The development routes of these young people were completely different in nature, whether they were plundering maritime merchants or plundering villages and towns along the coast of the Tang Dynasty.
Loot the villages and towns along the Tang Dynasty.
As an emperor, no matter how powerful he is, he can only send troops to suppress it if something like this happens.
But if it was a robbery of maritime merchants, this matter would be explained.
Because of the plundering of maritime merchants, although most of the people on the merchant ships are still poor sailors and small craftsmen with no money, in terms of public opinion, the people generally regard these large ships as an asset of the maritime merchants.
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It is an "asset", not a "place".
Then again, although the sailors and craftsmen on the ship are also ordinary people at the bottom, the common people who do not work on the ship regard them as desperadoes - the risks and rewards of going to sea are extremely high, and they can easily
People who will lose their lives and go to sea have actually thought about it.
And then again, although it is dangerous to go to sea, the income from one trip can be enough to farm for several years, maybe ten years. Even if you can catch a woman from the native tribe as a slave, this lifelong matter will be solved.
, so these people are indeed rushing to change their destiny.
Because of this motivation, if these guys become nourishment for Datang's expansion plan, they won't set off any storm of public opinion among the people, and things can proceed smoothly.
But this is the case.
Li Er also had to worry about these young people going out to sea to occupy territory with the blood of the Han family. This was good, but if these guys got excited, Datang's plan to explore America...
Anyway, any individual or family in the world, no matter what they do, as long as it is something slightly more important in the long term, they will walk on two legs. After all, as life goes by, it is impossible not to consider the long term.
But now, Li Er actually feels...
When I walk on two legs, my left and right feet seem to be stepping on each other. How can I solve this problem?
First, I thought about it for a whole lunch time, but couldn't figure it out.
Then I thought about it for another afternoon, but still couldn't figure it out.
I thought about the time for another dinner.
On this day, Li Er's daily life as the emperor can be considered relatively leisurely, because the emperor is destined to have no stable and available holidays for leisure, especially when the person involved wants to be a responsible emperor as much as possible, this day can be regarded as a leisurely day.
It was a rare day of free time, because the problem of pirates, negative public sentiment, and the issue of going to sea to open up territory in America all appeared in Li Er's mind for nearly a year, and these problems made significant progress in the Forbidden Army's submarine pursuit.
Therefore, this day was a rare day for Li Er to have some leisure time. After all, the largest group of pirates had disintegrated, and the remaining parts would be dealt with slowly.
Naturally, the few close ministers who followed Li Er were treated as normal, and it was a rare day when they no longer had to worry.
But this night.
Li Er tossed and turned and still couldn't sleep, so he suddenly made a decision.
So an hour later, Li Er, who was originally in a warm bed in the palace, was dragged by an indescribable spiritual force and pushed all the way to a private room in the Lion Building, a famous consumer mecca in Chang'an City.
Naturally, those accompanying him included Changsun Wuji, Wei Zhengfangdu and others.
Although the emperor said that a good night was rare and it was a pity not to get together for a drink, the faces of several ministers were a little strange. Although the look in Li Er's eyes was very subtle, the meaning in his eyes kept leaking out like a leak.
Looking at the emperor, it seems that he is saying, you old man.
What's the point of pretending? It's just a meeting. It's a nuisance in the middle of the night. You're wasting time and pretending. Can't we just hurry up and get it done as soon as possible?
After being stared at by several ministers for a while with such a look that was 100% not disrespectful, but anyone with a discerning eye would know what it meant, Li Er was also embarrassed. At that moment, his old face turned red, and he coughed lightly and said, "These are all me.
I don’t want to hide the virtuous people of the Tang Dynasty from you. I really have something important to discuss with you tonight..."
Li Er's tone became humble, and his title changed from the usual "you" and "you" to "you all". However, as the founder of the country and the core team, this is not a matter of disrespect. Then Li Er
So he said what he was worried about.
And the emperor said this.
At first, several ministers thought this matter was so strange. The emperor had just solved a major issue today and was summoning the ministers in the middle of the night. They were probably not playing tricks on the princes, but they soon realized the problem.
According to what Li Er said, they can understand this idea of quietly mobilizing the elite young people in the country to leave the country and go out to open up new territories.
And it’s easy to understand, because Li Er regards these young people as his past selves, or the elite warriors of Daijun Wuchuan from the ancestors of the old Li family, and it’s hard to say whether this expectation can be realized, but anyway
, Li Er’s expectation is not unreasonable.
Really opening up frontiers requires a resolute and ferocious temperament, as well as personal qualities and education. It is not easy for such young people. The various colleges and Imperial College of the Tang Dynasty have cultivated many outstanding young people.
But we need to mobilize these young people to go out and open up Xinjiang.
Without trying, Wei Zheng, Changsun Wuji and others could guess that there would be a lot of complaints soon. After all, leaving the mainland of China to venture into a strange place would definitely pose a long-term problem to living conditions, and no one would want to. Then again
Back then, this kind of plan still required the imperial court to organize and launch it.
When these young men go out to sea to engage in border expansion activities, they will inevitably have to deal with natives and barbarians from all over the world. By then, these young men will have a hard time and plunder, but I do not doubt the fighting ability of these young men - after all, this is the Tang Dynasty
It cost a lot of money to cultivate, but when the matter spreads, will the imperial court take the blame? After all, it is normal to punish someone without guilt in this world of great competition, but historical problems will arise sooner or later.
Someone with a heart will come to investigate.
So this is something that cannot be done in all aspects and senses. If you want to find other ways to expand territory besides the maritime plan, you can really only do it like Li Er's idea.
but……
Just as Li Er said, if this group of young people rob the maritime merchants, then the career of these young scholars will be able to start smoothly, but the maritime merchant activities carried out by the Tang Dynasty official are not the same.
Did something go wrong again?
At this moment, the expressions of several ministers could not help but become ugly along with Li Er!