Du Ruhui, Liu Jicheng, Liu Ziming and others breathed a sigh of relief. The former said: "Your Majesty, in view of my humble position, I want to take over the four counties as my own. After conquering them by force, I will garrison and control them and send our civil servants there."
By governing the people and supporting each other, we can truly conquer the occupied land. However, it is easy to control the garrison, but we still have not enough civilian officials."
Wang Junlin sighed and said: "What Ru Hui said makes sense. What we lack most now is people, and it's not just civil servants. We also lack talents from all walks of life, and even common people who can only do hard work. So the solution is as Hui said.
The problem is, there is actually another way."
Having said this, Wang Junlin paused, glanced at everyone, and said, "What do you think means to make a country rich and its army strong?"
Du Ruhui was the first to say: "I believe that enriching the country and the army should be based on enriching the people. Any way to govern a country must first enrich the people. If the people are rich, it will be easier to govern. If the people are rich, the country will be rich. If the country is rich, the army will be strong. If the army is strong, it will win. The victor will conquer the land."
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Wang Junlin was noncommittal, and Liu Ziming went on to say: "I believe that a prosperous country and a strong army should be based on agriculture. The so-called 'civilian farming will cultivate fields, cultivate fields will produce more millet, and more millet will make the country rich'. This is the truth."
Wang Junlin still didn't speak. Liu Jicheng thought for a moment and said: "In my humble position, I think we should take measures that combine politics, agriculture, industry and commerce, and military affairs. For internal affairs, we should include military orders, determine the people's residence, and establish the people's affairs. Scholars, farmers, etc.
Industry and commerce should each do their own business and do their best. Participate in the country and serve as subordinates, listen to the subordinates in military affairs, and listen to the countryside in civil affairs, so that the people can farm when they are busy and practice martial arts when they are free. In this way, the country can maintain its normal state.
With strong economic, political, and military strength, we have a solid foundation to defend our country and control the enemy in wartime. If we have a solid code of conduct, we will win if we attack."
Liu Jicheng spoke very comprehensively this time, and also grasped the strategies Wang Junlin was currently implementing in several counties under his command. But seeing that Wang Junlin's expression remained unchanged, everyone knew that Liu Jicheng's words did not satisfy the prince, and they thought hard.
At that time, no one spoke for a while.
Seeing this, Wang Junlin said: "What the three of you said are all truths. However, although I don't know how many people in the world can realize these truths, I know that Fanyang College, which has only been established for two years, has a lot of truths.
Few students have this insight."
Wang Junlin made it clear that there was nothing surprising about what the three of them said, and there were many people who knew it. Du Ruhui, Liu Ziming and Liu Jicheng couldn't help but blush. But then Wang Junlin said: "But the Sui Dynasty occupied the most prosperous place.
With a large population and China's thousands of years of accumulation, it is the country with the most talented people in the world. I believe that there are more people in the court and among the people who know these truths. But why did the Sui Dynasty fall into this situation after thirty years of its founding?
There are so many different situations, but only my Fanyang County has become a paradise."
Liu Jicheng said: "This is because things in this world are easier said than done."
Du Ruhui said: "This is because Fanyang County has a wise saint like the prince."
Du Shihui spoke very boldly. The term 'Holy Lord' already hinted at Wang Junlin proclaiming himself emperor, but Wang Junlin just smiled and did not answer the question. Instead, he said without humility: "What you two said is true."
It makes sense, but as Liu Jicheng said, it is easier to know than to do it. Who does this business? Naturally, it is people who do it. However, there is never a shortage of people in the Sui Dynasty, and there are more people. Why is it so much more difficult for them to do it than for me in Fanyang County?
.I am not humble either. I have contributed to this by guiding and promoting it, but people still need to do the specific work. But this person is different."
Shen Guoer suddenly remembered a sentence that Wang Junlin often said - the ultimate secret that determines everything - is human beings. An idea flashed in her heart and she blurted out: "What the prince means is that the key to making a country rich and its army strong is people."
Wang Junlin smiled slightly, nodded approvingly, and said: "The ultimate secret that determines everything is people. To be more precise, it is talents that determine a rich country and a strong army. In other words, the most important and precious thing in this world is always talents. Because in everything In the end, someone needs to implement it. No matter how good the strategy is, no matter how good the idea is, if no one can turn it into reality, or if mistakes are made during the implementation process, it will be in vain. Therefore, after I take control of Fanyang County, no matter how good the strategy is, it will be in vain. No matter how difficult the finances were, they never delayed the promotion of emphasis on culture and education."
After hearing this, everyone suddenly realized and recalled in detail the Fanyang Academy in the county, the Fanyang Military Academy on Snake Island, and the dozens of craftsman training courses established in Yancheng based on workshops in the past two years.
Schools, schools in every county. After the prince suddenly invented movable type printing last year, there were bookstores all over the counties, and cheap books in the bookstores.
The promotion of culture and education to this extent and the number of schools built are unheard of. Not to mention remote seaside counties such as Fanyang County, even the place where Kyoto is located in the Central Plains dynasties has never done this. And all of this is not In order to cultivate talents.
However, Wang Junlin sighed again and said: "However, the talents trained by our Fanyang County are not included in the Military Academy. It will take at least one year before the first batch of students from Xiangfu Academy graduates before they can be truly used. Now we want to march into the other four counties in the east of Hedong. However, with the current strength of our Far Eastern Army, although we cannot say that it will be smooth sailing, it will only be a matter of time. However, bandits are rampant in these four counties, and the government is even more hateful than the bandits. It is so bad that the people no longer have any trust in the government. The so-called civil and martial arts, this martial art is for the four counties. Now our Far Eastern Army does not lack it, but what is lacking is the civil and administrative things... It is easy to conquer the territory , but how to win people's hearts is the hardest of all difficulties. If we don't work hard from this aspect, we can't do it simply by relying on the quickness of the sword and the horse. But this is the issue we need to consider most before attacking the four counties."
Everyone looked solemn and solemn, expressing their deep understanding.
Wang Junlin added: "Over the past year or so, we in Fanyang County have indeed summarized a set of practical methods for local governance, and now it seems that the results are very good, but the premise is that our grain production is much higher than other places. , the reason why people can have full stomachs.
But the most taboo thing in the world is to only abide by dogma. You must know that specific things must be analyzed concretely. The governance method that can be implemented in Fanyang County may not be suitable for the four counties. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is a matter of talents. We need both Talents who know how to govern the local area and are familiar with the four counties. We are very popular in culture and education, and the talents we have trained will not be used in a short time. Therefore, we need ambitious talents from the four counties and even the world to come to invest. This requires a person with a lot of money. The benchmark, that Wei Zheng will be our benchmark. And after more talents join us, with a little training, he will be the best candidate for us to control and govern the people at the bottom after the war."