Li Shimin's will: Li Zhi, the throne belongs to your brother

"Hey, that's the end of today's visit. After you go back, you need to re-study the plan to attack Goguryeo."

The civil and military officials looked at each other in blank dismay, this still needs to be studied?Wouldn't it be enough to create a fleet after a while?

Cheng Yaojin even muttered in a low voice: "This still needs to be studied? Shouldn't we just go there with a cannon?"

"Cheng Guogong, what do you want to say?" Seeing Cheng Yaojin muttering in a low voice, Li Shimin called his name directly.

Cheng Yaojin secretly thought something was wrong, stood up honestly and said: "No, it's nothing, old Cheng is talking, can your majesty let old Cheng take the lead?"

"No, I want to kiss me!" After hearing this, Cheng Yaojin withdrew resentfully.

Li Tai shook his head and was speechless. With the cannon, all civil and military officials are gone...

"Hey, I thought a lion would use all his strength to fight a rabbit. All my loves should think about this matter when they go back. Let's stop here for today!"

"The minister waits to leave!!"

After all civil and military officials left, Li Chunfeng and others reported the results of these days to Li Shimin.

"Twenty blast furnaces have been built, there is only one ship, a thousand cannons, and enough ammunition...

All Feilei soldiers can skillfully control cannons. "

Li Shimin and Li Tai nodded their heads repeatedly, there were twenty blast furnaces, and the output had already exploded.

"However, how did the gun cotton solve it?"

Li Chunfeng quickly explained: "The hemp is used, but the hemp contains impurities, the power is less powerful, and there will be a little residue and smoke."

Both cotton and hemp are fibers, and in fact both can be used to make nitro||fiber.

"Okay! Aiqing has solved another big problem!"

Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction, the residue and smoke are nothing, and the replacement is what is needed in the end.

"How many ships are expected to be built after spring plowing?"

"Two ships like this..." Yang Siqi shrank his head and said.

"There are so few ships?" Li Shimin was a little surprised, but it was understandable after thinking about it carefully. After all, building a ship involved too much and it was not so easy to build.

"Wouldn't it be that there are only three boats, and there are only three thousand people at most, plus ammunition and supplies, I'm afraid it will be even less..."

"Father, there is actually no need to worry about this matter."

Li Tai said from the side, "It only needs to occupy the pier for the first time, and then transport supplies and troops back and forth a few times. Three ships are actually enough."

"It's really enough!" Li Shimin nodded, three ships can transport 3000 people at a time, just occupy the dock and transport them back and forth.

"How many soldiers and horses will the father prepare this time, and which generals will he bring?" Li Tai asked Li Shimin again.

Li Shimin showed hesitation: "At this time, I have to discuss it with the important officials." Obviously he didn't think it through.

I didn't know the load and speed of the ship before, and the plan was to go by land. Now that I know it, I have to make a new plan.

"Let's go, the emperor will go back and think about it, money, food, soldiers, horses, generals and plans must be prepared!!"

"I understand." Li Tai saluted.

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At the same time, the whole of Chang'an changed because of the news of the cannon and the ship.

The ships and cannons visited for the first time, as well as the cultural relics officials, could hardly contain their excitement and joy.

Cheng Yaojin danced happily, and told the story to everyone.

"That ship is bigger than our courtyard, and it's made of steel, so it's impenetrable by water and fire, and it's like a mountain pressing down on it when it's driving."

"It's so big~ How much iron does it take!"

"There is also the mighty cannon, which sounds like thunder and is as fast as electricity. The city walls are like paper, and there is only a "bang", and it turns into ruins in an instant..."

"Is the Shenwei Cannon so powerful?"

While talking, he looked at Cheng Chumo with a regretful face and said: "It's a pity, our family doesn't have a daughter, otherwise we have to get married to that prince!"

"...Father is probably confused by the river wind..." Cheng Chumo looked at Cheng Yaojin speechlessly and said, "If you can't give birth to a daughter, blame me."

