Inside the Manna Hall.
Seeing Li Zexuan say these words so confidently, Li Er was really angry. He said with a frosty face: "Humph! You burned down the Honglu Temple Post House, and you are still here talking to me plausibly. ? Do you still have Wang Dharma in your eyes?"
However, although he looked very angry on his face, there was only anger in his words, not chill, because Li Zexuan had made it very clear just now that the Japanese woman was taken away just to teach the Japanese mission a lesson, and by the way, the Japanese woman was rewarded Subordinates. As long as Li Zexuan doesn't marry a Japanese woman, that's enough!
According to the previous plan, as long as Li Zexuan admits that he wants to marry a Japanese woman or Baiqi's people find out that Li Zexuan wants to marry a Japanese woman, Li Er will imprison or kill Li Zexuan directly even if he is reluctant to give up. After all, The engineering knowledge in his head is too terrifying. Once it spreads to other countries, it will bring immeasurable losses to Datang!
As the supreme ruler of the Tang Dynasty, Li Er would never allow this to happen! There are some things that he cannot get and cannot let other countries get!
Now, now that the truth has been revealed, Li Er naturally doesn't have to worry about whether to kill Li Zexuan or not!
Li Zexuan smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, I only asked my men to "steal people", but I didn't let them set fire! I estimate that the fire was accidentally caused by the Japanese people themselves, and it has nothing to do with me!"
Since the eldest brother Yamabei didn't report Natsume Soga's disappearance to the official, he would definitely be blamed for the fire at the post house. So Li Zexuan simply went with the flow and threw the blame to the big brother Shanbei!
When Li Er heard this, he was speechless for a moment, because in the morning today, the current minister of Honglu Temple reported to him the investigation of the burning of the Japanese mission post house last night. The Japanese admitted that their own people accidentally burned down the woodshed, and I am willing to pay for the loss of the post house!
Li Er was of course skeptical about the Japanese people's statement, so he just asked Li Zexuan this question to see if he could get a different answer from Li Zexuan. Unexpectedly, the result was the same!
Li Er said angrily: "Hmph! Even if the fire was not set by your people, as a prince, you sent people to sneak into Honglu Temple to rob people. You are knowing the law and breaking the law! I think you are getting bolder and bolder now! "
Li Zexuan knew that he was wrong, and he also understood that Li Er was not really angry, so he licked his face and said: "Your Majesty, I did not think carefully this time. At that time, I only wanted to teach the Japanese envoy a lesson, but I forgot about myself. Because of my identity, my behavior is a bit extreme, please punish me by Your Majesty!"
This is retreat in order to advance!
Anyway, Lao Li didn't care about the lives of the Japanese people at all. Even if he admitted his mistake, he would not be punished much.
Li Er's brows jumped, then he asked again: "Did you really give that Japanese woman to your servant?"
I dare you to worry about Lao Li! I'm afraid that Li Zexuan will get involved with the Japanese!
Li Zexuan quickly assured: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely true! I plan to let the Japanese woman marry one of my subordinates as soon as the turmoil here is over! And your Majesty doesn't know that the Japanese woman has a special status. She belongs to the top family in the Japanese country. The daughter of the Soga family.
However, the Suga family was destroyed last year, and the Japanese crown prince suppressed the old, weak, women and children of the Suga family, so the Japanese woman was sent to the Tang Dynasty as a pawn. Now that woman has a deep grudge against the Queen and the Crown Prince of Japan. When our Imperial Master of the Tang Dynasty attacks Japan in the future, she can still lead the way for us! "
Li Er nodded thoughtfully, and then he felt something was wrong. He frowned and said, "Japanese country is a barbaric land overseas. I have nothing to do. Why send troops to attack it?"
Finally getting the topic off track, Li Zexuan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, what you said is wrong. The Japanese country is extremely rich in copper and silver mines. If we can win the Japanese country, , then our Tang Dynasty will no longer be short of silver and copper from now on!"
When Li Er heard this, he couldn't help but feel very moved. He raised his eyebrows and said, "How do you determine that there are many copper and silver mines in Japan?"
Li Zexuan's face froze, he paused for a moment, and then said quickly: "Your Majesty, my teacher had been to the Japanese country before his death, and he said that the Japanese country was full of copper and silver, and last year he, the king of Hejian County, also went to the Japanese country, so he must also know This matter! On the other hand, the Japanese country gave me such a huge amount of silver and copper to the Tang Dynasty last year and this year, which is enough to prove that that land is rich in silver and copper!"
Deceiver, deceive Li Er to become interested in the Japanese country. After the Turks and Tubo are destroyed in the future, the Tang Dynasty will be able to defeat the Japanese country!
In this way, Li Er will not turn his attention to Goguryeo prematurely!
