Lin Nan finally cut off the dissidents, this time the big purge, Yu Wensu, Su Tinglin, Dongfang Wenjie The three major gate valves collapsed instantly, and there were more than 80,000 people who were beheaded alone, and the power of the gate valve gradually disappeared. He sent a large army to exterminate the thieves in Tangjiabao, but the Tang family's father and daughter were nowhere to be found, which made him depressed for a while. However, thinking that Tang Ling'er was still alive, a little guilt in my heart subsided. Lin Nan also found that he had too many assumptions at this time, and his thoughts at this time were no longer to be a faint king, at least he didn't want to be a faint monarch who died in the country.

First of all, he learned the lessons of the past and adopted a series of policies such as taking agriculture as the foundation, reducing levies, recuperating and recuperating, practicing strict economy, and improving the imperial examination system. However, Lin Nan attaches the most importance to the selection of talents, and in the consciousness of ancient China, the selection of talents must strictly follow the principle of having both ability and political integrity. But when a talent can't have both virtue and talent, which one is a bear's paw and which one is a fish? Which one should you choose? The traditional saying is that first of all, we must have both ability and political integrity, which is true, but what about both? The traditional approach is to put virtue before talent, but Lin Nan's approach is just the opposite, he issued a merit-seeking order, and publicly put forward a slogan called "meritocracy". That is to say, when there is a conflict and contradiction between virtue and talent, the first thing to take is talent, not virtue.

As soon as his slogan came out, many ministers objected, because if a person has a problem with at least moral character, how can he be an official? Lin Nan boldly put forward three ideas.

The first type, virtuous and talentless, morally impeccable, a good man, can't do anything, what's the use of me taking this kind of person? The second is to seek complete blame, I can easily find a talent, and everyone comes to give opinions about what is wrong with him, do I use it or not? The third. It is just deception, and in order to be able to get the opportunity to be promoted, a talent has to do a political show and a moral show, and this is not okay. Since there was such a malaise in ancient China, Lin Nan's practice must be corrected, and the overkill must be overcorrected. But I can't overkill. Therefore, Lin Nan cannot say that he has both ability and political integrity, and must say that "only talent moves".

Lin Nan even put forward such a statement, that is, as long as this person is talented, even if he is unkind and unfilial. You all recommend it to me. Therefore, when Lin Nan dealt with the relationship between ability and political integrity, his approach was: It is best to have both ability and political integrity, but the most important thing is to be meritocracy.

Inspired by this premise, a large number of talents gathered around Lin Nan. The text includes Du Ruhui, Li Jing, Ma Shumou, etc. Wu has Hou Junji, Xu Shiji, Luo Cheng, etc.

After that, Lin Nan raised the question of "honesty and corruption". What did Lin Nan do? It is to reuse clean officials and not avoid petty greed.

For example, some people like to take advantage of small advantages, and when they are officials, they take something by their hands, but the essence of these people is not so bad, and it doesn't matter what they take, so Lin Nan's attitude towards such people is to punish them. In ancient China, we always had to pay attention to honesty and integrity, for example, Zhu Yuanzhang hated corrupt officials the most, and even invented torture such as peeling and filling grass to punish them. The result? The Ming Dynasty had the most corrupt officials of any dynasty. Even those so-called gentlemen, most of them are hypocrites, who pretend not to take it on their faces, but in fact they still want to take it in their hearts.

Therefore, Lin Nan first gave the officials a salary, so that their income could not only support their families, but also have some surplus. And then in the face of petty greed, it is only a punishment. But it is also very severe for great greed, and it is punished for the great crime of the nine clans. It's like a cat that catches mice and steals food, you don't have to beat a cat to death with a stick because he steals something, because it's still there. At least catch mice.

But these do not mean that Lin Nan does not pay attention to the legal system, he once personally declared: "The law of the country is not the law of the emperor's family." It is a law that the whole world must abide by, so everything must be governed by the law. "As a monarch above 10,000 people, if he can say such a thing, I am afraid that it can only be Lin Nan who has traveled through the past.

After the law was enacted, Lin Nan set an example, took the lead in abiding by the law, and maintained the uniformity and stability of the law. In the early years of Huanglong, he truly achieved the same crime as the prince and the people. was selfless when enforcing the law, but when sentencing, Lin Nan thought repeatedly and was cautious. He said: "People can't live again after they die, and law enforcement must be lenient and simple." "Due to Lin Nan's painstaking management, the legal situation in the early years of Huanglong was surprisingly good, fewer people broke the law, and even fewer were sentenced to death, and only three people were sentenced to death within a month.

In addition, the economic characteristics of the Chinese feudal dynasty were "heavy agriculture and suppression of commerce", and the proportion of commerce in the national economy was quite low, and the status of merchants was several grades lower than that of farmers. This is also the main reason why China's feudal economy has not been able to develop substantially.

