Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1286 Emperor Qin's East Tour
Dozens of warships from the East China Sea Fleet in Penghu Bay set sail, headed straight to Ludao in the west, and killed the first thieves who didn't know it and were enjoying themselves on the island.

At the same time, in the distant Central Plains.

The emperor left Luoyang with the empress and the prince. Accompanied by the ministers and ministers, and escorted by countless imperial guards, the emperor began to leave Luoyang for Mount Tai.

In front of the Luoyang city gate, countless wealthy businessmen and scholars from the capital's officials and eunuchs accompanied them, but the emperor did not ask them to accompany them.However, everyone saw that the air was refreshing today, and it was a cool autumn, so they also wanted to follow Shengjia and go to Mount Tai together.

Think of it as an autumn outing.

After all, such a big event as the emperor enshrining Chan Taishan is also rare.

If you have the opportunity to participate in witnessing, it is also a great honor.

For this east tour, the ministers also worked very hard. In the end, there were [-] Beiya Imperial Guards, [-] Neiya pro-armies, [-] Yulin, [-] court ladies and [-] eunuchs. , There are also [-] eunuchs who are the emperor's closest personal eunuchs.

Most of these eunuchs are tall and brave, and they are the emperor's closest guards.

On the way out of the patrol, the guards along the way are also responsible for picking up the guards.

The mighty team is very spectacular.

Fortunately, most people travel at their own expense, so there is no need to worry about the court spending too much.And Luo Cheng also asked, try not to harass the place, all the needs of the team will be arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the royal side will be fully responsible, and the accommodation camps, food consumption, etc. will be arranged along the way in advance.

The royal family pays for the purchase, and it is forbidden to pay tribute to any special products.

After leaving the Luoyang gate, there are 10,000+ people in a team. It seems that the soldiers and civilians in Luoyang will follow the emperor to Mount Tai to play, like a huge tour group.

Emperor Luo Cheng rode on a white horse and wore a white robe.

Although some officials persuaded the emperor that the emperor should take safety as the most important thing when traveling outside, and should ride in the wheel palace or dragon boat, and guards should be sent on both sides to isolate the people.

But Luo Cheng didn't think it was necessary. Of course there were security measures. Therefore, even if Luo Cheng rode a horse, the people could only watch from a distance, and there would be no threat. It was impossible to threaten the emperor.

The prince also rode a horse, and the queen rode in a carriage.

"A scene of prosperity."

Wei Zheng smiled and said to the emperor, he also rode a horse and wore Taoist robes.

"You shouldn't have said that." The emperor said.

"The minister is just telling the truth."

Such a large team travels, although there are many generals in charge of command, it is indeed very noisy.

"There are many caravans behind, even many singing girls and dancing girls, and many jugglers."

"As long as the local people are not harassed and the national treasury is not consumed, the people are willing to follow. This is their freedom. Maybe this east tour can also promote consumption along the road and bring a lot of benefits to the people." Luo Luo Cheng smiled.

"With His Majesty's strict orders in front, I thought that no one would dare to make trouble. Think about it, these more than [-] people patrolling eastward, traveling through counties and counties all the way, eating, drinking and having fun, really cost a lot of money. As long as these If the cost is apportioned to the people in the counties and counties along the way, but bought with money, then the people where they pass will indeed benefit a lot.”

"In Luoyang City, there are indeed many people who don't need to work hard." The emperor looked back. Those aristocratic officials, scholars, powerful and wealthy businessmen, and of course many of them are missions of vassal states.

These people don't have to work and do things, and most of them drive eastward at their own expense.Not only did they follow at their own expense, they even brought their wives, concubines and children, as well as many servants and servants.

It is not easy to maintain one's own comfort for such a long-distance cruise. You have to prepare horses and carriages, as well as fodder for the coachman, and you have to bring a lot of clothes and utensils.

Of course, there are also many smart Luoyang merchants who discovered the huge business opportunities early on, so they followed with their own caravans and provided various goods to the noble officials who accompanied them at any time.

It is said that there are even more than 3000 brothel girls behind the team.

After Luo Cheng knew this, he didn't stop it, but reiterated that all accompanying people should not harass the place.

Because the emperor brought the crown prince with him, now the prime minister Hou Mo Chenyi and the scholar Wen Yanbo are staying in Luoyang, together with the privy envoy Zhang Xutuo, and Sun Wuji, the prime minister of the censor, the four of them formed the left-behind team , Responsible for staying in Luoyang.

The Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager stayed in Luoyang because they were old and didn't want to bother with cars and horses.

The other princes other than the prince also stayed in Luoyang.

Riding on the horse, you can see that Lu Xin has been padded with soil and sprinkled with water to avoid uneven and dusty places.

"This road was newly built, didn't it drive the people away?"

Wei Zheng smiled and said, "Just after leaving Luoyang, His Majesty will find out after calling the magistrate here."

Of course the local government did not dare to force the people. In fact, they were not qualified enough to force them, because once the emperor’s tour route was confirmed, the Ministry of Internal Affairs immediately arranged it.

The royal treasury drew money, hired local people along the way to repair the roads, filled the loess roads with clean water, and even repaired drainage channels along the roads, reinforced and widened bridges, added many public toilets along the roads, and dug many wells, etc. .

These are all paid to hire local people to do things, and the wages are very generous. All the materials needed are purchased with money. There is no forced collection of a penny from the local people, and no free requisition of a single person.

After the emperor passed away, the road and the repairs on both sides of the road were also left for the local people to use, which was regarded as a benefit to the people.

Luo Cheng is very satisfied, as long as it doesn't disturb the people, it's enough.

Although these needs to be borne by the internal treasury and cost a lot of money, there is no reason for Luo Cheng to let the local people bear the burden when he tours Mount Tai by himself.The emperor had money in his treasury, and he could afford to spend a few million guan for a tour, but if the people along the way were to bear these, it might bankrupt the people.

"Keep an eye on the place, I don't want the good scriptures to be misrepresented by monks with crooked mouths. Don't worry about taking money out of my internal treasury and using it as a special fund for hiring people to buy materials. In the end, the money didn't go to the hands of the common people and merchants, but all went into it. The pockets of some corrupt officials were left to the common people in the end, and even added to the burden.”

Luo Cheng is very aware of this possibility, especially at the local grassroots level, there are more such things.Even though it is the early years of the dynasty, it is impossible to resist the existence of such bold and greedy people.

"Please don't worry, saint. Whoever dares to be greedy for this money will never be forgiven lightly."

"I don't want to pursue it afterwards, what I want is to prevent it before it happens, so I have to supervise it."

(End of this chapter)