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Chapter 456 Is it about time? The final resistance of the tyrant!
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[As the sixth son, Li Yu accidentally became the only heir and officially ascended the throne. ]

[Although Li Yu usually traveled around, drank and had fun, he spent the whole day studying music and discussing poetry with his beautiful woman. ]

[They even reproduced the "Rainbow Skirt and Feathered Coat" which had been lost for hundreds of years.]

[He seems to be a pure pleasure-seeking dandy. ]

[But in fact, Li Yu was a very smart and knowledgeable young man who even knew some military tactics. He was highly regarded by everyone and had great talent.]

【Knowing that Li Yu was keeping a low profile in his early years, he hid himself in the court. 】

[It could also be a form of self-protection in the face of suspicion.]

[After Li Yu came to power, he was very clear about the dire situation facing the Southern Tang.]

【Li Yu, who had a clear self-awareness, took a series of measures. 】

【Bad news: A more ruthless Song Dynasty is coming. 】

[I will first recruit a group of old officials with no reputation to use our abilities and reputation to support the court of Southern Tang.]

Tianmu describes in more detail some of Li Yu's policies.

Just when almost all the ancient people after the Seven Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms thought that Li Yu was not a complete, humiliating and incompetent ruler.

[The reign title also adopts the reign title of the northern brother. 】

[When Zhao Kuangyin just stepped down, Li Yu wrote a letter personally saying:]

[I just want to live my life in peace. I will definitely respect Xiao Song as the leader and recognize Xiao Song as my father.]

Mei Yong saw that except for the period before the establishment of Xiao Song, Southern Tang remained flat, while the area of ​​Xiao Song was shrinking.

[But outside of the first peaceful days in Southern Tang. ]

[Perhaps it is because of the national strategy of starting with the easy and then the difficult. ]

【It means that the Southern Tang Dynasty could only live a peaceful life by serving the Little Song Dynasty in a proper manner.】

[Before some promotion, copper coins were gradually abolished in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and iron coins were in use. ]

The other side of the king of a fallen country who seemed to know only romance and sighs.

[Perhaps because they were indeed very submissive, Xiao Song felt morally justified in going to war with Nan Tang, its vassal state.]

[Faced with the deep economic crisis of Southern Tang, Li Yu also carried out financial reforms. ]

[However, in the two years before and after Li Yu ascended the throne, the external diplomatic situation had also undergone tremendous changes. ]

[Because my brother changed from the Former Zhou Dynasty to the Northern Song Dynasty. ]

[Under the overall strategic situation, a small part of the core areas of China were unified. ]

The ancients,

It also basically gives a definition of Li Yu.

【Add to that Zhao Kuangyin's strategy of doing the easy first and then the difficult. 】

[The key is to still offend! 】

[This is an open conspiracy.]

[Successively occupied Sichuan, Jingchu, Guangdong, and Fujian. ]

The earlier Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty said that he understood Li Yu very well.

【At the same time, his attitude was very respectful, even humble. 】

[He also carried out some reforms on land reclamation, and many farmlands that originally belonged to the court were officially rented out to special farmers.]

[The Song Dynasty was even less aggressive, and the tribute it demanded was getting lower and lower every year, which made the already overburdened Southern Tang take a step back.]

[First of all, the basic national policy of recognizing the Northern Central Plains Dynasty as the Big Brother 2 cannot be changed. ]

【And Nan Tang could only nod and say, "Brother, we will do whatever you say."】

[Before the Southern Tang lost Huainan, it lacked a lot of copper mines, so Li Yu decided to change copper coins to iron coins, and formulated corresponding iron coin laws to prevent the people from privately minting iron coins. ] [These princes of the Southern Tang were demoted to dukes, the Privy Council was changed to Guangzhengyuan, and the Hanlin was changed to Wenguan. ]

[The situation Li Yu faced before he ascended the throne was, according to Mei Yong, better than that of his father.]

"There is a way. What else can you do if you take over a mess? Just enjoy yourself. You have the chance to enjoy yourself now."

【Li Yu also focused on developing military affairs. 】
[After all, before losing the Jiangbei and Huainan regions, the national prestige of the Southern Tang suffered a huge blow, and the whole country was filled with pessimism and disappointment. ]

[Even the entire country's system was downgraded earlier.]

[Zhao Kuangyi always wanted to find fault and would find fault with Li Yu from time to time.]

[Zhao Kuangyin's ambition was greater than that of Chai Rong before him, and his demands for tribute from Southern Tang were much higher than those from Later Zhou.]

[Li Yu used senior and famous officials, which made many people lose their expectations and confidence in the court again. ]

【Xiao Song is also free. 】

Li Shimin commented sharply:

……

"It seems that the Li Yu in the previous life was not just a tyrant who only cared about romance and pleasure."

[Li Yu, do your best to kowtow and pay protection fees. ]

[Li Yu, it seems, is waiting to die obediently. ]

【While developing the economy and saving as much money as possible. 】

[He paid the protection fee honestly and called himself a subject, and admitted his weakness. ]

[This includes the ritual vessels that were used by the emperor and were still used in a high-profile manner during the period of submission to the Former Zhou Dynasty, which were also completely removed.]

……

[Li Yu knew it was humiliating, but he could do nothing about it and could only continue to pay the money honestly.]

"Of course, my words are still wrong."

[You have to pay tribute to Xiao Song every year, which will drag down his already damaged economy. If he pays tribute, Xiao Song will lose his legitimacy. ]

[Although those farmers had to pay heavy taxes, overall, it helped Southern Tang's grain production to rise to a higher level.]

[Instead, it will be like what happened later. When the clan leader's envoy comes, it will be temporarily removed, and then reactivated once the envoy leaves.]

【Good news: The Later Zhou Dynasty that beat up the Southern Tang Dynasty is gone. 】

[The country was originally called Tang, but he was only called the King of Jiangnan. ]

The United States uses a king of a fallen country who has done nothing, is servile, and has no dignity!

[It cannot be said that whether from an economic or attitude perspective, the Southern Tang was extremely submissive.]

[It's humiliating, but I'll just live one day at a time. ]

Let many people realize it.

[Except for the time he took to catch his breath, Li Yu also did not lie down completely. ]

[It effectively boosted the economy of Southern Tang and reduced the economic pressure on the court. ]

When Tianmu talked about that place, he also gave a dynamic map.

[Li Yu also understood that if your neighbor stores grain, you store guns; your neighbor is not your granary.]

[At this time, apart from the Northern Han Dynasty in the north, which was dependent on the Liao Dynasty, there were only two dependent great powers, the Southern Tang and Wuyue, in the southeast.]

[In short, Li Yu gained some breathing time. ]

[It is said that under Li Yu's rule, the economy of Southern Tang, which was originally in a bad state, recovered to a certain extent.]

[In short, Xiao Song did come to attack Southern Tang the first time.]

【But that didn't help. 】

(End of this chapter)