"The ministers don't dare." Wang Dequan smiled when he heard this, "But the details of this sand table, the foreign minister really knows very little. ”

Today's Wang Dequan is no longer the businessman who could make him submissive with the county decree.

Li Er smiled, but he didn't continue to embarrass Wang Dequan on this issue, but laughed and said: "I am very satisfied with the birthday gift sent by Gao Ming!"

Come, all the secretaries come to feel how vast my Datang is. ”

Judging from this sand table, Datang's territory is definitely the most extensive among the surrounding countries, and the surrounding neighboring countries are not even as large as Datang's one state and one capital.

"So the three kingdoms of Baekje, Silla, and Goguryeo are so small?" When Li Er said this, everyone immediately rushed up, and began to point around the sand table.

"Hey, this Tianzhu land is not vast, but the cultivated land is not small." Finally, someone has discovered this strange problem.

In the eyes of the ancients, land with flat land can almost be regarded as cultivated land.

"It's not small." After a careful comparison, someone said, "This is not much better than my Datang?" ”

"Hmph." When Li Er heard this, he snorted coldly and said, "Isn't it too much?" Although I don't want to admit it, if I look at it this way, the cultivated land area of this Tianzhu is slightly better than that of my Datang. ”

I really can't deny this.

Even in later generations, India is the country with the largest arable land area in Asia, and even though its territory is less than one-third of ours, more than half of its land is suitable for farming.

This is incomparable to the vast majority of countries.

This is also the reason why they can rely on that bit of land to feed 1.3 billion people under the huge gap between the rich and the poor!

Of course, there are naturally some thoughts of Li Chengqian, at least on the sand table built by Li Chengqian, the reason why he can see it so conspicuously is because he did it on purpose.

Strictly speaking, the sand table built by Li Chengqian is too fake, and it is indeed inaccurate in some places.

After all, in this era, it is not impossible to make an accurate sand table strictly according to the scale, but it is too time-consuming.

Besides, Li Chengqian gave Li Er this thing, and the purpose was originally very simple.

"God bless me Datang...... Li Er said with emotion, "Although my Datang has a vast land, there is not much arable land, which is why my Datang's ability to resist natural and man-made disasters has not been enough. ”

"Again?" Fang Xuanling muttered helplessly in his heart when he heard this.

From just now, he could see that Li Er had taken a fancy to these lands.

As an emperor, Li Er was always thinking about expanding the territory for the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, this is also extremely normal.

Don't look at Fang Xuanling and many courtiers who will strongly oppose Li Er's thoughts when they have this kind of thought, but if Li Er doesn't have this kind of thought, they will be quite disappointed.

In ancient times, the land represented food, and food represented life!

This is the most obvious truth of this era.

"Your Majesty's words are inappropriate." When everyone was silent, Wei Zheng arched his hand and said, "In the past few years, my Tang Dynasty has been smooth and peaceful.

Inside, no hidden worries, no boundless troubles outside?

The whole Datang is a thriving appearance, why can't God bless Datang? ”

As a Zhongcheng in the imperial history, Wei Zheng's job is to speak out.

As long as Li Er has a gaffe and is immoral, Wei Zheng will stand up unceremoniously.

Li Er couldn't do anything about this, after all, he personally appointed this imperial history.

Of course, this is also a manifestation of Li Er's atmosphere.

Wang Dequan watched all this quietly, but he also thought it was funny, and he originally wanted to say a few more words, but the eyes of everyone looking at him just now made him a little panicked, so he didn't continue to speak.

"Come on, come on, drink!" Li Erduo is a heroic person, and after revealing this article, he continued to beckon everyone to continue drinking and having fun.

Immediately, Li Er ordered someone to carry the sand table out.

Li Er's banquet, singing and dancing are naturally indispensable, and after the gift was hastily ended, the singing and dancing began.

When everyone was enjoying the song and dance, they all exchanged their heads and ears.

In the past, they talked about which singer was plump and handsome, but today, most people talk about Li Chengqian's sand table.

