Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Yes, I will definitely build Nanyang well, and I will definitely live up to His Royal Highness' expectations."

"Well, that's it." Li Shimin smiled: "Mao Gong and Wang Xuance are responsible for the formation of Nanyang Governor's Mansion. What resources and talents are needed, and finally draw up a list. The imperial court can help you. I will do my best to help you out.”

"Yes, I will obey the order..."

"Okay, next is the matter of Tianzhu. The North Tianzhu has been in the hands of the Tang Dynasty for nearly a year. Before that, it was under military control because it wanted to fight with the South Tianzhu. Now the South Tianzhu is about to be defeated. The Tianzhu Continent Unification is imminent, military control will definitely be abolished, dear friends, how do you think Tianzhu should be divided?"

"Your Majesty, I have already made up my mind about Tianzhu." Fang Xuanling stood up and said: "According to the plan of the ministers, the ministers proposed to divide Tianzhu into five regions, except for the already divided Gaoda Prefecture. Apart from the Governor's Mansion, there are four Tianzhu roads in the east, west, north, south, and many state capitals under these four roads. However, Tianzhu is isolated overseas and far away from the mainland, so I feel that the marching chiefs of these four roads cannot just hang Now, the real chief executive must go to govern, and on this point, I feel that His Majesty needs to choose carefully."

"Not right..." Before Li Shimin could speak, Li Zhen stood up and objected.What are you kidding?What do you mean, are you planning to divide Tianzhu into the territory of Tang Dynasty?How can this be?Not to mention that there is a third of Tianzhu that Li Zhen admitted to Li Chengqian, but the wonderful place of Tianzhu is not what Li Zhen wants.

If this place is designated as the territory of the Tang Dynasty, how much energy and resources will the Tang Dynasty have to invest here in the future?Taking Tianzhu as a wonderful land, it is not worth it at all-haven't you seen that England has ruled Tianzhu for so long, and hasn't built many things here?

It's not that they don't want to build, but that the people here are so weird that there is no need for construction at all. It's better to just use this place as a raw material supply place and a commodity dumping market.

Chapter 976: The mountain looks up and you are convinced?

Chapter 334 Gao Shan Yang Zhi, sincerely convinced?

"Why? Does His Royal Highness have a better division method?" Fang Xuanling asked with a frown. The division method he proposed was researched by a group of them after several days of non-stop research. It is the most scientific division method.But now it was rejected by Li Zhen with a single word. Even Fang Xuanling was broad-minded enough, but at this moment he felt uncomfortable. He felt that Li Zhen was the greatest denial of their hard work.

"No, Fang Xiang, your division is very good. If the father wants to take Tianzhu into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, this is indeed the most reasonable way to divide it. The problem is... hey, forget it, you still let the father give it to you." Please explain." Of course, Li Zhen did not deny their hard work, but Fang Xuanling and the others researched in the wrong direction—because not only Li Zhen, but Li Shimin actually did not intend to bring Tianzhu into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

"Please ask your majesty to clarify." Fang Xuanling bowed to ask, but he had some understanding in his heart - what the prince said was very clear just now, that is, if your majesty wants to take Tianzhu into the territory of the Tang Dynasty?In other words, does His Majesty actually have no plans to include Tianzhu in the territory of the Tang Dynasty?

After realizing this point, Fang Xuanling couldn't help but smile wryly. It seemed that he was doomed to do useless work this time. It's a pity that his painstaking efforts of several days without sleep would really be in vain.

Fang Xuanling can think of this because he is meticulous enough (after all, "Fang Mou" is not called for nothing, can he dare to be called "Mouth" if he can't do everything in one step?), and he knows enough about Li Shimin and his son, but others don't. It is so meticulous, not many people can notice this point, and most of them don't understand it, so Li Shimin still needs to explain it.

