After you have eaten and drunk, you will be in the hall again, and the atmosphere will be much more harmonious. Especially Li Tong, the more he looks at Lou Shide, the old gentleman with thick eyebrows and big eyes, the more he likes it, he has the ability to barbecue, and his IQ and EQ are good, this is the demeanor and quality that he imagined a good minister should have.

"There is still chaos in the imperial court, and all parties are working to protect the emperor's heir, which is really ridiculous. The emperor's heir is to the Holy Emperor, flesh and blood, and the kings of the Wu clan may take advantage of the evil fortune to make things difficult for the emperor's heir, but the emperor's heir lives in the palace for a long time and has excellent guards, so how can there be a danger of killing for the masses to fight for merit? The courtiers have entered the evil way by arguing with this! ”

Lou Shide is not only a talent in all aspects, but also once sat in the government hall to preside over government affairs, to be honest, he is the biggest person Li Tong has attracted so far. Prestige, ability, and merit are all commendable.

Therefore, when Li Tong talked to him, the breadth of the topic was even greater, and he did not hide his disgust with the current situation and disputes in the Shendu City.

After Lou Shide heard this, he also nodded and replied with deep sympathy: "Your Highness's words are honest and to the root. When the ministers stayed in Chang'an, there were also court envoys who knocked on the door to see, and the words of the court were demonic. The Holy Emperor is extremely active, and it is the masses at home and abroad who are persuaded to advance, and the emperor's heir is also among the masses.

Now that the Holy Emperor has returned to power, the courtiers should not chase after him and take Ling Yue as a merit. His Royal Highness's first righteousness, killing the national thief, not taking the old things as the beauty, but westward, the ambition is high, and the wind and bones are highlighted, the Tang family is fortunate to His Royal Highness, although this minister is a small talent, but he is still brave to make a sacrifice. The Tang family is majestic, and those who have aspirations should not stick to the inside story and cannot extricate themselves. ”

"This evil sentiment and chaos are not enough to talk about, the Holy Emperor is gracious to me, there is no way to add more, small feelings or slight grievances, and big things will never be lost! Now for the time being, he will retreat and spread his power on the side, but if the situation is uncertain for a long time, he is not afraid to ask the country! ”

The prime ministers used by his grandmother, such as Li Zhaode and Di Renjie, each have a stable position and even factions, and they and Li Tong may be temporarily united because of temporary interests, but it is far from enough to change their fundamental position.

Lou Shide was born in Bian Gong, and he was able to enter the court only by being promoted by Wu Zetian, and he had almost no influence in the court, and Wang Chengyi was seriously stabbed in the back by Guan Longxun, and his merits were directly ruined and reduced to a white body.

What's even more unfortunate is that the prime minister who is now in power in the Shendu Political Affairs Hall is not very interested in Lou Shide. Li Zhaode is proud of his talents, but he still simply looks down on Lou Shide.

As for Di Renjie, he tends to be conservative politically, and emotionally he naturally dislikes people like Lou Shide, who are born in marginal achievements, and is worried that such a person will increase the consumption of the imperial court in side affairs.

Therefore, Lou Shide's heartfelt identification with King Yong's withdrawal from the imperial court and his emphasis on side affairs, as well as his disgust with the internal disputes in the court, are also deeply touched by his own situation.

This topic will not be carried out after their respective statements, and Li Tong then said: "Lou Gong is returning to the border on this trip, and he must have seen the situation in Longbian. ”

When Lou Shide heard this, he also said with a straight face: "His Royal Highness's plan to govern the border is unprecedented, and it is not limited to power. When the minister first got this plan, he was still in the essence of it, and the old thoughts accumulated on the way were lost one-sidedly, but he didn't dare to speak rashly. ”

Li Tong laughed when he heard this, to be honest, his strategy is indeed good, and he deserves the praise of the times.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the military and political aspects are still pursued by the government and military system and the Juntian system, and the advantages and disadvantages of these two systems and their significance need not be said. But now, both systems have collapsed. In terms of military affairs, athletes began to be recruited from Gaozong, and the proportion of recruits increased year by year.

However, in terms of the field system, it is not enough to create. In the later period of Gaozong, it was nothing more than Hugh Ge's requisition and recuperation, but the accumulated ills were not deeply touched, and even the ancestral industry and land annexation in Guanzhong became more and more serious.

In the period of Wu Zetian, the efforts to expand the land and make up households were increased, and the population of Guanzhong was moved to Heluo in large numbers, and in the Shenlong period, the number of households in the imperial court increased to 6.15 million, which is undoubtedly a significant increase compared with 3.8 million households in the Yonghui period of Gaozong.

Therefore, Wu Zetian's political enlightenment is also supported by the most intuitive data. If it's just that this old lady is not a human being, murder is uncounted, and morality is corrupt, this is not the correct attitude to discuss history.

However, relative to the growth of the number of households, the imperial court's exploration of tax collection is very lagging behind. Although the population has grown, human and material resources have not been effectively dispatched. The old system of rent adjustment is no longer suitable for managing such a large empire.

Of course, the imperial court was also aware of this problem, so among the famous ministers in the Kaitian period, there were many financial management masters, including the traitorous Li Linfu. These people explored in various ways, either by opening up sources or reducing expenditures, in order to keep the vast empire running.

However, the results of various attempts have not been great, and the most intuitive proof is that the authority of the border army has increased during the Kaitian period.

In short, the income of the imperial court could no longer match the king's ambition to expand the territory, so he could only choose a lower-cost model.

So does Datang have enough national strength to maintain that level of development and huge volume?

