Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 157 Lingnan Five Prefectures, One Central Point, Four Sub-Central Points Planning Outline
Li Yuanji was very happy, not for anything else, but because Cen Wenben was loyal to him sincerely, and not because of Li Yuan's order to stay here. For such a person, Li Yuanji had no worries at all.

What's more, he is not afraid. Once you enter his Prince Qi's Mansion, forget about leaving and you will have to work for him obediently from now on.

Li Yuanji helped Cen Wenben up.

"Jingren, get up quickly. I know what Jingren is thinking. In that case, wait until you understand everything here before you start to work. But you have to be prepared in advance. By then, many things will be in your hands. Don't give up when you see too many things to do."

Listening to Li Yuanji's joke, Cen Wenben also laughed. He knew that Li Yuanji told him these things to reassure him, because he was going to make an important use of him. Cen Wenben felt warm after hearing this and also laughed.

"Your Majesty, please make the arrangements. I'm just afraid that I won't have anything to do by then."

They both laughed at once, and after a while, they gradually stopped talking and started talking about business.

"Jingren, based on what you know now, how do you think this place should develop in the future?

Jingren can say whatever he wants, whether it is right or wrong. "

Li Yuanji knew that it was a little early to ask this question. Cen Wenben had just arrived and knew very little about it. It was indeed a question beyond the scope of the syllabus, but Li Yuanji couldn't help it for the moment. In the past, he always made the decisions alone.

Neither Wang Xuance nor Ning Chun could help him in this regard. Both of them could only say that they could implement the things he arranged. Now he couldn't help but want to see some of Cen Wenben's insights.

After listening to this, Cen Wenben pondered for a while, and then he slowly spoke.

"Your Majesty, I still don't know much about this place, and I don't know how to start, but I know one thing, that is the population. Before I came here, I also read a lot of information about Lingnan.

I came here from Shaozhou via Guangzhou. There are quite a few people in Guangzhou, and with the people from the surrounding areas of the Tang Dynasty also migrating in, there must be even more people.

However, the king's main development area is now here. There are still too few people here. No matter what you do, it is difficult to complete without people. Although a large number of people are being converted and naturalized, the speed is still not enough because there are still too few people.

I just heard Ning Yuanshi say that in the next few years, the population here will be increased to 500,000. To be honest, this requirement is still too low. Take Chang'an as an example. There are 2.19 million households in Chang'an now. The difference here is really too big.

Although this place cannot be compared with Chang'an, here, at least there must be a million households. Only when the population increases can the development here be supported.

I suggest that the king should now, at all costs, gather people from all over the country to Leizhou, and in Leizhou, it would be best to make Haikang the center.

Then let Guangzhou develop vigorously, with Leizhou and Guangzhou as the support in the early stage to support the development of the entire Lingnan. Then the most important thing is Jiaozhou. Jiaozhou is rich in products. As long as Jiaozhou is developed, with Haikang as the center and Guangzhou and Jiaozhou as the secondary centers, it will radiate to Lingnan in all directions.

Once these are achieved, Liuzhou will be selected for development. This will further strengthen the development of southern and central Lingnan, drive the surrounding areas with one point, and gradually radiate the entire Lingnan with the point and the surrounding areas, eventually forming an absolute center with Haikang and Leizhou as the center.

With the addition of the secondary centers of Guangzhou, Jiaozhou and Liuzhou, the entire Lingnan can gradually develop. If it is developed one by one, it will take too long, and even several generations to develop one by one. The only way is to support the central point and drive it.

With development, other areas will always gradually improve. By then, the population and various resources of Lingnan will be mainly concentrated in these centers. These centers will also feed back to the king, providing more taxes for the king to develop further.

I don't know much, so I can only offer this suggestion. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

This is indeed the only suggestion Cen Wenben has now. Although he has known about Lingnan, that was the Lingnan of the past. Cen Wenben is still unfamiliar with the Lingnan of today. However, his experience in governing Jingzhou tells him that the issue he is talking about now is necessary for the development and governance of the local area.

