Chapter 657 Dialogue
Li Shimin made a series of efforts to guide the social atmosphere, such as releasing three thousand palace maids to get married, to let the bachelors of the Tang Dynasty see that the emperor was concerned about the marriage between single men and women. He also set an example, hoping that the powerful people below would not always marry concubines, nor would they keep a house in the outdoors, which would corrupt the atmosphere.
Next, he planned to release 400 death row prisoners and let them come back by themselves in the autumn to establish the integrity system of the Tang Dynasty, mainly for business. After all, all countries come to pay tribute, and this is trade.
Just like Guan Zhong's reform in Linzi, he attracted merchants to Linzi, sold goods to make money and then consumed in Linzi. Li Shimin also hoped that the merchants of all countries would come to the Tang Dynasty, exchange goods for money and then consume them in the Tang Dynasty, or exchange them for Tang Sancai, porcelain, silk and other commodities of the Tang Dynasty.
The most important thing in doing business is integrity. If even the death row prisoners in the Tang Dynasty can be honest, then foreign merchants can completely trust the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty said that the goods will be delivered as soon as they are delivered, and the prices will be as high as they say. It is definitely a matter of being a good person and everyone will make money together.
So letting death row prisoners go back was a large-scale performance, and Li Shimin never thought that they would not come back.
Yun Yao also has to admire Li Shimin's methods. Sometimes a good story is indeed better than a thousand words. It is better to tell stories than to reason.
This is a matter that newspapers naturally need to be reported vigorously, after all, good stories must be widely disclosed.
Wu Meiniang's first job was to report on death row prisoners returning home, starting with writing work. Since Li Shimin gave his talents to his daughter, Yun Yao would not be polite. This is a capable man, so there is no need to waste it.
As a woman with a very professional aspiration, she did not stop for a moment after leaving the palace and immediately accepted a new job. Wu Meiniang seamlessly connected her status as a reporter from a talented person. However, in addition to work, she was still studying Yunyao's route and found that Yunyao was also interested in foreign countries in addition to some ancient books about recording technology. Whether it was the Western Regions or Haiyi, she did a lot of research, and especially asked Honglu Temple to send a lot of translation materials, learn foreign languages by herself, and also opened a foreign language private school.
Technology and trade are two key points that Wu Meiniang keenly grasped from Yunyao's actions, so she also studied hard, and even communicated and learned from foreigners by herself, and used her ability to dance well. She quickly got to know many people. This is social awesomeness. She is worthy of being a person who dares to use whips, hammers, and daggers in front of the emperor. She is bold and conscious, and is simply invincible in the field of social.
Yunyao felt ashamed of her. When Wu Meiniang was the same age, she could not communicate so naturally with strange foreigners. Wu Meiniang had no problem at all. No matter who she was, she could put forward her own opinions without offending the other party and gain recognition from the other party. Even if she did not become the female emperor, she could become an excellent diplomat or politician. Her expression ability was really terrible.
After observing Wu Meiniang for a while, Yunyao felt it was necessary to communicate with her. It happened that the death row prisoners returned home and the four hundred death row prisoners were returned. In order to commend the credibility of the death row prisoners, the emperor pardoned their death row.
A grand performance about credibility ended. Everyone expressed their sincere admiration for the emperor's civil and military achievements and the Tang Dynasty's moral integrity, and ended successfully with praise.
Wu Cairen also wrote a film "Creditation, the Important Artifact of the Country" as the ending, of course, it is indispensable to praise Li Shimin's outstanding contribution. The Tang Dynasty ran fast and relied on the emperor's leadership. Only when Li Shimin took the lead can everyone develop on the right path together.
Anyway, it was just praising Li Shimin, and he praised him very smartly, which made Li Shimin very happy.
"It's been a while since you left the palace. Have you adapted to life and work?" Yunyao found Wu Meiniang today and gave him friendly condolences.
"Your Highness, there is nothing wrong with your relationship, it's all very good." Wu Meiniang saluted.
"Don't be so polite. Forget these etiquettes. Now the Tang Dynasty has too much red tape and its efficiency is too low." Yun Yao said that the Tang Dynasty needs to develop now, so it must pay attention to efficiency and not rituals.
"Then I will be arbitrage." Wu Meiniang knew how to obey the other party and not let the other party be disgusted, but she would not give in to the point where she should stick to her own opinions, and the rest would be as good as the other party's wishes.
"The father assigned you to me because he hoped that you could show your talents. You have been working in the palace for a while. I have also sent some information before. Today I came here to hear your opinion." Yunyao got to the topic.
As expected, Wu Meiniang was mentally prepared when the princess came to see her specially. In fact, she was a little flattered. After all, she was always waiting for the call in the palace, and people who were never more noble than her came to find her on their own initiative. The princess was the first to ignore the etiquette of the monarch and ministers and respect the virtuous and the wise. This feeling of equality really made her very excited.
Yun Yao did give a lot of information before, and Wu Meiniang had read it. There are information about the Western Regions and Haiyi, as well as technology, and of course there are also some records of the current situation of the Tang Dynasty, all presented in the form of data, which is very intuitive.
However, these information is not very planned. Even Wu Meiniang cannot guess the princess’s idea from it, but it must be related to industrial upgrading.
This is a brand new concept, but even the emperor attaches great importance to it, and Wu Meiniang has worked hard to study it. However, the entire industrial upgrading involves all aspects and is too huge. I don’t know which aspect of the information she has. But she will tell it from the perspective of trade, and she needs to have an entry point anyway.
"I looked at the trade data of various countries in the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions. In recent years, it has been increasing. And with the convenience of shipping, the importance of shipping has gradually surpassed the trade in the Western Regions. This was reflected in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. For example, Goguryeo would import iron ore from our Tang Dynasty, forged swords and export them to the Tang Dynasty after returning to China. Many nobles spared no expense to buy it in order to seek a Goguryeo sword. There is also the Lingnan region, which is the trade port of Haiyi in the south. The goods traded there will continue to go north. Even the goods from the Western Regions will be shipped from the southern part of the sea. I think this is not a good phenomenon. While shipping is strengthened, the land transportation in the West should also be enhanced." Wu Meiniang saw the situation where shipping surpassed land transportation and pointed it out.
Yunyao nodded. This problem has existed since ancient times. Zhucheng's development started with water transportation, because the land transportation cost is really too high, and the water transportation cost is low.
Nowadays, marine trade has become more and more prosperous, and the Haiyi countries on the coastline have also been developed. In the Tang Dynasty, Haiyi also had the spare money to upgrade, so the busyness of sea transportation exceeded that of land transportation for the first time.
Chapter completed!