After returning to the Western Regions, Xiao Yue began to focus on people's livelihood as soon as possible.

He figured out what Li Chengqian said.

The Ming Dynasty is already a strong country, so a strong country must have the demeanor of a strong country.

At least the people's living standards have to be raised, right?

Otherwise, what kind of power is it?

Xiao Yue is also simply, Daming lacks everything now, so he is not short of money, if you want the people to live a good life, throw money!

No matter what era the common people are, they are very simple, as long as they can live a prosperous life, they will believe whom.

Of course, there is also a degree in this, as long as you grasp this degree, the people are the best to fool.

On the other hand, after making a series of arrangements, Li Chengqian also set out to return home.

He decided to go on patrol in the first place to avoid some unnecessary trouble, but it was clear that now that this trouble was gone, there was no need for him to continue to stay.

It's time to go back and prepare for the take-off of Daming.

As he said, Daming is already a powerful country in the world, and it also has further capital.

The thirteenth year of Zhenguan, July.

Li Chengqian, who had been on patrol for half a year, finally returned to the Sun Moon Mountain he was most familiar with.

I have to say that today's Sun Moon Mountain is not what it used to be, even if it is only a few months of patrolling, the changes are changing with each passing day.

And in the short half year when Li Chengqian went on patrol, the Ministry of Industry where Yi Yuanxi was sitting also built a wall several zhang high outside the Sun Moon Mountain, which also made the Sun Moon Mountain more and more like a city-state.

"Ministers greet His Highness's triumph."

As soon as Li Chengqian arrived outside the city wall, Pu Xiruo, Yi Yuanxi and other Ming officials bowed down and said.

Behind them, there were countless people who spontaneously cheered there, and it was too far away for Li Chengqian to hear what they were cheering for, so he turned over and dismounted, and before Li Chengqian walked over, Pu Xiruo and the others walked over with a smile on their faces.

"See Your Highness, this time Your Highness ......"

"Well, there's no need for compliments." Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "It's just a rebellion, it's not much of a glory, besides, the biggest contributor to the rebellion is not this king." ”

"That's it." Hearing this, Pu Xiru also smiled and said, "I think that His Royal Highness single-handedly created the Ming Dynasty court under the thorns and thorns, compared with it, the pacification of civil strife is really not worth mentioning." ”

Miracles have happened a lot, and everyone is not surprised.

Especially in these years, Da Ming has really created miracles.

Everyone is actually used to it.

"The walls are well repaired." Li Chengqian didn't take this stubble, but looked at the rather majestic Sun Moon Mountain city wall, and nodded with satisfaction.

Hearing Li Chengqian's words, Yi Yuanxi immediately walked out with a smile on his face and said: "Your Highness has praised it falsely, speaking of which, it is all the credit of Your Highness, and Weichen just did what Weichen should do." ”

His words are not boastful, after all, the original drawings were really given to them by Li Chengqian, and they just followed the drawings.

Li Chengqian smiled, didn't speak, looked at the three-zhang high city wall, and felt quite complacent.

Just when Li Chengqian was stunned, Changle poked his head out of the carriage behind him and asked suspiciously, "Where is this?" ”

As she spoke, she also walked up to Li Chengqian.

She is familiar with Sun Moon Mountain, and almost the entire Sun Moon Mountain has developed under her nose, but at this moment, she is a little unrecognizable.

Li Chengqian smiled when he heard this: "You, take a look again, see it clearly?" ”

When Changle heard this, she was also a little puzzled, but when she saw Pu Xiruo, Yi Yuanxi and others, she immediately reacted.

"Sun Moon Mountain? Are we finally back to Sun Moon Mountain? Although she said that she had been staying in Sun Moon Mountain before, she was also tired, but this time she went out for so long, but she missed Sun Moon Mountain a little.

That's how people are, and it seems to be normal.

Of course, she didn't recognize it at first sight, and it was also related to her tiring journey, even though Li Chengqian improved the carriage, but where is the long-distance trek in this era comfortable in later generations?

"yes, I'm back." Li Chengqian subconsciously said.

A fluttering word, but no one knows what it means.

"Let's go into town." Li Chengqian didn't say anything more.

Soon, everyone returned to Daming Palace in bursts of cheers.

Li Chengqian first let Changle and the others rest, and then summoned everyone to the Hall of Talents.

