Zhou Jun went to Shangshu and said that the Qing Dynasty was preparing for the trip to the west. He also said that he planned to go to the palace to meet the saint. Before leaving, he said goodbye to Li Longji.
The emperor was in a great mood and held a grand banquet in the Linde Hall. It was called the Cold Food Banquet, but it was actually to see off Zhou Jun.
Linde Hall is the largest palace in the Daming Palace. When Li Longji was in power, it was rarely used for entertaining guests. It was only used when foreign envoys paid homage or to the Taifu Grand Shrine.
However, this time, in order to farewell Zhou Jun, the saint not only held a grand banquet, but also the Yang family headed by Yang Guozhong, as well as other prominent families in Chang'an City, were invited to the banquet.
The banquet stretched for hundreds of meters from the throne in the upper hall to the dragon gate in the outer hall, and lasted from morning to night. Eight delicacies were served, and people drank and drank without a break.
The banquet reached its climax. Zhou Jun left the banquet and came to the throne. The chief inspector said: "I will leave Chang'an soon. Before leaving, I have prepared a gift and intend to present it to His Majesty."
When Li Longji heard this, he nodded and said with a smile: "What is the gift that Zhou Lang has prepared?"
Zhou Jun stood up and nodded behind him.
Not long after, two chamberlains brought a long wooden box, carefully placed it on the ground, and then began to erect the wooden frame.
Everyone in the palace looked puzzled and came forward to watch.
I saw the two chamberlains setting up the wooden frame, then opening the wooden box, taking out a giant map, slowly unfolding it, and hanging it on the wooden frame.
When Li Longji saw the things depicted on the map, he couldn't help but stood up in shock and murmured: "This is...?"
What is described in the picture is the surrounding scenery of Chang'an City.
Among them, Fangshi of Chang'an City is located at the bottom of the map, Daming Palace is located in the center of the map, a little higher is Longshouyuan, and then to the northeast is the west bank of Bachuan River, which continues to the far right side of the map.
In the map, Chang'anfang City and the Imperial City were blurred and blurred out of consideration for overstepping the rules, while the entire Bachuan River was marked in detail, and complete regional planning and functional divisions were made.
From the perspective of land transportation, the lanes and stations have been upgraded and expanded, making the traffic between Chang'an City and Bachuan more convenient.
From the perspective of waterway traffic, there is already a container terminal called Guangyuntan on the west bank of the Chan River in Changlepo. This development of the Bachuan area connects Chang'an City, Chan River, and Bachuan. Due to abundant water resources, it is also
It is navigable, so at the intersection of Chan River and Ba River on the west bank of Bachuan River, passenger ferries, warehouses and Changyun Fang were added, which greatly improved Chang'an City's inland waterway shipping capacity.
From the perspective of regional distribution, outside Chang'an City, Bachuan is the main population center, and then diverges to the east and west sides. It extends to Guangyuntan of Chan River in the west, and covers the entire west bank of Bachuan in the east. Among them, residential buildings
, commerce, landscape, temples, private schools, official offices, etc., are all staggeredly distributed according to functional divisions.
Not only that, the map also details hydrological flood control, population migration, construction materials transportation and other details. For example, the Bahe River is fast and there are alluvial lands in the upper reaches. The sediment in it is the best building material. It is dug directly on the west bank and then
Processed on-site, it can be used in the construction of dams and canals, which can save a lot of costs.
When Li Longji saw this, he slowly walked down from the throne. He knew the value of this map better than the other people present who only watched the fun.
After the Right Prime Minister fell, Li Longji specifically sought out officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs to investigate the Tang Dynasty. To his surprise, the current financial and tax situation of the Tang Dynasty was not as good as he had imagined.
Taxes are decreasing every year, and expenditures are increasing every year. Since Li Linfu was in charge of this matter in the past, Li Longji couldn't figure out why this happened when the Tang Dynasty was so powerful now.
situation.