The answer is yes, Liu Yan, Yang Yan, and other famous ministers in the Tang Dynasty have carried out profound reforms in terms of financial endowment, and the results are remarkable, and they have contributed to the continuation of the life of the Tang Society. Needless to say, Yang Yan's two tax laws opened up a new way of thinking about integrating national strength, and it was the beginning of the reform of the tax law in later generations.

Li Tong admires Liu Yan's financial management strategy the most, and one of the cores of Liu Yan's financial management method is logistics. Even in later generations, when various modes of transportation have been extremely developed, logistics is still one of the most important elements of social production and business behavior.

As for the Tang Dynasty, a vast empire in the Middle Ages, the significance of logistics was even more decisive.

If the logistics conditions are not in place, and the personnel and materials cannot be effectively circulated and complemented, no matter how vast the territory is, the potential of the entire empire will still not be stimulated. This is similar to a person's limb hypertrophy, a little bit alone is very strong, but together it is very ugly, and it is also a disease, once the disease occurs, it will be fatal.

Wealth is like flowing water, and it is better to be sparse than blocked. Although the national strength was at its peak during the Tianbao period, the manpower and material resources were highly concentrated in the hands of the local towns, and the Chang'an government was like a child sleeping in a group of strong men.

The strategy implemented by Li Tong in Longyou is essentially to strengthen the connection between several sectors that were originally irrelevant or weakly connected, and generate circulation of manpower and material resources between each other, so as to obtain considerable returns, which can be regarded as a flexible adaptation of Liu Yan's financial management strategy.

Li Tong asked Lou Shide this question, of course, not just to listen to the rainbow sycophant, because his set of strategies wants to last for a long time and continue to grow, and there is another fatal shortcoming, that is, Longyou's potential is limited.

"Zhuhu is made by me, crusade against disrespect, plunder its human resources, and be used by the Guanzhong Jia people to feed back to the people of the country. At the same time, the Jia people were in the Longyou Valley to help the military. In this way, it not only saves the consumption of government materials and processes, but also makes the sunken goods in Longbian float. There is no end to the slaughter, even if there is no longer Longyou, there are still in the Western Regions. But there is another point, that is, how much does Longyou have in savings? Now the treasury has only lost more than 400,000 yuan, and the price of grain has soared to 100 yuan. ”

Speaking of this, Li Tong also has some sorrows.

Lou Shide was still pondering after hearing this, and Song Bazi on the other side got up and arched his hand: "Regarding this section, the lowly position has also been explored in the city. The price of Longyou Valley has soared, one is that the households in Longbian are still hoarding, and the market is easy, and the other is that all parties are greedy for goods and profits, grabbing business opportunities, one side is closed and reluctant to sell, and the other party is eager to search, so the price is rising, and there is almost no control. ”

What Song Bazi said is indeed a reason. After listening to it, Lou Shide also spoke: "After all, Longyou is not as good as Guannei, the fertile land is barren, and the small households are difficult to cultivate. ”

The reason why Li Tong values Lou Shide so much is because of this. His so-called strengthening of logistics is mainly to break through the personnel difficulties in the circulation of materials, not to say that it is also a very important thing to be able to ignore the restrictions of transportation conditions, directly cross the Guanshan Mountain, and expand the scale of Longyou's reclamation.

Although Lou Shide started from the side of the merit, he is not known for his military exploits, and he is the prime minister who farmed. In this era, looking at the flow of time, Li Tong could not find a more suitable candidate than Lou Shide to take on this matter.

"Since Lou Gong has entered the palace, I am ready to ask Lou Gong to be the ambassador of Longyou Yingtian, and Juntun and Mintun will all be accepted. Prior to this, the shogunate had issued an order, and because of the reclamation, ten acres were turned, and this style should be made for a long time, not limited to one time and one place. No matter if you are a food seller, but you can buy the field as a business and gather in the barn, you are my Tang Dynasty. ”

While speaking, Li Tong asked people to hang a map of Longbian in the hall, raised his hand to circle some river valleys and flat rivers, and said: "Next, I will use the Xihe Xingshe to successively remove the attached Hu in these realms and build a large number of people's tuns." At that time, there will be a large number of dead households in the Guannai who will be recruited, and Lou Gong will be responsible for the overall resettlement. ”

"The minister will not fail in his mission!"

After Lou Shide heard this, he also got up and said with his hand. Tuntian is his old business, and he has accumulated a lot of experience, and King Yong uses him with this, and he is naturally full of confidence.

Hearing Lou Shide's statement, Li Tong also nodded with satisfaction. After he left Shendu, he divided Shaanxi and ruled in Guanxi, and he had the situation in his heart in the west of Tongguan. The reason why they want to enter Longxi after the initial situation in Chang'an is that they are not worried about the great enemy of Tubo, and the other is to find a way to solve the core problem from the side.

If you continue to stay in Chang'an and want to carry out more profound reforms, it is nothing more than fighting local tyrants and dividing the land. However, Guan Longxungui has been intertwined for hundreds of years, and it is difficult to eradicate it easily, and no matter the situation in the country or the surrounding areas, he is not allowed to make such a big move.

The counterattack on Tibet and the development of Longyou can not only strive for a relatively safe external environment, but also relieve the pressure on people and land in Guanzhong.

If he only grasps one problem in Guanzhong and knocks it head-on, not to mention the results, once the situation in Shendu is restored to stability, he will most likely be directly encircled and killed in Guanzhong by the Luoyang Imperial Court by taking advantage of controlling most of the empire, and there is no need to ask about the country.

After discussing with Lou Shide, an envoy from the Huangyuan battalion entered the city, and there was no lack of excitement and said: "Last night, Heyuan launched an offensive to Wuling Hengbao, and conquered Hengbao before this afternoon, the Chiling military road has been opened, and the army can pass unimpeded!" ”