Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 683 The Samurai Xun Comes Too
If there are too many projects to develop, the workload will be overwhelming. It is already very hot in Lingnan in March of the lunar calendar. Sun Xiangfu ran outside for five days in a row, checking various mountains and water systems during the day, and at night, It is also necessary to write down the plans of various plantations, so that his disciples can lead the recruited people to work. On the sixth day, he will return to the city non-stop.

Sun Xiangfu seldom felt that his vision was not far enough. He was fishing under the parasols erected by the pier. He also used binoculars to constantly watch the distant sea. The lookouts on the docked boats suffered a lot. , today he does not take a rest.

But he did not expect that Zhao Long's fleet did not wait to come back, but waited for the ship of the warrior Xun first.

"You set off a few days earlier, so you can come here with me?" According to the time agreed between the warrior Xun and Feng An, he would have to wait half a month before coming here, and now he came early However, Feng An, who was busy persuading the local people to help Sun Xiangfu prepare the land and open the fields, did not come to greet him in time. Sun Xiangfu happened to be at the pier, so he directly invited him to talk under his fishing umbrella.

"You have to spare some time! Now, more than half of my tax revenue in the Tang Dynasty refers to the income of state-owned enterprises and commercial taxes. Do you think that the old man, the Minister of Commerce, is free! If it weren't for His Majesty's order that this month All the court affairs in Chang'an were transferred to Jiangling, and I took advantage of the relocation to come over to have a look, I'm afraid that after half a month, I may not have time to come." The warrior Xun has been keeping in touch with Sun Xiangfu, and talking, Not polite.

These words surprised Sun Xiangfu, and said, "The sports meeting will only be held in mid-August, and His Majesty moved the entire court to Jiangling in March, which is too early!"

The samurai said, "It's not too early or too early. Your Majesty did this on purpose. In the past two years, there has been a lot of trouble in the west. With the help of my Tang Dynasty, the Persians are no longer delicious meat. Therefore, Dashi People changed the direction of expansion. Now, they are constantly fighting in the direction of the Byzantine Empire. There are many kingdoms around the front line that have been affected by the flames of war. In the case of the Byzantine Empire's inaction, they all agree that only our Tang Dynasty, the most A strong empire, capable of settling disputes in the West.

Therefore, this year they all set off very early. As soon as the first month passed, many kingdoms led a delegation to the territory of Anxi Dadu Protectorate. Moreover, they brought enough capital and wanted to come to our Tang Dynasty to seek asylum or settle disputes question.

The prince is now in charge of the Ministry of Rites and is in charge of welcoming guests for this sports meeting. Before the old man came, he had already arrived in Dingxiang. It is said that the Byzantine Empire, the Dashi Empire, the Persian Sasanian Empire, and the Southern Expedition were blocked. Tianzhu, which has suffered heavy losses, will arrive in Dingxiang in a short time.

The rule given by the prince is that since the start of the game is still early, I will take them around the territory of my Tang Dynasty, from Dingxiang, Shanyang, and Mayi to Chang'an, and then from Weinan Get on the boat, go to Luoyang, enter the canal, go all the way down the canal, and finally turn into the Yangtze River waterway, and slowly come to Jiangling City, you understand his intention! "

Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "The students I teach, I don't understand. Since these people from the Western Regions have brought enough capital to our Datang, how can we not let them spend money? Chengqian took them around like this. Benefit the people in all the cities along the way, help them destock and make money!"

Hearing this, the samurai Xun nodded and said, "That's right. A team of at least 10,000+ people will spend millions of dollars on board and lodging for a tour in the territory of our Tang Dynasty. It is estimated that a lot of local products can be sold, and the prince's regulations have been praised by almost all the ministers, and the old man came along the way, and he just happened to remind the local people to prepare early."

Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "There are so many wealthy customers from the Western Regions spending money in our Tang Dynasty, and everyone benefits. Of course everyone is happy. If Chengqian is a little more wretched, he should let the fleet stay in every city for a while." Two days, give them enough time to play and spend in the local area. By the way, His Majesty moved the court to Jiangling City to work first, is he trying to temporarily avoid the leaders of the various countries and seek help from the Tang Dynasty?"

The samurai Xun nodded and said, "Yes, all the court officials now agree that the reason why the Byzantine Empire did not do anything in the war against the cannibals was because they feared that the Tang Dynasty would fight against them and be weak. Before that, the big cannibals played such a role when the Byzantine Empire and the Persian Sasanian Empire were fighting each other. Therefore, the big cannibals are rising rapidly now, and they don’t want to see that we have enough The mighty Datang will deal another major blow to them.

But the princes of the court felt that the strongest opponent of the Tang Dynasty was the powerful Byzantine Empire. Now, let the big cannibals go head-to-head with them and consume their strength, which is beneficial to our Tang Dynasty, etc. When their dispute is about to come to an end, that's when I, Datang, make a move. "

Sun Xiangfu is actually not good at this kind of military strategy planning. He just vaguely knows that in history, the big cannibals finally won the war with the Byzantine Empire. Afterwards, they destroyed Persia. In the Battle of Talas, he defeated Datang again, and became the world's most powerful country in the nearly 200 years from the beginning of the seventh century to the middle and late eighth century. These things, high school history teachers have interspersed in the classroom, but they are just past It's been too long, even if I think about it specifically, I can't remember the specific events in it.

So, Sun Xiangfu said, "I don't think so. I think that among the western countries, the strongest may be Dashi, because this country has always maintained a posture of attacking foreign countries, whether it is Byzantium or not. Whether it is Persia, in front of them, they are all defensive and then lose. Their barbaric civilization, if added with a strong belief, can explode unexpected power, and it happens that Muhammad gave them such a belief."

