Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 296 Accompanying Capital Bianjing
Building bridges and paving roads has always been a great virtue of accumulating goodness, and the imperial court has not done such a thing for a long time.

Limited taxes, in addition to meeting military needs, in fact, the royal family also consumed a lot.

Emperor Xizong spent tens of thousands of guan in a polo match, and he needed good horses from the Western Regions, guards of honor, and rewards...

But now, the treasury is full, and His Majesty the Emperor can't use the money from the treasury.

As for the emperor's internal money?Zhang Chengye has a lot of money, with millions of guan, and millions of pieces of silk and cotton cloth. Converted into money, there are probably two to three million guan!
According to the ancestral system, the emperor and the nobles do not need to pay taxes, but when the emperor succeeded to the Great Reign, he clearly ordered the emperor and the common people to pay taxes together.

If it hadn't been for paying 500% ​​of the tax, there should be no less than [-] million yuan in the internal funds now!

Zhang Chengye can foresee that with the return of Jiangnan, the Tentacles of the Datang Weaving Bureau will extend to Jiangnan, where the sericulture industry is much stronger than that of Guanzhong, and the Datang Weaving Bureau will definitely grow into a giant. Wrestle with the treasury.

The reason why the Datang Weaving Bureau was able to smash the original textiles was all because of the new looms.

And His Majesty the Emperor has unprecedentedly allowed craftsmen to be named marquises, stimulating the master craftsmen who will be in charge to sleep and forget food and improve their craftsmanship, just to use this to glorify their ancestors.

In just three years, the loom has advanced to the fourth generation. With the application of the shuttle, the weaving pace is getting better and faster. From the very beginning, weaving one loom a day, now we are skilled Female workers can produce three bolts of cloth a day.

Your Majesty can always turn decay into magic!

Now that His Majesty the Emperor proposed a five-year plan, all the princes in the court looked at each other in blank dismay. They had never done such a thing before, and they didn't know where to start.

Li Ye said: "Each county reports plans to each prefecture, and each prefecture reports plans to each province. The imperial court must also have an overall plan. The plan should not be endless. It should closely follow the current situation. How much corvee can be dispatched by each province, state, and county should be done according to its ability. , not only a five-year vision, but also a plan within a year, and all plans need to be approved by the higher-level officials! Du Gong, can you supervise this matter?"

Du Rangneng said: "Your Majesty, I don't know if the edict will be sent to the towns in Hebei and Shandong?"

Li Ye looked at Shi Pu and said, "What does Shi County King think?"

Shi Pu said: "Your Majesty, the towns are also the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and you should respect your majesty's edict!"

Li Ye said with a smile: "The Duke of Shi County understands righteousness deeply, he is a role model for all the ministers, come here!"

"exist!"

"Reward a thousand pieces of cotton cloth!"

"Old Minister Shi Pu, thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"

"Everyone will give a hundred horses!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Ye said with a smile: "Your Majesty Shi can try this cotton cloth. This is a good breed from the Western Regions that I introduced. Using cotton cloth as clothes can keep you warm and fit your body well. It's so wonderful!"

Cotton planting no longer has to worry about seeds. Even if the entire Tang Dynasty can be planted with cotton, Henan and Huainan are more suitable for planting cotton. Even Hexi is now planted, and the warehouses in Chang'an are full.

The output of one mu of dry cotton is about two hundred catties, and one piece of cloth only needs ten catties of cotton, and two hundred catties of cotton can be woven into ten cotton cloths after processing. up.

The price that Li Ye bought cotton was [-] to [-] percent higher than the price of grain per mu of land. Even so, the price of two hundred catties of cotton was only a few hundred cents.

This price has attracted a large number of farmers to grow cotton, and cotton is much easier to serve than crops, and it is also drought-resistant.

The point of setting up the Datang Weaving Bureau in each town this time is to mainly promote cotton cloth, because the price of silk and silk cloth is much higher than that of cotton cloth.

His Majesty the Emperor is full of ambition...

Shi Pu stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister has something to report!"

"Please speak, King Shijun!"

"Your Majesty, what the old minister wants to say is that Your Majesty has been away from Shangdu for a long time. Bianliang is not the capital city, but it is also close to the towns in Hebei. It is not a long-term solution, the old minister invites His Majesty to return to the capital!"

Li Ye frowned slightly, paced back and forth, returning to Chang'an at this time?
Most of the elites of the Tang Dynasty were in Xuanwu, Huainan, and Jiangnan. How inconvenient it would be to return to Chang'an at this time!

But what Shi Pu said was right, the time away this time was long enough.

"What do you think, dear dear?"

Jing Xiang said: "I'm still thinking about it!"

Hearing what Jing Xiang said, Shi Pu felt a little dark, and after such a long time, as long as he was not a fool, he could tell that Jing Xiang was definitely the emperor's confidant.

And Jingxiang said he didn't think it through, what does that mean?Shi Pu immediately thought that His Majesty the Emperor did not want to leave Bianliang.

And why is this Bianliang so nostalgic for the emperor to abandon the beauties of the harem and live in the mansion of Xuanwu Jiedushi?
Your Majesty probably wants to plan Hebei and Shandong, so he doesn't want to leave Xuanwu.

Shi Pu shook his head slightly, although there were clues that could tell that His Majesty the Emperor's intention to cut down the feudal clan, he still didn't want to believe it, the hereditary and unreplaceable Jiedu Envoy position is quite touching!
"Where's Duke?"

Du Rangneng also understood why the emperor lived in Xuanwu for a long time?However, Jiangnan was initially decided, and it is really not possible to use troops in Hebei now. Maybe His Majesty will be less thoughtful when he returns to Chang'an. He has seen too many military disasters.

"Your Majesty, I think that the king of the time is right. Living in Bianliang for a long time is not a long-term solution. You should return to Chang'an!"

Li Ye frowned slightly after hearing this.

It's not impossible to go back to Chang'an, but what about the Xuanwu Army?Will the families of these soldiers be moved to Chang'an together?
The turmoil left and right is not good for the morale of the army. If the Xuanwu Army is left behind, His Majesty the Emperor will not be at ease!

His Majesty the Emperor shook his head, but still proposed it for the public to discuss.

"I want Bianliang to be Bianjing and the accompanying capital of the Tang Dynasty. What do you guys think?"

this!Du Rang Neng waited and looked at each other, but Jing Xiang's face remained unchanged. In fact, His Majesty the Emperor originally wanted to set up five capitals?

For a while, none of the princes spoke!
Li Ye looked at the crowd and said, "Since you don't have any objections, let's settle this matter like this!"

"Your Majesty!" Shi Pu hurriedly said.

Li Ye said: "What's the opinion of Shi Junwang!"

"Your Majesty, this is a big matter, think twice!"

Li Ye said: "Bianliang has convenient water and land transportation. Taxes from various places are not transported for thousands of miles like Chang'an. If it is an accompanying capital, and Guanzhong is in a disaster, it will be convenient to eat, and the people will not have to work hard. This is what I have thought about carefully!"

"This……"

Du Rangneng said: "Your Majesty, Bianliang City is small and there is no place to build palaces in the city. If it is demolished and rebuilt, it will also make the people lack of resources. It is not worth it!"

Li Ye said with a smile: "It doesn't have to be like this, the city wall palace does not need money from the household department, nor does it need to pay corvee, I can complete this with my internal funds..."

"This……"

Li Ye is going to build a new city, a new imperial city!
(End of this chapter)