The old man's gossip confuses the public?

The old man is blind?

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Wei Zheng was so angry that he fell backwards, his white beard was cocked, and the halberd pointed out: "It's just full of nonsense, and it's a lot of nonsense!" What is the benefit of conquering Goguryeo's barren and sparsely populated land? Datang has more than 10,000 acres of undeveloped land, and there is still so much land in his own family that has not been cultivated in the wilderness, but he is worried about other people's land, and thousands of soldiers have to shed their blood in vain! Come on, come on, you yellow-mouthed son tell the old man, how the old man bewitches the public, how to be blind? Say one, two, three, the old man will make amends to you, if you can't say it, the old man will fight for his life today, and he will strangle you, a minister! ”

Wei Zheng was furious, glaring at Fang Jun and wanting to bite him to death......

has been rolling in the court for a lifetime, there are countless people who have scolded him, and the people who hate him have a lot of volume, but no one has ever dared to scold him for bewitching the public and being blind!

The old man lost his temper, cocked his beard and bared his teeth, planning that Fang Jun would fight with him if he couldn't say one, two, three!

The farmers next to them were trembling with fright when they saw their own Erlang and Wei Zhengdingniu, and they automatically retreated far away, even the guards who followed His Majesty Li Er and the officials of Sinong Temple were also nervous, lest they would harm the pond fish......

At the level of Wei Zheng and Fang Jun, ordinary officials naturally avoided them.

Fang Jun also lost his temper, pulled the hat off his head, and glared at Wei Zheng. Let's talk to the emperor here, it's your babble, open your mouth and shut up your ministers, and don't allow others to be anxious?

Come on, old thing, let your second brother teach you what global strategy is, what colonies are, and what dumping is!

"The ancient conquest, one is the land, the other is the population. It is true that the land of Goguryeo is barren and sparsely populated, and it seems to be close to chicken ribs, and it is a pity to abandon it if it is tasteless. However, Zheng Guogong, as a senior official of the Tang Dynasty, must know how to keep pace with the times, and even more importantly, he must know how to forge ahead, and blindly cling to the defects is really a big crime! Although the population of Goguryeo is sparse, how can there be millions of people? With so many people's food, clothing, housing and transportation, the amount of money and food needed is astronomical, as long as Datang can control seven or eight out of ten, it will be able to create millions or even tens of millions of profits for the treasury every year! ”

Wei Zheng was confused when he heard this, hurriedly waved his hand, and asked, "How can the clothing, food, housing and transportation of the Goguryeo people bring profits to the Tang Dynasty?" Could it be that you want to nationalize all the land of Goguryeo and lease it to the Goguryeo people? In addition to taxes, isn't there also rent? No, no, in this way, I am afraid that Goguryeo will not die, and the resistance will definitely not stop! It's just stupid! ”

The most difficult thing in conquest is not to destroy the opponent's military strength, but how to appease the people at the bottom.

You occupy all the land, and the land of the common people is not your own, where will you have a sense of identity?

If you don't make a rebellion, that's a ghost!

Fang Jun squinted at him and sneered: "So, Zheng Guogong's eyes are ......."

Seeing that Wei Zheng's face changed and he was about to go crazy, and His Majesty Li Er on the side also had an inquiring look, Fang Jun hurriedly said: "The law of economy is ever-changing, and using land to tie the people is really the best strategy. Datang goods were extremely popular in Goguryeo, such as silk, porcelain, glass, and so on. The first two Goguryeo have their own output, although the quality is not good, it is difficult to compare with the fine products of the Tang Dynasty, but the advantage is that the price is cheap, and Goguryeo will impose high taxes on the goods of the Tang Dynasty, in fact, it also constitutes a boycott of the goods of the Tang Dynasty. If the Tang Dynasty conquered the whole of Goguryeo one day, it could have supported a puppet regime and then signed a trade agreement with the other side, stipulating that a certain amount of Datang goods must be granted tax exemption or low tax status every year, so as to flow into Goguryeo and completely deal a fatal blow to Goguryeo's local commerce......"

