After Cen Mai and Uncle Tian arrived, Liu Che arranged some things that he had already discussed with them.●⌒
Since these matters will only be carried out in Shanglin Garden at first, there is no need to go to court to discuss with the ministers. Liu Che only needs to give orders.
However, the investment scale is a bit large.
The Shanglin Garden of the Han Dynasty spans three hundred miles around, spanning the five counties of Chang'an, Xianyang, Zhouzhi, Hu, and Lantian, with eight rivers running through it, including the royal gardens, the emperor's hunting ground, and the palace.
, outside the various workshops of the Shaofu Yamen.
Most of the remaining land in Shanglinyuan has been leased to landless farmers in Guanzhong over the past fifty years.
At present, there are nearly 100,000 farmers who rely on Shanglinyuan for survival!
In the future, this number will continue to increase as land annexation intensifies.
In the fourth year of the Xiaozhu Dynasty, due to the Great Kanto Disaster, more than a million victims gathered outside Hangu Pass, including more than 400,000 without household registration!
The world is shocked!
Originally, if such a large-scale displacement of victims occurred in any dynasty, the common people would definitely revolt.
However, that incident had little impact on the Han Dynasty.
Shanglinyuan opened his big mouth and settled most of the victims in one go.
One can imagine what a crisis the Han Dynasty would have encountered if there was no Shanglin Garden!
It is no exaggeration to say that throughout the history of the Western Han Dynasty, Shanglin Garden played a decisive role.
It is not only the emperor's playground, but also the last refuge for bankrupt farmers, an emergency regulating valve when disaster strikes, and a training ground for the army.
At the same time, it was also an important source of income for the Han emperor's inner treasury in normal times.
Not counting the output of other workshops in the Shaofu, it is just the rent of fake land in Shanglin Garden. Last year, the Shaofu collected tens of millions of dollars worth of money!
If you get something, you will naturally give something.
In fact, Shanglinyuan was able to support such landless farmers and give them the opportunity to recuperate and start over, while also supporting the Shaofu's large team of craftsmen, all because of Liu's huge investment year after year, day after day.
All the water conservancy facilities, irrigation channels and even the temporary houses for the people in Shanglinyuan are maintained by the Shaofu out of his own pocket.
In other words, Liu Che paid for the installation of the waterwheel in Shanglinyuan.
This is also common sense.
After all, the entire Shanglin Garden is actually Liu Che's own private estate.
Those common people were actually Liu Che's tenants.
Even among the private sector, when building water conservancy facilities on land owned by landlords, aren't the landlords themselves the main force and the tenant farmers at most taking the initiative?
As an emperor, you can't be stingier than the rich folk, right?
It’s just that Shanglinyuan is too big!
Counting the royal estates that were not rented to tenant farmers and the farms controlled by the young master himself, Cen Mai made a mental calculation. At least a thousand waterwheels would have to be installed in Shanglin Garden to barely meet the irrigation needs of the entire Shanglin Garden.
Nowadays, the cost of a water tanker, not including labor, is already in the thousands.
At this time, tens of millions of dollars were spent on Shanglinyuan. Even the wealthy young man felt a little sad for a while.
Therefore, Cen Mai thought for a while and then bowed: "Your Majesty, can we collect the full amount of the land rent in Linyuan this year?"
The emperors of the old Liu family, starting from Emperor Gao, liked to do favors in Shanglin Garden.
In nominal terms, the rent of fake land in Shanglinyuan is basically about 30%.
But in fact, the Liu emperors often used various excuses to reduce or reduce the land rent of the tenants of Shanglinyuan. During the holidays, the emperor would give more rewards. If there was a happy occasion like the establishment of a new crown prince and the enthronement of the throne, the tenants of Shanglinyuan would
When you calculate the accounts at the end of the year, you will even find that the taxes they actually paid were only a little more than the rewards they received...
In the early days of the Han Dynasty, especially during the Wenjing Dynasty, this kind of situation happened frequently.
The fake land tax collected by the Shaofu was actually transferred from left hand to right hand, and the emperor also subsidized some privately and returned it to the tenant farmers.
In the past year since Liu Che came to the throne, the total amount of money given to the tenants of Shanglin Garden, especially those in the original Sixian Garden, has exceeded the rent and taxes paid by these tenants to the Shaofu last year...
