From a relationship perspective, Xu Qilin and Li Tai are indeed closer. The main reason is that they have no contact with Li Chengqian, or have met once or twice, but they have never even said anything.

If this is the case, Xu Qilin's relationship with anyone is closer than Li Chengqian.

Zhao nodded and said, "When Xu Qilin was reforming the grain government, he had many contacts with the King of Wei. The King of Wei also went to Sanmenxia to inspect. In the capital, the relationship between the two seemed to be good. He had several banquets in the palace, and it seemed that Xu Qilin had been invited."

In fact, this is not easy to make a judgment. Xu Qilin is at least involved in the royal relatives, so isn’t his relationship with Xiao Gongju even closer?

But if people think randomly, everything may look suspicious. Who made Li Tai be Li Chengqian’s biggest competitor, and who made Li Chengqian feel that the reserve position is not particularly stable!

Du He also opened his mind and said, "When the King of Wei left the capital, he was only famous for his literary talent. When he arrived in Luozhou, he had many brilliant political methods. Xu Qilin was also used to being famous for his fantasy ideas. Maybe he was giving advice to the King of Wei."

Zhao Jie blinked his eyes and nodded, "Brother Du can see thoroughly, there is indeed such a possibility. Therefore, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to win over Xu Qilin."

"That's how it is!" Jealousy and hatred suddenly arose in Du He's heart.

Why is Xu Qilin just relying on the guidance of his master to make money. In terms of talent, appearance, family background, where can he be as good as himself, how could he be valued by His Majesty? Li Chengqian also wanted to win over it.

If Xu Qilin really surrendered to the prince, how could he have the chance to show his own performance? He and Xu Qilin still have old grudges. If he gained power, wouldn't he suppress himself to death?

Thinking of this, how could Du He hope that Li Chengqian can succeed? But when Li Chengqian revealed this meaning, he could not explicitly object.

Seeing Du He pondering and silent, Zhao Jie didn't expect Du He's thoughts and said, "This matter is just a temporary thought. His Highness the Crown Prince will not send anyone. If you ask someone who is familiar with Xu Qilin to bring a meaning to express your importance, it will be better."

Du He shrugged his shoulders and said, "Your Highness wants to win over, but he doesn't let me know. I'm afraid I know that I have always had something to do with Xu Qilin, and it can even be said to be a grudge."

Zhao nodded and said, "It's not a big deal. It's just a conflict between words. Brother Du doesn't have to take it to heart."

Du He smiled and said nothing.

At this time, the guy brought the wine and the two stopped talking about the matter. After the guy left, Du He stopped talking about this, just eating vegetables and drinking, and talking about some gossip.

Zhao Jie thought Du He still couldn't let go, so he couldn't keep talking about Xu Qilin. The two of them ate and drank, and finally they left.

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Yizhou, the Hami in later generations. When it comes to this place, the first thing that comes to mind is naturally the Hami melon.

However, Hami's geographical location is far more important than Hami melon theory.

In the terrain between the Gobi and the mountains and the oasis and river valleys, two roughly east-west corridors are formed.

A east-west passage along the southern foot of Balikun Mountain, the Hami Basin passes through Xingxing Gorge to the southeast to reach Gansu and Suzhou, and the west to Turpan. This is also the route of the ancient Silk Road.

The other is an east-west passage between the two mountains. It can reach the southern edge of the Junggar Basin and Urumqi along the northern foot of Mount Balikun.

Due to the existence of these two channels, Hami in the middle does seem to be the "throat of the Silk Road". However, until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the prosperity of Dunhuang and Turpan at the east and west ends of Hami greatly weakened Hami's position as the key to transportation.

As the Tang army entered the Western Regions and established the Beiting Protectorate and Anxi Protectorate as in history, Hami's transportation location advantages will gradually emerge.

At this time, Hami, as the base camp for the Tang army to enter the Western Regions, had already shown the true nature of the outposts entering Xinjiang.

Compared with the narrow land of Xingxing Gorge, the Hami area is very large, with basins and Balikun Lake, which have certain agricultural and animal husbandry conditions. If managed properly, there is no problem for 50,000 or 60,000 people to live here.

Five or sixty thousand people have exceeded the population of Gaochang. There are countless small countries in the Western Regions, and there are not many people reaching this population.

Therefore, Xu Qilin sent people to survey and count the amount of available arable land, but he never thought that there would be so many people in Hami.

I'm afraid that His Majesty Li Er is willing to solve the food and supplies of the troops stationed in the Western Regions nearby, but he can't get so many people to settle in Hami, right?

Not to mention Hami, even Gansu and Suzhou will not be too many to swallow 100,000 or 80,000. In addition, as a logistics base for conquering Goryeo, it also requires a large number of people to reclaim.

