Established a millennium family since King Wu defeated Zhou

Chapter 934 Qi Guoli, Fusang is in danger

The atmosphere after the victory was very relaxed and freehand. Wei Wang Li Tai felt that the wind was slightly noisy but also full of poetry and painting.

His fat face was filled with a smile, "Of course it's easy..."

Ok?
His voice stopped abruptly.

The smile on his face froze almost instantly.

The muscles that have made the smile have not recovered yet, but the brain is already frantically reminding it: Stop laughing!
He raised his fat head and looked at his father, who was looking at him with a faint smile. However, he no longer felt as proud as before after being favored, and he only felt a chill.

What a terrible smile.

Father, what do you mean?
He didn't want to think about the worst answer.

But how could he not think about it?

His eldest brother Li Chengqian had just been enfeoffed to the State of Qin, and his other brother, King Yan, who was born as a concubine, was still by the Yalu River.

It had been a year since the crown prince position had been vacant, and his father had no plans to make him the crown prince.

He had thought that this was the final test. After all, was there anyone more suitable for the position of prince than himself?
there is none left!
Do you want your ninth brother Jin Wang Li Zhi, who is still a child with a yellow mouth?

When Li Tai thought of Li Zhi, he immediately paused and felt like he was in a thousand-year glacier.

It seems that my father has asked Prince Jin Li Zhi to be regent.

Could it be?

In just a short moment, countless thoughts flashed through Li Tai's mind. These complicated thoughts kept popping up, and then they were out of order, like a ball of thread that had not been sorted out, entangled in his thinking. chaos.

The ministers who were following Li Shimin naturally heard what Li Shimin said. Each one of them felt as if they were struck by lightning. They could hardly believe what they heard in their ears. Almost everyone was dumbfounded. Silence and an uneasy atmosphere instantly enveloped them. Everyone was shocked, and the joy of victory just disappeared.

How could the mere conquest of the Liaodong Kingdom be as important as the position of the Crown Prince of the Central Plains?
When Li Shimin saw this, he knew that his smart son had already guessed it. He slowly put away the smile on his face and asked again seriously, "Blue Bird, what is it naturally?"

There are some things you can't ask.

If you ask, it's intentional.

The emperor asked again, but the hearts of the ministers dropped back from their throats. Your Majesty was really asking about King Wei!

Your Majesty is serious and has no intention of making King Wei the crown prince.

No one knows why His Majesty suddenly had such a big change in attitude, and no one knows what happened.

Li Tai felt that a large and thick dark cloud suddenly enveloped his heart. He didn't know why it happened suddenly, and he didn't know what was wrong.

"son……

son. "

Li Tai was running his brain rapidly. With his last hope, he whispered softly: "My son is somewhat confident, but he still wants to study with his father for a long time, so as not to be unable to do his best for the Tang Dynasty in the future."

Father, do you really want to enclose me in this desolate place?
Please take this step and let me go back to Chang'an with you, just as if this conversation never happened today.

But Li Shimin had already made up his mind. He said calmly: "Qingniao, you are one of my most outstanding sons. Among my many sons, you are also one of the oldest. Your eldest brother was awarded the title of King of Qin and went to Chang'an for five thousand years." During the founding of the country inside and outside, your third brother was granted the title of King of Yan, and was granted the title of King of Yan in Mobei, three thousand miles away.

You must also shoulder the important responsibilities that a descendant of the royal family should bear.

At the beginning, King Su sequestered his brothers, sons and others to distant places far away from Wang Ji, forming a barrier for the Zhou royal family.

When I conquered the Liaodong Kingdom this time, I saw only the high mountains and barren land. Only then did I know why the Liaodong Protectorate built by the Han Dynasty eventually collapsed.

Because officialdom cannot govern this place.

Fortunately, the Tang Dynasty has newly established the Six Kingdoms system, which can solve this problem.

I want to establish the Andong Protectorate to the east of the Greater Hinggan Mountains, to the west of the Changbai Mountain, and to the north of the Yalu River in Liaodong. It will be the four major protectorate together with Anxi, Anbei and the future Annan.

Then the Qi State was established on the peninsula south of the Yalu River and Fusang across the sea.

The capital does not need to be built in Jizi City. Further south, there is a river called Hanjiang. If you build a new city in the north of Hanjiang, call it Tangcheng, and serve as the capital of Qi. "

Every word Li Shimin said hit the heart of Wei King Li Tai. His cheeks were extremely pale, without a trace of blood. Every word Li Shimin said was like a mockery and trial of him.

Everything he did and said in the past was like a clown.

Li Shimin was the only one in the audience who spoke here. Almost everyone was silent and did not dare to make any move.

Li Tai only felt that everyone was mocking him, and it was so sudden that he couldn't accept it.

"Father, why?"

He was probably too seriously stimulated to ask this question in a state of confusion.

Li Shimin also felt a deep pain in his heart, but he knew that not only Li Tai wanted the answer to this question, but the ministers also wanted to know why.

He said earnestly: "Your brother, the former prince, and now the King of Qin, will be a vassal when he goes out, and you will be a vassal when you go out. This is called fairness."

That's it!