As the finale of the birthday gift, in fact, it shouldn't have ended so hastily, but many people were aware of Li Chengqian's purpose, so there was a scene where Li Er directly ordered someone to take the sand table down.

"Don't say it, this sand table is really a strange thing!" Among the generals, Hou Junji chatted with Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong and Li Ji on the side.

Li Xiaogong smiled when he heard this: "What, Chen Guogong has an idea?" ”

"Don't the county king have any ideas?" Hou Junji also said with a smile, "My generation of military generals, seeing such a vast land, shouldn't I have an idea?" ”

"Chen Guogong is right." Li Ji also said with a smile, "My generation of military generals was born to expand the territory, and such a vast land should belong to my Tang Dynasty." ”

They are all smart people, and from Li Er's words just now, they can hear Li Er's thoughts.

That's not a bad thing for them.

Military generals, as Li Ji said, were born to expand their territory.

Li Xiaogong smiled and said nothing, but he also felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

Li Chengqian just used a sand table, which caused ripples in the hearts of countless famous generals, which is really a good method.

Although they also had maps in the past, they were far from being more real and intuitive than the sand table.

The visual stimulation is also far from enough.

On the other side, the officials of the Shi family are also talking to each other.

"Your Highness's move is ill-intentioned!" Someone said, "Isn't this stimulating Your Majesty and the generals?" ”

"Indeed." When Zheng Yushi heard this, he looked at Hou Junji and them, shook his head, and said, "Look at those generals, it is estimated that they are all eager to raise troops and get on the ......horse immediately."

"What do you think about this matter?" Wen Yanbo said.

Although Wen Yanbo is not well-known in later generations, he is also a role that cannot be ignored in the court in the early years of Zhenguan.

As a Zhongshu Ling, he is naturally qualified to attend today's banquet.

Fang Xuanling shook his head and said, "If you look at this issue from the standpoint of His Highness, the old man can only say a good word!" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Wen Yanbo asked with some curiosity.

Fang Xuanling pointed at Wang Dequan and said, "Look at that Wang Dequan, although his performance today is slightly flawed, his goal has been achieved.

After my Datang took Tuyuhun, there were not many external threats, at most there was only one Goguryeo still eyeing me, but Goguryeo no longer posed any threat to my Datang.

It is only a matter of time before it is extinguished.

Moreover, with the black powder developed by our Datang General as a supervisor, there will be achievements in foreign warfare in the future.

At this time, the most I in the Tang Dynasty is to send troops to Goguryeo, and then what will we do? ”

Wen Yanbo was taken aback when he heard this, and whispered: "Beware of the northwest? ”

The so-called vigilance against the northwest is nothing more than beware of Li Chengqian, after all, Li Chengqian's troops are strong today, and both they and Li Er have to guard against Li Chengqian from doing some things that he knows he can't do.

This is also an important reason why the eldest grandson Wuji passed through Taohe County.

It is reported that now Wei Chi Jingde has also begun to take up his post in Taohe County.

All of this is actually to beware of the Northwest.

Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "Presumably, His Highness also guessed it, so he sent a sand table at this time."

Don't hide it from you, the old man was moved at that time.

In the past, when I looked at the Kanyu map, the old man didn't think there was anything, but when the general trend of the world was presented at a glance on the sand table, the old man thought, if the cultivated land of Zhenla and Nanzhao is owned by my Datang, is my Datang more capable of dealing with natural disasters?

I think you all remember that in the early years of Zhenguan, there were almost every year of natural disasters, and countless people died of famine every year.

But if we have one more acre of land, will we be able to have one more acre of food, and in times of famine, we can save even that one more person? ”

"Fang Xiang is right." Dai Bin also nodded and said, "The old man is a secretary of the household department and knows a lot about it. ”

"But that's how powerful His Highness is." Fang Xuanling shook his head, "Your Highness knows that my Datang has been suffering from famine for many years, and everyone in the court is thinking of danger in times of peace, so he sent the sand table to us, so that we can intuitively feel the lack of arable land in Datang from the sand table."

