Chapter 52 Chen Ying's Longzhong Pair

"The general trend of the world is not a dispute between one time and one place." Chen Ying patiently explained to Li Jiancheng: "Even if the King of Qin records the affairs of the Shangshu with the Shangshu Order, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs are all in the hands of His Majesty, how much power can the King of Qin hold?" If King Qin really overthrew His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I'm afraid His Majesty would not agree! ”

Chen Ying, as a darling standing on the shoulders of historical giants, naturally knows it. Li Yuan launched Li Shimin, but in fact, it was just to balance Li Jiancheng. Because he didn't want to delegate power too early, of course, Li Yuan was also very satisfied with Li Jiancheng, abolishing the crown prince and replacing the king of Qin was actually just Li Shimin's wishful thinking.

Li Jiancheng felt that Chen Ying's words were very appetizing to him, and nodded: "A mother and a brother, how can they fight in the same room for that position." ”

Listening to Li Jiancheng's words, Chen Ying sighed. In fact, Chen Ying didn't know how to say that Li Jiancheng was good, that position was not a fortune, nor was it a vain title, but he held the power of the world and the power of life and death of tens of millions of people.

However, Chen Ying can't say that Li Jiancheng is wrong, because Li Jiancheng is a benevolent person. In the final analysis, Li Jiancheng is a hero, and Li Shimin is a hero. Just like Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, even if Xiang Yu is given another 10,000 chances, he can't beat Liu Bang, because Xiang Yu is a hero, and Liu Bang is a hero.

Chen Ying also doesn't think that he can reverse history, because the country is easy to change, and his temperament is difficult to change. In history, Wei Zheng proposed to Li Jiancheng to change the turmoil of the imperial court and the instability of the society, the only way to solve the problem is to kill the king of Qin and solve the root of the problem. ”

However, Li Jiancheng did not adopt Wei Zheng's proposal, and Li Yuanji also wanted to assassinate the King of Qin, in fact, Li Jiancheng did not agree, otherwise history would be another situation.

Of course, Chen Ying felt that time was running out at this time, and he must accelerate the people's livelihood and economic construction of Datang as soon as possible and restore national strength. Lay a solid foundation and prepare for the future expedition to the Turks, the recovery of Mobei, and the recovery of the Western Regions.

Chen Ying pondered the words in the carriage and said: "Hedong Kuangfu, Mr. Li is in charge of Hexi Li Rail, if there is no accident, it should be captured, in the next certain period of time, the attention of the Tang Dynasty will be tilted to the east, and Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande will compete for the Central Plains and Hebei, and now the most worried is actually the Turks outside the Great Wall, the battle of Hedong, they suffered a little setback, but the Turkic history is still there, they will not be willing to fail, if the Tang Dynasty and Wang Shichong break out into war, the Turks will definitely choose the opportunity to go south." What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has to do now is to establish a stable northern defense line, defend the north and attack the east, on the one hand, recuperate and prepare for work, and on the other hand, develop the economy and help the world. If the people of the Tang Dynasty are well-fed and live and work in peace and contentment, no matter Henan or Hebei, they can take their own food without a fight. ”

Chen Ying actually wanted to put forward a strategic policy similar to the economic war of later generations, so that Datang could give full play to its geographical advantages and develop an arms race with Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, so as to drag down Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande with economy, and then use absolute superiority to fall in one fell swoop.

In history, although Li Shimin, the king of Qin, defeated Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, he slaughtered tens of thousands of troops under Dou Jiande in a war, so that the population of Hebei, almost every village heard the cry, and there were new graves everywhere.

For a long time in the early Tang Dynasty, it was due to the development difficulties caused by the sparse population. Even if they occupied a vast area of Central Asia, they could not hold it at all. The main reason is that the population is too small.

If the Tang Dynasty's forces against Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande can be resolved peacefully, then the Tang Dynasty will have more confidence in the future expansion wars, and its rule will be more stable.

