Li Shimin faked his death? Then I will be powerful enough to conquer the world!

"Your Majesty! Commander Zhang requests an audience."

Zhang Ananda's clear and respectful voice echoed leisurely in the two yin and yang, breaking the momentary silence.

Li Chengqian had just finished handling government affairs at this time.

He was sitting upright on the armchair, drinking tea.

Hearing the report, he didn't even raise his head and replied casually: "Let him in."

The tone of voice is neither fast nor slow.

"It's your Majesty!"

Zhang Ananda bowed and then walked out respectfully backwards.

Not long after, Zhang Xianhuai walked into the hall holding a piece of the latest intelligence that had just been delivered.

He walked straight to Li Chengqian and gently placed the information on the imperial desk.

"Your Majesty, the Jinyiwei of Mingzhou have sent word that a group of civilians have robbed the money and ships at Mingzhou Harbor."

"But I didn't take the ten million that Your Majesty allocated to the Mingzhou Shipyard."

After hearing this report, a hint of curiosity flashed in Li Chengqian's originally slightly tired eyes.

He sat up slightly.

A group of robbers can remain unmoved by seeing 10 million yuan?

This is really unreasonable.

He reached out and picked up the intelligence sent by the Mingzhou Jinyiwei, and read it carefully word by word.

Sometimes he frowned slightly, sometimes he nodded slightly, his expression constantly changing with the content of the intelligence.

Zhang Xianhuai stood aside, watching Li Chengqian quietly. Seeing that he had been silent for a long time, he couldn't help but speak tentatively: "Your Majesty, how do you think this can be resolved?"

There was a hint of doubt in his eyes. He raised his head slightly, staring at Li Chengqian's expression, waiting for a response.

Li Chengqian put down the intelligence in his hand and said slowly: "This matter was caused by a word from me."

"Don't worry about it for now, just let it develop."

"These people are not rebelling, they just have their eyes on that fifth-rank official position."

"Let them go. If they can conquer it, I will reward them with a fifth-rank official title."

His tone was flat.

However, the actions of this group of people slightly disrupted his original plan.

After hearing Li Chengqian's words, Zhang Xianhuai still had doubts in his heart and continued to ask, "Your Majesty, they only have more than 10,000 people, no good equipment or weapons, and they are all young and strong civilians. I'm afraid it will be difficult to defeat Japan, right?"

"Your Majesty, do you think we should support them?"

His words were sincere and were purely out of good intentions for the sake of the Tang Dynasty.

When Li Chengqian heard this, he turned his head slightly and glanced at Zhang Xianhuai coldly.

Zhang Xianhuai couldn't help but shudder.

"Xian Huai, don't worry about this matter."

"Should I clean up their mess for their ambitions?"

"Originally, according to my plan, I would give a fifth-rank official title to any vassal state that conquered Japan."

"Within a year, Japan will be part of the territory of the Tang Dynasty."

"But this person is quite interesting. Although he has disrupted my ideas, he still does things in a disciplined manner."

There was a hint of displeasure in Li Chengqian's voice.

"Step back, Xian Huai. You're all going to get married. Think about what I'm thinking and don't be muddleheaded all day long."

Li Chengqian waved his hand, signaling Zhang Xianhuai to leave.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhang Xianhuai's heart trembled, and he quickly bowed and slowly retreated.

After Zhang Xianhuai left, Li Chengqian picked up the information again and looked at it carefully.

His thoughts began to wander. Originally, he had planned to use the temptation of this fifth-rank official position to make the vassal states fight each other so that he could better control them.

Today's vassal states appear to be respectful to the Tang Dynasty on the surface, but Li Chengqian knows in his heart that it is only because they want to get a share of the Tang Dynasty's powerful national strength and eat the leftovers.

Once the Tang Dynasty's national strength weakens slightly, these vassal states will probably show their ferocious fangs and try to cut a piece of fat from the Tang Dynasty and feast on it.

He originally wanted to choose a representative and let them fight among themselves for the temptation of the fifth-rank official position. In his opinion, this was the wisest and most labor-saving method.

Now the plan has been disrupted by this group of people.

If the population shortage in the Tang Dynasty had not occurred, Li Chengqian would have wiped out all these vassal states long ago.

Without enough population to fill and govern, it would be futile.

Only now did he understand why his father had tried so hard to develop the population during his reign.

If the population is insufficient, even if there is vast land to conquer, it will be difficult to truly control it, and in the end it will only be a favor to others.

The next step for the Tang Dynasty must be to maintain stability.

No more expansion!