Chapter 47 If you don't take it, you will abandon it

The Tang Dynasty was quite popular. When the great officials and nobles held banquets, they had to accompany the music and dance with the singing and the girls. Although Chen Ying held a banquet in Furong Garden, the place was good.

Since Furong Garden was built in the pre-Sui Dynasty, in the era of material abundant in the Sui Dynasty, the decoration of Furong Garden was even more magnificent. The tables, chairs, stools, and the tables, chairs, and stools were all shaded and red sandalwood. It took the craftsman a lot of effort to carve the carvings; all the carved windows on all sides were opened to let the air on the fresh river surface pour in.

The seat was covered with thick sable fur, which made Cheng Zhijie extremely awkward to sit. The beautiful and enchanting maid crushed the beast fragrance and added it to the red mud stove. The blue-white light smoke dissipated, and the fragrant fragrance gently brushed the guests' 38,000 pores, as if he was in the Immortal Palace.

It's a pity that time is coming, but Chen Ying, the main master, avoided it. Fortunately, Wei Zheng, Luo Shixin, Li Shiji, Cheng Zhijie, Qin Qiong, Xie Yingdeng and Niu Junda are all old acquaintances. Even without Chen Ying here, the atmosphere does not feel awkward. Cheng Zhijie is a smart person. Don't look rude, this is just his mask.

When Cheng Zhijie saw Wei Zheng, he slapped Wei Zheng with a bear hug, and then he directly pulled Wei Zheng's face to his face purple. Then he slowly put Wei Zheng down. Wei Zheng finally broke free from Cheng Zhijie's bear hug, and Luo Shixin also gave Wei Zheng a 720-degree whirlpool, which made Wei Zheng unable to stand firmly even when he held the wall.

At this time, Niu Junda wanted to be enthusiastic with Wei Zheng. Before Niu Junda could come forward, Wei Zheng raised his hands and surrendered: "Old Niu, let me breathe a sigh of relief..."

Qin Qiong and Cheng Zhijie's eyes met in the air, and they knew it. Wei Zheng, Luo Shixin, Niu Junda, Xie Yingdeng, etc., who were avoiding playing in the living room, came to the window of Linhe and whispered: "Old Cheng, what do you think?"

"Isn't this obvious thing about the lice on the bald man's head?" Cheng Zhijie smiled bitterly and said, "We are all old acquaintances, but today we gather together, the gap has emerged."

At that time, Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong were both left and right generals under Zhang Xutuo's tent and commanded the elite soldiers of a mansion. But now, Luo Shixin is already the General of the Left Wuhou Hou in the Tang Dynasty. He controls the army of the Left Wu Guard. The Left Wu Guard is just like the Left Wu Guard. As one of the sixteen guards directly under the central government of the Tang Dynasty, he is also one of the permanent troops in Guanzhong. The entire army is 12,500. Everyone is a hero.

But what about Qin Qiong?

At this moment, he was just the commander of the Qin Palace. His reputation was not just right, and he had no soldiers except a 300-man guard regiment.

It is definitely a lie to say that Qin Qiong doesn’t eat anything in his heart.

Qin Qiong looked at Wei Zheng who was chased by Niu Junda, and lowered his voice: "Old Cheng, you know what I mean, don't interrupt!"

Cheng Zhijie pondered and said, "Shubao, what about your opinion?"

Qin Qiong thought for a while and said, "The prince of the Eastern Palace is powerful, but the King of Qin is weak!"

Cheng Zhijie said: "It is precisely because of this that we cannot accept the prince's recruitment."

Qin Qiong asked in confusion: "Why?"

Cheng Zhijie said: "It's too late for us to surrender to the prince now. Under the command of the Eastern Palace, General Chen is now headed by General Chen, and there are Li Shiji, Li Yi, Feng Li, Wei Ting, Yuchi Gong, Luo Shixin, Wei Wenzhong, Xue Wanche, Xue Wanren, and Yang Wengan. They are now the most powerful and fourth-rank military position. When we go to the Eastern Palace, it's just icing on the cake. The prince will disagree. However, the Qin Palace is different. Now the Qin Palace is weak. In addition to Hou Junji, Duan Zhixuan, and Lei Yongji, there are still people who can make a move? We have labeled the Qin Palace, and even if we go to the Eastern Palace, we will not be trusted. The Qin Palace is different. He just needs someone to show his attention for him, so... Today, we eat as much as we should and drink as we should."

When Qin Qiong heard this, he showed a deep expression of agreement.

Wei Zheng was tortured by the former general of Wagang, and finally stopped after Wei Zheng collapsed on the ground.

Seeing that the time was getting late, but the seat was delayed. Cheng Zhijie said: "Teacher, what's going on with General Chen?"

"Old Cheng, don't worry!" Wei Zheng gasped and explained: "Your Highness the Crown Prince and General Chen have important matters to discuss, so... you have to wait for a moment!"

In fact, Chen Ying did not avoid it, but because Li Jiancheng also came to Furong Garden. Although Li Jiancheng agreed to support Liangzhou, he believed that as long as Liangzhou was rescued, he could stop. After all, the Tang Dynasty had limited financial resources and materials and could not support the 50,000 troops to expedition for thousands of miles.

