Chapter 52 Chen Ying's Longzhong Punishment

"The world's general trend is not a dispute between time and place." Chen Ying patiently explained to Li Jiancheng: "Even if the King of Qin uses the Shangshu Order to record the affairs of Shangshu, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, how much power can the King of Qin hold? If the King of Qin really undermines His Highness the Prince, I am afraid that Your Majesty will not agree!"

As a darling on the shoulders of historical giants, Chen Ying naturally knew. Li Yuan introduced Li Shimin only to check and balance Li Jiancheng. Because he didn't want to delegate power too early, of course, Li Yuan was also very satisfied with Li Jiancheng. The deposed prince and the establishment of the King of Qin was actually just Li Shimin's wishful thinking.

Li Jiancheng felt that Chen Ying's words were very attractive to him, and nodded and said, "A mother and brothers are in love with each other, how could he have a fight with the same family for that position?"

Listening to Li Jiancheng's words, Chen Ying sighed. In fact, Chen Ying didn't know what to say about Li Jiancheng. That position was not a wealth of wealth or a vague title, but a power of the world and the power of life and death of millions of people. For this position, brothers and feet were killed and flesh were killed, and nothing was considered a matter of anything.

However, Chen Ying could not say that Li Jiancheng was wrong, because Li Jiancheng was a kind person. After all, Li Jiancheng was a hero, while Li Shimin was a hero. Just like Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, even if they were given another 10,000 chances in Xiang Yu, he could not beat Liu Bang because Xiang Yu was a hero and Liu Bang was a hero.

Chen Ying didn't think that he could turn around history because the country was easy to change and his nature was difficult to change. In history, Wei Zheng proposed to Li Jiancheng that he wanted to change the turmoil of the court and the unstable country. Only by killing the King of Qin and solving the root of the problem, as long as he killed the King of Qin, the ministers of the King of Qin's palace would have no loyalty, he would naturally be stable."

However, Li Jiancheng did not adopt Wei Zheng's intention, and Li Yuanji also wanted to assassinate the King of Qin. In fact, Li Jiancheng did not agree, otherwise history would be another situation.

Of course, Chen Ying felt that time was too late. He must accelerate the people's livelihood and economic construction of the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible and restore national strength. He consolidated the foundation and prepared for the future expedition to the Turks, recover the northern desert, and recover the Western Regions.

Chen Ying pondered the words in the carriage and said, "Hedong Kuangfu, General Li, the general manager of Li Gui, if there is no accident, he should be able to capture it. In the next certain period, the Tang Dynasty's attention will be tilted eastward, and compete with Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande for the Central Plains and Hebei. What we are most worried about now is the Turks outside the Great Wall. The battle in Hedong was slightly frustrated, but the Turkic history is still there, and they will definitely not be willing to fail. If the war broke out between the Tang Dynasty and Wang Shichong, the Turkic people would definitely go south at the right time. What the prince needs to do now is to establish a stable northern defense line, defend the north and attack the east, while resting on the one hand, resting on the one hand, waiting for labor with leisure, and on the other hand, it is to develop the economy and economics to save the world. Food is the most important thing for the people of the Tang Dynasty. If all the people of the Tang Dynasty have enough food and clothing and live and work in peace, no matter Henan or Hebei, they can take their own actions without fighting."

The strategic policy that Chen Ying actually wanted to propose was to be similar to the economic wars in later generations, allowing the Tang Dynasty to give full play to its geographical advantages, develop an arms race with Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, and use the economy to drag down Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, and then use absolute advantages to go all out.

In history, although King Li Shimin of Qin defeated Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, he slaughtered tens of thousands of troops under Dou Jiande in one battle, causing the population of Hebei to cry almost every village, and there were new tombs everywhere.

For a long time, the early Tang Dynasty was due to the sparse population. Even though it occupied a large area of ​​Central Asia, it could not be defended at all. The main reason was that the population was too small.

If the Tang Dynasty could resolve the power of Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande peacefully, then the Tang Dynasty would have more confidence and its rule would be more stable in the future expansion war.

