Dou Shaoxuan retreated.

The hall was quiet again.

His Majesty Li Er stretched his waist, glared at Fang Jun, and said angrily: "You bastard can't stop for two days?" Always cause trouble all day long, not the things of the son of man, if you are my son, I don't know how many layers of skin will be given to you! ”

scolded and scolded, but there was not much annoyance.

Among them, those Guan Long families deliberately found fault, and without this kind of thing, there must be other things. Since Fang Jun is the vanguard of His Majesty Li Er's erection in front of people, it is impossible for him to live in peace......

Fang Jun said with a hippie smile: "Thank you Your Majesty for your love, Weichen is moved, and he should serve the country with his ......."

"Come on, oil cavity slippery!"

His Majesty Li Er waved his hand impatiently to interrupt, then pointed to the seat beside him, let Fang Jun sit down, and began to inquire about Jiangnan affairs in detail.

Fang Jun's thoughts were clear, and his answers were clear and concise.

His Majesty Li Er listened while nodding his head and occasionally asking.

Hearing the danger of Niu Zhuji's battle, His Majesty Li Er clenched his fists and scolded angrily: "Pigs and dogs, it's not a pity to die!" "The entire Jiangnan is sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight, watching the Shanyue people use the sea of people to submerge Fang Jun, and even personally send soldiers to assist, which has risen to the charge of complicity!

If it weren't for the fear that the turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River would ruin the plan of the Eastern Crusade, His Majesty Li Er, who has always been belligerent, would have ordered the army to go south a long time ago, vowing to uproot these hairpin families!

When Fang Jun said that he had secretly planned with the Yu Ming clan and staged a drama of "righteous release of assassins" at the Fushan Wharf outside Haiyu City, which scared the soul of the Jiangnan Shi clan out of possession, His Majesty Li Er laughed heartily and praised: "When it comes to such unsightly small means, few people in the Manchu Dynasty can match you!" ”

Fang Jun rolled his eyes, are you complimenting?

Later, Fang Jun designed a pit for the Jiangnan family in stealing wood, so that many Jiangnan scholars, including the Xiao family, were dumb and couldn't say what was going on, so they had to obediently give the money, and His Majesty Li Er was even more happy.

When it came to Fang Jun's request for Rudong County to use the county's financial guarantee to buy a boat for the people of the county, His Majesty Li Er was quite satisfied: "It is especially good to be able to find another way to benefit the people without sticking to the nest." That Sun Chengen is also a capable official, and I will tell the officials to train more, and they must be entrusted with important tasks. ”

Finally, when it came to leading troops to defeat the elephant soldiers of the Zhenla Kingdom and purchasing two seaports in the Linyi Kingdom, His Majesty Li Er frowned and said, "When your performance was presented, I did not express my position. I am not a stubborn person, I understand the truth of the rapid change of the situation, now you explain to me, if it is just to buy food, you can sign an agreement with Lin Yi State, why occupy two seaports and waste manpower and material resources to maintain and defend them? Lin Yi is thousands of miles away from the Tang Dynasty, no matter how the Tang Tiger Ben dominates the world, it is inevitable that the whip will not be able to catch it, once the situation changes, these two enclaves are not still in the bag of Lin Yi Kingdom? ”

There is no emperor who does not aspire to a wider territory, which can make the history of the famous and worshipped by future generations.

His Majesty Li Er naturally could not be exempt from vulgarity, otherwise he would not have conquered Goguryeo with his heart in mind to achieve a magnificent feat that the ancient emperors had never had.

But His Majesty Li Er is obviously much more sensible......

Goguryeo bordered the Tang Dynasty, and it could directly intervene in it by land or sea, and it could maintain its rule for a long time after occupying it. However, Da Nang and Cam Ranh are thousands of miles away from each other, and even if they are occupied, it is difficult to achieve the goal of long-term rule, so what is the use of it?

Fang Jun explained: "Your Majesty, you still don't have a clearer understanding of the combat power of the Royal Sailors. Let's put it this way, ten years later, when the great development of artillery, muskets and new warships matured, the Royal Naval Division was invincible on the sea, and this army alone could reach the point of crossing the sea. In the world, there is no rivalry to it! In this case, the ancient statecraft will have to change accordingly, and the sea is connected to a wider land, an infinite amount of wealth! Now the corners and exotic countries that the imperial court looks down on are likely to become a place where wealth gathers under the prosperity of maritime trade! ”

Why did the land of Jiaozhou stand out independently during the Song Dynasty?

