Chapter Thirty-Nine: Take Chestnuts from the Fire
Even though Li Yuanai is in Jiangnan, he can guess what Li Zhi faces in Chang'an.
Not to mention Li Zhi, even Li Shimin, a hero who has proved himself and has returned home, encountered strong opposition when he proposed to attack Goguryeo.
In particular, the ministers led by Wei Zheng repeatedly dissuaded them, postponing the conquest of Goguryeo for three years.
At this moment, although sending troops to the Malay Peninsula can achieve high profits, it will inevitably end up in small countries competing for profits, which is not conducive to the unification of Southeast Asia.
Between these pros and cons, although Li Zhi was a decision-maker, he could not act arbitrary and needed the support of court officials in the temple, especially the prime minister.
In the Tang Dynasty system, the prime minister had the right to reject the emperor's imperial edict and order.
After all, no one wants to keep criticized. The reason why the court has not taken action for a long time is that there is no suitable opportunity to establish a chastity arch for itself.
In this civil turmoil, Buddhist believer Zoejing made himself king and encouraged the people to rebel against the Lhali Kingdom.
Isn’t this exactly the reason for the Tang Dynasty to send troops?
Today, Xiubaman came to ask for help from the soldiers. If they leave in the future, they would not say what they said.
It is easy to ask God, but it is not that easy to send God.
Li Yuanai stopped hesitating and immediately said, "Don't worry, Prince Xiubaman, Gu hates Buddhism the most. If everyone puts it down, human beings will perish. If this tribe is so great, how can we go to Chang'an? Gu will arrange for you to go straight to Chang'an... No, you wait in Quanzhou and write a blood letter to me. Gu directly and sent it to Chang'an in an 800-mile memorial. Will the court send troops? It is impossible to be the master of this place, but if you have been serving in the Loli Kingdom for many years, the saints will definitely not sit idly by and watch the vassal state be wronged and bullied."
Xiubaman now also hated Buddhism and hurriedly said, "I will write a blood book to ask the saint to give mercy."
He said, bit his fingers directly, then took out a square scarf, and wrote a bloody letter in tears.
Li Yuanai did not hesitate and immediately expressed his intention to send the blood letter to the capital.
"The person who comes here will arrange the good life of Prince Xiubaman and treat it as a second-rank senior official!"
Second-rank senior officials are already the standard of a senior official.
The practice of Boban Man was naturally touched and moved.
After seeing Xiu Baman off, Li Yuanai immediately invited Li Gongyan, the governor of Quanzhou.
This minister, who was praised by Li Shimin, has become Li Yuanai's indispensable right-hand man.
He explained the situation of Xiu Baman to Li Gongyan in detail.
Li Gongyan knew Li Yuanai's desire for the Malay Peninsula, and was overjoyed and said, "This is great. It really means God bless me to the Tang Dynasty."
Li Yuanai said: "Gong Yan, this is what I mean. Please send it to Feng Xuan and ask him to help."
Seeing that Li Yuanai did not put an envelope on the letter, he just gave him a piece of paper. He understood that he was not hiding it. He took a look and asked Feng Xuan to arrange for the merchant to go to Sumatra Island and spread the news that Xiu Baman arrived in Quanzhou and asked the Tang Dynasty for help.
Feng Xuan was the local emperor of Lingnan, and Guangzhou also had the convenience of connecting the sea.
Feng Xuan has always had certain trade deals with several island countries in Southeast Asia.
They do not have the ability to cross the Pacific Ocean, but they have no problems in the waters of Southeast Asia.
Li Gongyan looked at Li Yuanai in shock.
Li Yuanai narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Why do you have to pursue the next one? Gong Yan remembers why Liu Xuande took over Jingzhou?"
Li Gongyan thought for a while and suddenly realized.
The lord of Jingzhou was originally Liu Jingsheng who rode alone into Jing, but because Liu Cong surrendered to the enemy, Liu Bei respected Liu Qi as the lord of Jingzhou, seized the four counties in Jingnan in his name, and then borrowed Jiangling from Sun Quan, and naturally took over Jingzhou from Liu Qi, who died of illness.
What is the difference between the situation in Sumatra now?
Zoe Jing betrayed his king, founded Sriva and died, and his troops surrounded the capital of Gangali. As long as Zoe Jing destroyed Gangali, Xiubaman would be Liu Qi in the hands of the Tang Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty helped him restore the country, helped him wipe out all rebellious forces, and helped him to the throne of the king of the Khali Kingdom.
But compared to Liu Qi's weak and sickness, Xiu Baman's health was a little better.
But is this a matter?
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Sumatra!
Zoejing is also a hero of a generation. He has been planning secretly for many years and has succeeded in one fell swoop.
Looking at the uneasy capital that he was besieging himself, Zoejing was not in a hurry to attack. The overall situation was decided, and he didn't want to bear the name of killing the Lord.
Although Zoejing was in the name of Buddhism, he knew very well in his heart.
Buddhist theories cannot govern a country well. If you want to have a firm seat, you have to use the Tang Dynasty's trick.
Benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and filial piety are still applicable, otherwise no one can stand the thief conspiring to rebel every few days.
But at this moment, Zoejing learned that Xiubaman had asked for help from the Tang Dynasty.
At this moment, Zoe was in chaos in the wind.
Compared with the Western Regions, a corner of the north, northeast and south is pediatrics.
The war between countries is a small fight between tribes.
Thousands and tens of thousands of soldiers are like them, and they are not at the same level as Xue Yantuo, Goguryeo, who are 100,000 cavalrymen.
The Tang Dynasty went on all sides and was invincible. No one knew how many soldiers he could mobilize. Only after understanding the Tang Dynasty to the Zhenguan Dynasty, except for the first year, when the Jie Li Khan soldiers admitted their conscience to the Wei River, they never lost other major and large battles.
The most terrifying thing is that most of the battles fought in the Tang Dynasty in the past twenty years were wars of national destruction...
If you don’t have a birth, you will be gone; if you win, you will destroy the country.
This disagreement will destroy the other person, and there is no room for maneuver. Who can stand it?
Zoejing felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest. He planned for three years and gathered only eight thousand troops. He also used these eight thousand to kill the capital of Ganlian.
The success of the road has only been in the process of incorporation, and so far, there are only 15,000 soldiers.
Xiuba Manzhen asked for reinforcements. Is the five-strong army in his hands enough for the Tang Dynasty to spread its teeth?
Zoejing had already thought about it. As long as he replaced Gancai, the first thing he did was to prepare enough money to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty.
According to his understanding, the emperors of the Chinese dynasty all had good faces. As long as they were pious enough and gave more gifts to pay, they could win the favor.
Xiu Baman begged for reinforcements but his entire plan was broken.
Clamping his fist, Zoe Jing pondered for a moment, his eyes showed a trace of determination, and he shouted: "Strike the city immediately, at any cost."
The current situation cannot be dragged down, and the more it drags down, the more dangerous it becomes.
Regardless of whether the Tang Dynasty sent troops to support or wrote a book to order him to stop the war, as long as the Gangali Kingdom was destroyed before this, and the matter was eliminated and the situation was a foregone conclusion, it would be possible to avoid a head-on conflict with the Tang Empire.
Giving Zoe ten courage, he didn't dare to change his idea of opposing the Tang Dynasty.
It was just an arrow on the string and had to be fired.
Chapter completed!