But in Ah He's tearful accusations, Li Xia seemed to be able to see what a four-hundred-year-old decadent dynasty would look like when it was about to collapse.

"We call Myanmar the 'kingdom of pagodas'." Gao Changshou said: "its kings of all dynasties like to build pagodas. The eminent monks have the power to control the king. The temples own the fields and pagoda slaves, and they eat without cultivating, so that the people

When poverty and wealth are exhausted, the country's power will decline day by day."

"Dali also worships Buddhism."

"Your Majesty, it's different." Gao Changshou said: "A big country worships Buddhism and integrates Confucianism and Buddhism into one. Confucian students all believe in Buddhism, and Buddhists also recite Confucian books. There is the so-called 'Buddhist Confucianism', which has the compassion of Buddhism."

, with the benevolence of Confucianism, the most important thing is all the people. It is not like the king of Burma, who exhausted all the people to worship the Buddha for one person... Therefore, I ask for the conquest of Burma to save all its people from hanging upside down."

He has been preparing for this for a long time.

However, the emperor on the throne shook his head.

~~

In Chang'an City, Bao's Restaurant.

Li Changyi and Gao Anqing sat down in the private room on the top floor.

In fact, several brothers from the Gao family, as well as Li Changyi's two brothers Shilang and Thirteenth were also in the restaurant, but Li Changyi obviously had something to say and wanted to talk to Gao Anqing alone.

"Can I eat spicy food?"

Questions like this have often been heard in the past few years since chili peppers were brought back.

Gao Anqing responded with a smile: "You can eat some. Chili is popular in our country very quickly. It is used to remove dampness. Nowadays, others are afraid of spicy food, but Yunnan people are not afraid of spicy food."

Li Changyi ordered the dishes with a smile and said: "I remember meeting my cousin in Hanzhong when I was very young, and then in Chang'an. Today is the third time we get along, right?"

"Yes." Gao Anqing whispered: "The Gao family has not been in the north for a long time like the Zhang family, so His Highness has been wronged..."

Li Changyi quickly raised his hand and waved, saying: "I'm not wronged. My second brother only encourages me. This is the truth. On the contrary, the imperial court has never canonized you as the heir apparent. Are you wronged?"

Gao Anqing was stunned and said: "After the conquest of Japan, Your Majesty ruled it with prefectures and counties, and the princes were not crowned kings. From this, it can be seen that not being crowned the prince is related to national policy and not against the Gao family. I will not be aggrieved by this."

Li Changyi raised the wine pot before pouring it for Gao Anqing.

"I'll do it." Gao Anqing quickly took it.

"It is not that there is no enfeoffment at all." Li Changyi said: "In recent years, important ministers have often discussed this matter. In fact, my father is not completely unenfessable. The areas within the power of the imperial court should be governed by prefectures and counties. And the places far away from the border are governed by states and counties.

, after all, we still have to rely on enfeoffment to block the vassal center."

As he spoke, he took the wine Gao Anqing poured and took a sip.

"As the saying goes, 'The emperor has the right to guard the four barbarians', Zhao and Song Dynasties were afraid that the border commanders would rely on the troops and did not dare to delegate power. Therefore, once the four barbarians had police, the country would not be defended. The country must have screens and vassals to avoid foreign invasion and prevent foreign invasion.

Losing the spirit of pioneering...needs a loyal and trustworthy Pingfan."

Gao Anqing was a little nervous after hearing these words and didn't know what to say.

After a while, the store served the food.

Li Changyi didn't want outsiders to be present, so he asked the store owner to leave.

Gao Anqing quickly stood up and cooked the meat.

Li Changyi took another sip of wine, looked at Gao Anqing silently for a while, and said, "I always feel that everyone in the Gao family has a sense of neither fighting nor grabbing."

"Why did Your Highness say this?"

"This is the case with the Queen Mother. I have never seen her angry with anyone." Li Changyi said, with a smile on his face and murmured: "The ladies in the palace all say, 'The Queen is the living Guanyin Bodhisattva.'"

Gao Anqing nodded, not knowing how to respond, and said: "Yes."

"The same goes for my second uncle and aunt. My second uncle rarely competes with others for credit. He was not in a hurry when he conquered Jiangnan. When he became the king of Yunnan, he asked for the crown prince. There has been no movement for so many years, and he has not been unhappy. My aunt's natal family lost the Duan family.

Although I have great power, I have never complained about my second uncle. And my cousin, you are not very utilitarian."

"Perhaps it's because of Dali's worship of Buddha, maybe I have such a temperament." Gao Anqing thought for a while and commented to himself: "I seem... a little boring?"

