"Oh, Aiqing, please sit down and talk carefully!" Li Jing immediately became interested, moved his body, and changed to a more comfortable position, and Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, also pulled the stool closer to Lin Feng.

In the subconscious of the two brothers, listening to Lin Feng tell stories about the situation is a very eye-opening and happy thing, because compared to the famous teachers and Confucians who they felt when they were young when they were teenagers, they quoted scriptures and classics and sat upright when they were teaching, Lin Feng's lectures and ideas were often new and surprising, obviously easier and easier to understand.

Lin Feng sat down on the brocade bench in an orderly manner, raised his hand and gently pointed to the north, and then, pointing to his feet, he said: "Your Majesty, King Qi, on the way to the south, Weichen has seen a small official and a father and daughter who fled from the south, and the minister once talked to them separately in the night, and asked them why they came south, and the small official said that the officials in the north were corrupt and the situation was chaotic, and he was persecuted and came; The father said that there were too many wars in the north to make a living, so it was better to come to the south to farm or do a small business to make a living; And Weichen, who is also a scholar from the north and south, hopes to run for a future here. "Of course, as a traverser, these so-called things were all made up by Lin Feng, just to elicit his own opinions.

Li Jing and Li Jingsui are a little confused, can these things be connected? What do you mean?

Lin Feng continued: "Weichen loves association, likes to be here and there, and tries to see what is behind the matter, Weichen thinks, why do they want to come south for Weichen? To summarize briefly, it is none other than these reasons:

First, the war in the north, our Tang Dynasty is politically clear, peaceful and stable, which provides a favorable social environment for economic development;

The second is that the north ignores talents, while the emperor and His Majesty are honest and wise, know people well, and cherish talents, which provides a good development environment for talents in the world;

Third, Huainan and Jiangnan have superior geographical conditions, superior climate and environment, and have great potential for developing agricultural economy;

Fourth, pay attention to the development of commerce and trade, so that the people have the opportunity to change their own destiny;

Fifth, the people in the south are industrious, kind, and hospitable, which has laid a good social foundation for ethnic and social integration. ”

After Lin Feng finished speaking, Li Jing and Li Jingsui looked at each other, and they both stared and thought about it. North and South Tou is a topic that is often mentioned in the Southern Tang Dynasty, but in the past, the ministers were nothing more than desperately praising Li Yu and Li Jing's father and son for how wise and loving they were, but when Lin Feng summarized it today, they all felt refreshed and understood in their hearts.

After waiting for a while, Lin Feng continued: "Lin privately heard that the owner of a small inn in Jinling City boasted to someone a few days ago that his shop was already full of scholars and craftsmen from the south, and they were all waiting for the ceremony. That is to say, since the announcement of the three sparse Tang powers, the ten questions for recruiting talents, and the Honorary Lordship system, this phenomenon of fleeing south day and night has been constantly intensifying.

Wechen can conclude that this is a virtuous circle that is very beneficial to our Tang society and the country's society. Because, the world's talented people continue to gather in my Tang, at the same time, a large number of labor and advanced tools and skills also followed, talents, manpower, technology, as well as the ensuing confidence, wishes, hopes, just like the return of hundreds of rivers to the sea, will surely accumulate a huge amount of power for the transformation and development of my Tang! This is what the people want! ”

The more Lin Feng spoke, the more excited he became, and he deliberately flickered, and Li Jing and Li Jingsui also showed extremely excited looks on their faces. Yes, except for the special ** emperor, deep down the person on the throne doesn't want to become a generation of famous monarchs recited by history, and he doesn't want his era to become a peerless prosperous era?!

Lin Feng secretly looked at their expressions and continued to flicker: "This is also a major social phenomenon and trend that Wei Chen discovered when he browsed the history books and is happening now, that is, the world's political and economic center of gravity is accelerating southward!" This southward shift is from north to south, from the Yellow River basin to the Yangtze River basin and the south of the Yangtze River, and from the inland to the southeast coastal areas! ”

As soon as Lin Feng's point of view was raised, the Li Jing brothers were stunned for a moment, and a strange look immediately flashed in Li Jing's eyes, which was a fresh point of view that broke through the previous concepts.

Lin Feng kept talking: "Throughout history, the center of gravity of the world has always been located in the Central Plains of the Yellow River Valley, and its influence has slowly spread outward, and at the same time, the south is also slowly developing and developing.

However, by the time of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, this was a balance point, because at that time, the north was in turmoil, and the economy of the south of the Yangtze River increased its development efforts, resulting in a balanced economy between the north and the south, laying the foundation for the economic center of gravity to move south.

In the Sui and Tang dynasties before our dynasty, the economy of Jiangnan continued to develop, commerce began to develop rapidly, and the southern economy gradually gained the upper hand. And to the Anshi Rebellion, it is a very important turning point, the north once again fell into the continuous war, the world's economic center of gravity officially began to move south, and our dynasty is now in the acceleration stage of the world's political and economic center of gravity moving southward! ”

What Lin Feng said is the phenomenon of the southward shift of the economic center of gravity that really happened in history, and the most recent was the Southern Song Dynasty, when China's economic center of gravity was completed to move southward, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang became the economic center of China.

