Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Cough cough." Fang Xuanling coughed heavily, attracting everyone's attention, and after taking a deep look at Li Zhen, he said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, let's get down to business now. Datang found a huge island, and the ministers were discussing how to develop it just now, His Royal Highness means to let the people develop independently, I don’t know what you mean, Your Majesty?"

As soon as he talked about business, Li Shimin immediately got into work, thought about it, and then nodded: "Well, the imperial court has exhausted its energy just to develop a Nanyang. Although the area of ​​Borneo is not as large as Nanyang, it is still a land. Oshima, moreover, has a suitable climate and rich products. It would be a pity to give up like this. Zhen Er's method is correct. Since the imperial court can't develop it, let the people develop it. The imperial court only needs to control them. Don't make too much noise, just be a guide at the critical moment, as for what they can develop Borneo, as long as they don't make too much noise, let them go."

"I understand what your majesty means." Fang Xuanling bowed and said, "Since your majesty prefers private development, things will be much easier to handle. This kind of thing should be done sooner rather than later. I will go down and draft an order to calm the hearts of the people first. , after we have negotiated everything, we will make arrangements."

"Go."

"My minister retire."

After sending Fang Xuanling away, Li Shimin looked at Li Zhen with a smile: "Okay, that's the end of the matter, let's talk about you, Zhen'er."

"No hurry, no hurry." Although she was smiling, Li Zhen felt deep malice from Li Shimin, and quickly changed the subject: "Father, you don't think that the Borneo model can actually be used. Is it somewhere else?"

Li Shimin immediately put on a serious posture and said, "What do you mean by that?"

"Father, the sea is huge, and there are many islands on it." Li Zhenyu said earnestly, "Aside from other things, there are tens of thousands of islands in a place like Nanyang alone. A considerable part of the island is suitable for human survival. With so many islands, does our court have to directly govern all of them? If we really have such a great ability, why can’t we even have a single Borneo?”

Li Shimin understood what Li Zhen meant: "So you mean..."

"My son means that... we should just let go of the island development rights in Nanyang." Li Zhen spread his hands and said, "Let's divide these islands into areas and set up government offices and armies. As for how to deal with these islands Construction, let the people do it themselves.”

"There are really so many islands in Nanyang?" Li Shimin asked in shock.

"Of course, there are as many stars as there are stars. Although some of them are too small or not suitable for human habitation, most of the islands in Southeast Asia are in the tropics. As long as they are not made of rocks or lack water, they can basically survive." Li said. Zhen admitted without hesitation that there are more than 7000 islands in Indonesia alone in Southeast Asia, and more than 6000 of them are inhabited. There are also many islands in other countries such as Luzon and Malaysia. It should be no problem to gather at least [-] islands.

"This is great." Li Shimin was overjoyed: "As long as all these islands are developed, my Tang Dynasty will never be troubled by the land again."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, Congratulations, Your Majesty." At this time, the hearts of the officials are complicated. Since ancient times, dynasties have changed, except for a few because of the death of the king, the more reason is the land merger. In the pocket, if the people have no land, they will have no food and cannot survive. Therefore, they rise up, cause chaos, and eventually lead to the extinction of the dynasty. This has almost become a general trend and can hardly be changed.

Chapter 875

Chapter 235 The Bottom Line

Land annexation is a general trend towards the demise of dynasties, but in today's Tang Dynasty, this shortcoming has been eliminated by Li Zhen - the entire Nanyang, including the Nanyang Peninsula and the archipelago, can support at least 2000 million Li people (this is still a small number) Yes, you must know that there will be a population of [-] to [-] million in Southeast Asia in later generations).

How many people are there in the entire Tang Dynasty?

Less than 3000 million.

Not to mention Tianzhu, it is said that the land area here is no smaller than that of the Nanyang Peninsula, and the climate is also very pleasant, which can completely accommodate more people.

In other words, if Datang's population does not experience explosive growth, it will be in a state of sparsely populated land for a long time to come.

Even if the population explodes due to some reason, having so much land is enough to give Datang enough buffer time. Datang can use this time to come up with a more perfect coping strategy or conquer more land. .

In other words, from now on, the price of land in Datang will plummet, and the land will completely turn from the lifeblood of the people into a piece of meat on the buttocks—without the lifeblood, people will die, but the people on the buttocks will lose their lives. If a piece of meat is missing, the person will be injured at most, and it will not be fatal.

Hey, it's ridiculous that some people still try to hoard land, but they don't know that they are about to go bankrupt.

At this time, all the officials were surprisingly unanimous in their thinking, that is, to write a letter back quickly and sell all the land under their name, as much as they can sell, and sell the unsold price at a reduced price, and they must not hold it in their hands. Leave a point.

