After returning from the test site, Li Yuanji has been thinking about a question.

How to cool down Datang, who is in the midst of his strength.

It's a complicated and troublesome thing, and if you're not careful, you can get worse, but if you don't intervene, what will happen in the end?

What Li Yuanji can think of is inevitably out of control, and what warned him was Japan during World War II.

By the middle and late stages, Japan had almost completely lost control, and some careerists could even disobey the orders of their superiors, or even make moves to force the palace.

Although the situation of the two is different, some of the principles are still somewhat similar.

"Slow down?" Ma Zhou frowned tightly, thinking seriously about this issue, and in the entire cabinet, he was the only one who was most familiar with these situations.

The development plan of the entire Datang Dynasty was formulated by Ma Zhou, and the current status of the development province has been parallel to the other three provinces, and there is even a faint trend of surpassing them.

However, the four provinces have their own responsibilities, and in their respective fields, they are all giants, and although they compete with each other, this competition is not direct competition.

Different fields will focus on different directions, and the results will inevitably be different, so from this point of view, there is nothing comparable between them.

But to slow down the pace of development, this is a big blow to Ma Zhou.

"Your Majesty, although some places have been developed now, but more places are still waiting to develop, is it a little inappropriate to slow down the pace?" After thinking about it for a long time, Ma Zhou couldn't find a reason to put down.

The development of every place has a set goal, and this goal will not be set too high.

Once the goal is achieved, the Ministry of Development will focus on other areas, and the local government will take over the responsibility.

At present, the situation is still very good, and Ma Zhou's plan is also to avoid the phenomenon of a dominant family as much as possible, and does not say which place to support, just let them become the first in one go.

On this basis, Ma Zhou focused on the areas along the railway and the Cao Yun line, which have transportation advantages now or in the future, so they must be developed first.

"It's time to stop!" Fang Xuanling agreed with Li Yuanji's words, in fact, the two had already talked about this topic a few months ago.

However, it was not such a direct talk at first, it was Fang Xuanling who raised some of the problems that happened, and what really made Li Yuanji make a decision was the truck incident, which was not a big deal, in the eyes of most people, this matter was a great thing.

But Li Yuanji saw the crisis, and Fang Xuanling also saw it, but he didn't put it forward clearly.

"In the process of development, we should not blindly bury our heads in development, but more in the process of development, to find problems, solve problems, and wait until most of these problems disappear, and then to speed up appropriately, and then continue to find problems and solve problems." Fang Xuanling said his opinion.

The meaning is that if you blindly bury your head in development and do not manage the problems that occur, eventually these problems will accumulate more and more, and in the end it will be difficult to solve them even if you want to.

And at that time, what will happen to Datang?

The worst outcome would be the sudden collapse of the most powerful dynasty in history, and a slightly better outcome would be a major loss of vitality.

To put it bluntly, this is the preliminary stage, and the foundation must be solid, and progress must not be made for the sake of progress, but progress must be made with purpose and direction.

"Xuan Ling's words are very in line with my intentions, over the years, there have been a lot of problems found, there are all kinds of problems of different sizes in each yamen, although many have been solved, but what I see is that there are still many problems that have not been solved, and the most important thing is that the mind has not kept up with the actual situation now, just like a ten-year-old child, with a twenty-year-old body, I dare not imagine that an adult should make a child's childish behavior." Li Yuanji voiced his concerns.

The current Datang, like an upstart, from top to bottom, everyone is inflating themselves to varying degrees.

I do have the goods in my hands, and my own strength is also very strong.

But no matter what, a person who can't put himself in the right position and put his mentality right will be doomed sooner or later.

The same is true for a country, if it wants to go far and go steadily, it can't be in a hurry, development must be all-round, and thinking can be advanced, just like when you first ascended the throne, everyone knows what to do.

But thinking must never be left behind, as is the case now, when many people are showing self-aggrandizement.

Although no one is so scared to stand on the street to show off, everyone has this idea in their hearts to a greater or lesser extent, and this is the most terrifying part.

"However, the hasty cessation of development also has a great impact on the imperial court, although these are not big problems, but it is a little troublesome to solve them after all." Xiao Yu also frowned and said.

