Rebirth of Tang Dynasty as a dad

Du Shaoqing said: "There are many people in the Central Plains and little land, and the land cultivated by each family is limited, and they have been farming for many years, so they know how to fertilize the land every year.

But not in the Northeast, where you can only harvest one season a year. If you want to feed the population, you need to double the area of ​​cultivated land. Over time, the population increases day by day. Same as Central Plains.

Such limited land, which only produces one season of harvest a year, cannot support such people, and then the population is lost, the land is restored from cultivated land to wasteland, no one manages the fertile fields, and the original soil-holding and water-retaining vegetation on the fields is destroyed by humans. Encountering wind and sun, the sky is full of yellow sand for a long time"

this logic

Everyone had to marvel at the depth of Du Shaoqing's logic. Just grasping one direction and setting off can push back decades. Although everyone seemed to be listening to a story, none of the people present were mediocre, and no one was quick-witted. Can keep up with Du Shaoqing's train of thought.

It sounds reasonable and well-founded. You have been in charge of the country for many years, so you can understand it. If it really develops like this, even if the future situation is different from what he inferred, it will not be too far away.

Just kidding, where is Du Shaoqing's inference?That is my own personal experience, and I have seen the changes of the era of desertification of the northern grasslands.

He knows where his strengths are, and he also knows that if he is purely intellectual, he will not be able to compete with any of the famous ministers present, and he will use his strengths to avoid his weaknesses. Although these people are famous in history, but due to the constraints of the times, they will not be able to see what will happen after a thousand years. .

At this time, basically no one in the Hall of Political Affairs stood up to question, and everyone's voice of discussion became much lower. Fang Xuanling's forehead was sweating. The disaster after a hundred years?This is somewhat unacceptable to him.

But after all, he is a prime minister, with an extraordinary mind, and he also agrees with Du Shaoqing's reasoning, so he did not insist on refuting Du Shaoqing in order to achieve his own political plan.

It's not that there is no point in doing so, but because, to persist in a flawed plan, this is not a conspiracy for the country, but a crime for evil.

"Your Majesty, the old minister didn't expect that." Fang Xuanling apologized bitterly to Li Er.

Li Er waved his hand and said: "Xuanling, why is this so? A wise man will eventually make a mistake. Besides, all of us brainstormed and argued this matter. If you say something wrong, everyone present is wrong, including me."

"Your Majesty, does that include me?" Du Shaoqing made a joke to ease the oppressive atmosphere.

Li Erbai glanced at his son-in-law and complained: "Are you right, boy? Because of your words, all of us have been busy thinking about our careers for a day, so I am wrong?"

Du Shaoqing asked the sky speechlessly, and argued strongly: "Uncle Gangfang said that if I can find a loophole, he will not be happy in time, so that future generations will not suffer because of the current mistakes. Now you have to admit it."

Fang Xuanling smiled wryly and said: "That's right, the old minister promised it, Your Majesty, don't make things difficult for Shaoqing, my nephew has a heart of Chicheng, praise!"

Li Er persisted and said: "I remember, Gang Xuanling seemed to say that if you can find a loophole and help make up for it, that would be a great achievement.

Now you are better off, poke a hornet's nest and run away by yourself?Is this what a gentleman does? "

Hey, isn't it because you don't want to give up your great achievements after making trouble for a long time?What's the point of talking so much?Du Shaoqing was speechless.

"Your Majesty, Shaoqing only came into contact with the work of building the city today, so don't make things difficult for him. This matter is due to the veteran's lack of thoughtfulness, so let's go back and re-plan and find a way to make up for the shortcomings." Fang Xuanling helped to excuse.

"Hmph, you kid, it should be your uncle Fang who protected you, so you escaped unharmed." Li Er scolded with a smile.

Du Shaoqing threw down the things, turned over and got up, patted the dust on his body, and said a little arrogantly: "If you want to say that, my son-in-law really wants to bet on you.

I really have an immature idea, maybe I can fill in the gaps. "

"Oh? Really? Nephew, tell me!" Fang Xuanling grabbed Du Shaoqing's arm excitedly, feeling as if she had just had a child, was told that she had a terminal illness, and then met a savior.

Li Er said unhappily: "You boy! What are you betting on? Do you think it's just playing tricks when the state affairs are at stake? You don't understand the construction plan, so don't push yourself. If you don't show your face, you will make a fool of yourself.

All the people present are your elders, no one cares about the momentary dispute with you kid. "

Chapter 574 Du Shaoqing's Plan (Two in One)

Du Shaoqing looked around at the people present, and boldly expressed his thoughts. In fact, it was very simple, only ten words: grazing for grazing, farming for farming!

After hearing his answer, everyone was at a loss, Li Er reprimanded with a black face: "After going around for a long time, this is your countermeasure? Keep it as it is?