"There is no explanation for this. In fact, what Zhen'er said just now is very clear. I have no intention of including Tianzhu in the territory of the Tang Dynasty." Li Shimin saw that the ministers were all puzzled, and he couldn't help laughing: "Of course, It’s not very accurate to say that, Tianzhu was brought down by our hard work, and we can’t give up when it’s hot, so Tianzhu can be regarded as the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but it doesn’t need the Tang Dynasty to govern it...”

"Your Majesty means that you plan to divide Tianzhu into a vassal state?" Hearing this, Cui Dao immediately stood up to show his presence again: "Your Majesty is wise, my Tang Dynasty went to Tianzhu just to overthrow their ruler's brutal rule. Now that our goal has been achieved, it is time to return the territory to the Tianzhu people...Your Majesty is holy, I think that after the Tianzhu people know your majesty's plan, they will definitely regard your majesty as a savior Bodhisattva and worship him every day...your majesty is wise, and I wait for the mountains Standing up, sincerely convinced..."

"Your Majesty is wise, I wait for the high mountains to look up, and I am sincerely convinced..."

"Your Majesty is wise, I wait for the high mountains to look up, and I am sincerely convinced..."

"Your Majesty is wise, I wait for the high mountains to look up, and I am sincerely convinced..."

"..."

As soon as Cui Dao's words fell, all the officials who didn't care about the imperial court cast their eyes on the ground, and expressed their admiration to Li Shimin. On the surface, they were praising Li Shimin, but in fact they had sinister intentions-although doing so would hurt Tang Dynasty. Adding a vassal state will weaken Datang's gains in Tianzhu to the greatest extent and reduce Datang's strength, and they can also secretly call Li Shimin an idiot.So no matter whether Li Shimin has this idea or not, they intend to use this method to force Li Shimin to recognize the status of Tianzhu's vassal state.

Sure enough, Li Shimin immediately showed a embarrassed expression when he was run on by the officials. At this time, he was being praised by the officials. Even though they knew that these people who praised him had ulterior motives, they had already raised themselves so high. Li Shimin There are also some wobbles—anyway, dependent countries and colonies are similar. As long as Datang is willing, any place in the world may become Datang's raw material supplier and product dumping market. What difference does it make if it is a colony or not?

As Li Shimin's son, Li Zhen is undoubtedly one of the people who know Li Shimin best. He noticed his expression immediately, and immediately understood what he was thinking at this time. If you don’t do anything, you just focus on making trouble for us. Sooner or later, you will be cleared out-this day will not be too far away...

But the most important thing in my heart is to stop Li Shimin's thoughts. Taking advantage of the waning voice, Li Zhen stood up and said coldly: "I said, you are thinking too well, right? Who told you that the emperor is going to Did Tianzhu become a vassal state? In order to conquer Tianzhu, the Tang Dynasty invested hundreds of thousands of troops, nearly [-] casualties, and countless food and materials consumption. I, Datang invested so much, but in the end I only got a vassal state? What kind of vassal state deserves our trouble? Is this vassal state made of gold?"

"Your Highness, calm down. Although I don't mean that, but we don't plan to take Tianzhu, and we don't list it as our vassal state, so what is Your Highness planning to do?" Cui Dao asked Li Zhendao: "Could it be that Your Highness is going to entrust the princes, Is Tianzhu entrusted to the princes? This is against the ancestral system."

"..." Li Zhen gave Cui Dao a cold look, but did not speak.

Restarting the enfeoffment has always been an idea in Li Zhen's mind. Except for telling his brothers to calm people's hearts, the rest of the people have no way of knowing, even Li Shimin doesn't know.

However, now that it was brought up by Cui Dao, Li Zhen would not be so foolish as to think that Cui Dao brought it up by chance—he should know something, and it is likely that he got the news from the other princes, after all, Li Zhen can Make sure you don't leak it, but other people's mouths are not so strict, or some people just leak it out on purpose...

"Who said that this palace is going to restart the enfeoffment system? Do you think this palace is so confused in your eyes for such a plan that is harmful to the country?" Of course, this kind of thing cannot be admitted. Li Zhen is not a fool. people are very clear.

