Li Shimin looked directly at Li Chengqian and said: "As your father, I have to remind you that your father's patience is limited."
"Before I get angry, you'd better speak clearly to me quickly."
Li Shimin really couldn't bear it anymore.
He really wanted to push this kid to the ground and give him a good rub, so that he would know what pampering from the emperor meant.
And Li Chengqian also knew that he couldn't beat around the bush.
He said directly: "The land of Shu is well known as the 'Land of Abundance'."
"But the high mountains are like a cage that can tightly confine people to the Bashu region."
"Although there was Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, who obeyed the destiny, he also ruled the Three Qin Dynasties and pacified the world."
"However, due to fate, Zhuge Liang still failed despite his five Northern Expeditions."
"So you might as well calm down and think carefully about why Liu Bang succeeded and why Zhuge Liang failed."
As a later generation, Li Chengqian has heard too many comparisons between these two stories.
There are too many demonized things in it, making it difficult to tell which ones are true and which ones are false.
But if you calm down and think about it, it is not difficult to find the reasons.
He said directly: "Let me first tell you why Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was able to succeed."
"There are many reasons for this. For example, the world was in turmoil at that time, and the overlord Xiang Yu had to fight everywhere and had no time to take care of Liu Bang."
"Of course, there are also Zhang Han, Sima Xin, and Dong Yi who work for Xiang Yu, but they seem to be inseparable, so Liu Bang seizes the opportunity."
"However, these are actually not important."
Li Chengqian said slowly: "Especially when compared with Zhuge Liang's situation during the Three Kingdoms, it seems that another point is the most important."
"Um?"
plum Shimin listened carefully and asked directly: "Which point?"
"population……"
Li Chengqian said: "Although Xiang Yu has occupied the Central Plains like Cao Wei."
"But when Xiang Yu entered the Central Plains, he not only burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of evil, but he also caused great harm to the people of the Central Plains."
"As a result, even if he forced conscription in the later period, there would still not be many people willing to sacrifice their lives for him."
"Cao Wei, on the other hand, held the emperor's hand in order to disobey his subjects. All the great families moved closer to Cao Wei, and the people even called themselves Wei Min."
"Even if the Cao family later became emperor, they still had a large number of supporters."
"So at the end of the day, it's a matter of population and size."
"With a thousand of us, we are naturally more powerful than a team of a hundred or so."
"And the size of the entire Central Plains is far beyond what a small Shu region can match."
Li Chengqian shook his head and said: "Rather than saying that Liu Bang relied on Shu to make his fortune, it would be better to say that he lived in Shu."
"After all, before entering Shu, he had a team of more than 100,000 people."
"And after the plank road was built openly and the battle of Chencang was secretly carried out, the Han army pacified Guanzhong, and Guanzhong completely became Liu Bang's rear support, and most of the soldiers were recruited from the old Qin area."
"Shu, to a certain extent, is just the source of food and grass for the Han army."
"What if Liu Bang had not chosen to quickly occupy the Guanzhong area, but instead took the Han army to Shu to recuperate for a few years like Zhuge Liang."
"Maybe we will end up in the same situation as Shu Han in the end."
Li Chengqian looked up at Li Shimin and said, "Father, do you understand?"
Li Shimin chewed what he said carefully.
After a long time, Li Shimin slowly raised his head and said: "You
You mean, spend time with them?"
"No no no."
"It's not consumption, it's control."
Li Chengqian said: "In terms of policy, control the flow of people in Shu, control the operations of merchants, and completely lock them in Shu."
"At the same time, take the southern road that was used by Liu Bang when he conquered the Three Qin Dynasties and brought peace to the world."
"Of course, Liu Bang attacked from Shu, but we fought from outside in."
After hearing his plan, Li Shimin couldn't help but smile bitterly.
He said: "This is really a bad idea."
As the saying goes, subduing the enemy's troops without fighting is the best strategy.
And the battle to attack the enemy is the next best strategy.
Now, Li Chengqian is obviously talking about this last resort.
After listening to him for a long time, Li Shimin thought this guy could come up with some good ideas.
After working on it for a long time, I still have to fight step by step...
Li Shimin looked at the river outside the fence and sighed softly: "It's my fault too. I shouldn't have let him go to Shu in the first place..."
If he hadn't asked Li Ke to go to Shu and gain such great power, what would have happened today?
Li Chengqian disagreed with this.
He said: "It is right for my father to ask him to go to Shu."
"After all, this is one of our sources of food and grass, and it must be managed by a reliable person."
"Besides, there are still those small countries in the south that covet the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and they must be watched by someone who is experienced in fighting."
"After much thought, only Kedi is the most suitable."
"He is my father's son, and he is also very capable. He can lead troops to fight and govern the place."
"My father is not a god, so why would you think that he would rebel one day?"
Li Chengqian shook his head and smiled bitterly: "And rather than blaming my father, it's better to blame me." > Hearing this, Li Shimin turned to look at Li Chengqian: "Why do you blame me?"
"I blame me for putting too much pressure on him..."
Li Chengqian had never thought about why he aroused the jealousy of Li Ke and Li Tai.
Among them, there must be Li Shimin's favor, and also what Li Chengqian has done in recent years.
Although Li Chengqian was very good and won many battles for the Tang Dynasty, especially against the barbarians, he really made the people of the Tang Dynasty very angry.
But Li Ke is not bad either.
He governed Shu so well and completely conquered the southern countries.
This kind of prince, if it were another era, he would definitely become the universal heir to the world.
But unfortunately, he met Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian's light was so dazzling that his resume became too dim, and could even be said to be mediocre.
And it’s not like Li Shimin hasn’t thought about this matter.
But there is only one throne and only one heir.
When it comes to choosing between Li Ke and Li Chengqian, Li Chengqian definitely has an advantage that is blindly visible.
How could Li Shimin give up choosing Li Chengqian and choose Li Ke, who had an unfair reputation and was still a bastard?
And Li Shimin has no regrets about this choice.
And he also felt a little angry.
Sometimes when I think about it carefully, maybe he really indulges his son too much.
Let them not know how high the sky is and how high it is, nor how content they are.
In the past, Li Tai fought with Li Chengqian many times, and later Li Ke rebelled in Shu.
In the past dynasties, it would have been great if the second son of a concubine could go to a county or state capital to become an idle prince.
And if you ask him to be the king of a place, isn't this considered decent?
Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian and said, "When you capture him alive, remember to ask him why he treated me like this..."