Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 641 Li Shimin who was released

Sun Xiangfu himself didn't realize how much he changed the world. Sometimes, changing the thinking of a relatively important person is enough to change the world drastically. Li Chengqian is such a person.

He was influenced by Sun Xiangfu throughout his teenage years when his thinking was formed. Shanyang's two years of studying politics further shaped his relatively new thinking mode. Unconsciously, some similar ideas will emerge. Sun Xiangfu's thoughts.

There was almost no objection. The civil official group headed by Xiao Yu and Wen Yanbo agreed with Li Chengqian. As for the military chiefs in Chang'an, it was Li Chengqian's father-in-law Hou Junji, who retired to the second line after Li Jing. In the situation around Li Shimin, he is No. 1 in terms of generals who lead troops. As for Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin, they are now holding the official positions of state road chief and border town governor, and they are local officials who cannot interfere with central management. .

Therefore, this spending plan was put on the agenda without any hindrance.

However, the proposal to open the immigration policy to all foreign countries is still open to debate.

Because, the barbarian people from various countries in the Western Regions have a tendency to flood into the Tang Dynasty in large numbers. If a generous resettlement policy is opened to them at this time, it is foreseeable that those impoverished people in the Western Regions will flood into the Great Tang like refugees. Tang territory.

It’s just that Datang treated the native people so well. When they came to Datang, they could live in an environment with beautiful mountains and rivers and no wars, and they could live in a brick house that could be called a mansion in their opinion. Planting high-yield fields and the opportunity to obtain various high-paying jobs are very tempting to them. This is basically the life that ordinary civilians dream of. Who would not be willing to come!
Xiao Yu first raised objections. The construction of the new countryside within Datang has not been fully completed, and even when many places are still in poverty, so many resources should not be invested in those foreigners. In addition, Datang is still It cannot meet the rigid conditions for resettling a large number of migrants. First of all, there are not enough officials, and they will not be able to manage them. Although Li Shimin took a lot of scholars in the imperial examination last year, the current territory of Datang is too large, and there are too many counties. , Once scattered, it will appear thin, and for the Hu people in the Western Regions with a large language and cultural gap, if there is not enough manpower to strengthen management, it will easily cause chaos.

However, Wen Yanbo has a different opinion. Having devoted his whole life to ethnic integration, he feels that this immigration policy should be implemented strategically.

First of all, he put forward a proposal to allow rich merchants with a certain net worth to immigrate to Datang. A baseline can be set, for example, if there is a deposit of more than [-] in the Datang bank, or there is a project in Datang with a scale of [-] people. Industry, or the purchase of shops, houses, fields and other conditions worth tens of millions, etc., if one of them is met, they can be naturalized. After these rich people join Datang, not only will they not bring financial burdens, It will also greatly increase the fiscal and tax revenue of the imperial court, and the scale will not be too large at first.

The second is to allow foreign citizens who have reached a certain level of Chinese proficiency to join the Datang nationality and enjoy the resettlement treatment of the second-class citizens of the Datang. The minimum requirement is that at least half of the family members can reach the level of daily communication in Chinese .

This can give hope to ordinary people in the Western Regions who are eager to get rid of poverty, and it can also promote Chinese and Han culture in foreign countries more vigorously. Chinese is also not easy to learn in a day or two, so this is just for the court. Some buffer overtime.

Two or three years later, many barbarians in the Western Regions had almost mastered the Chinese language, and the Tang's official management system was also strengthened. At that time, they could continuously absorb the population of the Western Regions that had begun to Sinicize.

His suggestions convinced Xiao Yu, and at the same time made Li Chengqian highly appreciate him. If Sun Xiangfu was in Chang'an, he would definitely praise him. The wise men in ancient times were indeed not vegetarians, and they all had strong political vision.

The matter of spending money and the matter of immigration belong to government affairs. Li Chengqian now has the full power to dispose of it. The two prime ministers and deputy prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall and several ministers who stayed in Chang'an also agreed. Therefore, these two plans are very good. We are almost in the implementation phase.

In late October, when Li Shimin returned to Chang'an slowly from the Weishui River, which had entered the winter dry period, on a large boat, he discovered that the fiscal and tax balance of this year's treasury did not even have a million guan. This is not the first year of Zhenguan. At that time, two to three million guan a year, he can also support it for a year, with the current scale and system of the Tang Dynasty, 100 million guan, really can't do much.

Moreover, there is another thing that surprised him, that is, under the household department, there is another yamen called "immigration department". It is a big deal to set up an administrative office for the court. Li Chengqian actually decided to do it himself. The Political Affairs Hall has already approved it with a seal. But think about it, I have given him the full power to handle government affairs before. There's really no reason to blame him.

After reading Li Chengqian's spending plan in the imperial study, Li Shimin remained silent for a long time, but he didn't, and even said that he couldn't raise any objections, because every penny Li Chengqian spent was very reasonable.

First of all, he will spend the first chunk on military cultural education. Starting next year, all active soldiers in the Tang Dynasty will need to receive cultural education for 20 days a month, no less than two hours a day. Within two years In order to eradicate illiteracy, military officers at the general level must have a certain level of education within five years, and after two years, illiterates will no longer be recruited into the army.

