It was already late at night, but Li Xiu was not sleepy at all. Finally, he came to the yard and looked up and saw the towering imperial city in the distance. Today he did not go home, but directly stayed in the Financial Management Supervision Bureau. Because the bank was about to start operating tomorrow, there were many things to deal with in the afternoon. In the end, he was busy until midnight. And tomorrow he had to go to the bank early. He lived outside the city, and felt a little far away, so he finally lived in the Financial Management Bureau.

In fact, not only Li Xiu did not go back today, but Xu Jingzong and other officials also did not go back. They also followed Li Xiu to work hard before, and they didn't have dinner to rest until the second update. They also had to go to the bank tomorrow morning to prevent any accidents. Now the rest rooms are also snoring like thunder.

After the morning court ended this morning, Li Xiu took the opportunity to propose to Li Shimin that he hoped to reform the salaries of officials, convert the physical goods directly into copper coins, and then distributed them by the bank. However, this matter was directly related to the vital interests of all officials, so Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji were also very cautious and did not dare to support Li Xiu's suggestions too much for a while.

Faced with this situation, Li Xiu had to finally take out the compromise plan, which was to propose to Li Shimin that officials could choose for themselves and would still go to the Ministry of Revenue to collect the goods according to the original rules. However, if someone was willing to collect the copper coins, he could go to the bank to collect them. Anyway, the copper coins and things were equivalent.

Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji thought it was feasible for Li Xiu's compromise proposal. In fact, they all knew that it was very troublesome to pay the salaries of officials in kind, especially when the salaries were paid every year, the dispatch of so many materials could almost be compared with wars. If all of them were converted into copper coins, it would be much easier.

However, Li Xiu was not sure about this compromise plan. After all, people are lazy, and officials are no exception. They have long been used to collecting physical objects. Now they suddenly convert physical objects into copper coins. I am afraid many people will not be able to accept it for a while.

Of course, this method is not completely ineffective. As time goes by, many people may slowly change their minds. Of course, this may take a long time, or even be calculated over the years, but this is also impossible.

"No reform is not that easy!" Li Xiu couldn't help but sigh and said to himself with emotion. After saying that, he couldn't help but tighten his clothes. After all, there was a little chill in the night in August.

However, the cold body suddenly reminded Li Xiu of Liaodong again. Today, Li Shimin proposed to attack Goguryeo, but Li Xiu proposed the concept of an asymmetric war. In the end, he reluctantly agreed. It is said that Li Shimin discussed matters with several generals in the Liangyi Hall this afternoon, which should be discussing matters related to Goguryeo.

In fact, with Li Xiu's intervention, the military strength of the Tang Dynasty was far greater than that of the Tang Dynasty in history. After all, the Tang Dynasty in history did not have gunpowder weapons, and the supply of food would not be as sufficient as it is now. So if Li Shimin really led the army in person, he might really be able to destroy Goguryeo in one fell swoop.

However, the reason why Li Xiu did not want Li Shimin to send troops now was not only because he felt that it was not worth taking such a big risk at this time, but also had other considerations. The most important thing was that he had not yet thought about what to do after destroying Goguryeo?

Originally, Goguryeo, Silla and Baekje are in power on the peninsula. Although Goguryeo has the strongest power, it cannot destroy Silla and Baekje for a while, so the peninsula is temporarily maintained. If Goguryeo is suddenly destroyed, it will inevitably break the balance of power on the peninsula. Moreover, Baekje is the weakest at this time. If Silla continues to destroy Baekje, it will naturally form a situation where Silla's family dominates in history.

Thinking about Silla's actions in history, Li Xiu couldn't help but feel disgusted with this small country. After Goguryeo was destroyed, the territory was merged into the Tang Dynasty and many troops were stationed. At the beginning, Silla was also very respectful, but later as the Tang Dynasty weakened, Silla took the opportunity to send troops to drive the Tang Dynasty's army out of the peninsula, and even occupied a lot of land in Liaodong. Many Han people who moved to Liaodong were killed by Silla's army.

"We must not let Silla be a big shot. The Tang Dynasty sent troops directly without a name, and the second is not cost-effective. The only way is..." Thinking of Silla's despicable behavior in history, Li Xiu couldn't help but angrily, but at the end of the day, a sinister smile appeared on his face.

"Silla is not a good person, and Baekje is the same, but Baekje is still useful now, and their strength is too weak, and they are not Silla's opponents at all. In this way, the best way is to support Baekje first, so that it has the capital to compete with Silla, and then destroy Goguryeo, and the balance on the island will be broken. If the Tang Dynasty provokes it, it will definitely make the two countries fight. At that time, the Tang Dynasty will not help each other on the surface, but secretly can play balance and sell weapons and armor, just like the Americans in later generations, and then let the two countries slowly flow out of their blood in the war!"

The more Li Xiu said, the more excited he became. He had never thought clearly about how to deal with the problems of the Three Kingdoms on the Peninsula before. It was not impossible to directly annex, but it was too troublesome for the Tang Dynasty. After all, instead of spending so much effort to annex the Three Kingdoms on the Peninsula, it would be more cost-effective to annex the grasslands. After all, the grasslands pose a greater threat to the Tang Dynasty.

Since it cannot be annexed, it is the best way to make the entire peninsula bleeding. In fact, the Tang Dynasty also used the same method on the grassland. For example, before Xue Yantuo had the strength to threaten the Tang Dynasty, and now the Tang Dynasty has begun to provoke other grassland tribes to be enemies with Xue Yantuo, resulting in Xue Yantuo's power not being able to enter the south of the Moon, and the south of the Moon is the most abundant place on the grassland. If you cannot control it, you cannot talk about controlling the grassland.

Now the Tang Dynasty is making peace, hoping that Baekje will form an alliance with Silla to jointly deal with the threat of Goguryeo. After all, even if the Tang Dynasty implements an asymmetric war against Goguryeo, it will not have any great effect within one or two years. Instead, it may cause Goguryeo to pass on its losses and accelerate its attack on Baekje and Silla. Therefore, the alliance between the two countries is inevitable. However, if they want to form an alliance, Silla must let the territory that annexed Baekje, which can just enhance Baekje's strength.

After thinking through the matter in Liaodong, Li Xiu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He felt much more comfortable and also felt a little sleepy. So he returned to the room to rest. Before the sun rose the next day, Li Xiu took the financial management and a group of people to the bank early!
Chapter completed!