"Therefore, Huo Gang said that the reason why he formed an alliance with Datang is that he wants Datang to develop to the east, and Dahan to the west, and there will be no internal friction between the two sides, so that whether it is Dahan or Datang, the world will eventually become two huge countries."

"Your Majesty, do you think that these thoughts of his are for the sake of the Great Han?" Wei Zheng said with a smile.

"Isn't it?" Li Shimin said in some surprise.

"It's not." Wei Zheng shook his head with certainty, and then he didn't sell it, but said directly: "He said that if the Han and the Tang Dynasty can continue to develop and occupy the world, he doesn't want the Han to be inherited for thousands of years, and it can be inherited for two or three hundred years, and the culture in the area occupied by the Han Dynasty will become the culture of our Han people." ”

"Everyone in the world speaks Chinese, and at that time, he said, even if the world becomes dozens or even hundreds of countries again, because at that time, it can be said that the whole world is Han people, even if they look different from Han people, but their culture has become Han culture from the bones."

"At that time, no matter how many countries were at war with each other, it was just one sentence, that is, the meat was rotten in the pot." Wei Zheng said this, his tone was full of admiration.

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, these words made him ponder, throughout the ages, since the first emperor unified China, all emperors wanted to let their dynasty be inherited for a longer time, but no one has ever considered the problem from the perspective of the entire Chinese culture.

No one has ever said that his perspective has jumped to the height of Han culture, obviously, Huo Gang's pattern has surpassed them by a lot, and Huo Gang's pattern has made Li Shimin think a lot.

Wei Zheng sat quietly next to him and didn't speak, and the room was quiet for a while, until after a long time, Li Shimin sighed and said, "This kid has made us seem small." ”

"It depends on whether he can do this, if he can do it, it is called pattern, if he can't do it, it is called delusion." Wei Zheng smiled.

Li Shimin glanced at Wei Zheng strangely, "Xuancheng, you are indeed able to talk a lot now, it seems that this EQ has improved?" ”

"Hahaha, Your Majesty laughed, the minister actually just learned to communicate with people." Wei Zheng said with a smile.

"It looks like you've been going to Dahan for a year, so I guess I'll be able to live for many more years in the future. lest I be angry with you. Li Shimin couldn't help but laugh.

"Okay, I won't ask more questions about these questions, you stayed in Dahan for a winter, what do you think about the future of Dahan?" Li Shimin asked again.

"Your Majesty, when it comes to this, the minister only has one sentence, although the population of the Han Dynasty seems to be less than two million, the potential of the Han Dynasty is unlimited." Wei Zheng said seriously.

"Tell me." Li Shimin said quietly.

"First of all, the minister doesn't know how Huo Gang did it, but at present, the minister has received some news that the grain output of Dahan is much higher than that of my Dahan, and the strange thing is that those places were originally the Gobi Desert." Wei Zheng paused for a moment, but still said about it.

"I know this, so there has always been rumors in the outside world that Huo Gang is an immortal." Li Shimin was silent for a moment, and then added.

"Let's not say whether this is true or not, just talk about this matter, from this newly born river within Yangguan to Loulan City, and then from Loulan to the west to Yanqi City, now the cultivated land spread by the two rivers is probably at least tens of millions of acres, if these cultivated land are good land, then it means that the Han will not lack food in the future." Wei Zheng said seriously, he avoided Huo Gang's identity.

People in this era still believe in the first-class immortals, although they are like these rulers, they actually don't believe in the existence of immortals in their hearts, but if they don't believe it, they will also avoid it, including Wei Zheng, so they don't mention it, at least at present, Huo Gang has not shown any magic.

"Yes, this should also be a good thing for us, if they are not short of food, they can at least sell us some of it." Li Shimin thought for a while and added.

"Your Majesty, that's what I'm talking about, the magic of the rain in the Han Dynasty, and the fact that the Han is not short of food, and has turned the barren Gobi Desert into fertile fields and grasslands, have you considered how high Huo Gang's prestige will be." Wei Zheng looked at Li Shimin with a serious face and asked.

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, he could become auspicious by doing one thing casually, just like Han Gaozu back then, he could become the son of the Red Emperor by killing a white snake, and thus rebelled due to illness, how terrifying the reputation that Huo Gang's such a thing can cause, Li Shimin can imagine.

People like them may not believe it, but ordinary people will definitely believe it.

Even like these gate valve families, if they behave a few more times, they don't dare to disbelieve it.

