When Li Congjing received the news of the pacification of Fujian, he did not feel surprised, this is a normal thing, and it is worth praise, but the war is progressing quite quickly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, the pacification of Fujian means that there is a plan that should be put on the agenda.

"Fujian is narrow, Wang Shenzhi in the governance of Fujian, in addition to persuading agriculture to develop agriculture, also has a great deal of maritime business, attracting merchants from the South China Sea (rising sea) to buy and sell goods in Fujian." Li Congjing called Feng Dao, Mo Li, and Xia Luqi and told them about this plan, "Now that Wang Shi has pacified Fujian, Changle, Quanzhou and other places, the business and business should be restarted." ”

Feng Dao knew that Li Congjing had always attached great importance to businessmen, and there was already a policy of developing businessmen in Tiancheng's new policy, and now although the Tang Dynasty pacified Jiangnan, the prosperity of businessmen in various states and counties has recovered to a very prosperous level, and there is an endless stream of businessmen on the official road.

Feng Dao agreed: "There are not many products in Fujian, so it is suitable to communicate with each other. ”

Li Congjing shook his head, "It's not because there are not many products in Fujian, so we want to prosper business." Promoting commerce is the national policy that our dynasty should have, and in order to make commerce truly develop, overseas trade is an indispensable and extremely important part. Today, I want to set up municipal offices in Changle and Quanzhou, and include the prosperity of commerce in the scope of officials' performance inspections, such as Yangzhou, Mingzhou, and Guangzhou in Japan, but this is not enough, far from enough. ”

"That's not enough?" Feng Dao was stunned.

Li Congjing nodded, "All these things can only encourage trade, but they can't cause a wave of maritime businessmen, let alone a wave of businessmen rushing to go overseas and establish a business territory overseas." ”

Feng Dao was speechless, it was the first time he had heard the term "business territory".

In fact, in Li Congjing's planning, it is more appropriate to call the "business territory" "business empire". It's just that the last four words are too appalling at the moment.

"How does Your Majesty intend to realize such a plan?" Mo Li asked simply and straightforwardly.

"It's very simple, allow businessmen to be officials." Li Congjing's words were amazing.

Not surprisingly, Feng Dao immediately objected in surprise: "In the past, Taizong set more than 600 civil and military attachés, and said that Fang Xuanling said, 'I treat the wise men of the world, and the flow of industry and commerce cannot be dealt with'. The business of industry and commerce can certainly be prosperous, but with the likes of industry and commerce as officials, I am afraid that people all over the world are vying to make profits in business, and over time, I am afraid that there will be no scholars in Datang! In the opinion of the ministers, the imperial court is now setting up an academy, and there is no shortage of students in the academy who are proficient in business. ”

Li Congjing smiled, "The prime minister is serious, and listen to me in detail." If the court makes it easy for the court to give up the businessmen as officials, and the people of the world will indeed compete to abandon the words of the sages and devote themselves to the market. However, the imperial court allowed merchants to be officials, but it was different. ”

"Learning and excellence is the way of the state to select officials, and it will not change. However, the selection of officials by the state does not have to be limited to this. Soldiers fought on the battlefield in blood, and made meritorious contributions to the country, can't they also be awarded officials? I mean that those who have merit in the country are noble, those who have no merit in the country are cheap, those who are useful to the country are officials, and those who are useless in the country are cheap...... Make it useful for the state. ”

"Businessmen, if they are willing to repair water conservancy, roads, and bridges, this is also a matter of benefiting the country and the people. Conferring loose ranks, making them noble, making them respectable, but not conferring officials, not allowing them to hold power, directors. In this way, on the one hand, it can improve the status of businessmen and make commerce prosperous, and on the other hand, it can also guide businessmen to benefit the people and change the unrighteous businessmen into righteous businessmen. ”

Of course, what is more important is to set a moral benchmark, so that the people of the world know that whoever benefits the country and the people, the country and the people will respect it. You and I govern the world, in the final analysis, what we rely on is nothing more than the word 'guidance'. Why does Datang have laws? Why punish those who break the law? It is nothing more than to guide the people not to be traitors; Why does Datang pay attention to etiquette? It is nothing more than to guide the people of the world to be loyal and courteous and live in harmony; Why does Datang re-read people? It is nothing more than to guide the people to read and understand etiquette and aspire to serve the country. ”

Li Congjing smoothed his sleeves and continued: "But this is far from enough. There are thousands of things in the world, thousands of people in the world, and the court must guide them, but they can't be mentioned one by one. Therefore, the imperial court must respect a principle: everything that benefits the country and the people must be guided positively; Whoever harms the country and the people must be guided in the opposite direction. ”

For example, if someone dies on the street today, and the people are buried in a bunch, the government must reward him, so that he can reap the effect of persuading people to do good, which is for the benefit of the country and the people. But what if tomorrow the family of the deceased comes and blames the people who buried him, saying that they stole the belongings of the deceased, or that the other party allowed the deceased to die? If the family of the deceased has ironclad evidence, the government should investigate it in detail, and if the family of the deceased has no ironclad evidence, the family should be thrown into prison. Why? If this generation is not severely punished, the good will be humiliated, and who will dare to do good in the future? Does it not lead the people to ignorance of kindness? Those who don't know kindness and righteousness, how can they benefit the country and the people? ”

