Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Your Majesty." Qin Qiong had noticed the head a long time ago, and said with a wry smile: "You don't need to look at it, you only need to look at the tattoo on his face, and I already understand the identity of this person. Alive, but still died in the hands of Dubin, this is really a cycle of karma, and the retribution is not good."

"Oh?" Li Shimin picked up the head and took a look, and found a tattoo of the word "punishment" on the left side of his face. He couldn't help but asked curiously, "Could it be that this person is the remnant of Li Mi?"

Li Shimin actually wanted to talk about the remnants of Wagang, but considering that he had many old Wagang officials under his command, he quickly changed his words. You must know that Wagang back then was synonymous with an era, and countless heroes and heroes devoted themselves to it. Times have a different meaning.But Li Mi is different, that is a warlord, and after he became successful, he kissed the villain Yuan Xianchen, which can be said to have broken the hearts of the old officials of Wagang, causing countless talents to leave one after another, so among the old officials of Wagang, Li Mi's impression is not No, scolding him is understandable.

The reason why Li Shimin asked Qin Qiong was because Qin Qiong was from Wagang——Qin Qiong had a wonderful life, and he had invested in many forces and people. First of all, Qin Qiong worked under Sui Future Huer , Later, he followed Zhang Xutuo. After Zhang Xutuo was cut off from his horse by Xu Shiji, he went to follow Pei Renji, and later followed Pei Renji to surrender to Li Mi and became a hero in Wagang Village.After Li Mi surrendered to Li Yuan, Qin Qiong did not follow the big army, but turned to Wang Shichong. Later, his old boss kept writing letters to persuade Qin Shubao to turn to Li Shimin in the second year of Tang Wude (619) (so Qin Qiong was in Lingyan Pavilion The ranking at the bottom is purely his own making, otherwise, with his credit, even if he did not participate in the Xuanwu Gate Change, he would not just be ranked at the bottom).

And among all the forces that Qin Qiong has voted for, there is Li Mi, one of the three major forces that has been suspected for two or three years. At least he has not personally asked Qin Qiong to execute someone, and it is still this kind of insulting penalty.

"Your Majesty's guess is correct. This person is Li Mi's general, or his son." Qin Qiong nodded and said: "If I remember correctly, this person's name should be Li Daoyuan, Li Mi's youngest son. It's useless but lustful. Back then, he committed suicide because he openly molested the wife of a general. This matter was quite big at the time, and Li Mi couldn't hold it back. In order to calm our anger, he had to hand over Li Daoyuan. Let's deal with it, the word 'punishment' was stabbed by the minister himself... If you don't believe me, please take a look, is there a vertical knife missing in the middle?"

"Sure enough, but there is one stroke missing." Li Shimin looked at it carefully, and found that the vertical sword on the right side of the word "字" was missing a vertical stroke, but the character was carved by Qin Qiong rather sloppily, so at first glance, it didn't make any difference. False, but you can still see it if you look closely.

"Your Majesty, what Shu Bao said is true, and I know about it." Li Ji immediately stood up to testify for Qin Qiong: "After the assassination, it was reported that Li Daoyuan was humiliated and beheaded to death, and the ministers felt guilty for a while. Knowing that this is actually Li Mi's plan to hide the truth, Li Daoyuan was actually hidden by him."

Cheng Yaojin also opened his mouth and laughed: "And your majesty doesn't know something. When you fought with Li Mi, a fierce general in Li Mi's army came to you. If Captain Du Bin didn't help you block that knife, I'm afraid that at that time Your Majesty, your dragon body may not be completely intact..."

"So, it was Li Daoyuan who almost killed me at the horse back then?" Li Shimin finally understood, no wonder he looked familiar with this person, after all, he could kill the person who almost killed him in front of him, how could he not Impressed?It's no wonder that Qin Qiong said that the cycle of karma and retribution is not good. Back then, Du Bin was stabbed by Li Daoyuan for himself, but now Li Daoyuan died at the hands of Du Bin. The two fell in love and killed each other. It really is a cycle of karma.

"It's this person." Qin Qiong confirmed.

Li Shimin took the head away, hummed and said, "I'm just saying, why does this person look so familiar? It turns out that we really met once."

"Your Majesty, this is not what I want to talk about now." Qin Qiong said in a deep voice: "Now that we know the identity of the enemy, please tell Your Majesty how we should act next."

