After arranging Luo's affairs, An Ning went back and began to prepare for Leyang's marriage.

Originally, Xiao Yuan meant to marry Leyang and Dong Dacheng this autumn, but because of the delay of the war, it was not until winter that everything was prepared and Leyang was married in a beautiful manner.

After Leyang got married, Xiao Yuan and An Ning really settled down.

They are not in a hurry to attack the Great Qi in Jiangbei again, but to rest and recuperate with the people.

The floods in Jiangnan and the epidemic have really killed a lot of people, and now many places in Jiangnan are still in chaos and need to be well managed.

Xiao Yuan has been very busy this winter.

He was busy getting people to build roads.

The cement road was repaired from Nanyi to Suzhou.

After the floods, the people in Jiangnan have had a hard time for many days, they have no money in their hands, and they have no food at home.

Xiao Yuan vigorously built roads precisely because he wanted to subsidize these people.

All the people who were willing to follow the road construction would be paid for their wages, and some could be given some food and salt.

As a result, many people from poor families have signed up to build roads.

Xiao Yuan subsidized the people, so that the people's lives could go on, and did infrastructure construction.

An Ning asked people to go to the countryside this winter to publicize the good grain seeds of Nanyi to the people, and make sure that the people were willing to plant the grain seeds transported from Nanyi when they ploughed in the spring next year.

At the same time, An Ning also plans to let some people grow sweet potatoes and potatoes.

This winter, the two of them are busy, and the days feel like they don't pass, time is like flowing water, and before they realize it, the year has passed.

In the spring, because the propaganda work was done well, the people in Jiangnan were very willing to plant the grain brought by Nanyi.

An Ning has planted double cropping rice in some places, wheat in others, and sweet potatoes and potatoes in some places.

In the spring, the people of Jiangnan raised silkworms in addition to farming, and after the spring ploughing, they let people build some weaving workshops to weave fine silk.

An Ning made a kind of glitter satin by herself, and some glow satin, she taught a group of weavers, and specially made a workshop to weave this and sell it to Daqi.

The women of Daqi like luxury, and they like the kind of colorful and brightly colored clothes.

And whether it is glow satin or glitter satin, it is very in line with the aesthetics of Daqi women, and after selling it, it was really coaxed out by many ladies and ladies over there.

In addition to infrastructure construction, Xiao Yuan also vigorously promoted officials.

There were not enough people from Nanyi, so Xiao Yuan opened Enke and selected some knowledgeable literati from Jiangnan to be sent to various places as officials.

Mei Boqing's disciple Zhang He also participated in this imperial examination, and he was admitted to the Jinshi examination and sent to Liuzhou as an official.

In this way, until the winter of this year, the situation in the entire Jiangnan changed greatly.

New officials have been stationed in various local governments to stabilize the chaos.

In addition, the high-yield grain planted in the spring is harvested in the autumn, so that many families in the south of the Yangtze River are full of grain, and they don't have to worry about not having anything to eat.

And because of the lack of the granary in the south of the Yangtze River, the grain grown in Daqi in the north of the Yangtze River is not enough to eat, and the rich and noble people are better, and the ordinary people are starting to be unable to eat.

The more this is the case, the more the grain of Daqi grows wildly.

An Ning took the opportunity to transport some grain to Daqi, and made a lot of money by changing hands.

Xiao Yuan's sons were all crowned county kings, only Xiao Ying was still a bald prince, and he was not crowned king.

However, since last year, Xiao Yuan has been taking Xiao Ying with him whether he is in the court or receiving ministers, asking him to listen and watch more and observe carefully, and sometimes ask his opinion and let him talk about his views on some things.

The courtiers on the Jing Dynasty side could see that Xiao Yuan did not give Xiao Ying the title of king, that was to make him the prince.

And Xiao Ying is also a diligent child, and he has learned a lot from Xiao Yuan's side.

This time, An Ning transported grain to Daqi, which made Xiao Ying very puzzled.

On this day, Xiao Yuan took some folds to Xiao Ying and asked him to help approve them.

After Xiao Ying reviewed it, it was handed to Xiao Yuan, and Xiao Yuan read it again: "The approval is very good, so let's handle it like this." ”

Xiao Ying responded with a smile, and then asked Xiao Yuan: "Father, Jiangbei is short of grain, this is a good thing for us, after all, the more chaotic Jiangbei is, the better we will act in the future, but at this time, the queen mother just asked people to transport grain to Jiangbei, what is the reason, Erchen can't figure it out." ”

Xiao Yuan smiled: "You go and ask your queen mother." ”

Xiao Ying didn't ask any further, but followed Xiao Yuan to watch some twists and turns, and when it was time for dinner, Xiao Ying asked An Ning for peace, and then asked An Ning the same thing.

An Ning let Xiao Ying eat first, and then let the people out, and then sat down and talked to Xiao Ying.

"Do you think that Jiangbei is in chaos, and the people hate the government, and when they really can't survive, they will rise up, and when the time comes, we can see the opportunity to act and take the Great Qi River at the lowest cost?"

Xiao Ying nodded: "That's what my son thinks, my son just can't figure out why his mother would sell grain to Jiangbei." ”

An Ning took a sip of water: "Ying'er, what do you say is the most important thing in governing the country?"

Xiao Ying thought for a long time: "It's a trade-off, it's stability." ”

An Ning smiled: "This is very important, for the monarch, it is necessary to balance the relationship between all aspects, to balance the Chinese military force of the DPRK, to balance the courtiers of the DPRK, to balance the officials and businessmen, and to make the people stable, so that the country can develop, but this is not the most important thing." ”

Xiao Ying got up: "Please teach the queen mother." ”

An Ning said softly: "Balancing the interests of all parties is a technique, but it is not the way, and the way to be a king lies in the rule of man." ”

Belch?

Xiao Ying didn't understand.

An Ning smiled: "The land is very important, but talent is the most important, there is no one in a piece of land, so what is the use? To govern the world, we need to be people-oriented, you say, Jiangbei is in chaos, and when we fight over, I don't know how many people will starve to death, at that time, there are no people in each village, one town after another, so what should I do?" Whether it is me or your father, the emperor has long regarded Daqi as a thing in his bag, and we will take the rivers and mountains of Daqi sooner or later, so since sooner or later it is ours, then we must also regard the people of Daqi as our people, and their own people are hungry, can the monarch tolerate it?"

An Ning spoke very thoroughly, and Xiao Ying also understood.

It was precisely because he understood that he was shocked in his heart.

He took a few steps back and knelt down and said: "Thank you for your mother's teaching, Erchen is wrong, Erchen is too arrogant these days, and he actually forgot all the past teachings of his mother, which is Erchen's fault." ”

"Get up. ”

An Ning sighed: "Ying'er, you go back and read a few more history books, see more about how the founding kings of the past dynasties did it, think about what they did well, and then see where they didn't do well, how they need to improve, wait for you to see through, think about it, and then talk to your father about your thoughts." ”

"Yes. Xiao Ying agreed: "It's not too early, the queen mother will rest, and the sons will retire." ”