Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 515 The focus of the next step
When the courtiers outside the Taiji Hall were about to be overwhelmed, it finally came to the last part of the day, which was to announce the titles and official positions of the kings of many small countries who had surrendered, as well as the important officials. The first minister made a decision early in the morning, and the servant just read it from the script.

The eldest son of King Rongliu, Gao De, did not confer the title of King of Goguryeo, but the title of King of Heshun. Moreover, he is the Caotou King who has no actual jurisdiction over the territory and the army, but is one level higher than the prime minister. With his mansion and monthly salary, he can get [-] yuan a month to support his family.

There is no way, who told his Gao's army to be wiped out, Li Shimin will not let him have the opportunity to control the situation in the Northeast, from now on, he will live in Chang'an permanently like Jieli and Tuli.

The kings of the next level, such as Silla, Baekje, Linyi, Tocharo, and other countries, were all granted the title of duke.

At the third level, the population exceeds [-], but not hundreds of thousands, such as Gaochang, Kucha, Khotan and other small countries, the kings all conferred the title of county duke.

The next level is the king of a small country with a population of more than [-] but not more than [-], who has been granted the title of county duke.

Those with a population of less than [-] are just the county marquis.

There is also a reason why Li Shimin lost his title so wildly, because after the reform of the citizenship system and the reform of the title system, the title will no longer grant land to Shiyi except for salary, which will hardly harm the country. Compared with the population and tax they brought to the imperial court due to their submission, the imperial court still earned some money.

And making their source of income depend on the monthly salary of the imperial court made them dare not have the intention of undermining the imperial court's rule.

It took more than two hours for a whole set of canonization to be announced. At the end, Li Shimin announced the banquet, and then his brows frowned again.

Because it is already very cold now, it is impossible to dine outdoors like when he ascended the throne. With so many people, they have to be divided into three or four palaces to hold the banquet. Naturally, this did not achieve the effect he wanted, so, Taking advantage of the transition, he directly called Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Gao Shilian, and Sun Xiangfu over.

"Zhuqing and I have opened up an unprecedentedly large country. Then, it is natural to build a political center capable of governing this country. The Taiji Palace inherits the palace of the former Sui Dynasty. The layout is a bit small. I want to build another big one. Some of the new palaces are used to deal with government affairs, so that the courtiers do not have to suffer from the cold outside when they go to court for business, do you have any good suggestions?"

Li Shimin said it was a 'good' suggestion. This matter is basically determined to be done. Moreover, the three of them, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, and Gao Shilian, seemed to have no surprises at all. I know that Li Shimin had planned it long ago, and just wanted to ask himself to come up with a feasible plan. After all, no one in Datang could come up with him when it comes to innovative things.

Even if Sun Xiangfu doesn't read history, he has read Bai Juyi's "Daming Palace Ci", and he also knows that this super palace group called the Palace of Thousand Palaces is the most famous palace in the history of our country and even the world. The largest and most magnificent palace group is more than four times larger than the "Forbidden City" built in the Ming Dynasty, almost as big as [-] football fields.

The Daming Palace in history was built only in the eighth year of Zhenguan, but now the financial resources of the imperial court have doubled several times compared to history, but it can support the construction to start two years in advance and repair it directly.

Sun Xiangfu, who came from later generations, does not think that "big" can solve the problem. Using this ancient palace-style building for office actually affects the efficiency very much. Information, just walking takes a long time. He still remembers the scene of asking for directions when he first went to the palace to go to the Yamen.

So, without thinking too much, Sun Xiangfu said, "Your Majesty, the area that the imperial court needs to manage is getting bigger and bigger, and the number of departments and officials will also increase. I feel that it is better to use a bigger place to build a palace-like palace." Building to handle official business not only fails to improve work efficiency and the comfort of the office environment, but also wastes land resources and money from the treasury. When I was designing the headquarters building of the Overseas Exploration and Investment Company, I was thinking about this. It’s a problem, but it can be used as some reference.”

Li Shimin nodded when he heard the words, and said, "So, I will leave this matter to Zhengming. I will see the plan in the near future."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu had no choice but to accept the order.

He did not major in architecture in his later generations, but he also entered many large office buildings. After slightly modifying them, he asked Yan Lide and Yan Liben for their opinions. It should not be difficult to design a new office space.

Speaking of the banquet, then it was time for Li Shimin to perform again. I don’t know how many heartwarming words he said about sharing the peace and prosperity with the kings of those small countries, but most of them believed it. Then, I felt This big brother Li Shimin is really a kind person, everyone should recommend him to be the co-lord of the world. I don’t know who started it, and then, many people who can’t speak Chinese fluently shouted Li Shimin as "God! Khan', and clamored to hold a coronation ceremony for him or something.

Sun Xiangfu knew that today's banquet would not be over for a while, but he still made it to the end. Sure enough, Li Shimin kept him, along with Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui and several other Li Shimins. confidant counselor.