This can be said to be a big problem he discovered after governing Jingzhou. If he wants to develop governance, he must have population support, but there is another very serious problem, that is, if he wants to increase the population, then food consumption will inevitably increase.

Because the original purpose of the place was to develop and govern, this doomed the problem of food shortage in the local area. This was the biggest difficulty he encountered in Jingzhou at the beginning. Now in Lingnan, after his observations for a day and the understanding he gained from Ning Chun.

Although Li Yuanji does not have enough food now, he still has some foundation. In addition, it is the autumn harvest, and places like Guangzhou and Yazhou can grow two crops of rice. There is definitely pressure on food, but it will not be that great.

In Cen Wenben's opinion, this provides a basis for increasing the population at all costs. Although increasing the population too much at once will not only make it impossible to store food here, but will also increase the burden of food, it can directly solve major development problems and save a lot of time.

Now Cen Wenben also depends on Li Yuanji's choice. Once this is done, the pressure on food will increase sharply, and the expansion plan of the city will inevitably be larger. The problem of arable land can be solved, but these are all ancillary issues.

Li Yuanji was indeed frowning and thinking at this moment. He had already opened the map. His focus was not on the short-term plan that Cen Wenben had in mind, but on looking back and forth at Leizhou, Guangzhou, Jiaozhou and Liuzhou.

Li Yuanji is now considering the long term. As for the problems that Cen Wenben had in mind, Li Yuanji did not consider them at all. These problems were just an expansion of what he had experienced before and he was experiencing it again. He already had the experience once, so there was nothing wrong with experiencing it again.

What he was thinking about now was the issue that Cen Wenben had proposed, that is, a central point and three secondary central points to support the development of Lingnan. He had thought about this issue before, but had no clue before, because he also found that it would take too long and the results would be too slow if each state was gradually governed and improved.

The population problem is even more of a pain in Lingnan. Even if the indigenous people are added together, the population is probably not as large as that of Chang'an and its surrounding areas. There are probably only a few million people at most. This population size is destined to limit the development of every state, which is extremely difficult.

The more Li Yuanji read what Cen Wenben said, the more excited he became. In Li Yuanji's view, this was equivalent to concentrating the population of various regions towards these four centers, first sucking their blood, then developing these four centers, and then feeding back to the surrounding areas, gradually radiating outward.

Li Yuanji was really tempted. In his opinion, this development model was very good. The problem of insufficient population could be solved. After many years, when the population increased, other places would also be driven by the development of the four centers. With a certain foundation, things would only get better and better in the future.

The economies of the four central points, plus the new economy formed in the surrounding areas, supported the tax revenue of the entire Lingnan. In particular, places like Yazhou that were not mentioned in Cen Wen's text were equivalent to five points in Li Yuanji's eyes. Combined with trade, Li Yuanji suddenly saw the light.

And most importantly, the five points all have different characteristics and cover different places differently. After Li Yuanji figured it out, he immediately looked at Cen Wenben.

"Haha! Jingren, well said, well said!"

Li Yuanji was really happy. Although he had been developing, he had no idea how to develop. Now Cen Wenben's words made him completely clear. Once this development took shape, he knew that Lingnan would definitely show vigorous vitality. Li Yuanji immediately looked outside the door.

"Shufang! Go call Dahe over, quickly!"

Since this matter had to be done, Li Yuanji didn't want to wait any longer and immediately began to prepare for action. While waiting for Ning Chun to arrive, Li Yuanji also told Cen Wenben about the things in Lingnan. After listening, Cen Wenben was surprised again.

“I admire your ability, Your Majesty, to have been able to create such a special development here. I’m afraid no one in the world could have imagined it.

But my king, isn't it a bit hasty to start sending troops to the three places now? It would be best to wait until Lingnan becomes stronger before sending troops."

Cen Wenben was really shocked again. It turned out that what he saw today was only a small part. Now after listening to what Li Yuanji said, he didn't know what to say for a moment. He could only admire Li Yuanji. He dared to guarantee that no one in the world could do these things. Perhaps only Li Yuanji could do it.

