Chapter 760 The ruler and the minister know each other
"As an official, you must first know what the king wants."
Cai Jing is older and speaks smoothly and calmly, neither slowly nor urgently.
Bai Shizhong didn't dare to say a word, and listened attentively with his ears raised.
"In the old Song Dynasty, King Zhao Ji was on the throne, and he ordered me to come to Beijing to be the prime minister. All Zhao Ji wanted was a sufficient treasury for him to eat, drink, and have fun, as well as superficial prosperity and splendor."
"So, I proposed Feng, Heng, Yu, Da, reforming salt farming and tea farming, and bringing the world's wealth under Zhao Ji's eyes for him to play with and let him see an extremely gorgeous Bianliang City."
Bai Shizhong nodded repeatedly. At that time, Cai Jing's power was overwhelming. No matter how the government changed, Zhao Ji always firmly appointed Cai Jing. It seemed that he was interested in his means of making money.
Zhao Ji even made an exception and acquiesced to Cai Jing, allowing him to serve as prime minister for five years. If he hadn't sent troops to Beijing today, he might have continued to be the prime minister.
You know, the chief prime minister of the Song Dynasty had a stipulation that he would be replaced after three years.
Cai Jing took a sip of tea, gently used the cup lid to remove the heat, and asked with a smile, "Meng Heng, do you know what you want today?"
Bai Shizhong fell into thinking, and after a while he pondered: "Could it be Haiyan Heqing?"
Cai Jing laughed: "Then he has achieved it."
As Cai Jing said, today's world is truly a place of clear seas and rivers.
I think back to the Song Dynasty, when barbarians were turbulent, internal and external troubles occurred, except for Bianliang, which was a fairyland on earth, there were natural and man-made disasters everywhere.
It's different now. Few people are willing to work but have no food to eat.
Even poor children have the conditions to go to school, have support for the elderly and support for the young.
Bai Shizhong was thinking a lot, and he didn't know what else Yang Lin wanted as a monarch and emperor.
Cai Jing looked at him with a frown on his face and stopped asking him to think about it. He said: "Food is the most important thing for the people. Since ancient times, when the sages and emperors came to power, they all wanted to be prosperous in the world. The only difference is that now, he opened
Xiulou, set up a chamber of commerce to support merchants."
"The world's farmland and people, rivers and water sources are all limited. Farming and mulberry cultivation cannot continue to develop after reaching a certain level. But the trade routes are different. Although the stinking merchants who come and go are despised by our generation of scholars, they can
Take this dynasty to a higher level."
"Using the power of the four barbarians to support the vastness of China depends on trade routes. Therefore, before I ascended the throne, I attacked Karakhan and restarted the Silk Road in the Western Regions that had been blocked by the Hui people; I bribed the Kelei tribe,
Open the tea-horse trade route in Montenegro; capture Dali Najie, wipe out the Zhanpa pirates, open up Nanyang maritime trade; build the Tianjin Port, straighten the Grand Canal, and connect the north and the south."
"It shows that the official's ambition is to open the country, collect the wealth from all over the world, and return it to me, Daxia. He is no longer satisfied with letting the people have enough food. So I said, in the past, there is no more holy emperor than today."
Bai Shizhong suddenly realized something and felt enlightened. It turned out that he was keeping his head down and doing his job conscientiously. When could he win the favor of the officials?
He stood up, eager to go back and work out a plan, and bowed to Cai Jing: "If it weren't for the Taishi's guidance, Meng Heng doesn't know when he would realize the official's ambition."
Cai Jing waved his hand and said, "Why are you in a hurry? It's getting late today, so just have dinner at home."
Bai Shizhong was a little surprised, but he was honest by nature, so he could only patiently say: "Since it is the Grand Master who stays here, Meng Heng will bother you."
Cai Jing nodded secretly, feeling very satisfied. After eating, he took out a piece of silk from his sleeve on the wine table.
"I have long expected that you will come to me. In this palace, you are the chief, but you have no corresponding achievements. How can you be worthy? These are some measures I wrote in my spare time. You can take them and take a look. .”
Bai Shizhong was convinced at this time. After taking it, he carefully put it into his arms and said, "The Grand Master is so kind to me. If someone wants me to do it, Meng Heng would not hesitate to go out of his way to repay the Grand Master."——
The area around Xiong County is desolate. This place was once a battlefield in the Song and Liao Dynasties for many years, and the traces of gunpowder smoke are very clear.
There are dozens or hundreds of miles of tunnels underground, which are relics of the people of the Song Dynasty who used tunnel warfare to fight against the Khitan invaders.
Zhong Guiyi was beside Yang Lin, looking at the busy guards, looking around at the surrounding scenery, and asked excitedly: "Guan family, are we setting up camp here!"
"Why are you setting up camp? You think a war is coming? We will stay here temporarily and wait for the engineering camp from Shenyang Prefecture to come and build a big city here that is not weaker than Bianliang!"
Yang Lin said enthusiastically that he now somewhat understands the mentality of some heroes who want to build a city after they have achieved success.
On this fertile soil of China, there is a city that is bound to be glorious and dazzling, and I built it with my own hands.
This sense of accomplishment and pleasure cannot be obtained from any charming and exquisite beauty.
The people from the Long Live Battalion arranged guards at the high hills and set up several large tents here.
The concubines, including Zhong Guiyi, all lived with Yang Lin.
The maids quickly brought small basins and began to clean and sprinkle water, incense and remove insects, and hang bead curtains.
In this era, wealthy families had the custom of going on picnics.
People often live in the suburbs, with their families and servants, staying for as short as three or four days, or as long as ten and a half months.
After a little renovation, this place was found as Yang Lin's residence. It was surrounded by lush green trees and brilliant flowers, and a clear stream flowed from the depths of the flowers and trees into the gaps between the rocks.
At night, several bonfires were lit, Yang Lin hugged each other, and grilled meat skewers with his own hands.
It is skewered with fresh branches, sprinkled with salt, the roasted oil drips out, and the aroma is lingering, and then distributed one by one to the people around.
From time to time, very cheerful sounds came from the wilderness, some were fencing and singing, and some were dancing.
Zhong Guiyi loved it so much on this kind of day. He smiled like two pear-shaped dimples, which was very cute.
At this time, Lu Qian came over, clasped his fists and said, "Guan family, the letter from Bianliang is from Prime Minister Bai."
Yang Lin still attached great importance to Bai Shizhong's letter, because he was the chief prime minister in charge of the world.
After unfolding it, by the light of the fire, I could see that it was densely covered with small regular script.
Lu Qian saw that he was surrounded by concubines and maids, so he turned around and left.
The more Yang Lin watched, the more fascinated he became. The more he watched, the more fascinated he became. He couldn't help but shout "Hello".
"Such a strategy to rejuvenate the country is not Bai Shizhong's handiwork. It must be Cai Jing's idea. Guan Zhong and Yao Chong are not as capable as Cai Jing!" Yang Lin couldn't help but say.
The letter described in detail the new policies he planned to implement to encourage farmers and merchants, especially maritime merchants.
We need to allow merchants to purchase cotton from Nanyang on a large scale, cane sugar from Dashi, courgettes from the Western Regions, and gold and silver from Japan.
It is then processed into cloth, silk and porcelain and dumped overseas.
The imperial court's shipyards relaxed restrictions and worked with the people to enhance their ability to sail long distances.