Seeing that the two bigwigs in front of him had an inexplicable look of excitement, Lin Feng hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and continued: "The one who has achieved great things in the world is the one who follows the general trend. His Majesty's determination to forge ahead, reform the old and bring the new, in fact, is in line with the general trend of the political and economic southward movement of the world, such as pouring oil on the fire, like sailing with the wind, the change will be successful! All things will be done! ”

With a "bang", Li Jing slammed his fist on the imperial desk, shaking the tea cup in front of him that had already cooled twice. Li Jing, who looked excited, stood up directly and praised loudly: "Aiqing said it well!" ”

After lighting the fire, you have to find a way to control the fire!

Lin Feng hurriedly smiled and continued: "Thank you, Your Majesty is a false praise! His Majesty, King Qi, and Weichen once sighed when they read history books hard before, a dynasty and a period of historical development are like a long wave, with a slow and long brewing stage, a sprint stage that also agitates Lang, and a calm period that retreats gently, and then a cycle of Langtou. Today, I Datang has gone through the brewing and accumulation stage of the emperor, and is now on the eve of the fierce Lang, and then it will usher in a calm stage that contains the next wave of strength, and this is the period of strategic opportunities for our development.

Weichen believes that at this stage, we should use more ingenuity, borrow more ingenuity, and should develop quietly and secretly. Therefore, in a foreign war, we should borrow a point of momentum if we can borrow a point of momentum, and if we can make a little less force, we should make a little less force, and try to achieve twice the result with half the effort. ”

Hearing this, Li Jingsui suddenly interjected: "Zhishan, are you really sure about the bet you made with Cha Wenhui about the great changes in the north?" ”

Li Jingsui's question is also a big heart problem for Li Jing. Li Jing has always been obsessed with Lin Feng's strange dreams about the future trend of the world, both worried and afraid that those scenes will be realized, and there is a trace of longing that these can really be realized, and their monarchs and ministers can work together to change the general trend of the world, so this is also the most fundamental reason why Li Jing hesitated in his heart on the day of the big competition debate and did not speak to stop Lin Feng from betting with Cha Wenhui.

Lin Feng replied categorically: "There must be no doubt that the great changes in the north will be great. The northern Han State is incompetent but jealous of the virtuous and jealous, that Ye is left behind, the Tianxiong Army Festival envoy and privy envoy Guo Wei Guo Que'er can be described as scheming, the wise general and brave general on the battlefield, how can he be tied, one, two tigers fight, one must die, the result must be Guo Wei turned his hand into the cloud, covered his hand for the rain, and took the opportunity to ascend the throne. "Tui Bei Tu" also recorded: "The Han water is exhausted, the finches fly high, fly around and stop, and the mountains are not as low as the city." Wechen concluded that it corresponded to this history. ”

Li Jingsui shook his head slightly, although he trusted Lin Feng's ability very much, this matter was too mysterious, and he really had no confidence in Lin Feng's victory. Politics has always been turbulent and there are too many influencing factors, what if it is wrong?

Lin Feng said in a deep voice: "Regardless of the win or loss of Weichen's bet, let's take this premise for the time being, assuming that Guo Wei comes to power as a new monarch, as a wise man, he must have some innovation, the military strength of the north is already at its peak, if he is given a few more years of development time, Jing'an internally, accumulate strength, it will definitely show his minions and look around." As soon as they think about their foreign expedition strategy, they must take the easy ones first, and then take the difficult ones, if I Tang can't develop rapidly during this period, catch up and surpass, then my Tang will face the catastrophe of annihilation! ”

The catastrophe of annihilation was Lin Feng's most straightforward and serious words about the future of the Southern Tang Dynasty in front of the two bigwigs of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and he also relied on the advantage of being familiar with history by virtue of the traverser.

In the second year of the Later Zhou Xiande in history (955 AD), the thirty-five-year-old Chai Rongzheng was full of spirits and determined to change, and in the fourth month of the lunar calendar, he ordered more than 20 people to write a poem of "It is not easy to be a minister for the king" and "Pingbian Policy", read it in person, and adopted the suggestion of Wang Pu of the military department Langzhong "the way to conquer, starting from the one who changes", and formulated the strategy of "first south and then north". Since then, the journey of the Southern Tang Dynasty has begun to accelerate!

Li Jingsui's face changed, and he blurted out: "Zhishan, then how many years do you estimate this time?" As soon as he said it, his face changed again, isn't this cursing Nantang for not having a good life for a few years? He couldn't help but look at Li Jing, for fear that his brother would be angry because of it.

Li Jing was not angry, and looked directly at Lin Feng, after Lin Feng's several vaccinations, his psychological endurance was much stronger than before.

"Five or six years at most, three or four years at least!" Lin Feng said in a deep voice. Lin Feng didn't say time to death, it was precisely because he considered that his butterfly had flapped its wings countless times and successfully inspired the Southern Tang Dynasty's journey of change, who knows if the two male lords in the north of the Dao, Guo Wei and Chai Rong, would attack in advance and eliminate the rising Southern Tang Dynasty in the shade buds, time is better to be broad!

"Three or five years?" Li Jingsui couldn't help repeating a sentence, still in a tone of complete disbelief.