I have 800,000 private soldiers. The emperor forces me to hand over military power?

Emperor Tiande, who has been forced into a desperate situation, has no other choice at this time.

In the end, they could only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor and approved Prime Minister Tang Bo's proposal to borrow the power of the barbarians to fight against Longcheng's southern army.

At the same time, Emperor Tian De also secretly ordered his personal eunuchs to go to the coastal areas to prepare large warships for the South Vietnamese royal family to escape to the sea.

Li Zongmin had made up his mind. If the power of the barbarians still could not stop the Longcheng army, then he would personally lead his fleet and South Vietnamese elite soldiers to retreat to the sea and go to Nanyang to seek new development.

He has always been prepared with a red heart and both hands. He will never bet the fate and future of the descendants of the Li family in South Vietnam on the Atlantic people.

After retiring from the dynasty, Prime Minister Tang Bo, who was responsible for the rise and fall of the South Vietnam Kingdom, was full of ambitions.

Since the founding of South Vietnam, he finally had the opportunity to wield great power and flex his muscles.

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Controlling the country, the country, the country, the king and the prince is the lifelong pursuit of many powerful ministers and relatives throughout the ages. This is much more fulfilling than usurping the throne and becoming the emperor!

Tang Bo, who was a counselor, was no exception. He enjoyed the feeling of deciding the life or death of a country in the palm of his hand.

This time, he fantasized about having a good showdown with the new emperor Chen Huaian.

"Tang Xiang, please stay!"

At this time, the voice of Prince Li Shiyu suddenly came from behind Tang Bo.

After he stopped, Prince Li Shiyu hurried over and said with a somewhat expectant expression: "Prime Minister Tang, are the copper cannons in the hands of the Atlantic people really as powerful as Prime Minister Tang described?"

Um!

Tang Bo nodded and said: "Your Highness, the power of that copper cannon has been witnessed by the Prime Minister with his own eyes, and there is absolutely no joke!"

"So good, so good!"

After receiving the affirmative answer, Prince Li Shiyu finally showed a long-lost smile on his face.

He grabbed Tang Bo's sleeves, and without hesitation, he surrendered his status as the crown prince and begged: "Mr. Tang, I have an unkind request. When you invite the Yi people to help fight against the Longcheng rebels, can you also let me go?" To help out?”

"Prime Minister Tang, you must also know that in the battle of Yongzhou City, Pang Xianchu, the leader of the Longcheng bandit army, used a new type of copper artillery to act like magic and ghosts, causing my prince to lose all face in front of his father and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty;"

"This prince must avenge this!"

Faced with Crown Prince Li Shiyu's request, Prime Minister Tang Bo agreed and said: "Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is willing to take the lead and set an example for our army and people in South Vietnam to jointly defend against foreign enemies, how can I not support it?"

"In this way, after the Prime Minister completes the discussion with the leaders of the barbarians from the Atlantic Kingdom, the Prime Minister will report it to His Highness the Crown Prince as soon as possible. After the barbarian bronze cannons enter the city, full authority will be handed over to His Highness the Crown Prince's command!"

Hearing this, Prince Li Shiyu immediately raised his hands and clasped his fists to express his thanks: "Then I will thank you, Prime Minister Tang!"

"When the Dragon City bandit army is defeated, I will personally petition my father to confer the title of Prince Shaobao to the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, grant him an iron certificate of elixirs, and a gold medal for immunity from death, in order to demonstrate the importance of the Tang Prime Minister in the country of Nanyue. achievement!"

"In this case, I will thank His Highness the Crown Prince in advance!"

Ha ha!

As he said that, the two couldn't help but look at each other and smile.

This scene is quite similar to when the two went to the palace two years ago to force King Guangxin to proclaim himself emperor.

However, this time, the patricide dagger that symbolizes desire for power and status ambition is not hidden in the cuff of Prince Li Shiyu!

After Prime Minister Tang Bo bid farewell to Prince Li Shiyu, he sent his servants non-stop to Yangcheng Port to transfer to a small boat and go out to sea. Finally, he found an ocean-going fleet from the Atlantic Kingdom near the offshore South China Sea.

This Atlantic fleet, which went to the mysterious Eastern country for navigation and trade, consisted of more than thirty ocean-going ships of various types and two to three thousand barbarian sailors. It carried a large number of Western handicrafts to the East for trade activities.

The copper cannon is one of them.

Markel, the leader of the Yi fleet, is a middle-aged man in his early forties, with a standard Western European face, blond hair, blue eyes and a hooked nose.

There was a fierce aura in those blue eyes.

It is the unique temperament of people who have been wandering on the sea for a long time, crawling and rolling in mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

After receiving the invitation from Tang Bo, the prime minister of South Vietnam, Markel immediately counted dozens of skilled Yi sailors, took two copper cannons and some artillery shells, and transferred to a small boat to Yangcheng, the capital of South Vietnam.

With Emperor Tiande's decree, the South Vietnamese soldiers on guard along the coastline were released on the spot. Marker and his group of barbarians, armed with swords and pushing two copper artillery pieces, entered Yangcheng unimpeded and headed all the way to the Prime Minister's Palace.

Prime Minister Tang Bo has been waiting in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion for a long time.

As soon as the two sides met, Marker, the leader of the Yi people, immediately stepped forward enthusiastically, hugged Tang Bo and saluted him face to face, and said in blunt Chinese: "Dear Tang, I knew we would definitely meet again! "

"I didn't expect this day to come so quickly!"

As he spoke, Marker pointed to the two bronze cannons behind him and said, "Tang, this is the gift I brought you, for you!"

After thinking for a while, he added: "No money!"

Ha ha!

Tang Bo smiled heartily, made an inviting gesture to Markel, and said: "Markel, please, let's talk while walking!"

“Let’s walk and talk!”

Soon, the group arrived at the meeting hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion. After the host and guest sat down, they drank tea and talked about things.

Tang Bo said straight to the point: "Markel, I have convinced our Emperor Tiande about your Atlantic Country wanting to trade with our South Vietnam;"

"The emperor said that you can trade with the Atlantic Country, and he also agreed to open a special trading port for you to allow Atlantic Country ships to berth and Atlantic Country's subjects to stay in the port for a short time;"

"Oh my God!"

Before Tang Bo finished speaking, Markel, the leader of the Yi people in the guest seat, exclaimed in surprise: "Tang, is this true?"

Ahem!

Tang Bo coughed twice and said, "Markel, don't get excited, listen to me!"

"Our Emperor Tiande said that your desire for trade and permanent residence is a small matter, but you need to do something for the South Vietnam!"

Markel blurted out, "Tang, what is it?"

Tang Bo said word by word, "Sell all the copper cannons of your Atlantic Fleet to the South Vietnam, and help us win a war!"

"Fight?"

Markel's eyes were as big as copper bells, and he kept shaking his head to say, "No No No, dear Tang, you know, we are just the fleet of the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce, we are businessmen, we only make money, not fight!"

Oh?

Tang Bo raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Really? Mr. Markel?"

"If that's the case, then I didn't invite you to my house today. As for the opening of a trading port and permanent residence, I don't think our Emperor Tiande will agree!"

"Butler Wang, send the guests away--"

As he said that, Tang Bo issued an order to expel the guests.

"Hei, Tang, wait!"

When Markel saw that the duck in his mouth was about to fly away, he didn't care about being arrogant anymore and said hurriedly: "Dear Tang, what I mean is that the sailors and crew members of our fleet are all businessmen, not soldiers;"

"If you want them to fight--"

"You have to pay more!"