Li Shilong chewed Qin Mo's words carefully. If it were someone else who said it, he would definitely say that this person had rebellious intentions.

He finally centralized power and concentrated all the power on himself. Wouldn't delegating power be a blow to his own feet?

But his trust in Qin Mo is greater than that of his own son. He is the man of destiny in Yuan Tiangang's mouth, and the lucky star who can change the fate of Da Gan.

He picked up the tea cup and took a sip, "Please tell me carefully."

"Take the current prince as an example. Father, I'm just giving you an example." Qin Mo explained, and then said: "The prince has grown up under the spotlight since he was a child. If nothing else, he is dressed in fine clothes and jade. Food was indispensable, and he had many concubines. Although he was talented and knowledgeable, the knowledge from books only allowed him to talk eloquently and quote the sufferings of the people from the classics.

Does he know why the people are suffering?

Those teachers who taught him were all from aristocratic families, and they were still well-dressed and well-fed. How could they know the sufferings of the people?

The students taught by such a teacher may be polite and talk about classics, but they have no regard for the common people."

Qin Mo paused, "My son-in-law thinks that if God is going to entrust this person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, and mess up his actions!"

It is impossible for an extravagant person to have compassion, and they have no empathy to appreciate the difficulty of people's lives.

My son-in-law mentioned earlier that officials should be released abroad. In fact, he wanted those officials to see the sufferings of the world, instead of standing in the court every day, talking loudly and quoting classics.

To do practical work, they must bend down, their shoes must be covered with mud, and the gaps between their fingernails must be full of mud.

Their skin should be dark, let them also taste rice bran, let them also taste what is called fried wild vegetables and roots!"

Li Shilong was shocked.

He murmured: "Heaven will confer a great responsibility on this people... Well, that's right, how can you reach the grand ceremony without going through hardships."

"Father, you are wrong. There is something wrong at the root. It doesn't take three generations. The second generation will definitely make mistakes.

I heard my father say that in any dynasty, the founding emperor was the most tired, and subsequent emperors would sleep on the merits of the founding emperor.

Therefore, if we want to change the situation of wealthy princes and princesses, we should let them do more housework, not only in the hall and in the kitchen, but at least they should be able to take care of themselves after leaving the servants."

Li Shilong nodded, "Then tell me about the second point!"

"My son-in-law said that we should draw up a general outline of what the imperial court will do in the future. It may take three years or five years. This general outline covers the domestic people's livelihood. If it is broken down, it can be divided into building bridges and paving roads and reducing taxes. , increase food production, etc.

There is also foreign strategy, such as how many troops should be added in a year to form an absolute military deterrent to that country.

The court also sets a target for how much taxes it expects to pay this year and makes a summary every year.

In this way, everyone knows what they should and should not do, instead of everyone working together to improve Daqian and make Daqian a peaceful country and a peaceful people.

As soon as we sit down, you talk about yours and I talk about mine, and your brains will explode!

In this way, as long as the tasks are divided and the father continues to improve the details and control the general direction, not only can the efficiency be greatly improved.

You can also eliminate time costs and do more things.”

Li Shilong thought seriously, and finally asked the biggest doubt in his heart, "After delegating power, if problems arise, how should we take it back?"

Once you get involved with power, you will become addicted.

"Father, let's put it this way, if you delegate power to the state capital or county level, it will still be useless. The local village elders are the actual statisticians.

Clan law is greater than national law, but if one day your power is delegated to the village level and the common people feel your care, do you know what this means?"

"Impossible, the power cannot reach that level." Li Shilong vetoed it flatly. He knew very well that his decree was essentially in vain after eight hundred miles.

We still have to rely on local aristocratic families, which is an unsolvable problem.

That's what it means to be beyond the reach of a whip.

In fact, if you be conservative, it may be useless after five hundred miles.

But he was embarrassed to say it.

"Not necessarily!" Qin Mo smiled, "Father, do you still remember the business path we talked about before?"

"Okay, stop pressing, sit down and talk!" Li Shilong picked up the teapot and poured Qin Mo a cup of tea, "Moisten your throat, Gao Shilian, get some cakes, my son-in-law is hungry!"

Gao Shilian brought the cakes, and Li Shilong said: "If you can let the imperial power go to the countryside, if you want the moon in the sky, I will find a way to pick it off for you!"

"That's not necessary. Father, just give me two years' leave!" Qin Mo chuckled, took a sip of water, and said, "Those envoys are still holding fire in their stomachs. After the military parade, they will probably only feel cold.

We have to send them warmth.

Trade is inevitable. There are so many roads. Choose the most prosperous one, and then build the Lizhi Road. All the state capitals, county offices, and villages on this road can be connected.

As long as the road is open and the soldiers arrive at night, will they dare to act recklessly?

Build a large number of inns on these roads, and I am recruiting investment. If not in a year, they will become a vibrant road of wealth, which can bring hundreds of taels of financial revenue to the court, and at the same time, it can also drive local development.

people become rich.

My father’s policies can also benefit the local area. It seems to be decentralizing power, but it is actually consolidating it!”

"Building roads is never a trivial matter. Wouldn't it mean that hundreds of thousands of corvees would be levied and the money spent would be countless? One road would be thousands of miles long." Li Shilong felt that Qin Mo was too whimsical.

"Father, if you want to be rich, you must build roads first, and who said that building roads must require corvee labor?" Qin Mo said: "There are tens of thousands of prisoners imprisoned in the sky jails in the capital, and there are probably not a few in the country, right? Before

Aren't there still many war criminals in Jiaozhi who have been defeated but refuse to bow their heads? Just bring them here, work as hard labor, and give them food.

In this way, even wages are saved, and death is a dead end without having to waste people and money.

By repairing the road and benefiting the people, if the court wants to send troops or rescue in the future, it can be greatly accelerated.

If the journey that takes ten days can be reached in five days, does your father know what this means?"

Li Shilong's pupils shrank, "Is it really feasible?"

"A nephew of your clan has developed something called cement. This material is mixed with sand and gravel, and it can solidify in one day. After a few days, it will become as solid as a rock. It can be used to build high-rise buildings, city walls, and can also be used to build bridges and pave roads."

“Similar to glutinous rice juice limestone?”

"Yes, but the cost is very low, and it is harder than it!" Qin Mo said: "With enough materials and enough manpower, we can pave seven or eight miles a day. It only takes four or five days to pave the road from the capital to Jingzhao Mansion. Three
Chapter completed!