Stir-fried Datang: The Strongest Daughter

Chapter 493 New Route
The spring of Zhenguan 16 came very early. After a few spring rains, the whole land gradually returned to green.

Li Jiancheng's daughter who lived abroad also returned to the palace this year and was named the head of Wenxi County.This year, she was 17 years old.

It's just that this girl named Li Wanshun doesn't look like a girl at all.Xu Shi's years of wandering and worrying have cultivated her taciturn and cautious temperament.

During the conferring ceremony, he behaved respectfully and well-behaved, looking at the aloof emperor, there seemed to be a hint of fear in his eyes.

The courtiers affirmed the emperor's generosity and kindness, and only the parties involved knew how many people's tears and blood were hidden behind the seemingly harmonious.

After returning to the palace, Princess Wenxi seldom went out and stayed in his palace all day long. Even if Yang Xiaoran went to see her in person, his kind expression could not make the girl open her heart.

She seemed extremely cautious!
Looking at this girl who looked like a little old lady, Yang Xiaoran had mixed feelings.Because she knew that soon, Li Shimin would definitely find a marriage for her.

17 years old, not too young!
It's time to get married!

Although she returned to the palace, the emperor would always feel uncomfortable when facing her.You can know the mood of some emperors by looking at Li Yuanji's daughters who either died of illness or married early.

Sure enough, when summer came, the emperor chose a marriage for her.Some people were surprised by the small official position and ordinary family background of the other party.

A petty official who just became a student in the Hongwenguan to a general manager...

For the Sui and Tang Dynasties who valued family status, this is simply a fantasy!

But it happened again!
Even though Yang Xiaoran felt sorry for Li Wanshun, he couldn't make trouble with Li Er anymore.

It was not easy to force Li Er to admit her identity as a royal heir after making a fuss last time.Although the family background of this marriage is a bit poor, Li Wanshun's erudition and ability to remember with a photograph must be compatible with the versatile Liu Yingdao, right?

She can't control this matter, so she can only add more dowry to Li Wanshun's dowry, so that the dowry of the granddaughter of the great ancestor's granddaughter is not so shabby, and also give some notices to the Liu family from another angle: the royal family still values ​​this child. .

Just after Li Wanshun got married, Li Tai's "Kuo Di Zhi" was also compiled.This is a geography book of the Tang Dynasty, with 550 volumes in total, and another five volumes in order.

The completion of Kuo Dizhi also means that Li Tai has no reason to stay in the capital.

He is 23 years old, and if he doesn't, he is afraid that he will really cause a shock to the court.Different from the original history, Li Chengqian in this life has no foot disease, and is not as absurd as in the history. The courtiers support him, and the brothers are in harmony. Therefore, Li Tai, who has been staying in the capital, also deeply feels the uneasiness brought about by his stay in the capital. factor.

He is unintentional, but he is afraid that some people will use him to make a fuss.

Therefore, this memorial to invite the fiefdom cannot be delayed any longer.

Li Tai was also a little frightened.Because this time after the compilation of Kuo Dizhi was completed, my father seemed very happy, and he was afraid of the huge reward.

And many officials from Beijing and China also came to visit.He is not an idiot, he who is familiar with history books naturally knows what this means.

The eldest brother treated him very well, although he was also jealous of him when he was a child.But after many years, especially after his mother passed away, and after experiencing Yang's incident, he completely understood one thing.

They have lost their biological mother and can only get through the difficulties if they hold each other tightly.This Yang family is certainly a pawn arranged by his father, but there are others after Yang's gone!In case there is another Wang family one day, what will the He family do?
As a man, although the son can't talk about his father's private affairs, he is very clear in his heart.Men can separate emotion from desire.My father has a deep affection for my mother, but my father is still in his prime, who knows if a woman will appear in the future and win his heart all at once.

So at the moment, he has to hurry up.What Zhu Zhuer said was right, only when the elder brother secures the position of the crown prince, these motherless children will be able to live in peace in the future.

And he was bored in this capital.Seeing the fifth and sixth younger brothers getting better and better in the fief, and thinking of the world his sister-in-law described to him, he felt burning.

And he still has the baby Zhu Zhuer, so he will definitely do a better job than his younger brothers!

With such a mood, Li Tai decisively handed over the memorial.This move was naturally well received by the courtiers, but the attitude of the emperor's delay in pressing the memorial also made them anxious.

No matter how much you like it, you can't mess with the rules of your ancestors. If you drag it on, it's easy to breed ambition.

Li Tai saw that Li Er didn't respond much, so he sent another memorial to ask for a seal.

Three times in a row, please seal the memorial, but the emperor still didn't respond, which made Li Tai a little anxious.

Finally here early to go up, and it was about to go down, Li Tai suddenly came out, "Long live Chen Qi..."

Li Shimin glanced at Li Tai, pursed his lips, and said: "I already know what you want to report. Let me think about it, let's step back first..."

"Father!"

