If farming peoples and nomadic peoples were not put together, maybe everyone would be in peace.

However, once they border, the nomadic people will inevitably become the natural enemies of the farming people. This is determined by the laws of nature.

Nomadism is destined to have less stable output than farming. Once a natural disaster occurs, food will be cut off immediately.

At this time, plunder is almost an inevitable choice.

From the early Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, to the Qin and Han Dynasties, to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, this law has not changed at all.

Without Li Kuan, there would be no change in the next hundreds or thousands of years.

"Your Majesty, the reason why the grasslands cannot have long-term peace and stability is ultimately because these places do not really belong to the Tang Dynasty. Even after wars and short conquests, the officials of the Tang Dynasty were unable to bring this land into their rule. We must.

To make the grassland long-term and stable, we need to change this situation!"

"You mean, promoting cotton cultivation can change this situation?"

"Simply promoting cotton cultivation is of course not enough. However, as long as the scale of cotton cultivation increases in the Yunzhong Dudu Prefecture and the northern part of Hedong Road, these places are full of villages and towns of the Tang Dynasty, and then these places will slowly

Like Guanzhong, it will become an inseparable part of our Tang Dynasty. When the pastures in these places are all turned into cotton fields, when cities are built in these places, and when the officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are present in these places anytime and anywhere, wouldn't it be a long-term peace and stability?

Is it inevitable?"

Li Kuan's current idea is to turn the grasslands into fertile fields instead of grasslands. Then these places will become stable states and counties in the Tang Dynasty.

As for whether it will have any adverse effects on the environment?

In this day and age, who would consider this issue?

Tigers are running all over the mountains and trees are growing everywhere.

It makes no sense at all to talk about animal protection and environmental protection in this era.

"Shuozhou has been a border town since ancient times. Not to mention those distinguished officials, how many ordinary people are willing to go there?"

Li Shimin was already a little moved after hearing Li Kuan's words.

However, he still didn't have much confidence in this suggestion.

In his opinion, if the grassland problem could be solved so easily, how could such a problem befall him?

In fact, this can be regarded as a fan of the authorities.

In the past, there were no special crops like cotton, there was no cement road connecting Chang'an to Shuozhou, and there was not enough food.

Therefore, in the past, Li Kuan's plan was definitely a piece of paper and a fool's errand.

However, today is different from the past.

Whale jerky from Dengzhou and rice from Jiangnan can be transported directly to Luoyang by waterway, and then quickly transported to prefectures and counties along the route from Luoyang to Shuozhou via four-wheeled carriages and cement roads.

With large-capacity four-wheel carriages and cement roads, transportation efficiency has been greatly improved.

Feeding one to two million people is not a problem at all.

After all, although these people mainly grow cotton, they can't really grow all other crops.

According to the habits of the people of the Tang Dynasty, even if he was given a hundred acres of land, he would definitely plant some cabbage, corn, etc. to solve his own food problem.

In addition, these places are close to grasslands, and there is no shortage of cattle and sheep. In fact, not everything needs to be transported from other places.

"Everything in the world is for profit. Your Majesty, people are also human beings. As long as you think about the issue from their perspective and let them feel the benefits of immigration, then someone will naturally make the right choice.

The Affiliated Medical Center of Guanshishan Academy Medical College plans to build at least one medical center in each of these immigrant prefectures and counties, and Weichen will also arrange manpower to set up at least one cotton workshop in each state capital, and build corresponding supporting facilities.

We also encourage students from Guanshishan Academy to go to these places for internships and fully support the construction of these states and counties."

Li Kuan promoted cotton cultivation and obviously prepared a lot of combination punches.

Whatever the people are worried about, I will solve it for you.

If a person has 100 acres of Yongye land, and the woman will also allocate land to you, and the whole family moves there, it will probably be several hundred acres of land.

This should not be too tempting for ordinary people whose families have little fertile land.

Once the imperial court really solves their worries, there will definitely be a large wave of immigrants.

In recent years, the population in Guanzhong has increased very rapidly, which has exceeded the capacity of the land. It is just in time to move out to alleviate this situation.

"The people of Xue Yantuo are also restless now. If a large number of people immigrate to the surrounding area of ​​Shuozhou, there will be a war, which will lead to the destruction of all living beings. Then the prestige of the imperial court will be greatly reduced."

Li Shimin has basically been convinced by Li Kuan, but he still has his own worries.

"Your Majesty, the Xue Yantuo people are no longer powerful. We only need to let Xue Rengui lead an army of 50,000 to destroy them. After that, according to Wei Chen's idea, we will start from Liangzhou in the west, connect with Yinzhou, and then pass through Shuozhou.

