Chapter 400: Lifting the Night Ban
Li An is not sure whether Li Longji in front of him can accept the solution strategy he proposed, so before saying his own solution, he needs to think about it first and give Li Longji a dozen preventive injections, so as to prevent himself from suddenly putting forward a strategy with cross-era significance and scaring Li Longji. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Your Majesty, the suggestion put forward by Weichen may need to change a lot of things, and it is also a method that many businessmen want to mention but dare not mention, but Chang'an City is currently very congested, if you don't take this method, I'm afraid it will be difficult to solve the huge problems encountered at present."
Ang Lee continued to give Li Longji vaccinations, which further made him feel uncertain.
Li Longji was so frightened by Li An that he exhaled loudly, and boldly asked, "What is the solution?" At least you have to speak up first, so that I can hear your opinion. ”
"Your Majesty, Gao Jian is not counted, but the current congestion in the capital is too great, so it is necessary to take a dose of fierce medicine and a few doses of auxiliary medicine in order to fundamentally solve the current problem."
Ang Lee said very boldly.
"A strong medicine? How many adjuvants? What kind of fierce medicine can make Li Shilang cautious like this? ”
Li Longji is even more bottomless in his heart, Li An has already said that this method can solve all the problems of congestion in the capital, but it is a fierce medicine, how fierce is this fierce medicine, will it shake the national body of Datang?
Li An pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the reason why the capital is congested is mainly caused by the congestion of the east and west markets, and the congestion of the east and west markets, on the one hand, is because of the increase in merchants and trade, which overwhelms the roads, on the other hand, because the opening time is too short, and trade can only be carried out at a fixed time every day, so that it will inevitably cause serious congestion in a short time, and the increase in merchants and trade is a good thing, of course, it should not be restricted, and it should also be encouraged, so, In the future, merchants and trade will become much more than now, with the current situation, congestion may be more serious, and the only way we can take is to increase the business hours of the east and west markets, and add one or two hours, it is certainly not enough, it needs to be open all day, so that the east and west markets can be open day and night, and with it, it is necessary to cancel the night ban system, otherwise, even if the east and west markets are open day and night, the people and merchants can not walk in the city, this is still not possible, so, cancel the night ban system, It is imperative to let the East and West markets operate twelve hours a day. ”
"Cancel the night curfew system and let the east and west markets operate day and night? Li Shilang's order is really a fierce medicine! I admit that doing this can indeed greatly alleviate the pressure on the road for a short time, but the ensuing public security problems, has Li Shilang thought about it? ”
Li Longji couldn't help but admire Ang Lee's courage, he dared to put forward such a bold strategy, except for Ang Lee, other ministers didn't dare to put forward such an opinion, and from Ang Lee's mouth, Li Longji didn't think it was a big problem.
"What Your Majesty said is that the biggest advantage of the night ban system is that it can maintain the stability of law and order and reduce the financial burden of the imperial court, but at the moment the imperial court is not short of money, and it can raise more people to maintain law and order, and the more prosperous the trade, the more money the imperial court can get, in addition, the current problem of road congestion is already very serious, this is the most fundamental problem, even if there are more public security problems, it is much better than continuing to congest the roads, after all, in the future, merchants and trade will become more than now, It's time to solve it. ”
Li Anzheng explained.
"The problem of road congestion is more important than the problem of law and order, what Li Shilang said! However, Li Shilang just said that there are some excipients, what are they? ”
Li Longji had no choice but to agree with Ang Lee's suggestions and ask Ang Lee for more strategies.
"Your Majesty, just to solve the night ban and let the East and West Market open for twelve hours a day, can only temporarily alleviate the congestion of the road, and can not further stimulate the prosperity and development of commerce, if you want to further stimulate commerce, you also need to tear off the wall of the East and West Market, and even the entire capital of one hundred and eight squares, so that the people and merchants can shuttle freely, so that Datang becomes more open and prosperous."
Ang Lee made a very important suggestion.
"Tear down all the walls in the capital? Li Shilang's idea is really too bold, wouldn't this make the capital extremely chaotic, and the pressure on the officials of each district to maintain law and order will be even greater, can this really work? ”
Li Longji was once again shocked by Ang Lee's point of view, and he didn't dare to imagine what the capital would become when all the walls were torn down, whether it would become more prosperous or more chaotic.
Li An knew that Li Longji would react like this, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, all the walls are only one person high, which can only prevent ordinary people from walking around casually, and cannot prevent the thieves from climbing over the walls, so the value of the existence of the walls only restricts the ordinary people, and there is no slightest obstacle to the people who eat and touch the dogs. ”
After Li An gave an explanation, Li Longji pondered for a long time, he repeatedly recited what Li An had just proposed, the square wall was just a comfort in his heart, and more and more felt that what Li An said was very reasonable, the square wall that is not much higher than a person cannot stop the entry and exit of the thieves at all, but makes the entry and exit of ordinary people, and the value of existence is indeed very doubtful.
But Li An proposed to lift the night ban and tear off all the walls, the impact on the entire capital is too great, as long as these two things are implemented, the entire capital will be completely changed, Li Longji can hardly imagine what kind of scene it will be.
"Lift the night ban and tear off the wall, Li Shilang really dares to think about it! Are there any more bold ideas, come up with them! ”
Li Longji got used to it for a while, and slowly became less surprised, and asked for more solutions.
