Wentang

Chapter 652 Deciding on the Future Meeting

Coming out of the palace, Changsun Wuji looked preoccupied, and when he walked into the house, he happened to meet Changsun Chong.

Seeing his son's happy face, he frowned and wanted to say something.But considering that he and Princess Runan had just got married not long ago, and he was immersed in the newlyweds, he choked back the words.If you have anything to say, let's talk about it in a few days.

Sun Chong didn't understand his thoughts. Seeing his father's frowning expression, he asked with concern, "My lord, what's wrong with you?"

Changsun Wuji didn't know what to think, so he said in a strange way: "I used to want you to compare with Yue Shan, but now that I think about it, it's too embarrassing for you."

The eldest grandson rushed to the black line on his forehead, are you sure you are your real father?Although I know that I am not as good as Yue Shan, you can't say that.

But he wasn't angry, because something big must have happened if his father, who has always been strong, lost his composure, so he turned serious and asked, "What happened?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Changsun Wuji knew that he had said the wrong thing, and that sentence hurt people's self-esteem too much.But seeing that the eldest Sun Chong was not only not angry, but also cared about himself, he was very relieved.

Although his son is not as good as Yue Shan, he is good enough compared to most people.Thinking of this, he decided to tell Zhang Sun Chong about the world map.

Looking forward to success, knowing the world map and not knowing the world map, the gap in vision is too big.He didn't want his son's thoughts to be confined to this corner of Datang.

So he said, "You come with me."

The father and son came to the study together, and the eldest grandson Wuji specifically told the butler to watch the door himself and not allow anyone to approach.

Chang Sun Chong was also infected by his cautious look, and said in a low voice, "Beating someone, what are you?"

"I'll show you something, you must stabilize your mind."

"I'm also a person who has seen storms and waves, so I won't lose my composure."

"It's not that I see you clearly, it's really... Forget it, you'll know when you see it."

Changsun Wuji took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone to draw the map he saw in the palace from his memory. Of course it was impossible to draw all of them, but the general outline was almost exactly the same.

In the beginning, Chang Sun Chong was still very surprised. Is my lord going to paint?map?It's not like, with his status, he has seen all kinds of maps of Datang, which are different from the one in front of him.

When Changsun Wuji named each standard name, his expression finally changed.Looking at the crude map on the paper in a daze, it seemed that an electric current spread through his whole body in an instant, which made him tremble all over.

Although he had already guessed, he still couldn't believe it and asked: "Master... what do you mean?"

Changsun Wuji had expected his reaction, and said, "As you think, this is what the whole world really looks like."

"Where is this map..." Chang Sun Chong wanted to ask where the map came from, but just as the words came out, a figure appeared in his mind, and changed his words: "Is it drawn by Hou Qingshui?"

"Yueshan is dedicated to the sage. Today the sage convened a group of officials to discuss matters and showed us this picture." Changsun Wuji smiled wryly: "Our appearance at that time was not much better than yours now."

"Have you checked the authenticity? I really can't believe that Datang is so small."

"The sage said he spent ten years verifying that this map is authentic."

"Sure enough, you are worthy of being a child of a god. The world is so big, I am afraid that only a god can see the whole picture. For so many years, I always thought that the world is not as big as China, and now I know that I am a frog at the bottom of a well."

In the past, Changsun Chong praised Yue Shan as harsh, but today Changsun Wuji didn't feel angry at all, instead he sighed:
"Now I finally know why the saint trusts Yue Shan so much, and I understand where I lost. My eyes are only on a corner of the Tang Dynasty, while the eyes of the saint and Yue Shan are on the whole world."

In fact, Chang Sun Chong wanted to say that even if you knew the true appearance of the world, you still couldn't beat Yueshan.

Here are a few more words, the dignitaries in the early Tang Dynasty can be divided into two camps.The cultural gentry represented by the Shandong aristocratic family, and the Guanlong military aristocratic group that started with the military.

The two groups here cooperate but despise each other. The cultural gentry have always regarded the Guanlong Group as a nouveau riche or something.Guan Long must be very upset, and also wants to win back a victory.

Yue Shan was born in Qingshui County, Longyou, and married Li Lizhi. He was regarded as his own by the Guanlong Military Group, and the new learning he created was naturally regarded by them as their own knowledge.

In the past, the nobles from Guanlong were ridiculed by the cultured gentry for the nouveau riche martial arts, and they were speechless.Now you can pat your chest and refute confidently, bah, we have something new to learn.

Therefore, new learning is something that the Guanlong military group and emerging dignitaries must learn.

Even if Changsun Wuji regarded Yue Shan as his greatest opponent, he would not deny the new learning.The struggle between the two of them is an internal struggle for power and has nothing to do with life and death.

But the new study is related to whether the Guanlong Group can continue the family for a longer period of time, and it is related to life and death.He can clearly distinguish which of the two is more important.

