Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1712 The Perfunctory Yuchi Gong
His Majesty felt guilty and changed the topic away. Everyone else was silent, but Cheng Yaojin grinned and laughed loudly: "Why is Your Majesty guilty?"

His Majesty Li Er was so angry that his teeth were itching, but he had known this old bastard's temperament for many years, and the more he fought with him, the more he would never end. In the end, he broke out without hesitation, regardless of making a scene, how could he be seriously punished?The emperor can only be sulking...

Ignoring this old ram, His Majesty Li Er said: "Fang Jun asked me yesterday, intending to launch the navy to go out to sea before winter, to find the main force of the Goguryeo navy. Laying a solid foundation can also inspire the whole army and boost morale. All of you loves are famous generals who are used to fighting in the battlefield, so it is feasible to come together to give advice and advice?"

Fang Jun settled down and waited to listen to the opinions of the famous generals.

Strictly speaking, these people here are the military figures with the highest military power, the oldest seniority, and the most experience in the empire. Everyone discusses state affairs together, which has the taste and prototype of a "military committee" of later generations...

"My minister thinks it's feasible."

It was Li Ji who spoke out first.

This gentleman is now Shangshu Zuopushe, the head of Zaifu, and also bears the honor and prestige of "Military No. 1" after Li Jing. , with the appearance of an unworldly master wandering in clouds and wild cranes.

There are not many words, but the position is clear and very weighty.

Li Daozong, Prince of Jiangxia County and Minister of the Ministry of Officials, immediately nodded in agreement: "During the Eastern Expedition, the land route must be the main force, but the battlefield is changing rapidly, and anything can happen. If the safety of the sea route can be ensured outside the land route, no matter the situation of the battle No matter how broken it is, it can maintain the smooth transportation of luggage, and the hundreds of thousands of troops on the Eastern Expedition are already in an invincible position."

Li Xiaogong gradually retired, and had withdrawn from the power center of the empire. Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia County, took over his position as "the No. 1 general of the royal family", and he was even more favored than Li Ji in terms of degree of favor.

The two were the first to express their views, and their attitudes were the same, almost setting the tone for today's motion.

Of course, the meeting place is the arena of interests, and every meeting is a competition of interests. No one is willing to offer their own interests with both hands. Go along with the flow...

Yu Chigong coughed lightly, his face much darker than Fang Jun's was full of solemnity, he said hesitantly: "Accordingly, Fang's son-in-law's proposal is indeed an old-fashioned move to seek the country, before thinking about victory, first think about defeat, the best strategy in the art of war. There is only one question, I don’t know if the son-in-law has thought about it. The sea is boundless and boundless. The coast of Goguryeo is also thousands of miles long. There are many good ports where the navy can be stationed. , The sea water has been frozen for only two months. If you want to find the main force of Goguryeo's navy in such a short period of time, it is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack. Backfired?"

Logically speaking, Yu Chigong's rhetoric is not unreasonable.

The news that the royal navy went out to sea looking for Goguryeo's navy to seek a decisive battle must not be concealed, and Goguryeo will definitely hear the news.Everyone knows that the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty is invincible across the seven seas. No matter how conceited and proud Goguryeo is, it is impossible to collide head-on with the Royal Navy and fight it out.

Their only chance of winning is to avoid Feng Rui and wait for an opportunity to sneak attack...

Of course, all the people here are outstanding people, and it can be seen that Yu Chigong's opposition to Fang Jun is not just for strategic reasons.

There is no doubt that Yu Chigong has a solid disposition, does not flatter, and is loyal to His Majesty Li Er.

But he begged a daughter of the Langya Wang family as a sequel...

As for the "two ladies in black and white", that's just folklore...

The Langya Wang family has lived in the south of the Yangtze River for hundreds of years. Although their official career has gradually died down, they have a profound foundation and flourishing branches.Yu Chigong's wife and Wang Xue'an were not in the same lineage, but from the lineage of Wang Qia, the third son of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Prime Minister Wang Dao, which can be regarded as Zhengshuo, the direct branch of the Langya Wang family.

Wang Qia is the cousin of the "Sage of Calligraphy" Wang Xizhi. It is said that the two have a close relationship like brothers and sisters. Moreover, this person is "good at all books, especially capable of official practice", and is also a calligrapher...

Everyone knows that the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River do not want to be involved in the Eastern Expedition. Now that the overseas Chinese and Wu surnames in Jiangnan are united, everyone just wants to make a fortune in peace, and they don't want the money, food and fodder to be confiscated by the court as military supplies.As the leader of the overseas Chinese in the past, the Wang family of Langya naturally bore the brunt of it.

