Chapter 3 Officials(1/2)
Even if you walk the canal from Luoyang to Yangzhou, it will take half a month.
Li Yuanai had already made preparations. He looked at the three counselors beside him and said, "Jiangnan is the largest granary of my Tang Dynasty and is of great significance to our dynasty. Now everything is in trouble, and it is the place where we show our skills. You are the ones I have chosen from among hundreds of people, and they are all talents who can stand on their own."
"There are paper situations in the 16 states of Jiangnan East Road in the cabin. They are summarized by local officials and former promotion and demotion envoys. They may not be completely true, but they are the first-hand information I can get. You can read it yourself. Before arriving in Jiangnan, one person wrote me a thought and a plan to rectify Jiangnan."
He paused and said, "The thoughts and plans you wrote will affect what they do in Jiangnan. I believe in my own vision, your task is not just as simple as the staff of the King of Wu's family."
Shangguan Yi, Liu Rengui, and Di Zhixun all had their expressions changed.
Most literati were self-conceived, and they were all famous among the three levels of people, so they were unwilling to be the last.
The three of them thanked each other and went into the room together.
Compared to the three of them working hard, Li Yuanai lived a particularly comfortable life when he went south.
Every day, I browse the scenery on both sides of the strait with my newlyweds on another official boat, cultivate my sentiment and exercise my body.
The official boat was surging the canal and flowing down the road, leading to the Luo River into the Bian River, which brought great convenience to Bianzhou.
In just three years, the two sides of the Bianzhou Canal have become crowded with people, and there are many wine shops and inns and shops from all sides.
The momentum of economic development was unparalleled and it had become the fourth economic important place in the Tang Dynasty, second only to Chang'an, Luoyang and Liangzhou.
The court also attached great importance to the development of Bianzhou and was determined to develop Bianzhou into a metropolis beyond Liangzhou.
After all, Liangzhou's wealth depends entirely on the Silk Road. The safe and turbulent Western Regions have a direct impact on Liangzhou's economy, which is full of uncontrollable and subject to external control.
Bianzhou is an internal economic operation, and the big guys in the temple know very well.
Li Yuanai explained in detail how he used the Earth Dragon to turn over and introduce the Luo River into the Bian River to Xu Long.
Xu Long said with admiration: "A policy will affect thousands of people. The husband of the husband clears the canal, builds ship locks and water reduction gates, and benefits both sides of the Wanli Canal, and is worthy of the reputation of the wise king."
When Li Yuanai saw the scene on both sides of the Bian River, he felt a lot of pride in his heart.
They went down the river and rushed straight to Yangzhou across the Yangtze River and Huai River.
Yangzhou was called Guangling in ancient times, and also called Jiangdu.
Judging from the name, it gives people the impression of Jiangnan, but in fact, Yangzhou during the Tang Dynasty had nothing to do with Jiangnan.
During this period, Yangzhou was located in the lower reaches of the Huai River in Jiangbei and belonged to the Jianghuai region, not the south of the Yangtze River.
The development of Jianghuai and Jiangnan is a day and place.
Since ancient times, China's development model has been mainly Guanzhong, Central Plains, and Northland, and Jiangnan is a place where my father doesn't love him or grandma doesn't love him.
Only in the war will people remember the good things in the south and flee to the south to take refuge.
But as long as the north is peaceful, most people will choose to return to the Central Plains or the North.
Yang Guang's obsession with Yangzhou is due to Yangzhou.
On that day, Li Yuanai's official ship finally sailed into the Yangzhou border, which was only about a mile away from the Yangzhou Wharf.
After Li Yuanai learned about it, he smiled and said to Xu Long: "Let's go and see what the scene is here, so that Yang Guang can't return so much that he even chose to hide in this place and wait for death."
Yang Guang caused chaos in the world, but the fate of the Sui Dynasty was not so unbearable. In fact, he himself was like an ostrich, hiding in Yangzhou and allowing the rebels to run rampant in the Central Plains. According to the principle, Yang Guang would not have been destroyed so quickly if he had some responsibility.
Of course, destruction is certain.
Xu Long also looked interested. The Xu family is a nobleman in Jiangnan, but she has been to the south since she was born.
When I was at home, I heard my parents talk about the scenes in Jiangnan and Yangzhou many times, and I was already fascinated by it.
Walk side by side with it and walk out of the cabin.
Li Yuanai naturally held the willow branch of his little wife.
They met on the day they got married, called husband and wife, and they were not familiar with each other.
During this trip to the south, the two lived on the same boat, and they lived together day and night, and their relationship lasted thousands of miles a day.
Xu Long is also used to Li Yuanai's intimate small movements that represent intimacy, such as holding hands, hugging his waist, and hugging his shoulders from time to time.
When I arrived at the bow of the deck, I found that thousands of ships were congested on the river, and their official ships gradually entered the congested ship flow.
