.Chapter 5 Wish to stay temporarily

It turned out that there was a world map, which was painted by Li Wei. It was very similar to the four-dimensional world. Now it is still similar to the four-dimensional world. However, after Hu Ying's line, the countries west of the Pamir Mountains were marked more clearly, rather than calling Byzantium and even Bos the Great Qin State as before. But it was still not standard.

But it has more practical reference value.

In particular, Li Wei made some assessments of the population of various countries based on some information, such as Dashi, and marked the territory of Dashi. The population was about 25 million to 30 million, and Byzantium was about 15 million. The Frankish Kingdom annexed the Gaul area and the population was also close to 15 million. Tianzhu originally had a powerful empire called the Jieji Empire. After King Jieji died, it split into several small countries. Therefore, Li Wei estimated based on the information he received that the population of the various countries in Tianzhu was about 60 million.

The latter point surprised these ministers.

After all, from the map, the area of ​​the various countries in India is less than one-quarter of the area of ​​the Tang Dynasty (including the banned areas).

This is Li Wei's estimate, because countries are not careful about demographic statistics, and Li Wei's hearsay, there are still great errors, but they are not far from the actual population.

After hanging the map, Li Wei said: "I said yesterday that we should fight less, but we must fight. If we do not prepare the army, we will not fight. If we do not prepare the army, we will not fight. Even if we prepare millions of troops, when we are in actual combat, the soldiers will often be defeated by a few enemies because of lack of experience. Many of you, there are also many who have been on the battlefield. You all know and have seen the difference between new soldiers and veterans. If we do not fight, the more troops we prepare, the more burdens we will become for the country. Therefore, we must also fight appropriately based on national strength. In this regard, the father did a good job in conquer Goryeo, conquered Khitan and Turks, conquered some battles with Tubo, and conquered Nanzhao."

The ministers in the court were divided into two factions, so any suggestions from Li Wei would be placed on his parents' big sign. At least for now, he did not want to be divided.

"But how to fight? We can't wait until the enemy comes up before we fight. Moreover, our dynasty uses more troops, and the recruitment speed is slow. When the army is recruited, the enemy has retreated calmly and the battlefield enters a battlefield that is beneficial to the enemy. This is also the reason why Xue Rengui was defeated by Dafeichuan. Therefore, we must see that those countries will be hostile to our Tang Dynasty."

As he said that, he touched the west from Dashi and said, "We don't want this area."

Even Dashi and Li Wei were not interested. Although this place will be the largest oil-producing area in the world in the future, what role will it play now? Can you keep the day when oil technology is exploited? It is better to leave it to your descendants. If you have a future, you can continue to expand. If you don’t have to keep it true.

The Tang Dynasty's troops were deployed to Dashi, and the logistics supply was difficult. The strength of the Dashi army should not be underestimated. This is an unwise approach.

Li Wei still said: "The lack of hostility in our Tang Dynasty does not mean that Dashi is not hostile. This country has a strong commercial foundation, sufficient funds, and the expansion of plunder brings benefits to their expansion. Now they are robbing the Byzantine sphere of influence. Once you turn around, everyone will take a look."

On the map, the remaining sphere of influence of the Bos people, Tochar and Tuqishi, stopped when they arrived at Shuye City and said, "They are afraid of the cold. They will not pass east of the Pamir Mountains, nor will they pass north of the Pamir Mountains, but to the west of the Pamir Mountains and south of Shuye, they are very suitable for their appetite."

Just one sentence, a buzzing discussion sounded over twenty-somethings.

The countries of Tochar, including Kang and Shi, were far away from the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty rarely sent troops here, but these small countries were very conscious and took the initiative to defect. They also paid tribute to Chang'an every year, which was also produced by these countries. Moreover, these countries have flat terrain and abundant resources. Although the tributes paid in one country, the tributes paid in each country together were also a considerable amount of wealth for the Tang Dynasty.

Li Wei took a sip of tea.

In the Eastern Palace, the tea he drank was just tea leaves, but in other places, when drinking tea, some put ginger, some put nǎi, and some put juice. If it was well placed, it could still be drunk. It was not good and it was extremely difficult. After several years, Li Wei was not used to it.

