In Chang'an City, Ye Chang's Prime Minister's Mansion is also the Weiwang Mansion, and compared to his identity, the furnishings inside are even simple.

This has always been a matter that has puzzled the officials of the DPRK and China, Ye Chang keeps saying that he likes luxury, and is interested in all new things, and never stingy to spend money on what some people call "strange tricks". But on the other hand, Ye Chang's own life is extremely simple, for example, Li Longji is delicious and fun, there are dozens or hundreds of dishes on a table, but Ye Chang depends on how many people have vegetables, roughly speaking, if the minister is left to eat, it must be a few people and a few dishes, and then add a soup for every four people. Li Longji raised the children of the pear garden, and the cockfighting lackeys could enter the palace with grandeur, but Ye Chang directly assigned the pear garden to the Ministry of Rites, although he still allocated funds to raise them, but he required them to tour all over the country for three months a year, especially to tour the border towns and the army, as for Ye Chang himself, if it was not a festival, it would be rare to see the performance of the Liyuan talents once a month.

Ye Chang is not decentralized, many times, Wei Jiansu can decide things, Ye Chang just marked "hand it over to someone to handle" after reading it. Compared with the diligent emperor and prime minister, Ye Chang is a little slack. But when it comes to reform, Ye Chang is bound to be very meticulous. In his own words, there are old precedents for all major events in the past, and the prime minister has a department, and it is enough to follow the old precedents, and if the old precedents cannot be followed, the cabinet will prevail. If we are not careful, we will not be afraid that its drawbacks will harm the people, and when we find out, not only will the loss be irreparable, but also the name of innovation will be ruined.

Therefore, ordinary daily things will not be brought to Ye Chang, but today's matter, Wei Jiansu was a little embarrassed, and felt that he couldn't make up his mind, so he still took advantage of the two of them to discuss the business and presented it to Ye Chang.

This is also a small means for him to get closer to the relationship between the two, Ye Chang understood what he meant, but as time went by, he found that Wei Jiansu was still quite capable, and the most important thing was that he was willing to actively cooperate with Ye Chang to innovate.

A secondary phase with faults on its back is much easier to control than a flawless secondary phase.

"This big cannibal, claiming to be a great food scholar, intends to enter the Guozijian to study, he initially went directly to the Guozijian, and after being rejected, he found Honglu Temple, and after being rejected, he came to the Ministry of Rites, but was still refused, so he came to find the lower official. Xia Guan didn't want to pay attention to it, but he thought about the big cannibals occupying Guangzhou last year. Sooner or later, His Royal Highness will find it from the Great Cannibal, so I think about whether to bury a few idle hands first, for example, to cultivate a group of pro-Chinese people among the Great Cannibals? Wei Jiansu said to Ye Chang seriously.

Ye Chang was already a little happy, and this guy had already reached a certain level of thinking.

After a long while, he hesitated: "This matter can be discussed by the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, don't you ...... Guozijian can recruit him, but he can't be allowed to enter the Shixue Hall, and he is only allowed to study Confucian classics. In addition, he must be made to swear an oath to renounce his belief in evil gods, which is a prerequisite and must not be compromised, and the Great Food and the Persians will be disposed of in the future. ”

"King Kim Heon-young of Silla entered the court, and now he has been staying in Chang'an for a month, and he has repeatedly submitted to the table, please see His Highness, and please make Silla students enter the national prison, is this matter also according to the example of the great cannibalism?"

Last year, Gao Shih and others drew up a punitive battle plan for Silla, which was implemented in March this year, in fact, the battle was much smoother than imagined, and the Lushun Navy mobilized 15 large warships, of which only three ships with modified artillery were used, a total of 3,500 navies, and in an attempted attack, they relied on the powerful deterrent power of artillery to capture the capital of Silla, Jilin, and the army of Liaodong Town, which was originally preparing to go to the army, had just boarded the ship.

After all, it was a weapon that transcended an era, and the Silla people did not understand what was going on at first, but when the walls they thought were very strong were bombarded by naval artillery, they realized that the previous tactics of relying on the terrain and fortified cities to hold on and wait for the Central Plains to have problems before counterattacking could no longer be repeated.

The compensation of 3 million guan is guaranteed by customs tax and is repaid in installments of six years, 800,000 guan in the first year, and only the currency of the Central Plains is collected, and the evil money of the Silla people is not collected. In this process, Silla had to sell its property to the Tang Dynasty at a low price in exchange for Central Plains currency, and then use the Central Plains currency as an indemnity, of course, they could also directly use the property to compensate for the compensation, but the price of the property was determined according to the local price of Silla, which greatly underestimated its actual value.

