Don't be a prince

Hearing this, Bai Yujiao and Dugu Zhao looked at each other, seeing Dugu Zhao nodding, Bai Yujiao stepped aside and prepared to escort the queen and others to the palace.

Chapter 338 The Water Thief

As soon as Bai Yujiao left, a group of warriors joined Qin led the defense team, but they didn't dare to enter the inner circle, and they didn't even dare to attach to the Qin led, they just wandered around the outside.There is no doubt that these people should be the strength of the Dugu family.

Zhang Yun only took a few glances, then leaned close to Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, these people are all elites. Although they don't know what their backgrounds are, they must be powerful people who crawled out of the dead."

Li Chengqian nodded, not much surprised by this matter.It stands to reason that although Dugu Zhao can be regarded as the spokesperson of the Dugu family outside, he is actually not qualified to receive such support from the family.However, these people still appeared, and it can only be said that it was their own reasons.

It seems that the Dugu family has a good control over their own status, and they are also afraid that something will happen to the prince and they will be involved.The emperor's anger is also divided into levels. Even they can't resist the level of thunder.Holding the attitude that more things are worse than less things, they had no choice but to help Dugu Zhao with all their strength to avoid accidents.

Such an elite warrior is a treasure to any family, and if it is not really needed, it is impossible to be willing to send it out.

Accompanied by Duguzhao, Li Chengqian strolled at the Bianzhou wharf, encountered a cargo ship full of goods, and wanted to go up to have a look.Commerce will always go hand in hand with the transportation industry. After exchanges between various places, whether it is land or water transportation, it will develop rapidly.Merchants on land opened mountains and cracked rocks, repaired and newly built an unknown number of commercial roads.The same is true for water transportation. Many rivers have been blocked, but for convenience, the merchants just dredged the rivers.

Bianzhou has been a state capital with well-developed water transportation since ancient times. Relying on Bianzhou, many businessmen got a big piece of fat during the development of water transportation.

There are many merchant ships moored on the river, some of which have various flags hanging on them.

Seeing these flags, Li Chengqian was confused: "This is not in the open sea, and we need to mark the country we belong to. What are these merchants doing with flags on ships?"

Seeing the prince asked about this, Dugu Zhao's face suddenly became ugly.

Arching his hands, Dugu Zhao said helplessly: "Your Highness, I don't know. Although Bianzhou is a densely populated place, there are also sparsely populated places. There are many reed marshes and barren hills that can become hiding places for water thieves. Most of these people They are exiles from the previous dynasty, relying on their proficient water skills to survive in the reeds. Since our Tang Dynasty developed commerce, and the number of merchant ships on the river has increased, they have engaged in robbery again. The merchants in the past have had a headache , Weichen also organized troops to encircle and suppress the reed marshes, but they were familiar with the terrain, just like dry grass on the plain, they could not be burned out.

In order to avoid trouble, merchants on the river usually choose to bribe those water thieves. Generally, after a heavy bribe, they will no longer worry about the fleet being attacked within a year.The flag on the ship is their mark, representing their power and making it easier for water thieves to distinguish.Although Weichen felt ashamed, there was really nothing he could do.I submitted a letter to the imperial court, but the memorial was pushed to Duke Xun by the Ministry of War. Duke Xun replied that the East China Sea Navy is good at naval warfare, and if it confronts water thieves in the river, it may be targeted instead, and the officials should set fire to it. The reeds are used to kill water thieves.

The method is a good method, but even if I am a military general, I would not dare to do such an outrageous thing.There may be ten to twenty thousand refugees in the reed marsh. There are so many people, innocent people do not know how many people are there. If so many people are burned, I am afraid that the officials will be stigmatized forever! "

Looking back at Dugu Zhao with a bitter face, Li Chengqian didn't say much.For a civil servant, being a butcher is really a bit embarrassing for him.

Zhang Liang should not be shirking responsibility. Naval warfare is different from river warfare. One is to attack on a wide water surface, and the other is to lay an ambush and counter-ambush in a narrow river. They are fundamentally two different things.The reason why water thieves can be so lawless is because of their familiarity with the terrain.So, if you want to attack them, mastering the terrain is the most important thing.

After clapping his hands, Li Chengqian turned his head and stretched out five fingers to the Sky-Changing Monkey.

Sky-Changing Monkey jumped onto the bow of the ship and glanced at the reeds in the distance, his face collapsed, he jumped off the ship, and stretched out five fingers.

