Li Longji pampered Yang Yuhuan last night, and his physical exertion was a little large, so he was a little tired all day, neither accompanied Yang Yuhuan to see the rainbow of Penglai Pool, nor did he go to see the gathering of the princes, so he lay alone in the dormitory to rest, occasionally drink some tea, eat some snacks, and was in a state of closing his eyes and recuperating all day.

At this time, he can already clearly feel that he is aging, after all, age is unforgiving, his body is not as good as day by day, and the pressure of pampering Yang Yuhuan is getting bigger and bigger.

People are afraid of aging and death, anyone is like this, no one is exempt from vulgarity, Li Longji, as the emperor, can own the whole world, but he can't control his aging, and the death sickle that is approaching step by step, no matter how much he has, it is useless, in the end, all this will be lost, and he will also turn into a pile of loess.

Therefore, the emperor's greatest ideal is to be able to live a long life, and even live forever between heaven and earth, and never die.

Usually when his health is good, the emperor will not care too much about immortality, but once his health deteriorates, he will care about such things very much, and hope that his body can get better and never get sick.

Li Longji does not believe that there is an elixir of life in the world, at least, history evaluates it like this, but the evaluation of history may not be accurate, because according to historical records, Li Longji's health has always been very good, after An Lushan's rebellion, Li Longji fled to Shuzhong, and since then he has lost control of the government, that is to say, when his body is still relatively tough, he has already lost power, so naturally he has no ability to use the power of the whole country to engage in the elixir, if An Lushan can rebel later, When Li Longji's health fails, will he use the power of the whole country to find the elixir of life? It's quite possible.

At this moment, Li Longji's body has already shown symptoms of aging, but it is not very serious, so he does not have much sense of urgency about such things as immortality, and only sighs occasionally.

Just when Li Longji asked Li An about entering the palace, a little eunuch walked in.

"The princes are having fun!"

Li Longji asked.

"Your Majesty, all the princes are very good, especially His Royal Highness King Shou, who is much more lively than before, and he also took the initiative to toast to other princes?"

"What's going on, what's going on with King Shou recently?"

Li Longji was quite surprised by this son's abnormality, and felt that something must have happened, otherwise it shouldn't have changed so much.

"Your Majesty, King Shou has been the same as ever recently, there is nothing abnormal, and he has never seen any outsiders."

Li Longji frowned, waved his hand and said, "Go down!" ”

When the little eunuch went out and turned left, he happened to see Yang Yuhuan standing outside the door, I don't know if he had just walked here, or if he had stayed for a while, he just wanted to salute, but was stopped by Yang Yuhuan, and signaled him to leave quickly.

That's right, she had been standing outside the door for a while, and she had heard a few conversations in the house, and because she was a little frightened, she didn't dare to go in when she stood outside.

Now the emperor doesn't know why Li Mao has become lively, but she knows something, she feels that Li Mao has changed her mood after seeing herself, so she has become more lively than before, as for what this change is, she can't be completely sure, and she doesn't dare to verify it, no matter how much the emperor spoils her, she can't allow her to have another man in her heart, even if it is his ex-husband, the emperor's son.

After waiting for a while, Yang Yuhuan quickly entered the room and shouted San Lang with a smile on his face.

"Savage, are the three ladies still satisfied with the rainbow?"

"Of course the rainbow is beautiful, but Saburo didn't go today, and my three sisters' necks are about to break, so do you think Saburo will pass halfway?"

Yang Yuhuan opened his mouth and said, paused, and continued: "As soon as they left, Li An came over, saying that he wanted to inspect the fountain. ”

"There is no trivial matter in the royal family, he has always been so serious, but the rainbow is nothing, if Wanli Transmission is really successful, it will be really powerful, I sit in the dormitory, I can talk to the generals at the border, this is much faster than sending a letter on a fast horse."

Li Longji immediately thought of the Wanli Transsion plan, and it could be seen that he was looking forward to it.