And that wasn't enough, he even told us about the situation in the countries around him.

Let's just say that Zhenla, as far as the old man knows, their national strength is not as good as the Ming Dynasty, which has only been established for two years since His Royal Highness, but the cultivated land they have is several times that of the Ming Dynasty.

The husband is not guilty of his guilt!

Your Highness has done nothing but a sand table to arouse our greed. ”

After that, Fang Xuanling sighed helplessly.

Greed, this is something that everyone has, but it is difficult to contain.

He even bet that after today's banquet, Li Er would send someone to find out the strength of the surrounding countries.

It's still the same sentence, the puppet is not guilty!

"What do you mean by 'good' just now?" Wen Yanbo asked.

"It's literal." Fang Xuanling said, picked up a glass of wine alone, and drank it all.

Wen Yanbo was a little puzzled, in addition to politics, he was still a little behind Fang Xuanling.

Immediately, he pondered alone.

On the other side, Wang Dequan looked at the reactions of the ministers in the hall, and he was also silently reflecting.

He could feel that the reaction of the crowd today was significantly different from last year.

He didn't know what it meant, but he did notice it.

Especially those civil officials, the eyes that look at them seem to have a different taste.

As for those generals, they are as enthusiastic as ever.

Even Li Xiaogong, who had detained him before, smiled and drank with him.

"Is the old man reckless today?" Wang Dequan whispered to the entourage behind him.

The entourage bowed down and said: "No, the little one thinks that Lang Jun is quite majestic today, as soon as the sand table appears, Lang Jun has become the focus of the entire banquet, when His Majesty looked around the sand table, among the people who followed His Majesty, Lang Jun was the first, even if it was a servant who shot half a body shorter than Lang Jun." ”

"Isn't the old man arrogant?" Wang Dequan was a little puzzled.

"Can't you?" The entourage said, "At that time, only Lang Jun could answer questions for His Majesty, so it was reasonable to accompany him, right?" ”

Wang Dequan shook his head, until now, he hadn't noticed what the problem was, so he shook his head and said, "Forget it, I don't want to, I just hope I don't cause any trouble to His Highness." ”

After that, Wang Dequan began to look at the audience, although he didn't think about it anymore, he also wanted to know what the problem was.

Also depressed is Li Ke.

Li Ke was still thinking about what song and dance to watch at this moment, thinking about Li Chengqian's sand table, and his whole mind was buzzing.

His reaction, among the princes, was quite different, attracting countless people to look at him.

Seeing this, Li Tai, who didn't want to get involved in these things, immediately leaned over and said: "Second brother, don't think about it, everyone's eyes have come here, today is my father's birthday banquet, be happy, come, drink one." ”

Hearing Li Tai say this, Li Ke came back to his senses, and immediately picked up a wine glass, with a grateful face, but he didn't say much, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

He knew that he had lost his mind just now, as a prince, and he was also the eldest son, his words and deeds attracted much attention, not to mention that this was Li Er's birthday banquet.

Li Tai doesn't have this kind of trouble from him, although he is not reconciled, but now, he really has no ability to do anything.

If he wants to compare with Li Chengqian in terms of ability, he can't do it, and he still has this self-knowledge.

Of course, he won't persuade Li Ke to let Li Ke try it.

Anyway, it didn't have much impact on him.

"What do you want to do in the future?" After Li Ke came back to his senses, he asked with a smile.

Li Tai smiled and said: "What can I do, of course, to be a free prince, now we have my father to protect us, and in the future, my eldest brother will protect us, of course, how happy to come."

By the way, I'll tell you a secret, and you should never tell anyone else. ”

"Secret?" Li Ke was stunned for a moment and asked, "What secret?" ”

Li Tai immediately fell into Li Ke's ear and whispered.

"What!" Li Ke shouted in disbelief when he heard this.

This voice has attracted the attention of many people.

Seeing this, Li Er pretended to be displeased and said: "You are a prince, what kind of system do you have to shout and scream?" ”

"The son is guilty." Li Ke hurriedly got up and said.

