At night.

Zhang Chao sat cross-legged in the house, and footsteps came from outside the door.

"It's coach Ke."

The door opened and Ke Qing came in.

"How about it, have you figured out Changsun Wuji's situation?" Zhang Chao opened his eyes and whispered.

"It's already very clear that Changsun Wuji has been desperately trying to put people into the Northern Imperial Army during this period. He doesn't want to hand over the six troops of Northern Imperial Army." Ke Qing walked to Zhang Chao and sat down.

"I expected this result, but I didn't expect Changsun Wuji to do this." Zhang Chao sighed softly, "In a short time, he must not be able to control the Sixth Army of the Northern Yamen. How many people did Changsun Wuji plant and how many people did he win over?"

"A lot of people have been installed and won over, but if the soldiers of the North Yaya have made a choice between the Grand Tutor and Changsun, I believe there will be more people on the Grand Tutor's side."

Zhang Chao shook his head.

“I don’t want things to go that way.”

"What do Wenyuan wants to do? If he killed him, would he find some evidence of the Changsun family?"

"Changsun Wuji is the emperor's uncle, and Changsun has a high prestige in the court. Besides, Changsun Wuji is firmly opposed to me in the court now, so I can't touch him."

If Zhang Chao touched Changsun Wuji, then everyone would be in danger. Others would suspect that Zhang Chao wanted to eliminate the stranger and usurp the throne and seize power.

"Leave the hundreds of miles of fiefdom in the Yili Valley of Li Tai to the Changsun family." Zhang Chao thought for a while, "If he is not satisfied, he will give his sons another title."

"Will this make people feel that the Taishi is weak?"

"What's wrong with being weak? The real strength is not something that others say. Besides, after Changsun Wuji accepts these fiefs, then the court will give another wave of fiefs, and Changsun Wuji has no reason to object."

At the first cabinet meeting today, Zhang Chao's proposal for military system reform was firmly opposed by Changsun Wuji. Zhang Chao could have made a majority agree to overwhelming the minority and forced it to pass, but Zhang Chao did not do so, and it was just temporarily shelved.

Anyway, he is the prime minister and can be taken out at any time. This is much stronger than other prime ministers. Zhang Chao can leave the proposals put forward by other prime ministers first, or he can not vote after discussion. He can only suppress them if he just thinks about it.

He has the final say whether to take it out or not.

This is the Prime Minister.

However, of course Zhang Chao did not intend to give up. This military system reform must be passed, but he just planned to go back.

After Changsun Wuji returned home, he was still very unhappy.

He now has a deep hostility towards Zhang Chao. He always regards Zhang Chao as a powerful minister who wants to usurp the throne. He regards himself as Chengqian's guardian and must resolutely fight with Zhang Chao.

"Dad, isn't it wise for us to fight Zhang Chao like this now?"

Changsun Wuji glared at Changsun Chong, "If we don't stand up, who else can stand up? I originally thought Fang Xuanling would definitely be on my side, but I didn't expect that he would be in the same gang as Zhang Chao."

"Dad, I think this military system reform is imperative, and no one can stop Zhang Chao. Instead of stopping the chariot, we might as well find a way to compete for the personnel adjustments of military generals after the new military system after the new military system."

Changsun Wuji looked at his son in surprise.

"But we give in, what should we do if Zhang Chaoruo advances step by step?"

"Let's go and see first."

The next morning.

Chengqian did not delay the morning court, and the officials of the regular attendees went to court early.

It took an hour to finish the morning court.

Zhang Chao and other prime ministers returned to the cabinet and continued to discuss matters.

At the meeting, Zhang Chao did not immediately mention the military system reform yesterday, but instead proposed another thing, which was the reward for the last time's protectors.

Last time, the court awarded meritorious soldiers and rewarded them, but did not confirm the fief.

Zhang Chao believes that if you make merits, you will receive rewards. If you protect the ministers, you will definitely have to give them to the territory after you have been granted the title.

"The fiefdom of 800 miles of the Yili River Valley was originally Li Tai. Li Tai had no son and the country was eliminated. Now this fiefdom is taken over to the court. Someone suggested that the fiefdom be transferred to the Shangdang County Prince Changsun Wuji!"

"I agree that the Shangdang County Prince has made great contributions and should receive this reward." Cen Wenben immediately agreed.

Chu Suiliang and Yu Zhining also expressed their support, and Yang Shidao looked around and agreed.

Of course, Fang Xuanling and the others had no reason to object. At present, the nine prime ministers, Zhang Chao, and the other seven agreed.

Changsun Wuji was caught off guard.

"Okay, this matter is agreed upon, and I will return to your Majesty for approval."

"Next, let's discuss the rewards of other heroes!"

Zhang Chao proposed to transfer the fiefdom of Li Zhi's original Western Regions to Fang Xuanling. It was also an excellent fiefdom. As for Li Zhi, he changed from the deposed crown prince to King of Jin, which was already considered the emperor's lofty grace. As for the original territory, of course, he would not leave it to him again. Zhang Chao did not mention the new territory for the time being.

He agreed with Cheng Qian that he would be granted a title to Australia in a few years.

At the meeting, Zhang Chao immediately gave up the fiefs of twenty kings to adjust their fiefs.

Changsun Wuji replaced the Yili River Valley, and Fang Xuanling replaced the Saiye River Valley.

The other kings also changed many good places, and their fiefs were expanded, which was also very fertile.

Finally, Zhang Chao also added a fiefdom to himself, not a renewal, but an additional fiefdom. After all, he was promoted from King Zhao to King Zhao of Anguo, and it was normal that he increased his fiefdom.

On a map of Nanyang, Zhang Chao drew a circle on the south side of Hainan Island.