In any case, according to the secret report of the fifth qi of the Tobu, the actual compensation of the Silla people is likely to be as high as more than 5 million kan.

Silk silk is not collected.

The first indemnity of 800,000 yuan has already been received in the account, and a few days ago, the household department and the military department quarreled over how to use the 300,000 yuan, and the rest of the departments watched coldly.

"Jin Xianying wants to see me, what's the matter, I can't make up enough money, and I want to ask for a favor?" Ye Chang smiled: "That's it, the day after tomorrow, you can talk to Dugu Ming, arrange a position for Jin Xianying, and compare it to the treatment of the county king." ”

"The day after tomorrow, the lower officials are also looking forward to it!" Hearing Ye Chang mention the matter of watching the ceremony, Wei Jiansu smiled and joked: "The things that can make King Wei pay so much attention to it, I can't see it a few times in my life." ”

"It's not necessarily, I'll try to let you see you again every few years in the future." Ye Chang Ha Ha Da smiled: "But what I saw this time is indeed extremely critical, it can be said that with this thing, a continental country like ours will no longer have to worry about civil strife." ”

"Is it magical?"

"Naturally, those who are in power still need to talk about the law and cultivate morality, and they must not be brutal and greedy, otherwise the officials will force the people to rebel, and the people will have to rebel." Ye Chang said leisurely: "You wait and see, wait for that day, you will be surprised!" ”

On October 12, the second year of Qianyuan, early in the morning, Ye Chang appeared outside the palace with Shou'an.

The palace they determined was Xingqing Palace, and the part that was destroyed by the fire was slightly repaired, and the entire usable area was less than half of Li Longji's heyday, but it was enough for Ye Chang, who did not have countless palace maids, eunuchs and beauties in the back garden. In the southwest corner of Xingqing Palace, there is a three-entry courtyard, which is regarded as the Weiwang Mansion, where Ye Chang meets some characters who are not suitable to be brought into the palace. And the southeast corner, close to the Chunming Gate, is separated by a large area, is now the location of the Tang Dynasty Center, from the Prime Minister Ye Changci Xiang Wei Jiansu, to the rest of the civil and military officials, the daily office will gather here, someone once joked, if there is an Lushan, as long as the attack on this place, you can take down all the officials.

Of course, the person who made this joke was soon rushed to the place from his position by Wei Jiansu in the name of "light and thin floating waves", which made him regret it.

"You really value this, and you even invited me to come." Shou An took Ye Chang's hand, turned his face back with a smile, and said to him softly.

Their two sons and one daughter are all around, the eldest son is led by Ye Chang, and the younger daughter and younger son are held in the arms of the nurse, in Shou'an's womb, there is also their fourth child, but it is only four months now, although it is slightly pregnant, but it does not affect Shou'an's ordinary itinerary.

"This is probably one of the biggest changes I've made to Datang, and I'd be very sorry if you weren't there." Ye Chang gently squeezed Shou An's hand.

The relationship between the two is very good, although Shou An also knows that Ye Chang is not a cat that does not steal fishy, but at least nominally, Ye Chang only has her wife. This is true both before and after Shou'an's accession to the throne.

"Very solemnly...... Wealth does not return to the hometown, such as brocade night walking, you have done a big thing and don't show off in front of your wife and children, such as brocade night walking, right? ”

"Yes, I want you to know what the future holds......"

While they were talking, the carriage had already passed through the Chunming Gate and arrived at the rutted rail station outside the Chunming Gate. The iron rutted track extends to the east, this is the railroad track that was replaced after Shou'an ascended the throne last year, until Lishan Station, a total of more than 60 miles, a lot of steel was consumed, if it were not for the iron price of Datang now, I am afraid that many people will take risks to steal this railroad.

However, even if the railroad tracks are stolen, it is difficult to make a move, and on each section of the rails, there is an inscription on it, which reads "The thief used in the official road of the country is not guilty of the same crime", even if the thief steals, he must find a blacksmith to melt it before he can use it, and the blacksmith will not dare to melt it easily when he sees the words on it.

This is also one of the accusations that some people attack Ye Chang's arrogance, but what makes these people lose face is that Ye Chang uses steel to build roads, but he doesn't see a shortage of steel on the market, but there are more and more cheap iron products of all kinds. It's okay to say that Ye Chang is arrogant, but to say that his arrogance harms the people, it is too unconscionable.

