he heard it, but still could not resist the temptation of one hundred and fifty shi of grain, or even two million grain.
If only during Wude's years, the Tang Dynasty could have had that 1.5 million shi of food, so many people in the Guanzhong and Guannei areas would not have starved to death!
"Your Majesty, the grains in Linyi are all placed there anyway, and they can't escape. Wait three or four months, after the New Year, to finish planting the grains in the fields given to the family. Until then, regardless of your Majesty's recruitment,
No matter how many soldiers there are, those soldiers will not have anything to worry about!
Maybe after such a long time, the people of Linyi State have planted a new batch of food again.
Moreover, the people of Linyi have also used up the goods that Tang Jian brought.
At that time, the generals sent by His Majesty can rob more food.
Or, there is no need to rob, just bring some goods from the Tang Dynasty, and the king of Linyi can be captured in Chang'an City.
Every year, the people of Linyi are ordered to hand over five million stones of grain to the Tang Dynasty.
And I, Datang, can also use some refined salt, tea, liquor, glass and other items to replace it!"
"Alternatively, after conquering Linyi, you can use my Tang Dynasty's goods to hire the people of Linyi to attack the surrounding countries!
Or, Your Majesty can also let me, the generals of the Tang Dynasty, take a thousand Turkic soldiers as the vanguard to attack the barbarian countries of Linyi for the Tang Dynasty. The weather in the country of Linyi is so hot, maybe something will happen
The poisons and traps that I, the Tang Dynasty, do not have, can allow the Turks to help my soldiers and generals of the Tang Dynasty explore the way..."
"Also, Your Majesty, please don't forget that after the New Year and the spring plowing, our Tang Dynasty still needs to send troops to the Japanese country to collect taxes, as well as the living expenses of the Japanese king and all the Japanese ministers in our Tang Dynasty!
Here, there is also my 20,000 yuan!"
Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but nodded subconsciously.
"Don't worry Xuanba, I will certainly not forget this matter!"
"That's good!"
Li Xuan also nodded lightly.
As for Li Chengqian, Li Chongyi and others on the side, they had already lowered their heads tightly.
They actually heard that the Master was arranging tasks for His Majesty?