Chapter 2809 There is a reason why His Majesty is so concerned about Shandong (please subscribe and vote)

Li Xiang looked at Cheng Sanlang with a sincere expression on his face. He was indeed the person he admired.

How thick-skinned do you have to be to say such things so righteously?

Cheng Chubi did not continue to talk to this naughty kid, but turned to smile at Qimei.

"Sister, at home, your brothers are not very reliable. You have to help your parents more."

After hearing this, Cheng Qimei nodded vigorously, then raised her chin, as proud as a beautiful swan.

Glancing at the young lady next to him, Li Xiangyi straightened his spine and said loudly.

"Teacher, don't worry. The disciple will also visit his wife and junior brother frequently. Junior sister, the disciple will also continue to follow the teachings of the little sister."

"..." Cheng Chubi looked at Li Xiang, who kept looking at his seventh sister, and took a breath with toothache.

I wanted to give this kid a slap on the back of the head, but considering that his biological father was squatting not far away, I gave it to him.

After all, he is the third generation of the emperor, so it is not good to do something blatantly. However, with the skills and brains of his seventh sister, he will definitely be able to take care of this naughty child.

Li Chengqian walked over in the sunshine and sighed towards Cheng Sanlang.

"Brother Chu Bi, we have traveled thousands of miles away. I'm afraid we brothers won't be able to see each other for a while..."

Cheng Chubi saluted Li Chengqian, looked at the increasingly mature Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, deliberately walked aside with Li Chengqian, and then whispered.

"Your Highness, I think it won't take long for me to leave here. After all, in my eyes, those guys are like chickens and dogs."

"Your Majesty, since you are in Luoyang, you still need to advise your Majesty to pay attention to your health and rest."

"Your Majesty is getting older and less energetic now. Even the silver frost on your temples is becoming more and more eye-catching."

"Well, thank you Brother Chubi for reminding me. I will definitely try to persuade my father more."

"However, my father still wants to conquer Goguryeo in the north, and neither his younger brother nor my mother can persuade him."

"What my father means is that my heart is too tolerant, little brother. It's okay to be a conservative king, but Goguryeo has been my most trusted concern in the Central Plains since the previous dynasty."

"If we don't get rid of it, there will be no peace for a day. He is worried that if he doesn't go to Goguryeo, if he does it a hundred years later, I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to have the ambition and determination to calm the world."

Listening to Li Chengqian complaining softly, Cheng Sanlang also grinned with toothache.

He remembered that Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was indeed thinking about taking care of Goguryeo in his later years.

But what is regrettable is that, like Yang Guang of the former Sui Dynasty, he also suffered losses when he conquered Goguryeo.

Fortunately, this father-in-law is more cautious than Yang Guang, or more rational, and feels that he is unable to defeat him.

He did not imitate Yang Guang's extremely corrupt behavior of repeatedly forcibly conquering Goguryeo. As a result, the national power was greatly damaged, and the once powerful Sui Dynasty was eventually replaced by the Tang Dynasty.

But now, I am here, since that is the regret of Tang Taizong in another historical time and space.

This time, Cheng helped him erase this regret.

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The team finally set off, and this time, almost every shareholder of the Han-Tang Commercial Bank appointed a representative from each government.

Just like the British Duke Li Ji's family, they appointed Li Siwen as their representative.

In fact, at first, the eldest brother Li Zhen wanted to go out with the brothers, but he suffered from intestinal obstruction a few days ago.

In the past, this kind of disease would have been almost incurable and terminal.

But now, it is a disease that can be solved with surgery.

Cheng Sanlang personally treated this good brother and finally saved the life of the eldest son of the British father-in-law.

A section of his intestines was cut, but at least his life was saved. However, he still lost the opportunity to go to Qingzhou because of this serious illness.

As for the family of Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, the eldest son of his family is currently out of office, so he can only be represented by the second son of his family, Li Jingren.

This Li Jingren is also a strange person, the son of a famous clan general, but he is actually a scholar.

Moreover, this boy was originally in the Imperial College and was classmates with Cheng Sanlang's two younger brothers.

As a result, this guy won the Jinshi in this year's Chungui imperial examination at the age of eighteen.

This is definitely the first person in the clan since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and this newly minted imperial scholar was kicked into this meritorious team by his own father.

After all, it is not possible for all the subordinate officials under the Qingzhou Governor's Mansion to hold military positions, and some civil servants are also needed.

In addition, Li Shimin mobilized 5,000 troops as a mobile force that the Qingzhou Governor's Office could command at any time.

In fact, there is a reason why my father-in-law is so interested in the land of Shandong.

You must know that in the fifth year of Sui Dynasty, there were more than 8.977500 households and a population of more than 46.01 million.

You must know that in these population statistics, the floaters, singers, tenant farmers, servants, etc. from the aristocratic families are not recorded.

Therefore, when the Sui Dynasty was five years old, the population should have been over 50 million.

However, after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, a nationwide household registration census was conducted in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, and the result was that there were only more than two million households.

Although wars can cause great damage, if the rebellion at the end of the Sui Dynasty was established in the Tang Dynasty, such wars would actually lead to the loss of more than 30 million people.

What kind of sad picture would that be? But were so many people really dead?

If so many people didn't die, what was the reason why the population in the early Tang Dynasty was so small, haha...

It's very simple. First, it was the early establishment of the Tang Dynasty, and administrative efficiency was low, resulting in a rough demographics.

But there is another huge problem: the aristocratic families are also the vested interests of the chaos in the late Sui Dynasty.

In the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, there were frequent wars. The people who suffered the most were the common people, but the aristocratic families were at odds with each other among the forces.

They even took advantage of the chaos in the world to suck out a large number of ordinary people as slaves.

And no matter who takes over the world, they will not lose anyway. After all, they control culture and ideas, and they can influence the official class.

After the Luoyang Incident, Li Shimin acquired five surnames and seven families, including the Taiyuan Wang family, the Jingzhao Wang family, and the Xingyang Zheng family.

Just among the well-known Wang family in Taiyuan, the number of hidden houses found during inspection was a number that even the imperial court found shocking.

It is precisely for this reason that Li Shimin became increasingly resentful of these aristocratic families who clung to the imperial court to suck blood.

It was decided to take the opportunity of killing chickens and honoring monkeys to find out the runaway and hidden households of Shandong aristocratic families, where there are many wealthy families.
Chapter completed!