Chapter Fifty-Four The Pusher of the Centennial Plan
After Li Tai paid tribute to Empress Changsun in a daze, he left the palace.
To be honest, Li Tai didn’t know how much Li Shimin could accept his advice to Li Shimin.
But Li Tai knew that if the Tang Dynasty wanted to have a navy, without a strong enemy, the only thing that could drive the development of the navy was profit.
In this era, although overseas trade seems to be very, very profitable, it must be clear that this is only the seventh century. For the newly unified Tang Dynasty, the ocean technology of this era is still unfavorable.
As for wanting to do maritime trade, we need to open up a stable and safe maritime route.
This route does not point to a map and say, we want to drive the boat here, and make money here, and then a group of people will set off with you, just like a tour for a few days, buy things from other places, and then come back to do it
trade.
The reality is that any profit-making industry has dangers that you cannot see, let alone ocean trade, which is difficult to guarantee even survival.
In ancient times, the danger of wanting to conduct ocean trade was incredible.
Because along the way, you have to make sure that the climate is avoided from being swallowed by storms. You have to know that the next time the ship is recharged, you need to stock up enough fresh water every time.
You must also understand medical technology. Diseases such as sepsis were also very common among ancient crew members.
Even when you go to a place where you are unfamiliar with your life, how do you get goods instead of being hunted by the other party.
It can be said that every time I trade in the sea, I bet on my own life.
If it weren't for not being able to survive locally, few people would spontaneously organize maritime trade to open up a sea road.
During the Zhenguan period, as long as you farm well, you could survive. Why do you need to take this risk of life and death to do anything marine trade?
To truly develop, at least we have to wait until the land cannot meet the population growth. In order to find survival resources, people instinctively have to turn their attention to the ocean.
From a certain perspective, it is actually somewhat immature to allow Datang to develop shipping through maritime trade.
The most important reason is that the Silk Road on the road can successfully communicate with the Eurasian continent. Before the Silk Road on the road will be abandoned, it will naturally be difficult to develop the Maritime Silk Road.
For merchants, the Silk Road was opened all the way since the Han Dynasty. Most of the dangers were clear, and they really didn't dare to take the risk of sending supplies to Yumen Pass.
But compared with maritime trade, there is too much uncertainty and it makes people feel uneasy.
Therefore, what Li Tai thought was to lay a step further before carrying out the so-called maritime trade and develop the fishing industry.
It would be even better if you can hunt whales from coastal fishing to offshore fishing, to ocean fishing, and even hunt whales.
In addition to the legend that "the big fish dies and the king dies", the first person to shoot a whale will probably be scolded to death by Confucianism.
But the profits brought by hunting whales were indeed too exaggerated in this feudal era, and instead stimulated the development of fisheries.
Even if the navy has no enemies, the benefits brought by the fishing industry should be able to support the navy.
After all, even if you are not interested in marine interests, those dried fish can be used as food.
Food is the most important thing for the people. When the industry has formed a scale, even if the emperor is stupid and wants to ban the sea, it will be very likely to cut off the food rations of millions or even tens of millions of people. Li Tai was very curious that it would happen at that time.
What's up.
And when the fishing industry continues to develop, it is like farming slowly forming an agricultural society.
As the scale of the fishery expands, many supporting facilities can be derived, such as marine commerce, ship protection and team building, aquaculture, etc.
Li Tai didn't think that he would create a team building and then get a little trade, so that China would have the genes of navigation.
Because in Li Tai's view, China is a country with agricultural society as the main body.
The navigation technology in the Song Dynasty was very advanced. Although the sea was forbidden in the Ming Dynasty, the ship support technology in the Ming Dynasty was also outstanding. But why was China unable to develop marine civilization?
In Li Tai's opinion, it is still the most basic, that is, the people do not rely on the ocean to make a living, and the lack of the ocean really has no feelings for the people on the mainland.
Because they eat rice and wheat, the profits brought by ocean trade are basically engulfed by the upper classes of society.
As long as the people's food, clothing, housing and transportation are not involved, it has little to do with the people!
