Chapter 550: Traveling around the world
Wang Zangyun said: "Is this good, after all, His Highness has not come back yet." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Zhang Qian said: "Originally, I joined Tiandao just to go out and have a look. Your Highness has approved it. You all know that. ”
Yuan Zhouzi rubbed his hands and said: "I support this matter, so let's select a group of Taoist friends to be top-notch in learning." This trip was able to refine and confirm our knowledge of geography. His Royal Highness often said that without investigation, there is no right to speak. Any theory needs to be proven in practice. Selecting talents from all walks of life to go out together, first, can ensure safety. Second, it is not only the improvement of geography. Knowledge of minerals, agriculture, climate, and local regimes around the world. These are very beneficial for our future development. ”
Li Dang asked, "That's right, but what name do we use, Han Jun?" It's still our Heavenly Dao, Your Highness hasn't come back yet, and we haven't built a country yet. ”
Yuan Zhouzi waved his hand and said, "This is not a contradiction." Sooner or later, the Kingdom of Heaven will be established, and we are not in a hurry to develop diplomatic relations with the surrounding countries when we go out this time. This is harmless, and I think that since we have come out, it is better in the name of heaven. ”
Zhang Liang was originally not a high-level of the Heavenly Dao, but with his old qualifications, no one dared to provoke him, and he also attended the high-level meeting of the Heavenly Dao, and the goods patted the table and said: "It's okay to go out for a walk, the old man has long wanted to go and see the world that Your Highness said." ”
In the end, it was decided that Zhang Qian would lead the team to lead the elite of the three thousand Heavenly Dao and six thousand horses to the west. Zhang Qian was overjoyed, turned his head and went back to continue persuading Li Tuoci.
Qiu Ping, he's busy doing business at this time. The Western Regions have just been hit by an unprecedented war. Another harsh winter is coming, and all kinds of materials are in short supply. Those aristocrats were willing to trade large quantities of slaves and jewelry specialties for food. Qiu Ping was in charge of continuing to do business. It is not only the agent of the Han Dynasty's specialty silk, tea and porcelain. Food, ordnance, horses, livestock, luxury goods are all included. Sitting at the pass to connect the goods of the East and the West. Rice as far as Gangnam in Handi. The carpets west to Persia were also a great time to make a fortune after the war.
Within a few days, three thousand people were ready to go, and all the high-level officials of the Heavenly Dao came, except for those who couldn't come, such as Li Guang and others. Zhang Qian and Li Tuo Ci joined hands and led Zhang Liang and the three thousand elites to officially set off to the west.
Transnational Eurasia. With Xue Qing's rough world map drawn from memory, Zhang Qian spent four years traveling throughout Europe and Africa. It was a lot darker when I came back. Li Tuo Ci no longer resisted the fusion of Heavenly Dao and the Great Moon Clan.
Later, Zhang Qian led the fleet to explore the ocean. Footprints in Australia and the Americas. Traveled the whole globe. But alas, the North and South Poles still did not go. After all, the conditions are a little worse. But still in Alaska and the Eskimos spent a few days in igloos. I felt what it means to be a bitter cold place in the far north.
Since then, Zhang Qian has become the first person to explore the world. He led his team to complete the exploration of the whole world. What Magellan, all Columbus to die. The geographical system of Tiandao was gradually improved, and every time Zhang Qian went to a place, he would have a detailed investigation report there, including the population and civilization of the aborigines. Statistics of military power. Agriculture, climate, minerals, animal husbandry, flora and fauna are all recorded in detail and sent back to the Heavenly Dao. And the Heavenly Dao will be based on these materials. He then landed in that area and began to colonize it. By the way. The Indians were weak, and as long as they had a shield, they were basically blind.
Far from it, these are things much later. And at this time, Xue Qing was ready.
Although Wei Qing is already a very popular minister, he has basically been set aside. Now it is an automatic stamping machine. Regardless of whether it was a document from above or an application from below, Wei Qing only symbolically stamped two gold seals and was done. In addition, he couldn't interfere with the affairs of the Han army from top to bottom.
The court also didn't go, and directly called it sick, saying that it was injured on the battlefield and the old disease recurred and could not walk. Then you have to cultivate at home. The emperor didn't bother to bother with this matter.
The military power is firmly in hand. The father and daughter of the Wei family are under close surveillance. The emperor put his mind at ease, and set his sights on resuming production with all his might, hoping to refill Ganquancang, Taicang, and Aocang in a shorter time. The so-called food in your hands is not panicked.
The financial deficit of the internal history of Su is hundreds of thousands of catties. It's best to make up for it next year. Otherwise, if there is a man-made disaster, the court will have no money to use, and it will be completely blind.
In addition, the emperor has a really important task, which is to limit the rights of Prime Minister Zhuang Qingzhai.
Imperial power and relative power are inherently contradictory. Historically, this prime minister followed the Empress Dowager to Liu Che when the emperor was a child, and he had a grudge. This time, Liu Che pushed him out as prime minister, and it was originally a last resort.
In terms of checks and balances, Wei Qing, the only great general who can check and balance the prime minister, has been suppressed by the emperor. Then press this head, and that head will float is the eternal truth. The emperor had to be jealous of him.
What's the point? Some time ago, this thing was in the Xuanshu Palace, and he accidentally said a lot of heart-wrenching words, that is, those remarks about the Wei family. Although it was said behind closed doors, those words were not originally a power trick that a courtier should show, it was an unspoken rule related to the fortune of the country, unless the previous emperor taught the current emperor to say so.
You, a courtier, actually told the emperor how to be the emperor and how to balance the conspiracy of the courtiers, aren't you looking for death, how will the emperor face you in the future?
At that time, Zhuang Qingzhai was too excited to think about this problem, he just felt a little arrogant at that time, and when he went back and thought about it, it was indeed wrong. But fortunately, he is already old, and it doesn't matter anymore, whatever the emperor wants, anyway, it's a broken jar. At present, the Huns, a strong enemy outside the Han Dynasty, have been completely annihilated. None of the princes in the country is too big to compete with the strength of the imperial court. It can be said that this prime minister has done a good job, and the country only needs to recuperate and recover its vitality to be able to open the peace of the eternal world. If the emperor wants to mess with himself, he will submit a letter of resignation, saying that he is too old to do it. After three requests and three resignations, the emperor must have agreed to push the boat along the water.
It's just that human nature is greedy, and that kind of situation didn't happen for a day, Zhuang Qingzhai always had a trace of happiness in his heart, and a trace of fantasy that this thing would not happen, and the emperor would give him a face to retire with honor. (To be continued.) )