"There is an archipelago here. I named it the Luzon Islands. This archipelago will be my additional territory."

Luzon Islands, named by Zhang Chao.

Several prime ministers looked at the map, but they had no hearing about the Luzon Islands.

If Zhang Chao had placed his territory on the Golden Peninsula, they would definitely be more sensitive. Zhang Chao was there to train private troops.

It is also an important position on the maritime trade line, but I have never heard of this Luzon Island.

Hainan Island is a large island on the Lingnan Sea, but it is also very remote. But further south, there are indeed many islands, but there are not many large and very developed islands.

Everyone didn't quite understand that Zhang Chao was going to leave this archipelago, but they didn't object.

After all, Zhang Chao gave everyone a good fiefdom just now.

After finishing the fiefs of twenty kings, Zhang Chao proposed the fiefs of Pingyang.

Pingyang is not an ordinary princess. She is the legitimate princess of Emperor Gaozu and the eldest princess of the Supreme Emperor. She is now the eldest princess of today. Especially for her achievements in serving the king and protecting the law, she is even more respected as the eldest princess of the country. How could she be ordinary?

Zhang Chao proposed to enfeoff the Golden Peninsula to Li Xiuning, the eldest princess of Pingyang Town.

The Golden Peninsula is located in Funan and south of Zhenla. There are two major countries, Langya Xiu and Jietu, as well as many small indigenous states. This fiefdom is given to the Great Princess, and the Great Princess also needs to be fought against.

But what is more sensitive is that there are actually many evidences set by Zhang Chao on this peninsula.

Changsun Wuji was about to object. He believed that this was Zhang Chao's account. If it was handed over to Pingyang, then what was the difference between handing it over to Zhang Chao?

"Everyone, before I seal this peninsula to the Great Princess, I will sell all the military industries such as shipyards, gun factories, armor factories and other military industries that I had built warships and equipment for the Law Guardian Army to the court." Zhang Chao said with a smile.

"For Sale?" Changsun Wuji glared at Zhang Chao. He actually dared to raise this matter publicly and had the nerve to say that he would sell it.

Zhang Chao smiled and said, "I hand over all these to the court. The court only needs to symbolically exchange an island."

He drew another circle to the south of the map where he had just drawn down the Luzon Islands.

"There is also a Boni Island to the south of Luzon, Nanyang. The imperial court assigned me this Boni Island and got a companion with Luzon."

Changsun Wuji didn't want to care about where this Boni Island was, nor did he know that this island was actually as huge as Luzon. Boni is the third largest island in the world, and later called Kalimantan Island, also known as Borneo.

However, many people in the Tang Dynasty now know more about Linyi, Zhenla, Funan, Piao Kingdom, at most, Wolf Teeth Xiu, Jietu, Sriva, Lion Kingdom, etc., and they don’t know much about other Nanyang Islands and countries.

Even many maritime merchants only know that there are many islands in the South Ocean, but they do not have a clear understanding of these archipelagos that deviate from their routes.

At the cabinet meeting, Zhang Chao first divided the Luzon Islands, that is, the Philippines Islands, into the bowl as his enfeoffment territory, and then now proposed to exchange the military factory in Nanyang for Borneo.

Nanyang's military factories, shipyards, etc. will definitely not be able to keep them.

If Zhang Chao keeps it in his hands, Cheng Qian can't sleep, so Zhang Chao avoided the Malay Peninsula, which had already started operating and had some basic foundations, but instead changed to the Luzon and Boni Islands.

The Nanyang Military Factory and Shipyard were handed over and the Malay Peninsula was handed over to Li Xiuning.

In fact, the current situation on the Malay Peninsula will not change, and Zhang Chaoyi will be there to retain power.

But the court felt different.

Zhang Chao took the initiative to hand over the key reliance for the last rebellion, including a large-scale shipyard and military factory.

Fang Xuanling ignored the president Sun Wuji's objection and immediately asked Zhang Chao.

"This is true?"

“It’s true.”

Fang Xuanling said, "I thought this could be agreed. The court used this Luzon Islands as the additional territory of King Zhao of Anguo, and the Boni Islands as the reward for Wenyuan to hand over Nanyang shipbuilding and military factories to the court."

Fang Xuanling thought this transaction was worth it.

Although his intuition told him that Luzon and Boni Islands might not be simple, Fang Xuanling had never heard of the names of the two places in Nanyang before. He thought that perhaps these two islands might have rich minerals or rich in spices.

Therefore, he felt that this transaction was not a loss.

Luzon is definitely not as good as Hainan Island, and this Bonini is definitely not as good as Liu Qiu. That's how he thought.

As for the Golden Peninsula to be handed over to the eldest princess Li Xiuning, it doesn’t matter. Just dismantle the shipyards and military factories in Nanyang and then take the craftsmen away. As for the island, it is mostly still in the hands of natives such as Langya Xiu.

"Wenyuan, the court can promise to give you these two islands, but you also have to guarantee that all the shipyards and military factories in Nanyang must be handed over to the court. At the same time, all the craftsmen and workers must be handed over to the court in their original form, a lot of them."

Zhang Chao smiled and said, "Of course, but only those in the South China Sea outside the territory of the Tang Dynasty. But don't worry, except for those in the South China Sea, I have some shipyards in other places, but they are all legal shipyards registered in the court, and there is no military factory."

"Okay, that's it." Fang Xuanling was worried that Zhang Chao would regret it, so he immediately declared it again.

Zhang Chao smiled and said, "Well, that's all."

I went to the city to do business this afternoon, and when I got home, I helped harvest rice. Although I just took the rice harvested by the harvester home, I was not strong enough and I was so tired. After I coded this chapter, I couldn't move. I took a break early and I would update it tomorrow.
Chapter completed!