In the early dynasty, as Zhang Da'an, Yan Liben and other important ministers stood up to defend Li Yu, the court's opinion of Li Yu improved, so that Li Yu was not imprisoned in the end because of the incomprehension and prejudice of Zhang Wenguan and other ministers in the court. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

When the early dynasty ended, Li Zhi summoned Li Yu alone for this purpose.

"Si Hao, you told your father last year that you would strengthen the Tang Dynasty's rule over the local area by immigrating to Anton. But now, you have set your sights on the overseas islands, and more than 3,000 exiles have been shipped directly to Hokkaido. On the contrary, measures to resettle Anton have been halted since the resettlement of the victims of the disaster in more than 40 states has ended. In this regard, I am puzzled by my father, is it more important to be overseas than Anton? Last year, in front of your father, you proudly claimed that the past generations did not pay enough attention to Anton, so that this region will always give birth to barbarian races that threaten the Central Plains. But what you are doing now is not repeating what you call the previous generation? ”

As the king of a country, Li Zhi overthrew the eldest grandson Wuji and other auxiliary ministers and pacified the great cause of Goguryeo, how could he be a mediocre person who believed the words of others. At the same time, as a father, he understood the character of his fourth son, Li Yu, and it was impossible to believe that a group of courtiers full of nonsense thought that Li Yu, who was only 14 years old, had a motive for rebellion. But for the strangeness of what Si Yang did this year, he was full of doubts, and always did unexpected things in his own speculation.

Li Yu was a little disturbed and didn't know how to answer, so he had to move out of the interest theory: "Father, my son did think about immigrating from the Central Plains last year, which is full of sparsely populated Anton, but when the two fleets that went overseas for exploration came back with information about many overseas islands. I suddenly found that our vision in China for the past dynasties is too small, only staring at the one acre and three points of land in front of us, why not put our eyes on the vast world overseas? Overseas is rich in precious items that are not found in Middle-earth, such as bird's nests, spices, and vast and fertile land. Seeing these rich lands being taken over by a group of savage and ignorant savages, like a jewel stained by dirt, I am really unwilling. Therefore, Erchen thought, why not take these overseas treasures and benefit the people of our Tang Dynasty? ”

"The savages have no decent weapons, are not good at farming, and are sparsely populated, and the conquest of the islands abroad is like an armed procession, which can be annexed without much effort. To completely turn overseas barbarism into Chinese soil, the small and medium-sized islands need to be moved to the Tang Dynasty with only a few thousand, and the big islands are only tens of thousands, and they are not easy to be invaded by foreign barbarians. In a few decades, the world will see the overseas wilderness as the Central Plains, so why not? ”

"Compared with Anton, which is unstable, the overseas islands are virgin land, and the development can provide a steady stream of money and food for the Tang Dynasty without being easily blocked and attacked by foreign enemies."

Li Yu's mouth was like a flower, he praised the overseas islands to the sky, and also came up with the argument that conquering immigrants and developing overseas territories was really a thousand-year-old plan for China, and it was also a buffer to ensure the stability of the Tang Dynasty, which made Li Zhi unable to keep up with Li Yu's thinking rhythm for a while and was surprised.

Considering that the development of overseas islands would not have a large impact of hundreds of thousands of immigrants at most, Si Yang also promised to collect local specialties from Hokkaido, Ryukyu, and Taiwan as taxes to be paid to the imperial court every year, which was expected to reach 100,000 yuan.

After all, most of the people who will go to sea thousands of miles away are landless and poor peasants, disaster victims, and small people living in difficult cities in the cities. This kind of people cannot provide taxes for the country, and the victims also need relief from the imperial court, otherwise a trick will not lead to a popular uprising.

Si Yang used overseas land to attract such people to not only reduce the burden on the imperial court, but also create tax revenue, which is indeed a clear policy.

As for the wealthy and powerful people taking the opportunity to go overseas, Li Zhi didn't care anymore, these guys didn't pay taxes in the first place, they just coveted the large land painted to them by Si Yan, and planted sugarcane, a high-value crop, to get more money.

After some careful consideration, Li Zhi decided to let the four sides toss and observe the pros and cons from the perspective of an onlooker.

It's just that to Li Yu's joy and sadness, Li Zhi, who paid taxes from overseas places, allowed Li Yu to keep it for the treasury of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate. The price is that from now on, the imperial court will no longer provide money and food for the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate.

