Morning.

Li Shimin was eating breakfast while reading the newspaper.

The Times, which has the hottest sales volume, has published a special edition, which specifically reports on the conferences of the two houses of Parliament. It has spent a lot of space to introduce the origin and functions of the parliament, and has interviewed some well-known MPs and reported on the proposals of some MPs.

"Qi County Prince Qin Shuai proposed an education proposal!"

"The King of Lu County Cheng Shuai proposed that the two tribes of Qinghai, Tibet, Qiang and Di should be conquered by force!"

"The noble president, King Zhao, proposed a new law on the group's proposal to review the members!"

"Master Yuchi, the Prince of Wei County, proposed to include Xi and the Constitution into the Tang Dynasty and set it as the autonomous territory!"

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There were more than 5,000 noble congressmen in the aristocratic court, and the most popular ones were naturally the great commanders, especially those who were crowned kings.

The words of the handsome kings revealed openness, outspokenness and enthusiasm, and their proposals were all filled with a suppressed and enterprising spirit.

In comparison, the prime ministers in the court, especially literary prime ministers, are relatively restrained. The prime ministers' eyes are more focused on the Central Plains.

Civil governance is the goal of the prime minister and ministers.

Martial commanders like Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin choose martial arts more and choose to explore the outside world. This is also due to the current system. The separation of civil and military affairs, and the martial commanders cannot play any role in the internal governance of the court. They are standing aside. Only by developing the outside world can they show their skills.

The battlefield of the martial men is on the battlefield.

The civil officials were in the court.

The Times also intends to promote this voice of external expansion. They interviewed hawkish figures in the army, each of whom was extremely tough, and they all shouted to explore the outside world. Whether it was Cheng Yaojin's proposal to conquer Qinghai, Tibetan, Qiang and Di, Cheng Chumo's proposal to formally incorporate Yunnan into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, or Yuchi Baolin's proposal to increase troops to the Korean Peninsula, and Yuchi Gong's proposal to adopt Xi and become the autonomous territory.

All of them are committed to expanding.

Compared with the military generals and ministers who often shouted to fight and kill, the prime ministers and civil officials also proposed many proposals, but the Times did not publish them because they looked at them internally.

But Li Shimin knew about Fang Xuanling and the others' proposals.

Fang Xuanling's proposal was about improving rules and regulations, and believed that the system was the foundation of the country.

However, the proposal of the Secretary-General Changsun Wuji was about the issue of the official system. He believed that the issue of official governance was the foundation of seeking governance, and the fairness and integrity of officials were the key to governing the country. In the issue of electing officials, it was advocating the appointment of officials. Officials in the Ministry of Affairs should strengthen the review and assessment of officials.

Wei Zheng, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy's Imperial College, proposed to strengthen the improvement of the law so that officials and the people can have laws to follow.

There are also prime ministers who propose to cut down their troops.

In short, the two sides of civil and military have completely different eyes.

After reading a few newspapers, Li Shimin just smiled.

This council was really beyond his expectations.

"Li San's mother is really a talent!" He originally thought that even if this parliament was established, it would not really play any role. He opposed the parliament because he was worried that the upper house of parliament would gather the nobles of the world, while the lower house would focus on the famous scholars and great merchants in the world, and the fear of the union of these forces.

I really didn't expect that the parliament could have any more suggestions.

But today it seems that he underestimated Li Chao. Even though he deliberately messed up the waters and gave the upper house more than 5,000 members of the House, the upper house was not in chaos. Li Chao developed a group review model and actually screened out tens of thousands of proposals from more than 5,000 members of the House, and selected some excellent proposals.

Putting down the newspaper, Li Shimin sat there thinking.

Is it appropriate to let Li Chao be the president of the House of Supreme Court? I thought this House would not be of great use, but now it seems that this House of Constitution is not that simple. If Li Chao is given time, can he unite the nobles?

He suddenly discovered.

Although the Guanlong nobles who started in the Western Wei Dynasty and flourished in the Zhou and Sui Dynasty had almost died in the Tang Dynasty, a more powerful military noble has now risen and taken shape in his hands.

This new military aristocratic group represented by Shandong heroes was originally just an old subordinate of his Qin Palace. He made great contributions in the process of fighting for the throne and consolidating the world. He also used this force to fight south and north, and wiped out those opponents internally, and wiped out all the Guanlong aristocrats and Wude Group from the stage. But now, these military aristocrats have grown up little by little.

Up to now, a huge group has been formed.

The top figures in this group are naturally the princes and princes such as Li Chao and Qin Qiong.

A palace maid walked in with a few bottles of flowers.

It's a peony.

The Tang people loved flowers, and Li Shimin also loved flowers. The Tang people loved peonies the most, and peonies were also the queen's favorite flowers.

The queen likes the colorful colors of peonies, and also likes its magnificence and kingly spirit.

Seeing this flower, Li Shimin was stunned for a moment.

"Who asked you to send this flower?"

"Go back to Your Majesty, it was sent by Wu Cairen who asked his servants and others to come."

"Wu Meiniang?" Li Shimin nodded. After the girl was taken into the palace by him, he deliberately ignored her.

"Is this flower also made by Wu Meiniang?"

"By Your Majesty, these peonies were cut and inserted by Wu Cairen himself."

"Let's go here."

Peony, the king of flowers.

Just like the Tang Dynasty today, it is extremely wealthy and full of kingly aura.

