Long live Emperor Wu!

Chapter 79 Jealousy
Li Shan lowered his eyes and replied seriously:
"The reason why surrounding barbarians choose to invade is to sacrifice their lives and snatch survival resources. If resources can be exchanged normally, war can be avoided to a large extent.

The most realistic example is the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Countries fought wars around the Central Plains for more than 500 years. However, after the Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms, the land of China has been dominated by a hundred years of peace since the Han Dynasty. Civil unrest rarely occurs.

I think the reason is that the Qin Dynasty unified roads, weights, measures, and writing, allowing resources from various places to be effectively communicated and increasing the possibility of the people of Li to overcome natural disasters.

The specific strategy is that in every subsequent dynasty and every generation, when faced with natural disasters, how to adjust grain and provide disaster relief is the main challenge to maintaining social stability.

This is why our Tang Dynasty built irrigation canals and Changping warehouses in various states to store grain. In good years, the court collected grain and stored it, and in bad harvests, it adjusted grain to provide disaster relief and stabilize prices.

Therefore, I advocate that if national strength allows, small border countries, especially those with poor governance and prone to war, should be brought into the Tang Dynasty by force, allocate resources, and jointly resist risks, so as to solve foreign troubles.

Of course, it would be best if they gave up the idea of ​​invasion and robbery, actively moved closer to the Tang Dynasty, and exchanged complementary resources through tribute.

But the fact is that most countries, especially the Turks and Goguryeo, often want to expand their territory, take over the Central Plains, and replace them.There is no way around it. "

When the emperor heard this, he nodded happily and turned to ask Wu Rou:

"Do you understand?"

Wu Rou lowered his head, dignified and polite, and said with a humble attitude:
"I understand. I was very enlightened after listening to the prince's words."

The emperor said to Li Shan again:

"Actually, it's not completely impossible for them to get closer, but it would require Datang's national power to be strong enough to prevent them from resisting.

This is what I am fighting for now.

Small barbarian countries are often afraid of power but not virtuous, and know small etiquette but no great righteousness.No matter how much you talk to them, it's useless. They don't understand. They have to be beaten to wake up and know what is good and what is bad. "

As he spoke, he sighed deeply, opened another memorial, and said:

"At the beginning of the founding of the country, when the military force is prosperous and the national destiny is strong, we should first defeat these neighboring countries and establish our prestige. Then we can be stable for at least a hundred years, otherwise we will be in trouble sooner or later.

Your uncle doesn't understand my heart, and always advises me not to interfere with the affairs of those small countries. In fact, I don't want to meddle in their own affairs. Isn't it because they challenged the Tang Dynasty and disobeyed me? "

He took Zhu Pi's writing brush, pointed to the written credential next to him and said:

"Just watch. Once my credentials arrive, Goguryeo will definitely be disobedient and have a reason to beat it!"

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The weather is getting warm again, and Princess Jinyang is no longer here, so Wu Rou naturally has no reason to continue staying in Wude Hall.

She returned to Xiliang Pavilion again, and Arthur, who was responsible for serving her, and those who cleaned Xiliang Pavilion were very happy to have her back.

But Wu Rou couldn't be happy anymore.

Whenever she was not on duty as a court lady, she would go to the place where Princess Jinyang used to stay and sit there all day long.

On this day, she held the box of glazed beads given to her by Princess Jinyang, sat down next to the swing, and stared blankly at the stream and waterfall in the distance.

At some point, Li Shan, dressed in moon-white uniforms, appeared next to her. She raised her head and glanced up. The sun was shining from behind him, and there was only a blurry black shadow that actually blocked the sun. solid.

She sighed in her heart: Ah, I don’t know when it started. The little Prince Jin who was like a fairy boy like Hezi has grown so tall...

"I also want to stay here for a while, so I won't hinder you, right?" Li Shan asked in a gentle voice.

Wu Rou suddenly reacted and stood up with the glass box in her arms, bowed and said:

"I've met His Highness the Crown Prince... Your Majesty's words are serious. I'm about to go back."

Li Shan was obviously stunned for a moment, looked at the top of her head, and turned his face slightly, as if he was a little displeased.But he didn't speak, and Wu Rou didn't dare to leave directly, so she just lowered her head stubbornly.

After a while, Li Shan finally spoke and said in a straight voice:

"We're separated, you didn't treat me like this before."

Wu Rou pursed her lips, almost biting her tongue, and her heartbeat skipped a beat. Li Shan's tone of voice was so easy-going, and his voice was like a vibrating string, which made people's hearts flutter.

For a moment, she actually heard the hint of coquettishness in his straight words.

Wu Rou quickly looked up at him and saw that Li Shan no longer looked at her and sat directly on the other side of the swing.

Because the three of them came often in the past, jade beds were placed on both sides of the swing. Princess Jinyang sat on the swing, and the two of them sat on both sides of the swing.

When Wu Rou came just now, Arthur had already asked Arthur to bring a cushion and put it on the jade bed, just right for him to sit down.

Except for the empty swing in the middle, it seems to be the same as before.

Wu Rou looked at his handsome and soft side face, hesitated for a moment, and sat down again holding the glazed box.

The two of them didn't say anything, they just sat like that for a long time.

There was only the sound of the wind blowing and the rustling of leaves overhead.

Suddenly, Li Shan said:

"I can always hear the sound of Xizi talking and laughing. Ha... I can't even remember how I survived when my mother passed away. Now I just feel that Xizi is gone. It hurts and breaks my heart. .”

He tilted his head slightly and said with emotion and weakness:

"...You still have to pretend that nothing happened and live your life while working. My father often said that you are still young, you just need to get used to it in the future. Do you think you can get used to it?"

Wu Rou shook her head slightly and said calmly:
"You can't get used to it, but you can always forget it. Didn't His Highness tell you, you have already forgotten how you got through it in the first place...I am the same, I am waiting to forget."

Li Shan turned his head to look at her and reminded her helplessly:

"How can I forget when I stay here so often?"

Wu Rou still didn't look at him and said very firmly:

"You don't understand. I come here often and think about her too much. If I think about her too much, my heart will feel numb. When I think of her, my heart will feel numb and no longer hurt. I just forgot."

When Li Shan heard this, his eyes flashed, he smiled and sighed:
"You are so cruel. You are so cruel to yourself. If you are treating your enemies, why don't you kill them all?"

Wu Rou then turned her head and said matter-of-factly with her clear eyebrows:

"Yes, if you are not cruel to your enemies, you are indebted to yourself. I think there is nothing to avoid. Your Highness should learn from me."

"I can't learn, it's boring... Besides, I don't have any enemies." Li Shan said sincerely, with a sense of relaxation in his whole body.

He told the truth, Wu Rou was envious.

Some people have good lives like this. Even the position of prince was offered to him by others, but he was not willing to take it.

Wu Rou thought about her uncertain future again. She had struggled for so long and couldn't even get into the ninth concubine. She felt sad and went crazy with jealousy.

Then she squinted at him and said:
"Your Highness has no enemies because the enemies are blocked by Your Majesty. Sooner or later you have to face them yourself."

(End of this chapter)