However, Fuyu Weigang's words were much more believable than Lou Shide's own bragging.

This is not because Li Shimin does not believe in Lou Shide.

But after all, it is your own contribution that you will always make people feel that there is a false report.

But at the moment, the enemy general is here to report, and this person is sincere in his face. When he was defeated, he looks regretful on his face, but he also reveals his admiration for Lou Shide.

This complex emotion, which was presented on the face of Fuyu Weigang, forced Li Shimin to believe it.

Fu Yu was strong and then sighed: "The criminals are really dead, and the defeated generals are incompetent. In order to preserve these soldiers who followed the criminals and surrendered and betrayed the king, this is disloyal; but the criminals also have their own personal thoughts. Baekje has been separating the land of Mahan for many years. The reason why it is so peaceful is because of the chaos in the Central Plains. Now, His Majesty the Tang Dynasty has established the world and continued the Qin and Han dynasties.

However, the country still relies on Goguryeo to fight against the Tang Dynasty. I saw a captain like General Lou, who could gallop across the vast ocean with a side army. Baekje was able to sway the power of the country but could not fight. How could this Baekje country be safe? So I just realized that Baekje's national destiny was destined. Instead of resisting stubbornly, it would be better to surrender. In this way, the emperor could get his majesty to make the king and the emperor do not lose his position of peace and happiness. The subordinates could also allow the people of Baekje to be at peace."

As he said that, he kowtowed to express his surrender.

Li Shimin originally had no favoritism for surrendered generals, especially Fuyuwei Gang, who led Lou Shide in such a way and broke into Baekje Royal City.

But the emotion that Fu Yuwei just said was moving and analyzed his own mental journey, which made Li Shimin move.

Big countries are different from small countries.

The only way to a great country is to rule the world, return to one of the world, and come to the court.

For small countries, when Fu Yuwei had just realized that he had used up all his resources and could not resist a partial army in the Tang Dynasty. Lou Shide, the general who could defeat the Baekje Navy, was just a small lieutenant, he would definitely think that if the Tang Dynasty wanted to attack Baekje, how many more than a dozen ships could it build? How many people like Lou Shide in the Tang Dynasty were there?

So, you are Fuyu Weigang, how would you choose?

Continue to resist stubbornly until it angered the Tang army. Countless Tang troops landed from various ports in Baekje, and then the entire Baekje fell into a sea of ​​fire, and countless people were killed?

Or simply choose a method that is not decent but can at least protect the military and civilians of Baekje?

Fu Yuwei just analyzed it in a reasonable way. Although everyone knew that he actually had his own selfish intentions, there was no sense of incongruity when he said this truth.

Fu Yu Weigang said again: "The reason why I am willing to betray the Tang Dynasty is because I can see the leopards in the trunk. When I first saw General Lou, I was intimidated by his loyalty and courage. After that, General Lou would go deep into the tiger's den and be desperate. He was shocked. He knew that if there were ten generals Lou in the Tang Dynasty, the world would be invincible in this world, and could block the Tang Dynasty's edge. Afterwards, General Lou attacked the royal city and ordered the soldiers not to invade the people, and only took the wealth in the treasury, and strictly ordered the soldiers not to obtain pennies. All the spoils must be recorded and sent to Chang'an to offer to Your Majesty! At this time, I was suddenly relieved and knew that he had not followed the wrong person. Not to mention Baekje, even Goguryeo was just a grasshopper in the autumn. It was just that the criminals were surrendered, and they only begged Your Majesty to give it to you."

Li Shimin stood up.

At this point, what else can I say? Even if Li Shimin knew that what Fuyu Weigang said was just a scene, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he should set an example for future generations.

Li Shimin said: "You can know the general and understand the current affairs. You are willing to serve the Tang Dynasty. I will give you preferential treatment. I will temporarily give you the position of Deputy Captain Zhaowu. Please wait for appointment in Chang'an. Is your son called Fu Yuwen? Then I will be the Chief of Captain Xuanjie."

Deputy Chief Zhaowu was from the sixth rank, while Chief Xuanjie was from the seventh rank, and generally such fonts belonged to the scattered positions.

In other words, no actual positions were sent, but the court gave him a portion of food to raise.