"If the merchant is allowed to be awarded an official rank, then the people of the world will no longer despise the merchant, and the imperial court has a policy of encouragement, so how can the merchant not prosper? People in the world are different, some people are good at reading, and some are not good at it. Since the imperial court has the intention to make everyone in the world benefit the country and the people, how can it close the door for the people to serve the country? Isn't there a talent in the world? Is there a lack of patriots in the world? Definitely! It's not that there is no one in the world, but that the court itself is lost! ”

"In a word, the frequent occurrence of thieves in the world is a problem of the imperial court; The collapse of etiquette in the world is a problem of the imperial court; There are no talented people in the world, and it is still a problem of the imperial court! The king is in charge of the artifact, and if the court is allowed to govern the world like this, the monarch and the minister are all sinners of the country and should be punished! ”

"Today, I want to prosper commerce, and I want businessmen to become those who benefit the country and the people, so I came up with this national policy. Tomorrow, all industries and all workers can do the same. Again, those who are good at government govern, those who are good at agriculture govern agriculture, those who are good at soldiers serve in the army, and those who are good at all industries follow all industries. In addition, I also want to guide them to be good, guide them to benefit the country and the people, this is our own country of the Tang Dynasty, our own people of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang people are not good for the Tang Dynasty, the Tang people are not good for the Tang people, who will benefit? ”

Speaking of this, Li Congjing softened his tone and said with a smile: "Maybe there will be some problems with this national policy, but I am not afraid of making mistakes, if there is a problem, I will correct it at that time, but if I am afraid of making mistakes and dare not do things, it doesn't matter if I do the right thing, I don't want to be a corpse vegetarian." ”

Mo Li bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise!" ”

Feng Dao and Xia Luqi were stunned for a long time before they came back to their senses, and had to be convinced: "Your Majesty's eloquence is really rare in ancient and modern times!" ”

"The specific implementation measures, you go down to negotiate the charter, although it is a loose rank, no real power, and will not be rated as a traitor, but in the end, it is not trivial, and Xiaoxiao cannot be allowed to have the opportunity to exploit loopholes. For example, how to put an end to those businessmen with bad conduct and turn into nobles, you have to think about it. Li Congjing finally said.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, if the ministers can't even do this thing, they will have no shame to stand on top of the temple." Mo Li and the others said.

Generally speaking, there is no fundamental disaster in this matter, according to Li Congjing's meaning, these loose ranks are mainly businessmen who give overseas business and create a world overseas. And after the merchant receives the loose rank, he will not have the privilege of doing business, but a pure status symbol, the actual function is similar to the Medal of Honor, and the role is to enhance the social status of the merchant.

——The Medal of Honor may be of little use in an era when people's hearts are collapsing and mercenary is mercenary, and it will not be respected much, but in the current Datang and the future Datang, everyone thinks about the Tang Dynasty for the benefit of the country and the people, and the weight is obvious.

Elizabeth also gave knighthoods to pirates, and Li Congjing granted dispersal orders to merchants who "expanded their territory" overseas and built bridges and roads to benefit the township, and there are all kinds of restrictions, as long as there is no problem with the implementation of the regulations, even if there are disadvantages, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

At this point, Datang's fleet has begun to take shape, and Datang's caravan is about to be organized, just wait for the construction of seaports in Quanzhou, Guangzhou and other places, Datang will be able to expand overseas and go overseas to "find gold".

"How are the official roads and post stations in Tongling Prefecture repaired?" Li Congjing asked Mo Li and Feng Dao.

"Based on the current progress, it will probably be completed by next fall." Feng Dao replied.

Li Congjing bowed his head, signaled that he was more satisfied, and asked, "After Qi Tongwen, Li Gu and others arrived in Shazhou, what was the situation?" ”

"Because of the escort of Jingqi all the way, Qi Tongwen, Li Gu and others went smoothly all the way, passing through Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Yuesuzhou, and they did not encounter major problems. The report they received two days ago was that they had already gone to various places for inspection, and as for when the results would be obtained, we would have to wait and see. Mo Li replied,

Li Congjing bowed slightly, looked out of the door from behind the imperial case, crossed the layers of palace eaves, and looked at the farther world, "This first battle of the academy must be started for me!" ”

"How are the recruits of the palace army recruited?" Li Congjing asked the last question on today's agenda.

In the fourth year of Tiancheng, there were 50,000 soldiers in the front army of the palace, namely Gao Congzhou, Huangfulin, Wang Sitong, Mengping, and Li Congzhang. After each major battle, the shortfall was replenished in a timely manner. Now it is the guards who are fighting in Fujian and Lingnan, and the army in front of the palace has not sent a single soldier, and is practicing every day.

Li Congjing still feels that it is not enough, Datang is now growing in national strength, and there is no shortage of money within a certain range, and iron armor is the foundation of Datang's hegemony, and it is still in the stage of continuous expansion.

"20,000 new soldiers have been recruited, and they are now in the barracks and are training." Charucci replied.

Li Congjing nodded and didn't say anything more.

If so, just wait for the guards to pacify Lingnan!