Chapter 235: Prince Li Shouli
Sister-in-law Suo Keer said on the Internet, looking at the most dazzling Yanqing girl, Li Longji looked at the world map drawn by Liu Hao and was silent for a long time
Liu Hao's map is not well drawn, on the contrary, it is very rough, and he can only see a rough outline, but even this has surprised Li Longji, he looked at this image carefully, it is like a god overlooking all living beings
After a long time, Li Longji said: "These are the lands of the whole world, and my Datang is just a corner of them."
Liu Hao nodded and said: "Your Majesty is right, this is the whole world, in which the area of the ocean is much larger than the area of the land, the land conquered by my Datang is still too little, Your Majesty has never thought that now the population of my Datang has exceeded 50 million, but the land is constantly decreasing because of the increase in population, Your Majesty has never thought about what would happen if the farmers did not have land in their hands or the food they grew was not enough to feed their stomachs?"
Li Longji said coldly: "Yellow Turban Uprising"
Liu Hao nodded: "If the peasants don't have land, they will rebel, whether it succeeds or not, it will be a disaster for the imperial court, and now I let Your Majesty see this, not for Your Majesty to reduce the population, but to colonize."
Li Longji looked at Liu Hao blankly: "What does colonization mean?"
Liu Hao pointed to the place in Japan and said: "This Dongyang island country is extremely rich in silver and gold mines, we can send troops to enslave them and let them mine all kinds of ores for our Datang."
Liu Hao pointed to the Nanyang area and said: "The rice grown here grows three times a year, it can be said that a bamboo forest can grow into a bamboo forest by inserting chopsticks, if I occupy here, will my Datang still worry about food?"
Liu Hao pointed to the direction of the Americas and said: "The area here is wider than my Datang, if you encourage those big families to go and open it, my Datang just needs to maintain law and order and taxes, Your Majesty thinks about how much tax revenue will be generated every year."
Liu Hao finally pointed to Australia: "It can be said that all the ores in the world are gathered here, and there are lumps of minerals on the ground, which will be of decisive help to my Tang Dynasty, and the land over there in the Western Regions, Dashi, Persia and other places, is all under the oil, doesn't Your Majesty want to occupy it?"
With Liu Hao's introduction, Li Longji's breathing became heavier and heavier, and when the emperor who was originally fluttering faced this world map, he suddenly felt that his previous achievements were not worth mentioning, and the Tang Dynasty had not even occupied a complete continent, so he took a few deep breaths before saying: "Zhicai, what you said today is true."
Liu Hao nodded: "It's true, Your Majesty can send someone to inquire about those Hu merchants, although they are not as rich as my Tang Dynasty, but they are also very distinctive, with the minerals and resources we need."
Li Longji sighed: "It's okay, I'll send someone to inquire tomorrow, it's just those lands beyond the ocean, I can't catch it, there is no ship that can sail so far."
Liu Hao smiled: "When the time is ripe, encourage the merchants and families of the Tang Dynasty, there will always be people who will take risks, this world is so big that we don't have time to rest and stay, I think whether it is my Datang officials or soldiers, they all want to see me, Datang expands its territory and establishes immortal feats."
Li Longji shook his head: "But these all need money, where does the money come from?"
Liu Hao smiled: "This is another purpose of my establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, let the businessmen pay to invite the soldiers to fight abroad, and then after conquering a place, the businessmen can make money from it to support the troops, and so on, and so on, and then His Majesty will issue some incentives, such as donating money and materials to give them an honorary title, or His Majesty will send his own words, which can encourage them very well."
"And those land naming rights, mining rights, etc., can be given to them, encourage businessmen to do business, and then appropriately improve their status, reform taxes, increase the income of the imperial court, and then improve agriculture, so that those who farm land have income, no matter how strong the country is, if the land planted by the country can not support its own people, then such a country is not a strong country, only can make the people rich, the country will be strong, and the cohesion and centripetal force of the country will be stronger."
Li Longji was completely confused by Liu Hao's words, he stroked his short beard and turned around the room, he needed to digest the meaning of Liu Hao's words, by the way, there was a general plan in his heart, Liu Hao could say generally, but he couldn't do it, as an emperor, every word and deed had deep meaning, but many words were not nonsense, and they couldn't be said nonsense
Li Longji looked at Liu Hao and asked: "According to what you say, I Datang from top to bottom, all need to carry out a series of reforms in order to adapt to the rapid expansion of Datang, otherwise, there will definitely be a big mess, what do you say first?"
Liu Hao smiled: "The first thing is to stabilize the army, the military academy needs to be expanded again, otherwise these graduates will not be enough at all, these graduates will all replace the previous grassroots officers in the army, and the military power will not fall into the hands of others, and they can still place their own people in the army, what information can be grasped as soon as possible, how does Your Majesty think of this?"
