As for King Li Ke of Wu, he was also brought up from prison to be sentenced in the hall that day. Although he was not the head of the incident, because such a big problem occurred under his rule, King Li Ke of Wu was responsible for dereliction of duty and resignation, so he was punished for three years of salary as a punishment.

This result was obviously a lighter resignation, which made Empress Changsun feel a sense of frustration. Zhou Zhang, who had been abolished, not only did not trip Li Ke, but instead damaged her image in the emperor's heart, which was not worth the loss. But didn't the elder brother say that this matter was foolproof? Which part of the problem was wrong?

Is Li Ke’s background too strong? Or is the Du family’s intervening for no reason? Is His Majesty’s wise and want to protect his son? Or is it because of Li You’s intrusion?

The queen thought about it but couldn't figure it out.

King Li Ke of Wu stayed in Chang'an for three more days, and the emperor summoned him before leaving.

"Someone suggested to me before that you could be re-banned from other places as a punishment, but I rejected it."

The father and son sat opposite each other, each with a cup of fragrant tea, and Li Er seemed to be chatting.

Li Ke was panicked and said respectfully: "Thank you, father for your kindness, I will definitely remember the lesson!"

Li Er on the opposite side was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "Well, you should indeed remember the lesson. The eagle will soar in the blue sky sooner or later.

Ke'er, I have never believed in my heart that you would rebel, but do you know why I still put you in jail?"

"The father is tempering his sons!"

“Not all.

You must understand that it is impossible to be born in the royal family without contacting power and scheming for the rest of your life. I cannot protect you for the rest of your life. Only self-improvement is the only way to protect yourself.” Li Er explained.

Li Ke stood up from his seat and saluted respectfully, "Kids keep in mind the teachings of his father."

He waved his hand to signal the other party to sit down, and Li Er continued, "I have an idea to ask you to do it."

The Jiangnan area is suitable for building a powerful navy for the Tang Dynasty. It is not possible for the Tang Dynasty to have only one navy in Lingnan. I do not believe in the loyalty of Duke Geng, Feng Ang, but rather that one branch is not as beautiful as a flower.

The Tang Dynasty almost swept through the surrounding countries. The future world may be fighting for hegemony at sea, so this second force must be controlled by the royal family. Do you understand?"

Li Ke pondered: "But the child has never contacted the navy and is afraid that he will not do well..."

"I have already explained this matter to build a shipyard in Jiangnan and Lingnan has established it. As for the establishment of the navy and the selection of generals, the military department will have a resolution. You have the right to choose who you are under your command and the support of the country. As long as you are careful, you will not have to worry about doing bad things."

"Can you let your fifth brother-in-law come and help me?" Li Ke asked.

Li Er gave the other party a blank look and cursed with a smile: "You really dare to think about it. I can't even urge that lazy cat. Do you still want to borrow it? As long as you can tell him to follow you, I will not interfere."

This... let's forget it. Li Ke is self-aware and probably has no chance.

"In the future, the Tang Dynasty will have at least four powerful navy troops, one of which is newly captured Goguryeo, built on Beisha City.

The other one is to be built in the port of Qizhou, the third one is your Jiangnan Navy, and the fourth one is Lingnan.

Each has its own division of labor, but I hope your team is the strongest, and the initial scale requires 100,000 permanent troops."

Hundred thousand?

Li Ke was shocked. The Tang Dynasty was a military system. If there were any wars, it would be temporarily convened. If there were really a normal army, there would be no 100,000 troops in Chang'an City, right? This navy would have to be 100,000 permanent troops?

Did the imperial court raise these soldiers?

"Father, let alone military expenses, I don't have the experience of leading 100,000 troops. Have you said too much?"

Li Er smiled and said, "Not much, Shaoqing told me that the income from maritime trade can support a million troops, and I have all given a discount on these hundred thousand.

You don’t have to worry about the general’s affairs. This time I’ve beaten Goguryeo, a group of young boys can be used after their experience. I’ll allocate a few to you at that time.”

Well, if that's the case, there's really nothing to worry about.

After talking about the main business, the father and son just savored tea while chatting until the end of a pot of tea, they stood up.

Li Er patted Li Ke's shoulder and said earnestly: "Son, if I am not here for the first time, these 100,000 navy will be your amulet in the future. You must remember it clearly. Don't let others plot again in the future."

Li Er, who had been working for a lifetime, knew clearly that the throne could not be passed to the third brother he liked, so he could only pass it to the son born by the queen. The Changsun family could plot against Li Ke once, but would plot against him for the second time in the future. As a father, he did not want to watch his son die tragically in the future.