The huge empire with a population of more than 20 million is really too small. It would be no big problem to have 100 million or 200 million according to the Tang Dynasty's technology and military strength, and to break out of Asia and go to the world.

But although Xu Qilin had proposed naturalization and naturalization in the northwest, although ethnic groups like the Turks had the conditions for naturalization, they were good at doing animal husbandry, and if they were farming, they would be unsatisfactory.

Living habits and customs are not so easy to change. How can nomadic people turn to farming in a short time?

The same is true for naturalized Hu people. They will still engage in the most familiar and specialized industries, and of course the most important thing is commerce.

Therefore, naturalization and naturalization can indeed increase the population of the Tang Dynasty, strengthen economic strength, and expand the army, but to transform it into the agricultural labor most needed by feudal society, it is obvious that it is necessary to make other ideas.

"In Yizhou, the Han people must occupy the majority." Xu Qilin had read the preliminary investigation report provided by Wang Fangyi and had to bear the pain of giving up. "After capturing Gaochang, the Han people he intercepted who escaped from the Western Turks should be placed here!"

I originally planned to arrange these Han people to Gansu and Suzhou, but now Xu Qilin still knows the overall situation.

Although he had the minds of later generations, Xu Qilin had integrated into the Tang Dynasty. He hoped that the Tang Dynasty would be more powerful than others, and that the Tang Dynasty's military power would reach all directions, with boundless territory and lasting for a long time.

Whoever doesn’t accept it will do whatever he wants, and he can still be invincible. Wouldn’t the Tang people be filled with a sense of pride? Seeing those bad guys being humble in the Tang Dynasty, don’t you stand up and feel proud?

Wang Fangyi smiled, knowing that Xu Qilin was in pain, but he also admired his idea of ​​taking the overall situation into consideration.

The state that can temporarily put aside its governance and give up the benefits, which shows that Xu Qilin is not so passionate about utilitarianism.

"Yizhou uses the people, and Gaochang can use military garrisons." Wang Fangyi said: "If the imperial court wants to station troops in Gaochang, it must be 30,000 troops."

Xu Qilin glanced at Wang Fangyi and thought that the number was a little less.

In fact, the Anxi Protectorate in history had an area of ​​up to three million square kilometers, reaching the Aral Sea in the west, and even including the Persian region. However, the troops in the capital were only 24,000.

In addition to the advanced and excellent equipment and strong combat power of the Tang army, the large number of troops from vassals and servants in small countries is a more important reason.

This is a bit like the Mongolian army's method, using a large number of troops from conquered countries, such as Jurchens, Khitans, Han troops, etc., while there are not many real Mongolian troops.

Maybe this is a trick learned from His Majesty Li Er!

Wang Fangyi smiled and said, "Xu Cheng may not have enough understanding of the combat power of our Tang army. In the early stage, he may need 40,000 to 50,000 troops. After defeating the Western Turks and intimidating the countries in the Western Regions, 30,000 people are enough."

Xu Qilin blinked his eyes and said, "You are talking about the elite soldiers of the palace. If Turks are added, Qi will definitely be able to wait for tribal soldiers."

"In addition to the internal disputes of the Western Turks, it is not difficult to defeat them." Wang Fangyi was obviously very research-based and said: "Differentiation and disintegration can achieve miraculous results."

Xu Qilin smiled and knew that this was the special trick of the Han regime. The Turks split into East and West, the Eastern Turks were destroyed, and the Western Turks were not united, and they would sooner or later be over.

Wang Fangyi suddenly remembered something and asked, "There is something that the lower official is confused. Can Xu Cheng solve his doubts for someone?"

"Me?" Xu Qilin smiled and said, "I don't have such good knowledge, and you don't know it?"

Wang Fangyi said: "Xu Cheng is too humble. Xu Cheng will definitely be able to figure it out about making money."

Xu Qilin said, "Then let me tell you."

Wang Fangyi talked about the events of the past few years. Quan Wanji, who was the censor of the Secretariat at the time, reported to His Majesty Li Er: There are large silver mines in Xuanzhou and Raozhou. If you try your best to mine, you can increase the national income by millions every year.

According to Chang Ideal, His Majesty Li Er must be very happy and will not be rewarded with the power of Wanji.

But in fact, His Majesty Li Er summoned the minister with "economic mind" and scolded him very unceremoniously.

The main content of the reprimand is: Being the emperor, you are not worried about lacking money, what you lack is talents who can govern the country, and what you lack is good advice and suggestions that are beneficial to the people.

Since you took office, you have never recommended a talented person, made a suggestion to improve people's livelihood, and reported illegal acts, which shocked the powerful and noble people, but stared at things like money.

