Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 905
Seeing that the ministers were silent, Li Zhiyun was not surprised.You must know that the people of Guanlong are strongly opposed to moving the capital to leave Chang'an. No matter where the capital is moved, as long as they leave Chang'an, they will oppose it and oppose it again and again.The reason is also very simple. Guanzhong is the base camp of the Guanlong people. After the split of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty established Chang'an as its capital. From the Northern Zhou Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty, the capitals were all in Chang'an.Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had his own considerations in forcibly moving the capital to Luoyang despite the obstruction of the Guanlong people.However, considerations are considerations, and it is true that the Guanlong people gave up the Sui Dynasty.

With Li Zhiyun's current prestige, he can of course relocate the capital regardless of everything, but it doesn't make much sense to do so, and it will also offend the people of Guanlong.It's not that he was worried about offending the Guanlong people, but that there was no need for that.Just now he beat up the southern aristocratic family, and now he moved the capital to provoke Guanlong people, wouldn't he be learning from Emperor Sui Yang?

Although Li Zhiyun, like the emperors of the Sui Dynasty, the first emperor and others, wished to arrest and hang all the nobles of Guanlong, and then kill them, he still fully understood the reason why he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry.Suppress, balance, suppress again, and balance again, this is the correct choice.After finally pushing the 'scoop' of the Southern Family into the water, how can we let the 'scoop' of the Guanlong nobles float again? Isn't it just looking for trouble?

"You don't talk about moving the capital, and you don't talk about expanding Chang'an City now. Don't you just watch Chang'an City become more and more crowded and finally overcrowded?" Li Zhiyun's voice became slightly colder. Matching his power, the ministers immediately shrank subconsciously. neck.

It's not that they are afraid, but that they are really afraid.Today's emperor doesn't care if he doesn't do anything, but if he does, the earth will crack and landslides will happen, and he doesn't know how many people will be implicated.Now the ministers basically have a consensus; if it is not necessary, they should not provoke the emperor to get angry.

Because you don't know how many people will be involved once the emperor gets angry, but with the authority of the current emperor, threatening something, it is not saving people, but forcing the emperor to kill more people.Ministers are well aware of this.

Dugu Huai'en cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I am stupid. I personally think that it is more appropriate to expand Chang'an City. The Weihe Workshop and other heavy weapons are located in Guanzhong. If the capital is moved, wouldn't it destroy Your Majesty's great cause? I beg your Majesty to expand Chang'an city."

"Your Majesty." Cui Mingan, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, came out and disagreed, and said, "I have some opinions about the Weihe Workshop when Dugu Shilang mentioned it. I think you all know that since the operation of the Weihe Workshop, black smoke has filled the air every day, and the river The discoloration has now spread to rivers such as Bashui, Fengshui, Laoshui, etc. If things go on like this, I am afraid that the water source of Chang'an City will be strained."

Hearing this, Li Zhiyun's face changed slightly this time.He is aware of this situation, and has always been concerned about it, but because the industry is still in its infancy, the Guanzhong River can completely purify the sewage at present, but if it takes another ten years, then the problem will be obvious. And there is no way around it.

Not only the emperor's complexion was solemn, but also the other ministers were talking in low voices.Those who can be officials in Chang'an basically live in Chang'an, and they know a lot about the situation in Guanzhong, and they have all heard of the black sewage from the Weihe workshop.

Dugu Wynn didn't refute anything this time, because the existence of sewage was undeniable, and it was very difficult to deal with. He knew and understood this.However, it still made him very upset that the Shandong gentry turned against him so quickly. It was obvious that they were very happy when they cooperated and beat up the southern family before. These guys turned their faces and refused to recognize anyone!

"Your Majesty." Sun Fujia, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, came out, cupped his hands and said, "The Weihe workshop has discharged a large amount of black water in recent years, making it impossible for the people to divert water to irrigate the canal. Although the current situation is not very serious, it is hard to say in the future. Minister In my opinion, the number of workshops should be reduced appropriately."

Li Zhiyun squinted his eyes and snorted, "What do you know? The Weihe workshop is the most important weapon of the country. As the assistant official of Dali Temple, you should take care of your job. Are you going to teach me how to do things now?"

"I dare not." Sun Fujia's bowed body became more and more humble.

"Go back."

"Yes." Sun Fujia swallowed, bowed his head and returned to the train.Beside him, Dali Temple Minister Han Zhongliang gave him a hard look.The meaning is obvious, you are a member of Dali Temple, what are you doing in charge of the Weihe Workshop, you have nothing to do when you are full.

The Weihe workshop is a very special existence in the imperial court. No department has the right to intervene in it. It is directly under the emperor's control.In the past, it wasn't that no one envied the products produced by Weihe Workshop, but it was self-evident what the fate would be.Losing an official is second, and exterminating the family is common.Over time, court officials basically understood that the Weihe workshop was a taboo and could not interfere at will.

Regarding whether to move the capital or expand, there seems to be no debate at this time, because Cui Mingan directly brought out the core issue.That is, how should the sewage of Weihe Workshop be treated?
If this problem cannot be solved, what is the need for expansion?
The people of Guanlong looked unhappy. Although they really wanted to kill Cui Mingan, the sewage in the Weihe workshop was indeed a big problem that was hard to solve.Moreover, if it is not resolved, their future life will also be affected.However, it is absolutely impossible for them to agree to move the capital.

Tangled!

As for Li Zhiyun, he was not so entangled, because he basically had a plan in mind whether to move the capital or not.That is, the capital must be moved, whether it is from a political or economic point of view, the capital must be moved in the future.

Let's not talk about the impact of moving the capital on the Guanlong nobles, let's just talk about the economic point of view.In fact, after the Li Zhi Dynasty in history, basically few dynasties established their capitals in Guanzhong.Is it because Guanzhong is not safe enough?
No.

The reason is that as the population increases, the land and shipping in Guanzhong cannot bear such a huge population pressure.After the Tang Dynasty, the subsequent Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties basically gave up their capitals in Guanzhong.Of course, it was not entirely due to economic reasons, such as the gradual transfer of border troubles to the Liaodong area, such as the separatist regime at the end of the Tang Dynasty, which made the political and economic center shift to the Central Plains, etc., all have a certain relationship.

However, in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, Luoyang was the capital, in fact, more economic reasons were considered.Because in the Central Plains, shipping is more convenient, and materials from the south can be transferred to Luoyang through the canal in an endless stream.

Li Zhiyun also had this in mind when he put the Weihe workshop in Chang'an.That is, in the end, Chang'an will be abandoned anyway, and it will simply be turned into an industrial base.In other words, let the living environment force the people of Guanlong to agree to move the capital.Of course, the latter item is not the main reason. The main reason is that the workshop is only safe enough under his nose.

At that time, Li Zhiyun thought so.However, with the development of industry over the years, the natural environment has begun to be polluted, and sewage has begun to appear. Of course, there are also big chimneys that emit black smoke all day long.

However, there is no need to worry too much at the moment, because this is not the small broken island of 'Daiying', and there is no need to worry about becoming a 'foggy city'.

(End of this chapter)