Chapter 30 Xiaomin's arithmetic is not very good

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Li Shimin gestured to Wang Yi, telling him not to be too polite and sat down and talked. Wang Yi also sat back to the side of the case with Li Shimin's gesture.

Li Shimin touched the carefully decorated two beards, then held his chin and said, "Chenyang, you are only seventeen years old and young. I see that you are very smart in your work and speak more carefully than those of your peers. Is there any expert behind you to teach you?"

Wang Xiongdan has been in charge of the Jianghuai land for many years, and Du Fuwei trusts him very much. This person must be good in strategy, but there must be some outstanding people around him to assist him. Li Shimin thought that these people might still be with Wang Yi, who was the descendant of Wang Xiongdan.

Wang Yi shook his head, "Your Majesty, Xiaomin only has a few deputy generals under his former father. They can only dance guns and sticks. What Xiaomin thinks of is all his own thoughts, and no one else can give advice..."

Wang Yi paused and continued to say in Li Shimin's inquiring gaze: "Your Majesty, I heard from the people around him that Xiaomin is smarter than others since he was a child, and he also likes reading very much. He never forgets everything. When he was a child, he often received praise from his father. Many people taught him before his father's accident. However, after his father died, he lived a displaced life and was injured by falling off a horse and lost his mind for a few years. In the years after arriving in Hangzhou, except for the generals under his father's former father taught martial arts, most of the time spent reading by himself. There was no special person to teach by his father and protecting Xiaomin's father's subordinates.

They are all military generals, except for dancing guns and sticks, marching and fighting, and not very understanding of other things! After falling into Qiantang River and being rescued, the common people felt as if they were suddenly enlightened. The understanding of things around them was far better than that of ordinary people. Whether they were reading and practicing martial arts, they were basically clear. There were many books in the small houses, not only the Five Classics and Theory, but also the astronomy, geography, agriculture, forestry, pastoral medicine and other miscellaneous books. The common people read all the books. Although they could not remember all the contents, they understood the main principles in their hearts and liked to integrate what they said in the book, so they had various unique ideas..."

"Oh?! That means it's all because of your talent and intelligence?" Li Shimin smiled a little, but he couldn't tell what the meaning was.

"Your Majesty, Xiaomin was really called a 'child prodigy' when he was a child. When he grew up, he realized that some things were more thoughtful than others. Maybe it was as smart as others said, and was a little smarter than ordinary people. Xiaomin liked reading books very much and liked to read miscellaneous books. He learned a lot from it. Therefore, he would recite a few wrong poems and think of some mixed thoughts that others could not imagine. However... Your Majesty, there is actually nothing else except these..." Wang Yi saw Li Shimin's smile-like expression, and when he spoke, he tried to express the contradictory mentality of combining the conceit and modesty that a seventeen-year-old boy should have.

Wang Yi felt that sometimes it wouldn't be a bad thing to pretend to be tender in front of Li Shimin.

"Oh! I call myself a prodigy, and I can recite so many unsightly poems that are unbelievable. I can think of many things that people cannot imagine. I am quite arrogant in my words. I want to listen to what you prodigy think of something that others cannot think of!" Li Shimin's face was very rich, and the smile in his eyes was different from usual. His two beautiful beards also raised up. "I will ask you the most realistic question. If my army goes to fight against the Turks, what is the huge need? If the war lasts for a long time, how can we deal with the aftermath? How to raise military supplies?"

Li Shimin no longer entangled in the affairs of the former Jianghuai Army, which made Wang Yi feel relieved and filled with joy. He held back the surprise in his heart, sat up straight, stretched out his two fingers and said, "Your Majesty, Xiaomin feels that there are two solutions: one is to open up the source and the other is to reduce expenses!"

"How to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, please tell me in detail!"

"Your Majesty, reducing expenses is to reduce all costs, even reducing the salaries of officials, stopping all construction projects, and ensuring the use of military supplies. This is a very effective method. If the war can end quickly, this method can naturally be used to respond to the expenditure of the war," Wang Yi said, and his tone changed. "But no matter whether the war is going on or not, I think that reducing expenses is a measure of symptoms but not the root cause. Although it can temporarily solve the temporary difficulties, it cannot fundamentally solve the problem. Over time, there will be many negative problems. Some expenditures must be eliminated. To solve the urgent needs of military supplies in war, other countermeasures should be considered, that is, you should find ways to create wealth and make the world rich. This is a move to open up the source and the most important step to cure the fundamental..."

