Section 897 Chartering a Boat (1) 【Seeking Monthly Pass】
Does Weiyang Palace want the Empress Dowager of the East Palace to not dare to interfere in politics?
Then why does the East Palace not dare to interfere in politics?
Of course, a big basket is needed.
Even a big scandal!
With this as an excuse, Donggong no longer dares to interfere in national government affairs!
Just like back then, Emperor Taizong forced Bo Zhao to die.
From then on, all the relatives in the entire Taizong Dynasty became good children. Everyone was as silent as a cicada, trembling with fear, not daring to step out of the way.
So much so that when the current Empress Dowager found her long-lost brother, she could only watch as the nobles and ministers pointed fingers at the Dou brothers in the name of education.
Dou Changjun will not be able to become a marquis until his death.
Taizong thus became the emperor who followed the law and followed the Constitution.
If he hadn't fallen victim to Xin Hengping in his later years, he would have been an almost unblemished saint.
When today's emperor is known as "Taizong's designated successor," how can An not learn from his grandfather's old skills?
As soon as he thought of this, Yuan Ang already knew what he should do.
He looked at the Jiangdu King in front of him.
King Jiangdu wants to be King Zhao?
This is where he can exploit and break through!
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry..." Yuan An said with a smile: "Now Your Majesty treats Your Majesty as the late emperor treated the King of Liang, and as the helper of the country! Your Majesty's benevolence, virtue, respect and filial piety are known to the world. Perhaps, Your Majesty will never be the lord of Handan for a long time.
, but I specially waited for the king to perform meritorious service and kept it for the king..."
Yuan Angke didn't care whether what he said was true or not.
All he needs to do now is fool the young King Jiangdu in front of him.
When Liu Yan heard this, he seemed to be moved by Yuan An's remarks. He said with great joy: "If it is true as you say, I will be able to win the Kingdom of Zhao, and I will be very grateful!"
But then he became depressed again.
This feat is not easy to establish!
Especially his Jiangdu Kingdom is located on the lower reaches of the river.
Originally, there were little ones like Dongou around who could be trained and taught.
But now Dongou has become Donghai County.
It is said that in a few years it will become the fiefdom of Lord Donghai.
Of course, now, Donghai County is still a vassal attached to Jiangdu Kingdom.
The officials, gentry and even landlords within its territory all migrated from Jiangdu.
It is precisely because of Donghai County that Jiangdu can achieve the great political achievement of eliminating beggars: At that time, Zhang Shizhi was the prime minister of Jiangdu. After the storm, he ordered a ban on beggars.
The reason is that ‘the movement of heaven is strong and a gentleman will never cease to strengthen himself’.
Groups like beggars have hands and feet, but they don’t work.
It simply violated the teachings of the late king and was disrespectful to the ancestors and gods.
Must be transformed!
How to transform?
Of course, they would arrest each one they found, and then take them all with whips and swords to reclaim land in Donghai County and set up workshops.
The emerging landlord class in Jiangdu State raised their arms and legs in agreement with this.
They have long been hungry for cheap labor.
Therefore, with their cooperation, the entire Jiangdu is now no longer a beggar.
There are very few unemployed refugees.
The local rangers either went north to Huaihua, or were so frightened that they fled to Qilu.
In today's Donghai County, the main people developing the area are the tenant farmers of the landlords and the beggars, rangers and other "unemployed people" who were detained by the government for forced labor.
Because of this incident and the proper handling of the storm that year.
Zhang Shizhi won the support of all people in Jiangdu.
Although he has died of illness now, his ancestral halls and sacrifices have spread all over Wu.
For Liu Yan, Dongou became Donghai County.
This meant that he lost a place where he could easily conquer and obtain meritorious deeds.
The remaining Minyue and Nanyue are a bit large and difficult to eat.
What's more, they are very well-behaved now.
Haven’t you seen the ships on the Guangling River now?
Either they go south to Nanyue, or they go to Fujian and Vietnam.
Chinese rice, cloth, ironware, silk and tea were continuously imported into Fujian, Vietnam and South Vietnam, solving many problems between the two countries.
Products such as cane sugar, ivory, spices, and pearls from South Vietnam and Fujian continued to flow to the hinterland of China through Changsha and Jiangdu.
Now, both Minyue and Nanyue have given up on minting their own money and instead use the five-baht coins minted in Chang'an as currency.
And this also means that South Vietnam and Fujian have actually begun to accept China's rule economically.
South Vietnam now even begins to report its troop mobilization to Chang'an through Changsha State.
It seems that the South is incapable of fighting.
