As a typical model of an inland empire, no matter which family in the Central Plains holds the power and what the surname is, its essence is extremely obvious, it is a huge inland empire, and the imperial controller is most concerned about the land, because he needs the land to establish and ensure his rule, and the people need the land to survive, and the land to get the support to stand on, which the sea cannot give.

In fact, before the Opium War in 1840, the Central Plains Empire basically did not suffer from the danger of extinction from the sea, the natural enemies of the farming people were nomads, not the maritime people, in fact, there was no maritime people, the Central Plains Dynasty endured the test from the sea before the sixteenth century was basically only the Japanese Kou, after the sixteenth century, with the opening of the Western Age of Discovery, Portugal, Spain, and the Netherlands followed.

Compared with a vast ocean where nothing can be seen, the land is more important and more dangerous, and the steppe iron horsemen who come and go like the wind will launch a plunder campaign against the farming people at any time, thus causing the farming people to suffer economic and demographic losses, and the grassland peoples, known for their mobility and ferocity, have always been the henchmen of the Central Plains Dynasty.

The sea is too insignificant compared to it, but with the passage of time, the vicissitudes of the sea, the nomads no longer exist, and the threat from the sea is still strict, Suning understood the importance of the sea and the importance of the navy early on, and the navy became an independent army and galloped outside the coastline of China, which was his dream all along.

Datang's open-minded and enterprising spirit gave him an excellent opportunity, after the collapse of the Shandong Shi clan. The leading ideology of Confucianism's gradual conservatism was weakened, and at the juncture of this ideological confusion, the Zonghengjia rose strongly, occupying an unshakable position in the political forces, and officially linked the art of Zongheng with being an official. As for the Legalists, they have never been completely suppressed, and there is no dynasty that does not use the law to restrain the people.

After the Han Dynasty, the difference between Confucianism and Legalism became the difference between punishing criminals by law or probationing criminals with benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and faith, and the law has always been there. not exterminated; As for the Mo family. After the fall of the Shandong Shi clan, the danger of the Mo family was lifted, and their identities were exposed, and the inheritance that has continued from the Han Dynasty to the present day has not been broken. It shocked the entire Datang academic community. For a time, there were countless people from the land of China who came to meet the heirs of the Mo family.

Confucianism can no longer be a monopoly. A few years ago, Li Chengqian held an academic exchange conference of the major schools of thought in the Tang Dynasty, and Li Chengqian invited a group of young Zongheng scholars from the vertical and horizontal departments and a group of young Mohists from the Ministry of Industry, as well as Confucian scholars and some people from Taoism and Buddhism. This academic exchange conference of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and Mo was held very successfully.

The Confucian family no longer exists, and the power of the rest of the families is gradually taking shape, the Zonghengjia and the Mohist have risen strongly relying on government agencies, recasting the glory of the year, and the three-legged stand in the academic sect is being formed, and such a competitive academic atmosphere has inevitably affected the political situation, a pool of backwater Confucian court finally ushered in the official return of the Zongheng family and the Mo family, and the grand occasion of the original hundred schools of thought is actively brewing.

The court is like this, the people are the same, Suning also heard the rumors, some famous scholars who have studied the law gathered together, it seems that they want to form a Legalist organization together, and hope to gain official recognition, Legalism can not talk about secret inheritance, because the law has never disappeared, compared to the vertical and horizontal art and Mohist art and other academics, the revival of Legalist scholarship seems to be easier, but this road seems to be more long-term.

Because there is also a relationship between the rule of man and the rule of law.

As a result, Suning seized the opportunity, taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, to tilt the national policy of the Tang Dynasty, a typical inland empire, to the ocean a little bit, the establishment of Haizhou has been irreversible, has been ordered by the emperor, signed by Zhongshu Province, approved by Menxia Province and a series of legal procedures for filing and reporting in Shangshu Province, the rest is the detailed consultation and the arrangement of specific officials, the establishment of an overseas special administrative region is not a simple matter.

For example, the appointment of the supreme chief executive and the supreme military governor, since it is a territory composed of a large group of islands, the military force will naturally be dominated by the navy, and the navy, the original base is in Yangzhou, which is very convenient, so the supreme military governor of Haizhou, there is no doubt that the chief of the Yangzhou Navy, Zhang Liang.

And what about the Chief Executive? Haizhou is a state-level administrative region, there must be counties below, the chief executives of the prefectures and counties have to arrange, all need to choose candidates, that is an island, not an ordinary state and county, if it is not done well, there is no way to build it into a protective belt of the southeast coastal territory and the first material supply site of the fleet going to sea, whether it is military strategic significance or economic significance is very important, can not be random random.

So who should you choose? The civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty looked at each other, if it is a state or a county in the Tang Dynasty, there are many people who can hold this position now, and there are still some candidates selected by the imperial examination, except for the people who are arranged to go to Tubo to live a hard life, there are still some left, but unlike Tubo, Tubo was at least once a country, no matter how many states and counties were broken down, there was still a population base there, and Haizhou was different, the first people who arrived there didn't even know if there were people there.

