Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 953 Fang Jun's Long Zhong Pair
Dou Shaoxuan retreated.

The hall returned to silence.

His Majesty Li Er stretched his waist, glared at Fang Jun, and said angrily: "You bastard, you can't stop for two days? You always cause trouble all day long, and you are not a son of man. I don't know how many floors I gave you!"

Scolding is scolding, but I can't see much annoyance.

All of this was because the Guanlong family deliberately found fault. If there was no such thing, there must be other things.Since Fang Jun is the vanguard of His Majesty Li Er, it is impossible for him to live in peace...

Fang Jun said with a playful smile: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love, I am so touched, I should serve the country with my own body..."

"Come on, come on, be glib!"

His Majesty Li Er waved his hand impatiently to interrupt, then pointed to the seat beside him, let Fang Jun sit, and began to inquire about Jiangnan affairs in detail.

Fang Jun's thoughts were clear, and his answers were clear and concise.

His Majesty Li Er kept nodding while listening, and occasionally asked questions.

Hearing the danger of Niu Zhuji's First Battle, His Majesty Li Er clenched his fist and cursed angrily: "You porcupine dog, death is not a pity!" Fang Jun drowned, and even personally sent soldiers to assist, this has risen to the crime of treason!

If it weren't for worrying that the turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River would ruin the plan of the Eastern Expedition, His Majesty Li Er, who has always been belligerent, had ordered the army to go south long ago, vowing to uproot these hairpin families!
When Fang Jun mentioned that he had made a secret plan with the Yuming family, he staged a "Yishi Assassin" scene at the Fushan Wharf outside Haiyu City, which scared the Jiangnan gentry out of their wits. His Majesty Li Er laughed heartily and praised: "On In terms of such shameless tricks, there are not many civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty who can match you!"

Fang Jun rolled his eyes violently, are you complimenting me?
Then Fang Jun designed to deceive the Jiangnan family once in the matter of stealing wood, which made many Jiangnan gentry, including the Xiao family, who were dumb and unable to explain their sufferings after eating Coptis chinensis, so they had to obediently offer the money, and His Majesty Li Er even It's beyond fun.

When it came to Fang Jun asking Rudong County to use the county's financial guarantee to buy ships for the people of the county, His Majesty Li Er was quite satisfied: "It is especially good to be able to find another way to benefit the people without sticking to the nest. Then Sun Chengen is also a capable official, I will tell the official department to train more and entrust him with important responsibilities."

Finally, when it came to the matter of leading troops to defeat the elephant soldiers of the Chenla Kingdom and purchasing two seaports in the Linyi Kingdom, His Majesty Li Er frowned and said: "When your memorial was submitted, I did not express my position. There will be orders from the foreign king. I don't accept it, I am not a self-willed person, I understand the reason that the situation is changing rapidly, now you explain to me, if it is only for buying food, you can sign an agreement with Lin Yiguo, why do you need to occupy two seaports, wasting manpower Material resources to protect and defend? Lin Yiguo is thousands of miles away from the Tang Dynasty, no matter how powerful the Tang Dynasty’s tigers are, it will inevitably be beyond their reach. Once the situation changes, won’t these two enclaves still belong to the Linyi Kingdom? "

There is no emperor who does not yearn for a wider territory, which can leave a great reputation in the history and be worshiped by future generations.

Naturally, His Majesty Li Er couldn't be exempt from customs, otherwise he would not have conquered Goguryeo with all his heart and soul, to achieve a magnificent feat never before achieved by an ancient emperor.

But His Majesty Li Er is obviously much more rational...

Goguryeo is bordered by the Tang Dynasty, and it can be directly intervened no matter by land or sea. After it is occupied, it can maintain long-term rule.However, Da Nang and Cam Ranh Port are thousands of miles away from each other. Even if it is occupied, it will be difficult to achieve the goal of long-term rule. What is the use of it?
Fang Jun explained: "Your Majesty, you still don't have a clearer understanding of the combat power of the Royal Navy. Let's put it this way, ten years later, when the development of artillery, muskets and new warships matures, the Royal Navy will be There is an invincible existence above the sea, and this army alone can reach the point of crossing the ocean. The world, there is no enemy to it! In this case, the strategy of governing the country since ancient times will have to have a corresponding Change, the ocean is connected to a wider land, which is endless wealth! The corners and foreign lands that the court despises are very likely to become places where wealth gathers under the prosperity of maritime trade!"