Li Chengqian nodded, and stretched out two more fingers.

Seeing these two fingers, Changtian Monkey smiled happily and left with a grin.

Seeing the crown prince playing charades with the general, Duguzhao asked in confusion, "Your Highness, what do you mean?"

Li Chengqian smiled slightly, but did not answer, but continued to walk forward.

Seeing that the prince didn't answer him, Dugu Zhao knew he was Meng Lang, so he had to shut up and walk with the prince.

Seeing the merchant ship with the "Dugu" flag printed on it, Li Chengqian immediately became interested and strode aboard the merchant ship.Dugu Zhao had no choice but to follow with a bitter face.

Entering the warehouse, Li Chengqian called out "good guy" directly.The huge space inside the merchant ship is full of pockets, big and small, containing everything.Jade, spices, dried bananas, and dried longan, no matter which one is in the Central Plains, or in Chang'an, they are all good things, and the price is high so you don't have to worry about selling them.

"Inspector Dugu, are you leading someone to rob Mr. Feng?"

Dugu Zhao arched his hands and said: "Your Highness, this is just arranging the Weichen. How can the Weichen have the guts to provoke Feng Gong? These things are purchased by Dugu's family in Yangzhou, just to make a difference."

Seeing that Duguzhao was sweating, Li Chengqian didn't pursue it anymore.Make a difference?Liar!It would be nonsense for such a large family to earn a living by earning the difference. If they didn't completely monopolize a chain of interests from the root, they would not be worthy of their family status.

However, he came out this time just to inspect, not to investigate corruption and accept bribes, not to mention that the Dugu family, as a big family, might not dare to openly violate the law and do some unscrupulous business, which is not too much.

Pointing to a bag containing emeralds, Dugu Zhao immediately ordered the boatman to carry the bag of emeralds and send it to the palace.Ken asked for a bribe, in Dugu Zhao's view, the prince already planned not to pursue too much.A bag of emeralds can be exchanged for the prince's ignorance, he thinks it's worth it~

After passing Dugu's fleet, they saw Donggong's fleet.When Li Chengqian saw this fleet, he didn't want to believe it, but they existed here, so he couldn't help but not believe it.

The steward who belongs to the Eastern Palace is more generous than others. He stood by the side of the boat and bowed to salute, and reported directly: "Your Highness, Cao Min is the steward of the Eastern Palace Roaming Fleet, Lao Zhao, who is directly under Lao Li, and is currently transporting Lingnan. Special products, ready to be transported back to Chang'an."

After looking at the long queue of ships, and then at the obviously similar Dugu family's fleet, it was hard for Li Chengqian to believe that this group of bastards under him could actually wrestle with a family!

Seemingly seeing what Li Chengqian was thinking, Duguzhao said in a low voice: "Your Highness, although the fleet of the East Palace travels north and south just like Dugu's, but because when they go south, they need to transport more goods needed by the harbor shipyard. , there are not many goods that can be transported, so it is not as good as our Dugu family to make money."

Hearing this news, Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief. It would be the scariest thing if his fleet could really fight against the Dugu family.There are too many properties in Donggong now, so much that he needs to find a special notebook to record them in order to remember them thoroughly.Now Lao Jin, Lao Li and other big shopkeepers have an unknown number of shopkeepers, and his master does not know the number of shopkeepers.

The East Palace already has enough money, if it is piled up too much, it will be useless, money can only be money if it is spent, and a pile of broken copper piled up there is not money, but metal.But if you want to spend the money, you must be extravagant, always extravagant, and it will damage the image of the prince!

Seeing that the prince was frightened by his property, Dugu Zhao still smirked, and then continued to pretend to be serious.

Now that he met his own people, Li Chengqian took Lao Zhao along and asked about the water thief while walking.

"Your Highness, the water thieves are actually refugees from the previous dynasty, but they are about to settle in the reed marshes. Unlike those refugees in the mountains, they rely on water, reed marshes, and plunder. Life was not so bitter. Because of this, they simply ignored the imperial court's policy and chose to settle in the reed marsh.

The villain has passed through Bianzhou in the past two years, and has dealt with water thieves here.The leaders of the water thieves are not stupid, they only dare to plunder the ships of some ordinary merchants, and they always avoid the ships of our East Palace and big families.Because of this, they didn't invite major disasters.Although the imperial court is troubled by the existence of water thieves, the orders given to the localities have always been conservative. I am afraid that the governor is also afraid to do anything because of this. "

Duguzhao nodded: "That's right, the Ministry of War has never issued an order to call out soldiers. Although the lower officials organized some soldiers back then, they used it as an excuse to call in the brave men. I, Tang Dynasty, have never been able to follow orders. Without an order from the imperial court, unless it is really urgent, the local governor will not be taboo to issue an order."

