"Wars always cause destruction, destroying everything that can be destroyed, and making a mess of the originally good country. Jiangnan was originally a land of fish and rice, a place of wealth and prosperity. After the war last year and this year, the entire Jiangnan land was dilapidated. The people fled to their hometowns, the fields were deserted, and the people's strength was withered. They were no longer the granary and money bags of the court." Li Jun said with great regret, paused, and said in a firm tone: "We must take measures to rebuild Jiangnan!"

As Li Jun said, since the Lin'an defense war started last year and then to the war with Guo Kan this year, both battles have been won, which has severely damaged the Mongolian army. However, the Southern Song Dynasty also paid a heavy price. Not to mention the large amount of material, financial and manpower consumption in the war, the people of Jiangnan left their hometowns and fled far away, causing the Jiangnan to be empty and sparsely populated. Jiangnan, which was originally a major place in the court, can no longer be regarded as the court's granary and money bag. This is tantamount to injury for the Southern Song Dynasty, which needs money and grain to fight.

Such serious consequences are the inevitable result of domestic wars. Any domestic war will have such an ending. This is due to historical laws. Although Li Jun is reluctant to see such a result appear, the facts cannot be changed.

It is precisely in order to avoid such serious consequences that many strategists always imagine how to burn the war outside their homeland when considering war. Although Germany was defeated in World War I, Germany was engaged in overseas wars, and the homeland was not destroyed and soon recovered. On the other hand, France, although it won, the homeland was severely damaged, which was not as good as before.

The destructive power of such a vast war is amazing enough. The Mongolian army is a well-known predatory army in human history. It is one of their natural abilities to carry out destruction. The consequences of the hundreds of thousands of troops in Boyan's south of the Yangtze River are very serious. Many houses were destroyed by them, many ordinary people killed them, and many women raped them, which was a catastrophe.

If Kublai Khan hadn't planned to bribe the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, strictly enforced the plunder of the Mongolian army, and curbed the plunder of the Mongolian army, according to the tradition of the Mongols to capture one place and slaughter one place, would it be a problem for the people in Jiangnan now?

As for Guo Kan's army, the harm was not very big, because they surrounded Li Jun as soon as they arrived in Jiangnan, and there was no chance to harm Jiangnan. Otherwise, it would have been a little worse.

Fortunately, Li Jun instructed Wen Tianxiang to transfer these fleeing people to the Lingnan area and carry out orderly evacuation, which avoided the occurrence of more serious consequences.

The war ended, the Southern Song Dynasty won the victory, and the fleeing people wanted to return to their hometowns, with a large number. This was a huge project. It was urgent to resettle them and rebuild Jiangnan. Chinese people value feelings and have a special liking for their hometowns. It is understandable that they want to return to Jiangnan.

The reconstruction work had been under the leadership of Wen Tianxiang for a while, but at that time, the main focus was on the battle with Guo Kan, so the reconstruction work naturally could not proceed faster. After the war, what followed was large-scale replacement of equipment, training the army, and preparing to recover the five places. The reconstruction work was still not on the agenda.

The situation is more stable now. Five armies have launched together to sweep the five places. Although there are still heavy military affairs to deal with, it is relatively easier. Li Jun naturally shifted his energy to reconstruction work.

As soon as Li Jun finished speaking, Wen Tianxiang said: "What the emperor said is very true. I also believe that rebuilding Jiangnan is an urgent task. Judging from the current situation, a large number of the people who fled to Lingnan should return to their hometown. The court should help them so that they will not be hungry or freezing after returning to their hometown. They should have food and accommodation. I have taken measures before, building many simple houses to shelter them from the wind and rain, and also opened a porridge shed, encouraging them to open fields and resume production. However, because the court fought with Guo Kan at that time, the progress of this work was still very slow.

"Now, there are still many ordinary people who have no place to live and have no food to eat. Many ordinary people are in the same place, so they are not living in people, which is similar to the sanctuary where they raise animals. These are all the crimes of the ministers, so please punish the emperor." Wen Tianxiang is a righteous person. When he thinks about the hard life these ordinary people live, he can't help but feel sad and full of pain. Qigong means Laza.

The people here, Li Jun, Wen Tianxiang, Li Tingzhi, and Chen Yizhong, all went to inspect the situation of the people in Jiangnan. As Wen Tianxiang said, it was very shocking. Of course, it was not a good shock, but a bad shock.

Jiangnan has always been one of the most valued places in all dynasties. If Jiangnan is not rebuilt, this big money bag and this big granary will be gone, which is a crime for the court and the Chinese nation. Li Jun naturally knew the importance of it and decided to seize the time to restore the grand occasion of Jiangnan.

Wen Tianxiang's words made Li Jun and the others think of the scene during the inspection, and they felt sad and silent.

