Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone! Did you see the moon? Have you eaten mooncakes?

Under the influence of Chinese culture for many years, the customs of Annam are similar to those of the mainland in a large way, such as the Qingming Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Zhongyuan Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Double Ninth Festival, and the Spring Festival. There is a folk song cloud: "Fat meat, ginger, shallots, red couplets, flags and firecrackers, big dumplings". It is the scene of the Chinese New Year.

Zheng Jie tidied up the dragon red robe on his body, the golden crown on his head, and very reverently presented a lush green leaf just picked from the temple to the shrine dedicated to the ancestors of the Zheng family, and contributed this gift symbolizing the blessings of heaven and earth to the ancestors.

After respectfully bowing three times and bowing nine times on a worship mat made of brocade, Zheng Jie got up and ordered the prince to come forward to drink wine for his ancestors. There is an attendant holding a glass wine jug with gold wire inlaid with dragon patterns, and the wine syrup is gently poured into the glass wine glass in the hands of the prince, and the prince raises it above his head and sprinkles it on the ground.

This is the year-end ancestor worship ceremony that the Zheng family must carry out every year, and it is also what almost every decent and powerful family must do. After the ancestor worship ceremony, it is the day of the first day of the Lunar New Year to accept the worship of hundreds of officials together with Emperor Li to congratulate the New Year.

"King!" As soon as he walked out of the ancestral hall dedicated to his ancestors, a guard ran in front of him. "Lord Ha Jing Zheng Zhu has a watch stamp." According to the instructions of Prince Zheng Jie, Zheng Gong's recitals and letters must be delivered to him as soon as possible, even if he is pampering a certain concubine, he must let the eunuch send it to his eyes, "This is a military matter, don't be disdainful!" ”

"Wouldn't it be another way for the prince to try the Li family's wanton looting of people's wealth and stripping off the dignity of the scholars and gentry to pay taxes on an errand?" The guards handed the fold of the fire paint seal to the eunuch beside King Zheng, and lowered their heads to secretly speculate on the content of the fold.

"Wow! Good! After a few cursory glances, Prince Zheng shouted loudly, "This little thief is so uncaring for the people's power and brutal and cruel to the people, it can be said that he will kill himself if he commits many injustices!" Someone," he looked left and right, "you have reported the merit, reward!" ”

He stretched out his hand and motioned to the chamberlain to reward the glass wine jug inlaid with dragon patterns on the gold wire plate used by Fang Cai Shizi to worship the ancestors, to the guards who sent the letter, "This thing was entered by the merchants of Nanzhong, and it was used to worship the ancestors, and I will reward you!" ”

"Minister! Minister! The guard was suddenly hit by a sudden sense of happiness and burst into tears, "Minister, swear to die for Your Majesty!" If you change to another country, it will naturally be a big rebellion, but here in King Zheng, it is the best way to show loyalty.

The son of the world was very strange, what good news could make his father so happy? Even the things used to worship the ancestors were given to the messengers. "Spread the decree, Zheng Zhu is able to do things, be loyal to the king, increase the official level, reward 100 acres of land, and 200 households."

"Message! The ministers of various ministries and courts suspended the pilgrimage today and went to the palace to discuss matters! Prince Zheng commanded the eunuchs around him loudly, and then ran quickly to his bedroom and the courtyard where he handled political affairs. The people beside him were shocked, and under the leadership of the prince, the guards, officials, eunuchs, palace maids, and Qiluo umbrella fans chased after each other and did not dare to fall half a step.

"Father, what is it that you are so happy about?" Sitting down in the study, calming down a little, the prince asked his father half complaining, half curious.

"My son, did your master teach you to read historical records? Reading Sui books? Reading old and new Tang books? Putting down the lily porcelain teacup in his hand, Prince Zheng began to take the test for his son's knowledge and homework.

"The masters have taught their sons, and the masters said that the reason why Qiang Qin perished was that the first emperor was so happy and did not cherish the people's strength. The same is true of the Sui Dynasty. If it weren't for Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty digging canals and conquering Goryeo, with the wealth and strength of the Great Sui Dynasty, how could there be the Li family? ”

As a political life born from the Chinese civilization, it is natural to be very clear about the history and civilization of the mother, and in order to train qualified successors, the rulers require the successors to carefully learn Chinese culture.

King Zheng handed the secret fold of Zheng Staff to his son, "Take a look, have you found any problems?" ”

Zheng Zhu's secret recital is very simple, but it only shows that in the area controlled by Li Shouhan at present, starting from Hejing all the way to the south, they are building a lot of construction and building Chi Road, "Build a post station every forty miles, which can provide food and accommodation." ”

Several workshops and mines related to road construction are working around the clock to mine limestone and burn cement, commonly known as ash, to ensure the construction of this thoroughfare that runs through the north and south.

