"Listening to the tone of your words, that means that you are also in favor of the imperial court sending troops to seek justice for the Yuan family?"

Li Zhi asked directly, he was afraid that Han Yi would beat around the bush again and pull around, after all, Han Yi was too capable to guard against it.

This really helped Han Yi omit some self-praise, nodded and said: "Your Majesty Shengming, the minister does support the imperial court to seek justice for the Yuan family, because it is very beneficial to the country." ”

Li Ji smiled secretly, it seems that this battle is inevitable.

Li Zhi said: "Then you can tell me, what are the interests of the country?" ”

Han Yi said: "First of all, the wealth on the island is clear at a glance. ”

Zhang Wen said: "How much wealth can you have?" ”

Han Yi said with a smile: "As far as I know, there are really a lot, I don't know if Zhang Shizhong knows, in the past few years alone, how much wealth has Lelangzhou brought to my Central Plains?" ”

Zhang Wen said: "Would you like to hear it in detail? ”

Han Yi said: "Let's put it this way, it is much more than the taxes of Laizhou and Qingzhou combined." ”

Before Zhang Wenguan could speak, Li Zhi was surprised: "How is this possible?" ”

Han Yi said with a smile: "This is because of timber, coal mines, iron ore, these things are very valuable, merchants will transport these raw materials to the Central Plains, which will incur various expenses, to bring prosperity to Shandong, and coal, iron is more, the price is naturally cheap, the people also profit, at the same time, in the past Goguryeo period, the trade between the two sides was not very close, and now, Laizhou, Qingzhou A large number of goods are sold to Lelang Prefecture, and the local people have become very wealthy." His Majesty can ask Cui Zhongcheng about this, and they know best. ”

Li Zhi looked at Cui Ji and them.

They all nodded their heads.

Li Zhi secretly smacked his tongue, in fact, he also thought that the peninsula was just a place outside the country, and only those who couldn't get along in the Central Plains went there.

Han Yi said: "So, you can't just focus on how much coal and iron, of course, this is the most important, but it can breed a lot of wealth, the most basic point, the war to destroy Goguryeo, the imperial court not only did not lose anything, but also made some." But before that, everyone thought that it was just a piece of land, a barren land, and that there was nothing to be gained in occupying it.

In the same way, those overseas islands, timber, arable land, fruits, fishery and animal husbandry, are all ready-made, and there may be coal mines, iron mines, copper mines, and even gold and silver mines, and so on. But this is only secondary, the key is to take it to make Lingnan prosperous, because Lingnan is the closest to there, and the merchants always have to transport those raw materials back to the Central Plains. You might as well imagine that if the land of Lingnan becomes as prosperous as Yangzhou and Chang'an, then how powerful our Datang strength will be. ”

Lingnan? Yangzhou?

Li Zhi's eyes flashed rapidly, and he really couldn't see that he had an eye disease at all.

Han Yi said again: "Overseas is not so little island, there are many more, these together, tsk, the minister described it like this, now we have to start a war with Tubo, and we have to look ahead and backward, not that we can't win, but we are afraid that the country will be defeated like the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but until that time, even if ten Tubo come, we are not afraid, we can also pile up resources to kill Tubo, and when they come to rob our grain and grass, we are not afraid, because they are too few to rob away." ”

Li Ji laughed when he heard it.

Li Zhi also lowered his head silently, I have to say that Han Yi's words are a kind of magic that can always capture people's hearts.

Li Zhi and Li Ji just want to fight Tibet, and what they fight is resources.

Liu Xiang said: "In this case, why don't the imperial court concentrate on the development of Lingnan, why do you want to go to that island." ”

Han Yi said: "Lingnan is the land in the belly of my Central Plains, it exists there, it is not gone, how can it also be my Central Plains people, but those resources on the island have nothing to do with us at present, if there is more, then it is really more, and if people use it, it will really be used." So my suggestion is to open the port on the Lingnan side first, and the rest will develop slowly, let's not be in a hurry, and develop the resources on the island first. ”

You're despicable and shameless.

Liu Xiangdao was speechless for a moment, Han Yi had already explained, I don't know what benevolence, righteousness and morality are, I haven't read a book, my duty is to enrich the country and the people, this suggestion is indeed rich and the people rich.

As a monarch, his own people don't necessarily have to take it to heart, and it is impossible for those people on the island to put it in his heart, Li Zhi feels very reasonable in his heart, but for the sake of face, he is embarrassed to nod.

Han Yi suddenly swept his eyes and said with a smile: "I know that you are scolding me for being despicable and shameless in your heart, but I think this is a righteous act, this is a benevolent and righteous act." ”

That's excessive!

Not to mention Zhang Wenguan, even Lu Shigua couldn't help it, and asked: "Please forgive me for being stupid, I really can't see where the justice and benevolence are in this?" ”

Han Yi said with a smile: "This matter has to start with the robbery of the Yuan family's cargo ship, whether it was robbed by the Buddha and the country, it doesn't matter at all, as gentlemen, we should explore deeper things, don't just talk about superficial things, that's what businessmen should talk about." ”

Everyone is about to cover their faces, if you are a gentleman, then we are not a gentleman.

