Lou Shide didn't know why.

He was sure that he did not know the wise and far-reaching Prince of the Tang Dynasty in front of him, and did not understand why he valued him so much.

However, from his rejection of the invitation of the Chief of the Yangzhou Governor's Office and sailing south directly, it can be seen that the King of Wu is a visionary person and will not lose his own losses when he works under his command.

If the King of Wu is confused today and accepts the invitation of the Chief of the Yangzhou Governor's Office, then he must consider his future.

It would be too dangerous to follow a boss who had no idea of ​​the depth of progress or retreat, or a prince of the country who had great power.

Mr. Lou is generous by nature. His biggest advantage is that he is broad-minded and persistent, and his biggest disadvantage is that he is too broad-minded and persistent. Those who are broad-minded and persistent have no temper.

Li Yuanai still didn't understand Lou Shide, and didn't know what he was thinking.

But he personally entrusted the position of Yangzhou governor, so how could he know the importance of it?

Although Yangzhou is located in Jiangbei, it is the core of the Jiangnan Military Region.

Although Li Yuanai holds the military power of Suzhou, Huzhou and Hangzhou, the combined force is only one-quarter of the troops in Yangzhou.

The military power of Suzhou, Huzhou and Hangzhou is nothing more than a guardian of prefectures and counties, while the military commanders of Yangzhou are the headquarters of the military region controlled by the imperial court.

Not a concept.

If Li Yuanai controls the administrative power of the sixteen prefectures in the East Jiangnan and has the power to the military town of Yangzhou, then he will be the uncrowned king of Jiangnan.

Not to mention the prince's treatment, even Li Shimin's son is far from having such rights.

Therefore, Li Yuanai knew that even if he didn't refuse himself, Li Shimin would find an excuse to change his Yangzhou governor to Suzhou governor, and took the initiative to propose that there would be no harm in all benefits.

And not only that, Li Shimin gave himself such great power, no matter how much he believed in himself, he would take some precautions before it happened.

A hero like him cannot be controlled by family affection.

The emperors of all dynasties in China, except for Emperor Xuanzong of Tang who could do such brainless decentralization, other emperors would reserve them.

Wang Wendu, the commander of the Yangzhou Governor's Office, was probably the backup plan for Li Shimin.

How could Li Yuanai be so stupid that he would drink and go to the banquet with Wang Wendu and Gu Shenyan, two generals who held the military power of Yangzhou and the Tang Dynasty?

Li Yuanai is still very clear about this point.

The most taboo thing when you are in a high position is to ignore the importance of it.

"Before going south, I gave Shangguan Yi, Liu Rengui, and Di Zhixun a task. I gave them the archives of the Shangshu Province on Jiangnan in recent years, and asked them to formulate plans and opinions on governing Jiangnan, and handed them over to me when they arrived in Suzhou. Now, you also go to the deputy ship to chat with them and take a look at the archives of Shangshu Province. Time is a bit tight, so I don't ask you to submit them before arriving in Suzhou. When will you write it and when will you give it to me. However, you have been an official in Jiangdu, and you are only separated from Jiangnan. You should have a more thorough understanding of Jiangnan. I look forward to your opinions."

Li Yuanai smiled and assigned the same task to Lou Shide.

Lou Shide knew very well that this opinion would be an introduction letter that determines the level of his status, and he went there solemnly.

Lou Shide was mature and steadfast, but he was also a prime minister who could stand alone.

Faced with this situation, I will not be willing to fall behind and go in a hurry.

They crossed the Yangtze River and entered the Jiangnan Canal.

When Li Yuanai entered the Jiangnan Canal, he felt that the situation in Jiangnan was more serious than he had imagined.

The two sides of the canal are vast and there are almost no traces of people.

What Jiangnan is most lacking is water resources. The land in the south of the Yangtze River is vast and sparsely populated. Because of the flood on both sides of the canal, no one will cultivate it, making it so deserted.

This ancient waterway was originally dug by King Fuchai of Wu. Later, the Sun Wu regime of the Three Kingdoms dug the Jiangnan Canal to communicate with Nanjing and Taihu Plain. It was continuously strengthened throughout the dynasties until the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and formed the canal waterway from Zhenyang, through Danyang, Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, Wujiang, Jiaxing, Tongxiang to Hangzhou.

When he was about to arrive in Suzhou, Shangguan Yi, Liu Rengui and Di Zhixun presented his experiences and plans together.

Li Yuanai chose to look at Liu Rengui's experience plan with full expectation.

Liu Rengui's written analysis of Jiangnan was very thorough, just like Li Yuanai and Wei Zheng, pointing out the reasons for Jiangnan's poverty in one sentence.

The low grain hurts farmers.

The better the weather, the less income the people in Jiangnan is.

After all, things are precious because they are rare, but too many things are worthless.

The grain inventory in Jiangnan is mostly for military purposes, which means that the grain produced is mostly used instead of taxation or sold to the court.

