In the first year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty, the Turkic Jieli Khan led his army to attack outside Chang'an City, and Li Shimin, who was a martial artist, had no choice but to soften his body and surrender his hands to sue for peace.

However, just three years later, the Tang army penetrated deep into the steppe and wiped out the Eastern Turks.

Correspondingly, the Western Han Dynasty recuperated for decades, and it was not until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that it had the strength to counterattack the Xiongnu.

It is no exaggeration to say that the establishment of the military system in the early Tang Dynasty was the foundation of the Tang Dynasty's expedition to the east and west!

However, due to the unscrupulous land annexation of the magnates, which destroyed the economic basis of the government military system, the peasants could no longer support their own soldiers.

Historically, after the change to the conscription system, the combat effectiveness of the Tang Army deteriorated, which is not surprising!

Li Zhongyi looked at Li Yunxiao and said earnestly: "As the saying goes, the watchdog is the most ferocious. Lingzhou is located in the northwest border, and the treatment of the border army is naturally different from that of the imperial forbidden army in Kaifeng. ”

Li Yunxiao's eyes widened, staring at Li Zhongyi's body, lest she miss half a word.

Li Zhongyi took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, looked at his henchman with a smile, and taught: "God is fair, everyone will settle accounts, and they are better than you." If you want people to work for you, you must come up with enough capital to let people do a good calculation, economic accounts, and political accounts. ”

"In view of the collapse of the government and military system in the Tang Dynasty, the land we have confiscated must be distributed to farmers who are willing to serve the country, and they cannot be allowed to sell their houses and fields, or even sell their sons and daughters when they face natural disasters." Li Zhongyi smiled slightly and explained in detail, "The land does need to be divided, but. Those lands are forbidden to be bought and sold. ”

Li Yunxiao asked Li Zhongyi very strangely: "The people who are assigned to the land, what if their hands are very tight?" ”

Li Zhongyi touched his chin and said, "I plan to set up a loan office in the state office, which is specifically responsible for the home of the government soldiers who are temporarily in difficulty. Lower interest rates. Or even interest-free loans. If you can't pay it off in one year, you can apply for an extension to five years, and you can't pay it off in five years. That would be postponed to ten years. The more difficult the house of the soldiers, the lower the interest. ”

"Xiaosong, think about it, what are the benefits of doing this?" Li Zhongyi smiled and encouraged Li Yunxiao to speak freely. Inspire him to use his brains more.

"Hehe, Childe's move is really clever!" Li Yunxiao thought for a while and sighed, "The icing on the cake, how can it be like sending charcoal in the snow?" For the ordinary simple people, as long as the government is willing to come to the rescue in the most difficult time. When it comes to the need for them to work hard, even if we don't speak, the elders of the government soldiers will repeatedly tell us not to forget the kindness of the government and not to shame the family. ”

"Hmm. If we don't act in times of crisis, the great benefits of pouring heaven can all be given by the big bureaucrats and big landlords. Li Zhongyi smiled coldly, "These magnates, even if they hollow out the corners of the imperial court, they will not have the slightest gratitude to the imperial court. ”

Li Yunxiao used to be a poor mountaineer in Hechi County, and he also used to be saddled with a loan with interest. He is busy all year round, even if he lays countless game, instead of half savings, he owes more, and there is simply no hope for life.

At this time, Zuo Ziguang raised his head and interjected: "The land belongs to the state government, and there is another benefit, lest there be bad people in the court who attack our marshal, invite and sell people's hearts, and plot against us." ”

Li Yunxiao said indignantly: "If it weren't for Meng Chang's cowardice and incompetence and betraying my son-in-law, we would have supported ......."

"Hehe, the weather is nice today!" Zuo Ziguang interjected the conversation brightly, interrupting Li Yunxiao's unspoken rebellious words.

Li Zhongyi glanced at Li Yunxiao, who was suddenly alert and speechless, and said lightly: "It's man-made, it depends on who has the last laugh?" ”

Zuo Ziguang put down the brush in his hand, rubbed his wrist, and said, "Spell potential, all of them are indispensable!" ”

Li Yunxiao heard the dumb riddle played by Li Zhongyi and Zuo Ziguang, but he didn't understand it. It's just that there is a slight ripple in his heart, and a certain thought in his mind, once it takes root, will never linger again.

After Li Yunxiao retreated, Zuo Ziguang looked at Li Zhongyi with bright eyes, and said slowly: "The border is not a long-term solution. ”

Li Zhongyi smiled faintly and said: "The day when the army is destroyed is the time when I return to Kaifeng with the edict." My foundation in the court is still shallow, and the person who takes over is likely to do something else, and when the time comes, wow, Lingzhou will still be in chaos. ”

Zuo Ziguang nodded again and again in understanding, and said with a smile: "Whoever dares to take back the things that have been distributed, then wait to lose his head." ”

Li Zhongyi laughed and said, "Those who know me will also know!" He flicked his sleeves and walked slowly towards the east chamber of the three halls where the state officials worked.

Because Li Zhongyi's hoeing and rape operation is too large. Most of the officials in Lingzhou, including Gao Xiaoyun, who was a military officer and a military officer, were implicated in the big case of secretly colluding with party members. Therefore, there are not many officials who still insist on working in the public office of the entire east wing of the three halls.

When Li Zhongyi appeared in the East Chamber, the six Cao officials who rushed to greet him when they heard the news were at the level of the judge, and only the corporal Cao Judge Song Yunxiang was left, and there was only one person.

The rest of the five Cao Judges and their families were all led by Li Yunxiao and arrested.

Li Zhongyi sat in the middle of the main hall, glanced at Song Yunxiang, who did not look flustered, and asked him lightly: "I heard that Shi Cao only has one soap servant secretly communicating with the party, could it be that someone deliberately protects him?" The words are threatening.