As for the current war, he never expected that Li Yuanji would choose to start a war at this time. He was not averse to war. He knew very well that war was unavoidable sometimes, but at this time, he thought development was the most important thing.

Li Yuanji smiled and shook his head.

"Jingren, although we should focus on development now, you should also know that development is necessary, but strength is the most fundamental basis for development. If we don't show strong military force and intimidate the people around us, how can these people let us develop easily?

These battles can be fought later, but if we retreat now and choose to make concessions, the jackals around us will think we are weak and can be bullied. We have no choice but to hurt them and scare them first. Only in this way will they not destroy our development.

You have to remember that strength is always the foundation of power. A strong, invincible army is the foundation for our development. Without strong strength, no matter how well we develop here, we are just making wedding clothes for others!"

Li Yuanji deeply remembered a sentence: A strong national defense is the foundation of development and stability. Like the Song Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, they were rich, right? They had money, right? But what happened in the end?

One country was driven like sheep by the Jin people and was eventually destroyed by the Mongols, while the other country had its gates directly blasted open. Both of them became wedding dresses for others, and brought great humiliation to this land and all these people. Tragedies continued to occur one after another.

In Li Yuanji's opinion, since the war is destined to be fought, it is better to fight now. At least if the war is fought now, no one will come to destroy his development. Otherwise, the pirate sabotage in Yazhou and Danzhou will continue to happen everywhere.

Cen Wenben fell silent after listening to Li Yuanji's words. Only then did he realize that he was short-sighted after all.

"Your Majesty, I will learn from your teachings and will not be so short-sighted in the future!"

The two chatted for a while, and then Ning Chun arrived.

"My Lord, Angel."

Li Yuanji looked at Ning Chun and then spoke with a smile.

"Dahe, you don't have to call me angel anymore. This is Jingren, and you will be colleagues in the future."

Ning Chun was stunned, then filled with joy. Cen Wenben also spoke first.

"The king just praised Dahe highly. After hearing that, I admired Dahe very much. Dahe handled so many things in an orderly manner. He is really talented."

Ning Chun also laughed.

"Jingren, you are joking. I am just doing things according to the king's arrangement. Although I have a lot of things to do, I don't need to worry about many of them. The people below can do it well. To be honest, these are the only things I can do.

Now that Jingren has arrived, I think the development here will be better, and there is finally someone who can give the king some advice. "

The two of them praised each other for a while, and Li Yuanji also smiled.

"Okay, you two stop bragging. Now we have business to attend to. Let's get down to business first."

Li Yuanji then told Ning Chun what Cen Wenben had said, except that he changed the three secondary center points to four secondary center points and added Yazhou. Cen Wenben just paid attention to it in his heart and didn't say anything.

“Now that we have decided to develop according to this model, these places must make corresponding changes, especially the Lingnan states, which must be replanned. I want to set up another administrative unit, which is the prefecture.

What do you think of using prefectures to govern states and dividing Lingnan into five prefectures, corresponding to five points respectively, with each prefecture developing around the central point? "

Now that the development has been settled, the management of each state must be changed. There are dozens of states in Lingnan, which are too many and the officials are seriously ill. He has wanted to improve the management for a long time, and now he has taken this opportunity to make changes.

After hearing this, Cen Wenben and Ning Chun spoke first.

"Your Majesty, I agree that Lingnan should be divided into five prefectures. This will better promote development. But Your Majesty, which states will these five prefectures be divided into?"

Li Yuanji had already thought of a solution to this problem, and immediately marked out the places of Guizhou, Kangzhou, Chengzhou, and Luzhou.

Cen Wenben and Ning Chun looked closely at the places marked by Li Yuanji, both of them thinking seriously, their eyes wandering back and forth on the map.

Cen Wenben seemed to have thought of something and pointed everywhere on the map, but Ning Chun seemed to have no better idea and still had a frown on his face.

(End of this chapter)