Li Tai, who had always been smart, smiled miserably. He didn't even have the slightest intention to speak. He was really too smart and had trapped himself.

He thought of his always cowardly brother.

Those who are ambitious and want the throne cannot get it, but those who have never thought of it get it.

What a joke!

When the surrounding ministers heard these words, they lowered their heads deeply. This matter was definitely not something they could get involved in. Anyone who touched him would die.

Even King Wei, who was most favored by the emperor, no, he should be called King Qi now, was directly exiled to this wilderness for peeping at the throne.

Some color returned to Li Tai's fat face, "I will do my best to be loyal to His Majesty and to serve as a barrier to the Tang Dynasty."

He couldn't help but not try his best. Among the enfeoffments of the Tang Dynasty, only the King of Qin's Qin State had no countermeasures because it was too biased.

The remaining countries are all within the coverage of the four major protective palaces, and they bear the heavy burden of suppressing other countries for the central court.

The establishment of the Andong Protectorate was between the Yan Kingdom and the Qi Kingdom. It suppressed these two kingdoms, developed prefectures and counties, and suppressed local resistance forces.

There are endless barbarians in Liaodong, even Luo Shi can't count them. No one knows which mountains they are hiding in.

In order to prevent Qi State from rebelling, it is necessary to demolish those mountain cities that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and to move the capital of Qi State southward, in order to prevent Qi State's power from being transferred into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

This is Li Shimin beating Li Tai, beating a prince who is trying to peek into the throne. Don't have any extra thoughts in the future. This is my last kindness as a father.

The emperor, the invincible emperor.

In the Tang Dynasty, no one could challenge Li Shimin's authority. The more you come into contact with the Emperor, the more you feel like this. He is invincible and sweeps away all enemies.

It was like this before, it will be like this forever, and it will always be like this.

……

The army continued to move forward and entered the not-so-grand palace of King Liaodong. When he thought that this would be his kingdom from now on, just like the countryside, Li Tai had the urge to cry.

"Just here."

Li Tai's heart skipped a beat.

"King Qi."

"The minister is here."

Although he was extremely reluctant, Li Tai was no longer able to control the development of things to this point, so he responded numbly.

"Although the land I gave you is not as big as that of Yan and Qin, there is a large amount of ripe land in the Liaodong Peninsula and Fusang across the sea, which has been cultivated for farming. It is not as dangerous as Yan and Qin. and desolation.

Moreover, the Liaodong Peninsula and Fusang have been affected by the Central Plains for many years, so it is relatively easy.

In the next ten years, I will move 100,000 households to Qi. After you enter Fusang, the Central Plains will move more than 500,000 households.

What you have to do is to move forward, handle local government affairs, integrate the Han people who migrated later, and the Ban people, and completely Chineseize them in terms of language, culture, architecture, systems, etc. You have the talent for literary talent, so I will hand over Qi to you.

Is it possible for you to do it? "

The lands of Qin and Yan are indeed large, but they are not as good as Liaodong, especially since Liaodong is closer to the Central Plains, and these two places have a large number of secondary cultures that have accepted the Central Plains.

But what Li Shimin said still frightened everyone in the palace, "Your Majesty, how can a population of 600,000 households be moved, and how can so many people be moved?"

With a population of 600,000 households, this is a population of at least 3 million, which is too much even for the Central Plains.

Migrating these people requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Most importantly, the people may not be willing. Who wants to leave Datang?
But Li Shimin said firmly: "Migrating the population is a major event that will bear pressure in a short period of time but is beneficial to the future.

Of course I know what you are thinking. Massive population migration will expand the strength of the Liaodong Peninsula and Fuso Island.

But when I work now, I not only worry about the Tang Dynasty, but also the future, in order to prevent the situation after the decline of the Tang Dynasty.

I moved 600,000 households because there are more than 600,000 households in Fusang and Liaodong. If less than half are Han people, how can we quickly change local customs? "

Seeing that everyone still didn't understand, they only felt that His Majesty's actions today were somewhat different from his previous attitude towards the Hu people. Li Shimin said in a deep voice again: "Xiangdong is an island country, which is different from the Western Regions. King Qi, you want to fight Cheer up.

I have made peace with the imperial master, canonized Luo Xuanxing as the Duke of Liao, and made Liaozhou (Liaodong City) his principality. He will be the next Grand Protector of the Andong Protectorate, and will also lead the Tang Navy. Stationed in Bishacheng (Port Arthur).

I will ask the Duke of Liao to assist you in attacking Fusang. What I want is to capture Fusang quickly without increasing the court's expenses! "

He wants the horse to run but not let the horse eat grass. This is what Li Shimin asked Li Tai.

In addition to helping Li Tai gain a foothold on the peninsula in the early stage and providing naval assistance, the Central Plains will not provide him with much help.

Again, enfeoffment was not only to expand the living space, but also to save military expenditures for the Central Plains court. Attacking the Liaodong Kingdom now was already a considerable expense. If they attacked Fusang again, it would bring down the Tang Dynasty.

