This prince, it doesn't matter if you don't do it!

Chapter 517 Xuanling's Worries and Li Ke's Shock
"Foreign ministers dare not." Wang Dequan laughed upon hearing this, "However, foreign ministers really know very little about the details of this sand table."

Today's Wang Dequan is no longer the merchant who the county magistrate could make him promise.

Li Er smiled, but he didn't continue to embarrass Wang Dequan on this issue, instead he laughed and said: "I am very satisfied with the birthday gift from Gao Ming!
Come, all you gentlemen, come and feel how vast my Tang Dynasty is. "

Judging from this sand table, Datang's territory is definitely the most extensive among the surrounding countries, and those neighboring countries are not even as good as Datang's one state and one capital.

"So the three kingdoms of Baekje, Silla, and Goguryeo are so small?" Li Er said so, and the crowd rushed up immediately, and began to point around the sand table.

"Eh, the land of Tianzhu is not considered vast, but the arable land is not small." Finally, someone discovered this strange problem.

In the eyes of the ancients, almost all flat land can be regarded as cultivated land.

"Not only is it not small." After a careful comparison, someone said, "This is not much better than my Tang Dynasty?"

"Hmph." Li Er snorted coldly when he heard the words, and said, "Is it not too much to give up? Although I don't want to admit it, but if you look at it this way, the area of ​​cultivated land in Tianzhu is slightly better than that of my Tang Dynasty. of."

This is really impossible to deny.

Even in later generations, India is also the country with the largest cultivated land area in Asia. Even though their territory is less than one-third of our country, more than half of its land is suitable for cultivation.

This is unmatched by most countries.

This is also why, relying on that little land, they can still support 13 billion people despite the huge gap between the rich and the poor!

Of course, there are naturally some thoughts of Li Chengqian in it, at least on the sand table supervised by Li Chengqian, the reason why it can be seen so conspicuously is because of his intention.

Strictly speaking, the sand table made by Li Chengqian is too fake, and some places are indeed inaccurate.

After all, in this era, it is not impossible to make an accurate sand table strictly according to the scale, but it is too time-consuming.

Besides, the purpose of Li Chengqian giving Li Er this thing was very simple.

"God does not bless my Great Tang..." Li Er said with emotion, "Although my Great Tang has a vast territory, there is not much arable land. If there is a piece of land in Tianzhu to grow food, why worry about the Tang Dynasty's prosperity?"

"Again?" Fang Xuanling muttered in her heart helplessly upon hearing the words.

He could tell from just now that Li Er had taken a fancy to these lands.

As an emperor, Li Er was thinking about expanding the territory for the Tang Dynasty all the time.

Of course, this is also extremely normal.

Don't look at Fang Xuanling and many courtiers who will strongly oppose Li Er when he has such thoughts, but if Li Er doesn't have such thoughts, they will be quite disappointed.

In ancient times, land represented food, and food represented life!
This is the most obvious truth of this era.

"Your Majesty's words are inappropriate." When everyone was silent, Wei Zheng clasped his hands and said, "In the past few years, the Tang Dynasty has enjoyed good weather, and the country is prosperous and the people are safe.

Inside, no hidden worries, outside without border troubles?

The whole Tang Dynasty looks like it is thriving, so how can God not bless Datang? "

As the censor Zhongcheng, Wei Zheng's job is to speak out and remonstrate.

Whenever Li Er made a slip of the tongue, Wei Zheng would stand up unceremoniously.

Li Er couldn't do anything about it, after all, he personally appointed Yushi Zhongcheng.

Of course, this is also a manifestation of Li Er's grandeur.

Wang Dequan watched all this quietly, and found it interesting. He intended to say a few more words at first, but the look of everyone looking at him just now made him a little panicked, so he didn't continue to speak.

"Come on, let's go on, drink!" Li Erduo, a heroic man, continued to invite everyone to drink and have fun after uncovering this article.

Immediately, Li Er ordered someone to carry the sand table out.

For Li Er's banquet, singing and dancing are naturally indispensable. After the ceremony was hastily concluded, the singing and dancing began.

