The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1416
It is also understandable why he has no other views and feelings on the matter of war. Since ancient times, the people have suffered in prosperity, and in death, the people have suffered.

Fortunately, if the navy of the Tang Dynasty went to sea to open up new worlds for the Tang Dynasty, it would not be the people of the Tang Dynasty who would suffer, at most it would be the sailors who worked harder. The unlucky ones would be the aborigines in the undeveloped and fertile lands.

In this way, Xuan Shijing’s sense of guilt can also be alleviated. If people must be divided into different classes, then in Xuan Shijing’s heart, the people of Datang will always come first. The people of the Tang Dynasty live a good life, and for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, even if this prosperity and prosperity are based on the blood and flesh of others, they will not hesitate.

Otherwise, simply don't talk about ideals or prosperity.

One general succeeds and ten thousand bones die, let alone a country succeeds.

Stayed in Luoyang for one night, and during the daytime the next day, Xuan Shijing and Liu Renyuan took Gao Jun and Chang Le for a stroll around Chang'an City. Since they came to Luoyang, they didn't know how to do it.

After lunch in the afternoon, people from the Xuan family delivered a letter to the inn, saying that everything on board had been purchased and that they could leave this afternoon.

After discussing with Liu Renyuan, Xuan Shijing decided to leave Luoyang in the afternoon and set off by boat.

The carriage drove through the streets of Luoyang City, and out of the city gate, Xuan Shijing sat in the carriage and lifted the curtains, and glanced at the city wall of Luoyang City that was drifting away.

"When we pass through Luoyang again, it should be time to come back from Quanzhou." Xuan Shijing said, "I don't know if there is a chance to see a different Luoyang from this time."

"Yes, if the father-in-law likes it, we can just stop in Luoyang for a few days when we come back." Liu Renyuan said.

Looking at this place in Luoyang from the map, it is close to the port of the Yellow River, and it is also an important turning point to connect the canal. It is necessary to go to the place where Chang’an must pass by waterway, from Luoyang to Zhengzhou, and then turn to the canal from Zhengzhou. The canal connects the Yellow River and Bian River. Follow the Bian River and enter the Huai River, starting from Chuzhou, and then enter the canal with a huge project and a long history.

Three great projects in ancient China, the Great Wall, Karez, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

The history textbooks crown this canal with many titles and honors. This is a great project created by the ancient working people and one of the symbols of cultural status. How much time was spent, how much corvee was used, and how many bones were buried at the bottom of this river.

Speaking of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, we all know that it was built by the Sui Dynasty, and some people even attribute the demise of the Sui Dynasty to this river. In fact, it is not the case. It was not the Sui Dynasty that dug the canal at first, but the Spring and Autumn Period. It was excavated in the state of Qi, and in the Sui Dynasty, the original river course was greatly expanded, running through Luoyang City and connecting Zhuo County, becoming the Grand Canal connecting the five major water systems and connecting the north and the south. The Sui Dynasty was formed in the Sui Dynasty and developed in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

Xuan Shijing stood on the boat and looked at the vast canal. No matter what purpose Yang Guang used corvettes to repair the canal, it was already a matter of the previous dynasty. It is not necessarily 100% of Yang Guang's thoughts, so the past is gone, there is no need to pursue it, what is important is the present, and the canal in front of him is the only good thing left to the Tang Dynasty by the Sui Dynasty.

"This is a golden waterway." Xuan Shijing said with a smile: "The Tang Dynasty has developed so fast, and it is inseparable from this waterway."

"This canal?" Liu Renyuan asked, without waiting for Xuan Shijing's answer, he nodded: "Yes, it runs through the north and the south, such a large project throughout the ages, except for Qin Shihuang who built the Great Wall, no one can match it."

"That's right, don't look at the construction of the new palace on the Longshouyuan in the past two years. 15 corvees were expropriated at once. Compared with this canal, it's just playing house." Xuan Shijing said: "During the former Sui Dynasty, the Central Plains How many people are there in the land? In the five years of the great cause, there are 500 million households in the country. According to the statistics of five people per household, there are more than 200 million people. In the early Tang Dynasty? There were only 1000 million households and 900 million people. Even today, How many people are there in the Tang Dynasty? More than 30 million people, after more than 900 years of diligent efforts by His Majesty and many ministers in the court, the entire Tang Dynasty has only increased by more than [-] million people, isn't it terrible?"

Compared with Sui in the past, Chi Guoguo's numbers are really terrifying in comparison.

"When I mentioned the past, I only said that the land of the Central Plains was ten rooms and nine empties, but I know the specific figures from my father-in-law. Judging from the numbers, it is more terrifying than ten rooms and nine empties." Liu Renyuan sighed.

The people on the land of the Central Plains are so tenacious, the strong wind knows the strong grass, and the people on the Central Plains are the strong grass, no matter how many times they are burned by wild fire, no matter how many times they are blown by the strong wind, they can always survive tenaciously, even if the conditions Bad, even if the enemy is strong, as long as there is a trace of life, they can come alive.

The Yellow Emperor conquered Chiyou, and Gao Yang (Zhuanxu) conquered Jiuli. After the great chaos, there will be great rule. Besides, the Wuhu Chaohua, a one-piece order to kill Huhu, ended the world of two-legged sheep.

Back then, the nomads on the grasslands killed men when they saw men, and captured women when they saw women. These nomads did not carry military rations with the army during the invasion process, so they used captured women as military rations, and started using people as military rations. bad habits.Among the Five Hu, the Jie people are the most vicious. They never bring food and grass when marching and fighting. They rob women and livestock along the way. It is their rations.Even named these women two-footed sheep.

In their dictionary, Han women are called "Han pigs" by Jie people, while Han girls are called "two-legged sheep" and children are "little fat sheep".These Jie people, who mainly eat beef and mutton, think that the meat of Han women is delicious, so they capture a large number of Han women to slaughter and eat meat.The meat that could not be eaten was openly sold in the Hu people's market along with beef and mutton.

Not to mention why Ran Min issued this order to kill Hu Hu, if there was no order to kill Hu Hu, I am afraid that the strong grass in the Central Plains would have been cut off.

Looking at this canal now, Xuan Shijing always vaguely felt that the water in this canal was blood red. Although the water was muddy, it seemed as if he could see the bones buried under the mud at the bottom of the river.

In today's era, it is these bones buried under the river that laid the foundation for the prosperous age.

(End of this chapter)