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Gandhara Fort.

Facing the rising sun, a banner embroidered with the family crest of the white tiger Xuanyan Li Shuzhi on a red background appeared, followed by an imposing army.

More than three hundred knights were in front, and behind were two thousand militiamen lined up in a neat line. Behind them, there was a baggage team of 1,000 men, driving wagons full of food, arrows, and even several artillery pieces behind them.

A group of generals and businessmen standing at the head of the city were amazed.

"What a team with spirit!"

"I didn't expect such a team to be a militia!"

"King Zhao is worthy of being the god of the Tang Dynasty, even if it is a militia brought out by the general, it is extraordinary."

When the team arrived, they did not enter the city, so Wang Xuance arranged for them to camp outside the city.

On that day, other teams came to join one after another, all of them were the guards and militia of the nearby lords.

If you are not afraid of comparing people, you are afraid of comparing goods.

The same militia led by the lord knight, the two are compared with each other, and the judgment is very different.

The militia of the Li family, in terms of size, quantity, equipment, and spirit, is far superior to the teams of other families.

can barely compare with the Li family's militia, that is, the Jiangxia County public team.

The Jiangxia Duke has 100 knights, 400 cavalry, and 3,000 militiamen, which is also the strongest lord. The leader is Li Daozong's son, who is a concubine and has no title, but he is more appreciated by Li Daozong, and it is said that he is also very good at leading troops.

Li Daozong's family has 500 cavalry and 3,000 infantry, and the equipment is not bad. They also brought their own baggage brigades and food and grass supplies, a logistics force of 1,500 people.

The Li family and the Jiangxia family added 6,000 soldiers to Wang Xuance, as well as 2,500 auxiliary troops.

The other families are mostly a few hundred people, but they add up to a lot, and they are also a considerable force.

Looking at the flags and the patterns representing each family, Wang Xuance had a smile on his face that became stronger and stronger.

I believe that the Ring of the Sun Kingdom must not have expected that the vassals of the Tang Dynasty have such strength.

Datang is not only stationed in Xindu at all, but also a team of 100,000 troops can be pulled.

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Hankyung.

Zhengdan Pilgrimage, once a year, is held again.

Fourteen years of Zhenguan.

The Zhengdan Pilgrimage has also become more and more ceremonial, and basically this day is a ceremony.

Envoys from various regions, local vassals and princes, and vassal states come to court with envoys from various states.

All kinds of singing praises.

Zhongshu Ling Changsun Wuji made a report on behalf of the three courts, reviewing the various government policies and achievements of the imperial court in the past year, and then looking forward to the future.

The crown prince Chengqian also made a report, mainly to praise the emperor's exploits.

Such a court meeting is not useless, in fact, it is still very necessary.

It can invigorate people, boost morale, and at the same time, it is also to show the strong muscles of the Tang Dynasty to the local princes, vassal states, and foreign states.

Finally, the emperor ordered the publication of the latest map of the Tang Dynasty's territory, as well as this year's almanac.

For the envoys of Fanbang who came to the DPRK, it is natural to reward one or two, in short, this is a successful court, a united court, and an inspiring court.

The court meeting ended, and Li Chao also breathed a sigh of relief, this court meeting was tired. He, the Taishi, can't be absent yet.

The Imperial Study.

After the meeting, a small meeting will be held.

"Next year, the imperial court will continue to expand externally, and at the same time, it will also step up immigration. The Korean Peninsula, Sindu, Linyi, these are all fertile land, is a grain-producing area, but now the population is small. Especially in Linyi and Xindu, where there are too few Han people and too many natives, which is not conducive to our rule, we will have to find a way to encourage the migration of people from those poor mountainous areas and disaster-prone areas in the Central Plains next year. ”

Needless to say, the benefits of immigration have been deeply repaid by Datang over the years.

