Li Yan was kidnapped. To be precise, he was kidnapped by the capital monster he released!

When Li Yan started to stir-fry tea and make wine, he didn't think about anything else. He just wanted to increase the income of the royal family, and then established relationships with Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong and others to increase some political capital, so that he could maintain an advantageous position in the fight between the princes. He did not like to bully others, but he also did not like to bully himself.

However, since he proposed to burn cement to build roads, he gradually found that he was forced to play another role, that is, to become a firefighter in the industry and business world. He had to worry about the fire, resources, manpower and product sales issues, and he could not even refuse, because behind him, not only was there a group of capitalists who were sharpened and prepared to share the capital feast with Li Yan, but also countless ordinary people who made a living by industry and commerce.

Although Li Yan really wanted to seduce a few beauties as he had just traveled through time, relying on his identity as a prince, and then live his life with his own little life. But at the same time, he is also a very responsible person. Since he released the evil beast of capital, he must be responsible to the end and lead the capital to a relatively safe road no matter what. At least it cannot bring benefits to the Tang Dynasty, but it also becomes the biggest unstable factor in the Tang Dynasty! This is definitely not Li Yan's unfair worry!

From the establishment of the Qin Dynasty to the demise of the Qing Dynasty, although the Central Plains dynasty had been replaced several times, they all belonged to the category of feudal dynasties, and together there was a total of more than 2,100 years of feudal social history. This was a miracle in later world history, but anyone who knows Chinese culture knows that the most important reason why China can maintain such a long feudal society is that it is influenced by Confucianism.

From the Han Dynasty to the first Tang Dynasty, when Li Yan was in the early Tang Dynasty, Confucianism had ruled the Central Plains dynasty for nearly seven or eight hundred years. It had already penetrated into all aspects of the Central Plains dynasty, and could not be replaced by another idea in a short time. As long as Confucianism exists for one day, the foundation of the feudal dynasty would not disappear for a day.

Although Li Yan is now fighting with aristocratic families, these aristocratic families can also be called representatives of Confucianism in a sense. However, the struggle between them can only be called a dispute of interests in the final analysis, and has not yet risen to the height of ideological disputes. Scholars influenced by Confucianism still occupy a high position in the court and still have a huge influence in society. Therefore, the development of industry and commerce has not really touched the foundation of Confucianism.

However, as a later generation, Li Yan knew very well that when industry and commerce develop to a certain stage, the minions of the capital monster began to grow together, there would inevitably be a fierce conflict with the inherent ruling class of feudal society. The stronger the feudal rule, the more intense the conflict would be.

For example, the bourgeois revolution in Britain and France in history caused the two countries to turmoil for dozens or even hundreds of years, and countless people died. If the bourgeois revolution occurred in a country with a stronger feudal rule, a country with a larger land area and population, the degree of tragedy would definitely be beyond imagination.

Li Yan could indeed succeed Li Shimin as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but after becoming emperor, he faced two choices, either destroying the development of capital in one fell swoop and eliminating the unstable factors under his imperial power. Or supporting the development of industry and commerce, and using imperial power as a guarantee to carry out bourgeois reforms to the country. With Li Yan's character and foresight, he would inevitably choose the second one.

However, the early Tang Dynasty was the pinnacle of the entire feudal society, and the entire country showed a prosperous attitude, and Confucianism had not been castrated by later generations. Whether literate or illiterate people were invisibly influenced by it. It was difficult for Li Yan to carry out bourgeois reform in such a country. Even with the support of those emerging bourgeoisie, both the people and the courts would be subject to extremely strong resistance. He might even spend countless energy to promote the improvement, but it cannot guarantee that this improvement can continue after his death. After all, compared with the development of society, his life was too short.

Another problem is that if you want to promote bourgeois reform, most of Li Yan's energy will be devoted to domestic development. In this way, it will definitely be affected in overseas development. Think about those virgin lands in the world that have not been developed yet. If Li Yan lacks the guidance of the prophet Li Yan, then you don't know when it will be until. Even if domestic capital is hit, overseas development may become a piece of nothing, and in the future, I'm afraid that you can only afford others. This is the most unbearable thing for Li Yan.

It is precisely because there will definitely be so many unfavorable factors after taking the throne that Li Yan has always been very hesitant about the throne. In his mind, he has always had a vague idea, which is to guide the monster capital to swallow outwards, and then use the benefits generated by the devouring to slowly transform the Tang Dynasty, so that the Tang Dynasty could unknowingly complete the transformation and transition of society and try to avoid the direct collision between capital and feudal imperial power?

