In fact, in Lin Feng's original version of the ten questions for recruiting talents, he originally intended to include such big issues as trying to discuss the contradiction between Confucian benevolence and righteousness and battlefield treachery, the pros and cons of Buddhism and Taoism, and the relationship between the state and the individual, but later considered that such a problem had too much impact and was too wide-ranging, so he could only be cautiously promoted in the future.

"Your Majesty, princes, the reason why Lin Feng came up with ten questions for recruiting talents is precisely because the impact of that dream on Lin Feng was too great, and I feel that the next few years will be the most critical moment for our Datang, which can be said to be imminent, so I came up with such a radical plan, please understand Your Majesty and all the princes." Lin Feng first listed the starting point of the ten questions for recruiting talents, and declared that it was a radical move.

Seeing Li Jing and the others nodding in approval, Lin Feng continued to narrate:

"The first topic is on the relationship between the central government and its vassals and foreign captives. In Weichen's view, this world is the world of the jungle, and the affection for outsiders is ruthlessness to oneself. In order to clear the world, we must be tough, and we must have the momentum and concept that those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me die. ”

There is a reason why Lin Feng put this article in the first place. The monarchs of the Southern Tang Dynasty have always been hard when they should be hard, not hard when they should be soft. When he was able to sweep Wu Yue, he stopped because of the so-called benevolence and righteousness, and was stabbed by Wu Yue from behind when the Song soldiers pressed the border, which directly led to the death of the country; When annexing Fujian and Chu, he was careless in employing people, expropriating violently, and treating the conquered land as the land of the enemy, which left a legacy for his subsequent rule.

"This ......," Li Jing hesitated. In history, Li Jing has always continued his father's policy of good-neighborliness and friendship with the surrounding areas, and it can be said that the extermination of Fujian and the courting of Chu were all fooled by Chen Jue and Wei Cen who were eager to make meritorious contributions.

"Your Majesty! If you want to swallow the world, you can't have the kindness of a woman. Lin Feng hurriedly knelt down, his head clattering on the ground, "For example, Wu Yue, my emperor treats him very leniently, but he is only afraid that the north will attack, and they will be the first to attack from behind." What kind of allies are the safest? Allies who can control it completely are reassuring. ”

"Lin Aiqing, get up, this Rong Zhen thinks about it." Li Jing was still hesitant.

The second point, which he continued, was on the relationship between commerce and agriculture. Agriculture has always been the foundation of the country, and it must not be ignored for a while, but our Tang Dynasty has become such a prosperous situation because of its business and wealth in the country. Dare to ask King Qi, what is the proportion of agricultural and commercial taxes in my Tang Dynasty? Lin Feng turned to King Qi and asked.

"About **, six for commercial taxes and four for agriculture." Li Jingsui helps Li Jing deal with government affairs on a daily basis, and he still has a concept of these data.

"Numbers are the best proof, which shows that commercial tax is becoming the main source of tax revenue for my Datang. If agriculture is stable, the country will be stable, and if commerce is prosperous, the country will be prosperous, which requires great wisdom to deal with the relationship between commerce and agriculture. His Majesty, Wechen proposed this topic, first, I hope that the state will consider the development of commerce and agriculture as a whole, introduce policies to support business, and use business to support the improvement of national strength. At the same time, the introduction of agricultural policies, so that the world's farmers can benefit from farming, so that they deeply love the country and consolidate the foundation of the country. Second, it is hoped to recruit business talents from all over the world and stabilize our Datang from an economic point of view. ”

This article was put forward by Lin Feng in consideration of the tragedy of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty had a highly developed business and strong national strength, but it was not transformed into the driving force for the country's progress and the help of prosperity, resulting in a group of rich people guarding the mountains of gold and silver but being surrounded and beaten by a group of extremely poor barbarians, which is really a big joke in the world.

"Aiqing is thoughtful, and I agree with it. Can you elaborate on this second point? Since the founding of the Southern Tang Dynasty, he has been very open-minded about business, but Li Jing has never considered the relationship between farmers and businessmen in depth before, and asked.

"Yes. Businessmen, with all of them, facilitate people's livelihood and increase strength, and there are many benefits. Wechen just gives one example, if our Datang business is very developed, we strengthen guidance, sell our high-value ceramics, tea and other items to the enemy country, and buy back the weapons, horses, and grain that are beneficial to us, wouldn't it be invisibly strengthening our country and weakening the enemy country? Here, Lin Feng revealed a little bit of the scope of economic warfare.

"Wonderful! It's a soldier who doesn't fight. Li Jingsui slapped the table and shouted.

"Good, Lin Aiqing's meaning is very good." Li Jing also admired.

Xie Majesty praised falsely. In Weichen's opinion, as long as there is a way to defeat the enemy, it is a good way. The third question is how to ensure that a war is only profitable and not lost. Lin Feng continued to speak to Lu.

"Lin Yilang, this doesn't make sense, does it?" Li Jingsui took the lead in questioning. He is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, and he knows the loss of weapons, food, and money in a war.

