Chapter 884: Further Centralization of the Emperor's Power

The problem of the emperor's lavish spending has not changed, His Majesty has a will to let the clan magnates be thrifty, and His Majesty will also lead by example, but in terms of state expenses, those accounts have begun to be confused again.

Zhang Yang handed the accounts into Cen Wenwen's hands and asked, "What have you been busy with in the DPRK recently?" ”

"The government and the tax, I heard that the tax in Longxi is not quite right, Your Majesty asked Ma Zhou to inquire."

Cen Wenwen spoke, and then asked, "What has Lishan been busy with lately?" ”

Zhang Yang said lightly: "Concentrate on production and construction, and have no time to take care of anything else." ”

"I see."

"Otherwise, what does Brother Wen think we are doing?"

The worries in Cen Wenwen's heart were all on his face, "Xiaguan has been dreaming recently, dreaming that Lishan has rebelled. ”

"You're really good at laughing."

"Xiaguan still believes in Lishan, and all production in Lishan is for the sake of Sheji."

When he said this, although his face was full of smiles, there was a little suspicion.

Zhang Yang said again: "Only when Datang is stronger, can Lishan be richer." ”

"Well, Xia Guan thinks so too."

Just as he was about to collect the accounts and leave, Cen Wenwen suddenly turned around and said: "The court found out that the tax payment of the Longyou Gate Valve was wrong, and Zhao Guogong submitted the resignation to His Majesty, and then Chu Suiliang also resigned. ”

Zhang Yang smiled stunned, "Really?" ”

Cen Wenwen replied: "Your Majesty still replied to the resignation of these two. ”

"Your Majesty is worried about state affairs, how can Zhao Guogong resign at this time."

"yes."

Seeing that Cen Wenwen was leaving, Zhang Yang asked, "Brother Wenwen, is there anything else you haven't said?" ”

After taking two steps forward, Cen Wenwen walked back and said, "Actually, I have always disliked Zhao Guogong's behavior, and the officials on the accounts will advise Your Majesty." ”

Zhang Yang couldn't help but nod.

In the past two years, Brother Wen didn't know where he had developed a strange problem.

Always finish in three or two sentences, and come back when you want to leave.

Watching him go away is a little lonely, and when he goes further, there should be nothing to add.

In fact, Cen Wenwen has no friends in the court, and perhaps his own marquis of Lishan County is his only friend.

The two of them can still talk to each other.

As a friend, Zhang Yang hoped that Cen Wenwen would be better off in the court, and it was best not to wonder if Lishan would rebel all day long.

The emperor's indiscriminate spending of money is also his own business.

Cen Wenwen just took the account book and asked about it, and he didn't intend to let Lishan interfere with the central government.

This behavior is mostly his personal thoughts, and if it is the emperor's intention, it will not just be a glance.

"Is Uncle Text gone?"

Xiao Qingqing walked quickly.

Zhang Yang took his daughter's hand and said in a low voice: "Your Uncle Wen has a lot of troubles. ”

"Well, there is a lot of distress in doing things for the emperor." Xiao Qingqing smiled and said: "How good and carefree our people are in Lishan. ”

"How did you learn from Aunt Red Whisk today?"

Hearing this, Xiao Qingqing's face fell, "I've learned chopping for another day, it's boring and tiring." ”

Zhang Yang patiently said: "There are many things in this world that are boring, if you can overcome these boring, your growth can bring you a huge sense of achievement, it depends on whether you can persevere." ”

"My daughter will insist, sooner or later she will blow up that Chang'an City."

"Won't you find a better ambition?"

"Accomplish this ambition first, and then my daughter will think about other ambitions."

"You're just as stubborn as your mother."

Li Yuan walked on crutches on the village road, recently he felt that his legs and feet were not very sharp, he looked up and saw the father and daughter going up the mountain and going home.

With a smile, Li Yuan looked at Ouyang Xun beside him and said in a low voice, "This life is very long. ”

Now Ouyang Xun is also on crutches, his beard is white, and he smiled: "Look at this family, do you feel emotional?" ”

Li Yuan couldn't help nodding, "In the past, there was no such scene in Erlang's family, and Erlang would never raise children like this." ”

Ouyang Xun looked at the north of the village, those villagers came out of the busy factory, sat down on the stone bench on the side, stroked their beards and said: "This Lishan is different every year, now Zhang Yang's family business is getting bigger and bigger, it is said that he plans to open branches in various parts of the Central Plains." ”

"Well, I've heard that kid say before that Qingqing that Lishan will have to take this step sooner or later."

