There are more projects to be developed, and the workload will die more, Lingnan on the third day of the lunar calendar, it is already very hot, Sun Xiangfu ran out for five days in a row, checking various mountains and water systems during the day, and at night, he also had to write down the plans of various plantations, so that his subordinate disciples could lead the recruited people to work, and on the sixth day, he returned to the city non-stop.

Sun Xiangfu rarely felt that his vision was not far enough, fishing under the parasol erected by the pier, he also had to use binoculars to constantly look into the open sea, the lookout hand on the boat moored on the shore was miserable, and he didn't take a break today.

However, he didn't expect that Zhao Long's fleet didn't wait for it to come back, but waited for Wu Shitong's ship first.

"You left a few days earlier, so you can come with me?" According to the time agreed between Wu Shi Tong and Feng An, he would not come here until half a month later, but now he came in advance, but Feng An, who was busy persuading the local people to help Sun Xiangfu prepare the land and open the fields, did not come to greet him in time, Sun Xiangfu happened to be at the dock, so he directly invited him to talk under his fishing umbrella.

"You'll have to find some time! Now, most of my Datang's taxes are directed at the income of state-owned enterprises and commercial taxes. If His Majesty hadn't ordered all the court office matters in Chang'an to be transferred to Jiangling this month, the old man would have taken advantage of the gap in the relocation to come and have a look, but I am afraid that after half a month, there may not be time to come. "Wu Shi Tong has always kept in contact with Sun Xiangfu, and when he talks, he is not polite.

These words made Sun Xiangfu a little surprised, and said, "The sports conference was only held in mid-August, and His Majesty moved the entire imperial court to Jiangling in March, which is too early!" ”

The warrior said, "Not early, not early, Your Majesty does this, naturally there is a purpose, in the past two years, the west has not been restless, the Persians have received the assistance of my Tang Dynasty, and they are no longer delicious fat, so the big cannibals have changed the direction of expansion, they are now, constantly fighting in the direction of the Byzantine Empire, and there are many kingdoms affected by the war around the front, and in the case of the inaction of the Byzantine Empire, they all agree that only our Tang Dynasty, the strongest empire, can solve the disputes in the West.

Therefore, they all set off very early this year, and as soon as the first month passed, there were many kingdoms that led their delegations to the territory of the Anxi Dadu Protectorate, and they brought enough capital to come to our Datang to seek refuge or settle disputes.

It is said that the Byzantine Empire, the Great Food Empire, the Sassanid Empire of Persia, and the Tianzhu Kingdom, which was blocked in the battle of the Southern Expedition and suffered heavy losses, will not be long before they arrive in Dingxiang.

The charter given by the prince is that since the time for the start of the competition is still early, he will take them around the territory of my Datang, from Dingxiang, Shanyang, and Mayi to Chang'an, and then get on the boat from Weinan, go to Luoyang, enter the canal, go south along the canal, and finally turn into the Yangtze River waterway, and slowly come to Jiangling City, you know his intentions! ”

Sun Xiangfu said with a smile, "The students I taught, I don't understand, since these people from the Western Regions have brought enough capital to my Datang, how can they not spend money, Cheng Qian takes them around like this, it is to benefit the people of all the cities along the way, help them go to inventory, and make money!" ”

Hearing this, Wu Shi Tong nodded and said, "That's right, at least a team of more than 100,000 people, wandering around in our Datang territory, just in terms of food and accommodation, it will cost millions of yuan, and the local products of the people along the way are estimated to be sold a lot. ”

Sun Xiangfu said with a smile, "So many high-rollers from the Western Regions are throwing money in our Datang, and it is everyone who profits, of course everyone is happy, if Cheng Qian is a little more obscene, he should let the fleet stay in each city for a day or two, and give them enough time to play and spend in the local area." By the way, Your Majesty moved the imperial court to Jiangling City first, did you want to temporarily avoid the heads of the countries leading the delegation and ask the Tang Dynasty for help? ”

Wu Shi Tong nodded and said, "Yes, now the court princes agree that the reason why the Byzantine Empire does not act in the war against the Great Cannibal is that it is afraid that my Tang Dynasty will attack them when they are weak and weak, and before, the Great Cannibal played such a role when the Byzantine Empire and the Persian Sassanid Empire were fighting, so the Great Cannibal is now rising rapidly, and they don't want to see our already strong enough Tang Dynasty to deal a major blow to them."

And the princes of the court feel that the Tang Dynasty wants to go west, in fact, the strongest opponent is the powerful Byzantine Empire, now, let the cannibals go to fight with them, consume their strength, it is beneficial to our Datang, and when their dispute is about to come to an end, it is the time for my Datang to make a move. ”

Sun Xiangfu is not good at this kind of military strategy planning, he just vaguely knows that in history, the cannibals finally won the war with the Byzantine Empire, and then, they destroyed Persia, and defeated the Tang Dynasty in the Battle of Talas, becoming the world's first power in the early seventh century to the middle and late eighth century in the past two hundred years.

So, Sun Xiangfu said, "I don't think so, I think that among the Western countries, the strongest may be the big food, because this country has always maintained a posture of external attack, whether it is Byzantium **** or not, in front of them, it is all defense, and then defeat, their barbaric civilization, if you add a strong faith, can burst out with unexpected power, it just so happens that Muhammad gave them such a faith." ”

Historically, after the death of Muhammad, a rivalry between the Shiite representative Ali and the Sunni representative Abu Bakr led to a split within the Arab Empire, delaying their defeat of the Byzantine Empire and the destruction of the Sassanid Empire in Persia.