After they finished talking, Li Wei said, "Maybe you think they are barbarians and have limited combat power, but our Tang Dynasty was far away from them, so you spared them. If you think that way, you would be wrong. Dashi and our Tang Dynasty are not evil. You can discuss it and send a hundred soldiers to Dashi and his ranks with the envoys, and then let these soldiers observe with the Dashi army and see their combat power. By the way, you will understand the Dashi people, prepare for the future, and how to prevent problems before they happen?"

There is no big controversy about this, agree immediately.

Liu Rengui began to draft the book.

After he finished writing, Li Wei pointed at Tubo and said, "Dashi, our Tang Dynasty can be an imaginary enemy, but there is no rush. Tubo is the top priority. Weibi Jiannan, Nanzhao, Longyou and the Western Regions. I have said a lot about how to fight Tubo before. The ministers have also made many suggestions, not mention it, and then talk about the Western Turks. Pei Qing is about to travel west. Maybe you say that the reason for fighting against the Western Turks is to protect themselves and not let them disturb the border. I think this

The law is wrong. Let the Western Turks not be allowed to break the Silk Road. Without the Silk Road, the trade route will be cut. Without this trade route, many goods in my dynasty will not be transported to the West. It is not that I value trade. After all, many workshops make a living by manufacturing. If they are cut off, thousands of households will lose their source of livelihood. Or they will force them to farm in the countryside. Where can the land come from? Everyone, do you have the courage to let the rich families spit out the annexed land?"

Even Wu Zetian did not have the courage to attack all the noble families.

This is the biggest cancer of the Tang Dynasty. Looking at the comparison of the populations between ancient and modern times, the Han Empire reached 150 to 60 million at the most, and the Song Dynasty later reached 100 million. In such a short period of time, the Sui Dynasty was close to 60 million. The Tang Dynasty developed for so many years, including hiding and fleeing households, but only more than 40 million. When it reached the peak of Tianbao, the Ministry of Revenue counted only 60 million. It was precisely because of the large amount of annexation that restricted the ability of ordinary people to have offspring. If they were not enough to eat, would they have the courage to raise seven or eight children?

Although the population is not a manifestation of national strength, for example, Li Wei did not mention it this time. Although it is the most densely populated area in the world. Because of the caste system, as the most expensive caste Brahma and the second noble Kshatriya, the others are low Vaishya and Shudra. These Vaishya and Shudra live in dire straits and are eager for foreigners to invade, so the most densely populated in India is the best place to conquer in the world.

After Li Wei received some information from the group of envoys from West Asian countries who came with Hu Ying, he became interested in these Sans. But now, if you want to conquer India, you must overcome the hurdle of Tubo. This may take twenty or thirty years. If you put it behind, you will not discuss it for the time being.

For example, the Song Dynasty was rich in population, but was the country strong?

However, if you want to be strong, you cannot become strong without a large population and a sufficient economy. The number of people in the Tang Dynasty was too small, which was less than two-thirds of that in India. For example, in some areas in the south of the Yangtze River, the population is still very thin, which is not what Li Wei wanted to see. The country's population is insufficient, so how can we move overseas?

But I still don’t mention this. The reason I said this is to let everyone see the sense of crisis, otherwise I would not agree to my policy towards Japan.

When it comes to the annexation of large households, no one dares to speak. This topic is too big. Unless a big shot comes to subvert the situation, you can't help these famous families.

Leave it alone and continue to talk: "Therefore, the geographical location of the Western Turks is more important to our Tang Dynasty than the geographical location of the Eastern Turks. But the Eastern Turks cannot be ignored. Let's look at the map again. After Emperor Taizong sent troops to clear the enemy out of poverty, the population of the Eastern Turks has withered. However, in the past few decades, the population has increased again and started to make plans. I don't believe that in these few years, we will wait and see. Not only the Eastern Turks, but Wen Yanbo's strategy was adopted at that time. From Lingwu to Youzhou, a large number of Hu people were placed on the border of more than 2,000 miles. Once they were connected to the front line, let's take a look at what would the dozens of prefectures in Youzhou, Zhaozhou, Taiyuan, and Lingzhou be the result?"

