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

Li Yuanji thought about it for a while, then called Cen Wenben back.

"See Your Majesty."

Cen Wenben was a little confused for a moment. Didn't they just separate? Why did they call him back?
But Cen Wenben couldn't say these words, but he still had a lot of doubts in his heart.

"Jingren, sit down. I called you this time because there were too many people talking. Now I want to ask you, how is the crown prince now? Do you think the crown prince is capable of shouldering the heavy burden of the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Yuanji looked at Cen Wenben, this was what he was particularly concerned about.

His eldest son Li Chengye was born to Yang Qingwan. After consolidating the foundation in Lingnan, Li Chengye was trained while he was still young. Later, he was handed over to people like Cen Wenben for teaching. Li Yuanji himself also taught him a lot. Although Li Yuanji believed that there was no problem with Li Chengye, he really wanted to hear Cen Wenben's opinion on Li Chengye's performance as regent during this period of time.

Upon hearing this, Cen Wenben looked at Li Yuanji's serious expression and spoke immediately.

“Your Majesty, during the time that the Crown Prince has been acting as regent, I think he has been very much like Your Majesty, being gentle to others but decisive in his actions. He will not show any mercy to anyone who obstructs the national policy that benefits the people and the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, he would fully consider the opinions raised by his subordinates, and the prince had his own ideas, many of which he would discuss with me. However, the prince would not let me make the decisions, but would only let me analyze the pros and cons.

As for the development of the Tang Dynasty, the Crown Prince, like Your Majesty, attaches great importance to academies and technical colleges, including the Research Institute, Iron Bureau, Firearms Bureau, Shipbuilding Bureau, etc. The Crown Prince personally inspected them and gave many rewards to each bureau.

As for the army, the prince went to the military camp in person. He attached great importance to military affairs and paid special attention to the lives of the soldiers below, as well as military discipline and style. Once, the prince even participated in a drill training in person.

In terms of people's livelihood, the prince sometimes goes out to check it out in person. Last month, floods broke out in Raozhou and Jiangzhou. The prince immediately sent the Embroidered Uniform Guard to understand the situation. Based on the local response, he sent an inspection team from the court to be personally responsible for the resettlement of the people and post-disaster reconstruction.

In addition, the prince also ordered the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Water Resources to send special personnel to verify whether the waters in the two places are normal, the water conditions of the rivers and canals, and finally dig a canal between Raozhou and Jiangzhou to achieve the effect of diversion and at the same time achieve the effect of irrigating more farmland.

In addition to digging the river, the existing river channels were dredged and the drainage pipes were reorganized.

These projects are still under construction. If completed, according to the estimates of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Water Resources, even if this rainfall occurs again in Raozhou and Jiangzhou, it will not cause floods.

At the same time as this incident broke out, floods also occurred in Lingnan, with Hengzhou and Qinzhou being the most serious. The prince went there in person to see it. Whether it was the mobilization of food, the resettlement of civilians, the construction of houses, or rescue efforts, the prince participated in person.

The prince did not leave until the situation eased, and then he went to Haikang to take a look, and finally came back. "

Cen Wenben said with a smile on his face. He really felt that Li Chengye was suitable. Compared with Li Yuanji, he might be inferior in some aspects, such as not being able to foresee many things and not having more advanced guidance for the research institute.

But apart from this shortcoming, Li Chengye is not bad in other aspects. At least in his eyes, he is particularly good.

Li Yuanji listened quietly. From what Cen Wenben said and what he knew himself, Li Yuanji was relieved. What Li Chengye showed now was indeed very good. He handled it very well in his first time as regent.

Li Yuanji was originally a little worried, but now, he no longer has those worries.

In today's Tang Dynasty, as long as Li Chengye pays attention to what he should pay attention to, it is actually better for other things to develop slowly, and the foundation will be more solid.

Every generation has its own things to do, and it seems that Li Chengye is now clear about what he has to do.

Li Yuanji then smiled and looked at Cen Wenben: "It seems that Jingren admires him very much. This way I can rest assured."

After chatting for a while, Cen Wenben left, and Li Yuanji immediately called Li Chengye.

"My son has met my father."

Li Yuanji looked at Li Chengye with a look of satisfaction in his eyes. Li Chengye was almost sixteen years old now, and he would become an adult in a few months. Although he was young, he gave people a sense of stability.