Li Longji nodded and said, "Is it enough for the military academy to expand those lands?"
Liu Hao said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you need to compensate me for what happened last night."
Li Longji was very confused about Liu Hao's sudden change of topic, and was talking about the military academy, why did he suddenly have to compensate for it, and the fucking business could not be done
Liu Hao didn't speak, dipped his fingers in tea, and wrote the word "Xinxiang" on the table
Li Longji immediately understood what Liu Hao meant, this is also a plan that Ziyang Zhenren said a long time ago, at that time, Li Longji just scoffed, but he didn't expect that it would be less than half a year to actually carry out this plan
This plan is to reward Xinxiang City to Liu Hao as his fief, and then build Xinxiang City into a dense military base, including military schools, military workshops, logistics, etc., and a series of military-related all transferred to Xinxiang City, Xinxiang City except for soldiers, no one is allowed to enter, even if it is a business, it must be a soldier's family or a royal shop, if this plan is really done, Xinxiang City can train tens of thousands of junior officers and equipment that can arm more than 100,000 people every year
Li Longji looked at Liu Hao and couldn't say a word, whether Liu Hao was intentional or unintentional, at least half a year ago, he had expected such a day, and he also proposed various strategies, such a person, Li Longji didn't know whether he should be happy or afraid, and even he couldn't treat Liu Hao as a young man now
He suddenly had the idea of killing Liu Hao now, saving that one day Liu Hao would rebel from the Tang Dynasty, but this thought flashed in Li Longji's heart, and then he put it aside for a joke, if he really killed Liu Hao, such a huge plan is definitely not something that others can do
Li Longji looked at Liu Hao and asked: "Building a city is not an easy thing, not to mention anything else, labor alone is a problem."
Liu Hao smiled: "Your Majesty is here, Luoyang, the Wang family should also be cleaned up, the entire Wang family plus the helpers, it is estimated that there are tens of thousands of people, these people are enough to build Xinxiang City, and this time I am going to pour cement, and how to build the entire Xinxiang City at that time depends on the actions of Prince Li Hong in Luoyang City during this time, with the engineering soldiers of the military academy as the backbone, the population of the Wang family as the labor force, and the newly recruited soldiers as the guard, to build Xinxiang City, if time permits, the entire Xinxiang City is estimated to be done within half a year."
Li Longji nodded and said: "The Wang family must not let go of this Zhicai who will bring them to justice, don't worry about it, the most important thing now is that Zhicai must run the military academy well, don't ask people to learn, go to the court tomorrow to explain the matter of Xinxiang City as your fiefdom, even if there is opposition to me, I don't think it will be very strong, after all, Xinxiang City has been destroyed."
Liu Hao smacked his lips: "Actually, I didn't do anything to help you, by the way, can I go and see Doudou, I haven't seen her in the past few days, I miss her a little bit at my house."
Li Longji looked at Liu Hao with a smile: "Wait until these things are discussed, and then I won't be too late, I will ask you if it is true or false that you said that Mao'er will die in the war with the Khitan."
Liu Hao nodded: "It's true, but now I've tried to change these things, and when the time comes, I really won't let Prince Li Mao go to the battlefield, what's the matter, it really wasn't Prince Li Mao last night."
Li Longji nodded and said: "It's true that Mao'er got drunk when he arrived in the city yesterday, who is next to him, I know very well in my heart that he definitely didn't do it, but as for who it is, I don't know."
Liu Hao wondered, did those people last night really someone else deliberately framed Li Mao, but Li Mao's people are not a good thing, a series of things born in Luoyang are all related to Li Mao, if you want to say that Liu Hao doesn't hate him, that's fake, but there is a debtor, this time it was not Li Mao's doing, Liu Hao will not deliberately say that it is him, after all, Li Mao has a father who is the emperor, but he does not
At this time, a little eunuch suddenly came in and said to Li Longji: "General Li Shouli of Jin Wuwei asks to see him"
Li Longji's face suddenly changed when he heard this, and then he said, "Let him come in."
Liu Hao was on the side, Li Shouli was doing here, isn't this the prince who cooperated with the Wang family to trap Li Longji
Li Shouli soon came in, he is now over fifty years old, and his beard is gray, after seeing Li Longji, this man arched his hand with a big grin, and then sat opposite Li Longji with a big sword and golden horse, and asked: "I heard that Mao'er was falsely accused of attacking a courtier's family."
Li Longji nodded and said, "The matter has been resolved, how did the eldest brother come here?"
Li Shouli took the tea on the table and drank it all: "That turtle son, even if Mao'er has a crush on his family's daughter, he can't resist and obediently send it into the palace, and he actually slanders the Li family's dog, and he still dares to bark around."