Chapter 187: Sharing the world and not sharing the world
No matter what his mood was, the ship still brought Zhao Xi to Bianliang.
They say they are timid when living close to home, but Zhao Xi doesn't have that, not at all.
Along the way, the only thing filling his heart was worry.
We can't bury our ancestors, but Zhao Xi really has some criticism in his heart. Hearing that Taizu had intended to move the capital because Chang'an City was abandoned, he considered Luoyang...
It's a pity that Taizong, his authentic ancestor, put it aside with the words "morality is not dangerous".
Leave a pile of sloppy things to worry your children and grandchildren.
Bianliang City is known as the capital with four rivers, but now except for the Bianhe River, the other three waterways are blocked.
The Jinshui River has been reduced to a route dedicated to transporting timber. The grain transported by Guangji He is mostly variegated millet and beans, which are horse fodder for the Qun Musi. The grain transported by the Huimin River, apart from the losses, is not enough for the state capitals along the way.
of military rations.
Millions of soldiers and civilians rely on this Bianhe River!
Zhao Xi was worried all the way, but the court was already quarreling over his duties.
Zhao Xi took the water route, and supposedly he should have arrived in Bianliang earlier than Zhang Fangping's memorial. He couldn't help but deliberately delay... He really wanted to see the water transportation that the country relied on for its survival.
As a result, there was another debate in the court about his duties.
There is no problem with the weapons inspection, and there is no problem with the minting of coins. Just as Zhang Fangping expected, the performance of the escort camp in the southern expedition, and the copper mines obtained for the imperial government, both of which no one would be embarrassed to argue with.
It’s the water transportation and harvesting field, as well as the railway supervision. Everyone in the court wants to have a sense of presence. From the functions that His Royal Highness should have, to the operation of the current system of the court, and the laws of the ancestors, etc., each has his own position.
.
In fact, it is fundamentally a matter of rights and interests.
In recent years, it should be said that for many years, more people from the south have been admitted to the imperial examinations.
The government's yamen settings for water transportation, including the appointment of officials, also favored southerners.
Originally, water transport started from Jianghuai, Jingchu, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and even Guangdong and Guangxi, which are the basic basis of the entire water transport.
The embankment department was set up at the ferry wharves along the way, and most of the water transportation was handled by southerners.
It should be like this. The so-called south boat and north horse are born and caused by the environment.
This also destined that the water transportation of the country and the imperial court were inseparable and inseparable from the southern officials in the court.
As for the copper mine... I haven't seen it yet. It took a long time to transport it by water.
When it comes to forecourts, it's even more chaotic. Not only the municipal shipping companies at large wharves such as Quanzhou, Mingzhou, and Guangzhou, but also the embankment departments along the water transport roads, including all border cities, have forays.
The dirty tricks here are not only mixed in by one or two families, but also by three or five families or those guarding the border. Almost the entire court has a share.
If His Highness the Crown Prince were to find out these things, it would be almost equivalent to cutting off all sources of wealth.
As for the Railway Supervision, the largest iron-producing base in the country is in Xuzhou, and without exception it is related to water transportation...
Therefore, Zhao Xi's first news after returning to the court was that...the matter regarding his duties could not be resolved.
"Your Highness, the Shipping Envoy's Yamen is in charge of water transportation and has a huge reserve of money and grain. It has never been cleared up. This is one. The officials used for water transportation are all unselected. They are confused and confused. This is two."
"Over the years, officials and officials have worked together to embezzle the canal channels, and even the boats have sunk and disappeared. These are three. The canal transport yamen, since the transport envoys have descended, all come from the aristocratic families along the way, and many of them are in the court.
, this is four.”
"As for the forging yards and railway prisons, they extend from the canal transportation. In addition to the buying and selling of grain, the first trading goods in the forging yards along the way are iron ore, pig iron and other items..."
Lu Gongzhu was also from the south, but his father was an official and he grew up in Bianliang. Although some of his family members were involved in water transportation, they were considered distant relatives.
After returning to Bianliang, Lu Gong wrote about the duties of His Highness the Crown Prince, and communicated with his brother, which led to these remarks.
Fortunately, Lu Gongzhu finally told him sincerely, otherwise Zhao Xi would have to consider replacing the chief instructor of the guard camp.
Han Zhen was a native of Hebei. He was a Jinshi and had not been transferred to many places. He had never been exposed to water transportation and the management of state capitals along the way.
He doesn't understand, but he has an elder brother who is already relatively familiar with the country... Han Jiang.
When he got home, his eldest brother had already sent someone to wait. After hearing what his eldest brother said, he asked the Cao family to deliver a letter to the East Palace overnight, detailing the key points.
Alas, this is His Highness the Crown Prince, this is the royal family...I am afraid that the father who is deep in the palace doesn't know this at all, right?
Zhao Xi has no plans to touch anyone's cheese, cut off anyone's wealth, or tear down anyone's ancestral tablets, at least not yet.
Because in his concept, the world has never been owned by one family. Even in this era, known as Zhao and Song Dynasty, it is not a world owned by one family. The world has always been shared by all people in the world.
It's just that when governing and sharing the world, there are classes and identities given by society. In other words, different people bear different responsibilities and enjoy different rights and interests in the same world.
Therefore, since he was a child, what he has done is to find another way out, to find another way out, and to unite the majority as much as possible.
I thought that with the expansion of food in his childhood, the floor mats of Guangnan daily necessities, and the immeasurable piece of cake in Dongchuan, he should have some confidence.
What's more, there is the strength displayed by the escort battalion in this southern expedition, as well as his own status as the heir to the great unification.
With all these elements gathered together, he thought he could participate in it and participate in the game of interests of the country and the dynasty.
Didn't expect it to be like this!
Also, the Royal Family has always been an outsider in the profit game. It may be more appropriate to say that it is a referee.
Perhaps both the scholar-bureaucrats and the royal family agree with the idea that the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats share the world, but this is only used when necessary.
For example, in the copper mine, everyone has accepted the fact that there is communism. Even if Zhao Xi has another career, everyone can still accept the fact that there is communism.
But if the royal family wants to share the benefits that they already have and have enjoyed for a long time...I'm sorry, that won't work.
The key point here is: to a certain extent, under certain circumstances, the world is still the Zhao family's world, the royal world is still the world, and the future will be his Zhao Xi's world.
So, there is this result.
No matter what, Zhao Xi knew that it was impossible to turn over the cards. Let alone the prince, even if he was now the emperor, based on the current dynasty system, it was impossible to turn over the cards and change the sky.
Water transportation, and everything that extends from water transportation...
Zhao Xi can tolerate this kind of thing now, and maybe he can tolerate it in the future.
Since everyone is looking after their own interests, well, I have to look after mine too.
Copper mines will never allow losses similar to that of grain!
But if you continue to use the current route, not to mention the normal transportation time of only more than 200 days a year, it is really worn out. Against too many officials, Zhao Xi is not sure of victory, and it may lead to him taking over the world in the future. , the imperial order cannot leave Bianliang City.