"It's natural. I'm ordered by the emperor to guard the important area of ​​Bianzhou, so naturally I dare not go beyond it!"

Behind everyone, Bai Yujiao's voice came.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Although the final demise of the Tang Dynasty was largely due to the local Jiedushi, the power of the Jiedushi at this time has not developed to the point where it can cover the sky with one hand.As the governor of the local military force, the governor looks beautiful, but in fact it is no different from putting his head under a steel knife.People who hold military power have been the object of the emperor's beware since ancient times.

"Okay, Gu knows, you want to do things with Gu's thigh like the governor of Zhengzhou and the governor, right? It's a beautiful idea! It's too much for Gu to interfere with Zhengzhou's affairs before, but now if he interferes with Bianzhou again I'm afraid that the emperor will issue a decree to punish him!"

After being framed by Fang Xuanling and others, Li Chengqian immediately understood the meaning of Dugu Zhao and Bai Yujiao.They have no way to mobilize a large number of government soldiers, so they can only take advantage of the time when the prince arrives to dispatch troops as soon as possible.Because, the emperor's order was to dispatch government soldiers to protect the safety of the crown prince and empress. As for how many dispatches, I didn't say...

Seeing the prince's resolute refusal, Duguzhao sat on the ground and hugged Li Chengqian's thigh: "Your Highness, this is the best opportunity. With you here, we can unscrupulously dispatch the government soldiers. If you leave, the next I don't know how long it will take to be able to wipe out the water thieves once. You just do it well, and when the time comes, my humble minister will excuse you, and my humble minister will bear the crime, so you just agree."

Four 50-year-old people cry when they say they cry.Li Chengqian, who was hugged by his thigh, suddenly became at a loss. Grandma's is now on the pier, and many people are looking at it curiously. No matter what, the scene of a middle-aged uncle hugging the young prince's thigh and crying bitterly is impossible. beauty.

"Okay, Gu knows, can you get up quickly!"

Just kicking Dugu Zhao away, the bastard closed his mouth, stood up after wiping away his tears, and began to pat the dust off his body, completely unable to see that he had just finished crying.

Bai Yujiao on the side secretly gave Duguzhao a thumbs up, knowing that the other party is the prince, but still dared to hold his thigh and cry, he is a warrior!Didn't you see that the eunuch on the other side retracted his hands into his sleeves?It would be weird if this guy didn't have a weapon up his sleeve!

Facing Dugu Zhao, who had quickly returned to normal, he clearly wanted to kick him again, but Li Chengqian resisted it.In any case, this guy is also worthy of the title of an official close to the people, at least such a thing as hugging his thigh and crying bitterly, ordinary people really can't do it.

With a long sigh, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "It's okay for you to use the emperor's will to make use of it, but how will you bear the responsibility afterwards? Military power is different from other things. It's just a matter of moving your head! So, even if you want to make use of it , but also to play a normal role, five days later, Gu will take you to go deep into the reeds together by boat, when you report to the report, you will say that Gu was attacked by water thieves, and you are fully mobilized to protect Gu, isn't this the most reasonable? "

Bai Yujiao nodded, this is indeed the most appropriate way.Don't look at him as the governor, but the long history of the governor's mansion will not be under his command, and will only report the truth.only....

Bowing with fists folded, Bai Yujiao asked in confusion, "Your Highness, why do you want to limit it to five days? There are many waterways in the reeds, and there are countless traps. It is better to send troops sooner rather than later!"

Looking around, seeing that there were no outsiders, Li Chengqian said to Bai Yujiao: "Gu has guessed your thoughts a long time ago, so he sent his men to investigate the waterway. No matter how complicated the reed marshes are, they will be destroyed by the probing." Find out the rough prototype and come out. After the terrain is mastered, I will take you into the reed marshes to fish for people."

"Find people?"

Dugu Zhao and Bai Yujiao looked at each other in dismay, they knew the two characters separately, but why is it so strange when combined?Find people?How to fish?

However, Li Chengqian did not answer their thoughts, but ordered Zhang Yun to drive the carriage, and he was going back to rest.