As the leader of the next generation of the Guanlong Military Group, Changsun Chong naturally has to learn new things, and his research is much more in-depth than ordinary people.

It is precisely because of his deep research on new learning that he understands Yue Shan's mind and ambition better.

When he was studying new learning before, he always felt that some places were not well understood, but when he saw this world map today, he felt suddenly enlightened, and all the doubts that troubled him were solved.

It turns out that Qing Shuihou's eyes are all over the world.

The more he understands this, the more he feels that his father is even better than Yue Shan in terms of scheming and strategy, but he is always inferior in mind and vision.

Fortunately, Changsun Wuji didn't know what he was thinking, otherwise he would have died of anger.Seeing that Sun Chong recovered from the shock of the world map, he continued:
"The sage will hold a meeting again in a few days to discuss what to do next for Tang Dynasty. This meeting is very important. You don't want to go anywhere these days, and help me as a staff member at home."

"Here." Changsun Chong said.

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This is the secret, when you tell the second person, it is no longer a secret, not to mention that Li Shimin let a dozen people see the world map at a time.

Although he emphasized not to speak out, those who have seen the map have their own ideas, and they also have people they believe in...

Changsun Wuji told Changsun Chong the world map, and the others also found the person they trusted.On the one hand, I want to share my surprise with others, and on the other hand, I want to share my ideas with others.

So the number of people who know the world map will soon increase several times.

Li Shimin had expected this situation a long time ago and was not angry.

In fact, after Changsun Wuji and others left, he summoned another group of people into the palace, all of whom he was more optimistic about training as future ministers.

Including Ma Zhou, Cen Wenwen who had just returned from suppressing the rebellion, Yuwen Festival who had returned to the capital from Lingnan, and so on.

Determining the direction of a country itself requires brainstorming, and it is impossible for a few people to make a decision with a snap of their heads.

Therefore, things like the world map cannot be kept secret forever, and sooner or later everyone in the world will know.But as long as everyone doesn't take the initiative to publicize it, it will be a common secret among high-level officials for a long time.

When the high-level people know what the real world looks like, they can avoid many unnecessary disputes and concentrate their efforts to expand outward.

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In the past few days, the ministers found that the atmosphere in the court hall was very strange, and the important ministers of Zaifu, who were always arguing about big and small matters, became reticent.

Even when the sage divided Jiangnan Dao into three and replaced more than a dozen main officials of the three Dao at one go, they didn't show any signs, nor did they compete for those positions.

Weird, so weird.

Could it be that they are brewing some big plan?Everyone became cautious, for fear that they would accidentally become victims of the big plan and be wiped out.

For a while, the hall became very quiet...peaceful.

Yue Shan is naturally well aware of this, knowing the true appearance of the world, and those old foxes will naturally not act at will without thinking clearly about their future position.

Besides, everyone knows the purpose of Li Shimin's division of the Jiangnan Road. It's just to pave the way for the prince. Anyone who dares to stretch out his hand indiscriminately is looking for death.

For Li Shimin's decisive act of dividing Jiangnan Road, Yue Shan can only say admiration.

The area of ​​Jiangnan Road is really too big, but it used to be too poor and the population was small, so there is no need to divide it so carefully.The next step is to immigrate here in large quantities. It is best to formulate the administrative framework first.

And with such a score, Li Chengqian will have less constraints in taking up the post soon.

Why do you say that, it's a long story to explain.

During the Tang Dynasty, the aristocratic families were powerful, and the main representatives were naturally the Shandong cultural gentry headed by the five surnames and Qiwang. However, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River should not be underestimated because of this. The twelve aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River are also well-known.

Maybe many people are not familiar with the Twelve Aristocratic Families in the South of the Yangtze River and have no idea. If you mention one of the aristocratic families, everyone will know what they are like.

Xie Xuan, who created the miracle of the battle of Feishui, is a member of the Xie family of the twelve aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River. Celebrities including Xie An and Xie Daoyun are all members of the Xie family in the south of the Yangtze River.

The Xie family's ancestral land is in the Henan area, and it moved south with the Jin Dynasty. It is one of the four major families that moved south.The eight native families in the south of the Yangtze River are collectively called the twelve families in the south of the Yangtze River.

The Eastern Jin Dynasty was the peak of the twelve aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River, and they controlled the government for a while.It was only later that as the northern territories were recaptured and the political center of gravity shifted north again, they gradually couldn't keep up.

It was not until the reunification of the Sui Dynasty that the twelve aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River bid farewell to the central government. They degenerated from the top dignitaries in the country to local aristocratic families. The establishment of the Tang Dynasty was another blow to them.

But in any case, they have been deeply entrenched in the Jiangnan area for hundreds of years. Although their overall strength is not as good as before, they are still not to be underestimated in Jiangnan.