"This king knows that you have been working hard lately." Li Chengqian said directly, "But now that my Daming is developing rapidly, it is still not enough to really talk about it." ”

He said a word to everyone, and everyone was stunned.

Isn't that momentum enough?

Today's Daming, not to mention comparable to the Tang Dynasty, can be regarded as a powerful country in the world.

Isn't that enough?

Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Li Chengqian had a serious face: "This king knows that you think that today's Ming is not what it used to be, yes, compared to when we were in rags, today's Ming is indeed a small achievement."

But if this king says that this is far from meeting this king's expectations, can you be trusted? ”

Hearing Li Chengqian say this, everyone was silent, they didn't know what Li Chengqian wanted to do, and what was the purpose of saying this, at this moment, everyone was solemn.

Li Chengqian, they know him too well, although he usually seems to be very talkative, but as long as he encounters serious things, it is not as simple as not being difficult to speak.

"The ministers are incompetent." I don't know what Li Chengqian thinks, and everyone can only take the responsibility on themselves first.

Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "This king doesn't mean to blame anyone, it's just that since he came back today, some problems still have to be faced after all."

Presumably you also know that this king is not only the king of the Ming Dynasty, but also the prince of the Tang Dynasty. This identity has given us many conveniences in the past, and how much trouble it will cause us in the future.

After eating other people's dividends, you have to pay it back after all. ”

As soon as they heard Li Chengqian say this, everyone understood.

Yes, in the past, Li Chengqian did reap a lot of tangible benefits for Daming by taking advantage of his identity as the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and at that time, they were indeed glad that Li Chengqian was the prince of the Tang Dynasty.

This is also the basis for the firm support of Li Chengqian.

"Your Highness means that there is someone in Chang'an?" Pu Xiru said immediately.

This is unacceptable to them.

In their opinion, the great treasure of the Tang Dynasty can only be inherited by His Royal Highness!

This is in their respective interests.

"Your Highness, do you want the old minister to arrange for a few cronies to go to ......?"

"Stop!" Without waiting for He Li to finish speaking, Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Whether there is any movement over there in Chang'an, this king doesn't know, and the little bit of caution you have to put away as much as possible."

This king didn't say that he was attached to the position of Datang, he shouldn't say something, even if that position does not belong to this king in the future, what does this king have to lose?

If it is for the throne, when can this king not be called emperor? ”

He said this quite domineeringly.

In fact, even now, if he wants to be the emperor, he can really ascend the throne at any time, but he doesn't.

Of course, the main reason why he didn't do it was that Li Er was still alive.

Throughout the ages, where is there a precedent for a father and son to be emperors at the same time?

If he really wants to do this, those sour Confucians in Chang'an will really be able to criticize him and drown him.

"Your Highness's words are true." Speaking of this, Ihara Seok and the others also laughed.

Indeed, Li Chengqian can ascend the throne and become emperor at any time, although no one has mentioned this for so many years, but this is the case.

As for why everyone didn't mention this, in fact, it was also to inherit Datang.

From their standpoint, they are also eager for Daming and Datang to be completely integrated.

As the so-called son of heaven and a courtier, if one day Li Chengqian inherits the Tang Dynasty and the Tang and Ming Dynasty are united, Li Chengqian will inevitably reuse his own people, and this so-called own people, aren't they?

This is also their greed.

"Is Your Highness worried about Datang's attitude?" He Li asked.

Li Chengqian shook his head and said: "Datang's attitude is actually not important, to put it narcissistically, Datang has no choice now."

As long as this king is alive, who would dare to touch that position? Who can get their hands on that position?

Doesn't it say how good this king is, Datang, and willing to be a great Ming? ”

On this issue, Li Chengqian really never doubted that it was impossible for Datang to give up Daming.

Today's development of Datang has also reached a bottleneck, and only after the integration with Tang Ming can Datang have new opportunities for development, so his position is stable.

"That's what I said." Hearing this, Pu Xiru said, "But I'm afraid that many scholars in the Tang Dynasty won't let His Highness ...... easily."

"Those guys naturally don't want to." Li Chengqian smiled, "Don't you understand what the situation is in Taohe County today?"

Moreover, it's not just them, those people in Chang'an, do you think they all want to integrate the Ming and the Tang Dynasty like this?

Impossible, just as you want to have a place in the Tang and Ming dynasties that will unite in the future, so do them.

