Li Shimin saw this map, as well as various parameters, and finally knew that if the country wanted its national fortunes to last, it was necessary to continue to develop the land, and then the country could be maintained. And Jingwen saw a green light erupt in Li Shimin's eyes, and Jingwen immediately knew that his idea had succeeded. Jingwen just hopes that Li Shimin can burst out with this kind of courage and continue to expand his ambition for the sake of the land. Since ancient times, the Chinese people have had no ambition to expand their territory, and the civil officials in power have resisted expanding their territory, because they think that expanding their territory will make Wufu rise, and then they are going to power.

But now the cruel truth is in front of Li Shimin, if he doesn't live more useful land, then the Tang Dynasty will probably be destroyed sooner or later. Unless we can continue to expand our territory, then the country will have a continuous prosperity to develop. And only by allowing the people to have more land to plant, so that the people will not rebel when they are hungry and cold. Therefore, Li Shimin understood that he must do his best to expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and only after expanding it can he extend the national fortunes of the Tang Dynasty as much as possible, otherwise he can only watch the Tang Dynasty perish.

Li Shimin left the political affairs hall, returned to the Ganlu Hall with Jingwen, and then took the initiative to ask Jingwen: "Jingwen, you said that the population pressure of my Datang is not great now, but how long will it be before I can't support it in the north of Datang?" ”

Jingwen immediately replied: "Your Majesty, if you want me to be unable to hold on to the Tang Dynasty, it will take at least about fifty years." ”

"Fifty years? It's not too long, it's not too short. Li Shimin muttered.

Fifty years. For a person, especially an ancient person, it is almost a lifetime thing. But for a country. For a nation, that's just a snap of a finger. And Li Shimin is in the identity of the emperor, so he feels that it is not long to say that it is not long, and it is not short to say that it is short. Li Shimin's identity as a "person" is a bit long. But as the ruler of a country, it feels a bit short. Therefore, Li Shimin is afraid that he will not be able to face this pressure after fifty years, and he knows that he may not be able to do it, so Li Shimin feels that he is a little suspicious of being a descendant.

"You say. What's next? Li Shimin asked.

Jingwen flipped through the map, first pointed to the Jiangnan area and said: "First of all, we want to develop Jiangnan!" ”

Li Shimin looked at Jiangnan. I was also surprised, I didn't expect Jingwen to develop Jiangnan? Jiangnan was not an economically developed place in the early Tang Dynasty, and if Jiangnan wanted to develop, it had to wait until the end of the Tang Dynasty according to the original history. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the people of the north would escape the war and go to the south of the Yangtze River. And as for the Song Dynasty. will really develop. And if you really want to reach the peak and surpass the north, that is to wait until the Southern Song Dynasty. Therefore, now Jiangnan is a barren land, and in the eyes of many people, it is a miasma of smoke.

In this kind of smoky place, many people will swing when they enter it, that is, they will be troubled by malaria. So once he was sent to Jiangnan, most people would think that he was belittled. Once sent to Jiangnan. Then they think that they have no future, and then who counts one day a day. It's just a mix of wages to pass the days. At that time, Dugu Kaiyuan was sent to Guangzhou, when Guangzhou didn't drive this position with no real power? So, now you actually want to develop Jiangnan instead?

"Your Majesty, do you know? Although Jiangnan is now barren, there are many fertile fields in Jiangnan. Jiangnan is the land of fish and rice, and there are many places where grain can be harvested twice a year or even three times a year, so these grains are enough for us to eat for many years. Jingwen said.

And Li Shimin asked again: "What if the grain in Jiangnan is not enough to eat?" ”

"Then occupy the South Seas in the world map drawn by the minister! In this way, we can maintain the thousand-year-old national fortune of our Datang Dynasty. Jingwen said.

Li Shimin's face was a little complicated, this is a large-scale expansion of territory, this is walking a tightrope! Such a large-scale development of Jiangnan, and even the development of land far away in the world, requires a lot of finance, so Li Shimin has to be cautious.

And Jingwen looked at Li Shimin's appearance, and knew that Li Shimin was tempted. This is to expand the territory, and it is also to maintain the stability of the Tang Dynasty in the future. If the emperors of the past opened up their territories for the sake of glory, now they must expand their territories for the survival of the country. And Jingwen couldn't help but rejoice, fortunately, he didn't carry any sweet potato seeds to cross.

Jingwen saw that there were some people who crossed with sweet potato seeds in the previous life novel, and he was a little speechless in his heart. Once there are sweet potatoes in the Central Plains, the vast majority of the people will definitely not starve to death. However, the side effects of this are significant. Since ancient times, the Chinese people have been too kind, and once they starve to death, they will not think about pioneering, and there are only a few people who are really ambitious and greedy. And once the people don't starve to death, although they can also create a prosperous world, but their life is not under much pressure, so they will not think about cultivating wasteland, but will only think that they can grow sweet potatoes and be full.

If this happens, the ruling class of the whole country will also be paralyzed. It is important to know that China's internal precautions since ancient times have been stronger than those against external defenses. Once the people of the country can be sure that they will not rebel, the ruling class will probably sit back and relax, and there will be no sense of crisis at all. Again, once the ruling class loses its sense of crisis, the people at home will not rebel, and the foreign enemy will probably develop. Why did the foreign enemy develop? Isn't it because of hunger, poverty? Without the oppression of hunger and poverty, they would not have the impetus to develop at all. But at that time, if there were sweet potatoes in the Central Plains and the people were full, it would stop the development of the whole society. In an agrarian society, once all the people have enough to eat, the country will fall into a state where it will not be able to develop. And if the industrialized society does not come, the country will be completely abolished. Therefore, before industrialized society, it was a dangerous signal that the entire population could be fed.

It is necessary to maintain a certain hunger, so that not only the people will have the ambition to open up for survival, but the ruling class will also continue to develop in order to maintain its right to rule. Originally, the Central Plains Dynasty would not open up, but under the guidance of Jingwen, Li Shimin would continue to expand their territory for the sake of the stability of their rule. And Jingwen actually transformed the emperor's internal defense psychology into greed for the outside territory and the desire for the outside territory. For the sake of the country's security, the emperor must expand his territory. And Jingwen is guided like this, if the people have sweet potatoes and are full, can they do it? Obviously, if sweet potatoes appear too early, it will be chronic suicide for the future of a nation. (To be continued......)