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Chapter 432 Lingnan Development Strategy

The chief planner of the Xuanwu Gate Change, the reinventor of Dizhou, the founder of the new learning... Yue Shan is no longer a close minister who only relied on the emperor's favor, but a pivotal core minister of the Tang Dynasty.

The identity of the fairy boy and his previous achievements made everyone calm down and listen to him when facing him.Even if you have other ideas and different opinions, you will wait until he finishes speaking before expressing your opinions.

After introducing the situation in Lingnan and giving everyone a little buffer time, he continued: "I think the solution to the Lingnan issue can be divided into two steps."

When the dry goods came, everyone's ears perked up in shock.

"The first step is to solve the rebellion problem. The second step is to develop Lingnan."

"The first step is easy to solve. As long as a sage and an envoy issue an edict, Tan Dian, Feng Xuan and others will surrender. The difficulty lies in how to deal with these chiefs, or what policy the imperial court will adopt in the Lingnan area. "

"My suggestion, you can make a three-chapter agreement with Tan Dian and other bureaucrats and chiefs."

"What's the deal?" Li Shimin asked.

"The imperial court does not need Jimizhou, but needs a Lingnan that is completely subject to the imperial court's management. Therefore, the chief must surrender unconditionally, and submit a yellow book of household registration, and accept the administration of officials sent by the imperial court." Yue Shan said.

Hearing this, everyone present couldn't help nodding.Apparently, Yue Shan's tough tactics fit their ideas very well.

"However, the imperial court must also promise that within ten years it will not collect any exorbitant taxes, but only collect land taxes and commercial taxes." Yue Shan further explained: "As I said just now, poor people in Lingnan cannot afford taxes at all. Instead of forcing taxes, it is better to directly Exemption can win some people's hearts."

"These ten years are a buffer for both sides. Even if Tan Dian and the others are willing to die, they have suffered heavy casualties after fighting for decades. If they want ten years to recuperate, they will definitely agree to our terms."

"As for the imperial court, it can use these ten years to carry out preliminary development of Lingnan. When the Liao people find out that we are really helping them, when the people of Datang can live and work in peace and contentment, they will naturally be sincere and sincere. Obedient citizens of the Tang Dynasty."

"At that time, even if Tan Dian and others want to rebel, no one will follow."

"So the final question still falls on the governance and development of Lingnan. I don't know what Yuehou's opinion is?" It was Yuwen Shiji who couldn't help asking.

Yue Shan smiled kindly at him, and then said: "To govern and develop Lingnan, we must first improve the living environment. There are three biggest dangers that the local people will face: wild animals, miasma, malaria, and parasites."

"Beasts are easy to deal with, and you can send troops to hunt them down. The difficulty lies in miasma, malaria and parasites, which have plagued the world for thousands of years."

"I don't just know some methods to treat these stubborn diseases, and I have hundreds of famous doctors from Datang Medical College. I believe it will not take long to find a solution."

"When the time comes, I, Datang, will send famous doctors to treat these two diseases for free for the local people. I believe we will gain the support of the people."

"Taking advantage of the opportunity to solve the three disasters, we can also send some scholars to go deep into the people of Lingnan, to spread the glory of our heavenly kingdom to them, and tell them the benevolence of the saint..."

"Although Yuehou's plan is good, it just needs a lot of money. I have a little surplus in Tang Dynasty in recent years, but I have to deal with the Turks. I may not be able to spend so much money and food." It was Dai Zhou, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

I have great admiration for this person, Yue Shan, who is one of the rare people who is as clean as water.Not only does he not take bribes, but he often uses his salary to help the poor.The dignified Minister of the Household Department has only one courtyard with two entrances in his home.

To ordinary people, the courtyard with two entrances can be called a mansion, but to Shangshu Tobe, it is shabby.In the original history, when this man passed away, his family didn't even have a place to mourn, so it was Li Shimin who paid for his family to find a house.

Therefore, Dai Zhou believed that Yueshan could not spend much money from the court, and he was not trying to embarrass him or hinder the development of Lingnan.

But Yue Shan was not in a hurry to be disappointed. Since he proposed Lingnan development, he naturally expected this problem.

He smiled and said: "The court only needs to provide one hundred thousand guan of money and food as the initial capital, and then Lingnan can be self-sufficient."

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Did Cuilan think of a business opportunity?"

"Many people in the world love sweets, but the sugar production is very low and cannot meet people's needs. Lingnan is suitable for planting sugar cane, where we can reclaim farmland and plant sugar cane to make sugar." Yue Shan nodded and said:
"And I have a way to make the best snow sugar. I believe that with the snow sugar business, the development of Lingnan not only does not need money and food from the imperial court, but also pays huge taxes."

sugar cane?Snow candy?Everyone was taken aback for a moment, they never thought that Yue Shan would propose this method.In the past, the general development of a certain place was to encourage people to reclaim land to grow crops or grow mulberry and silkworms.

Planting sugar cane, which is not even considered a snack, is really unexpected.Even some people can't remember what sugar cane is for a while.

After all, sugar cane is really rare.

But they know about sugar, especially snow sugar, which is even more expensive than gold.If it is possible to produce a large amount of snow sugar... Everyone seems to see countless gold flying over like tired birds returning to their nests.

Then many people showed emotional expressions, secretly thinking about whether to go to Lingnan Circle to plant sugar cane.

Liquor, perfumed dew, soap, colored glaze, etc. are not their share, and Dizhou Development has not caught up with them. The Lingnan Development can't be left behind this time, and we must take this bus.

"Haha..." Li Shimin laughed heartily and said, "Okay, okay, Cuilan really didn't disappoint me."

The general framework for the development of Lingnan was thus determined, and then everyone discussed the specific implementation methods and which officials should be transferred to Lingnan.

When discussing specific implementation methods, Yue Shan spoke actively and put forward a lot of constructive suggestions, and also pointed out many omissions in other people's suggestions.

After a long time of discussion, finally came up with a complete implementation plan.

When it was time to discuss the dispatch of those officials, the side hall became even more lively.Everyone wants their own people to pass, and each position has to go through some competition.

Li Shimin didn't get angry about this either. The key positions must be held by people he trusts, and other unimportant positions are allocated to these core important officials.

This is also the tacit understanding that the monarch and his subjects have always maintained.

Only Yue Shan was relatively silent, he just asked for a few unimportant errands, and bluntly said that they were for the students of the academy to exercise.

Everyone also showed great face, saying that the students of the academy can go to any place in Lingnan for internship.

But it is not that he has no recommenders, but he recommended Ning Chun, the governor who was born in a bureaucrat but loyal to the Tang Dynasty, out of public interest.

Li Shimin was full of interest in this governor who tried his best to turn the tide and keep Lingnan intact, and immediately expressed that he would recruit him to Beijing to deal with it.

Afterwards, everyone dispersed to make preliminary preparations for the implementation of Lingnan Development.

(End of this chapter)