As for whether Li Ke held military power and would rebel, there was no need to worry about whether he would rebel. It was a hundred thousand navy that could not reach the shore. The states and roads within the Tang Dynasty were now well managed. One hundred thousand cavalry might be a hidden danger, but one hundred thousand navy could not be, so this move can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Li Ke didn't understand his father's painstaking efforts, and kowtowed to Li Er with tears in his eyes.

A few days later, the scout came to report that the people who pursued King Li You of Qi failed and did not catch up with him. King Li You of Qi had returned to his fiefdom.

Then, news of the rebellion of King Li You of Qi was heard, and the government and the country were shocked for a moment.

The people did not understand their intentions and thought to themselves what happened this year? The prince rebelled one after another? Is the foundation of the Tang Dynasty unstable?

This time it was a real rebellion, and Li Er was really angry and scolded Li You for being worse than beasts.

Of course, almost no one takes Li You's rebellion seriously. A little kid who has no foundation or strength, how can he dare to rebel? At most, it is to harm the other side, and he can be restrained by just sending someone to do it.

Li Er was fine, so he didn't send anyone at all. He just wrote an imperial edict. Li Ji, who was on his way back, joined the Lingnan Navy and went to Qizhou to quell the rebellion. So His Highness, the King of Qi, was suppressed and captured alive after less than 30 days of rebellion, including more than 20 days of sending information back and forth.

The strangest thing is that the returning army escorted the prisoners of Goguryeo all the way. Now, there are more prisoners, including the King of Qi, Li You, and the scene is like Du He and his gang destroyed two countries.

At the Du Family Chamber of Commerce, Wu Zhao received a strange order from Du Shaoqing to transport food and grass to the northeast again, and the scale was no less than the last battle.

What is this to do? The war is over, and both sides fulfill the agreement. One of us can only pay. Moreover, the Du Family Chamber of Commerce has prepared enough goods to serve as military expenses for fulfilling the contract. What are the food transports now? Could it be that there will be another war? But who should we fight? It seems that it has started snowing in the Northeast at this time.

Wu Zhao, who was full of doubts, went to discuss with her husband. Du Shaoqing said: "Last time I was a military ration, but this time I used food to help our people, and the nature is different."

“Our people?

Husband, do you want to transport it to Yingzhou to rescue disasters? It's not right. You are clearly talking about transporting it to Fuyu City. "The more you listened, the more confused Wu Zhao became.

Du Shaoqing took out a small, small picture from the study and handed it over, "This is a map of all countries in the Northeast. From this winter, they are all assigned to the Tang Dynasty."

"What???

This is impossible! We just used our troops to destroy the country of Goguryeo, and the other small countries have not yet...

No, you won’t be after driving a tiger and swallowing the wolf, and you still want to have a fisherman to benefit and let the Tang Dynasty send troops to unify the Northeast, right?

Oh my God, husband, you are too cruel. You use all these tricks? Wouldn't it make people all over the world call you shameless and betray you?" Wu Zhao exclaimed.

Du Shaoqing pressed his wife on the chair and comforted her: "Safe, have you forgotten the principle of not fighting in winter? It's not that easy to borrow soldiers from the Tang Dynasty, you guessed it wrong."

Wu Zhao asked, "What's that? If you didn't take down these small countries, how could your husband say that these are all people of the Tang Dynasty?"

"It's a soldier who won't fight!

I have said before that after this battle, less than 30% of the Hu soldiers survived this time. Now they are tigers with teeth pulled out, and they surrendered after being scared.

Then I went over this batch of grain and took advantage of the situation to buy the people. I'm afraid this will be the biggest business that our Du Family Chamber of Commerce has done in the history of."

Du Shaoqing said, and couldn't help but think about it.

Wu Zhao grew up in surprise and kept deducing the feasibility of this matter in her mind until she suddenly realized her mind. Looking at her proud husband, she didn't know whether to praise or scold her. Finally, she couldn't help but step on the other party and spat: "Bah! Bad guy!

You are so calculating, why don’t you become the emperor?”

"Be an emperor? Stop making trouble. Will I be free and easy now when I am an emperor?"

This is my...

Wu Zhao was speechless. Du Shaoqing looked at the young wife being defeated, and felt a little funny, and there was also a cute stunning look. He couldn't help but pick up the other person...

