Chapter 241: The Tibetan Question
"Erchen has seen his father!" After Yu Zhiqian entered the main hall, his expression became serious, and he bowed respectfully, lest he make any mistakes, catch the handle of his cheap father, and snatch his money!
In addition to the emperor, Di Renjie, Fan Jian and several other ministers were there, all looking at Yu Zhiqian curiously, their eyes full of doubts.
The emperor also looked at Yu Zhiqian with a puzzled expression, and without speaking, he stared at Yu Zhiqian, this feeling of being watched Yu Zhiqian was a little uncomfortable, looked at his father, and slowly said: "Father, and all the ministers, why are you looking at me like this?" After saying that, he touched his face with his hand to make sure that there was no food residue.
"Prince, I and the ministers just want to take a closer look at how you managed to turn a stone into gold, two pieces of linen cloth, you can sell it for a price of hundreds of taels!"
The emperor touched his chin with interest, this action is similar to Yu Zhiqian's action, it is a small action that he unconsciously thinks about, and sometimes he will not notice it.
Hearing that his cheap father was concerned about such a problem, Yu Zhiqian breathed a sigh of relief, not to ask for money from himself, and smiled: "Father, this is not the ability to turn stones into gold, this is just an ordinary business method that enhances the value of goods!" ”
The emperor and the ministers were still a little puzzled, Yu Zhiqian smiled and pointed to the painting hanging on the side of the main hall: "Father, may I ask how much this painting in the main hall can be sold for?" ”
It's good not to mention this, but when it comes to this, the emperor suddenly thought of something: "The calligraphy and paintings I asked you to send into the palace can be sent in!" ”
Yu Zhiqian felt that he had dug a pit, and then he jumped in and coughed lightly: "Father, those calligraphy and paintings are a little difficult to find, and the sons have not found them yet, but the father doesn't have to worry, soon the sons will be able to get together and send things into the palace, and the father will talk about the value of your paintings!" ”
In his heart, Yu Zhiqian was already roaring wildly, can he still chat properly? The emperor of an empire, staring at the little money in his son's pocket, can he still have a little interest!
Even if he was complaining frantically in his heart, Yu Zhiqian didn't dare to express it, there was no way, who would let the family be his father? I can't talk about myself, I can still whip myself with a stick, and the old man's strength is quite strong, and it hurts to beat people!
The emperor glanced at Yu Zhiqian and looked at the painting hanging on his wall: "This is the painting of Liu Xiu, a master of the Han Dynasty, Di Xiang, you know a lot about it, how much can this painting be worth?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty, the price of Liu Xiu's paintings is extremely high now, and this pair is worth at least 100,000 taels!"
Di Renjie squinted his mung bean-sized eyes, looked at it carefully for a while, and then slowly spoke, Yu Zhiqian was startled when he heard it, the paintings here are so valuable? What kind of manna hall did I go to, how good it is to come here directly to get it, I glanced at it, there were more than ten paintings hanging on the wall, and I couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
Yu Zhiqian secretly swore in his heart that he would make up for this knowledge after he went back, otherwise he would be guarding a treasure mountain, but he didn't know the treasures, if he had known the value of these things earlier, his cheap father might not be working here now.
After Di Renjie finished speaking, everyone looked at Yu Zhiqian again, and Yu Zhiqian smiled: "Father, the essence of painting is a piece of paper, right, why can a piece of paper be sold for 100,000 taels of silver?" Don't worry, it's because there are paintings made by everyone, so it's valuable, it's highly artistic, collectible, and it's also endowed with ......"
After Yu Zhiqian advocated for a while, everyone nodded and expressed their approval, from the emperor to the ministers below, everyone is very fond of antique calligraphy and painting, Yu Zhiqian advocated that people who like these calligraphy and paintings have taste, one by one is very useful, and constantly nod, indicating that the prince is also a very tasteful person, and can think of so much.
After complimenting each other and blowing each other's business, Yu Zhiqian said with a straight face: "Since a piece of paper is painted by everyone, it has such a high price, so why can't a piece of clothing be like this?" When he said this, Yu Zhiqian paused for a moment and looked at the rest of the ministers.
"There are many painters from ancient times to the present, but there are very few who have gone down in history, and some of everyone's calligraphy and paintings are valuable, and more calligraphy and paintings are worthless!"
