Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 611 Luoyang is a little behind
Luoyang.

In July of the fourth year of Zhenguan, Emperor Xing Luoyang.

Several veteran cadres in the Zhengshitang really didn't want the big boss to go on a trip, but they couldn't stand the big boss bringing up the matter again and again. The two sides wrangled for a long time, and finally Li Zhiyun succeeded.

But when he left Chang'an, he also promised that he would return to Chang'an after staying in Luoyang for a month at most.

The ministers were not worried that the emperor would imitate Wei Xiaowen Emperor Yuan Hong and move the capital directly to Luoyang, but they were worried that the emperor would let go of his nature and ignore the government as soon as he played.

When Pei Shiqing, the governor of Luozhou, heard the news, he quickly organized a manpower to welcome the emperor's imperial chariot.

What he didn't expect was that the emperor had already entered Luozhou in advance.

Although the trick of traveling in microservices is old-fashioned, it has to be said to be very useful.If he enters Luoyang swaggeringly, the last thing he sees and hears must be what others want to see and hear for him.

And what he wants is what he sees and hears, the most authentic Luozhou.

Ting Yi.

Li Zhiyun was wearing plain clothes and sitting inside drinking tea.Beside him, there are Sun Wuji, the elder of the sect, Li Baiyao from Zhongshushe, Su Shichang, the right minister of Shangshu, Nayan Chen Shuda and others.

"Xiangsheng, is there anyone here?"

"No one, old man just sit down."

"Okay, thank you."

Several old businessmen sat down opposite Li Zhiyun.

"Several old men are going to Luoyang?" Li Zhiyun put down the teacup and asked casually.

The blue-robed old man shook his head, "Why Luoyang, we went to Chang'an to buy goods."

Purchase?

Li Zhiyun gave Changsun Wuji a look, and he immediately understood.

"Coincidentally, we also went to Chang'an to buy goods. I wonder what the old men want to buy?"

"Then what do you buy?" the old man asked with a smile.

Changsun Wuji said lightly: "Wool cloth."

The old man in blue robe nodded, "Then we are different."

The merchants were very wary, and it took Changsun Wuji a little effort to get these people to gradually open up their conversations.

"In the past two years, Luoyang has been better. The plague happened in the past two years, but it frightened me."

Li Zhiyun inadvertently said: "I heard that the imperial court implemented a new land policy in Luozhou, what's the situation?"

"I don't know that." The old man shook his head, "We are businessmen, so we don't understand these things. But I can see that people in Luozhou seem to be more relaxed than other places. , it’s easier, after all, we don’t have many fields, hahahahaha.”

Li Zhiyun was slightly silent.

After a while, a group of people mounted their horses and headed for Luoyang.The scenery along the way is still good, and the breeze is so uncomfortable.

Changsun Wuji saw that the emperor seemed to be in a bad mood, so he explained, "Your Majesty, you haven't seen all the places in Luozhou yet, so you might as well take another look."

He knew that the emperor came here this time to see how things were going.

"En." Li Zhiyun said: "I know, this is not a one-day achievement, it will take time to see its effect, there is no rush."

As he walked, he saw a group of old farmers gathered in front of him.

Li Zhiyun and others pretended to be traveling merchants, and naturally dismounted and sat with those people.

The old farmers were not afraid, but instead smiled and asked them what they were doing in Luozhou.

Li Zhiyun and the others naturally answered with their well-thought-out words, and the two sides talked about the Tianzheng in Luozhou.The old farmers don't know what land administration is, but they can tell their personal feelings after the implementation of land administration in Luozhou, and generally speaking, they can accept it.

"It's a pity, if I didn't sell some fields in the past two years, my family can have some surplus food now."

"Everything will be fine." Li Zhiyun turned to ask: "The people with a lot of land pay more taxes, maybe the people with a lot of land in this area will not accept it?"

"Isn't that right? When the government just announced the order, the people below were very happy. Many nobles with land flocked to the government every three days, hoping that the government would abolish this order. Fortunately, Governor Pei is very tough." The old farmer sighed: "If it wasn't for this, I'm afraid I would have sold myself to the landlord's family as a slave."

"Yes, it seems that the government has done a good job."

"Hey, it's a pity that I'm not from Guanzhong." The old farmer shook his head and said, "I have a relative who makes a living in Guanzhong. I heard from him that the people in Guanzhong are very comfortable. They walk on the main road, eat the government's relief food, and the court provides food for free." Cattle farm implements distributed."

"I know, too, it's true," said another.

Li Zhiyun smiled awkwardly and remained silent.

Years of disasters, coupled with the vast land and resources of the Tang Dynasty, it is naturally impossible for the imperial court to take care of all the people in all places.Some benefits are enjoyed by Guanzhong people first, and then they can be widely promoted when the conditions are ripe.

He also wanted to take care of the people all over the world, but conditions did not allow it.

As the sun went down, the common people left in twos and threes.

Li Zhiyun and others found a Tingyi to stay overnight, and went to other places to check the next day.

All in all, thanks to Zheng Shanguo's help, Luozhou's plan to transfer land into acres has basically been implemented locally, but it will take two years to see the effect.

There are things that make people happy, and there are things that make people unhappy.

Seeing that the imperial court's orders cannot be disobeyed, some landlords decisively chose to leave Luozhou and take their wealth to buy land in other places.

And some are reluctant to leave their hometown and can only accept it silently, but they will gather black households in private and help them farm.

This is not uncommon.

Three days later, Li Zhiyun led people into Luoyang.

The former Eastern Capital now looks a bit depressed.More than ten years ago, it was the capital of the Sui Dynasty, and it was extremely prosperous, but now it only has the name of "Once the Capital".

The war and the plague have caused the city of Luoyang to suffer greatly, and it looks like it is covered with bruises.But where is the scale of the city, no matter how it changes, its volume is still there.

There is still some excitement that should be there.

"When was the last time you came to Luoyang?" Li Zhiyun led the horse and carefully recalled the last time.

Changsun Wuji said: "Young Master, the last time you came to Luoyang should be in the third year of Wude."

"Yes, it was the time I beat Wang Shichong." Li Zhiyun nodded, "Nearly ten years have passed in a blink of an eye."

Chen Shuda looked at it for a while, then sighed: "In the earlier years, Luoyang was far more prosperous than Chang'an. I didn't expect it to become like this now, with no vitality."

Li Zhiyun said: "Take your time, after all, there have been disasters all over the world in recent years, especially in Luoyang."

"Yes."

A group of people entered a restaurant and sat down by the window.

Li Zhiyun looked at the people coming and going on the ground, and listened to the laughter of eating, drinking and having fun in the restaurant, he was a little dazed, but also a little relieved.

Isn't that what he is looking for?

Changsun Wuji looked at the dirt road on the ground and said, "After leaving Chang'an, I will know how good the cement road is."

It rained lightly in Luoyang City a few days ago, and the road is now full of potholes.Compared with the cement roads extending in all directions on Chang'an Street, Changsun Wuji felt that Luoyang was as unbearable as a country castle.

Su Shichang smiled and said: "Don't worry, one day, Luoyang will be like Chang'an. Of course, the premise is that we must do things well."

Changsun Wuji nodded, noncommittal.

In his opinion, the materials needed to make Luoyang the same as Chang'an are definitely not that simple.

I'm afraid that day will have to wait for a long, long time.

What the few people saw and heard all the way, there is only one feeling in their hearts.

Luoyang is a bit behind.

(End of this chapter)