Volume 4: The Family Affairs of the Son of Heaven, Chapter 10, Renshou Gongcheng
Counting from the date of the court proclamation, tens of thousands of young and strong Luoyang were built in just three days, which is in stark contrast to the construction of Renshou Palace, which basically relied on compulsory requisition.
Shi Nong Industry and Commerce, agriculture before industry and commerce, this is a habit handed down for thousands of years, there is a field to plant, can support the family, the people will not easily change, most of the people do not want to engage in low-level work, unless it is those landless and proletarian destitute families will want to learn a craft.
It's just that it's still the early days of the founding of the country, except for those who have committed crimes or have been servants for generations, the people have their own fields, and so many people are rushing to work, of course, because the court has a precedent of Renshou Palace, and it can also reflect from the side that the drought in the capital has really reached a critical moment.
As soon as the announcement of the court's recruitment of workers to other places was posted, the price of rice in the capital finally began to loosen, slowing down the upward momentum, but it was still high, and Yang Yong suggested to the emperor that the people who signed up for the construction of Luoyang should be allowed to pay one month's salary in advance, and could use these wages to buy one stone of rice from the court at a price of twenty yuan per bucket.
The minimum wage of a young man is 400 Wen, and the price of buying a stone of rice is only 200 Wen, and the price of rice in the market has exceeded the usual price, everyone will calculate this account, and those hesitant young people will also sign up immediately, only half a month, the capital and other areas of Guanzhong heard the news and rushed to sign up for more than 200,000 people, the court used the army to maintain order, and sent these people to Luoyang.
After a month, the court ended this recruitment, and there were 300,000 young and middle-aged people in the entire Guanzhong who signed up, plus some old and weak women and children who left with the team, because the court built Luoyang and left Guanzhong more than 500,000 people, in order to complete this great migration from Guanzhong to Luoyang for 800 miles, the Great Sui court mobilized all available resources along the way, and after a month. The 500,000 people were relocated to Luoyang almost without a single casualty.
As soon as these 500,000 people left, the grain burden in the entire Guanzhong was suddenly greatly reduced, and in addition to the 300,000 stone grain distributed by the court to recruit workers and people, the merchants who had previously stockpiled grain helplessly watched the grain price fall day by day, and finally when all the people left, although the grain price was higher than last year, it had fallen below the price of 20 wen per bucket in the court.
The price of grain skyrocketed due to the drought, and Yang Jian and his ministers certainly saw the harm, and the court also did many actions, such as stipulating the price of rice. For example, throwing out part of the grain in the official warehouse, but it didn't have much effect, Yang Jian even considered sending troops to forcibly collect the grain in those rice shops that had risen sharply, but he had not made up his mind, although the merchants were at the bottom, just the magic of money would still allow them to find some reliable networks, and even some grain stores were directly opened by the ministers of the DPRK and China, and Yang Jian would not use this last resort unless necessary.
But he didn't expect the prince to easily resolve the crisis of soaring food prices with two easy moves, no matter how unhappy the rice shops in the capital were. In the case that the court was not forced, they still had to obediently lower the price of grain, and Yang Jian had to admit that although the prince was young. It's just that sometimes, it can be said that he has exceeded his expectations of the prince.
He couldn't help but look at the crown prince again, and Yang Jian couldn't help but be taken aback by this review, the Great Sui was able to be so strong now. Of course, he made a lot of contributions as the emperor, but without the participation of the crown prince, the Great Sui would never have reached the current level. Dynasties and dynasties. A drought of this magnitude is extremely difficult to deal with. Even if there is no chaos, many people will inevitably starve to death. However, under the rule of the Great Sui, not only did not die people, but also could build palaces continuously, which seemed to be at ease.
The promotion of grain seeds, agricultural implements, cattle ploughing, the improvement of looms, and the promulgation of commercial taxes...... All this is from the hands of the prince, each of which has benefited the whole country a lot, this great drought shows the prince's cleverness, if the general officials are replaced for disaster relief, with a mere 300,000 stone grain, thrown in the capital, I am afraid that there will be no waves at all.
The crown prince is so good, at least he doesn't have to worry about having no successor to the Great Sui River, Yang Jian thought to himself, but there was a faint feeling of discomfort in his heart, as if he was about to lose something.
In September of the fourteenth year of the emperor's reign, the drought in Guanzhong is still continuing, in the south of the mountain, the north of Yique, the west of the river, and the east of the Jianhe River has become a large construction site, the old city of Luoyang is too narrow, and the old palace site was sold to the people by Yang Yong when he was doing the Tokyo Tomb, Yang Yong naturally could not return to Er, re-expropriated the land, and re-established the city in Luoyang.