Song Yunxiang unhurriedly gave his hand and explained: "If you return to the envoy's words, you are a judge of Shicao, and you have always only known to abide by your own duties, and you have no thoughts. Since the lowly position did not stretch out his hand indiscriminately and was willing to be poor, if the soap servants below wanted to do something out of the ordinary, they would have to weigh it more. ”

Li Zhongyi looked at Song Yunxiang carefully, this guy has a white face and beard, his appearance is not amazing, but what he said is very reasonable, but I don't know, does he have the real ability to govern state affairs?

Gong Shengming, Lian Shengwei, as a prefect, lead by example, and the people below really don't dare to mess around.

"Song Jusi, in your opinion, what is the most difficult problem in Lingzhou at the moment?" Li Zhongyi had the intention to test Song Yunxiang, and deliberately gave him a very broad problem.

"If you return to the envoy's words, the biggest problem in Lingzhou has been eliminated by you in one fell swoop, and the lower officials admire it to the fullest." Song Yunxiang coughed lightly. Then he said, "However, there is still a big problem in Lingzhou that needs to be solved urgently, that is, there has been a shortage of food. ”

"Envoy. Scarcity is expensive. If the common people cannot afford to buy food, or if they have no food to buy, there will be a big problem. "Song Yunxiang is neither humble nor arrogant." It is certainly a great thing to put down the chaos in Jun, but in the final analysis, there is no food and instability in Lingzhou. ”

Li Zhongyi asked Song Yunxiang lightly: "Do you have a way to solve it?" ”

Song Yunxiang frowned. Some hesitation said: "Although Lingzhou is strictly short of grain, there is still a Yanzhou that produces high-quality salt within the jurisdiction of Shuofang's observation and disposal envoys. As far as the humble office knows, there are four salt ponds in Yanzhou: one black pond, two white ponds, and three fine item pools. Four-tile kiln pool. In particular, the salt produced by the two pools of Wu and Bai is very sought-after in all states of the world. ”

"Make a king, humble and considerably. If you want to completely solve the drawbacks of the lack of grain in Lingzhou and Yanzhou, it is better to use the salt of Yanzhou as bait to attract grain merchants to send grain over thousands of miles. Song Yunxiang's words were indeed from the bottom of his heart.

Song Yunxiang had a vague feeling in his heart that Li Zhongyi's sudden appearance today didn't give him a great opportunity to be mixed in with his subordinates?

Good birds choose trees to perch, water flows to low places, people go to high places, who doesn't want to be appreciated by their superiors?

Li Zhongyi didn't have anything unusual on the surface, but in his heart, he was already overturned, and sighed secretly: he underestimated the ancients too much.

The salt and iron government has been in business for a long time, and the salt introduction needs merchants to take money to buy it, and it has been practiced for many years.

This is not until the Ming Dynasty, which was a clever trick to ensure the food supply of the soldiers of the nine sides.

Li Zhongyi originally planned to use Yanzhou's rich pool salt resources to attract grain merchants to come and exchange grain for more profitable salt.

Unexpectedly, the little Lingzhou Shicao joined the army Song Yunxiang, and found a good way to use the inherent local resources to trade with the grain merchants hundreds of years in advance.

"Did Zhu Chongba and Hu Weiyong fall out?" Li Zhongyi was extremely nervous in his heart, but he didn't show it at all on the surface, so he asked Song Yunxiang calmly.

"Envoy, who is Hu Weiyong? I don't seem to know this person, huh? Song Yunxiang thought about it for a long time, and thought about it, but he never remembered, how old was Hu Weiyong?

Li Zhongyi sucked Song Yunxiang's eyes, carefully observed for a while, and did not show anything abnormal, he couldn't help but shake his head secretly, obviously he was too worried, this Song Yunxiang was not a traverser.

Behind the qiē political problems, there are extremely deep economic factors. For example, if the common people don't have enough to eat, they will take risks and tie their heads to their belts to rebel.

The more advantageous the economic conditions of the common people, not only are they well fed, but they also have the land to live and live, and the political situation of the imperial court will be more stable.

Once the land is annexed to Yanzhòng, or the foreign enemy invades, breaking the balance of stability, then the world is in chaos, and it is not far off.

"What is the price of salt in Lingzhou?" Li Zhongyi didn't want to reuse the mouth cannon officials who could only talk about it, so he broke the casserole and asked in the end, to see clearly, is this Song Yunxiang a mule or a horse?

Song Yunxiang arched his hands and said: "The price of salt in Lingzhou City is as much as 36 wen per catty, which is more than 780 wen a bucket. ”

Li Zhongyi nodded secretly, this Song Yunxiang can tell the price of salt in one bite, which shows that he is usually fully prepared for the investigation.

"Salt and iron are the monopoly of the imperial court, if this official changes more food, I'm afraid there will be trouble on the imperial court's side?" Li Zhongyi wanted to examine Song Yunxiang's political strategy, and deliberately made it difficult for him.

Song Yunxiang explained with a smile: "Why should the envoy be embarrassed to be an official, we just need to calculate in advance and exchange the amount of salt for grain." As long as it is within the quota, whoever sends the grain first will receive the salt first, and he will receive it until he runs out. ”

Li Zhongyi said lightly: "If grain is sent, but it is not exchanged for salt, will the grain merchants come to Lingzhou next year?" ”

Song Yunxiang arched his hand and said: "This part will not be too much, we can also exchange copper coins, silk silk or good horses for it." ”

'Good! You can say that again! Li Zhongyi was very pleasantly surprised, he really didn't expect that in the border land, there would be a state official who was proficient in business, this time, he had picked up a treasure! (To be continued.) (。 ))

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