On the one hand, it is caused by the narrow political thinking of the rulers, who believe that they do not obey the king's religion and stay in the foreign lands. On the other hand, it is remote and difficult to govern, and the labor and army are losing money......

But now, under the auspices of Fang Jun, Datang's navigation technology has spanned thousands of years in one fell swoop, and it is natural to be able to control the South China Sea and even the land of the South China Sea through waterways. Even if it was due to the decline of the Central Plains Dynasty, these territories became independent, because they kept the waterways open, and they could still be in the hands of the Han Chinese.

Therefore, with the rise of maritime trade and the development of navigation technology, the strategy of the entire empire should also be changed accordingly, and more attention should be paid to the strategic layout of the coast and overseas.

Da Nang is a stronghold established to support maritime trade, and when countless such strongholds are practiced together, Datang has reached the point of controlling global maritime trade. What kind of influence will that bring, what kind of wealth will it bring?

"The prosperity of maritime trade and overseas strongholds will bring Datang tens or hundreds of times more revenue than land taxes, and Datang's treasury will never be exhausted. To put it a little arrogantly, Your Majesty can sit in the Taiji Palace and command the Tiger Ben of the Tang Dynasty to fight whoever he wants! The most important thing is that the Datang culture will spread to all inhabited places with the unimpeded merchant ships, and the whole world will be invaded by the splendid culture of the Datang Dynasty, and the influence of the Datang Dynasty will be overwhelming the world, which is something that His Majesty cannot do even if he has a million heroes......"

Fang Jun's tone was sonorous, explaining his beliefs to His Majesty Li Er, and casually drew a big cake that was enough to shine for a thousand years......

His Majesty Li Er was dumbfounded.

He never thought that Fang Jun, a mallet, would have such a grand ideal in his heart!

Let the tiger ben of the Tang Dynasty conquer the neighbors, and let the culture of the Tang Dynasty invade the world?!

Suppressing the churning thoughts in his heart, His Majesty Li Er asked in a deep voice: "What you say is better than what you sing, anyway, it's all unforeseen in the future, isn't it nonsense with you?" If you really have splendor, then tell me how to reach this point where you can dominate the world and be proud of the world?"

But test me?

Fang Jun was confident, and stretched out three fingers coaxingly: "If Your Majesty and all the Zaifu in the court support, if you want the Tang Dynasty to laugh and be proud of the world, it will be a snap!" Just do it in three points. ”

His Majesty Li Er almost laughed angrily: "Do you think you are Zhuge Liang?" If there's a fart, let it go! ”

was struck, Fang Jun was still full of confidence: "First, population." Second, education. Third, the military system. ”

His Majesty Li Er was silent for a moment and said, "Let's listen to it in detail." ”

Fang Jun sat up straight, and said slowly: "If Datang wants to grow, the most fundamental condition is to have enough population, otherwise even if it occupies the world, where will the population come from to protect it?" After a hundred years of chaos between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the 36 anti-kings at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the population had plummeted to an extremely low level. ”

Hearing this, His Majesty Li Er was a little displeased.

Recuperation is the first priority, doesn't this mean that my crusade plan is actually contrary to the development of the whole country?

Fang Jun's words had already been repeated countless times in his heart, and he naturally knew how His Majesty Li Er would react after saying it, and continued: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about Goguryeo's affairs, in fact, the conquest of Goguryeo is not contrary to recuperation. There is also a prerequisite for recuperation, that is, the neighbors are stable and there is no war on the border. At present, the Turks have not been destroyed, the Western Regions are not appeased, the ambitions of Tubo are not extinguished, and Tugu is ready to move...... Without a stable environment, how can we talk about recuperation? Goguryeo has always been arrogant, its people and its shamelessness, once the Tang Dynasty launched a large-scale military war in the Western Regions, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not take the opportunity to make trouble and fall into the ground, only by exterminating it first, can it go all out to the west. ”

His Majesty Li Er nodded again and again, deeply convinced.

Goguryeo is a country with a small population and arrogant and tenacious character, and it has been a great headache for successive dynasties, and if it cannot be completely eliminated, it is difficult to guarantee that it will one day become a big problem.