The relocation of the capital was a major event, and it had been discussed before when the emperor was in power, and at that time, he was strongly opposed to it today. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But now, the emperor handed Li Chao's recital to the prime ministers for discussion, but he had the intention of reconsidering moving the capital again.

The Hall of Politics.

"Li Chao began to toss again."

"He was the one who said last time that he couldn't move the capital, and this time he said that he was going to move the capital."

"Anyway, Li Chao's mouth, no matter what he says, it makes sense."

"Move the capital, don't talk about anything else, do you have money?"

"Who knows, I'd like to see what he says."

"Well, yes, let's take a look first, maybe Li Chao really has a basis for what he said."

"Ah, it's written quite long, this two, three, four, five, one after another, the benefits of moving the capital are all clearly written, and the reasons why Chang'an is not suitable for being the capital are also clearly written. This piece is very Li Chao's style. If the officials of Shangshu Province could write such a concise and clear report, it would be worry-free. ”

Xiao Yu glanced at the music and couldn't help but admire sincerely. Regardless of the content, first of all, the way this piece is written is very good.

"Yes, Zhang Chao's words can always move people's hearts."

In the political affairs hall, the prime ministers were holding a copy of Zhang Chao's chapter, and they were all there to read and discuss.

At first, everyone was quite relaxed.

Moving the capital? Is that easy to move?

But looking at it, the atmosphere is different.

Li Chao wrote in detail that this Chang'an City is no longer in line with the status of the capital of the Tang Empire, it is too biased, too small, and too backward.

"It makes a lot of sense."

"Well, Li Chao opposed the relocation of the capital before, saying that it was because of the current enemy and the wrong time for the imperial court to move the capital, not that the capital should not be moved. Now that Tuyuhun and the Turks have been pacified, and the imperial court has recovered Shuofang, the situation is now stable. The imperial court has no external worries and no internal troubles, and it is no problem to move the capital at this time. ”

"The capital should also be moved to Luoyang, why do you want to choose a Xiangdeng?" Coats said.

"Luoyang has been war-torn for a long time and is dilapidated. Second, when it comes to the situation of geographical defense, it is not as good as Xiangdeng. ”

The advantage of Luoyang is that it is close to the Yellow River, and after Yang Guang built the new capital Luoyang, he dug the canal, so that Luoyang is just near the midpoint of the north-south canal, and there are advantages of water transportation in the Yellow River, so that Luoyang does have good conditions.

But since the end of the Sui Dynasty, Luoyang has been fighting and has been completely broken.

Luoyang, the new capital built more than ten years ago, was demolished as early as after it was broken by the Tang Dynasty. Now that I think about it, it's actually a bit of a pity.

If Luoyang Palace City hadn't been demolished at the beginning, it would have been ready-made.

Of course, Luoyang's defense and security situation is not as good as Chang'an. Chang'an is known as the four stops in the Guanzhong, living in a corner, the safety performance is higher than Luoyang, the place of the four battles in Luoyang, although there are also eight passes, but in general it is far inferior to Chang'an.

This is also the reason why when the emperor was the emperor, he chose Xiangdeng instead of Luoyang as the new capital.

The security situation in Xiangdeng is second only to Chang'an, but it is much higher than that of Luoyang. Moreover, the area around Xiangdeng is actually a large basin, and there is the Han River passing through, the Yellow River in the north and the Yangtze River in the south, and the Huai River in the east, and the defense and transshipment are far beyond Chang'an. Moreover, the new capital was moved to Xiangdeng and the capital moved eastward, which was in the center of the world, which was conducive to the management of this huge empire, especially the strengthening of the management of the east.

"To build a new capital between Xiangyang and Dengzhou, the biggest problem is the cost of construction."

Chang'an could no longer adapt to the Tang Empire and could not bear the burden of the political and economic center of the empire, while Luoyang was dilapidated and the security situation was not very good.

The location between Xiangyang and Deng is not good, there is also the convenience of water and land transshipment transportation, and the security situation is also good, but the problem is also there, there is no big city between Xiangyang and Deng that can be used as the capital, it is impossible to choose Xiangyang or Dengzhou, and it has to be selected in the center of the basin, so it is necessary to build a new capital from scratch on the plain.

The palace city, the imperial city, and the outer city, but all of them had to be newly built.

Today's Chang'an City was built during the Sui Dynasty, and it was built for several years, and it cost a lot of money. During Yang Wen's time, the construction of the Eastern Capital also cost a lot of money.

Now the foundation of Datang is to build a new capital, which is not a small cost.

"Li Chao didn't say where the money for the construction of the new capital came from?"

"Next year will be to change the concept of Yuan Zhen, Datang is not rich, at this time the land is prosperous, and the people are served, which is not a good thing."

"You can't toss blindly, Yang Guang was blindly tossed back then."

The prime ministers discussed it and reached a consensus.

Chang'an is indeed a little uncomfortable as an imperial capital again, but the construction of a new capital is not so urgent. At present, Datang has a weak foundation, so it is better to recuperate and accumulate strength. Maybe in a few years, after the Tang Dynasty solves the great problem of the Turks, the foundation will be thick, and you can consider moving the capital again.