Then what do I want your kid to do?It's just adding to the chaos! "

Seeing that Du Shaoqing didn't seem to be joking at all, but rather confident, Fang Xuanling pondered for a moment and asked tentatively: "Could it be that Shaoqing wants to implement a limited cultivated land policy in the Northeast and keep some people from grazing for a living?" ?

Well, this method is worthy of scrutiny. As long as half of the people can be immobilized, the risk of chaos for the remaining people will be much smaller. "

Du Shaoqing clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "That's right, that's basically what it means, and I also know a situation that may be of great help to Uncle Fang's plan to build a city."

"Oh? Nephew, please tell me, is there anything special about the Northeast?" Fang Xuanling urged.

Du Shaoqing walked to the map and drew a circle in the northeast direction with the command stick, "Here is a fairly vast fertile plain, which is very suitable for planting and reclamation. If it is used properly, it can add tens of thousands of acres of fertile land to the Tang Dynasty.

Originally, my Datang only occupied a part of the Liaodong area, but now it is all included in the territory of the Datang. If it can be matched with our Datang's farming technology, even if it only produces one season a year, it will be difficult for this place to be rich. "

really? ? ?

Everyone looked at Du Shaoqing in horror, then turned their heads to look at the invisible circle, and the eyes of the ministers became hot.

Datang was still in the era of farming and farming, and the output of land and food almost represented national power. Now that such a large piece of fertile land can be added, if it is used properly, Datang will no longer be short of food since then, and the future prosperity can be expected.

After staring at the map for a long time, Fang Xuanling said angrily: "Your Majesty, these small countries are dishonest and hide such important geographic information from us. They should be punished!"

"It's wrong, Uncle Fang, it's not that they deliberately concealed it, it's that they didn't know it at all, or they didn't care. These northern barbarians only know how to live by grazing and plundering south. Although some individuals will consider learning farming, but After all, it is impossible to draw a tiger, so they have been ignoring farming.

In our eyes, it is a fertile plain suitable for farming, but in their eyes, it is just an ordinary grazing land.

If they had known this a long time ago, I am afraid that the national power would not be so vulnerable. "Du Shaoqing helped explain.

"That's right, fortunately they are ignorant, otherwise, if there are three more powerful countries like Goguryeo in the north, the situation will be worrying." Gao Shilian nodded.

"But didn't you just say that if you over-cultivate the land, it will cause land barrenness, that desertification." Wei Zheng questioned.

Du Shaoqing laughed loudly, "In the circle I drew, it can be changed to land with the same farming model as mine in the Central Plains. As long as the population is properly controlled, the quality of the land will not be damaged.

To the north of this place is the real grazing grassland. Because of the climate, the annual precipitation in these places is limited, so if we destroy the vegetation, the consequences will be difficult to make up for. "

From the beginning to the end, Du Shaoqing has been answering the questions of these ministers one by one. This is not being made difficult, but to help check for omissions and fill in the gaps. The factors that can be taken into account by these people must be the people's livelihood, and there must be no omissions .

In response to Du Shaoqing's proposal, everyone chatted for another two hours until it was time to hold the lamps. Almost everyone couldn't bear it anymore, especially the older ones. go home.

During the banquet, there was no need to pay attention to the arrangement of noodles, and a standard dinner was served for everyone in this hall, and everyone talked and laughed while eating and chatting.

Li Er said with emotion: "Finally, we have some clues. Otherwise, if so many barbarians in the north are allowed to continue nomadic autonomy, and a new leader will reappear in the future and restore the style of our ancestors, it will become a big problem for me in the north again. We must guard against it!"

I don't know who complained, "There are still too many barbarians in the north. If we can reduce the population and control the population, we won't have to start a war in the north every once in a while. It's a waste of time and money, and neither side gets benefits.

For the country, it is trouble, but for the people, it is suffering. "

Yes, but is this population so easy to control?Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, even though births have been encouraged many times, the population reproduction is still slow.

It is different in the tribe of the Hu people. Datang imported people to strengthen the national power and prosper all industries, but the Hu people are different. They add people to import to increase the fighting force. When they go south to plunder and start wars in the future, they can gain more.

Therefore, if the Hu people have a little more population, the threat of being used on the battlefield will increase tenfold. However, the Hu people live scattered and are very difficult to control.

Du Shaoqing kept silent all the time, and waited until everyone had almost eaten dinner before he took the initiative to say: "I have an idea, which can reduce the number of Hu people in the north by [-]%."

Poof, this news not only did not make people excited and happy, but made many ministers almost choke on the rice.

Li Er scolded angrily: "You bastard! Since you have entered my Tang territory, you will be my people in the Tang Dynasty from now on. How can you say vicious words like massacring the people?"