Datang: Dad, I really didn't want to rebel!

Chapter 116 That's right, beat it up

Chapter 148 That's right, beat it up

The glory of the prosperous age can be seen clearly in Chang'an. Today, Chang'an has a population of 130 million, including more than 10,000 foreigners.

In Chang'an City, foreigners can be seen everywhere. Since the opening of the Silk Road, Hu merchants living in the Western Regions and Dashi Kingdom have come to the Central Plains continuously.

And the status of these Hu merchants was even lower than that of the Tang merchants. When countless ordinary people in plain clothes passed by those Hu merchants, they all walked with their heads held high and their chests high.

From the eyes of these people, two words can be clearly seen, pride!

This kind of pride is not deliberate and pretentious, but engraved in the bones. The prosperity of the kingdoms created by Li Shimin himself gave the common people the same confidence to look down on everything.

Even, this kind of pride has reached the point of insanity. When merchants from foreign countries meet common people, they will unconsciously lower their figures and bow their knees. All this, in the eyes of everyone, seems to be a very normal thing.

Hu merchants saluted very consciously, and the people accepted it with peace of mind, and everything was as smooth as chocolate.

This is a truly confident nation. All nations come to court, open and inclusive, as long as you want to come, you can come. Datang welcomes you very much.

Of course, all of this self-confidence is based on absolute force. Datang's foreign wars in these years have proved this point.

Various reasons, such as long streams of water converging into great rivers, formed the current Datang Empire.

"Your Highness, look quickly!"

Su Han suddenly pointed to a high platform in front of him. On the high platform, a group of people were babbling and chanting something.

"What is this?" Li Chengqian asked.

Su Han looked at him strangely, "Your Highness, this is the drama of joining the army. You used to like it the most. When you were in the East Palace, you hired many Turkic people to perform this drama for you every day..."

Speaking of this, Su Han stopped immediately, closed his mouth tightly, and then secretly glanced at Li Chengqian.

Seeing that Li Chengqian's expression did not change, she was relieved.

Although Li Chengqian is very famous now, but he was the prince of the East Palace before, no matter how majestic he is now, how can he be as majestic as the prince?

Su Han spoke frankly and opened the scars for a while. Fortunately, Li Chengqian didn't hear it.

Of course, Li Chengqian definitely wouldn't care about this. At this moment, he looked at the people playing on the high platform and found it quite interesting.

The drama of joining the army is also known as "engaging in the army", which means that one person plays the so-called joining the army and the other plays a trick to make fun of it.

The common people watching were teased and laughed, and even Li Chengqian couldn't help raising the corners of his mouth.

After joining the army, there will be puppet shows and monkey shows.

These are all idle and miscellaneous things in the market place, specially for the common people to have fun. After the common people laugh, the rich will hold a money market, and those who have no money will hold a personal game, leaving a crisp applause.

Everyone's eyes were on the stage. Li Chengqian glanced at it, feeling a little bored, and then glanced around.

"Ok?"

At this moment, Li Chengqian caught a glimpse of thousands of people passing through the street in an orderly manner.

"Oh, the civilian husband recruited by His Majesty has finally entered Chang'an!"

"Looking at the situation, the Tang army will soon be able to conquer Goguryeo!"

"Haha, by then, Datang's territory will be much expanded!"

Some common people began to discuss in low voices, and Li Chengqian realized that these common people were all civilian husbands transferred to Chang'an by the imperial court.

It seems that the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo is about to begin.

Naturally, these civilians did not go to the battlefield, they were mainly responsible for transporting food.

Before the soldiers and horses moved, the food and grass went first. As soon as the food was in place, the Tang army would immediately pull out the camp, and then destroy the enemy with a destructive force.

...

And at this moment, in the Tai Chi Hall.

Originally, it was not a court meeting, but because the Eastern Expedition was about to begin, Li Shimin asked civil and military officials to gather in the Taiji Hall to discuss how to attack.

"Your Majesty, what are you still discussing? I've been preparing for more than a year. Everything is ready. Let's just do it!" Cheng Yaojin shouted carelessly.

Li Ji glanced at him, then clasped his fists and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, at present [-] infantry are ready to go, and as soon as the food and grass arrive, the Great Tang Master will be able to set off for the Eastern Expedition!"

"it is good!"

A stern smile appeared on Li Shimin's face, and he said with murderous intent: "Goguryeo has violated the power of the Tang Dynasty, and it's time to get some interest back!"

"That's right, beat it up!"

"Goguryeo must be included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and I will go shopping in Goguryeo when I am bored in the future!"

All the generals stood up and clamored awe-inspiringly.

It's a very strange phenomenon. It is obvious that Datang took the initiative to attack Goguryeo, but in his words, he portrayed himself as an image of a wronged doormat.

Very shameless, but very useful.

Li Shimin and the generals were filled with indignation, as if they were really the "weak country" bullied by Goguryeo.

The civil servants frowned, but they didn't know how to persuade them.

Among them, the admonishing doctor Chu Suiliang and other courtiers opposed the loudest.

In the 17th year of Zhenguan, when Li Shimin first proposed the Eastern Expedition, Chu Suiliang was the first to stand up and oppose it.

At that time, the Tang army was not prepared for anything, so Li Shimin had to give up, and then let Zhang Jian and others lead the army to attack Liaodong first, so that when the main force of the Tang army arrived, it would be easier.

Now Zhang Jian and Goguryeo have spent a year. If the main force of the Tang army does not support them, their one-year efforts will be in vain.

Now Tang Jun has made a whole set of measures to deal with Goguryeo. The Eastern Expedition is a sure thing, so the courtiers don't know how to oppose it now.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say!"

At this moment, Cheng Yaojin jumped out again, and said with a grin: "Your Majesty, Li Ji is now the general manager of the Liaodong Road, and that minister can't be left behind. Isn't there still a need for the chief manager of the Pingxiang Road? I don't mind recommending myself." ?”

Li Shimin refused decisively, "No!"

Cheng Yaojin's expression froze, do you think he would obediently give up?
No, if he was obedient, he wouldn't be Cheng Yaojin.

He pursed his mouth, disregarding the majestic Tai Chi Hall here, squatting directly on the ground, and started rolling around.

"Your Majesty, it's not fair, it's not fair. I haven't been able to lead an army in battle for several years. Even old man Li Ji can lead an army. Why can't I?"

"... "

Li Shimin and all civil and military officials stared at him helplessly, not knowing what to say.

Li Jihu stared blankly and shouted: "Old man Cheng, what do you mean by this?"

Cheng Yaojin sat on the ground and snorted coldly: "What the hell, why can you lead troops, but I, old Cheng, can't!"

"Bah, with just your two brushes, it's okay to scare people. Can you leave such a big event as the Eastern Goguryeo campaign to you?" Li Ji said disdainfully.

Cheng Yaojin immediately became angry, "Old man Li Ji, I want to fight you one-on-one, and today I will let you taste the power of my 36-axe!"

"Cut, isn't it just three tricks, I'm afraid you won't succeed!"

Li Ji stroked his beard, very disdainful.

"I fought with you!"

"Come here, I'm afraid you won't succeed!"

Cheng Yaojin stood up and jumped on Li Ji, and the two struggled with each other.

Picking out the crotch, picking the nose, and pulling the beard, but the two of them are very skillful in using all the three indiscriminate methods.

"Old man Li, let go of my hair!"

"Old man Cheng, let go of my beard!"

The two wrestled together in an extremely weird posture, grinning, and it was painful to see.

(End of this chapter)