Li Jun is a kind elder. He empathizes with the situation of the people. He can't help but shed tears, wiped his tears, and said firmly: "So, the court must rebuild Jiangnan as soon as possible no matter what, so that the people can live a good life. Even if it is a hundred times more difficult, the court cannot leave the people alone."

His words were loud and moved Wen Tianxiang and the others, and they said together: "The emperor is kind!"

"Your Majesty, I think I can lend money to the people and ask them to repair the house by themselves. After the house is repaired, the money will be exempted. In this way, it won't take much time for Jiangnan to have millions of houses, and the people will resume their business and the prosperity of Jiangnan will be reborn." Li Tingzhi thought for a while and began to suggest.

When Li Tingzhi first arrived in Yangzhou, Yangzhou suffered constant wars and houses were destroyed. Many people began to flee. He used this method to lend money to the people and ask the people to build houses. When the people built the house, they would be exempted from the lent money. Yangzhou had not much time to restore its former prosperity. Now, his re-proposal of this measure can be said to be an experience.

Chen Yizhong then expressed his opinion and said, "Your Majesty, I also think what Xiangfu said is very reasonable. When I was in Guangzhou, I used a similar approach to resettle the fleeing people, borrowing silver to the people, asking them to repair houses and build houses, and then half of them were exempted after the repair was completed. Then half of them were exempted. After a few times, they have been exempted from all of them now."

Li Tingzhi, Wen Tianxiang and Chen Yizhong are both loyal ministers. Their methods have been tested. In today's terms, they have been "piloted" and they are absolutely unsuccessful. Li Jun did not agree and said, "Your methods are good, and they were also practical under the circumstances at that time. However, I thought about it for a long time and still felt that there was a problem, that is, the people would use the money they lend to buy food or other expenses, and they might not necessarily use them to build houses."

Before Li Jun finished speaking, Li Tingzhi and Chen Yizhong said together: "The emperor is wise!"

The people in any dynasty were very poor, and the people in the Southern Song Dynasty were even worse. This was because the court was incompetent and corrupt officials were rampant, and the wandering soldiers were scattered and extorted. There were many places where money was needed. Once the money was obtained, it would be used for other purposes. This was inevitable. Li Jun, a historian, has conducted in-depth research on this and will not know how deep the water is.

"The court is also in urgent need of silver now. It is too difficult to take out a large amount of silver to build a house for the people." Li Jun was very distressed and said, "This is too difficult and the court cannot bear it at present. We must borrow civilian power. The court has no silver, but the court also has several cards to play. As long as we play these cards well, we can still achieve the goal of helping the people resume production."

It is naturally good to achieve the goal of rebuilding Jiangnan without spending money. Who wouldn't think of such a good thing? Li Tingzhi, Chen Yizhong and Wen Tianxiang stared at Li Jun and looked at them with eagerness. You will know how much they hoped that Li Jun would give the answer immediately.

Li Tingzhi and the others are not worried. Li Jun has too many ideas, which makes them unexpected. Li Jun looks confident. Needless to say, it must be Zhizhu who is holding it. If they don’t have to worry, they can’t help it.

Li Jun understood their feelings very well and said, "Chaoting now has mastered the formula and production of cement. I want to sell both of them to the rich people in the country, and then they will take charge of technology and production."

"What the emperor said is good is good, but cement has very important strategic significance for the court. If it falls into the people and is obtained by the Tartars, the consequences will be quite serious. I would like to think twice." Wen Tianxiang immediately expressed his opinion and expressed his objection.

His concerns were not redundant. The bunkers in the inner city of Lin'an proved that they could withstand the attack of Huihui cannons. Li Jun once bombed the bunkers with cannons in order to test the performance of the cannons. To be honest, the wisdom of the ancients was really high. The cement they made was really not covered in randomly. The performance was really good. They exploded dozens of cannons in a row before they could explode a hole. If the cement production technology fell into the hands of the Mongolians, the deterrence of the cannons would be greatly reduced. The cannons were the most sharp weapon of the Song army now. If there were no cannons, it would be difficult to fight in this war.

Wen Tianxiang's words were immediately approved by Chen Yizhong and Li Tingzhi. Li Tingzhi said: "Your Majesty, I think what Lu Shan said is reasonable." Chen Yizhong nodded and said: "Your Majesty, what Lu Shan said is very reasonable."

Li Jun naturally understood their concerns and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this. I have already thought about it. We need to strengthen supervision and pay attention to the leakage of technical secrets. You are also very clear about the power of gunpowder. It is indeed not ideal to use it to blow up bunkers. If we attack a strong city like Xiangyang, with our current artillery difficulties, we can develop more powerful weapons to replace gunpowder.

"War is a process of mutual learning. We must have confidence to learn better than our opponents in war, to learn better and create new things. In this way, the Song Dynasty can complete the great cause of restoration and revitalize it."