Ouyang Xun put the crutches aside, with a smile on his face, "This world is already for these young people, is your old mausoleum ready?" ”

Li Yuan sighed and said, "Erlang hasn't told me this yet. ”

The swallow returned to Guanzhong and carried the new mud to the eaves.

Lishan is full of life, and the sound of birdsong is constant.

Xiao Qingqing followed her father back to the mountain, and she saw her younger brother playing seesaw with Xiong Er.

Xiong Er squatted at the other end of the seesaw, carefully sitting on that end.

Its claws rested on the seesaw, and every time it was raised, it pressed down with its paws.

In this way, be careful, Ann's side also went up.

A child and a bear have been going back and forth for a while.

Careful An sat on the seesaw, holding the book in his hand, feeling the rise and fall of the seesaw, while reading: "Gushan Temple is in the north of Jia Tingxi, and the water surface is flat and the clouds are low. ”

Suddenly stopped, he glanced at the scroll and continued: "A few early warblers compete for warm trees, and whose new swallows peck the spring mud." ”

The younger brother's reciting poem stumbled, and Xiao Qingqing sighed.

The language of reciting poetry is not Guanzhong, it is the language of one word and one sound, this language is very good, sonorous and powerful, and the words are clear.

This is one of the skills that only sisters and brothers can learn, in fact, Xiaohui and Xiaowu can also have some, but they already have a Guanzhong accent, and it will take time to correct it.

After learning pinyin, the speed of literacy has improved by leaps and bounds, and ordinary children are still recognizing words and learning to shout at the age when this child can read articles.

Of course, Ann reads in a different language.

Xiao Qingqing knew that her mother could also speak this language, but her mother rarely spoke in this language on weekdays.

It was also taught by my father himself.

My mother said that this was my father's hometown, and she didn't let the family talk in this language outside.

Zhang Yang draws drawings in the study, and the drawings show the casting process.

After calcination, the heads of the iron are then pressed out with heavy-duty die-cast stones.

In this way, the screw and nut are formed.

Casting can only be done step by step, and then the most critical thread is reached.

Your own lathe can complete some simple cutting work, but the fine thread has to be made in another way.

Zhang Yang drew a drum-like object and put a screw into the drum to make the threads.

This is the only way I can think of at the moment.

Li Yue came with tea, "Husband, the palace said if you can let your younger brothers and sisters stay in the palace for an extra month." ”

"It depends on their wishes."

Zhang Yang held the tea bowl.

Li Yue said again: "Is this drawing finished?" ”

"There are still many questions, and I still have to do some verification."

Another map is placed on the table, which is now the map of the Central Plains.

Now the Lishan industry is concentrated in Guanzhong, and Lantian County is mainly the breeding of chicken and duck pens, just by selling chicken and duck eggs, Lantian County's annual income is nearly 10,000 yuan.

There is always a demand for chicken, duck meat and poultry eggs, especially salted duck eggs, which can provide a supplement of salt and protein.

Lantian County's annual profits are divided into Lishan, with more than 3,000 yuan.

The rest are all income from the citizens of Lantian County.

Using the land of Lantian County to open a breeding industry, that is the industry of Lantian County.

In the Tang Dynasty, there are no such elaborate laws as in later generations.

Under the rough Tang folk style, if you want to open workshops in other townships and counties, you need the consent of your hometown and county.

Otherwise, the local villagers will dismantle your workshop, and it will be useless for you to go to the government to sue, and the government and county will have to see the faces of the villagers.

Lishan has allowed the people of Lantian County to participate in the breeding industry, because Lantian County has a unique planting industry.

can complement each other.

The county residents of Lantian County are studying how to make hens lay more eggs, such as singing and dancing, so that the chickens are in a better mood?

Today, most of the chickens, ducks and eggs in Chang'an City are from Lantian County, and the industry is getting bigger and bigger.

In terms of hygiene, Lishan has always been very strict.

Lantian County is a fief of the princess, and the princess can make rules.

Of the 10,000 yuan of profit, Lishan took 30% of it, and got a lot.

The nutrition of the human body also needs to be supplemented with oil, and Ding Liu's pig farm in the west of Lantian County is getting bigger and bigger, and now he raises not 10,000 pigs but 8,000 pigs.

It's just that Ding Yu's business Lishan doesn't interfere, it's his own business, except that the soy sauce is Lishan.

Among the 12 counties in Chang'an, several other counties that have cooperated with Lishan to set up workshops have to give Lishan 30% of the account every year.

Now Lishan can do nothing and get an income of about 50,000 yuan a year.

From this year onwards, Lishan will be able to concentrate on technology.

Lishan wants to build Guanzhong, and it has been practicing it all the time.

Li Yue's eyes looked at the circles drawn by her husband, which were arranged by Lishan's branches in various parts of the Central Plains.