In history, after the death of Muhammad, it triggered a dispute between the Shia representative Ali and the Sunni representative Abu Bakr, which led to the internal division of the Arab Empire and delayed the time for them to defeat the Byzantine Empire and annihilate the Persian Sasanian Dynasty.

However, because the sports meeting held by Datang three years ago happened to be at the node of Muhammad's death, and at that time Abu Bakr came to Datang from Dashi, Ali, who was with Muhammad at that time, had an undisputed inheritance The position of Muhammad was confirmed, thus, there was no crisis of internal division among the Arabs, and it also made them stronger than in history.

However, Sun Xiangfu's words did not end here, and he continued, "However, I agree with the opinions of the court officials. No matter who they are, we Tang Dynasty should not intervene prematurely. We should eat what we can eat first. Eat, let's talk after eating."

The samurai said, "You mean, we should continue to recruit those people from the Western Regions who flocked to our Great Tang to escape the war, and accept the surrender of those neighboring kingdoms?"

Sun Xiangfu nodded and said, "Most of those kingdoms were originally vassals of the Byzantine Empire, and we just took the opportunity to gather them in. The Byzantine Empire is not even sure to deal with the big cannibals, let alone turn against me.

Therefore, they can only bear with it, and when these kingdoms that have joined our Datang are threatened by aggression from either the Dashi or the Byzantine Empire, isn’t it justifiable for our Datang to send troops to the Western Regions? They will be convinced only if they fight with swords and guns. "

"You are right. However, these are not urgent matters. We have to plan slowly. I have a new situation on my side, and I need to tell you about it." The warrior Xun said after understanding Sun Xiangfu's meaning.

Although he was born as a merchant, he was also a half-life soldier. He agrees with Sun Xiangfu's theory that he must fight a battle before he can be convinced. Without the deterrence of force, it is not advisable to blindly treat people with a good face. Yes, the reason why Sun Xiangfu was able to quickly gain a foothold in the north before was because the Tang Dynasty had won brilliant victories in the wars between Guanzhong and Jieli and Shuozhou and Tuli. Xue Yantuo in Mobei is afraid. Only with this foundation of 'fear' can we re-establish the rules.

Including the current Anton Metropolitan Protectorate, the nearly one million troops organized by Yuangai Suwen suffered a crushing defeat in front of more than 20 Tang troops. Now, no matter what ethnicity or country they were originally here, they are all very honest. More than 100 million troops can't do it, and even a little bit of miscellaneous soldiers, no one is a fool, and they launched a rebellion to make their lives better, not to die in vain. The facts have been proved many times, and they are convinced Speaking of reasoning is the more practical and correct way.

"Please speak."

"The five surnames and seven families did not grab any good sites in the states and roads of the Central Plains, but they concentrated their capital and developed to the Western Regions. They established their own hotels, inns, shops and warehouses in the capitals of the Western Regions. The goods produced by the family are transported to the countries in the Western Regions on a large scale. Among them, there are many behaviors that the imperial court prohibits the sale of grain, ironware and other controlled items, and sell them privately.

Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "The reason why you are entangled is because although their smuggling behavior is illegal, it is letting the gold and silver money from the countries in the Western Regions flow into our Tang Dynasty!"

The warrior Xun nodded and said, "Exactly, right now, there are quite a few people in the court colluding with them. Your Majesty's attitude is not very firm. It seems that he is more willing to see these money continue to flow into our Tang Dynasty." , the old man asked his subordinates to write a few papers, but nothing came to light."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu immediately expressed his opinion, "Investigate and deal with such a professional matter, you should leave it to a professional person to do it, and don't raise it to a higher level just because it involves a relatively large scale. At the national level, report directly to His Majesty, and it would be better if the Ministry of Punishment obtains conclusive evidence and the Ministry of Justice convicts them according to the evidence, then the Ministry of Justice reports to His Majesty for instructions on how to punish them accordingly."

The samurai Xun asked with some incomprehension, "You mean, the old man should bypass His Majesty and let the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Justice investigate and deal with it? Considering Wei Shangshu's character, wouldn't there be an irreversible situation that would prevent His Majesty from coming?" Taiwan? Oh, I understand, what you mean is that the illegal activities of several of them should be severely cracked down, so that His Majesty will not be allowed to mess with you."

Sun Xiangfu shook his head and said, "No, you still don't understand what I mean, it's because you haven't changed the way you look at the problem, according to the way I said, it's not bypassing His Majesty, but following court procedures The Ministry of Punishment has the power to investigate and collect evidence for all illegal incidents. The Ministry of Justice has the power to try, convict and send all illegal incidents.

As the highest adjudicator of the country, His Majesty can change the final sentencing and punishment made by the Ministry of Justice because of the needs of the country, but the guilty person, no matter what the reason, needs to be tried.Only in this way can we ensure that the officials of Tang Dynasty are clear and clear, and the rule of law is just. The importance of these two points is much more important than those money. "

The clarity of the administration of officials and the justice of the rule of law are always the foundation of a country's political system. Its importance is self-evident. Only by maintaining these systems can a country maintain long-term stability. In fact, the demise of most dynasties began with The collapse of the system, as the ruler, the emperor, should take the lead in guarding this line. A smart person like Li Shimin will know how to choose.

However, just as they were discussing this issue, the watchman on the ship pointed to the sea in the distance, and hurriedly said, "Boat, the ship is back."

(End of this chapter)