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On the canal outside Yangzhou City, dozens of ships of different sizes were docked, and on one of the building boats, Li Congjing and Mo Li sat on the deck, and the former talked to the latter about the situation in Chudi.

"The ten prefectures of Chudi, the terrain in the east and north are relatively flat, and most of the important prefectures and counties are also distributed here, including Yuezhou, Changsha and Hengzhou. The army in front of the palace has entered Ezhou, it is not difficult to determine the land of Chu, take Changsha in the east, you can threaten the north and south, isolate the west road of Jiangnan and Hunan, take Yiyang in the middle, and control the heart of Chu. The difficult thing is to wipe out all the 100,000 thieves in Chudi. ”

At the time of parting, what was on the table was not tea, but wine, and Li Congjing and Mo Li drank a cup of glass.

Huainan, the south of Huaishui, Wu can no longer be called Huainan, but it is far from qualified to be called Jiangnan, Li Congjing put down the wine glass, and continued: "Huainan soldiers and horses, Jinling guards plus soldiers from Changzhou back to defend, but 30,000 people, the rest are almost all in Chu - including the soldiers and horses of various towns, if the Chu thieves can be wiped out this time, Huainan will almost become a body without a skeleton, at least two years can not be regrouped, and these two years are enough for the king of Chu to go down the river to the east and take Jinling directly." ”

Li Congjing looked at the surface of the canal, "In the past, the Jin King and Zhu Wen and his son competed for hegemony in the Central Plains. However, in the first battle of Jianghuai, Huainan sent troops north several times, lost troops and lost generals, and the elite soldiers were brave and empty, and they also spent money and food, and their savings for many years have been destroyed in one fell swoop, and now there is no need to worry. ”

There are many ships coming and going on the canal, there is no shortage of businessmen, Li Congjing to Yangzhou after the reconstruction of Jianghuai Caoyun, the mobilization of ships to appoint officials, but also make the canal more and more busy, "Huainan is a corner of the place, when it comes to national strength, how can I compare with my Datang, the new policy has been implemented to this day, Datang has not been afraid of war losses." According to my calculations with Feng Dao, Jianghuai Caoyun also has 400,000 stone rice grain for transportation north this year, and within three years, this figure can reach 2 million stone - this is still in addition to the 30,000 soldiers in Jiangbei's camp. ”

"His Royal Highness is about to return north to Luoyang, who will preside over the Jianghuai Caoyun in the future?" Mo Li asked at this time.

Li Congjing said: "The imperial court has made a decision to take Su Fengji as the Jianghuai salt and iron transfer envoy, and Zhang Yilou as the deputy. Now, they estimate that they have set off from Luoyang and will arrive in Yangzhou in a few days. ”

He said in his letter to Chai Zaiyong that he would go to Chudi, which is not a trick to Chai Zause, after all, he used the word "sooner or later", and now that Chai Zaiyong has voted for the Tang Dynasty, the battle situation in Chu has become clearer, with Guo Wei and Xia Luqi in charge of the overall situation, and the palace army has Meng Ping and the commander of the Western Ye, Li Congjing does not have to go again, and Mo Li, who has made great contributions in Jianghuai, is not suitable for running over.

In other words, Li Congjing and Mo Li are going to say goodbye to Yangzhou, and it is today.

When the war in Chu is over and Wang Shi is ready to take Jinling directly, whether Li Congjing and Mo Li will go south again is a later story.

The battlefield has its own generals to fight, and the king always follows behind the ass of the armor.

A king has the duty of a king. At present, Luoyang's martial arts academy and academy are what Li Congjing really cares about.

A few days ago, I received news that there had been a major breakthrough in the research of explosives in the Yanwu Academy -- before that, Li Congjing had already given the Armaments Research and Development Department the idea of manufacturing return artillery, ground mines, and hand-grenades, and under the condition that explosives were constantly improved, there was no great technical difficulty in manufacturing these things.

It's not difficult, but it makes a huge difference. If the return cannon, land mine, and hand-grenade really came out, even if the land mine and hand-grenade needed to be ignited by fire before they were launched, it would be absolutely terrifying.

This means that Datang's explosives are finally not limited to bombing the military fort, but can finally be used to attack the city and try to use it in the battle array.

