Datang: Let you supervise the country and become an emperor through the ages

Chapter 347

[With Li Er's words, I will definitely beat Dongying to the point of destroying the country, and not a single one of those short mules will be kept, and they will all be chopped up and fed to the dogs! 】

[No, you can’t feed them all to the dogs. They’re all good labor, so they can’t be wasted. Since Li Er gave me the power to do things cheaply, I have to make good use of them. There are so many mines in Dongying, and these people just happen to be used to mine them. ! 】

"My son obeys the order!" Li Fu very simply agreed to Li Shimin's going. The princes at the side originally wondered if the prince would refuse, but they didn't expect to agree so simply, and they were all overjoyed.

But at this time, Fang Xuanling stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, attacking Dongpu is a serious matter. Although there are ships of His Royal Highness, they are going to sea to fight after all. The issue of commanding the army has to be treated with caution. "

Li Shimin nodded slightly, and Li Fu suddenly realized that his people were indeed not suitable candidates for this raid on Dongpu.

"I also ask the father to appoint a naval commander for my son, and my son will do his best to cooperate!"

Li Shimin frowned, "Going to sea to fight, the Duke of Wei and the Duke of England are probably not suitable. The King of Hejian has some experience in water warfare, but he is now in the middle of Sichuan, so it is not easy to transfer him away. The ministers think, who can take the responsibility?" This important task?"

When Li Shimin asked, all the officials fell silent. Although there were many veterans in the field, most of them were good at fighting on land, and they really didn't dare to take the lead in water warfare.

At this time, Xiao Yu came out of the squad and suggested: "Your Majesty Qizuo, when King Hejian was training the navy in Jiangxia, King Huai'an was King Hejian's deputy general, and the actual controller of the navy was actually King Huai'an."

"I think that the King of Huai'an can be the commander in chief for this sea battle!" Xiao Yu said seriously.

"King of Huai'an?" Li Shimin and the officials were stunned when they heard this name, and no one raised any objection.

Li Shentong, King of Huai'an, is Li Yuan's cousin and Li Shimin's uncle. When Li Yuan rebelled in Taiyuan, Li Shentong and the then Princess Pingyang made a lot of contributions to the Tang Dynasty.

Especially in all parts of the south of the Yangtze River, basically Li Shentong led the navy to pacify him, so when Li Yuan became emperor, he was regarded as the king of Huai'an County.

It was only because of the subsequent changes in the Xuanwu Sect that Li Shentong wisely protected himself and Li Shimin had been leaving him idle. Now that Xiao Yu mentioned it, Li Shimin remembered that he actually had such a naval general under his command!
"My clan uncle can take on this important task!" Li Shimin also agreed to Xiao Yu's suggestion, "Come here, Xuan Huai'an County King enters the palace to have an audience."

As soon as Li Shimin gave the oral order, eunuchs rushed out of the palace immediately to invite Li Shentong, king of Huai'an County, into the palace, but Li Fu suddenly thought of something at this moment, and frowned slightly.

[Uh, it's over, I seem to have forgotten one very important thing. My navy is now obeying Zheng He's orders, that is, myself. Unless I go to the scene, I'm afraid I can't command this army. 】

[Li Er wants to send Li Shentong to command my navy, isn't this a joke? How could those arrogant soldiers be convinced by Li Shentong?This might lead to an accident!]

Li Shimin's eyes went dark when he heard Li Fu's voice, why didn't the crown prince say earlier about such an important matter, since he has a suitable candidate, why did he hide it, and he had to wait until he found a suitable candidate before he reacted?

Li Shimin already knew about Zheng He from Baiqi. He knew that he was from an eunuch in the Eastern Palace.

According to the news from Baiqi, Li Shimin only knew that this Zheng He was very good at training the navy, but he didn't expect that the candidate for the commander of the navy in Li Fu's mind would be an eunuch!
Li Shimin didn't doubt Li Fu's ability to know people, but was very dissatisfied with Li Fu's negative attitude.

Just now I asked myself, who can be the person who will command the troops to go to sea to fight this time, Li Fu has been hiding it all the time, but now that he has selected the person, Li Fu started to chatter again, how can this make Li Shimin feel happy stand up?

However, Li Shimin also knew that what Li Fu was worried about was not unreasonable, and he had to be cautious about things like leading an army.

So Li Shimin resisted his irritability and asked Li Fu: "Prince, who is the commander of the navy stationed in Penglai now, and can he take on important responsibilities?"

Li Fu was stunned for a moment, then quickly said: "Reporting to my father, it is Zheng He. Now the naval training in Penglai and the daily management of the warships are all under the leadership of Zheng He alone."

Hearing this, Li Shimin made a decision directly, "Since that's the case, Li Shentong will be the commander-in-chief and the governor of the overall situation. Zheng He will be in charge of the ships that go to Japan. What does the crown prince think?"

Hearing Li Shimin's sudden words, Fang Xuanling and the others who were listening below were stunned for a moment.

What's the situation? Why do you say let Li Shentong go one moment, and then become the prince's person the next moment? What is your Majesty doing?

In fact, the ministers were quite critical of the prince's possession of an army, but Li Shimin agreed, and he kept ignoring it all the time, so no one could say anything.

The battle against Dongpu this time happened to be a great opportunity to take back the army from the crown prince's hands, but Li Shimin suddenly made such a fuss, and everyone didn't understand Li Shimin's attitude.

As an emperor, who can tolerate his subjects and control an army that he can't get involved in?But the prince did it, and not only did it, but also made it impossible for anyone to get in.

Fang Xuanling and Xiao Yu remained silent, they had been with Li Shimin the longest time, and they both knew Li Shimin's temperament, so there was no doubt about what the master decided.

Changsun Wuji originally wanted to take the opportunity to say something, but seeing that Fang Xuanling didn't speak, he had no reason to speak.

Li Fu took a deep look at Li Shimin, nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Father is wise, and my son will obey the will."

Hearing this, Li Shimin sneered in his heart. If he didn't ask, Li Fu would probably keep slandering him right now.

Instead of this, it's better to take the initiative. Anyway, Li Shimin also discovered that all the people promoted by Li Fu, regardless of gender, are doing pretty well. People like Xue Rengui and Xu Hui are examples!

Just as he was talking, the eunuch who had just left the palace to invite Li Shentong suddenly ran into the royal study with a panicked look on his face and fell to his knees, "Your Majesty, the King of Huai'an County is seriously ill and cannot enter the palace."

"What? Sick?" Li Shimin frowned upon hearing this. How could it be such a coincidence that Li Shentong fell ill just as he was about to start using Li Shentong. Is this illness a real illness or a fake illness?
"Come here, prepare your horse, and get ready to leave the palace." Li Shimin wanted to see if the Duke of Huai'an was really sick or fake.

Then all the ministers followed Li Shimin and went straight to the Prince's Mansion in Huai'an, taking Sun Simiao with him on the way.

(End of this chapter)