Chapter 1958 The future of the country is on land and sea
Pei Zilie was silent for a moment.
Zhang Xutuo's thoughts are actually the thoughts of many people nowadays, not just civil servants, but also many military generals.
Now the land division of the Han Dynasty is strong enough, so in the eyes of many people, just pulling the land division up is enough to solve all problems. In comparison, the navy division is not only a gold-swallowing giant beast, but also the navy division is good.
The navy, after all, has no way to operate on land, and the Han Dynasty wants to gain a firm foothold in Kyushu, and will send troops to the grasslands and the Western Regions in the future, so it naturally has nothing to do with the navy.
Why does Your Majesty insist on doing this?
Li Xingchen has always made some decisions that many people can't understand, and it wasn't until a long time later that everyone suddenly realized its significance. Is it the same this time?
Zhang Xutuo found that he could not keep up with His Majesty's thinking, but he believed that Pei Zilie would not know everything.
Pei Zilie considered it and said: "It is inevitable to open up the Western Regions and grasslands. Your Majesty has always been determined to restore the territory of the former Han Dynasty. There is no doubt that even if our generation may be hindered from doing this due to various reasons, our descendants will definitely be able to do so."
It can be done, now that the Han Dynasty has the most unique military equipment in the world, and our army is strong enough, it is only a matter of time before the Western Regions and grasslands are ours."
After a pause, Pei Zilie looked at Nanyang: "Whether it's the Western Regions or the grasslands, these are the lands that our ancestors have walked through, and what we have to do is definitely not just walk the paths of our ancestors again. Go west out of Yumen Pass
We already know what there is, but we actually don’t know what lies to the south, in the dense jungle, and in the vast sea.”
Zhang Xutuo was stunned. He had indeed not thought about this problem. Perhaps it was because he had grown up on this land since he was a child. Therefore, in his understanding, the world may not be just that big, but every corner of the world is indeed connected through
Connected by land, the existence of the ocean serves more as a barrier and barrier to land. From childhood, they have believed that the ocean is difficult or even insurmountable.
What will you see when you cross the ocean? Or go all the way south, north, or in other directions from the ocean? Will there be a more convenient road than climbing over mountains and ridges on land?
No one knows, no one has even thought about this problem.
Zhang Xutuo found that his vision seemed too shallow.
Sensing the shameful look on Zhang Xutuo's face, Pei Zilie smiled. Today's Zhang Xutuo reminded him of his past and Xiao Shilian. Li Xingchen's idea of opening up the ocean and opening up the Maritime Silk Road.
The first listeners were the two of them. At that time, they also raised a lot of doubts about this idea, and the doubts were even more straightforward and intense than what Zhang Xutuo said today. After all, Pei Zilie and Xiao Shilian at that time did not dare to imagine that a big man could go.
At this point, it is natural that we cannot imagine that the Han Dynasty would have so much money and high industrial technology to support the exploration of the ocean.
But Li Xingchen finally convinced them.
The reason is very simple. The ancients have walked the road from the Central Plains to the Western Regions, and even all the way to Hangai Mountain and Langjuxu Mountain in the north, leaving behind traces of the ancients. However, in the sea, the vast sea, not many people have truly experienced it since ancient times.
After exploring, no one knows what is in the ocean, and no one knows whether there will be a more convenient road waiting for people to explore, so exploring the ocean is indeed a good choice.
Especially if there is gold and silver wealth in the ocean, the upfront effort will be even more worthwhile.
In fact, in the final analysis, it is because young people are not more inclined to be calm and conservative like older people. They are more eager to explore the unknown. Whether it is the calmer Pei Zilie or the more radical Xiao Shilian, they are actually young people.
, and I also hope to know what kind of secrets are hidden in the sea.
Isn't Zhang Xutuo a young man?
When Pei Zilie said this, his own blood boiled.
The road that has been traveled by predecessors is no longer an unknown road. What else is there to take? Exploring a wider world is not only to unlock many unknowns, but also to find more for the survival of the Chinese nation.
This is the unshirkable responsibility of Chinese people from generation to generation. Without the survival of the nation, everything else is empty talk.
"His Majesty once said that the future of the country lies in both land and sea. Both sea and land are equally important. Both are indispensable." Pei Zilie reached out and patted Zhang Xutuo on the shoulder. "You are still young. The future is not only for us, but also for us."
You, the younger ones, work hard!"
Zhang Xutuo solemnly raised his hand to Pei Zilie: "You must fulfill your mission!"
Pei Zilie nodded, and after the two saluted each other, they walked in the direction of their respective government offices. The secretary supervisor was in a wing of the palace, and the general's palace was about to leave the palace.
The two of them didn't know that when they were talking, Li Xinchen was standing at the door of the palace, looking at their backs with his hands behind his hands. Although he couldn't hear their voices standing here, when Li Xinchen saw Pei Zilie patting Zhang Xutuo
On the shoulders, when the two of them said goodbye, they could not help but smile at the corners of their mouths.
Yu Chizhen, who was standing next to Li Xingchen, was a little curious: "Your Majesty, what are they talking about?"
In fact, what she was more curious about was how His Majesty could know what they were saying even though he didn't hear anything and just saw their few movements, or even what he was thinking - if it wasn't what Li Xingchen was thinking.
, and it is impossible for him to show his happiness obviously.
Li Xingchen smiled and said: "When planning today's war, Zhang Xutuo obviously had doubts about the navy being able to obtain such an important mission, but he did not dare to ask directly in public, otherwise it would be like questioning me and Wang Chang in public.
Therefore, after the dispersion of the dynasty, we must expect to get an answer from the great scholar. Now it seems that Zhang Xutuo is still very satisfied with the answer given by the great scholar."
Yu Chizhen seemed to understand, but she was not very interested in this kind of fighting and killing. Seeing that Li Xingchen had no intention of saying more, she naturally stopped asking any more questions.
Li Xingchen just looked at Zhang Xutuo's back quietly. Pei Zilie should be one of the few people in the world who understands his thoughts, so even if he has reservations, he should be able to explain this truth to Zhang Xutuo.
The sea is full of dangers, but it is also full of hope. It is worth the efforts of generations to explore its mysteries. As a traveler, Li Xingchen knows better than anyone the meaning of exploring the sea, and he also expects China to open it first than anyone else.
In the age of great navigation, we tried our best to control the world before the West.
If we vigorously develop the navy just to deal with the Northern Zhou Dynasty, it will be overkill.