Chapter 339 Du Ruhui's Promotion

When fighting, you must first know yourself and the enemy.It is precisely because of the rare cases that the surprise attack has been sung for so many years. Under normal circumstances, who is not serious and good at fighting?

Collecting intelligence has always been the most important thing, so Li Chengqian's first order to Changtian Monkey was to investigate the terrain of this water area and the situation of the enemy.At the very least, you have to draw a topographic map to make a plan.

500 people, five days, is the condition for Chuan Tianhou to be confident, and Li Chengqian added 200 people to him, so that the success rate of this slightly tight task is infinitely close to [-]%.

Entering the other courtyard prepared by Dugu Zhao and Bai Yujiao, Li Chengqian greeted his eldest grandson first, and then walked outside Li Tai's room to take a peek.

Now that he left Chang'an, Li Tai's few restraints disappeared completely, and now he was immersed in the ocean of knowledge and couldn't extricate himself.He was the one who jumped up and down on the boat these days, and he was the one who first looked for the stranded boat to study the hull after arriving in Bianzhou. Now he is in the bedroom, and he even made a big water basin, and made gestures with wooden boats. It was he who went.

If someone else came over, I might think Wei Wang was crazy, but Yan Wan didn't. Instead, she rolled up her sleeves and played with Li Tai.Well, she is playing....

After taking a second look, he left in a hurry, peeping at his younger brother playing with his younger siblings, especially when he saw the white arms of his younger siblings.

He also has women to worry about, so Li Chengqian went directly to Su Yuan and Ashina Xue.

Zhengzhou was less than three hundred miles away from Bianzhou, but when Li Chengqian settled down in Bianzhou, the news of Hong Ling's urgent mission had traveled nearly nine hundred miles to Chang'an.

See Zhengzhou's battle reports and memorials.Li Shimin couldn't help rolling his eyes.He knew that the pro-leader took the gunpowder weapon from Chang'an, or in other words, it was his acquiescence that the pro-leader was able to leave Chang'an with the gunpowder weapon.However, every tael of gunpowder produced by the gunpowder workshop must be recorded, otherwise, the supervision of this batch of gunpowder will lose its head.Although the pro-leader is a personal soldier of the Eastern Palace, how can the gunpowder weapon in his hand be an exception?

Li Shimin couldn't help rubbing his head when he saw the governor Duan Xiao's blunt remonstrance.

"Although the supervision of these gunpowder is conscientious, it is still too rigid. I really don't know whether to be happy or sad about this kind of supervision. If the gunpowder used in local drills is used in practice, it is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone. Come here, Xuanbing Department Shangshu Du Ruhui will see you!"

After the Huangmen who passed the decree left, Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, and began to draft decrees for various places.It is not absolute to say that one must first secure the internal affairs against the outside world. Sometimes, one wants to secure one’s internal affairs, but there are too many foreign enemies, and there is no way to formally implement it.East Turkic, Gaochang.The successive destruction of Tuyuhun severely deterred the evil wolves around Datang, which gave Datang a chance to breathe.

The grass-headed kings from all over the world have always been the imperial court's confidantes.In terms of scale, they are not serious enough for the imperial court, but if they are not serious, they can't be wiped out. Once these people escape into the mountains, they will reappear after a while, just like the grassland people.Now that the foreign enemies have been deterred, and the Tang Dynasty has withdrawn a large number of troops, the frontier defense can take a breather. It is time to take action against the malignant tumors in the interior.Gunpowder weapons are simply loud for ordinary training, so how can they be effective in actual combat?

After writing the order, I added a few more strokes.The pro-lead gunpowder weapon is used up, it is best to add it, it is impossible not to care about his wife and son.

After writing the additional order, he saw Li Jian who was hesitant to speak.

No need to guess, Li Shimin knew what happened, rubbed his temples in distress and said, "What's wrong?"

Li Jian said helplessly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Zhang Jieyu and Wang Jieyu fought in the imperial garden today for some reason. Concubine Yang stepped forward to stop her, but she was also pushed away, almost injured."

After finishing speaking, Li Jian couldn't help but took two steps to the side.

Sure enough, after hearing the news, Li Shimin dropped the inkstone without hesitation.

"What are they doing one by one? Why is the harem in such a mess when the empress is not here? Didn't I appoint Concubine Yang to take care of it? Why did something like this still happen?"

The ink spilled on Li Jian's shoe, so he had no choice but to stand where he was and avoid rubbing against other places.

