Kaiyuan three years.
May.
A galleon sails from the Han River into the Imperial River, and the huge red nine-headed bird coat of arms on the sail is so conspicuous.
Zhang Chao stood at the bow of the boat, stroked the side of the boat and sighed, he still came back.
A month ago, he received an urgent report from his family that Lao Tiegun was seriously ill.
Zhang Yue's brothers sent the old iron gun from Yanbei back to Hanjing for treatment.
But even the best imperial physician in Hanjing declared that he was helpless, and the king of Java was already over seventy years old.
In the early years, he fought endlessly, leaving too many wounds on his body, although he was well maintained later, but at this time it was time to run out of oil and lamps.
The old iron gun is very free, in his words, he would have died in Hebei.
It was Zhang Chao who rushed all the way to Hebei and cured him with miracle medicine, allowing him to continue his life for almost 20 years.
This life is enough for him.
I have enjoyed all the blessings, and I have no regrets.
After receiving the letter, Zhang Chao immediately explained the affairs of Luzon, and then returned to Beijing by boat.
All the way to the stars and the moon, day and night, finally returned to Hanjing.
In the past few years, Zhang Chao has spent less time with Lao Tiegun, who spends most of his time running his territory in Qinglong, Liaoxi.
"The banks of the Imperial River are becoming more and more prosperous."
Zhang Chao sighed.
In the more than 200 miles from the Han River to Hanjing, the river has been dredged wider and deeper, with white sails.
The coast is also full of villages, townships, and towns.
All over the marina.
This section of the river, known as the Imperial River, is said to be the most prosperous section of the waterway.
Hanjing and the surrounding commercial towns made this plain populous, with millions of people.
With such a large population, it is bound to consume enormously.
In this era, due to transportation problems, many goods are produced and processed locally.
Not to mention anything else, vegetables, fruits, meat, poultry and eggs are mainly produced in Gyeonggi.
Especially close to the line of the Royal River, the transportation is convenient, so that the surrounding fields are basically growing vegetables and fruits, and the breeding industry is even more prosperous.
It is said that there are hundreds of pig farms, chicken farms, duck farms, and goose farms on this line, which provide Gyeonggi with plenty of pork and poultry eggs.
Without freezing technology, it is unrealistic to want to transport pork from further afield into Beijing.
And transporting live pigs is equally difficult and costly.
Therefore, it is most cost-effective to engage in farming in a place close to Gyeonggi and close to the canal.
Because of the boom in these farming industries, the land around Gyeonggi grows potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, and soybeans in addition to vegetables, because these can be fed to pigs.
Large-scale pig farms, unlike family farming, can also raise pigs with a little pigweed.
Large-scale pig farms must have feed, and soybean and sweet potatoes are cheaper and more nutritious and quickly slaughtered.
In a small Gyeonggi region, the daily consumption of grain can still be transported from farther places, but fresh vegetables, melons and fruits, as well as pork, mutton, poultry and eggs must be supplied nearby.
There are many workshops, commercial towns are everywhere, there are wharves everywhere along the river, boats come and go on the river, and the banks are full of vegetables and fruits and farms.
In the past, few people wanted to eat pork, but now Gyeonggi consumes far more pork than mutton.
"It's all the law of the market, where there is demand, there will be supply.
The people of Gyeonggi found that it was more cost-effective to grow vegetables than to grow grain, so they all grew vegetables.
Where it is not near the river, it is not convenient to sell vegetables, so grow potatoes and sweet potatoes and sell them to pig farms.
There are more boats in the river, so there are more wharves, and there are more large and small commercial towns.
Many merchants set up workshops directly in the vicinity of Gyeonggi to produce various goods for the Gyeongshi, saving transportation costs, and at the same time, the demand here is greater, and there may even be more abundant materials and lower production costs. ” A lot of things don't need much interference, they have their own laws.
I heard that there was a royal history that once played a song, saying that the fertile plains of Gyeonggi now do not have a few acres of land to grow food, saying that everyone is chasing business and profit, and that it is necessary to prohibit the land of Gyeonggi from growing too many fruits and vegetables, and prohibiting raising too many pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks.
As a result, his recital was sprayed by many officials.
The imperial court now has sufficient grain, plus the East and West Canal, the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, and many newly opened land roads, many grain transportation is much more convenient, there are granaries everywhere, and the imperial court often has to take out the old grain that cannot be eaten and sell it to the merchants, make wine, and even feed the cows, horses, pigs, chickens and ducks.
The Gyeonggi region was prosperous in industry and commerce, and the market was booming, and the imperial court did not know how much tax it would collect from it in a year.
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Even because of these large number of workshops and breeding farms, the cost of living in such a large capital city as Hanjing is not too high.
The people of Hanjing have a very rich vegetable basket, there is a sufficient supply of fruits, vegetables, meat and eggs every day, the price is not cheap, and all kinds of other daily necessities are also abundant and inexpensive, and the happiness of the people of Hanjing is very high, and these low living costs are benefiting this huge supply chain in Gyeonggi.
"It's not been very peaceful in the court lately."
Ke Qing said on the side.
He came back before Zhang Chao and had a clearer understanding of the situation in Hanjing.
"When will the court be peaceful again, this is the center of power, and naturally it will never stop fighting."
