When Empress Su looked at Fang Jun, her eyes were like water, shining brightly under the reflection of the lamps and candles, and she was filled with sighs in her heart.
Although she was not from a prominent family, the martial arts Su family was also from the Guanlong lineage. Her father had served as Secretary Cheng during the Taizong period. He was considered a middle-level official and naturally knew the secrets of those noble and wealthy families. When she first married Li Chengqian, she
I heard all kinds of rumors about Fang Jun inside and outside the palace, and it was like thunder, but no matter what kind of rumors they were, they were probably in the category of "dandy," "unlearned," or "not a son of a man."
He even dared to fight the prince, which shocked the Su family's outlook. Can a son of meritorious deeds be so arrogant?
Later, after getting married, Fang Jun seemed to change his ways overnight. Under the favor of Emperor Taizong, he flourished, and his official rank also rose rapidly. In just a few years, he became a leader of the younger generation from a "prodigal son".
, his jaw dropped in shock.
Because Fang Jun stood by Li Chengqian from beginning to end, and spared no effort to support and support him, especially during the Guanlong rebellion, he worked with Li Jing both internally and externally to eliminate rebellion, maintain Zhengshuo, and ensure that Li Chengqian's status was maintained. This allowed the Su family to see Fang Jun
His bravery and strategy are comparable to those of a military god like Li Jing, who has the ability to make many concessions.
Today, listening to Fang Jun analyze the current situation clearly and clearly in simple terms, I am more and more amazed. No wonder Emperor Taizong also praised the words "This son has the talent of being a prime minister"...
Women are weaker, and they admire heroes the most. How can they not feel a sense of admiration and admiration in the presence of such a hero of the time who possessed both political integrity and talent, as well as both civil and military skills?
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Li Chengqian didn't pay attention to his queen's expression when he arrived. He drank tea, frowned and listened to Fang Jun's analysis of the situation, nodding repeatedly.
Finally, he heard the meaning of Fang Jun's words and asked: "Is Erlang's intention to completely change the national policy in the future?"
Fang Jun thanked the Queen for pouring tea and nodded: "It can't be said to be a complete change. As Wei Chen said just now, there are no powerful or invincible countries around the Tang Dynasty, especially after the hidden dangers of the Three Kingdoms of Liaodong are completely eliminated, the focus of national policy will naturally shift to
Domestically, although the outlines of a prosperous age have begun to emerge, there is still a long way to go before the real prosperous age. Fortunately, the descendants of China on our land are the most industrious and intelligent. As long as the country's political situation is stable, we can give them thirty to fifty years of development time.
It will inevitably make the economy steadily rise to a higher level, and the people of the late Sui Dynasty will completely come out of the ruins of the former Sui Dynasty when they were unable to make a living and all their industries were ruined. By that time, the prosperous scene of "rice is dripping with fat, corn is white, and public and private warehouses are abundant" will be on the land of the empire.
Even if it appears thousands of years later, the descendants of China will still remember His Majesty’s benevolent government.”
The long-standing Chinese culture has given this race an intelligent and tenacious character. No matter what disasters and difficulties they face, they will never give up, let alone leave their destiny to the illusory gods and Buddhas. Instead, they will rise up and fight.
Don’t be afraid of sacrifice and always believe that man can conquer nature.
As long as they can break away from the dark politics and chaotic situation, the industrious and intelligent people will be able to create a splendid prosperous age among the ruins and stand on top of the world again.
During this period, there were of course countless hardships and hardships, and countless people with lofty ideals shed their blood and sacrificed their lives to cut through the sharp and dense thorns, but sooner or later, victory would eventually arrive.
Throughout the ages, throughout the dynasties, this has never been the case.
Li Chengqian listened to the grand blueprint drawn in Fang Jun's words, and couldn't help but yearn for it, saying with emotion: "'The rice is dripping with fat, the corn is white, and the public and private barns are both abundant'... I am afraid that it was the time of the Three Kings in ancient times.
Have you ever lived such a prosperous life? How many years will it take to surpass the wise kings of ancient times?"
He stood firm from the chaos and finally sat on the throne as he wished. Apart from the secret joy in his heart, he also felt a mountain of pressure. The source of the huge pressure was His Majesty Li Er's initial distrust, thinking that he was a coward.
A person like this cannot be a good emperor. Therefore, as long as he makes a slight mistake in his governance, the "Renhe" years will not be as good as the "Zhenguan" years, and he will inevitably suffer endless criticism.
The government and the public would keep talking about "the late emperor was wise", and they had already seen that Li Chengqian was incompetent. If a smarter King Jin were in charge of the empire, it would be thousands of times stronger than it is now...
Therefore, Li Chengqian urgently needed to be recognized by the government and the public, and recognized that he was not doing a bad job as an emperor.
And if you want to get this recognition, you can only get it through political achievements.
If one day in the future the empire can really look like the scene described in Fang Jun's poem, then those who oppose him today will surely be speechless by then, right?
And when he meets his father ten thousand years later under Jiuquan, he can pat his chest and proudly ask: "Father, do you think my son is doing well as an emperor?"
Just thinking about the arrival of that day, Li Chengqian feels comfortable and refreshed...
Fortunately, he quickly woke up from his fantasy and said in a deep voice: "As Erlang said, as long as the rebels are pacified now, we will reorganize national policies and sort out internal affairs. On the one hand, we will speed up the development of infrastructure, and on the other hand, we will stabilize the Western Region and fight for the empire.
With a larger strategic buffer zone, our monarchs and ministers will definitely be able to create a prosperous era and make history shine brightly."
