Chapter 54: New Changes in the Tang Dynasty
Since the opening of supermarkets in various markets in Chang'an City, the bustling and lively markets have risen in a straight line.
The best feature of this supermarket is that you can look at all kinds of goods at will, regardless of the time, you can spend no money, you can go shopping for as long as you want, this feeling is like being the owner of the market, a novelty like wandering in your own backyard.
What everyone didn't expect was the establishment of this supermarket, like a storm that swept Chang'an, those retail investors who sold groceries in the east and west markets now like to go to the supermarkets in various shops to sell, because there are not only many customers to sell things there, but also do not bargain, which directly disrupts the more ancient and immutable theorem of 'buying and selling things' that has not changed in Chang'an for decades.
On the one hand, the establishment of supermarkets has brought great convenience to the people in various places, but on the other hand, it has also brought extremely huge challenges to the security of Chang'an.
The prosperity of the supermarket has not only increased the floating population of Fang City, but also because its business hours have been until the end of the day, the net drum bell of Chang'an has been ringing for a long time, and Jinwu, Wuhou and Chengguan have begun to patrol the streets.
During this time, the city management and the martial arts frequently caught the unlucky people who were on the street late at night, if these people had no identity, they would be caught in prison, beaten and paid some money.
But the key is that none of the people caught during this period of time are easy to mess with, Cheng Biting Jin's eldest son Cheng Chumo, eldest grandson Wuji's eldest son Changsun Chong, Yu Chi Gong's eldest son Yu Chi Baolin, and the two sons of the second Li family, Li Chongyi and Li Dejian. There are also a bunch of nobles in Chang'an, including Hou Junji and Zhang Liang, two members of the court, which can't help but make Chang He, the captain of Jinwuwei in Chang'an City, have an unusual headache, and he didn't dare to arrest people, so he had to put these people back, and handed over the matter of these people's violation of the curfew directly, showing that he was powerless
"It's really infuriating." Li Er frowned and complained to the eldest grandson empress who came out of the Lizheng Hall to greet him.
Gently helping Li Er take off his court clothes, Empress Changsun smiled and said, "Your Majesty, why is it angry?" ”
"Guanyin doesn't know anything." Li Er was a little depressed and said: "I shouldn't have agreed to Xu Yang's kid's request to allow him to open a supermarket, but now there are a lot of people on the street in Chang'an at night, and they have violated the curfew, and they have all been caught by Jinwu." ”
Empress Changsun originally thought it was a big deal, but she didn't expect it to be a small matter.
"Isn't it just a curfew violation, and I guess it won't be next time." Empress Eldest Sun comforted.
Li Er showed a helpless expression, "The key is that these people who violate the curfew are either the members of the court or the sons of nobles. ”
"Oh?" Hearing that they were all nobles, Empress Eldest Sun showed a curious expression. "Who are they?"
Li Er said a little impatiently: "It's not Xu Yang's kid's friends yet." Cheng Chumo of the Zhijie family, Sun Chong of the Wuji family, Yu Chi Baolin of the Wei Chi family, and the two young masters of the second Li family, Li Chongyi and Li Dejian. There are also a bunch of nobles in Chang'an, including Hou Junji and Zhang Liang, two members of the court. ”
Empress Changsun smiled, it was the first time that so many important ministers had violated the law together.
"Do you know why they are violating the curfew?" Empress Eldest Sun said in a comforting tone.
It's okay not to ask, but when Li Er asked, he was even more angry, and snorted: "I sent someone to investigate, but it turned out that it was only because these people were too excited to watch the trading and juggling on the street in Kanglongfang, so they forgot the time." ”
The eldest grandson was not surprised, but just sneered and said, "Your Majesty, do you remember that after Xu Yang returned from overseas, he asked for instructions to cancel the curfew?" ”
Li Er showed a thoughtful look and muttered: "I remembered, at that time, Guigu Xu Yang asked me to abolish the curfew, so as to speed up the circulation of goods in the Tang Dynasty and enrich the lives of the people. ”
Empress Eldest Sun chuckled and said, "I'm afraid this is the 'curve' path that the disciples of Guigu have taken. ”
When Li Er heard this, he patted his thigh, "This kid actually fooled me into applause, and I will go to court another day, and I will definitely talk to him well." ”
Looking at Li Er's gritted teeth, the smile on the corner of Empress Eldest Sun's mouth became even stronger, "Your Majesty, the concubine thinks that since you went to the academy to play football a few times, your whole person has become more cheerful. ”
When Li Er heard this, he nodded undeniably, "I also feel that my health has improved recently, I used to be unable to sleep at night, but now after playing football, I sleep soundly every day." ”
"Your Majesty, the concubine has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not." Empress Eldest Sun's face suddenly became a little formal, and she said sternly.