If you look at this in the past, it is absolutely impossible to achieve it, because the workload is too great. Datang currently has an army, but it exceeds 100 million people, of which the young and strong of ethnic minorities account for more than [-]% , such as Andong, Anxi, Annan, Anbei Fourth Army, Ningchuan Road, Lingnan Road, and other border areas with a large number of garrisons, are dominated by young and strong ethnic minorities, and most of them can't speak Chinese. That's great, not to mention recognizing Chinese characters. Of course, even the Chinese sergeants of the Sixteenth Guards have a literacy rate of only over [-]%. , these people are still thinking rigidly, let them read and write, it is more embarrassing for them than scolding them, or even punishing them physically.

However, the situation is different now. With the impetus of the cultural troupe, those minority soldiers are very enthusiastic about learning Chinese, and the speed is also very fast. Datang can manufacture cultural and educational things such as pens, ink, paper and inkstone books very cheaply. However, as long as under the propaganda of the art troupe, let them know the importance of reading and literacy, and then stimulate them with certain benefits, it is not impossible to meet Li Chengqian's requirements.

After all, with Chinese pinyin and simplified characters, the difficulty of teaching is much simpler than before. Before that, the governor of Weinan opened a training class for adult people to read and write. A worker only needs to go to get off work after work every day After studying for an hour, half a year to a year, you can have a certain writing ability. In society, as long as you don't participate in writing work, it is basically enough.

Of course, the most important reason for promoting this education is that with the advancement of various weapons and equipment in the Tang Dynasty, soldiers must master certain cultural knowledge in order to be able to play a role on the battlefield. With future development, then This kind of hand-to-hand combat will not be used by the Tang army unless it is absolutely necessary.

During this period of time, Li Shimin has studied the booklet left by Zhao Long a lot. As a master of the art of war, he can naturally understand the power of these tactics. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as invincible, because it pursues It is zero casualties and annihilating the enemy in an all-round way.

However, this method of warfare also has shortcomings, that is, the requirements for generals and soldiers are too high, and almost all soldiers need to have a very high level of arithmetic, and they also need to understand various complex orders, and do it well. It is clear at a glance and quick to respond, which was impossible in ancient times. However, the group of people under Zhao Long did it. You must know that they were originally barbarians recruited by Zhao Long in Lingnan It's just the young and strong of the Liaoren tribe.

This dispelled Li Shimin's worries about promoting military cultural education. Of course, what he didn't know was that the reason why the sailors and crew members under Zhao Long were so strong was because they had nothing else to do during the several years of sailing. It can be done, on the sea ship, in that closed environment, if you don’t study, you will be bored to death, and you will be hurt all over while sleeping. They were selected by Zhao Long at the beginning, naturally because they are smart enough, so, study The effect is certainly not bad.

The second largest part of expenditure is infrastructure construction. Jiangnan Road is the largest state road in Datang except for several frontier guards. , is the largest.

In addition to the livelihood and welfare protection projects that the coastal states and counties will promote, the imperial court needs to provide them with a relatively good infrastructure construction environment, and the investment is naturally not small. For these projects alone, a budget of more than 2000 million yuan is spent.

After that, there will be the follow-up construction of Gangneung City and the paddy development project in Shannan Province. More than 100 million workers, food, drink, salary, and tool wear and tear will cost millions of dollars per month, which lasts for five or six months. The construction period and the combined cost are also over tens of millions. Changsun Wuji wants to develop all the three counties of Mianyang, Jianli, and Gong'an this year. After the development of these three counties, they all have arable land area of ​​one hundred to hundreds of thousands. Mu, a large county capable of resettling more than 4 households.

Thinking about the current prosperity of Jiuyuan County, and Ji Nan, Zhongxiang and other counties that are about to enter prosperity, Li Shimin felt that the money was well spent.

Then, the depressed Li Shimin sat on the big chair in the imperial study room in a daze, because he realized that he had nothing to do. Perhaps, he could look through the war report of the Japanese kingdom!It's a pity that Zhang Gongjin sent all the stables of the Emperor of Japan to him. There will be no accidents in the war over there, but some Zhang Gongjin showed his merits for his subordinates and the gold and silver mines he had collected in Japan It's just a report on the assets. After a quick glance, you have the bottom line and just sign and approve.

Wang Deyong appeared in the imperial study at the right time and reported, "Your Majesty, Yan Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry would like to invite you to visit the Daming Palace."

"Daming Palace has been repaired?" Li Shimin asked in surprise.

Wang Deyong replied with a smile, "Not so fast. The main palace building will not be completed until the beginning of next year, and the decoration time will not be short. It will be completed by the end of next year at the earliest. Yan Shangshu wants to invite you to watch the The decoration of the harem villa area built by the pool has been completed and can be relocated. The Supreme Emperor has already proposed to the internal servants to move there. Yeting, Imperial Garden and other places have been remodeled. This year, thousands of animals have been transported from various countries, and they have been placed in many places in the city. The voice of the people for the zoo is very high. The Ministry of Industry wants to Start building."

Hearing this, Li Shimin nodded and said, "There is nothing left and right, let's go and have a look!"

(End of this chapter)