Datang: Stop pretending, you are a peerless expert

For 5000 years, the strong Han Dynasty flourished and the Tang Dynasty was envied by all subsequent kings.

But during the Zhenguan period, Li Er was actually very bitter.

In the spring of the first year of Zhenguan, there was a severe drought in Hebei first, and in summer, there was also a severe drought in the provinces of Shandong;
Immediately after the severe drought, the land in Guanzhong became flooded with rain, while outside the pass was plagued by locusts;
Haven't slowed down yet, and it's snowstorm again in winter.

Just one year after he ascended the throne, natural disasters happened one after another, not to mention the courtiers, even Li Shimin himself doubted whether it was the punishment of God.

"Why does Mr. Su say that this natural disaster is also an opportunity?"

Empress Changsun asked eagerly, unconsciously leaning forward.

"Natural disasters cannot be changed, but we humans can. Floods, droughts and snowstorms, the three disasters connected together, is indeed a major challenge for Li Er, but it is also an excellent opportunity. Youdao is a crisis, and there is an opportunity in the crisis."

Su Yu spoke eloquently, not in a hurry.

Li Er?

Empress Changsun frowned slightly, and the corners of her mouth twitched.

Even Empress Changsun herself called Li Shimin Erlang, and never dared to call him Li Er.

this Su Yu
Forget it, maybe he is a god and it is unknown.

"How to turn crisis into opportunity?"

The queen wants to know this most.

Su Yu beckoned, Xue Ji knelt on the ground and pinched her feet.

Shangguan Yun thought to himself: The empress is sitting upright, but Su Yu let the servant girl pinch her feet, what a shame.

The queen didn't mind at all.

"Nowadays it is said that the natural disaster is because Li Er took Li Jiancheng's throne and forced the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan to abdicate."

Empress Changsun shook her body.

The change of Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin beheaded Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, everyone knows.

But no one knew about forcing Li Yuan to abdicate.

This matter was done in an extremely secretive manner, and outsiders could only guess at most, without any solid evidence.

But Su Yu was so sure. Is he really a god?

"But if you overcome the natural disaster, you can win the hearts of the people and prove your talents. You must know that the year of natural disasters is an excellent opportunity for the emperor to win the hearts of the people. And"

Su Yu smirked, unpredictable.

"and?"

The queen was about to die of anxiety, always being whetted by Su Yu.

"Moreover, you can take this opportunity to suppress the aristocratic family."

Su Yu smirked.

"Then how to win the hearts of the people, how to suppress the aristocratic family?"

the queen asked.

Su Yu suddenly stopped and did not speak.

"Aunt Sun, you are just a businessman, why are you so interested in state affairs?"

Businessmen are absolutely not allowed to participate in state affairs, otherwise it is collusion between government and businessmen.

It is also impossible for her own children to be officials, because scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants belong to lowly status and cannot become officials.

The queen hurriedly explained: "If we are in business, if we don't care about government affairs, we may lose money. The most important thing in business is to plan ahead. For example, if I know that it will rain, I will stock up on umbrellas first. Wouldn't it be a double profit. Mr. Su If you tell me how the government will be in the future, I can make a little money."

This explanation makes sense.

"It's actually simple. The first one is to build water conservancy. There are three major rivers in the Guanzhong Plain, the Weihe River, the Jinghe River, and the Beiluo River. The water conservancy facilities in these places have been built since the Qin Dynasty, but since the Eastern Han Dynasty, they have gradually been abandoned, especially in the Wei Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms. After the Jin Dynasty and the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, it was basically abolished. For example, if there are water conservancy facilities built this year, the autumn flood can store water, and the flood will not be so serious. Moreover, there will be drought in spring and summer next year. In the next year, there will still be drought, and then we can open the gates and release water for irrigation."

The queen was shocked, actually going to drought for four consecutive years?

"There will be heavy snow this winter, and it will thaw in early spring next year. If the water conservancy is built in time, a wave of water can be stored to barely cope with the summer drought next year. As for autumn, there will be floods. The river can be dredged during the summer drought to allow the flood to flow into the Yellow River, and the flood will also be eliminated." It doesn't matter."

The queen exclaimed, can this person be considered a secret?
In fact, Su Yu is not able to see the sky by magic.

Even in modern society, weather forecasts are wildly inaccurate.

Even tomorrow's wind and rain are uncertain, let alone what the weather will be like in a few years.

It's just because he has studied ancient history and read the records of floods and droughts during the Zhenguan period.

"This is a long-term strategy. If the water conservancy facilities are built, in the next few years, although the weather is bad, it will not become a disaster. At that time, the people will naturally praise Li Er as a good emperor. People, the most important thing is The wives and children are hot on the kang, they have food to eat and clothes to wear, but they don’t really care who is the emperor.”

Su Yu said.

Xue Ji obediently picked up a piece of watermelon and fed it to Su Yu.

Empress Changsun felt that her three views had been subverted.

What Su Yu said could be said to be shocking, but reasonable.

There have been so many dynasties, and they will support whoever makes the people live well, and they don't care how they got the throne.

"Then what is the top priority? Just now you said that you can take the opportunity to suppress the wealthy family, what should you do?"

the queen asked.

As a queen, she has to take care of both the long-term and the present, and she must not let the common people have nothing to eat, freeze to death and starve to death.

"This is the second thing I want to say: you can't wait to build water conservancy projects, otherwise it will be delayed until the beginning of spring, and there will be no time to store water. There will be severe drought in summer and floods in autumn. Isn't Li Er finished. So start building the reservoir now."

Empress Changsun was stunned.

The words just now are very reasonable, but this sentence is not like what a god should say at all.

"But Mr. Su, now that the snowstorm, the people are starving, and the treasury is empty, wouldn't it be counterproductive to promote corvée at this time?"

It is a big project to build water conservancy projects on the three major rivers in Guanzhong.

Now that the people in Guanzhong are selling their sons and daughters, if we build water conservancy at this time, it will be an act of a tyrant.

The queen really didn't understand what Su Yu was thinking.

Su Yu smiled slightly and said, "Aunt Sun, you are an expert in doing business, but you are an outsider when it comes to governing the country."

Shangguan Yun was drinking tea. The tea leaves were soaked in water, a layer of amber color, slightly astringent in the mouth, but sweet in the throat, and the greasy feeling just now disappeared.

What a fairy product, it is so miraculous.

Shangguan Yun took a sip of green tea, like drinking.

At this moment, when Su Yu said that the Queen was an amateur in governing the country, she choked on a mouthful of tea.

Among other things, Empress Changsun married Li Shimin at the age of 13 and has been exposed to politics since she was a child.

Li Shimin has been fighting abroad all year round, and the internal affairs of the harem are taken care of by Empress Changsun.

Even Li Shimin admired her political insights, but Su Yu said she was a layman who didn't understand state affairs.

"I also ask Mr. Su to enlighten me."

The queen was a little happy, but someone said she didn't understand state affairs.