October 11 of the 14th year of the Tang Dynasty.
Imperial capital, Hanjing.
The leaves of the persimmon tree have almost fallen, and only the fruits on the branches are left, and they are bright red.
The lotus flowers in the lotus pond have fallen, leaving only the black stump branches half-standing in the water, and the autumn breeze on the pond surface is bleak.
On the cobblestone-paved road, Li Shimin and Zhang Chao walked together.
Zhang Chao was half a body behind Li Shimin, and the monarchs and ministers were all dressed in ceremonial dresses.
Li Shimin carried his hands behind his back, while Zhang Chao held his sleeves with both hands and bowed slightly.
The guards followed from a distance, not daring to disturb the pair of kings and ministers.
In fact, many people watched from afar, and they were very strange in their hearts, how could this pair of monarchs and ministers still walk together so calmly Shouldn't the emperor hate Zhang Chao to the bone and want to strangle him?
Both walked very slowly.
"Wenyuan, what do you want?"
After a long time, it was the emperor who broke the silence first, and the emperor's words were very calm, no anger, no accusations, just a calm inquiry.
Zhang Chao admired the emperor's place very much, it seems that after the emperor was hit by this blow, those extremism, conceit, and rigidity were all gone, and he returned to a rational and calm emperor.
"Your Majesty, I want the world to be peaceful" Li Shimin snorted lightly, "Tell me something real." ” "Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations" "I don't want to hear this, you just say something straightforward, what do you want, I really can't figure it out sometimes, and now that the dust has settled, it doesn't hurt you to tell me."
"Your Majesty, I want the Chinese civilization to spread in all directions, the people of the Han family are rich and healthy, and the Tang Dynasty is rich and the people are safe," Zhang Chao said.
"What about you, what do you want for yourself" "I want to share the prosperity of the Zhang family with the country and share this prosperous world.
The Tang Dynasty is forever prosperous, and the Zhang family is also prosperous. ” "You didn't think about replacing it" "Nope."
"Really not," Li Shimin wondered.
This is the biggest key to his split with Zhang Chao, watching Zhang Chao's prestige and wealth increase day by day, Li Shimin does not believe that Zhang Chao will not want to replace him, this is instinct.
"Your Majesty, many of the ministers' thoughts are different from those of the general population, or rather from the vast majority of people.
The minister sees more, thinks more, maybe many people in my position in history, with such a prestige, official position, wealth and status, and connections, they think about the supreme position, but the minister thinks differently. ” "What's the difference" "Your Majesty, you are also familiar with history books, and you should know that the world will be divided for a long time, and you will be divided for a long time, and you will always fall into such a strange circle.
Zhou 800 years of the world, but after the Zhou, the two Han and Jin dynasties and the unified dynasties, the elders are only two or three hundred years, and they will inevitably fall into turmoil.
After some brutal upheaval, reunify. ” "Does Your Majesty know why?"
Li Shimin shook his head.
This question is not clear in a few words, and many people have attributed it to Destiny.
There are even theories such as the five elements of mutual restraint.
"Your Majesty, in the final analysis, it is still a matter of productivity.
After dominating the world, the population will increase massively, and in one or two hundred years, it will be enough to multiply the population several times.
In the end, a large number of people lost their land, and hundreds of people became tenants or slaves, and the rights and interests of these people have never been guaranteed, and finally the opposition between the rich and the poor is serious, and the class contradictions are huge, and eventually, it will explode. ” "It can't be that simple."
Li Shimin said.
"Of course, it's not so simple, if you really want to talk about it in detail, you can't talk about it for three days and three nights, but this is one of the essences, and it is one of the important essences.
Since the Zhou Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty has been a traditional classical agricultural civilization, so the land is actually the foundation.
When land annexation is severe, it will lead to all kinds of problems, and eventually it will always erupt. ” "But now Datang has an opportunity, an opportunity to change this cycle of chaos, and an opportunity to avoid a cycle of two or three hundred years.
As long as Datang grasps it, then Datang will be able to break out of the strange circle and create a world of prosperity for thousands of years.
Even, let my Han civilization completely jump out of the circle of the Central Plains and spread farther away. ” An agrarian civilization cannot transcend the territorial circle of the Central Plains, because the productivity is insufficient to support a super empire.
However, the development of industry and commerce, trade, and then the implementation of foreign expansion strategies, exploration, colonization, then the Tang Dynasty is limitless.
The development of industry and commerce can continue to transfuse blood for the empire and support the empire's continuous external expansion.
In the same way, various resources such as land and population that Hu Zhang seized can feed back to the empire, so that the cycle of the empire continues.
It's a completely new model, one that's completely out of the way of this era.
It would be a millennium before the Europeans would embark on the Great Voyage, then the Industrial Revolution, and then Spain and Portugal would divide the world, the Dutch sea coachmen, and the British empire on which the sun never set.
Compared with these small European countries, Datang has more advantages.
With advanced technology, a large population, a stable political situation, and enlightened monarchs, capitalism has begun to sprout.
This is already a prelude to change.
Li Shimin wanted to go backwards, he was afraid of the unknown that he couldn't control, but Zhang Chao knew that this road was more beneficial to Huaxia and the Han family.
