Li Shimin was shocked.
"Inner counties, outer feudalism?"
He murmured,
"Seal all the areas that cannot be controlled by the imperial court and let the people who are sealed go to establish and run the country?"
"Your idea is really groundbreaking!"
"No one has ever thought of this in history!"
Xu Fenglei smiled slightly.
"That's because there has never been a dynasty as powerful as the Tang Dynasty in history!"
"The current territory of the Tang Dynasty has surpassed the peak territory of the Qin and Han Dynasties, and there is no doubt that our territory will continue to expand! In the future, the entire Northern Territory, Liaodong, and even the Western Regions may become the territory of the Tang Dynasty !”
"Times are progressing and things are changing. Is it okay if we don't study a new system to control the world?"
Li Shimin took a deep breath and nodded in agreement.
"Yeah yeah……"
He sighed,
"What I have now cannot be compared to the heroes of all dynasties!"
"So, I naturally have to create a new system!"
Suddenly, Li Er looked at Xu Fenglei and asked;
"Then according to your opinion, I should entrust the prince to the outside of the Great Wall? Become the King of the Great Wall and establish the country?"
Xu Fenglei sneered.
"Your Majesty, are you thinking too much?"
He said slightly mockingly,
"Can these drunkards from the royal family establish a foothold outside the Great Wall?"
"What are you dreaming about?"
"Currently, among the princes, the only one who is very useful and can work independently is Li Ke. The others are all useless! Including Li Tai, they are only suitable to lie in the gentle countryside, eating and drinking and waiting to die."
Li Shimin; "..."
This sharp comment made him grin.
"You...are going too far."
"It's not that bad, right? Most of my princes are still..."
"Well, well, most of them have normal intelligence." Xu Fenglei nodded in approval.
Li Shimin was completely speechless and simply closed his mouth.
"I can understand His Majesty's thoughts."
Xu Fenglei said seriously,
"Sealing the royal family's children out to establish a country will at least have the blood of the Li Tang royal family flowing in their bodies. Even if they want to rebel, it will only be a quarrel among themselves."
"It has the same connotation as Fei Liu Bu Wang."
"But the problem is that going out to establish a country means fighting, fighting, and overpowering the local indigenous people!"
"This requires talent! People who are incompetent cannot step on the heads of the indigenous barbarians and shit!"
"When the Emperor of Zhou enacted the enfeoffment, which one of those enfeoffed heroes was not a first-class ruthless character? The land of the ancestors of the Qin State was directly allocated to the hinterland of Xirong! Even with such a difficult start, the Qin people still He chewed up the land of the Western Frontier in one bite!"
"How many people in the royal family have such ability? Even if you give soldiers and generals, and the barbarians are obedient, it is not easy to establish a foothold outside the wall!"
After hearing these words, Li Shimin fell silent.
yes.
There is no mediocre person who can go out and make a name for himself.
“But it’s also a double-edged sword.”
Li Shimin said in a deep voice,
"If I adopt such a policy, within a few decades or even a hundred years, they will be able to listen to the imperial court, just like how other countries listened to the Emperor of Zhou."
"But what about a hundred years from now?"
"The virtue of a gentleman will last for five generations. If it is passed on for several generations, they will only feel that everything they have is the hard work of their ancestors, and they will no longer remember the grace of the royal family!"
"At that time, he will break away from the control of the imperial court, will not obey the emperor's orders, and will not pay taxes!"
"Even...just like the former King of Chu and King Qin, he bullied the royal family and even replaced it!"
"If so...what can be done?"
Li Er immediately grasped the hidden dangers of this policy.
If you engage in enfeoffment, those who are separated will be destined to become independent!
"Does Your Majesty want the Tang Dynasty to last for thousands of years?"
Xu Fenglei said in surprise,
"No way?"
"I said that the Tang Dynasty's Guo Zuo was 289 years old. This is a certain number. I have confirmed it with Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang."
"I made an oath at the beginning that I would continue the destiny of the Tang Dynasty for one hundred years! That will not reach four hundred years."
"So, the hidden dangers you mentioned do exist, but the benefits of this policy for the continuation of the Tang Dynasty and the improvement of national power far outweigh the disadvantages! It may even make the Tang Dynasty even more glorious!"
"If there is such a thing and the feudal order collapses, then it may be that the fate of the Tang Dynasty has come to an end. There is no way to destroy it. It would be good to have four hundred years, at least it has passed its peak."
Li Shimin: "..."
Will this kid die if he doesn't tell these ugly truths? !
