Li Su took Wenxin and them all the way to enjoy the scenery, although the weather was hot, but Li Su had already made a special carriage when he was in Dengzhou, the carriages are double-layer structure, which can be used for heat insulation, and then use ice to cool down, but I don't feel hard, plus the women are in the mood to play, so these days seem to be much more lively than in the past. Seeing that they were so happy, Li Su also ordered people to slow down, the journey of two or three days, but walked for five days, and today finally arrived at the city of Taiyuan.

When Li Su's convoy entered Taiyuan City, it was immediately greeted by local officials, after all, they were carrying thousands of guards, and it was impossible not to alarm the local government with such a huge team. After entering Taiyuan City, Li Su and his entourage were arranged in Taiyuan Palace, this palace was built by Li Su's grandfather Yang Guang, and later Li Yuan raised troops, not only occupied the palace, but also did not let go of the concubines in the palace, and now the entire palace is considered a royal industry, and Li Su lives here just right.

After arranging Wenxin and the others, Li Su drove out all the officials who visited, on the grounds that he was tired of traveling and wanted to take a rest, and he would not see any outsiders in the past few days. However, after the officials left, Li Su took Hu Li and more than a dozen guards out of the corner gate to meet Wang Kuang and Cui Yu, and went to find the madman who made a plan.

Originally, Li Yu thought that Wang Guo would take him directly to the man's house, but Wang Guo looked at the time and took him to find a hotel called 'Prairie Old Wine', and just as they arrived at the door of the hotel on horseback, they saw a lame man with a cloak and dirt, carrying a simple big food box in his hand, and was walking towards the small alley next to him.

Seeing the embarrassed appearance of this lame man, Wang Guo immediately turned over and dismounted, ran a few steps and seemed to want to come forward to help, but was chased and stopped by Cui Yu. He said anxiously: "Brother Wang." Don't be reckless, have you forgotten your uncle's temper? ”

Cui Yu's words immediately calmed down Wang Qian, and he looked at the person in front of him who was slowly dragging his body forward with complicated eyes. The heel circle flushed a little red, and after a while, he said in a trembling voice, "It's okay." Anyway, I've endured it for so many years, and I don't care about this moment. ”

Li Su looked at the performance of the two, and he was already sure in his heart that the lame man who walked over just now was the person they were looking for, but what made him strange was that the king, who had always been full of determination, was now showing such an excited appearance, what was his relationship with this person?

Thinking of this, Li Su stepped forward and asked, "Brother Wang, Brother Cui." This man is ......"

Since they have come to Taiyuan City, and Li Yu has already seen that person, there is no need for Cui Yu and Wang Guo to keep it secret. After one glance at each other. Cui Yu stepped forward and sighed, "Your Highness, I guess you can see it too." This man is the one who gives advice, and ......"

Cui Yu paused when he said this, turned his head to look at Wang Qian, then took a deep breath and said again: "Your Highness, this person's name is Wang An, not only is he a talented and world-renowned wise man, but also the father of Brother Wang!" ”

Hearing Cui Yu's words, Wang Guo, who had a painful face, sighed, his eyes were closed, and two lines of tears dripped from his face.

But Li Su was taken aback when he heard this, he really didn't expect that the beggar-like figure who had just passed over turned out to be Wang Guo's father? But isn't Wang Guo from the Taiyuan Wang family's long house? How could his father be so depressed, and how could he allow his father to become like this, with the wealth in his possession? And looking at him, he doesn't seem to be an unfilial person, right?

Thinking of this, Li Su looked at Wang Guo with a puzzled expression, but he was sad now, it was really not suitable to disturb him at this time, as for Cui Yu, he grabbed Li Su and said: "Your Highness, this matter is very complicated, let's follow Uncle Wang first, but don't disturb him, I will explain it to His Highness in detail on the way!" ”

Although Wang An's legs and feet in front were not dexterous, he had already walked a long distance at this time, and he was about to turn the corner, Li Su was right at first glance, and he followed Cui Yu at the moment, pulling Wang Guo to follow. Wang An drank a lot of Wuwang drunk, especially when he went out and was blown by the light wind, the alcohol surged again, and he was full of how to maintain his balance and not knock over the food box in his hand, so he didn't care about Li Su and the others who followed him at all, and Cui Yu slowly told some of Wang An's situation.

Since Wang An is the father of Wang Guo, he was naturally born in the Taiyuan Wang family, and when he was young, he was still the most outstanding son of the Wang family's younger generation, and he was a Jinshi in high school before the Sui Dynasty before he was twenty years old, but because of his young age and the arrangement in the clan, Wang An did not serve in Chang'an, but was sent to other places and became the county commander of a county.

