Xia Hongsheng stayed in Luanzhou for a few days, and the report of the Luanzhou county order was about to arrive in Chang'an, so he set off again. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

arrived in Luoyang City first, and the spies reported that the people of the Maitreya Sect really found Gongsun Hongyu and prepared to join forces to "discuss the plan". The next step is for Gongsun Hongyu to unite with the Maitreya Sect as planned, and then continue to plant spies into it, gradually finding out the details of the Maitreya Sect.

There is no need for Xia Hongsheng to stay in Luoyang all the time.

After returning to Chang'an from Luoyang, Xia Hongsheng immediately entered the palace and prepared to inform Li Shimin of the incident.

When he arrived at the palace, he was introduced into the study by the chamberlain. I made a noise outside, and when I went inside, I unexpectedly saw another person there.

Xia Hongsheng was slightly stunned, and first saluted Li Shimin.

"The virtuous son-in-law came at the right time." Li Shimin looked at Xia Hongsheng with a smile and said, "Liaodong Dao, but I have been surprised a lot!" ”

"Liaodong was originally a treasure land, Goguryeo sat on it and didn't know it, but now it is back to the Tang Dynasty, and it is natural to meet the master like a good horse." Xia Hongsheng said with a smile: "Presumably, there is also a lot of credit to Liu Tingshi." ”

Li Shimin nodded and smiled: "What you say is not bad. Virtuous son-in-law, wait, listen to Liu Tingshi's words. ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded and stood aside. Li Shimin also turned his head and looked at Liu Renliang again.

But he listened to Liu Renliang salute and continued: "Liaodong has opened up 300,000 acres of fertile land this year, and the soil is fertile, although the land of Liaodong is not as hot as the Guannei because the weather is not as long, and the crops grow a little slower, but after planting, the texture is excellent, compared with the Guannei grown, it is much better to eat. In addition, the waterway between Dongying Road and Liaodong Road has also been smoothed, and business travel back and forth is continuous. In addition, to the north, a very vast borderland was discovered, which was extremely large, and to the west it was almost immense......"

"To the west and even north of Great Qin." Xia Hongsheng added next to him: "The temperature here is too low, and it is extremely cold in the second half of the year, but if you continue to the west, there is a large plain, which is also extremely suitable for farming, and the area is no less than the arable land in Liaodong." The natural resources are also extremely abundant. ”

"Oh?!" Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he turned his head to look at Xia Hongsheng.

Xia Hongsheng said: "In addition, if this large area of borderless land is occupied, it will be adjacent to Dongying Road to the east, Daqin to the west, to the north to the land of ten thousand years of extreme cold and no man's land, and to the south all the way to the countries of the Western Regions to Persia. ”

"So big?!" Liu Renliang looked at Xia Hongsheng in surprise.

Li Shimin frowned slightly, as if he remembered something, so he said: "This place is very large, and the winter is extremely cold and long. In addition, it can be based on the North Sea and develop northward. ”

The North Sea here is talking about Lake Baikal in later generations.

"Father-in-law, the son-in-law dared to interject. To the north of the North Sea is the large piece of borderless land that Liu Tingshi said, and it is of little significance to develop it now. Xia Hongsheng said: "There is still a large area of borderless land north of the North Sea, but the climate there is extremely cold, and it is very inconvenient to travel there. In the coldest part of winter, it can even turn into ice. Although the resources are abundant, the development is too difficult. If the products of the land go from the west, although the temperature is not so low, it has to go over the mountains and bypass the Western Regions, and the Tang Dynasty has not included the Western Regions in its territory at present, so it is inconvenient. If you enter Liaodong Road from the east side, you will have to cross a large area of cold no man's land. If you go directly to the south, you will have to cross the Dahan, Dubo, Bargema, Jiankun, Liugui and other departments to get to the Beihai line, which is also very inconvenient. Greedy and chewy, the son-in-law thinks that it is better to run Liaodong first, these borderless lands, for the time being, there is no need to develop. ”

"Naturally, we should focus on Liaodong and consolidate Liaodong first." Li Shimin nodded and said, "However, these borderless lands, hehe, occupy them first." After Liu Tingshi went back, he first sent someone to erect a monument to tell the world that this place was owned by the Tang Dynasty. The land of Beihai, if the Tang Dynasty is from Guannei or from Longyou, it is separated by the countries of the Western Regions and the northern provinces, and there are many inconveniences in comings and goings. If it is from Liaodong, it is only separated by a period of no man's land, and Liu Tingshi must be slightly distracted. ”

Hearing what Li Shimin said, Liu Renliang was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it for a while, he understood again: "Your Majesty wants Weichen to exert force from Liaodong, bypass the countries of the Western Regions and the northern provinces, and turn the Beihai into an enclave of the Tang Dynasty?!" ”

"Father-in-law, this is going to come full circle!" Xia Hongsheng was puzzled by Li Shimin's brain hole for a while: "If you really want to do this, why don't you come out of Mobei?" Out of Mobei, and then go north, there is not much Beihai! ”

"There is also a Western Turk section in Mobei, as well as the Hui Hui, I start here, it's easy to make trouble." Li Shimin shook his head and said, "Although Liaodong is far away, it doesn't take more time. And in this process, only need more benefits, and the tribes between Beihai and Liaodong can also migrate to the area around Beihai together, and Liaodong will be clean. It also filled some blockages for the Western Turks and the Uighurs. ”

"Your Majesty's meaning is to use the name of Jinglu Beihai to lead the Yan Ya, Khitan, and even the remnants of Goguryeo and other tribes in the land of Liaodong to move west to the Beihai area!" Liu Renliang said: "In this way, Liaodong will be all Han Chinese. ”

"Around Beihai, it's become a pot of rotten porridge." Xia Hongsheng continued: "It's just my father-in-law, although these tribes don't have city-states, they are still a little different from nomadic peoples like the Turks. Will you be willing to leave the place where your ancestors lived? ”

"The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. Isn't this a phrase often said by virtuous sons-in-law? Li Shimin smiled and said, "As long as you promise heavy profits, I'm not afraid that they won't go." ”

"Your Majesty, let him live with the Han people in Liaodong and accept the Tang Dynasty education, after a few generations, there will still be only the people of the Tang Dynasty in Liaodong, and there will be no more people from the tribe!" Xia Hongsheng didn't understand that Li Shimin's decision was very cost-effective.

The policy of ethnic assimilation was originally implemented well, but now the Yan and other departments have unhindered exchanges with the Han people in Liaodong, and they have become like mixed people, and they are proud of learning Confucianism, imitating the Han people from top to bottom, and under the intentional arrangement of Liu Renliang, they have begun to carry out a farming life under the drive and help of the Han people.

Why bother?

Even if it is possible to attract the Liaodong Yan and other tribes to the back of the Hui? Now the Hui and the Western Turks have begun to pinch each other, and they are pinching each other. At most, Xue Yantuo was also introduced into the game, and a Three Kingdoms of Mobei and the Western Regions was staged. Why bother to go to great lengths to remove the Yan Ya and Khitan and other departments?

"It's easy to go north from the south, and it's easy to move west from the east." Li Shimin whispered inexplicably.