Chapter 22: The Road is Long

As night fell, the day's inspection was finally over, and Zhao Ji and others began to return to Beijing. The mist was filled, like a huge silk veil, enveloping the heavens and the earth. Through the mist, a large-scale ancient city was lit up in the light fog with the sound of firecrackers.

"Is it a holiday today?" Zhao Ji was puzzled in his heart and asked lightly.

"It's not a holiday, it's that the law on the abolition of labor comes into effect today, and from today onwards, the people will no longer have to serve on errands. It is estimated that the people are celebrating. Li Xiang'an's heart was heavy, but he couldn't help but answer the official's question.

Sima Guang's side seemed to think that Zhao Ji's temper was the booster of the change, and what he was admonishing was also the speed of the change, and he did not raise any objections to Zhao Ji's actions. Li Xiangan had to worry about Zhao Xuan's violent temper of saying everything and killing when he said he would.

"Uh." Zhao Ji looked at Bianjing from a distance with a lost look.

Not only did the scholars and doctors sink in the Great Song Dynasty, but the people also became comfortable. With the sound of firecrackers, who else would have thought of the fall of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun? Zhao Ji couldn't help but have the idea of moving the capital, this ** city should be broken by himself.

"Faint King, what's wrong with you? It's so late and you haven't eaten yet? Hurry up and go back to the palace! Seeing that Zhao Ji stopped moving, Concubine Li Peiling reminded.

"Hmm. Let's go! Zhao Ji knocked his legs on the horse's belly and galloped forward, and the others hurriedly followed. After the light ride, a wisp of dust dissipated into the fog.

Back at the palace, have dinner and soak in the hot water. Zhao Ji leaned comfortably on the edge of the bathtub, squinting his eyes, looking like he was enjoying himself.

"In later generations and this life, how many ups and downs, I didn't expect to become the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty now. What else could you hope for? Whether it is an individual or a country, it has its destiny. Is this something you can change? Zhao Ji actually had a trace of slackness in his heart.

"Dusk, are you also comfortable? Practice martial arts for at least one hour every day, wash quickly, and accompany you to practice later. Li Peiling slapped Zhao Ji on the shoulder and urged.

"Uh." Zhao Ji replied, but fell asleep in a daze.

"Sister Ling, just let the saint go! It's tiring enough after a busy day. Empress Xiang looked at Zhao Ji, who was asleep, and said distressedly.

"Come, Xiaohui, rub my sister's back." Li Peiling greeted the queen road.

"Let's carry the saint back to the dormitory first!" Xiang responded to the Queen.

"It's okay, as soon as this pig falls asleep, the thunder won't wake up." Li Peiling stood up.

Four sleek women carried a sleek man out of the steaming bathroom.

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"Follow General Ben to enter Bianjing City, and I won't seal the sword for a month!" A sturdy Khitan general pointed at Bianjing, who was on fire, and shouted.

"Holy Lord, the Liao army has attacked the city! Let's go! Li Xiangan knelt on the ground and cried.

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"Ahh In the middle of the night, Zhao Ji woke up in a nightmare.

Zhao Ji wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, sighed and said, "Fortunately, it's a dream." ”

"Holy Lord, what's wrong with you?" Xiang asked in a daze as she rubbed her eyes.

Zhao Ji looked at the smooth Queen Xiang, and couldn't help kissing her for a while, and was about to raise her gun to fight. "Slap", but Li Peiling slapped Zhao Ji's buttocks, "In the middle of the night, don't let people sleep?" ”

At this time, ** burned, Zhao Ji's evil thoughts suddenly rose, and he pounced on Li Peiling again, "I just won't let you sleep!" ”

Zhao Ji kissed Li Peiling, pressed Li Peiling on the dragon bed, and naturally groped with her right hand on Li Peiling.

"Holy Lord, I don't want to sleep either." Xiang Queen, Concubine Zhu, and Concubine Chen said in unison.

"Ugh." Zhao Ji stopped moving, ignored the four queens, got up, put on a wide dragon robe, tied a belt, sighed, and walked out.

"Ignore that pig's head, let's sleep." Li Peiling didn't let Queen Xiang get up, and said that she ignored it, but she was thinking about the kiss just now.

"The emperor hasn't slept yet, all cheer up Lao Tzu." One of the Iron Guard captains shouted.

Zhao Ji was amused in his heart, looked at the soldiers patrolling from outside the Funing Palace, and beckoned the gang leader and said, "Come here." ”

"The saint hasn't slept so late?" The gang leader walked up to Zhao Ji and gave a military salute, and when he saw that Zhao Ji didn't speak, he asked worriedly.

"What's your name?" Zhao asked boredly.

"The last general, Di Yong." The captain replied with another military salute.