"..." Seeing Li Shimin and Baiguan acting, Li Zhen rolled her eyes involuntarily. You've even seen a map of the world. Do you know how many islands there are in Southeast Asia?Your acting is too similar, right?

After Li Shimin and Baiguan complimented each other a few words, Du Ruhui said with a smile: "However, with so many islands, we can't release all of them now. Just one Borneo has already caused us a lot of trouble. If we let the people know that there are so many islands Wait for them, I'm afraid they will go crazy."

"Yes, yes, this matter cannot be disclosed." Li Shimin hurriedly said: "My dear friends, please keep it a secret. We will talk about this matter later, and don't bring it up now."

"The ministers obey the order."

"Actually, there is no need to make it so serious." Li Zhen said with a smile: "Although there are many islands in Southeast Asia, most of them are small in size—at least compared with Borneo, they are still too far behind, and some of them can only There are only a few hundred people, which is equivalent to a village. People live in groups and like to gather together. Presumably, before Borneo is filled, the people should not consider other islands."

"Zhen'er's words are reasonable, but if you don't want to say it, it's better not to say it." Li Shimin still ordered.

"Sir, you understand."

Li Shimin turned his eyes to Li Zhen again: "Zhen'er, you have found a huge island for the Tang Dynasty and won a shelter for millions of people in the Tang Dynasty. You have done a great job. Tell me, what do you want the father to do?" Reward you?"

"Father is serious. My minister is serving the Great Tang, so I dare not ask for a reward." Li Zhen argued.

Li Shimin said with a smile: "How can I do that? It's not the style of my father to not reward you for your merits. If you have made such a great contribution, if your father doesn't reward you with something, won't you lose your heart?"

"Is that so...Speaking of which, I really have one thing, I hope my father will agree to it." Li Zhen no longer refused, and said after a while: "I went to sea this time privately, although it is for the Tang Dynasty. I found a large piece of land, but merits are merits, demerits are demerits, and merits and demerits cannot be offset... What I mean by this son is that the father and the emperor want to punish the son, and the son admits it, but Xue Rengui and the others are innocent. I went to sea without telling them, so I hope to use my merits in exchange for exempting them from punishment, I wonder if the emperor will agree?"

"..." Li Shimin looked at Li Zhen blankly, he was too caught off guard, this was different from what was agreed, you boy didn't follow the script.

Originally Li Shimin thought that Li Zhen might use the credit of finding Borneo to ask himself to forgive his fault, so he agreed to it, and then said in front of Li Zhen that the prince's fault could be forgiven, but the accomplice must be severely punished.

Li Shimin knows Li Zhen's character too well. With Li Zhen's character, it is impossible for his subordinates to be punished in front of him, but he sits quietly and calmly, not to mention that it is easy to lose people's hearts , It was not done by a wise man, Li Zhen would not do this.

In order to avoid this, Li Zhen must want to plead with herself for her subordinates, and as long as she behaves a little tougher, then in order to buy people's hearts, Li Zhen must express that she will be punished together with her subordinates.

Then I can punish Li Zhen openly, punish him however I want, no one will say anything more.

I just didn't expect it.

Li Zhen, this little bastard, is so clever, he can actually see the layout of the ship, he is really too cunning, what should he do now?Are you going to agree to his request?

Li Shimin fell into distress.

Glancing quietly at Li Shimin who was in trouble, Li Zhen sneered.

What are you kidding?How can I act along your script?

Do you really think I don't know your plan?

I have been back for such a long time, but I haven't seen Xue Rengui and the others. From then on, I know your plan.

Want to map me with them?

Then I will directly give you a sea fishing, and draw your salary from the bottom.

I want to see if you will agree to my request.

"This..." Li Shimin was tangled up. He really wanted to refuse, but Li Zhen's request was reasonable, and he didn't seek profit for himself. Too petty.

But if he agrees, then he will lose again in this confrontation with Li Zhen, and Xue Rengui and others really need to be warned about the mistakes they made.

How to do?How to do?In the end how to do?

Concubine Yan saw Li Shimin's entanglement, and also praised Li Zhen's wit, but Li Shimin is the emperor, if he is put in a dilemma like this, I am afraid that his majesty will be lost, so she gave a step with a light smile and said: " Your Majesty, Zhen'er's request is reasonable, but Xue Rengui and the others have made a big mistake after all, and it is difficult to bring justice to justice without punishment, and it is also difficult for Your Majesty to come here, so why not bring them all here and ask them for their opinions?"

"That's right! That's right, that's right! That's very kind, and it should be." Li Shimin's heart suddenly lit up, and he repeatedly applauded: "Come on, put Xue Rengui and the others on me."

"Yes."

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