In fact, at that time, discerning people knew that the reason why Wang An was released as an official was that the Taiyuan Wang family was gilding him, and as soon as his term of office expired, he could enter the political center of the Great Sui, and with the qualifications of the outward release, his promotion was faster. And Wang An didn't care about these, he was full of enthusiasm for reading at that time, and he just wanted to benefit one party with his talents, but he didn't care much about future promotions or anything.

However, the reality is beautiful, but the reality is extremely cruel, Wang An, who is full of sage books, encounters the same problem as the college students who have just left school after a thousand years, that is, he feels that most of the content he has learned before is not in line with the problems in reality, sometimes even if he encounters the problems mentioned in the book, but if he does the solution given in the book, it will make things worse, which made Wang An, who was still very young at the time, a little suspicious of the sage books he had spent reading for more than ten years.

At that time, although the county managed by Wang An was not particularly poor, because of the extremely heavy labor tax at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the life of the people in the county was not easy, and the people in the county could not eat a few full meals throughout the year, and even relied on wild vegetables for most of the year. Seeing this situation, Wang An, as the head of a county, felt a deep sense of guilt.

Unable to find a solution from the sage books, Wang An, who was tenacious, did not give up, but began to use his eyes and brain, observing and thinking at the same time, he also handed over the experience he had summed up for practice.

As a traditional scholar, if he wants to improve the lives of the people under his rule, the first thing he thinks of is land, and under his leadership, the people in the county began to reclaim wasteland with water conservancy, and after two years of development, the cultivated land in the county has increased by one-third.

However, Wang An soon discovered that although the method of increasing land alone could increase a lot of food, the final result was only to let the people eat a few more full meals a year, and most of the people in the county were still very poor. Moreover, the land and population in the county are limited, and it is impossible to grow indefinitely, so no matter how much effort is invested, the final harvest will be so much!

In the face of this situation, Wang An quickly shifted his eyes from the land, the wealth created by agriculture is limited, then he engaged in industry, with the help of several local bamboo products that sell well, in the county to engage in handicrafts, industry up, commerce is naturally prosperous, the people in the county in agriculture at the same time, but also can work to earn a wage, income immediately doubled several times, life is also rich, that is, at this time, let Wang An feel the power of industry and commerce for the first time, and deeply attracted, Begin to take a closer look at the impact and contribution of industry and commerce to society as a whole.

But it's a pity that the beauty is not long, when Wang An just studied a little clue, the end of the Sui Dynasty rose together, his county is famous for its wealth, such a fat, naturally attracted countless people to covet, although Wang An tried his best to organize the people in the county to defend themselves, but unfortunately outnumbered, and was later broken by Dou Jiande's troops, and he escaped alone under the desperate protection of his henchmen, fortunately his family has been sent to Taiyuan, so he did not fall into the hands of the enemy.

His own governance was broken, the Great Sui was dying, Wang An had no way to serve the country, so he had to return to his hometown Taiyuan, but he did not give up the study of industry and commerce, and waited until the rise of the Li family of the Tang Dynasty, and swept away the heroes with the momentum of sweeping the world, when the Li Tang Empire was in full swing, Wang An finally sorted out his doctrine.

Influenced by Confucianism, the Central Plains has always been based on agriculture, this sentence is not wrong, but the mistake is wrong, Confucianism will infinitely exaggerate the role of agriculture, agriculture can provide the food necessary for human survival is good, but because of the laws of nature, the wealth created by a person on the land is actually limited, and people live, in addition to the first need for food and drink, there are other higher needs, such as clothing, housing, transportation, etc., these can not be directly generated by the land, but by other people to create, And it was industry and commerce that were despised by Confucianism that created these higher demands.

It was based on this that Wang An systematically studied the role of industry and commerce, made it a doctrine, and began to spread it to his friends around him. However, his practice caused a strict ban from the elders of the clan, after all, this doctrine of subverting the Confucian classics has shaken to the very foundation of the existence of various families.

Wang An, who was only in his twenties at the time, was very dissatisfied with the ban in the clan, after all, this was his own hard work for many years, and he insisted that he was right. So he decided to leave Taiyuan and go to Chang'an to promote his doctrine, and he also heard that at that time, the Tang Dynasty was in the early days, and there was a serious shortage of officials, so it was a good time for him to show his strength.

It is also under this idea that Wang An arrived in Chang'an to promote his doctrine, but in the Confucian environment, he vigorously promoted the doctrine of industry and commerce but was not accepted at all, and was even denounced as a fallacy, for this situation, Wang An was psychologically prepared, so he was not discouraged, while persistently promoting his doctrine, while looking for like-minded people, slowly, with his superhuman knowledge, attracted many people to discuss with him, although he did not fully accept his point of view, But it's no longer as repulsive as it used to be. Just when Wang An's situation in Chang'an was improving step by step, he suddenly encountered obstruction from the family behind him.