Li Su was kidnapped, to be exact, he was kidnapped by the capital monster he unleashed!

When Li Su started to roast tea and brew wine, he didn't think about anything else at all, he just wanted to increase some income for the palace, and then get in touch with Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong and others, and increase some political capital, so that he could maintain a dominant position in the battle between the princes, he didn't like to bully others, but he didn't like others to bully himself.

But since he put forward the proposal of burning cement to build roads, he slowly found that he was forced to play another role, that is, to become a firefighter in the industrial and commercial circles, where there is a problem, he has to fight fires, and he has to worry about the sales of resources, manpower and products, and he can't even refuse, because behind him, there are not only a group of capitalists who have sharpened their knives and forks and are ready to share the capital feast with Li Su, but also countless ordinary people who make a living from industry and commerce.

Although Li Su really wanted to seduce a few beauties as he planned when he first crossed, he relied on the identity of the prince to seduce a few beauties, and then lived his own small life behind closed doors. But at the same time, he is also a very responsible person, since he released the evil beast of capital, then he must be responsible to the end, no matter what, he must lead capital to a relatively safe road, at least not let it bring benefits to Datang at the same time, but also become the biggest unstable factor in Datang! This is definitely not Li Su's unfounded worries!

From the establishment of the Qin Dynasty to the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, although the Central Plains Dynasty has been replaced several times, they all belong to the category of feudal dynasties, adding up to more than 2,100 years of feudal social history. This is simply a miracle in the history of the world in later generations, but anyone who knows Chinese culture knows that the most important reason why China has been able to maintain such a long feudal society is the influence of Confucianism.

From the Han Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty, Confucianism has ruled the Central Plains Dynasty for nearly seven or eight hundred years. It has already penetrated into all aspects of the Central Plains Dynasty, and it is not at all possible that it can be replaced by another thought in a short period of time, as long as Confucianism exists for a day. The foundations of the feudal dynasty will not disappear for a day.

Although Li Su is now inseparable from the big families, and these big families can also be called the representatives of Confucianism in a sense. However, in the final analysis, the struggle between them can only be called a struggle of interests, and it has not yet risen to the level of ideological struggle. Scholars who were influenced by Confucianism still occupied high positions in the court and still had great influence in society, so the development of industry and commerce had not really touched the foundation of Confucian rule.

It's just that Li Su, as a later generation, knows very well that when industry and commerce develop to a certain stage, the minions of the monster of capital will begin to grow. There will inevitably be a violent conflict with the inherent ruling class of feudal society, and the more solid the feudal rule, the more intense this conflict will be.

For example, the bourgeois revolutions that occurred in Britain and France in history have caused turmoil in the two countries for dozens or even hundreds of years, and countless people have lost their lives because of this. If the bourgeois revolution took place in a country like the Tang Dynasty, where feudal rule was more solid, and the land area and population were larger, the tragedy would definitely be beyond imagination.

Li Su can indeed succeed Li Shimin as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but after becoming the emperor, he is faced with two choices, either to destroy the development of capital in one fell swoop. Eliminate the unstable factors under your own imperial power. Either it was to support the development of industry and commerce and to carry out bourgeois reforms of the country under the guarantee of imperial power. With Li Su's character and foresight, he will inevitably choose the second one.

However, the early Tang Dynasty was the pinnacle of the entire feudal society, the whole country showed a thriving attitude, and Confucianism was not emasculated by later generations, and both literate and illiterate people were invisibly affected by it. Even with the support of those new bourgeoisie, both the people and the court will encounter extremely strong resistance, and he may even spend countless energy to carry out the reform, but there is no guarantee that this kind of reform will continue after his death, after all, his life is too short compared to the development of society.

In addition, there is another problem, that is, if he wants to carry out bourgeois reforms, he will inevitably focus most of his energy on the country, and in this way, he will definitely be affected in terms of overseas development. Think about the virgin land in the world that has not yet been developed, if there is no guidance from Li Su, the prophet, then I don't know when it will be, and even if the domestic capital is hit, then overseas development may become a piece of paper, and I am afraid that it will only be cheaper for others in the future, which is the most unbearable thing for Li Su.

