Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

In Li Yuanji's tent, when Li Yuanji heard that Li Er was leading a large army towards him, he was a little surprised for a moment.

In Li Yuanji's opinion, Li Er had such a small number of people and was obviously no match for him, yet he did not run away. He originally thought that it would take some time to capture Li Er, but Li Er took the initiative to run towards him.

After Li Yuanji reacted, he immediately realized that Li Er had made up his mind to die and did not want to escape anymore.

Li Yuanji looked at Yang Jianhe.

"Bring all the intelligence that Jinyiwei has gathered."

After Li Yuanji read all the information about Li Er being here, he immediately laughed.

Now he finally understood why Li Er came here to seek death, because Li Er's development here could be said to be very unsuccessful. Here, because there were no Han people, communication was a big problem.

Development is even more impossible because the structure of officials cannot be established. The large army that Li Er has now was all recruited by Li Er through force, and the food he robbed from the wealthy families here was used to feed the people below, so that these people followed Li Er.

Moreover, the command of the army was all dependent on Li Er's original 3,000 men. They could only communicate in simple terms, which was a little complicated, and no one could understand what the other was saying.

Although Li Er promoted the Tang Dynasty culture here, he was never able to spread it because it was difficult to spread.

Another reason is that Li Er brought it upon himself. Li Er originally gave Persia the firearms technology, and after it was spread by Persia, it became unstoppable. Now, people around Li Er are using the original firearms.

This makes it basically impossible for Li Er to expand, and he can only maintain the status quo.

Li Yuanji shook his head. This Li Er really thought that if he succeeded in Lingnan, he could replicate his deeds. He was really thinking too much.

Let’s not talk about the system for now. No matter what, he went to Lingnan, at least there was no language barrier. He also developed based on Lingnan, unlike Li Er, who was a complete outsider.

If Li Er had 100,000 or 200,000 people, or even tens of thousands, it wouldn't be as difficult as it is now. But after Li Er came here, there were less than 3,000 people left. With such a small base, they were all brought here to be assimilated.

I think Li Er also thought about these things. After all, he was once the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Although he left the Tang Dynasty, the people here are completely different from those in the Tang Dynasty.

The Turks are called foreigners, not to mention the people here, who are complete foreigners.

He didn't believe that Li Er had no ideas in his mind. As for Li Er, even though Li Er was defeated and driven out of the Tang Dynasty by him, Li Yuanji still believed in some of Li Er's persistence, because this was Li Er, and he would not be like some people who had no bottom line at all.

Li Yuanji immediately began to ponder. Now that Li Er had made it clear that he was coming to deliver him, how should he deal with Li Er?

At the beginning, he wanted to kill Li Er directly, but so many years have passed, Li Er has almost grown old, and the situation has changed a lot, so he is not so determined to kill Li Er anymore.

But he couldn't just let Li Er go like that. How to make arrangements for him became Li Yuanji's headache.

After a long time, Li Yuanji looked at Yang Jianhe.

"Send someone to Li Er and ask him if he still has the courage to come out and see me."

Li Yuanji couldn't think of any good ideas for the time being, so he stopped thinking about it and decided to meet Li Er first.

In Li Er's camp, when Li Er learned that Li Yuanji invited him to meet him, he immediately smiled and looked at Li Chengqian and Li Tai.

"Your Third Uncle wants to see him, so get ready and come with me later."

Li Chengqian and Li Tai looked at each other and agreed.

Although they were reluctant to meet him, since they were already here, they were prepared. Anyway, they were mentally prepared and nothing else mattered.

"Father, have you really decided?"

Although the two agreed, they still had some thoughts in their minds.

Upon hearing this, Li Er laughed, and laughed very happily, obviously having seen through too much.

"Cheng Qian, Tai'er, you have seen it all over the years here. There are aliens everywhere. I really cannot accept the alien faces of these people.

If Li Yuanji hadn't come, it would have been fine, but now that he is here, let's leave it to him.

I know you have some thoughts in your mind, but you must be clear that we are Han people, and even more so Tang people. If we stay here, sooner or later we will be assimilated into these foreign races. We are dignified Tang people, how can we be assimilated into a foreign race? This is a great shame and humiliation.

