Qian Song

Chapter 443 The Joy of Being an Emperor (Ask for a Monthly Ticket!)

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Li Cun has been really proud of himself recently.

Before sending troops to conquer gold, a large number of civil servants and literati of the Dagan Dynasty believed that the war of conquering gold would definitely lose troops and generals and increase the financial burden of the Dagan Dynasty.

In particular, later the Dagan Dynasty cut down half of the gold and then suddenly went to destroy Goryeo.

At that time, almost [-]% to [-]% of civil officials and more literati were bad-mouthing the Daqian Dynasty and saying that Li Cun had done something wrong.

As a result, apart from spending some money and food at the beginning of the war, the Dagan Dynasty never used money and food from the Dagan court in the subsequent wars, nor did it raise taxes on the people, nor did it recruit ordinary farmers for free to participate in the war. During the war, whenever there were floods and droughts in the interior, the Dagan court provided timely and sufficient funds and food relief. The key point was that the development of the interior did not delay at all. Before the war, it had increased by almost [-]%. For example, the grain production of the Dagan Dynasty had almost doubled compared to before the war. For example, the main roads planned by the Dagan Dynasty in the interior were almost completed.

It is precisely because of this that the Dagan court was able to provide timely and sufficient relief to the victims.

Moreover, the little money and food spent at the beginning of the war had already been earned back hundreds of times when Liaodong was captured.

Later, the money and food earned in Liaodong were enough to build ports and railways in Liaodong and manage Liaodong, and there was still a lot left.

And the remaining money and food are enough to support the Dagan Dynasty's attack on Goryeo.

After the first battle of the Daegan Dynasty, they captured the capital of the Goryeo Dynasty, Kaigyongra, and obtained the accumulation of the Goryeo Dynasty for more than [-] years.

Not only is there enough money to fight Koryo and the Kingdom of Jin, but also enough money to build railways and ports in Koryo and Northeast China, and manage these two newly acquired vast territories.

After the Dagan Dynasty destroyed the Kingdom of Jin and obtained the gold, silver and jewels gathered by the Jurchens from the Daliao Empire and the Goryeo Dynasty by all means, they plundered and extorted and even robbed tombs, the Dagan Dynasty made a lot of money.

——As a rough estimate, the Dagan Dynasty has earned at least five years of financial revenue, and this is not counting the innumerable gold and silver and rare treasures that have entered Li Cun's private treasury.

The key point is that the territory of the Dagan Dynasty has expanded by almost one-third.

The key point, the problem of humiliation that has plagued the Central Plains Dynasty for thousands of years, is expected to be completely solved by Li Cun.

In addition, after laying down Jidi and the Northeast region, many civil officials and literati in the Dagan Dynasty knew that these two places had a lot of cultivated land, especially the Northeast region, where the black soil shocked the civil officials and literati who knew how to cultivate. Did not fall to the ground!

——These civil servants and literati never expected that such a treasure land exists in the world!

Later, officials sent by the Dagan imperial court to explore in the northeast region found a large number of resources such as coal mines, iron ore, and timber.

This undoubtedly further proves Li Cun's foresight.

At this time, there must be no more civil officials and literati blaming Li Cun for launching wars against Jin and Goryeo. On the contrary, many civil officials and literati began to praise Li Cun, especially Yue Fei and others who defeated Jin Wu in the decisive battle of Qianjin. After that, Yuwen Huangzhong led the soldiers and civilians in Shangjing to surrender to the Daqian Dynasty. After the demise of the Jin Kingdom was a certainty, wherever Li Cun went, he could hear the voices of civil officials and literati praising him.

But this time Li Cun didn't keep silent like before, and he didn't know the same knowledge as these civil officials and literati.

On the contrary, this time Li Cun wrote a very high-profile article "Opening Confusion".

On the bright side, Li Cun said that he only wrote this "Opening Confused Theory" in order to eliminate the doubts of everyone and avoid going back to the misunderstanding. The tone of the writer assumes that Chunqiu Shuoru, Doctor Zhencheng and Master Xintian are three people. Li Cunju is in the position of mastering the overall situation, and makes full use of the discussion of the three fictional characters to achieve the effect of "declaring the customs to the common people".

In fact, Li Cun was always concerned about the fact that he had only received the support of a very small number of officials of the Dagan dynasty before launching the war against gold, and that many civil officials and literati were bad-mouthing the war. Huai, I couldn't calm down the resentment in my heart for a long time, so I wrote this "On Confusion".