Chen Ying continued: "The northern defense line will move from Lingzhou north, with Shengzhou, Fengzhou, Shuozhou, Yunzhou and Youzhou as the first defense line. Lingzhou, Xiazhou, Qingzhou, Yinzhou and Daizhou are the second-tier teams, ready to support the front line at any time. Lingzhou, Yinzhou, Xiazhou, Qingzhou and Daizhou are all fertile lands in the north. Even when the war was full of smoke in the nine years of Daye, the five states still provided more than one.5 million stones of grain to the court every year.

The three prefectures of Lingzhou, Xiazhou and Yinzhou are particularly important. In addition to providing food and supply, the income of salt, iron, tea silk and other commercial taxes to the central government every year is nearly one million yuan. As long as the economy of these three prefectures is well managed, there is no need to increase it too much. Even if it only needs to be restored to the level of the nine-year Daye period, it is almost equivalent to garrisoning 100,000 troops in the north. With these 100,000 troops in the north, the Turks have to consider it if they want to go south."

Chen Ying said this with great pride, as if the country was in his control.

At this time, Li Jiancheng understood Chen Ying's meaning. Chen Ying did not let Li Jiancheng compete with Li Shimin at the center of the court, but instead devoted his energy to the local area, especially the northern states and the northern states were stable, so the court would not have the disaster of subversion. Li Jiancheng sighed slightly, and it turned out that Chen Ying also had the ability to plan the country.

Li Jiancheng said: "Can Sun Wujihui, talented and knowledgeable people such as Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, can't they see it?"

"Yes, but I'm afraid it can't be solved!" Chen Ying said: "Shengzhou, Fengzhou, Shuozhou, Yunzhou, Youzhou, Lingzhou, Xiazhou, Qingzhou, Yinzhou, Daizhou, etc. are all bitter and cold areas in the frontier. The ministers of the Qin Palace and others are already weak in martial arts and culture. Even if they see it, they will not compete for the control of these ten states. On the contrary, their main energy will still be placed on key departments such as the three provinces, six ministries and five supervisors!"

Chen used not a conspiracy, but an open conspiracy. He just made sure that Li Shimin would not rob Li Jiancheng. In fact, this is true. In history, Li Jiancheng didn't know who followed his advice and grabbed all the twenty-eight northern prefectures. When Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng and successfully ascended the throne, the Turkic Jie Li Khan led more than 20 Turkic cavalry and went south along Lingzhou and Yuanzhou, successfully entering Guanzhong without any resistance. The reason is actually very simple, because almost all the generals defending the north were Li Jiancheng's disciples.

Chen Ying proposed this strategy, which was actually learning from Taizu's rural surrounds the city. In fact, with the emperor Li Yuan, no matter how many key departments the three provinces and six ministries were won, it would be meaningless. If Li Yuan needed to take back it, he could take it back at any time. But the place was different. Even if the court wanted to change local officials, at least he had to replace personnel. Li Jiancheng did not receive support from the aristocratic clans at all. In the period when the imperial examination system was not promoted, Li Shimin's natural shortcomings were that he did not have enough talents under his command.

If the ten northern prefectures are cultivated, they are indeed not as good as the fertile land of Guanzhong. However, these places have rich strategic voluntary conditions, such as steel and coal. The advance development of these materials will allow the Tang Dynasty's national strength to reach at least one level.

Chen Ying proposed the idea of ​​a money house, which was not entirely for the purpose of building a road, but for the development of industry and commerce across the Tang Dynasty.

Laying in the north is indeed a great move. Li Shimin would not fight for it, and it would be no difficulty to master it smoothly. Taking these places, developing rapidly, adopting coal coking and blast furnace steelmaking, the Tang Dynasty's steel production capacity can increase ten times or more than a hundred times every year, and have endless steel and coal resources, so that the court and the world's intellectuals can see that no matter when, these places will not be abandoned as useless places.

For example, the Yunnan-Guizhou lands taken as early as the Qin Dynasty, no matter how the dynasties change, these places were always owned by China, because the copper mines in these places were discovered, which could solve the copper resources needed by the imperial court to mint coins.

As the saying goes, if you don’t plan for a corner, how can you plan for the overall situation? If you don’t plan for a moment, how can you plan for the whole world?
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