Fu Tang

As soon as Li Congjia asked this question, many ministers immediately sweated on their foreheads, knowing that this time things would never be good, and now they wished to plug their ears, for fear that they would hear about their family from the mouth of the Ministry of Justice.

Minister of the Ministry of Justice was a little hesitant at first. There must be some people who resisted. After all, to be able to educate such a stupid son, there must be a doting mother or other elders behind him. But if he is exposed, it will not offend half of the court at once. Church?

But he thought about it again, after he brought out these people's sons, he basically offended them, and now he would be grateful for his protection.

So Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment just mentioned a few families, and Li Congjia was slightly relieved when he heard that, there were not too many families of ministers with brain-dead, just two or three families.

Li Congjia said coldly: "It's fine to resist the edict and not obey it. Let's do whatever we want. As for you..."

Everyone waited with bated breath for Li Congjia's decision. After thinking for a while, he said, "Hand it over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for interrogation, and then deal with it according to the degree of severity. Next...let's talk about it."

After legal punishment?Those young and old men almost fainted on the spot. The criminal law according to the law is already serious enough. If this is not over, is it to kill them?

Some of the ministers below were struggling to intercede, but found that Zhao Pu and Li Hongji were both kneeling there without saying a word, and they didn't dare to speak for a while, and began to think about whether they could reduce their son's punishment by giving gifts to the Minister of Punishment ?

Li Congjia left in a somewhat dispirited manner. Before leaving, he said, "Zhao Pu and the king of Shu will follow me."

Li Hongji and Zhao Pu looked at each other in surprise, then stood up neatly and followed Li Congjia away.

Li Congjia took them directly to the study room, but they were not the only ones in the study room at this time, the cabinet ministers were also here, and several members of the Privy Council were also here.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at Zhao Pu with a look of hatred for iron and steel. He really didn't expect Zhao Pu to be such a smart person who didn't know how to restrain his son!

If Zhao Pu did not become the chief assistant in the future, it would definitely be because he was tricked by his son.

After Li Congjia sat down, he looked at Li Hongji and asked, "Sanlang, are you going to take him home and teach him or should I find a way to teach him?"

Li Hongji was stunned for a moment, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. Since Li Congjia asked this, it meant that Li Chun still had a chance, at least the punishment this time was not fatal.

Li Hongji said very ashamedly: "I have fought all my life, and I am really powerless in disciplining my son, but Your Majesty is taking care of everything..."

Li Congjia waved his hand: "I didn't say to teach him personally, I just found a way to get rid of him. If you trust him to me, I have the confidence to give you back a sensible son."

Li Hongji asked: "Is it... Academy?"

Li Congjia shook his head, Academy?Just these little bastards deserve to be admitted to the academy?When his academy is a dump?

Li Hongji didn't ask any questions at all, and said directly: "Sanlang will be handed over to His Majesty. No matter what His Majesty does, I will never say anything."

Li Congjia simply nodded and said, "Okay, I'll just wait for your words. Hey, you can go to the Shangyao Bureau to get some medicine later. This time, their flesh and blood are indispensable."

Li Hongji nodded, coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty called us here, but do you have something important to discuss?"

Only then did Li Congjia say: "Well, this time the Japanese imperial daughter is acting unscrupulously in Chang'an, and Japan has been reluctant to hand over the news about the pirates. I decided to order Lei You to declare war on Japan."

After Li Congjia said these words, everyone felt that it was true. The cabinet ministers were more transparent. Thinking about the cause and effect, they knew that Li Congjia had just gone to the Xuanzheng Palace to play prestige, and it was definitely not just a show of prestige That's all.

He stifled possible opposition in the cradle in advance, and the children of those ministers were punished. Although it was true that those little bastards did something wrong, the reason why they made mistakes was not because of the seduction of those Japanese women?

They can't hate Li Congjia, so they can only hate Japan.

At this time, Zhao Pu's IQ returned, and he immediately understood Li Congjia's approach. No wonder, he thought it was strange before. It was just a group of children messing around. Go down, let the minister of the Ministry of punishment arrest people, judge and punish them all in one line.

Why do you have to go to Xuanzheng Hall to scold these little bastards together with their father?Now that I think about it, the key is here.

At least Zhao Pu will not object this time. He looked around and found that no one objected at all. Zhao Pu felt that even if Li Congjia did not do this, maybe no one would object.