Going up to Youzhou, this horizontal line with four nodes will be the first spinning line in the northern border of the Tang Dynasty. Now the cement road from Liangzhou to Yinzhou is already under construction, and the construction from Shuozhou to Youzhou has also started.

, after two or three years, this spinning thread will be stable."

"Why did you include Youzhou?"

"Youzhou is a key place connected with Liaodong. If the Tang Dynasty wants to control Liaodong, it is indispensable to vigorously build Youzhou. According to Wei Chen's idea, it is best to build a cement road from Youzhou to the seaside and take the sea route directly.

Connecting Datang Hedong Road and Hebei Road can greatly improve the efficiency of cargo turnover, which will be of great benefit to both merchants and the army."

Li Shimin was destined to attack Goguryeo.

Although Li Kuan had already begun the layout, if Youzhou, an important state capital, is not managed properly, it will not be conducive to stabilizing the northeastern border of the Tang Dynasty.

"How do you need me to cooperate with your immigration matter?"

After Li Shimin was silent for a while, he said this.

Obviously, Li Kuan's proposal moved him.

If Li Kuan's plan really succeeds, then even if the area south of the Yellow River is completely included in the actual rule of the Tang Dynasty, the border of the Tang Dynasty will be pushed a lot further north.

Given time, it is really not a dream to truly realize the long-term peace and stability of the grassland.

Especially the construction of Youzhou touched a certain chord in Li Shimin's heart, and even gained his approval.

"Your Majesty, the support we need is actually very simple. First of all, when the monument to the Tang Dynasty mentioned earlier is built, your Majesty can reward the land around Shuozhou and leave the area south of Shuozhou for people from all over Guanzhong to immigrate.

Use. Then the Ministry of Household Affairs needs to prepare food and grass for the immigrants on the way, as well as farm tools and cold-proof materials after arriving at the immigration location..."

Li Kuan has discussed the overall immigration plan with Wang Xuance, Wu Meiniang and others many times, and it is natural that he is very clear and logical when talking about it.

…

The contents of the latest edition of Datang Daily made many fans of "Dream of Red Mansions" gnash their teeth with hatred.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu has stopped updating again!

The place that was supposed to be serialized was instead occupied by articles related to cotton cultivation.

Here, it not only briefly introduces the various time points and precautions of cotton from sowing to picking, but also focuses on the current cotton purchase price and cotton output in Chang'an City.

The harvest of one acre of cotton field is equivalent to that of twenty acres of corn field.

The income from cotton fields along the Weishui River has been so high this year.

Many nobles in Chang'an City know this data well.

However, no one went to publicize it. Unexpectedly, it was the Chu Palace itself that was promoting it.

As soon as this newspaper began to be sold, Chang'an City, and even the entire Guanzhong Road, began to prepare for action.

Anyone who is a little motivated is thinking about how to grow cotton next year.

"Alang, what do you think His Royal Highness is selling? The imperial court has clearly banned the expansion of cotton planting on Guanzhong Road, so why does he promote the high returns of cotton planting in Datang Daily? This is not encouragement.

Are you going to grow cotton secretly?"

After Yang Dong read today's newspaper, he was confused and went to discuss the matter with Yang Benman.

Today, the Yang family has also planted a little bit of cotton, and the income is basically in line with what Datang Daily said, and is much higher than growing tea.

"It's not that simple. I thought that based on my understanding of Li Kuan, he is not such a stupid person, otherwise I wouldn't have suffered so many losses at his hands."

Yang Benman frowned, constantly guessing Li Kuan's true thoughts in his mind.

"After he did this, the people in Guanzhong Road no longer thought about farming. They were all thinking about how to get permission to grow cotton."

"I first went to inquire with a few colleagues to see if the court is brewing any major events recently. I always feel that there must be something else behind the Datang Daily boasting about the benefits of immigration and cotton cultivation in such endless articles.

The means match.”

After Yang Benman finished speaking, he put down the newspaper, got up and walked out.

…

"The country in the north has a lot to offer!"

Li Shimin acted quickly. Only a few days later, the imperial court officially announced the policy of immigrating to Hedong Road and Yunzhong Dudufu, and began to encourage people in Guanzhong Road to register at the county government.

Datang Daily naturally reproduced and interpreted this policy of the imperial court in the most conspicuous place.

At the same time, the list of meritorious officials, which had been discussed in the media in and out of the DPRK for more than a month, was officially determined.

Similar to Lingyan Pavilion in history, the most eye-catching twenty-four heroes.

But unlike Lingyan Pavilion, this time there are not only these twenty-four heroes, but also a total of seventy-two other heroes on the list of heroes. There are even special statues carved and placed for the great heroes of the past dynasties.

Among the buildings surrounding the Tang Monument.
To be continued...