However, the monster capital is not a domestic pet and will not obey anyone's command. It will only follow its own nature and clear all obstacles that block its growth path, creating an environment that is most conducive to its own development. This is the nature of capital, and there is no reason to say at all.

Of course, nothing is absolute. Although Li Yan cannot fully control the monster that capital has released by himself, he can control the direction of its progress. However, this is only for him. Moreover, when controlling this monster, he must be careful, for fear that he will be backfired if he is not careful.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that Li Yan decided to give up the battle for the throne and concentrate on controlling the monster capital, so as to avoid any harm to the Tang Dynasty. As for places outside the Tang Dynasty, Li Yan could only say sorry, it would become a ranch for him to raise capital monsters, and the income obtained would be used to transform the Tang Dynasty. As for the evil consequences that occurred in the local area, it was not something he could do.

The above is the real reason why Li Yan couldn't help but feel it. Unfortunately, there are too many principles of capital operation involved. The only one who can understand this in the Tang Dynasty is probably Wang An.

As for Li Shimin, Li Yan said another thing. He took out the world map and pointed to the land piece by piece to tell him what kind of specialties there are on each land and what impact each specialty will have on the Tang Dynasty. He also compared the territory of the Tang Dynasty with the entire world, which suddenly aroused Li Shimin's ambition and was ambitious to conquer the whole world.

However, Li Yan immediately poured a basin of cold water on Li Shimin's unrealistic ambition, and it would be fine if the Eurasian continent was not the case. What should I do if North and South America and Oceania overseas? With the navigation technology of the Tang Dynasty at that time, even a trip to Japan was very dangerous, let alone crossing the Pacific Ocean.

As an emperor who conquered the most powerful emperor, Li Shimin saw that the world was so big, but he could only live in such a small place as the Tang Dynasty. This made him very unwilling to accept it, but no matter how unwilling to accept it, there was no way. Although the Tang Dynasty was strong, its manpower and material resources were very limited, and it could not support his ambitions at all.

In response to Li Shimin's psychology, Li Yan immediately volunteered to propose that if the Tang Dynasty wants to conquer the world, it must first conquer the ocean. As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, he was willing to give up the throne and first develop from the sea of ​​the Tang Dynasty. First, he developed maritime trade and accumulated wealth for the Tang Dynasty, and second, he used overseas resources to enhance the national strength of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin was very surprised at Li Yan's actions because he really couldn't figure it out. His son had a great hope of inheriting the throne, but now he offered to give up the throne and instead went alone to explore those wild places overseas. Isn't this easy to give up?

Li Yan also put forward another explanation for this, that is, he did not want to compete with other brothers for the throne, nor did he want the scene of Xuanwu Sect to be staged again, so he took the initiative to go out and explore, hoping to set an example for future princes and tell them that instead of focusing on inheriting the throne, it is better to work hard with your own hands.

Li Shimin finally fell silent about Li Yan's explanation. After experiencing the tragedy of killing his brothers, what he least wanted to see was his sons fighting to the death because of the throne. Therefore, Li Yan's explanation deeply touched him and finally made him make up his mind that since he had no time to conquer the whole world, he might as well give this opportunity to his children and grandchildren. I believe that with such an outstanding son, Li Yan, as a vanguard, one day, the footprints of the descendants of the Tang Dynasty will travel all the land in the world.

It was also moved by Li Yan's innovation that Li Shimin finally decided to fully support his son. No matter what he wanted to do, Li Shimin would not intervene. The reason why Li Yan proposed to go to Dengzhou was actually to build a port base in the Tang Dynasty as one of the fulcrums for future development. Of course, another reason why he chose Dengzhou was that it was very close to the Three Kingdoms of Goguryeo and Japan, which was convenient for Li Yan's actions in the future. The destruction of Goguryeo was just the beginning.

However, the above two explanations only made Wang An and Li Shimin understand the reason why Li Yan withdraws from the throne. Now the aristocratic class in Chang'an City is waiting for Li Yan's explanation. No one can understand the most fundamental reason for capital. As for what Li Shimin said, you can use it to fool him, but the persuasiveness seems to be insufficient. Fortunately, Li Yan wrote an article with Concubine Yang and will be seen in the newspaper tomorrow...)
Chapter completed!