After all, the Japanese imperial daughter drugged and danced the demon dance in public, she must have evil intentions, and maybe she really wanted to assassinate Li Congjia.

His own emperor is about to be assassinated, and a prince has already died. At this time, only the blood of the Japanese can wash away the anger in his heart.

Li Congjia found that no one spoke, so he continued, "No one objected? Well, from today onwards, all the resources of the Privy Council will be directed to Dengzhou, and the Ministry of Household Affairs will try to cooperate as much as possible to directly take Japan down."

When Li Congjia said the last sentence, he was a little excited. To be honest, in the later generations, whenever there is any news, after finding out that Tu Chao was bullied by that small country again, as an "angry youth", he can't wait every time. Let this country disappear on top of the world tomorrow.

Especially when the other party worshiped the "Yasukuni Shrine" and denied the massacre, Li Congjia's anger could be poked every time.

However, at that time he was just an ordinary person, no matter how angry he was, he would just swear a few words on the Internet, what else could he do?After all, even the Rabbit Dynasty officials can only condemn it.

Now he finally had a chance. Although he was in a different time and space, Japan in this time and space might not have committed that kind of crime, but Li Congjia just regarded them as a thorn in his side.

Li Congjia didn't hide his excitement. Everyone else was very surprised. Even when he ruled the world, Li Congjia didn't look so excited. He just beat Japan. As for it?

After Fan Zhi was slightly puzzled, seeing that everyone was silent, he asked, "There is one more question."

Li Congjia's heart skipped a beat. What he was most afraid of was Fan Zhi's objection. This old official would not express his opinion easily now, but as long as he expresses his opinion, it means that he has sufficient reasons!

If Fan Zhi objected, no matter how much Li Congjia persisted, he might encounter resistance from below.

Li Congjia coughed lightly and asked, "What questions does Fan Shoufu have?"

Fan asked, "Will the Khitan really sit back and watch us annex Japan?"

Li Congjia widened his eyes slightly, thought for a while, and then let out a groan in his heart.

After all, now that Khitan has Koli Island, if Datang takes Japan, it will basically be in the nearby waters, which is equivalent to the territory of Datang surrounding Khitan.

Looking at the concept of territorial waters proposed by Datang before, if Datang were more domineering, Khitan ships would never be able to get out of Datang's blockade!

It is almost impossible for them to trade with the people in the south, and Japan and Khitan may have reached an agreement on the issue of territorial waters before, but when it comes to Datang...Ye Luxian probably will not believe that Li Congjia will follow the routine .

So the only thing to worry about is that Khitan will help Japan.

Li Congjia knocked on the armrest and said, "The Khitan warships are very rubbish. Even if they want to help Japan, they will be powerless, right?"

When the war was mentioned, Li Hongji quickly entered the state. After a quick analysis in his mind, he said: "They don't need to send a fleet out, as long as they harass us at the border. At that time, Datang will definitely fight on two fronts."

Zhao Pu also took it over and said: "That's right, although Datang is not afraid of two-line warfare now, if this is the case, there is still pressure, at least our production activities may also be hindered, and those who have just recovered The number of young and strong will naturally decrease again, Khitan should not give up this opportunity to weaken Datang, although this weakening will not show anything for a while."

I have to say that what they said was very reasonable. Li Congjia frowned and said: "In this way, the Khitan will almost certainly go to war with us. In this case, we might as well turn passive into active. As long as they speak for Japan, when the time comes we Just treat Khitan as collaborating with Japan, and go to war directly."

Wang Pu was stunned for a moment: "This... What's the difference?"

Li Congjia said of course: "Of course there is a difference, that is... we can prepare in advance, only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to guard against a thief?"

When fighting Japan, you still have to worry about Khitan stabbing you in the back. This feeling is really uncomfortable. Li Congjia simply planned to plan together directly, so as not to have to guard against Khitan.

Everyone looked at Li Congjia in shock, you really... don't think it's a big deal.

Li Congjia looked around and found that even Li Hongji and Zhao Kuangyin didn't seem to agree very much, so he couldn't help sighing and said, "If you don't want to, then you can only give Khitan enough benefits to let him be robbed of our people by nothing." Well, the tribes on the Yinshan Grassland are also the people of the Tang Dynasty."

Wei Renpu asked very sensitively: "Give Khitan benefits? How much benefit do you want to give them?"

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, other countries have basically handed in protection fees, and if you don’t pay, you will be beaten. Now you actually hand over Khitan protection fees to avoid being stabbed?Old Wei was a little unhappy.