"On the one hand, strengthen ideological education, and at the same time let everyone calm down for a while, on the other hand, development does not necessarily have to stop, but the imperial court can shift the focus." Li Yuanji accepted Xiao Yu's proposal.

Stopping abruptly is really hard to explain, and can even give people a sense of confusion.

But stopping is necessary, of course, it can't be all stopped, when Xiao Yu raised this question, Li Yuanji had already thought of a way to deal with it.

"The military side should maintain the rate of increasing the budget by one percent every year to develop, and the commercial side should strengthen supervision, and the intensity of support should be appropriately reduced, and the words of the Academy of Sciences should be ......" Li Yuanji paused, considered it carefully, and finally made a bold decision: "The funds supported by the imperial court will be reduced by half, and the funds of all other yamen will be reduced by two percent." The rest of the funds are all used to build roads! ”

"Build roads?"

Before the ministers could recover from this huge blow, Li Yuanji gave a decision that surprised everyone.

Is there any benefit to building roads? Yes, the benefits are great.

But is road construction inevitable? Not necessarily.

The road in the past can be walked now, although it is not as comfortable as the official road of Changluo, but as long as it is not rain or snow, there is no problem in walking.

The construction of the railway is also in full swing, according to the current plan, within ten years, a Yumen Pass to Haizhou, a Youzhou to Jiaozhou railway will be built and opened to traffic, this is a horizontal and one vertical two main roads, within 20 years, to complete the construction of three vertical and three horizontal railways.

It is almost certain that in 20 years, the entire railway network of Datang will be extended in all directions.

And with the passage of time, the further the future, the stronger Datang's financial resources will be, and the more technical experience will be accumulated, so that it can support the construction of multiple regions at the same time.

But isn't that the original strategic goal? All the plans have been roughly made, and the next step is to plan some details on a yearly basis.

However, it is clear that the road construction mentioned by Li Yuanji will definitely not refer to the railway alone.

Although the railway is very convenient, the railway is not omnipotent, and it is impossible for a country to have only railways and no official roads.

The Changluo Railway has been opened for a long time, and the flow of people on the official road of Changluo has indeed decreased, but it is still very lively, and there are still many people who are using it.

Therefore, the ministers subconsciously thought of the road construction in Li Yuanji's mouth, which must be to build cement official roads on a large scale.

"Your Majesty, the matter of building roads...... Chen felt that it was better to concentrate on building the railway first, after all, the role of the railway is far greater than that of the cement road. Chen Shuda, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, said in a tangled manner, Li Yuanji's meaning is obviously to increase the work of the Ministry of Industry, but it is just a railway, and the Ministry of Industry is very busy.

Although the cement official road has many advantages, such as fast construction speed, low cost and other factors, but it requires a large number of personnel to participate, the railway has more than 200,000 people, and the number of people involved in the cement road will only be more, not less.

There is no need to worry about the cost, and the provinces from other ministries are barely enough, but again, how can he have so many people to do this?

Moreover, there is another problem, the cement road needs to use a lot of stones and sand, and there were some problems on the previous Changluo official road, and after comparison, it was found that the stones and sand in some places could not be used, which also brought more uncertainty.

If you can't source the materials locally, you have to transport them from farther away, which takes more effort.

"Zicong, this is what I am worried about, this is not just your problem, I am basically sure that everyone here has some problems to a greater or lesser extent. Your thinking has not kept up with the actual situation in Datang now. So, even if there is a better one in front of you, you still can't value it, you don't know how to use it, and use it well. Li Yuanji shook his head helplessly and said, he had never said these words to the minister.

Because in his capacity, once he said this, one of the things that the minister who heard it would do the next day was to resign.

The Tang people with loyal personalities and arrogant thoughts, the most unbearable thing is this kind of questioning, once the emperor questions you, it is not a shameful thing to resign, it is the most shameful thing to stay.

So this time Li Yuanji brought everyone, not against Chen Shuda.

"Your Majesty is talking about trucks?" Chen Shuda was startled at first, but when he heard that it was not aimed at him, he relieved his heart and asked suspiciously.