"Dare to refute your father and me? You should be beaten!" When Cheng Yaojin heard this, he immediately got angry and picked up his whip.

This kind of bragging scene happened in the homes of many cultural relic officials, and soon the news spread at a terrifying speed.

Only Lu Chengqing kept changing his complexion and paced the room.

Seeing that Lu Chengqing was so anxious, Lu Hao stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong with father?"

His grade is not enough, and he did not participate in this court meeting, so he does not know what happened.

"Hey~" Lu Chengqing stopped in his tracks, looked at Lu Qiao with complicated eyes, and sighed deeply.

"Today, His Majesty invited civil and military officials to see the ship, the clairvoyance and the cannon."

"Is there really clairvoyance?" Lu Qiao asked in surprise.

Lu Chengqing nodded, and explained bitterly: "The clairvoyance can see thousands of miles, the ship is made of steel, can travel thousands of miles in a day, and the cannon can make thousands of miles to the enemy's head.

These are all thanks to science, His Majesty conferred four dukes at once! ! "

"Four princes? Science is really so powerful?" Lu Qiao couldn't believe it.

"Really!" Thinking of the ruins, Lu Chengqing affirmed with lingering fear: "It is really powerful. I am afraid that His Majesty will ascend to the sky one day, even a father will not feel strange."

"Shouldn't this be a good thing? Why is father distressed?"

Lu Hao was a little puzzled, logically speaking, the more powerful the Tang Dynasty was, the more stable it was and the better the family business would be.

Lu Chengqing shook his head and explained with a wry smile.

"With cannons and ships, all civil and military officials believed that the Tang Dynasty would last forever.

When the news spreads, countless families will follow with all their hearts.

My father has already heard that Chu Suiliang and Changsun Wuji secretly spent a lot of money to buy shares in countless chambers of commerce last time!

Now the big and small families in Chang'an belong to us and have not shown their loyalty. "

Hearing this, Lu Qiao immediately frowned, as if he had also bought shares.

"Father, didn't we also buy this share? Isn't this a sign of loyalty?"

Lu Chengqing turned his head and asked bitterly: "We didn't even own [-]% of the shares we bought. How can we be considered loyal?"

"Then what should we do?"

Lu Hao was a little panicked when he heard that, the stock he bought before was at most an investment in Li Tai, but the amount he bought was quite small, not even one percent.

This share, can this also be regarded as a show of loyalty?

This is perfunctory at best! !

Thinking of this, the two began to think about what actions they should take to show their loyalty.

After a long time, Lu Chengqing frowned, and said with pain on his face: "Since we are going to war, we must have a lot of money and food, as long as we donate money and food to show our loyalty."

"Donate money? Donate food? Is it a free donation?" Lu Qiao's voice was suddenly high, surprised.

"En!" Lu Chengqing nodded with difficulty: "It's a free donation!"

Hearing this, Lu Qiao became impatient: "You won't get anything from this free donation. It's better to take the money and food to other companies in exchange for shares."

"What do you know, who else is in the food business now!!" Lu Chengqing looked at Lu Qiao with eyes full of elm bumps.

"Father, why is no one doing the grain business?" Lu Chengqing was a little puzzled, why couldn't this grain business be done?

"In the past, high walls were built and grain was widely accumulated for the purpose of changing dynasties and avoiding wars and famines.

But now, with cannons and ships, no one can think of rebellion.

In this way, the world will be peaceful and the Tang Dynasty will prosper forever, so what is the use of hoarding food?

Let the Li family find an excuse to deal with themselves?

Besides~ Doing food business, you can earn a little money all year round, but the profit of a bottle of perfume is not known how high. "

"This..." Lu Hao was speechless for a while.

Indeed, the longer the food is stored, the less valuable it is, and the profit margins are extremely small. Only when there is a catastrophe can the country be made a fortune.