"Di Yong? But after Di Qing? Zhao Ji remembered the famous general when he was Renzong.

"Exactly." Di Yong said proudly.

"After the famous general, why is he still a gang leader?" Zhao Ji asked.

"The last general is not willing to be promoted by his father's shadow." Di Yong was full of righteousness and spoke sonorously and powerfully.

"There is a big competition in the army, the training is well-organized, the training is hard, and the force is superior, you will be promoted, don't talk about the shadow of your father." Zhao Ji said unhappily.

"Last month, in the big competition in the army, the last general was second. In the second place in the army, he should be promoted by two levels, at most a lieutenant. The military department wanted to promote the last general to the general, and the last general thought that the promotion was too much, and it must be because of his father that he valued the general so much. For this reason, the last general is reluctant to be promoted. Di Yong saw that the official family was displeased, and hurriedly explained.

"The Iron Guards are not as good as the border guards, it is difficult to have military exploits, and it is difficult to be promoted if they are unwilling to be promoted by competition. After Di Qing, it is common for the military department to value it, and the exceptional promotion is also in line with the regulations of the army. Captain Di doesn't have to mind so much. In this way, I have always admired Di Shumi. I want to transfer you to the Fire Cavalry, of course, if you enter the Fire Cavalry, you have to start as a recruit, which is tantamount to demotion. Would you like to? Zhao Ji said intermittently.

According to the regulations of the political affairs hall, civil and military officials who have not entered the stream are promoted, and the officials can be in charge. Civil and military officials below the fourth rank shall be promoted by the ruling of the political affairs hall. The Emperor's power is only to appoint the chief counsellor of the government hall, and after the completion of the four university offices, the members of the government hall must also be elected by the four university halls, and the emperor's power can only be to assign positions.

Zhao Ji directly promoted Di Yong, which can be said to be overstepping his authority. However, what Zhao Ji proposed, the officials generally did not disobey.

"The last general is willing. The cavalry is the wish of all soldiers. Di Yong replied excitedly.

"Alright, go get busy! Tomorrow, I will give a handwritten message to the officials. Zhao Ji waved his hand and walked towards the Wende Palace.

Zhao Ji hated five people in one bed, and decided to go to Wende Hall to sleep for one night.

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"Holy Lord, Wen Xiangguo asks to see you." Early in the morning, Zhao Ji was woken up by Li Xiang'an.

"Let him wait in the study." Zhao Ji stretched his waist.

After dressing, washing, and breakfast, Zhao Ji started a new day after half an hour.

In the imperial study, Wen Yanbo was looking at the world map, as if he was thinking about something, looking thoughtful. World map, now in addition to the Daqing Palace's handwriting of Zhao Ji, the Ministry of Industry has ordered the purchase of a lot. Many businessmen have set up cartographic workshops, and the newly drawn world map is more detailed and beautiful than Zhao's handwriting.

Shen Kuo, the head of the Si Tianjian Shaofu and the Tiangong Academy, absorbed the practice of Zhao Ji's longitude and latitude and built a new observatory in the Bianjing Civilization School as a new meridian. The meridian used by Zhao Ji was later based on the British observatory, and in this era, Shen Kuo thought that it was just a wild land, and it was very unreasonable to use a wild place as a standard.

"Xiangguo, how about moving the capital to Jiangning Mansion?" Zhao Ji pointed to Jiangning Mansion on the world map and asked.

Jiangning, that is, Nanjing in later generations, was the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and the Ming Dynasty and the Republic of China in later generations were all based on Nanjing. Zhao Ji wanted to learn from the Ming Dynasty, because Bianjing always made Zhao Ji feel unsteady.

"No, no!" Wen Yanbo didn't know that Zhao Ji had come, and was taken aback by Zhao Ji's questioning, and Zhao Ji's idea of moving the capital made Wen Yanbo's heart beat even more.

"Bianjing is open on all sides, easy to attack and difficult to defend, and requires a large number of troops. The wealth gathered in Bianjing depends on the southeast Caoyun. These were all great burdens for the imperial court. In recent years, the Yellow River has been bursting, often threatening Bianjing. By moving the capital to Jiangning, all these problems can be solved. The north is densely populated and has little land for many people, while the Huguang area has not yet been developed. Moving the capital to Jiangning can also drive the comprehensive development of the Huguang area. Zhao Ji said while pointing to the map.

"The southeast water town is very nourishing, it will wear down the spirit of the imperial court, and it is not easy to control the northern territory. Now the party Khitan is eyeing the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, once the capital is moved, the Great Song Dynasty will lose half of the country! Although Wen Yanbo agrees with Zhao Ji's statement, history is a mirror, and the regimes in the south of Dingdu are all separatist regimes.

