Chapter 1610 How many old husbands does His Majesty have?
The Qiu Wei exam is not the final exam, the palace exam is the final contest. It doesn’t matter how many of the people in Qiu Wei No. 1 are ranked. It’s the palace exam that’s the time to see the real results. Naturally, Li Xingchen won’t be partial at that time.
who.
Cheers came from the front, and Li Xingchen also looked intently.
It turned out that the boat entered Taihu Lake, and the water surface suddenly opened up, with islands dotted in the distance. The ships that used to be constantly coming and going on the canal had become sparse at this time, with a few white sails accompanied by the sparkling water. Although it was not evening, but
This scene is still refreshing and refreshing.
In later generations, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal no longer relied on the natural waterways of Taihu Lake. Instead, it detoured directly from outside Suzhou and went north to Changzhou via Wuxi. However, due to financial constraints in this era, ships going north via Wujun had to first enter southeast along the Xu River.
After entering Taihu Lake, you can then go north along Taihu Lake to Jinling, and finally enter the river along the canal from Jinling to Jingkou.
Li Xingchen had no money and did not dare to dig like Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty did in history. It was best to use the old river channels, and the current Han Dynasty had not yet reached the point where all food and even national tax revenue had to rely on Jiangnan.
, so if the demand is not so high, there is no need to carry out large-scale construction.
Money must be spent wisely.
Naturally, the waterfowl did not recognize the monarch and flew around the ship without any respect for His Majesty the Emperor. Li Ping felt that the waterfowl was noisy and wanted to shoot it down, but was stopped by Li Xingchen.
This vibrant scene is a good sign.
"It has been more than ten years since I left Taihu Lake. I never thought that I would be alive to see the blue waves of this lake again." Shen Wuhua stood beside Li Xingchen and couldn't help but sigh.
The Shen family is a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River. In the early years, they were praised as "the most powerful person in Jiangdong is Shen Zhou". Together with the Zhou family in Yixing (today's Yixing), they were the second most prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River. Unfortunately, the Shen family fell into ruin after the Wangdun Rebellion.
After generations of hard work, Menlin was finally revitalized, but it was far from the momentum it had when it was the leader of the Jiangnan family.
I am afraid that it was precisely because he knew that his family was no longer one of the top two wealthy families in Jiangnan that Shen Jungao simply sided with Li Xinchen during the turmoil in Jiangnan last time. If he followed those aristocratic families, the Shen family would not be the first to do so, and they would definitely be inseparable.
No matter how cheap it is, once it fails, the efforts of several generations will be wasted.
Regarding Shen Jungao's petty thoughts, Li Xingchen had no intention of settling a score with him.
As an emperor, if he still has selfish desires, how can he ask everyone to make selfless sacrifices to this big man? As long as he is strong enough to make all the forces surrender willingly, that's it.
The Shen family's family roots were in Wuxing County (today's Huzhou). In this era, Wu County, known as Soochow Wu, Wuxing County, known as Western Wu, and Jinling County, known as Zhong Wu, together constituted the Three Wu Territory.
, and together with Kuaiji County in Yue region, they form the Wuyue region in the traditional sense, that is, the Jiangnan region. Of course, Jiangnan in a broad sense also includes the entire Taihu Lake Basin, Jiankang Prefecture, and even Ganzhou and Hunan further away.
state.
What later generations called Jiangnan in the narrow sense actually refers to this area. The area from Jinling County (Changzhou) to Wuxing County (Huzhou) constituted the national economic heartland from the Southern Song Dynasty to later generations, and was also the "Suhu
The area referred to by "ripe".
Since the Jin Dynasty moved to the south, most of the noble families from the north, such as Wang Xie, were in Jiankang Prefecture, while the former Jiangnan noble families retreated to Wujun and Wuxing and other places, such as the former Jiangnan famous families Lu family, Zhu family, etc.
The others were all in Wu Jun, while the Shen family was in Wuxing. Although the situation changed later on, with some families declining and others rising, the gentry's territory did not change much.
It was not until the Han Dynasty put down the rebellion of the Liu family in Kuaiji and captured the evil-minded families in Wujun that the situation of Jiangnan family separatism fell apart. However, in this operation, the Shen family, Gu family and others stood on the side of the imperial court.
Wait, the foundation has not been affected.
The Gu family and the Xu family are still the first-class wealthy families in Wu County, and the Shen family has stood up again while the rest of the noble clans have fallen apart, eliminating the dilemma of the Shen family's talent decline after Shen Junli's death. This time in the autumn,
There are two children of the Shen family who stand out, not to mention that in the previous spring period in Wuxing County, the children of the Shen family accounted for almost half.
Li Xingchen had no objection to this.
As long as the feudal system still exists, big families will definitely exist, but the forms of existence will be different. Some are in the form of aristocratic families, even trying to shake the imperial power, and some are in the form of aristocrats, binding the family and the country together.
Some people feel that the destruction of the country will lead to the death of the family, and some people turn to passing down poems and books to the family, so that their children can study hard and then become officials, such as the Tongcheng School in later generations.
Li Xingchen did not intend to kill all the big families. Although the foundation of the court lies in the people, if there are no big families to send talents, and in the short term it will only rely on ordinary people, the court will not be able to obtain talents. Without talents, everything is in vain.
What's more, if you really want to maintain the stability of the imperial power, you must have the support of the big family and work with the royal family to resist the opponents.
In order to maintain his rule, Li Xingchen still had time to get these big families, and as long as these big families were obedient and had no second thoughts, there was no need to kill them all.
So the last time the Jiangnan family experienced upheaval, the Wu Xing and Shen family were one of the few families that was not affected and even benefited from it.
Although the Shen family is based in Wuxing, most of the people who served as officials in the court have basically moved the family to Jiankang Mansion. The last time Shen Wuhua came to Wuxing was when she was a child and went home with her parents to pay homage to her ancestors. After entering the palace, she stayed in the palace for ten years.
Even if there is a chance to go home to visit relatives, this home is still a home in Jiankang Mansion, not a home far away on the south bank of Taihu Lake.
"We can go to Wu County tomorrow. We will arrive in Wuxing within seven days and take you home to visit your relatives." Li Xingchen said with a smile, "As the son-in-law of the Shen family, I haven't visited you yet. It's a sin."
Shen Wuhua couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle: "There are so many sisters in the harem, how many of them have your Majesty ever paid a visit to?"
Li Xingchen immediately raised his eyebrows: "Of course I have basically visited them all."
Shen Wuhua was slightly startled, and then thought about it, it seemed that what he said was true. Whether it was Chen Xu, Xiao Kui, or even captains Chi Shun and Yang Jian, although His Majesty's father-in-laws were basically enemies, they had either died.
, or have turned enemies into friends with His Majesty, and His Majesty has actually visited them all.
The heroes of the world have really become his father-in-law. This guy is quite capable of keeping silent.
"When I go north next year, I will naturally visit Mr. Yuchijiong again." Li Xingchen said with a smile, "What a pity, Yu Wenxian is not my pain!"