The military merit group of the Tang Dynasty was indeed very powerful, but he didn't have to worry about it now. It was not like the time of Zhou and Sui Dynasty, the Guanlong group occupied the court and the place at that time. It can be said that they were everywhere. Now, the military merits and nobles of the Tang Dynasty were enfeoffed and mostly had military positions. Although many of them also held military positions, the civil and military positions of the Tang Dynasty were separated, and they could not intervene in the court, and the local areas were even more unable to intervene.

There is an increasingly stronger civil servant group, especially now that through the imperial examinations, a large number of non-noble and gentry-born Jinshi Juren entered the officialdom, which has greatly strengthened the centralization of the court over the central and local governments.

The nobles were divided into feudal areas on the frontier, with orders to redeem the grace, and the court also had administrative, tax and judicial power, but there was no need to worry too much.

Li Chao was right. The Tang Dynasty should not rush to stop its expansion. With these military aristocrats fighting for the Tang Dynasty, the court should continue to fight eastwards and westwards to fight southwards and northwards, and continue to build a large territory for the Tang Dynasty.

Everyone was also discussing the streets and alleys of Hanjing, teahouses and restaurants.

"The court is going to explore again!"

"Who do you think the court will destroy next? Silla, Baekje and Tubo?"

"Maybe it's true la!"

"I heard that I want to attack Funan."

"The Goguryeo, which was pacified the previous year, is still large and empty, and no one can immigrate. I heard that many people in Silla and Baekje have begun to cross the border privately and run to the territory we have captured to occupy land. I want me to tell you that our court should take advantage of the situation next year to destroy these two countries."

"I heard that there is a country called Jieji in the Western Regions who is going to send troops to attack us, and it seems that I want to steal our Heavenly Kingdom."

"No, the Kingdom of Jie Ri was clearly in the south of Tubo, but it was not in the Western Regions."

"Isn't the Kingdom of Jie Japanese in the Western Regions? Why did you go to the south of Tubo?"

"Hey, have you seen the maps that were once drawn in the Times? In Chang'an, it was Longyou, and in the south of Longyou was Qinghai. In the south of Qinghai, it was Supi, and in the south of Supi, it was Tubo. In the south of Tubo, there were continuous snowy mountains. The snowy mountains were three thousand feet high. The high snowy mountains and continuous glaciers made it difficult to cross. There were only a few mountain passes that could lead to Shannan. In the south of Shannan, it was Nipoer and Nipoer, which was the kingdom of Jieri. And in the Han Dynasty, it was called Shidu Kingdom, and now it is the Xindu territory of our Tang Dynasty, which is west of Jieri Kingdom."

"That is, I usually read the newspaper more often. There are several countries in the south of the Jie Ri Kingdom. To the south is the Sea of ​​Xindu. To the east is the South China Sea of ​​our Tang Dynasty, and to the west is the Persian Sea. To the south of the Jie Ri Kingdom is not near the sea, but it is said that there are sea mouths on both sides of the east and west, and our ocean ships are often supplied at their ports."

With the development of the Tang Dynasty's voyage, over the years, the people of the Tang Dynasty have heard a lot about the situation outside the Central Plains, especially the spread of newspapers, which has allowed them to understand a lot about the outside world.

Nowadays, many people also know that the southwest of the Tang Dynasty is a continuous jungle, and the south is hot and rainy, with Linyi, Zhenla, Funan, Piao Kingdom, Langya Xiu, Jietu and other countries. There is a large mountain range to the west. To the west of this mountain range is Jieri, and the Lion Kingdom and other countries close to India. In ancient India, it is now the Xindu territory of the Tang Dynasty, and to the west is Daxue Mountain. In the past, it was Tocharis, and in the southwest of Tocharis, it is Persia.

As for the north of the Tang Dynasty, of course, it is the north of the Mobei. The extreme north of the grassland in the south of the Mobei is said to be snow-covered forests covered with ice and snow all year round, which is colder than those in the northeastern Marine, Shiwei and other places. In the northeastern world, it is said to have some barbarian countries such as Liugui Kingdom.

In the north of the snowy land in the extreme north, it is said to be a large ice ocean, an ocean covered by ice all year round.

Some people also say that to the east of Liugui Kingdom in the extreme northeast is a small strait. To the east of the strait, there is an ice and snow continent like the northern ice field.

Every year, many adventurers form expedition teams. They set out to the Tang Dynasty, explore in depth, search for minerals, find places that have not been discovered by others, and discover trade routes. It is said that these expedition teams are funded by people, and the trade routes, minerals, etc. they discover can receive huge rewards.

"It is said that last year, an expedition fleet returned from Nanyang. This fleet left Guangzhou Port five years ago. After five years of no news, I thought they were buried in the sea. Who knew that they came back last year."

"Oh, I have also heard of the fleet you mentioned. It is said that they sailed eastward and went through a lot of hardships. They actually found a magical continent east of the ocean."

"At the end of the Eastern Ocean, at least tens of thousands of miles away."

"I heard that they brought back a lot of things there from the Dongtu continent, including local natives, as well as some beasts and plants from the Dongtu continent."

"Those people have all become rich. The things they brought back were purchased by the Li family in Bashang. It is said that several of them were named corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, peanuts, sunflowers, pumpkins, peppers, tomatoes, etc. I heard that corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes are crops that can be used as grain, with extremely high yields. The Li family has already dedicated these to the court!"

"Corne? Rice like jade, potatoes? Soybeans growing in the soil? Sweet potatoes, melons in the fields? Listen to the name, these crops are so strange."

"No, that was brought back from the Eastern Land tens of thousands of miles away. If you want to talk about it, maybe only the macaques brought back by Zhang Qian from the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty."
Chapter completed!