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Volume 1: Who Rides the Star to Break through the Void Chapter 365: Anxi is invaded by unknown frontiers

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    Xingqing Palace has also changed rapidly in the past two years, not only because of the use of building materials such as cement, but also because of various products from Liaodong, such as glass. There is a room in Xingqing Palace built with a lot of glass.  The greenhouse is located in the first courtyard at the west gate of the palace. To build this greenhouse, it cost up to one million yuan - the money was a joint venture between the state treasury and the Anxi Chamber of Commerce, with each living in half.  Of course, what the Tang treasury took out was real gold and silver, but no one had ever seen the five hundred thousand yuan from the Anxi Chamber of Commerce.  In winter, what Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan enjoyed most was lying under the greenhouse and basking in the sun, which was windless and warm.  They were thinking about building a larger and more beautiful greenhouse in the Hot Spring Palace.  Ye Chang didn¡¯t even look at the greenhouse. It was just a larger glass balcony. Li Longji thought it was a treasure, but he didn¡¯t take it seriously.  He hurriedly walked to the front of the Qinzhengwu Building. Li Longji was wearing a silk coat, not an imperial crown, but ordinary clothes. Judging from his expression, he was neither happy nor angry, and it didn't look like there was something urgent.  Seeing Ye Chang coming, he smiled: "Ye Qing, thank you for your hard work." "It is my duty to share your Majesty's worries and manage the frontiers for China." Ye Chang's eyes flickered, but he didn't see Yang Zhao, and he felt a little worried.  strangeness.  With Yang Zhao¡¯s current guard against him, he should not give him a chance to see Li Longji alone.  "Ye Qing has worked hard in Yunnan and made great achievements. I had wanted to call you back to Beijing for a long time, but national affairs are more important Haha Li Longji vaguely said a few words of encouragement and comfort to Ye Chang, and then he felt it was boring and hit him  Haha, then asked curiously: "I heard that the barbarians over there in Yunnan have a custom of entertaining people with folk songs and marrying them in marriage. I wonder if it is true or false?  " "It is indeed true that barbarians live in the mountains and are busy with their daily lives and rarely have leisure, so they choose days to gather together, sing songs and court mates, and some are only looking for one night of pleasure.  "Ye Chang said with a smile: "Canglin knows etiquette. Although this statement is biased, it also has some truth.  " Li Longji was leisurely fascinated, and smiled for a while: "If I go here, I will be like a fish in water.  " "The saint has a universal mind and does not regard the vulgar as weird. It is really a blessing for the barbarians.  " "It is necessary to meet someone who is good at governing the border like you. I have heard about the situation in Liaodong now every day. It is as rich as Guanzhong, with a population of more than 300,000, but the taxes can be worth a million people.  , Yunnan has also achieved good governance, and all chaos has been settled. Hundreds of kilograms of brown sugar and frosting sugar are shipped out from Yunnan every month" These are all the contributions of Ye Chang, but Yunnan is still in its infancy.  The plantation of rice, sugar cane, and tea has just begun, and the results are not yet significant. Ye Chang estimates that it will take four to five years to see initial results, just like in Liaodong.  After that, Li Longji changed the topic: "Do you think Anxi can be managed according to your strategy of managing the frontier?  "Of course you can," Ye Chang said without hesitation. "How can you use your opening method in Anxi?"  " "Anxi is also rich in natural resources. It is connected with China and foreign countries. From what I can see, there are at least four major advantages that can be taken advantage of."  "Ye Chang had a vague idea in his mind. At this time, when he heard Li Longji's inquiry, he stretched out his finger: "The name of Kunlun jade, which comes from Anxi, has been famous all over the world since the Han Dynasty.  Everyone wants to hide it, and this alone is enough to make merchants go there.  " "Speaking of jade, your jadeite jade is also good. The jade carvings you gave me and my beloved concubine are all very exquisite and cute. I play with them every day.  "Li Longji interjected. "At this time, jade has not yet become popular and is unknown among jade. Yunnan is adjacent to northern Myanmar. Since Ye Chang wants to develop it, he naturally has to promote jade as a main luxury product. Some of the hype in the meantime  Even Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan were used by him to open up the market for jade. "Secondly, the climate in Anxi is very suitable for kapok cultivation. The soil and water to the north of Tianshan Mountain are fertile and they are set up as farms, and Zhuhu is hired to farm.  , not only can they be self-sufficient in food and clothing, but their cotton, fruits, and wine can also be sold everywhere.  " "Jinshan Mountain produces gold, and the land above it and Tianshan Mountain are good pastures for grazing cattle, sheep, horses and camels, so there is another horse farm in the Tang Dynasty.  "Fourth, Anxi is located at the hub of the Sino-Western trade route, a must-pass point on the Silk Road. It only collects commercial taxes to support military pay" Ye Chang gave four reasons in one breath, and Li Longji could hear it.  