Li Er was actually not really angry, and he was really in a good mood today, so he waved his hand and said, "Now that Gao Ming is not in Chang'an, you are the eldest brother, and the eldest brother must have the appearance of an eldest brother." ”

"Erchen knows."

With a wave of his hand, Li Er stopped caring about the few of them, and immediately whispered to Empress Changsun.

As soon as Li Ke sat down, he asked impatiently, "Are you serious?" ”

"Nonsense." Li Tai said, "Second brother still can't lie to you when I do?" ”

"If my father knows about this, I will feel good about you!" Even at this time, Li Ke was a little incredulous.

"Then I won't be able to care so much." Li Tai smiled, "No way, our Taiping prince is too hard in the background, as long as you don't toss around, whether it's your father or your eldest brother, you can't take me."

Third brother, I can tell you, you alone know about this, if my father knew in advance, I would probably think that you told the secret, and I would not be finished with you at that time. ”

Hearing Li Tai say this, Li Ke was a little suspicious.

He still couldn't believe it.

Li Tai, did he really give up?

No, this can't be said to be a real abandonment, but a complete abandonment!

But now that my father is in his prime, is it too early to give up now?

Even if he avoids his edge now, ten years later, twenty years later, Li Chengqian will still be so sharp?

"Don't worry, you don't know who the second brother is?" Although he couldn't believe it, Li Ke still agreed.

In fact, he couldn't agree, what Li Tai wanted to do, he raised his hands to support!

"Then do you want to support me a little?" Li Tai said with a humble face, "You also know that my Yue Wangfu family is about to be defeated by me. ”

"I'll just say, why did you tell me all of a sudden." Li Ke smiled when he heard this, "So you are waiting for me here?"

Cheng, no problem, the second brother still has some family resources in the house, so I will send someone to send it to you in the evening. ”

"Then thank you, second brother." Li Tai immediately picked up another glass of wine and said with a smile.

Li Er looked at the two brothers talking and laughing, but also smiled: "Look at Qingque and Ke'er, since they went to Sun Moon Mountain together, the relationship between the brothers has obviously improved a lot. ”

As the initiator of the Xuanwumen Change, what Li Er is most afraid of now is that his son will follow in his footsteps, and seeing the scene of Li Tai and Li Ke being brothers, friends and brothers, it makes him feel a little more comforted.

Maybe this scene made him happier than any birthday gift.

"Pity that kid." When Empress Changsun heard this, she said with some sadness, "This is the third year that Gao Ming has spent outside, that child was alone with Changle, struggling to survive in the bitter cold land in the northwest, and he has suffered a lot." ”

Speaking of Li Chengqian, Li Er also sighed.

Although the current Li Chengqian is indeed a hegemon, that is also the current Li Chengqian.

When the hegemony of the dynasty just began, it must have come out of overcoming obstacles.

It is inevitable to endure hardship.

"If you want to be happy, I'll send someone to fetch her back." Li Er sighed and said, "This Nizi is also strange and pitiful, she has been wandering with her brother since she was a few years old. ”

Although they all know that whether it is Li Chengqian or Changle, these two guys are living very well outside, but as parents, there are always a few worries.

"Alright." Empress Changsun said, "I didn't see you leave her behind when Changle came back last time, and I didn't let her go, Na Nizi, when she left, she couldn't help crying."

I heard that on the way back, she comforted the woman of the martial arts family all the way.

Xiao Changle has also grown up. ”

The eldest grandson is still the eldest grandson, and when he asked Li Chengqian to take Changle away, he didn't want Li Chengqian to forget his family affection on the way to achieve his Wang Tu hegemony.

Now, she also hopes that Changle can stop one or two when there is an inevitable conflict between Li Er and Li Chengqian, and at least give the two a chance to talk calmly.

Maybe this is a mother's helplessness.

"Yes, they've all grown up, look at the green sparrows? Which one didn't grow up? Li Er smiled, "Time flies so fast, who would have thought that the little guy who was still crawling all over the ground before would become a hegemon in a flash." ”

(End of chapter)