Li Shimin did not interrupt, but just used his inquiring eyes to signal Wang Yi to continue speaking. He was originally just asking unintentionally, following Wang Yi's boastful words, but looking at Wang Yi's expression, tone and content of his speech, this talented young man would probably surprise him.

Wang Yi swallowed and continued, "If one day, the Tang Dynasty will be extremely powerful, and every family will have food to store, and there will be countless grains in the treasury, and there will be no place to pile up the treasury silver collected. Moreover, this prosperous trend will continue and get better and better. Then, let alone support a war, even years of war will be no problem. Therefore, the move to open source is the most important..."

This is the case in the Zhenguan prosperous era and the Kaiyuan prosperous era recorded in history, especially in the Kaiyuan prosperous era. From Du Fu's famous poem "Remembering the Past", we can understand that "...the small town still has thousands of families, rice is fat, millet is white, and the public and private granaries are abundant..." There is no place to pile up the grain, and the ropes for money in the treasury are rotten. Whether it is the whole country or the people, all the rich oil. In such an era, it is no problem to raise a huge army to deal with a war or even several wars.

Although the Zhenguan period was also called the prosperous era, at the beginning of Zhenguan, the world was still poor, the national treasury was empty, and the people could not even have enough food or wear clothes. However, Wang Yi could conclude from what he learned that as long as the government was properly governed, the people in the world could have enough food, wear clothes, and continue to continue. Because there were too many places to improve this era, just like some of the actions he suggested to benefit farmers in Hangzhou, and of course there were more means.

Li Shimin's brows jumped and still stared at Wang Yi, "What you said is what I and the ministers all hoped for, but this is not something that can be achieved by thinking and talking. Since the first year of Zhenguan, the world has been suffering from disasters. Today, the people are not full of food and the national treasury is empty, so that the people in the world can eat a lot of food. This is a very difficult thing, and it is also a headache for me. I dare not expect that as you said, there is no place to go if there is too much money and food. Today, the people are poor and the national treasury is in vain. In this case, I naturally dare not talk about war lightly!" As he spoke, Li Shimin's brow frowned again.

During this period, Li Shimin felt very conflicted. The officials in the court debated whether to send troops to the Turks. Most of the court officials did not recommend large-scale military use against the Turks. He was also undecided on this major event. It was precisely because the treasury is empty and unable to support large-scale wars. If the treasury is rich, he could hardly make a decision to launch a large-scale military use against the Turks without considering it.

Today, when he asked Wang Yi about this, he just asked casually, and did not really want to ask Wang Yi any completely solve it. However, Wang Yi said so confidently, Li Shimin was a little moved.

"Your Majesty, the little people dare not agree with this. If there is an invasion of foreign enemies, we do not refuse to fight, or passively respond to the battle, the losses and expenditures may be greater than the active attack. The little people think that it is a move that is not worth the loss. It is better to completely defeat the opponent's weak one blow, at least to make it unable to invade our Tang Dynasty for several years or decades. Even if we make the world poorer and make the people suffer for the time being, I believe that the people in the world will understand it! We can quickly resume production after the war is quelled. Without the threat of foreign enemies, the people will be more at ease and will definitely concentrate on production..."

Wang Yi was full of arrogance when he said this. After seeing Li Shimin's strange eyes, he restrained a little and returned to his calm expression and said, "Your Majesty, as far as Xiaomin knows, there are no major disasters in my Tang Dynasty this year, and the harvest should not be wrong. According to Xiaomin just received news from the servants who stayed in Hangzhou, the harvest of wheat and rice in the fields of the village under Xiaomin belongs to Xiaomin is good. Where the West Lake can irrigate to the West Lake in Hangzhou, the harvest of wheat and rice is very good. Xiaomin does not know the harvest situation in other places, but it must not be very bad. This year's harvest will be much better than in the previous years. The grain harvest is good and should be able to support the war. If it continues like this every year, the world will be rich, and naturally there are conditions to support more, and the war will continue for a longer time..."

