Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 497
The development of information will bring changes to everyone. The most obvious thing is that these readers who often read newspapers will have more thoughts. Everyone has different brain circuits and thinks about different things. Therefore, this Zhou Wuxue can have Sun Xiangfu was not surprised by such an idea.

After receiving Sun Xiangfu's nod, Zhou Wuxue said again, "Your Majesty's current policy strategy is based on the people, regardless of Hu and Han. The border towns belong to my Tang Dynasty, and the barbarians in the border areas The common people are also the people of my Tang Dynasty. Just now, what the students said about moving people, changing customs, and treating them differently, the students think is inappropriate.

Respecting their customs will make it easier for them to settle down. Just imagine, if you let the grassland people who are used to eating beef and mutton eat rice like the Han people every day, would they be happy?Are you willing to let the Han people who have cultivated fields in warm areas for generations go to the northern grasslands to suffer from the cold and graze?
There are many similar situations, and the students will not list them one by one. This kind of dissatisfaction is estrangement. "

At this point, Zhou Wuxue paused on purpose. He wanted to make sure that Sun Xiangfu agreed with what he said before he could continue. , at this moment, the eyes looking at Zhou Wuxue are full of contempt, and problems will arise. Everyone knows that the solution is the key. How to turn the border town into a center, and turn the center into a border town, you can tell me ah!

But Sun Xiangfu didn't think so. Obviously, Zhou Wuxue's understanding of Li Shimin's political policy was better than many students. He felt that such an excellent student should be praised, so he said, "You are right, Confucius once said, don’t do to others what you don’t want yourself to do to yourself. No one wants to be forced to change their habits. Compulsory execution will only make everyone unhappy. Things that everyone is unhappy with are destined to be impossible to do. OK

His Majesty once said, "Since ancient times, China has been valued and barbarians have been despised. I only love them as one." 'This is a kind of big heart that treats everyone equally, you should keep in mind, don't think that the ethnic minorities in the border areas are not important.

In addition, the land in the frontier mentioned by Zhou is also the land of the Tang Dynasty. This is very important. In the Tang Dynasty, we will not allow the loss of an inch of land, let alone take good care of it just because it is a frontier. Abandon it, once we have such a mentality, then our country will be lost inch by inch, because the frontier will always exist, and the territory will shrink and shrink. "

Sun Xiangfu's words were equivalent to fully affirming Zhou Wuxue's argument. After the students who had expressed their opinions just now bowed their heads in shame, Sun Xiangfu looked at Zhou Wuxue again, "Student Zhou, you can continue to express yourself. opinion."

When he was affirmed by Sun Xiangfu, Zhou Wuxue's face was obviously more confident. With permission, he said, "Since ancient times, the capitals have been located in one place, and the emperors have all grown up in deep palaces. In the eyes of the students, this is It is very detrimental to the long-term inheritance of a country.

For example, in our Tang Dynasty, the capital is Chang'an, which is 4000 miles away from the easternmost Anton Governor's Mansion.There is also a distance of more than [-] miles to Lingnan.It is even seven or eight thousand miles away from Suiye City, the seat of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate.

With such a long distance, the common people do not know the face of the emperor, and lack of effective communication with the central government, resulting in the sluggish government orders, and the officials and the people are not in the same heart with the imperial court. Over time, they will lose control of these territories just like the previous Han Dynasty.

But the emperor grew up in the deep palace and didn't know the sufferings of the people, just like the former Han Dynasty, the army was strong and the country was rich, but the emperor in the deep palace didn't care about the sufferings of the people at all, causing turmoil among the people, warlords and chaos in the country, and eunuchs chaotic government, powerful ministers monopolizing the court, etc. Circumstances are the cause of its collapse. If I don't change it in Datang, these circumstances may still appear.

Therefore, the students believed that the capital of the country should not be built in one place, and the monarch and the successor of the monarch should not be allowed to live in the palace all year round, separated from the people.

Therefore, the students thought of a strategy, that is, to build a capital in each of the four borders, echoing the central capital, and let the emperor take turns ruling in each capital.In this way, the frontier can be governed as the center, and the emperor can frequently walk among the people and know the specific situation of the whole world. "

After Zhou Wuxue's words, the whole living room became unusually quiet. This guy's brains were too big, and, from the eyes of the current people, it was a little too unrealistic.

