Chapter 2505 Pheasant slave, what embarrassment did you encounter?
"Brother Defang (Zheng Yuanshou), in your opinion, is Mr. Zhao willing to join forces with us?"
In the carriage, Wang Kui stroked his long beard and asked Zheng Yuanshou, who was already mentally and physically exhausted and was resting with his eyes closed.
"It's hard to say that our Mr. Zhao Guogong has always been secretive. Over the years, he has always seemed to be low-key."
"But actually you, you and I should know that His Highness the King of Wei did a lot of work behind the scenes back then."
"It's not just because our Prince, His Highness, is unwilling to be held hostage by him, which offends the extremely controlling Zhao Guogong."
"And I am sure that the prince must know. Otherwise, why would he have kept a close distance from this great uncle all these years?"
"And Duke Zhao has set his sights on your grandson-in-law since he fell out of favor with King Wei and was demoted to the throne of Donglai County."
"Thinking about it, Duke Zhao is also very unwilling for the prince to take that position. However, Duke Zhao always seeks stability in his actions and likes to take advantage of the situation."
Zheng Yuanshou squinted his eyes and analyzed slowly, as an experienced driver who had served as an official for two dynasties.
Being able to be reused by two generations of emperors, and even being praised by his Majesty today as Su Wu and Zhang Qian of the Tang Dynasty, shows his agility and strategy.
Wang Kui nodded frequently after hearing this, rolled his eyes for a long time, and already made a decision in his heart.
"Thank you, Brother Defang, for clearing up my doubts. It seems that we need to take action on this matter first."
"Yes, I think so too..."
Zheng Yuanshou sat up straight, came close to Wang Kui's ear, and began to whisper instructions.
The carriage continued to move forward swayingly, and the followers and guards of Wang and Zheng around it looked around cautiously, as if they were afraid that the conversation between the two would be heard outside the carriage.
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His Royal Highness the Prince returned to Luoyang and returned to the East Palace. For the people of Luoyang, it was just a bustling place.
But for the Tang Dynasty, it meant that the work of moving the capital from Chang'an to Luoyang had come to an end.
Guanzhong is still a very important area for the Tang Dynasty. It is not only an important place for finance and taxation, but also the most densely populated area.
However, as the plan to move the capital began, the prince came to Luoyang.
The population of Chang'an, or the entire Guanzhong, is continuing to flow towards the Luoyang area.
Just the number of common people and people from all walks of life who are related to high-ranking officials and nobles is an extremely huge number.
Just three months after the emperor of the Tang Dynasty ordered the capital to be moved, the population of Chang'an City dropped by one-fifth.
By the time His Royal Highness returned to Luoyang, Chang'an's population had dropped by nearly one-third.
Chang'an City, which originally seemed overcrowded, seemed to be able to breathe a sigh of relief.
In addition, the relocation of the pastoral supervisors and the large-scale migration of horses also reduced the large-scale damage to the vegetation in Guanzhong.
What’s even more surprising is that I don’t know if it’s God giving me face or some other reason.
The disasters Guanzhong suffered this year were about half of the average of the previous five years, and they were accompanied by a large-scale outflow of people and livestock.
This year in Guanzhong, it is expected that one-third of the prefectures and counties in Guanzhong will be able to leave a certain amount of surplus grain to enter the official warehouse.
In the remaining places, the grain that needs to be mobilized by the court only accounts for half, or even one-third, of previous years.
Last year, the Tang Dynasty transported 1 million shi of grain to Guanzhong, and at the end of last year there was still a balance of 700,000 shi.
After winter this year, there are still nearly 400,000 shi left, and the surplus grain in the local Shangguancang has increased by nearly 150,000 shi.
Over and over again, it has gradually come close to being equal. This news is definitely a great joy for the Tang Dynasty court.
There were originally some murmurs of doubts and complaints about the capital move, but they were all drowned out by this good news.
You must know that during the Tang Dynasty's northern campaign against Xue Yantuo, a total of 150,000 manpower was used, nearly a thousand ships were recruited, and a total of 3 million shi of grain was transported to Guanzhong.
In order to transport so much food, the number of cattle and horses that were broken down was in the thousands, not to mention the losses along the way, which was even more shocking.
As His Majesty and the civil and military officials no longer entered Guanzhong, the amount of food transported to Guanzhong dropped in half.
And this year, because there are still hundreds of thousands of grains left in Guanzhong, and the disasters in Guanzhong are getting less and less, no grain has been imported into Guanzhong.
Being able to live in the land of Heluo, which is prosperous and has extremely convenient transportation and water transportation, and uses it as the political center.
Here, it is also more conducive for the Tang Dynasty to rule the world, and the transportation is very convenient, which is also very conducive to the mobility of the Tang Dynasty's elite.
All in all, from the perspective of geographical environment and the court's financial expenditure, the benefits of moving the capital are countless.
"...This means that by next year, at the turn of spring and summer, we can roughly determine whether we need to send grain to Guanzhong again."
Following Ma Zhou's words, Li Shimin also nodded happily and said.
The prince, Li Chengqian, was sitting respectfully aside, listening to his father discussing government affairs with important ministers.
From time to time, his father would ask for his opinion, which made Prince Li Chengqian a little frightened, but also made him feel extremely valued.
After all, my family had been left in Chang'an for such a long time. It could almost be said that they were sitting on the bench.
Fortunately, everything has been settled, and His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, has finally returned to the political stage of the Tang Dynasty.
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The emperor and his ministers were in a very happy mood. After all, moving the capital brought good things, not bad things.
This not only explained things to the people of the world, but also suppressed those voices of criticism. Of course I am happy.
Seeing that all the important ministers stood up to salute and say goodbye, Li Chengqian sat for a while before getting up and going to pay his respects to Empress Changsun.
Li Shimin sat comfortably behind the desk, sipping tea, wondering whether he should take a nap first or deal with official duties first.
At this time, voices were heard outside the palace. Before long, the eunuch reported that Jin Wang Li Zhi asked to see him.
Soon, Li Shimin saw the well-behaved, sensible and filial Jin King Li Zhi walking into the Wencheng Hall, and greeted Li Zhi to come and sit down in front of him.
The father and son chatted for a while, and Li Shimin felt that something was not right. Even when the young Jiulang was smiling, there seemed to be a cloud of sadness between his eyebrows.
"Pheasant slave, what's wrong with you? Have you encountered any difficulties?"
"Father, the child is fine." Li Zhi was stunned and quickly shook his head in defense.
"Haha... You kid, why do you think you can hide it from your father? Tell me, what is going on?"
"Is there anything in this world that my father can't solve for you?"
After hearing this, Li Zhi pursed his lips vigorously, and his eyes gradually turned red.