Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 741 Ocean
Regarding the Great Food Messenger, the prime ministers had very different opinions.

A group of prime ministers, including Li Mi, believed that now that the Anshi Rebellion had just been quelled, when the Tang Dynasty needed to recuperate, it should maintain its relationship with Heiyi Dashi and leave the buffer zone of the Western Regions.

In fact, Li Mi was also faintly worried that the Prince Jian Guo would become like his grandfather, wasting his country's power with great success, and putting Datang in a predicament.

The other faction, led by Cui Guangyuan, believes that Datang should actively expand outwards, and they have ideas for adjusting the current tributary system.

After listening to his son-in-law Wang Chengwei talk about the Longyou Railway, Cui Guangyuan had a new view on the boundaries of the empire.

In the past, even if the Tang Dynasty conquered remote areas, it could not form an effective rule.

But now the fast boats appearing on the sea, it only takes one day to reach the Silla Peninsula from Jiaodong Peninsula.

The faster and faster Longyou Railway allowed soldiers to travel from Shazhou to the Tuyuhun Plateau in one day.

Such a magical weapon greatly reduces the cost of border garrisons.

For example, Hu Yu, the Nanzhao propaganda envoy, has written to the imperial court to build a railway in the central Shu plain, which can completely suppress the rebellion in Nanzhao. As long as there is a rebellion, the soldiers will be transported by railway, and Nanzhao can be pacified without many soldiers. .

The same is true on the Hedong side. Compared with the rugged mountain roads in central Sichuan, the Hedong Plain is more suitable for building railways.

The large plains in North China can directly build a railway from Jixian County to Luoyang. If this railway is completed, the imperial court will have greater influence on Hedong, and there will never be a rebellion like Shi Siming in Anlu Mountain.

Cui Guangyuan was ambitious. He secretly submitted a plan to turn Silla into counties and subsidize overseas students from Silla to return to China to run academies, which was also instructed by Cui Guangyuan.

Because they accompanied the envoy in black to enter Chang'an, everyone's eyes turned to Gao Shi.

Gao Shi swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "I think Datang and Heiyi Dashi will have a battle in the end."

Li Mi's face darkened, and Gao Shi continued, "But I don't think the battle will be in the Western Regions."

Everyone looked at Gao Shi, is the new prime minister stupid?Isn't it the Western Regions that the Tang Dynasty and the Black Clothes Dashi jointly influenced?What the two countries are competing on land is the Western Regions. If it is not in the Western Regions, where is it?

Gao Shi expressed his opinion: "I actually think that the battle between Datang and Heiyi Dashi will happen at sea."

maritime?

Everyone bowed their heads and began to think about this question.

Gao Shi continued: "I talked with the Sama envoy along the way, and he arrived in Datang by sea."

"Starting from Black Clothes Dashi, we pass through Tianzhu, Lion Country, Siam Country, Fat Country, and Chenla Country along the way. These small countries are all prosperous through trade, and there are many seaport cities."

"And this route is very safe, even without the need for ocean-going ships. For example, when the Lion Kingdom asked for the tooth relic from Tianzhu, it was possible to go back and forth with a small boat like a canoe."

"Now my Datang's shipyard in Yangzhou can build warships with a capacity of a hundred people. In the future, it will be no problem to build a warship with a thousand people. At that time, using these small countries in the South Seas as a springboard, we can directly attack Tianzhu. At that time There will be a battle at sea with Black Clothes Dashi."

All the prime ministers were silent. The increasingly developed maritime trade in the southeast region has made everyone in the Tang Dynasty realize the importance of the sea.

After leaving Fusang, Li Daoyuan did not return to Datang, but continued to go south to search Southeast Asia.

An anonymous article began to be serialized in "Chang'an Daily". The name of this article was "Pictures of Haiguo".

"Illustrations of Haiguo" begins with the most familiar Silla and Fusang in the Tang Dynasty, telling their history, geography and products. Now that the Fusang chapter is over, the latest article begins to introduce the Chenla Kingdom in the Indochina Peninsula.

Now even the Huangkou children in Chang'an know that the rice in Chenla can be harvested all year round, and the sugar in Chenla is very cheap, because they will grow extremely sweet sugar cane.

Suhang's annexation activities in North Silla opened up a new market for Datang with a population of several million, and the discovery of a huge copper mine in North Silla made the household officials ecstatic. On the riverside, mining is not difficult and the reserves are considerable.

Now the Ministry of Household Affairs plans to build a mint directly in Dahang City, which may solve the problem of copper shortage in the north.

What made the Ministry of Households more concerned was the income of the Shipbuilding Department.

Although the income of the Municipal Shipbuilding Department is to be shared with the local government, and in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the local government, the majority of the revenue is divided into the local government.

However, the revenues of several municipal shipping companies along the coast still surprised the household department.

The tariffs of the Yangzhou Shipbuilding Department plus the income from selling the qualifications of sea merchants are almost the same as the salt tax received by the Jiangnan Salt Institute!

You must know that Fifth Qi’s salt courtyard reform in the south of the Yangtze River was an important pillar to support the Tang Dynasty’s victory over the Anshi Rebellion.

Seeing the changes in everyone's expressions, Gao Shi knew that his explosive remarks had already convinced some colleagues, so he continued:

"I learned from the envoy of Nasama that Dashi in black also attaches great importance to navigation. Now that caliph has formed a sea fleet, but he is competing with Byzantium for control of the western sea."

"However, the eastern route is also a golden route. When the black-clothed food defeats Byzantium at sea, it will inevitably expand eastward."

All the prime ministers nodded one after another. No empire would give up the fat in their mouths, let alone an empire like the Black Clothes Dashi who has an instinct for expansion in its bones.

Li Mi thought for a while and asked: "What does Prime Minister Gao mean, we will keep peace with the black food for the time being, and compete with them after accumulating strength at sea?"

Gao Shi nodded, and Li Mi also thought about it.

He objected to declaring war with Heiyi Dashi, not because he was afraid of war, but because he was afraid that the crown prince would be so successful that it would be a waste of national power.

According to Gao Shi's plan, Datang needs to build sea-going ships and explore routes, and it will take several years anyway.

At that time, Datang should be able to breathe a sigh of relief from the damage caused by the Anshi Rebellion.

Moreover, this way of fighting for hegemony at sea seems to be cheaper than land attack, and it can also avoid the hardship of long-distance marching.

Those small countries in the Indochina Peninsula should be controlled by the Tang Dynasty anyway. This is also the common thinking of the whole court.

This is also a step-by-step plan. After thinking about this, Li Mi nodded and said: "Mr. Gao, this is a statement for the country. Please write it as a memorial and send it to Taiji Palace."

Gao Shi was overjoyed that the prime minister could not submit a memorial to the emperor alone unless he got the consent of other prime ministers.

Secret memorials will destroy the trust between the monarch and his ministers. Li Tan hates secret room politics.

Li Mi asked Gao Shi to write a memorial, expressing that the other prime ministers of the Zhengshitang agreed with his plan, or at least did not oppose his plan.

This is the national policy of contributing!

As soon as Gao Shi entered the Zhengshitang, he was able to prepare the national policy of the Tang Dynasty for the next five or even ten years!

Make policy for the country!Yin and Yang!This is the real prime minister!

Gao Shi finally felt the power of being a prime minister!

(End of this chapter)