Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 688
Chapter 684

Wei Chen followed Wei Hao in a carriage.

"You've worked hard this year, I haven't been to Luoyang a few times!" Wei Hao said to Wei Chen while sitting in the carriage.

"It goes without saying that most of the governors were in remote control, and rarely went to the place in person. Moreover, the layout of Luoyang is very good. These are all thanks to you. Now you are going according to the previous plan. I found that I have some new problems, so this time I come back, I want to have a good chat with you, and see how to develop Luoyang, so that Luoyang has fewer problems!" Wei Chen said to Wei Hao.

"Well, okay, I'll wait for you at home tomorrow, or should we talk about it in detail after you visit those people?" Wei Hao sat there and asked Wei Chen.

"Tomorrow night, tomorrow during the day, I need to go to Miansheng, and then I will go to the old man's house. If I have time, I will go to the house servant and Li Pushe's house. I will sit at your house in the evening." Sit down!" Wei Chen thought about it, and said to Wei Hao.

"Okay, but the development in Luoyang is really good now, and the population there has increased a lot this year!" Wei Hao nodded and said.

"It's not bad, but I'm mainly worried about you. You talked about the enfeoffment before. It's such a big trouble, and you're caught in the middle. It's hard to be a human being. Moreover, although this matter has been temporarily resolved, have you thought about it?" No, what if my Tang army can't beat the Persian army or the Jieri dynasty army, what should we do? It's hard to say anything about fighting!" Wei Chen sat there, looking at Wei Hao asked.

"Don't worry about this. If we can win, based on our military strength, we can win if we fight now, let alone in the future. The problem now is that if we fight down, no one will control it, and it will be useless. At that time, we will still be able to win." The rebellion by the local people was successful, so we still need a large population.

Now in Datang, you can see that there are children everywhere, no matter your family or mine, they are all children. When these children grow up, the population of our Datang will be much larger. When those people are young, we can completely beat them down. I'm not worried about that! "Wei Hao smiled at Wei Chen and said.

"It's good if you have a plan in your heart. I'm worried. If you can't win at that time, those vassal kings will blame you. They originally wanted to divide the enfeoffment now, dividing the northeast and northwest. How can this work? The land in these places is very fertile, how can we distribute it to them?" Sitting there, Wei Chen said worriedly.

"Well, no, now the father and His Royal Highness don't agree to divide the fiefs. They are making trouble like this because Li Ke and Li Tai are making trouble in the middle. They are not willing to go back to the fief like this, so they have an idea. I know this in my heart!

Brother, you don't have to worry about such things. Now we are focusing on increasing the population of our Tang Dynasty, so that those children can receive education, and our people have land to grow and jobs to do.

Recently, I asked someone to count the number of workers in our various workshops in Datang. There are more than 600 million people in total, accounting for more than 100% of Datang. If only adults are counted, it is almost 1000%. Moreover, I counted The most important thing is the surrounding cities. I haven’t counted those cities in the south. If I count them all, I estimate that there will be an increase of [-] million people, and I haven’t counted the population of those shops. If I add those people, the estimated population has reached [-]. Ten thousand.

The whole non-agricultural people may account for 3%, if their wives are counted, it can be considered half. Almost half of the population of Datang is not engaged in agriculture. This is very important. If it continues like this If the ratio goes down, the strength of our Datang will only become stronger and stronger in the future!

In the next few years, I will start many workshops, and more people will be needed at that time, and with the increase of population, those workshops in our Datang will also need to be expanded. As long as this ratio is controlled, the people of our Datang will still be Can live happily! "Wei Hao nodded and said to Wei Chen confidently.

"Well, that's about the same. I also know about our situation in Luoyang. The workshops in Luoyang have 80 million people, and those shops also employ a large number of people. They need to transport those goods, especially vehicles. Horse shops, they employ more people, the largest car and horse shop in Luoyang employs almost 4000 people! And there are seven or eight car and horse shops that are slightly worse than him, and they all employ a lot of people!" Wei Chen nodded and said to Wei Hao.

