What's more, ordinary people themselves can open workshops and shops.
If a person's mind changes, he can never go back.
Through these methods, Li Xingchen stole the hearts of the people from the aristocratic family. The aristocratic family was nothing more than a floating duckweed with no roots and was nothing to worry about.
Public opinion surges like a flood, moving and conforming to the times.
Therefore, any family that wants to go against the trend and still maintain the old system will naturally be shattered by the stormy waves.
Aristocratic families don’t complain when they lose.
What they think is a castle in the air is actually a vast ocean, a surge of public opinion and the aspiration of the people, which is unstoppable.
Shen Jungao sighed silently.
These "ingenious and obscene tricks" and these "immoral" decrees did not catch their eyes at all, but they gave the people unimaginable benefits, so the people stood firmly by His Majesty's side from beginning to end.
The existence of the imperial examination system ensured that the supporters of the imperial system among the common people and the admirers of His Majesty could advance through the ranks through their true talents.
The ministers in the court who had doubts about the current Han Dynasty system may not have thought that while they were still questioning whether His Majesty had gone astray, His Majesty had already prepared their successors.
As long as they show doubts or even dissatisfaction with the imperial policies, then talents selected by the imperial examination can naturally take their place.
Your Majesty, you have never been a soft-hearted person.
The territory of the Han Dynasty today and the prestige of the Han Dynasty today are all due to this Majesty!
Between the aristocratic families inside and the powerful enemies outside, which one is not a river of blood?
Do you really think His Majesty is a Bodhisattva?
When the imperial examination system was implemented, everyone should realize that the aristocratic families and the old system were no longer irreplaceable.
It’s a pity that how many people realize this?
In particular, many former ministers who came from aristocratic families even regarded the victory over the Jiangnan aristocratic family as a struggle between the emerging aristocratic families and the old aristocratic families that had been entrenched in Jiangnan for many years. Little did they know that the height of the entire struggle was always at the level of
The new era and the change of the old era.
Times have changed.
Shen Jungao was inevitably a little confused for a while.
What everyone thinks about His Majesty is not His Majesty's fault, but yourselves.
Li Xingchen naturally noticed Shen Jungao's expression.
The friendship between the old and the new is considered good if it does not blindly shed blood and kill people. You cannot expect everyone to understand your thoughts and follow them closely.
After all, everyone's thinking goes through a process of transformation.
Li Xingchen was also willing to leave enough time for these old ministers who had worked hard for the Han Dynasty and tried their best to preserve the destiny and blood of the nation in the troubled times of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, so that they could complete their ideological changes and adapt to the new development of this era.
ideas.
As for whether this development idea is correct, Li Xingchen can only say that time will tell everything.
Chen Shushen's eyes were much clearer than Shen Jun's.
You are still young and have not experienced those things, so naturally you will not have many worries.
After sighing in his heart, Li Xingchen couldn't help but curse: When did his mentality become old?
No, next time I attack Goguryeo, I have to play a trick, so that all the people in the world know that the emperor of the Han Dynasty is still the enterprising and invincible emperor!
Of course, Chen Shushen didn't know that His Majesty the Emperor was already causing trouble for him - His Majesty would lead the expedition in person, which would leave a lot of government affairs to the ministers. As the head of the hidden civil servants in various ministries, he was also an out-and-out supporter of the imperial court.
Chen Shushen, the chief financial steward, naturally has to shoulder heavier responsibilities, and... His Majesty drives the expedition in person. Regardless of whether it is necessary or not, the civil servants have to work hard to persuade each other. It is another war of words!
Thinking of this, Li Xingchen himself felt a little embarrassed.
Brother-in-law, thank you for your hard work.
Next time I will give you a higher salary and a fief.
However, as a good tool for your brother-in-law, you have to continue to work hard. It should be a headache for you, and you are indispensable!
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After several days of sailing, the boat entered the Huai River from Honggou and arrived at Zhongli County.
At this time, the two sides of the Huai River have long ceased to be the solemn border line between the north and the south.
There are more ships coming and going than on the divide.
Zhongli County, which once served as an important support point for the Southern Dynasty's defense line in Huainan, has now transformed into a large market.
Hangou, which connects the Jianghuai River, and the Huai River, which connects the Huai River, are located on the east and west sides of Zhongli respectively. This makes the Huai River waterway outside Zhongli City the only way for merchant ships to travel between the north and the south. As a rare important town along the way, Zhongli's development is natural
It is also changing with each passing day.
So much so that when Li Xingchen saw the city again for the first time, he couldn't even recognize it.
That’s right, the original Zhongli City occupied a very small area, with towering city walls and a small city, which was most easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, outside the city, there were military forts all over the place, layer upon layer, with moats and trenches.
Solid as gold.
In today's Zhongli, the city is still the same city, but the military camps inside and outside the city have long been demolished. There are only some delineated areas and deer villages and fences used to maintain order. Some of the strategic locations that used to be here remain.
The atmosphere is.
The naval camps outside the city have also been turned into commercial docks. After all, the Han Dynasty no longer has the need to maintain a navy on the Huaihe River.
The once powerful Huai River Navy was either turned into a local government official responsible for maintaining the transportation order on the Huai River, or was incorporated into the navy.
The military strongholds in the city have been replaced by government offices, banks, etc. The small city is filled with various management offices.
Whether it is shipping, trade or industrial production, etc., they all need to be managed by departments.
Especially in a transportation hub like Zhongli, each department needs a large number of manpower to maintain it.
But outside Zhongli City, it was another scene.
Li Xingchen looked around.
Needless to say, there are thousands of sails on the Huai River. On both sides of the Huai River, there are docks one after another. Almost the entire river bank is paved with bluestones. There are densely packed figures of trackers and laborers on the docks. Countless goods are unloaded from the ships and circulated north and south.
Those who go north on the North Shore are heading to various towns on the North Shore.
What is unloaded on the south bank is not only bound for Liangjun and other places, but behind the pier is a market that extends to the east, west and south around the city.
The market consists of a large number of shops, warehouses and warehouses.
Goods are stored here and then transferred according to the needs of buyers, varying from north to south.
The laborers at the dock were shouting slogans to carry the goods, the shopkeepers and the clerks were counting the goods at the door of the shop, the court servants were maintaining order on the road, and from time to time officials would move around to check, what a busy scene!
At least here, Li Xingchen could see a complete commodity operation system at a glance.
And Zhongli is already a completely different city from the Zhongli of the past.