In this "On Confusion", Li Cunchen stated his real reason for launching these two wars:

"Fighting gold and defeating Goryeo were secretly decided by the Central Committee of the Dagan. Wars pay attention to surprise and attack unpreparedness. How can we explain it to everyone? Jin Taizong passed away and passed the throne to his son Wanyan Zongpan instead of passing it on. As soon as Sun Wanyanquan, a child with a yellow mouth, came to power, he and his adoptive father, Wanyan Zongqian, and others couldn't wait to restructure the system, resulting in many internal conflicts, constant internal fighting, cannibalism, wasting national power and military power, and the opportunity to defeat the Jin Kingdom Just for a moment."

Li Cun said: "If I hadn't seen the right time and decisively sent troops, how could I have the opportunity to completely end the troubles that have plagued my Han Dynasty for thousands of years? If I was obstructed by cowardice, I would be a completely foolish king. Completely short-sighted, completely irresponsible to future generations..."

Li Cun couldn't help complaining about these civil servants and literati: "Many people don't even know the grain, so how can they understand the significance of the Northeast for me?"

It can be seen that Li Cun, who had destroyed the two countries and expanded the territory of the Dagan Dynasty by almost one-third, was a little bit drifting, at least he was unwilling to tolerate these civil servants and literati who could only talk sarcasticly.

But this is also understandable.

No one can personally understand the annoyance these self-righteous civil servants and literati brought to Li Cun before this.

Let's put it this way, if Li Cun's willpower is a little weak, it may make these civil officials and literati give up the campaign against gold and Korea, and then give up the grand plan of the Dagan Dynasty and even the Chinese nation.

Now, Li Cun has slapped these civil officials and literati in the face with a hearty victory, and has fully proved his vision and decision-making ability, as well as his wisdom and martial arts.

In this case, Li Cun just scolded these short-sighted civil servants and literati, and they would not say a word. What's more, Li Cun even covered it up. In this way, no one would stand up and scold. .

but--

Afterwards, Li Cun thought about it for himself, and felt that he was a little too petty.

In any case, some civil officials and literati must have a good starting point. They hope that they will not be militaristic and bring the promising Daqian dynasty into decline or even extinction.

This kind of thing is not unheard of in history.

The most typical example is Tang Minghuang.

In the first half of his life, Tang Minghuang was wise and martial, comparable to Hanwu Tangzong.

In the second half of his life, Tang Minghuang was so stupid that he almost ruined the Tang Dynasty and was listed on the list of stupid emperors.

With examples like Tang Minghuang in front, these civil servants and literati are a little worried, which is normal. After all, not everyone is like me. After the baptism of the information explosion, it is a coward.

So, the next day Li Cun wrote another "Fu for Remonstrance".

In this "Fu for Remonstrance", Li Cun stated bluntly:

The decline of any dynasty, including its demise, is not worthy of sympathy or regret.

In most cases, the demise of a dynasty is due to internal problems. For example, the emperor is fatuous, corrupt, treacherous officials are in power, and government orders are unreasonable, which leads to chaos in the court system, which in turn leads to the decline of the dynasty or even its demise.

Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it.

The establishment of any dynasty is formed by the accumulation of blood and even life of the officials and people of the whole country. Therefore, the Dagan Dynasty is not the family of one family, but the common home of all the officials and people of the Dagan Dynasty.

An excellent dynasty can make the weak courageous, the strong fearful, the power restrained, the wicked do good, and the good not fear the wicked.

Only in this way can the dynasty be stable, prosperous and long-term.

Although I am the emperor, my eyes cannot see the six directions, my ears cannot hear all directions, so it is impossible to see everything.

Li Cun made it clear that the ministers of the DPRK and China all shoulder the duty of speaking out. When I have biased thoughts in making certain decisions, the ministers need to dare to stand up and point out my problems.

Li Cun also made it clear that his goal is: "You must understand the situation in the world" and "you must hear about foreign affairs."So that I and the minister can truly understand the social dynamics at that time, and the hearts of the people are against it.Make yourself and the Minister of Zaizhi more in line with the objective situation and reduce mistakes when dealing with major military affairs and formulating policies and measures for governing the country and the country...

Li Cun, who has been baptized by the information explosion in later generations, has long realized that if an emperor does not seek advice and accept advice, and does not know the voice of the people, the dynasty under his rule will perish sooner or later.

Just like the Sui Dynasty in history, Emperor Yang of Sui believed and refused to advise, and died in the second generation.