Sighing, Li Jian said: "What else could be the reason? Although Concubine Yang has a noble status, she has never fought with others these years, so she naturally has no deterrent effect. Once the queen leaves, plus the rumors that she didn't get along with you before, the harem Concubine inevitably feels that her chance has come."

Li Shimin squinted at Li Jian, but had to admit that he was right.Originally, there was a queen in the harem, which never distracted him. Now that the queen left, he, the emperor, was very annoyed by the affairs of the harem.

He patted the table, and Li Shimin said: "One slap can't be slapped. Zhang Jieyu and Wang Jieyu disturbed the harem and disrespected Concubine Yang. This is an unforgivable crime. Let them reflect on it! If they don't have the intention of repenting , don’t let it out!”

Li Jian bowed to accept the order, and waited for the other eunuchs to bring the shoes before changing the shoes and returning to the harem to announce the order.

Du Ruhui signed up for an audience just as he finished dealing with the troubles in the harem.

After Xuan entered, seeing Du Ruhui's vigorous steps and straight spine, Li Shimin envied him: "Keming, since you have recuperated your body with Daoist Sun, you have become more active and energetic. Unlike me, there are three or four days in a ten-day period. Disturbed by the wind."

After saluting, Du Ruhui sat on the brocade pier brought by the eunuch, and said with a smile: "Originally, as a foreign minister, a humble minister should not interfere with the affairs of the palace, but seeing His Majesty like this, I still want to use the old subordinate Let me talk about you from your identity. It is a good thing for you and the queen to leave with the prince. People are cheap, they don’t cherish what they have, and regret it when they lose it. Even if you are tortured like this, the queen will not How much better it will be. In this way, even if you and the queen have any complaints, they will disappear when we meet again.

Besides, His Royal Highness is not going out just to have fun with the gang of thieves and thieves in Zhengzhou, who have always been a serious problem for Zhengzhou.At the beginning, the treasury was empty, and the minister was afraid that sending troops would affect the frontier war, so he endured until now, and now His Royal Highness leads the army to destroy them, and the court does not know how much trouble has been saved.

Besides, after the merchant gathering in Zhengzhou, merchants from all over the country are now cooperating with the court’s rectification. It is crooked.The commercial tax at the beginning of the year forced the Ministry of Households to cover the treasury. The tax at the end of this year does not know how much it will be.According to Weichen, the restart of taxation in some barren areas can even be put on hold for a while. "

Li Shimin nodded, it is true.The income after the commercial tax reform immediately made some worried courtiers shut up.Although money is currently unable to make up for the importance of food and grass to the national treasury, if, once, perhaps, after the research of the Agricultural College really produces results, then the imperial court will also get rid of its dependence on food and grass, and simply collecting money will be enough Meet the needs of the country.

Completely covering the tax with pure money is actually a simplification for the imperial court.When a disaster occurs in a certain place and needs relief, you don’t need to worry about the transportation of food, you just need to buy food from the nearest place and escort it to the past. just fine.And the army only needs to allocate money for the expedition, and the imperial court does not have to worry about the supply of food and grass, and the army can buy food at the border by itself.

Knocking on the table, Li Shimin said with a smile to Du Ruhui: "It is said that Fang's conspiracy is decisive, but Keming, you are not inferior to Fang Qiao in terms of the overall situation. Li Jing has been writing a letter during this time, asking me to withdraw his minister. After he withdraws, I intend to let you replace me, how about it?"

To help Du Ruhui to the top position, in fact, Li Shimin had such an idea as early as the beginning of Zhenguan.After all, at that time, Du Ruhui's physical condition took a turn for the worse, and he meant to be finished at any time.In any case, he is an old courtier who has been with him all the way. Before he dies, it is necessary for him to climb to the peak of being a courtier.However, due to Sun Simiao's intervention, Du Ruhui's health soon recovered.As for the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, no one is more meticulous than Du Ruhui. It is precisely because of this that Li Shimin has not promoted him.

But now, Li Jing, who was temporarily moved to the position of minister, felt that he was old and frail, and wanted a leisurely retirement life, so he proposed "resignation", which was the right time for Du Ruhui to be promoted.

Du Ruhui was not very surprised about how he was treated. It would be strange if a servant like him who had been serving the emperor couldn't make it to the top.The position of Shangshu Pushe was actually reserved for him, Changsun Wuji and a few others.