But for Fuyu Weigang, he was already very satisfied! At least he was saved first and gave him a small official position, so he would have a chance to make a comeback in the future!

So he hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty's jade dew, I am willing to accept it."

Fu Yuwen also gave a greeting.

Li Shimin then turned his attention to Lou Shide. After Fuyuwei just said that Li Shimin had a deeper understanding of Lou Shide.

Not to mention his contribution, just saying that this guy entered the royal city, plundered the palace and the treasury, and obtained 600,000 yuan worth of money, but did not take it privately, but made all the books and sent them to Chang'an and presented them to the court, which was enough to make Li Shimin have a great favor for Lou Shide.

Li Shimin liked Lou Shide at this moment, and sighed: "Cui Yan and other thieves said that the Qing family was going to rebel, so I almost listened to it. Fortunately, Chen Zhengtai tried his best to argue for you, and in the end I did not make the Lou Qing family wronged. Now the truth is finally revealed, and I have already understood your loyalty and courage in my heart, but... You only have a dozen ships, how did you defeat the enemy and how to win? Come, let me talk to you."

Just as Bu Yuwei was talking nonstop, Lou Shide and Chen Zhengtai exchanged their eyes.

What Chen Zhengtai’s eyes meant, where did this funny guy come from?

The meaning of Lou Shide's eyes was that his disciples didn't know that this guy came to His Majesty, so he could say so!

Just as I was praising, I couldn't help feeling embarrassed.

This is almost the case, Lou Shide is about to become a figure like Wei Qing.

After hearing Li Shimin's words, Lou Shide hurriedly put away his mind and said, "What the Captain Fuyu said really makes me ashamed. I have indeed made some contributions, but all of this is actually attributed to Prince Chen."

"Oh?" Li Shimin felt more confused as he listened.

The ministers were also quite interested, but at this time, they just thought that Lou Shide was just trying to cling to Chen Zhengtai, so he was like those who were familiar with people's hearts and couldn't help but smile.

Lou Shide said seriously: "The Yangzhou navy, not to mention that most of the money and grain are provided by the Chen family. The most important thing is that all the training and personnel allocation of the water village were personally explained by Mr. Chen. The real reason lies in the sea. Those sea boats are not only much more stable than ordinary sea boats, but also faster. Once Zhang Fan, the speed is more than twice that of ordinary sea boats. The hull is particularly firm and ordinary collisions,

It will not cause the ship to sink. This time I went to sea, the main ship was hit by thirteen places. Logically speaking, it should have sunk long ago, but the reason why it can continue to fight as a rock and return safely is because of this. During the collision, after the hull is tilted, it will not only not flip, but will quickly flip! More than a dozen ships, against hundreds, are invincible because of this reason!"

"The ships in Baekje are not much different from the ships of the Tang Dynasty at that time, but compared with the new ships, they are simply from heaven and underground. Therefore, I attribute the first contribution of this battle to Mr. Chen, not because I was recommended by Mr. Chen. It is really because this ship is too powerful. Without this ship, even if my ships increase tenfold, I might not have been able to win like this today."

All of the doubts were resolved.

Just now, the monarchs and ministers were always thinking about a question, that is, why can Lou Shide defeat the more with less? Is it really that the Baekje Navy is vulnerable?

OK, now the answer is out, so that's it.

Li Shimin was surprised for a moment, just because... he designed a new ship and could explode such a huge power in the naval battle?

But when you think about it carefully, isn’t this what Chen Zhengtai advocated in the school? New skills bring not only convenience, but also technical crushing.

When Li Shimin thought of this, his eyes lit up, and then he looked at Chen Zhengtai and said, "Is this what Lou Qing said?"

Chen Zhengtai said honestly: "It is true. I learned that the navy of Goguryeo and Baekje is powerful. If I wanted to compete with it, I could only build a larger fleet, but even so, I might not be sure of winning. So I decided to find a different approach and designed a new ship with a group of skilled craftsmen. But... I didn't know at the beginning that the power of this new ship was so powerful. It was not until Lieutenant Lou that he realized... at least the design of the new ship was successful. Designing a new ship is just the first step. Whether it can stand the test is the top priority..."