Li Tai suddenly knelt down, kowtowed and said, "I beg for your father's permission!"

Li Shimin paused, turned his head to look at Li Tai, and other courtiers also knelt down, "I beg Your Majesty's permission, the etiquette must not be messed up!"

Li Shimin sighed, and said: "I have other plans for the King of Wei, so please get up...let me think about it."

Three days later, Li Shimin suddenly issued an imperial decree, changing Li Tai's fiefdom to Lingnan.As soon as the news came out, all the ministers were astonished!

Even though Lingnan has made some developments in the past few years, it is still a barren land in the eyes of the world.Not to mention the many miasma and insects, and the fact that there is not too safe there, there are always some people who are doing small tricks, although they have been suppressed many times, but it is enough to toss.

I really can't figure it out, how could His Majesty make such a decision?
Isn't it your favorite son? !

How could you let Lingnan go?
Only Li Tai knew in his heart that he was the one who took the initiative to ask for an order to go to Lingnan.

As long as my father intends to enter overseas places, then Lingnan is the absolute frontier!

Li Tai was eager to learn, although he was not clear about the abuse in Xiaoqingzhuang, he quickly absorbed the fresh knowledge taught there.

Coupled with the existence of people who are proficient in science like Baozhu, no matter how you look at it, the development of Lingnan is a good choice.

You must know that the current Lingnan Road includes the area south of Wuling in the south, which is equivalent to the entire territory of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan in later generations;

You must know that it is a large grain-producing area, the land is so fertile that you can grow three kinds of rice a year.According to Li Tai's thinking, through the Red River, they can go directly to the places in Southeast Asia. Anyway, there are only a group of monkeys there now, right?
For this reason, he discussed with Baozhu for a long time, and he still didn't forget to learn from his elder brother.So this time is also full of confidence, and is bound to include large areas of land and islands in Southeast Asia into the territory of Datang.

Li Chengqian attaches great importance to this.

Firstly, my younger brother is going to travel far, and there are great dangers there; secondly, knowing the history of later generations, he is very clear about the significance of Lingnan to overseas development.

At present, there are two lines in Datang that have been stabilized.

One is the South China Sea Silk Road, which is the westward route of the Maritime Silk Road. Starting from the southeast coast of the Tang Dynasty, passing through the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean to West Asia, Africa and other places, this route is a bit deserted compared to the other East China Sea Silk Road.

But at any rate, it has slowly flourished in the past two years.Although it is not as good as the East China Sea Silk Road, it is believed that as long as Lingnan is further developed, it will soon flourish.

Without him, the benefits brought by the sea trade are too huge!
After the citizens tasted a little bit of sweetness, they donated money like crazy to ask the country to build bigger and faster ships to lead them to make a fortune.Even folks have begun to raise funds to study sea-going ships.The people on the southeast coast are even more crazy.

Therefore, China's political, economic and cultural center was still in the north, so the cultural constraints in East China and the southeast coastal areas were not so strong, and life was relatively poor.

People can burst out with unlimited potential without food. The desire for a better life makes this group of people not resist doing business, and they are even more enthusiastic about the new domestic trade mode: sea trade.

So don't look at the southeast as if it is still a bit barren and can't compare with the Central Plains, but the potential for development is good.

This is why Li Tai wanted to go to Lingnan.And if he can bring all the places in Southeast Asia into Datang's territory, he will soon open a third route: the Pacific route.

Once this route is opened, it means that they can start from Fujian to Luzon (Philippines) in the future, and then cross the Pacific Ocean to America. By then, Datang will become a real empire on which the sun never sets, and this pride will always be engraved on the In the blood of every Chinese.

Even if the dynasty is gone in the future, future generations will always remember Li Tang's contribution to the entire Chinese nation.

Next year, next year, a new type of big ship will be launched for trial voyage. If there is no accident, Datang will be able to set off to find Australia in the next year at most. That will be another big event before arriving in America.

And the eastward route of another Maritime Silk Road that we now have is also very good.From the northeastern coast of the Tang Dynasty, through the Bohai Sea or the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea to North Korea, and then across the Korean Strait, and finally to the country of Japan.

This route is now very familiar, and many islands have been discovered, and stone tablets have been erected on them.Of course, the people who do these things are not very far-sighted, it's just the nature of Chinese people.When I find something, I always like to make some souvenirs, especially those literati.

It's just that they don't know how much impact their unintentional actions will have on the future, and what kind of convenience they will provide to the empire's struggle for world hegemony.

Now they have to use this most familiar route to train their own sailors. It is very difficult to control a multi-sailboat, and it is not so easy to train sailors.

Fortunately, after several years of exploration, with the smart genes of Chinese people, some people have been able to use ocean currents for navigation, which is a very high-end technology.

It is precisely because of these years of exploration that both the emperor and Li Chengqian have paid more attention to this matter.

Especially Li Chengqian who is familiar with history.

He knew clearly in his heart: the future of the empire, the future of the nation lies in the rough sea...

(End of this chapter)