But now who dares to make money in national calamity?Is the gun not strong enough, or the ship not big enough?

"Then donate for nothing?" Lu Qiao's face was as ugly as if he had eaten half a worm.

Lu Chengqing taught a lesson: "When the war starts, we need money and food. We donate it as a timely gift. If we wait for a while, it will be icing on the cake at most. By that time, others may not want the icing on the cake!"

"This...this..." For a moment Lu Zhen didn't know what to say.

"The sky of Tang Dynasty has changed!!" Lu Chengqing sighed and looked up the window.

At this moment, the sun was setting, and the golden afterglow slowly disappeared into the sky, replaced by a cool breeze.

He murmured: "From now on, the family will no longer exist. We are all subjects of the Tang Dynasty, and we will no longer be able to resist the Li family who is in full swing."

After finishing speaking, he turned to Lu Qiao with a serious face and said.

"Major events in the world are unpredictable, Confucianism is outdated, and science is in power. You must follow the general trend of the world and don't do things like sailing against the current, otherwise you will surely capsize and die.

Ask someone to inquire about it, and Scientology still accepts no one! ! "

"Yes!"

Lu Qiao was speechless, saying that Confucianism is in power, but now as soon as science comes out, the boat of friendship will capsize if it says it will capsize....

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Confucius House.

Kong Yingda, father and son, and several great Confucian scholars are gathering together.

Everyone frowned, feeling extremely distressed, with sweat dripping from their foreheads, and looked helplessly at the engraving and carving knife in front of them.

"Crack!" Kong Yingda got up to break the silence, and everyone cast their eyes.

"Now that science is in power, steel ships, mighty cannons, and clairvoyant eyes, everything will make the Tang Dynasty prosperous and strong."

As he spoke, Kong Yingda leaned over and swept over all the people present, holding the "National Daily" issued a few days ago in one hand, and patting the table with a carving knife in the other.

"I'm reading Confucianism, and I'm reading Confucianism again!!, not to mention clairvoyant steel warships, even a small newspaper can't be printed.

While speaking, Kong Yingda said angrily.

"The "National Daily News" will be able to publish the newspaper that night after its court meeting that day, and we are still studying what woodblock printing and engraving seals are here!!"

As he spoke, he angrily tore up the newspaper and threw it at his feet.

Everyone was scolded and bowed their heads in shame.

They couldn't even figure out how it was possible to print a newspaper in one night.

Kong Yingda had no choice but to call together many great scholars to discuss the issue of engraving, but they couldn't find out the problem.

How can this not make Kong Yingda anxious and flustered.

"Master Kong calm down, calm down!" The great Confucianist stood up and comforted Kong Yingda: "This is not a skill we are good at, and I am afraid it will be difficult to think of it for a while."

"Hey~" Kong Yingda sighed and said, "Should I just watch science grow and remain indifferent?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, all silent.

What else to do but just watch?Hard-headed cannon?Isn't this more stupid?

Kong Zhiyue stood up and frowned, hesitantly said: "Elders, I have something to say, should I say it or not?"

"It's about the life and death of Confucianism, what kind of seniority is there, let's talk!"

In the eyes of everyone, Kong Zhiyue slowly opened the front page of the dictionary, and read the two sentences above.

"'Learning is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat.''Beyond the ancient sages and strive to be the sages of the world.'"

As he spoke, he picked up the dictionary in his hand, and said slowly: "His Royal Highness created science by himself, and is comparable to a saint. How can we ordinary people compare to a saint!?"

"Everyone knows this, is there a way?"

Kong Zhiyue smiled and said: "Confucius said: 'Nature is inherently good!' Xunzi said: "Natural nature is inherently evil! "But they are all my Confucian saints!!"

"You mean..." Kong Yingda's eyes widened.

"Do you want me to enshrine the crown prince as a Confucian sage?" A great Confucian looked at Kong Zhiyue incredulously.