After Qin Feng finished reading it, let everyone circulate it one after another, everyone is a top wise man, and when he looked at it again, he suddenly realized, knowing that this is one of the ironclad proofs that prove that Jiangnan is worth developing. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Just when everyone suddenly realized, Li Shimin said: "I don't quite understand what you mean, but in the face of facts and evidence, everything is hidden. It is no accident that Jiangnan is sparsely populated, but it can still maintain a stable income of grain and grass under this situation, as you said, because of the climate in Jiangnan. I also have reason to believe that once the development of Jiangnan is completed, the grain output will surpass that of Guanzhong and Sichuan. ”

Qin Feng said: "This is certain, most of the land in the south of the Yangtze River, whether it is the fields that have been excavated or the land that has not been excavated, has unique conditions. Because of the climate, their rice maturates very quickly, and often has two or even three harvests in a year. This is something that only Jiangnan can do, so the minister has always believed that in order to solve the food problem, it is necessary to develop Jiangnan's agriculture. ”

Li Shimin said movingly: "Is this true? ”

In the Tang Dynasty, rice cultivation was still based on one crop of rice, and even if there was time, the people did not have the courage to try, but only used the fields to plant some vegetables intermittently, and did not repeat the planting of rice. So two seasons a year is unheard of in this day and age.

With the current climate and natural conditions, three crops a year may be a bit mysterious, but with the climate in the south of the Yangtze River, two crops of rice a year, that is a normal thing, as far as he knows, in the south of the two lakes, Guangzhou, Hainan, Yunnan and Guizhou are all cultivated in the way of double cropping rice.

"Assuming that's the case, this Jiangnan, I really have to develop it, as long as there is food, why can't I fight the world! Why worry about not being able to feed hundreds of millions of people? Li Shimin is full of pride, and what he develops Jiangnan is a floating cloud in his eyes, what he really thinks about is how to become the lord of the world and how to conquer the countries on the earth that do not obey the control of the Tang Dynasty.

Qin Feng said with a smile: "Having said so much, in fact, the grain in Jiangnan is only one of the reasons for developing Jiangnan, in fact, the ultimate goal is the huge financial prospect of Jiangnan." The Silk Road has always been one of the economic lifelines of the Central Plains Dynasty, but why did the Silk Road bring such huge profits to the Central Plains Dynasty? ”

Li Shimin was silent for a moment and said: "It's because of the transactions between countries, and the national conditions of various countries are different. The most common silk fabrics in our Datang may be sold at a price more expensive than gold in other countries, and the common things in other countries can be sold out of stock in our Datang. The gap between them has brought incomparably huge benefits, so the Silk Road is full of business travel, and the various taxes that my Datang has obtained from it are naturally incalculable. ”

Qin Feng said: "In that case, why don't we open up a few maritime Silk Roads?" There are also countries on the other side of the sea, which can also be traded, and the land Silk Road can be successful, and shipping is more convenient. Therefore, the minister felt that the Silk Road on the sea would have more commercial profits than the Silk Road on land. ”

Li Shimin was completely moved by these words, he never thought that a Silk Road would be inexhaustible for Datang, if there were a few, how would Datang's economy change by leaps and bounds?

"Is it possible?" Li Shimin's eyes flashed with excitement, and with his endurance, he couldn't help himself at this moment. Li Shimin is like this, and others can't help themselves, of course, Li Shimin's questions also represent everyone's thoughts.

"Of course it works!" Qin Feng said categorically, this is the inevitable road of historical development, the Silk Road on the sea is ten times faster and more convenient than the Silk Road on land, and over time, it is only a matter of time before the Silk Road on land replaces.

"Father-in-law, when Zhang Qian of the Western Han Dynasty sent an envoy to the Western Regions to open up the Silk Road, there were not a few people who opposed it in the court. However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty insisted on going his own way, and the Silk Road was born. Isn't his success an example for us to follow? I believe that as long as the Silk Road on the sea is opened, the profit will not be less than that of the Silk Road on land. The development of Jiangnan is the only way to get both money and food. ”

Li Shimin blinked and said, "My heart is moved."

Qin Feng smiled knowingly, the development of Jiangnan money and wealth can fundamentally solve the two major problems that Datang is about to face, where is Li Shimin's unmoved. Moreover, the development of Jiangnan also expanded the broad strategic depth for the Tang Dynasty, you must know that the Song Dynasty lost a large area of land in the north of the Yangtze River, and the Southern Song Dynasty relied on the land in the south of the Yangtze River to deal with the strong Jin State for more than 100 years, and finally made Genghis Khan the last fisherman.