Li Congjia said: "Doesn't Khitan always feel that the purchase volume of Datang wool is not enough? Then increase the purchase volume, and there are other things, and increase some trade exchanges."

Wei Renpu frowned and thought for a while, always felt... Li Congjia's compromise was too easy, a bit unlike him.

After Li Congjia finished speaking, he said: "Okay, Japan is definitely going to fight, but before that, give them an ultimatum, either hand over the people who have something to do with Prince Fuzinai and those pirates, or get ready to be beaten Well, that's it for today."

When everyone walked out of the study room, they always felt that something was wrong, but after analyzing what Li Congjia said from the beginning to the end, there seemed to be no problem?

As soon as they left with doubts, Li Congjia said lazily: "Stop eavesdropping, you won't come out after you've gone?"

Shi Xueting chuckled, pushed open the door of the cabinet and came out, saying: "You're fooling the old gentlemen again."

Li Congjia smiled at him and said, "I'm just taking this opportunity to make some money for myself. How can I fool them? Anyway, they don't agree with me fighting Khitan."

Shi Xueting shook his head helplessly. When he was listening inside, he knew that the reason why Li Congjia compromised so quickly was that he didn't want to fight Khitan from the very beginning. After all, it wasn't the first day he became emperor. The damage of front-line combat to Datang?

I have to say that if the arrow is not ready, this battle may not really be fought. After all, Datang has now entered a relatively rapid development period. It would be a pity if it was delayed because of the war.

Therefore, Li Congjia's goal from the beginning was to increase the import of wool and some other crops. In order to punish Khitan, Datang minimized the quantity and price of all import orders for Khitan.

But as time went by, Li Congjia found that only the price should be suppressed, and the quantity should be suppressed, so the production quantity of various wool products will not increase, and if it does not increase, there will be nothing to sell.

Although the price of this thing is already ridiculously high, there are always people who can afford it. Basically, there is a state of price but no market. Of course, Li Congjia feels very uncomfortable if he has money but cannot make money, so he continued with this excuse. It is possible to re-sign a contract with Khitan, and it will not arouse Khitan's suspicion.

Li Congjia looked at Shi Xueting and asked, "What's the matter? Have you found out the whereabouts of the medicine?"

Shi Xueting shook his head: "No, why are you so obsessed with this medicine? It's not a good thing after all."

"Hey, there are two sides to this matter. Of course, this medicine is not a good thing for normal people. No medicine is good for normal people. But if this medicine is given to some patients, it is still very good."

Of course, what Li Congjia was more curious about was how did the Japanese develop this drug?Cooperating with the sound can make people's heart beat fast. If this is developed, wouldn't it be able to replace the pacemaker?

Of course, this is just his own idea. On the contrary, he is only curious about this drug, but wants other things in Japan, such as silver mines.

Li Congjia asked: "Did you find out before... those pirates were sent by Japan?"

Shi Xueting nodded: "All the evidence points to this, but there is no critical evidence after all, so I can only use Prince Fu Zi Nei's intention to assassinate as an excuse, but I think this excuse seems to be more useful."

Li Congjia didn't care what excuses he used, he was just curious: "Why did Japan do this? What's the point of robbing a few villages and killing them directly? Datang won't plummet just because these villages were wiped out."

Shi Xueting hesitated for a moment and said: "This is actually not without doubts. Anyway, the appearance of the pirates is quite strange. Those villages are not near the port, and the scale is not large. Judging from the results of the investigation, these The pirates seem to be going straight here halfway, as if they already know where their destination is, which is very strange."

Li Congjia frowned and said, "Forget it, we will always know when Japan is defeated."

Datang's conquest of Japan is about to begin, and Japan seems to feel the danger, and began to desperately issue credentials, and at the same time began to contact neighboring countries, hoping to find an ally.

However, its geographical location is destined to be a tragedy. To the north is Khitan, and to the south there are only the Angkor Dynasty and the Queen's Kingdom.

If it was in the past, it still had a Khitan to rely on, but now, the Tang Dynasty is unprecedentedly powerful, and the Khitan dare not easily confront the Datang, not to mention that Li Congjia used a large number of orders to satisfy the Khitan's appetite.

Yeluxian said directly at the court meeting: "If it is the Kara Khanate or other countries, maybe they can help a group, but a country like Japan has no meaning to help."