When everyone was enjoying the singing and dancing, they all whispered to each other.

In the past, they all talked about which singer had a plump figure and a handsome appearance, but today, most people talked about Li Chengqian's sand table.

As the final birthday gift, it shouldn't end so hastily. It's just that many people have noticed Li Chengqian's purpose, and this is the scene where Li Er directly ordered someone to put away the sand table.

"Not to mention, this sand table is really a wonder!" Among the generals, Hou Junji chatted with Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong and Li Ji who were beside him.

Li Xiaogong smiled and said, "Why, Chen Guogong has an idea?"

"Could it be that the county king has no idea?" Hou Junji also said with a smile, "Shouldn't my generation of generals have an idea when we see such a vast land?"

"Chen Guogong is right." Li Ji said with a smile, "My generation of generals was born to expand the territory. This vast land should belong to me, the Tang Dynasty."

They are all smart people. From Li Er's words just now, they heard Li Er's thoughts.

This is not a bad thing for them.

Generals, as Li Ji said, were originally born to open up territories.

Li Xiaogong smiled without saying a word, but there was a lot of emotion in his heart.

Li Chengqian just used a sand table, which caused ripples in the hearts of countless famous generals, it was really a good method.

Although they used to have geomancy maps, they are far less realistic and intuitive than sand tables.

The visual stimulation is far from enough.

On the other side, the officials of the scholar family also whispered to each other.

"His Majesty's actions are ill-intentioned!" Someone said, "Isn't this stimulating His Majesty and the generals?"

"Indeed." Upon hearing this, Zheng Yushi looked at Hou Junji and the others, shook his head, and said, "Look at those generals, at this moment, every single one of them may wish to raise their troops immediately..."

"Fang Pushe, what do you think of this matter?" Wen Yanbo said.

Although Wen Yanbo's reputation is not obvious in later generations, he was also a role that cannot be ignored in the court in the early years of Zhenguan.

As a Zhongshu Ling, he is naturally qualified to attend today's banquet.

Fang Xuanling shook his head, and said: "If you look at this issue from His Highness's standpoint, I can only say a good word!"

"How do you explain this?" Wen Yanbo asked curiously.

Fang Xuanling pointed to Wang Dequan, and said: "Look at Wang Dequan, although his performance today is slightly flawed, but he has achieved his goal.

After my Datang captured Tuyuhun, there were actually not many external threats. At most, there was only one Goguryeo still eyeing it, but Goguryeo has no longer posed any threat to my Datang.

Extinction is just a matter of time.

Moreover, with the black gunpowder developed by my general supervisor in the Tang Dynasty, there will be achievements in foreign wars in the future.

At this time, my Tang Dynasty will send troops to Goguryeo at most, and then what will we do? "

Wen Yanbo was startled when he heard the words, and said in a low voice, "Watch out for the northwest?"

The so-called guarding against the northwest is nothing more than guarding against Li Chengqian. After all, Li Chengqian is now a strong soldier. Whether it is them or Li Er, they have to guard against Li Chengqian doing things that he knows he can't do.

This is also an important reason why Changsun Wuji managed Taohe County.

It is reported that now Yuchi Jingde has also started to take up the post in Taohe County.

All these are actually to guard against the Northwest.

Fang Xuanling nodded, and said: "Your Highness must have guessed it, so he sent a sand table at this time.

To tell you the truth, the old man was moved at that time.

When I used to look at Kanyu maps, I didn’t think there was anything wrong, but when the general trend of the world was presented on the sand table, I thought, if the cultivated land in Chenla and Nanzhao belonged to Datang, I would When faced with natural disasters, is Tang more able to deal with it?
You must all remember that in the early years of Zhenguan, there were natural disasters almost every year, and countless people died of famine every year.

But if we have an extra acre of land, will we be able to have an extra acre of grain, and save even one more person during a famine? "

"Fang Xiang is right." Dai Zhou also nodded and said, "I am the Secretary of the Household Department, so I know this very well."

"But this is the strength of Your Highness." Fang Xuanling shook his head, "Your Highness knows that our Tang Dynasty has been plagued by famines for many years, and everyone in the court is prepared for danger in times of peace, so he sent the sand table in front of us. On the sand table, I intuitively felt the lack of arable land in Datang.

