Chapter 440 The goal of the Tang Dynasty is the sea of ??stars!
Where was the capital of the Tang Dynasty? This is a rather puzzling question, because during the period of Emperor Taizu Wu, it was in Lijiacun.
But this Lijia Village was too stingy for the Tang Dynasty, which now had tens of thousands of troops and controlled hundreds of miles of land. As the Tang Dynasty expanded in size, it even became more formalized.
Many imperial literati of the Tang Dynasty, especially Liu Bagou, Wang Wenhua and others, have never mentioned the ridiculous things that happened in Lijiacun!
If anyone dares to bring up the ridiculous story of Lear claiming to be emperor in Lijia Village just because of a dream, it will definitely be a crime of great disrespect.
Now Liu Bagou and the others have re-embellished the version, calling them descendants of the Li family and even the Li Tang Dynasty. Li Erbi is a direct descendant of the late emperor of the Li Tang Dynasty. They have even created a Li family tree out of thin air.
, directly falsely claiming that the Li clan members in Lijiacun are the direct descendants of Li Yu, the eldest son of Li Ye, Emperor Zhaozong of the Tang Dynasty.
Proclaiming the emperor and establishing the country was definitely not because Lear had a dream and asked a Taoist priest to tell his fate, but because he felt that hypocrisy was cruel and the people were in dire straits, so he rose up in anger and fought for the common people in the world!
Of course, this dream has still been added, but it has been beautified to say that Lear must have been entrusted by his ancestor Li Shimin in the dream, saying that his false power has been exhausted. As a direct descendant of Li Tang and the heir of the Li Tang Dynasty, he cannot
If you continue to live peacefully in the countryside, you should fight for the common people in the world!
In short, in this preliminary beautified official version, Lear will have transformed into a great monarch who cares about the world and the people's plight!
Later, the great and incomparable emperor Lear will work hard for the people of the world and die for his country in order to overthrow the puppet people. Next is the eternal sage, the most awesome and greatest emperor since ancient times. There will never be a more awesome emperor than him in the entire universe.
Li Xuan made a grand appearance.
It is said that when Li Xuan was born today, there were dragons and phoenixes coming to court, and hundreds of flowers were blooming. Li Xuan's first cry after he was born caused drizzle to moisten the area for hundreds of miles, so that there would be no drought for hundreds of miles, thus making great gains.
Good harvest!
Li Xuan is only five years old, but he can already read all the books in the world, speak eloquently, and become the most dazzling genius in the world!
When Li Xuan was eight years old, one day he tore a tiger alive after drinking a thousand bowls!
At the age of ten, he had already led the villagers to repel the attack on Lijiazhuang by thousands of thieves!
At the age of twelve, he can already control thousands of girls at night!
At the age of thirteen, I amaze the literary world with my poem "Life is Like the First Time", and it is very popular!
Fourteen years old. Well, Li Xuan didn't do anything important this year. He just concentrated on studying the situation in the world and traveling around the world. After returning home from the trip, Zhengtai was hit by a flood. Li Xuan lamented the suffering of the people in the world and spent all his wealth to help the hungry people.
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At this time, Queen Mother Bai felt that it was necessary to stand up and say: I don’t know why that brat went crazy back then, but he took hundreds of kilograms of rice from the kitchen to help the people. If I hadn’t been quick and quick, I would have snatched the rice away.
After returning home, the rice will be given to those untouchables for free.
At the age of fifteen, Li Xuan felt that the common people in the world were suffering and could not establish the Tang Dynasty without destroying it. He immediately assisted the late emperor Li Erbi to rebuild the Tang Dynasty. He was named the prince and led his army to fight hard against the puppet Ming army, repeatedly inflicting heavy losses on the puppet Ming Dynasty.
The Ming thief army had such outstanding military exploits that even Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had to submit to them!
Of course, insiders would never say that Li Xuan led more than ten members of his family to capture a stray dog and cook it!
Everyone knows the deeds of the following two years. It is not easy to make up random things. It can only be exaggerated. In short, if you can, brag about it, and if you can't, brag about it.
At the age of sixteen, the puppet Ming army launched a despicable and shameless attack on Lijiazhuang. The late emperor died in battle. Prince Li Xuan ascended the throne amidst the rebellious army and changed the Yuan Dynasty to Xuanping. He then led his army to fight many decisive battles with the puppet Ming thieves and won them all!
At the age of seventeen, the eternal sage Li Xuan led his troops to attack the Ming Dynasty and won consecutive battles. Zhu Zhihai, the governor of the puppet Ming Dynasty, heard that Li Xuan had led his troops and died that night!
In short, Li Xuan is both civil and military, and he is the most awesome one!
Anyway, in the official description, you will never find records of when he proclaimed himself emperor in Lijiacun and the many absurd things that followed. There are only records of how great Li Erbi and Li Xuan were!
Li Xuan himself had read some of Liu Bagou's handwriting about the origin of the Tang Dynasty and his own deeds, and he would blush after reading it!
Damn, I’m so awesome, how could I not know?
Could it be that someone is pretending to be someone else?
Not to mention how Liu Bagou and Wang Wenhua praised the Tang Dynasty and Li Erbi, Li Xuan and his son, but the fact is that today's Datang Dynasty is no longer the Shangou Dynasty that they played in the past.