Absolutely. How many wars the United States fought in later generations, but except for the Vietnam War and the Afghan War, they were basically guaranteed to make money without losing money. The key is what kind of thinking to use to fight?! Lin Feng smiled and said:

"King Qi must be very distressed about the payment of every war, but he may have ignored the income brought by the war. On the bright side, we have sacrificed our soldiers and consumed food, but once we win, we will increase our territory, increase our people, increase our taxes, and our national strength will become stronger. What if we change our thinking, and the country doesn't pay a penny, so that soldiers and rich businessmen can fight for us for free? Lin Feng asked with a smile.

"It can't be." Li Jingsui looked at Lin Feng like a madman, if it wasn't for the good impression that Lin Feng had made in front of him, he would have reprimanded him for being ridiculous.

"Ha Luha, for soldiers, we used to pay military pensions in peacetime and after the war, what if we expand the benefits and change the distribution method, so that they can take it themselves after the war? For example, for every battle you win, you give a soldier an acre of land, and the land is within the territory of the other party, and if you fight it, it will be yours. Defeated, there is none. Land is the ultimate pursuit of every farmer, and I believe they will consider taking a gamble, right? For example, if a wealthy merchant gives him land and minerals as expected returns, I believe they will be more than happy to provide money and grain, right? Lin Feng said some of his thoughts on the reform of the army in a different way.

"Your statement is too ......" Li Jingsui and the others all looked at Lin Feng dumbfounded.

"Why don't you dare to try? All the world's dealings are for the sake of profit, and we must use interests to drive them. If we innovate and launch these measures, I am afraid that we will cultivate the craziest and most warlike soldiers in the world, and I believe that when the time comes, let alone the north of the Huai River, the world is there, we will be able to break through! Lin Feng said loudly. Historically, in the Southern Tang Dynasty, its army failed to cross the Huai River boundary.

"Lin Aiqing, your proposals are always earth-shattering. I'm afraid we'll have to talk it over. Li Jing shook his head helplessly, this Lin Feng's whimsical thinking made them all a little overwhelmed.

Among the ten questions for recruiting talents, because the first three mainly involve ideological understanding, Lin Feng spent a lot of energy to explain, and then explained later, the speed was much faster, especially after Li Jing and they began to habitually recognize that Lin Feng's idea was feasible.

Fourth, we will collect the highest-yielding crops from all over the country. This was prepared by Lin Feng in order to free the peasants of the Southern Tang Dynasty from the land and the three-year drought two years later. Although the most productive sweet potatoes were still far away in the Americas, the Champong rice from the Indochina Peninsula was there, and the ships could have sailed to the Indochina Peninsula long ago.

The fifth is to solicit efficient planting methods and agricultural tools from all over the world. Although there was already a Quyuan plow invented in the Tang Dynasty for farming at that time, in Lin Feng's opinion, these were far from enough.

The sixth is to solicit from the world a device that can spin cotton. Since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there have been many records of cotton and cotton cloth, but at that time, cotton cloth had not yet been popularized, and the areas where cotton was planted were only limited to Xinjiang, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other regions. It was not until the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty that cotton cultivation began to spread rapidly to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Shaanxi.

The seventh is to solicit labor-saving and high-efficiency power facilities from all over the country. Although ancient China has made progress in wind, animal power, water power, and heat power, in Lin Feng's opinion, they are all too slow. He needs to find some people who really know how to do it, and then use modern power development ideas to tease them.

Article 8 is to solicit the sharpest weapons from all over the country. This was prepared by Lin Feng for Sun Cuo, and it was also something he had been planning for so long.

Of course, this article was questioned by Li Jingsui and Li Hongji. Li Hongji's reason is very simple, the best weapons in the world will only be produced in the prison. Lin Feng had no choice but to gamble with him with his official position, but Lin Feng was full of confidence in the most cutting-edge weapon that he and Sun Cuo had made.

Article 9 is to solicit instruments and maps from all over the country to guide the course of the sea. Before the Song Dynasty, navigation guidance was generally based on celestial phenomena and celestial bodies to identify directions, with stars guiding the way at night and leaning on the sun at day. This one was also prepared by Lin Feng for himself, he was ready to cooperate with the Fang family, and first drummed out the compass and nautical charts, and completely pulled the Fang family to his boat.

Article 10 is to solicit all kinds of mineral exploration masters from all over the country. This is to prepare for the development of various minerals in the future.

"These ten suggestions, the first three to solicit real thinking and talented talents, the last seven are to solicit real doers and innovators from the people. Of course, Wechen's suggestion is not limited to this, as long as it is an invention or creation that is beneficial to the country, society and the people, it is accepted. Wechen's idea is to be limited to three months, to collect from the whole world, we can give awards and bounties to the excellent, and then gather these people to establish the Datang Academy of Sciences, focusing on the research and development of the latest and most powerful technology. Lin Feng made a summary with great interest.

"What a grand idea! Lin Aiqing, I'm starting to be curious about your brain, how did you come up with these? Delin Feng is really my Tang Dynasty's luck. Li Jing couldn't help but sigh!

Li Jingsui also sighed.

"Okay, these ten questions are intended to be for the country and the people, I basically agreed, Jing Sui, the ten questions of recruiting talents will also be part of the debate competition, and they will be awarded to the whole country after the decision. Li Jing was full of interest, as if he saw a vigorous future.