Cultivation of chastity

Hou Junji led the Tang army to attack Gaochang as a matter of course, and the countries of the Western Regions, especially the Yanqi Kingdom, decisively followed up.

In a certain way, the fuse of this war was that the Yanqi Kingdom wanted to share Gaochang's profits on the Silk Road, so it sued Datang.

Now that the Great Tang destroyed Gaochang, the Yanqi Kingdom approached Hou Junji to demand the return of the people of the Yanqi Kingdom who had been taken captive by Gaochang.

Hou Junji thought for a while, but did not refuse.

How should I put it, Hou Junji is a great country in handling many diplomacies.

It's similar to that as long as you become my little brother and don't make troubles, then I will take care of you as a big brother.

Therefore, even if Hou Junji knew that he had the cheek to forcibly say that these Yanqi people were from Gaochang, he would be able to earn a lot of income by robbing Guild Chang'an.

But in Hou Junji's view, if he did this, he would lose face as the commander of the Tang Dynasty.

I can't say whether this style of diplomacy is good or not, but it is precisely this style of diplomacy that at least allows Datang to play a very good role in soothing the forces in the Western Regions when Datang has not yet planned to go deep into the Western Regions.

After all, with Tibet in the southwest and Gaochang in the northwest, the surrounding environment of Datang gradually stabilized. Under such circumstances, Datang also began to free up its hands to deal with Goguryeo in the northeast.

However, Li Shimin was flipping through the report sent by Tang Jian, and said in surprise:

"Now my Datang has a population of 350 million households?"

"Reporting to the sage, this population data has been checked three times before and after to make sure it is correct!" Tang Jian said very seriously.

Historically, when Datang Zhenguan conducted investigations in 13 years, there were a total of [-] million households.

Even so, Li Shimin was quite happy, because the last census of the Tang Dynasty had 210 million households in Wude Seven Years.

It can be said that the steady population growth of the entire Tang Dynasty itself shows the most significant achievement of the Zhenguan Reign.

It's just that Li Shimin didn't know it, because Li Tai's efforts made the population of Datang more than 13 households when the census was conducted in the 50th year of Zhenguan in history.

These 50 households are due to the various production tools and production models researched by the agricultural colleges, which enable the common people to obtain more food, so that more common people can start families and start businesses, and cultivate acres of land.

These 50 households are due to the mutual cooperation between the medical buildings and the medical walking system, allowing doctors to treat the people of Datang as much as possible, thus invisibly increasing the life expectancy of the people of Datang and prolonging their working hours.

For these 50 households, every time there is a famine, Li Tai will decisively send people to the affected areas to recruit people, resettle them if they can be resettled nearby, and pull them there to build roads if they cannot be resettled.

And a large part of it is Li Tai's way of reforming through labor to let the foreigners accept the Tang culture, learn the Tang language, help them integrate into the Tang, and make them new citizens of the Tang.

Throughout the Tang Dynasty, the main population is still in the north, and the real essence is the Central Plains.

Li Tai established agricultural schools in Youzhou, Luoyang, and Yuhang, and the students who came out of them were more rooted in the grassroots.

Along the Grand Canal from Yuhang to Youzhou is the most elite area of ​​the entire Tang Dynasty, and with Li Tai's layout, it is difficult to conceal the population of these places, and the population of the Tang Dynasty is more detailed than in history.

It's just that Tang Jian or Li Shimin couldn't see many of them.

They may feel that what Li Tai created has a certain effect on Datang's population recovery.

But it never occurred to him that because of Li Tai's efforts, the population of the Tang Dynasty increased by one-sixth compared with the history, and an additional 50 households lived, which is an astonishing population of nearly 250 million.

For Li Shimin, seeing the population of Datang recovering at an astonishing speed under his own governance, he was very satisfied with this achievement.

He thought in his heart that when Hou Junji came back from the crusade against Gaochang, he would rest for a few more years, and when the material reserves in Youzhou were sufficient, he would be able to crusade against Goguryeo.

To be honest, for Li Shimin, Goguryeo must be resolved.

Otherwise, for Datang, the existence of such a regime in the north would be too dangerous for the hinterland of China.

