The rise of the prince

Chapter 351 Jurchen Demonstration
Two days later, heavy news came from the palace, the emperor made a decision, and the imperial edict was sent to Zhongshu.

Several large merchants headed by the Wang family and the Fen family in Suzhou will not be killed, but they must each hand over 10 taels of ransom silver to the imperial court to fill the treasury, within a two-year deadline.If the payment is not made within two years, the family will be confiscated.

And all the men of Ding's family, the head of the bandits, were sentenced to beheaded and their corpses were displayed to the public.

Because this is a big matter, the notice of disposal was pasted everywhere to make it known to the world. The people cheered and all the officials celebrated the execution of the thief leader. Every family can be copied and wiped out.

Li Xingzhou was relieved when he heard the news when he was fighting the landlord with Shiyu Yueer in the courtyard. In this way, the lives of the people in Su and Lu will be much better after the war.

The 10 sets of new army uniforms in the palace, as well as rucksacks, belts, leather cases, etc., a huge order of nearly [-] taels of silver, will be shared by merchants from Suzhou and Luzhou. low cost.

Secondly, these handicrafts cannot be monopolized by several major merchants. They must hire a large number of local workers, which can improve the lives of the people in the two places.This is definitely more efficient than handing over money to officials for disaster relief.

Moreover, Su and Lu are also strategically important places for the palace to control the world's waterways in the future. Li Xingzhou is thinking about this every day, and finally the key areas that can almost be determined are the lines of Luzhou, Suzhou, Kaiyuan, and Jiangzhou.

Jiangzhou is a big problem.

However, he and Gillian already had a wedding ceremony, and the empress had privately called him into the palace to urge him, summoned Mr. De to the palace to discuss, asked someone from the Ministry of Etiquette to calculate the auspicious date, and finally decided to hold the wedding after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

As long as the wedding is held, it is a real family. Wang Tong, the prefect of Jiangzhou, is Gillian's biological father, so he probably won't refuse to cooperate with him.

Apart from these two things, there is some exciting news recently. This year, the emperor decreed that during the Mid-Autumn Festival, he would invite great Confucianists from the field and courtiers to discuss etiquette and law.

For a time, not only the government and the public were shaken, but people all over the world applauded and praised the emperor's merits.

In fact, there are precedents for this in all dynasties, and it has always been a good story. This kind of debate opened by the emperor can not only strengthen the legal rationality of royal rule, but also promote ideological progress.

The most glorious and most talked-about debate period in ancient China was not the century-old debate of the pre-Qin philosophers.

Many people also thought about restoring that glory, but they couldn't do it.

Li Xingzhou is naturally looking forward to such a debate.

China is a politically precocious country. In fact, since the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, it has gradually left the feudal era and entered the imperial era.

The advantage of the empire era is higher administrative efficiency, local officials cannot be hereditary, the lower class people have more opportunities to climb up, and social fairness has been improved, but the freedom of speech has always been inferior to that of the feudal princes.

There are pros and cons to everything.

Therefore, such a great debate organized by the Tian family and gathered by scholars from all over the world is very important.

Besides, this year, Jingguo finally came out of the shadow of frequent disasters and successive defeats in the past few years. First, the king of Pingnan County defeated the southern rebels with [-] and [-] troops, and the Liao people were attacked in Dongdong Road. The defeat of the Liao army was such an exciting news that the whole country rejoiced.

Taking this opportunity to hold this grand event will win the hearts of the people even more.

Li Xingzhou didn't know the etiquette of debating, but it shouldn't prevent him from joining in the fun.

There is basically nothing going on in the Tianchaotang these days, what Wei Wei cares about is that there are bandits in Yingtian Mansion and Jiangzhou Mansion again, but it's not a big deal.The bandits near Jiangzhou Mansion are called Heishan Bandits, and Ying Tian Mansion should be in Shandong and Hebei, right?Li Xingzhou can't remember clearly, maybe.
He went up and down on time, and then he was busy planning the new palace.

Rather than talking about the new palace, it is better to say that it is a new industrial zone. With cement, everything is easy.

Qiu'er is not idle either, and is very interested in what he said about steam as power. She often writes and draws by herself, making design drawings of her imagination, and then asks the blacksmith in Fuchu to help make some weird things, although there is no such thing as yet. See her put steam power to practical use.

But Li Xingzhou is not worried, because he has already solved the biggest problem.

In the face of new knowledge and theory, the biggest problem is not how to do it, but whether it can be done!

This is like the first person to build an atomic bomb. He knew that there was such a theory, but he didn't know if it could be really built?How to make it?Will all the investment and dedication pay off?
So it will be very difficult and tormented, but if he succeeds, people will know that there really is such a thing as the atomic bomb.