"Now that I, the Great Tang, have conquered the surrounding barbarians, the next step, the focus of the imperial court is on governance. What do you think, where should we start?"

Since Li Shimin didn't wait for a day, he called a few of them to discuss this matter, which proves that he has realized this matter and needs to come up with a plan urgently, because he knows how big the world is, or in other words, he knows how big it is. How old is Tang now, and he feels the importance of the surrounding places even more.

He is an emperor, and his way of thinking about things is always different from that of ordinary people. Now, there is a place in the southeast and northwest of the Tang Dynasty, which exists relatively independently, especially in Lingnan. Feng Anruo really has Li Shimin's thoughts. It is in a state of advancing and attacking, retreating and defending.

Moreover, with the support of overseas sites, he can almost remain invincible.

Fortunately, Feng An is a person with no bad intentions, so what can he do?Feng An is already very old, and there is no guarantee that his successor will not have any bad thoughts!

In the Western Regions, things were not much better. After all, it was too far away. Cheng Yaojin was loyal to him, but would his future successor be able to end up in the Tang Dynasty?If there are any bad intentions, such a large place with such a large population can also be separated from Datang very quickly, even threatening the safety of Datang.

This is also the case in the north and east, and even in Yunnan. How to let the center control the surrounding areas more effectively, in order to develop further places, is a problem that he, as the emperor, can't wait to solve.

Seeing that several other people were stroking their beards and thinking, Sun Xiangfu felt that he should finish his opinions quickly and go home to sleep, so he said, "I think that as long as a few policies are implemented well, within 20 years, we will The land of Datang, not to mention being monolithic, at least, the internal stability will be worry-free."

"Those policies are clear and straightforward."

"The first is to unremittingly promote the policy of ethnic integration. Your Majesty already knows the specific work to be done in this regard. Through inspections, condolences, and various cultural performances, we will publicize the goodness of our Tang Dynasty. The way of communicating at a distance makes them get used to being under my Datang's rule."

When Sun Xiangfu said this, Li Shimin and several ministers, who had already experienced the specific benefits of doing so, nodded in agreement.

Then he said, "The second is to unremittingly promote the national economic development policy, and the people will feel safe when they are rich. Moreover, when the people are rich, the country will be rich. No people will object to a person who makes his life more and more prosperous. The country and the emperor are getting better and better.

In this regard, what needs to be done specifically is to develop more industries and research better farming techniques so that the people can have jobs, get high salaries, have land to grow, and have high output, so as to realize the value of their own labor force. "

This is also a good thing for all to see. The imperial court naturally hopes to continue to promote it if it has the ability.

Then Sun Xiangfu said again, "The third is to unremittingly promote the national education policy. Only when everyone understands cultural knowledge and production technology knowledge can we ensure that there are talents available for the country's governance and talents for production. It can be used, and it has opened up the wisdom of the people, so that everyone can not be easily used by people with ulterior motives.

In this regard, the specific thing to do is naturally to increase the construction and investment in the education system. The minister believes that a five-year and ten-year plan can be made. Within five years, Guanzhong will implement free education, and within ten years, the whole country will Implement free education. "

When it comes to the issue of education, Li Shimin is very eager to promote it when there is a shortage of manpower in all aspects. However, he has objections to Sun Xiangfu's suggestion and said, "Five years is too long. With the current tax conditions, free education can be implemented in Guanzhong as soon as possible, and nationwide within five years."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu touched his nose and said, "Your Majesty, if this is the case, the minister will be under a lot of pressure. Moreover, when it comes to spending money, the minister will talk about the important points later!"

Li Shimin and others didn't understand what Sun Xiangfu meant, so they turned their eyes to him again.

"The fourth point is to unremittingly promote the country's infrastructure construction. Your Majesty, Mr. Fang, you should know that after the construction of cement roads in all the counties and counties in Guanzhong, the overall political efficiency and the speed of people's livelihood development have improved. Without these concrete roads, we may not be able to organize quickly to fight against the more than 20 cavalry of Tubo.

Before the second half of next year, the cement road from Guanzhong to Shanyang and Dingxiang, funded by the Wang family, will be completed. By then, everyone will be able to experience the benefits of convenient transportation between the two places.

On the cement road of two thousand miles, the courier has many places to change horses along the way, and the message can be sent within three days. Even the merchants who travel fast can arrive within five days if there are inns to change horses along the way.This has almost shortened the distance between Shanyang, Dingxiang, and Chang'an to the same distance as Luoyang before the road was built in Guanzhong. The first benefit of infrastructure construction is to shorten the distance between the center and all surrounding places. . "

Speaking of this, Li Shimin's eyes immediately brightened. If he was sitting in a comfortable carriage and let the driver drive his horse on the smooth concrete road for twelve hours non-stop, changing horses and drivers along the way, wouldn't he be the same as a letter? , You can reach Shanyang in about three days?If that's the case, you can make more trips to Shanyang when you have time.

(End of this chapter)