Li Qinzai rarely talks about big truths, especially with Li Zhi.

His character is actually very content with the status quo, and if he maintains his current state of life until he is old, it may not be a happy thing.

Occasionally think about a few new dishes, make some small inventions, add a block to the students, quietly accompany his son to grow up, find a small villa in a remote place when he is old, and take his wife to wait for the end of his life.

If the children and grandchildren are filial, they can come and go more, and if they are indifferent, the well water will not interfere with the river water.

has come over in two lifetimes, in fact, Li Qinzai has not lived so thoroughly, there are joys and sorrows in life, and he can't be unfazed, what qualifications do he have to tell others the truth?

But today he had to say.

The world is beautiful, it can be better, and it can also make one's life more convenient.

The important thing is that it can continue the current state of happiness in life, and perhaps, better.

Why not talk about it?

Li Zhi and Empress Wu were stunned by Li Qinzai's truth, and they really regretted it a little at this moment, why didn't they bring someone from the middle school to accompany them to record the content of the monarch's performance.

After ascending the throne for more than ten years, Li Zhi already had rich experience in governing the country, and he could feel only intuitively that what Li Qinzai said was the road to governing the country and the theory of seeking the country.

"Jing Chu Dacai, you go on, I listen to you." Li Zhi's expression became solemn.

Empress Wu also became much more serious, and said: "'If you want to get rich, build a road first', just six words, the words are wonderful, and the deep thinking is quite reasonable, Your Majesty, Jing Chu's words are of great use to Sheji." ”

Li Qinzai thought for a while and said: "The road is actually the infrastructure of a country, and it requires a huge investment in the construction of the road, and it is difficult to recover the cost of the investment, and it consumes the national capital." ”

"Not only is the investment large, the construction period is also very long, Your Majesty said bluntly, one or two generations of emperors, it may be difficult to repair the roads in the whole state and county of the Tang Dynasty, if the emperors behind feel that it is not beneficial, maybe it is the death of the government, and they give up halfway."

"However, if one day, all the states and counties in Datang have built cement roads, with the national capital Chang'an as the center, spreading out in all directions like a spider web, these roads are the arteries of a strong and rich country, whether it is natural disasters or man-made disasters, as long as the roads continue, there is no hurdle that cannot be passed."

"The faster the flow of goods of the merchants, the faster the movement of the army, and the faster the movement of the various states and counties, can also reach Chang'an faster, which is conducive to His Majesty's complete control over the local government."

Li Zhi and Empress Wu's eyes became brighter and brighter, and they took deep breaths from time to time, obviously the Heavenly Family couple was very uncalm in their hearts at this time.

Li Qinzai pondered for a while, and then said: "At the same time, there is a great benefit to building roads, which can ensure that Datang is worry-free for at least a hundred years." ”

"What's the benefit?" Li Zhi asked impatiently.

Li Qinzai smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please move, the minister wants to show you something." ”

Li Zhi smiled: "Let's go, I will listen to Jing Chu's arrangement today." ”

The three of them left the cement kiln, and under the escort of the guards, they came to the entrance of Ganjingzhuang Village.

The entrance to the village is busy, and the farmers are wielding shovels and hoes to dig ditches, and on the way from the farmland to the Wei River, there are already five main canals that have begun to take shape.

The cement is constantly being fired, and the farmers bring in river sand to mix the cement well, and many people have learned Li Qinzai's craft and are using iron sheets to smear the mixed cement on the surface of the ditch.

Li Zhi and Empress Wu looked at each other in surprise, and Li Zhi couldn't help but say: "Jingchu, the dealers are ......"

Li Qinzai sighed: "This year's drought in the north, although it is not yet the autumn harvest, but the approximate grain harvest can already be predicted, the result is very bad, even if the government is free of rent, it is difficult for the farmers to maintain the livelihood of the whole family for a year." ”

"The minister then thought of a way, taking advantage of the time when the farming was not busy, mobilized the farmers to dig ditches, in advance to alleviate the drought in the future, the ditch leads directly to the Wei River, there may be other disasters in the future, but in case of drought, the harvest must not be too low."

Li Zhi realized: "Jing Chu plans to use the way of workmanship to let the farmers exchange labor for food to survive this year's disaster?" ”

"Yes, the minister calls this 'work for relief', Your Majesty, in a disaster year, the people certainly need relief, but simple relief is not the root cause, when the people are used to reaching out to the government to ask for relief, they will lose the motivation to work."

"In the future, no matter if there are natural disasters or man-made disasters, just open your mouth to ask the government, and in the long run, it will not be a good thing for the society and the people, and this trend will not last."

"If the local government provides a job to the affected people in the form of forced labor or labor, so that the people can exchange labor for food, this not only ensures the food and clothing of the disaster victims, but also purifies the people's customs, and at the same time, the prefectures and counties in Datang also get new river embankments, roads, and city walls."

"More importantly, the cash-for-work can stabilize the people's hearts, if there is a disaster year, the people's hearts are turbulent, and the displaced people are moving around, it is easy to cause a civil uprising, but if the people are provided with the opportunity to earn money and food, it is a way to live, and with a way to live, who would want to rebel?"

Li Zhi and Empress Wu's expressions became more and more solemn, and what Li Qinzai said, they listened to every word and remembered it in their hearts.

I have to say that Li Qinzai has a far-reaching view.

From the emperor's point of view, if there is a way to quickly stabilize the people's hearts in a disaster year, no emperor will refuse.

Since China, Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, and a hundred schools of thought have all had doctrines for establishing the world, but no matter what kind of doctrine, its fundamental purpose is to consolidate the rule of imperial power.

The core of imperial rule is the people, is the people's will, in short, for thousands of years, countless sages and sages have tried their best to create various theories, all from the perspective of the rulers, to help them consolidate the imperial power, stabilize the people's hearts, so as to achieve the goal of the dynasty for thousands of generations.

Li Qinzai's words just now were very pragmatic, and he eased the contradictions between the rulers and the people from a different angle.

What were the rulers doing in the past every year of disaster?

They are on guard, on guard, against the troubles of the disaster victims, and against the ambitions taking the opportunity to rebel, so the army stationed in the disaster area during the disaster year is not to help the disaster victims, but to be ready to suppress it at any time.

Just like Dayu to control the water, the emperors of the past dynasties used "blocking", and Li Qinzai used "sparse".

It's better to be blocked than to be sparse.

In contrast, in previous disaster years, the government's defensive posture blocked the people's way of life, but Li Qinzai opened a way of life and gave the people another choice to survive.

Survival is not only farming, the land is wasted, but also work, as long as you are diligent and willing to work, you can survive in the end.

If the people believed that they would not starve to death, who would risk losing their heads to rebel?

Li Zhi muttered in his mouth: "Work for relief, work for relief...... Wonderful! ”

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