Capital Datang

Li Zhi was shocked when he heard this, and at the same time couldn't help looking up at Li Shimin. In his heart, his father had always been a wise and powerful image, and no matter what kind of military and political affairs, they would be easily solved in Li Shimin's hands, as if Nothing in the world can make it difficult for his father, but now Li Shimin admits that he has no energy, which makes Li Zhi suddenly realize that his father seems to be really old.

Li Shimin also felt the strangeness of his son, so he walked over and patted Li Zhi on the shoulder and said, "Don't be stupid, although you are a father and an emperor, and you are called the son of heaven, but in fact, you are just a mortal, and you will die soon." This day, so there is nothing to be sad about, but the burden on you is heavy, what preparations do you have for future reforms?"

Li Zhi is a very emotional person. Seeing his father's open-mindedness made him feel even more uncomfortable. At the same time, he felt that the wrinkles on his father's face became more glaring.However, as a prince, Li Zhi quickly cheered up, and said in a deep voice: "I would like to report to my father, my son has made a detailed investigation of some domestic situations during this period of time, and then referred to the sixth brother to explain the situation." I have already gained some experience in the content of the reform, but I haven't finished writing it yet, and I will submit it to my father for review after I finish writing it!"

Li Shimin nodded after hearing this, but then said: "Zhier, the content of the reform is not enough. The real key is that a group of talents who understand the content of the reform and faithfully implement the reform are needed. Uncle is a rare talent, but his position determines that he cannot support this change, so he can only look for other talents."

"This..." Li Zhi was taken aback when he heard this. After he came back from Taiwan, he had thought about reforming the law. It's just that he has been busy investigating all aspects of the Tang Dynasty in the past few years, and he thinks that there is still plenty of time. .Therefore, we have not had time to find talents for the reform.Capital Datang 683

Li Shimin showed a smug smile and said: "But you don't have to worry about this, I have prepared a group of talents for you, and now these people have been sent to your sixth brother. Daqi works at all levels of government, and is already familiar with the operation of Daqi's "government", so you can return to Datang at any time, and with the help of these people, I believe you will feel more comfortable when implementing reforms!"

Li Zhi was also moved after hearing this.Unexpectedly, his father was already preparing for him early: "Thank you, Father, I will do my best to lead Datang to create a new prosperous world!"

While Li Shimin, Li Zhi and his son were discussing the reform of the Tang Dynasty, a coastal port was under intense construction at the western end of Java Island, thousands of miles away.Because the port is surrounded by coconut trees, this new city is also named Coconut City.

After the last plague ravaged Java Island, the total population of the entire island dropped to less than one million, and among the surviving people, quite a few of them had been destroyed by the plague and could not live for a few years at all. .

After confirming that the plague on Java Island had finally disappeared, Li Yin finally decided to include Java in the scope of development again.There are cities under construction near several relatively good natural ports, but in order to prevent another outbreak of the plague, these cities have extremely high hygiene requirements.Not only is there a wide sewer, but there are also special people responsible for cleaning up the garbage generated in the city. In addition, the natives on the island are strictly prohibited from entering these cities.

Coconut City is one of these emerging cities in Java, and now the entire city has almost been built.However, there are not many residents in the city, even those who have registered for Yecheng household registration.They rarely live in cities, because now Java mainly relies on plantations to attract residents. Most of the people who come to settle here are plantation owners. They bought large tracts of land near Coconut City and planted rubber, cocoa, tea, and sugar cane. Waiting for cash crops, they usually live in the plantation, and only when they are free, they will take the whole family to live in the city for a few days.

Today is a day of great commemorative significance in Yecheng City. The outermost city wall of Yecheng City has finally come together, which means that the construction of Yecheng City has finally been completed today. The vacant land is used as commercial and residential land, and will be sold to those who come to do business or live in it, so that they can build their own houses.

At noon, most of the residents of Yecheng rushed to the city wall that was about to be closed.The island of Java is divided into three states, East, Central, and West. Among them, Yecheng is the capital of West Java, and the highest official in the city is naturally the governor.When all the people in the city rushed to the city wall, the governor in charge of Yecheng also stood on the city wall.

I saw that the governor was nearly sixty years old, with a slightly fat body and a kind smile on his face all the time. He didn't look like an official at all, but a businessman who bought and sold things.However, if the name of this lord governor is mentioned, I am afraid that many people have heard of it. He is the famous Xu Jingzong in history.