"Your Majesty, the rest of the methods are some auxiliary methods, which are not very useful, but they are also very useful, for example, after the night curfew is lifted, when there is no moon at night, the road will become very dark, and it is necessary to place braziers for lighting at the intersection of each road," and install a rain shelter on the top of the brazier to prevent rain, and the important wide road needs to be placed at intervals along the way, and form a straight line to ensure the needs of merchants and people to walk at night, and there is, The walls on both sides of all roads should be plastered white, so that even a small torch can make the whole road quite bright at night, just like when it snows, it will appear much brighter at night than usual. ”
Li An said the suggestion of the pink and white wall in one breath, paused, and continued: "Your Majesty, there is also a very important measure, which is to stipulate the delivery time of bulk commodities, for example, some merchants in the Western Regions bring hundreds of commodities at a time, and these vehicles appear on the streets, which will inevitably obstruct traffic, and it can be stipulated that they can transport goods into the market in the city when there are few people at night, and immediately wholesale them to the merchants in the capital waiting in the market, so that the merchants in the capital can start selling goods during the day on the second day, when there are many people." , There are also merchants in the capital gathered a large number of goods, need to be transported to the Western Regions for sale, but also choose the night when there are few people, large-scale transportation, and directly to the new western railway station in the capital, the train can also run directly at night, transport the goods to the western Yumen Pass area, and continue to transport to the Western Regions, and, although the night ban is lifted, but there is no need to open all the city gates at night, but in the east, west and south of each left a normally open city gate, the rest of the city gates are closed at night, after all, There were relatively few merchants and civilians at night, and it was enough to open three gates in three directions, and more was a waste. ”
After listening to Li An's more detailed opinions, Li Longji was surprised again, and painted all the walls on both sides of the street white, which is a very large amount of work! Moreover, it is really appropriate to paint all the streets white, what will the ministers and envoys of various countries think, it is not a big problem to light torches in the city at night, Datang is now rich, and has the funds and strength, as for the choice of bulk commodities to trade at night, it is also a very reliable practice, some time ago, he also heard a report from the minister, there is a caravan from Shiguo, there are a thousand camels, more than half of them are the same product, and the whole street is full, At the entrance to the West Market, it caused extremely serious congestion, which led to the closing time of the West Market being extended by a moment, and these merchants had to stay in the city, they originally planned to stay outside the city after selling their goods, after all, the accommodation outside the city was much cheaper than the inside of the city.
"Li Shilang, all of your proposals today are very bold, they are all questions that other ministers don't even dare to think about, I need to think about it, you go back first!"
Li Longji's mind was a little confused, after all, Li An's suggestions for these reforms were all very bold, making it difficult for him to adapt in a short period of time, even if he understood that doing so could indeed promote the prosperity of Chang'an City, but let him immediately order that he would reform according to what Li An said, he still couldn't do it, as the king of a country, he had to be cautious.
"Yes, Your Majesty, Weichen retires."
Ang Lee has already said all the good ideas he has come up with, as for whether he can accept it, it is Li Longji's business, and Ang Lee can only resign himself to fate.
After Ang Lee left, Li Longji lay on the dragon couch and fell into deep thought, each of the many suggestions made by Ang Lee just now, each of which was extremely bold, challenging the cognition of this era, making his mood uncalm for a long time.
Of course, Ang Lee is not only so in thought, but also very different from this era in action, and now all kinds of advanced machinery in Datang are all invented by Ang Lee, and these things are absolutely unthinkable to others.
"What is the origin of this Ang Lee, why does he know so many things and know so much knowledge at such a young age, this is not logical! Is it a god sent down to the mortal world by heaven? ”
Li Longji lay on the couch and fell into curious thinking.
In the following days, Li Ang continued to work in the R&D center, while Li Longji continued to think about various solutions proposed by Li Ang to solve the congestion problem in Chang'an City, and tried to discuss with Li Linfu and other ministers.
As a result, all the ministers who heard about this proposal were all shocked, and asked Li Longji for verification, who was so bold and dared to put forward such a proposal, of course, there were also a small number of ministers who thought that Li An's proposal was very constructive and could be tried, but it was an experiment one by one, so as not to make too big a one-time change and cause too much discomfort among the people in the capital.
After nearly ten days of thinking and discussion, Li Longji finally issued the first holy decree, requiring the east and west markets to operate continuously, without the slightest time limit, of course, if the vendors are tired at night, they can also close the door earlier, this is not compulsory, but there is no restriction on business hours, in addition, it is to position the Jinguang Gate in the west of the capital and the Chunming Gate in the east of the capital to never close the city gate, and the wide street between the two city gates is lifted from the night curfew, that is, after the night curfew, Only the road between Chunming Gate and Jinguang Gate, as well as the East and West Markets, can be walked around at will, and the rest of the places are still curfew.
In this way, the major merchants can trade at night, anyway, the east and west markets are on the south side of this road, and normal business will not violate the night curfew.
Although this step is small and conservative, it has greatly alleviated the congestion in the capital, and during the day, although the roads are still crowded, there is no longer a congestion situation, and the night has become relatively lively, and the prosperity of commerce has been further improved.
After a period of adaptation and running-in, Li Longji and all the ministers all approved of this good method, although the magnitude of this subtle change was very small, only lifting the night ban on one road and two markets in the capital, but the result was that the congested East and West markets have become less congested, and the occasional small-scale congestion is a normal phenomenon, and it is nothing at all, and many officials in charge of the market in the capital are also greatly relieved.
When everyone knew that the person who made this suggestion was Ang Lee, they all expressed their appreciation for Ang Lee, especially all the businessmen who did business, and they were even more grateful to Ang Lee, because of Ang Lee's suggestion, they could do better trade and no longer have to suffer the pain of congestion.
Subsequently, Datang further increased the intensity of reform, tearing down all the walls of the east and west markets, so that the congestion situation was once again alleviated a lot, so that merchants could better trade and further promote the prosperity of commerce.