Since the destruction of the Turks, Datang has temporarily stopped the pace of large-scale foreign warfare, on the one hand, Datang consumed a lot of financial and material resources in the war to destroy the Turks, and it takes a period of time to recuperate, on the other hand, it has eliminated the most powerful enemy outside the country, and there is no strong enemy around that can threaten Datang, so there is no need for large-scale foreign operations.

However, in the past two years, Li Xiu found that Li Shimin began to have some information about Goguryeo, such as he asked Feinusi to start collecting information on all aspects of Goguryeo, and even in his Liangyi Palace, there was a map of Liaodong and Liaodong, which marked many locations, all of which were the places where the Tang Dynasty stationed troops in Liaodong, and some important cities in Goguryeo were also marked.

Li Xiu really knew Li Shimin too well, he would never be interested in Goguryeo for no reason, coupled with Li Shimin's performance in the original history, so Li Xiu was already sure that Li Shimin had already begun to think about attacking Goguryeo, so he asked Liu Renliang's opinion on how to attack Goguryeo.

Don't look at Liu Renliang as a civilian official, but what he really stepped onto the stage of history was the Battle of Baijiangkou, during this war, Liu Renliang also showed excellent strategic vision, and he stayed in Hedong for several years, and he was also very familiar with the situation there, so Li Xiu asked his opinion on attacking Goguryeo.

Liu Renliang was also taken aback when he heard Li Xiu's words, and vaguely guessed something, but he didn't dare to think deeply, and then he was silent for a moment before he spoke: "Although Goguryeo is a vassal to my Tang Dynasty, they have been fighting with the Central Plains for many years before, so they have built a large number of strong town fortresses in the Liaodong area, these fortresses are built in dangerous places, and only a small number of troops can block tens of thousands of troops, so if it is attacked from land, I am afraid that the army will suffer heavy losses." ”

When he said this, he saw Liu Renliang pause for a moment, and then continued: "Especially in the bitter cold winter of Liaodong, if the fortress of Goguryeo is allowed to hold back the footsteps of the army, when winter comes, the army of the imperial court can only retreat, but compared to the land, if it is attacked from the sea, it is completely different, especially Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo, is not far from the coast, so if the army can land on the coast near Pyongyang, it will definitely have the effect of a surprise attack!" ”

"Good way!" Li Xiu couldn't help but praise when he heard this, the wars of this era only focus on land warfare, for example, such a powerful empire as the Tang Dynasty, but there are only a few naval armies, and the naval army rarely fights on the water, the biggest role is only to transport army materials, and it is not easy for Liu Renliang to think of crossing the sea to fight.

"However, if you want to cross the sea and attack, you must defeat the Goguryeo navy, speaking of which Goguryeo's threat to the sea is not without any preparations, for example, on the coast near Pyongyang, there is an elite Goguryeo navy, in contrast, although my Tang Dynasty navy is stronger, it is not easy to eliminate them, and after the army crosses the sea, it also needs the navy to ensure logistics, so I think the imperial court should pay attention to the navy now, and strive to make the navy stronger, In this way, we can ensure that the army crossing the sea has no worries! Liu Renliang finally said again.

For Liu Renliang's suggestion, Li Xiu also deeply agreed, the neglect of the navy is a common problem of the Central Plains Dynasty, not to mention anything else, it can be seen from the name alone, for example, whether it is an inland river or a sea, as long as the army of the Tang Dynasty is called a navy, there is no navy at all, and the warships used by the navy are also very backward, although they are very tall, but they are not scientific, the center of gravity of the warship is very high, and the wind and waves at sea may capsize, let alone fight at sea.

Liu Renliang has a lot of ideas about the navy, in fact, the county where he works is by the sea, and many people in the county make a living by going out to sea to fish, and there is a Datang navy stationed nearby, but there are not many of them, and he also inquired about the internal situation of the navy from the generals of the navy.

Li Xiu was very interested in the navy, to be precise, the navy, so the two also chatted for a long time, but they didn't talk too much about the financial supervisor, and waited until it was getting late, and Li Xiu personally sent the other party back to the city.

Originally, Liu Renliang had just come back, and Li Xiu planned to let him rest for a few days before going to the financial prison, but he didn't expect him to come to the financial supervision early the next day and take the initiative to take on his responsibilities.

Liu Renliang's personality is square, and even a little old-fashioned, and he is not suitable for taking over the bank, so Li Xiu planned early on and let Liu Renliang take over the minting of money, and Liu Renliang also went to the minting bureau in several places along the way, and found a lot of problems, so when Li Xiu handed over the minting bureau to Liu Renliang to be in charge, he also immediately made a suggestion.

"Integrate the Minting Bureau?" Li Xiu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Liu Renliang's suggestion, he didn't expect Liu Renliang to make such a big move just after taking office.