"That's ...... What you want me to see, you say it's a train driven by fire? Shou An looked at a behemoth parked at the station and asked with a little surprise.

"It's the train!" Ye Chang said: "Zhang Xiu refused the post of secretary of the Ministry of Education for this, and it took fifteen years before and after, and the money invested in it was less than a million, and this is the tool that was created!" ”

From Ye Chang's guidance to Zhang Xiu to develop the steam engine, to the completion of this locomotive, it did take fifteen years. In fact, it is not difficult to make a steam engine, mathematicians in ancient Greece created a prototype of the original steam engine, but at that time it could only be used as a toy. The real difficulty is to improve the efficiency of the steam engine, which was improved by Watt in the original history to improve the efficiency of the steam engine that had been used for 100 years to pump water from coal mines.

And Ye Chang's skills for improving the old steam engine are simply at his fingertips: separate condensers, planetary gears, thermal insulation layers outside the cylinder, grease lubricated pistons...... Wait a minute. After controlling Liaodong and having a stable territory and a large amount of income, Ye Chang even recruited skilled craftsmen, including clever craftsmen from Li Longji, gathered hundreds of people, broke down all the crafts, and Zhang Xiu coordinated them to study them with all their might.

Rao still had many problems in the process of studying, from the process to the materials to the concept, so although ten years ago, the barely usable steam engine already existed, but it was only a little more than a year before it was able to become a power plant, driving machines and trains.

"Your Majesty, King Wei!"

Ye Chang didn't have time to explain anything to Shou Anduo, and at this time, Wei Jiansu and others came to greet them.

"The king of the guard said to me that this thing is a sharp weapon that changes the general trend of the world, and its effectiveness is even higher than that of artillery, which is not more powerful than a strong army, and this thing is a strong country...... Ladies and gentlemen, today we will see what His Highness said is enough to strengthen a country's weapon! ”

Wei Jiansu's voice was very loud, and the ministers responded one after another, not only they heard it, but even Kim Heon-young, the king of Silla, who was standing a little farther away, heard it.

When he heard Wei Jiansu compare the big iron goods in front of him with artillery, Jin Xianying's eyes were a little straight.

He had seen the power of the Tang artillery with his own eyes, and if it weren't for that, how could he have personally come to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty - not so much that he had come for the Hajj, but that he had come to be a hostage. Kim Hyun-young knows very well that if Silla is not obedient enough, then he will not want to return to Jilin in his life.

But to be honest, after staying in Chang'an for a while, he didn't really want Jilin, compared to the ignorant and backward Jilin, Chang'an's life was too convenient, and he even felt that it was better to be a rich merchant in Chang'an as the king of Silla in Jilin.

Stronger than artillery...... For Silla, it is not good news, if the Tang Dynasty is desperate for military force, then it can still expect its self-collapse, but if it is said that Wen Xiuwu is holding his hands together, then a small country like Silla will be out of breath.

After all, it's too close to Datang.

After some excitement, Ye Chang and Shou An boarded the train with important ministers, and with them some clan relatives and foreign envoys.

Jin Xianying was mixed in with the foreign envoys, and the Tang Honglu Temple originally arranged for him to be the first to board the car, but before he could take a step, someone jumped out.

"Why is he the first, my Japan is a big country in the east of the sea, as a prince, above him the king of Silla County, I should be the first!"

Competing with Jin Xianying was a Japanese envoy who claimed to be the prince of Japan, but in fact he was only Fujiwara Shinkachi, the son of the Japanese ruling Fujiwara Nakamaro.

Seeing this guy's triumphant appearance, Jin Xianying sneered.

He knew that the Tang Dynasty did not want to stop at Silla, at least among the people, encouraged by the news of the defeat of Silla, a group of businessmen were already clamoring to open the door of Japan as well. Japan also learned of the defeat of Silla, and Fujiwara Nakamaro was preparing to build 500 warships, and also wanted to get a piece of the Silla pie.

In Jin Xianying's view, Japan's behavior is to grab food in the bowl of the Tang Dynasty, whether it is Li Longji before or Her Majesty the current Empress Shou'an, this kind of behavior will not be tolerated!

Now this Fujiwara Shinkachi has jumped out, which is a kind of temptation to see which is more important in the eyes of the new ruling of the Tang Dynasty, Japan and Silla.

Wait and see, Silla is a dog, and it is also a dog of the Tang Dynasty, how can you be bullied. Kim Hyun-young thought to herself.