It didn't feel like there was no ship before, but now that it only takes half a month for the ship to travel from Guangzhou to Youzhou and can arrive with a downwind, this has to make Li Shimin feel a sense of urgency for Goguryeo.

As long as Goguryeo's ships landed along the Hebei Road in Datang one day, the entire Hebei Road might become a battlefield.

This is something Li Shimin absolutely does not want to see, so the best way is to make Bohai Sea the inner sea of ​​China.

Li Shimin thought in his heart, "Should I let Qingque go back to Youzhou in a few years, and let him sit in Youzhou to manage Youzhou's logistics? Or leave this war to him to see if he is a pharmacist?" The commander-in-chief of the Great Battle?"

Although Hou Junji is now attacking Gaochang, Li Shimin has already thought about the commander who conquered Goguryeo.

It wasn't that Hou Junji couldn't do it, but Li Shimin felt that it would be difficult for Hou Junji to suppress Li Tai's subordinates.

It's nothing, because Wang Xuance is stepping on Hou Junji's position, so Li Tai's subordinates will naturally look down on Hou Junji.

As for Wang Xuance... There are so many generals in front of Wang Xuance, and he cannot be ranked in terms of seniority.

But no matter how you say it, with a population of 350 million households, for Li Shimin, the administration has a lot of confidence.

Li Shimin looked at Tang Jian and said, "I heard that you have been in Luoyang for a while?"

"Report to the saint." Tang Jian didn't expect Li Shimin to ask this question suddenly, and said quickly,

"I asked King Wei for some help. This time, thanks to King Wei, my investigation on Henan Road went smoothly!"

"It seems that Qingque's Agricultural Society is indeed very useful on some key issues."

When Li Shimin heard Tang Jian's words, he nodded and said, "Tang Qing, you have contributed to this census and bestowed upon Dr. Yinqing Guanglu.

Qingque also helped a little, that is, pardoning Luoyang prisoners below Dapi, and exempting Luoyang from taxes this year for one year! "

"It's absolutely impossible!" Tang Jian jumped out and said when he heard Li Shimin's words,
"Saint, Luoyang's taxes now account for one-twelfth of the total tax. If you pardon me, I'm afraid Shang Shuxing will not go crazy!"

"..." Li Shimin couldn't help but smile wryly when he heard Tang Jian's words, "I'm used to it.

It's not a good thing that Qingque can make too much money, even if I want to exempt Luoyang from taxes for a year, I can't do it! "

Tang Jian bowed his head, saying that he didn't know anything, just kidding, exempting anything can't exempt King Wei from taxes.

It's not that the court is counting on King Wei's expenses, but that King Wei is also very profitable, so he must spend money for King Wei as much as possible.

"Then give wine and food to the elderly over 70 years old in Luoyang to reward the green sparrow!" Li Shimin couldn't help waving his hand.

Tang Jian didn't jump out when he heard Li Shimin's words.

Originally, Tang Jian was worried about whether things could really be delivered to these people over 70 years old, but thinking about it, King Wei had bad people in the city, and agricultural societies in the countryside. At least in Luoyang, these material rewards can really be delivered into the hands of the people.

"King Wei, you are really honored by the saint." Tang Jian couldn't help thinking when he thought of this.

"A population of 350 million households...isn't that enough!"

Li Tai looked at the census data from Tang Jian, and couldn't help pressing his temple.

Compared with Li Shimin who was very happy to see the population recovery, Li Tai felt that the population size of 350 million households was still too small.

In the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the damage caused to Datang was too serious.

The efforts of two generations of Li Yuan and Li Shimin only raised the population from 200 million to 350 million.

Li Tai knew very well that among this population, many people were not born by ordinary people.

It was the population that was not counted due to the war during the Wude period. With the political stability during the Zhenguan period, the people gradually came out of the mountains and reintegrated into the city, which made the population growth appear so fast.

Compared with this unbelievable population growth rate, Li Tai understands that the population recovery speed of Datang in the next ten years will not be so fast. Li Tai is thankful enough to reach 400 million households.

"Hey, I hope that the population of Datang will reach 500 million households soon!" Li Tai couldn't help sighing.