Relying on methods like this, Emperor Liu firmly controlled Guanzhong.
I don’t know how many bankrupt farmers have been reborn from the ashes and started over because of the existence of Shanglinyuan.
But relatively speaking, the Shaofu's losses were a bit greater.
Now that Liu Che wants to promote waterwheels and use Lin Yuan as a model, Cen Mai will certainly feel unwilling to do so.
Liu Che waved his hand and said: "Young Master, don't worry..."
Cen Mai raised his head and saw the emperor saying with a smile: "The wool comes from the sheep in the end. You will know how cost-effective this money will be when you wait until the end of this year!"
This is inevitable!
The application of waterwheels will definitely lead to a bumper corn harvest in Shanglinyuan this year, and even a jump in growth.
Liu Che estimated that the increase alone would be enough to make up for this expenditure!
You have to know that in addition to a large amount of land leased to landless peasants, there are also large tracts of land belonging to the Shaofu in Shanglin Garden.
These lands were cultivated by prisoners organized by the Shaofu, and the cost was almost nothing.
But all the harvest went into the Shaofu's treasury.
not to mention……
Liu Che looked at Cen Mai and said, "Even without this, I would have been just as determined and without hesitation to build a waterwheel in Shanglin Garden!"
Liu Che stared at Cen Mai and said word by word: "Please remember, national actions do not require profit, nor do you need to consider investment!"
On the surface, the waterwheel is just a convenience project.
But in fact, Liu Che knew that once the waterwheel was extended to the whole world, its impact would be at the level of a nuclear bomb.
First of all, waterwheels can turn many dry saline-alkali lands into rich harvest fields. Even many lands that may have been left fallow to restore soil fertility no longer need to be left fallow and can continue to be cultivated.
This released productivity and increased food production can feed at least millions of people!
Secondly, with the promotion of waterwheels, the influence and prestige of the Han Dynasty regime will also further penetrate into the villages, pavilions, and villages of the people, and have a real impact on people's lives and production.
Even if it is just for this kind of influence, Liu Che will promote this matter even if he is a trouser.
Furthermore, the promotion of waterwheels will inevitably cultivate a large group of skilled carpenters and catalyze the growth of a large group of high-level technicians.
In this pre-Century era, nothing could promote technological innovation and progress more than skilled workers.
With so many benefits, not to mention the small investment in waterwheels, even if the Han Dynasty had to tighten their belts to promote it, Liu Che would not blink an eye!
During the Qin Dynasty, the Zheng Guo Canal project could be said to have almost exhausted Qin's national power, but so what, once the Zheng Guo Canal was completed, Qin's trend of unifying the world was unstoppable!
Another example is the heavy industry of later generations, which is an industry that requires huge investment but may lose money at any time.
so what?
Which of the truly big countries doesn’t use money like paper to burn on heavy industry?
Is it a loss for a unit like the country?
As long as it can promote social development and increase productivity and national strength, it is worth selling even the last piece of clothing!
Seeing Liu Che's serious look, Cen Mai quickly bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise, but I am ignorant. Please forgive me for not understanding the holy will!"
Although he said it in a panic, in fact, Cen Mai felt as sweet as eating honey.
As the Shaofu Ling, how could Cen Mai not know the story of Zheng Guoqu in the Qin Dynasty, and how could he not see the potential and power of the waterwheel?
His previous proposal was actually just to find a way out for himself.
Otherwise, if the performance appraisal at the end of this year happens and the Shaofu's performance takes a big step back, what will he have to explain to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty?
Michael Cen is still pretending to be a senior citizen after becoming an official!
With the emperor's endorsement, he would have nothing to worry about.
No wonder he is!
After all, there are too many precedents for the Liu family to sell their teammates!
Liu Che nodded noncommittally. Liu Che still trusted Cen Mai's abilities.
In the previous life, after Zhou Yafu resigned as prime minister, he was faced with the late emperor's short general who had no one to use, so he chose Cen Mai as the imperial censor. He did a good job, but he was old and had to retire in the end.
More importantly, the memory of his previous life told Liu Che that Cen Mai had been in charge of the Han Dynasty's Young Master for more than ten years, and basically there was no problem. He completed any tasks assigned by the emperor very well.
