Chapter 410

"West to Yumen pass, east to the sea!"

All officials suddenly looked up and were shocked by Li Shimin's ambition. It would be a brick road across the Tang Dynasty from the west to Yumen pass and the east to the sea.

"Not bad!" Li Shimin nodded solemnly. "This line connects Longyou Road, Guannei road and Henan Road, four thousand miles long."

"Four thousand miles!" all officials were shocked. This is not a small project in this era.

Although the brick road is cheap and the project is simple, it can't stand the long route! The money spent must have doubled.

Of course, the benefits are obvious. The brick road along the Longhai line is the economic center of the Tang Dynasty. Once the construction is completed, the benefits are naturally unlimited.

However, this time, none of the officials objected. Once the brick road of Longhai line is completed, the East and west of Datang will be unimpeded. So far, Datang has a grand canal in the north-south direction, a Longhai line in the east-west direction, and a cross traffic line has been officially formed in Datang.

"Please do what your majesty can. Don't repeat the mistakes like the Grand Canal." Wei Zheng advised. Wei Zheng did not object to road construction, but dissuaded Li Shimin not to act too hastily. Anyone can see the benefits of brick roads. However, it would be very bad if he would over recruit the people and turn good things into bad things.

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Wei Aiqing can rest assured that the brick road construction project is simple, the people along the way are competent, and there are bond issues, mainly to hire people, which will certainly not affect people's life."

The biggest cost of building brick roads is not manpower, but money, especially the money to buy bricks. There are solutions to the three natural disasters. I'm afraid it's not a difficult problem in terms of money.

Wei Zheng naturally thought of this, did not advise, bowed and returned to the queue.

When the Mohist school built the brick road in the south of the city, they had envisaged a grand brick road map connected by the ten roads of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, they shook their heads and denied. Now only a few months later, Longyou Road, Guannei Road, Henan Road and the three roads of the Tang Dynasty have been connected. Will it be far from the ten roads of the Tang Dynasty?

At the gate of Tai Chi hall, Merton couldn't help smiling. Once Datang tasted the benefits of brick road, he must embark on a rapid development road and can't stop if he wants to.

Almost all of the Grand Court meeting became a performance of Mohism, and almost all the meritorious achievements of 100 officials were related to Mohism.

With the passage of one issue after another, everyone can't help smiling knowingly. If this continues, Datang will become stronger and stronger,

They remembered that as early as the beginning of the year, Merton was full of confidence in the coming of the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty. I'm afraid they only thought that Merton was a yellow haired boy, flattering and talking nonsense.

Who would have thought that in less than a year, everyone had a hunch that the prosperity predicted by Merton was just around the corner,

Soon, when the great court meeting was over, there was only one last topic left, that is, the rebellion of the southwest bureaucrats, which was probably the only annoyance in the seven years of Zhenguan.

"Your Majesty, in May, the Yazhou road staff rebelled, and Zhang Shigui, the chief manager of the Yazhou road march, pursued the anti staff and returned home with great victory. In December, the Liao rebellion in Jialing and Lingzhou, and Niu JINDA, the unified army of Hanjiang Prefecture, has entered the two states. At present, no news has been reported back." Hou Junji, the Minister of war, reported.

Li Shimin could not help but frown. The Liao people are the most troublesome national problem in the Tang Dynasty. The southwest Liao people occupy a dangerous place, and the imperial court mostly appeases them. However, Rao is so. He is still rebellious. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the rebellion of the southwest Liao people has continued despite repeated prohibitions. This year is particularly serious. The Liao people in three States rebelled within a year.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. General Niu has been on the battlefield for a long time. How can the bureaucrats of only two states turn up big waves." Chang sun Wuji comforted.

Li Shimin nodded. The elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty had nothing to say to defeat the poorly equipped staff.

"Liao people's rebellion continues despite repeated prohibitions. How do you Aiqing think it should be managed?" Li Shimin frowned. Liao people's repeated rebellion has caused losses, and the impact is extremely bad.

The ministers were suddenly silent.

As the Minister of the Ministry of military, Hou Junji had to list out and say, "Your Majesty, the rebellion of the bureaucrats continued despite repeated prohibitions. It can be seen that he is extremely dissatisfied with the imperial court. At the end, he will think that the imperial court needs to hoard heavy troops in the Southwest in case of no need. He will severely punish the rebellious bureaucrats as an example."

Hou Junji was so murderous that he obviously wanted to make an example of the Liao people and frighten them.

Li Shimin bowed his head and thought. He was also very annoyed by the rebellion of the Liao people. If this method could permanently suppress the rebellion of the Liao people, it would be a once and for all way, Li Shimin was vaguely moved.

"Your Majesty, this must not happen?" Kong Yingda said.

"The people of the five countries are all Chinese, the king loves and the four barbarians. Your majesty is respected as Tian Khan. Our Tang Dynasty is also a state of etiquette. We should only convince people with virtue and educate them..."

Kong Yingda was full of ideas and advocated the Confucian policy of restraint and tenderness.

Cheng Yaojin snorted coldly, "it's pedantic. In this case, why do you use general Niu Zhang? If the bureaucrats rebel, let Lord Kong use one mouth to fight the rebellion."

Kong Ying dadon's face was livid and said, "old Cheng, don't be presumptuous. It's the local chieftain's fault for the Liao people to rebel. How innocent the Liao people are. If you kill the innocent indiscriminately, it will damage the holy virtue of the son of heaven.

Cheng Yaojin snorted coldly, "anyone who takes up arms and aims at the officers and men of Datang is the enemy of Datang! There is no innocence against the enemy."

For a while, Wen Chen and the generals had constant disputes. One side advocated Huairou and the other advocated force deterrence and strong repression.

"The people of the four barbarians are all the people of the Tang Dynasty. I will treat them equally. If the bureaucrats revolt, only the chief villains will be punished." Li Shimin finally chose the same line of literary officials.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

All officials bow down.

"The rebellion of the Liao people is just a state, and the rest of the Liao people are self-contained. The imperial court combines kindness and power, sends envoys to appease the non rebellious Liao people, at the same time, suppresses the rebellion of the Liao people, and sends their chief villains back to Chang'an for joint trial by the third division." Wei Zhengdao.

Li Shimin immediately nodded slightly and said, "what Wei Aiqing said is very true. This is the old way of governing the country."

Feng zhidayton said: "Lingnan road is also a group of Liao people. The Feng family can mediate from it to persuade Liao people to belong to the court."

He lost face in front of Li Shimin because of Johor rice. Seeing this opportunity at this moment, he naturally expressed his merit immediately. The Feng family has a high position among the southwest bureaucrats and has a great voice. If he can make this happen, he will certainly be able to make a big face in front of the imperial court.

"Feng Aiqing has a heart, and the Duke of Geng has made great contributions to the stability of the southwest." Li Shimin sighed.

As long as the southwest is inseparable from the Feng family, his position in Chang'an city will be as stable as Mount Tai.

"Wei Chen objected!" when Feng Zhidai was proud, a voice that impressed him suddenly said.

"Mojiazi!"

Feng Zhidai gnashed his teeth in his heart.