Under the advocacy of the Lin Nan government, the commercial economy of the Great Sui Dynasty made rapid and rapid progress, and new commercial cities sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. In addition to Jiaozhou, Guangzhou, Mingzhou and Fuzhou on the coast, there were also Hongzhou, Yangzhou and Yizhou in the interior, and Shazhou and Liangzhou in the northwest. The capital Luoyang and the capital Chang'an have become world-wide metropolises.

In the third year of Huanglong, that is, the third year of Lin Nan's reign as emperor, the Great Sui had become the most civilized and powerful country in the world at that time, and the capital Luoyang was the metropolis of the world, just like New York in the United States in later generations. The Sui Empire is the "Sunshine Zone" in the minds of people with lofty ideals from all over the world, and the outstanding talents of various countries even risk their lives to run to the Sui Empire. The diplomatic envoys from the countries of the world did not want to return to China after seeing the high prosperity and civilization of the Sui Empire, and their own country was similar to the uncivilized "primeval forest" in their hearts, so they did not want to return to China and did everything possible to stay.

The highly developed culture of the Sui Dynasty made most of the people from all over the world who came to China proud to be Chinese. Not only the capital Luoyang, but also all over the country there are "expatriates" from abroad to settle in the local area, especially in the emerging commercial city, Guangzhou alone has more than 200,000 Western expatriates. The Sui Dynasty became a rare open dynasty in Chinese history, and there were no strict restrictions on the entry of foreigners and the exit of Chinese, that is, there was no fear that the Chinese would forget their ancestors after leaving the country; I don't have to worry about foreigners coming in and taking over the crowd.

At this time, the Chinese people were already highly confident, convinced that their country was the most civilized and prosperous land in the world, and did not worry about foreign culture drowning them. The quality of the people of the Sui Dynasty was so high, it neither discriminated against nor flattered foreign nationals, neither blindly xenophobic nor "take-it-ism", and a great national bearing and royal demeanor that was neither humble nor arrogant. Foreigners in China enjoy the same civil rights as Chinese people in their own homes, and they can not only make a fortune but also become political officials. Many expatriates from the Arab Empire and France held official positions in China, and some even held high-ranking ministerial positions.

In addition to accepting a large number of foreign immigrants, the Sui Empire also accepted batches of foreign students to come to China to learn advanced culture, but the only ones who did not accept it were the Dongying people. Dongying's government-sponsored students sent seven batches in a row, each with hundreds of people, but the Sui Dynasty did not accept them. The Dongying people, who were in a primitive tribal state, were even more degraded, and they were almost trampled under the feet of the Koreans.

In the fifth year of Huanglong, Lin Nan ordered to dig the Grand Canal. However, he was not in a hurry for quick success, and he did not have much to do with the labor, and the process of excavation was slow. The idea is to dig a "Yongji Canal" about 1,000 kilometers long from Luoyang through Linqing in Shandong to Zhuojun in Hebei; dig another 1,000-kilometer-long "Tongluo Canal" from Luoyang to Qingjiang, Jiangsu; and then dig the "Jiangnan Canal" with a length of about 400 kilometers from Zhenjiang in Jiangsu Province to Hangzhou in Zhejiang; At the same time, the ditch was renovated. In this way, there will be a river with a total length of more than 1,700 kilometers between Luoyang and Hangzhou, which can be directly connected to ships.

The times have flown by, in the autumn of the fifth year of Huanglong, Lin Nan is 26 years old this year, and the five years have made him more mature, and he is no longer the former King of Wu. Criticizing and commenting on the chapters every day, and playing with a group of concubines in his spare time has become his only life, although it is boring, but he has become accustomed to it. The only regret is that in the past 5 years, there has not been a concubine Tianding, and Lin Nan naturally knows that the Tao is his own problem, so he gradually stopped mentioning it.

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"Brother, what are you doing?" At this time, Lin Nan was reading the recital in the south study, An Yang ran in, she had lived with Lin Nan for so long, she even forgot the etiquette, and the eunuchs and palace maids also knew that Lin Nan loved her, so they didn't report it at all.

Lin Nan saw her and smiled: "Come, Yang'er, I heard that you recently learned to make dim sum at Gui'er's place?" ”

"Well, let's not talk about this, you come with me." Anyang couldn't say anything, and he picked up Lin Nan and ran out.

The two ran out of the palace gate and were meeting Zhu Gui'er, Lin Nan grabbed her and asked, "Where are you taking me?" An Yang winked at Zhu Gui'er and said, "Sister Gui'er, you say." Lin Nan looked at Zhu Gui'er, and Gui'er smiled slightly: "Just now, Dongying sent someone to send a treasure, but I was afraid that the emperor would not accept it, so I sent it to the queen's mother." ”

"What treasures will there be in the country of the dwarves?" Lin Nan was a little upset when he heard the word Dongying.

"Brother, you will be happy to see it, it is a living baby, even a few of us women like it." An Yang's words had already revealed all the information, Lin Nan nodded her little nose and smiled: "Since you like it so much, then I will give it to you, take it back to your yard." ”

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