Sure enough, Li Shimin was just as Lin Xuan thought. When he heard about Goguryeo, Li Shimin did not refuse immediately, but looked hesitant.
The reason why he refused before was, to put it bluntly, because of money issues.
Road construction in various places and the upcoming construction of water conservancy projects will cost a lot of money.
As for the use of troops on the grassland, regardless of victory or defeat, a large amount of money is needed.
Although I have businesses such as commercial tax and colored glaze, after all, my time is short and I don’t have enough foundation to withstand such consumption.
If you don’t become a householder, you don’t know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive.
I have never lived a hard life and I don’t know the pain of lack of money.
"None of the current generals understand water warfare. Who will be the general to form a water army?"
Li Shimin seemed to be asking Lin Xuan, but also seemed to be talking to himself.
Lin Xuan smiled slightly, and it was done.
"Your Majesty, I recommend a person who is proficient in water warfare." Lin Xuan said.
Li Shimin looked at Lin Xuan in surprise and asked, "Who is it?"
"Liu Rengui."
Liu Rengui served as prime minister and guarded the other side. While guarding Baekje, he rescued Xinluo and defeated the coalition forces of Fuso and Baekje in the Battle of Baijiangkou, so he became famous all over the world.
Liu Rengui was quite capable of both literary and military skills, and even being the commander of the naval forces was a bit unworthy of his talents.
"Who is Liu Rengui?"
Li Shimin felt that the name was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while.
"That's the former Chencang County Captain." Lin Xuan reminded.
Li Shimin suddenly said: "I remember, he is just a county captain, does he really understand water warfare?"
When Liu Rengui was serving as the captain of Chencang County, he accused the captain Lu Ning of being arrogant and breaking the law and was beaten to death by him. Therefore, he was escorted to Chang'an.
After a thorough investigation, it was indeed Lu Ning who caused trouble in the village and no one dared to offend him.
Li Shimin not only absolved Liu Rengui of his guilt, but also promoted him to the position of Prime Minister of Xianyang County.
"Your Majesty, does Liu Rengui know how to fight in water? Your Majesty will know if you try it."
According to Lin Xuan's guess, Liu Rengui is definitely not a famous general in water battles, but he definitely understands.
After all, Fuso is still mainly on land at this time and has not yet expanded outwards. The water battle has not been tested in battles, and it has only scratched the surface.
Therefore, Liu Rengui defeated Fusang's army, which does not prove that he is very powerful in water warfare.
But at this time, it is enough.
"Your Majesty, Envoy Fusang has arrived and is waiting outside the palace." Li Mu walked in and said.
"Let him in."
Not long after, Li Mu led Yuan Yiping in.
"Envoy Fusang has met His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "Should I agree to Fuso sending Tang envoys to study in Datang, Emperor Fuso will not pursue the previous matter?"
Yuan Yiping felt happy and said with a smile: "When the foreign minister came, the emperor did say so."
Although he was from Soga-Ezo, Soga-Ezo was only a minister of Fuso. When he went to other countries as an envoy, he naturally had to hold high the banner of the emperor.
"Bang!"
What Li Shimin just said was to test Yuan Yiping.
Seeing that he not only did not deny the title of emperor, but also took the initiative to call the Lord of Fuso the emperor, Li Shimin did not understand what Li Shimin said was true.
"Fuso is just a subordinate state of the Tang Dynasty, but he dares to call himself emperor. Who gave him the courage?" Li Shimin looked at Yuan Yiping with a cold face and said coldly.
Yuan Yiping was stunned. Just now Li Shimin said Emperor Fuso. Because he felt that Li Shimin would agree to Fuso sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty, he was happy for a moment and called him the emperor. He forgot that before he came to the Tang Dynasty, he was told that he could not be called the ruler of the country in the Tang Dynasty.
For the emperor.
Yuan Yiping's expression changed and he quickly said: "His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, in Fuso's language, the emperor's meaning is different from that of the Tang Dynasty."