Liu Yan couldn't help but feel depressed when he thought about these things.
Fortunately, he didn't just have to expand his territory to win the favor of his emperor brother.
"Master, do you know what happened when I went on patrol today?" Liu Yan said proudly, holding his head high.
"It must be Guangling Shipyard..." Yuan Ang said in his heart.
Who in Jiangdu doesn't know that this king has to run to the riverside shipyard a hundred miles outside Guangling City every now and then?
That shipyard was originally a large shipyard built by King Liu Bi of Wu during the old Wu Dynasty.
At its peak, three thousand shipwrights worked there every year.
Produced many warships including giant building ships.
After the fall of Liu Bi, the Han army moved south, and the shipyard was taken over by the Han army.
Later, King Jiangdu came to Guangling. The first thing he did after coming to Guangling City and taking the throne was to inspect the shipyard.
Since then, this shipyard has become the most mysterious place in Jiangdu.
Many people have only heard about it, but have never witnessed the grand scene in the shipyard with their own eyes.
It has been several months since Yuan An came to Guangling City.
However, I have never seen the shipyard with my own eyes.
Because the area has become a military restricted area.
The Han army set up checkpoints around the shipyard to prohibit anyone from approaching.
Even he, the Prince of Jiangdu, once drove there privately but was stopped at the door.
The tempers of the Han army's Qiu Ba men were always very irritable.
Without orders and official documents, let alone two thousand stones.
The prime minister also had to be embarrassed outside the door.
However, Yuan An is still Yuan An.
Having close friends all over the world and friends all over the world is not bragging.
Although he couldn't get in, he had many connections and channels and could know what the shipyard was doing.
Based on a lot of information, Yuan An knew that this shipyard had the best shipwrights in the entire Han Dynasty.
Almost all the famous shipwrights from the Chu Kingdom, Old Wu, Qilu and other kingdoms were gathered here.
There are more than five thousand shipwrights and workers working here day and night building and designing ships.
But, what exactly do the ships built by this shipyard look like?
Yuan An tried hard to find out many connections but could not find out.
All we know is that General Lou Chuan personally came here last summer to inspect the new warships. Later, Long Luhou relied on the new warships produced here to cross the ocean and find the Wonu Islands.
"This is the 'Jiangdu Shipyard' that I and Your Majesty keep in mind every day!" Liu Yan proudly said to Yuan An: "This shipyard is the number one shipyard in the world, with the most famous craftsmen from all over the world gathered here.
Spending tens of millions of money! Today is the day when the shipyard’s new whaling ship is launched..."
"Master, don't be frightened when the time comes..." Liu Yan said with pride on his face.
Although, he said, 'I am not here to be a shipwright...'.
But in fact, he is more concerned about the progress of the shipyard than anyone else.
Last year, he personally witnessed the launch of the lucky boat.
Today, when the whaling ship was launched, he came to show off his face as usual.
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Yuan Ang soon understood what Liu Yan meant by "don't be frightened when the time comes".
At this moment, Yuan Ang stared dumbfounded at the giant ship slowly sliding into the river from the dock.
This is a huge ship full of artistic sense.
It is about ten feet long and three feet high. It stands in the river like a small mountain.
Huge mast, towering into the sky.
From a distance, Yuan Ang could feel the power and invincibility of this giant ship.
Use it to hunt whales?
How big must this whale be?
Yuan Ang has never seen a whale.
But based on what he knew, such a giant ship might be able to capture the Kunpeng Zhuangzi mentioned.
But the problem is...
"The materials alone used for this giant ship are probably worth millions of wood..." Yuan An thought in his mind: "If you include other labor and maintenance, I'm afraid it will be worth millions..."
Even 20 million won’t be able to stop it…”
"If such a giant ship is built, who can afford to use it?" Yuan An murmured.
"It's certainly affordable..." Liu Yan looked at this huge ship as if he were looking at his own child. He raised his ribbon and introduced to Yuan Ang: "Master, this ship is built in the deep mountains.
, a huge tree over three hundred years old is used as the bones, and birch is used as the board. The wood consumption alone is worth tens of millions!"
"Including labor and other items, the value exceeds 30 million!"
Liu Yan got off the king's carriage, surrounded by craftsmen and officials from the shipyard, walked towards the huge ship, and then boarded the deck, with Yuan Ang following closely behind.
As soon as he got on the deck, Yuan An felt a little unable to sit still.
Because, on the deck of this giant ship, there is actually a huge bed crossbow fixed!
