Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 350 Chen Ying's Longzhong Match
Chapter 52 Chen Ying's Longzhong Pair

"The general trend of the world is not a matter of one moment and one place." Chen Ying patiently explained to Li Jiancheng: "Even if the King of Qin uses the Shangshu Order to record the affairs of the Shangshu, and the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs are all in the hands of His Majesty, how much can the King of Qin hold?" Power? If the King of Qin really empties His Highness the Crown Prince, I am afraid His Majesty will not agree!"

As a darling standing on the shoulders of historical giants, Chen Ying is naturally clear.Li Yuan launched Li Shimin, but in fact it was just to check and balance Li Jiancheng.Because he didn't want to delegate power prematurely. Of course, Li Yuan was also very satisfied with Li Jiancheng. Abolishing the prince and changing the king of Qin was actually just Li Shimin's wishful thinking.

Li Jiancheng felt that Chen Ying's words were very appetizing to him, so he nodded and said, "One mother and two siblings, brothers and sisters love each other deeply, how could they fight each other for that position."

Listening to Li Jiancheng's words, Chen Ying sighed.In fact, Chen Ying didn't know how to say that Li Jiancheng was ready. That position was not a million-dollar family fortune, nor was it a vain title. For this position, brother to brother, brother to brother, is nothing at all.

However, Chen Ying cannot say that Li Jiancheng is wrong, because Li Jiancheng is a kind person.After all, Li Jiancheng is a hero, while Li Shimin is a hero.Just like Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, even if Xiang Yu is given another [-] chances, he still can't beat Liu Bang, because Xiang Yu is a hero and Liu Bang is a hero.

Chen Ying also didn't think that he could reverse history, because the situation is easy to change, but the character is hard to change.In history, Wei Zheng proposed to Li Jiancheng to change the turmoil of the court and the instability of the country. The only way to solve the root of the problem is to kill the King of Qin. As long as the King of Qin is killed, the officials of the King of Qin's mansion will naturally be stable if they have no object of allegiance. "

However, Li Jiancheng did not adopt Wei Zheng's proposal, and Li Yuanji also wanted to assassinate King Qin. In fact, Li Jiancheng did not agree, otherwise history would be another situation.

Of course, Chen Ying feels that the time is not waiting for him. He must speed up the economic construction of Datang's people's livelihood and restore national power as soon as possible.Lay a solid foundation and make preparations for the future expedition to Turks, the recovery of Mobei, and the recovery of the Western Regions.

Chen Ying weighed his words in the carriage and said: "Hedong Kuangfu, Director Li gallops to Hexi Ligui. If there is no accident, he should be able to catch it. In the next certain period of time, Datang's attention will be tilted eastward, competing with Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande. In the Central Plains and Hebei, the most worrying thing now is actually the Turkic people outside the Great Wall. They were slightly frustrated in the Battle of Hedong, but the Turkic history is still there, and they will definitely not be willing to fail. He will choose the opportunity to go south. What His Royal Highness needs to do now is to establish a stable defense line in the north, defend the north and attack the east. The common people in the Tang Dynasty have ample food and clothing, live and work in peace and contentment, regardless of Henan or Hebei, they can take it for themselves without fighting."

The strategic policy that Chen Ying wants to propose is similar to the economic war of later generations, let Datang take advantage of its geographical advantages, develop an arms race with Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, use the economy to drag down Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, and then use the absolute advantage to kill them in one fell swoop .

Historically, although King Li Shimin of the Qin Dynasty defeated Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, he slaughtered tens of thousands of troops under Dou Jiande's command in the First World War, causing the population of Hebei to be heard crying in almost every village, and new graves were everywhere.

For a long time in the early Tang Dynasty, development difficulties were caused by sparse population.Even if it occupies a vast area of ​​​​Central Asia, it cannot be defended at all.The main reason is that the population is too small.

If the Tang Dynasty can peacefully resolve Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande's forces, then the Tang Dynasty will have more confidence in its future expansion wars and its rule will be more stable.

