"Duke of Wei," Li Shimin said tiredly, "I plan to be the general manager of Lingnan Road, command the troops in Lingnan, Jianghuai, and go south to pacify the rebellions of Ning Changzhen Feng Xuan and others."

Wei Zheng left the list, "Your Majesty, I think it is not necessary for Duke Wei to lead a large army south. In the rebellion of Lingnan, it is enough to have Taishi Li alone."

"Lingnan Ning Changzhen, Feng Xuan, Tan Dian and other chiefs raised troops to rebel. Feng Ang and Chen Longshu still expressed their opinions. Lingnan has been in chaos. How can I sit down and watch Lingnan decay? I will not tolerate the rebellion in Lingnan, nor will I indulge, nor will I sit down and watch. This time, I will never be ruthless. Lingnan is also Lingnan of the Tang Dynasty. Feng Ning and his family, as ministers of the Tang Dynasty, have launched a rebellion and must be suppressed and pacified."

Wei Zheng did not support the emperor's move to fight.

The news that comes from Lingnan is only Ning Changzhen, Feng Xuan and Tan Dian rebelled, and Feng Ang and Chen Longshu did not raise an army. Although Feng Xuan is Feng Ang brother, the Feng family is dominated by Feng Ang, and Chen Longshu followed the court and was still a feud with Tandian.

Not to mention the location of Lingnan, it is a remote place. If the imperial court rashly raises up a large army to attack, it will mobilize a large number of troops, and it will cost a lot of troops. Moreover, it is not familiar with the terrain, and there may be many soldiers. It may even make Feng Ang and others frighten them and force them to rebel.

"I still suggest that the Grand Tutor Li Chao go to Lingnan to suffocate the rebellion."

"Li Chao only has a few thousand soldiers." Li Shimin said.

"Your Majesty, Guangzhou and Jiaozhou are under the control of the imperial court, and there are still thousands of soldiers there. Besides, Feng Ang and Chen Longshu may not rebel. Li Chao will come to Lingnan and can recruit them to cooperate."

"I am worried that Wen Yuan's army is small and weak."

"But Wenyuan has 5,000 current soldiers, which is much faster than temporarily recruiting troops from all over the south of Jianghuai Lingnan. If Your Majesty is still worried that Li Wenyuan has fewer soldiers, then Your Majesty can issue an order to temporarily control the troops and horses of Lingnan for a while and be controlled by him."

The emperor hesitated.

He believed in Li Chao's ability to use troops, but Li Chao was going to conquer his fiefdom, Yue. This was also the time when he left the imperial center and now he was asked to command troops to quell the chaos. The chaos would probably be pacified soon, and then Li Chao would make another great contribution.

"Wang Gui was moved to the Guangdong Daoxuanfu envoy and the governor of Guangzhou, Cui Renshi was moved to the Guangxi Daoxuanfu envoy and the governor of Yongzhou, and Yang Shidao was moved to the Guangnan Daoxuanfu envoy and the governor of Jiaozhou!"

"Appoint Li Chao as the ambassador of the seven provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Guangnan, Vietnam, Yunnan, Hunan, Qianzhong, and Qianzhong!"

The court meeting ends.

Li Shimin summoned the prime minister of the Third Court in the Imperial Study Room.

The emperor was walking in the hall with his hands on his back.

After a long time, the emperor spoke, "From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, although counties and counties in Lingnan have been established for a long time, they have always been famous and unreal. They are called court counties and counties, and are actually dependents. At the end of the Qin and early Han Dynasties, Zhao Tuo even established the Nanyue Kingdom and even became emperor for a time. Nanyue was established for more than 100 years, and it owned the land of Lingnan, Guangdong and Guangxi, and even occupied the first part."

"Although Nanyue surrendered later, the Central Plains had always had very weak control over Lingnan. During the previous dynasty, Lingnan was also not always rebelled and submissive. I thought it was a chance for the Tang Dynasty to have such a country. This time, Feng Ning rebelled, I thought it was a chance. The court had the name of becoming a military commander and could formally attack Lingnan, gain control, and truly control, and to enshrine those sluts and sluts and sluts and bring all the land of Lingnan to the court."

As soon as the emperor opened his mouth, he announced his ambitions, and no one was surprised by the prime ministers who were sitting there.

Their emperor was an ambitious monarch who wanted to surpass Qin and Han dynasties and Qin emperors and Han dynasties. In the past, the imperial court had no time to pay attention to Lingnan, so they were willing to stay there and be their own local emperor, but now the emperor is no longer satisfied.

The emperor refused to accept tribute from the Lingnan chiefs several times, which made the Lingnan chiefs uneasy, and this rebellion came. It can be said that these were all wars deliberately attracted by the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I think changing the system of Lingnan is also the general trend, but I have to eat one bite and do things step by step. Lingnan is very large and very remote. Since the Qin and Han dynasties, it has been a system of repression for generations, and local wealthy chiefs are very strong. If they are in place, this is undoubtedly unrealistic. I think it is better to do it step by step." Fang Xuanling, the leader of the prime minister, expressed his attitude in public.

He supported the court to take Lingnan under the jurisdiction of the court, but he suggested slowing down and taking it slowly.

"I am not in a hurry to support Fang Xiang's words." Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling were both Jiao Buli Meng, Meng did not leave Jiao, and Fang's plan and Du Duan had the same attitude.

Seeing that these two people agreed with the general direction, Li Shimin felt relieved. He was worried that the prime ministers would not agree, "In your opinion, how can this step be considered too fast?"