Why did the land of Jiaozhou become independent during the Song Dynasty?
On the one hand, it is caused by the narrow political thinking of the ruler, who believes that the land outside the country does not obey the king's teachings, and it is useless to keep it;

But now under Fang Jun's leadership, Datang's navigation technology has spanned a thousand years in one fell swoop, and it is naturally possible to control the South China Sea and even Nanyang through waterways.Even if these territories became independent due to the decline of the Central Plains dynasty, they could still be in the hands of the Han people because the waterways were kept open.

Therefore, with the rise of maritime trade and the development of navigation technology, the strategy of the entire empire must also be changed accordingly, and more attention must be paid to the strategic layout of the coast and overseas.

Da Nang is a stronghold established to support maritime trade. When countless such strongholds are consolidated, Datang has reached the point of controlling global maritime trade.What influence would that be, what wealth would it bring?
"The prosperity of maritime trade and overseas strongholds will bring benefits to Datang dozens or even hundreds of times more than land taxes. In the Taiji Palace, Huben who commands Datang can fight whoever he wants! The most important thing is that the culture of Datang will spread to all inhabited places with the unimpeded merchant ships all over the world, and the whole world will be covered by the splendid culture of Datang. Invasion, the influence of Datang will be the highest in the world, which is impossible even if His Majesty has a million troops..."

Fang Jun's tone was sonorous, he explained his beliefs to His Majesty Li Er, and he drew a pie that could shine through the ages...

His Majesty Li Er was dumbfounded.

He never thought that Fang Jun, a stickler, would have such grand ideals in his heart!
Let the tigers of the Tang Dynasty conquer the neighbors, let the culture of the Tang Dynasty invade the world? !

Suppressing the churning thoughts in his heart, His Majesty Li Er asked in a deep voice: "Speaking is better than singing, anyway, it is an unforeseen event in the future, why don't you just talk nonsense? If you really have beauty, then tell me about it." How can we achieve such a state of being the most famous in the world and proud of the world?"

But test me?
Fang Jun was confident, and Niu Pi coaxed out three fingers: "If His Majesty and all the ministers in the court support it, it would be a snap to make the Tang Dynasty proud of the world! You only need to do three things well."

His Majesty Li Er almost laughed angrily: "You think you are Zhuge Liang? If you fart, let it go!"

After being hit, Fang Jun is still full of confidence: "First, population. Second, education. Third, military system."

His Majesty Li Er was silent for a while, and said: "Let's listen to the details."

Fang Jun sat upright, and said slowly: "The most fundamental condition for the Great Tang to grow is to have enough population. Otherwise, even if it occupies the whole world, where will the population come to protect it? The Southern and Northern Dynasties fought for a hundred years, and the Sui Dynasty had 36 shares. Anti-kings are raging all over the world, and the population has dropped to an extremely low level. The most important point of the national policy of the Tang Dynasty is to recuperate and multiply the population."

Hearing this, His Majesty Li Er was a little displeased.

Rest and recuperation is the most important thing. Doesn't this mean that my plan for the Eastern Expedition is actually contrary to the development of the entire country?
Fang Jun had already pondered these words countless times in his mind, so he naturally knew how His Majesty Li Er would react after he said them, and continued: "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about Goguryeo. In fact, conquest of Goguryeo is not contrary to recuperation. There must also be a prerequisite, that is, the neighbors are stable and there is no war on the border. Now that the Turks are not destroyed, the Western Regions are not peaceful, the ambitions of Tubo are not extinguished, and Tuyuhun is about to move... Without a stable environment, how can we talk about recuperation? Goguryeo has always been arrogant, and its people Extremely shameless, once the Great Tang launches a large-scale military campaign in the Western Regions, there is no guarantee that it will not take the opportunity to make trouble, and only by destroying them first can we go all out."

His Majesty Li Er nodded repeatedly, deeply agreeing.

Goguryeo is a small country with few people and arrogant and tough character. It has been a headache for all dynasties. If it cannot be completely eliminated, it is difficult to guarantee that it will become a serious problem one day.

　There is one more chapter later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)