The imperial court's grain collection has always been lower than the parity line.

Therefore, it was impossible to generate large profits, and Jiangnan became poorer and poorer.

In order to change this disadvantage, Liu Rengui proposed three points.

First, when developing side jobs, you cannot blindly pursue farming.

Eat the mountains by the mountains, and eat the sea by the sea.

Use side jobs to get rid of the blind dependence of the people in Jiangnan for farming.

Second, re-plan and cultivated land.

In order to cope with the pressure of grain tax, various parts of Jiangnan have reclaimed land excessively.

The fields are flooded and uneven. You should know that the yield of one acre of high-quality fertile land is medium, and twice or even twice as high as that of low-quality fertile land.

It is better to seek excellence than to seek too much. Leave some land to grow other side products.

Third, it is also what Li Yuanai thinks is the most important. Developing business and encouraging local people to go to business. Only by developing business can you gather popularity.

Popularity is the foundation of development.

The fatigue of Jiangnan is the key and unprofitable.

Most of the grains in Jiangnan were won by the court, and it was difficult to effectively benefit the popularity.

If there is no popularity, even if it is a fertile land, it will be useless.

Li Yuanai looked at Liu Rengui's last point and applauded repeatedly.

Li Yuanai had a complete control over the development of Jiangnan. He deeply understood that if he wanted to develop Jiangnan, he had to start with business.

But he was worried that this era would be too restrictive of businessmen, and that the business development path was extremely difficult.

After all, Li Shimin once specifically instructed Fang Xuanling that even if the industrial and commercial mixed talents are outstanding, they cannot be granted official positions, and they cannot be allowed to "stand on par with the wise gentlemen of the court and sit and eat together."

The warrior at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty was named Duke Ying because of his sponsorship of Li Tang to capture the world.

The dignified Duke was looked down upon by all civil and military officials in the temple because of his origin as a merchant.

It directly affected Wu Zetian later.

Many people think that Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang and others oppose Wu Zetian as their queen because Wu Zetian is Li Shimin's concubine.

Actually, it is not the case.

The status of a concubine in ancient times was equivalent to goods, even the emperor's concubine was the same.

Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ao, married his father's concubine like Liu Ao, and made her the queen.

Because Wu Zetian was born into a businessman, Lai Ji grabbed her braid and said that she was "lowly born".

If Shangguan Yi, Liu Rengui, Di Zhixun, and Lou Shide were all the same kind of people who cherished their reputation and despise their business, it would have hurt Li Yuanai.

He can't take on the dirty and tiring work of his own.

He asked himself that he was far from being able to do everything himself.

Li Yuanai could see that Liu Rengui puts the development of business at the end on the surface, but in fact, the core key to his entire development is this the final business.

I think that's right. Liu Rengui is no better than Shangguan Yi and Di Zhixun. They are both wealthy eunuchs and have a high-ranking background and a sense of excellence.

Liu Renguizhen said that he was after Emperor Zhang of Han, Liu Feng, but this was all from the Tang Dynasty. What's the use of the Han clan relatives? To put it bluntly, he was a farmer, who was young and poor, and could not afford to go to school without money, so he could only learn by relying on a few books passed down from home. When he was free from work, he used wooden sticks to write and scratch the ground or in the air, and hardly honed his knowledge.

Liu Rengui learned it from the fields and did not feel that he was so noble than a businessman, so he could naturally see through the essence of this.

Li Yuanai satisfiedly put Liu Rengui's experience and plans aside. If nothing unexpected happens, Liu Rengui is the official in charge of business among his staff.

He immediately picked up the test paper submitted by Shangguan Yi.

Shangguan Yi is the youngest, and his experience is too ideal. The great principles throughout the article, coupled with his excellent literary talent and his introduction to classics and classics, Li Yuanai was very interested and had relish, but when he thought about it carefully, he felt uncomfortable at all.

Who can’t tell this great truth? It’s the real skill to subdivide the great truth into practice.

If there is only reason but no practice, it is talking about war on paper.

Shangguan Yi still lacks practical training. To be honest, he is more than one level short of Liu Rengui, the old world.

Ginger is indeed so spicy.

However, Shangguan Yi’s rectification plan is still remarkable, and he and Liu Rengui’s perspective on things are very different.

Shangguan Yi felt that the reason for the fatigue of Jiangnan was the administration. The emperor was far away in the south, and the culture was not prosperous, the people were ignorant, and talents were scarce.

The people were left to the officials to dominate and had no way to complain, which led to difficulties in the south of the Yangtze River.

Shangguan Yi's proposal was unique and made Li Yuanai's eyes lit up.

Jiangnan is far away from the emperor and the government orders are unknown.

Many policies that benefit the country and the people have been delegated to Jiangnan, and they have become the same.

This is indeed a big problem.

Shangguan Yi has a very elegant literary talent and is the best in the world.
To be continued...