"Wanli Transmission, this is too mysterious, but if it can really be done, it will be too convenient."

Yang Yuhuan said.

"Haha! Oh, yes! Once this plan is really realized, it will have an immeasurable effect on my Datang! A few days ago, when Li An told me, I just casually told a few ministers, and as a result, everyone in Chang'an knew that many ministers were thinking about what to do after this plan was realized. ”

Li Longji said and stretched out his hand to pat the pile of folds beside him, and said helplessly.

Yang Yuhuan casually picked up a copy of the fold and asked jokingly: "San Lang, can I read these?" If I can read it, I can read it to you. ”

"The concubine is not allowed to interfere in politics, have you forgotten?"

Li Longji said seriously, and then smiled: "Haha! It's not a big deal, and you don't need to read it, just tell me what it means after reading it. ”

Yang Yuhuan flipped through the pages, saw the payment, and said: "San Lang, this is Yu Chaoen's recital from the Railway Bureau, he also learned from the minister to write the recital, and it doesn't look like he wrote it!" It must have been ghostwritten. ”

"Someone ghostwriting? Hmph, this is a crime of bullying, by the way, this slave hasn't entered the palace for many days to report the situation of the railway bureau to me, so he's busy! ”

Li Longji didn't really blame, he just said cruel things casually, paused, and said, "What did Yu Chaoen write?" What does he think about Qianli Transmission? ”

Yang Yuhuan smiled and said: "San Lang, the first half of the content of this Yu Chaoen is crying, saying that his work in the railway bureau is too hard, the trains on the main lines are not enough, and many businessmen are about to eat him, but the back is interesting, he said that if the plan is successful, he will equip each station with such equipment, so that the efficiency of the transfer of trains will be increased many times, and the speed of the train can be further improved, which can greatly alleviate the problem of insufficient railway capacity and reduce the dissatisfaction of businessmen. The whole article is brilliant, and the writing is really good! ”

"Hmph, this Yu Chaoen has found a good scholar! The better the scholar he can find, the more revealing he is! ”

Li Longji said mockingly, and said: "It is normal for the railway capacity to not keep up, in the past, all the goods of the merchants were transported by horse-drawn carriages, and now all of them have to be transported by trains all at once, where will this be enough, it can only be slowly increased by trains, however, what is written here is also very reasonable, if you can communicate in time, the efficiency of allocation will be greatly improved, and it can indeed play a big role." ”

"San Lang really believes that the Wanli Transsion Project can succeed?"

Yang Yuhuan still felt a little mysterious.

Li Longji replied confidently: "I believe that this kid Ang Li can get the train out, and Wanli Transsonic is naturally not a problem, but he said that it will take at least a year, we can't be in a hurry, we have to wait slowly." ”

Yang Yuhuan smiled, picked up another notebook, briefly browsed it, and after seeing the payment, he said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is a veteran of the border pass named Guo Ziyi, what he said is also direct, that is, let the imperial court give priority to equipping them with a machine for thousands of miles of sound transmission, and as soon as he opens his mouth, he will need eighty sets, he said that the border pass needs such equipment very much, but the plan has not succeeded?" How could he just ask for it, could it be that the news changed after it reached the border gate. ”

"It's not that the news is wrong, it's that this old slippery head is deliberate, and he thinks it's beautiful, and this hasn't been studied yet? He ordered eighty, and if there were so many at every border gate, how much would I give! Such a powerful machine must be very expensive, and it must be used where it is most needed. ”

Li Longji immediately understood that Guo Ziyi was going to book, and a mouth was a lion's big mouth, so even if he gave a discount, it was a lot of quantity, and he was naturally very clear about the huge role of this equipment in the border gates, but there were too many departments and border gates in Datang, and if they were all so lion-wide openings, the number would definitely be far from satisfying, just like trains, all lines were competing for it, and the increase in quantity was far from meeting the demand, and even, the increased number of trains could not offset the increase in merchant goods. It has caused an increasingly urgent situation, so that many businessmen who have no relationship and background have to give up commercial transportation with railway lines and turn to business in areas without railway lines, and some have to lose part of their interests to provide short-distance transportation for big businessmen with hard backstage to support themselves.

