After a long time, Li Mi spoke slowly. He had to answer the question of Shen Guang, otherwise he would not be able to gain this external force that would be likely to break the deadlock.

"Although Anxi is a border area, it is a barrier to my Tang Dynasty. As long as Anxi is still there, you can trap Tubo to death on the plateau."

Li Mi's answer did not satisfy Chen Guang. To put it bluntly, Li Mi's point of view was nothing strange, because the Tang Dynasty initially operated the Western Regions to imitate the Han Dynasty to cut off the right arm of the Huns to prevent the Turks from obtaining taxes, food and grass from the Western Regions. However, after the Turks were defeated, Tubo became a real trouble for the Tang Dynasty.

Controlling the four towns of Anxi can prevent Tubo from being involved in the Western Regions. The Tang Dynasty did not regard Anxi as a territory that could be widely operated, and the distance blocked the Tang Dynasty's sinicization of Anxi.

"Does Chen Langjun think he was wrong?"

"It's not a question of saying it's wrong, but the vision is a little smaller after all."

"What does Chen Lang think of Anxi?"

Li Mi was young after all, and he was inevitably a little angry after being looked down upon by Chen Guang, so his tone became a little stiff, but Chen Guang was not angry but happy.

"Mr. Li has never been to Anxi. I guess Anxi is a barren land in the desert in Mr. Li's eyes, and it is not worthy of the attention of the court."

"But what I want to say is that Anxi is full of fertile soil. As long as you are good at reclaiming, it will be a fertile land that can support millions of people. Now there are more and more refugees in the pass. Why doesn't the court organize them to go to Anxi to cultivate?"

Chen Guang's answer made Li Mi more silent. Since Kaiyuan, land annexation has become more and more serious. Nowadays, refugees who have lost land have become tenants of the powerful families in Heluo Guanzhong. This is why the prince opposed the saints' continued opening of the border. At the beginning of Kaiyuan, the country's military expenditure was only 2 million guan, but now it costs 1,200,000 guan, and it may not be enough.

"If the refugees from the Tang Dynasty could be moved to Anxi, they could not only defend the borders for the country, save money and food consumption for the country, and eliminate hidden dangers in the local area, this is a good thing to win three goals, but the imperial court's lords never thought about this matter seriously, right?"

"Anxi is too far away, how do people want to..."

"Those tenants who lost land became refugees and even the powerful families were afraid that their lives would be worse than pigs and dogs. There were fertile lands in Anxi that could be cultivated. As long as the court allowed them to exempt them from taxes and pay for military service, some believe that some men from the Tang Dynasty were willing to settle in Anxi."

Chen Guang directly interrupted Li Mi, the prime minister who later prolonged his life for the Tang Dynasty, was still too immature, so he could only take advantage of the fact that he was trying to guide the country in front of him and became addicted to it. "When I was in Anxi, I heard from a friend that the country's military expenditure was only 2 million chunks during the Kaiyuan period, but now it has increased by more than five or six times. It is because the government system of the Tang Dynasty was completely destroyed when the government system was established. The government system was unsustainable because of land annexation. The government system did not have enough land to farm, so it was naturally difficult to bear the military, let alone practice martial arts during the slack farming period to prepare for the country's expropriation."

"There are a lot of wasteland in Anxi that can be reclaimed into fertile land. The court can rebuild the government military system there. This will not only save a large amount of military expenditure, but also have a large number of elite soldiers. At that time, cooperate with Hexi in Longyou, and trap Tubo in death on the plateau. Even as long as you are prepared, you may not be able to break the city of Luoshe, destroy the country, and destroy the ancestral temples to comfort the heroic spirits of the Tang Dynasty who died in Tubo over the years."

Li Mi had no time to think about anything else at this time. He was thinking about Chen Guang's idea of ​​rebuilding the military system in Anxi. If Anxi really could reclaim countless fertile fields as Chen Guang said, perhaps the problems encountered by the Tang Dynasty could be solved on the front. To put it bluntly, the biggest contradiction in the Tang Dynasty is land annexation. The rich are all in the fields and the poor are not able to stand a place, but the rich are unable to touch them.