Cui Jijian said with interest: "Would you like to hear about it?" ”

Han Yi said: "Then what do you say that people will grab things?" ”

Cui Jijian said: "Naturally, he is a robber. ”

"What you said is equivalent to not saying it, the one who robs things must be a robber, but this robber is not born." Han Yi waved his hand and said: "Let's put it this way, you Cui Zhongcheng will definitely not, not because you are talented and intelligent, but because you have read the books of sages, and those people must be some barbarians who have no culture, no books, and no morals, do you agree with it?" ”

Cui Ji said: "So what? ”

"You've read this book in vain."

Han Yi pointed at Cui Ji's blade.

Cui Jijian smiled: "Every time I see Shang Shuling, I feel that my book has been read in vain. ”

"Awards, awards." Han Yi laughed.

Li Zhi said angrily: "Shang Shuling, this is the Liangyi Palace, not your Fengfei Tower." ”

"Yes."

Han Yi smiled embarrassedly, and said: "What Confucianism advocates is education, because morality is not innate, but taught in books." The highest meaning of Confucianism is actually to promote benevolence and morality, if those people on the island have all read the books of sages and sages, and all of them are knowledgeable, then will they still go to grab things? Of course not! That's where the whole thing comes in. In addition, why do we Datang make the surrounding people submit, it is to convince people with virtue, my Datang's civilization and culture are broad and profound, and it is dazzling, we should promote our culture, our morality and our etiquette to educate those barbarians. Right? ”

Zhang Wenguan was so fooled that he nodded and said, "Shang Shuling is reasonable!" ”

Wu Meiniang on the side, seeing Zhang Wenguan's expression, almost didn't laugh.

Han Yi looked at Cui Ji and them again, and said, "What do you think? ”

They don't want to nod, but they can't help but nod.

Han Yi immediately said: "But how to educate? Saying this, he looked at Li Ji again and said, "Sikong is a person who loves horses, when you want to ride a wild horse, what should you do first?" ”

Li Ji said: "Whip it a few times." ”

"That's the truth."

Han Yi said: "We can't just talk to those barbarians as soon as we go up, and people can't understand it, so first of all, we have to convince them and let them listen to us, and then we can instill our Datang culture to them and teach them how to behave. Their own literacy has been improved, we have gained wealth, they are good, we are good, win-win. I think the two saints of Confucius and Mencius will be very pleased to see all this in heaven. ”

Is that okay too?

Everyone had a capital "suit" written on their faces.

Han Yi is going around here, saying that a despicable and shameless thing is lofty.

Ren Zhigu said: "But businessmen are not to promote culture, but to enslave them." ”

Han Yi smiled: "Do you think that everyone on those islands is equal now?" I heard from the Yuan family that they would be dismembered at every turn, and their heads would be cut off at every turn, which was no different from a wild beast, and it was very brutal. If we rule there, even if we enslave them, we won't do that, and the people on the island will definitely be much happier than they are now, at least we won't force them to go overseas to be robbers.

Moreover, it is not that they have to enslave them, when they communicate with us more, they will naturally know how to abide by the etiquette and law, and they will learn a lot of knowledge and skills to help us work, which is very helpful to them. ”

Hao Chujun said: "But even if you occupy those islands, it will be difficult for the imperial court to manage there." ”

Han Yi said: "It depends on who is there, if it is only a landlord, it must not be managed, and the big landlord may still be the king there, but if it is a businessman, it is different." Merchants are pursuing wealth, and the Yuan family went there to plow the land, not for that mouthful of food, the Yuan family did not lack that mouthful of food, and the Yuan family wanted to transport grain to the Central Plains for exchange, so the big market in the Central Plains was inseparable from the merchants. Since you are coming to the Central Plains, you must listen to the imperial court. Of course, the imperial court had to send officials, and we could divide the administrative power and the economic power in two, so that the two could check each other. Moreover, it is by no means a businessman, and businessmen can supervise each other. ”

Liu Xiangdao frowned and said: "Shang Shuling's opinion is indeed clever, but in the final analysis, we are also unknown, the country's army is to protect the family and defend the country, although this matter involves the lives of the people, but this kind of thing is in my Tang Dynasty, and it is generally managed by the Civil Security Bureau, not the army. ”

"It's ......."

Han Yi frowned.

Wu Meiniang hurriedly came out to relay, "Regarding this issue, after you mentioned it last time, I also thought about it seriously, indeed, it is very inappropriate for the imperial court to send troops directly, and the soldiers don't know why they are fighting, how can such an army win." ”

Li Ji was very dissatisfied in his heart, didn't the old man express his position just now, if you want to fight, our military will also agree.

Li Zhi asked, "Then I don't know what the queen has in mind?" ”

Wu Meiniang said: "Your Majesty, the concubine privately thought that she could give the merchant the right to recruit soldiers and horses. ”

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