The prime ministers reported the results to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin has been thinking about this issue for several days, and this time he showed the prime ministers the recital, and he was already a little moved in his heart. But hearing the opposition of the prime ministers, he hesitated again.

"Now the problem is that there is no money?"

Chen Shuda said, "Back to Your Majesty, the main problem is indeed that there is no money, the 10 million yuan, but the budget has already been prepared, and after the tax enters Taicang, it will be pulled out to the temples." ”

Li Shimin asked: "As for the reform of Buddhist temples, didn't Li Chao say that after completing the rectification of Buddhist temples, the imperial court will be able to get at least 30 million yuan of money and tens of millions of acres of land?" With this money, it's enough to build a new capital, right? ”

"Your Majesty, the rectification of the Buddhist temple has only opened a lid now, so you can't rush it. When the rectification is completed and the money and land are obtained, it is estimated that it will take at least a year or two before and after. ”

Li Shimin touched his beard.

"Okay, everyone has been working hard these days, why don't we go and relax."

The eldest grandson Wuji smiled, "Well, eat Li Dahu, and by the way, listen to Li Chao's statement." If he can't come up with the money, then the construction of the new capital should be postponed. ”

"I want to see how Li Chao, who is a little gold, can turn stones into gold this time, and where to get so much money. Anyway, Taicang's regular tax and commercial tax, he don't want to move a penny. ”

"The Li family's food is delicious, the fruit is good, and it's good to go there to relax."

"Yes!"

Li Shimin took the prime ministers on horseback and went directly to Benba.

The emperor didn't bring any guard of honor, he directly followed the chariot, the monarchs and ministers all rode horses, followed by hundreds of guards and went to the bathing ditch.

Ba Shang.

Lee Zhen.

Li Chao, with Cheng Qian, and a group of craftsmen, finally succeeded in completing the first threshing machine first.

"Put the shed up."

The gears and drums are all installed, and only the N-shaped iron on the drum is made of iron, and the rest are still wooden.

At the bottom is a barn about six feet high, about two feet high, which can hold about two stones of rice.

Li Chengqian excitedly carried a wooden plank over, this bear child was already addicted to playing.

The shed on the drum is very simple, there are holes left in the silo, just insert it directly, a total of four boards form a shed, so that the threshed millet will not splash out, it will fall into the silo.

Two people can stand in front of the threshing machine, there is a pedal that can be stepped up and down, pedal hard, drive the gear, and the gear drives the drum, and you can threshing.

It's as easy as building blocks for a shed.

As soon as it was set up, Li Chengqian was about to step on it.

Li Chao took him down.

"What's the hurry?"

"Gotta come on."

Adding some oil to the gears can make the machine more lubricated and less labor-saving. There is no engine oil lubricating oil, just add some vegetable oil.

After refueling, Li Chao stood up.

Lift your right foot, put it on that pedal, and press it firmly.

The drum turns, faster and faster.

"Woo-woo-woo!"

It's loud, but you can feel the effect when you listen to it.

On the side of the threshing machine, there was already a load of rice piled up on the side. The paddy is not yet fully ripe, but it can be used to test the effect of the threshing machine.

It's a bit of a waste, but the green valley that was beaten down can also be used as feed.

"Cheng Qian, what to do in a daze, go get He."

Cheng Qian wanted to step on the threshing machine, but Li Chao asked him to take the grain. The threshing machine plays very quickly, and the easiest and most effective way to play is to double step on two people, which is more labor-saving and faster.

One of the features of the threshing machine is that you have to step on it all the time. If you beat it and go to get the grain again, the threshing machine has to be restarted, which will waste a lot of efficiency and time.

Li Chao was at his grandmother's house during the summer vacation when he was a child, and he and his cousin were in charge of taking the straw, picking up the handfuls of straw that had been cut and put in the field and giving them to his grandfather and uncle who were threshing.

It is also very hard to take the he, keep bending over, and you have to be fast, you have to catch up with the speed of the he.

Cheng Qian hugged the he, Li Chao took it and stepped on the pedal while putting the rice into the shed and resting it on the drum for threshing. This also requires skill, hold the rice with both hands tightly, and then put the rice on the drum a little bit, and the hands have to rotate left and right, so as to thresh the rice as quickly as possible.

I haven't used it for a long time, Li Chao turned it several times, but he still didn't take it off too cleanly.

"The rice is not ripe, if it is ripe and then dried and taken off, it will be much faster." Li Chao made an excuse for himself and threw the clean straw aside.

There is also a special approach to straw throwing, generally two handfuls are thrown together, and then stacked in another direction, so that it is easy to bundle the straw. The straw is dry, but it's also a very important thing. Forage for cattle and horses, and even the common people used dried straw to make mattresses and straw to make ropes.

"Shaobao, I also have to step on the threshing machine."

After taking a few handfuls of grass, Cheng Qian couldn't bear it anymore and went on strike.

"Okay, you come up and help step on the side."

Li Chengqian hurriedly stood up, propped his hands on the front backrest, and stepped on one foot with all his might. Listening to the whining of the machine, Li Chengqian shouted excitedly.

Li Shimin rode to Bashang, and as soon as he entered the town, he happened to see Li Chao and the prince stepping on the threshing machine on the drying field. (To be continued.) )