"Taking this opportunity to rebel in Luoqin, Lingnan, the rebellion was first sent to quell the rebellion. Then, after the rebellion was quelled, the chief commander's hereditary was abolished, and the imperial court officials were sent to register the household registration of Liyao, and the land they originally occupied was registered and distributed to them. At the same time, a military residence was established locally, and the soldiers were selected, and the Han people were moved to farm and farm, and at the same time, the city was built and fortress were built."

Fang Xuanling proposed a method of inserting nails.

If you directly send out those places where you have been defeated, you will directly send officials, garrison troops, move refugees, build castles, and build a land. This place will become a bridgehead and a nail, so that they can no longer become the control of the chiefs. For those slang, you must also organize households and people to strengthen control.

Step by step, they squeezed the territory of the chiefs, reduced their control, and slowly took Lingnan, Guangdong and Guangxi into the court.

"What else?"

The emperor asked, although this method was good, it was too slow. Will the places where there was no rebellion be kept? Then he couldn't wait.

Ma Zhou spoke.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the southeast sea trade is prosperous and the maritime shipping is developed, which has greatly increased the coastal ports, the industry and commerce are prosperous, and the population is greatly increased. I believe that the court can station naval troops along the coast of the four provinces of Lingnan, and at the same time increase customs, so as to send more troops and officials in the name of protecting business ports and levying taxes and private."

Ma Zhou's plan was obvious, along the coast, controlling the ports, creating points controlled by the imperial court, and finally connecting them into a line. When the imperial court controlled the coastline, it was like a chain that locked the four provinces of Lingnan. With the convenience of maritime navigation, the imperial court turned the past passive into active.

From Guangzhou to Jiaozhou, and even to Vietnamese states in the distant South and Western Barbarian Seas, if the imperial court controlled the coastline and those ports, the imperial court would have controlled the economy of the four provinces in Lingnan and controlled the lifeline.

First, then along the coast, and then inland.

Li Shimin walked to the seat and sat down, pinching his chin, and was very satisfied with this strategy.

"The title of Duke of Yue Feng Ang to Duke of Geng, and the title of Prince's Young Tutor."

"Additional Duke Chen Longshu Anguo, Prince Shaobao."

"I ordered Feng Ang, Chen Longshu and all the troops in Lingnan to be controlled by Li Chao."

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Liu Qiu.

After receiving the imperial edict, Li Chao also began to prepare to go south from the island.

In the Liuqiu Fort, Li Chao and Zhang Zhongjian stood on high buildings, watching the warships in the port loading food, grass and fresh water, Li Chao asked Zhang Zhongjian, "Feng Ang sits two thousand miles across Lingnan and holds 100,000 troops. What do you think Feng Ang would be like in this Lingnan Rebellion?"

Feng Ang’s attitude during this Lingnan rebellion is very interesting.

His elder brother raised the flag to rebel, and his niece also raised the flag to rebel, but Feng Ang still kept his troops and did not even make any statement. He neither said to raise troops together nor said that he would mobilize troops to quell the rebellion.

"I think Feng Ang is waiting and watching."

Li Chao shook his head, "I think Feng Ang was deliberately trying to test the court's reaction. He wanted to test the court's bottom line for Lingnan, whether he could insist on being in charge, and whether he could continue to let Feng Ningchen and other major chiefs continue to inherit the territory."

"What you mean is that if he finds that the court is firm in his attitude, then he will rebel?" Zhang Zhongjian asked.

"It's hard to say. If the court had a firm attitude and sent troops to Pingning Changzhen Feng Xuan's rebellion, Feng Ang might have rebelled. But it might not have rebelled. It's hard to guess Feng Ang's person. But looking at his past actions, this person was very tolerant. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, although he was strong in his army, he did not stand up by himself. Instead, he relied on Lin Shihong. After Lin's defeat, he did not stand up for his own strength. Instead, he quickly surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, but made many demands when he surrendered, retaining his past territory and control."

"This is an old fox."

"Then we only bring 5,000 people there. Isn't it a bit mysterious?" Zhang Zhongjian said with a smile, but he was not worried when he looked at his expression.

Feng Ang is an old cunning person, but this also has a weakness, which is that he is a little timid in his work and always likes to play hard. He is not afraid to bet, and he is a little satisfied with his own meaning of being one acre of three points of land.

He once fought for the Southern Chen Conquest and fought against Liaodong for the Sui Dynasty. After the Sui Dynasty, he ran back to Lingnan and soon took control of the country. However, he refused to establish a banner and insisted on relying on others' names.

But no matter who he depends on, he still does not give up actual control over Lingnan.

"Feng Ang is unreliable anyway. We cannot rely on him when we go south this time. This person will not only not help, but may also stab him in the back, so we must be the first to be on guard against him."

Take out the Lingnan map and Li Chao watch it carefully.

Feng Ang is the largest force in Lingnan. He is currently the governor of Gaozhou. He has thirty sons, and several older sons are also the governors.

But the real core base of the Feng family was still in Gaozhou, which was called Gaoliang County in the Sui Dynasty. Gaozhou was also called Gaozhou in later generations, and was one point northeast of Maoming, Guangdong. Feng Ang's son Feng Zhiyu was the governor of Donghezhou, which is the governor of Leizhou in later generations.

In the eastern and western regions of Guangzhou, the Feng family is basically in the territory.

"Brother Zhang, do you dare to play with a big shot?" Li Chao said to the bearded guest with a smile.

Zhang Zhongjian glanced at the map in front of Li Chao and smiled, "Although I don't know what you want to play, no matter what you play, I will sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman."
Chapter completed!