Li Er glanced at the eldest grandson, and said with a straight face: "Concubine Ai, please speak." ”
"The concubine thinks that everything Xu Yang has done in this ghost valley is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and now that he insists on canceling the curfew, the concubine thinks, why not give him a chance to see what kind of changes will occur in my Datang once this curfew is lifted." Empress Eldest Sun's eyes shone with a touching light.
Staring at Empress Changsun's eyes, Li Er also fell into deep thought
The rain and dew in front of the calyx building are new, and the people in Chang'an City are peaceful. The dragon ranks the fire tree with a thousand lights, and the chicken steps on the lotus long live the spring.
The third and fifth opera spring stage of the imperial palace, the rain and wind are not jealous. The lantern wheel of the Western Regions is combined, and the Donghua Jinque is reopened.
In July, the prosperous Chang'an was still silent because of the slight change in the weather, and such a thousand-year-old city was destined to be the most glorious witness of the empire in every corner.
Today's imperial city is already full of passers-by, and from time to time there are still people squeezing inside.
On the notice list of the Imperial City, a large headline attracted many scholars, and they also commented on it below.
"Brother Mo, what do you mean by the lifting of the curfew for half a month on the emperor's list?" A student serving by the students of Guozijian fanned a folding fan in his hand and pointed to the emperor and asked.
Another young man, who was also wearing a student uniform of the Guozijian, stared at the imperial list for a while before saying, "I heard that it was because several senior officials of the court and the central government did not return to the mansion in time after the curfew yesterday and were caught by Jin Wu who was patrolling the night, so His Majesty came up with this method, right?" ”
The young man with a folding fan nodded and said, "This is reasonable, but let's go find a teahouse and listen to how Mr. Storyteller explains this newspaper, right?" ”
"Good."
Looking at the two distant students, a young man in a long shirt standing far away from the crowd looked at their distant backs with indifferent eyes.
"Childe, Guozijian is really not ashamed, the school uniform is obviously the first of our Nanshan Academy, and they actually copied it in a high-sounding manner." A young man in a cloth coat who looked like a scholar stood beside the young man and said indignantly.
"Forty-nine, don't say that, Guozijian is called the introduction of the head of his family, Mr. Guigu once said, 'Teachers have long skills to control people', although this is a bit biased, but Guozijian is now in competition with my Nanshan Academy." Niu Shizan said with a relaxed face.
"Childe, the emperor list here is talking about the lifting of the curfew, and there is another emperor list over there." The scholar pointed to another notice board surrounded by onlookers in the distance.
"Let's go, let's see." Niu Shizan came today as a newspaper reporter to see what kind of imperial list was posted by the imperial court
Li Er wanted to plant potatoes in the most abundant land in the east of Chang'an City, which also happened to be the boundary of Lantian County. This news almost didn't make the county magistrate of Lantian County go crazy with excitement, and this news was posted by the emperor list, and the county magistrate of Lantian County suddenly felt that it was the virtue of the ancestors who had accumulated eight generations to win this honor.
Li Er planted the first potato plant in the land of Lantian County in July of the second year of Zhenguan, which was also the first time that overseas crops were transplanted out of the palace.
The historian at that time recorded in the "Records of the Tang Dynasty": "In the second year of Zhenguan, the eighth day of July. The emperor came to Lantian and planted an overseas potato, announcing that this crop was planted more in Lantian, which was the first transplant and the beginning of the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty. ’R1152