Just when Lin Feng was methodically advancing the "ideal city" in his heart in Shouzhou, Li Hongyi, the crown prince in the eastern capital, had been depressed.

The reason why Prince Li was depressed was very simple, the changes he initiated in the Eastern Capital City could not be pushed forward!

Previously, the reform measures that Song Qiqiu gave to the prince were basically the inherent ideas he had persuaded Li Yu to reform twenty years ago: persuading farmers to teach mulberry, levying light taxes, purging officials, and recruiting talents.

The measures are of course very good, but the context of the changes is completely different:

At the beginning, Li Yu served as the assassin of a small Runzhou. At that time, it was the end of the Tang Dynasty, there were many changes, people were determined, Li Yu in this background forge ahead, drastic reform, after more than ten years of persistence, the most Lu later led to "the county is stable, the people are abundant, the city is strong, and the soldiers are brave".

But now, Yangzhou City has been the eastern capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty for 14 years, and the people who can live in the eastern capital are nothing more than Yang Wu and the magnates and wealthy of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and they are all inextricably linked to the Jinling Imperial Court in the western capital.

Persuade the class to farm? The landowners around Yangzhou are either rich or expensive, and they have long developed the original planting methods and habits, and some people intend to try the Champa rice that Li Hongyi intends to advocate, but the future is unknown, and the use is unknown, so basically no one cares about it.

Thin levy light endowment? Tang Hao, the former deputy privy envoy who stayed in the eastern capital, heard about Li Hongyi's idea, and directly found Li Hongji with a thick account book, and told him all about the income and expenditure in the eastern capital. As long as you can ensure the normal financial operation of the Eastern Capital, you let me go east, I will never go west!

Li Hongyi was speechless. The prince's family has no spare money, where can he make money out of thin air?

Before leaving, Tang Hao respectfully threw down a request: the flood season is approaching, and he also asks His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to consider the work of flood control and dredging as soon as possible, and determine the number of servants as soon as possible. Yes, not only is it impossible for Prince Li to reduce the conscription at this stage, but he must also increase the conscription!

Purging the officials? Any one of the guards in the Eastern Capital Left-behind Mansion may have been introduced by a certain person in the court. Once, Li Hongyi wanted to deal with a large treasurer who was not very obedient in the Eastern Capital Left-behind Mansion, but a few days later, a handwritten letter from Feng Yansi came from the Beijing Division, praising the prince in the front, and vaguely proposing that the tent in the left-behind mansion was a descendant of the previous dynasty, and asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to consider the feelings of the old ministers of the previous dynasty as appropriate.

Li Hongyi was so angry that he slapped the letter and scolded for a quarter of an hour! Dare to love me, the prince, who can't even move a little account man?! In my heart, I suddenly lost my initial confidence and courage in rectifying the rule of officials.

Recruiting talent? What a good thing! When Li Hongyi's intention to recruit a group of talents had just been revealed through his subordinates, the study room where the prince was temporarily stationed in the mansion was immediately filled with all kinds of invitations and self-recommendation letters, followed by recommendation letters and love letters from Jinling.

Li Hongyi was not vigilant at first, so he chose an invitation that he thought was more important, and went in a hurry, but the result was that he returned in defeat. After the local tyrant invited the guests to have a good meal and give generous gifts, he made a small request: the dog is rich in five cars, skilled in soldiers and horses, and asks His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to take care of him. Li Hongyi almost got his nose crooked, just rely on your family's loser? A few days ago, I heard that he was jealous and fighting with people in a brothel!

Later, Li Hongyi was so annoyed that he directly told the outside world that the matter of recruiting talents was purely misinformation, which could be regarded as temporarily calming down this trend.

For two months in a row, Li Hongyi encountered soft or hard nails one after another, and only then did he realize that his prestige and ability were by no means as powerful as he imagined.

Song Qiqiu is well aware of this, the current Tang Emperor Li Jing is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, and Li Jingsugui, the king of Qi, is the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and he is very powerful. Besides, who in the world doesn't know that Li Yu, who is a genius of calligraphy and painting, and discovers that Lin Feng, a genius, is even more favored by Li Jing? ! Of course, Song Qiqiu saw through it but didn't say it, and he wouldn't take the initiative to touch Li Hongji's biggest heart disease.

That night, Li Hongyi and Song Qiqiu sat in the study to discuss things, and the topic naturally came to the change, the more Li Hongyi talked, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but complain: "Song Gong, this change involves a lot of things, and it is difficult to move an inch, and it is not as good as marching and fighting!" ”

Song Qiqiu also sighed with emotion, once again admitting that he underestimated the background difference between the original change and the current change, and did not consider enough obstacles to various changes.

"Times change, it seems that it is no longer feasible to continue the idea of change in the Eastern Capital! The old man now has to admire Lin Feng's cleverness in the corners of the change! Counting Yang Wu, our Tang Dynasty has been established for a long time, and all kinds of interests have become a trend that affects the whole body, and it is difficult to change! ”

Li Hongyi said a little angrily: "Don't mention that poor sour boy in front of me in the future!" I just don't understand, why is his luck so good, no matter how bad the situation is, he can succeed smoothly in the end, and he still makes a fortune?! ”

Song Qiqiu couldn't help but shake his head again and again. Just a few days ago, Li Jing also sent a special edict to various places, naming and commending Lin Feng to report on the trade in Liao, and praised the most effective trade effect!

When the two of them were sighing, someone reported that Tang Hao stayed in the eastern capital to ask to see him.

After Tang Hao was introduced, after a little noise, he took out a piece of paper from his arms and said: "Your Highness, Duke Song, Tang received the second joint application from the squire in the city today, begging to choose a place to build a bank and a supermarket. ”

Li Hongyi and Song Qiqiu glanced at each other, their eyes full of helplessness. When they came to the Eastern Capital, they were originally ambitious and wanted to show their strengths, but they naturally didn't want to follow Lin Feng's path of change in their hearts. Therefore, when they first received a similar joint application in Dongdu, they were furious and suppressed the matter. But now, they found that the changes they initiated were restricted everywhere, and others had even begun to force them to follow Lin Feng's path!

Seeing that the two of them were silent, Tang Hao said with some hesitation: "The supermarket is a matter of market interests, and my subordinates think that it is not to be worried, we can invest more shares and control the overall situation!" As for banks, subordinates have thought about it many times, believing that it is likely to be an important thing that affects the world's economy, and it must be carefully considered. ”

Song Qiqiu's eyes narrowed slightly, his face was calm, but his heart was by no means calm. The more he studied Lin Feng, the more he found that Lin Feng's demons were more and more strange, and the falling seeds everywhere seemed to be inconspicuous, but the huge power of each falling child would slowly reveal itself with the passage of time. The same is true for supermarkets, academies of sciences, and banks.

Regarding the bank, Song Qiqiu had discussed it privately with Li Hongyi many times. In their view, banks can inhale at low interest rates and release at high interest rates, as long as the scale is large enough, the difference in the middle is very considerable! They eventually characterize the bank as an unpredictable monster, and later, maybe even control the economic lifeblood of the entire country, and naturally have an inexplicable fear and resistance to this unknown in their hearts.

Li Hongyi spoke: "Lord Tang, I don't know what is the difference between this joint request and the last one?" ”

Tang Hao looked at the guards who were far away from him, lowered his voice, and replied cautiously: "The squires have expressed their willingness to reduce the proportion of shares in banks and supermarkets to less than fifty percent; At the same time, they privately stated to their subordinates that they could jointly fund the purchase of 10% of the bank's shares for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

Li Hongyi's heart was pounding suddenly.