Chapter 697: Moving to Chang'an
Liu Xin's arrangement is also out of the need for confidentiality. Liu Xin was not too worried about the R&D and production of military items, because Yiwu City itself was a military restricted area, not to mention people of different races with very different appearances, even Han people did not have a special passage permit, and they could not enter the area within a radius of fifty miles. Liu Xin is really worried about the secrecy of civilian items.
A large number of advanced weapons can quickly improve the combat effectiveness of the army, while some technologically advanced civilian items can not only improve the efficiency of production, but also earn a large amount of real money from abroad. Only when the comprehensive strength is strong can the country truly become a strong country. Otherwise, no matter how strong the military strength is, without a certain economic foundation to support it, it can only be a reckless force.
There will definitely be some people of insight among foreigners, and after these people come to Dahan, if they see the silk, porcelain, paper, and tea of Dahan, they will inevitably have the idea of stealing these technologies. If foreigners also master these technologies and even carry them forward on this basis, then the Han people's goods will lose the opportunity to monopolize the market, which will not only be a blow to the economy of the Han Dynasty, but also have a great impact on the lives of the Han people.
In order to prevent foreigners from stealing the cutting-edge technology of the Han Chinese, Liu Xin used many brains, the most important of which was not to allow foreigners to appear in the places where silk, porcelain, paper, and tea were produced. Now, Liu Xin has set up a large bazaar in Maoling, where foreign caravans are allowed to trade. And Maoling is also the farthest place where foreign caravans can go after entering the Han Dynasty, precisely because of this consideration.
Ten days later, the second group of troops who moved to Chang'an set off, this team was composed of military generals and their families, and the size of the team was much smaller than the first. At the same time, Xiangyang City began to get busy, and the third team was already packing up.
The third team that moved to Chang'an was much larger, and included the Cabinet, the Sixth Ministry, and the Xiangyang Academy. That is to say, except for Liu Xin and Fu Zhu, the vast majority of civil officials, military generals and their families will move into Chang'an in this batch.
In fact, the things of the state pastoral mansion have already been packed up, and several special carriages have been completely renovated by Liu Xin himself, but Liu Xin did not move to Chang'an with others, and the Fu family stayed in Xiangyang with him.
By this time, everyone already knew that the day Liu Xin arrived in Chang'an was when he ascended the throne and became the emperor. In this matter, Liu Xin has always kept a low profile, and he has never let go of his past claim that "when the Han Dynasty is unified, another Ming monarch will be established". However, these civil and military generals under him have already taken action, and various persuasion activities have been quietly launched. Liu Xin also knew about these situations, but he neither agreed nor stopped them, in fact, he showed a tacit attitude.
Over the years, as the occupied places have continued to expand, Liu Xin has become more and more aware that without the identity of the emperor, it is much more difficult to control these places. Therefore, this time he did not move to Chang'an with Tian Feng, Guo Jia, and Cheng Yu, in order to leave them enough time to prepare for doing that.
Just when Liu Xin was leisurely waiting for news from Chang'an, Huang Chengyan suddenly came to ask for a meeting, and said: "Lord Liu, Huang has thought about it, but he still thinks that it is good to let Ah Chou go to Chang'an Academy to continue his studies, and I hope that my lord will show me a clear way." ”
Last time, after Cai Yue returned home from the state pastor's mansion, he also told him that Xiangyang Academy was going to move to Chang'an. It's just that after Huang Chengyan heard that Xiangyang Academy was still to be retained, and only part of it was moved to Chang'an, Huang Chengyan didn't want Huang Yueying to go to Chang'an to study. However, until today, I heard that Xiangyang Academy has begun to move, and some of the senior and excellent teachers in the academy have moved to Chang'an, and more importantly, a large number of books in the academy have also moved away at the same time.
In this way, Xiangyang Academy and Chang'an Academy are immediately not at the same level. Huang Chengyan is a precious daughter, and he has had high hopes for her since she was a child, so he naturally wants her to go to the best academy to study. So Huang Chengyan became anxious, and then he came to see Liu Xin, hoping that Liu Xin could fulfill the business promised to him last time.
In the eyes of those famous people, merchants are the most lowly professions, and these famous people are not only unwilling to engage in this trade, but also do not even let their families or even domestic slaves engage in this trade. In the final analysis, Huang Chengyan is also a conservative Confucian student, and he is not willing to engage in business, or even the entire Huang family to engage in business. However, with the income from those few acres of land, it is simply a fool's dream to buy a piece of land in Chang'an City to build a house.
For the sake of his daughter and the future of the entire Huang family, Huang Chengyan had better make this decision with difficulty and take the road of business to revive the Huang family, so he asked Liu Xin for help. For Huang Chengyan's decision, the other children of the Huang family all agree, living in the flower world of Xiangyang, who doesn't know the benefits of having money.