After indifferently getting up and bowing his hands to salute, Du Ruhui said with a smile: "Since Your Majesty thinks that this humble minister is suitable, then this humble minister should serve as a minister. However, what is Your Majesty's plan for the successor of the minister of the Ministry of War?"

Knocking on his temple, Li Shimin said helplessly: "I intend to let Hou Junji serve as Minister of the Ministry of War. At the beginning, he ran amok in Gaochang. After he came back, I deprived him of all his errands. Now that he is at home, I heard that his temper is very explosive. What is it?" My loyal subject, I can't just let him withdraw from the ruling and opposition parties."

Du Ruhui nodded slightly, but didn't say much.From his point of view, people like Hou Junji shouldn't have any friendship with him, and the best policy is to expel the black sheep from a distance.However, since this is the emperor's arrangement, it's better for him not to talk too much.Not everyone can sit on a high position, even if it is comfortable, it will be a miserable fall.

Sitting on the brocade pier again, Du Ruhui cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, there is one thing that I have been thinking of drafting an excerpt to tell you, but I just thought that you would probably object, so I didn't play it. Now here There are only two of us, the monarch and his ministers. How about you listen to me if I say something? If you make a mistake, just laugh it off."

"I love you, but it's okay to say it!"

Li Shimin was also very curious. If people like Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and others in the court decided to draft a memorial, it could only be an extremely important matter.And he chose to chat privately here, and revealed that most of them would object, that is a very important thing.

After much deliberation, Du Ruhui opened his mouth: "Your Majesty, regarding the Zhengzhou incident, it can be seen that although the power of the local governor exists, there is no opportunity to use it in practice. Except for emergencies such as rebellion, they have no way to really deploy or send troops. It's just a bandit village. The majestic governor of Zhengzhou still has to wait for the prince to arrive. Taking advantage of the opportunity to protect the prince and queen, he will take the opportunity to send troops. I feel that their powers are a bit too weak. If you can assign them more that power...."

Having said that, Du Ruhui looked at the emperor worriedly.In this case, it was originally not suitable for him to speak to the emperor, but this issue is now on the verge of coming out. Before leaving the post of minister of the Ministry of War, he still wanted to speak for the military one last time.Such behavior may be a bit ridiculous, but this is ethics.

Sure enough, the emperor's expression was ugly, and there were signs of anger.However, after a while, Li Shimin calmed down again, and ordered the eunuch who came to deliver tea to give Du Ruhui a cup, and then said with the teacup: "I have also seen this problem, but since Zhenguan, all military power has been centralized. , Li Xiaochang, Changsun Jingye and others still have the intention of rebellion, which shows that military power should not be dispersed. Too weak local autonomy is a bad thing, but too strong is a worse thing.

The only military states in the world that can have some autonomy are frontier fortresses and important state capitals.For ordinary governors and governors, the power has to be compressed.As for how to do it, I have thought about it myself, and I will discuss it with you when I decide to implement it. "

Du Ruhui secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that the emperor didn't think much about it, so that's fine.As for the centralization of power, it is an effective way to prevent rebellion. As long as the emperor has the intention to disperse some necessary powers, the rest should not be interfered by his courtiers.

Picking up the written imperial edict from the table case, he ordered the eunuch to pass it to Du Ruhui. Li Shimin said, "As soon as possible, ask Hong Ling to send this out urgently. As for the order to order the local governor and governor to act freely, your military department can issue it. With this period of time when the gunpowder smoke is temporarily suspended, let’s get rid of the internal troubles as soon as possible. If these cancerous tumors on the land of the Tang Dynasty are not completely removed, how can there be any eternal foundation?”

After glancing at the order in the imperial edict, Du Ruhui suddenly smiled, cupped his hands and left.

On the matter of gunpowder weapons, only a few generals of the military dared to speak out, and the rest, I'm afraid it would involve a little bit of relationship.He personally led 2000 people to defeat the [-] troops of Tubo. Although there were factors of favorable location, it also proved the horror of gunpowder weapons from the side.Everyone knows that gunpowder weapons are better for actual combat than listening to them loudly, but no one dares to suggest that.

3 Chapter Forty

Facts have proved that the officials are good at watching the wind and steering the rudder. When they clearly know that gunpowder has become the key point of the court, even if the gunpowder is put in front of them, they will naturally turn their attention to other places.When getting along with an Emperor Wu, especially an emperor like Li Shimin, they know very well that they should not go too far without objection.So far, the only one who dares to intervene in gunpowder matters without authority is the prince.