A month later, all the generals involved in the Northeast war came back. The emperor led all civil and military officials to greet them personally and held a grand ceremony of return for the young generals. Almost everyone in the Tai Chi Hall received a reward, except Du He.

This is a notorious figure in the Tang Dynasty, and now it has become a very controversial image. Many people say that Du He is a prodigal son who returns and is not exchanged for gold. It is rare, but some people say that a villain who can poison his mother also has the opportunity to live in the court? Why? If there are such people in the court, then does the Tang Dynasty still have hope?

Because of the controversy between civil and military officials and Du He, Li Er asked the other party what he wanted in the Tai Chi Palace. After all, the capital of Goguryeo was defeated by Du He, and it would be impossible not to give an explanation.

Du He also recalled the haggard and concerned figure in the corner when he had just returned from glory. He saw the haggard and concerned figure in the corner from afar. He gave a military salute and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Du He doesn't want to give rewards, he just wants to marry Princess Chengyang."

The Tai Chi Palace was silent, and no one stood up to object, because everyone knew about a previous bet on this matter.

Everyone was watching Li Er's response, and Li Er avoided answering: "You have worked hard this battle and made great contributions. Wouldn't you disappoint the soldiers if you don't give up rewards? Let's change the conditions. Since you abandon your literature and follow the military, which army do you want to develop in?"

"I am willing to exchange all my military merits for Princess Chengyang alone, and I have no other requests! Even if I go back to my hometown to farm in the future, I can do it." Du He insisted.

"Hmph, will I marry my daughter to a farmer? You..." At this point, he suddenly remembered that his daughter Li Lizhi just married a countryman?

So he changed his words and said, "You and Du Shaoqing are worthy of being brothers. Why? Want to learn from your brother?

Since you insist on not changing, then, you made a promise with me to destroy a country by one person, and I agreed to your marriage with Chengyang. Do you think you are qualified now?"

At this time, the young general Fang Yiai stood up and supported his friend and said, "Your Majesty, Qinglian commanded the 150,000 troops to march from the east road until the end of the attack on the capital of Goguryeo. Isn't this just destroying the country by one?"

Fang Xuanling saw that his son dared to stand up, and couldn't help but look back and stop him with his eyes, but Fang Er did not care about this? He was looking at Li Er earnestly, wanting him to agree.

At this time, other young generals stood up one after another, "Your Majesty, this battle to destroy the country was completely General Du He's plan. We generally recognize him as the main general, and the contribution of destroying the country should be his."

OK, this must be discussed, everyone will help you with favors.

For a moment, all the civil and military officials were shocked, thinking that these young people were the backbone of the Tang Dynasty in the future. Now they stood together so much, and they all supported Du He. It seems that the Du family has produced another outstanding figure.

The Du brothers are both literary and military. The first family in the Tang Dynasty may not have escaped in the future. Du Ruhui will really have a son.

I thought that Li Er had nothing to say and could only agree, but the emperor was unconventional and looked at Du He with deep meaning and asked, "They said that the credit this time is all attributed to you, what do you think?"

Du He looked back gratefully and glanced at the group of robes, then gave everyone an apology, which made everyone feel puzzled.

Then Du He replied to Li Er: "Your Majesty, the attack and destruction of Goguryeo is not the only general. The merit record is clearly recorded in the book. The east and west marches on their own, and the credits each account for half of them.

Although the capture of Pyongyang City was the command of the last general, the generals worked together, and the reinforcements brought by His Highness the eldest prince rushed to Silla thousands of miles away. Otherwise, not to mention breaking Pyongyang City, there was even a possibility of being reversed in this battle.

Therefore, the last general dare not take credit, and destroying Goguryeo is not considered to destroy the country alone."

"Qinglian! How could you say that?" Everyone persuaded them.

Li Er spread his hands and said, "So, did you lose the bet?"

Then I can't do anything about it."

At this time, Li Chengqian stood up and said, "Father, no one knows the civil and military in the court. The two childhood sweethearts are affectionate with each other. It is not easy to destroy one country by one? Du He accounts for at least half of the contributions in this battle. You can be kind and fulfill his and Sister Chengyang!"

"Please be kind to you, Your Majesty!" A group of young generals bowed and begged.

Li Er pondered: "What do you guys think?"

The civil and military officials didn't know what the emperor meant, so they just replied that they could fulfill this lover.

Now that things have come to this point, Li Er has satisfied his desire to control, that is, if you want something, it can only be my gift, otherwise you will not be able to get it. So he smiled and said, "That's it, then do it like this, it's also..."
Chapter completed!