"Your Majesty, this is unlikely..." Xue Yuanchao said hesitantly.

"It is unlikely that the Hu people on the border are very loyal to the Tang Dynasty. Don't forget their blood relationship and don't forget the Five Hu Hua. Moreover, our policies to the Hu people are not as good as those of the Tubo people."

As soon as he finished speaking, several ministers expressed opposition.

"You said Dangxiang, Dangxiang is an exception. In order to win over the various foreign countries, the Tubo people mostly married their nv as their concubines, and even let these outstanding people from the robber tribe serve as major discussions. Everyone, did our Tang Dynasty do it?"

Therefore, later generations did not regard Li Tang as a Hu dynasty because Li Tang was completely sinicized.

They themselves are very repulsive of the Hu people. Some people also say that later Li Longji mostly used the Hu people as the governor, which was just a trick of Li Linfu not wanting to become the prime minister in the border area. In the past three hundred years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, how many Hu people have truly entered the core of power?

An Lushan is not, he is a favorite, but he has never really entered the prime minister's decision on national affairs.

But this topic is still very controversial. Li Wei dared not mention it now, and after he made everyone unable to speak, he left it behind again and said, "So you are not afraid of 10,000, just afraid of 10,000. If it is this situation, so what? I and Pei Lang talked about this matter two years ago. It was not about opening the border, but about putting war outside the border to fight, which is also to reduce the harm to the people. Then let's look at the Khitan again. Maybe it's small in population and not large in area. But if the Khitan is transferred, it can also be transferred out more than 100,000, and more than 200,000 strong men as the source of soldiers. How brave the Khitans are? Liu Qing, you have conquered Liaodong, used Khitan soldiers, and Qinghai, I have also used it with my own eyes. It would be fine if the court handled it properly, but if it is not handled properly, the Khitans will rebel, and the consequences will be serious."

Not only is it serious, once the Khitan rebelled, the entire Liaodong Corridor would be cut off and the Tang Dynasty could no longer manage Liaodong.

Not only that, there was also a crisis in the Tang Dynasty. Nanzhao is now scattered, so it seems that the power is very small, which does not mean that the people of Nanzhao are very cowardly. Once they are unified and combined, there will be a well-trained army with complex terrain, so the Tang army is still difficult to conquer.

Either the people of the Marines, some are loyal to the Tang Dynasty, while others are disgusted with the Tang Dynasty. Because they are far away and cold, they are like Wang Jian River, Nashui (Songuā River), Sumo River, Huhan River (the two rivers are important tributaries of the water, and now they have disappeared), and they blatantly disobey the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty also turned a blind eye to this.

If you divide it for a long time, you will be united. If you combine it for a long time, you will be separated. These tribes have been separated for a long time. It is difficult to guarantee that there will be no talent in the future and integrate the tribes. Once integrated, another powerful Tubo will appear.

After saying that, the ministers could not speak.

"Therefore, Silla's arrogance played a very bad leading role. Let the divisions see an illusion, thinking that our Tang Dynasty is far away, as long as we survive, or the army comes, and be convinced, once the army leaves, we immediately rebel, our Tang Dynasty will be helpless. What if the divisions learn, what should we do? Besides, everyone has also seen that Lun Qinling of Tubo actually reached out to Chang'an of our Tang Dynasty, will we send envoys to lobby them?"

This is not impossible. Later, Mochu sent an envoy to contact the Wulu family. This time, the group joined forces because the Wulu family was preparing to pro-Tang Dynasty and did not agree, so they let the Tang Dynasty know and record it in history. Others, if not let the Tang Dynasty know, must have been found out.

"Let's talk about Japan. At that time, Japan sent an envoy to the Sui Dynasty. What's the name?"

"My girl ono, her Chinese name is Su Yingao." Liu Rengui replied.

"He came to the envoy for the first time, saying that the emperor sent a letter to the sun, and the emperor was safe. The second time, he came to the envoy for the east emperor, and called the emperor of the west. Even if they were barbarians, they did not understand etiquette and did not care. However, why did they decisively send troops to assist Baekje?"

