Chapter 884 The Emperor’s Further Centralization of Power
The problem of the emperor's extravagant spending has not changed. His Majesty has decreed that the royal family members should be frugal, and he will lead by example. However, when it comes to state expenditures, the accounts have begun to become confusing again.
Zhang Yang handed the accounts to Cen Wenwen and asked, "What has the DPRK been busy with lately?"
"Government and taxation. I heard that the taxation in Longxi is not right. Your Majesty asked Ma Zhou to investigate."
While Cen Wenwen was talking, he asked again: "What has Lishan been busy with lately?"
Zhang Yang said calmly: "Concentrate on production and construction, and have no time to care about other things."
"I see."
"Otherwise, what does Brother Wenwen think we are doing?"
The worries in Cen Wenwen's heart were all reflected on his face, "Xiaguan had a dream recently, dreaming that Lishan was rebelling."
"You really know how to joke."
"Xiaoguan still believes in Lishan. All Lishan's production is for Sheji."
When he said this, although his face was full of smile, there was a hint of suspicion hidden in it.
Zhang Yang added: "Only when the Tang Dynasty becomes more powerful, can Lishan become richer."
"Well, I think so too."
Just as he was about to collect the accounts and leave, Cen Wenwen suddenly turned around and said: "The court found out that there was an imbalance in the taxes of the Longyou clan. Zhao Guogong submitted a resignation memorial to His Majesty. After that, Chu Suiliang will also resign."
Zhang Yang smiled in surprise, "Really?"
Cen Wenwen replied: "Your Majesty has rejected these two resignations."
"Your Majesty is worried about state affairs. How can Duke Zhao resign at this time?"
"yes."
Seeing that Cen Wenwen was about to leave, Zhang Yang asked: "Brother Wenwen, is there anything else you haven't said?"
First he took two steps forward, then Cen Wenwen came back and said: "Actually, I have always disliked Duke Zhao's behavior. I will advise your majesty on the matters concerning the accounts."
Zhang Yang couldn't help but nod.
In the past two years, Brother Wen doesn't know where he developed a strange habit.
I always finish speaking in three or two sentences, and then come back to add a few more when I'm leaving.
Watching him walk away feels a bit lonely. When he walks further, there will probably be nothing more to add.
In fact, Cen Wenwen had no friends in the court. Perhaps he, the Marquis of Lishan County, was his only friend.
The two of them can still talk to each other about their inner feelings.
As a friend, Zhang Yang hoped that Cen Wenwen could live a better life in the court, and it was best not to wonder whether Lishan would rebel all day long.
The emperor's reckless spending is also his own business.
Cen Wenwen just took the account to inquire, and did not intend to let Lishan intervene in the expenses of the court.
This behavior was probably his personal idea. If it was the emperor's intention, he wouldn't just let him take a look.
"Is Uncle Wenwen gone?"
Xiao Qingqing walked quickly.
Zhang Yang held his daughter's hand and whispered: "Your uncle Wen has a lot of troubles."
"Well, working for the emperor is a lot of trouble." Xiao Qingqing said with a smile: "We people in Lishan are so nice and carefree."
"How did you learn from Aunt Hongfu today?"
Hearing this, Xiao Qingqing's face fell, "I learned how to chop for another day, it's boring and tiring."
Zhang Yang said patiently: "There are many things in this world that are boring. If you can overcome these boring things, your growth can bring you a huge sense of accomplishment. It depends on whether you can persist."
"My daughter will insist on bombing Chang'an City sooner or later."
"Can't you find a better ambition?"
"Finish this ambition first, and then my daughter can think of other ambitions."
"You and your mother are so stubborn."
Li Yuan was walking on the village road with a cane. Recently, he felt that his legs and feet were not very strong. He looked up and saw the father and daughter going up the mountain to go home.
With a kind smile, Li Yuan looked at Ouyang Xun beside him and whispered: "Human life is very long."
Now Ouyang Xun is also on crutches, his beard and hair are all white. He smiled and said: "Looking at this family, do you feel emotional?"
Li Yuan couldn't help but nod, "There was no such scene in Erlang's house in the past. Erlang would never raise a child like this."
Ouyang Xun looked to the north of the village. The villagers came out of the busy factory and sat down on the stone benches. He stroked his beard and said: "This Lishan Mountain is different every year. Now Zhang Yang's family business is getting bigger and bigger."
, it is said that he plans to open branches all over the Central Plains."
"Well, I heard the kid clearly say before that Lishan will take this step sooner or later."
Ouyang Xun put the crutch aside with a smile on his face, "The world already belongs to these young people. Is your old mausoleum ready?"