It is precisely considering that after sitting on the throne, there will definitely be so many unfavorable factors, so Li Su has always been very hesitant about the throne, and in his heart, there has always been a vague idea, that is, to guide the monster of capital to devour outward, and then use the benefits generated by devouring to slowly transform Datang, so that Datang unknowingly, smoothly complete the transformation and transition of society, and try to avoid the direct collision between capital and feudal imperial power?

However, the monster of capital is not a domestic pet, it will not listen to anyone's command at all, it will only follow its own nature, sweep away all obstacles that stand in the way of its own growth, and create an environment that is most conducive to its own development. This is the nature of capital, and there is no reason to talk about it at all.

Of course, nothing is absolute, for the monster that the capital released by himself, although Li Su can't completely control it, but he can influence the direction of its progress, but this is only for him, and when controlling this monster, he also has to be careful, for fear that he will be counterattacked if he is not careful.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that Li Su decided to give up the competition for the throne, concentrate on controlling the monster of capital, and try not to cause any harm to the Tang Dynasty.

The above is the real reason why Li Su can't help himself, but it's a pity that there are too many principles about capital operation involved, and the entire Datang can understand this, I'm afraid only Wang An.

As for Li Shimin, Li Su said a different set of words, he took out the world map, pointed to the pieces of land and told him what kind of specialties each piece of land has, and what kind of impact each specialty will have on the Tang Dynasty. He also compared the territory of the Tang Dynasty with the whole world, and the result suddenly aroused Li Shimin's ambition and ambition to conquer the world.

However, for Li Shimin's unrealistic ambition, Li Su immediately poured a basin of cold water, even if the Eurasian continent is counted, what to do with the overseas North and South America and Oceania, with the navigation technology of the Tang Dynasty at that time, it was very dangerous to even go to the Japanese country, let alone cross the Pacific Ocean.

As an emperor with an extremely strong conquest, Li Shimin sees that the world is so big, but he can only live in such a small place as Datang, which makes him very unwilling, but no matter how unwilling he is, there is no way, although Datang is strong, but manpower and material resources are also very limited, and he can't support his ambitions at all.

In response to Li Shimin's psychology, Li Su immediately took the initiative to ask Ying, proposing that if Datang wants to conquer the world, he must first conquer the ocean, as the prince of Datang, he is willing to give up the throne, and start to develop outward from the sea of Datang, first, to open up sea trade, accumulate wealth for Datang, and second, to use overseas resources to enhance Datang's national strength.

Li Shimin began to be very surprised by Li Su's move, because he really couldn't figure it out, his son obviously had a great hope of inheriting the throne, but now he took the initiative to give up the throne and go alone to explore those overseas wild places.

Li Su also put forward another explanation for this, that is, he didn't want to compete with other brothers for the throne, let alone the scene of Xuanwumen again, so he took the initiative to go out to open up, hoping to set an example for the princes in the future, telling them that instead of putting all their eyes on the succession to the throne, it is better to rely on their own hands to work hard.

For Li Su's explanation, Li Shimin finally fell silent, after experiencing the human tragedy of killing his brother and killing his brother, the last thing he wanted to see was that several sons fought to the death because of the throne, so Li Su's explanation deeply moved him, and finally made him make up his mind, since he didn't have time to conquer the world, then simply give this opportunity to his children and grandchildren, I believe that with Li Su, such an outstanding son, as a striker, one day, the footprints of the descendants of the Tang Dynasty will go to all the lands in the world.

It was also moved by Li Su's initiative, Li Shimin finally decided to fully support his son, no matter what he wanted to do, Li Shimin would not intervene, the reason why Li Su proposed to go to Dengzhou was actually to establish a port base in Datang, as one of the fulcrums for future development. Of course, another reason why Dengzhou was chosen was that it was very close to the Three Kingdoms of Goguryeo and the Wa Kingdom, which was convenient for Li Su's actions in the future, and the destruction of Goguryeo was just the beginning.

It's just that the above two explanations are just to let Wang An and Li Shimin understand the reason why Li Su withdrew from the competition for the throne, and now the entire aristocracy in Chang'an City is waiting for Li Su's explanation, and no one can understand the most fundamental reason for this capital, as for what Li Shimin said, it can be taken out and fooled, but the persuasion does not seem to be enough, fortunately, Li Su wrote the article from Concubine Yang, and it will be seen in the newspaper tomorrow. (To be continued)

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