——Ge Zhi, a native of the Yuan Dynasty, once said that there were many reasons why Emperor Sui Yang lost the world, and the biggest reason was that he refused to accept advice and listened to the voices of his subordinates and the people.There are also many reasons why Li Shimin won the world and became an emperor through the ages. The biggest reason is to seek advice and accept advice, and to value the opinions of his subjects.

Li Cun, who has heard and witnessed too many such painful historical lessons, of course does not want to step on the fall of Yang Guang, but hopes that he can become an eternal emperor like Li Shimin.

In addition, the political system of the feudal country determined that the British and African kingdoms were all over the world, and the British and African kings were on the coast of the land. The emperor was above everything else, and all the powers were gathered in one body. There was no supervision mechanism for the emperor.

——Although all dynasties have supervisory censors, admonishing officials and other supervisors and admonishing ministers, most of them are only supervisors and picket officials, which are useless to the emperor.

Therefore, in Chinese history, most emperors were mediocre, incompetent, or corrupt; Advice from similar subjects.

Of course Li Cun wanted to be the latter.

When Li Cun had just destroyed the two countries of Goryeo and Jin, completely recovered Liaodong, Jidi, and Northeast China, greatly expanded the territory, and made great achievements in ancient and modern times, he was able to write "Apocalypse for Advice" Remonstrance article.

Reminiscent of "Kaihuolun" written by Li Cun the day before.

Li Cun just complained and complained, and he was telling the truth, and there was nothing wrong with it.

But it was because Li Cun was worried that what he did would hinder his vision, so Li Cun corrected it in time without anyone advising Li Cun.

This made many civil officials and literati weep with excitement. Fortunately, they met a reasonable and wise gentleman. Even if their opinions were wrong, Li Cun didn't care about them.

——You must know that if they met a conceited tyrant, then they would not only ruin their own future by talking nonsense, but they might even be punished.

The point is, all along, Li Cun has always been admonishing like a stream, rewarding and reusing ministers who are active in admonishing and disputing, severely punishing those who block the way, and despising those who are flattering. When someone puts forward opinions to Li Cun, Li Cun I am also willing to accept generously and make positive corrections.

Anyone can see that Li Cun is really humbly accepting advice, not just acting like many emperors.

Therefore, with Chen Gongfu, Hu Quan, and Li Guang as the main backbone of the fast-fighting ministers, they gave faithful advice on the major military affairs of the court, and even the trivial matters of Li Cun's life; The executive ministers, down to the county magistrate of the ninth-rank Zhima official, the empress, the prince, the prince, and even the concubines in the palace, all came to speak one after another, forming a good situation of everyone discussing politics inside and outside the court.

This situation enabled Li Cun to brainstorm and better govern, and ensured that Li Cun became a wise king who guarded against arrogance and extravagance and was considerate of his subordinates. It also avoided major mistakes in the policies of the Dagan Dynasty.

For example, this time, after Li Cun asked for remonstrance, Chen Gongfu advised Li Cun to implement the policy of "reviving the culture through the revolution, benefiting the people with virtue, so that China is safe, and people from afar are self-contained".

Li Cun readily adopted Chen Gongfu's suggestion, and implemented the policy proposed by Chen Gongfu together with a group of ministers.

In addition, Li Guang, Hu Quan and others suggested that counties should be merged, organizations should be streamlined, personnel should be reduced, the selection of magistrates and county magistrates should be emphasized, ministers should be trusted exclusively, the role of subordinates should be given full play, and eunuchs should not be allowed to intervene in political affairs.

In addition, many corrupt officials, especially those who caused public resentment, were reported.

In short, as long as it is a reasonable advice, Li Cun will accept it all.

This made the Daqian Dynasty more politically sound and peaceful.

Of course, there are also some blind guys who have their eyes on Li Cun's harem again.

Some ministers said that Li Cun has too many women, almost 2 people, and this time more than 3000 people have been added at once, hoping that Li Cun can reduce the number of people in the harem;

Others believe that everyone has a daughter-in-law, Li Cun snatching the enemy's wives and daughters is against the harmony of nature, and hope that Li Cun can be forgiven and forgive others, and correct this barbaric behavior;

In addition, some people advised Li Cun to abstinence and not to put a lot of energy on women...

Li Cun would not listen to such advice.

Just kidding!

I am the emperor, that's all the fun, it's too inhuman for you to want to deprive me of it.

Not only that, Li Cun will use practical actions to tell these people: In this matter, I will never change my mind, and no one will persuade me anymore...

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