Chen Ying continued: "The northern defense line will move north from Lingzhou, with Shengzhou, Fengzhou, Shuozhou, Yunzhou, and Youzhou as the first line of anti-spinning, while Lingzhou, Xiazhou, Qingzhou, Yinzhou, and Daizhou will be used as the second-line echelon, ready to support the first line at any time. The five states of Lingzhou, Eunju, Xiazhou, Gyeongju, and Daiju are all anointed lands in the north. Even in the ninth year of the Great Cause, when the war was in full swing, these five states still provided the imperial court with more than 1.5 million stone of grain every year, among which the three states of Lingzhou, Xiazhou, and Yinzhou were particularly important, in addition to the grain supply and supply, the annual supply of salt, iron, tea silk and other commercial tax revenues to the central government was also nearly one million yuan, as long as the economy of these three states was well managed, there was no need to raise too much, even if it only needed to be restored to the level of the ninth year of the Great Cause, it was almost equivalent to stationing 100,000 troops in the north. With these 100,000 troops in the north, the Turks had to weigh if they wanted to go south. ”

Chen Ying's words were full of arrogance, as if the country was in his hands.

At this time, Li Jiancheng somewhat understood what Chen Ying meant, Chen Ying did not let Li Jiancheng fight with Li Shimin in the center of the imperial court, but to put his energy into the localities, especially the northern states, the northern states are stable, and the imperial court will not be subverted. Li Jiancheng sighed slightly, it turned out that Chen Ying also had the ability to seek the country.

Li Jiancheng said: "The eldest grandson of the Qin Palace, Wu Ji and Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other talented people, can't they see it?" ”

"Yes, but I'm afraid it won't be solved!" Chen Yingdao: "Shengzhou, Fengzhou, Shuozhou, Yunzhou, Youzhou, Lingzhou, Xiazhou, Qingzhou, Yinzhou, Daizhou, these more than ten states, relative to the center, are all bitter cold places, Qin Wangfu and other ministers, they are already weak in martial arts, even if they see it, they will not fight for the control of these ten states, on the contrary, their main energy will still be on the three provinces, six ministries and five prisons and other key departments!" ”

Chen's application is not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy. He just pinched that Li Shimin would not rob Li Jiancheng, in fact, in fact, Li Jiancheng did not know who he followed in history, and caught all the 28 northern states in his hands, when Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng and successfully ascended the throne, the Turkic Jieli Khan, led more than 20 Turkic cavalry, along Lingzhou and Yuanzhou all the way south, and successfully entered the Guanzhong, and was not resisted at all, the reason is actually very simple, because the generals who defended the north are almost all Li Jiancheng's disciples.

Chen Ying proposed this strategy, in fact, it is also to learn from Taizu's rural encirclement of the city, in fact, there is Li Yuan, the emperor, no matter how many key departments he takes down the three provinces and six ministries, it is meaningless, Li Yuan can take it back at any time if he needs to. But the place is different, even if the imperial court wants to change the local officials, at least replace the personnel, Li Jiancheng did not get the support of the family gate valve at all, in the period when the imperial examination system was not promoted, Li Shimin's natural shortcoming is that there are not enough talents under his hands.

If the ten northern states talk about farming, they are indeed not as good as the anointed land in Guanzhong, but these places have a wealth of strategic voluntariness, such as steel, such as coal, and the development of these materials in advance will make Datang's national strength at least one step higher.

Chen Ying's idea of Qianzhuang is not entirely for the purpose of building a galloping road, but for the service of the industrial and commercial development of the whole country.

The layout of the north is indeed a clever move. Li Shimin will not fight, and it will not be difficult to master it smoothly. Obtaining these places, rapid development, and adopting the methods of coal coking and blast furnace steelmaking, Datang's steel production capacity can be increased tenfold or more than a hundred times every year, and it has inexhaustible steel and coal resources, so that the imperial court and the knowledgeable people in the whole world can see that no matter when, these places will not be abandoned as a place of chicken ribs.

For example, the land of Yungui that was taken down as early as the Qin Dynasty, no matter how the dynasty changed, these places were always owned by China, because the copper mines in these places were discovered, which could solve the copper resources needed by the imperial court to mint coins.

As the saying goes, if you don't seek a corner, how can you seek the overall situation. If you don't plan for a while, how can you plan for eternity.

In fact, there was no need for Chen Ying to remind him, Li Jiancheng thought of the Lingzhou development plan proposed by Chen Ying. Although the governor of Lingzhou is Li Daozong, Li Daozong and Li Shimin are closer, but the assassin of Lingzhou is Yang Ze, and Yang Ze is good friends with Li Jiancheng. Li Jiancheng said: "Chen Qing, then what are you going to do in Lingzhou, this palace will order Yang Ze to execute it with the prince of the prison country!" ”