In this regard, compared with the successive young masters after Cen Mai, it is really different from the other eight!
As long as the last few are stronger, Xiaozhu will not get the vests of Da Sinong and Captain Shui Heng.
Liu Che turned and looked at Uncle Tian.
Liu Che said a little apologetically: "I'm going to trouble Mr. Tian again this time!"
Uncle Tian hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please rest assured. Although I am old, I am still an old man and have great ambitions. With my body, I can still serve your Majesty for a few years..."
As the eldest among the nine ministers of the Han Dynasty, Uncle Tian doesn't care about many things now.
What kind of posthumous reputation or grief after death are not important to an old minister like him who has experienced life and death.
What he really cares about is the world and the country.
As the only minister in the Han Dynasty who has experienced the wars of the late Qin Dynasty, Emperor Gao, Empress Lu, Taizong, and Renzong, Uncle Tian loves the current Han Dynasty regime more than anyone else, and hopes that the current Han Dynasty can last forever more than anyone else.
continue to rule.
The war in the late Qin Dynasty was a hell on earth. Everyone who experienced it would never want it to happen again in this land.
Liu Che nodded happily after hearing this. Liu Che was very worried about Uncle Tian.
After the most famous minister of the Han Dynasty became the internal history official, he relied on his experienced experience and keen vision to twist the entire internal history yamen into a rope.
With Uncle Tian here, Liu Che is not afraid of any problems in the promotion of waterwheels in Guanzhong.
However, this veteran is indeed old.
Liu Che can't let him work too hard. If he dies from exhaustion at his job, Liu's face will not look good.
Therefore, Liu Che had already begun to plan to let Uncle Tian take care of himself after the waterwheel incident. Of course, the treatment of a special senior veteran was indispensable.
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Guangling City, the capital of Jiangdu Kingdom.
Jiangdu King Liu Yan recently received two special gifts.
These two gifts are two exquisite boxes. These two boxes are finely made. The carved patterns have an obvious exotic style.
What's more, these two boxes are hammered out of gold and silver.
This shows that this is definitely not a Chinese thing!
It can’t even be a product of the known civilized world!
Because, in the world known to Liu Yan, no such style of utensils exists in China, Xiongnu, South Vietnam or Southwest Yi.
After Liu Yan realized this, he became excited.
He knew clearly that his eldest brother, the emperor, had an extremely strong interest in these products of the unknown world.
"Where did these two cracked silver boxes come from?" With this question, Liu Yan ordered people to find Guangling Haoqiang who donated these two treasures to him.
According to the description of these two powerful men, these two boxes came from the south.
In Jiangdu, there was no one else except South Vietnam.
But Liu Yan didn't believe it. These two boxes were products of South Vietnam.
Not to mention that the workmanship style and technology on these two boxes are not owned by South Vietnam at all.
Just the petals decorated with silver on the lid of the box, given the temperament of the South Vietnamese, would never be so extravagant!
You know, China itself produces very little silver. Today, silver is even more valuable than gold!
If the South Vietnamese got silver, they probably wouldn't have time to process it into flower petals on a box like this, but would immediately exchange it for money.
Therefore, Liu Yan concluded that this was not a work of art by the South Vietnamese, but came from a more distant unknown world.
Therefore, Liu Yan sent a spy, led by the two powerful servants, to South Vietnam a month ago to trace the source of the two boxes.
Today, good news finally came - the spies who went to South Vietnam to investigate not only found the owner of these two boxes, but also brought him to Guangling City.
Liu Yan was very happy. With this achievement, the emperor's elder brother should be happy. In this way, I should be able to return to Chang'an, right?
To be honest, Liu Yan did not adapt very well to staying in Jiangdu.
The climate, food, language and even customs here made it difficult for Liu Yan to adapt.
The only advantage, I'm afraid, is that southern beauties are gentle and pleasant.
Therefore, Liu Yan was always thinking about escaping Jiangdu and returning to the Central Plains, preferably somewhere close to Chang'an.
However, this dream is unlikely to be possible in the short term.
Thinking of this, Liu Yan inevitably sighed.
At this time, the personal eunuch next to Liu Yan came over and reported: "Reporting to the king, I have almost found out where the foreign businessman came from..."