Although the channels mastered by the upper class are very profitable and can bring huge profits, they are rootless duckweeds in the whole society.
Because by the time the lower class people basically all land annexes forced them to revolt and overthrow the upper class.
I have never heard of fishermen who were fishing in the sea and overthrew the upper class.
Under such circumstances, no matter how the dynasty is updated, as long as the previous dynasty is overturned, the later dynasties will definitely not pay attention to the ocean, because they attach importance to the people and the land under their feet. This is normal.
In fact, it was unreasonable for later generations to say that ancient people did not pay attention to the ocean, because the Chinese were down-to-earth.
In ancient times, there was a farming society. They could not see the treasures contained in the ocean, and all they could see was the land under their feet.
Because land can support the people.
So the larger the country in ancient times, the more their attention was to the land.
Only those small countries with poor land and scarce resources will have to turn their attention to the ocean and discover a blue ocean that has never been explored.
Li Tai hopes that the country will focus on the sea, and it does not need to contact a large group of nobles to do marine trade.
Because even if a dynasty can last, these maritime policies will definitely be buried with the arrival of change of dynasties.
I need to let the lowest-level people survive through the ocean.
Especially when the impact of the ocean can expand from the ocean to the inland, allowing the lower class to discover that not only the land can feed them, but the ocean can also feed them.
Then there is no need for Li Tai to do any ocean trade or ocean team building.
Society will spontaneously develop corresponding functions, and the officials selected from them will make the country focus on the sea.
Of course, if you want to promote this plan from the bottom up, what you need most is a stable marine policy and environment to cultivate such a huge basic class.
At the same time, the problems that need to be overcome also take time to slowly settle down.
Because marine technology is currently the most cutting-edge technology, especially for the Tang Dynasty, which has always been a navy player who has been playing in the inland, it still takes a long way to go.
At least things like keel bones were only owned by ships in the Song Dynasty, and there was no historical document or shipwreck that proved that the Tang Dynasty had keel bones.
This put the distance of ships sailing in the Tang Dynasty to the greatest extent.
Before this problem is solved, ships can only play near the sea. If you want to sail in the ocean, you must be prepared to destroy the ship and kill people.
Therefore, Datang Navigation Industry takes a considerable time to settle in terms of ship technology, personnel quality and material preparation.
Even if you want to use military fishing boats to fish in the Bohai Sea now, the ships sailing in the rivers and the ships sailing in the oceans are two completely different ships.
Let the Tang army settle down the relevant technology now, which is better than when attacking Goguryeo in the future, if you slapped your head and let the Tang navy go on a war, the result was that the typhoon was affected halfway and most of the strength was lost.
And one thing to note is that Li Tai does not need an invincible fleet, but an industrial system that can crave the ocean.
Now when you aim to implement this plan with Goguryeo as the goal, you will naturally be able to generate a corresponding industrial system.
Even various forces in the Tang Dynasty would support this matter. If Goguryeo did not have the goal and would eventually focus on developing the marine industry, it would definitely be suppressed and excluded by the existing industries.
Therefore, borrowing Li Shimin's hands to develop the navigation industry can also give this new industry a relatively safe environment and support.
Of course, Li Tai just planted a seed intentionally or unintentionally. If he can become emperor successfully in the future, then when he develops the navigation industry, even if he has a group of available talents, not all of them will need to be.
All start from scratch.
"The so-called empire should have been a century-old plan, otherwise how can it be called an empire!" Li Tai smiled proudly.
In Li Tai's opinion, the so-called empire was not about intrigue and power struggle within the empire, which was really boring.
The so-called empire needs to play with the kind of plan that starts a century-long start.
Just like the county system of the Qin Dynasty, after the Han Dynasty took over, it continued to complete this system and then continue to play, making the entire China's control over the grassroots level absolutely the same as that of other empires, and it was outstanding in modern times.
It was like the imperial examination system of the Sui Dynasty. After the Tang Dynasty took over, it continued to improve the imperial examination system. Even in the modern talent selection system, the old tricks of the imperial examination system were still inseparable from the old tricks of the imperial examination system. At most, the old wine in new bottles will keep pace with the times.