Chen Ying continued: "The northern line of defense will move north from Lingzhou, with Shengzhou, Fengzhou, Shuozhou, Yunzhou, and Youzhou as the first line of defense, while Lingzhou, Xiazhou, Qingzhou, Yinzhou Zhouzhou and Daizhou are the second-tier echelons, ready to support the frontline at any time. The five states of Lingzhou, Yinzhou, Xiazhou, Qingzhou, and Daiju are all fertile lands in the north. At that time, these five states still provided more than 150 million shi of grain to the imperial court every year. Among them, the three states of Lingzhou, Xiazhou, and Yinzhou were particularly important. The salt, iron, tea shreds and other commercial tax revenues supplied by the central government are also as high as nearly one million guan. As long as the economies of these three states are managed well, there is no need to increase too much, even if it only takes nine years to restore the big business It is almost equivalent to stationing [-] troops in the north. With these [-] troops in the north, the Turkic people have to weigh it if they want to go south."

Chen Ying said these words with arrogance, as if the country was under his control.

At this time, Li Jiancheng understood what Chen Ying meant. Chen Ying did not want Li Jiancheng to compete with Li Shimin in the center of the court, but to focus on local areas, especially the northern states. If the northern states are stable, the imperial court will not overthrow them. disaster.Li Jiancheng sighed slightly, it turns out that Chen Ying also has the ability to seek the country.

Li Jiancheng said: "Would it be possible that Wuji, the eldest grandson of Prince Qin's mansion, and Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other talented people can't see it?"

"It can, but I'm afraid it can't be solved!" Chen Yingdao: "Shengzhou, Fengzhou, Shuozhou, Yunzhou, Youzhou, Lingzhou, Xiazhou, Qingzhou, Yinzhou, and Daizhou are more than ten states. In other words, they are all places in the frontier fortress, and the officials of the Prince of Qin's Mansion, etc., are originally strong and weak. Even if they see it, they will not fight for the control of these ten states. On the contrary, their main energy will still be focused on the three provinces, six departments, Supervise and wait for the key departments!"

What Chen used was not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy.He was sure that Li Shimin would not compete with Li Jiancheng. In fact, it was the same. In history, Li Jiancheng did not know whose advice he followed, and he took all the 28 northern states into his hands. When Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng and succeeded in ascending the throne , the Turkic Jieli Khan led more than [-] Turkic cavalry all the way south along Lingzhou and Yuanzhou, and successfully entered the Guanzhong. The reason was actually very simple, because almost all the generals defending the north were Li Jiancheng's disciple.

When Chen Ying proposed this strategy, he was actually learning from Taizu's encirclement of cities from the countryside. In fact, with the emperor Li Yuan around, no matter how many key departments he took down in the three provinces and six ministries, it was meaningless. Li Yuan could take them back at any time if needed.But the place is different. Even if the court wants to change the local officials, at least they have to replace the personnel. Li Jiancheng did not get the support of the aristocratic family at all. In the period when the imperial examination system was not popularized, Li Shimin's natural shortcoming was that he did not have enough people. Talents.

In terms of farming, the ten northern states are indeed inferior to the fertile land in Guanzhong. However, these places have abundant strategic resources, such as steel and coal. The advance development of these materials will make Datang's national strength rise to at least a step.

Chen Ying put forward the idea of ​​the bank, not entirely for the sake of building a smooth road, but for the development of industry and commerce in the whole country of Datang.

The layout of the north is indeed a wonderful move.Li Shimin doesn't know how to fight, and it's not difficult at all to master it smoothly.Get these places, develop rapidly, and adopt coal coking and blast furnace steelmaking methods, which can increase Datang's steel production capacity by ten times, more than a hundred times, and have inexhaustible steel and coal resources, so that the court and the whole world Only those who have knowledge can see that no matter when, these places will not be abandoned as tasteless places.

For example, the land of Yunnan and Guizhou, which was taken down as early as the Qin Dynasty, no matter how the dynasty changed, these places were always owned by China, because the copper mines in these places were discovered, which could solve the copper resources needed by the imperial court to mint coins.

As the saying goes, if you don't seek a corner, how can you seek the overall situation.If you don't plan for a while, how can you plan for the world.

In fact, without Chen Ying's reminder, Li Jiancheng thought of the original Lingzhou development plan proposed by Chen Ying.Although the governor of Lingzhou is Li Daozong, Li Daozong and Li Shimin are closer, but the governor of Lingzhou is Yang Ze, and Yang Ze has a good relationship with Li Jiancheng.Li Jiancheng said: "Chen Qing, then what do you plan to do in Lingzhou, I will order Yang Ze to execute it with the Crown Prince Jian Guo!"

(End of this chapter)