Lishan is about to open a branch

Zhang Yang said: "Open our branch in Jiangnan, we must take this piece of land in the East China Sea, and hand it over to Xiaohui's younger brother Xu Qidan for arrangement, he is a very high-spirited child, give him some experience." ”

"Who is Liaodong's for whom?"

Li Yue recorded these.

"The branch of Liaodong was handed over to Wen Ting to arrange, he has been in Liaodong for many years and understands the situation in Liaodong."

Li Yue said in a low voice: "Gaochang's branch is still handed over to Gaochang people?" ”

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "Just use Gaochang people, No. 1 is in Gaochang, let him open a branch for Lishan, first, he is trustworthy, and second, he is Gaochang people, it is more appropriate than sending people over ourselves." ”

In the end, the couple's eyes fell on Nanzhao.

Zhang Yang pondered: "Duluo is a Nanzhao person, if he can be absolutely loyal to Lishan, then the Nanzhao people will also be loyal to us, so it is logical for Lishan to establish a branch in Nanzhao." ”

Li Yue said in a low voice: "Well, my husband has always liked to be logical. ”

"If the people of Nanzhao are not loyal enough to Lishan, even if we establish a branch in Nanzhao, it will be demolished sooner or later."

The husband and wife looked at each other and were quiet for a long time.

Li Yue said with a smile: "Give Duluo wealth and let him be a rich man in Nanzhao." ”

Zhang Yang shook his head and said: "Wealth is nothing, this is not enough, I can promise to return the position of King Nanzhao to the Nanzhao people in the future." ”

She snorted coldly: "Nanzhao is Lishan's family business, how can I return it to Nanzhao." ”

"Listen to me." Zhang Yang continued: "Sooner or later, Nanzhao will be the Tang Dynasty, and sooner or later it will be sold to your father, Lishan cannot establish himself as a king forever, who is your father, will he allow Lishan to be called the king of Nanzhao?" ”

"From my point of view, your father is now thinking about how to eat me alive."

Li Yue suddenly laughed, she leaned on her thin waist and chuckled: "Lishan can master wealth, can get the money of Nanzhao, but under the eyes of my father, he will be the king and hegemon, and sooner or later he will die." ”

"Yes." Zhang Yang waved his hands and said worriedly: "It's great that my daughter-in-law can understand me." ”

"I discussed with Xiaohui and Xiao Wu to sell it to my father at a good price."

"It's okay, you won't let Lishan lose money anyway."

"Dad, mother, brother is hungry." Xiao Qingqing stood in front of the door and whispered.

"Sister, I'm not hungry." Careful An blinked innocently.

"You're hungry, but you forgot." Xiao Qingqing glared at the stupid brother.

"Yes, the boy is hungry." Careful Settle softened and replied.

Li Yue said in a loud voice: "I don't know what my aunt prepared today, my mother will go and take a look." ”

Zhang Yang was sitting in the study, still thinking about the speed and power, when he heard the conversation between the sister and brother outside the house.

"Sister, are you hungry?"

"Aren't you hungry?"

"My brother has eaten pastries, and the pastries sent from the palace are delicious."

"I don't eat what is in the palace."

……

Listening to the conversation between the sisters and brothers, Zhang Yang fell into deep thought again, when the emperor wanted his daughter to become the queen's disciple, he learned that he was going to live in the palace.

She resisted, and now she resisted, and now she resisted the clothes and food sent by the palace.

The son's talent is very good, he is kind and innocent.

The daughter is a little stubborn and a little cunning.

In the spring of the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, the government and political machinery of the Tang Dynasty was busy, especially Pei Xingjian, who had only slept for two hours recently.

After being busy until late at night, I had to get up early and ask about the situation in each county in person.

The emperor began to get involved in workshop production, which was a one-and-done affair for the court, and as long as the production license was granted, the workshop had to provide taxes to the court.

Workshops that do not have a production permit from the local county government will be demolished.

By May, the workshops in Guanzhong were basically restructured.

The emperor easily grasped the source of production and completed the court's further control over the merchants.

This was Li Tangjiangshan's further centralization of power in the Central Plains, and when the emperor tasted the sweetness, this strategy began to be implemented throughout the Central Plains.

In the future, the Tang Dynasty grasped the source of production, and the economic flow of the Central Plains began to appear in the form of taxes.

At the same time, there are concerns that the centralised nature of the regime will bring production in Guanzhong into a state of solidification.

When this strategy was put into effect, it was Lishan that benefited first.

As long as it is a workshop that cooperates with Lishan, the local county will provide convenience for them.

As for the reason? Without him, Lishan's production has always been at the forefront level, and the townships and counties that cooperate with Lishan are rich.