Li Yuan sighed and said, "Erlang hasn't told me this yet."
The swallow returned to Guanzhong and carried the new mud to the eaves.
Lishan Mountain is full of life and the birds are singing constantly.
Xiao Qingqing followed her father back to the mountain. She saw her younger brother playing on the seesaw with Xiong Er.
Xiong Er squatted on the other end of the seesaw, sitting carefully at that end.
Its paws were placed on the seesaw, and every time the head was raised, it was pressed down with its paws.
In this way, be careful that the other end also goes up.
A child and a bear went back and forth like this for a while.
Xiao An was sitting on the seesaw with a book in his hand, feeling the ups and downs of the seesaw, while reciting: "To the north of Gushan Temple and to the west of Jia Pavilion, the water surface is flat at first and the clouds are low at the feet."
Suddenly he stopped again, glanced at the scroll and continued reading: "In several places, the early orioles are vying for the warm trees, and the new swallows are pecking at the spring mud."
The younger brother stumbled while reciting the poem, and Xiao Qingqing sighed.
The language in which poems are recited is not Guanzhong dialect, but a language with one word and one sound. This language is nice to listen to, sonorous and powerful, and the enunciation is clear.
This is one of the skills that only siblings can learn. In fact, Xiaohui and Xiaowu are also good at it, but they already have Guanzhong accents and it will take time to correct them.
After Xin'an learned Pinyin, his literacy speed improved by leaps and bounds. At an age when ordinary children are still learning to read and call people, this child can already read articles.
Of course, Xiao An read the article in another language.
Xiao Qingqing knew that her mother could also speak this language, but she rarely spoke in this language.
It was all taught by my father himself.
My mother said that this was my father’s native dialect and she would not allow family members to speak in this language outside.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhang Yang is drawing drawings in the study, and the drawings show the casting process.
After the heads of the iron materials are calcined, a heavy die-cast stone is used to press out the heads.
In this way, the screw and nut are formed.
Casting can only be done step by step, and then comes the most critical thread.
Your own lathe can complete some simple cutting work, but fine threads must be made in another way.
Zhang Yang drew a drum-like object and put the screw into the drum to make threads.
This is the only solution that can be thought of at the moment.
Li Yue came with tea and said, "Husband, the palace has asked if the younger brothers and sisters can stay in the palace for an extra month."
"It depends on their wishes."
Zhang Yang was holding a tea bowl.
Li Yue asked again: "Is this drawing finished?"
"There are still many questions, and I still need to do some verification."
Another map was placed on the desk. This is the current map of the Central Plains.
Lishan's industry is now concentrated in Guanzhong, and Lantian County is mainly engaged in chicken and duck breeding. Just from selling chicken and duck eggs, Lantian County's annual income is nearly 10,000 yuan.
There is always a demand for chicken, duck meat and eggs in Chang'an City, especially salted duck eggs, which can provide a supplement of salt and protein.
Lantian County's annual profits were distributed to Lishan Mountain, amounting to more than 3,000 yuan.
The rest are all obtained by the people of Lantian County.
Using the land of Lantian County to establish a breeding industry is an industry of Lantian County.
In the Tang Dynasty, there were no laws as elaborate as later generations.
Under the rough folk customs of the Tang Dynasty, if you wanted to open a workshop in other towns and counties, you would need permission from your hometown county.
Otherwise, the local villagers will demolish your workshop, and it will be useless if you go to the government to file a complaint. The officials and county magistrates will all look at the villagers' faces.
Lishan allows all residents of Lantian County to participate in the breeding industry, because Lantian County is already endowed with a unique planting industry.
can complement each other.
The people of Lantian County are studying how to make hens lay more eggs, such as singing and dancing to make the chickens feel better?
Today, most of the chickens, ducks, and eggs in Chang'an City come from Lantian County, and the industry is getting bigger and bigger.
In terms of hygiene, Lishan has always been very strict.
Lantian County is originally a princess fiefdom, and the princess can make the rules.
Lishan took 30% of the profit of 10,000 yuan, which was a lot.
Human body nutrition also needs to be supplemented by fat. Ding Liu's pig farm in the west of Lantian County is getting bigger and bigger. Now he raises not only 10,000 but also 8,000 pigs.
It's just that Li Shan doesn't interfere in Ding Liu's business. It's his own business, except for the soy sauce, which is Li Shan.
Among the twelve counties in Chang'an, several other counties that cooperate with Lishan to open workshops have to share 30% of the accounts with Lishan every year.
Now Lishan can do nothing and earn an income of about 50,000 yuan a year.
Starting this year, Lishan can focus on technology.
Lishan wants to build Guanzhong, and it has always been practicing this.