It's just that they never thought that after being suppressed by Fang Jun, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River would actually replace Yu Chigong, who was deeply trusted by the emperor, as their spokesperson in the court...

This is indeed somewhat unexpected.

However, what is even more unexpected is that after Yu Chigong blatantly opposed Fang Junzhi's strategy, before everyone here could carefully ponder the meaning of it, there was still a joint reaction. After taking two sips, I leaned back on the back of the chair, closed my eyes, and regained my senses...

Who can fail to understand the meaning of this attitude?

My wife is the daughter of the Langya Wang family, and I myself have benefited a lot from the Langya Wang family, so here I express their wishes on behalf of the Langya Wang family.As for whether you all agree or disagree, that's up to you. Anyway, the court can speak freely, and we didn't say anything outrageous, just expressing our attitude, right?

So, from now on, you all can play to your heart's content, as long as you don't scold your mother, I won't hear you at all, and won't say anything...

The crowd could not laugh or cry.

The Wang family of Langya thought that they had climbed up to the emperor's confidant as Gao Zhi'er, but in the end, the daughter was sent here to make this scumbag a disaster for many years, but she was so vague and perfunctory when encountering serious matters. Yu Chigong's desperate thoughts have...

His Majesty Li Er was also helpless.

This old black seems to be rough and unintentional, but in fact he knows how to protect himself. Almost all the forces in the army are inclined to Fang Jun's proposal. If Yu Chigong strongly opposes it, he will not only stand on the opposite side of these people, but will not help the matter.

The approach is correct, but isn't your perfunctory attitude too much?
Anyway, that is also your Yue family, it's too cunning to take advantage of all the benefits but not do anything...

In this way, the strategy is determined.

As for how to implement it, it is something that needs to be considered within the Ministry of War. This is also the result of Fang Jun's repeated struggles for power for the Ministry of War.This is reasonable, the court only needs to determine the strategy in the general direction, if all the courtiers speak as before, and anyone can control the specific tactics, procrastination and complexity will inevitably be unavoidable.

What are the responsibilities of the Ministry of War?
You just need to tell me who to fight, as for how to fight, that is my own business...

Of course, for a war of the magnitude of a national conquest, it is still possible for the water route to be resolved by Fang Jun. Can you still expect the land army conquered by the emperor himself to obey the dispatch of the Ministry of War?

There is no doubt that no matter how high the power and responsibility of the Ministry of War is, it must be placed under the emperor.

Unless Fang Jun doesn't want to mess around...

After the important matter was decided, Li Daliang sighed and said: "I have been in the same palace as Fang for more than ten years. I really envy him now that he can go south by boat and enjoy the charm of the Jiangnan water town. It will take a few more years. I can't ride horses or bows. You have to imitate Fang Xiang and travel leisurely in the mountains and rivers, exile to the countryside."

This gentleman came from a family of officials and eunuchs, a well-known local family in Jingyang. His father was the governor of Shuozhou in the Sui Dynasty and the Duke of Wuyang County.

However, even if they come from such a prominent family, they are indifferent to fame and wealth, and the family has little surplus money, and is very poor.

His Majesty Li Er said dissatisfied: "Aiqing Ershun is not yet sixty years old, she is strong and energetic, she should be a good student and serve the court for a few more years, why is she so negative?"

In his expectation, once he personally marches, Fang Xuanling, who is good at planning, and Li Daliang, who is steady and brave, will be left to assist the prince in the capital, so that the army can be stabilized and he can have no worries.But now that Fang Xuanling has retired, he has already worried himself about who to choose to stay in the capital to control the officials and assist the prince. If Li Daliang is not interested in state affairs, would it be possible to let Li Ji, the number one in the army, sit in the capital?
Without Li Ji's strategy of war, His Majesty Li Er himself felt a little guilty in the face of Goguryeo's tenacious resistance...

Li Daliang said gratefully: "The old minister just expressed his feelings for a while. When the empire is invigorated, he should be smashed to pieces to help His Majesty achieve great achievements through the ages, and he will die!"

His Majesty Li Er was satisfied with this.

The old officials in the court are getting old, and the new generation of civil and military officials has come out, except for a few outstanding ones like Fang Jun, the rest make it difficult for him to completely rest assured.After handing over the empire to those young officials, can they take the lead and protect the empire along this beautiful road?
(End of this chapter)