Perhaps at the beginning, the enfeoffment system could indeed play a role in stabilizing the country, but after a long time, especially after a few generations, the blood relationship between the emperor and the feudal kingdom is not so close, and the feudal state is naturally unwilling to pay back There is a mother-in-law, maybe there will be no rebellion, but there will certainly be many things like obedience and transgression. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, the eight hundred princes jointly rebelled against the Shang and the 400-year war in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States. The chaos of the Seven Kings of the Western Han Dynasty was almost The Great Han Dynasty was wiped out, and the Rebellion of the Eight Kings in the Western Jin Dynasty directly led to the downfall of the Western Jin Dynasty. This kind of experience and lessons are profound enough, which will lead to the next few hundred years of chaos in the Central Plains. There is no further enfeoffment, which shows how much they resist the enfeoffment.

Chapter 977 New Occupation Mode—Colonial Mode

Chapter 335 New Occupation Mode - Colonial Mode

From the two Jin Dynasties to the present, the enfeoffment system has long been a forbidden area in everyone's mind, let alone implemented, even if it is mentioned, it cannot be mentioned.

It is conceivable that once Li Zhen admits to restarting the enfeoffment system, not only Li Shimin will not agree, but all civil and military officials will also fiercely oppose it. No matter how wise Li Zhen is, he will lose a lot of hearts in an instant—even though Li Zhen It is very clear that my enfeoffment is different from the enfeoffment in history. My enfeoffment really seals my brothers to the ends of the earth. Coupled with the various restrictions I imposed on myself, they can't live without enough resources. Expansion of power, economic independence cannot make enough money, and the imperial army is watching at the door of the house at any time...Under various restrictions, even if they are given ten lives, they will not even think about rebelling successfully.

However, Li Zhen knows the truth of this, but others don't know. In their eyes, the enfeoffment system is a disaster for the country and the people. Whoever dares to enfeoff the world will be the enemy who disturbs the stability of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, there will be no need for those secret enemies To make a move, you only need to push your hands a little, then just the opposition from the people can force Li Zhen down from the position of prince.

"Where did you hear such rumors?" Li Zhen stared at Cui with burning eyes and said, "Cui's surname, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately, talk about government affairs, slander the current prince, you should What crime?"

"Your Highness's words are wrong. I just have reasonable doubts. How can this be regarded as slander?" Of course Cui Dao would not admit it. You must know that slandering the crown prince is a felony, basically the same as plotting the emperor.

"Besides, my suspicion is not groundless. I also heard similar rumors in the market, so I asked His Highness."

"Of course not. You and I know the disadvantages of the enfeoffment system, so how could I do such a foolish thing?" Li Zhen categorically denied it, but was extremely annoyed in her heart. This damn Cui Dao was just a little careless. , was forced into a blind corner by him, this bastard actually grasped his own weakness at once - it seems that among his brothers, there are still some people who still have illusions about the throne...

Now things are more difficult to deal with. It is definitely not acceptable to admit it, but if you deny it now, then your words will definitely be heard by Li Chengqian and the others, and no one will know what they will think at that time.

But now is not the time to think about this, the most important thing now is to turn the topic back to Tianzhu, otherwise, if Cui Dao persecutes him further, he may have to swear a poisonous oath to convince Li Shimin and Baiguan—although It is said that for those who come from later generations, oaths are bullshit, but Li Zhen even wears them. Deep down in his heart, he does not have awe of the so-called gods of heaven and earth. Besides, breaking the oath itself is a very degrading thing. Even if there are no so-called gods, Li is unwilling to break his oath.

"Okay, now is not the time to talk about these things. We still have business to finish. We will talk about these things later." However, before Li Zhen could speak, Li Shimin took the initiative to change the topic back to the Tianzhu issue.