"Horse, on the way back I have been to a total of nine coinage bureaus, Hebei alone, as far as I know, there are no less than ten coinage bureaus, the number of Hedong is more, these coins are large and small, the quality of the coins minted is different, but in general, the large-scale coinage bureau is stricter on the quality control, and the quality of the copper coins produced is also better, in contrast, the management of the small coins is a little chaotic, not only the quality of the copper coins can not be guaranteed, and even there will be confusion in the accounts, even if someone is greedy for ink, I'm afraid it won't be able to be found out from the accounts! ”

When he said this, he saw Liu Renliang pause for a moment and then said: "In fact, in my estimation, our Datang doesn't need to open so many coinage bureaus at all, but at the beginning of the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, all over the country were all heroes, as long as there was a little ambition of people, they would start a furnace to mint money in their own territory, and then I Datang was unified, although a lot of coinage bureaus were abolished, but there are still many coinage bureaus left, such as Hebei, there are no less than ten, but in my opinion, It only takes two or three larger mints to settle the local minting problem. ”

"Do you really want to integrate the coinage bureaus in various places?" Li Xiu couldn't help but ponder for a moment when he heard this, and then said with some uncertainty, after all, this is not a trivial matter, especially since the financial supervision has just been established, and he has no experience in all aspects, so Li Xiu has little confidence in such a big thing as integrating the money minting bureau.

"It's true, the matter of minting money is very important, but now there are not only many coinage bureaus around the country, but also the scale is not large, the management of this small coinage bureau is chaotic, and the quality of the copper coins minted cannot be guaranteed, so in the view of the lower officials, the integration of the coinage bureau is urgent!" Liu Renliang said with great certainty again.

"But our financial supervision is newly established, not only lacks manpower, but also has little experience, now to integrate such a big thing as the money bureau, if something goes wrong, I am afraid that the prestige of our financial supervision will be greatly damaged, and it may even affect the bank's affairs?" Li Xiu finally expressed his worries at this time, for him, the entire financial supervision revolves around the bank, so the matter of the Mint Bureau should not affect the bank.

"Horse, although I don't understand the bank's business, but I know that the core of the bank is copper money, if the matter of the money minting bureau is not solved, it will definitely affect the bank in the future, and the integration of the money minting bureau is not complicated, the key is to have the support of His Majesty, and the determination of the donkey, as for the next thing, Xia Guan is willing to bear it!" When Liu Renliang said the end, he also showed a confident expression, and it seemed that he had been thinking about the integration of the Money Minting Bureau for a long time.

"And what are you going to do?" Li Xiu saw Liu Renliang's firm expression, and he was also a little moved at the moment, so he thought about it and asked.

"The fastest way is naturally to select officials from the prison to be stationed in various places, thoroughly check the situation of the coinage bureaus in various places, and then merge or abolish some small coinage bureaus according to the local situation, but now there is a shortage of people in the prison, and I am afraid that there are not many officials who can be assigned to me, so I plan to start from Chang'an, Luoyang, and Taiyuan, and then expand to other places after the integration of the coinage bureaus in these three places is completed!" Liu Renliang slowly explained.

"Isn't this a little too slow, I think it's better for us to report to Your Majesty, and then let the local government assist, which should speed up the integration of the money minting bureaus in various places." Li Xiu suddenly thought of a way at this time, and immediately opened his mouth to propose.

"Never!" What Li Xiu didn't expect was that Liu Renliang objected without hesitation.

"Why?" Li Xiu couldn't help but ask in a bit of confusion when he heard this.

"The colt has never held a local position, so it's normal for him not to know anything about the local area." I saw Liu Renliang said with a serious expression at this time, "The horse established a financial supervision department, and asked His Majesty for the right to mint money, in the opinion of the following officials, the horse wants to make the right to mint money independent from the local level, and then the imperial court will manage it in a unified manner, but if the horse lets the local government intervene in the integration of the money bureau, then these integrated money bureaus will definitely be mixed, and I don't know how many forces will be planted, so our financial supervision will not be able to fully control the money bureaus in various places!" ”

Li Xiu finally woke up when he heard Liu Renliang's words, it turned out that Liu Renliang's integration of the Minting Bureau was not only for unified management and ensuring the quality of copper coins, but also for the help of integration, and the Minting Bureaus across the country were completely controlled by the financial supervisors, so that Li Xiu's orders could be smoothly issued to the financial supervisors in various places in the future.

"I understand, just do as you say, don't be afraid of offending people, I'll take care of everything for you!" Li Xiu immediately made a decision, it seems that he had thought too simple before, but in comparison, an experienced official like Liu Renliang was more thoughtful.

After a period of preparation, Liu Renliang finally began to integrate the coinage bureaus in Chang'an and other places, and at the same time, it also officially opened the prelude to the reform of the entire Datang financial system set off by Li Xiu!