As a complement to each other, you must never lose your enterprising spirit.
After many people become successful, they begin to think about how to build high-rise buildings, how to consolidate family power, how to gather party members, how to fight for power... These are all common things.
Now that the world is at peace, luxury and enjoyment are becoming more and more popular.
I actually don’t think it’s a bad thing. After fighting for so many years, don’t we just want to bring peace to the world and let the subjects live better and better?
But having said that, everything must be done in a measured way.
I cannot think that the situation is certain, so I will be like those foolish people who build large-scale construction projects and waste money at will.
As for my ministers, they cannot rest on their laurels and just want to live the rest of their lives in wine and beauty.
Those who made the contribution to the founding of the country are all talented people. The talents of one generation are used by the next generation. I am still young and I am not afraid that someone will overtake me with greater achievements.
You are not old either. You have many things to do...
You should understand what I mean, right?"
These words have no important point and are just general remarks. However, coupled with Li Po's deep tone, they create a context of heartfelt words.
The two ministers smacked each other carefully and understood each other differently, but they both gained something.
In fact, there is nothing difficult to understand. The emperor was expressing his feelings to the two prime ministers, saying that he still had ambitions and had many things to do.
Their subordinates must cheer up and not be timid.
The most important point is that Li Po just made it clear that he will treat the heroes well and will not be afraid of the heroes who have done too much and have too high prestige like the emperors in the past.
So you don’t have to think about how to hide your talents, and you don’t have to worry about the rabbit being dead and the dog being cooked, or the bird being completely hidden.
Wen Yanbo and Xiao Yu were not worried about this. The emperor was very kind to the heroes and built the Lingyan Pavilion to set the ranking for the founding heroes.
There are also reasonable reasons for rewarding merits, but most of them leave people speechless.
In fact, in the final analysis, the emperor is right. He is still young. No matter how great the merits of the heroes are, they cannot be greater than the emperor. The only problem is that there are too few high positions in the court, and it is impossible to perfectly place the heroes and generals.
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This is not the first time that Li Po has told people about this. Treating heroes well, honoring their bodies, and prospering their families is basically one of the national policies advocated by Li Po.
As long as you don't act like a monster yourself, judging from the current situation, it is possible for the founding heroes to have a good ending.
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But having said that, it’s up to the ministers to believe it or not.
It is useless to say whether the emperor has such a measure or not. It depends on what you do and what the final outcome will be. But it is too early to say now.
Many times, things go wrong all the time in the world. Even if the emperor has the intention, the final result is difficult to predict.
When Emperor Wen Yang Jian came to the throne, weren't you grateful to those who supported him? Didn't you want to repay them for their contributions?
But what was the final result? Those who had contributed to the establishment of the throne did not end well. Even the prince Yang Yong, who tried his best to assist his father in ascending to the throne, was eventually deprived of his throne.
Things in the world are like this. As long as time passes, it doesn't take much, ten or twenty years, it is enough to change everything. No promise can be washed away by time.
That’s why those people who keep their promises in the story will be sung by others, because everyone can’t do it themselves.
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As expected, Wen Yanbo and Xiao Yu used the words they could think of to express their loyalty to the emperor as tactfully as possible.
Xiao Yu drank two more drinks. The emperor said that he was enterprising. But from another perspective, didn't it mean that Wen Dalin tended to be conservative? This made him very proud.
Li Po took a sip of wine. At this moment, the speed of drinking slowed down. Both of his ministers were not too young. He asked someone to drink two glasses of wine with him instead of asking someone to drink wine.
"The East China Sea has become a smooth road, but many Japanese people have fled to Ryukyu. Ryukyu used to be a vassal state of Japan, right?"
Wen Yanbo said: "It is not considered a vassal state. King Wu reported before that the Japanese were rampant on the sea, and Baekje, Silla, Ryukyu and other countries were seriously affected.
So later on, they offered sacrifices to the Japanese one after another in order to seek peace. When King Wu was in Jiangzuo, he led his people to sea many times to destroy pirates, most of whom were Japanese fleets.
Ryukyu is a small and poor country, and it is a resting place for people traveling from the East China Sea. The former Sui Dynasty also sent people to attack it, but they could not stay there for a long time..."
Looking at Wen Yanbo talking eloquently, Li Po smiled. He knew that this was because they had deployed troops in the East China Sea for many years, and the courtiers began to pay attention to matters at sea, and they spoke with insight.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to arouse everyone's interest in maritime matters, let alone an in-depth understanding. It is estimated that when it comes to Ryukyu, few people know its geographical location.
"I asked King Wu about Ryukyu. Ryukyu has many islands and dense reefs. Every autumn, the wind and waves are high, so it is not a good place to go."
Xiao Yu took the opportunity to take over the conversation, "But now it is different from the past. It can connect the southeast, from Shandong to the counties in the South China Sea. If you take the land route, it will take more than a month. If you can travel by boat on the sea, I heard that even if there is a headwind, it only takes
It’s been more than ten days…”
The king and his ministers looked at each other with smiles like old foxes.
They all knew what this meant. The Nanhai counties had always been an enclave in the Central Plains, separated by high mountains and dense forests. They had always been a good place to exile prisoners.
And the indigenous families there were always disobedient and would start a rebellion from time to time, which was difficult to put down because of the road blockage.
The previous method was to send troops to quell the chaos if you had the ability. If you didn't have the energy, if you didn't have the energy, as long as you didn't show your teeth, the court would give you a symbolic title, and no one would care too much.
Now that the journey has been shortened by more than half, the Central Plains Dynasty's control over the counties in the South China Sea will definitely reach a higher level, and the associated impact will be even more gratifying.
In the future, the Lingnan counties in the southeast will no longer be inaccessible wilderness areas, and will be of great benefit to the local governance of the Central Plains dynasty.
Compared to the two ministers, Li Po thought more clearly.
Convenient transportation will break through the constraints imposed by the geographical environment on the Central Plains dynasty, allowing the Tang Empire to extend its tentacles into the distance, creating a territory far superior to that of previous dynasties.
"Yes, the shorter the road, the easier it will be to travel, so we have to build the ship. This is a big deal. Wen Qing is affected. You need to supervise more from the Ministry of Industry this year.
Especially for craftsmen and supervisors, they must either recruit more people or stop what they are doing. The ship must be strong enough and fast to sail on the sea, especially when it is easy to get lost on the sea. How can Simon do it alone?
The size of the ship also matters. If you are traveling on the sea and do not need to fight, the bigger the ship is not the better... Well, I will have to talk to them about this matter when the craftsmen and supervisors are called in later."