"Not the same? In this case, why did Fusang hide this matter? Do you really think that I am a fool?" Li Shimin said coldly.
Yuan Yiping was panicked and quickly thought of countermeasures.
However, Li Shimin didn't give him that time at all and said: "Someone will come and expel all the people from Fusang."
"Your Majesty, Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, please listen to the foreign minister's explanation." Yuan Yiping said hurriedly.
Li Shimin waved his hand and said with an angry look: "I don't want to hear any explanation. Go back and tell the leader of Fusang that if he doesn't reduce his title, Fusang will not come to pay tribute."
Yuan Yiping wanted to say something else, but two forbidden soldiers came in and dragged him out directly.
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Li Zhengdian
Queen Changsun looked at the three princesses Li Lizhi, Gao Yang and Qinghe and said: "There are still five days left, which is your wedding day. Although you are royal princesses, you must also follow the rules of women. You must not hold on to your status.
Royal face."
"Daughter, please remember your mother's teachings." The three said in unison.
Queen Changsun nodded with satisfaction and waved.
"I've met the queen, and I've met the three princesses." Three nuns in their forties came forward and saluted.
Queen Changsun looked at the two Li Lizhi who were a little confused and said: "These three are all old ladies in the palace. You each take one back. They will teach you husband and wife etiquette. Study hard these days."
Li Lizhi and the others didn't know what they wanted to learn, and they didn't dare to ask any more questions, so they responded: "Yes."
Li Lizhi took a nun back to Changle Palace.
When Princess Yuzhang saw Li Lizhi coming back, she asked, "Sister, what did your mother say when she summoned you suddenly?"
"My mother arranged for me to have a nanny and asked me to learn the rules from her," Li Lizhi said.
"Learn the rules?" Princess Yuzhang was a little confused. They had someone teach them etiquette since they were young.
Is there any etiquette more stringent than that of the royal palace?
"Then I will also learn from my sister." Princess Yuzhang smiled.
The nun who was following Li Lizhi said with some embarrassment: "Princess, only princesses who are about to get married can learn this etiquette."
"What's the point? If there hadn't been some accident, my sister and I would have gotten married on the same day. Although it's not the same day now, it's only a few months later. There's nothing wrong with learning in advance, right?" Princess Yuzhang said nonchalantly.
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It stands to reason that since Li Lizhi, Gao Yang, and Qinghe all got married on the same day, Princess Yuzhang should also be married on the same day.
But there was no way, Qin Tianjian calculated that Fang Yiai and Changsun Chong were in conflict with each other, so it was not suitable for them to get married at the same time.
Li Shimin canceled the marriage between Changsun Chong and Li Lizhi. He felt that he owed the Changsun family a little, so naturally he couldn't let Changsun Chong postpone it. He had no choice but to postpone the marriage between Fang Yiai and Princess Yuzhang.
"This..." Grandma looked at Princess Changle with some embarrassment.
"The Queen Mother didn't say that we can't learn Yuzhang together, right?"
Princess Changle didn't know what she wanted to learn, but she felt that Yuzhang was right. Anyway, Yuzhang would only get married a few months later than her, so there was nothing wrong with learning together.
"Back to princess, the queen didn't say anything."
"Then let her learn with me." Li Lizhi said.
Seeing what Li Lizhi said, grandma had no choice but to agree.
"Mommy, let's start now. Don't know what we should do?"
Grandma opened the small box she was carrying, took out a book, and said, "Princess, you can read this book first, and then I will explain it to you."
"Let me see."
Princess Yuzhang took the book from her mother's hand and opened it to read.
When she saw the content in the book, Princess Yuzhang's eyes widened and her face turned red.
"Sister, you should learn by yourself first. I have something else to do and I will come back to you later." Princess Yuzhang stuffed the book into Li Lizhi's arms and ran out quickly.
Li Lizhi was a little confused by Princess Yuzhang's reaction. When she came to her senses, Princess Yuzhang had already ran out, and it was too late to stop her.