Fang Jun put down the teacup, shook his head and said: "Although the national policy has changed from the outside to the inside and abandoned the expansion strategy at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it does not mean that the army has completely put weapons and weapons into the warehouse and let the horses go to Nanshan. It means that while giving up expansion, it is paying more and more attention to plundering.
, and the direction of plundering has changed from land to sea. After all, compared with the long distance and huge waste of land, which can often be counted in years, the efficiency of plundering by sea is really too high."
The Silk Road was a golden road for the Han Empire to plunder the Western Regions. However, since the Han Dynasty emptied the Western Regions, subsequent dynasties had very little time to fully control the Western Regions. Those courts and ministers did not realize that the Silk Road
How to absorb and plunder the wealth?
Not really.
The key point is that the Western Region is too far away, and the road to the Central Plains Dynasty is too difficult. To maintain such a road tens of thousands of miles long, the manpower and material resources required are too huge, and it is difficult to maintain a direct ratio between investment and harvest.
I have no choice but to give up.
But the sea is different. You only need to have an invincible fleet and then set up a supply base along the mainland coast. Then even if it is thousands of miles or one hundred thousand miles away, the wealth of the coastal countries can be under the control of the navy.
The road to wealth drawn by countless routes will converge to the Tang Dynasty.
Another point is that the territory of the Tang Dynasty is now infinitely large. It is limited by many conditions such as transportation, information, population, etc. No matter how much land there is, it is of little use. Land that does not have the energy to develop has to be stationed with large armies. How can we get it?
use?
In addition to satisfying some careerists, it will also bring the empire to its knees...
However, he also reminded: "Developing national strength through overseas supplies is the foundation for thousands of years. However, the gold and silver mines plundered can only enrich His Majesty's internal funds and stimulate the economy by developing infrastructure construction, but they cannot directly
If it flows into the private sector, it will inevitably cause huge inflation, and the empire will never be able to bear the consequences of expensive things and cheap money."
Then, he had to explain to Li Chengqian and Su what "economy" is, what "inflation" is, and the nature and use of "currency"...
In a real sense, "money" is the most useless thing. It cannot be eaten, worn, or used. No amount of money can save a poor country. What is really useful are materials, food, steel, wood, and cloth.
, tea, porcelain... coins exist to balance the circulation of various materials.
Compared with later generations, why did the Tang Dynasty lag behind?
It's not because the Tang Dynasty's treasury revenue is low, but because the Tang Dynasty is extremely short of materials, which suffers from extremely low productivity. It is definitely not something that can be compensated by the amount of coins. Even too many coins will cause a complete collapse of the entire empire's economic system.
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After all, no matter in which era, money will be concentrated in the hands of a few people, and the vast majority of people seriously lack the control over money. When prices soar, the vast majority of people who lack money will fall into complete poverty.
When the money earned through hard work does not guarantee enough food, there will definitely be a big problem. If things go on like this, it will trigger a bottom-up change...
He reminded Li Chengqian: "Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, Two Jins, Southern and Northern Dynasties have been fighting for years, and the national economy and people's livelihood have long been in decline. They have declined to the bottom of the abyss. Even though the Sui Dynasty unified the north and south, the surrounding Hu tribes were eyeing them, and wars were frequent. The conquests continued and the national power was wasted... until
At the moment, the frontiers can be considered stable. When the rebels are suppressed, the political situation can be said to be harmonious. This is a rare opportunity in China in the past four hundred years to concentrate the whole country's efforts on developing internal affairs, because the national economy and people's livelihood have already fallen to the bottom, and the starting point is very low.
As the saying goes, whether things are going well or not, as long as His Majesty and his ministers work hard and formulate correct national policies, the domestic situation will be transformed and great progress can be made in a short period of time."
Sometimes, the "national destiny" is something mysterious and mysterious, invisible and intangible, but no one denies its existence.
Whenever "the fortunes of the country are prosperous", the implementation of various national policies will come naturally, people with lofty ideals will emerge in an endless stream, the weather will be smooth, the country will be peaceful and the people are safe, as if they have the blessing of God and the blessing of their ancestors, establishing a century-old national trend in one fell swoop.
But if you fail to seize this mysterious opportunity when the "national fortune is prosperous" and allow the opportunity to slip away, then "God cannot take it, and you will surely suffer disaster"...
Li Chengqian had never looked at the general trend of the world from this perspective before. Now that Fang Jun reminded him, when he thought about it carefully, his eyes suddenly brightened.
As Fang Jun said, since the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, thieves have emerged in the country, wars have continued, all industries have been ruined, and the people have no way to live. Although the Western Jin Dynasty was briefly unified, it was only in form than in substance. Moreover, the Sima family was not in the right position to win the country, and both the government and the public were in dire straits.
Everyone had their own agendas, but few decent emperors emerged. When the Jin Dynasty moved south, the northern land was reduced to the pastures of the Hu people, and it was a fishy mess. Later, the Southern and Northern Dynasties were separated and established side by side. They not only attacked each other but also defended the Hu barbarians.
Compared with the Han Dynasty, the number of Huaxia household registrations is less than one in ten.
Although Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty unified the north and the south, the Hu tribes rose up in various parts of the border areas and invaded the country frequently, plundering the population and encroaching on the territory, which made the central government of the Sui Dynasty unable to cope. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was a man of great talent and strategy, but he also aimed too high, building canals, conquering Liaodong, and being extravagant.
Desperate and aggressive, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty wiped out all the wealth he had worked so hard to save. War broke out all over the land of China, and the people's livelihood, which had just been restored, was hit hard again.