"A little bit." Li Changyi smiled, raised his glass, and touched it with Gao Anqing.

~~

The next day.

Li Changyi woke up from the couch and heard Liu Yao tease him: "How much did His Highness drink yesterday? He was actually helped to the door. Is it true that you get drunk once a year?"

"I have made progress this year. I drank five drinks."

"It won't work if you get drunk outside." Liu Yao's face darkened and she said, "What if something happens?"

"It doesn't matter." Li Changyi whispered to himself: "If I don't even dare to get drunk in front of him, how can I dare to hand over the Southwest Ping Domain to the Gao family in the future?"

"I see, Your Highness is just showing off."

"I should have a good eye on people."

"so what?"

Li Changyi stood up and said: "I plan to write a memorial and ask for the conquest of Burma."

~~

In the spring of the 19th year of Tong's reign, the whole court was in an uproar because of a memorial written by Li Changyi.

Li Changjing and Zhang Honglue immediately gathered a group of ministers who opposed the conquest of Burma and suppressed the prince's power in the court.

Some officials believed that the imperial court had been fighting for years and did not have the national strength to conquer Myanmar; others believed that Myanmar was not worth conquering... Although they did not mean to do so, they all pointed out the prince's mistake in this matter.

Some officials bluntly said that "the prince lost his rational judgment because of his relationship with the Gao family."

As a result, not only the prince, but also the Gao family was impeached one after another. All officials knew that Gao Changshou was difficult to deal with, and they pointed their fingers at Gao Anqing.

As public opinion intensified, it had a serious impact on the prince's prestige.

This was the closest time in Li Changjing's life to the hope of seizing the throne.

However, as a piece of news reached the capital, all this public opinion came to an abrupt end.

"The Kingdom of Burma took advantage of the absence of the King of Yunnan and sent 40,000 troops and 800 war elephants to attack Yingjiang, Jinte, and Mengban in the Tang Dynasty!"

"..."

No one thought that the country of Myanmar was the first to start the war.

The attack on the prince from the DPRK stopped immediately.

Li Changjing could not accept that he was so blinded by power that he was humiliated by such a small country.

That night he got very drunk. At the end of the night, he wrote a poem at the Baiyun Tower beside Jishui Pond in the city, which became the biggest anecdote in the capital that year.

In the following years, when the second prince was mentioned, many people could think of that poem.

"I have an eternal karma, why am I trapped in a shallow bottom?"

~~

At the end of March, news came again from Yunnan.

"Good news! Deputy envoy Pu Wei of Dali Road led 800 elite cavalry to Yingjiang. After a fierce battle for half a day, they broke the elephant formation of the Burmese army. The Burmese army retreated in chaos. Deputy envoy Pu pursued for hundreds of miles and entered Myanmar, defeating thirty of his strongholds in a row.

five!"

The courtiers were not surprised by this result.

But they all felt like it was not enough.

Li Changyi, Gao Changshou, Gao Anqing and others once again submitted a letter asking for conquest in Burma.

This time, Li Xia finally called.

He changed the title of Gao Changshou to the king of Burma, appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the army to conquer Burma, and returned to Yunnan to prepare for the conquest of Burma.

In addition, Gao Anqing was enthroned as the Crown Prince of Burma, and Li Changyun, the tenth son of the emperor, patrolled southern Xinjiang on behalf of the emperor and had full authority to handle tribute matters from the southwestern vassals.

This time, all the officials in the court smelled something else.

What are "Southwestern vassals"?

~~

The twenty-second year of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The Tang army basically conquered the cities in northern Myanmar.

Gao Changshou, Gao Anqing and his son understood the customs and climate of the southwest and were not in a hurry to advance. Instead, they divided their troops and stationed them in various places, established a plan to calm the people, and managed them carefully. They tried their best to avoid the impact of hot weather on the soldiers.

But in this year, the Burmese king Naratihebodi was killed by his concubine Tihedu.

Tihedu declared himself king and wanted to recruit troops to fight against the Tang army.

However, before the Tang army arrived in Bagan city, Tihe was killed in the chaos with his brothers. The Bagan dynasty was destroyed, and officials from all over the country surrendered to the Tang army.

…

The detailed battle report was sent to the capital. After Li Xia read it, he handed it to Li Changyi.

Li Changyi didn't feel too much joy, but more of emotion.

"The king of Burma refused to stop exploiting the people and could not restrain his sons from competing for the throne. The country was destroyed so quickly."
To be continued...