Wang Yi saw Li Shimin's eyes signaling him to continue, and picked up the cup that was put aside and drank a sip of tea. He moistened Run's throat because he was talking too much, and continued: "Your Majesty, the governor of Hangzhou, according to Xiaomin's suggestion, widely promoted the planting of rice with a yield of far higher than corn in the counties under Hangzhou, and tried to cultivate rice and wheat in two or even three ripes a year. The farming and planting method of rice and wheat replanting has been successful. If all the paddy fields that can plant rice in the Tang Dynasty were planted with rice, one or two ripe rice per year, the total grain output would increase a lot... As far as Xiaomin knows, rice can be grown in most paddy fields south of the Huai River and the Guanzhong area, and rice and wheat can be replanted, and there will be no impact on each other!"

"You came from Jiangnan and knew a lot about the situation in Jiangnan. Tell me about the details!" Li Shimin's interest suddenly increased, and a light of inspiration flashed in his mind, so he kept asking Wang Yi.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wang Yi said in response: "According to my understanding, among the crops we are promoting and planting now, rice yield can be said to be the highest, with the least disease and pests. It is actually the first choice for field crop planting. However, rice cultivation requires sufficient water irrigation and sufficient sunshine. Some fields that can be irrigated due to no water, and some colder places far away from the Yellow River, cannot be grown for these reasons. If these rice cannot be grown, then you can naturally grow corn or other crops!"

Wang Yi swallowed and continued: "The fields that plant rice or other crops are planted in winter and spring wheat, and one piece of land can be planted at least two or even three ripes a year. The rice yield is originally higher than other crops. In addition, multiple plantings are one or two ripes a year. The annual output of such a field is several times that of one ripe per year that we are generally popular in today. Although the arithmetic is not very good, it can also be calculated. One acre of field can plant one or two ripe per year. If you do fine cultivation, the harvest will definitely increase exponentially. One acre of field can be at least a few hundred kilograms a year. There are tens of millions of fertile fields in the world. Even if only two or three percent of the land planted rice and wheat, the new output... the arithmetic is not..."

Wang Yi also wanted to say that he was not good at arithmetic, but after a look at Li Shimin, he quickly changed the words, "Well, Your Majesty, if you can promote such a planting technology on a large scale, the common people should be able to increase the production of millions of stones of grain. In less than a few years, the food problem of the people in the world can be fundamentally solved! Not only will you not have to worry about eating, the surplus food at home will be too much, and the tuitions paid by the people in the government treasury will have nowhere to be stored. Of course, the taxes and silver will definitely rise with the water..."

Hangzhou is a test site, and the harvest situation in the past two years is the best proof. Wang Yi said this and was very confident.

"Good boy, I actually said that arithmetic is not good. I think your arithmetic is better than anyone else. No official in the six ministries has such arithmetic as you," Li Shimin pointed at Wang Yi and cursed, "I know everything you did in Hangzhou. You suggest that Li Hongjie promote the planting of rice and rice-wheat replanting. The effect is beyond everyone's imagination. Li Hongjie has told me in the memorial sent, which surprised me very much. I am also good.

There is such a well-educated man in Hangzhou, and this well-educated man is actually a young man who is not as young as his age. He asked Li Hongjie to send you to Chang'an to see me. Unexpectedly, you are the son of Wang Xiongdan, the general who is powerful in the Jianghuai land. He is considered to be a tiger father without a dog son. After hearing what you just said, I suddenly realized and understood a lot of truths. Only then did I believe that there are really geniuses in the world! Haha! I am worthy of having the title of a prodigy since I was a child..."

"Your Majesty, I just made a boast. Now Your Majesty actually describes the little people as a genius, and I feel ashamed!" He was praised by others and was the emperor Li Shimin, which made Wang Yi a little embarrassed. In this scenario, if someone else sees him, it will feel much better. Unfortunately, no one saw him being praised by the emperor like this, otherwise his reputation in Chang'an would soon rise.

"Boy, I was not very arrogant just now, why are you humble now?" Li Shimin laughed and cursed, ignoring Wang Yi's embarrassment, waved to the people standing beside him and signaled: "Send some wine and food, I want to drink and discuss matters with you today..."

"Your Majesty, this..." Wang Yi was a little stunned...

Chapter 30 Xiaomin's arithmetic is not very good
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