That's it.
Therefore, the so-called century-old plan is definitely a plan that takes time as the driving force, the Central Plains as the basic foundation, and requires the execution of the empire to implement it.
Anyone who first proposed these plans was basically the most amazing and amazing person in China.
Perhaps because of historical limitations, they cannot see through what they propose will develop into.
But at that time, they were definitely the people with the most far-sighted and most capable of seeing each other in their contemporaries. Their greatness was even greater than the so-called kings, princes, generals and ministers, and they were the true wise men of that era.
Of course, Li Tai is not considered such a person. A normal college student with 60% basic ideology and morality can reach Li Tai's level.
As for whether it can be done, it depends on the opportunity.
There is still a chance to be reincarnated as an ordinary person, but if it is reincarnated as Yang Guang's son, it may be a real tragedy.
Because he needs to face the strongest commander of the times - Li Shimin.
Li Tai returned to Gaoling to continue his life safely, waiting patiently until Li Shimin announced that he would send troops to attack the Turks.
After all, if the news is not released, it is difficult for me to take the initiative. After all, Yang Xiu is smart enough, but he ends up making him so smart!
But in fact, as soon as Li Tai left, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were called to Tai Chi Hall by Li Shimin.
For Li Shimin, Li Tai proposed the idea of fishing that he had never thought of, and solved military issues from the perspective of people's livelihood.
If you want to implement this plan, you naturally need to refer to and judge.
"I have met the saint." Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui arrived, but they bowed to Li Shimin.
"Xuanling, Keming, you are here!" Li Shimin saw Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui coming and asked them to sit down first, then waved his hand and asked the eunuch to hand over the fishing plan written by Li Tai to Fang Xuanling and
Du Ruhui and the others watched.
Li Shimin said, "I accidentally got a policy theory. Please see if this policy theory is operational!"
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at it and picked up this policy and started reading it.
After Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui watched one after another, their eyes were bright. For both parties, this policy theory was not only planned but more importantly, it opened the two people's horizons and made their eyes no longer constrained.
The mainland can focus on the ocean.
Fang Xuanling said, "The port was set up in Jinkou, and military tower ships were transferred to fishing boats to increase food by fishing."
And raising fish at the mouth of the river or other suitable places, forming fishing fields similar to fishing planting, so that the fishery can stabilize, and then transporting along the Grand Canal in the form of dried fish becomes crucial when needed.
Relief food.
I have to say that this is a very grand plan, a big plan that can be achieved in at least ten years!"
Du Ruhui nodded in agreement: "This plan can be said to be a one-child resolving double battle.
As we have been suffering from disasters for years, this plan can reduce our logistical pressure on the Turks.
And when the Turkic problem is solved, it can also perform miraculously when dealing with Goguryeo!"
To be honest, even so far, no one thinks that the Turks can decide to fight in one battle.
At most, it is believed that the Tang Dynasty could have the advantage to achieve ten years of peace, so this time the attack on the Turks was worth it.
"Sage, can you tell me which great sage this plan is given by this? Although it lasts for a long time and has many variables, it has a long vision. The long period of time makes this plan highly executable and adjustable!"
Fang Xuanling said.
"It was made by Qingque!" Li Shimin smiled proudly and said,
"I originally wanted to borrow a corvee service, but his corvee service was too expensive, so I asked him to come up with an idea to reduce the corvee service.
Then Qingque gave this plan.
Although the goal is Goguryeo, his first half of his plan can also reduce the pressure on food on the Turks."
"The King of Yue has indeed proposed an excellent plan!" Fang Xuanling nodded,
"At least in terms of resource scheduling, we can further integrate the power of the country to deal with the Turks.
If we don’t add a little bit of logistics behind us, then the front line will have more strength.”
Du Ruhui nodded in harmony, but said firmly:
"But if you want to perfectly integrate this plan when attacking the Turks, you will only be the Minister of War.
After all, he is the number one navy in my Tang Dynasty!”
"Yes, this time I can only be a pharmacist when I attack the Turks!" Li Shimin also nodded.