Great fusion of heaven and earth

Chapter 795: The Rule of Zhenguan
Zhuo Qun led the people to walk in the Daming Palace in a different space by means of spatial jumps.

The 3.2 square kilometers Daming Palace can be said to be the largest palace that Zhuo Qun has seen over the years.

But it seems that something is wrong, Zhuo Qun looked at the projection in his hand, and was a little puzzled, why the size of this palace is only 2.9 square kilometers?
Then he saw the main hall of the Chao District, whose name was Daxing Hall.

This made the corners of Zhuo Qun's mouth twitch, he was so ashamed when it was over, he actually forgot that at this time the imperial palace of the Tang Dynasty was the Daxing Palace, and the Daming Palace was from the time of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, and the Daming Palace was originally a summer palace. In the middle age of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, suffering from wind arthralgia and afraid of humidity, he moved to the cool and dry Daming Palace and greatly expanded it to make it a place for daily ruling and living.

And the official palace city identified by Datang is Daxing Palace, which was later Taiji Palace. This is a bit embarrassing, it is really common sense.

When everyone mentioned the imperial palace of the Tang Dynasty, they all took it for granted that it was the Daming Palace, but they didn't know that the emperors of the Tang Dynasty had three imperial palaces.

Taiji Palace, the earliest official palace, Daming Palace during Tang Gaozong Li Zhi's reign, and Xingqing Palace during Tang Xuanzong's reign, these three palaces are all self-contained.

And Xuanwumen is the north gate of Taiji Palace, Zhuo Qun took a deep breath, and led everyone towards Ganlu Palace expressionlessly, the others glanced at each other without saying anything, they all saw the forehead of Daxing Palace The words on it, and the projection also shows that Daxing Palace is the main hall of Daxing Palace, and the words that Daxing Palace is one of the three major palace groups in Chang'an also appeared next to it, which everyone can see very clearly.

"Mr. Zhuo, you seem to have some disdain for Li Shimin. Why is that? Isn't Li Shimin a model of a wise king through the ages?"

Deng Zhenhua looked at Zhuo Qun, who had a strange expression on his face, and asked a question.

"The model of the Mingjun through the ages? Whose Mingjun? It's just a fake Mingjun. If you read Datang Entrepreneurship Daily Notes, this is a history book that records 357 days of historical events from the end of the Sui Dynasty to Li Yuan's rebellion until he occupied Chang'an and officially became the Emperor of Tang. , and then look at the old and new Tang books, you will find that the things in them are very different, even to the point of being completely different."

Zhuo Qun shook his head, "The founding monarch Li Yuan was actually pushed forward by Li Shimin in everything. It's impossible to think about it with toes, but in "Records of Gaozu", Gaozu asked Li Shimin about everything. If Li Shimin didn't speak, Li Yuan would Don’t do anything, the army will kill all the people in front of you without Li Shimin, can you believe that?”

At this time, Zhuo Qun became more interested.

"Also, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty was actually not as good as that of Emperor Sui Yang. Even the Xuanzong period at the peak of the Tang Dynasty was not as good as that of Emperor Sui Yang."

Then Zhuo Qun talked about the behind-the-scenes truth of the famous Zhenguan Reign.

When Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty first ascended the throne, the national population was 400 million. When Emperor Yang of Sui ascended the throne, it had reached 890 million households. Based on a household with 6 members, the national population was no less than 5000 million. This figure was not reached until Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.In the ninth year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty, 1944 million hectares of land had been cultivated, and in the middle of the great cause, 5585 million hectares of land had been cultivated.But Tang Tianbao only cultivated 14 million hectares of land in 1430 years.When Emperor Sui Yang ascended the throne, there were 890 million households, while Tang Taizong only had 380 million households until his death. The gap in national strength can be imagined.

During the Sui Dynasty, the government built many granaries in various places, among which the famous Xingluo warehouse, Huiluo warehouse, Changping warehouse, Liyang warehouse, Guangtong warehouse and so on.The stored grain is more than a million stones.In the 11th year of Zhenguan, Ma Zhou, the supervisory censor, said to Tang Taizong Li Shimin: "The Sui family stored Luokou, and Li Mi did it because of it; the Xijing government treasury is also used by the state, and it has not been used up to now." The Sui Dynasty has perished for 20 years. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty had been dead for 33 years, but the food and cloth at that time had not been used up.

Not only is it not used up at this time, you must know that in Luoyang in 1969, everyone discovered the ruins of Hanjiacang, the granary of the Sui Dynasty.The site covers an area of ​​more than 45 square meters, with 259 grain cellars protruding from it.One of the grain cellars still has 50 catties of carbonized millet.This shows the prosperity and prosperity of the Sui Dynasty.

Calculated based on the fact that a grain cellar contains 50 catties of millet, 50*259=12450, that is, more than 1 million catties of grain, and there were eight such granaries in the Sui Dynasty.

When Tang Gaozong Li Zhi arrived, one day Li Zhi suddenly had a whim and asked the Minister of the Ministry of Households to fulfill his duties: How much did the country's population increase last year?
Gao Xing replied: Last year's population growth was the same as in previous years, or 15 households.

Li Zhi asked again: Then, what is the population of our country now?
Gao Xun said: 380 million households.

Li Zhi calculated: Well, there are now 380 million households. The Zhenguan rule lasted for 23 years, and the population increased by 15 households every year. The population increase in 23 years is 360 million households... that's not right.Could it be that when the reign of Zhenguan just started, the total population was only 20 households?
Gao Xun said: Anyway, it's not much different.

Li Zhi came to his senses: How many people were there during the Kaihuang period of the Great Sui Dynasty?
Gao fulfilled the answer: the total number of households at that time was 870 million.

Li Zhi was shocked: Are you saying that when the Sui and Tang dynasties changed, the entire population of the country was almost wiped out?
Li Zhi pondered for a long time, and then asked: How much grain was produced when the Sui Kaihuang was established?
Gao Xun said: The grain at that time was enough to feed 870 million households for 50 years.

In other words, the rule of Zhenguan was to take less than one-tenth of the population and eat enough food for 50 years. In this case, even Sima Zhong could become a model of the Mingjun through the ages.

Don't think this is fake, you should know that this dialogue was recorded in "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" in a grand manner.So Li Shimin's Mingjun is in quotation marks.

After hearing these things, everyone has questions, how did Li Shimin's Mingjun come about, and why do they think that anyone can rule in Zhenguan?
After hearing this, Zhuo Qun nodded his head, the rule of Zhenguan really can be done by anyone.

Moreover, there will be no Weishui alliance after going up. You must know that most of the troops guarding the border are the prince's people, such as Luo Yi, not only him, but also Jiangxia County King Li Daozong and Li Xiaogong, and people like Xue Wanche and Li Shimin He dared not use any of them, but when he discussed the art of war with Li Jing, he once said: "The only generals today are Li Ji, Daozong, and Xue Wanche. Ji and Daozong will not win or lose if they use troops; To win is to lose."

In other words, he also admitted that Li Daozong and Xue Wanche were famous generals in the world. Unfortunately, these people were abandoned by him after the Xuanwu Gate. He really didn't dare to use them. , so that the commanders from all over the country were separated from him, and then the Weishui Alliance appeared.

It can be said that Li Shimin was the starting point of the tragedy of the Tang Dynasty, and his seizure of the throne set an example for future generations.

(End of this chapter)