Wentang

Chapter 430
"If you want to solve the Lingnan problem, you must understand the local situation, so that you can find a targeted strategy." Yue Shan then entered the topic:
"Don't the sluts in Lingnan want to belong to the Tang Dynasty and become citizens of the Celestial Kingdom? They think and dream of becoming a glorious citizen of the Tang Dynasty."

Hearing this, the corners of Li Shimin's mouth kept twitching, "Go to heaven?"Glorious Datang people?It's too shameless of you to brag, I'm even embarrassed.But... why is it so cool in my heart.

An illusion, it must be an illusion.

As for the others, they pretended not to hear.Because apart from pretending not to hear, they have nothing to say.Disagree with what Yue Shan said?Hehe... Believe it or not, he will be dismissed tomorrow because he stepped into the Daxing Hall with his left foot.

Yue Shan remained calm and continued, "But why are they still rebelling?"

"There is only one reason." He stretched out a finger and said, "Poor."

"The Lingnan area is bitter, with high mountains and dense forests, wild animals infested, blood-sucking parasites, malaria, miasma... the local people are dying on the verge of life and death all the time. So what they pursue is to live, who can make them live If they go down, they will listen to whoever they say."

"But my Tang Dynasty is rich all over the world. Wouldn't it be better to join the imperial court?" Someone couldn't help retorting.

"Hehe..." Yue Shan first gave him a mocking laugh, and then said: "The reason why the scumbags rebelled, and the reason why they refused to join the Great Tang, is that being a citizen of the Great Tang has to pay taxes."

"Paying taxes is a matter of course, they..." Yue Shan ridiculed the nameless actor, his heart was furious, and he spoke again to refute.But as soon as the words came out of his mouth, he realized something was wrong, his voice became smaller and smaller, and finally he retreated into the crowd in shame.

This time, Yue Shan didn't mock him, but just ignored him, and said to himself: "The scumbags don't even want to live, so how can they have the money to pay taxes? So they will definitely rebel."

"If the court really wants to solve the Lingnan issue and bring this place into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, it must solve this problem. Otherwise, even if we conquer this place by force, we will not be able to rule for a long time."

Li Shimin and many ministers couldn't help nodding their heads in agreement, and many people showed excited expressions. Obviously, Yue Shan's words gave them a lot of new ideas.

Feng Zhidai looked at Yue Shan in surprise, he didn't expect this Qing Shuihou to have such a unique and accurate view of Lingnan.

Guarding Lingnan for generations, the Feng family is very clear about many problems, and is also thinking about solutions to these problems.

They knew that there was a problem with the imperial court's policy, but because of the constraints of the times, they couldn't figure out where the problem was. They couldn't find a better solution, so they could only maintain the status quo.

Now, after hearing what Yue Shan said, he vaguely grasped the crux of the problem: poverty.

In the past, people in the Central Plains would contemptuously refer to Lingnan as a barren land, calling the locals barbaric and unruly.But no one has ever considered why those they regard as barbarians are "barbaric and difficult to tame".

Don't the barbarians really want to live a good life like the Central Plains people?

No, they thought, just not capable of it.After the rulers of all dynasties arrived there, the first thing they thought about was not how to improve the living environment of the local people, but to strengthen the prevention of brutal exploitation.

Liao people will naturally rebel if they can't survive.

The Central Plains dynasty seldom reflected on whether there were any problems with their own policies, but rudely attributed the responsibility to the barbarians as "barbaric and difficult to tame".

If the imperial court is willing to help the Liao people live a stable life, will they still oppose it?
No, Feng Zhidai immediately gave the answer in his heart.

Then he looked at Yue Shan with eager eyes. Since this Qing Shuihou can point out the problem to the point, can he solve this problem?

At this time Li Shimin asked: "Does Cuilan have a good solution?"

"I have some ideas, but I dare not say if it is a good strategy." Yue Shan laughed.

"Quickly tell me." Li Shimin asked with a happy face.

"Although the living environment in Lingnan is very harsh, it also has advantages that other places do not have. For example, the land is fertile, and a little reclamation can turn it into a high-quality farmland. The local water network is dense, so you don't have to worry about drought or flood. It is the best granary." Yue Shan Start counting the local advantages:

"I can only use one sentence to describe how big Lingnan's grain production capacity is. Lingnan is well-cooked in the world."

"Lingnan is familiar with the world?" All the people present showed shocked expressions.Among them was Feng Zhidai. He naturally knew that some places in the south of the Five Ridges had particularly fertile land, but he didn't expect Yueshan to have such a high evaluation.

It took Li Shimin a while to recover from the shock brought by this sentence, but he was not happy, but asked seriously: "Cuilan is serious?"

If it is said that ruling Lingnan in the past was purely for expanding the territory and adding to one's own merits, then now there is a more sufficient reason and motivation.

granary.

"I dare to use the head of the item as a guarantee." Yue Shan said solemnly.

"Hum." Now the whole court was boiling.

Even if someone doubted Yue Shan's words just now, they have to believe it now.And the more we believe that Lingnan can become a granary, the more excited we become.

The granary, Lingnan is well-cooked all over the world.Anyone who is not stupid knows what that means.

Li Shimin also clasped his palms excitedly, and it took him a long time to suppress his emotions, but changed the subject: "You haven't said how to solve the rebellion of Tan Dian, Feng Xuan and others?"

The ministers immediately fell silent, even though they really wanted to know how Yueshan would develop Lingnan, they didn't dare to ask about it on the spot.

They were very clear about Li Shimin's intention to change the topic. This kind of important matter related to the safety of the country must be discussed in private before it will be revealed bit by bit, and it is impossible to directly bring it to the court.

But even so, the news revealed today is enough.

Lingnan will become the next target of the empire, and investing there will make a lot of money.Businessmen can make a lot of money by investing, and officials can make great achievements by working there.

At this moment, many officials who had no hope of promotion were thinking about whether they should take the risk of going to Lingnan to suffer a few years of hard work for a chance to get ahead.

Naturally, Yue Shan would not speak out his thoughts in public. What he said just now was just to let everyone know that the imperial court was going to carry out a large-scale development in Lingnan.

The news will spread soon, and those rich and powerful people will naturally come to join in the fun.

What is most needed for development?people and money.There are no people and money, only the court policy is useless.

Only by attracting those rich and powerful people to invest and develop can the Lingnan area be developed better and faster.

So when Li Shimin changed the subject, he also changed the subject along the way.

As for how to deal with Tan Dian and the others, it is very simple.

"Recruitment, the sage only needs an edict and a messenger, and Tan Dian and Feng Xuan will definitely return to the Tang Dynasty."

(End of this chapter)