"This..." Li Shimin was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked Li Zhen who had been silent all this time: "Zhen'er, what do you think you should do next?"

"Father, my son thinks that we can do it. The enemy is probably not as powerful as we imagined." Li Zhen was named by Li Shimin, and quickly woke up from his contemplation, and replied respectfully: "The enemy probably hasn't fought for a long time. The mainland contacted them. They should have been taken out of the sea by Li Siyuan and prepared to counterattack the mainland. It's a pity that they also encountered troubles on the island. Let alone accumulating strength, even basic survival estimates became a problem... So My son speculates that this time it can only be considered that Saren was unlucky, and ran into their fleet when they were most short of supplies, otherwise, with their vigilance, they would not have taken the initiative to attack the passing merchant ships."

"Oh? How did you see that?" Li Shimin frowned, obviously a little surprised by Li Zhen's words.

"Father, please take a look." Li Zhen picked up a knife and handed it to Li Shimin: "What is the difference between this knife and the usual Sui knife?"

"This..." Li Shimin waved his hand and frowned suddenly: "There is some difference, but I can't tell where the difference is? I always feel that there is something wrong."

"Father, don't you think this knife is too narrow?" Li Zhen reminded.

"That's the feeling. This knife is too light, and it's too narrow." Li Shimin suddenly realized, and quickly ordered: "Come here, bring me a similar knife."

"Yes." Immediately a guard went down to look for it.

Chapter 938 The Enemy May Not Be Strong...

Chapter 297 The enemy may not be strong...

Such knives may be very common in other places, but they are probably rarely seen in Yuezhou. After all, those in Yuezhou at this time are the most elite forces of the Tang Dynasty, whether it is Li Zhen's East Palace Ten Rates, or Li Shimin's. The guards are all equipped with the most sophisticated weapons, and it is the face project of the Tang army. It is impossible to be equipped with the weapons of the previous dynasty, so it is not easy to find such Sui knives.

Fortunately, the guards were lucky, and found a Sui Dynasty saber from the armory of the Lingnan Governor's Mansion-the only such weapon in Yuezhou.

Soon, a knife that looked exactly like Li Shimin's was brought over by the guards and presented to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin quickly took the knife and compared the sides of the two swords together, the difference was immediately obvious - the first Sui knife was obviously much narrower than the knife brought by the guards.Li Shimin chose a few more in disbelief, but the results showed the same. All the knives seized were much narrower than the knives brought by the guards, and the most serious one was even narrower by about one centimeter.

"Dear dears, I may already understand what Zhen'er means." Li Shimin put down the knife and said with a smile: "If a knife is worn out like this and it is not replaced, it means that the other party's supplies have begun to appear. Deficiency, and if they are still connected to the mainland, then they cannot use such weapons."

Li Zhen added: "My lords, don't forget that with the popularity of hot weapons, the cold weapons of our Tang Dynasty are no longer considered prohibited items, especially the weapons of the former Sui Dynasty. Among them, they belong to the items that will be eliminated immediately. Some of these weapons are sold to the people. If Li Mi's remnants are still connected with the mainland, it is impossible not to know this information, and it is even more impossible not to replace the equipment of."

"That's right." Li Shimin nodded repeatedly. He was very satisfied with Li Zhen's performance.

"And everyone, look at these corpses." Li Zhen pointed to the corpses on the ground and added: "Although the lime has changed the color of their skin, we can still see that their bodies are not healthy. If you don't believe me, you can ask the imperial doctor to dissect them." , we can definitely find evidence of their lack of food."

"Doctor." Li Shimin ordered, "Do as Zhen'er tells you."

"Yes." Immediately, an imperial doctor stepped forward to carry away several corpses, preparing for autopsy.

The results of the autopsy came out soon: "Your Majesty, I dissected the stomachs of several corpses, and found that their stomachs had lesions, which were caused by eating the same food for a long time... Your Highness said That's right, their supplies have begun to run short, or they have never been to the shore since they went to sea, otherwise it is impossible not to buy grains on the shore."

"If this is the case, then it will be easy to handle." Li Shimin's face was full of smiles: "Then Zhen'er, do you think that if you send the Yuezhou Fleet now, can you destroy it in one battle?"