"Otherwise, the Great Song Dynasty can't just be the Great Song Dynasty in the north, the Huguang region must be developed, and the land must be changed to rule the southwest barbarians, and if the capital is not moved to Jiangning, it will not be able to gather strength. The Han and Tang Silk Roads were blocked by the Western Xia, and the Maritime Silk Road was to be developed, and it was even more important to move the capital to Jiangning. Zhao pointed to the route of the Maritime Silk Road.

"The shift of the economic center of gravity to the south is the general trend, and the population pressure in the north is too great, and the environmental degradation has led to the Yellow River bursting its banks year after year. Only by developing the south through a large number of immigrants and gradually opening up the maritime Silk Road could the Great Song Dynasty gather national strength. Seeing that Wen Yanbo didn't speak, Zhao Ji continued.

"What the Holy Lord said, Weichen understands, and all colleagues in the political hall also understand. But moving the capital is about more than that. Bianjing has been the capital for nearly 200 years, and there are too many interests involved. The impact of moving the capital is greater than the change of law. You have to think long-term. Wen Yanbo was not moved by Zhao Jizhi's words.

"Xiangguo is old and seeks the country, let's talk about moving the capital later!" Zhao Ji pondered for a while, nodded and said.

"Holy Master." Wen Yanbo arched his hand.

"Xiangguo, I won't look at these sparse performances. The government hall just decides. Well, please be seated. Zhao Ji sat down, looked at the music on the royal table and said. Seeing that Wen Yanbo was still standing, he hurriedly asked Wen Yanbo to sit down and speak.

According to the regulations of the political affairs hall, the emperor is in the court, and the decision-making power of the political affairs hall belongs to the emperor and the prime minister. Most of the time, Zhao Ji was not in the palace, and as soon as he came back this time, Wen Yanbo hurried over. There are some things that the emperor still has to decide.

"Thank you." Wen Yanbo sat down.

"Today, I still have to go to worship Ouyang Xiu, and Xiangguo can just make up his mind about the affairs of the political hall. How? But what's the difficulty? Zhao Ji saw that Wen Yanbo looked like he wanted to say it but didn't want to say it, and asked anxiously.

"The new law was rolled out too quickly, and there was no charter for the sale of monopoly minerals, so Wechen proposed to set up a commercial department under the Ministry of Households to be in charge of this matter. The affairs of the imperial court have to be done by the imperial court, and they cannot completely rely on the Shang Alliance. Wen Yanbo was very careful, because it was with the support of the Business Alliance that Zhao Yan could implement the law change, and Wen Yanbo did not want to be regarded by Zhao Ji as a person who sowed discord.

"Well, if it makes sense, it's done according to Xiangguo's intentions." Zhao Ji took the note on the establishment of the Department of Commerce handed over by Wen Yanbo, and without looking at it, he directly took the jade seal and knocked it down.

In the new law, it only mentions the measurement of land and property, and does not mention the annexation of land and property, which is tantamount to the acquiescence of the imperial court to land annexation. Wechen is afraid that in the process of measurement, it will be another large-scale land annexation. There are more and more customers of landless property, and if there is no arrangement, I am afraid that they will become thieves. Wechen suggested that their household registration be transferred to the Shang Alliance to facilitate the construction of various workshops and mines. Wen Yanbo saw that Zhao Ji had taken his suggestion and continued to admonish.

"This, okay." Zhao Ji said helplessly. Transferring the household registration to the merchant alliance is tantamount to selling the people as slaves in disguise. When the new law was launched, it was estimated that ordinary people would be reduced to serfs and slaves in large numbers. However, now Zhao Ji has no choice.

"Wechen knows the saint's worries. Although it is not possible to move the capital, the location of the Holy Lord is half of the capital. Shanghai Prefecture, compared to Jiangning, has a better location, which can be built as an important economic town, and can also drive the development of Huguang Tuntian when Shengshang is developing and seeking. The country is not stable without agriculture, there is no work and no strong, and there is no business and no wealth. The saint is prosperous in industry and commerce, and agriculture is the foundation. If the development flows, the lakes are wide, and the land production increases, a large number of people can be arranged. Wen Yanbo saw Zhao Ji's worries and said countermeasures.

The reason why Zhao Ji developed Huguang and Liuqiu was that he hoped to increase employment, and according to the principle of Jiaozi monetary rent, the people had the right to migrate. With more jobs, the people will not have to rely entirely on renting the landlord's land. In order to keep the people, the landlords and merchants either reduced the rent or increased the wages.

"Hmm. Sent a message to Cai Jing, the governor of Shanghai, asking him to recruit more landless homeless customers, and the salary must be high. Zhao Ji ordered. The clerk on the side kept recording the conversation between the two.

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