"Well, so don't worry, Tang Dynasty is getting better every year. Now the court is very rich and has done a lot of things. These things are beneficial to our people, so do your own things well. , once it is said that we really can't beat the Jieri Dynasty and Persia, I believe that our Tang Dynasty will not be invaded by them, the Great Wall is still useful, not to mention, these two countries are not our opponents at all , I, Tang Tuo, can drag them to death!" Wei Hao said to Wei Chen.

Wei Chen nodded, and then the two continued to chat about the court affairs.

Soon, they arrived at Wei Chen's Lord Marquis's Mansion, and Wei Hao also came over together.

"Sister-in-law, take a look at what's missing at home, and my house will make up for it for you!" Wei Hao smiled and said to Qin Su'e who just got off the carriage.

"No, it's already a lot of trouble for the princess and you, this time we bought some things from Luoyang, let's go, Shenyong, go into the room and say, it's cold outside, you two brothers have a good chat, and we will stay at my house at night I also brought a lot of food back from Luoyang for dinner!" Qin Su'e said happily.

"Okay!" Wei Hao nodded.

Then Wei Hao and Wei Chen sat down in the greenhouse.

"Almost forgot, concubine Wei Gui is going to visit her relatives tomorrow, so you should come to the patriarch's house at noon!" Wei Hao said to Wei Chen when he thought of this.

"Oh, fine, then I'll go to the patriarch's house at noon tomorrow, but why is Concubine Wei going home at this time?" Wei Chen thought of this, looked at Wei Hao and asked.

"I don't know the specifics. The patriarch was ill before and almost didn't get over it, so this time I came back, I guess it's up to the patriarch. For other things, forget it, I'll know when the time comes. It's useless to think about it now, remember Go there!" Wei Hao said to Wei Chen.

Wei Chen nodded, and then the two sat there drinking tea and chatting.

After finishing dinner at Wei Chen's residence, Wei Hao went back.

They had been in the car for a whole day today, Wei Hao didn't want to disturb them too much.

The next morning, Wei Chen went to the palace to face the saint. Li Shimin attached great importance to Wei Chen, because Wei Chen had indeed done a good job in Luoyang.

Wei Chen went to the fifth floor of Chengtian Palace and reported the current situation in Luoyang to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was very satisfied when he heard it.

"Well, Jinxian, you did a good job, but there is something I want to tell you in advance!" Li Shimin said to Wei Chen.

"Please speak, Your Majesty!" Wei Chen said immediately, cupping his hands.

"If the major affairs in Luoyang are finished, you need to come to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to be a servant. You are very experienced in local governance. Shen Yong, you know, he will not do such a thing, but , If you go back to Beijing, Luoyang will still need suitable people, do you have any recommendations? Or, have you found someone now?" Li Shimin asked Wei Chen.

"This time, Your Majesty, I haven't considered this matter yet. I think that I need to stay in Luoyang for five years, and this year is the second year. Thinking about the transfer, it's not so fast!" Wei Chen hesitated and said.

"I know that many of the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs are old now, or they are young officials. There are not many experienced officials like you, so you still need to consider this matter. The Ministry of Civil Affairs needs people like you." Official!" Sitting there, Li Shimin said to Wei Chen.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I am willing to transfer. I just said that if the officials in Luoyang are not selected well, I am worried that there will be changes in Luoyang. Now Luoyang is developing very well. Originally, I wanted to discuss it with Shen Yong, right? The city can be expanded.

Because there are also a lot of people in Luoyang now, if the expansion is not done, I am afraid that the people will have no place to live by then, so the minister is thinking that after the new city is built, it will be mobilized, but since His Majesty said so now, That minister is waiting for dispatch! "Wei Chen cupped his hands again and said.

"Well, building a new city! It's construction!" Hearing what Wei Chen said, Li Shimin immediately stood up and walked with his hands behind his back, thinking about it.

"Your Majesty, you need Shenyong to plan the new city. You can't mess around. If the planning is not good, there will be a lot of trouble at that time. Moreover, there are more and more workshops in Luoyang. There will be more and more, so the construction of the new city needs to be carefully considered!" Wei Chen stood up, looked at Li Shimin and said.