When Yu Zhiqian heard this, he nodded: "It's such a truth, if it's an ordinary person's clothes, with your name written on it, of course it's worthless, just like a random scholar's painting, but the signature on the jersey sold by the father and son is not an ordinary signature!" ”
"Oh? Isn't that the signing of those players? ”
The emperor and the ministers asked puzzledly, they had also investigated before, and the biggest official position signed on the jersey was only a captain, not a famous general or anything at all.
"It's the signatures of those players, but now those players are no longer ordinary soldiers, and they will soon become stars in Chang'an City, at least some of them will become stars, different from the famous ministers or famous generals in the past, this time the famous ones should be called athletes! If they become famous, do you think their signatures are worth it? And I'm only going to sell a handful of those jerseys......"
Yu Zhiqian painstakingly explained to this group of ministers what is called fan economy and what is called star effect, and this group of ministers roughly understood a little.
However, Di Renjie quickly saw the problem: "If the people worship these stars, won't the martial arts of our dynasty be abolished?" ”
Yu Zhiqian smiled when he heard it, Yu Zhiqian had worried about this before, after all, the future life is an era of entertainment to death, and there are so many brain-dead fans.
"Father, the ministers don't have to worry, don't forget, their identity is our sergeant, and sports stars, can also enhance the people's interest in sports, can improve the people's physique, but Di Xiang's worries do need to be considered, although there has been friction on the border in my dynasty, but the atmosphere of my dynasty has changed somewhat, my father should be able to feel the sound of Jiangnan over there, be prepared for danger in times of peace, and forget to fight and die, so the sons and daughters think about it and prepare to build a Valhalla!"
"Valhalla?"
This time, it was the emperor's turn and the ministers to be confused, not understanding what this Valhalla meant.
Yu Zhiqian thought about this question a long time ago, throughout the 5,000-year history of China, the first emperor built the Lishan Mausoleum, and then to the later Ming Tombs, etc., the scale of the emperor's mausoleum construction is very rare, but there is no dynasty to the soldiers who died in battle, and the Lingyan Pavilion of the Tang Dynasty is only dedicated to the senior generals and ministers of the early Tang Dynasty, but the soldiers are not......
Valhalla, like the monument, although it is just a building, but it can well unite the hearts of the army and the people, and now there is no such thing as a good iron and no sword, a good man is not a soldier, etc., but Yu Zhiqian is ready to make this kind of language completely not appear, so he thought of such a way, but there has been no suitable opportunity to put it forward, and there is no financial and material resources, now the opportunity is right, Yu Zhiqian has money, so he took advantage of the situation to bring it up.
"Yes, father, ministers, Valhalla, is to commemorate all the places where the generals, captains, and soldiers who bravely sacrificed their generals, captains, and soldiers since the beginning of the dynasty, and guarded the border passes, and enshrine their tablets, as long as our court is still there, the incense continues, so that the people of our dynasty will support the army, and if they encounter a strong enemy invasion, they will also fight for their lives and fight bravely!"
After Yu Zhiqian finished speaking, everyone in the hall was stunned, the emperor looked at Yu Zhiqian blankly, Di Renjie and the others kept flashing strange light in their eyes, everyone stared at Yu Zhiqian, this time it was even worse than the last time, which made Yu Zhiqian feel very uncomfortable.
"Father? What are you? ”
"Your Majesty, the crown prince is really a genius!"
"Yes, all dynasties, why can't anyone think of this way? If Valhalla is completed, I will have no worries! ”
"If you can enter Valhalla, even if the old minister gives up his old life, he will go to the border to kill the enemy!"
This is Di Renjie, and the rest of the ministers are similar, Yu Zhiqian believes that this group of guys can really do these things in order to be able to enter Valhalla.
Yu Zhiqian was a little puzzled, isn't it just to build a Valhalla, why are these ministers so excited, at this time the emperor slowly said: "Good, good, good!" Prince, very good, this matter will be handed over to you to handle, the household department, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Rites will fully cooperate without any delay! ”
"Whoa!"
Compared with what the minister considered, the emperor saw farther, he even saw the emergence of a 10,000-year-old dynasty, looking at the prehistory, the Central Plains Dynasty disappeared and was replaced, never because of foreign invasions, they were all internal rebellions, but as soon as Valhalla came out, even if the military power was in the hands of the generals, those generals could not rebel, and even if they wanted to rebel, they could be tied up by their subordinates!