Li Shimin was silent for a while and said: "Since you are so concerned about the development of Jiangnan, you must already have a belly case." In the past few days, I have taken the time to sort it out and write a concerto, and we will discuss this matter in the court in the near future. ”

"Whoa!" Qin Feng hugged his fists and agreed, although Empress Changsun was awake, but she couldn't get out of bed yet, in this case, Li Shimin would never let him leave Chang'an, and the final destination of the generals was undoubtedly to be full of martial arts, and now there are these top ministers to guide him, and he also wants to take the opportunity to learn.

"Fang Xiang, Du Xiang, Lord Wei, please give me advice."

"Knowing everything, saying everything." Du Ruhui was the first to agree, and Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng also expressed their positions.

In the next few days, Qin Feng held the imperial gold medal in his hand, went to the Shangshu Provincial Database to read a large number of documents about Jiangnan, especially various data in recent years, and made notes in every detail. In order to seize the time, he even lived in Shangshu Province, reviewing and transcribing day and night.

His madness was highly praised by Fang Du Erxiang, and Li Shimin was even more praised after knowing it, and praised him by name in the court many times. Qin Feng accepted Li Shimin's praise, but he snickered in his heart, he almost blew up the three fox spirits in the family these days, no, under the pretext of state affairs, he stayed in Shangshu Province for a long time to escape the fate of ****, and it was undoubtedly an unexpected joy to be praised, if Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui knew his true purpose, they didn't know what kind of expression they would have.

When the data was enough to support his framework, he compiled the plan, steps and key points of the development of Jiangnan into a book, wrote a long chapter, and recorded the planning one by one. In order to ensure everything, he also asked Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui to look at it in advance, let them find out the shortcomings, and asked them to put forward opinions and suggestions, and then revised them again and again.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui directly participated in the reform of the Zhenguan Dynasty, and also occupied a pivotal position, they were very experienced in reform, and also gave very powerful suggestions, they saw Qin Feng's potential, and also understood what Li Shimin meant, so in this process it was painstaking cultivation and guidance, which made Qin Feng's government level improve by leaps and bounds, and this progress also made the two sages full of praise,

When Qin Feng couldn't find a flaw in himself, he reorganized this plan for the development of Jiangnan, and scrutinized it word by word, although it was not foolproof and took into account all aspects, but there was absolutely no big problem.

Half a month later, this piece of writing on the development of Jiangnan was sent to Li Shimin's desk.

The near-perfect reform plan surprised the ministers who intended to see Qin Feng's jokes and shattered their glasses.

Li Shimin is also very good at employing people, and the Manchu Dynasty may have different political views and some contradictions, but there are no traitors in the court, and they are all good ministers for the country and the people. Although there were also those who disagreed with Qin Feng's opinion, it was also for the benefit of the Tang Dynasty.

In addition to the support of Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and officials of Shangshu Province, Wei Zheng, who was also the prime minister, became the most powerful supporter of this reform.

Wei Zheng said: "The Silk Road has gradually flourished, and history has proved that the Silk Road will be the lifeblood of our dynasty, which is the advantage of our dynasty and the fatal place. There is no need to express the advantages, but the disadvantage is that the countries in the Western Regions have different ideas, and once a small country has different aspirations, it can easily cut off the economic lifeline of our country, and walk on one leg, and the prospects are really worrying. We Datang can rely on the Silk Road, but it must not be relied on, and in order to prevent troubles before they happen, it is imperative to develop a new economic lifeline. According to the words of the governor of Qin, there are countless countries in the sea, and being able to establish contacts with them can indeed promote the economic development of our Datang. As for the two seasons of rice, the ministers have never heard of it, and they have never seen it, but if the general manager of Qin dares to say this, he will not be untargeted, and success will benefit the future, even if he fails, he will not lose anything, so he might as well give it a try. ”

Qin Feng has always had a great prejudice against Wei Zheng, so although this guy is famous in history and is also a famous minister of the Tang Dynasty, Qin Feng has always scoffed at him, listened to his full support, and also remembered Qin Qiong's words, "Although your Uncle Wei is a bit old-fashioned, his dedication to duty is not as good as his father." In the court, you have different political views with him, and you don't care about your father, but if you are rude in the court, no big or small, don't blame your father, and serve the family law. ”

"It seems that this stubborn guy is not so annoying" Qin Feng glanced at Wei Zheng, who was strongly in favor of developing Jiangnan.

"Your Majesty, Lord Wei's words are exactly what the minister meant, you can't be in a hurry in everything, if you act rashly, you will only mislead people and the country, so the minister put forward his own opinions and suggestions on the last page."

"Oh? I didn't have time to read it carefully, a lot of the content was too much to swallow, since Qin Aiqing had a way, he might as well say it and let everyone discuss. "The plan for developing Jiangnan is tens of thousands of words, and it is indeed impossible for Li Shimin to read it in a short period of time.

