Three whips break the father-son relationship, please call me prince

Chapter 196 Tianzhu is Li Ke's fiefdom? Liu Rengui's spirit points
Li Ke put his hands on his knees, his posture was upright, his eyebrows were sharp, his eyes were bright, his bearing was dignified, and his eyes were bright.

In the eyes of his ministers, he was extremely brave and heroic.

However, Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian frowned secretly.

No matter from what angle, they would not have any good feelings towards Li Ke.

If the crown prince had not agreed, they would never have allowed Li Ke to stay in Chang'an.

Xiao Yu alone is enough to annoy them.

With the addition of a prince, the situation becomes even more complicated.

Now, the prince is surrounded by not only their faction, but also other forces.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince has placed great hopes on the princes. I am the King of Wu, the eldest of the princes. I should set an example and be brave enough to take the lead."

"Only in this way can we live up to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's expectations."

Li Ke said so.

Li Chengqian is the eldest son, the crown prince, and the emperor.

Not among the princes.

Li Ke was the third son of Li Shimin and the eldest among many princes.

It is reasonable to say that he is the head of the princes.

Of course, this does not include Li Yuan’s sons.

No one spoke.

Today's Tubo seems to be in internal chaos, but it is precisely because of this that it appears dangerous.

The more chaotic the situation is, the more likely it is that ambitious people will emerge and do not play by the rules.

If a messenger goes there and something goes wrong, all you have to do is avenge him.

But for a prince, at this critical juncture, if anything happens to him, no matter how bad it is, it will be a disaster.

It will have a very bad impact on the Tang Dynasty and the Crown Prince.

"Saburo."

Li Chengqian said: "Your Majesty said that Tubo is not worth mentioning, there is no need to mobilize troops."

"You are the prince of the Tang Dynasty, of high status and inestimable wealth."

"You went to Tubo as an envoy. You think too highly of Tubo."

Seeing that Li Ke was about to speak, he suppressed him and said, "Alright, I know what you are thinking."

"But I won't allow it!"

After careful consideration, Li Chengqian rejected Li Ke's proposal.

Again.

Letting the prince go to Tibet is a great honor to Songtsen Gampo.

His tone left no room for doubt, so Li Ke had to give up, and Xiao Yu also breathed a sigh of relief.

If Li Ke was really allowed to go, he would be so nervous that he would not be able to sleep peacefully.

After some discussion, three candidates were finally chosen.

Secretary Shangguan Yi, Imperial Censor Liu Rengui, and Prime Minister of Tuyuhun Wang Xuance.

Li Chengqian favors Wang Xuance.

But others think Liu Rengui is a good person.

Li Chengqian had no choice but to follow suit and granted Liu Rengui permission to go on a diplomatic mission to Tubo.

Everyone then discussed a series of follow-up actions against Tubo, and that was the end.

"Don't be anxious."

"Work around me first, then you'll have the time to show your skills."

Li Chengqian said with a smile.

Li Ke is still young and has talent and ability, but he still needs to hone his skills.

"I understand." Li Ke smiled, but he was actually a little disappointed.

The expectations he carries are not small at all, and the pressure is enormous.

Especially standing in Chang'an City, standing next to the prince.

Countless eyes were staring at him, even his younger brothers and sisters were watching what he was doing.

Other brothers and sisters will not compare themselves with the prince.

Because of the identities of both parties, the prince is not someone they can compare to.

But he is different. His actions represent the answer to what the prince will do in the future.

Li Chengqian asked someone to bring the map and spread it out.

Take off your boots, put on your footwear, and step on the map.

He really likes this way of looking at maps, as if the whole world is at his feet.

Li Zhi, Chang Sun Chong, Li Ke and others also took off their boots and walked forward, surrounding Li Chengqian.

"What do you think is this side of Tibet?"

Li Chengqian pointed to the west of Tubo and asked.

"According to records and rumors, that place should be India."

Li Zhi said.

Li Chengqian squatted down, stared at Tubo on the map, and said, "What kind of country is Tianzhu? What is their land like?"

"do you know?"

Li Ke then said: "According to the news brought back by the silk caravan, the country of Tianzhu is very rich and has a large population..."

India was not mysterious to the Tang Dynasty.

The Silk Road opened the door to the west.

Many people from India also arrived in Chang'an, and the trade exchanges between the two sides were very close.

"Tibet is not a rich and fertile place."

Li Chengqian said calmly: "It's just that he is too close to Chang'an, looking down from a high place, and approaching very close."

"It's weak now, but if we leave it alone, it will grow into a huge disaster."

The three listened to his story.

"But getting rid of it is just a matter of convenience."

Li Chengqian's finger started from Chang'an, passed through Tubo, and finally landed on Tianzhu, which was not marked. "I want to find a new shortcut from Tubo to Tianzhu."

"It would be too long for the army to go all the way from the Western Regions, and the cost and effort would be too huge."

"If we can go to India from Tibet."

"Do you know what this means?"

Everyone was horrified.

They didn't expect that there was such a deep conspiracy behind it.

Li Zhi blurted out, "Move the troops and attack directly!"