The rapid development of transportation will inevitably bring about an increase in wealth, but at the same time, it will also bring about a huge gap between the rich and the poor, people with ability and resources can get rich quickly, and the rich flow of oil, and people without ability and resources, they will live quite poor, this is no way to change the thing, at most, the imperial court to carry out a certain degree of regulation, so as to alleviate the further expansion of the gap between the rich and the poor.

People are greedy, and they are not greedy, many big businessmen and aristocratic forces with a background almost monopolize railway transportation, so that their goods can be given priority to the train, so that they can reach the market faster and earn benefits for themselves, but among them, the biggest benefit is the railway transportation itself, that is, the railway bureau established by the imperial court, this agency is responsible for the operation and management of the railway, as well as the collection of transportation fees for merchants and passengers, is the most money-making department, so, many people are staring at this piece of fat.

The imperial court controlled the railway in its own hands, but also in order to allow the profits obtained by the railway to support the treasury, which was of great benefit to the imperial court, but many nobles looked at such a big piece of fat, and they were always worried in their hearts, and they always wanted to rob the railway bureau under the control of the imperial court, even if it was just a branch line transportation.

Of course, these nobles will not rob openly, nor can they rob away, they will only secretly make stumbling blocks, collect the corruption of Yu Chaoen and other railway bureau personnel, and push the problems of insufficient capacity that the railway bureau is currently encountering to these managers, thinking that it is the corruption and inefficiency of the imperial court, which has led to the shortage of railway line capacity, if the railway lines can be privately owned, then these problems can be better solved.

These nobles for their own interests, to rob the interests of the court, this is a very selfish performance, but among them, many of the examples found are indeed true, Yu Chaoen and a large group of subordinates, but they are a lot of greed, even a small stationmaster is rich, this is a fact, the shortage of transportation capacity and their inefficiency seems to have a certain relationship.

But if the railway line is really handed over to private individuals, then the income of the railway will be divided by these nobles in the future, and the treasury of the imperial court will lose a steady supply of wealth, which is naturally very unfavorable to the Tang court.

The greed of the high-level of the railway bureau has indeed caused a certain loss to this cause, but the income of the railway system is indeed very high, and the imperial court cannot hand over such a money-making project to private individuals to manage because of some corruption problems, so that the interests of the imperial court will be taken away by private individuals, so that once the imperial court encounters trouble, the consequences will be quite serious.

The lessons of the late Ming Dynasty are already there, and anyone can see it, because the imperial court has no funds, there is no way to recruit troops, and internal and external troubles are constantly occurring, so that the country will gradually perish, if there are funds, such a thing will not happen.

It is precisely because of this in mind, therefore, since ancient times, the salt and iron with relatively large profits have been monopolized by the imperial court, and ordinary people must not interfere, otherwise it is a very serious crime, the purpose is to fill the treasury, and Li Longji obviously understands the importance of railway profits, so although he has received a lot of criticism of the corruption and inefficiency of the railway bureau, he is unmoved, neither arresting Yu Chaoen and others, nor mentioning the issue of railway privatization, just as if he did not see these twists and turns, I have to say, The emperor is still very powerful, and he knows best what is most important for an empire.

Yang Yuhuan read several copies of the recital in a row, almost all of which were related to the Wanli Transsin plan, however, because this plan had not yet succeeded, Li Longji's attitude was to 'throw away' the two words and let the little eunuch around him throw all the recitals that Yang Yuhuan had read, anyway, he had already listened to it, and there was nothing worth dealing with, and not giving the minister a response was the best response, as for how to arrange this plan in the future, it would have to wait until the experiment was successful before it could be continued.