Chapter 176: When people leave, the city becomes empty
Chapter 1251 When people leave, the city becomes empty
When Li Zhi came, the cold wind was howling and white snow fell. When Li Zhi left, the spring was peaceful and the scenery was bright, and the spring rain was falling.
Yun Chu accompanied Li Zhi on horseback from Xingqing Palace to Weicheng.
Li Zhi said to Yun Chu: "Go back."
Yun Chu whispered: "Send it off again."
Li Zhi smiled through the window: "If you are willing to follow me all the time, I will like it very much."
Yun Chu shook his head and said, "I still have Chang'an."
Li Zhi said: "I may not be around for long, but Chang'an will not collapse."
Yun Chu shook his head and said: "If I were not in Chang'an, Chang'an would collapse countless times."
Li Zhidao: "You love Chang'an more than you love me."
Yun Chu said: "I love the Tang Dynasty more than anything in the world."
Li Zhi smiled and said: "Well, loving Datang means loving me."
After saying that, he leaned his body against the brocade pillow and closed his eyes slightly.
Seeing Li Zhi's old demeanor, Yun Chu suddenly said: "Your Majesty, it would be best if you become happy."
Li Zhi groaned and said: "Happiness belongs to the young people, not to me. If I am happy, you will not be happy."
Yun Chu didn't say much, he just said: "You must be happy, otherwise, you will really suffer a loss as the emperor."
Li Zhi sneered and said, "I was happy before."
"Then continue."
"You are a cuckold."
"This kind of friend is interesting. I hate friends who are like mentors and helpful friends."
"I hate it too."
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"Let's go back."
"Okay, let's give it another try."
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"We have arrived at Xianyang Bridge."
"Okay, I'll watch His Majesty cross the bridge..."
"Don't you have any good poems for me?"
"No, at this time some of my talents are lacking..."
"That's right, it's true that when you are deeply in love, you are speechless."
"Your Majesty, come up to the bridge."
"Yunchu, come and see me off when I die..."
Yun Chu waved goodbye to Li Zhi, and it was not until Li Zhi's chariot and horse team disappeared from sight that he turned the horse's head and allowed the horse to take him home.
Returning to Chang'an again, Yun Chu sat on his horse and watched for a long time.
Chang'an City is as prosperous as ever. There are many people coming in and out of the city. Most of the people coming in and out of the city gate are wealthy people, so there are more horse-drawn carriages. The weather is not yet warm, so there are no taxis with thin spring clothes.
There are only rich people wearing thin fur coats.
The reason why these people put on thin sheepskin coats was entirely because the spring sowing outside the city had begun.
It's funny to say that the people living on the land outside the city don't have much land, but those living in the city are the owners of the land outside the city.
The same goes for the Yun family. There are only 200 acres of land near Qujiang. It was this land twenty years ago, and it will still be this land twenty years later. During this period, Yu Xiurong thought of countless ways to increase the Yun family's presence in Qujiang.
None of Jiang's land has achieved its purpose, but in Bashang, the Yun family owns nearly 4,000 acres of land.
At that time, the emperor re-promulgated the rent regulations and ordered the wealthy families to entrust the land under their families. As a result, some very stupid people did not obey and were killed by the emperor for various reasons. When people died, the land was naturally also
Divided.
However, there are still more wealthy families who have indeed divided up the land in their own names. Unfortunately, the land has been sealed off. These lands are still decided by the wealthy families. If they are divided, they will not be divided, and the land will be given away.
Property rights have become even more complicated.
As a result, Yun Chu wanted to confirm the land rights, but was unable to do so.
The privately purchased land of the Yun family is actually only 200 acres, and the 4,000 acres of land in Bashang belongs to the fiefdom. It can also be said that the Yun family is probably the family with the least private land in the Tang Dynasty. Even an incorruptible guy like Liu Rengui, except for
In addition to the fiefdom, there are also more than 2,000 acres of private property in Heluo. Although the holders of these private properties are the Liu family, it is Liu Rengui himself who really has the final say.
This is what those wealthy families did. Years of peace caused the population of the wealthy families to skyrocket. No matter how much land they had, it was not enough for them to devour.
The life of a wealthy family is more secure than that of ordinary people. Whether it is the birth rate, survival rate, or level of education, it is far better than that of ordinary people.
When their number reaches a critical point, it will be time for others to compete for the world.
There are many such examples in history books, but it cannot be said whether it is the culprit of the dynasty change or a good thing to maintain the rise and fall of the Han clan.
If the Yun family fails, they are still far away from those wealthy families. However, if Yun Chu follows the advice of his adoptive mother Selema, after more than 20 years, the Yun family will have dozens of children.
After a hundred years, gathering tens of thousands of people surnamed Yun at one time to conspire against one another can be regarded as somewhat basic.
The current situation of Chang'an City is very similar to that of the Yun family, with a high status and rapid development, but the population is insufficient.
The urban population of Datang only accounts for 10% of the total population, or even less. More than 90% of the remaining population are farmers. Even if Yunchu develops the urban population economy in Chang'an City to the limit, as long as it is comparable to the population economy of the entire Datang
If you average it out, you will find that if Chang'an has developed, it means it has not developed.