Li Ke also squatted down, his eyes were full of enthusiasm, "The army's detour through the Western Regions will cost less than half of what it would have spent on the Tibetan route." "But this half is enough to support the battle."

"Is there such a road?"

Li Chengqian said: "According to what I heard, there is such a road."

"Why doesn't Tubo go to India?" Li Zhi asked.

"This question is very simple, because the center is our Tang Dynasty, which is the place that all countries yearn for. For Tubo, Tianzhu is far less attractive than the Tang Dynasty."

Li Chengqian knew it very well.

It’s not that Tubo doesn’t know about India, it’s that he doesn’t know what India will bring.

Later, a Tang man destroyed an entire country.

Let Tubo see the richness and vast resources of India.

Then Tubo adjusted its strategy. On the one hand, it absorbed the resources of India to strengthen itself, and on the other hand, it submitted to the Tang Dynasty and developed secretly.

Finally, a Tubo Dynasty emerged that was large enough to threaten the Tang Dynasty.

Now, he would never allow such a thing to happen again.

India can only be a dish on the plate and meat in the pot of the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, a fool asked a question that made Li Chengqian unable to hold back.

"Why go all the way to India?"

Upon hearing this, the three of them almost turned around at the same time and looked at Chang Sun Chong.

Chang Sun Chong was a little confused. Being stared at by the three people, he touched the back of his head embarrassedly.

Li Zhi and Li Ke actually had the same doubt.

Why go to Tianzhu?
However, they were tactful enough not to bring it up.

Li Chengqian's mouth twitched, and he suppressed his anger, stood up and said, "Last year, the population of the Tang Dynasty was 17 million."

"This year, the population of Datang is estimated to be over 18 million."

“Next year, it may exceed 20 million.”

"In three years, five years, ten years, what will be the population of the Tang Dynasty?"

"Brother Chong said, what are you going to do in Tianzhu?"

"Food, resources!"

"The imperial court must transport the food and resources from India back to feed the people of the Tang Dynasty."

This is Li Chengqian’s goal.

If the Tang Dynasty could take over India, it would provide a steady supply of blood to the Central Plains.

He couldn't even imagine being self-sufficient in local resources and having external supplies.

What a booming event the Tang Dynasty will see.

It won’t take long, maybe twenty years.

Twenty years can bring about earth-shaking changes in the entire Tang Dynasty.

"How about this place as Sanlang's fiefdom?"

Forehead!
No one expected that the prince would change his tone so quickly.

This brings us to the fiefdom.

No one reacted.

Li Ke came back to his senses and said, "It all depends on my brother's decision."

Li Zhi said nothing. If Li Ke was really sent to Tianzhu, he would be far away from the center of the imperial court.

He couldn't understand whether the Crown Prince really valued India or wanted to exile all the princes.

"It's just a rough guess now."

"It still depends on the actual situation after the Tibetan issue is resolved."

Tianzhu, Li Chengqian is sure to take it.

No one can stop it.

Moreover, they wanted to swallow up a large territory that would belong to the Tang Dynasty in the future.

From a global perspective, the territory of the Tang Dynasty was too great. The north was covered with ice and snow, the east was the sea, the south was forest miasma, the west was blocked by the Tianshan Mountains, and the northwest was too far away from the Central Plains.

But it is also because of this that if you want to break out, it is absolutely impossible without extraordinary vision and ambition, as well as strong resource support.

If there were no Tianshan Mountains to the west, do you think the ancients would have marched further west to expand their territory and increase its size?

Li Chengqian walked to the southeast, paused, and finally took a step forward and walked out of the spread out map.

southeast.

There’s no rush yet.

First manage the current business well, so that you will have extra energy to turn your attention to the south.

Besides, Li Shimin is still obsessed with Goguryeo.

Li Chengqian also wanted to defeat Goguryeo first, and then open up a smooth road to Silla and Baekje.

This can be used as a springboard to declare the authority of the Tang Dynasty on an island country.

A certain island country has never felt the cordial greetings from the father of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Chengqian would of course send it to them.

……

When Liu Rengui learned that he was going to be an envoy to Tubo, he found it a little hard to believe. He did not expect that this mission would fall on him.

As he was in the court, he naturally knew some of the situations in Tubo, and the newspapers in Chang'an had published them.

Going to Tibet now is dangerous, but it also means you can gain a future.

If he did it well and got Songtsen Gampo to come to Chang'an to apologize, it would be a great achievement.

When you come back, you will definitely be promoted.

I don't know who gave him the idea.

After receiving the imperial edict, he closed the door and looked through the books that the Han Dynasty envoys had read on their missions to other countries.

Even when the envoy team left Chang'an, he did not put down his books while on the road.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said so."

"The future of our Tang Dynasty may not be inferior to that of our predecessors."

"Everyone should have the ambition and passion to surpass their predecessors."

"The seniors have already set an example for you."

"You stand on their shoulders, and you have to surpass them."

"You can do it!"

"Liu Rengui, be more energetic, don't bring shame to the Tang Dynasty, and show the unparalleled power of the Tang Dynasty."

Liu Rengui looked at the classics, constantly hypnotizing himself and putting himself into the stories.

(End of this chapter)