Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 752 Preparing for a Mission
Now that the mission is basically settled, Sun Xiangfu also has to prepare.

There are many species from overseas in Shannan Road, but we can introduce some and plant them in Dashi and Byzantium.

Since Li Ke was promoted to the chief manager of Shannan Road two years ago, Sun Xiaomei's work has changed from opening up plantations to promoting these new crops to the whole people. After two years of hard work, the promotion has paid off. As before, with so many crops planted, and at least dozens of new crops, people's tables have already become very rich.

At present, Datang hopes that the tastes of the people of Byzantium and Dashi will become more tricky, so that they will be more dependent on Datang.

Therefore, he needs to collect and store a lot of seeds, and bring them there when the time comes. He has been busy for a while, and he didn't return to Chang'an until the twelfth lunar month.

In the Daming Palace, Sun Xiangfu came to participate in a rare court meeting, and finally returned to the third position in the sequence of civil servants. After the Ministry of War reported to Li Shimin about the deployment of various armies, he immediately talked about Sun Xiangfu's mission Yes, after several months of preparation, the imperial court even helped Sun Xiangfu plan the route, and all the members of the mission, the collection of supplies.

After the first month is over, he will go to Shanyang and Dingxiang first, bring some supplies that he needs to bring with him on the mission, and talk about the fake history for a few days, and then go to Ulaanbaatar to stay for a few days, and then talk about the fake history , and then go west, and enter the former capital of the Khazar Khanate, Itel City.

However, this place has now been set up as the Yitier State of the Tang Dynasty, which originally belonged to the border between the Khazar Khanate and the Byzantine Empire. Now it is the border between the Tang Dynasty and the Byzantine Empire. Sun Xiangfu can directly enter the territory of the Byzantine Empire from here , within ten days you can reach the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

In the Byzantine Empire, the mission could stay for three years, and the Byzantine side even hoped that it would stay for a longer period of time. However, the result of the discussions among the courtiers was that one and a half to two years was appropriate.

Then, he will lead the group back to Suiye City to make adjustments in terms of materials and personnel, and then start to go to West Asia and enter the territory of the Dashi Empire, and conduct the same visit for up to three years, as well as agricultural technology education, agricultural promotion and other activities Of course, the imperial court will take the mission back home at any time according to the actual situation.

After the route of the mission is determined, the number of missions will be determined. According to the number of people from various industries reported by various departments, there are a total of more than 8000 people, including 800 people from the military, industry, commerce, and medicine, and [-] people from the art troupe. More than [-] people, agricultural students and experienced farmers, plus [-] guards who will join the team after arriving at the border, the total number exceeds [-].

In addition, regarding the expected goals of this mission, the ministers also expressed their opinions in the hall. The overall meaning is to achieve the purpose of cultural propaganda and at the same time seek some benefits for various industry groups.

For example, setting up Chinese language training institutes, factories, shops, and high-end hospitals with fees in the two countries seems to increase their demand, but it will speed up the flow of their funds to Datang's institutions.

After the dynasty was over, Sun Xiangfu was invited by Li Shimin to the imperial study without any surprise.

"Are you sure about the trip to Byzantium next year?" After sitting down on the sofa, Li Shimin asked directly without being polite to Sun Xiangfu.

"Heraclius has some friendship with me, and I'm here to teach them how to farm and expand production. Therefore, he has no reason to be against me. It's about cultural propaganda, my lord. Not too sure, you know, the farther west they go, the grammar they have accepted since they were young is almost completely opposite to ours. Although they really want to learn agricultural technology, it is estimated that they will only send a small number of people who know Chinese characters to learn, and then After translating it into their language, it will be disseminated to the public." Sun Xiangfu said truthfully.

Li Shimin smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, you just need to teach in Chinese, and when they find that there is still a gap between the yield we planted, they will find the reason by themselves, and after looking for it, they will find a way to understand the text." Come up, this, I have my own arrangements."

Speaking of this, Sun Xiangfu has to admire Ma Zhou and Tang Fengyi. They actually developed more than half of the foreign students from Byzantium and Dashi countries into their own people. on the road to debt.

Now, after so many years, the number of these foreign students who have been bought has increased many times. If they do it again, the effect will be even greater. After all, selfish people are the most in any era and any nationality , and Datang, the patron, is too wealthy.

"In this way, the whole errand of the minister will be much easier." Sun Xiangfu said with a little relief in his heart.

"It's not easy. After all, this trip will take at least five or six years without returning home. There are not many five or six years in life." Li Shimin sighed.