Although Zhang Chao is outside, he is very clear about the situation in Hanjing.
In fact, he doesn't care that Cheng Qian has to do something from time to time, for Zhang Chao, the situation has always been under control, so Cheng Qian will make trouble, and it will not harm the overall situation anyway.
"I know that Su Lie has actually always wanted to support you on behalf of Tang, there are many people who think the same way as him, and many generals and colonels in the army will support you."
Zhang Chao smiled.
"Mencius once said something to the king of Qi that when the state of Qi took advantage of the war between Qin and Chu, during the civil strife in Yan, he sent troops to attack Yan.
All the way, he was like a bamboo, and captured the Yan Kingdom.
Originally, at the beginning, the people of Yan were very happy that Qi sent troops, because there was a tradition at that time that the princes would interfere in other countries and send troops when other countries were in internal turmoil, which was called banning chaos and restoring peace. ” "Under normal circumstances, after the internal peace is settled, a new king of the country will be appointed, and then the troops will be withdrawn.
However, after the king of Qi captured Yan at that time, he did not withdraw his troops, but wanted to annex Yan State.
This was extremely rare at that time, after all, Yan was a big country, and between the great powers, they were often only weakened but not swallowed. ” "Originally, when the Qi army entered Yan, the people of Yan welcomed them with pot pulp, thinking that they were benevolent and righteous teachers.
But when the king of Qi did not withdraw his army, the people of Yan rose up to attack the Qi army.
Mencius's words to the king of Qi were aimed at this matter.
If the king of Qi sets up a new king of Yan after conquering Yan and then withdraws his troops back to China, the people of Yan will always be grateful to Qi, and even Qi can gain control and influence over Yan because of this. ” But the king of Qi did not listen to Mencius, but wanted to annex Yan, and finally withdrew very embarrassed.
"It's true that I have supported the Son of Heaven twice with everyone, but I am just the mastermind."
Su Lie and some others believe that Zhang Chao has the strength to represent Tang and claim the emperor himself.
Zhang Chao clearly saw that things were by no means so simple.
In the battle to protect the law, the southern army was like a bamboo, it was not because of his prestige, but because of the protection of the crown prince.
At present, it is not false that Zhang Chao can control the situation in Datang, but it is not entirely so, Chu Suiliang, Cen Wenwen and even Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin and other people support him because the current situation is beneficial to everyone.
For example, the implementation of sub-sealing.
The relationship between Zhang Chao and everyone is not a master and a slave, but an ally.
They share common interests.
"Sect leader, do you say that everyone would prefer to see the current situation, or would you like to see a strong emperor like the Emperor Taishang appear?"
Ke Qing thought for a while, "For the princes, the current situation is of course better. ” "That's right, for the princes, the current situation in which the imperial power is restricted is more beneficial to everyone.
On the other hand, there are still many people who support the emperor and are loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and even the common people and businessmen are very satisfied with the current peace, and few people are really willing to fight. ” Zhang Chao is now the biggest and strongest prince all the way, and he is the leader of the princes, so it's right for everyone to follow him.
But that's because he is a prince, and he works together for the princes to limit the imperial power and protect everyone's interests.
If Zhang Chao wants to be the emperor himself, then it is difficult to say how many of the princes will really support him.
Many people are unwilling to break the current equilibrium, if Zhang Chao is called emperor, with his strength, the princes may not be able to control it, and then don't say anything to limit the imperial power, it may return to the time of Zhenguan.
The power of the founding emperor was the most difficult to limit.
Besides, once the son of heaven and a courtier, the establishment of a new dynasty will inevitably cause a large number of beneficiaries of the old dynasty to suffer.
Unless Zhang Chao is determined, beat him to a pulp, rebuild order, and reunify.
But what about the cost?
Even if Zhang Chao himself is willing to establish a constitutional monarchy, will others believe it?
If he replaces Tang, then the last fragile bit of peace at the moment will not be maintained, and there will inevitably be war.
"It doesn't matter if you're an emperor or not."
Zhang Chaodao.
Ke Qing shook his head, he couldn't understand this thought.
"Not the emperor, how to ensure the continuation of these systems as you envisioned" "When you become an emperor, can you guarantee continuity, where does the power come from, and how is it guaranteed?"
What is the essence of power It's like Li Yuan and Li Shimin were once emperors, and they were all the emperors, but why did they lose power in the end, there are many such emperors in history, for example, Xuanzong Li Longji, the emperor for decades, has reached the peak of power, but why did the Anshi Rebellion together, the crown prince ascended the throne, and respected him as the queen of the Taishang, and his power was lost Or, in history, the Tang Dynasty has always had a tradition of harem officials and eunuchs controlling the government, how do these queens and eunuchs grasp the power "It's not that I don't want to be an emperor so much, I just don't want to ruin this peaceful and prosperous world because of my desires, and it's not bad to be a king."
"I still don't get it."
"Leader, we are the pioneering generation, and every once in a while in history, there are always such pioneers.
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No one has walked in front, and the road behind is only for us to grope for ourselves, a new era, a new system.
If we always abide by the previous rules, then we will not be able to transcend our predecessors, and we will only repeat the cycle in the circle drawn by the sages thousands of years ago, and continue to control the cycle of chaos, once in two or three hundred years.
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