At this time, at the beginning of the night, the East Palace was brightly lit everywhere, Li Chengqian sat in a chariot all the way to the front of the Jiade Palace, saw that there were more colorful lights hanging here, His Majesty Dan in front of the palace had put on a full guard of honor, knowing that Li Shimin was already on the Dan Majesty in front of the Jiade Palace, and helped the old ghost to go up to see Li Shimin, who was very interested today, and sat next to him, Li Ke, King of Wu, Li Zhi, King of Jin, Li Su, King of Shu, Li Yuanchang, King of Han, Li Daozong, King of Jiangxia, and Li Jing, Gao Shilian and others talked and laughed, Li Chengqian hurriedly stepped forward.

Li Shimin laughed when he saw Li Chengqian coming far away, pointed at Li Chengqian and said: "You see that Chengqian has accepted Liangdi today, and he didn't say that he would sit in the back for a while, so he hurried to the front, just to let you toast him haha......"

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and then said something funny to make Li Shimin happy.

Li Chengqian walked up to Li Shimin and smiled lightly and saluted Li Shimin: "See my father!" ”

Li Shimin stopped laughing and said, "Hurry up!" He pointed to the chair next to him and said, "Sit down and take a break!"

When Li Chengqian heard this, he sat down next to him, and looked up to see all the princes and ministers in His Majesty Dan, such as King Wu Li Ke, and all the princes and ministers in His Majesty Dan got up and bowed to him and said, "Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Prince, congratulations to His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Because Li Shimin was sitting next to him, Li Chengqian hurriedly got up and said: "Let's calm down, here are all your own family members, no need to be polite." ”

As soon as everyone heard this, they stood up straight when they heard Li Shimin say: "Chengqian, you are the crown prince, they are all courtiers, and they deserve their courtesy, even if they are brothers, they must also divide a monarch and minister, otherwise there will be a big mess." ”

Li Chengqian saw that Li Shimin said solemnly, and hurriedly got up and saluted Li Shimin: "Thank you for your father's teachings!" ”

"Thank you for your majesty's teachings!" The crowd bowed again.

"Sit down!" Li Shimin said lightly when he saw this.

As soon as everyone sat down, Xu Jingzong walked up to His Majesty Dan and said, "Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have all arrived to participate in the Qiansu political banquet, is it time to open the banquet?"

Li Shimin stroked his beard when he heard this, and said with a smile in his eyes: "Since everyone has arrived, let's start the banquet, the prince still has something to do after the banquet, don't you courtiers think about the test for the prince?"

Xu Jingzong was stunned when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "Yes, yes, the minister will arrange it." ”

As soon as Xu Jingzong went to Dan Majesty, there was a roar of laughter from everyone, and Li Chengqian was a little embarrassed by the laughter.

After everyone laughed, Li Shimin raised his glass and said, "Come and toast to our Datang Wansheng......

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Li Shimin was very interested, and everyone toasted for more than an hour just toasting, Li Chengqian drank so much that he went to the toilet twice in a row, and the toasting session was over, but fortunately, the wine he drank was low-degree rice wine, which was not intoxicating.

Li Shimin saw that Li Chengqian was almost drunk, so he asked: "Chengqian, a few years ago, you said that you would divide your younger brothers overseas, and today tell me what you think in front of your father." ”

Li Chengqian glanced at Li Ke when he heard this, and Li Xuan hurriedly smiled and said, "I told him when my father came to the East Palace a year ago. ”

Li Chengqian looked at Li Su and shook his head and smiled helplessly, turned his head to look at Li Shimin and said, "Why did my father think of asking about this matter today?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian's attitude towards Li Su and nodded secretly, and was asked by Li Chengqian: "I see that your ten-year plan only mentions the formation of the Tang Navy in the battle to destroy Goguryeo, but there is no mention of overseas feudalization at all, so I ask." ”

When Li Chengqian heard this, he glanced at him again, and the prince and the minister looked at him eagerly, and said seriously: "Emperor Hui actually mentioned this matter in many places in the ten-year plan, but the ministers were afraid that some people would make a fuss, so they didn't write it clearly. ”

"Why didn't I see it?" Li Shimin was puzzled when he heard this.

