The smoke and water are ethereal, like sand and fog. Qinhuai Restaurant, light singing and dancing.

The style of the south of the Yangtze River is all in Jinling, Jinling meteorology, Qinhuai painting boat. Exquisite boats, floating on the gentle green water, lanterns and torches on both banks, decorate the Qinhuai River as gorgeous as the Milky Way in the sky.

Since this spring, the Qinhuai River has been several times more lively than usual, and more and more literati and high-rollers with northern accents have come to the Qinhuai River.

Celebrities and gentlemen from the south of the Yangtze River also rushed to visit the party, and everyone gathered on the painting boat to talk about the world, discuss literature, discuss current affairs, and point out the country, so it was not lively.

Find a few at random, all of them are famous officials, Shuode Hongru, who traveled thousands of miles from the north to defect to Jiangnan. Among them, there are many famous scholars, some have already entered the court as officials, and some are still waiting to visit the thatched house.

They are poems and wine, and they vomit their dissatisfaction in their chests.

"Who is Guo Rong? is just a tea rat seller, who followed Guo Queer in his early years, recognized the thief as his father, rebelled against the old master, and stole the Central Plains, how can such a person rule the world? ”

"You don't know, the Central Plains has been ruined by them...... Destroy the Confucian Temple, destroy the Taoism, demolish the temple, and melt the Buddha statue! You can do anything ridiculous! The Buddha statue in the temple, which is a treasure handed down from Li Tang, is priceless and immeasurable, and it is really a treasure of the country. But Guo Rong Xiaoer, what do you know! He actually coveted a few strings of copper coins, and destroyed the Buddha statue, and what he did was outrageous! ”

"What is the destruction of a Buddha statue? They also wantonly increased the field endowment, increasing the original one-percent field endowment to thirty percent, and promoted the small people, unable to make a living, displaced, that is called a miserable and pitiful! ”

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These masters from the north used exaggerated tones to bitterly show Da Zhou's crimes, and from top to bottom, they all scolded a dog's blood.

At this time, some celebrities from the southeast sighed, echoed with them from afar, and admired the beauty of Jiangnan. The son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty cherishes the people and values the scholars. The people are flourishing, and the country is flourishing.

The people of the Central Plains, looking forward to it, waited for the Holy Son of Heaven to wave his army north, hang the people and fight the crime, get rid of Guo Rong, level the Great Zhou, and restore the prosperous Tang Dynasty......

After entering April, more and more people came to Jinling.

The wealthy families with five surnames and seven sects also came to Jiangnan one after another.

The Lu family, the Li family, the Wang family, the Zheng family...... Dressed in the south, defect to orthodoxy!

In May, on the streets of Jinling, a random brick could be thrown to death for a scholar who was full of words.

Under the claims of these people, the scholars and people of Jinling are more and more convinced that the Central Plains has become a hell, and it is a rare blessing for them to be born in Jiangnan and live under the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

Even if you scare the child, if you say you are disobedient, you will be sent to the Central Plains!

The beggar who was chased and beaten by the government all over the world, the first thing he said when he stopped to breathe was that fortunately it was in Jinling, and if it was in Kaifeng, he would be sent to dig coal!

"Han Xianggong, three days ago, Li Qin of the Li clan in Longxi came to the imperial court and met His Majesty." The person who spoke was Seo Hyun.

Since Han Xizai wrote the book, he got Li Hongji's blood-red criticism, and he kept his mouth shut and didn't say a word. But Yushi was unwilling to let him go, and took the opportunity to impeach, saying that Han Xizai was debauched and neglected the government, and demanded that he be removed from his official position.

After Li Hongji weighed it, he removed Han Xizai from the position of a scholar of the Qinzheng Palace, retained the false title of the secretary of the military department, and gave him a leave of absence for cultivation.

The former friends and protégés all avoided him, but Xu Xuan, who was not small, dared to come to visit in person, and also talked about the situation of the imperial court.

Han Xizai smiled slightly, "The Li family is a big family, and it is really a blessing for the Tang Dynasty to take the initiative to defect to the Son of Heaven!" ”

Xu Xuan laughed, "Han Xianggong, between you and me, do you still need Piri Yangqiu?" Li Qin is a straw bag, the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty dismissed him from his official position, how can I use him in the Tang Dynasty! ”

Han Xizai was slightly surprised, "What's the matter, Brother Xu is in the book?" ”

"I didn't go to the book, but I questioned him face to face!" Xu Xuan said loudly: "I asked Li Qin, how many soldiers and horses there are in the Great Zhou, how much grain and grass are there, and how is the sergeant drill?" Guess how he answered. ”

Han Xizai shook his head, "How do I know!" ”

"Han Xianggong, you're right!"

Han Xizai was shocked and puzzled.

Xu Xuan shook his head and said, "Li Tan just doesn't know!" He couldn't answer, so he could only deduce that the Great Zhou Tianzi was brutal, even if there were millions of male soldiers, it was not enough! ”

Xu Xuan couldn't help but scold, "It's really a big breath, a mouth of a million male soldiers is nothing, is it possible to rely on his upper and lower mouths to settle the Central Plains?" Xu Xuan's voice became higher and higher, he knocked on the table with his hand, and snorted angrily: "I didn't say anything good about him, originally the Son of Heaven wanted him to serve as the imperial historian, but I made such a fuss, but I just gave him 300 acres of land and let him temporarily settle down in Jiangnan." ”

Han Xizai was slightly stunned, and he said silently: "Three hundred acres is not much." ”

Xu Xuan shook his head, "But there are not a lot, there are not many fields in the south of the Yangtze River, and in the past few years, the Son of Heaven has successively rewarded land, to the Confucian family, to the monks, and to these scholars from Nandu, I am afraid that there are hundreds of thousands of acres, and there is no extra land around Jinling." ”

"You don't have to pay any of these fields, do you?" Han Xizai asked casually.