Nodding repeatedly, it turned out that Ye Chang was not just talking about the situation in the Western Regions. He had made considerable preparations. Although Ye Chang's words were simple, each one had its own purpose. "Only when the Central Plains is rich can we suppress the four sides.  The four sides are rising, and the wealth is greater than that of the Central Plains. What can be done?  "After Ye Chang finished speaking, Li Longji asked again. "This question is extremely sharp, and to some extent it even questions Ye Chang's border policy, believing that his approach to developing frontiers is actually encouraging separatist tendencies. Li  Longji believed that with Ye Chang's intelligence, he would not fail to see this tendency of separation. In this case, his side strategy seemed to solve the problem of Datang's problems.The difficulties faced by China actually laid the foundation for greater hidden dangers in the future.  Ye Chang smiled.  "No matter how rich the frontiers are, there are still some shortcomings. How can they compare with the Central Plains? Besides, the frontiers can be rich, but the Central Plains cannot be richer? Given the vast land, abundant resources, and abundant manpower, if it cannot become richer than the frontiers, there is only one reason, and that is  The prime minister and the county governor are both incompetent." "The wealth of the four sides will eventually gather in the Central Plains and in Chang'an. Instead of worrying about the prosperity of the border areas being better than that of the Central Plains, the saints should worry about how to make the wealth of the four sides gathered in the Central Plains create greater prosperity for the Central Plains.  Wealth." This was said so honestly and so unceremoniously that Li Longji was not angry but burst into laughter.  "Okay, okay, Shiyilang will talk to me about Yunnan again. The frosting made in Yunnan using the new sugar-making method is really sweet and really good." Ye Chang talked to him for a while about the customs and customs in Yunnan.  , naturally did not forget to raise the issue of Yunnan's annexation of the entire Indo-China Peninsula again. He knew very well how important this would be for China to control the two oceans in the future, but even Li Longji could not imagine what the future would be like at this time, so he was not in a hurry.  , I¡¯m just talking about a century-old management strategy, step by step.  However, Li Longji was not interested in these things. He kept asking about the customs and customs in Yunnan and how the women there were. Ye Chang did not try to dissuade him with a straight face, but just joined in the fun and talked about the style of barbarian women. However,  In order to prevent Li Longji from really becoming lustful, he added with great regret: "There is more sunshine in the south, and Yunnan has a high terrain. The sun irritates the skin, causing the skin of barbarian women to be dark and red, which is not as abundant as our Chinese women." Li  Longji laughed loudly and signaled Ye Chang to leave. After Ye Chang left, Li Longji's smile remained unchanged. He looked back and said, "Yang Qing, how are you?" Yang Zhao walked around from behind the screen with a smile on his face.  : "As the sage expected, Ye Chang was indeed prepared But now that he has held many posts and has a high official position, how could he be willing to go to Anxi to help Gao Xianzhi? "Ye Shiyi has selfish motives, but his selfishness is different from yours.  His selfishness lies not in power, but in his reputation, and in leaving his name in history for thousands of years to come.  "Li Longji slowly clapped his hands and squinted his eyes and thought for a long time: "Liaodong and Yunnan, the envoys he has been appointed to remain the same, let him lead them from afar, and the court will appoint other people to hold important positions.  However, you must not leak the news and make arrangements after Li Linfu leaves Beijing.  " "I know.  "Yang Zhao bowed his head and saluted, with a cold smile on his face. "What if Ye Chang has more skills? He can't play with him. With just a little provocation, he will go to the northwest again." Yang Zhao has no problem at all.  Don't worry that Ye Chang will make new achievements when he goes to Anxi. Because of Li Linfu's resignation, Li Linfu has not received many news. For example, Li Linfu doesn't know what is happening in Anxi even if there is nothing happening now.  Ye Chang himself repeatedly wrote to the court about the situation in Anxi. Li Longji himself did not have the patience to read the memorials carefully, but Yang Zhao now looked at them carefully.  Under the surface of Datang's dominance in oil-like Anxi, a terrible storm is brewing. Ye Chang reminded him more than once that before this storm breaks out, what Datang needs to do in Anxi is to consolidate its existing situation.  What was obtained was turned into the actual national power of the Tang Dynasty, and then further developed west of Congling. Otherwise, even if one or two victories were achieved by chance, the long supply line would greatly consume the national power and eventually bring down the Tang Dynasty.  Come. "Step by step, colonize for profit, turn the enemy into our own, use both soft and hard tactics." These sixteen words are Ye Chang's general strategy for the Tang Dynasty's border expansion. When Ye Chang left Xingqing Palace, he felt very strange.  Is it true that Longji summoned him just to ask about the charms of those barbarian women? If it was just for this, why was he so anxious? After thinking about it for a while, Ye Chang sorted out the conversation between Li Longji and him.  