Li Yao said slowly: "Although Chen Shizhong's plan is rarely heard of today, it has two major disadvantages. If it is not solved well, it will probably lead to the disaster of the country's destruction."

"Oh?" Li Yuan frowned and asked, "Why are these 'two disadvantages'?"

Li Yao bowed to Li Yuan and said, "In order to facilitate the understanding of all the officials, Ming Zhao needs to draw pictures to demonstrate."

Li Yuan nodded and gestured to Qiu Neiye who was standing at the door.

Qiu Neiye understood it. After a while, he led two little eunuchs to draw a painting table, ink, paper and ink, and consciously grind ink for Li Yao.

Li Yao sat in front of the painting table with his robe lifted up his pen and dripped it lightly. While outlining the pattern on the spread paper, he lowered his head and said, "The difficulty of the strategy of 'taking military as a risk' is that two major conditions must be met at the same time before it can work.

First, the troops must be elite, and second, the soldiers must be large. As Chen Shizhong said before, Fan Dengke stationed 500,000 troops, but please imagine, if there is no war, how much would the court pay to support this army every year?"

Everyone in the hall started to count their fingers. After a moment, they heard Xiao Yu's answer: "I believe that the 500,000 yuan that Mr. Chen pointed out should be the upper limit of the garrison. During the peace period, some soldiers will definitely be laid off. Assuming that 300,000 soldiers and 50,000 horses will be used to consume about 3.5 million hu of rice and grain per year. It is obviously far from enough to collect the land of Jianghuai and Fan Deng every year. Therefore, the court still needs to transfer grain to the whole country to help the capital."

"Mr. Xiao is right."

Li Yao smiled and nodded to Xiao Yu, continued to paint, and said, "But huge food consumption is second. After moving the capital to a military service system of Fan Deng, if we do not change the military service system of the dynasty that inherited the former Sui Dynasty into a recruiting system, it will definitely not be able to meet the needs of the dynasty for the source of troops.

At the same time, the court must be careful of the threat of the country and the country, and must increase the work links and add bureaucratic positions to check and balance them. In this way, the expenses of the court will only increase without a decrease compared to now. In less than a few decades, the court will face three redundant situations, namely redundant personnel, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses, which is the biggest disadvantage."

Feng Deyi bowed to Li Yuan and said, "I agree with your lord's argument about the military system. If you want to take military as a risk, you can only restore the military service system of the Han Dynasty. If you do this, this dynasty will sooner or later repeat the mistakes at the end of the Han Dynasty. I believe that this point alone is enough to show that the move to the capital of the Central Plains is absolutely unfeasible."

There was another person who opposed the capital movement. Xiao Yu glanced at Feng Deyi in surprise, and then said: "I don't know the military affairs, but I only feel that the lord's 'three redundant' is a far-sighted view. Moving the capital Fan Deng cannot get rid of the state of poverty and weakness, and will also force the court to carry out uncertain future changes. It is really not worth the loss."

Li Yuan's expression did not fluctuate at all. He gently stroked his beard and said, "Ming Zhao should also tell me carefully about another problem."

Li Yaohan continued to preach: "Now this dynasty has more than 630 military prefectures, half of which are Guanzhong, Hedong and Longyou, while Henan, Central Plains, Huainan and Jiangnan account for only 20%. If the capital is moved, a large number of soldiers and families must be moved to the Central Plains. In this way, although the defense of the capital can be consolidated, it will make the country safe inside and empty outside, and it will be very easy for foreign races to take advantage of. This is the second biggest disadvantage."

Chen Shuda said in confusion: "In history, many dynasties adopted the strategy of strong trunks and weak branches, and were in a heavy and light manner. They used the imperial guards to suppress all directions. Why did they become the guardian of the inside and the outside when they reached the mouth of the noble master?"

In fact, Chen Shuda was humble by nature and did not tolerate people with different opinions. His statement that "weapons are dangerous" was just that he had gained from studying the rise and fall of the countries in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. There was no case evidence to prove it. If someone could point out the flaws in this regard, he would have always been eager to learn, and he would have accepted it humbly.

Li Yao smiled faintly: "Shizhong Chen, please wait for a moment and wait for me to explain it with pictures."

Chen Shuda nodded and smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm not in a hurry."