"Father, you have already seen whether it is good or not, for example, the son proposed to form a navy when attacking Goguryeo, what will the navy do after Goguryeo is finished?

For example, Erchen once mentioned that he would send ships overseas to find good grains, so wouldn't the people who went out find the way by the way?

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Li Shimin and everyone nodded silently, and after Li Chengqian's little touch, they immediately remembered that there were indeed many places involving the ocean in the 'Datang First Ten-Year Plan'.

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian very pleased, but he was a little uncertain: "Are there really so many islands in the sea?"

Li Chengqian smiled when he heard this: "With the current population reproduction rate of the Tang Dynasty, the islands in the entire sea are enough for us to immigrate for a thousand years.

Especially in the south, there are several big islands, some of which are even larger than the Central Plains, and the climate is warm there, and the products are very rich, let's just say that the uncle went to Qiongzhou Island, except for fewer people, everything is good, where if you plant Linyi or Zhenla, the rice seeds can be three times a year.

There is a big island in the sea opposite Fuzhou, Sun Quan sent Wei Wen to Yizhou during the Three Kingdoms, and Emperor Yang of the former Sui Dynasty also sent Zhu Kuan, Chen Ling and others to call it Liuqiu.

There are hundreds of miles of plains, and the area close to Fuzhou is very suitable for rice cultivation......"

Li Chengqian said a few places in a row, but most of the people didn't believe it, thinking that Li Chengqian just wanted to deceive these uncles and brothers out of the Tang Dynasty.

After a while, Li Jing stood up and said, "Why is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince bent on moving the people out?"

Li Jing heard about Li Chengqian's overseas plan for the first time today, so he was very curious.

Li Chengqian looked at Li Jing and smiled slightly: "In the troubles of the lord of the world, those who use soldiers are not measured, and those who govern grass are not enough. Therefore, if the land is narrow and the people are narrow, the people prevail over the land; If the land is vast and the people are few, the land is better than the people. The people win their land, and they are open; The earth prevails over its people, and the matter is good. open, then the line is doubled. If the people pass the land, the national merit will be few and the army will be few; If the land passes through the people, the mountains and rivers will not be used. The husband forsakes the heavens and commits adultery, and the affairs of the lord of the world are ......."

When His Majesty Dan heard that Li Chengqian had memorized the book, they laughed at first, but after listening to the latter words, they understood after a little thought.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is erudite and strong, which is really admirable." Li Jing, who had a snow-white beard, slowly stood up and saluted Li Chengqian.

This passage on the back of Li Chengqian is the opening part of the sixth chapter of the "Book of Shang Jun", which means that the emperor must understand the situation of the people and land of the country, and the land here refers not only to the fields but also to the natural resources such as mountains, forests and lakes. If there are fewer people, more people will raise lazy people, because they can live by the production of mountains and rivers and valleys.

If the population exceeds the resource capacity of the locality, then the country will not be able to do anything, because the food grown by the common people is just enough for them to eat, and the country's financial resources must be tight, and you will not be able to expand the army.

Li Chengqian saw that everyone present had digested this passage, so he continued: "Although the death of the former Han Dynasty was mainly due to the excessive accumulation of local wealthy clans, the fact that its people had too much wealth and could not support so many people was also the root of the Yellow Turban Uprising. Therefore, the lonely king has always thought that he would rather let there be fewer people in Datang than more people in Datang Land, and the island will produce more grain, and when there is less grain in the north, he can buy it from them. ”

Speaking of this, Li Chengqian glanced at the few princes sitting next to him, no matter what their faces were, and said directly: "So you don't have to think about it, as long as the lonely king can call the shots, he will definitely let the people go to you, and let you be the king and hegemon overseas." ”

Seeing this, Li Shimin nodded silently and said, "Can the home of the heroes of the Tang Dynasty also be sealed?" Li Shimin is still more righteous.