Xu Xuan shook his head bitterly, "Although Jiangnan is rich, it has to use a huge amount of money every year to raise troops, fight abroad, and support these people, the treasury has long been unable to make ends meet, and now it can only rely on borrowing from large households to survive. Xu Xuan leaned over, "Han Xianggong, I have read your copy of the recital, to tell you the truth, I am really a five-body throw." What Han Xianggong said is what should really be done. ”

Han Xizai shook his head, "Brother Xu, as a courtier, is to assist the Son of Heaven and give advice. There is no monarch in the world, the Son of Heaven does not need it, there must be something wrong with the words of the courtiers, I have been thinking about it behind closed doors these days. ”

Xu Xuan looked at Han Xizai and said thoughtfully: "Han Xianggong, I can hear that there is actually some dissatisfaction in your words. In fact, the Son of Heaven Shengming, how do you not know that you are bent on seeking the country. However, there are some things to do, and some things to be done. ”

Xu Xuan got up and stood with his hands in his hands, "The Jiangnan family is deeply rooted, and it is categorically impossible to learn from the Central Plains, if the same is clear, the world will immediately be in chaos, in order to appease the hearts of the scholars, Your Majesty has to deal with the old brother painfully, you must not resent Your Majesty." ”

Han Xizai took a breath, he heard it, Xu Xuan came with his fate!

"Brother Xu, how dare I complain about the Son of Heaven, it's just that I don't know the acres of land, where can I get the wealth to supply the treasury expenses? I'm so worried about this! ”

Xu Xuan nodded, "I'm also worried, but the Son of Heaven is wise and has already come up with a wonderful solution." ”

"Will the plan be released?"

"That's right, taking Jiangnan as an example, since ancient times, it has been rich in silk, after the Anshi Rebellion, the Silk Road on the road was cut off, and the merchant ships at sea became more and more dense. In Jiangnan, a piece of silk is only a few dollars, and if it is transported to Dashi, Persia and other places, it is worth more than a dozen or dozens of dollars! His Majesty said that the output of one acre of mulberry field is twice that of one acre of farmland. If there are many mulberry trees and more silk, it will inevitably increase the revenue of the treasury and make up for the shortfall. This is the principle of thinking about change when you are poor! ”

"The farmland is planted with mulberry trees, what do the people eat?"

"Find a way from the outside!" Xu Xuan said: "The Son of Heaven is ready to use troops against Jinghu, as long as he can swallow Jinghu, and then go up the river and attack Bashu, there will be no shortage of food!" ”

Han Xizai frowned, he was not at all pleased with this genius's idea, on the contrary, he was only left with strong doubts, can it work?

If you want to attack Jinghu and attack Bashu, will hundreds of thousands of male soldiers in the Great Zhou sit idly by?

With Jiangnan's troops, can you be sure of victory?

And even if, as Li Hongji envisioned, these places are successfully taken down and there is grain, what about the price of grain? Mulberry fields produce more than farmland, but the common people can't eat mulberry leaves to live, they still want food, if the grain is doubled, or even more, the people won't suffer a big loss!

Han Xizai's brain turned rapidly, and he suddenly understood.

Both the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Southern Tang Dynasty were faced with the problem of enriching the country and strengthening the army. Da Zhou chose a seemingly difficult road, starting from the land, implementing the equalization of the land, spreading the land into acres, returning the fire consumption to the public, and the gentry paying the grain in one...... As for Li Hongji, he didn't have the courage to attack the gentry, so he wanted to take a shortcut.

It's just that since ancient times, shortcuts have been so easy to take?

Xu Xuan did come with the emperor's order, and when he saw Han Xizai in thought, he leaned over and said, "Han Xianggong, when you advised the first emperor, the emperor's younger brother, and the crown prince, Your Majesty was thinking of your merits." Your talents are well known and recognizable. Your Majesty's meaning is to let you be responsible for the implementation of planting mulberry fields, to help the court manage money, Your Majesty said, he regards you as a minister, today's world, Guo Rong is eyeing the tiger, if we take a wrong step in Jiangnan, the country will be ruined, the monarch and the minister should really work together, a shame before the snow is! ”

Xu Xuan gritted his teeth, "I can't forget the shame when Ye Hua poured wine on me, you can't kill me, I won't take revenge, I won't swear to be a person!" ”

Han Xizai secretly sighed in his heart, afraid that this first step would be wrong!

He raised his head, "I am grateful that Brother Xu can come to inform me of this, please rest assured, Brother Xu, I will follow the will and do my best for Your Majesty...... It's just that the little girl is not young, and she will get married next month, I plan to rest at home for a month, finish the marriage, and avoid the limelight by the way, and then preside over the matter of changing to mulberry fields, what does Brother Xu think? ”

Xu Xuan thought for a while and said with a smile: "It's really not appropriate to be in a hurry, this is good!" ”

Han Xizai personally sent Xu Hyun away, he returned to the study, groaned slightly, and immediately called his henchman Ding and ordered: "You go and invite Fuyaozi, I will ask him to help calculate the auspicious day of the wedding." ”

The family agreed and left quickly.

Han Xizai pondered for a moment and muttered: "Jiangnan eunuch tour, a bubble, I don't know if I can return to my hometown safely?" ”