I saw him take a deep look at Li Zhen, and asked solemnly: "Zhen'er, you rejected the division method that Xuanling and the others had planned for several days and nights, and also rejected Cui Aiqing's proposal to classify Tianzhu as a vassal state. Then what do you mean? Could it be that you are going to give up Tianzhu just like that, or do you have the idea of ​​being trapped?"

"Father is wise, my son does have other ideas." For some reason, Li Zhen always felt that Li Shimin's look at her contained a trace of deep meaning, which made him feel a little nervous. Could it be that he What did you find?Or maybe some of his brothers not only leaked his proposal, but also secretly told Li Shimin?

"Let's hear it..." Li Shimin showed an interested expression.

Shaking her head and throwing out the bad thoughts, the most important thing for Li Zhen now is to promote the concept of the colony, bowing and saying: "It's actually very simple, I remember that I have revealed this to everyone before." It's a model - for the conquered territory, in addition to directly occupying it and dividing it into a vassal state, the minister once proposed a simpler and more crude way, that is...a colony..."

"Colony? Let's hear it..." Li Shimin pretended to be very interested. Li Zhen had already told him about the concept of colony. He naturally knew what it was, and he even planned it himself. Otherwise, He will not veto the proposal of Fang Xuanling and others—in fact, at the very beginning, he also tended to accept Tianzhu as the land of the Tang Dynasty, and it was the colonial blueprint drawn by Li Zhen that attracted him. Once the era of great conquest begins, Datang's land is bound to increase. Will all these sites be included as Datang's territory?

This is simply impossible, and it is also impossible to do it. It is fine to be close to the mainland of Datang, but what if this territory is far away in Europe?In this era of extremely underdeveloped transportation, once the conquered land is designated as its own territory, then Datang must be responsible for it.For example, in Europe, if something happens in Europe, according to the current communication method, it will take at least half a year to spread the news to Datang. What is the use?

Therefore, unless the future communication technology has a very high level of development, at least reaching the level of wireless telegraphy, it is impossible to treat a distant place as one's own territory.A method like this that only needs to plunder resources and dump products without governing the occupied territories is the best governance method that is most suitable for Datang to conquer territories in the future.

It’s just that things like colonies are a kind of plundering, a kind of plundering and plundering of conquered land. Li Shimin is determined to be a good emperor, a good emperor who is benevolent and righteous all over the world. This kind of thing must not be said by him personally. If it comes out, it can only be expressed by Li Zhen—as for the proposal of the colony, do all the officials agree or not?

So what does that matter?

As long as he, Li Shimin, agrees, will he still use the opinions of the officials?

Left and right are just a way of governing territories. Although it is different from direct occupation and establishing vassal states, it is actually a management mode for newly occupied territories. Although the officials are qualified to object, they do not want to He will sing against Li Shimin on this kind of matter.

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Chapter 336 passed

"A colony, as the name suggests, is a wasteland that is colonized and developed, and can be used as a trade outpost or a military base." Li Zhen briefly introduced that this explanation is the most primitive meaning of a colony, and the colony is named after it.

Of course, Li Zhen will not explain the most fundamental meaning of the colony. Anyway, the initial role of the colony is indeed what Li Zhen said, but with the gradual development of society, the final role of the colony will gradually change. , and later turned into an immigrant settlement established by a country in the area (country) it conquered, to obtain new resources for the suzerain country.

"And if we turn Tianzhu into a colony of the Tang Dynasty, our citizens here can also enjoy the same treatment as Nanyang and Borneo, and because the people here are more civilized, the status of the people of the Tang Dynasty will even be even higher. Tall." This is another benefit, especially in the later generations of China. Until the 21st century, the idea of ​​superiority among foreign adults has not been completely eradicated (the Manchu Qing killed people), and has been deeply parasitic in the In the bones of some Chinese people.

Of course, China cannot be blamed, because this phenomenon is not only in China, it can be said that as long as the colonists have ruled the place, the situation is actually similar.