In fact, the biggest threat to Li Qi's territory was not Li Siyuan, but the adjacent Khitan.

Yunzhou and Shanbei in the north of Jin are bordered by the increasingly powerful Khitan, and the Khitan cavalry will often cross the border to "fight autumn grass", burning, killing and looting, making the people in the northern Jin region miserable, and there is not much peace at all.

Li Qi is very helpless, the world has a tendency to develop more and more barbaric.

Since the Middle Tang Dynasty, as the control of the state has become weaker and weaker, many civilizations created by our ancestors have begun to be lost. Craftsmen did not have access to education, and since few people wrote about their creations, many of the experiences and achievements of their predecessors were discontinued.

For example, some of the standard weapons left over from the pre-Tang Dynasty that he had seen in Jinyang Palace were much more advanced than now, at least in terms of metallurgical technology, the Middle Tang Dynasty was far superior to the current one.

The geographical location of China is relatively superior, and the alluvial plain formed by a large river and a large river is enough to feed tens of millions of people. The relatively easy living environment has created a Chinese nation that has gradually lost its pioneering spirit. Comparatively speaking, the surrounding environment of China is much harsher. To the north is the endless desert Gobi and the vast and barren grasslands; To the west is the vast snowy plateau; To the south, there are insect-infested mountains and forests......

Perhaps because of their inland origin, the Chinese people have never had the will to conquer the vast seas, but are full of fear of the unknown seas.

The cruel living environment around it can naturally give birth to barbaric and powerful peoples, and when they grow to a certain point, these peoples will naturally fight for their living space in the Central Plains.

Although the Han Dynasty was strong, it only weakened the surrounding threats, but it never thought of controlling these difficult areas for a long time. The Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty may be the only two dynasties in the Central Plains that have made efforts to expand outward, probably because the Yang and Li emperors still have some of the "barbarian blood" of the steppe people.

"Although the country is big, the belligerent will perish", this sentence has become the best excuse for those who are cowardly.

If a nation loses the spirit of constantly expanding its territory, stops the pace of outward expansion, enters a state of self-isolation, and gradually declines, it is an inevitable result.

In order to fight for more land, the Chinese seem to be more interested in cutting off their own heads than in expanding outward and cutting down foreigners.

One Three Kingdoms slaughtered more than 26 million people to more than 4 million, and then the grassland peoples entered the Central Plains in a big way......

Now, it seems that the same thing will happen again, the Khitans are getting stronger and stronger, and from the Central Plains to the south of the Yangtze River, they are still in the midst of a chaotic division......

He didn't like such times at all.

The brutality of the Li family and the Jin army was slightly weaker than that of pure steppe people like the Khitan, but it was not much better. As a pure Central Plains person, what Zhu Liang did back then seemed to be even more barbaric and cruel.

In fact, Li Qi has never understood why salt dealers like Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao, who are still "rich", chose to rebel? It's not because they really can't survive, it's very different from the uprising of the displaced people at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Is it just because the revolutionary consciousness is relatively high?

"When autumn comes, September 8, I will kill a hundred flowers after the flowers bloom. The heavenly incense array penetrates Chang'an, and the city is full of golden armor. ”

Or is it out of resentment against the ruling circles?!

The root cause of the disaster also lies in the problem of feudal towns that have been unable to be solved since the Middle Tang Dynasty.

Power is the thing that touches people's hearts the most.

A town is a festival envoy, sitting on tens of thousands of troops, controlling the military and political power of several states and the appointment and dismissal of officials, in this territory, it is like the existence of princes and kings......

These are things that people can't easily let go of, and they are intoxicating.

He never believed in absolute loyalty, and loyalty was something that needed to be maintained by interests.

Ordinary soldiers are easily deceived by the leaders of the army below the ranks, and these most junior officers can command their subordinates at will. This is somewhat similar to the contractor team in later generations, no matter how good an outsider is to them, most of them will eventually choose to listen to the contractor, although these are the ones who suck their hard-earned money......

If you can remember the names of some ordinary soldiers, you will get close to the distance between you.

Li Qi used to work as a labor mediator and had seen many scenes of disputes between migrant workers and their bosses, who sometimes even besieged or imprisoned the bosses in order to ask for wages, and refused to let them go without paying.

In this case, if the boss usually has more contact with the workers, is approachable, and can call out the names of some migrant workers, this kind of siege scene is not easy to happen, and the contradictions between the two sides are easier to communicate and solve. If the boss looks like he is high and commanding on weekdays, it will be difficult for the two parties to communicate and obtain detailed explanations, and the conflict will be difficult to solve and easily intensify.

Therefore, as the crown prince, Li Qi pays attention to remembering the names of some ordinary soldiers as much as possible on weekdays......

This can flatter some people and think that they will soar in the future.

It's just an illusion, but the ordinary soldiers whose names are remembered do have more chances.

For craftsmen, Li Qi has never been too much, and he will collect as much as he wants. Some people like to be free and easy, which can be in the face of harsh life, and most of these craftsmen who live at the bottom of society and have lost their land will choose to find a reliable family to take refuge in.

Li Qi didn't pay much attention to the training of these horses and horses who were currently in Tuntian around Jinyang, most of these people were old and weak who had been laid off, and they would not have strong combat effectiveness, so they could barely make do with defending the city. Most of his mind was devoted to improving production, as well as building trade routes.

As for going to the battlefield in person, although Li Qi didn't have much interest, he had to catch the ducks on the shelves. In this era of cold weapons, as long as you are on the battlefield, it means that most of you have to risk your life. He believed that his life was too precious to be put in danger. The so-called gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, and his own strength with rich knowledge is in the national economy and people's livelihood, and it would be a pity if it was wasted on the battlefield.

It's a pity that as the commander of the three armed forces, many times, he has to go to the battlefield in person.

In August, the weather begins to cool down, and the leaves of the mountains begin to turn colorful. Before the autumn harvest, the temperature in northern Shanxi began to drop. In this era, it seems that the temperature is slightly lower than in later generations, but fortunately, it is not particularly cold.

The water storage dam on the Jinshui River was completed in only two months, but it took more than four months to complete the newly built barrage dam on the Sanjiao River estuary of the Yangqu Tangming Manor and the Dachuan River in Gujiaocheng. However, they are not idle, the last stubble of alfalfa in autumn has not yet been harvested, and the wild grass in the wilderness and on the riverside also needs to be harvested and stored as winter fodder.

Due to the drought this year, the harvest in the fields will not be too good, and most people will not have a good time this winter......