However, because the sports meeting held by the Tang Dynasty three years ago happened to coincide with the time of Muhammad's death, and at that time Abu Bakr came to the Tang Dynasty from Dashi, so that Ali, who was with Muhammad at that time, indisputably inherited Muhammad's position, so that there was no internal division crisis among the Arabs, which also made them stronger than in history.

However, Sun Xiangfu's words were not over here, he continued, "However, I agree with the opinion of the princes of the court, no matter who is stronger, we Datang should not intervene too early, first eat what can be eaten, and then talk about it." ”

The warrior said, "You mean, we should continue to gather the people of the Western Regions who poured into my Tang Dynasty to escape the war, and accept the submissions of those neighboring kingdoms?" ”

Sun Xiangfu nodded and said, "Most of those kingdoms were originally subordinated to the Byzantine Empire, let's just take the opportunity to gather them, the Byzantine Empire is now not even sure to deal with the big cannibals, let alone dare to turn against my Tang Dynasty."

Therefore, they can only endure it, and when these kingdoms that serve our Tang Dynasty are threatened by aggression from either the Great Food or the Byzantine Empire, my Datang will send troops to the Western Regions, isn't it justified, anyway, they will be convinced if they have to fight with real swords and guns. ”

"What you say is reasonable, but these are not in a hurry, you have to plan slowly, on my side, there is a new situation, I have to tell you." Wu Shi Tong understood what Sun Xiangfu meant.

Although he is a businessman, but also a man who has been a horse for half his life, for Sun Xiangfu said, must fight a battle, in order to be convinced of the theory, very agreed, there is no deterrence of force, blindly use a good face to people, that is not advisable, Sun Xiangfu was able to quickly gain a foothold in the north before, because of the war between Guanzhong and Jieli, Shuozhou and Turki, the Tang Dynasty has achieved a brilliant victory, and the force of the Tang army has made the Turkic people very afraid, and even Xue Yantuo of Mobei is afraid, with this' Fear's foundation is good to re-establish the rules.

Including the current Andong Dadu Protectorate, the nearly one million army organized by Yuangai Suwen was defeated in front of more than 200,000 Tang troops, and now, no matter what race or country people were here, they are very honest, and more than a million troops can't do it, and they also say that a little bit of miscellaneous soldiers, no one is a fool, and they want to make their lives better, not to die in vain, the facts have been proven many times, and it is more practical and correct to reason after being convinced.

"Speak, please."

"The five surnames and seven families did not grab any good land in the Central Plains state roads, but they concentrated their capital and developed it to the Western Regions, they established their own hotels and inns in the capitals of the Western Regions, and transported the goods produced by themselves to the Western Regions on a large scale, among them, there are many people who prohibit the imperial court from selling grain, iron and other controlled items to the outside world, and sell them privately.

Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "The reason why you are entangled is because although their smuggling behavior is illegal, they are letting the gold and silver money of the countries of the Western Regions flow into my Tang Dynasty in a big way!" ”

Wu Shi Tong nodded and said, "Exactly, right now, there are many people in the court who have colluded with several of them, and Your Majesty's attitude is not very resolute, and it seems that he is more willing to see this money continue to flow into my Datang. ”

When Sun Xiangfu heard this, he immediately expressed his opinion, "Investigate and deal with illegality, such a professional thing, you should hand it over to a professional person to do, but don't raise it to the national level because he is involved in a relatively large magnitude, and report it directly to His Majesty, if the Criminal Department gets conclusive evidence, and the Ministry of Justice convicts them according to the evidence, it is better for the Ministry of Justice to report to Your Majesty and ask for instructions on how to give them corresponding punishments." ”

Wu Shi Tong asked a little incomprehensibly, "You mean, the old man should bypass His Majesty and directly let the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Law investigate and deal with it?" Can Wei Shangshu's character, wouldn't there be an irreparable situation, so that His Majesty can't come to power? Oh, I see, you mean that there should be a severe crackdown on the illegal behavior of several of them, so as not to let Your Majesty and the mud. ”

Sun Xiangfu shook his head and said, "No, you still don't understand what I mean, this is that the way you look at the problem has not changed, according to the way I said to deal with it, it is not to bypass Your Majesty, but to do things in accordance with the procedures of the imperial court, the Criminal Department, has the power to investigate and collect evidence for all illegal incidents, and the Ministry of Justice has the power to judge and convict and sentence all illegal incidents.

His Majesty, as the supreme adjudicator of the state, can change the final sentencing and punishment made by the Ministry of Justice due to the needs of the state, but the guilty person, no matter what the reason, needs to be tried. In this way, we can ensure that the officials of my Tang Dynasty are clear and clear, and the rule of law is fair, and the importance of these two points is much more important than those money. ”

The clarity of the rule of law and the justice of the rule of law will always be the foundation of a country's political system, and its importance is self-evident, only by maintaining these systems can a country be stable for a long time, in fact, the demise of most dynasties begins with the collapse of the system, as a ruler, the emperor, is the person who should take the lead in guarding this line, Li Shimin is such a smart person, will know how he should choose.

However, just as they were discussing this issue, the lookout on the ship pointed to the sea in the distance and said urgently, "Boat, the ship is back." ”