Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

When Fang Yiai heard that Li Tai had sent someone over again, his pupils shrank slightly and his body became a little stiff.

Before the King of Wei planned his rebellion, Fang Yiai was still very courageous. He thought that if he supported the King of Wei to become emperor, he would be able to continue his father's extremely high status in the future.

But ever since his father was in trouble himself, and his father painstakingly analyzed to him the pros and cons of supporting the King of Wei, Fang Yiai's courage suddenly diminished a lot.

His father said something very true: "What can you get by following the King of Wei?"

"In terms of power, can you compete with Wei Ting, Du Chuke, Yin Yuhe and Cui Renshi?"

Among Li Tai's current staff, Fang Yiai's position in Li Tai's heart is obviously lower than these four.

In addition, his intelligent daughter-in-law, Princess Gaoyang, also said something.

"He has been following the King of Wei for so long. What help has the King of Wei given him?"

Although Fang Yiai looks big and strong, it doesn't mean he is stupid.

After a period of calm reflection, Fang Yiai realized that he was able to become the Minister of the Imperial Household because of his father's influence and Gao Yang's coquettish behavior in front of the emperor.

The King of Wei, whom he had always supported, was of no help to him at all, and even his beloved Gunali could not be saved for him.

Although the King of Wei promised to give him the position of Shangshu Zuo Pushe after he ascended the throne.

But the price is to support the King of Wei's rebellion, and the rebellion must succeed.

The effort and reward are not equal!

Besides, this high position of Shangshu Zuo Pushe may not necessarily be held by him.

After all, the person the King of Wei admires the most now is Yin Yuhe, and with Yin Yushan, a beauty who brings disaster to the country and the people, around, I'm afraid Yin Yuhe will become the king's uncle.

Whenever Fang Yiai thought of these bad things, he wanted to back out.

Seeing that Fang Yiai was in a daze, Chai Lingwu patted Fang Yiai's broad shoulders again and asked in a low voice curiously.

"Brother Fang, are you worried about something?"

"Are you feeling unhappy after seeing Du He being appointed as the Minister of Industry?"

"Don't worry, he won't be able to show off for long!"

Seeing that Fang Yiai still didn't respond, Chai Lingwu touched Fang Yiai's arm with his shoulder and said with a wink.

"Brother Fang, after we finish discussing the serious matters, I will invite you to Baihua Tower!"

"Then I'll light up all four arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, so you can relax!"

After a few moments of silence, Fang Yiai slowly shook his head and said.

"Brother Chai, I just thought of something."

"Let's go, don't keep us waiting!"

After Fang Yiai and Chai Lingwu left the Taiji Hall, the discussions about them in the hall became louder.

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Liangyi Palace.

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian with satisfaction, and then looked at his left and right arms on both sides of the hall with a smile on his face.

"My dear ministers, I have called you here today to discuss three important matters."

"First, how can we attract people to live in the territories of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla?"

“Second, how should we make use of the seized livestock?”

"Third, how should we place the children we brought back from Baekje?"

Small matters are discussed at court meetings, while major matters are discussed by convening the cabinet and prime minister. This is the most efficient way to solve problems.

Li Shimin then said: "Let's discuss the first question first. How to attract the people to live in the new territory?"

"Someone, hang the territory map on the screen!"

Upon hearing Li Shimin's order, two eunuchs took a newly painted map of the Tang Dynasty's territory and hung it on the screen.

Before the army returned to the capital, Li Shimin had already discussed with a group of ministers the issue of setting up prefectures and counties in the territories of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla.

According to Fang Xuanling's suggestion, three roads were set up in the three territories, namely Liaodong Road, Sishui Road and Jincheng Road.

Liaodong Dao mainly covers the Liaodong territory north of the Yalu River, with 11 states and a total of 70 counties.

The territory of Sishui Province was south of the Yalu River and north of the Han River, with a total of 7 states and 58 counties.

Jincheng Dao was the territory south of the Han River, with a total of 5 states and 49 counties.

Du He narrowed his eyes and looked at the planned territory map, and nodded secretly in his heart.

“Great planning!”

The planning of the new frontier state roads is basically centered on the original cities of these three countries, with adjustments made based on the terrain such as mountains, rivers, etc.

Just as the ministers were thinking with their heads down, Du He took the teacup from the table and took a sip of tea leisurely.

He was very aware that he came here mainly to listen to how the seniors discussed matters, and he just needed to follow along and learn a little.

But Li Chengqian's next words almost made Du He spit out the tea in his mouth.

"Du He, you have a better brain, you should start with the emperor and the ministers!"

I'm crazy...

Li Chengqian, this unfortunate kid, trusted him too much.

Moreover, major matters like the migration of the people fall under the responsibilities of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue, and there would be no benefit in asking the Minister of Works to get involved.

When Du He raised his head, he found that the eyes of Li Shimin and a group of civil and military ministers were all focused on him.

And Li Chengqian, the instigator, gave him an encouraging look.

Before Du He could refuse, Li Shimin said with an expectant smile.

"Du He, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince praises you so much, just tell us what you want to say."

"It doesn't matter even if it's not good."

In Li Shimin's eyes, although Du He had some talent, he was still a young man after all, lacking both vision and experience.

He didn't think Du He could come up with any good ideas, and the purpose of asking him to give suggestions this time was to train him.

Seeing that he couldn't shirk his responsibility, Du He had to think about it seriously.

Throughout the dynasties, there have been two main forms of large-scale population migration.

One is military threats, which force people to migrate through coercive means.

The second is to escape from war, such as the Yongjia Rebellion in the late Western Jin Dynasty, which caused a large number of people in the north to migrate south.

The Yongjia Rebellion was also the first large-scale population migration in Chinese history.

These two methods are obviously not applicable to the current situation of the Tang Dynasty.

Think for a moment.

Du He raised his head and said, "The most important issues that hinder the migration of the people are emotion and profit."

"People have lived on the same land for generations, and their relatives and friends all live nearby, so they find it hard to leave their homeland."

"If the benefits are not big enough to give people hope for a better life, they will not bring their families to settle down in new territories."

When Li Shimin heard the starting point proposed by Du He, which coincided with his own thoughts, his eyes lit up.

He waved his hand and said, "Du He, tell me in detail!"

Seeing his father's look, Li Chengqian knew that Du Heti's method could impress his father, so the smile on his face became even bigger.

Li Chengqian thought with relief: "Du He is really good, she brings honor to me!"

The way of an emperor is to control people. As long as his subjects can do good things, it will be easy for him to be an emperor.

He doesn't want to be like his father and work so hard every day.