Don't look at the occasional disagreement between them and those guys of the Shi clan on weekdays, but if you really want to face you, they are a family. ”

Saying that, Li Chengqian also looked at everyone with a playful expression.

These guys have actually not been idle all these years, since they are thinking about the future, it is naturally impossible for them to cut off contact with Datang.

As far as Li Chengqian knows, none of these guys present have zero contact with Datang.

Of course, Li Chengqian didn't care.

Under his command, Li Chengqian does not need their absolute loyalty, this thing does not exist, as long as the ability is in place, Li Chengqian can accept that they have a slight flaw.

It's just that today, Li Chengqian needs to beat them up or two, at least to make them understand the situation.

When everyone heard this, they were not embarrassed, and when they did those things, they didn't mean to hide it, they were all generous.

So even if Li Chengqian opened his mouth at this time, they could be calm.

"Your Highness means that our next enemy is the Tang Dynasty?"

Finally someone got to the point.

Li Chengqian stopped beating around the bush at this time, and said directly: "The enemy can't be talked about, but the future opponent must be Datang."

As for the likes of Tianzhu, they are no longer worthy of being our opponents.

And with the strong rise of the Ming Dynasty, the competition with the Tang Dynasty has long been inevitable.

Just before, the new county of Taohe County, the Tang Dynasty, sent an envoy to get some technology from my Daming, what do you think Datang is going to do? ”

"Datang, is this trying to steal my Daming's core technology?" Ihara doesn't understand this.

Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "You, it's not suitable to mix with these." It's not enough to steal technology, but it also shows a problem, Datang is aware of its shortcomings.

And how proud is Datang? When they realize their shortcomings, what do you think they will do?

That's where the competition begins!

Maybe you don't realize the importance of this kind of competition, but this king asks, in the future, will the Tang and Ming be united, will the Tang or the Ming be the mainstay? ”

If you talk about the things that Li Chengqian said before, everyone is still a little confused, but now what Li Chengqian said, they really understand.

Priority and priority!

In other words, in the end, it was the Tang Dynasty that annexed the Ming Dynasty, or the Ming Dynasty that annexed the Tang Dynasty.

That's the core of the competition.

Obviously, some people in Datang have already figured out this thing, and they are already preparing for the upcoming division of priority and subordination.

And they didn't even realize the problem.

The most important thing is the so-called distinction between priority and subordination, and it is precisely they who have the greatest impact, not Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian has always been a monarch, and the fluctuations in interests will not be too great, but they are different, they can follow Li Chengqian and replace others, and in the same way, others can also replace them.

"Then Your Highness promised them?" Pucciro asked.

Li Chengqian nodded and said: "Naturally, I agreed, and this king also wants to see how far Datang can develop if he lets go of his arms." ”

He replied very matter-of-factly.

The reason for agreeing to Wang Renyou at the beginning was not only to deal with those guys with five surnames and seven hopes, but also to create pressure on these guys.

Over the years, Daming has been too smooth, no matter what problems he encounters, he is a flat horse, as if he has never encountered a setback, and these guys are a little drifting because of Daming's momentum, and what Li Chengqian has to do is to let them be vigilant all the time.

You are not irreplaceable.

At this moment, everyone gradually realized what Li Chengqian meant, and for a while, they were speechless.

They could feel Li Chengqian's dissatisfaction.

But for a while, they were also helpless.

At this moment, Li Chengqian said again: "Don't think that this is the end, all this is based on the premise of normal development, if there is an accident, the result may be worse."

This king's father is not a person who abides by the rules, don't think that this king is his eldest son, he will not have thoughts about the Ming Dynasty, if one day, he wants to achieve the hegemony of Tang Ming's unification, Tang Ming, may not be peaceful unification.

Of course, even if he wanted to, the king's brothers were not fuel-efficient lamps.

In general, today's Daming is not stable.

And today's Daming is far from enough to resist any crisis.

In other words, the Ming Dynasty has not yet reached the time to enjoy happiness!

Do you understand? ”

"The ministers are guilty!" When everyone heard this, they also hurriedly bowed down.

At this time, everyone also had a lot of thoughts in their hearts.

They don't know what's wrong with Li Chengqian.

But Li Chengqian didn't want to explain too much, but walked out of the Daming Palace and looked in the direction of the east.

Over there, it must be exciting!

(End of chapter)