Li Chengqian went to Jiangnan to take up a post, and these people really didn't necessarily give him face as the crown prince.

That's why Li Shimin divided Jiangnan Road into three.

The twelve aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River are mainly concentrated in Suzhou (formerly known as Wu County) and Yuezhou (formerly known as Kuaiji County).

Before Yuezhou was divided into Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces, Suzhou belonged to Jiangnan Province.Now Li Shimin split Jiangnan Road again, and set up Suzhou Road with Suzhou as the center.

In this way, the power of the Twelve Aristocratic Families in the South of the Yangtze River was limited to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Suzhou Roads.

The newly divided Hunan Road and Hubei Road have become a blank area of ​​power. Although there are small families, they are alone and absolutely dare not disobey Li Chengqian's intentions.

What's more, Li Shimin replaced more than a dozen major officials in Hunan and Hubei provinces in one go.These newly appointed officials have little connection with the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, and they will not collude with the local aristocratic families to cause trouble for Li Chengqian.

Yue Shan also has to say something about this, pity the hearts of parents in the world.

In order to make Li Chengqian's performance stand out when he went out to take charge of specific duties for the first time, it can be said that he took great pains.

A week later, those who had seen the world map finally took action, and each wrote a notebook, which contained their own views on the entire world, analysis of the current situation in Datang, judgments on the future situation, and so on.

Li Shimin spent several days carefully reading each memorial, summarizing and analyzing the content of all the memorials, and combining his thinking over the past ten years, he finally had a general idea for the future.

It wasn't until this time that he summoned all the people who had seen the world map to discuss future national policies.

When Yue Shan walked into the meeting room, he couldn't help being excited.

Military: Li Jing, Li Ji, Qin Qiong, Yu Chigong, Cheng Yaojin, Dugu Yanyun, Duan Zhixuan, Liu Hongji, Zhang Shigui, etc.

Civil officials: Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Xiao Yu, Yang Shidao, Sun Fujia, Ma Zhou, Cen Wenwen, Yu Wenjie, etc.

Clan: Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong, Li Daoyan, etc.

These can be said to be the most powerful group of bigwigs in Datang now and in the future, Yue Shan feels very honored to be one of them.

That's what he thinks, in fact, it's almost the same expression when others look at him.Child of the gods, I often hold small meetings with the emperor to decide on the national strategy... I never thought I would be lucky enough to attend such a meeting today...

It can only be said that he has become a big boss without knowing it, and he is also a big boss that other big bosses pay attention to.

Seeing him coming in, everyone stood up and greeted him, especially Li Daozong, who patted him on the shoulder and said intimately:

"Okay, Yue Cuilan, have you forgotten that you are still the principal of the military academy? I haven't seen you in a long time."

"Haha... I can't do anything if I'm entangled in mundane affairs. If King Jiang Xia has any objections, go to the saint to reason." Yue Shan laughed.

"Your conscience is really bad, and you want to cheat me as soon as we meet." Li Daozong pretended to be angry.

Li Daozong is currently the best in the clan. He is not only the sacrificial wine of the military academy, but also the secretary of the Ministry of War, deeply trusted by Li Shimin.

The second is Li Daoyan, who also cooperated with Yueshan back then, and later went to Youzhou to prepare for the construction of the northern front.It's a pity that his father Li Shentong died just after the improvement, and he had to go home to observe his filial piety.

Although Li Shimin made a decree to win his love on the grounds that the country needs talents, but he himself really didn't want to work, and finally kept his filial piety for three years.

After the three-year term expired, he went to the north to serve. He also made military exploits in the crusade against the Turks, and was transferred back to Beijing not long ago.

Compared with it, Li Xiaogong next to him is far behind. He had a close relationship with Li Jiancheng back then, and was Li Yuan's confidant, so he was very much feared by Li Shimin.

Coupled with his cautious temperament, he has been self-deprecating and protecting himself after the Xuanwumen incident, and Li Shimin has no shortage of people to use, so he simply fulfilled him.

He was able to appear at this meeting this time, which really surprised many people.

But it can also be seen that Li Shimin's mentality has begun to change.

In the past, I felt that the Tang Dynasty was not short of people, especially since the Li family had already established itself. These clans should be honest and rich, and stop looking for excitement.

But now that the target is set on the whole world, the attitude towards the clan will definitely change.They can no longer be restrained as before, but they must be reused to a certain extent.

In order to conquer the world, it is still for the brothers in the family to rest assured, and when governing the world, it must be for the foreign ministers to rest assured.

After the appearance of the world map, the situation became more complicated. Li Shimin decided to use a group of relatively outstanding clans to strengthen his control over the country.

Yue Shan greeted everyone one by one, and not long after sitting down, Li Shimin walked in with Li Chengqian.

(End of this chapter)