Poor and white, with nothing, is equivalent to saying that what the first Haizhou Assassin and his administrative team need to do is to build Haizhou from a poor and white place into a supply station with abundant materials, isn't this tantamount to starting from scratch? This kind of thing requires not only knowledge, but also real ability and strong will, and there is no way to get too much help from the imperial court.

This is the first time that Datang has set up an administrative region outside the mainland, although it feels weird, but everyone agrees, since they agree, they have to do it, but how to do it has become a big problem, everyone doesn't know how to do it, so this is a strict problem. How to develop an island, how to develop a group of islands and a big, big island.

Anyway, the naval base is certain, and in order to establish rule, the first thing that is needed is force, and the army is needed.

After discussing for several hours, he didn't come up with a reason, and Li Er's majesty was also a little tired, so he ordered all the ministers to think carefully after they went back, and they could write out any suggestions, and then put them on the table, and he would consider them carefully.

Suning was tired of the day. I also feel a little tired. After leaving the palace, I went home, ready to go back to eat a little more, and then get a good night's sleep, there is still a lot of work to be done tomorrow. Back home. Li Ruihan embodies the demeanor of the hostess very well. The three concubines were called by her, serving food and pouring wine to serve Suning, anyway, everything can be done, Suning feels a little funny. Li Ruihan really put a lot of effort into being a good hostess.

For example, the problem of sleeping, when there is no concubine, this is not a problem at all, after accepting a concubine, it is a problem related to future generations, the Wang family strongly intervened in this problem, and asked each of the three concubines in the seven days to have a chance to be alone with Suning, Li Ruihan pouted and didn't want to agree, Suning looked at her and felt funny, and finally decided that the twin sisters did not need to be separated, Yuehua could be alone, so that Li Ruihan could monopolize five days of the seven days.

Now I smoothed out this girl's hair.

The feeling of two planes flying side by side is not generally good, Suning feels that he can also face the other two generals at the same time, if there are more, he can't stand it, and he feels a little spare power if he has one heart, and the twin sisters have the same heart, it seems that there are some very mysterious telepathy, it seems that at some specific moments, one person's feelings can be shared with the other, this situation seems to be uncommon, but it does make Suning enjoy it very much......

The stomachs of the three of them still didn't improve, especially Yuehua, which made Suning very worried, mainly because I heard that the Qinglou was very strict about women's fertility problems, and it was absolutely not allowed to appear accidentally, so there were some special techniques, which were similar to those in the palace, and the emperor himself also had some special techniques, and some eunuchs had mastered these techniques, and according to the emperor's intentions, they decided to keep the dragon son and grandson or not.

If you are a concubine, you don't have any status in the Tang Dynasty, if you don't have children, it's even worse, Suning can pamper them, but put them outside, it's the same, although the Tang Dynasty's "Zhenguan Law" has been rebuilt, but it is mainly aimed at the civil law, the untouchables do not belong to the households, and cannot be protected by the law, Suning intends to promote the improvement of human rights in the "Zhenguan Law" in the next stage, abolish some untouchables, and don't want to leave this problem to Yongzheng to change.

had a very warm night, teasing the four little beauties happily, Suning himself was happy, five of the seven days were Li Ruihan's special sessions, but, as compensation, Suning insisted on asking the four of them to eat together during the meal, regardless of whether the concubine was a concubine or not, it could be served.

This is more like a home, even if the twin sisters are included in the room by Suning, they still have to be Li Ruihan's personal girl, and they can't change it after talking about it for more than ten years, so Suning will let it go, but they are not allowed to stand behind Li Ruihan when eating, their identities are different, and they are a grade higher than the servants.

After eating, Suning planned to go to the study to read the book for a while, sort out the first draft of "Zizhi Tongjian", and then wash and sleep, who knew that as soon as he arrived in the study, he heard the next person coming to pass the word, and one person claimed to be Liu Renliang and wanted to see Hou Ye.

Liu Renliang?

Suning frowned, he's back? Why do you come to me at night if you don't come home when you come back? Is there anything important he wants to tell me?

Suning asked his subordinates to bring Liu Renliang directly to his study, and then poured a cup of tea for Liu Renliang, and as soon as he put the teacup down, Liu Renliang hurriedly walked in: "Hou Ye, Xia Guan's late night visit disturbed Hou Ye's rest, and I ask Hou Ye to forgive Xia Ye for his rudeness!" ”

Suning waved his hand and smiled: "Don't say this, don't say this, it doesn't matter, you tell me first, what's wrong with you, come to me in such a hurry at night?" What's the urgency? ”

Liu Renliang seemed to be a little hesitant, and after squeaking for a while before he spoke, Suning was anxious: "You never drag mud and water when you do things, what's wrong, why are you dragging mud and water now?" Why do you tell me? What the hell do you have to tell me? ”

Liu Renliang's face tightened, gritted his teeth, knowing that if he didn't say it, this was a fleeting opportunity, once he lost it, he didn't know when he would have to wait until he wanted to go to the next level, as if he had made a heavy decision, he said: "The lower official is here for nothing else, just to recommend himself and ask the Hou Ye for an official!" ”

Suning was stunned: "Mao Sui recommended himself? Seeking an official? To me? ”

Liu Renliang nodded: "Yes, ask Hou Ye for an official!" ”

Suning was completely stunned: "Why do you ask me for an official?" (To be continued......)