This is not enough, he even told us the situation of the surrounding countries.

Let’s just talk about Chenla. As far as I know, their national power is not as strong as that of Daming, which His Highness established only two years ago, but they have several times as much arable land as Daming.

Everyone is innocent and pregnant with crimes!

Your Highness didn't do anything, just used a sand table to arouse our greed. "

After all, Fang Xuanling sighed helplessly.

Greed, everyone has it, but it is hard to curb.

He even dared to bet that after today's banquet, Li Er would send people to inquire about the strength of the surrounding countries.

Still the same sentence, everyone is innocent and guilty!
"Then what do you mean by the 'good' you just said?" Wen Yanbo asked.

"It's literally." After Fang Xuanling said, he picked up a glass of wine by himself and drank it down in one gulp.

Wen Yanbo was a little puzzled, in terms of politics, he was still a little behind Fang Xuanling.

Immediately, he was alone in thought.

On the other side, Wang Dequan watched the reactions of the officials in the hall, and he was also silently reflecting.

He could feel that everyone's reaction today was significantly different from last year's.

Although he didn't know the meaning, he did notice it.

Especially those civil servants seemed to look at him with a different taste.

As for those generals, they were as enthusiastic as ever.

Even Li Xiaogong, who had detained him before, smiled and had a drink with him.

"Is this old man being reckless today?" Wang Dequan asked the people behind him in a low voice.

The entourage bowed down and said: "No, I think the gentleman is quite majestic today. As soon as the sand table appeared, the gentleman became the focus of the whole banquet. When His Majesty looked around the sand table, he followed His Majesty Among the people around you, Mr. Lang is the first one, even if the house servant is half a body shorter than Mr. Lang."

"Could it be that the old man is a bit arrogant?" Wang Dequan was a little puzzled.

"Isn't it possible?" said the person accompanying him, "At that time, only Mr. Lang could answer His Majesty's questions, so it's reasonable to accompany him?"

Wang Dequan shook his head. Until now, he hadn't noticed what the problem was, so he shook his head immediately and said, "Forget it, don't think about it, I just hope that I didn't cause any trouble to Your Highness."

After all, Wang Dequan began to look at the audience. Although he stopped thinking about it, he also wanted to know what the problem was.

Also depressed is Li Ke.

At this moment, Li Ke didn't have the mind to watch some singing and dancing. Thinking of Li Chengqian's sand table, his whole mind was buzzing.

His reaction, among the princes, was quite different, and it attracted countless people to look at him.

Seeing this, Li Tai, who didn't want to get involved in these matters, immediately leaned over and said, "Second brother, don't think about it, everyone's eyes are on you now, today is the birthday party of the father, be happy, come on, drink one."

Hearing what Li Tai said, Li Ke came back to his senses, and immediately picked up a wine glass, with a grateful expression on his face, but he didn't say much, he picked up the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp.

He knew that he lost his composure just now. As a prince and the eldest son, his words and deeds attracted much attention, not to mention that this was Li Er's birthday banquet.

Li Tai didn't have his troubles. Although he wasn't reconciled, he really couldn't do anything now.

If he wanted to match Li Chengqian in ability, he couldn't do it, and he still had this self-knowledge.

Of course, he would not persuade Li Ke, let Li Ke try it.

Anyway, it didn't have much effect on him.

"Qingque, what do you want to do in the future?" Li Ke asked with a smile after recovering.

Li Tai smiled and said: "What I can do, of course, is to be a happy prince. Now that my father is protecting us, and in the future, my elder brother will protect us. Of course, I want to be as happy as possible.

By the way, I will tell you a secret, but you must never tell anyone else. "

"Secret?" Li Ke was taken aback and asked, "What secret?"

Li Tai immediately leaned next to Li Ke's ear and whispered something.

"What!" Li Ke shouted in disbelief when he heard the words.

This sound attracted the attention of many people.

Seeing this, Li Er pretended to be displeased and said, "You are a prince, what's the point of shouting?"