Li Yuanai said in surprise: "I have seen traffic jams, but I have never seen ship jams. Go and ask what the situation is!"
Li Yuanai shouted to Shi Pantuo.
Shi Pantuo asked someone to shake a small boat and go forward to check the situation.
Soon, Shi Pantuo returned to the official ship and said, "It was said that the General Manager of Jinghu Naval Army was changed to the General Manager of the Jianghuai Naval Army. The General Manager of Jinghu Naval Army was also renamed the Jianghuai Naval Army. The General Manager of Gu led the Jinghu ship to Fanliang Lake through the Yangtze River. In order to avoid collisions, the Yangtze River was specially sealed for two hours for the army to pass by."
Li Yuanai nodded to show that he understood.
Li Yuanai knew that the Jinghu Navy was renamed the Jianghuai Navy, and he had to help him make this happen.
The Tang Dynasty's army was unparalleled in the world and was powerful in the four barbarians. The navy was relatively inferior, but it should not be underestimated.
The Tang Dynasty naval army was established by the war god Li Jing. It destroyed Xiao Xian and Fu Gong's one stone.
After that, the Tang Dynasty naval army fell silent and lost its place of use.
Li Shimin fought against all directions and won by infantry. Only when he attacked Goguryeo did he dispatch the navy to fight in a roundabout way. The role of the navy was only restrained and did not play the key to determining the outcome.
Compared with Li Jing's past, the naval army general manager has been replaced one after another, and his strength is definitely not as good as before.
But even so, Li Shimin never wanted to give up the navy.
Despite the financial tension, he still maintained the navy army left by Li Jing.
He firmly believed in his heart that the navy could not be used, but he could not have it.
It is also because of this vision that Li Zhi can send Su Dingfang to lead a hundred thousand people across the sea to defeat Baekje.
It is also because of this persistence that when Li Yuanai proposed that the navy needed to protect the future maritime business road, the Tang Dynasty could immediately take out a naval army that could immediately enter the battle, rather than rebuild it step by step.
However, the water war between rivers and lakes is still very different. The Tang Dynasty naval army also needs time to train and run in. It is because it needs to go to the sea to train.
"Do you need to say something, let's go first?"
Shi Pantuo asked.
Li Yuanai shook his head and said, "It's okay, their army transfer is a serious matter. It's okay for us to wait a little longer, it's not a problem."
The prince's privilege is still very great, but Li Yuanai has no intention of using it and respects the decisions of local officials.
However, these two large official ships and a group of escort ships seemed a little conspicuous around a group of commercial and cargo ships waiting for passage.
Soon the river spread, and the wise king of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuanai, was on the boat.
One stone stirs up a thousand layers of waves.
The kings of the Tang Dynasty were the most virtuous.
Perhaps in the eyes of scholars, Li Yuanai was not very good.
But in the eyes of the people and vendors, Li Yuanai is a well-deserved wise king.
Li Yuanai didn't like to be accustomed to scholars, so he used his scholars to make the Bashui Villa famous. After taking advantage of it, he kicked it away and started charging.
This kind of greedy and profit-oriented personality has been criticized by Shilin for a long time.
But Bashui Villa is so fragrant. They love to gather for tourism the most and cannot avoid Bashui Villa. They can only pay while slandering them.
Li Yuanai's earliest trolley, later unblocking the canal and the Tang Dynasty figures in recent years, brought great convenience to farmers and merchants.
Li Yuanai was very important in their hearts.
Li Yuanai didn't know this, but seeing that the people around him were so enthusiastic, he thought narcissisticly: "I am the only one of the kings of the Tang Dynasty who have received this treatment."
"Go in!"
Seeing that there were more and more people around him, Li Yuanai didn't want to be a monkey to see.
Not long after leaving the cabin, I turned around and went back.
This is too famous, so there is such trouble.
After waiting for about an hour, Li Yuanai suddenly received a letter to meet him.
He remembered that ancient literati often met with his articles to high-ranking officials and nobles in order to gain appreciation and enter the official career.
I didn’t expect that before I arrived in Jiangnan, someone had already submitted a letter to me.
"Quick, get it!"
Li Yuanai couldn't wait, after all, it was the first time in his life.
He reached out to take the silk book, which read: King Wu Jingqi.
In terms of words, it is extremely beautiful.
He opened the silk book and saw it was a poem, which made him feel a little regretful.
Tang poetry was famous in later generations, but Li Yuanai discovered that the current poetry was almost all of the melodious and had no spirit or style at all.
The Tang poem that Li Yuanai yearns for is "The yellow sand is wearing golden armor for hundreds of battles, and will never return until Loulan is destroyed."
It is "But let the flying general of Longcheng be there, and the Huma will not be able to cross Yinshan."
It is "Why don't a man bring Wu Gou and collect the fifty states of Guanshan?"
To be continued...