The silver candle autumn light cold painting screen, light Luo small fan fluttering fireflies.

The night is as cool as water, lying down to see the morning glory Vega.

Autumn is getting stronger, and the east and west cities of Chang'an City are becoming more and more lively.

Several armies that set out to fight against Xue Yantuo have received good news one after another.

Since Xue Yantuo's army lost its main force in Liangzhou, the northern grasslands have become the pastures of the Tang Dynasty's three-way army.

Shuozhou and Liangzhou had already received a lot of cattle and sheep booty, and before the heavy snow fell, most of the soldiers who went out to fight also returned to the court.

Li Shimin happily communicated with Fang Xuanling and several ministers in the center of the Xuanzheng Hall about the strategy for governing the grassland in the future, and Li Kuan, who had been living for a month, was also called over to discuss together.

"Xue Yantuo spans two thousand miles from east to west, and more than a thousand miles from north to south, is it really necessary for such a large area to be included in the actual rule?"

Yang Shidao, as the secretary of the ministry, did not agree with sending officials to manage the grassland.

In his opinion, sending so many people to the grassland is simply a practice that outweighs the losses.

Besides, can those scholars in Chang'an City get used to it after they go to the grassland?

How many officials do you need for such a large area?

If you are an official in a good place, the more positions you have, the happier Yang Shidao will be.

But the northern steppes?

This is in the eyes of many people, but even Lingnan can't compare to the place, right?

Isn't it the same as exile to be sent to that place?

Not even exile?

"Your Majesty, or can we refer to the original immigration strategy of His Royal Highness the King of Chu and move all the Hu people on the grassland to Lingnan Road, there will be no one on the grassland, and there will be no more people to plague the frontier, right?"

Wei Zheng also expressed his views on the sidelines.

"No! The people of this grassland, like weeds, are gone now, and they will be there again next year. In such a large grassland, without the Xue Yantuo people, there will be Zhang Yantuo and Wang Yantuo people, and migration alone can only solve the problem of the Xue Yantuo people, but not the problem of the grassland. His Royal Highness the King of Chu's plan, although it is a little more complicated, but if it is simplified a little, it is really possible to bring the northern grasslands into the actual control of my Tang Dynasty, and that significance is extraordinary. ”

Although Cen Wenwen was not familiar with Li Kuan, he tended to support his views.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu's method is good, but there is a big problem, that is, to connect the main towns with cement roads, and to build many post stations, which costs money...... I'm afraid that half of the year's money from the household department won't see a splash, right? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji seemed to be in favor, but there were all kinds of worries in and out of his words.

It's hard to tell if he's not here, it's a typical politician.

"Kuan'er, what do you say?"

Li Shimin, who was sitting on the main seat, saw that all the ministers had expressed their opinions one after another, and kicked the ball in front of Li Kuan again.

The inclusion of the northern grasslands in the actual rule of the Tang Dynasty is naturally happy for Li Shimin to see this happen.

Who wouldn't want their rule to be bigger?

But what the eldest grandson Wuji said is right, this requires countless sums of money to achieve.

Does Datang have so much money?

Is it worth spending so much money?

Ordinary officials may be embarrassed to talk about "interests," but Li Shimin, as a son of the moment, cannot but consider this issue.

Only when you really have to do things, will you find that money is a really important thing.

"Your Majesty, Weichen's opinion has not changed from beginning to end, and it will not change in the future. The northern grasslands have plagued the Central Plains Dynasty for thousands of years, and we cannot leave this problem to future generations to solve. We are now very difficult to solve this problem, and it is very stressful, and it is conceivable that it will be more difficult for future generations to solve this problem, and even if there is no way to solve this problem, the country will already be destroyed. ”

Li Kuan's words, many people present frowned.

Subjugation?

That's what he dares to say, right?

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, everyone naturally hopes to solve this problem, but we can't ignore other state capitals in the Tang Dynasty in order to solve the grassland problem."

"That's right, the grassland is so big and so desolate, who wants to go there as an official in Chang'an City? With so many roads built, the household department has not thought about doing anything else in the past few years. Originally, there was a plan to clean up the waterways, but this matter is just as important. ”

"The grassland is so big, it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to maintain its rule, but the benefits that Datang can get are very small, it is really tasteless, and it is a pity to abandon it."

The ministers of the palace expressed their opinions one after another.

Obviously, there are still many people who do not support Li Kuan's view.

In fact, it cannot be said that these ministers have no vision.

It can only stand in this era, and it is indeed a very difficult thing to incorporate the grassland into actual rule.

However, now that Datang's science and technology are changing with each passing day, Li Kuan is confident that he will change this passive situation that has been formed for thousands of years.

Not to mention anything else, one day the steam engine will be made, as long as the main border towns of the Tang Dynasty are connected by train, then the imperial court's ability to rule the frontier will immediately rise several steps.

"On the grassland, it's not just about raising cattle and sheep. When Nanshan Construction Engineering was building the cement road from Liangzhou to Shuozhou, it found a huge open-pit coal mine in Yulin, and also found a huge iron mine near the tribe of the Dangxiang people.

The construction of the cement road certainly costs some money, but the household department can borrow money from the Datang Royal Money Village to solve the problem of road repair funds, or simply transfer a certain range of land on both sides of the cement road to Nanshan Construction Engineering, and Nanshan Construction Engineering will be responsible for all the road repair funds. ”

Li Kuan's previous method is a cliché.

The money borrowed has to be repaid, so people don't really want to do it.

However, the latter method is eye-catching.

The land of the northern grasslands, everyone wants to give up, what value can it have?

Even if Li Kuan talked about coal mines, iron mines, and even coal mines, except for the ministers who have related industries in their families, no one else is very interested.

It's just too far.

If some of this useless land is sold to Nanshan Construction Engineering to solve the problem of cement road construction, who will object?

Even the eldest grandson Wuji, who was not dealing with Li Kuan, raised his hands and feet to support it.

"Kuan'er, is Nanshan Construction really willing to do this?"

"Your Majesty, since Weichen said so, it is naturally true."

"Good! I agreed in principle to this! ”

With Li Shimin's words, everyone had a smile on their faces.

However, the smile did not linger on his face for a few seconds when it was interrupted by a loud "boom".

This is Daming Palace, such a big "boom" sound......

Li Zhong, who was standing behind Li Shimin, his face turned white, and he immediately trotted to understand the situation.