Chapter 235: Drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle

Land annexation is the general trend of the demise of the dynasty, but in today's Tang Dynasty, this drawback has been eliminated by Li Zhen - the entire Nanyang, including the Nanyang Peninsula plus the archipelago, can provide at least 20 million Li people to survive (this is still a small number, you must know that in later generations, the entire Southeast Asia will live with a population of five or six hundred million).

How many people are there in the entire Datang?

Less than 30 million.

Not to mention Tianzhu, it is said that the land area here is not smaller than that of the Nanyang Peninsula, and the climate is also very pleasant, which can be inhabited by more people.

In other words, if the population of Datang does not grow explosively, it will be in a state of vast land and sparsely populated for a long time in the future.

Even if the population explodes for some reason, owning so much land is enough to give Datang enough buffer time, and Datang can use this time to come up with a more perfect coping strategy or conquer more land.

That is to say, from now on, the price of land in Datang will plummet, and the land will completely become a piece of meat on the ass from the lifeblood of the people - if the lifeline is gone, the person will die, but if there is less meat on the buttocks, the person will be injured at most, and it will not be fatal.

Hey, it's ridiculous that some people are trying to hoard land, but they don't know that they are about to go bankrupt.

At this time, the thoughts of the officials were surprisingly unanimous, that is, to write back as soon as possible, sell all the land under their names, sell as much as they can, and sell the reduced price if they can't sell it, and resolutely not leave a single cent of land in their hands.

"......" Watching Li Shimin and Baiguan acting, Li Zhen couldn't help but roll her eyes, you have even seen the world map, do you not know how many islands there are in Southeast Asia? You're acting too similar, aren't you?

After Li Shimin and Baiguan complimented each other a few words, Du Ruhan smiled and said: "But there are so many islands, we can't release them all now, just one Borneo has already made us anxious, if the people know that there are still so many islands waiting for them, I'm afraid they will go crazy." ”

"Yes, yes, this matter cannot be leaked." Li Shimin hurriedly said: "Ladies and gentlemen, please keep it secret, this matter will be talked about later, and I will not mention it now." ”

"The ministers obey."

"There's no need to make it so serious." Li Zhen said with a smile: "Although there are many islands in the South Seas, most of them are not large in area - at least compared to Borneo, they are still too far away, and some can only live a few hundred people, which is equivalent to a village. People are social animals and like to gather together, and I think that before Borneo is filled, the people will not consider other islands. ”

"Zhen'er has a point, but if you can, don't say it." Li Shimin still commanded.

"Your Ministers understand."

Li Shimin looked at Li Zhen again: "Zhen'er, you have made great contributions to finding a huge island for Datang and fighting for a place for millions of people in Datang." Say, how do you want your father to reward you? ”

"My father is serious, and my son is working for the Tang Dynasty, so I don't dare to ask for a reward." Li Zhen reasoned.

Li Shimin smiled: "How can it be done?" If you don't reward your merits, it's not your father's style, if you make such a great contribution, and your father doesn't reward you with something, wouldn't you lose people's hearts? ”

"That's right...... Speaking of which, the son really has one thing, I hope my father agrees. Li Zhen no longer shirked, and after considering the language, he said: "Erchen went to sea this time without permission, although he found a large piece of land for the Tang Dynasty, but the merit is merit, the fault is the fault, and the merit cannot be offset...... Erchen means that the father wants to punish the sons, and the sons admit it, but Xue Rengui is innocent, and the sons and sons went to sea without them, so the sons hope to use their own merits in exchange for exempting them from punishment, I don't know if the father is willing to agree? ”

"......" Li Shimin looked at Li Zhen with a blank face, this is too unexpected, this is different from what was said, you kid doesn't follow what is written in the script.

Originally, Li Shimin thought that Li Zhen might use the credit of finding Borneo to ask himself to be exempted from his fault, and he agreed to come down with the boat, and then said in front of Li Zhen that the prince's fault could be exempted, but the accomplice must be severely punished.

Li Shimin knows Li Zhen's character too well, with Li Zhen's character, he wants his subordinates to be punished in front of him, but he sits peacefully and calmly, it is impossible, not to mention that it is easy to lose people's hearts, it is not the work of a wise man, Li Zhen will not do this.

In order to avoid this, Li Zhen is bound to intercede with himself for his subordinates, and as long as he is tougher, then in order to buy people's hearts, Li Zhen must say that he will be punished together with his subordinates.

Then he can punish Li Zhen openly, punish him as much as he wants, and no one will say anything more.

I just didn't expect it.

Li Zhen, this little rabbit cub monkey spirit, he can actually see the layout of the boat, it is too cunning, what should I do now? Should you accede to his request or not?

Li Shimin fell into distress.

Quietly glanced at Li Shimin, who was entangled, and Li Zhen sneered in her heart.

Are you kidding? How could I possibly act along with your script?

Do you really think I don't know what you're going to do?

I've been back for so long, but I haven't seen Xue Ren's noble people, and from this time on, I know your intentions.

Want to use them to map me?

Then I'll give you a Haidilao month directly, and draw a salary from the bottom of the kettle.

I want to see if you agree to my request.

"This ......" Li Shimin was entangled, he really wanted not to agree, but Li Zhen's request was reasonable, and he did not make profits for himself, if he did not agree, he was afraid that he would offend many people, and at the same time, he seemed to be too petty.

But if you agree, then you will lose this confrontation with Li Zhen again, and the mistakes made by Xue Rengui and others really need to be warned, if you just let it go so lightly, it will inevitably seem that you are too easy to speak.

What to do? What to do? What to do?

Concubine Yan saw Li Shimin's entanglement, and also praised Li Zhen's wit, but Li Shimin is the emperor, if he is in a dilemma like this, he is afraid that his majesty will not be guaranteed, so he chuckled and gave a step and said: "Your Majesty, Zhen'er's request is reasonable, but Xue Rengui and the others have also made a big mistake after all, and it is difficult to correct the law without punishment, and it is difficult to come to Your Majesty because of this, since this is the case, why not bring them all up and ask their opinions properly?" ”

"That's right! Yeah! This is a great good, and it should be so. Li Shimin's heart suddenly lit up, and he applauded again and again: "Come on, press Xue Rengui and a few people up." ”

"Yes."

(End of chapter)