Sometimes your dream may be completed in the process of your hard work. When you look back, in addition to being grateful for your past efforts, of course, there are also regrets you have never reached.

Li Yan is still Li Yan, and is still the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Many young officials don’t know what kind of past he had before becoming emperor.

But Li Yi no longer cared about these things. The so-called complex when he attacked Japan before also slowly disappeared with the ashes of Japan.

He gradually understood that no matter whether you are an emperor like Li Longji or a person like an ordinary citizen of the Tang Dynasty, you must have some goals. Without goals, you will be like a walking corpse.

But if he only knew how to run forward, Li Qing knew that this person would definitely die of exhaustion on the road.

The current development of the Tang Dynasty has actually unknowingly surpassed the prosperous Kaiyuan period. It has already reached again without picking up any roads and not closing doors at night.

Let’s not talk about the current situation in the Tang Dynasty. In fact, many people who have experienced the Kaiyuan prosperous era are already very shocking when recalling it.

At that time, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty reached an unprecedented prosperity, forming a prosperous situation where "the plan is made every three years, and all countries are seeking Heluo". Li Longji took a series of positive measures, coupled with the hard work of the people, which made the world rule. The great poet Du Fu once wrote a poem that was still widely sung after a thousand years of prosperity for the Kaiyuan period: "Remembering the prosperous days of Kaiyuan, the small town still has thousands of families."

At that time, the Tang Dynasty reached an extremely high level in all aspects, with unprecedented national strength, unprecedented social and economic prosperity, and a significant population growth. During the Tianbao period, the population of the Tang Dynasty reached 80 million.

In addition, business is also very developed, with domestic transportation, prosperous cities, and active foreign trade. Persian and Dashi merchants flocked to each other, Chang'an, Luoyang, Guangzhou and other metropolises of various skin colors and different languages ​​gathered. It can be said that as long as it is a larger market, it is very lively.

During the Kaiyuan period, the oasis area in Central Asia was also dominated by the Tang Dynasty. It once established a vast territory that reached Luofuzhou in the south, Xuanquezhou in the north, Anxizhou in the west, and Gewuzhou in the east. In fact, this territory is the largest compared to any dynasty in the later Chinese period.

Even the Tang Dynasty is now so powerful, Li Yu has not allowed it to reach the level of his grandfather on the territory alone.

In fact, there is another thing that Li Yan had not discovered before. In fact, Li Longji was not foolish in his later years, but he was a little too confident about the achievements he had made before. To put it bluntly, he was a little bit floating.

When Li Longji first ascended the throne, he actually advocated the Taoist idea of ​​tranquility and inaction as the way to govern the country.

However, at the beginning, the result of this Taoist thinking was to promote culture and education, appoint talents in politics, reform official positions, and rectify officials, and make the government stable in the middle of the Tang Dynasty.

Economically, new economic measures are formulated to increase fiscal revenue, and vigorously develop agriculture. Strike against wealthy families, liberate labor, and reduce the burden on the people; culturally, crack down on Buddhist forces and eliminate monks and nuns; military, reform the military system, develop military farms in border areas, improve the combat effectiveness of the army, and expand the territory. Diplomacy, implement reconciliation of ethnic policies and improve ethnic relations.

In this way, of course, no matter what field it is, it is developing rapidly.

Moreover, in the early stage, although Li Longji did advocate the governance of inaction in his thoughts, he thought in his mind that only after all aspects have reached a certain level can he do nothing.

Therefore, Li Longji was not ruthless in the administration of the government. He rectified the administration of the government and improved the efficiency of the bureaucracy.

Simplify the institutions, lay off excess officials, and lay off many useless officials since Wu Zetian, limiting the number of people who have passed the Jinshi exam, so as to reduce the emergence of redundant officials and improve the overall quality of officials.

This not only improves efficiency, but also saves government expenditures. A strict assessment system is established and the management of local officials is strengthened. In October of each year, inspectors are sent to various places to inspect the people's conditions, recruit illegal officials, and severely punish them.

The system of censors and historians participating in the prime minister's meeting was restored. This was a system during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, allowing censors and historians to participate in discussing national affairs and supervising the government. After Wu Ze's Catholic rule, Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu were promoted to be prime ministers, and some things were not dared to be disclosed, so this system was abolished.

He attached importance to the appointment and removal of county magistrates. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang believed that county officials were the forefront of national governance, and directly dealing with the people represented the image of the country. Therefore, Emperor Xuanzong often gave county officials questions to test them, and knew exactly whether these county officials were truly competent. If they had excellent exams, they could be promoted immediately. If they were not worthy of their reputation, they would be dismissed immediately.

Not just the system, even in the early Kaiyuan period, Li Longji's vision was quite unique.

At that time, he knew that employing people was the foundation of governing the country, and he was also good at discovering talents. He first appointed Yao Chong and Song Jing as prime ministers, and then used Zhang Jiazhen, Zhang Shuo, Li Yuanhong, Du Lu, Han Xiu, and Zhang Jiuling as prime ministers. They each had their own strengths, were well-versed in governing the country, and were loyal to the duties, which made the government full of vitality. Moreover, Xuanzong was able to accept advice at this time, so his politics was clear and the political situation was stable.

The reason why he ended up like that was actually because when Li Longji thought that all aspects of the Tang Dynasty had finally met his requirements and could finally achieve real inaction, he just believed in the wrong person, and this person was naturally Li Linfu who had tortured the Tang Dynasty.

If Li Longji had not regarded Li Linfu as a capable minister in governing the world, the Tang Dynasty would never have become like this.

A Li Linfu, coupled with Li Longji's letting go, directly led to the collapse of the Kaiyuan prosperous era in an instant.

Although Li Neng has never mentioned this to the people in the court over the years, he has been subtly influenced them with his own actions. The most important point is to let him use the right people to implement the right policies.

And now, Li Yi has basically reached the level of automating his court. He knows that his influence is basically the same.

In this way, Li Qing's first half in the Tang Dynasty basically ended, and he himself knew that his second half of his life in the Tang Dynasty had just begun, after all, his age was here.

After struggling and fighting in the Tang Dynasty for so many years, Li Wen finally understood a truth: it was because he was in this mountain.
Chapter completed!