How annoying!
Li Er said unhappily:
"Why do I think you are lying to me?"
"The advantages far outweigh the disadvantages? Why do you think so? Let's talk about the three advantages first!"
Xu Fenglei shrugged.
"What's so hard about this?"
He opens his mouth and comes,
"First, it can strengthen the control over surrounding areas. When a Tang person is the boss outside the Great Wall, it is far better than when a barbarian is the boss. As long as the emperor is not stupid, everything can be done, whether it is dispatching or collecting taxes."
"Second, it can promote the true integration of surrounding areas and the Central Plains! People who are not from my race will have different minds, but what if the top decision-makers are of the same race? Wouldn't it be much easier to handle?"
"Just like how the emperor of Zhou communicated with the various princes more smoothly than he communicated with the barbarian chiefs, all the princes are also of the same kind, with the same culture and ideas. Over time, it will naturally become possible for you to be like me, and for me to be like you." you."
Li Shimin nodded slightly.
These can all be found in history.
"And the third point is also the most important point in my opinion."
Xu Fenglei said,
“Reduce the consumption of local resources.”
"Every dynasty has its merits and merits, and they all need to be rewarded."
"For example, Your Majesty, the Duke alone has awarded dozens of people, right? There are hundreds of other nobles, right?"
"It's okay to have a reward in your hand. After all, the country has just been founded and there are still a lot of resources. But what about the kings of future generations?"
"As the rewards continue from generation to generation, there will be many people to be awarded, but the resources are fixed and will only become less and less!"
"At that time, contradictions will become prominent and even cause a huge crisis!"
"The system of inner counties and outer enfeoffments can avoid the massive consumption of local resources. Instead, it can allow heroes to go to the outside world to open up wasteland, making the plate bigger and the resources more!"
"In this way, there is no consumption, but it can be replenished! It is difficult for the dynasty not to be strong!"
Li Shimin: "!!!"
The first two benefits seemed ordinary to him.
But when it came to the third benefit, he suddenly felt like he was enlightened, and his heart suddenly shrank!
"wonderful!"
Li Er couldn't help but clapped his hands and said,
"What a good one, instead of being consumed, it is replenished!"
"This is wonderful!"
"Listen clearly, it has to be you! I now believe that this method can extend the Tang Dynasty!"
The corners of Xu Fenglei's mouth raised slightly.
That is naturally wonderful.
In fact, this third benefit is often the key issue in the rise and fall of a dynasty!
One of the core reasons why the Anshi Rebellion broke out a hundred years later was that the people below could not get the resources they deserved, so they rebelled!
Otherwise, how could An Lushan, who died not long after raising an army, disrupt the Tang Dynasty into such chaos?
Later, when Li Longji established a vassal town, he was actually forced to redistribute resources out of desperation...
But that kind of resource allocation, no matter how it changes, will only waste domestic resources and ultimately treat the symptoms rather than the root cause.
If we really want to solve it, the only way to solve it is this way——
When the country is strong and can control foreign areas, implement the foreign feudal system!
The world outside is infinite, and the resources are endless!
It’s up to you to fight and seize whatever you want. If you can reach the Western Regions and Siberia, that’s all yours!
"My return to Jiuwei Mountain this time is indeed not in vain."
Li Shimin sighed,
"There is nothing the civil and military officials in the dynasty can do, but you can come up with a wonderful way to fundamentally solve the problem!"
"Okay! I want to reward you!"
Xu Fenglei waved his hand.
"I don't care about external things. Your Majesty, please save them."
He said with an indifferent expression,
"Your Majesty, don't be too happy. There are still problems at the moment."
"Tuyuhun and the Turkic lands are huge. Who should be entrusted to govern them?"
"If we want to enfeoff them and establish a country for them, how should the land be divided and how should it be adjudicated?"
"This all needs to be planned in advance..."
Li Shimin was startled, and the smile on his face suddenly faded.
"yes……"
Li Er whispered,
"The top priority right now is to make a Tuyuhun king."
"As for the Turkic lands, we can take it easy for the time being. After all, I have established several great governors to allow the Turkic people to govern themselves. The Turkic territory is also large, and if we really want to seal it, we have to divide it into several pieces."
"Listen clearly, in your opinion, who can be King Tuyuhun?"
Xu Fenglei did not hesitate.
"King Wu Li Ke."
He said directly,
"This kid Li Ke has great potential. If he were born from the queen, I wouldn't even object to him becoming the heir apparent."