"The eldest brother is here. You don't need to perform formalities in private from now on. There is no need for these false formalities among family members."

Li Yuanji came and sat down, Li Chengye also smiled and came and sat next to Li Yuanji.

"Dad, this is what you said. If you beat me for this in the future, I will go to mom to seek justice."

"You little bastard, now you've learned to use your mother to suppress me. You're still a little naive. If I want to spank you, your mother will just stand by and let me spank you harder."

Li Yuanji was directly amused by Li Chengye. Seeing Li Chengye's mouth twitching and a helpless look on his face, he laughed even more.

Li Chengye's character is still very good, and Li Yuanji has to be proud of this. This is all because of his good teaching, otherwise how could Li Chengye develop such a character.

Li Yuanji looked at Li Chengye and spoke slowly again.

"You have been studying before, both civil and military skills, and you have been learning from me for many years. This is your first time as regent. How do you feel?"

"Dad, to be honest, when I first started to serve as regent, I was really nervous. Although I knew that even if I did nothing, Prime Minister Cen and the others would do it, I was still nervous because I was afraid that I would delay the important events of the Tang Dynasty.

But after a few days, with the constant comfort from my mother and aunt, I finally relaxed.

Later, when I gradually started to handle government affairs, I found that a lot of what I had learned before was useful, but it was very different from what I learned. I needed to think and feel it for myself.

It was only as my understanding deepened and I became gradually busy that I realized how tired you were on a daily basis. Although it seemed that you didn't have that much to do in a day, I was very busy at one point when I was regent.

Later, I also learned from you, Dad. I took charge of the big things myself and left the small things to the people below me. I kept the direction in mind and knew the results. I let the people below me do the process in between, which made things much easier.

It is precisely because of this supervision that I have learned a lot before, and I have put it into practice this time, and I understand more clearly how difficult it is. "

Li Yuanji listened quietly. Li Chengye said a lot, including his own feelings, difficulties he encountered, some of his own insights, future development trends, etc. Li Yuanji did not urge him or show any impatience.

After listening to this, Li Yuanji was completely relieved about Li Chengye. What Li Chengye said proved that he had put in a lot of effort, otherwise he would not have said it. It was because of this that Li Yuanji was relieved. "You are right, but I still want to remind you of a few points. Remember, as long as the people are safe, the world will not be in chaos, because if the people are safe, no one will do the work of beheading. Those ambitious people are doomed to fail.

You must pay special attention to newspapers and periodicals and take charge of them yourself. This is the key to controlling public opinion. Public opinion is very important at all times.

Then there is the army. You must remember that military power must be in your hands. You must pay attention to the army and promote the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor.

The army is the source of dealing with all threats. As long as the army is in hand, everything else can be solved. Therefore, the army must be treated with preferential treatment and let everyone know that these are given to them by you, not the officers below.

Finally, there is science and technology. As you can see, it is developing very rapidly nowadays. Many things that have not appeared before are gradually emerging.

Science and technology must be taken seriously, talents in this area must be used well, and treatment must be good, so that others will be willing to do these things. Remember to always keep advancing science and technology, rather than stagnating.

Another point is that we must pay attention to the corruption of officials at all levels. This can cause the court to collapse from within and must be curbed. Those who are corrupt must be cleaned out at regular or irregular times.

The remaining is the most important point. The territory of the Tang Dynasty cannot be reduced. If you have the ability, you can continue to expand the territory, but the expanded territory must be governable.

Later on, I will let your brothers go out to expand the territory for the Tang Dynasty. I will let them go out in the form of fiefdoms, but they will be nominally under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty and the court.

The world is too vast. If the Tang Dynasty directly governed it all, the imperial court would be overwhelmed. Now that you are the regent, you should know that the territory is too large and there will be too many things to deal with.

Remember, the territory of the Tang Dynasty cannot be divided anymore. If you want to expand the territory, you can let your younger brothers and your descendants fight for it in the future, but as long as you conquer it, it must belong to the Tang Dynasty.

Anyone who is not from the Tang Dynasty will be killed immediately."

Li Yuanji patiently explained to Li Chengye the key points. As for how to do it specifically, it was up to Li Chengye himself.

Anyway, he is watching. If Li Chengye really fails, he will come out later to deal with it.