When I met him at the beginning of the year, Sun Xiangfu was just a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old, but now, he is also a middle-aged man in his thirties with a beard and two big beards, and his hair on the temples is also white a lot.

Now, he doesn't dare to stay in Chang'an City anymore, because one after another, old buddies are starting to leave him. It's really not a good feeling to see an acquaintance die with his own eyes. Great grief can easily hurt the body. .

Therefore, in the next year, he will still go to Suiye City to sit in town with Empress Changsun and a group of concubines, and leave Li Chengqian to supervise the country. Anyway, it only takes more than ten days to get there from Chang'an, and Li Chengqian is in charge of governing the country's internal affairs. On the issue, he has not lost to Li Shimin at all, so he can stay there without worry.

Sun Xiangfu said, "I'm only in my thirties, and when I'm in my prime, I should have done more things. Moreover, I'm used to turning it into my home wherever I go, so you don't need to worry about it.

Instead, you are in charge of the merger of the entire South Asian region and the resettlement of tens of millions of people. Don’t overwork, let younger officials help you share the burden. In a country, only talents emerge from each generation, and there are successors. Only by strength can we continue to prosper for a long time. "

"Zhengming's words are justified. I entrust Chengqian to you for training. It is the most correct thing I have done since I became a country. It just so happens that when it comes to the power of successors, I am thinking about some things recently. I don't know if Zhengming can do it. Taught me."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "The longer the country is passed on, the less the descendants who grew up in a comfortable environment will lack the spirit of pioneering, self-cultivation and self-discipline. How to prevent it?"

This question was encountered by almost all feudal dynasties. Since Li Shimin was able to ask this question directly, Sun Xiangfu roughly knew the height of his thinking. He is a person who likes to read history. The ending is just around the corner, how could he not know it!

Right now, in his heart, I am afraid that it is inevitable to merge into South Asia, win Byzantium and Dashi, and unify Eurasia, as long as it is completed according to the planned strategy.

And the question that he needs to think about more is how to keep the prosperous country of Datang for a long time. It is easy to conquer the country, but it is more difficult to defend the country.

As a descendant, Sun Xiangfu has never seen a dynasty that can perfectly inherit imperialism, let alone in a country whose level of spiritual civilization is far lower than that of later generations, and whose land area is much larger than that of later generations, the difficulty of governance is higher than that of later generations. How many times the kingdom.

Therefore, Sun Xiangfu actually didn’t have any definite answer in his mind, but just because he didn’t have an answer, didn’t mean he didn’t have an idea. Anyway, at present, it’s impossible for their generation to witness the collapse of the Tang Dynasty. If they can do it, they should try their best. It might work!

So, Sun Xiangfu said, "Actually, we have done a good job now. Since ancient times, kings have been stupid for a variety of reasons. Growing up in the deep palace will limit their contact with the people. Not sympathetic to the suffering of the people.

The single education makes the nature of all the princes and princesses disappear to a certain extent. Those who know are all in the same range. The knowledge is not wide enough, and the vision is not wide enough.

Moreover, they have been accompanied by some eunuchs who obeyed their orders since they were young, so that they can develop arrogance, arrogance and domineering, and treat civilians as nothing, etc. We are all improving, you see the grown-ups now Among the many princes, aren't there many who are capable of governing states and counties, and there are even such talents as the pillars of the country like King Wei and King Wu.

I believe that in a few decades, these problems will no longer be problems, and more and more talents will emerge from the royal family, enough to assist the king and manage the world.

Then, what you are worried about should actually be only the king himself. "

When Sun Xiangfu said this, Li Shimin sat up straight, showing seriousness, and beckoned him to continue.

"The king's rights must be restricted. This is the truth that the courtiers and bureaucrats realized earlier. However, how to limit it is a big topic, and it cannot be done by the king's own temperament.

Similarly, courtiers and scholar-bureaucrats cannot be allowed to emptied the king.

Because most kings, even if they are fatuous, hope that their country will be stable, and the group of scholar-bureaucrats is easy to ignore the government because of self-interest. "

Speaking of this, Li Shimin nodded in agreement. He has been groping for this point. Before that, he was sometimes overwhelmed by popularity like Wei Zheng; Humans have no choice but to be helpless. People like Li Jing and Feng An need to be respected.

However, he doesn't think that his descendants can handle all aspects well like himself. It is too difficult for people to restrain themselves. Watching a movie in the theater, or forcing the implementation of some policies that I think is right, basically, there is basically no major problem.

(End of this chapter)