For Li Tai, 400 million households represent a population of 2000 million. A population of this size has a basis for external expansion, but in fact this basis is very reluctant.

After all, the domestic economy needs to maintain a certain scale, otherwise it will easily damage the domestic economy if it expands abroad.

It is worth mentioning that if there is no overpopulation in the country, the enthusiasm of the people to go out is actually not high.

After all, in the final analysis, what Li Tai wants is to take the method of enfeoffment, the most important thing is to occupy that piece of land.

Then the country must entrust part of the population to the past, otherwise there will not be enough population. Was it to help the local people develop in the past?

As for the population of Datang, in Li Tai's view, it is best to have 5000 million.

There was no way he could not survive the time when the population of Datang was 5000 million, so Li Tai asked for a discount of 500 million population.

But now it seems that even if Li Shimin abdicates in the future, China's population will not reach 500 million.

At most, it is only about 2000 million. This population data makes Li Tai a headache.

"It is necessary to encourage the people to have children in terms of policy!" Li Tai sighed,

"However, this kind of thing still requires the court to come forward. In my case, the only thing I can do is to find ways to strengthen the supporting facilities at the grassroots level."

Li Tai couldn't help shaking his head when he thought of this, some policies could only be carried out when he was in the court.

Now I still have to complete the work in front of me in a down-to-earth manner, and complete the expressway from Luoyang to Xingyang.

I walked around Henan Road by myself, and found a large number of craftsmen from these aristocratic families, including master craftsmen and elite craftsmen, and their participation speeded up the speed of the entire project.

This section was originally thought to take two years to repair, but now it is more than half a year faster than expected, and it is only a matter of time before it is opened to traffic.

For Li Tai, this made Li Tai breathe a sigh of relief. As long as the project from Luoyang to Xingyang is carried out smoothly, there will be a model for the expressway in this era. The next project is basically just copying this section sample project.

Compared with having nothing and trying to figure things out a little bit, with a model, the court can formulate a detailed plan, and let Wang Zhenru's engineering team work on a project with the same mileage, which may at least save half of the time.

What's really important to Li Tai is that with the commissioning of this high-speed lane, the profits it will bring will also make these aristocratic families shut up.

Even to a certain extent, those aristocratic families who have not yet built the designated location for the expressway will either stare at Wang Zhenru for twelve hours, or the entire engineering team will use all their strength to build the road.

Li Tai put this matter aside for a while, because engineering matters can't be rushed.

After all, no one is so kind as to send him some top craftsmen and elite craftsmen. As long as he can carry out this project step by step, Li Tai will be satisfied.

In addition, it was Youzhou who sent a group of people from Liugui Kingdom to the imperial court.

According to legend, they were in the north of Beihai, and when they came to Datang, they had to find Sanbo's translator to finally reach Datang.

This kind of small country came all the way to the Tang Dynasty to see it, and I can already imagine what will happen in the history books.

However, Li Tai conveniently arranged for people to go to Chang'an with these people from the wandering ghost country, the most important thing is to be able to draw their trajectory all the way south.

After all, no matter how they came, they more or less passed through the land of Goguryeo.

Although I have more or less obtained the land information of Goguryeo by doing business with Goguryeo, but I don't know much about the area north of Goguryeo.

Since there are people from other countries coming over, please stop by and ask to see if you can make a map.

After all, in recent years, the Tang Dynasty only paid attention to Goguryeo. The Shiwei and Mohe tribes in the north of Goguryeo didn't know much about each other. If they could fight more, it might not be a bad thing.

After all, as a modern person, he clearly knows that Heilongjiang is the most important granary in China, and the black soil there is the most fertile area in China.

It's just that the current problem is that there is a large area north of Goguryeo, which is a swampy area that chooses people to eat, so it is more difficult to develop.

But Li Tai knows better that if the black land is not developed during the period of rising atmospheric temperature, then Heilongjiang may have to wait until the next millennium, or even industrialization, to develop that land. .

Therefore, Li Tai has some intentions for that piece of land, but whether or not to do it, or when to do it, must be able to collect more local information.

And this person from Liugui Kingdom might be a good springboard!