After having lunch with his eldest father, mother, and brothers and sisters in the palace, Li Yu returned to the mansion from Luoyang Palace almost with a sad face.

It is just a trivial matter to be extorted by the brothers and younger sisters to ask for good things, but the sad thing is that the eldest father took the opportunity to get rid of the burden of hundreds of thousands of dollars and grain on the Andong Protectorate every year, and since then all the needs of the Anton Protectorate have been pressed on himself.

"Jun Xun, this is a good thing, what are you worried about, from now on, the court will no longer interfere with what Jun Xun did in Anton, which is equivalent to His Majesty giving Jun the opportunity to let go of his hands and feet." In the dead of night in Li Yu's bedroom, Ling'er was wearing thin silk pajamas, her forehead was pillowed on Li Yu's right shoulder, her hand stroked the hair on her forehead, and she lazily comforted.

Since last night, Ling'er and Xin'er have been out of control when they climbed into Li Yu's bed, and the three of them have simply slept together since then. Although they didn't do anything other than kiss and touch, the opposite-sex attraction made the three of them still hug each other tightly.

"The eldest father gave me an annual tax of 100,000 guan on the overseas islands that I boasted at will, in exchange for the imperial court's support for Anton's annual money and grain, which amounted to more than 300,000 yuan. Ling'er, you say, is this a loss or a gain? Li Yu hugged the delicate waist of the two girls, looked at the bed tent and choked speechlessly.

"Huh? Then don't we have a shortage of more than 200,000 yuan of money and food every year? ”

Xin'er, who was pillowed on Li Yu's left shoulder, also smiled helplessly: "Not only 200,000 guan, but also 100,000 guan of local products from overseas islands may not be harvested every year." ”

"How's that for good? The property of our royal mansion has been paid for the sixty percent required by the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate, and with the addition of 300,000 yuan, the money for other plans of the king will be embarrassed. ”

The four daughters grew up with Li Yu since childhood, and they are no different from the family, Li Yu's things are taken care of as their own things, so when they hear this, Ling'er is a little anxious.

"If you want to make up for the loss of more than 300,000 yuan, there is only one way." Li Yu thought.

"Jun Xun, what can I do?"

With a wicked smile, Li Yu turned his face sideways and rubbed it on the smooth cheeks of the two women, and only after provoking the two women to scold them did he smile slightly: "Anton is rich in precious fur, deer antler, Ganoderma lucidum, mountain ginseng, and Dongzhu, which of these things is shipped to the Central Plains and sold in the capital is worth a lot, but the production area is under the jurisdiction of the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate." ”

Xin'er said suddenly: "What does Jun mean, our Yanwang Mansion completely monopolizes all the precious specialties of Anton, and they are exclusively sold by Xinxiangdian to earn high profits." ”

"Those who know me, Xin'er Yiye!" Li Yu pecked lightly on Xin'er's rosy lips and praised it.

"But since the end of last year, after the Goguryeo rebellion in Andong was put down, many merchants in the Central Plains went to Andong to buy local furs, deer antlers and other commercial goods. Almost all of Anton's local merchants are involved in the sale of local precious products. These people, what should we do with them? Xin'er, who was pillowed on Li Yu's left shoulder, slowly swept her weak little hand across Li Yu's chest, and couldn't help asking.

"Quite simply, in the name of the Togofu, a legal ban was issued that all valuable products such as furs, deer antlers, reishi, mountain ginseng, and dongzhu produced by Andong must be purchased by merchants designated by the Tohofu at a price and allowed to be sold out of Anton. Anyone who was not designated by the Metropolitan Government to buy and sell it from the people without permission would leave the country for reclaim. Where Andong leads to the Central Plains, checkpoints are set up to intercept unscrupulous merchants. ”

"I'm afraid this will offend a lot of people!" Ling'er remembered: "Most of the governors and assassins of Jian'an, Liaodong, Xincheng, Beifuyu and Yanzhou are involved in commerce and trade, and Xun Jun's move is directly from them. ”

"Don't worry, after two years of good intentions, the real power of the governor's office, prefecture, and county chiefs who are still governed by the former Goguryeo ministers is gradually emptied by Changshi, Sima and others who have been installed by me, and they are suffering from insufficiency."