Entering Valhalla, you can enjoy incense, as long as the Yutang Empire is at one point, the incense will not be cut off, and now there are two kinds of people who can enjoy incense, one is an immortal, the other is an ancestor, in addition to this, there are similar to Sun Simiao, Hua Tuo, this kind of miracle doctor who saves countless people, there will be an immortal shrine to be established, how can ordinary people have the opportunity to enjoy incense?
Not to mention ordinary people, even Di Renjie, Di Xiang, the elder of the three dynasties, was honest all his life, and after his death, he had no incense to accompany him except for his children and grandchildren, but now as long as he is guarding the border pass and killing foreign races, he can enter Valhalla and be worshiped by incense, the temptation is too great for countless people!
Yu Zhiqian can't understand this temptation, after all, Yu Zhiqian's soul is not a person of this era, although he has been in this era for more than a year, but in essence he is still a good young man who grew up in the sun in the 21st century, so he can't understand how much temptation it is for the ancients to be enshrined in this year.
"The sons obey the order, but the father, the establishment of Valhalla requires a lot of money, and the sons have no time to find the ...... on the list for the father."
"That's not in a hurry!"
The emperor recovered miraculously, and glanced at Yu Zhiqian, this guy found a gap and was about to insert a needle in.
"Whoa!"
After discussing the construction of Valhalla with the ministers, Yu Zhiqian was about to leave, but at this time he suddenly thought of something, and then looked at the emperor: "Father, the sons heard that the Tibetan envoys have arrived in Chang'an, I don't know what they came to Chang'an for this time?" ”
"The Tibetan envoys came this time to ask for marriage, their Songtsan Gampo is ready to marry a princess of our dynasty, and the next court meeting will be officially ......"
After hearing the emperor's answer, Yu Zhiqian squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and looked at the emperor: "Father is ready to promise the Tubo people?" ”
And Yu Zhiqian suddenly remembered a sentence in his heart, that is, the evaluation of Daming by later generations is not harmonious......
But the current Yutang Empire seems to be much stronger than the Ming, so there is no such thing as paying tribute, calling a minister, cutting land, or anything, and there doesn't seem to be a kiss, so I didn't say it.
"What do you think?"
After hearing this, the emperor slowly shook his head: "Father, the sons and daughters feel that the problem of Tubo is not to worry about, so there is no need to make peace with Tubo!" ”
At this time, a minister named Liu Rui stood up: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, Tubo has become stronger and stronger over the years, and there is constant friction between Tibet and our dynasty in the southwest region, and the country of Tubo lives on the plateau, after I go up to the soldiers, it is like being cursed, I am weak, and it is difficult to breathe, if I refuse to make peace with Tibet, I am afraid that Tubo will raise troops, and my dynasty can only passively defend, can not take the initiative to attack, this is a bit ......"
"What do you think, Prince?"
Is Tibet strong? Very weak, compared to the Yu Tang Empire, the current Tubo is a younger brother, if it were not for the plateau problem, maybe Tubo would have been included in the territory of the Yu Tang Empire, Liu Rui's words are also right, Tubo occupies the advantage of geographical advantages, but the Yu Tang Empire can only defend, very passive.
"The issue of the Tubo State, as Erchen has mentioned before, is not a big threat, you only need to form an army and train on the plateau for a year or two, and it can be easily destroyed!"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't know, that plateau is a cursed land, only the Tubo people can go up, we can't go up!"
Liu Rui spoke out again, and Yu Zhiqian laughed out loud when he heard it, curse? Yu Zhiqian has been to that place twice or three times before, and there was a good Yan ...... in the middle Ordinary people will be fine as long as they don't exercise vigorously, but of course, when soldiers go up to fight, they must go through a period of training and adaptation.
"Liu She people are too worried, the Tubo Plateau is not a cursed place, just because the altitude of the plateau is relatively high and the air is thin, our soldiers are not very adaptable, just need to select the right soldiers, go to the plateau to find a place to train for a period of time, you can adapt to the climate there, and you can fight with the Tubo people!"
"The Tibetan people are now very poor and backward, and the grain output is extremely low, and this time I came to our court to ask for relatives, which may only be their apparent purpose!"