"With his status as a prince, he is also suitable to control a territory as large as Tuyuhun. No other prince, county prince, or even a clan prince is qualified to be the king of Tuyuhun."
"I believe that as long as your majesty gives Li Ke enough support and enough money, food, troops and horses in the early stage, he will definitely be able to gain a foothold in Tuyuhun and run it into his own kingdom!"
After hearing these words, Li Shimin's eyes kept flickering.
"Ke'er..."
"Can he do it? Can he be willing to go...can he endure such hardship?"
Li Er murmured.
In fact, he felt a little distressed to let his grown-up son go to such a place where nothing matters but to become king and dominate...
"I'm sure I can! And I'm sure I'm willing!"
Xu Fenglei said seriously,
"Ke'er is ambitious! With his talents, he is definitely not willing to be an idle prince, walking around and drinking tea every day."
"Give him a bitter and cold land that belongs to him completely, and let him fight and conquer! In the end, he will achieve great things and control a kingdom that belongs to him. It is definitely his heart's wish!"
"If you don't believe it, you can ask him!"
"I guess the only one who will object is Concubine Yang."
Li Shimin fell into deep thought.
Xu Fenglei didn't bother him, he just looked at the rushing waterfall in front of him and washed his body and mind.
"……worthy of study."
After a long while, Li Shimin exhaled a breath, patted Xu Fenglei's shoulder, and said seriously,
"Your words have had a big impact on me."
"I need to be quiet. After I go back, I will think about it carefully."
"By the way, you said before that the world is actually very big, and the territory occupied by the Tang Dynasty is actually less than 10% of the whole world?"
Xu Fenglei nodded.
"Yes."
"To be precise, it's probably only a little over half."
"Not to mention anything else, the area north of Northern Xinjiang alone is larger than your Majesty's imagination."
Li Shimin was silent.
"Is Your Majesty swallowing the ambitions of the world again?"
Xu Fenglei raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said,
"If you want to, then enfeoffment within counties and outside is the only way!"
"This is like sowing seeds, spreading the blood of the Han family to all parts of the world, allowing them to take root and grow into towering trees!"
"It is true that at a certain stage, they may break away from the control of the local court and establish themselves as kings."
"But at least, there will be a period of time when the territory of the Tang Dynasty is boundless! Think about it, how glorious it would be?"
"Even if for that moment of glory, there will be all kinds of mess later, it is worth taking this road!"
Li Shimin was stunned.
The territory of the Tang Dynasty was boundless!
"That's the real world, and it's not the king's land."
He murmured,
"Even if they fall apart in the future, the Tang people have spread all over the world. Every corner of the world will respect the Tang people and regard the Han family as the king!"
"Okay, that's great..."
"I couldn't see that scene, but just thinking about it makes my blood boil."
Controlling the world is a man's romance!
And what is the ultimate romance?
That is to control a larger world and have a broader country!
"If His Majesty implements this policy, I will do my best to protect him."
Xu Fenglei said seriously with bright eyes.
This strategy is his real trump card to change history and continue the Tang Dynasty for another hundred years!
Therefore, it must be approved by Li Shimin and implemented by him!
"Try your best?"
Li Shimin snorted softly and said,
"You must first be willing to go back to Chang'an before we talk!"
Xu Fenglei curled his lips and was noncommittal.
"Let's go. This waterfall is nice, but it makes me tired of seeing it too much. My robe is even wet."
Li Shimin waved his hand and said,
"The construction of the imperial mausoleum is too slow, so I decided to send more manpower."
"Increase the number of craftsmen to one hundred thousand! Require it to be completed before the end of this year!"
Xu Fenglei was stunned.
"How is that possible?"
He said hurriedly,
"Just follow the original schedule, it will save money and effort, and it will not waste people or money."
"Your Majesty is not coming to stay, so why are you in such a hurry?"
Li Shimin glared: "￥%...&**@#!!!"
What the hell is this girl’s name! What do you mean by 'why are you anxious if you don't come and stay'? !
"I have a lot of money and I can't spend it all. Is this an acceptable reason?"
Li Er said angrily,
"If the imperial mausoleum here is completed as soon as possible, the 100,000 craftsmen will naturally have other uses."
"Just take good care of the project here! You, the young general, are talking so much nonsense?"
Xu Fenglei shrugged.
"Oh well."
"The construction of the imperial mausoleum is finished. I want to go back to Moyu Mountain to clean up the work for a while. Please don't give me any work."
Li Shimin waved his hand displeasedly.
"We'll talk about it later!"
"Let's go down the mountain!"
