In the Political Announcement Hall, all the officials were speechless.
The Earth was round?
This sentence really stumped them.
Even if the officials were knowledgeable and knowledgeable, they could not figure it out.
"Your Majesty, I feel that the difficulty of this sentence lies in what kind of ball the Earth is.”The scheming Fang Xuanling spoke first.
"Your Majesty, from my point of view, this earth should be a world. It is round.”Zhangsun Wuji also tried to explain.
"The little imperial grandson is a divine son bestowed by the heavens. This earth might be the immortal world. The ancients have a saying that the sky is round and the earth is square. This earth is also round and must be a country in the sky!”Yuan Tiangang forcefully explained.
"That makes sense." Li Shi Min nodded, but he still felt a little strange.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the little imperial grandson will have to come out personally to explain this to us.”Wei Zheng suggested,
"The title of this policy paper is 'Globeization'. After reading through it, it seems that it wants us to send out two armies.
They had traveled west along the Silk Road and far away from the East Sea.
But if I may ask, who has been to the Far West?
Who has ever sailed east?"
The ministers fell silent once more. The affairs of the Great Tang were already too busy for them to handle, so how could they have the time to travel?
"Your Majesty, this subject once went on an expedition to the Western Regions and went to the Western Turkic court.”
Li Jing described,"
"What I saw was a snowy plateau with few people. It was extremely dangerous, and the army could not go any deeper.”
At this moment, Hou Junji reported,
"Your Majesty, I was fortunate enough to go out to sea once, but the vast waters are boundless and I don't know where the end is.”
Clearly, the knowledge of the court was still limited.
In their eyes, the west was the impassable snowy mountain plateau, the north was the boundless desert wasteland, and the east and south were the boundless sea.
"Go and ask Yu 'er to tell us what kind of ball this Earth is.”Li Shimin urged the old eunuch Wang De.
Wang De immediately ran to Princess Chang Le and invited Li Yu to the main hall of the Political Announcement Hall.
Li Yu came on a white deer.
This was also his first time coming to a place where the civil and military officials discussed matters.
Furthermore, everyone who entered the Hall of Political Decrees had to bow to Li Shiming.
Not only did Li Yu not need to bow, he did not even get off the white deer.
He was the first person in history to ride a mount into the Morning Court Hall!
But no one dared to say anything.
"Yu 'er, quickly tell me, what does this Earth mean?”Li Shi Min walked down from the throne and asked Li Yu anxiously.
All the officials looked at Li Yu, waiting for his answer.
Li Yu smiled and said,"This Earth is naturally the world under our feet."”
The officials suddenly understood.
"So this Earth is the world!"”
Cheng Yaojin: " I understand, I understand. It's just that the way I address you is different."”
Yuan Tiangang: " But this isn't right. The sky is round and the earth is square. Why is the world round?”
All the officials were curious and waited for Li Yu's answer.
"There is no reason. The world is round, a huge ball, and we live on the surface of this ball.”Li Yu said simply.
As for a detailed explanation? Forget it!
This bunch of old men had long been limited by their thoughts. Why waste your breath on nagging them?
Anyway, they might not understand in the end.
"Could it be that the little imperial grandson has seen the whole world?”Zhangsun Wuji exclaimed.
"That's for sure. The little imperial grandson is the Holy Son of the Kylin bestowed by the heavens. He came from the heavens, so he can naturally survey the land of our world.”Yuchi Gong said respectfully.
"Yu 'er, then you said in your policy discussion that if we march westward from the Silk Road and cross the snowy mountains and plateau, we will see a large plain.
Also, when sailing through the vast sea from the East Sea, one would see a fertile land. Was that true?”
Li Shi Min asked excitedly.
As an emperor, he loved conquering land and expanding his territory.
Li Shiming was no exception. Now that the Great Tang was flourishing, he wanted to expand his territory.
"Of course it's true. However, the snowy mountains and highlands are not easy to traverse, and the vast sea is full of danger. It's not that easy to go on an expedition.”
Li Yu only gave Li Shimin a beautiful blueprint.
However, it would definitely be difficult to implement.
"Yu 'er, do you have a way for the soldiers of the Great Tang to conquer the snowy mountains, the plateau, and the vast sea?”Li Shi Min asked.
Li Yu nodded and said," Yes, there is. However, this matter needs to be discussed in the long run. If you can give me an army, I might be able to build them into a strong force."”
This was Li Yu's plan.
Li Shiming was intrigued.
Then, he would take the opportunity to ask for soldiers!
If Li Yu wanted to help Princess Changle ascend to the throne, not only did he need the support of the people and the approval of the civil and military officials,
What he needed more was military power!
Without military power, there was no politics!
Political power was built on military strength.
As for military power, it was something that Li Shi Min was most cautious about.
It wasn't that easy to get military power from him.
"Your Majesty, although Yu 'er has outlined the grand scene of the world for us, Yu' er is only one year old and has not yet been weaned. Isn't it too rash to let him take charge of the army?”
Crown Prince Li Chengqian immediately dissuaded him.
What he was afraid of had happened!
Military power was the core of politics.
Li Chengqian was worried that Li Yu's control of the military would threaten his position as Crown Prince, so he immediately stood up to express his opposition.
However, the Crown Prince's objection was too targeted and would make Li Shi Min unhappy.
When he turned around, the old fox Zhangsun Wuji also stood on the Crown Prince's side and said tactfully,"
"Your Majesty, I think it would be better to give the little imperial grandson a thousand elite soldiers to practice first.
If they could really train a powerful expeditionary army,
He could consider letting the little imperial grandson hold more military power.”
This touched Li Shi Min's heart,
He wanted Li Yu to train elite soldiers who could conquer the plateau, snow mountains, and the sea.
However, he did not want to give too many soldiers at once.
He wanted to test Li Yu's methods first, so he made a decision.
"Yu 'er, I can give you two thousand elite soldiers. How about it?”
"Imperial Grandfather, you're too stingy." Li Yu stretched and complained.
This was the first time someone had dared to call Li Shiming stingy in the Xuanzheng Hall.
Even Wei Zheng was sweating.
However, Li Yu was a one-year-old child after all. The more mischievous he was, the more the officials felt at ease.
Li Shi Min's mouth twitched. These were 2,000 elite soldiers, do you think they are cabbages…
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