Chapter 157 Set sail (3)
What Di Renjie said is also a reason.
Since Li Zhi came to Luoyang, he has not returned for a long time. But in the hearts of all civil and military officials, Chang'an is the number one capital, the real place of dragon prosperity. From the terrain, it is also related to the dangers of the river, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if Wu Zetian changed Luoyang to Tiandu, he could not deny this fact.
But at this time, Di Renjie made this advice, which had a long significance. Not only did he leave Chang'an for a long time, but he needed to go back. The Empress Dowager Luoyang had been in business for a long time, and he allocated a lot of money from the treasury to appease the people. Even the soldiers guarding the palace were from Luoyang themselves.
The Empress Dowager Chang'an also won the hearts of the people, but the degree of the win was not enough. It was also the base of Li Tang, and many wealthy families in Guanlong surrounded Chang'an. For example, the Emperor's relatives, the Wei family was in Wannian County, Chang'an. Once they returned to Chang'an, the Yulin Army could be replaced, and even a large number of eunuchs and palace maids. The power of the emperor and the empress dowager would once again increase.
Therefore, Di Renjie made this advice for the first time.
"It is a mistake to report that the late emperor has passed away. As a minister, I did not go to worship the sacrifice. It is just right that I led all my dear ministers to worship the late emperor and then return to Xijing."
"Your Majesty is wise."
Di Renjie just stepped down and stood up with someone, Song Jing.
He held the tox scepter and said, "I also reported that it was mid-July and the weather was hot. Once Your Majesty returned to Xijing, he would go up to the civil and military ministers, the concubines of the inner palace, and to the soldiers of the Yulin Army, the families of scholars, envoys and eunuchs from various countries, and the eunuchs and maids. It is really not easy to travel all the way. I think it will be delayed for half a month. August is coming, and the weather is bright and the weather is the best, and it can also reflect Your Majesty's purpose of benevolent people."
After saying that, everyone was silent.
If the emperor is able to leave Luoyang now, he can set off immediately. Seeing that the Eastern Palace is not fully armed, you are a little Song Jing, and you don’t know where the emperor took you out. If you don’t have the emperor’s appreciation, you want to do it. You may not be able to sit in this position in your life and even raise objections.
Several ministers looked at Li Wei gloatingly, and then looked at the naughty young man in front of him.
However, more people looked at Li Wei's reaction.
But Li Wei's expression made everyone even more strange.
Li Wei smiled, and said with a move, "Come here."
"Here." Walked to Li Wei.
"I like your loyalty and integrity very much. In the past, Wei Zheng told His Majesty Taizong that the ruler is straightforward and the ruler is straightforward, and the ruler is stupid and honest. Therefore, Pei Jushi Yang defended him with flattery, but served Taizong, and spoke loyally and straightforwardly. In his later years, his health was not healed, and the ministers could not make loyal advice. Even the Censor Li made a recommendation, and the people of the world were called Fengming Chaoyang. Where did the person come, he gave Li Censor Li two hundred pieces of silk and Song Qing 300 pieces of silk to reward the world with loyalty and integrity. Song Qing, I have listened to your advice."
"Your Majesty, I... I..." At this time, Xiao Songjing had the qualifications and talent, but he had not reached the level he had later. With excitement, his eyes were circling in his circles.
However, Ximen Chong, who had just arrived in Luoyang, almost wanted to jump up and pinch Xiao Song's neck. It makes sense, but at this time, Your Majesty left Luoyang for one day, which would be even more beneficial to Your Majesty. What is the difficulty of driving and traveling compared to the national plan?
His Majesty even agreed to reward Zhongzhi.
His idea was very extreme, and Li Wei's intention to do this was of great significance. It not only gave this capable minister the confidence and courage to continue to move forward. It also provided a good example for the current situation to rectify the situation.
Sometimes, the problem cannot be solved by killing and poking alone. It does not conform to Li Wei's style. The word killing and poking can be fully utilized in Wu Zetian's hands, but it may not be of much use in Li Wei's hands.
"Dear friends, have you still something to report? If nothing happens, I will say something. In the past, I asked Duke Liu, Duke Li and Wei Hongji to inspect various roads to build water conservancy and open up fertile fields. I also have files obtained after the inspection of the three ministers. The efforts of the three ministers have also absorbed the suggestions of people from all walks of life and put forward many valuable opinions. For example, in the Jiangnan Lake, there are 萱文, the roots are floating on the water. After a few feet thick, the wide ones can reach hundreds of feet, and the small ones can reach dozens of feet. People have planted them on them, and crops can grow. The locals call it 琱文. But Duke Li also made another proposal. If he organizes people, make wooden rafts on it, and then lays mud, the harvest will be even greater. There are many swamps in the Jiangnan Lake. This is a one-shot way to obtain countless fertile fields for the country."
Many people don’t understand this, and most people have not even been to Jiangnan. They only know that there are many waters in the south of the Yangtze River, the weather is humid and hot, and the terrain is low and lying.
Li Wei was not very clear about the fields and fields, but it reminded him of something. It seemed that the American continent has invented a kind of floating fields on the lake now or in the future, which is very similar to this. Therefore, it is probably feasible.
Should I go to Jiangnan in person? But this idea flashed through. After coming to the Tang Dynasty, I went to many areas, such as Jiannan Nanzhao, Qinghai Xiyuanlingxi, and even ran to the foot of Yinshan Mountain for a walk, but I never went to Jiangnan Liangzhuan.
Now I can't go.