Li Chengqian didn't want to think about it when he heard this: "Of course you can, at the beginning, King Wu of Zhou was divided into heroes with the same surname, and the heroes of the Tang Dynasty can also be divided outside." ”

As soon as Li Shimin heard Li Chengqian mention King Wu of Zhou, he thought that if Li Chengqian was King Wu of Zhou, then he would not become King Wen of Zhou, and couldn't help but laugh: "Okay! All right! ”

Everyone knew Li Shimin's thoughts, and they all laughed along.

After everyone laughed, Li Shimin beckoned to Li Zhi, Li Zhi saw this look and slowly rubbed towards Li Shimin, Li Shimin saw this and said angrily: "What else is grinding?"

Li Zhicai quickly ran to Li Shimin, Li Shimin reached out and grabbed his hand, and then turned to Li Chengqian with a smiling face and said: "Chengqian, the pheasant slave is not small, and there is no growth in studying in the palace all day, I see that Xiao Su has grown a lot in your military training here for a few months, so let the pheasant slave also come to the East Palace to train with the East Palace Zhurate!" ”

Li Chengqian saw Li Shimin acting like this and said: He really feels sorry for Li Zhi! After he finished speaking, Li Chengqian thought for a while and said, "That's fine, let him come with Li You!" ”

Everyone in the hall was stunned when they heard this, only Li Shimin said angrily when he heard this: "What are you doing with that animal?"

Li You has been escorted to Beijing for a period of time, and according to the development of history, Li Shimin should give him self-punishment after a while.

Li Chengqian has been looking for an opportunity to prepare to intercede for Li You, because no matter what, this body is what Li You's eldest brother should show and still have to show.

Li Chengqian still said calmly when he saw that Li Shimin was angry: "Li You has a lot of responsibility for rebelling against Quan Wanji, and when Zheng Wenzhen was there, he once said that Quan Wanji was a villain.

Quan Wanji wants to put Li You as an archway, just like Kong Yingda and Zhang Xuansu did to their sons back then, they don't know what is right and what is wrong, so they play nonsense for self-righteousness......"

As soon as Li Chengqian arrived here to speak, he heard a "bang" sound, and Li Shimin smashed the cup in his hand.

His Majesty stood up and bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty is angry! ”

Li Shimin snorted angrily and twisted his face to the side.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian took a long breath, knelt down in front of Li Shimin on his knees and said: "Father, emperor and sons know that these people are the teachers you sent to us, if you want to say that they are wrong, you are also at fault, but you can't ask for Li You's life for your face!" ”

"Rebel son, dare?" Li Shimin almost couldn't believe his ears, his eyes widened and he looked at Li Chengqian, and saw that Li Chengqian was always looking at Li Shimin calmly.

When everyone saw this, their hearts rose to their throats.

After a while, Li Shimin sighed and said: "Even if what you say is right, do you know how much it cost him to rebel against the imperial court?"

How many soldiers died in the counterinsurgency?

If I don't kill him, how can I be worthy of those dead loyalists?"

Li Chengqian was right to think about it, but he still said lightly: "In this case, put all the villains around him to death!" The deficit of the imperial court, the East Palace and the palaces of the kings should also be able to make up for it. ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin slowly stretched out his hand to help Li Chengqian up, looked at him painfully and shook his head and said, "Chengqian, I know your heart, but you still have so many younger brothers, if you don't kill a policeman, you don't know what will happen after you kill a policeman?"

Li Shimin said that he didn't wait for Li Chengqian to speak again, so he shook his head and got up and walked towards His Majesty Dan, and said in his heart: Chengqian is so benevolent and righteous, I can't leave him a disaster.

In fact, Li Chengqian really didn't take Li You in his eyes, breaking his legs like Li Tai could keep him alive, but he was nothing if he was reduced to a commoner.

Therefore, Li Chengqian really wanted to intercede for Li You just now, and Li Shimin saw this, but it was precisely because of his sincere plea that Li Shimin decided to execute Li You as soon as possible......

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