Chen Shuda had nothing to do with the princelings and the Qin King Party. He was a typical neutral faction of the dynasty and was known for his character as a famous scholar. Therefore, his strategy was only for the sake of his family, country and the world. His views were refuted. Not only did he not feel disgusted, but he was secretly amazed by Princess Mingzhao's unique views.

After a while, Li Yao gently put down his brush and Li Yuan, who was sitting on the throne, couldn't wait to raise his eyes and look at the painting table. He saw that the paper showed a map with simple and clear lines, with important mountains and rivers and small characters next to the city. Its scope not only covers the entire Tang Dynasty, but also paints all external forces such as Goguryeo, Eastern Turks, Western Turks, Tuyuhun into the map.

After just a glance, Li Yuan found that the map was clearly different from the geographical terrain he knew, and couldn't help but say, "Ming Zhao, your map seems to be drawn a bit strange."

Immediately, Li Yuan asked the eunuchs to carry a large screen with the latest "Picture of the World" drawn by the Ministry of War.

Li Yao swept his eyes and shook his head, and said sincerely: "Father, please forgive Mingzhao for being blunt. Although this world map is superb, it has many mistakes and omissions."

After careful comparison, Li Yuan also felt that the foreign vassal part of the "World Territory Map" was indeed not as detailed as the map made by Li Yao temporarily, so he couldn't help but wonder: "Why did Mingzhao know these foreign vassals so thoroughly?"

Li Yao replied seriously: "As a person who has achieved success in practicing Taoism, Mingzhao can certainly not leave his home and know the world."

Li Yuan laughed and scolded: "Don't pretend, you kid, don't think I don't know that you have been to a remote place and someone comes."

With his call, the eunuchs quickly brought a wooden screen and placed it with the "Picture of the World".

Qiu Neiye blew the half-dried ink marks, and then used glue to paste the map drawn by Li Yao on the wooden screen. At this time, Li Yao had already stood up and walked to the "World Territory Map", pointing to the Fan Deng area, and explained: "According to this territory map, the Central Plains is the center of the world, and Fan Deng is the center of the Central Plains. However, this is not the case. The term Central Plains initially means the world to the middle. However, in the hundreds of years after Zhang Qian of the Western Han Dynasty opened the terrain, the Central Plains gradually became inconsistent in terms of geographical terrain. To this day, it is just a synonym for our great China. Guanzhong connects Longyou, Hexi, Hedong, Henan, Hebei, and Bashu. It is also the key to resisting Rongdi and opening up the Western Regions."

Li Yao paused, walked to the map he made, and continued, "Please look at this picture again. The Tang Dynasty is actually located in the east, not in the middle, and is tens of thousands of miles away. There are Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, Japan, Tuyuhun, the Western Regions, Western Turks, Persia, India, and Fuhua. None of them will pose a threat to the Central Plains, and the south is weaker, with only some insignificant small vassals, and only the eastern Turks in the north are dominant.

Don’t forget the terrible lessons of Liu Han and Shi Zhao occupying Guanzhong after the Yongjia Rebellion. If Guanzhong is empty, the Turks will inevitably expand their ambitions, and even let them have the intention of coming to the Central Plains. It is unknown whether they drink horses and Yangtze Rivers."

As a descendant of the royal family of Chen, Chen Shuda accompanied the army to witness the difficulties and hardships encountered by his father, Emperor Xuan of Chen, Taijian, in his northern expedition. He knew that once the great mountains and rivers were lost, it would be difficult to take them back. So he bowed to Li Yuan and Li Yao and said, "Your lord has a deep understanding of every sentence of the world, but the ministers are almost invasive to the country. I am so ashamed!"

Seeing that the debate was clear, Li Yuan said, "I have made a conclusion in my mind, which is more important, Guanzhong or Fan Deng, and today's discussion ends here."

After the meeting, Li Yuan moved to the inner court and Pei Ji rode on a chariot together. Pei Ji suddenly sighed softly and said with regret: "Lianhua is amazing and has outstanding knowledge. It would be great if she was a man. When encountering such difficult things in the court, you don't have to risk criticism from all over the world to ask her for explanation."

Li Yuan also sighed and said meaningfully to his old friend around him: "Guy Pei, it is precisely because she is my daughter that she is the best and the one who reassures me the most!" Yingxi
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