I have a little regret, it is difficult to be a good emperor, and it may not be so happy. I also said: "The second is Shatian, between the Jianghuai River and Huai River, and by the river, there are many impermanent silt lands. The river water surges to the east, the sand land rises to the west, the river water surges to the west, and the sand land rises to the east. As long as I master the rules, cultivate in time, and the geology is fertile, I can maintain a prosperous future. In this regard, I can also publicize and encourage the people and exempt income taxes. All the people, taxes are governed by the country, not for taxes, but ultimately, it is essential to repay it to the people."
It was something Li Wei didn't expect at that time. The fertile field of the Shatian field also bears some risks. The river water will change, and it will play with it all. If it is developed, many farmlands can be transformed into, but the proportion of the total will be small. Therefore, for this kind of field, Li Wei directly exempted taxes and benefited the people.
"Your Majesty is kind." Qian's taste of flattery came again and immediately agreed.
"I am unkind and went on war several times and died under my command. As many as hundreds of thousands of people, and even millions of people were harmed by me."
Flattering didn't work, it hit the horse's hooves. Qian felt awkward.
He also said: "From now on, don't say that I am kind and loving. Everyone works together to do practical things and make our dynasty stronger. I value it. Still talking about water conservancy. Liu Liukui, a native of Mengzhou, once made a suggestion to Wei Hongji. There are many saline-alkali lands by the Yellow River, with low yields or barren. But if the water-breaking method is used to make the river water flush in and the silt precipitate, it will improve the soil quality and increase the yield. This is also a good way. Then there are terraces, which Fujian and Zhejiang like to call mountain fields, which can supplement the number of farmlands of people in the mountain."
The latter part is passed by Li Wei. The terraces are very good, but they are very harmful to the environment and are no less harmful than those in the north.
He also said: "Then there are polder fields, which are built in verges in low-lying and swamps, built channels in the middle, and set up steep gates outside. When flooding is closed, water is made, water is opened and water is released during drought, and harvests are guaranteed by drought and flood. There can be countless fertile fields."
This item will be a big project and the most expensive project. But if done, countless fertile fields will be added. Moreover, the plows have only appeared for a short time and are developing slowly. There are very small areas. For example, Zhaoguan and Wu Zixu were trapped in the swamp south of Zhaoguan more than a thousand years ago, so he had to go to Zhaoguan, which turned gray. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Wei Rui had to pass through Zhaoguan in the north. However, later, Wuwei Dawei and Hexian Dawei appeared. If you want to go to Hanshui Road, you still don’t know how many roads to choose from. This is the road. Besides, the two plows were almost nearly thousands of square kilometers, and the Tang Dynasty developed less than four. For example, when Wei Rui was conquering Shouchun, he was also trapped in the swamp water town, but later it was a plain area.
If all these polder fields were developed, it would be a very important event and would be comparable to Yang Guang's Grand Canal.
Wei Xuantong stood up and said, "Your Majesty, overhaul of water conservancy, benefiting the country and the people, not only can we control water, but we can also obtain a lot of fertile land. However, the country's financial strength is not up to par."
Li Wei glanced at him deeply.
The mother's path to power is to control power by handling government affairs for her father. The second is to strengthen control over the ministers through Pei Yan and the Beimen Bachelor. Zhuwu and Li Wei never thought they had any talent. Only Wu Sansi, who was sarcastic and could take a little attention, and the others were almost useless.
But remote control of Pei Yan does not mean that he can control the court, but that it was the ministers' support for Pei Yan that allowed Wu Zetian to control the political situation step by step through Pei Yan's hands. Several important officials, Guo Zhengyi, Guo Daiju, Wei Xuantong, Cen Changqian and Liu Jingxian, played an indelible role in the middle.
Others didn't care about it, but Wei Xuantong was the minister he appointed. Li Wei was very disappointed.
It can only be said that he was transferred back only if the talent in the court was vacant, otherwise Li Wei might have a cold treatment for this person.
Putting aside the distractions, he said, "I know. At that time, Duke Liu and I only hurriedly looked at it. Many details were not agreed upon. It would take several years to prepare for the future and formulate the policy. When the treasury is sufficient in the future, we should start one by one. Or start from a small way to observe the results."
"Here."
"Let's go to the court, Ximen Shaoshang and officials from the Ministry of Revenue, come to the Political Affairs Hall with me."
The ministers retreated.
Li Wei came to the Political Affairs Hall.
All the prime ministers and officials from the Ministry of Revenue sat down.
All of them were arrived, Li Wei looked at Ximen Chong and said, "Ximen Chong, when the late emperor Taishan Fengshan was in the Fengshan period, Liu Yizhi's advice to Yicang was seriously damaged, and you advised him again. I heard about these two things later in the Western Regions. At that time, I was not in the country, but I came back, so let me talk about it."
The officials were all stunned and looked at the prime ministers.
The prime minister also changed some people. The prime ministers of Wu Zetian were left with Pei Judao, Wei Wai Ji, Qian Wei and Wang Dezhen. No one cared about these people. Especially Wang Dezhen and Wei Wai Ji, it would be a matter of time before they were demoted from the position, and Qian Wei may not be avoided. Pei Judao was the father-in-law, but his talent was very limited. He looked at several new prime ministers. Di Renjie, Wei Yuanzhong, Zhu Jingze, Wei Xuantong and Wei Zhigu.
In fact, in Li Wei's mind, it is enough to have these five people as prime ministers. In a few years, when Yao and Song grow up and become new prime ministers, a better peaceful era will come.
But these new prime ministers obviously did not prepare in advance, and looked shocked.
Ximen Chong said stutteringly: "Your Majesty, I was ignorant and ignorant at the time, so I was talking nonsense."
It was precisely because of my advice that the emperor's party was demoted to the great demotion of the emperor's party, but why did His Majesty turn this out again?
Chapter completed!