"What are you trying to say?" Li Shimin looked at Wei Zhengdao.

"The surrender of the Yanqi Kingdom to the Han must have been received by His Majesty?" Wei Zheng turned to another question.

"Yes."

"Then Your Majesty can know that Huo Gang did not let Yanqi surrender, but only said that the people of Yanqi were strictly forbidden to enter the land of the Han Dynasty, and then he sent troops to the west of Yanqi to occupy the land around Yanqi and become the land of the Han Dynasty."

"Then it is said that snow fell from the sky, but Yanqi, which was surrounded by the territory of the Han Dynasty, did not drop a drop of snow, and such a thing quickly spread to the people of Yanqi, so the people of Yanqi gathered in the royal city, and asked the king of Yanqi to surrender in a sudden ride, and the king of Yanqi had no choice but to surrender to the Han, does Your Majesty know about this?" Wei Zheng asked again.

"Is this true?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment.

"It doesn't matter if it's true anymore, the important thing is that the people in all these places have already believed that this is true, and when I come back, the territory of the Han has been expanded to the foot of the West Kunlun Mountain, and the entire Tarim Basin is already the territory of the Han on both sides, if nothing else, it is estimated that in a few more months, the Han may be able to take Gaochang and directly occupy more land in the Western Turks in the Western Regions in one fell swoop."

"I'm afraid that the other countries in the Western Regions that belong to those lands have almost no resistance, and the Turks have regarded Huo Gang as the embodiment of immortality, and they will not resist, that is to say, except for a few big tribes in the Western Turks that are still in civil strife, all the property of the entire Western Turks, Huo Gang can almost completely get it in his hands." Wei Zheng said seriously.

"This means that the war potential of the Dahan is far more than we imagined." Wei Zheng added, "But the good news for us is that Huo Gang's future plan, he wants to go directly to Dashi, so the relationship with our Datang will be closer." ”

"Well, that's good news, but it's also bad news." Li Shimin nodded first, and then said with a wry smile.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment.

"I see that Dahan is constantly making progress every year, but it has been more than half a year since our Datang returned from my Western Regions, but what about us? The only achievement is that he has already received the Hetao region, the Wuyuan and other places in Jieli, and after discussing with the current little khan of the Eastern Turks, he is willing to surrender to our Datang. ”

"If it was in the past, it would have been a great achievement, but now it's too slow for us." Li Shimin smiled bitterly.

Wei Zheng was silent for a moment, and then nodded: "It's good that Your Majesty has this ambition, although we are indeed moving slowly now, but on the whole, they are good at turning around, but our Datang is a huge empire, and it is not so simple to deal with perfection, Your Majesty has worked hard." However, the minister believes that after His Majesty completes the preparatory work in front of him, the progress of my Datang will not be slower than that of his Dahan. ”

"Xuancheng has your words, I am content, it seems that I am going to increase the cooperation of Huo Gang, Huo Gang has a lot of good things there, we should negotiate with him and strive to get more support, such as steel and war horses." Li Shimin took a deep breath and said.

"It's true that Dahan has too many advantages over us in these two aspects, I don't know how they make steel, but I guess this method won't tell us, but it's okay to sell us steel, but how can we talk to him?" Wei Zheng thought about it, he had already realized this, not to mention anything else, the big man built the house with steel bars, you said that the big man lacked steel, who would believe it?

"People." A word came out of Li Shimin's mouth.

"People?" Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment.

"That's right! Person! Although the population of our Datang is currently registered with more than 20 million people, in fact, I have asked people to investigate, and our war with the former Sui has caused many people to take refuge in the deep mountains and old forests, in fact, our population is not so small, and now the population of our Datang is still at least more than 30 million. ”

"This population is our biggest advantage, although the development potential of the Han is huge, but now the population of the Han is only one million, even if the entire Western Regions are taken, it is only one and a half million people."

"What's more, among these populations, the proportion of Han people is very low in Dahan, and Huo Gang obviously wants more Han people, so I don't mind giving him more people." Li Shimin said in a serious tone.

"How much is Your Majesty going to give?" Wei Zheng pondered for a moment, then asked.

"Oh? You're not against it? Li Shimin glanced at Wei Zheng in surprise.

"Why does Your Majesty think I'm against it?" Wei Zheng raised his head and glanced at Li Shimin.

"If you had been pointing at my nose and scolding at this time, the people are the foundation of the country and the foundation of the empire." Li Shimin said strangely.

Li Shimin's words made Wei Zheng suddenly smile.