"I'm afraid it won't be easy." Li Zhen thought for a while, but was still ready to tell the truth: "We have traveled that route several times, but we haven't encountered the so-called enemy, which means that the island is probably not their den. One, they might be temporarily parked there for some reason, but Saren happened to bump into them... So it is still very difficult to find traces of the enemy."

Speaking of this, Li Zhen saw that Sa Lun was hesitant to speak, gave him a restraining look, and continued: "However, all of this is my son's guess, and we need to verify it ourselves-- So what Erchen means is that the fleet must be dispatched, and more must be dispatched, one Yuezhou fleet is not enough, we must add warships to the Yuezhou fleet to form a strengthened fleet, only in this way can we be more secure.”

Yuchi Jingde suggested: "Since this is the case, it is better to send another fleet. The two fleets can be combined to form a joint fleet. Isn't that better?"

Everyone looked at Yuchi Jingde with contempt. No one present was a fool. In the entire Tang Dynasty, there are only two fleets in total, one is the Yuezhou Fleet and the other is the Dengzhou Fleet. The commander of the Dengzhou Fleet is Yuchi Jingde's son, Yuchi Baolin... It's already obvious - Yuchi Jingde is taking credit for his son, but the people present can't say anything against it. First of all, Yuchi Jingde's move is selfish , but more for the sake of business, and secondly, even if they want to object, they will not be able to object, unless the objectors can find a second fleet of the same size as the Dengzhou Fleet, but Datang only has two fleets. Where can I find it?

Thinking of this, [-]% of the people present envied and hated Yuchi Jingde and Qin Qiong, and they were even more regretful in their hearts-why didn't I see the potential of the navy in advance?If I could see it in advance, why would the Dengzhou Fleet fall into the hands of such a fool as Yuchi Baolin and such an asshole as Qin Huaiyu?

At this moment, some people's hearts are rotten with regret.

"The minister seconded the proposal." Qin Qiong quickly seconded the proposal. This was agreed by the two of them in advance, and this matter was beneficial to both of them, so naturally they would not hinder each other.

"My minister seconded the proposal." Fang Xuanling had a good relationship with the two, not to mention that his son was in the army and not in the same unit as the navy, and he didn't have any enmity, so he was naturally willing to be a favor.

"The minister also seconded the proposal." Du Ruhui needless to say, Du He is a civil servant and the governor of one party, and he has no conflict of interest with the navy, so of course he will agree.

"The minister also seconded." This time it was Li Ji. His grandson was still studying in the college, and he was still a few years away from graduation, and he had an old Wagang relationship with Qin Qiong, so he would not object.

"My minister agrees."

"My minister agrees."

"My minister agrees."

"..."

Seeing that the bigwigs in the DPRK agreed, of course the subordinates below would not object, and they all seconded the proposal.

"No, I object to the proposal."

However, just when everyone thought that this matter was about to be passed and there was only one imperial decree left, an unexpected person raised an objection.

Seeing those who opposed it, everyone was stunned. It stands to reason that even if everyone opposed it, this person should agree. After all, speaking carefully, Qin Huaiyu and Yuchi Baolin are both his confidantes. Everyone agrees, but you oppose it?

It's really weird, could it be... there's something... nasty in it?

The eyes of all the officials glanced back and forth between Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde's faces, making them upset.

Chapter 939 Reason + Naval Ownership (Two in One)

Chapter 298 Reason + Naval Ownership ([-] in [-])

Seeing the person who rejected him, Yuchi Jingde was upset at the time, and asked almost in a questioning tone: "Your Highness, why not?"

Li Zhen looked at him and knew that Yuchi Jingde had become more and more rampant in recent years, but Li Zhen was not as knowledgeable as him, so he didn't pursue his rudeness, but explained lightly: "First, two If all the fleets are sailing, who will be responsible for the waters of the Tang Dynasty? I know you want to say that the Tang Dynasty is invincible, and the neighboring countries have not yet developed a navy, so they cannot attack the waters of the Tang Dynasty. I am too worried.

But don’t forget that the Japanese fleet attacked Datang last year. Although their ships were not large, they were large enough. If you dare to come for the first time, you will naturally dare to come for the second time. If you let them know that the whole army of the Tang Dynasty is dispatched, they will have other thoughts. Even if the Japanese country does not move, other countries will not miss this good opportunity. .