That day, the news was like a bombshell falling on Chang'an City, spreading rapidly.
You must know that there are 5,000 households in Piyanghou Shiyi, which is the top level among the nobles of Chehou!
At that time, when Empress Lu was in power, Marquis Piyang was the most powerful nobleman in Chang'an and even in the Han Dynasty. Empress Lu was even better at judging food than her relatives of the same surname.
Although it has declined now, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse.
Not to mention anything else, just the property under the name of Piyang Hou is enough to make countless scavenging vultures stay awake all night, tossing and turning at home waiting for dawn.
Unfortunately, on the next day, another news spread again: Prince Liu De was ordered to liquidate and confiscate Piyang's property.
As soon as this news came out, I didn’t know how much I was beating my chest and beating my chest.
But the minds of more well-informed people immediately started to change.
"I heard that Prince Liu De wants to recruit fifteen scribes through an examination, regardless of status?" Some nobles or officials who had heard the news had a small calculation in their minds: "Your Highness eats meat, so you must keep some.
Can you give the soup to your subordinates?"
As a result, these people thought of the examination matter that they had not paid much attention to before.
These people didn't take it seriously before, not because they didn't pay attention, but because they were not stupid!
Whenever a new political force begins to rise, it will always do something practical.
And usually these practical tasks are very hard and even troublesome!
Being a minister of the Dragon and a minister of Qiandi certainly has a bright future.
But if by any chance, you suffer all this hardship, give up your strength, and fail to succeed in the end, then who will you cry to?
When today's emperor was in Qiandi, the prince, there was one family official in the palace, several people in the palace, dozens of visitors, and countless other handymen were idle. But in the end, only Chao Cuo stood out, and the others were not the best.
It's Zhao Wan, who has a dispensable official position as a doctor.
That's a prince! A prince who founded a palace and has authority.
Now Liu De is just a prince, and I don't even know whether he is a prince or not.
Let’s wait until he becomes the prince!
With this kind of thinking, many people are tempted, but few actually take action.
But as soon as Marquis Piyang fell, they remembered the matter and immediately took action.
Countless people immediately ordered their servants to call their disciples, whether they were fighting cocks or lackeys in Chang'an, or who were devoted to their studies, and began to exhort them.
Those who have access will naturally have great magical powers and can use all kinds of means.
Liu De was so annoyed by the family members and lobbyists of the aristocratic ministers who were stuck to him like brown candy that he couldn't help it, so he simply got on a carriage and ran outside Chang'an City to inspect his papermaking and coinage workshops.
"No wonder Su Qin used to sigh that 'the world is hot and cold, but human relationships are cold and warm'..." Before Su Qin became successful, not only his family members hid when they saw him, but even the dogs at home despised him. But once he became prosperous, not only the people who hated him in the past
They all fawned over each other, and even the original dog wagged its tail at him. That was during the Warring States Period!
"But it's indeed time to hold the examination..." Liu De was sitting on the carriage, thinking in his mind.
This is indeed the best time to hold the exam.
Liu De decided to issue a notice in these two days and then select a location for the examination.
On the one hand, he recruits a group of nobles for his use, and on the other hand, he looks for real talents and trains them. When he becomes the prince in the future, he can immediately organize his power based on these people.
First we went to Nanling to inspect the progress of papermaking.
Zhang Tang did a good job. Under his command and supervision, the craftsmen were able to produce some paper pulp. However, the technology was not yet mature, and the resulting paper was still very rough. It could not be used as paper for books or even for wiping buttocks.
They are both a bit hard - but compared to toilet chips, they are a big improvement!
So, Liu De unceremoniously took away several pieces of irregular and rough paper that had been produced...
After inspecting the papermaking workshop, Liu De went to see the mint workshop.
After watching it, Liu De was also quite satisfied.
The two eunuchs assigned to the workshop were very responsible. Within three to five days of taking office, they sorted out and corrected many bad rules in the workshop. Even Huo Hao and the two of them stood in front of the furnace for making money.
Staring at the molten copper, any attempt to steal ink under their noses would be impossible to avoid being discovered.
It's just that the money required for the five-baht coins is still being made, so for the time being, most of the copper coins produced in the workshop are still four-baht coins.
In the past few days, although the speed of coining coins has been slowed down in the workshop, it still produced 200,000 four-baht coins.
This efficiency is even higher than before when the workshop was operating at full capacity!
After watching the coin-casting workshop, Liu De couldn't help but sigh: "Sure enough, the only thing in this world that matters is seriousness..."
Unfortunately, most people don't take it too seriously most of the time...
Thinking of this and seeing that it was still early, Liu De decided to take some time to do something serious, and it was also something that could give him a lot of reputation!
So he ordered people to go to Nanling to call Zhang Tang.
When Zhang Tang arrived, Liu De said to him: "I want to visit private people incognito. You can follow me and make a record!"
As a ruler, it is impossible not to be down-to-earth!
The emperors of the Han Dynasty were well aware of this.
It goes without saying that the great ancestor Liu Bang himself came from the working class. It goes without saying that the late Emperor Taizong Xiaowen was so poor in Dai City that the only candle used for lighting in the palace could only light one, and he had no new clothes all year round.
Therefore, after taking the throne, he attached great importance to people's livelihood, and most of the policies he implemented were geared towards ordinary civilians and middle-class families.
As for Liu De's cheap father, when he was the prince, he often wandered around the market, but the late emperor ignored him. It was not until he made too much trouble and was caught by Zhang Cang that he restrained himself a little.
In Liu De's generation, and later after Liu Che became the prince or even the emperor, he often appeared outside Chang'an City as "Pingyang Marquis", and sometimes even went outside the Sanfu.
Therefore, Zhang Tang did not resist this, and the surrounding guards had no objections.
It's just that incognito is an incognito, and this security work must be done well.
When Liu De changed into the clothes of ordinary nobles, several soldiers had already changed into regular clothes, pretending to be the henchmen around ordinary dandies, and followed him.
"How should I address Your Highness?" Zhang Tang asked when he saw Liu De who had changed into casual clothes.
"Hmm..." Liu De thought for a while, this also involves a political statement issue. Claiming to be a nephew of a certain family means that Liu De is closer to a certain family, so he said: "It is said to outsiders
, I am the nephew of the Zhihou family!"
"No!" Zhang Tang changed his smile and said: "Young master, if you want to understand the sentiments of the people, why not go to the villages near my home..."
This is also for the sake of Liu De's safety.
Liu De is also good.
In fact, as early as in his previous life, he had already gone deep into the people and had articles in mind.
This time he is incognito, just to find a footnote background for his memorandum or policy that is about to shock the world, and at the same time gain his own reputation, just go through the motions!
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