"My son is guilty." Li Ke got up quickly and said.

Li Er wasn't really angry, and he was really in a good mood today, he waved his hand and said, "Now that Gao Ming is not in Chang'an, you are the elder brother, and the elder brother should look like an elder brother."

"My son knows."

After waving his hands, Li Er stopped caring about them, and immediately started whispering to Empress Changsun.

As soon as Li Ke sat down, he asked impatiently: "Are you serious?"

"Nonsense." Li Tai said, "Second brother still think I'm lying to you?"

"If you let the emperor know about this, you will feel better!" Even at this time, Li Ke couldn't believe it.

"Then I can't control that much anymore." Li Tai smiled, "There is no way, our Prince Taiping's background is too strong, as long as we don't mess around, no matter if it's the father or the elder brother, they can do nothing to me.

Third brother, let me tell you that you are the only one who knows about this matter. If the emperor knew about it in advance, I would definitely think it was you who told me the secret, and then I will never end with you. "

Hearing what Li Tai said, Li Ke was a little suspicious.

He still couldn't believe it.

Did Li Tai really give up?
No, this cannot be said to be a real abandonment, but a complete abandonment!
But now that the father is in his prime, isn't it too early to give up now?
Even if he avoids his sharpness now, ten years later, 20 years later, will Li Chengqian still be able to show his sharpness like this?
"Don't worry, you don't know who the second brother is?" Although he couldn't believe it, Li Ke still agreed.

In fact, there is no need to agree, what Li Tai wants to do, he supports with both hands!
"Then second brother, do you want to support me a little?" Li Tai said with a simple and honest face, "You also know that my Yuewangfu family is almost ruined by me."

"I just said why did you tell me so suddenly." Li Ke laughed and said, "So you are waiting for me here?

Yes, no problem, the second elder brother's house still has some wealth, and I will send someone to deliver it to you at night. "

"Then thank you, Second Brother." Li Tai immediately picked up another glass of wine and said with a smile.

Li Er watched the two brothers talking and laughing, but he also smiled and said: "Look at Qing Que and Ke'er, since they went to Riyue Mountain together, the relationship between brothers has obviously improved a lot."

As the initiator of the Xuanwumen Change, what Li Er is most afraid of now is that his son will follow in his footsteps. Seeing the scene of Li Tai and Li Ke being brothers and sisters respectful to each other gave him a little more comfort.

Perhaps this scene made him happier than any birthday gift.

"I'm sorry for that child Gao Ming." Upon hearing this, Empress Changsun said sadly, "This is Gao Ming's third year away, right? That child took Changle alone and struggled alone in the bitter cold of the Northwest." Seeking to survive, even if I think about it, I have suffered a lot.”

Speaking of Li Chengqian, Li Er also sighed.

Although the current Li Chengqian is indeed the overlord, that is also the current Li Chengqian.

When the dynasty's hegemony just started, it must have come out of the thorns and thorns.

Suffering is also inevitable.

"If you want to be happy forever, I will send someone to bring her back." Li Er sighed and said, "This girl is also very pitiful. She has been wandering outside with her elder brother since she was a few years old."

Although they all know that whether it is Li Chengqian or Changle, these two guys are enjoying a good life outside now, but as parents, there is always a little bit of concern.

"Okay." Empress Changsun said, "Last time when Changle came back, I didn't see that you left her behind, why didn't you let her go, that girl, when she left, she just tried not to cry.

I heard that on the way back, she comforted the woman from the Wu family all the way.

Little Changle has also grown up. "

The eldest grandson is still the eldest grandson. Li Chengqian was asked to take Changle away at the beginning because he didn't want Li Chengqian to forget his family affection on the way to achieve his king's hegemony.

Now, she also hopes that Changle can stop Li Er and Li Chengqian when the inevitable conflict occurs, and at least give them a chance to talk peacefully.

Maybe this is the helplessness of a mother.

"Yeah, they're all grown up, look at Qingque and the others? Which one hasn't grown up?" Li Er smiled, "Time flies so fast, who would have thought that the little guy who was crawling all over the ground before would be so scared became the overlord."

(End of this chapter)