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Chapter 219 Under the Secret Order

After sending off Xu Jingchun, Lu Chengqi suddenly remembered something.Li Jie, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was only concerned with giving the blueprints, but forgot the thing that Lu Chengqi cared most about—cotton.

The weather is getting colder and colder now. It's not yet July, and I feel a little cool at night.If this continues, I am afraid that in winter, at the northernmost point of Dashun, it is not a big problem for dripping water to turn into ice.

In such a severe cold weather, people will freeze to death even in future generations, let alone this time and space?The sooner the matter of cotton is put on the agenda, the better it will be for the Han people.The Han people are not like those nomads who can hunt animals for fur to keep out the cold.In winter, the combat effectiveness of the Han army with thin clothes will drop sharply.Perhaps the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty was also related to the Jin Kingdom's attack in winter.

Originally, I thought that there was no cotton, and using kapok instead could solve the urgent need.Unexpectedly, Li Jie gave him a big surprise.For cotton, Lu Chengqi is looking forward to it. This is related to the life and death of the people of Dashun, so it is not a joke.

With a vision that transcends this time and space for thousands of years, Lu Chengqi will not superficially believe that the prerequisite for being a good emperor is to use military force, frantically expand territories, and plunder people.That's something that Mongolians who have no political vision will do. They keep searching for gold, silver, treasures, and beautiful women, and they never get tired of it.Although an unprecedented empire was established, it was only a flash in the pan.

The Mongols did a lot of misfortunes, not only making the people of the Central Plains miserable, but also ruining the best chance for the rise of the Han family.Although the emperor of the Song Dynasty committed his own death and could not blame others, it was wrong to lose hundreds of millions of Han people.

Therefore, Lu Chengqi admired Comrade Zhu Chongba who was able to drive the Mongols out of the Central Plains and never compromised with anyone in his life.Regardless of his faults, he is a well-deserved national hero.

And to be a good emperor, the most important thing is to let your people have something to eat and clothes to wear, so that they will not die of cold.If you can't even do this, how can you talk about being an emperor through the ages!
It is precisely because of this that Lu Chengqi values ​​cotton very much, even more than firearms and chidao. "The granaries know the etiquette when they have enough food and clothing, and they know the honor and disgrace." If there is no food to eat, no clothes to cover their bodies, the people will not rise up to rebel?Only when you can eat enough and have clothes to wear can you further read poetry and books and know etiquette.It can be said that food, clothing, housing and transportation are the necessary conditions for the people under the rule to know the rules.In other words, the development of the economy leads to the progress of civilization, and the progress of civilization depends on the development of the economy. The two complement each other and are indispensable.

In fact, the Song Dynasty was on the right path. Unfortunately, the literati in the Song Dynasty were too jealous and suppressed the warriors, which led to the collapse of the dynasty and the country.A warrior has no status, so how can he try his best to fight?
A lesson from the past is a guide for the future.Lu Chengqi will not let the tragedy of the Song Dynasty in the official history repeat itself, so naturally he must grasp the degree of it.Anything that goes too far will turn from a good thing to a bad thing.This is like a Taiji diagram, where the anode produces yin and the cathode turns yang.Any good system, if taken too far, becomes a bad system again.It’s too late, that’s what I’m talking about.These wisdoms that have been passed down for thousands of years always have a reason for their existence.

Lu Chengqi complained that Li Jie, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, did not do anything, but he was actually wrong about Li Jie.He is an honest person, and he will not easily draw conclusions without any substantial progress.

How dare Li Jie not do what the little emperor told him?It's just that it will take some time for the cotton to be transported from the south to Chang'an City.How to make clothes also takes time to study.Li Jie had to think for a long time even about the spinning wheel proposed by Lu Chengqi.

It's not that Li Jie doesn't take things seriously, on the contrary, it's because he's too serious to be so cautious.

Such people are rare in any time and space.They will not boast, nor will they promise anything easily.But always remember what you said, once you promise, you will try your best to do it and do your best.

Lu Chengqi didn't understand the truth, and said that Li Jie had forgotten about it.Still thinking in his heart, should he call Li Jie over and ask about cotton.But after thinking about it, he dismissed the idea.He didn't want his affection for Li Jie to disappear, so let's just trust him for once.

His gaze touched the dragon case, where the secret letter sealed with wax was lying there quietly.If the content inside is spread out, it is estimated that it will cause shocks in the court.

Because Lu Chengqi's temperament is like this, he will never stop doing one thing, and since he sent troops to suppress the bandits, he will continue to suppress the bandits to the end.The water bandits in Shandong, the pirates in Zhejiang and Zhejiang, and the bandits in Yunnan and Guizhou, these are all targets of dictatorship!In Dashun territory, any unofficial armed forces will be regarded as banditry and must be eradicated thoroughly!
Just so domineering, just so non-negotiable.Even if reckless people are more righteous, they are also unstable factors.Since ancient times, Confucianism has violated the law with literature, and chivalry has violated the law with martial arts.Just imagine, there is a knight with a knife and gun that can kill people living next to your house. Would you be afraid?In the same way, even if these people "rob the rich and give to the poor", it is destroying social order and social stability.No emperor dared to take this unstable factor lightly.

In fact, there is no right or wrong in this world, it is just that one stands on the wrong side, and then disagreements arise.Lu Chengqi wants a stable dynasty, gathering people's hearts, forming cohesion and centripetal force; while the so-called knights want to be free and happy in the world.This is purely irrelevant, how can we talk about it together?

Especially those green forests where people gather to become thieves must be completely wiped out.No matter how much it costs, it is not hesitating.Lu Chengqi wants to develop business, there is such a group of green forest heroes who specialize in "robbing the rich and helping the poor", isn't this playing against Lu Chengqi, how can he bear it!

They were not exterminated before because they did not touch the emperor's bottom line and turned a blind eye to these people.But Lu Chengqi is a person who cares about his own achievements, how can he allow others to go against him?

Don't know that these green forest heroes are very powerful. Once the state machine is sacrificed, these people are simply ants and vulnerable.

What Lu Chengqi has to do now is to risk being scolded by the admonishing doctor, and send this secret decree to Fatty Lu, so that he can quickly put down the banditry with lightning speed.Waiting for the raw rice to be cooked into cooked rice, the advice doctors will only have to enjoy their mouths.

"Come on!"

As soon as Lu Chengqi finished speaking, a servant quickly walked into the Chuigong Hall, bowing his head and obeying orders.

"Give this secret decree to the Forbidden Army's Pegasus for emergency report, immediately send it to Taiyuan Mansion, and hand it over to Commander Lu!" The unquestionable tone showed Lu Chengqi's determination.He didn't believe that those green forest heroes could stop the strictly trained Imperial Army!
(End of this chapter)