When Yunchu entered the city and returned to the Wannian County government office, Zhou Xing, a busy man who had not been seen for many days, suddenly appeared in his official residence.
"Are you leaving?"
Zhou Xing cupped his hands and said, "Go back to Luoyang to report on your work."
"What's there to say about your job? Do they like to hear how many people you killed?"
Zhou Xing sighed and said: "There are so few people killing people in Chang'an that even the queen and the prince are not very satisfied with me."
"Will you be executed when you go back?"
Zhou Xing shook his head and said: "I won't be executed. I should be put in an idle position. When the day comes when the queen and the prince want to use me again, I will most likely be reinstated."
Yun Chu waved his hand and said: "Then let's go. I won't send you off. I'm already heartbroken to give you away today."
Zhou Xingdao: "I have helped you deal with the people you should deal with. Don't worry, you are still the irritable, domineering, but reasonable General Yun."
Yun Chu said: "I'm not in Luoyang, you should get closer to Wen Wen and Di Renjie."
Zhou Xing shook his head and said: "I don't get close to anyone, including you, so you must think more before doing something. If you win, that's it. If you fail, you will fall into my hands. You can't bear the punishment."
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Then, Zhou Xing left. When he left, the Wannian County dungeon was cleaned very clean. There were green and yellow lights burning in the empty dungeon. It looked very dark, and it was also very fragrant and rich in ambergris.
Fragrance.
Warden Yanjiu was carrying a lamp and a small shovel in his hand. Whenever there were shadows under the light, he would use the small shovel to shovel the ground or walls, very carefully.
"The weather will get hot soon, and the county magistrate will come here to escape the heat..."
After the emperor left, the style of Chang'an City seemed to have suddenly dropped. There were fewer people talking about state affairs, and fewer people publishing poems. Few people held any societies or debates anymore, even in the spring every year.
Not many people care about the matter of choosing Yangliu girl on the bank of Bahe River, so pay attention.
Yunchu originally wanted to take advantage of the emperor's presence to arrange the marriage between Li Si and Yun Jin. For this reason, he also specifically stopped Li Si from serving her father. He thought that Li Zhi would take the initiative to mention it to him, but unexpectedly, from then on,
From beginning to end, Li Si was like an outsider in the eyes of the emperor. He didn't care and ignored him.
Seeing the child hugging his legs and crying in grievance, Yunchu had no choice but to be a good father and decided to hold a very grand wedding for this poor child.
Let’s use the power of Chang’an City to create an unprecedented wedding.
The wedding was naturally luxurious. On that day, the hem of Li Si's wedding dress was ten meters long...
Yunchu lay on his side on the bed, staring at the bright moon outside the window without saying a word.
Yu Xiurong wrapped the quilt tightly and complained: "With the window open, it's very cold."
Yun Chu's voice rang out from the moonlight: "It's so boring——"
Yu Xiurong said: "Husband, are you talking about today's wedding?"
Yun Chu said: "I asked for so much, but I gave so little."
Yu Xiurong straightened up and looked down at the back of her husband's head and said, "The wedding was very good. Yong Wangxian's family also performed very well. The queen and the prince all sent rewards... It's very honorable."
Yun Chu said: "This may be the last big scene our family can have, don't you feel sorry for it?"
Yu Xiurong said: "Your Majesty is revising the "Clan Chronicle". The Yun family is ranked sixteenth. It only took our family twenty years to transform from the hot-tempered new family to the calm old family. Is there anything else that my husband is dissatisfied about?"
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Yun Chu sighed and said, "Sixteen, you're really ahead."
Yu Xiurong said: "Husband, you are still unhappy?"
Yun Chu said: "I just feel like I haven't done anything in these years."
Yu Xiurong said: "How is it possible? How is it possible that my husband didn't do anything?"
Where Yu Xiurong couldn't see it, Yun Chu curled his lips and didn't take it seriously.
Yu Xiurong stood up and closed the window. Yun Chu raised his foot and kicked it open. Yu Xiurong continued to close the window, and Yun Chu continued to kick it open. The couple played this game all night long.
Because the bones were removed by Yun Chu many times, although Wu Chengsi could still walk, he just needed to spread his legs and walk slowly. Wu Sansi looked better than him. The doctor at the Imperial Hospital told him that because of his chin
Being removed so many times that his jaw would become habitually dislocated and he would always drool consciously or unconsciously.
It was late at night and the two brothers couldn't sleep.
"Brother, what did the Queen say?"
"No response."
"In other words, the hardships our brothers endure are actually caused by ourselves?"
Wu Chengsi took a step forward with his hands crossed and said: "Our status in the Queen's heart has reached its peak. In the future, no matter what we do for her, it will not make us any further in her heart."
Wu San thought: "I'll just do nothing from now on."
Wu Chengsi said: "In the future, we should think less about people's hearts, do more practical things, and accumulate more achievements."
Wu San thought: "Accumulate for whom?"
Wu Chengsi said: "Give it to us and to our descendants."
Wu Sansi leaned forward and said, "Why do our brothers have to listen to what Yun Chu said while torturing us?"
Wu Chengsi sighed and said, "Because, I think so too."