In the imperial study, Li Xin looked at the map in front of him, nodded with satisfaction, and said to several scholars around him: "It took five years to open the road from Chang'an to Hanzhong, it's not easy, it's not easy!" Although it took a lot of effort and a lot of money, it was not easy to turn the deep mountains into a thoroughfare, and it was not easy to accommodate two carriages to walk together. ”

Du Ruhui and others nodded when they heard this, but they sighed in their hearts, from Li Xin's order to build the road from Hanzhong to Chang'an, it took five years to get it through, although it took a lot of manpower and material resources, but what surprised everyone even more was that many people died. It can be said that on this galloping road, every step is a dead coolie.

The Tang Dynasty has been fighting all year round, and I don't know how many prisoners of war have been captured, and these prisoners of war have not been released, but all of them have been sent to the army of road construction, where the conditions are difficult, plus they are prisoners, and under the perennial labor, some people have died of exhaustion on the road to road construction. Now that the road has been built, people will only remember Li Xin, who built the road, and will not remember so many coolies who have died. Perhaps, there will be such a passage in the history books of later generations.

"The emperor is wise and wise, so that the road from Chang'an to Hanzhong will become a smooth road, and the people of the world will remember Your Majesty." Wei Yuancheng hurriedly said. The rest of the crowd nodded their heads as well.

"Qin Shi Huang built Chidao back then, and made a contribution to the unification of Daqin, and the same is true for the construction of Chidao this time, but Daqin used people's power, so it abused people's power, so that the people rebelled one after another, but my Datang can't, even if it is with people's power, it is necessary to recuperate with the people. To give money, to the farm, preferably prisoners of war, although these people have surrendered, but they have also killed a lot of soldiers, let them go to work. Li Xin said proudly. There are no human rights in this era. More and more of those prisoners of war died. Li Xin will not feel distressed for half a minute. On the contrary, people in this era are very stubborn, and some people recognize their own country and the world, and they have sharpened their swords for ten years, just to deal with Li Xin? The restoration of the country is often done, so it is very common to cut down its people's power and kill all the forces that resist. The same goes for Li Xin.

"There were many battles on the border, and the three armies fought continuously. If you fight bravely, you will surely get a lot of prisoners of war. Chu Suiliang said. The rest of the people also nodded, these people have long been familiar with Li Xin's concept, although these people were born in Confucianism, but they have no good impression of foreign people, and they sent to the Central Plains to build roads, which can just save people's labor, what can't it!

"Goguryeo is okay too!" Li Xin thought for a while and said, "I am going to set up a Dengzhou Sailor in Dengzhou. With the general Pei Renji as the governor of the water division, Pei Xingjian accompanied him. Build a big ship in Dengju, and when the big ship is built, you can send troops to Baekje and Goguryeo, capture their soldiers and civilians to come to our Tang Dynasty, women are allowed to be married to soldiers in the army, and men are all assigned to build roads. What do you think? ”

Du Ruhui and the others stopped talking when they heard this, Li Xin's words were naked and brutal, but the object of brutality was the people of foreign countries, naturally no one objected, but they just wanted to build a big ship. This will have a big impact on the treasury.

"Your Majesty, the most important thing at this time is to recuperate, not to conquer the world, build sailors, and build big ships, of course, in preparation for the future attack on Goguryeo, but the ships built cost a lot, and the minister thought that he could wait for a while." Ma Zhou said.

"You guys!" Li Xin frowned, and said with a smile: "When did I say that I used the money of the imperial court." ”

"Do you want to use His Majesty's money?" Chu Suiliang blurted out, couldn't help but ask, and only after finishing saying it did he feel the meaning of his words, and a trace of embarrassment suddenly appeared on his face.

"With Fuso's money." Li Xin's eyes flickered, revealing a trace of gloom, and said: "Gather the three armies, attack Fusang, and use the existing water division to attack Fusang, Fusang is now independent, itself is a weak country and a poor people, but its resources are rich, gold and silver minerals are more, we attack Fusang, we will get more minerals, as well as the production of shining sulfur, Fusang also has a lot, these things are needed by the Tang Dynasty, although we need money to fight, but if we can get more, it is earned." Li Xin said with a smile.

Everyone in the hall listened to a bitterness in their hearts, in fact, Li Xin's ambition for Fusang was not once or twice, when he was in Jiankang, it was revealed, but he didn't say it, but he didn't expect it to be mentioned again, and it was a clear request to start with Fusang, plus Baekje, Silla, Goguryeo, and the countries around Datang would not be safe, and Li Xin's expansion pace was getting bigger and bigger.

"Who is Your Majesty going to let go?" After listening to this, Du Ruhui thought for a while and said: "If you want to do something, you must first have a sharp weapon, and the imperial court can lend money to the sailor, but support this attack on Fusang, but Your Majesty must be guaranteed by the inner government." ”

Li Xin laughed after hearing this, and pointed at Du Ruhui speechless, although the household department and the inner government are separated, Li Xin, the emperor, also has a lot of private money, but these private money is mostly used to reward concubines and ministers on weekdays, and 10% of the annual imperial court taxes are owned by the inner government, and Li Xin's inner house has a lot of money, Du Ruhui actually wanted to use Li Xin's inner house money as a guarantee, even Wei Yuancheng and others on the side were also surprised, this is a typical digging of the emperor's corner, this Du Ruhui is too bold.

"If so, what should I do?" Li Xin didn't care, it was the emperor's blessing to have such an auxiliary minister, if he only knew how to cater to the Son of Heaven, such an auxiliary minister was definitely not a good thing.

"Half to Your Majesty, half to the Imperial Court, what does Your Majesty think?" Du Ruyan opened his mouth and said.

"Okay." Li Xin calculated that Fusang was a country that produced silver, and the island did not know how much silver there was, which meant that he could get a large amount of silver coins, and this transaction would not be at a loss.

"Then the court will bear this money first." Du Ruhui was very happy, Li Xin didn't fight a battle that he was not sure of, especially the matter of Fusang, he also knew that that small country was the target of bullying, but because of transportation in the past, and Fusang surrendered to the previous dynasty, he was not requisitioned, and now Li Xin undoubtedly gave up face and directly looked for actual benefits. If a large amount of silver ore from Fusang can be obtained and forged into silver coins, the finances of the imperial court will be greatly eased. As the first auxiliary minister, Du Ruhui can also use this money to realize his ideals and revenge. (To be continued.) )