I have to say that history is still back to the original track, but more than ten years in advance, the address of the new city is the address of Yang Guangying's construction of the eastern capital, whether it is the location or area, the new city is far more suitable than the old city
City.
Although Luoyang has sufficient grain storage, but it is necessary to supply the craftsmen who built the city, the people use, and to continuously transport to Daxing City, there is still a shortage, however, Luoyang's transportation is undoubtedly much better than Chang'an, although the Grand Canal has not been built now, just relying on the Yellow River to transport grain, it is enough to ensure the cost of two grain and grassland.
In October, Yang Yong had to return from Luoyang, because Renshou Palace was about to be completed, and the crown prince, who supervised the construction of this palace, naturally had to perform the final inspection procedures.
Although it has been October, Daxing City is still very hot, hundreds of thousands of people have left at once, Daxing City is a little depressed than before, but with the price of food lowered, plus more opportunities to work, under the strict order of the prince, the minimum wage for weavers was stipulated, and the income of weavers returned to normal, and the people who stayed behind were not affected by the drought as before, and there were many more smiles on their faces.
There was a sound of footsteps on Suzaku Street, and countless royal guards walked in a neat queue, with a canopy cart pulled by eight pure white horses in the middle, Yang Jian and Dugu sat on the car, slowly driving past Suzaku Street.
"Hooray! Banzai! Hooray! ”
Although both sides of Suzaku Street have been closed, both sides are still crowded with dense crowds of people who arrived first, and countless cheers suddenly rang out when the vehicles passed by. For the emperor in front of him, the people are grateful from the bottom of their hearts, in just more than ten years, not only will the Turks who have been oppressing the Central Plains be beaten to the bottom and beg for mercy, but also unify the country that has been divided for 300 years, plus the issuance of the Juntian Order, leniency and reduction, so that the people have never lived a prosperous life, even in the year of the catastrophe, no one starved to death.
All this is naturally far from being compared with the previous dynasty, what the people want, is nothing more than food in the mouth, clothes, every New Year, can pull a few new clothes, eat a little rare food, they are satisfied, the emperor who can bring them these is of course a good emperor, the end of the previous dynasty is only more than ten years, no one remembers them anymore.
Yang Yong originally wanted to finish the acceptance first and then invite the emperor and the queen to leave the palace together, but without waiting for Yang Yong's acceptance, Yang Jian and Dugu couldn't wait to see Renshou Palace, so they went out on patrol today, and heard the cheers from both sides, whether it was Yang Jian or Dugu, a smile appeared on their faces, and the court did not stipulate that the people of the Son of Heaven must shout long live, and the emperor who spontaneously shouted was really supported by the people.
Coming out of the palace, it took a whole hour, the Son of Heaven drove out of the capital, the speed of the procession accelerated, the Son of Heaven went out on patrol, had his own charter, but it was not like Yang Yong who could rush from the capital to Qishan in one day, and there was a night of rest in the middle, and he did not arrive at Qishan until the end of the second day.
As soon as you enter Qishan, all the ministers, including the emperor, are dazzled by the beautiful palace in front of you, the palaces are scattered and embedded in the forest, beside the flowing water, the breeze passes through the mountains, the trees shake, the palace in the distance seems to shake up, around the palace, the fragrance of flowers is overflowing, the sound of flowing water, the rustle of tree branches, as if it is a wonderful music composed of countless silk bamboos, it is simply a fairyland on earth.
"It's too extravagant, if you live here, maybe you can really live forever, no wonder the emperor wants to name it Renshou Palace." This was the thought of all the ministers who saw this palace, but no one dared to say it.
"Father, mother, please get off the carriage and enter the palace!" Yang Yong is also the first time to see the palace that has been completely repaired, compared to the model in the capital, the palace in front of him is undoubtedly a hundred times, a thousand times, but this palace is repaired by himself after all, and he will not be fascinated by it.
"Prince, is it too extravagant?" Yang Jian woke up from his daze, retracted his gaze and asked reluctantly.
"This is the prince's filial piety to his parents, what a luxury." Without waiting for Yang Yong to answer, the Dugu clan answered first.
Yang Jian was speechless for a while, stepped out of the carriage and toured Renshou Palace, and stayed in Renshou Palace that night, which was four or five days, because he was concerned about the government, he had to return to the capital.
From the first day they lived in Renshou Palace, Yang Jian and his wife undoubtedly liked it here, and they had to take time to live in Renshou Palace at least once a month.
In the spring of the fifteenth year of the emperor's reign, last year's drought had finally passed, and the entire Guanzhong had become thriving again, Yang Jian once again lived in Renshou Palace, but this time there was less Dugu by his side, and because Dugu was unwell, he did not accompany Yang Jian for the first time.
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