These two envoys made Yang Guang furious. Only the Chinese emperor could be called the emperor. Japan not only called the emperor, but also the emperor whose sun rose. The Sui Dynasty was the emperor whose sun set. But they really made them in one language. Later, they were called the emperor. They were the emperor, and the Sui Dynasty was the emperor, the emperor, that is, the son. It was very rampant.

"That time was very dangerous. If it weren't for Liu Qing, it would be very likely that they would succeed. But after losing, what were they doing? Learn and learn our system, culture, technology, and farming. That's fine. In the past, there were seas separated, and the two sides could not connect. But now? They have strong learning ability and a population of four or five hundred. One day, they learned the shipbuilding technology of our Tang Dynasty, and then you can see it."

As he said that, he drew a series of routes on the map, directing directly to the Shandong Peninsula, the East China Sea, and to the Quanzhou area of ​​Fuzhou. This area is precisely one of the most prosperous areas of the Tang Dynasty, because there is a sea and there are no garrisons.

"I may be worried about it, but when they are strong, they will conquer them again through the sea, isn't it difficult?"

In history, the Yuan Dynasty launched two attacks on Japan, but it failed one after another, mainly because of typhoons. This reason was that the army could not attack Japan through the sea. Now the Tang Dynasty has launched wars against Koryo and Baekje through both sea and land.

Besides, ship technology is developing, and it is not very far from Silla to Japan.

However, the craftsmen used by the Yuan Dynasty were Han craftsmen, with poor treatment and tight time, and the quality of the ships built was very poor. Therefore, they sank immediately when they encountered a typhoon. The Yuan army was also strong, but they were not suitable for maritime combat and were not adapted to tropical rainforests. Not only Japan, but also Annan, had never really conquered. The second time he landed, using Goryeo and Han coalition forces, and they could not compromise with each other and made little progress, and another typhoon came. So not only Japan, but also failed to conquer Java. In the end, Kublai Khan had to choke on his own tone.

But now there is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he is indifferent to the angry young man. Li Wei doesn't want a nasty boy or a little Japanese to appear in later generations, and he doesn't need to dispatch troops, so why not do it?

Continue, "Then you take a look. If these two countries are conquered, the real vast sea is in the east, then the sea can be used as the Great Wall. Otherwise, if we stationed troops on the coastline of thousands of miles to guard against Japan's attacks from the sea, would it be a disaster?"

"Liu Qing just said, how to formulate plans. It is actually not difficult, such as how to increase appropriate taxes for the country without increasing taxes for the people, how much beneficial things to do for the people, what policies to use to increase the population and income of the people, how much arable land and food will be added to each prefecture and county every year? Military can we pacify those tribes within a few years? And so on. This is the goal of our Tang Dynasty every year, every five years, and every ten years."

Everyone is pondering.

But Li Wei didn't expect Pei Yan to make a statement so quickly.

He said, "Your Majesty, I am still very worried. I said, Your Majesty also said yesterday that you should govern Hu with virtue. Today, Silla also sent envoys to Dongdu to admit his mistakes and submit to him. The country of Japan was finally a barbarian. In your words just now, they did not understand etiquette. Now they have become civilized and surrendered to our Tang Dynasty. It is the time for peace and stability. However, Your Majesty has initiated a war between the two countries. This is not governing Hu with virtue, but on the contrary, it is eager for success and profit. This makes me worry."

Pei Yan's words are very capable.

When I sent an envoy to Dashi to take a look, everyone agreed, or sent scouts to the Eastern Turks to listen to it, and it was not impossible to prevent any trouble. All of them agreed.

However, Japan and Silla are far away from the Tang Dynasty, or there is a future that the emperor said, but without provocation first, it is useless to get it. Now, some small profits are obtained, but in the future, they will use a lot of troops, especially to conquer Japan, and use all the navy to carry the military supplies over. How much is the cost?

It doesn’t sound nice if it is spread. When did the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty all talk about profit?

It is better to manage Qinghai with all its strength than to protect Chang'an, gain real profits and weaken Tubo.

Also, these are no faults between the two countries, especially Japan, but the Tang Dynasty took the initiative to use troops, which did not conform to the purpose of the Tang Dynasty since its founding.