So latecomers can invest a lot, regardless of the cost, which is much simpler.

Li Xingzhou has helped Qiu'er solve the biggest problem, which is whether it can be done.

He said he could, and Qiu'er decided from the bottom of his heart that he could.

So all her devotion is regardless of the cost and carefree, the doubts and anxieties in her heart will disappear, and she will devote herself wholeheartedly.

On the other side, the palace began to build a large number of graphite refractory brick calcination furnaces, and began to calcine cement.

Xiaogang's production surplus is also increasing. Li Xingzhou began to let the craftsmen of the palace make high-quality agricultural tools into the market, including hoes, plows, etc. These things flowed out through commercial routes. Big merchants from all over the country rushed to do business with the palace. Open your mouth, of course everyone rushes to come.

As a result, batches of high-quality agricultural tools made of real steel began to flow into the market under the seal of the royal family.

At the end of July, the Jurchen envoys finally arrived at Kaiyuan Mansion from Yingtian Mansion.

The day before, Kaiyuan Mansion sent people to clean the streets and splash water to prevent dust. On the second day, many people joined in the fun and went to the streets early in the morning to watch, wanting to see what the Jurchens were like and how they were different from the Han people.

Yue'er also clamored excitedly to go to see it. Li Xingzhou was amused, and worried that she would go by herself, so he found a few people to protect her.

Early in the morning, the little girl set off happily, and Li Xingzhou repeatedly told her to be careful.

At noon, just after eating with Qiu'er, Gillian, and Shiyu, and looking at Qiu'er's drawings of the steam engine she envisioned, Yue'er came back crying and threw herself into her arms.

Li Xingzhou was surprised, and asked what was going on, and the two guards who protected her returned with embarrassment: "My lord, those Jurchens are really barbarians. They all cried."

Li Xingzhou was surprised, and then he couldn't laugh or cry.

A few days ago in the court, I heard that there were bandits near Jiangzhou Mansion and Yingtian Mansion. These Jurchen envoys came from Yingtian Mansion. I didn’t expect to encounter them on the way and packed them up. They brought their heads into the city.
Now, the image of Jurchen's ferocity and cruelty must have penetrated deeply into the hearts of the people of Jingguo.

He stroked Yue'er's little head to coax her, and at the same time frowned and thought: These Jurchens mean to stand up
"Well, let me just say that none of these villains are bloody at all. With just a few heads, their faces turn pale with fright, and their legs and feet are shaking, hum!" The head was still dripping blood and emitting a stench.

Liu Xu shook his head with a worried expression on his face. These little thieves, who were only out on the side of the mountain road, were seen by Brother Wanyanying, so they chased after them and killed them. Although the escort officials repeatedly stopped them, she insisted that they would dedicate their heads to Emperor Jingguo. This is the custom of the Jurchens, and the accompanying officials are hard to say.

Liu Xu's persuasion was fruitless.

He knew Wanyan Ying's little thoughtfulness, she looked down on the Han people, the more his father taught her to learn from the Han people in the Central Plains and forced her to learn Chinese characters, the more she hated the Han people, the more she wanted to prove the Han people to her father It's not worth learning from them at all.

This kind of emotion is not limited to her, a large part of the Jurchen tribe has this kind of resistance.

They simply don't have the open-minded mind and far-sighted vision like Wanyan Wugunai, and even ignore the fact that implementing the Han system and getting rid of many old bad habits are making the Jurchens grow rapidly.

Reform and Conservatism, the two factions are always arguing.

Therefore, Brother Wanyanying, who has always insisted on preserving the rules of his ancestors, does not want to prove to his father that the Han people are incompetent, and wants to give the Jingguo people a blow.

Liu Xu could only sigh, if Wanyan Wugunai was by his side, he would definitely listen to what he said, but the Emperor of Jin Kingdom was not around, Wanyanying brother was the fifth princess in name, he would be a minister at any time, so how could he manage it.

Now Liu Xu regretted taking her south more and more.

The officials accompanying Jingguo had a bad face, so Liu Xu could only cover it up again and again: "Don't blame this official, everyone in Jin Kingdom is martial, so after killing the enemy, you need to cut off your head to show your merit to the emperor. The accompanying people want to show their merits , to leave a good impression on the emperor of your country."

Only then did the Jing Guo official smile, and nodded quickly: "It's not in the way, it's not in the way, I understand."

"I hope this statement can be conveyed to the emperor of your country, so as not to cause misunderstandings, haha." Liu Xu smiled apologetically.

Jing Guo's accompanying officials cupped their hands: "That's natural, that's natural, I promise to tell the truth, don't worry."

(End of this chapter)