Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

As for America, since Li Ke is ready to speak out, he has already thought about the follow-up, at least when he is alive, although he is not the emperor, his influence on the entire Tang Dynasty is definitely beyond doubt.

At that time, he will frantically put pressure on the court officials from behind, so that they will have a deep impression of a powerful enemy in their minds.

Then after Li Ke died, Li Ke didn't care how the Tang Dynasty developed in the future. Anyway, Li Ke didn't know how much territory the Tang Dynasty could conquer at that time, but they always had a powerful enemy as their imagination and vigilance.

When Li Ke passed away, it is estimated that the next prince of the eldest brother should also be arranged by Li Ke. As long as there is no problem with his thinking, then Datang must still develop technology crazily, and there will be no problems.

After Li Ke passed away more than ten years, or several decades, Datang's technology has developed to a certain level. Perhaps when the Tang court at that time felt that Datang had no way to develop at a high speed, they might try to let the fleet Take the probing step.

At that time, let the Datang Fleet at that time face the "powerful" Indians!At that time, whether it is the "powerful" Indians or the powerful "Mayan civilization", these fleets of Datang will definitely be a huge surprise.

Anyway, at that time Li Ke was already gone, and he couldn't see it, even if it was a little joke left to future generations?

Well, it's quite interesting to think about such a scene.

After all, my own people are gone, so it should be interesting to make a joke for my descendants and let them remember their ancestors.

As for how to deal with that continent, Li Ke didn't bother to take care of it. How could he take care of all the things? He just wanted to live happily in his life.

Li Ke had various thoughts in his mind, but these people at the military meeting were shocked. They always thought that His Highness was a man of the world, but now His Highness told them that the Those advanced technologies also come from the powerful empires in the other half of the world.

Even one day, the other party may come across the sea directly on a huge sea boat. How can Datang resist at that time?

"Now do you understand why I always feel urgent? It's not that I force you to work. In fact, Datang can slow down, it's okay. But since we have the ability, we can't let our people suffer from alien invasion again. "

"Every time the dynasty changes, it is the people who suffer. The population of the Han Dynasty was tens of millions, but what about the population of the Tang Dynasty now? According to the survey on household registration management submitted by the Ministry of Public Security this year, the total number of households in the Tang Dynasty is only 760. There are 5 households, with an average population of about 3800 people per household, and the total population is only [-] million." Li Ke looked at them and said.

The population of Datang must be stronger than that of the same period in history, at least because of the existence of Li Ke, the entire Datang has too many hidden populations and other territories to join Datang, Tuyuhun counts 10 people, including all frontiers of Datang People from the surrounding countries have been fleeing to become the people of Datang one after another.

In addition, Lingnan Road, Jiannan Road, Jiangnan Road and other places with [-] mountains, because of Li Ke's policy, more and more people from the mountains and mountains will register and then integrate into Datang, becoming the people of Datang, and then these two years The popularity of the "Barefoot Doctor's Handbook" in it caused a baby boom in Datang.

The combination of these reasons caused the population of Datang, which was estimated to be about 350 million households in the early years of Zhenguan, to soar to 760 million households.

But this population is too small for the current land area of ​​the Tang Dynasty. With the current land area of ​​the Tang Dynasty, I dare not say that it can support 14 billion people like later generations, but there should be no problem in feeding [-] to [-] million people.

"The current population of the Tang Dynasty cannot reach the peak of the population of the Han Dynasty, but our land area is actually far larger than that of the Han Dynasty. In the future, our land area will continue to expand, and these land areas are our strategic depth. And it allows us to feed more people and mine more minerals." Li Ke looked at them and said.

"Your Highness, I can understand your worry, but now there is a problem." Li Jing who was sitting next to him hesitated and said.

"Duke Wei, tell me." Li Ke said.

"That is, with the increase of Datang's land area, our dependence on the local garrison will definitely increase, because it will take longer to deploy troops, so it will definitely be a trend for local soldiers to be stationed there in the future. After all, even if a soldier is To be a professional soldier is to start a family and start a career."

"And the huge territory of the empire actually has a major impact on the deployment of troops. This will also lead to our court's lack of control over the border." Li Jing is now much more courageous, and he speaks directly when he has something to say.

"Indeed, Your Highness, if it is not necessary, Your Majesty will not set up the Protectorate in Khitan, Shiwei and other places, and appoint the leaders of these tribes to be the protector of the local area. That is to say, although these places are nominally owned by My Tang territory, but in fact they are basically equivalent to the vassal states in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Our influence on them is only by force." Fang Xuanling pondered for a moment, and then followed suit.

The secret that Li Ke revealed was too scary, and these ministers had to face it squarely.

"I know, but my father is now in good health, and there will definitely be no problems in the next few decades, and in these few decades, it is time for us to develop a new technology." Li Ke said in a serious tone.

"Huh?" Everyone looked at Li Ke with some doubts.

"Now I have no way to tell the other party, because the craftsmen only put forward an idea, but many advanced tools come from imagination. Maybe ten years later, we will have a new way of action, so that we can Within seven or eight days, we can reach the countries of the Western Regions." Li Ke said.

The appearance of the steam engine means that the train is not far away. Even if it is an old-fashioned steam train, according to Li Ke's current industrial system, there is no problem in designing a train with a speed of 30-50 kilometers per hour. Even if the speed is 700 kilometers per hour, the mileage can be traveled in a day It has also reached a terrifying distance of more than 7000 kilometers, which is more than [-] kilometers in ten days.

Even with a series of complex operations such as stops and water addition, ten days are enough to drive 5000 kilometers.

Five thousand kilometers, how far can Datang's territory expand?What's more, the strong transportation capacity brings more than just the central court's dominance over various places.