Let all the people be fixed to the land, then the dynasty will never go beyond the early and middle of the empire, and the later it will become, the weaker it will become.
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"Your Majesty, I, Zhang Chao, hope that Datang will grasp this gust of wind."
"If the Tang Dynasty develops in the direction you said, what will it look like in the end?"
asked Li Shimin.
"If it goes smoothly, maybe it won't take a hundred years, and the territory of the Tang Empire has spread all over the continents."
"On the territory of Datang, the sun never sets" "The Tang Dynasty will become an empire on which the sun never sets."
Li Shimin now also knows some new geographical and astronomical knowledge, such as the sun setting on the continent here, but the sun has just risen on the continent, and the day in the Tang Dynasty is dark in the Americas.
The sun does not set on the empire, how wide will the territory of the Tang Dynasty be.
Zhang Chao didn't say a word, Datang will be an empire on which the sun never sets, and it will also be an empire on the Federation on which the sun never sets.
Countless noble lords will be given greater autonomy and autonomy, and they will be part of the empire.
But he is always on the front line of expanding the territory of the empire.
The Zhang family will also be part of the federal empire in the future, and even the Zhang family will have multiple vassal states at that time.
The Tang Dynasty is always the suzerainty of the vassal states, and the parliament is the representative of the princes in the center.
The vassal states and the suzerains share prosperity and loss, honor and disgrace, and are closely related.
It's still hard to get there, but there's still time, so take your time.
Slowly adjust, and in the end, the machine of the Tang Empire can always be run in well, and then it will enter a long-term stable period.
Li Shimin asked about his worries, "Now that the princes are getting stronger and stronger, and even those industrial and commercial bourgeoisie are getting stronger and stronger, how will the imperial court control them in the future?"
"Your Majesty, it is better to block than to be sparse, and it is not advisable to blindly control and suppress.
The stricter the suppression, the stronger the rebound.
Instead of suppressing, it is better to deflect this pressure.
As the minister said, in the future, if the Tang Dynasty wants to expand externally and share some pioneering dividends with the nobles and these industrial and commercial classes, they will become staunch supporters of the imperial court, so why should they confront the imperial court?"
Li Shimin always felt that there was something wrong with Zhang Chao's words, but he couldn't find a problem for a while.
"What you're talking about, I'm worried."
"Your Majesty, crossing the river by feeling the stones, we can't always walk on the road that our predecessors have walked.
We have now come to the forefront of the road of history, where no predecessors have ever arrived, and we can only grope for the road ahead, and we must be the guide of future generations, and we cannot turn back because of fear. ” Li Shimin stopped, he turned to look at Zhang Chao.
"Wen Yuan, remember what you said today, if you turn your back on your ideals today in the future and fail me and Chengqian, even if I am in the Americas, I will lead my troops back to the Central Plains to crusade against you."
"I will defend my ideals, and I will also defend Datang."
Instead of spending countless efforts to set off a civil war and usurp the throne, Zhang Chao should take advantage of the current opportunity to integrate the Tang dynasty and the opposition, and then start the era of great navigation and colonization.
After the two monsters of the aristocratic lord class and the industrial and commercial capitalists were released, Zhang Chao did not have to worry about the capriciousness of the imperial court in the future.
These two monsters were released, but they couldn't be recovered.
Li Shimin released two little monsters, which grew up quickly, and when he wanted to take them back, he was devoured.
After this time, the strength of these two classes is even stronger, and the imperial court will not want to subdue them in the future.
Zhang Chao is not worried that these two classes will subvert the imperial court, and there is no need to worry about this for the time being.
As the leader of the aristocratic group and the capitalist group, Zhang Chao will not allow it, and others do not have that strength.
Li Shimin turned around.
"Let's go, it's almost time, don't let Cheng Qian wait for a long time."
Li Shimin quickened his pace, and his steps seemed to become brisker.
This emperor knew that he had been abandoned, and it was impossible for him to make a comeback in the Central Plains.
Now Zhang Chao has given him a new hope and goal, and he can go to the Americas.
There, you can conquer the world again. then the gate of heaven.
The ceremony was held here.
Countless soldiers stood guard in full armor.
All the officials in the capital also came to attend the ceremony today, and the local officials were already too late.
The ceremony was complicated.
There are many ritual steps.
One by one, very seriously.
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"Long live my emperor, long live, long live" Cheng Qian wears a crown of 12 balances, and wears a 12-coat of arms crown in a black robe and a red dress.
The sun and moon coats of arms are arranged on the shoulders, and the stars are listed on the back.
Carrying the sun and moon on your shoulders and the stars on your back.
This set of emperors' crowns lasted for more than 2,000 years from Zhou to Tang.
Cheng Qian stood in front of the dragon chair and stretched out his hands to raise them falsely.
"Zhong Aiqing, flat body" Li Shimin is also wearing a crown, but from today, he has abdicated and is respected as the emperor.
After sitting on the dragon chair for fifteen years, it is now the turn of Cheng Qian.
Cheng Qian sat down.
The golden dragon chair is very wide, but it is also very hard, and it is actually not comfortable to sit on.
The civil and military officials and soldiers shouted long live and rushed straight to the clouds.
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