"Your Majesty and your lordships should not forget the past, the law of training the army proposed by the original minister was controversial, in order to prove whether the training method is effective, so the minister formed a new army to verify it, until it has been effective, it will be vigorously promoted. We have no harm in repeating the old tricks, first in each province and county in the south of the Yangtze River, find out an acre of land for verification, whether it is effective, whether it is promoted, and use the results to speak. As Lord Wei said, even if it fails, an acre of land is insignificant to a county. ”

"That's what the minister meant." Wei Zheng looked at Qin Feng appreciatively.

"Aiqing, is there anything else you want to add?" Li Shimin looked at Qin Feng with a smile and asked.

"If you want to say supplements, there are naturally them. Once the verification is successful, please don't rush it, everything must be gradual, after all, Yang Guang's example is right in front of you. If we make the mistakes of our predecessors again, let's just wipe our necks with knives. ”

"I understand the truth that if you want to hurry, you can't reach it." Li Shimin laughed.

The Manchu Dynasty Wenwu listened carefully and agreed with Qin Feng's words.

In all fairness, Yang Guang does have extraordinary intelligence and courage, and everything he does is impeccable in terms of morality.

In order to better control North China, he built the eastern capital of Luoyang; In order to make the connection between Jiangnan and China closer, the North-South Grand Canal was dug and the Jiangdu was toured several times; In the construction of national infrastructure, he dug long trenches, built gallop roads, and built the Great Wall; In terms of military strategy, he went out to the north to tour the Turks, fought to Linyi in the south, and passed through the Western Regions to the west, reopened the Silk Road, broke through Tuyuhun, and reincorporated Qinghai Province into the Chinese territory. He also sent envoys to Persia, and also crossed the sea to the South Seas to contact Fuso.

To elaborate on this achievement, Emperor Qin and Han Wu are nothing more than that.

But there is a detail that must be understood: Qin has a century-old foundation, since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, most of the Qin kings of the past dynasties are eloquent and strategic, and the only inferior and incompetent one is that there is a Xiangguo like Lü Buwei to control the government, and the national strength is far stronger than that of the Six Kingdoms. Even so, it took Qin Shi Huang a full decade to dominate the world. And Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has the savings left by Wenjing, he began to lure the Xiongnu in Mayi in the second year of Yuanguang until Wei Qing went out of the fortress to kill Zhao Xincheng, Huo Quai, sealed the wolf Juxu Mountain, a total of 14 years.

And what about Yang Guang? It only took eight years for Renshou to show his strength in the fourth year of Renshou and to complete all these great undertakings.

Later historians recorded that in the eight years before the crusade against Goguryeo, Yang Guang set a total of 22 grand projects and requisitioned more than 30 million manpower.

30 million manpower, what a terrible number, you must know that the number of people at the peak of the Sui Dynasty was only 46 million.

Luoyang, the eastern capital, was completed in ten months, and the Yongji Canal was opened, and the canals of thousands of miles from the north and south of the Grand Canal were opened in a few months.

This era is not the 21st century, there are not so many advanced technologies, and all large-scale projects have to be completed by manpower and the weak bodies of ordinary people.

The faster the progress of the project, the greater the consumption of manpower: when the Eastern Capital was built, two million people were commissioned every month, and four or five out of ten of the dead were killed, and the Great Cause made one million people to repair the Great Wall in three years, and the result was also five or six out of ten. Digging canals, migrant workers work underwater for a long time, and maggots grow out of the blisters around their waists and burrow into their bodies.

Yang Guang only has his own great achievements in his eyes, and he can understand the suffering of the people!

This can also explain why the people of the Sui Dynasty cut off their hands and feet in order to escape the terrible service, and happily called their severed hands and feet Fushou Fuzu. What a miserable thing it was, and in the face of such a miserable situation, the people laughed so much that they would not have to serve in conscription if they were crippled.

Whether it is the construction of the Great Wall, the construction of the eastern capital, or the excavation of the canal, it is a virtuous government that is beneficial to the great cause of the millennium, but these virtuous policies are forcibly completed by officials who use whips and knives to force the people to work regardless of life and death, and step on the corpses that are strewn all over the field.

This so-called "political virtue" is really tyranny.

The world died in service.

This was a crucial point in the fall of the Sui Dynasty, and there was no doubt about the conquest of Goguryeo.

The people were already struggling to make a living, and Yang Guang set his sights on expanding the territory to fight Goguryeo......

In the face of Yang Guang's toss, the Sui Dynasty was haunted. This is a bloody lesson, Li Shimin will not be ignorant of it, and the ministers will not be unaware of it.