Every time a piece of land is laid, immigrants go over, land is divided, and the people have land, they become homesteaders, especially in the frontier land, where there is a lot of land, and they also become landlords, which is equivalent to becoming the middle class of the Tang Dynasty, which is the most stable class.

The imperial court added new arable land, and grain also increased.

Now the imperial court is not so short of grain, but it can also grow cotton, sugarcane, rape and other cash crops.

With the Han immigrants, the Tang Dynasty's rule in the newly expanded land was naturally stabilized.

External development and immigration are the main policies that will remain unchanged in the future.

"Your Majesty, the territory of the Tang Dynasty is getting wider and wider, and the minister thinks that it is necessary for the imperial court to build more roads."

"Yes."

Datang now has the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, the East and West Canals, and the convenience of shipping, but land transportation is also essential. Last year, the Ministry of Industry drew up plans for the construction of several important roads, one is to open up the road from Jiangxi to Guangdong, and to open up a mountain road through the Wuling Mountains.

As soon as this road is opened, it will be much more convenient to go inland to Lingnan in the future, and it will no longer be possible to bypass it from the coast.

The second road is the mountain road from Jiangxi to Fujian, which is also an important road. Jiangxi and Fujian are also incompatible. It's also very important if you get through this path.

The third road is to open up the road from western Liaoning to Korea. The fourth road is to open up the road from Hunan to Guizhou and Yunnan, and there is also a road from Hanzhong to Shu to Yunnan and to India. This road is also a road that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very eager to open up, but could not get through.

If the imperial court had seized the eastern outlet of the Ring of Japan by then, the southwestern trade route would have been able to gain access to the sea. In that way, the line between Jiannan, Yunnan and India will be opened.

For Datang, which has strong maritime capabilities, this is very awesome.

Jiannan Yunnan is no longer a closed and difficult to access inland, but a coastal area that can easily go to the sea.

"The Belt and Road, the southeast coast, mainly maritime trade routes, the Belt and Road. Develop coastal ports and improve the economy. In the northeast, the two routes of water and land are the Liaoxi Korean Road and the Dengzhou to Dongying route to drive the local economy and develop commerce and trade. ”

Li Chao put forward the strategy of the Belt and Road Initiative, which is to develop the urban economy in accordance with these important water and land transportation lines, and expand the development of urban economy in the future.

The effect of the Belt and Road Initiative.

It not only develops the local people's livelihood, but also allows the imperial court to strengthen the control of the border areas.

However, these key roads are not easy to repair, they are both long and difficult, whether it is Liaodong or Wuling, as well as the southwest, they are all continuous mountainous areas.

But even if it's difficult, you still have to fix it.

This was the agreement reached by Li Shimin and the prime ministers, and without building roads, it would be impossible to exercise rule over those remote mountainous areas, let alone allow them to develop.

Fortunately, the financial income of the imperial court is quite high, and the bumper harvest in successive years has allowed the imperial court to accumulate a lot of money and grain. There is enough money to carry out these works.

Project establishment, bidding, and contracting, Li Chao felt that using commercial methods to build roads would save the court worry and effort. This plan was also agreed to by the prime ministers. Over the years, many projects of the imperial court have been done in this way, from the construction of Hanjing, the excavation of the West Canal, to the dredging of rivers and the reinforcement of river embankments.

"Your Majesty, the minister still has something to do."

Li Chao said when the discussion was about to end.

"The war between Zhenla and Funan is coming to an end, and after many years of hard work, Funan can no longer hold on. If there is no external force to intervene, Funan will be annexed by Zhenla this year. The minister thought that Zhenla could not be allowed to annex Funan. ”

In fact, in the past few years, there has been Datang selling ordnance to them behind Funan, otherwise they would have been unable to support it for a long time. But after all, Funan has long been weakened, and Datang supports them behind the scenes, and they just hold on for a little more time.

Funan has the Mekong Delta, an alluvial plain as fertile as the Red River Delta in Jiaozhou. Moreover, after the Tang Dynasty annexed Linyi, this is also an important coastline along the Indochina Peninsula, if the Tang Dynasty captures here, it will naturally be of great benefit to maritime trade, besides, there is such a fertile plain delta.

