In order to consolidate the political power in various places, Yuan Tiangang had to disperse the army and assign guards to all parts of the country to deter the people and prevent riots. There is something in the treasury, but there is not enough of it, because all parts of the country are asking for food.

Sending troops to be stationed in various places can indeed play a role in deterring the people, but the barbarians in the two lands of Tibet and Abbasid cannot be deterred in any way, especially the Abbasids, which are too far away, and the emperor is far away.

All the troops were dispatched, and there were only 30,000 troops left in Chang'an, which made Yuan Tiangang very insecure, so he recruited another 200,000 troops, and the ministers tried their best to oppose it, but it was useless.

This is good, because it is now a conscription system, all soldiers and horses are completely raised by the state, 200,000 troops, you need money and food to raise it, which increases the burden on the imperial court, and when attacking the Abbasids and Tibet, a lot of ammunition is lost, and a lot of mortars and rifles are consumed, and a lot of money is needed to make munitions, otherwise when Li Hao comes, what will he use to fight Li Hao.

Ammunition is consumables, understandable, but how can mortars and rifles be lost again, because the mortars and rifles made by Yuan Tiangang are not perfect, the materials are not qualified, and after reaching the number of uses, they must be scrapped, otherwise there will be a danger of exploding, this is the conclusion he came to after experiments, in order to avoid the risk of exploding, all guns must be forcibly scrapped after reaching the limit of the number of uses, so so far, his mortars and rifles have not been blown up, otherwise it will definitely cause the army to mutiny.

Although Yuan Tiangang plundered a lot of money from the Abbasids and Tibetans, but the military money was too much, in order to deal with Li Hao's sea fleet, he needed to spend a lot of money to vigorously support the navy, shipbuilding, building steel mills, and making cannons, although the cannon was expensive, but he still had to build it hard, and the materials of each cannon were not qualified, and mortars, there was a limit on the number of times they could be used, basically not more than 100 guns, and it was also a special consumable, no way, there were no scientific researchers around him, I couldn't find the right steel.

When a country spends too much money on the military, the country is bound to have problems, obviously Yuan Tiangang does not understand this truth, does not listen to the advice of the ministers at all, and insists on going his own way.

Nearly 100 million gold and silver flowed into Datang, which led to inflation, prices began to rise, and the people's lives became more difficult.

Yuan Tiangang is very busy, but Li Hao has been thinking about it recently, he thinks about Li Hong, so he took a boat to Qiongnan, and Li Hong sat on the beach fishing, leisurely, beside him, Feiying was reporting to him the news from Datang, although Li Hao was on the island, but he knew everything about Datang.

After Feiying finished reporting, Li Hao waved his hand, Feiying retreated, Li Hao suddenly turned his head and asked Li Hong, "Hong'er, do you know why Yuan Tiangang governed Datang like this?" ”

Li Hong thought for a while and said, "Because he spends too much money on the military." ”

"What else?"

Li Hong thought about it again, and shook his head helplessly: "The student doesn't know, and I ask the teacher for guidance." ”

Li Hao said: "First of all, the public ownership policy he implemented is not suitable for the current national conditions, our Chinese sons and daughters are the most industrious nation in the world, but the sons and daughters of China are also people, people are selfish, if you work for yourself, no matter how hard and tired you are, you can endure it, and everything becomes public, for example, there are 1,000 people in a village, and only one-thousandth of the results of your labor are your own, if it is you, will you be happy?" ”

"Of course not." Li Hong shook his head.

"This is also the reason why Datang's grain output has been getting lower and lower in the past two years." Li Hao said indifferently, "If farmers don't work hard to farm, how can the harvest increase." ”

Li Hong thought for a while, and suddenly asked: "Then if you are a teacher, how should you deal with the foreign people in Tubo and Abbasid, so that they can be submitted." ”

"That's a very good question." Li Hao said, "There is a good saying, the twisted melon is not sweet, although the people of the two different races have entered the Tang Dynasty, their religious beliefs and living habits cannot be changed for a while, and if they are eager for quick success and quick profit, forcibly change them, what they will get is naturally their resistance." ”

Li Hong nodded thoughtfully.

Li Hao continued: "Liuqiu and Qiongnan, more than 20 years ago, there were aborigines, and their way of life was also incompatible with our Tang Dynasty. ”

"The students have heard about this matter." Li Hongdao, "It was the teacher who restrained them with the method of regional autonomy and the means of grace and power, and after more than 20 years, they have been completely assimilated by us. ”

Li Hao said: "That's right, Hong'er, you have to remember that the method of regional autonomy is an excellent way to subdue the people of different races, although it will be difficult to see the results for a while and a half, but after a generation or two, you will find that the names of those foreign races have been assimilated, of course, if some people of different races are too rebellious, you might as well give them some means, knock it out, and use it with grace and power, it will definitely work." ”

"The students were taught." Li Hong nodded, sincerely impressed, "Follow Mr., there really is something to learn." ”

Li Hao smiled indifferently and said: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, it seems complicated, but in fact, it is not complicated at all, but there are two very important points, first, everything is important to the society and the people, Emperor Taizong did it, so even if his superior means are not very glorious, but now he is praised by all the people and goes down in history." ”

Li Hong nodded very seriously, Grandpa Taizong is one of the people he admires the most, and the other one is the one in front of him, his own teacher, although Li Hao did not teach him a word, but he taught him countless truths and good ways to govern the country.

Li Hao continued: "Second, that is to know people, use people on the basis of merit, an emperor can not do anything, but must be able to use people, Han Gaozu Liu Bang is just a ruffian, he can't even read a few words, but he defeated Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and established the Han Dynasty, because he can use people, our Emperor Taizong, there are countless virtuous ministers around him, do you think this is accidental, no, because he has a unique eye, can distinguish loyalty and treachery, and is good at admonishment, his success is inevitable." ”

"Put the people first...... Discerning people. Li Hong repeated Li Hao's words in a low voice, nodded slowly, and carefully wrote down Li Hao's two golden words of governing the country.

Li Hao saw that he listened to his words, and was secretly pleased, he was actually very conflicted in his heart, Li Hong is very smart, good at decisiveness, and kind-hearted, he is a good material to be an emperor, if he is an emperor, he will definitely be able to lead the Tang Dynasty to prosperity and strength, but he is reluctant, that position is too high, and the height is unbearable, after all, this is his own son.

He pondered for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Hong'er, do you want to be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Li Hong looked at the vast sea when he heard this, and sighed loudly: "In this troubled world, as the only surviving son of my father, I am responsible for supporting the country, who else can I be?" ”

"What a better person!" Li Hao's eyes suddenly brightened when he heard this, and his voice said excitedly, "If you say this, sir, even if I fight for my life, I will help you regain the Tang Dynasty!" ”

Li Hong got up and bowed to Li Hao, and said solemnly: "Hundreds of millions of people in the Hongdai Datang, thank you for your great virtue." ”

Li Hao waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down, and suddenly his face was full of depression, as if he remembered something sad.

Li Hong was stunned, after all, the contrast between Li Hao's performance before and after was too big, in fact, he didn't know that when Li Hao said that sentence, he had already made a decision in his heart, he no longer planned to recognize Li Hong, the secret of Li Hong's identity, just continue to keep it, he can't recognize his son, and he will never recognize him, it is almost equivalent to losing his son, Li Hao's heart is naturally uncomfortable, as for Li Zhi's side, he will go to tell him.

But Li Hao quickly wiped away the dejected look on his face, showed a smile, and said: "Hong'er rest assured, although Yuan Tiangang seems to be strong now, but his people are in mourning, and it won't last long...... it, there's a fish on the hook! ”