However, in recent years, because Liu Xin attaches great importance to business, he has also set up a business department in the household department, which has made the business development in Liu Xin's jurisdiction rapid, especially after the resumption of the Silk Road, caravans have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. When Huang Zu was the head of the family, the Huang family disdained to do business, and now they rashly want to organize a caravan, naturally they are confused, there is neither a source of goods nor talents, so they have to ask Liu Xinmen.
Knowing that Huang Chengyan wanted to organize a caravan of the Huang family, Liu Xin couldn't help but smile and said, "Sir, don't worry, Liu will definitely support this matter." But trade pays attention to fair competition, and Liu can't give you too many concessions, so he can only promise to allocate 300 catties of tea to your Huang family every year, and the rest depends on your Huang family. ”
Tea is still a government commodity, and money can't buy it in the market, and even the tea that Huang Chengyan's family drinks is given to them by Cai Jue. Liu Xin immediately allocated 300 catties of tea to the Huang family, and this support can be said to be sparing. With these 300 catties of tea, the Huang family doesn't even need to organize a caravan to make a lot of money in Xiangyang.
Huang Chengyan originally just hoped that Liu Xin would be able to sell some white porcelain to the Huang family at a discount, which was already very good, but he didn't expect Liu Xin to be 300 catties of tea as soon as he made a move, so he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and even said thank you, and said: "Huang still has two things to ask for, and I hope that the adults can agree." ”
Liu Xin was not angry because Huang Chengyan had to make an inch, because he knew that Huang Chengyan was a very face-saving person, if it wasn't for the last resort, he wouldn't even come to him about the Huang family's caravan organizing the supply of goods, since he opened his mouth, it was something important. Liu Xin nodded and said, "Sir, please speak, as long as Liu does his best, he will never refuse." ”
Huang Chengyan said embarrassedly: "Actually, Lord Liu had kindly reminded Huang more than a month ago, but Huang hesitated and missed the opportunity. Even if you have plenty of money now, it is too late to buy a piece of land in Chang'an City to build a house. During this time, the academy was relocated, and classes were temporarily suspended, but Huang couldn't stop for a few days if he wanted to, so he couldn't delay Yueying's studies. Therefore, Huang had the courage to ask the adults for permission to let Yueying stay in the adults' mansion for a while. ”
The Huang family does not have a house in Xiangyang City, but they have two relatives, and Huang Yueying either lives in the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion or the Taishou Mansion when she is studying. This time, the academy was moved to Chang'an, and Cai Mao was still the Taishou of Xiangyang, but he was not among the relocated, so the Huang family only had one relative left in Chang'an City.
However, there is one thing that Huang Chengyan doesn't know, after Liu Xin arrives in Chang'an City, the Liu family is going to live in the palace, and it is not suitable for Huang Yueying to live in the Liu family again. Huang Chengyan didn't know that Liu Xin was going to ascend the throne and become emperor, not because he was usually not careful. On the contrary, Huang Chengyan is very sensitive to this aspect of things. However, since Liu Xin defeated Dong Zhuo, whether it is the government or the people, the voice of calling on Liu Xin to be the emperor has not stopped. Even Sima Hui, Pang Degong and Liu Bei, who stood on the opposite side of Liu Xin, had already seen that Liu Xin was the will of the people, and aimed at Liu Xin's next generation.
It is precisely because Huang Chengyan is full of what he hears that Liu Xin should be called Emperor Yunyun, so this time, it is Liu Xin's turn to be called the emperor, but he has no special feelings, not to mention that this time the matter is secretly carried out by Liu Xin's group of cronies, how can outsiders know about it?
Hearing that what Huang Chengyan asked for was this matter, Liu Xin couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't worry, sir, the house in Chang'an City has been prepared for you." According to Liu, Mr. and his family might as well move to Chang'an. ”
Chang'an is the future capital, where the price of land and real estate is not too high now, but one day it will become a place where every inch of land is valuable. With Liu Xin and Ma Yun's eyes from later generations, how could they not see this? Therefore, when wealthy businessmen from all over the country came to Chang'an City to buy land and build houses, Ma Yun also sent people to buy a lot of land in Chang'an City and build a number of residences and shops.
These lands, houses, and shops should have been in the hands of the imperial court like Xiangyang, and the money could only be earned by the imperial court. Unfortunately, just in time for the empty treasury, the imperial court could not come up with so much money to build Chang'an City, so it could only package and sell these lands to rich merchants and gentry everywhere.
Not counting the big Han money village, the women of the state pastoral mansion also ran some other shops, and they had a lot of "private money" in hand, and they had long discussed to buy some properties in Chang'an City, so they took advantage of this east wind to buy a lot of land and build a lot of houses. Liu Xin actually has no share in these lands and houses, but Cai Jue has a share, and when she heard that Liu Xin advised Cai Yue to prepare early, she proposed to allocate a place from her share to the Huang family.
Huang Chengyan said embarrassedly: "Then Xiaomin will thank the adult, and when the Xiaomin has money, he will return the house to the adult." ”
Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "This is not in a hurry, what is the second thing you want to say?" ”