In the eighth year of Tianbao, the emergence of Daqi Trade Road became the only bright spot in the accounts of the Ministry of Households, and also became an important source of finance and taxation for the Tang Dynasty. However, such a pillar industry, due to the invasion of Tubo and Dashi, was destroyed.
It almost collapsed, and the original tax revenue of millions each year was reduced to smoke.
The most urgent task now is to think of a way to urgently increase the tax revenue of Datang.
Therefore, the map sent by Zhou Jun undoubtedly became Li Longji's life-saving straw.
At this time, Zhou Jun said to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, in the third year of Tianbao, the imperial court reopened the canal, allowing the Bahe River to pass for water transportation and long-distance travel. So far, the Bahe River has no obstruction, and sailing from Bachuan Crossing can directly reach the Yellow River in Tongguan.
Compared with before, the voyage distance has been shortened three times and the shipping time has been shortened twice. A 10-foot-long ship can transport 700 grains and can travel hundreds of miles day and night."
"As for the city of Chang'an, due to its proximity to the imperial city, the north of the city is densely populated and has frequent exchanges, while the south of the city is vast and sparsely populated. Even if the court spends a lot of effort every year, there is still no improvement. Therefore, if Chang'an wants to expand in the future, it is not possible to expand to the south.
The right path is to go north."
Zhou Jun pointed at the map with his finger and said: "The Ba River is the main river and the Chan River is the supplement. These two rivers are close to Chang'an and bear most of the water transportation and long-distance transportation in the city. The two rivers intersect and merge in a 'herringbone' shape."
The place is Bachuan. From this point of view, if Chang'an wants to expand, the key place is Bachuan."
Li Longji listened carefully, walked to the map, looked at it and nodded.
Zhou Jun: "Most of the land around Bachuan is palace property, and it is convenient to use it for expropriation or business. Moreover, it can be built into houses or shops and then sold, which can cover the Chang'an expansion city.
Secondly, it can also supplement the inner government of the Tang Dynasty."
When Li Longji heard this, he couldn't help but said: "Zhuji, Zhou Lang's character is very suitable for me!"
Zhou Jun's words, in Li Longji's mind, not only provided ideas for expanding the city of Chang'an, but also pointed out a way for Datang to increase taxes.
If we use the words of later generations, the most convenient and clever way to increase fiscal revenue is not to upgrade industries, but to sell houses and land. qqxδnew
After getting such a planning map, Li Longji's depression was reduced by half. He patted Zhou Jun on the shoulder and asked with a smile: "Every time Mr. Zhou has a wonderful idea, he can always solve my worries."
Zhou Jun bowed and said: "I don't dare to take credit. Since the opening of Ansheng Garden, I have seen that the method of selling residential properties has been effective, so I have been thinking about whether it can be promoted and integrated with the future development of Chang'an City.
We all came together. So I went to the Ministry of Industry, and officials from the Ministry of Supervision and other departments discussed it together, and finally decided on this plan and completed this map."
Li Longji clapped his hands and said: "Okay, you should be rewarded, everyone should be rewarded!"...
After saying that, he turned back to Gao Lishi and said: "Moving this map into the imperial palace, I will discuss it with all the officials at the imperial meeting in the future. It should be the top priority!"
After the banquet was over, Zhou Jun left the imperial city and came to the carriage at the Princess Mansion.
Kong You stood by the side, and Sun Aying and other personal soldiers guarded the front and rear.
After Zhou Jun got into the carriage, Kong You climbed into the driver's seat and, escorted by a group of personal guards, drove forward along the long street.
On the road, Zhou Jun, who was sitting in the carriage, said quietly: "If there hadn't been that disaster, this would have been a good strategy to save the Tang Dynasty..."
Kong You was stunned, then turned around and asked: "Master, what did you just say?"
Zhou Jun was silent for a moment and replied in a low voice: "No, it's nothing."