From Li Shimin's point of view, if the peaceful evolution fails and a war breaks out against the Jizi Peninsula and Fusang Islands in the future, it will most likely be a security war, and the government troops cannot fight a security war. To fight a security war, Tang Xiejun is needed.

The emperor's attitude is terrifyingly resolute!
Now everyone felt Li Shimin's attitude that he must win Fusang. Although he didn't know the reason, Li Tai came back to his senses from his numbness.

Although it is very sad to not be able to become the prince of the Tang Dynasty, it may not be a bad thing if you can really become the Lord of Fusang.

The migration of three million people, while Fusang originally had a population of two to three million, and a population of six million, is already quite terrifying, and the tax revenue it can provide is extremely considerable.

Fuso doesn't have a majestic palace, so he can build it with his craftsmen. If he doesn't have books, he can take them from the Central Plains. If he has printing, he can take as many as he wants.

He can do whatever he wants on Fuso Island, and no one can control him.

Li Tai's artist's heart suddenly started beating loudly.

He suddenly discovered that Fuso was like a blank piece of paper. It was entirely up to him to decide what the future would look like. If he could conquer Fuso, it would be very interesting to build everything from scratch.

and.

In the future, the capital of Qi can be moved to Fusang Island, and the navy can be trained. It is completely possible to establish oneself as emperor on Fusang Island. In the future, it is really uncertain whether the Central Plains will be able to control itself!

It is still very beneficial to establish a vassal state outside the country. Although it is not as good as being the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, other than that, it is the best choice. At least the emperor is not nonsense, that is, the initial environment of Qi State is already better than that of Yan State. The country and Qin are much better.

Needless to say, in a thousand or ten thousand years, no one will ever want to go to Yan State with that kind of climate and land. Therefore, the Central Plains is also the most vigilant against Mobei, because everyone from top to bottom believes that Mobei is The Northern Yan Kingdom would definitely not be willing to stay in that desolate place.

Qin is too far away and is the only one that does not need to be on guard, because the cost of traveling all the way back to seize power can bring down a country.

Only the Qi State, although its land is not fertile, can at least cultivate land, has a climate similar to that of the Central Plains, has a large population, and can trade smoothly with the Central Plains. According to historical experience, it will definitely become a wealthy vassal state in the future.

The Fusang people don't know yet that Li Tai, a living ancestor who is very cruel to his brothers, is about to bring the Heavenly Soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to the island.

Of course, the Fusang people at the bottom would probably welcome Master Wang. After all, although the powerful officials of the Tang Dynasty were ruthless, they were like living Bodhisattvas compared to the Fusang nobles who were still in the early stages of slavery.

After King Li Tai of Wei was renamed King of Qi and guarded Jizi Peninsula, the emperor made another appointment that shocked everyone, that is, canonizing Luo Xuanxing as Duke of Liao.

And it's not just the title of Duke of the country, the most important thing is the second half of the emperor's sentence, turning Liaozhou (Liaodong City) into a principality and becoming a real duke like the ancient Zhou Dynasty.

In fact, as early as the early years of Zhenguan, Li Shimin thought about enfeoffing the heroes and clans in various places and hereditary governors of the states to achieve actual enfeoffment, but in the end he was stopped.

Now it seems that although this was not done in the Central Plains, the emperor still had such considerations in the border areas.

Liaodong City was transformed into Liaozhou, and Gaimou City was transformed into Gaizhou. The emperor wanted to implement the state and county system in the land of Liaodong, and then use the military control of the Dudufu and Duhufu to control this place.

It is very likely that he will not be the last person to be enthroned as the Duke of Liao, and it is very likely that he will continue to enfeoff some trustworthy heroes and clans in places that other empires cannot control.

Of course, there will be no enfeoffment like the Six Kingdoms, but it is very possible for the Duke of Liao to enfeoff a city, and this kind of enfeoffment is not a big deal for the empire and will not affect the empire. The central power is very suitable for the current empire.

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The Tang Empire's real overseas development of the empire began with Yingzhou (formerly Fusang Island). In the development of Yingzhou, the gains related to land, population, and resources will not be described in detail. Among them, the most precious experience and gains are actually The above is the development of technology.

In the process of the Imperial Navy moving from rivers to seas, after experiencing several shipwrecks, the Imperial Navy extensively absorbed the technologies of various coastal countries and improved them. Ship construction technology has been greatly improved.

According to records, in just the first hundred years of the empire, the tonnage of imperial ships increased five times on average, and various tools that facilitated traveling on the sea, such as stern rudders, sailing rigging, etc., all ushered in a period of explosion.

At the same time, due to the huge demand for navigation at sea, especially the continuous requirements for the accuracy of sinan, astrolabes and maps, the empire's mathematics, astronomy, etc. ushered in a great explosion. Driven by huge interests, among the nobles, even more than An exploration of Confucian classics.

For an empire as inclusive and expansionary as the Tang Dynasty, what could be more important than conquering the ocean?

The ocean is money, and there is nothing more important to the nobles than getting more money. Surrounding the ocean, this huge empire has produced power struggles and fights, and everything is covered in blood.

But no one can stop it, and the great voyage of the great empire sets sail from here. ——"Global History·Ocean World"

(End of this chapter)