After all, it is for fame and wealth, so why should it be said so righteously?

Li Zhuang obviously put in a lot of effort before he came, and what he said was not all foolishness. On top of the original history, the Tang Dynasty was halved because of the Anshi Rebellion, but if there was no Anshi Rebellion, how long the Tang Empire's prosperity would last is also difficult to say.

Its rise is also vigorous, and its death is also sudden, and many Central Plains dynasties in history cannot escape this cycle after all. The land of the Central Plains can carry a limited population, the instinct of the powerful family to annex is unlimited, when the dynasty changes, a group of people die and flee a group, and at the beginning of the founding of the country, the population is sparse and there is a lot of ownerless land, so there is no such problem, and then the people reproduce and the land is annexed, and the contradiction will break out.

The same is true of today's Tang Dynasty, land annexation has reached an extremely serious point, and Xiaoyi is still praised for hiding thousands of families, but it may not be a good phenomenon.

Of course, when this contradiction breaks out, that is another matter, there must always be a reason, it may be a natural disaster, or it may be a civil unrest.

"General, if you don't take it, you will suffer from it! If the general takes the middle and the next policy, although he can save the lives of the whole family, he will abandon the people of the Central Plains! Only by taking the best policy and leveling the world can the prosperity of the Han family continue. The general will not take it at this time, and once the Central Plains is eroded in the future, the general will have to come forward to clean up the mess, and the damage will be even greater at that time. And if the general does not take all three strategies, not only will his own life not be saved, but once it becomes chaotic in the future, it will be impossible to clean up the situation. ”

It's starting to be alarmist, but it's still not unreasonable. The Han people are very fierce in fighting. At this time, it is often cheaper for interracial races. Look at the annals of history. There are too many such examples.

Li Zhuang said that none of the three strategies were taken. In the future, once the chaos changes, it will indeed be difficult to quickly calm down, and the possibility of barbarians entering China naturally exists. However, as for what to do in the future, Ma Lu himself has already made a plan, and what Li Zhuang said will not have any real impact on him.

Because he had already made a decision, that was the middle of the three strategies that Li Zhuang said.

To solve the social problems of land annexation and overpopulation, it is not necessary to change the dynasty and kill a large number of people.

Changing the dynasty is naturally a solution. However, in Ma Lan's view, there is another way, that is, to use the sword of the Tang Dynasty to open up land for the plough of the Tang Dynasty.

Now the Tang Dynasty is only more than 50 million, which is far worse than that of later generations. Of course, due to the level of food production at this time, the two cannot be compared, but with this little population, the land of Datang can still afford it. The development of the southern provinces is far from sufficient, the black soil in the northeast is extremely fertile, and a large area of land is now vacated in the south and north of the desert, which is actually enough.

Even if there are no more shortcomings. Can the Silla people and the Japanese people give up their territory? Not to mention the more southerly south, and even the so-called South Seas in later generations. Now it seems to be a land of smoke miasma, but in fact, it is a treasure land......

And, of course, in the river and in the big food. In general, Datang has established an absolute advantage in the military, so the land is naturally there, as long as the problem of relocation of the land is changed, in fact, this problem can be solved without internal friction.

Of course, he is not an emperor, and what he said does not count. However, his bottom line has long been drawn there, and it is impossible to break through it no matter what, otherwise, he would not be Ma Lan.

If you are not an emperor, you can't force an order, so you can use other methods. Fertile land, easily obtainable wealth, and beautiful and obedient women of different races can all be used as bargaining chips to attract the Han people to emigrate.

One day, the people of the Tang Dynasty will put down the shelves of the state of etiquette, get used to occupying other people's houses, hug other people's wives and daughters, and become an aggressive nation while maintaining the Han culture.

In this way, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty can still be extended, and the scope of Han culture will continue to expand, as long as the expansion can be carried out, and the wealth can be plundered from other people's land, and the territory of oneself can continue to expand, all internal problems will not be a problem.

Every Hanmin is a resource, and it is pure idiot's idea to let tens of millions of Hanmin heads fall to the ground in order to become emperors themselves. In the midst of a rapidly expanding kingdom, the imperial power ...... Actually, it's not quite suitable anymore.

But that's a matter for future generations, and his generation probably doesn't have to worry about such things. As more and more institutions like the later East India Company emerged and grew, something came naturally.

These are all things in the future, and what we need to do now is to first confirm the relationship between Qixi and Chang'an through appropriate channels, and do the least damage.

"General?"

Li Zhuang's voice broke Ma Lan's contemplation, and Ma Lan realized that he was a little distracted.

The ambitious lieutenant was looking at him, his eyes eager, waiting for his answer. Ma Lan looked at this guy and said in his heart that it was not easy for a silkworm room waste person to think about so many things.

The path he chose was the middle policy that Li Zhuang said, but this was something he had already decided, and the credit naturally could not be attributed to Li Zhuang. It is taboo to be shallow and deep, he will not escort him to Chang'an, but he will not tell him his decision.