After all, Japan is too small, has too few resources, and is still a country composed of islands. Even if it helps such a country, Japan is doomed to become stronger by conquering other countries, unless it can go west and go ashore Occupy Datang.

The question is is it possible?

Japan is now about to be beaten to death by Datang, is it still growing?It is not cost-effective to help Japan, and it is necessary to fight against Datang. Ye Luxian is now focused on developing the domestic economy, so that at least he can compete with Datang in strength, so that Datang will not dare to take action against Khitan for the time being.

Otherwise...Ye Luxian himself can't see where the future of Khitan lies. How could he help Japan under such circumstances? Of course, the most important thing is that they don't have a fleet!

Khitan has been in possession of Koli Island for too short a time, and has not received much inheritance. It would be nice to be able to build ships, and return the fleet?Can't help, can't help.

The Khitan, who is most likely to help Japan, stop and quit, and Japan is basically in a state of isolation and helplessness.

And in this state, the newly appointed Emperor Shouping was going crazy.

Originally, with the help of his ancestral family, he managed to obtain the seat of emperor. Although he was still under the supervision of the Fujiwara family, he was able to sit on this seat after all.

But when he first came to power, facing such a behemoth as Datang, he collapsed on the spot.

"No, we can't start a war with Tang!" Emperor Shouping said sharply, "Goryo was so powerful back then, what's going on now? There's nothing left! There's nothing left!"

Fujiwara Miyai snorted coldly: "How can a country controlled by cowards compare with our country of the rising sun? You are still young and don't understand these things, so you don't care about this matter."

Emperor Shouhei was a little desperate. He was only 15 years old this year. Even if he became the emperor, the regent was Fujiwara Miyai.

From the very beginning, he was telling Fujiwara Miyori that he should have a good relationship with Tang. After the pirate incident, he even said that it would be good to just find a few death row prisoners as pirates and give Datang an explanation.

However, Mirai Fujiwara refused, and even asked his sister, Prince Fukochi, to go to Datang secretly.

At that time, Emperor Shohei, like others, thought that Prince Fukoko's mission was to marry. At that time, he thought that the Emperor Tang might not like Prince Fukoko. After all, Prince Fukoko was 21 years old, no matter in terms of age or appearance. From the looks of it, the 19-year-old Prince Zizi is more suitable.

As a result, bad news came within two days that Prince Fuzi Nei actually intended to assassinate Emperor Tang, but was beheaded by the angry Emperor Tang!

Emperor Shouhei was really flustered this time. He really wanted to reconcile with Tang Guo, but Fujiwara Miyori, who had already swollen, seemed to want to compete with Tang Guo!

Emperor Shouping gritted his teeth and thought for a long time, then decided to use the people left by his mother to write a letter to the emperor of the Tang Kingdom. Although it is not an official credential, but... this is probably the only way to save Japan and save himself up.

Emperor Shouping's letter went through many Taoists, and finally Arong sent it to Li Congjia. Over the years, her business has become bigger and bigger. Naturally, she also has business in Japan, but seeing that the war is about to start, she They pulled everyone back.

Arong also hesitated whether to give this letter to Li Congjia. Later, she found someone to check the entire letter without opening it, and made sure that there was no poison in the letter before entering the palace. Hand over the letter to Li Congjia.

Li Congjia was very surprised when he saw the letter: "Emperor Shouping entrusted you to give me a personal letter? Is there anything that cannot be said through the letter of credence?"

Shi Xueting said from the side: "It is very likely that his orders can no longer leave the palace."

Li Congjia was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that the Fujiwara family, which is really in power in Japan, seems to have had a disagreement with the Fujiwara family, and he couldn't control the Fujiwara family, so he could only secretly hand over the letter to the businessmen of Datang , Let these merchants hand over to the emperor. Of course, the possibility of success in this operation is very low, but Xianping Tianwang has no other choice.

A Rong handed the letter to Li Congjia, reported the recent situation of the firm, and then withdrew, leaving Shi Xueting and Li Congjia in the study. Li Congjia didn't want to read this letter at first, after all, no matter what was written in this letter, He would not change his decision to attack Japan.

But Shi Xueting said: "Let's take a look, the letter sent by Emperor Shouping with so much effort should not be for nonsense."

Li Congjia thought about it, and after reading the letter, he couldn't help but sneered and said, "It seems that losing power can still make people grow up. This 15-year-old little emperor already knows what it means to lead people to trouble."