Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 965 Strategic Planning
The concept of Wujing was indeed proposed by Liumu, and its meaning is to make Datang a diversified country with multi-center development.

Chang'an alone is not enough.

Li Shimin began to explain the concept of the five capitals.

"Chang'an is naturally the capital of the Tang Dynasty. It is unique and a place of long-term peace and stability. I have been thinking about the design of the five capitals, four ports and seven sea guards. I have been thinking about this question. Should the Xijing of the Tang Dynasty be placed in Gaochang, or should it be placed a little further away, on the Silk Road of China , Luntai County at the foot of Tianshan Mountain. This is a long-term consideration.”

It is indeed very long, the distance is astonishingly long.

Du Ruhui asked: "Saint, can the train arrive in one day?"

"The train can only go to Liangzhou in one day and night, and it takes at least four days and three nights to get to Luntai, or even longer. But in the long run, I really consider this, or Gaochang for two days and one night."

"Gaochang is good. There is a salt lake in Gaochang. A huge workshop city can be built. There are pastures in the north, cotton fields in the west, and grain fields in the east. The salt lake is a strategic place for refining gunpowder raw materials. It can be the center of the west. But I don't understand, is five capitals enough?"

Li Jing's question, "Would the five capitals be enough?" was quite clever.

Li Shimin said with a smile: "The five capitals outside Chang'an."

"The saint is wise."

In fact, Li Jing had already guessed the location of Wujing. Li Shimin pointed at Li Jing: "It seems that Li Shangshu has thought of it, so let's hear it."

"I think that the south should be the city of Guangzhou, the east should be the city of Yangzhou, and the north should be the city of Yanzhou. Then the southwest, if there is no capital in Shu, the southwest will be unstable, but the road to Shu is difficult, and I don't understand."

Li Shimin laughed heartily: "I have good ministers in the Tang Dynasty, why is the Tang Dynasty unhappy. There are two places in the five capitals that I am not sure about. One is the Northwest. Gaochang is good, and I think it is good. Only this east , Liu Mu suggested several times that Dong should be placed in Huating, or Hangzhou."

Li Jing immediately said: "Saint, Huating is not good."

"Tell me why."

"Saints, all the ministers and workers, Huating will definitely be a rich place in the future. Whether it is industry, fishing or business, it will be excellent, but Huating has no strategic buffer. If the enemy's powerful navy comes directly to our Datang, Huating will be in danger. , Huating can serve as the first line of defense, with Yangzhou as the center of the east."

Li Shimin asked back: "If the enemy navy comes, can the Seven Sea Guards, the number one island chain guard in the Tang Dynasty, be the first barrier?"

Li Jing told Li Shimin very directly: "Saint, what you are guarding against is not only foreign enemies, but also the Seven Sea Guards. As far as Guangzhou is concerned, there can be a line of defense outside Guangzhou Bay, and Qiongdao is the outermost line of defense. Yanzhou is still a hundred miles away from the seaport. , although there is a canal, but there is an extra barrier."

Li Jing insisted on his own ideas, Qihaiwei is too far away, and they are all loyal and reliable people now, but what about 100 years later, hundreds of years later.Therefore, the Tang Dynasty must have sufficient deterrent power to the outside world. Anyone who makes a slight change should be wiped out with a thunderbolt.But in case of a sudden attack, it would be safer to have one more barrier.

Li Shimin didn't shy away from it, and immediately asked: "What if Wujing has the heart to disobey?"

Li Jing was even more straightforward: "Saint, if even the five capitals have the heart of disobedience, then the country is in danger. The least is the chaos of the seven kings, and the most serious is the melee at the end of the Han Dynasty."

"Saint, it's better not to discuss this kind of thing. I think there is another place to choose. Yangzhou is in Jiangbei. Since the Sui Dynasty, I thought that Jiangbei was deliberately suppressing the cities in the south of the Yangtze River. If you want Tang Dynasty to have a leapfrog development, you should Proposal, Jianye City."

The Jianye proposed by Du Ruhui is Jinling, the Nanjing of later generations.

"I think it is suitable." Li Jing also supported Jianye City. Because of its geographical advantages, especially the large amount of raw silk from Fusang Road, the four major silksmith cities in the south of the Yangtze River were Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Jianye, and Suzhou.Among them, Suzhou has more than [-] looms, and Jianye has reached [-].

Du Ruhui interrupted suddenly and said, "Huating County already has enough population and income to be promoted to the prefecture. There are countless fish processing and canning workshops in Huating County. I only know that tens of thousands of canned food are shipped to the dock every day. Huating is still Datang's largest linen production site and market."

"Very good. I have read the report of the Ministry of Household Affairs. The linen produced by Huating last year has already exceeded twice the national linen output of the Tang Dynasty in the ninth year of Wude. This is only a county, okay."

Li Shimin is very satisfied with this development.

Du Ruhui said with a smile: "The sage should praise Xingzhou. The output of fine steel in Xingzhou is already 35 times that of the Tang Dynasty in the ninth year of Wude. This is only one state. However, Xingzhou will not be able to maintain the No. One day, the five new blast furnaces in Fukuoka Steelworks have been completed, and the output has become the No. [-] steelworks in Datang.”

Li Shimin didn't wait for Du Ruhui to finish speaking and immediately said: "Then, can we build the railway for Tang Dynasty?"

"I think I'm getting off topic. What we're going to discuss today is the Battle of the Six Edicts. Sage, you brought the topic to the Five Capitals, and it's back to the railway after a detour." Du Ruhui really didn't want to mention the railway. It's the rush of the Yangtze River.As Shang Shusheng's right servant, he always hoped to wait.

"Well, the railway is also a long-term solution." Li Shimin still hopes that the railway project can be approved.

Du Ruhui sighed heavily: "Sage, if you want to build a railway, I think the first railway will go to Shuofang instead of Luoyang. If you want to build a railway, the first railway will go to Shuofang instead of going to Luoyang. Luoyang must at least have canals for steam ships. Whether it is going upstream or upstream, in case of emergency, tens of thousands of troops can be dispatched within a day and night."

"Okay, let's go north, I agree. Aiqing will submit the corresponding report immediately. Once the new year is over, we will choose an auspicious day to worship the heaven and the earth. The first step is to replace the small railway from Chang'an to Huayuan with a formal railway, and then go all the way. Bei Xiu, this matter is settled."

Du Ruhui, who was dug by Li Shimin, was stunned.

Li Jing pushed Du Ruhui from the side: "Go to Shuofang to repair, this is a good suggestion, to ensure the safety of the Tang Dynasty's northern defense, and then continue to go north, west and east."

"No!" Li Shimin waved his hand: "Four horizontals, four verticals and eight auxiliary ones, I want to build 30 miles of railways within [-] years. Hahaha!"

This time even Li Jing was stunned.

How crazy.

However, repairing the railway is indeed a great thing, although it costs a lot of money and uses a lot of manpower.But with the railway connected, the economic and strategic strength of the entire Tang Dynasty will increase tenfold, or even dozens of times.

Finally the railway can be repaired.

When Shang Shusheng was still making plans with the six ministries, a proposal from Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty had already been sent.

Holding Li Shimin's proposal to Shang Shuxing, Yao Silian said with a smile: "Judging from the ink marks, this one must have been written for a long time."

All the courtiers were smiling. They had been following Li Shimin for a long time, especially in the past few years when Li Shimin showed his enthusiasm for railways. Everyone knew it.

(End of this chapter)