To be honest, Goguryeo is a tough one. The four emperors of the Sui and Tang dynasties all sent troops to attack Goguryeo. Countless Han soldiers died in Goguryeo. Many people in the historians believe that Li Shimin’s three campaigns against Goguryeo were a major event in his life. The failure was suspected of being militaristic and made the same mistake as Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty.
Therefore, using the Japanese country to "train" Li Er in the future is a very good choice!
If Shanbei's eldest brother knew about Li Zexuan's "evil intentions", he would probably send out all the ninja assassins from the Japanese country to crush Li Zexuan to ashes!
Sure enough, Old Li's face showed emotion. He pondered for a moment and said: "But now that the Tang Dynasty has begun to promote the use of paper Tang Yuan, the demand for copper is not as big as before!"
Li Zexuan said quickly: "Your Majesty, copper can not only be used to mint coins, but many things made by engineering require copper! For example, telegraph machines require a lot of copper, because copper conducts electricity more easily than iron! We will use it later When it comes to copper, there will only be more and more!”
Li Er's mouth twitched. Only then did he realize that Li Zexuan's telegraph machine used a lot of copper, which was really a luxury. This was mainly because in the eyes of ancient people, copper basically meant money! However, no matter how expensive a telegraph machine is, the more the better for him, so Li Er thought about it and said:
"That's all! I'll record this for now! You kid, go back and reflect on yourself. Next time you do such an outrageous thing, let's see how I deal with you!"
Li Zexuan knew that he had planted a seed in Li Er's heart. He quickly raised his hands and said, "Yes! I must reflect on this recently!"
After a moment of silence, Li Er said again: "Since the Japanese envoys are so restless and dare to blatantly bribe court officials, I will issue an order to order them all to go back in a few days!"
Li Zexuan hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, now that the Japanese girl has been kidnapped by someone sent by the minister, there is no evidence for the bribery. The Japanese country is now considered a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty has previously agreed to let them stay in Chang'an City. After staying for half a year, I have changed my mind again, and I guess the courtiers will not agree!"
Li Er pondered for a moment and nodded: "What you said makes sense. In that case, let them stay a little longer. But we must prevent the Japanese from going to Yanhuang Academy to secretly learn technologies related to telegraph machines, fairy lamps, and telescopes. ! The "Yanhuang Academy Confidentiality Regulations" you formulated this time are very good. From now on, Yanhuang Academy will implement comprehensive confidentiality management in accordance with the regulations you listed above!"
Through the previous counter-insurgency war, Li Er saw the role of engineering products such as telegraph machines, fairy lanterns, and telescopes in war. At the same time, he also realized that these technologies should be kept strictly confidential, otherwise other countries would do the same. It's Datang's turn to have a headache!
Li Zexuan was of course very happy that Li Er could realize this. He cupped his hands and said: "I obey the order! Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will not let small countries get a glimpse of my Tang Dynasty artifact!"
"Well! With your words, I feel relieved!"
Li Er nodded, and suddenly he turned his eyes and looked at Li Zexuan again, asking: "I also heard that you have done "one hundred killer projects" in the academy? What's the significance of this? Come and talk to me Talk about it!”
It has to be said that Li Er is quite interested in Yanhuang Academy now. At this moment, he may have forgotten that he called Li Zexuan here today to question his guilt.
"Your Majesty, this trump card project is a project specially established by me to encourage students to create some artifacts that will benefit the world..."
Hearing Li Er mention the killer project, Li Zexuan told Li Er in detail about the killer project that he had introduced to the teachers and students of the academy.
"...The trump card project that I plan to launch first is the Bahe Hydropower Station. The current construction of the Bahe Dam is just the first step. After the dam is completed, I will build a hydropower station based on the dam to provide Datang Start the age of electricity!”
At the end, Li Zexuan revealed his first killer project plan.
Regarding the Bahe Dam, Li Er had heard Li Zexuan talk about it a long time ago. He was not surprised at this time. However, he was very interested in the concept of the killer project proposed by Li Zexuan. After thinking for a moment, Li Er said:
"For these one hundred killer projects, not only the academy will give monetary rewards, but the imperial court will also provide support. As long as the participants make outstanding contributions, I will never be stingy with money or official titles!"
This basically elevates the trump card project to a national level!
Li Zexuan was naturally filled with joy. He cupped his hands and said, "On behalf of those students, I would like to thank Your Majesty for the reward in advance!"
Li Erle said: "You kid, you are getting more and more glib. When the academy really makes some great achievements, it won't be too late for you to come and thank me! Okay, okay! Now that you have finished asking what you need to ask, please step back quickly." Bar!"
"Here! I'm leaving!"
Li Zexuan accepted the promise and slowly exited the Manlu Hall.
After leaving the palace, Li Zexuan couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Huh~! This can be considered a blessing in disguise, right?"
Being called into the palace angrily by Li Er, not only was he not punished, but the academy's trump card project also received Lao Li's full support. Isn't this a blessing in disguise
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