Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 904 Moving the Capital and Expansion is a Problem
Routine visits to the people are now one of the few time for Li Chengzhao to let the air go. In the past, he was more to confirm what his father said, but now he punishes the people from his own perspective. After all, he is now the prince, and the pressure on him is very heavy. Heavy.After studying with his father for a long time, he can truly feel what kind of attitude he needs to treat when visiting the people.

Naturally, there are not so many bad things in Guanzhong's most benevolent place. Even if there are, they will disappear in a short time.The reason, of course, is that the court's big actions some time ago frightened those people a lot, for fear of implicating themselves, even the security here has been raised by a level, and guards can often be seen patrolling back and forth.

This made Li Chengzhao very speechless. His purpose was to understand the most real folks, not the folks under the watchful eyes of the guards.What's more, his face has been remembered by many local magistrates and officials, and he can no longer know the place quietly.

And going to other places, such as Hedong Road, Hebei Road, etc., is not realistic, because Yushi is watching him, so he can only find a chance to sneak there next time to see if he can find anything else. Increase your experience.

Occasionally, he also envies other brothers and sisters, who can do what he likes, or just lie flat, spend all day in school, and then run out to play after school, or have a party with three friends for drinking or something.Since he was registered as the crown prince, his status has been elevated to a situation where his former classmates have to be careful, and he has lost a lot of things.This is also the price of growth, he thought so in his heart.

Walking in the place, Li Chengzhao didn't have the word 'Prince' engraved on his forehead, and all the rest of the entourage was equipped with the standard of a prince, and there was even a little eunuch who followed him specially to record what he did.Well, this is to prevent the royal blood from spreading.

But in fact, he hasn't found any women so far. His older brothers heard that they are about to get engaged, and there are not many women around him.Although the queen mother once told him about taking a concubine, she also warned him not to be greedy for gentleness, and now everything must focus on studying government affairs.In addition, it can be gradually eased over the next few years.

He himself has no requirements for this aspect, just a normal mind.When he visited the Zhuzhou counties in Guanzhong, he didn't meet one or two women who made him feel amazing and beautiful, but after thinking about it, he felt that he still had to restrain himself and let nature take its course.

There are many things to pay attention to when walking in the local area, one of which is not to put on the prince's signboard to make troubles. In the past, he also made troubles, but he dared not reveal his identity.Later, he learned to be smart, and directly pretended to be the nephew of Guan Guogong's family, and then it was very simple. Yang Gongren was impeached by the local censor to teach his nephew.

Li Zhiyun naturally knew that this was the vest worn by his own son, so he thought it was funny, and then suppressed those memorials, so there was no trouble.As for Yang Gongren, he wished that the prince would use his name to do things.

When the prince sneaked out, a small court meeting was also being held in Liangyi Hall.The main purpose of this court meeting is still about filling the vacancies of officials.This time in Chang'an, many southern officials were severely punished, demoted, beheaded, or exiled, leaving many positions vacant.

Li Zhiyun watched the ministers quarreling and yawning boredly, looking very sleepy.To be honest, there is no one day to relax after working all year round. Everyone feels sleepy and wants to rest.But he cannot rest, he is the emperor.

"Is it over?"

Looking at the group of officials below who were gradually quieting down, Li Zhiyun said something lightly, and then gave Du Ruhui a wink.The latter understood immediately, got up and announced the decision of Zhengshitang to the public.Filling the vacancies of officials is naturally impossible to be decided by the people below, only the emperor can decide.

Li Zhiyun has long been very proficient at dividing cakes, and he divided the cakes among the Guanlong people and the Shandong gentry very fairly, and both parties could accept it.After Du Ruhui finished speaking, all the officials accepted the emperor's order with smiles on their faces, expressing that they would follow the imperial court's arrangements.

"Anything else?" Li Zhiyun asked.

At this time, most of the courtiers have nothing to do, because everyone's purpose today is to share the cake.Now that the emperor has divided them up, and everyone has no objections, what else can there be? Going home early and arranging for the children to become officials is the most important thing.

Xue Shou said: "Your Majesty, I have a performance."

"speak."

"Yes." Xue Shou said slowly: "Since the first emperor made Chang'an the capital, Guanzhong has become more and more prosperous, and the number of people has increased day by day. Except for the original Guanzhong people, there are still many merchants who often come and go in and out of Chang'an, and Chang'an City, some It’s so small that it’s no longer enough to be a capital.”

Xue Shou, what do you mean?
People in Guanlong stared wide-eyed, you want to encourage the emperor to move the capital?

Dugu Huai'en, the servant of the Criminal Ministry, immediately objected: "The most benevolent place in Guanzhong, where the capital of the empire is, how can you move the capital without authorization? I object!"

Xue Shou glanced at him coldly, and said, "Master Dugu, is there something wrong with your ears? When did I mention the moving of the capital?"

This guy is sick, he just said that Chang'an City is too small to accommodate so many people.

Dugu Huai'en doesn't like this, he knows very well that although these guys don't say this now, they will always encourage the emperor to move the capital.

"I actually think that Chang'an City is enough to bear the weight of the capital, and Prime Minister Xue doesn't need to think about what's there or what's not."

Xue Shou rolled his eyes and said directly to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I don't know if Your Majesty has seen Jing Zhaoyin's memorial."

"I have already read Xue Yuanjing's memorial." Li Zhiyun thought for a while and said, "Chang'an City is indeed a bit small."

The people of Guanlong were horrified, no way, no way, the emperor really wants to move the capital?

Immediately afterwards, a group of people jumped out and said how good Chang'an City is, how many people it can accommodate, and that it can continue to exist as a capital city.

Well, these people are all from Guanlong.

Li Zhiyun's reaction to them was not very strange. He waved his hands and said, "Get up, everyone. I didn't say that I would move the capital, but I just said that Chang'an City is a bit small."

There is no rush to move the capital.

The population of Chang'an City has been increasing steadily and rapidly over the years, and it does feel a bit overcrowded now.

Hearing what the emperor said, the Guanlong people retreated with a little peace of mind.

Li Zhiyun sighed: "I intend to expand Chang'an City, but after thinking about it, I decided to give up."

Du Ruhui said: "Your Majesty, if you don't expand the building, you will have to move the capital. I have read the records of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and there are already a million people in Chang'an, plus those foreign merchants, there are even more people. In the current Chang'an The size of the city cannot accommodate so many people."

This problem is related to the urban problem.Then, ministers such as the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Civil Affairs came out one after another to state the pros and cons and provide reference opinions for the emperor.

After a while, the emperor asked, "What can you do?"

All the ministers looked at each other. Generally speaking, there are two solutions to this problem. One is to expand Chang'an City, and the other is to move the capital.But the emperor said that he didn't want to expand or move the capital, so what solution can everyone have?

You can't repeat the nonsense that has already been said.

(End of this chapter)