The scenery of the Great Food Country is very different from that of the Tang Dynasty. There are not many high mountains here, but there is a long river that runs through the entire Great Food Country. It is also the mother river of the Great Food Country, and it is the guarantee of the high food yield of the Great Food Country.
As long as there is this river, Dashi Country will prosper forever. However, it met Luo Zhang, who took a fancy to this place, so naturally he had to snatch it and use it for the Tang Dynasty.
Nowadays, the name of this place has been changed. It is no longer called Dashi, but is called the Xijing Protectorate. The highest official here is the Xijing Protectorate, which is equivalent to the current governor of a province.
According to Li Shimin's original idea, he wanted to send a prince to govern.
After all, people have selfish motives, and sending princes to govern is to enfeoff, and that place is considered a branch of the Tang Dynasty.
Regardless of whether something happened here in the Tang Dynasty, or something would happen in the future, the Xijing Protectorate has left a lineage of the Li family there, and can still make a comeback.
Luo Zhang directly opposed this, enfeoffment? Are you kidding? If any prince really goes there, the Tang Dynasty will definitely be in chaos in the future.
Not to mention anything else, with such a good place, it is easy to cultivate one's own power. After a few generations, there will definitely be a stronger existence than the Tang Dynasty.
When the branch is stronger than the main vein, what will be the consequences? He must be trying to seize the position of the main line.
Li Shimin liked doing this and watching his princes fight over each other, which Luo Zhang didn't like very much.
But according to Li Shimin, this is how he came to be. How can the prince below show his talent and ability to govern the country?
Luo Zhang rolled his eyes when he heard this. This is all nonsense.
Yes, ordinary recruits need to go through war and experience war to grow into a veteran.
But the prince is not a soldier, and they don't need to fight. The incident of Prince Li Chengqian is still fresh in his mind, and Li Shimin wants to cause trouble again.
In the past, Luo Zhang was powerless, but now it was different. Luo Zhang did not agree with Li Shimin sending the prince to the Xijing Protectorate to entrust him.
Only officials are allowed to be sent to govern, and it is also stipulated that the term is five years, and the person must be replaced after five years to prevent anyone from being tempted to cultivate their own power there.
Five years is neither long nor short, but it is impossible to cultivate your own power!
Although Li Shimin didn't say anything about this, Luo Zhang knew that he was a little unhappy, but Luo Zhang would not displease him no matter how unhappy he was.
The Tang Dynasty belongs not only to Li Shimin, but to everyone. He does not want to see the Tang Dynasty become a mess and have constant civil strife caused by Li Shimin.
This is also due to Luo Zhang's strength. He is now the number one person in the Tang Dynasty. He has the confidence to speak and do things. He is no longer as submissive as before, and he is even worried that I will take action against him.
Now, he has taken many benefits of the Gate of Eternal Life. If I want the elixir, Luo Zhang won't give in to him. He is no longer as worried about this and that as before.
Therefore, strengthening yourself is the eternal way!
Instead of relying on others, you will never be reliable.
Of course, Luo Zhang is not just tough, he doesn't want to be Obei.
Some compromises were made for Li Shimin, such as Huguang, Tubo, and the Western Regions. In these places, Li Shimin could enfeoff the princes as he pleased, and Luo Zhang had no objection at all.
Li Shimin also smiled bitterly at this. Huguang said well that it was within the Tang Dynasty, and it was considered fertile, but the people there were fierce and unruly, and they would rebel from time to time. If you want to suppress it, you can't. It's easy. If the prince sent there doesn't have some means, he won't be able to control it.
The end result is to be driven back.
As for the Western Regions and Tubo, which prince would be willing to go to these two places? Although the Western Regions are a place where trade gathers and transits, and Luo Zhang has also driven back those people from the Western Regions who fled to Anxi in the Tang Dynasty, the population is also large. .
But the scorching heat, the heat, can you make those delicate princes bear it?
There is also Tubo, which is even more on the plateau, has even fewer supplies, and many of its people are uncivilized. It would be better not to enfeoff it than to enfeoff it.
Luo Zhang's explanation is very simple. He can't even manage these places well, and he still wants to be the emperor?