"What the angel said...... Hehe, how do you say it...... It's for the sake of a certain family. Although it is a great rebellion...... Hehe, General Ben is not without a burden. ”

Ma Lan looked at Li Zhuang and said with a smile: "Today's words, out of your mouth and into my ears, just forget it, don't mention it again in the future, otherwise General Ben will be very embarrassed." ”

Li Zhuang nodded and said in a low voice: "Remember." No matter which strategy the general chooses, the general always remembers the same, and he is on the side of the general. After speaking, he arched his hand towards Ma Lan, stretched out his hand and rubbed his face, and his expression returned to calm.

Turning around, just as Duan Xiushi walked in, Li Zhuang's expression instantly became gloomy, and he choked up: "Your Majesty, ......"

"What a talent!"

Ma Lan twitched the corners of his mouth, and he also showed a little sadness, but he didn't shed tears as directly as Li Zhuang.

……

Back in the mansion, Ma Ling remembered what Li Zhuang said before, and shook his head slightly.

Be an emperor......

If you can be the emperor without hurting the Han people. He didn't mind. became emperor. One word is true. Naturally, he was able to change this empire earlier, expanding at a high speed beyond the four realms.

It's a pity that he crossed over to become Ma Xuan, not Li Heng.

The benefits of being an emperor are obvious, you can quickly move people out of the country, you can speed up the rate of expansion, you can also encourage people to have more children, and increase the number of Han people...... Overall, the benefits are many.

But in the current position. It is not easy to be an emperor, there is enough force in his hands, but he has no popular support.

At the beginning, An Lushan was very prosperous, but it failed to succeed in the end, because of the people's heart. If he raises troops to rebel, he will face the same situation, and when the time comes, he will be surrounded by enemies on all sides, and he will not succeed unless he is ruthless in killing.

And if you are ruthless and kill...... Li Zhuang said that it will take ten years, how many Han people will be killed in ten years? At that time, Datang will have more than 50 million Dingkou at present. Can there be half of it left?

This kind of thing is not something that can be done by just anyone.

At least he couldn't.

His sword is only willing to kill aliens. In the face of the same clan with cars and books, where can you get started.

Without such a ruthless mind, he is destined to be unable to be an emperor. Therefore, seizing the land in the west as the basis for external expansion is the only thing he can do.

In order to achieve de facto self-reliance in the west of the Central Plains, it is not possible to completely break with Chang'an, because it is not easy to take advantage of the huge population base of the Central Plains. These are all details, and the general direction is determined, and we can only take one step at a time.

……

Tingzhou, the Son of Heaven died.

Chang'an, the new monarch ascended the throne.

Pinglu, Li Jing is self-reliant.

The three things happened one after the other, but they were all major events that would change the history of the Tang Empire. After the incident, the news spread in all directions at a high speed centered on the place of the incident, but due to the speed of transmission of news in this era, this empire is extremely large, so it will take a long time for the news to spread to the entire empire.

And at that point, I don't know how things will change.

Under the wheel of history, everything is moving forward, some people have changed the direction of the wheel of history, and more people are moving forward blankly under the wheel of history.

While Ma Lan was meditating in his mansion in Tingzhou City, on the Tang Sea, thousands of miles away, more than a dozen sea ships were sailing towards the far north.

The Dehgans in Fars were unusually deferential, and Tian Mingyuan and Niu Xu focused on the fleet. This sea-going ship, equipped with old and new eight-oxen crossbows, was their first fleet.

To be exact, the first fleet in the hands of the new army of Ancy itself. The Dehgans who surrendered also had a fleet, and they were at the mercy of the Tang Expeditionary Force, but at critical times, only themselves could be trusted. All the sailors of this fleet were originally landlubbers, but now their feet are like nails on the bumpy sea.

The Eagle Slave has successfully reached here, and here and Anthy can already be interrogated. It's been a while since Fang Wen came to the news from Capture and Drink City, and the fleet training was not completed before, so he has been waiting. Now that the fleet has been successfully trained, it is time to do what the text has told us to do and eradicate the remnants of the Hawarigi faction between Basra and Kufa, and to seize Basra as a stronghold. Eating and wearing warm clothes and living a leisurely life, Mr. Fang will not be satisfied.

This operation was the first official dispatch of the new fleet, Tang Hai is also called the Persian Gulf according to the general, both sides are land, generally speaking, the wind and waves are not large, there are loyal Persian guides on each sea ship, and it is very easy to go north along the current.

Everyone in Kufa City has been there, and the battle was so easy at the beginning, but now it is just a revisit. As the commander of this fleet, Niu Xu is very confident in himself.

Tian Mingyuan was relatively serious about Lao Cheng, and he took the main force to garrison Wannian City, protecting the port and collecting the taxes paid by the local Dehegans who submitted to the Tang Dynasty. Niu Xu was anxious to make meritorious contributions, so the fleet was handed over to him.

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