Although Li Shimin was angry at that time, after calming down, he could also understand that what the eldest grandson Wuji said was right, to be the emperor must be broad-minded, if he can't even tolerate his grandson, then how to be an emperor through the ages?

Of course, only the eldest grandson Wuji can say this, and even if the eldest grandson Wuji says this, then he has to worry about his head, fortunately Li Shimin is not a faint monarch, if Li Shimin is a faint monarch, now the eldest grandson Wuji's head has fallen off.

"Uncle's worries are indeed necessary, just now in the court, everyone can speak freely and express their worries, so if I want to continue this plan, then I must solve your worries one by one, which is conducive to the development of our Datang and the entry of the Datang army into Nanzhao."

For what Li Xiang said earlier, the eldest grandson Wuji also nodded appreciatively, Li Xiang can have such a mentality, which is much stronger than his uncle and grandfather.

But when Li Xiang said the last sentence, the eldest grandson Wuji immediately understood what was going on, Li Xiang told himself in this way that no matter how many difficulties there were, he had to occupy Nanzhao Kingdom, and this matter had been recognized, and he would never retreat because of various difficulties.

Although Li Shimin had already made up his mind just now, if Li Xiang's heart was not so firm, the eldest grandson Wuji and some other ministers would still be able to move this matter over in the end, but if Li Xiang had been talking about this matter behind Li Shimin's back, I am afraid it would not be so easy.

"I really don't understand, are those places barren and really that important to us? If you want to say that the north and the Western Regions are still a little valuable, I really can't see the value of those places, and some of the situations in the Nanzhao Kingdom have also been heard by my subordinates, which are not as good as a few prefectures and counties in my wealthy areas of the Tang Dynasty, is it necessary to spend a huge amount of money to knock them down? ”

Without the face of outsiders, the eldest grandson Wuji also spoke a little casually, of course, this is also the habit that Li Xiang gave at the beginning, when discussing problems between the two, they must put aside their identities and seniority, if there are all kinds of ties, then this problem will be difficult to solve.

"Uncle, look at this map, this picture was given to my grandfather back then, and now I have drawn another one, this is the future territory of our Datang, the reason why we want to occupy these areas is also to keep the core area of my Datang, at present, the core area of my Datang is like a frontier, someone may come in at any time, there is no long-term strategic depth at all, when we occupy the Nanzhao Kingdom, then the strategic depth of our southwest will increase by thousands of miles compared to now, if there is an enemy to come in, The battlefield will also be in the southwest region, and will not be fought in the Central Plains and Guanzhong, then we will already be invincible......"

Li Xiang took out a map again, this map is still the best map, begonias, what Li Xiang has always wanted is this map.

At the beginning, the eldest grandson Wuji couldn't listen to what Li Xiang said, but when Li Xiang talked about strategic depth, the eldest grandson Wuji did have some unusual movements, taking Chang'an City as an example, it turned out that whether it was Tuyuhun or Turkic, it was close to Chang'an City, and if they made a surprise attack, we were likely to be caught off guard.

But now we have knocked down these two places, and also set up military camps on their land, if there are any other places that want to attack Chang'an City, it is impossible to do it now, unless you have an army of millions, and it must be an elite army, then it may bring some danger to Chang'an, if it is not properly commanded or something happens in the middle, it is impossible for a million army to kill Chang'an.

In just five years of hard work, Li Xiang has increased the strategic depth of Chang'an City by more than a thousand miles, which also allows the people of Chang'an City to live and work in peace and contentment, this is the fertile Guanzhong Plain, as long as nothing happens here, then the foundation of Datang is there, even if it becomes a pot of porridge outside, we will not surrender easily.

Now what Li Xiang has to do is to continue to expand the core area outward, continue to occupy some desolate areas around Datang, and use these desolate areas as a barrier for the entire Datang, then our core area will be more, once the core area is doubled, it will be equivalent to the population of Datang can increase by at least 50%.

When Li Xiang's words were finished, the eldest grandson Wuji sat next to him and stared at this map with two eyes, many places on this map have been taken down, but there are also many places that are not actually controlled, if you want to make Datang become this map, there is still a long way to go.

"In general, I agree with your statement, you can have such a huge plan in your mind, the Tang Dynasty is really very lucky, to have a person like you in charge, but you must be measured, don't lose all the national strength, just like Emperor Yang of Sui......"

When he said the last sentence, the eldest grandson Wuji had already lowered his voice, was Emperor Yang of Sui a person without ideals? Of course, it is impossible, his ideals are still very ambitious, if he can take into account the actual situation at the time, and can solve the people's livelihood problems, and then extend what he wants to do, it is estimated that this guy is also an emperor through the ages.

It's a pity that Emperor Yang of Sui is too impatient, he has to do anything immediately, and no matter what kind of life the people live, he can't eat there, and you still have to drag them to dig the canal, how can this work?

Li Xiang once said before that if Emperor Yang of Sui could provide three meals a day and feed the people, let alone dig a Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, even if the canal was dug to Europe, our people would be able to do it, and the problem of eating would be the biggest problem.

But now this problem can be solved, Li Xiang has a large amount of land in his hands, and already has high-yield grain seeds, if Li Xiang wants to dig the canal now, the grain in his hands is enough to support these millions of people, and the result is naturally much stronger than Emperor Yang of Sui......