What the letter said is not news, but it is unprecedented to explain in such detail the number of households to be requisitioned, the standards of roads, building materials, the scope of construction and the requirements.

"Get the map!"

Early on, the inner chamberlain of the organic spirit took a map of the whole territory of Annam and unfolded it in front of the prince and the prince. The picture frame made of rosewood makes the mountains and rivers on the map clear at a glance.

"Father!" After looking at the map for a while, Shizi's face became extremely excited, "The avenue built by the thieves of the Li family is no less than the galloping road and canal built by Emperor Yang of Sui, the first emperor of Qin!" ”

The close ministers who rushed to hear the news measured it roughly on the map, and couldn't help but be shocked, "Your Majesty, Li Thief is indiscriminately building a lot of work, conquering everywhere, and not caring for the people's strength and recklessness is the way to take trouble!" Even if he is not as dead as Yang Guang, the country will be destroyed, and it will be difficult to escape the death of Yingzheng II! ”

"Exactly! Thinking that Yang Guang, he died and the country was destroyed, so he built this canal, but it was cheaper for later generations. It is for the Holy Son of Heaven to clear the earth! ”

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to the prince! Li is so perverse, Yin Jian is not far away, it is the time when I Annan relieved the people from hanging upside down and saved the people from fire and water! ”

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the map, and the thick red line was stretched down on the map by the inner servant with a brush dipped in cinnabar, from Buzheng (Ha Tinh, Quang Binh), Quang Nam Province (Quang Nam, Quang Yi, Binh Dinh), along Hai Xing, Bien Hoa, Ha Tien, all the way to Fan Zhenying (the ancient place name of Saigon) and Dinh Yuanzhou! Along the coastline all the way to the south, cross the river, cross the plain, open the road in the mountains, and build bridges when encountering water.

The more I look at it, the more joyful it becomes.

To the south of the Haihe River, there is a tropical jungle climate, with a humid and sultry climate, many mosquitoes and infectious diseases. In such a natural environment, there is an epidemic of plague every year, and the whole village is killed, and the construction of roads is undoubtedly throwing a lot of human lives into the wilderness.

"Your Majesty, according to the detailed report, the number of Zhuang Ding in the area under the jurisdiction of Hue Nguyen Tsui is only 126,857 (this number is the number in 1776), how did the Li thief levy hundreds of thousands of people to build roads?" A minister carefully studied Zheng Cane's recital, and found that the numbers were somewhat incorrect.

"Sir," the prince saluted respectfully to the minister who had tutored him in his studies, "you only know one and you don't know the other, the number of strong men is true, but the Li thief is tyrannical, presumably sweeping the land and levying it, from the seventy-year-old man to the young child in Huangkou, all sent to the construction site to repair the road." ”

"What the prince said is very true! Presumably, even the people of Xitong had to shed blood and contribute to his ridiculous deeds under the coercion of Li Thief! ”

This was guessed right by the ministers, and it cannot be said that it is all right. The number of Zhuang Ding is certainly incorrect, but don't forget that the territory of Shou Han is a system of implementing the system of paying taxes on the grain of the officials and gentry, and a large number of slaves who were originally attached to the officials and gentry of the Ruan family have become free people, and these people are not in the Ding Kou book. This is why the population increased after the successive dynasties were lightly taxed at the beginning of the founding of the country, and there was no need to pay the poll tax!

In addition, it is the power of Rili Jujo. Under this principle, everyone has the right to reclaim wasteland, but you have to pay taxes. As a result, the number of people registered with the Bureau of Reclamation immediately exploded.

"Think about Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Yang of Sui, for their own selfishness, they recruited millions of people all over the country, built palaces, built the Great Wall, dug canals, and finally led the country to death, and it is not far away for Li Thief to come!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a chorus in the room, and all the ministers secretly coveted, in the past few years, the trade with the south, the various commodities produced by Hejing, whether it is the glass and lily porcelain that the princes and ministers like, or the salt, vegetable oil, cloth, rice wine that the people of Shengdou need, and the weapons and armor made of Jiuzhuan steel that the army strongly requires to be fully equipped, which is not something that makes the handler make a lot of money?

If there is a civil strife in Li Shouhan's regime and the lord goes south, will he be able to cut off a piece of this piece of fat from him? Thinking of the legendary factories that were almost spitting out gold and silver, and the fertile land that produced ten stone rice a year, the ministers drooled in their hearts one by one.

"The ministers implore Your Majesty to go south as soon as possible to relieve the suffering of the people's livelihood!" The ministers spoke in unison. "So that we can make a fortune!"