Therefore, when he came to Furong Garden, his purpose was to figure out why Chen Ying wanted to swallow the Western Regions at this time. In Li Jiancheng's view, the development strategy of the Tang Dynasty should be to first north and then south, and then to the Western Expedition to the Western Regions.

Now, Chen Ying's development strategy has been interrupted.

When Li Jiancheng raised this doubt to Chen Ying, Chen Ying laughed and said in a silence: "Does Your Highness the Crown Prince think the Western Regions are barren land?"

Li Jiancheng said in confusion: "Isn't it?"

"Definitely not!" Chen Ying dripped tea and drew a topographic map of the Western Regions on the table. Chen Ying explained while drawing the picture: "Your Highness the Prince's Royal is not sure that the Western Regions are so big that they are even larger than the current Tang Dynasty Hexi, Xihe, Guanzhong, Hedong, and Hebei. The Western Regions are not only big, but also a treasure land. For example, the carbonite we use for steelmaking now. If the Tang Dynasty uses carbonite from the Western Regions, it would probably not be used for 100,000 years..."

Of course, this is not Chen Ying's exaggeration. There are only more than 4,000 mineral resources in Xinjiang, including five in China; twenty-four in China's top five; forty-three in the top ten in the country. It is predicted that the total oil resources in the region are about 50 billion tons (accounting for more than one-third of China), and its reserves are now third in China. The total natural gas resources are about 13 trillion cubic meters. The predicted reserves of coal are 182 trillion tons, accounting for 40% of China's predicted reserves, and the total copper resources are 57.83 million tons. The total resources of nickel are 16.71 million tons. There are more than 150 lead-zinc mines.

However, Xinjiang is actually only a part of the Western Regions and cannot be counted as all. If the Western Regions were included in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, then these resources could allow future generations of China to lie on the mountain of gold to sleep.

It’s just a pity that too many have been lost in the Western Regions.

It must be said that this is a very big regret.

Chen Ying continued to Li Jiancheng: "Your Highness the Prince may not have a deep understanding of the Western Regions. So I would like to give a very simple example, for example, arable land. The cultivated land that can be reclaimed in the Western Regions is about 40 to 30 million, more than 200 times that of Guanzhong. Your Highness the Prince can imagine that if there were so much arable land in the Tang Dynasty, how many people could be placed, how much grain could be planted, and how many people could be raised..."

Hearing this, Li Jiancheng's eyes flashed.

Chen Ying explained: "The collapse of every dynasty, without exception, is because the population exceeds the limit that the land can follow. Our territory, for every sixty acres of land, is almost 65 million, and the land is already tight. If the people have no food to eat, as long as there is any movement, the country and the country will collapse."

Li Jiancheng nodded and sighed, "Yes, this is true for the strong Qin, and so is the strong Han..."

"Not bad!" Chen Ying pointed to the soil of the Western Regions and said: "If the Tang Dynasty takes all the place here, it will get an additional 43 million glut of fertile land, not 43 million acres, but 43 million glut. If I were asked to fight westward, I could fight to the Byzantine Empire 20,000 miles westward. From Shule to the south, we can reach here. This is the birthplace of Buddhism and the so-called kingdom of body and poison. About fifty years ago, with the rise of the Turks,

The sedals on the grasslands in the northern desert were driven to the Western Regions by the Turks. They were chased by Gaoche people in the Western Regions to the west of the Pamirs. They were lucky and encountered the Kushan Empire in the weak period. So the sedals successfully controlled the Kushan Empire and went south along the Kushan Empire to invade. The originally powerful Sindu Gupta Empire, because of the invasion of the sedals, the local chiefs of the Gupta Empire became king. Now, if they want to take it down, it is actually not difficult..."

In the history of ancient India, it encountered more than 300 invasions. However, India was quite tragic. Except for the one they tied during the Mauryan Dynasty, they often had successful invasions and colonizations at other times. Therefore, India has more than 180 ethnic groups.

But Indians are also the darlings of God, because although they are only one-third of China's, their arable land is nearly four times that of China.

China could have had more arable land, but due to the limitations of understanding, it has been lost. It is no exaggeration to say that if Xinjiang had not been water shortage, Xinjiang's food could feed the entire China.

Chen Ying sighed and said, "The Western Regions are a treasure land. If you don't take it, the heaven will abandon it."

Li Jiancheng was moved.

In fact, Chen Ying said that there was a charcoal in the Western Regions that could be burned for 100,000 yuan for the Tang Dynasty, but he was not moved. Chen Ying said that there was a gold mountain in the Western Regions, but he was not moved. Chen Ying said that there were 100 million kilograms of copper in the Western Regions, and Li Jiancheng was joking.

But when Chen Ying said that there were 200 Guanzhong arable land in the Western Regions, Li Jiancheng was really moved.

In ancient China, farming was the lifeblood of the empire. It was lost if it was lost. They would not feel sorry for them, but they would lose their vast arable land.

The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were lost, and the Song Dynasty began to establish itself. Even on the eve of its destruction, I was always obsessed with the land of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, not only because it was a barrier for the Song Dynasty, but because the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun had land that could support tens of millions of people.

The wandering eyes in Li Jiancheng's eyes became clear: "Yes, if the land given by God is not taken, the heaven will abandon it."

Chen Ying said: "Your Highness, it's time for us to leave the living room, otherwise they should be anxious!"
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