Li Yue looked at the circles drawn by her husband, which were arranged by Lishan's branches in various parts of the Central Plains.
Lishan is about to open a branch
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "To open our branch in Jiangnan, we must capture the land in the East China Sea and leave it to Xiaohui's younger brother Xu Qitan. He is a very ambitious child. Give him some experience."
"Who will give it to Liaodong?"
Li Yue recorded these.
"Leave the arrangements for the Liaodong branch to Wen Ting. He has been in Liaodong for many years and understands the situation in Liaodong."
Li Yue whispered: "Should the Gaochang branch be handed over to the Gaochang people?"
Zhang Yang smiled and said: "Let's use Gaochang people. No. 1 is in Gaochang. Let him open a branch for Lishan. Firstly, we can trust him. Secondly, he is from Gaochang, so it is more suitable than sending someone there ourselves."
Finally, the couple's eyes fell on Nanzhao.
Zhang Yang thought: "Duluo is from Nanzhao. If he can be absolutely loyal to Lishan, then the people of Nanzhao will also be loyal to us. In this way, it will be logical for Lishan to establish a branch in Nanzhao."
Li Yue whispered: "Well, my husband always likes things to be logical."
"If the people of Nanzhao are not loyal enough to Lishan, even if we establish a branch in Nanzhao, it will be demolished sooner or later."
The couple looked at each other in silence for a long time.
Li Yue smiled and said: "Give Duluo wealth and let him become a rich man in Nanzhao."
Zhang Yang shook his head and said: "Wealth is nothing. This is not enough. I can promise to return the position of King of Nanzhao to the people of Nanzhao in the future."
She snorted coldly: "Nanzhao is Lishan's family property, how can we return it to Nanzhao?"
"Listen to me." Zhang Yang continued: "Sooner or later, Nanzhao will belong to the Tang Dynasty, and sooner or later it will be sold to your father. Lishan cannot always establish itself as king. Who is your father? He will allow it.
Lishan becomes the king of Nanzhao?"
"It seems to me that your father is already thinking about how to eat me alive."
Li Yue suddenly laughed. She held her hands on her slim waist and chuckled: "Lishan can control wealth and get Nanzhao's money, but if he becomes king and dominates under the eyes of his father, he will die sooner or later."
"Yes." Zhang Yang said worriedly, clasping his hands, "It's great that my wife can understand me."
"Xiao Hui and I discussed with Xiao Wu and sold it to my father at a good price."
"That's fine, you won't let Lishan lose money anyway."
"Father, mother, my brother is hungry." Xiao Qingqing stood in front of the door and whispered.
"Sister, I'm not hungry." Xiao An blinked innocently.
"You're hungry, but you forgot." Xiao Qingqing glared at this stupid brother.
"Yes, the child is hungry." Xing An calmed down and replied.
Li Yue spoke up and said, "I don't know what food Auntie has prepared today. Mom, I'll go take a look."
Zhang Yang was sitting in his study, still thinking about the issues of speed and power, when he heard the conversation between the brother and sister outside the room.
"Sister, are you hungry?"
"are you not hungry?"
"My brother has eaten pastries. The pastries sent by the palace are delicious."
"I don't eat food from the palace."
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Listening to the conversation between the siblings, Zhang Yang fell into deep thought again. When the emperor wanted his daughter to become a disciple of the queen, he learned that he had to live in the palace.
She was very resistant, and now she is also very resistant to the clothes and food sent by the palace.
My son is very talented, kind and innocent.
My daughter is a little stubborn and a little cunning.
In the spring of the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, the political machinery of the Tang Dynasty was busy running, especially Pei Xingjian, who had only slept for two hours recently.
After working late into the night, I had to get up early and personally inquire about the situation in each county.
The emperor began to get involved in workshop production. This was a once and for all matter for the court. As long as the production license was given, the workshop must provide taxes to the court.
Workshops without a production license from the local county government will be demolished.
By May, workshops across Guanzhong were basically restructured.
The emperor easily seized the source of production and completed the court's further control over merchants.
This was Li Tang's further centralization of power in the Central Plains. When the emperor tasted the benefits, this strategy began to be implemented throughout the Central Plains.
In the future, the Tang Dynasty grasped the source of production, and the economic flow of the Central Plains began to appear in documents in the form of taxes.
At the same time, some people are worried that the nature of centralization will put production in Guanzhong into a state of solidification.
When this strategy began to be implemented, Lishan was the first to benefit.
As long as it is a workshop that cooperates with Lishan, the local county magistrate will provide them with convenience.
As for the reason? There is no other reason. It is that Lishan's production has always been at the forefront, and the towns and counties that cooperate with Lishan have become rich.