This kind of sharp weapon used by the Han army to defend the city was placed on this so-called "whaling ship". Yuan An could not imagine whether this was a civilian ship or a military warship?
more importantly……
30 million to build such a giant ship.
Can the cost be recovered?
thirty million!
It’s equivalent to the one-year-old field tax for one county in some less economically developed places!
Even for the ten thousand households of the Han family, their annual tax income is only twelve million.
The Pingyanghou family, known as the richest in the world and the richest among the Han family, only earns only 30 million in tax revenue per year!
Such a giant ship costs 30 million!
Ten ships equals thirty million!
Who can afford it?
I'm afraid even the emperor can't afford it!
"Set up the sails, hang up the Longli sign, and wait for Longli to come and pick up the ship!" Liu Yan, after inspecting the structure of the ship, gave instructions to the left and right.
This shocked Yuan Ang again.
Long Liu? Chen Jiao?
That notorious playboy and second generation ancestor?
Will he pick up the boat?
"It seems that I was wrong. Now I have no intention of pacifying my foreign relatives at all..." Yuan Ang thought in his heart: "The 30 million ship will be given as soon as it is given. Not only does the government have no intention of sanctioning the foreign relatives, on the contrary,
You are indulging your relatives!"
Yes, a 30 million-strong military weapon was used as a toy by a dandy!
In order to please Daji, King Zhou probably never was so prodigal. The so-called King You, who played with the princes by beacon fire, was also far inferior!
thirty million!
During the reign of Emperor Taizong, he once wanted to build a pavilion for himself to enjoy, but when he heard the quotation, it actually cost a hundred gold.
So he sighed with emotion: "One hundred gold is the property of ten families. I am the former emperor's palace, and I am often afraid of being ashamed. Why use the platform?"
So, I stopped practicing immediately.
Taizong himself was frugal in food and clothing, and the clothes and hats enshrined in his temples are all ordinary clothes that are the same as those of ordinary people. There are very few places where silk is used. Only the emperor's clothes and hats are made of silk wadding.
The concubines he loves and dotes on have clothes that are not touching the floor and curtains that are unembroidered.
The Ba Mausoleum where the mausoleum is located has no precious metal vessels such as gold, silver, and copper. All of them are earthen vessels, and there is not even a tomb.
As a result, it ended up being used by his grandson as a toy for the queen's younger brother...
Can Taizong's lifetime expenses total 30 million?
Yuan Ang thought for a while, there should be no such thing!
However, when he thought about it again, Yuan An felt that something was wrong.
Today, in terms of frugality, he is indeed not as good as his grandfather.
But he is not a king who enjoys himself lavishly.
Although it is often said today: I never tire of fine food, I never tire of fine food, I pursue the best taste, and I like to eat delicious food in the palace.
However, the food he ate was grown by his eunuchs and attendants.
Among all the concubines today, the most favored Madam Yi is said to raise silkworms and weave cloth herself.
Queen Chen Ajiao is considered the most pampered, but she just doesn't have to raise silkworms by herself.
In the four years since I took the throne, water conservancy projects around the world have been covered with projects in Shaofu and Da Nong Yamen.
However, none of the palaces in Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace were renovated.
Legend has it that Jin Shang even issued an order last year, ordering half of the expenses of Weiyang Palace to be sent to Wuyuan and Taixue...
Such a king would use tens of millions of things as toys?
Is this probably impossible?
But Yuan Ang's impression of the Chen Jiao brothers is really extremely bad!
These two scourges were in Chang'an back then. They took people's money and did not do anything for them, and they brought shame to their relatives and princes!
If not, why would you let them go to Anton?
Sure enough, Yuan An then heard Liu Yan say: "Has the money from Longlu been sent?"
"Replying to your majesty, Long Lunhou has sent a deposit of three thousand gold and a tax of one thousand gold to His Majesty Chang'an a month ago..." An official seal said: "This is a reply letter from Chang'an..."
Liu Yan took it, looked at it, nodded, and said with satisfaction: "That's very good. Let's wait until Longli comes to pick up the boat!"
Then, he walked to Yuan An, who was already thinking in confusion, and said proudly: "Master, although the cost of building this ship is high, it has been rented by Longli before it even leaves the shipyard!"
"Rent?" Yuan Ang didn't know why and asked, "What does this mean?"
Liu Yan laughed loudly. This so-called leasing was his proud work.
Although the emperor's brother gave suggestions and helped to improve it, the idea and imagination came from him.
At this moment, in front of Yuan An, of course he couldn't wait to tell Yuan An this perfect idea, and then spread it to the world through Yuan An's mouth, creating a reputation for him. (~^~)
