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That night, Li Hu returned to Chang'an and immediately summoned Liu and asked about the situation of this mission to Xixia.

Liu's understanding of Xixia only stayed on the surface, and his knowledge was limited, and he was far from comparable to the many news that the Zhe family learned through various relationships. However, during the negotiations, Liu clearly saw two completely different attitudes of Xixia after the end of the Daibei War, which shows that the results of the Daibei War had a great impact on Xixia.

"Li Ganshun, Brother Li Cha is still so powerful after I occupy the north and south of Yinshan Mountain. It is entirely because of the split between China and Earth. They think that I have no strength to attack them." After hearing Liu?'s statement, Li Hu sneered, "I just want to attack them. This time, I not only want to take down Helan Mountain, but also conquer Qilian Mountain, recover the Hexi Corridor, and reopen the door to enter the Western Regions."

Liu? From Li Gang, how could Li Hu have the idea of ​​reopening the Silk Road and promoting the development of trade in the East and West. Although this idea is a bit crazy, it is very attractive. It is so tempting that even Liu? yearns for it. But after calming down, Liu? had to ask, "Master, the Western Expedition is amazing. How can we raise this money and grain?"

"Do you also think we should fight Southeast first?" Li Hu smiled

Asked.

"Master, I really don't know where this money and grain came from?" Liu said, "The Silk Road has been cut off for hundreds of years. We know nothing about the situation in the Western Regions and the west of the Palacio Mountains. In addition, as far as the current situation in China and China is concerned, we do not have the strength to open up the Silk Road. If the Silk Road is to be opened, China and China must unify, and China must restore its national strength. The third army must enter the Western Regions. We cannot predict the time and expenses required. Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty took the initiative to give up his control over the Western Regions after the revival of Zhonghua. The reason is that the national strength is insufficient."

"Reopening the Silk Road is just a design. I think it is not the main reason for us to launch the Western Expedition." Li Hu shook his hand and roughly explained the reasons for launching the Western Expedition. "As for the current situation, although the Western Expedition is very difficult, once the Dangxiang people are eliminated, it will help us accelerate the process of unification of Zhongtu. The longer the war is, the greater the harm it will cause to Zhongtu, and the greater the suffering the Chinese people will suffer. Therefore, in order to save the people from water and fire, we must choose the most difficult but fastest road of unification. As for the matter of reopening the Silk Road, if our generation does not work, we will leave it to future generations, but we must lay a foundation for future generations and point them a direction for them to move forward."

“The current Middle Earth and Han and Tang dynasties

Middle Earth is different. Now the arable land in Middle Earth has not increased, but the population is growing continuously. After the war, the population will grow faster. It is obviously unrealistic to expect the output of these lands to achieve the goal of enriching the country and strengthening the people. We must create more wealth, let more people eat and wear warmth, and let the national strength continue to grow. Only in this way can we defend Middle Earth and defeat our enemies."

Everyone can tell the principle, but it is very difficult to make specific policies.

Liu? Then he turned the topic to the ongoing reforms, especially the reform of the financial system. Liu? Started from academic theory, from the damage to the interests of the scholar class, and talked about the laissez-faire economic strategies that inevitably led to the concentration of wealth in the hands of big landlords and merchants, and their participation in politics and policymaking will inevitably lead to their evolution from controlling the country's economic lifeline to controlling the country's decision-making, and finally triggering the collapse and demise of the country.

"Any system has its pros and cons, which is inevitable," Liu said finally, "and judging whether a system is feasible is not how much wealth it can bring to the kingdom, but whether it guarantees the long-term stability of the kingdom and the continuation of its destiny."

Li Hu smiled and nodded,

For the sake of appreciation, from the time he first met Liu? in Datong, he had a very good impression of the old man. Today, Liu? is not afraid of violating Li Hu's majesty, is straightforward, and directly talks to the point, which really touches Li Hu deeply. In comparison, he feels that Li Gang has changed a lot. Although his personality is still straightforward and strong, his scheming is getting deeper and deeper, so deep that Li Hu has to be careful to be careful.

"The purpose of formulating national policies is to ensure the survival of the kingdom." Li Hu said, ". In the past dynasties, because of the small land output, a large number of people must be fixed on the land to ensure the safety of food. With the food security, the kingdom will be basically safe. In this dynasty, the situation changed. With the increase in land output and the implementation of a series of policies to encourage reclamation, the grain output reached a historical high, not only feeding 100 million people, but also rich food for trade and trading. In this case, a large amount of surplus labor emerged, and the court had to encourage the development of industry, commerce and other industries."

"The national conditions are different. At this time, if we continue to follow the old path, continue to formulate national policies based on the governance ideas of past dynasties, and continue to suppress the development of industry and commerce with the strategies of respecting the roots and suppressing the ends, it is obviously impossible to adapt to the national conditions and develop national strength, and thus we cannot ensure the survival of the kingdom."

"The destruction of the Song Dynasty is an example. Even though the financial collapse of the Song Dynasty, the wealth of the people is still amazing. Therefore, the destruction of the Song Dynasty is not because of the financial collapse, but because of the mistakes in the national policy."

"The national policy of the Song Dynasty caused various disadvantages such as three redundant ones. With an annual fiscal revenue of up to 80 million yuan, the subsequent changes still did not get out of the inherent shackles, resulting in the failure of the reform and the collapse of the country's destiny."

"At this time, we must reflect that when the proportion of population and land can no longer adapt to the financial strategy that has been following thousands of years, we will continue to use the old Confucian theory to formulate national policies and financial systems, or use the idea of ​​strategic interests to formulate national policies and financial systems."