Speaking of this, he pointed to the cotton seeds in His Majesty Li Er's hand: "Your Majesty just asked Weichen why he planted all the land with cotton, not grain. What Wei Chen wants to tell His Majesty is that this thing seems to be cheap, and it is not as important as food, but when all the idle land in Datang is planted with cotton, the income of all the people of Datang will be at least double that of now! ”

His Majesty Li Er was taken aback: "Just such a thing? ”

Fang Jun nodded: "That's it!" Food, clothing, housing and transportation, clothing should still be in front of food, which shows its importance. Your Majesty should not underestimate cotton, why is Jiangnan rich? Although the humid climate produces more land for a reason, the wealth brought by silk cannot be ignored! In Jiangnan, every household has to raise silkworms to make silk, and silk has become the most important foreign trade goods in Datang! When one day, every household in the south of the Yangtze River weaves brocade, every household in the north weaves cotton, and the silk and cotton cloth of the Tang Dynasty are sold overseas, why worry that the people are not rich, why worry that the empire is not strong? ”

What is the greatest value of cotton?

In terms of the social status quo at this stage of Datang, the greatest value is the formation of handicraft industrialization of cotton spinning! The quality of cotton cloth is countless times better than that of kudzu linen, and it is cheaper than silk, once it comes out, it will inevitably be a revolution that sweeps the world!

And Goguryeo is the dumping ground for Datang goods!

Fang Jun's eyes burned: "We occupied Goguryeo, and then strictly forbade the local people to weave cotton cloth, of course, they don't have cotton...... Your Majesty can imagine that if millions of Goguryeo people wore the cotton cloth of the Tang Dynasty, how much wealth could be created for the Tang Dynasty every year? Most of this money has to flow into the hands of the people who cultivate cotton and weave cotton cloth, which is the real wealth hidden from the people! When the people are rich, the country is safe, everyone is well fed and warmly dressed, who will rebel when their brains are pumped? ”

Wei Zheng's eyes widened, and he couldn't understand it......

It's not that he's stupid, it's that this change of mindset makes it difficult for him to adapt to it for a while.

Since ancient times, the outcome of the war has been nothing more than two, either to occupy the land and bring the people of the enemy country under its rule, or to burn and loot the division and return to the dynasty, leaving a scorched earth......

But Fang Jun doesn't have to kill or rob, he can still rely on this kind of business behavior to amass a huge amount of wealth?

His Majesty Li Er thought far more than Wei Zheng!

War is cruel, no matter whether you win or lose, you need to fight with blood, so soldiers have been war-weary since ancient times. Even if there is a title of war merit, no one wants to provoke a war for no reason. But if you want to achieve the hegemony of the Three Emperors, you must support it with one war after another and one victory after another.

Even if he is the emperor, even if his prestige is like a mountain and the sea, it is impossible for everyone to willingly risk death to expand the territory......

But if Fang Jun's idea can really be implemented, the situation will be completely different!

That kind of huge economic interests will directly prompt all the family gate valves to rush to it, and even be willing to go crazy!

Don't be surprised, even if His Majesty Li Er doesn't want to admit it, he can't get rid of the fact that the government military system has gradually been controlled by the family gatekeepers. He tried his best to suppress the family gate valve and support the rise of the Hanmen, and the most direct reason was that the army had gradually become the hardest hit area for the family gate valve infiltration.

But at this stage, once the dividends of the war induce the enthusiasm of the family gatekeepers, then there is no doubt that Datang will become a crazy chariot, crazy to conquer cities, crazy to expand territory, crazy to start wars, and the flames of war will burn to the territory of every neighboring country!

War opens the way, the economy profits!

His Majesty Li Er put his hands behind his back and looked up at the falling rain silently, because of the appearance of firearms, the situation of the war has quietly changed; Is it now necessary for economic reasons to change the nature of war?

Wei Zheng was full of disbelief!

"The Art of War" begins with a clear meaning: "Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored."

In this masterpiece of the art of war, which has been famous for centuries, the seriousness of the consequences of war has been further expounded on the relationship between war and economy, and it has been repeatedly pointed out that "bringing 100,000 troops with armor" will "cost a thousand dollars a day", "if the army is violent for a long time, the country will not be able to use it", and "those who are outside the army and have no national interests will not have it...... All in all, war is costly and unusable.

But if according to Fang Jun's theory, instead of leading to the serious consequences caused by the drastic loss of money and grain in the country, war can make money through war?

This, this, this...... Isn't that nonsense?