Liu Yan had already met the businessman who was brought back today, and was so frightened that he almost thought he was a legendary ghost.
It wasn't until someone told him that this person's skin color was actually darker, but he was still made of flesh and blood, that he felt at ease.
However, there was a language barrier, and communication relied entirely on gestures. Liu Yan had no way to communicate with him. In the end, he could only leave any communication to his trusted eunuchs and the few spies who were sent out to investigate.
"Tell me about it..." Liu Che asked casually, holding the two boxes.
"Report to your Majesty, according to what the foreign businessman said, he came from a country tens of thousands of miles away from China. He came across the sea, went through untold hardships and spent several months of work, following the words of his ancestors.
We only reached South Vietnam by following the route passed down by word of mouth..." The eunuch respectfully replied: "Furthermore, these two treasures of the king are not from this man's country. According to what he said, they came from the past.
Produced by a great country whose country is far away..."
Liu Yan frowned and asked: "What are the names of the country this person came from and the country where these two boxes were produced? Have you asked clearly?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, I have asked clearly that the country this person came from, if transliterated into Chinese, should probably be pronounced as 'Shen Du'. As for the country where these two treasures are produced, if transliterated, it should probably be 'Anxi'..."
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When Liu Yan heard this, he felt as if he had been whipped. He immediately stood up, looked at the eunuch, his pupils suddenly dilated, and asked: "Are you sure the place where this person came from is called 'Shendu'?"
"How dare you deceive your Majesty? It's true!" The eunuch was startled, and he quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "This slave's loyalty to Your Majesty can be seen from God! Please be careful, Your Majesty!"
Liu Yan, however, had no time to pay attention to him.
At this time, Liu Yan only felt short of breath and his heart was pounding!
Following the emperor's brother, Liu Yan heard the emperor's brother talk about the name of India because of his poison more than once.
More than once, I heard the emperor's brother say privately: India is a God-given land in China. If we can take advantage of it, the Han Dynasty will be able to prosper for thousands of years!
Now, a living poisonous person has come to Guangling!
This made Liu Yan feel like he was about to faint from happiness.
If this person is brought to Chang'an and presented to the emperor, Long Yan will definitely be delighted. Although the emperor's brother may not consider changing himself to a feudal state or something because of his grand plan, but with this merit, he can stay in Chang'an for a few more months, but
It's a sure thing.
"Here comes!" Liu Yan immediately shouted loudly: "The Prime Minister, the Internal Secretary, and the Lieutenant, come quickly to see me. I want to go to the Emperor of Shu. Please come to Chang'an! Give me auspiciousness!"
If people and news coming from self-poisoning are not considered auspicious, Liu Yan cannot think of anything else in this world that is considered auspicious in the eyes of his brother.
For a time, the entire Guangling City was in a state of uproar.
The king, who has been in the country for less than a year, is going to Beijing to pay homage?
This is the biggest event for Jiangdu, a new feudal country!
After experiencing the Wu-Chu Rebellion, the production and order of the two counties and thirty-two cities under the jurisdiction of Jiangdu were greatly damaged. Many powerful people lost their families and families in the war, and a large amount of wealth was used as spoils of war by the Han army from Chang'an.
Brought back to the Central Plains.
Therefore, all classes in Jiangdu State welcomed the arrival of the great king Liu Yan with all their limbs.
Who knows that this great king has a close relationship with his current emperor and is a brother and sister. Liu Yan's arrival can be said to be a reassurance for all classes under Jiangdu's jurisdiction.
Everyone knows that now it’s on my lap!
Apart from anything else, in order to take care of our compatriots and brothers today, we have to give Jiangdu some policy dividends, right?
This was indeed the case after Liu Chang entered the country. The Central Committee of the Han Dynasty provided Jiangdu with many policy conveniences and exempted taxes and corvees for one year.
More importantly, the impact this brought about gave the people in Jiangdu peace of mind, and they no longer had to worry about the imperial court settling accounts after the fall.
As for the king's coming to the court to pay homage to the emperor, it was naturally not just Liu Yan's business.
The entire Jiangdu Kingdom hopes that the king can bring back more policies and more support from Chang'an.
Therefore, although the memorial requesting the pilgrimage has just been issued, the whole country has been mobilized, and countless people flocked to see Liu Lang with various purposes. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated. quick!
