If Jing's words are spoken, I don't know how much discussion it will cause. Because since ancient times, China has a tradition of attaching importance to territory, and it will never give up its own territory. This is actually the characteristic of the farming nation, which is already deeply rooted in the bone marrow, even those officials and military generals who are not engaged in production still have this kind of national characteristic. If Jing's practice of focusing on plundering as the guiding ideology, rather than really taking them into his direct subordinates, this is simply challenging everyone's thinking.

And Jing Shen knows why many officials in ancient times opposed the expansion of the territory, after all, the expansion of the territory is not a matter of just knocking it down, and there are still a large number of follow-up projects to be completed. Therefore, it takes a lot of capital to expand the territory, which will completely drag down the exhibition in other places. This is also the reason why the official opposes the expansion of the territory, because the farther away from the political center, the smaller the control force, and there is no way to do this. This problem cannot be solved even in later generations, because even the US military in later generations will have to place bases all over the world before they can control the world? If it weren't for these armies stationed all over the world, it would not have been possible to send troops to any one place.

As for the expansion of the territory, it will be troublesome for all kinds of things, from the garrison to the army. Therefore, in many cases, expanding the territory will not be able to bring about the improvement of the country's strength, but will delay its own development. Even Jing knows that if the country is not able to gradually develop into an industrialized country, then no matter how large an agricultural country is, it will not be an opponent of an industrialized country. Therefore, for the people of this period, the territory is not as large as possible, but it is suitable. As long as industrialization can be achieved, the territory of the control will increase dramatically. Until industrialization can be achieved, the best thing to do is to set up colonies and plunder them. Don't treat this place as your own, anyway. Just plunder it quickly.

"Your Majesty, the central idea of the colony is to plunder, to plunder. As long as we can send as few people as possible. Then I went to those foreign countries and those wild but rich places with many resources to plant fields, and all kinds of minerals were dug up. Then they are all shipped back to China, so that there are more resources in the country. We can also do the same with the land we occupy in the future. Jing said.

But Li Shimin said: "If you do this, is it just for now?" After all, we still have to really occupy these lands in the future! ”

And Jing had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, with the strength of our Tang Dynasty now, although we nominally own the north to a far away, how much can we control?" I'm afraid that in the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, even the Metropolitan Protector doesn't know how much territory there is. So the best thing we can do is just find a way to plunder. Then you can withdraw your surname at any time, so that you can get great benefits. If, as in the past, we still have to make a big repair, and we have to send a large number of immigrants and send out suitable officials, then we will definitely spend a lot. ”

"If it's a colony, then we just need to organize a large number of people to go outside in the name of the government or with the capital of merchants, and then cultivate the land in an organized way, and then dig up those minerals. Because surnames are organized, we can organize with just a few officials. It can even allow those businessmen to assist local officials on a certain basis. In this way, the surnames we sent have a mission, they just want to produce grain and all kinds of mineral deposits, and then gradually transport them back to China. As for the place of residence. It was only necessary to get some tents, and there was no need to build all kinds of buildings like a regular city, and even the walls did not need to be built. So we just need to get a huge profit from there, so we don't have to make additional investments for anything else. We can reduce the amount of investment to a minimum and increase the possibility of obtaining property to the maximum. In this way, let them feed back to the locality, and finally our local can get a lot of benefits, and then gradually make the life of the local surname better and better. ”

Li Shimin understood that this was actually the idea of plundering, and then constantly obtaining benefits to make the domestic surname gradually better and better. And this kind of thinking is actually just a trick for others. to make your life better. As for those lands that cannot be directly controlled for the time being, they will mainly plunder local interests as much as possible. And don't think about the actual occupation at all. As long as you can get benefits, then these places can be abandoned at any time. Don't be sorry.

"But there is no precedent for this!" Li Shimin said suddenly.

And Jing realized this Li Shimin's problem, that is, he wanted to find a precedent. After all, many of the rulers in ancient China wanted to find the so-called precedent from the Confucian classics, and then they could govern with confidence. Anyway, it depends on the precedent, and if there is no precedent, they don't dare to take the initiative to set a precedent, which is the fault of these guys in ancient times. Jing was also a little speechless, but since Li Shimin said so, Jing naturally had to start to find a precedent for Li Shimin. After all, this kind of precedent is not easy to find, this kind of display is clearly exploiting the local surname, and many "gentlemen" in China will not agree.

However, Li Shimin has also been tempted, after all, this kind of colony is the so-called way of man. The way of heaven is to make up for what is lacking, but this colony is indeed trying to scrape the assets of those poor places when it is rich, so it is also the way of people who have lost more than they have lost. However, who would think that the surname in their country is rich, and the surname is rich, which means that the royal family is also richer. Since the colony is to be formed, it is natural to send caravans and officials to exploit it, and the benefits that will be recovered at that time can be completely shared by everyone. The royal family and officials accounted for at least half of the cake, while the merchants accounted for more than ten, and as for the remaining twenty, that is, the profit was given to the surname. In such a rainy and dewy situation, who doesn't like it!

Don't look at Li Shimin, an old guy who doesn't say anything, but this guy knows very well in his heart the important role of the so-called "things that are blocked". Who in this world doesn't love this kind of stuff? As long as you have these things, many people can do it (to be continued)

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