When Li Shimin heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "The benefits of this skill really opened my eyes. I used to think that you were not doing your job properly and had a weird personality. But now I know that you have so many great uses. Since that's the case, then you should be the first achievement in this battle, followed by Lou Shide."

When Li Shimin spoke, he raised his eyes slightly and glanced at the ministers, as if he wanted to see if anyone among the ministers had any objections.

After all, military merit involves the issue of titles. If someone opposes it, the court needs to be cautious.

But at this time, the ministers said nothing and only looked at Li Shimin in unison, clearly agreeing with His Majesty's judgment.

If it is really the reason for the new ship, then it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the first achievement.

In fact, everyone present knew nothing about ships and naval battles. They only knew one thing at this time that this battle could be called turning decay into magic.

Seeing that no one objected, Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, so he said seriously: "How can you not reward such a great achievement? You should be given a first-class title. Zhengtai was previously a county duke, but now he should be promoted to the Duke of the State."

Duke of the State...

The ministers looked at me, but I looked at you, but I was surprised for a moment.

Obviously, everyone did not expect that they would be given the Duke of the Kingdom!

In fact... At this time, Li Shimin had not really begun to enfeoff the 24 heroes on a large scale, and there were actually not many who could be awarded Duke.

Now Chen Zhengtai is only around twenty years old, and at this age, he is almost at the highest position.

The Duke of the State is from the first rank, of course, only the title is from the first rank, but the treatment is a world of difference compared to the former county duke and county duke.

This is actually the rule of all dynasties. There must be many who can win the Marquis of Feng, County Duke and County Duke for their contributions, especially in the early years of the founding of the country, which made many contributions.

But any title means the rise of a family, so the higher you go, at least at the level of a Duke, you will often appear extremely stingy!

Otherwise, if the dynasty enfeoffed hundreds of dukes out in the early years, would it be great? What should the descendants do in the future? A duke is an old man. After the descendants ascended the throne, they would face hundreds of dukes all day long, and no one would have to stand it!

To date, there were hundreds of people in the county and county lords. As for the county lords in the lower lords, there were even more county lords.

On this side, many people have made contributions, and on the other hand, it is also to appease the great clans and give them titles and some privileges.

But when he arrived at the Duke of the State, even Li Shimin would appear to be extra cautious.

After all, this is the limit for a minister to obtain a title. If you go up, you will be the king.

But for Li Shimin, this battle was too important for the Tang Dynasty. On the one hand, it cut off Goguryeo's wings, and on the other hand, it also laid a solid foundation for the future completion of Emperor Yang of Sui's unfinished business and completely pacifying Goguryeo.

Once the navy of the Tang Dynasty could suppress the navy of Goguryeo, this means that even if it attacks by land, the navy could continue to supply the military horses on land along the coastline, and at the same time, harass Goguryeo, making the beginning and end of Goguryeo unable to echo.

"You guys have no objection, right?" Li Shimin smiled. He wanted to know who dared to stand up and oppose at this time.

Fang Xuanling coughed and said first: "Your Majesty, I have no objection."

Du Ruhui nodded as well.

Changsun Wuji's heart was actually a little complicated. On the one hand, his son is now in Chen Zhengtai's hands. In the past two years, the relationship between the Changsun family and the Chen family has begun to become harmonious. Of course, Changsun Wuji has to agree.

But on the other hand, Changsun Wuji is still a bit competitive. Chen Zhengtai, who is young, is on par with me, the royal relative and founding heroes.

Oh, it seems like he is jealous of the virtuous and capable.

However, he was confused and he finally nodded and said, "Your Majesty has clear rewards and punishments, which is admirable."

Several of the most powerful ministers nodded, and the other ministers also called it yes.

Now the Cui family has begun to find it difficult to protect themselves, so it is better to be careful at this time.

Of course, some people really agree.

Some people also looked a little twisted.

All of this was seen in Li Shimin's eyes, but no matter what, no one came out to sing the opposite, so this matter was decided!

He was obviously in a good mood and said with a smile: "Then... I'm just here to be determined, but... what kind of Duke is better to be named? Does Chen come from Mengjin?"

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