Li Jun's words are indeed an experience. In history, only countries and nations that are better at learning and creation can truly be invincible.

We all know that China is one of the four ancient civilizations in human history. Until now, the only country that the four ancient civilizations still play an extremely important role is China. Although China has repeatedly missed many historical opportunities in history, we still have to admit that the Chinese nation is a country that is very good at invention and creation. It has been at the forefront of the world for nearly two thousand years before the decline of the Qing Dynasty. That is, during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, the GDP in the Qing Dynasty was one-third of the world, so China was called the "golden country" by Western countries.

Li Tingzhi and the others had nothing to say about this and praised: "What the emperor said is very true." Chen Yizhong nodded as if he was chewing on the charm in it, and praised: "The emperor's words are similar to the saint's tireless teachings!"

"This is a very common truth, and it is also compared with the old master. It's a bit strange." Li Jun thought in his heart and said, "Cement can not only be used to build bunkers, but also to military aspects, but also to be good building materials. It can benefit the people by building houses. The houses made from cement are dry and clean, more suitable for people's living, and more suitable for health. Why don't we do such a good thing?

"What the Song Dynasty wanted was not only a strong army, but also a high-quality commoner. If the people had low physical fitness and were plagued by illness because of their lack of good living conditions, it was not only the fault of you meat eaters, but also the fault of the court, and it was also my fault." The meat eaters were synonymous with officials in ancient times.

You can imagine how the people of a country have a poor physical fitness, how can they be rich and strong? We can never forget how deeply the four words "Sick Man in East Asia" hurt the Chinese people. However, we have to admit that in history, the courts in all dynasties did not put living conditions and put the health of the people in the list of governance, and did not attract enough attention. Li Jun attached such importance to the health of the people is actually the first time Pangu has opened up the world.

This is a great good deed with immeasurable merits. Wen Tianxiang and the others naturally could not object, but this cost a large sum of silver. Where did this money come from? I agreed with Li Jun's idea, but I was worried that there was no money, so I had to stop talking.

Li Jun understood their thoughts and said, "The Chaoting allocated a batch of silver to purchase a large amount of cement from cement manufacturers to build roads in Jiangnan. Jiangnan is known as a water town. The ground is wet. When it rains, the road is muddy and difficult to walk. The Chaoting can build some roads to facilitate traffic."

Li Tingzhi and the others naturally had no objection to this point and praised him.

"The construction matter will be left to the public to handle. The court will give the money and accept it. The court must stipulate that the minimum wage of the recruited personnel must not allow the unscrupulous businessmen to exploit the people too much. If he recruits the fugitive people, he can also receive a compensation amount of money from the court." Li Jun knocked on the table and said, "It is necessary to supervise well, and the businessmen cannot make fraud. This matter will be responsible for Lu Shan."

Wen Tianxiang was upright and honest. He has done a great job since he was in charge of the officials and achieved great results. If he was responsible for supervising, those businessmen would have to be careful.

Li Tingzhi asked with great concern: "Your Majesty, what about building a house?" Li Jun said that he had not said how to deal with the living problems of the people. This is the affairs of the Secretariat, so Li Tingzhi was not in a hurry.

"You are too anxious, I've already thought about it." Li Jun thought in his heart, saying, "The court has to pay the money for this matter. The court allocates a batch of silver to purchase cement and bricks, and then hand it over to the people to repair the house. In this way, it can certainly prevent the people from misappropriating the money for house repair, but it will also cause opportunities for profit for profit by profit by profiteering by profiteering by profiteering by profiteering by profiteering by profiteering by profiteering by profiteering by profiteering by corrupt businessmen, and do not need to be ruthless."

For businessmen and corrupt officials, they cannot afford to get up early. As long as they have the opportunity, they will naturally commit fraud and harm the people. Supervision is necessary.

In the consent of Li Tingzhi and others, Li Jun continued: "In order to better produce good cement, I will instruct Huang Yongshan to establish a technical organization, formulate unified standards, and conduct cement testing, so that those profiteers who are inferior to be good will not be ruthless."

If there is no standard for reselling production technology, it will definitely be a matter of water for those unscrupulous merchants. A great thing that could have benefited the people will become a bad thing for cheating the people. The products we use now are controlled by national standards. If there is no national standards, then friends should want to get the consequences.

"The common people don't have the strength to build a house, and the other half will be paid by the common people themselves. Of course, the common people don't have the strength now, so they can't afford the money, so the court will pay the money in advance, and the people will return the money after three years. At that time, if there is really difficulties and cannot be returned, the court can be exempted at the discretion of the court." Li Jun said confidently: "Three years, I think it should be enough."

According to Li Jun's plan, Jiangnan has already restored its old view three years later. In fact, Jiangnan has not only restored its old view three years later, but is far better than before. Its wealth and prosperity are surprising.
Chapter completed!