Now, as long as Li Chengqian can achieve all the aspects that Li Yuanji mentioned, the Tang Dynasty will not be bad. It will only develop better and better, and its technology will become more and more advanced.

As for things like corruption, there is no way to solve the problem. As long as there are people, this situation will definitely exist and it will happen no matter what you do.

But this requires those in power to restrict and take action. Although they cannot be eradicated, they cannot be allowed to harm the foundation, and it is still possible to limit their scale.

After saying this, Li Chengye thought for a while, and then Li Yuanji spoke again.

“You will be an adult in five months, so you should hurry up. In a few years, you will be the one taking this position.

Now I am waiting for the matter with the King of Qin to be over. After this is over, I will go to other places. Then the Tang Dynasty will be handed over to you. Take advantage of this time now to grow up quickly. If you don’t do well by then, I will come back and beat you up. "

When Li Chengye heard what Li Yuanji said, he was suddenly shocked.

"Father, why are you so anxious? I am willing to continue to be the crown prince. The Tang Dynasty was conquered by you personally, especially the current territory. Without you, there would be no Tang Dynasty today.

I have never thought of taking the throne in a hurry. Since father has appointed me as the crown prince, I have never been in a hurry. Besides, I am not capable enough. Father, please don't scare me, your son."

Master Li Chengye was really panicked. He just couldn't understand why Li Yuanji was like this. Not to mention all the previous dynasties, just look at Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng and Li Er, how crazy these people were for that position. And now Li Yuanji was going to pass the throne to him at such a young age. It was simply crazy.

Li Chengye didn't know how long it would take for Li Er's matter to be over, but based on the few years Li Yuanji mentioned, even if it was calculated as ten years, Li Yuanji would still be young and strong at that time, and he would only be twenty-five, which might be a little old in previous dynasties, but Li Chengye had never thought about it that way.

The person Li Chengye admires most is Li Yuanji. He is not only his father, but also the person he admires the most. If it weren't for Li Yuanji, he wouldn't be where he is today.

I didn't understand much before, but after I grew up, I realized the grievances Li Yuanji had to endure when he went from Chang'an to Lingnan, as well as the difficulties he encountered after arriving in Lingnan. In such an environment, he developed vigorously and expanded his fiefdom to a size that was no smaller than the previous Tang Dynasty.

The current Tang Dynasty is even larger, not only in terms of territory, but all aspects were created by Li Yuanji. Li Chengye admires him so much in his heart that he never thinks about those miscellaneous things.

Of course, this is also because Li Yuanji's position is unbreakable. In the Tang Dynasty, no matter who it is, as long as Li Yuanji says a word, no one can escape the fate that has been arranged for them.

Li Yuanji looked at the panicked Li Chengye and listened to these words. He believed them.

"It's enough that you have this intention. I have already made up my mind. Now I am just waiting for your uncle Yang Cheng to come back.

The child asked him to go to the other side of the sea. Many years have passed, and there has been no news. Fortunately, there was news before, and he will be back in a while.

When he comes back, I will take some people to the other side of the sea to open up the new Tang Empire. You must work hard. If you don't do well, be careful that I will come back from there and break your legs."

Li Yuanji said with a smile on his face that everything here is almost done, Europe has also been arranged, and now only South America and North America are left. He is now waiting for Yang Cheng to come back. Once there is a flight route, he will go directly there.

Those places were all good places, and Li Yuanji had never thought of leaving them alone. Not only the agricultural products, but also the fertile land and abundant resources, Li Yuanji was very envious of them.

Now that he has brought us to the forefront, we must not miss any of the good places, otherwise Li Yuanji will feel it is a sin.

When Li Chengye heard this, he didn't know what to say and could only remain silent because he really didn't know what to say.

"You little brat, why are you so sad at such a young age? Go down and study hard, or you will fail me when the Tang Dynasty is handed over to you."

Li Yuanji smiled and scolded Li Chengye away. He had to start making arrangements for this matter. If he waited until he died of old age, Li Yuanji dared to say that even if everyone was gone, maybe he would still be here.

Li Yuanji had no intention of occupying the Tang Dynasty forever. He let future generations handle what should be handed over.

Next, he just needs to conquer South America and North America, and he will feel that he has achieved perfection. (End of this chapter)