"Oh, you sit down and say, sit down and say, well, the new city will be built next year, and I will give you a year to complete the layout over there, and then come to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, officials in Luoyang, recommended by you and Shen Yong, When the time comes, I'll move over there!" Li Shimin pressed his hand on Wei Chen and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty, after the subject returns, Ding and Shen Yong will have a good discussion to see who is suitable!" Wei Chen nodded immediately.

"Okay, by the way, Concubine Wei Gui has gone home to visit her relatives, has Patriarch Wei invited you?" Li Shimin asked Wei Chen.

"Return to Your Majesty, Shen Yong told me last night!" Wei Chen cupped his hands and said.

"Okay, that's it. You go back first. Before you go to Luoyang next year, come to my place!" Li Shimin nodded and said to Wei Chen.

"Yes, I'm leaving!" Wei Chen immediately stood up, cupped his hands at Li Shimin and said, and then came out of Chengtian Palace.

But at this moment, in the East Palace, a concubine of the East Palace, Wei Qing, also applied for a visit today. The Crown Princess certainly knew that Concubine Wei had gone back, and also knew that she wanted to go back and discuss with the family members.

"When you go back this time, you have to talk to Xia Guogong properly. You have been in the palace for two years, and you know how important Xia Guogong is to the crown prince. Don't do anything that offends you!" Su Mei sat there, facing Wei Qing. Open your mouth and say.

"Don't worry, empress, I don't dare. I think about my family. I have been in the palace for two years and haven't been back yet, so I want to go back to see my parents. In addition, the patriarch has been ill and wants to go back to visit his old man! "Wei Qing immediately saluted and said.

"Well, but, you have to remember that after you meet Xia Guogong, you must respect it. Whether our prince can reach that position at that time, Xia Guogong is very important. You are from the Wei family, and Wei Hao is also a relative. Ah, we also need Wei Haoduo to help the crown prince, do you know?" Su Mei sat there and asked.

"Return to the empress, the concubine should remember!" Wei Qing said, cupping her hands.

"Okay, by the way, those boxes outside are prepared by me for you, some are for your parents, the other box is for Patriarch Wei, and some are reserved for you by my palace. You can give it to whomever you want!" Su Mei continued to speak while sitting there.

"Let the empress worry, thank you for the reward!" Wei Qing saluted again.

"Well, let's go, it's getting late!" Su Mei said with a smile.

Wei Qing immediately backed out, then returned to her own yard, and took the eunuch and palace lady out of the palace in disguise.

And other aristocratic women also live nearby, and they also know that Wei Qing is going back to her natal family today.

"I heard that the princess has prepared more than a dozen boxes of gifts for her!" said one concubine to the other concubine.

"She is a girl from the Wei family, and there is Duke Xia in the Wei family, who would dare not flatter her, but unfortunately, there is no such person in our family!" Another woman said enviously.

They all know that if they want to live well in the deep palace, their mother's family must have some strength. For example, Concubine Wei, such as Wei Qing now, lives very well in the deep palace.

Wei Qing doesn't provoke things, but no one provokes her. Although Wei Hao may not know Wei Qing, once something happens to Wei Qing, the Wei family will definitely go to Wei Hao, and even Li Lizhi, because Now Li Lizhi is also a member of the Wei family.

After Wei Qing left the East Palace, she went straight to her home, and when she saw her parents, she couldn't help crying, and then Wei Qing's father immediately said to Wei Qing: "Go, go to the patriarch's side, today Wei Guifei is also going to the patriarch Over there, and Xia Guogong has also gone, the reason why the imperial concubine asked you to come back today is to let you know Xia Guogong, and then there will be a helper in the palace!"

"Well, my aunt told me that I will go now. My aunt said that brother Shenyong and brother Jinxian are going back today. They are the two most capable people in our Wei family!" Wei Qing smiled immediately He nodded and said.

(End of this chapter)