When Li Yin was in Datang, he established the far-reaching Datang Patent Department, of which the chief executive of the Patent Department was a doctor, and the first doctor of the Patent Department was Xu Jingzong.

The Patent Department was upgraded from the Cement Supervision Institute founded by Li Yin. All the people in the department are Li Yin's old subordinates. For example, Li Yifu, the second in command of the Patent Department, was promoted by Li Yin. , and has long been on the same front as Li Yin.So after Xu Jingzong took office, he cleverly took refuge in Li Yin, and finally gained a firm foothold.

However, Li Yin later developed overseas. After all, Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu were court officials, and both held important positions, so they did not follow him. This was also agreed by Li Yin. All the doctors in the department have been promoted.

But just a few years ago, Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu resigned from office almost at the same time, and then traveled far away to Taiwan to find Li Yin, and after presenting Li Shimin's personal letter to Li Yin, they were warmly received by Li Yin. After that, the two of them, Together with some other officials or scholars who came from Datang, they entered Daqi's "governments" at all levels to work. Among them, Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu performed outstandingly among the crowd, and were soon released as officials by Li Yinwai , now Xu Jingzong is the governor of West Java, and Li Yifu is the chief historian, he can be regarded as his deputy, and now he is standing behind Xu Jingzong.

"Lord Inspector, the auspicious time has come, please preside over the completion ceremony of the city wall!" At this moment, Li Yifu, the deputy, walked to Xu Jingzong's side, and reminded him softly.

Xu Jingzong nodded after hearing this, then walked to the top of the city, picked up a city brick tied with red silk from the hand of the master of ceremonies next to him, and put it in the concave hole specially left by the craftsman, just to fill up the concave hole, and the next to it The work area was immediately sealed with cement.Just as he put down the city bricks, firecrackers and drums were fired from the top and bottom of the city wall, and there were dragon and lion dance teams on both sides of the city wall to celebrate.Immediately afterwards, the salute on the city wall continued to sound, adding a bit of solemnity to the whole ceremony.

"Everyone in Yecheng, today is the day when Yecheng was officially built, and it is also the first day that Xu officially took office. On this happy day, the governor wants to announce a good news. Grace, in the next three years, we will reduce or exempt [-]% of our taxes in West Java."

As soon as Xu Jingzong took office, he brought a gift to everyone. The people below cheered when they heard that the tax would be cut. Although the total population of Yecheng was less than 5000, they cheered at the same time. The momentum is also very large.

Then Xu Jingzong pressed his hands and waited until the people below calmed down before continuing his speech, but the following content was a bit boring. It was nothing more than introducing Java's geographical advantages and rich products to encourage people in the city. The common people worked hard to open up and strive to make Coconut City a pearl of Nanyang as soon as possible.

In fact, Xu Jingzong doesn't like to talk nonsense, but the ceremony must have the appearance of a ceremony, and their budget is very tight, so the scale of the ceremony is not large. If you don't say a few words to delay the time, then there will be no program So he spoke very hard on the stage, and the people below listened very hard.Capital Datang 683

After finally waiting for Xu Jingzong to finish his speech, and then amidst the sound of music, the entire completion ceremony was finally completed. Most of the people in the city dispersed with a bang, and they wanted to rush back to their plantation before dark. Among them, quite a few people are the staff of Yecheng Port and their family members, and there are very few people who really live in Yecheng.

After seeing the people leave, Xu Jingzong and the officials behind him also returned to their yamen to handle business. Before the construction of the Coconut City, there were so many affairs in all aspects, especially Xu Jingzong, the governor, was even more busy every day. He was so busy that he sometimes didn't even have time to eat. Now that the Coconut City was finally built, he could take a few breaths.

What Daqi advocated is centralized office. For example, in Yecheng, the yamen at all levels are concentrated around the governor's yamen. This not only facilitates the communication between various departments, but also facilitates the people to handle affairs.This is also the experience that Li Yin learned from a certain dynasty in later generations, so that he would have to travel all over the city to avoid a trivial matter such as a certificate, and it may not be done in the end, which can be really annoying.

Xu Jingzong returned to the second hall of his governor's yamen, where he handled daily affairs, and further inside was where he and his family lived.But just as Xu Jingzong sat down, he saw Li Yifu rushing in from the outside, and shouted in surprise: "Master Inspector, quickly...follow me to the pier to meet you, the imperial court has sent us a lot of people." !"

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