His Majesty Li Er also gave an example: In the past, Emperor Yao and Emperor Shun threw jade bi into the mountains and forests, and threw pearls into deep valleys, which gained a reputation for eternity; Emperor Huan of Han and Emperor Ling of Han gathered money and led to the demise of the country. Are you planning to put me injustice?

Therefore, Quan Wanji not only did not receive any praise, but also turned his head and was demoted.

Wang Fangyi was a little confused. Xu Qilin also made money, but the result was that he was rising step by step. Why did similar things have completely different results?

Xu Qilin really knew about this, and at first he was puzzled, but later he slowly figured it out.

Money is a good thing, does Your Majesty Li Er know? Of course, it is not the noble character of treating money like dirt, but the emperor's mind.

This is a bit like buying a horse bone for a thousand gold coins, and the one who is looking for a reputation. His Majesty Li Er is so artificial, it will definitely give people the feeling of a wise ruler. Look at this emperor, he values ​​talent rather than money, so he is really wise and wise!

You see, using this matter, His Majesty Li Er established his glorious image. As for silver mines, mining still requires mining, and the country is short of money!

Quan Wanji was just a temporary unlucky, so he soon started to use it again and became the teacher of King Li Ke of Wu.

Perhaps there is another reason, that is, it is related to Quan Wanji's job at that time. You said that you are a censor who doesn't do a good job of provoking and digging silver mines. Isn't it a bit unfair to do your job?

However, it is true that His Majesty Li Er doesn't like Quan Wanji very much.

Shortly after Quan Wanji became Wu Ke's teacher, King Li Ke of Wu trampled on the wheat field when he went out to hunt, which caused the impeachment of the censor.

But after reading the impeachment memorial, His Majesty Li Er was very angry, but did not blame his son first, but instead took his anger on Quan Wanji, believing that all the mistakes of King Wu this time were blamed on Quan Wanji! He did not do his best and did not assist him properly, so he should be executed.

When the Censor Liu Fan heard this, he stopped doing it and advised: "Fang Xuanling is still unable to advise him to stop hunting. How could he be punished for all the crimes?"

It means you don’t blame the teacher. You are known as a wise ruler, but you are still hunting and ruining other people’s things. Even Fang Xuanling can’t control you. Why do you blame Quan Wanji alone?

His Majesty Li Er was so angry that he left. Later, he thought that he was a little unreasonable, but he still punished Quan Wanji as a ban.

It was also quite tragic to say that Quan Wanji was demoted. He was demoted when he was the king of Wu, Li Ke, was demoted again when he became a ban. Later, he became a teacher for Li You, and even his life was paid.

Of course, Xu Qilin would not say so much about Wang Fangyi's doubts, but just explains them based on facts and combines himself.

It’s true that you can make money by good business, but Dayingku’s responsibilities are like this. If you don’t give your Majesty money well, you’re just incompetent, so how can you sit firmly in this position?

As for the time when he became the governor of Jin, he still had to make money, but his main business became the restoration and reclamation. Making money also promotes the main business and benefits the people, which is naturally very different from the power of the world.

The core content of Xu Qilin's story is to love his job and be dedicated to his work. It is correct to have multiple operations, so don't be too chaotic.

Wang Fangyi suddenly realized that Xu Qilin had no problem making money because he had the official position of Dayingku. But if he could become the governor and operate according to Xu Qilin's approach, he would be a little worried about repeating the mistakes of Quan Wanji.

Now that he understands the key points, he already knows what to do.

"The army will set off tomorrow, and you don't have to stay in Yizhou for too long. Just leave people behind and continue to survey and survey." Xu Qilin reminded again: "There is more room for development in Gaochang. If you don't make any contribution, I'm afraid that the court will have some obstacles."

Wang Fangyi knew Xu Qilin's arrangement, and when he attacked Gaochang, he asked him to smash it with a few scattering machine. When he broke through the city, he would naturally get a military merit.

At this moment, Fang Er ran over in a hurry and asked Xu Qilin what he asked him about.

Of course, Xu Qilin didn't want this young man to fight. If he had two shortcomings, he also had the responsibility for Fang Xuanling and was difficult to explain.

Therefore, he wanted Fang Er to follow Wang Fangyi and make some military achievements. With Fang Er's family background, he could be awarded an official position with some contributions.

"Hide behind and throw stones?" Fang Er's eyes turned, and a look of disdain appeared on his face. "This is similar to a craftsman, and it is also considered a military merit?"

Xu Qilin rolled his eyes and said, "Don't obediently, I'll throw you in Yizhou. Why do you really think someone can't beat you?"
Chapter completed!