When he got the news, Li Congjing thought of a sentence, "Science and technology is the trend, and it is the most irreversible development direction." Human beings are destined to embrace technology. ”

It's not that the Tang people don't have the ability to develop explosives and create weapons of mass destruction earlier, it's just that they don't have the motivation and the environment - Li Congjing can give these things.

Not to mention the Song people, who slept with many peerless treasures in their arms, except for the mouthful full of benevolence, righteousness, morality, three outlines, and five permanent saints and gentlemen, they never disdained anything related to martial arts - most of the time most of the time. In contrast, the Yuan Dynasty was more enterprising in terms of martial arts, and the most unfortunate people also built cannons that could knock down the city walls - although they still shot stone bullets, they were also cannons. On the basis of the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty already had a large-scale musket battalion, although the gun was not very reliable, and the explosion was as common as the firecrackers, but at least it was at the forefront of science and technology, and then ...... There is no then. As for the Qing Dynasty, it is a regressive dynasty.

Li Congjing believes that if the military technology of the Tang people can really develop for decades, it may not be a pipe dream to sweep the world.

As for the college, the situation is more complicated, and we have to wait until Li Congjing returns to Luoyang to deal with it.

The boat under the seat is more than five zhang high, it is a very good view, Mo Li stands behind the side of the ship, looking at the canal with ribbons across the land, thoughtfully, "The new deal is today, the state and county civil affairs are smooth, and the wealth is accumulating day by day, although the land of Shandong is not as rich as it used to be, but it is still a major source of wealth, and now it has Jianghuai, how to effectively transport the wealth and salt and iron to the center of the country, is not just a matter of luck." ”

Li Congjing also looked at the end of the canal next to Mo Li, nodded and said: "From rectifying the arrogant soldiers and fierce generals, establishing the majesty of the imperial court, to leveling the feudal towns, stabilizing the order of the world, and then to rectifying the rule of officials and purging the domestic atmosphere, the development of the new policy has reached this point, and it is indeed time to strengthen the centralization of power." ”

Speaking of this, he smiled, "Although the wealth of the people is the wealth of the country, in fact, the central strength is the strength of the country." If the Tang Empire is really strong for a long time, it must gather the power of the states and counties of the world. ”

Speaking of this, he said a digression: "Since the Qin and Han dynasties abolished the feudal system and implemented the imperial system, the feudal era has become a thing of the past, and the land of China has ushered in the imperial era. Feudal feudalism, the feudal system on the well field system, is feudal, a centralized system based on counties, not an empire? ”

China always claims to be a country of etiquette, and does not talk about empires, lest people in the world think that China is domineering. But in fact, if you talk too much about etiquette, you will really only remember etiquette, and you will pretend to be a grandson for a long time, and your own temperament and thoughts will really become your grandson.

The Tang Empire is the Tang Empire, Li Congjing not only wants the Tang people to always have the word "empire" on their lips, but also wants them to engrave the great cause of the empire into their hearts, so that they will not forget to always forge ahead, always open up the frontier, and conquer the four seas.

"Learning is like sailing against the current, life is like sailing against the current, and the country is like sailing against the current. What can I do if I don't do it? ”

The drums and trumpets sounded in unison, and the fleet slowly started, leaving Yangzhou and heading north to Luoyang. On the shore, the officials and soldiers who saw them off were all saluted.

The reason why Li Congjing took the canal on this trip to the north was not to take the waterway comfortably, but to take this opportunity to take the road of Caoyun, and by the way, clean up the "silt" along the way.

He suddenly thought: "For the long-term strength of the Tang Empire, the academy, or the final national academy system, is the top priority. ”

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Starting from Yangzhou, it passes through Chuzhou, Sizhou, Suzhou, Songzhou, arrives in Bianzhou, and then goes west through the Yellow River to enter Luoshui, and finally arrives in Luoyang.

Although Li Congjing walked this road not quickly, it only took more than a month to live in the world.

After all, the prince is the prince, although there are a few officials along the way who are not effective in repairing the canal, and who are greedy and corrupt in their duties, but those officials are the focus of the imperial court as early as the number, the evidence is conclusive, and Li Congjing also uses thunderous means, and the effect to be achieved is nothing more than to sound the alarm to the officials along the Caoyun, which can be regarded as a signal to the states and counties that the imperial court is about to strictly rectify the Caoyun.