You must remember that no matter when and where we are, we are Tang people. We must not bring shame to the Tang Dynasty, nor become a disgrace to the Tang people.

This time we will face it together calmly, and I will try my best to find a way out for you."

Over the years, Li Er's original fighting spirit has been worn away. The number of people around him has been decreasing, and he is in a foreign country, so Li Er has become much more indifferent.

If the people here were the same as them, with the same skin color but just different language, Li Er would not be like this.

Everything here is so different from that in the Tang Dynasty. When Li Er thought about how such people would become powerful and attack the Tang Dynasty, he felt extremely uncomfortable.

Although he was a loser in the Tang Dynasty and was expelled from the Tang Dynasty, he was still a Tang citizen. Li Er was very clear about this.

During the years he has been here, he has gathered this army and killed countless foreigners. He has basically cleared out the surrounding areas. Now he wants to hand these people over to Li Yuanji. How to deal with them is Li Yuanji's own business.

Li Er brought Li Chengqian and Li Tai, and Li Yuanji brought Yang Jianhe and Xi Junmai, and they met like this.

When they met again, they looked at each other with emotion, and neither of them spoke first.

Li Yuanji looked at the aging Li Er in front of him, feeling extremely complicated.

He still remembered how high-spirited the Qin King Li Er was. Even when they met later in Subi, Li Er, who had become the emperor, was still extremely majestic.

Now he is an old man. All those auras have disappeared and he is just like an old man.

"Second brother, I haven't seen you for so long, you must have suffered a lot."

"Third brother, I haven't seen you for a long time. You are still so young."

While Li Yuanji was looking at Li Er, Li Er was also looking at Li Yuanji.

Looking at Li Yuanji's still youthful face, Li Er gradually felt relieved. He had wanted to kill Li Yuanji countless times before, but now he no longer had those thoughts.

When they met again, Li Er felt a sense of familiarity. He didn't know why he had such an absurd idea, but it was real.

Li Yuanji also smiled when he heard Li Er's words. He did look younger now, but this was not because of the longevity pills he ate. Li Yuanji had only eaten a few pills before and did not eat them again. Instead, he gave a few pills to Yang Qingwan and Wei Gui. He could maintain his current appearance because he was not as anxious as Li Er, and he was younger than Li Er. Perhaps it was also because he had taken a few longevity pills.

He really couldn't explain this to Li Er. For example, in modern times, there are some people who are obviously old, but you can't see the years on their faces. It's very mysterious.

“Second brother, as long as you don’t worry and keep a good attitude, you will be like me.

Sit down and talk. It’s been a long time since we last met. Let’s have a good chat.”

After saying that, the two men sat down one after another. Li Yuanji asked Yang Jianhe to bring a pot of wine, and Li Yuanji poured it for Li Er himself.

"Brother, come, have a drink."

Li Er had no doubts and directly picked up the wine and drank a glass with Li Yuanji.

"Good wine! I haven't had such delicious wine in many years. It feels better than what I drank in the palace before."

"Brother, you are very sensitive. This wine is newly brewed. It is mainly made of sorghum, with wheat, rice and other ingredients. If you like it, I will have someone send some over later.

This wine is very expensive in the Tang Dynasty today. After it is brewed, it has to be left for a while before it becomes so delicious.

But among the common people, this wine is not available for drinking. People drink other wines instead.”

Li Yuanji was smiling. In the Tang Dynasty, wine was no longer a luxury. Ordinary people could buy some to drink from time to time. However, the wine that people bought was not at the same level as what they were drinking now.

What Li Yuanji and Li Er were drinking now was the best wine in the Tang Dynasty. It was also the wine used by the palace, so the taste was naturally excellent.

Li Er was extremely confused when he heard this.

"What is this sorghum? Can the people in the Tang Dynasty afford to drink wine now? Is there enough grain in the Tang Dynasty for the people to eat?"

Li Er was very puzzled, especially when Li Yuanji mentioned that ordinary people would buy wine to drink, he was really puzzled.

He knew clearly what the situation was like for the people of the Tang Dynasty. Not to mention precious wine, even food was not enough. It could be said that many people were starving.

Li Er was also very clear about the price of wine. How could the people who couldn't even afford to eat and had to go hungry afford to drink wine?
If people really had money, they would use it to buy food, meat, or clothes. How could they possibly buy alcohol?