Longji mentioned many things, including Liaodong, Yunnan, Anxi, and Ye Chang's heart skipped a beat: Anxi, most of the places or events mentioned by Li Longji were directly related to him, like Liaodong.  With Yunnan, he has official positions in both places, or the products of overseas fairy mountains are either discovered by him or have trade relations with him. Except for Anxi, he has often mentioned it in memorials in the past two years.  Apart from those mentioned, it has no direct relationship with him. Thinking of this, he called Ye An: "Please sort out all the news related to Anxi and bring it to me. When others are not in Chang'an, Ye An will stay in Chang'an. This is him."  The most trustworthy clan member, he is steady and reliable in doing things, and can be said to be one of the people he relies on the most.  He didn't treat Ye An badly either. Now Ye An also has a distinguished rank, and in terms of rank, he has six ranks.  As for family wealth, it is far better than that of ordinary rich people.  Ye An left as told, Ye Chang returned home, and Li Tengkong had returned from Li Linfu's house. The two held hands and whispered, full of warmth. At this moment, someone came to report: "Mr. Lang, there is someone outside asking to see you." Ye  Chang was stunned: "I just arrived today, and someone came to see me? Is that so?who?  " "The famous assassin is here.  " Ye Chang took the famous thorn and looked at it, but it was "Wei Wei Shaoqing, Yi Wangyou Huangheng". This name was very familiar. Ye Chang thought for a while, and then suddenly remembered: Isn't this the very famous Abe Zhongmalu?  Did Japan send an envoy to Tang Dynasty? "What does he want to see me for?"  "He hesitated for a moment, but seeing that Ye An hadn't brought the information yet, he said: "Invite him in.  " After a while, a thin and short man walked in. This man was over fifty years old. He looked calm and acted like a scholar. However, Ye Chang was a little unhappy with his appearance, so he nodded lightly: "Chao  I don't know what's so valuable about your visit to my humble abode?  " He was a little arrogant, but in Chao Heng's eyes, it was perfectly normal. In fact, when Chao Heng saw Ye Chang for the first time, he felt in awe. At such a young age, he became the most powerful person in the Tang Dynasty and the one he relied on.  , not family lineage, but personal hard work, such characters can only be found in the Tang Dynasty. "You are also a friend of Li Taibai.  "Chao Heng first introduced himself: "I have never met Zhongcheng, and I have long wanted to meet him. Unfortunately, Zhongcheng is busy with everything and working hard for the country, so it is rare to meet him.  Today I heard at the sage that Zhongcheng had returned to the capital. I was overjoyed and came here in a hurry. It was disrespectful to the etiquette, so I asked Zhongcheng Haihan.  " This guy is very understanding. He did not mention his official status, but only said that he was a friend of Li Bai. Based on the friendship between Ye Chang and Li Bai, since he was a friend of Li Bai, Ye Chang would not neglect him. Ye Chang actually got up and said to him.  He cupped his hands and said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you are a friend of Taibai, that is my friend Come and serve tea. Mr. Chao, please try the wild tea I found in Yunnan." After the guests and hosts were seated, Chao Heng praised the tea and then  He said respectfully: "Today I come to pay homage to Zhongcheng. Firstly, it is to comfort my life wishes. Secondly, I want to ask Zhongcheng for help if I have something to do.  " "What's the matter?  "I am an old servant. I have been in the Tang Dynasty for thirty-four years. I want to send the Tang envoy back to the country this time. Now the saint has resigned, but I hate that there is no boat to cross. I heard that the merchant ships of the Andong Chamber of Commerce are traveling between the Tang Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty."  Japan, like a vast river, is not afraid of storms, so I came to ask Zhongcheng to lend me a cloud sail and send my servant back home.  " Ye Chang was surprised. He had heard of this person, but he didn't know that he had stayed in the Tang Dynasty for thirty-four years, and he never thought that he would be blamed for his return. " But he didn't know,  This matter is also related to him. The envoy sent to the Tang Dynasty by Chao Heng was the envoy who came from Japan with the Andong Chamber of Commerce last year. On the first day of this year, there was a fuss over the place to pay homage to Li Longji.  , Duke Chao can send the Tang envoy back to his country this time However, there are some things I would like to ask Duke Chao first.  "Ye Chang was originally ready to agree, but then he thought of something and added. Chao Heng sat solemnly and said attentively: "Ye Zhongcheng only asks, and I will tell you everything I know.  " "What are Mr. Chao's plans to do when he returns to the country this time?  "Ye Chang asked. Chao Heng was stunned. He originally thought that Ye Chang wanted to ask about Japan's customs and customs - Ye Chang was interested in these, and it had spread throughout Chang'an City, but he never thought that Ye Chang would actually ask him  My plan. Chao Heng is familiar with Ye Chang's "The Wealth of Nations" and other books, and is well aware of Ye Chang's intention in managing the four sides. Such a person will never ask casually. What is the purpose of this?
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