To really rectify the Cao Yun, whether it is a senior official who strictly investigates the imperial court presiding over this matter, or an official at all levels who supervises and supervises the corruption of goods along the way, withholds money and grain, and fishes and meat, the boatmen at all levels should be dispatched to supervise the imperial history and set up a special team to do it, which cannot be done in a month or two.

To completely "dredge" the Cao Yun and fully display the "capacity" of the Cao Yun, it is a large project with huge and complex joints, involving personnel and the canal itself. For example, this time Li Congjing traveled north from the canal, leaving behind many officials along the way to survey the places where the canal had accumulated a lot of silt and obstructed the passage of ships, as well as to record the damage to the supporting vegetation and river embankments, so as to prepare for unified renovation in the future.

——Since the canal has been built, the imperial court has never stopped repairing it, and the renovation of the canal from beginning to end is a great project, which cannot be done unless the imperial court has sufficient financial resources and the officials are in a clear and clear state.

Back in Luoyang, Li Congjing met Li Siyuan, handed over all the affairs of Jianghuai, and then started to deal with the matter of Caoyun.

In the Chongwen Palace, on the matter of Cao Yun, Ren Yuan talked to Li Congjing and Li Congjing about a period of the past, "Xuanzong Dazhong five years, the imperial court to the military department of the Lang Pei Xiu as the salt and iron transport envoy, the rectification of Cao Yun, Pei Xiu painfully felt that since the Taihe period, the world every year to the imperial court of the river, Huai rice grain is only 400,000 Hu, and along the way the officials detain, thieves steal a lot, so that the boat can reach Chang'an Weishui Hecang less than three or four out of ten, Liu Yan's law is almost completely destroyed, so 'exhaustive study of the pros and cons, the establishment of Cao Law ten', vigorously rectify, and then there is ' The scene of 1.2 million people who transported rice to Weicang every year. ”

Liu Yan is the one who built ten large shipyards in Yangzhou, and built more than 2,000 ships during his tenure alone.

Xuanzong is Li Chen, who is known as "Little Taizong", who created the famous Zhongxing rule in the middle and late Tang Dynasty - "Dazhong Zhizhi".

"Now that Jianghuai is established, the matter of Shandong and Jianghuai Caoyun should be vigorously rectified." Li Congjing said that after the Caoyun is rectified, the world's materials can be smoothly transported to the central government, so that the central government has sufficient money, grain and materials, and the central government will have the strength to talk about strengthening centralized power, and the economy is the foundation.

Of course, transporting money and grain from all over the world to the central government is itself part of strengthening the centralization of power.

Li Siyuan nodded slightly, and then looked at Ren Yuan, "This matter is presided over by Lao Renqing, what does Ren Qing think?" ”

"The minister commands." Ren Yuan bowed to the edict.

"The imperial court has a duke to coordinate the overall situation, so naturally there is no problem. But when you go to the local state and county to investigate everything, picket the illegal behavior of officials, and clean up the thieves along the way, you have to send someone else to do it. Li Congjing asked with a smile.

Ren Yuan "has the talent to help things vertically and horizontally", and there is naturally no problem for him to take the lead in cleaning up Caoyun.

When Ren Yuan heard Li Congjing's words, he knew that Li Congjing had someone to recommend, so he smiled and said: "There is no candidate yet, if the prince can recommend it, it would be the best." ”

Li Congjing didn't hide it, "Since this is the case, I will recommend one to Ren Gong: Su Yuqi in the Criminal Department." ”

On October 10 of the second year of Changxing, the imperial court took Ren Yuan as the world's salt and iron transfer envoy, commanded the overall situation, and cleaned up all things in the world.

Su Yuju, who was in the middle of the Criminal Department, was transferred to the Imperial History Taizheng Wupin Imperial History Zhongcheng, and served as the deputy envoy of the world's salt and iron transport, and traveled to Shandong.

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As long as you are not familiar with history textbooks, I think there should be no doubt about the problems of the feudal era and the imperial era. If you have any doubts, just when I use Yi Zhongtian's statement.