Today's Tang Dynasty still has tens of thousands of troops. The population under its rule is hundreds of thousands and may even exceed one million in the next month or two. The territory already covers hundreds or even thousands of miles.
Political and military institutions in all aspects are also gradually improved!
In this case, the Tang Dynasty really needed a political center.
As for Lijiacun, don't be kidding, it is just a small mountain village, and it has been completely destroyed in the war.
Xingquan Mansion, where the current temporary palace is located, is not very suitable.
If so, how can the emperor's safety be guaranteed?
Liping City? It’s not suitable either. Liping City, like Xingquan City, is also a remote place where you can’t get anything you want. Moreover, after several wars, Liping City has been dilapidated. It is not suitable to be used as a capital, even a temporary capital.
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If you go to Liping Fucheng, you might as well stay in Xingquan Fucheng!
So where will the current Tang Dynasty move its capital?
Liu Bagou’s opinion is to go to Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Province!
Guiyang is undoubtedly a big city in the southwest region, so it is naturally feasible to use it as the capital.
But Li Xuan is not interested in this!
The reason is the same as that Xingquan Prefecture and Liping Prefecture are not suitable. The entire Guizhou is a remote and remote area. Placing the capital here will greatly restrict the future development of the Tang Dynasty!
Besides, the future expansion direction of the Tang Dynasty is not to go to Yunnan or Sichuan, but to go south to Guangxi.
Even Guangxi is not the ultimate goal, Li Xuan’s ultimate goal is Guangdong!
Guangxi can only be regarded as passing by!
According to Li Xuan's plan for the future, the political, military, and industrial center of the Tang Dynasty must be highly unified and have convenient transportation.
In this way, the most suitable place is actually in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, such as Guangzhou, Zhaoqing, and Wuzhou. Each of these three places has its own advantages and disadvantages!
Wuzhou is the current residence of the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty naturally had its reasons for placing the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi in this place. First of all, it is geographically located in the center of Guangdong and Guangxi, along the Xijiang River in the Pearl River system.
You can go east to Guangzhou and even go to the sea, and if you go west, you can go to Guangxi prefectures and counties such as Xuzhou, Liuzhou, Pingle, and Guilin.
At the same time, Wuzhou during this period relied on Xijiang and was an important commercial hub in Guangdong and Guangxi, with relatively developed industry and commerce!
Next is Zhaoqing. Zhaoqing is similar to Wuzhou in that it is a city that developed on the Xijiang River. It also has similar disadvantages.
Guangzhou during this period was actually not very developed. Although there was sea trade, it was not enough to become the mainstay of the local economy.
In addition, Guangzhou is a coastal city. It is too risky to build the capital on the coast. If the enemy comes from the sea and our own navy cannot stop it, won't it mean that the country will be destroyed in minutes?
Historically, it was not until the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty that Guangzhou became the political and military center of the Guangdong and Guangxi regions.
Therefore, from the perspectives of transportation, commerce, political influence, and military, Wuzhou and Zhaoqing are more suitable.
Considering the development in the next few decades, Zhaoqing is more suitable than Wuzhou!
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Governor-General's Palace of Guangdong and Guangxi was located in Zhaoqing for nearly two hundred years.
It’s Zhaoqing.
But whether it is Wuzhou, Zhaoqing or Guangzhou, these places are still far away from the Tang Dynasty. There is no need to consider them so early!
After the Tang Army invades Guangzhou, it will not be too late to consider setting up a long-term capital!
Now, Li Xuan just explained the necessity and importance of moving the capital to Guiyang to Liu Bagou in serious detail, and then simply rejected Liu Bagou's suggestion.
Going to Guiyang?
Are you kidding me? Do you want to be trapped in the mountains and valleys of Guizhou for the rest of your life?
Although the Tang Dynasty was originally a Shangou Dynasty, well, it has not gotten rid of the style of the Shangou Dynasty yet, but Li Xuan is an ambitious man, and it is impossible for him to tolerate his Datang Dynasty hiding in the Shangou Valley.
The goal of the Tang Dynasty is the sea of stars!
Well, even if we narrow the target a little, it still has to be to drink from the Qinhuai River!
How could you keep hiding in the ravines and amusing yourself!
After leaving Liu Bagou alone, Li Xuan returned to Xingquan Mansion and got busy with other things.
After several battles, the Tang Dynasty had many soldiers, and as the territory became larger, there were more things happening. For example, the army is now heading to various parts of Guizhou, and it is foreseeable that the Tang Army will capture most of Guizhou.
, which officials should be sent to these places, how to govern them, and how to make these places contribute more to the Tang Dynasty and support the Tang Dynasty's southern and northern wars, this is a very important issue.
And now that the army continues to expand, the demand for ordnance, especially guns, continues to increase, so Li Xuan plans to further increase ordnance production!
Although the Ministry of Industry has set up quite a few workshops in Xingquan Prefecture and Zhengtai County, they are still not enough. Moreover, due to the geographical disadvantages, resources, and lack of population of Xingquan Prefecture, it is not possible to continue to expand the workshops on a large scale.
Li Xuan felt that it was necessary to set up new large-scale workshops elsewhere!