Liu? Understand Li Hu's meaning. In this dynasty, there was a distinction between Taoism and Confucianism and Law and Confucianism. In terms of national policy, Taoism and Confucianism advocated governance without doing anything, and economic freedom without suppressing mergers; Legalism and Confucianism advocated suppressing mergers, state monopoly, and agriculture and commerce. According to Li Hu's words, if the financial system is based on Confucianism as its theory, Taoism and Confucianism starts from strategic interests, while Legalism and Confucianism starts from Confucian etiquette and Legalism's criminal name, these are two completely different national policy theories.

Li Hu is based on population and land,

The goal of creating wealth to enhance national strength is to elaborate on the financial system of both agriculture, industry and commerce, and try to convince Liu?.

Liu? In today's court, he was the most determined new coup reformist faction, and he was from the southerner, from Cai Jing's group. If he could convince him to change his mind and actively join this change, then Li Hu would be confident that after quelling the rebellion in the southeast and recovering the southeast prefectures and counties, he would quickly implement the reform strategy in the southeast and succeed.

The economic center of Zhongtu is in the southeast, and the Southeast's wealth accounts for more than half of Zhongtu's wealth. In the future, the increase of Zhongtu's wealth will mainly rely on the southeast. Most of the Southeast's bureaucrats are disciples of new party members such as Wang Anshi and Cai Jing, and the implementation of the court's reform strategy depends on them. No matter how hard the Guan school children work, they will not be able to reach the scale of new students within 20 years. If Li Hu pacified the Southeast in the next few years, then it is obvious that the reform policy must be completed by the Southeast bureaucrats.

Liu's importance is thus prominent. Although Li Hu knew that Liu might become an important obstacle to his capture of the reign of the Song Dynasty, he had to reuse Liu, trying to convince and transform Liu with the success of the grand strategy and the success of the reform strategy, so that he would become an important figure in developing the Southeast economy in the future.

Of course, Liu? Of course, he would not be convinced by Li Hu. His views are completely opposite to Li Hu in terms of grand strategy and change strategies. However, Li Hu's new ideas for change still made him feel. He participated in the implementation of Cai Jing's new policy, and he also sighed for the failure of the new policy. He was also constantly reflecting, and Li Hu's ideas for change gave him a lot of inspiration.

Li Hu invited him to participate in the Lishan Political Consultative Conference, and participated more intuitively and in-depth in the discussion of reform strategies and the formulation and implementation of systems.

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After seeing Liu?, it was already late at night, but Li Hu still rushed to the inn in person to visit Wang Yuan.

After hearing Li Gang's warning, Wang Yuan went to the Western Palace to pay homage to Dong Xiaochou, Luo Qinghan, Liu Yanqing and Zhe Keqiu. The four men were very enthusiastic about his arrival and highly praised his achievements in the Northwest. In the evening, Liu Yanqing held a banquet in the mansion to welcome him. During the meal, Liu Yanqing was worried and was not optimistic about the future of the Northwest people and the Northwest Army.

Wang Yuan had been under Liu Yanqing's tent for more than ten years and knew Liu Yanqing's character well. Liu Yanqing was good at mingling.

In the officialdom, the level of changing with the words and expressions is very high. Such people are generally cautious and even more cautious in doing things, worried about gains and losses. Li Hu probably understood his character thoroughly, so he boldly used him.

Wang Yuan understood as soon as he heard this. Due to the situation, Liu Yanqing did not dare to openly confront Li Hu, and he was powerless to do anything to Wang Yuan's future.

Wang Yuan was a little depressed. After saying goodbye to Liu Yanqing, he returned to the inn. After thinking about it, he even had the idea of ​​resigning from office and going home. I can't afford to mess with you, can you just hide, right?

Just when he was anxious and unable to sleep, Li Hu suddenly came to the house to visit, which made him feel uneasy and secretly grateful. Li Hu is now the Regent, and he came to the house to visit him late at night, which gave him enough face.

After the two of them exchanged a few greetings, Wang Yuan suddenly thought it out and found a reason to resign.

Li Hu laughed, "You pat it? You can leave with ease, and I'm in trouble. Don't say these words. I'll come late at night to explain to you the reason why I recalled you from the northwest."

The most important change measure of the imperial court was to change "focus on culture and over military" to "focus on both civil and military."

The earliest measure to emphasize both civil and military affairs is the separation of military and political affairs, but the separation of military and political affairs is conducive to centralization of power, but it is not conducive to war. Especially in this chaotic era, whether the separation of military and political affairs in the central government or the ground is extremely unfavorable to the progress of war. Now that Li Hu alone takes over the power of the central government, it can basically make up for the disadvantages brought about by the separation of military and political affairs. However, the disadvantages in local areas, especially in border areas are becoming increasingly important and need to be solved urgently.

"I plan to let you serve as the left-behind Tokyo and be fully responsible for the military and political affairs of Kaifeng Prefecture." Li Hu said solemnly, "After the end of the Western Expedition, this system will be implemented in all border areas in the northwest, but you need to take the lead in implementing it and summarizing some experiences and lessons."

Wang Yuan didn't expect that he would be valued. He was in a complicated mood for a while and didn't speak for a long time.

"In the future, Yue Fei's mission is to go south to capture the Huaihe River, and your mission is to defend the Yellow River defense line and block the Jin thieves in Shandong direction, and give Yue Fei a strong support."

Wang Yuan nodded vigorously, his eyes showing gratitude. Li Hu's words were equivalent to

Tell him that the entire Central Plains and Southeast battlefield belongs to Yue Fei and him, which shows Li Hu’s trust and expectations for him.

"Equally important to civil and military officials, civil servants can be generals, and military officials can also enter the court to become prime ministers." Li Hu smiled, "In a few years, when we pacify the Southeast, you will also accumulate enough experience and be prime ministers."
Chapter completed!