"Mr. Chen Lang, can Anxi really reclaim countless fertile land?"

Li Mi finally spoke. He still looked at Chen Guang with scrutiny and suspicious eyes. The Tang Dynasty had been operating the Western Regions for a hundred years, and this dynasty had firmly controlled the four towns of Anxi. However, the previous Anxi Protectorate had never seen that Anxi had so many wastelands that could be reclaimed into fertile fields. So far, the military farms in Anxi were only barely enough for the Han soldiers in the four towns.

"Young Master Li has never been to Anxi, so how can you determine that Anxi cannot become the new granary of the Tang Dynasty?"

In Shen Guang's view, Jiangnan is a territory that is rotten in the Tang Dynasty or the Chinese pot. Instead of fully developing Jiangnan after the Anshi Rebellion, it is better to do your best to develop Anxi. Only a million immigrants can the Tang Dynasty completely occupy this rich and fertile land. At that time, you can move forward and develop rivers, and retreat to curb Tubo to protect the security of Longyou Hexi.

"Mr. Chen makes sense, Li Mi has received the teachings."

Li Mi suddenly bowed to Chen Guang. Although he had many speculations about Chen Guang, after hearing so many words from Chen Guang, he found that Chen Guang was determined to guard Wanli Anxi for the Tang Dynasty, and this alone deserves his admiration.

"If Mr. Li has time in the future, he can go to Anxi and his party to see with his own eyes whether what Chen said is true."

Chen Guang didn't care where he defected. If Li Mi could make the prince agree with his ideas, he would not mind being a princeling. Similarly, if the saint was willing to immigrate to Anxi Shibian, he would also be loyal to the saint.

"Li Mi will definitely go to Anxi in person in the future, and then I will have to chat with Brother Chen."

Before he knew it, Li Mi changed his name to Chen Guang. In his opinion, Chen Guang is worthy of winning. Not to mention anything else, Chen Guang's vision alone is not comparable to those around the prince. In other words, this Chen Langjun has the talent of the prime minister.

"Young Master Li, please be polite."

"Brother Chen, I have something to ask for advice. I wonder if Brother Chen is willing to solve my doubts?"

Li Mi thought of the current dispute between the prince and the saint over the stone castle, and suddenly wanted to hear how Chen Guang looked at it.

"Mr. Li said bluntly, if he can answer, he will never refuse."

Chen Guang is also willing to have some friendship with Li Mi. The future is uncertain. Maybe he will need this friendship in the future!

"The saint intends to ask General Wang Zhongsi to attack Shicheng Castle. I wonder what Brother Chen thinks?"

When Chen Guang heard Li Mi's question, he was stunned. He thought Li Mi would ask something else, but he didn't expect it to be related to Shicheng Castle. Speaking of which, Wang Zhongsi, the four towns of Jiedu, was already the first general of this dynasty. However, since he became famous, General Wang has cherished his reputation too much and is unwilling to fight if he is not a sure victory.

But as a general who was promoted by the saint, he was already a taboo just by hesitating against the king's order. But he still had to persuade the saint not to be strong in military affairs. Isn't this a way to die?

"General Wang is very unwise and has a shallow vision."

Li Mi didn't expect that Chen Guang really dared to say that General Wang is now governing the four towns of Jiefang and Hedong, and he has a very high prestige. He has never seen anyone say that General Wang has too shallow vision. This time he has really gained insight.

"Please give me more details, Brother Chen."

"Then I just said it..."

In front of Li Mi, Chen Guang said something, saying that he also wanted to protect Wang Zhongsi. Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, and Shu Han were both Wang Zhongsi's old generals and subordinates. If the Anshi Rebellion broke out, the rebels would still be able to break Tongguan.
Chapter completed!