Li Yuanji put down his wine glass and spoke slowly.

"Second brother, after so many years, the Tang Dynasty has completely changed. Today, everyone in the Tang Dynasty has enough food and clothing, and there is no shortage of food.

Now the granaries in various parts of the Tang Dynasty are full, and they are also being expanded to store more grain.

People no longer have to go hungry. Although it is still difficult to eat meat, they can now eat meat once every one or two months.

The people of the Tang Dynasty became wealthy and rich, so they would naturally buy other things. For example, this wine is just one of them.

The Tang Dynasty today is no longer the Tang Dynasty that you, second brother, saw before. Now the population of Tang Dynasty is nearly 200 million, and the business exchanges are extremely prosperous.

The Tang Dynasty is now a country of peace and prosperity. No dynasty in history has ever achieved true peace and prosperity, but I have achieved it now.

As for sorghum, it is a new food, but it can’t really be considered new, because it has existed in the Tang Dynasty for a long time, but no one has paid much attention to it.”

Li Er was shocked when he heard this. How long had it been? In seven or eight years, the people of the Tang Dynasty had enough food and clothing, and sometimes they could even eat meat and buy wine to drink?

Li Er had been an emperor, and he knew very well how poor the people's livelihood was in the Tang Dynasty. He himself had not had the time to govern the people much, and coupled with the occasional natural disasters in the Tang Dynasty, Li Er was well aware of the difficulty of governing the people's livelihood.

But now Li Yuanji told him that Li Yuanji had done it, and did it very well. Li Er wanted to say that he didn't believe it, but suddenly he found that Li Yuanji seemed to have no reason to lie to him.

Is it useful for Li Yuanji to whitewash these things?

There is no use at all. If Li Yuanji doesn't want him to see it, he won't be able to see it anyway, so there is no need to lie. If he can see it, there is no need to lie.

However, just as Li Er was sighing, Li Yuanji's voice came again.

"I'm afraid you don't know yet, but in the current Tang Dynasty, there are no Five Surnames and Seven Families anymore. When you first revised the clan history, almost all the people on it are dead.

The Five Surnames and Seven Families, as well as many other aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty, were either exterminated or had few people left. "

"San Hu, you killed the Five Surnames and Seven Families, as well as all the people from those noble families? If you did this, didn't you consider the consequences of those people's resistance?"

Li Er's face was filled with shock. This time he was completely shocked. Li Yuanji was so cruel as to destroy all those noble families. He did what he had always wanted to do but did not dare to do.

Li Er was well aware of the power of those aristocratic families. How could Li Yuanji actually do that? The Tang Dynasty was not in chaos, but was peaceful and prosperous?

Li Yuanji still had a faint smile on his face, and then he told Li Er about the matter.

When Li Er finished hearing this, he was completely stunned. He looked at Li Yuanji in shock, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

It’s not that Li Er had never seen storms and waves before, but what Li Yuanji did really shocked him.

He completely knocked the Five Surnames and Seven Families off the cliff, and thoroughly spread the imperial examination system, completely getting rid of the dependence on the aristocratic families, so that people all over the world have the opportunity to enter the officialdom.

These feats were what he had wanted to do but was powerless to do. Even when facing a counterattack from the aristocratic families, Li Yuanji was resolute and determined to eliminate them. All these things shocked Li Er's mind.

Li Er was very clear about the difficulty, but all of these were resolved in front of Li Yuanji. It was solved directly with violence, and it did not affect the development of the Tang Dynasty. Li Er had to admire him.

It was not until a long time passed that Li Er gradually came to his senses and looked at Li Yuanji with a complicated expression.

"Third brother, you are indeed more suitable to be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty than I am. I didn't even dare to think about these things at the beginning, but now you have done it.

Facts have proved that what you did in Lingnan in the past were all correct. The Tang Dynasty today is probably unprecedented and unrivaled, and no one can surpass it.

But what you have done is good. Those aristocratic families, especially the Five Surnames and Seven Families, only care about their own interests and completely disregard the court, the country, and the people of the world.

In their eyes, the rise and fall of the dynasty is controlled by them.

The imperial court wants to develop and prosper completely, and these people are all cancer!

After it is removed, it will only be more beneficial to the court." (End of this chapter)