"Although the Li thief is brutal and unkind, but now it is the momentum of Di Zhang, and we have to wait for him to do more injustice, so that our army can go south and relieve the people from hanging upside down." Shaking the sleeves of the dragon robe, Prince Zheng was righteous and awe-inspiring, but he had no choice but to explain to the ministers. "Although the enemy is not benevolent, he is a strong enemy, and although I am benevolent and righteous, I am weak, so I can only hold on to each other and wait for changes."

"However, this king has already decided that after Emperor Yuming, he will move westward to rescue the people there!"

This one!? …… The ministers were dumbfounded. To the west? Is that Laos' territory? This is obviously not enough to provoke the rich to bully the poor ghosts! Compared with Laos and Ha Jing, what is there? In addition to barren mountains or barren mountains, some fields are also underproduced.

"陛xià! The minister is not talented, he is reused, and he is in charge of the matter of money and food, and the minister is willing to analyze one or two for His Majesty and his colleagues, and try to see how long Li's land can be supported! ”

The one who spoke was the head of Tocao.

Soon, he began to analyze the expenses of money and food for Prince Zheng and his colleagues.

"Li Thief has requisitioned hundreds of thousands of people, I will first calculate according to 400,000 people, these people work hard along the territory of 3,000 miles from south to north, how much grain do they have to eat every day? According to the minimum consumption of one and a half catties per person per day, it is 600,000 catties. Coupled with the loss of transportation along the way, the consumption of intermediate links (in fact, it is the filling of the personal pockets of the handling personnel. At least one million catties of grain and rice must be consumed every day. The construction has been going on for several months, and it is unknown when it will be completed, but it will cost at least 30 million catties of grain and rice per month. This is the consumption of grain. ”

"As Master Zheng Zhu said, the road is completely paved with burnt ash, and three carriages can be carried in parallel. The ash burning minister has also used it at home, a bucket of 200 catties, the price is 5 taels of silver, this road from Hejing to Dingyuanzhou, 3,000 miles away, I don't know how many barrels of ash to consume? is so extravagant, so extravagant, the Li family has mountains of gold and silver, and it is not enough to consume! ”

"Not to mention, there is also the consumption of tools, carriages, horses, and manpower, this guy will die this time!" Hu Cao said that he couldn't help but grit his teeth and look hideous.

His words made Prince Zheng Jie, the prince and the hundred officials all nod their heads and say yes.

On the second day of the first lunar month, Emperor Li went to court to accept the belated New Year's Day pilgrimage of hundreds of officials.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, King Zheng played that the Lao State did not practice benevolence and righteousness, repeatedly violated our border, burned my village, killed my border people, plundered my property, and demanded to send troops to crusade. Emperor Li was gracious as usual.

On the 11th day of the first lunar month, King Zheng issued an edict that all armies must reorganize their horses, tie their weapons and armor, and prepare for the expedition.

On the twelfth day of the first month, another line from the south reported.

"The Li thief is really tyrannical!"

After reading the informant, from King Zheng to the bottom, all the adults are all commenting on the word.

"Each person completes at least two earthworks per day, otherwise, the day's work is considered unfinished. And the implementation of the segmented package system, one person is not completed, then the section is not completed. There is a quantity of how much should be completed per day. In order to complete the workload, the people had to work day and night. ”

Adults have to look at Li Shouhan with admiration, why didn't I think of such a way? Good job! There is a quota for how much each person should complete every day! With this method, I see how lazy those minions are!

(Shouhan cried!) Your father's brother's! Zheng Cane, you are a faint official! Lao Tzu proposed to be paid according to work and paid by piece, why did you become a cruel oppressor here? I have enough rice for three meals a day, salted fish and chicken, and plenty of oil and water! Why don't you say this? Also, my people are all recruited for money, although it is a bit compulsive, but the salary of one or two silver a month is not less anywhere! If you don't want to be paid, you can take the bamboo sign that pays you and go to the market near the construction site to buy what you want, salt, cloth, iron pots, knives and axes. Moreover, regardless of gender, young and old, regardless of race, can go to work on the construction site, as long as you do the work, you can eat on the construction site and receive money. Then use the money to buy things that you couldn't buy before, and you want to buy things that you can't afford. Why don't you see these people working in full swing? Running on the construction site with a basket on your back and singing a mountain song? ）

"Ministers! There's also a secret report here! You can guess what it says? Those who guess correctly will be rewarded! Prince Zheng picked up another secret report on the Longshu case.

"Dare it be that the people of the south are unbearable to be oppressed by the Li thief, and there are righteous people who rise up under the call of the old Ruan family?" There are confident speculations of the minister.

"Could it be that a plague broke out at Li's Chidao construction site, and countless people died?"

Seeing that his cronies were designing one unfortunate thing after another for Li Shouhan, Zheng Jie was very satisfied, "What Zhongqing guessed, although it is not true, it is not far away!" ”

"Li Shouhan's general Wang Bao, the Southern Route Army under his command, is about to break out with the Siamese Army!"

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