In just a few short sentences, some ministers immediately agreed.

Liu Rengui looked at Li Wei and just smiled bitterly, and he had argued in the morning.

Li Wei's eyes narrowed. Pei Yan was still taking action this time or standing on a moral standpoint. But really he is a moral gentleman?

This is to recognize that he and his mother are irreconcilable, and he actively tear up the cracks in the court, so that all his political achievements cannot be implemented. Moreover, his mother is not very old, and he is not as old as him. With his mother's protection, he will be safe and sound. The more he conflicts with his mother, the more important he is to his mother...

With his constraints, my saliva was in vain.

Listening to the ministers' arguments, Li Wei did not say anything. He also wanted to see which side these ministers were on. At least 40% of the ministers were still following his suggestions. For example, among the prime ministers, Liu Rengui and Li Yiyan did not mention it, Cui Zhiwen actually took the initiative to stand up. Except for Guo Daiju, the other three new prime ministers expressed silence. It was also good. They did not ask them to turn against him, as long as they did not turn to their mother's side, Guo Daiju and Xue Yuanchao were in a slander and went to the end with Pei Yan.

He looked at it, stood up and said, "That's fine, since Mr. Pei said he would treat Hu with sincerity, then you will take out a note of how to treat Hu with sincerity in the past two days and present it to me."

It depends on how you, a moral person, treat Wu with sincerity.

Di Renjie is just a son of the Ministry of Justice. Among these big guys, he has a low position. He sat in the last seat and smiled with his head down after hearing this.

Then he squeezed his eyes at Liu Rengui and walked out.

Liu Rengui understood and followed him out. Li Wei said, "Liu Qing, it's okay. I've actually thought about it for Pei Yan to fight. In fact, I have already thought about it. Today's situation will happen, and I don't expect to convince him. But this is a major national event. Why did I encounter danger on the way in the Battle of Qinghai? Li Jingxuan was defeated miserably. It was about Qinling's army attacking, and I could only attack the troops. Now my idea may not be a plan, but it can be considered a attack."

"Your Majesty is too humble."

"It's not too humble, it's a person, you must have self-knowledge."

"Your Majesty, it is a blessing for the Tang Dynasty to have Your Majesty as the emperor." After hearing this sentence, Liu Rengui sighed.

"Liu Qing, there is no need to mention these praises. But I have other plans. In fact, if the country comes forward, there will be a lot of controversy and the plan must be implemented. After this time, if Silla no longer kills the Japanese envoys in the future, the Japanese will not hold grudges, and there will be no chance. Therefore, I plan to find an agent."

"agent?"

"Yes, come on, I'll tell you one more thing." Liu Rengui was also a confidant, and pulled Liu Rengui into a corner of the Secretariat and whispered: "At that time, I saw that the treasury was empty and I could not increase taxes to the people. So I found Liang Jinzhu and Luma, and several good merchants with good moral character, and asked them to promote salt drying, sugar making, and sailing."

"Then they..." Liu Rengui was so amused and crying.

"Yes, strictly speaking, all industries are my industries, but Liu Qing was very annoyed, you also saw that I lost all my profits to the court in the name of donations. Moreover, how much tax has I brought to the country in the past few years?"

"But..." Liu Rengui shook his head. This matter... not only this, but also the little Zanpu in Tubo's future. The emperor used his efforts to make the Tang Dynasty strong and the people's good. However, as Pei Yan said, is it too utilitarian?

"Liu Qing, do you object too?"

"I don't know..."

"Don't worry, when everything stabilizes, I will take back all the industries to state-owned, after all, it's not a good thing."

“It should be.”

"But governing a country is like fighting, with the right as the main and the strange as the auxiliary. Whether my plan will be useful is uncertain. It will weaken these two countries. The weaker the national power of several countries on the border, the more dominant our court will be."

"I think so too. The reason is that with Pei Yan's wisdom, he can understand it, but he is..."

"It's okay, one day, we will seize his handle," Li Wei also said hatefully. Then, turning Pei Yan over was his top priority, and he said: "So, I want to find an agent, whether Lu Ma or Liang Jinzhu, they are good candidates, but in that case, I won't be able to come forward."
Chapter completed!