"Your Majesty, at the moment that Funan is about to perish, as long as we hint to them, they will definitely be willing to annex the Tang Dynasty and become our vassal state or even a protectorate or dominion. As long as they are attached, then my Datang will have a reason to garrison Funan and take over that land, and all we have to pay is to protect the property of the Funan royal family and nobles. ”

Wei Zheng objected.

In this way, Zhenla will definitely have to go to war with Datang. We used to have a covenant with Chenla, but now we cannot break our word and break our promise. ”

Wei Zheng has always disapproved of this expansion strategy of the Tang Emperor and the prime ministers, and felt that he was using military force.

"Wei Xiang, there are only interests between countries, not any alliances. The covenant is only meant to be broken. Previously, we made a pact with Chenla to annex Linyi. Now that Linyi has been annexed, our next goal is naturally to capture Funan. ”

Wei Zheng cut off his beard and glared, "Li Chao, is your next target Zhenla, then the next target is the Ring Sun Dynasty, and then the next target is Persia?" The world is so big, do you want to conquer it all? ”

Li Chao said with a smile, "If there is such an opportunity, of course you can't miss it, and you won't be in a hurry to come one by one." ”

"Ridiculous!" Wei Zheng roared. "If you are reckless, you will die if you are warlike!"

"Wei Xiang, I don't see it that way, and it depends on the situation when you fight. If Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Yang Guang fought like that, they would naturally lose the country. But our battle in the Tang Dynasty, don't you see the difference? My Datang doesn't lose money every time I fight, and even makes a lot of money. We won't get weaker and weaker, we will only get stronger! We strangled those dangers in the cradle early, and we are protecting my Datang Wanshi and Chang'an in the world! ”

"Big fallacy! Big fallacy! Wei Zheng is resolutely opposed.

Li Shimin just smiled and watched Li Chao and Wei Zheng scolding each other, and only after seeing enough did he say, "Don't be angry, I think Wei Xiang is not wrong, but Taishi is also right." Now that Datang has the ability to open up, why not open up? If there was no development of the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty, how could my Han family have the territory of the world today? We and other monarchs and ministers must not only be the inheritors, but also the pioneers who open up the territory and leave it to future generations! ”

"Funan country, it can't be annexed by Zhenla, if Zhenla wants to start a war with my Tang Dynasty because of Funan, then fight!" Li Shimin said very domineeringly.

A small country of the Southern Barbarians, he really doesn't care about it.

Zhenla dares to stop the Tang Dynasty from opening and supporting the south, then even Zhenla will be destroyed together!

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne at the age of sixteen, and the national prestige was far and wide.

It annexed Korea in the east, swallowed Baiyue in the south, conquered Dawan in the west, and broke the Xiongnu in the north.

It destroyed Minyue, Donou, Nanyue, Yelang, Dian and Korea, and laid the territory of the Han to Tang Dynasty for 800 years.

He, Li Shimin, must surpass Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Han Wu destroyed Wei Manchu Joseon, and he also destroyed Goguryeo. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered East Vietnam, and he also wanted to destroy Linyi and Funan.

Han Wunan conquered Dawan, and he conquered the entire Western Regions.

Han Hu conquered Yelang, Dian and other southwestern provinces, and he Li Shimin also had to conquer Nanzhao and Tubo, and even hit the southwest seashore and India!

What Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once did, he also did. What Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not do, he must also do!

He, Li Shimin, wants to be such an awesome existence that surpasses the Qin and Han Emperors!

He wants to become the true Emperor of the Ages!

Datang is so strong and strong, why can't the country be strong? At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was threatened by the Xiongnu in the north, and he was able to pacify the countries of Dongou Fujian, Vietnam, Yueyelang, and Dian Kingdom, and no one could threaten him, and naturally no one could stop him from conquering!