First of all, the cost of building several capitals is huge.Secondly, it will cost even more to let the emperor move.You know, when the emperor travels, he must be accompanied by a large team of tens of thousands of people. This journey is thousands of miles, and it takes several months.

Not only this, the courtiers should also follow when the emperor leaves. Then, let the emperor and courtiers live in the process of traveling for the rest of their lives, would they be willing?This is totally unrealistic!

However, Sun Xiangfu does not see it that way. He grew up in later generations, and he is actually used to seeing state leaders running around. They spend almost half of the year on the plane, not only running in the country, but also Running internationally, this country today and that country tomorrow, it is not because there are important domestic meetings to be held in the capital, and they will not honestly stay in the capital for a few days.

It's a pity that there are no airplanes in this era, and there is no convenient communication, so the Zhou Wu theory is indeed a bit unrealistic.

However, he was thinking in the right direction.

As long as the direction is right, Sun Xiangfu will come forward to encourage, so he said again, "Your idea is very innovative. Now, it may not be realized immediately, but it may be realized in the future. This can give us the direction of future governance. It provides very important inspiration, and the imperial court is already trying to do it.”

Sun Xiangfu was the biggest leader on the scene. He affirmed Zhou Wuxue's unrealistic idea, which made many students even more confused.

So Sun Xiangfu organized his language, and said, "Just now we were discussing 'power over the side, and troubles will inevitably arise for a long time'. However, this 'suffering' is not only internal troubles. Since there are still sides, then it must be In the presence of foreign aggression, border towns are our gates.

Therefore, as proposed by Zhou, the border town is the center, and the center is located in the border town. I sum it up as "the emperor guards the gate of the country", and, I think, this is very necessary.

We must first determine a future goal. At least, every inch of the country's land and every citizen should be protected by the country, or in other words, the emperor.

And only the political capabilities and strong military strength of the frontier can truly achieve this.

Of course, the reason why most of you have doubts is that these things are not realistic. It takes a lot of money to build a few capitals. How can the emperor and ministers run around for thousands of miles, which consumes too much , It is too tiring, however, it turns out that doing so is actually effective.

His Majesty's northern tour is an example, and the current southern tour will soon become an example. The tour can allow the people in the border areas to meet the king, bring stability to the country, visit the local area, understand the people's conditions, and allow the court to introduce policies that are more suitable for governing the local area. The implementation strategy is positive for the long-term stability of the country.

Then, what we should consider are the difficulties that hinder us from promoting the positive development of the country.

Is it thousands of miles far away?It’s really far away. Before I became an official, I even felt that dozens of miles were far away. At that time, the villagers in Xingfu Village and I caught a lot of fish, but we couldn’t afford to send it to the county town fifty miles away. Selling, luckily, I met Mr. Yi and asked me to sell the fish to him.

And what happened later?I have a boat and a horse, not to mention a county town that is tens of miles away, but Chang'an, which is more than 100 miles away, I can take a trip in more than two hours.

Later, we had cement roads in Guanzhong, and the car factory produced tricycles and bicycles. Now, I can go to and from Xingfu Village and Chang'an even faster.

Another example, when the Goguryeo War broke out the year before last, Duke Zou was urgently ordered to rush to the front. Do you know how long it took him to get from Chang'an to Pyongyang? "

How could the students know about this transfer of senior officials? They all waited blankly for Sun Xiangfu to announce the answer himself.

Sun Xiangfu raised his hand and made a gesture of six and said, "Six days."

"Six days?"

Hearing this data, many students present couldn't help but twitch their mouths. Pyongyang is four to five thousand miles away from Chang'an. The speed of this journey is almost more than eight hundred miles. However, eight The speed of a hundred miles can only make the letter deliver about [-] miles a day. This speed can only be achieved by countless couriers along the way, the horses are completely replaced without interruption, and they run at full speed in turns.

Alone, even if there are unlimited horses for you to replace along the way, you still can't run non-stop for twelve hours a day!

Seeing everyone looking at him with more doubts, Sun Xiangfu explained, "The shipyard has fast boats specially designed for sailing speed. They sail along straight canals with smooth wind and water, and the speed is faster than galloping horses running non-stop. There are a lot of them, traveling continuously for twelve hours, and can sail thousands of miles in a day, and with the improvement of our technology, in the future, we may be able to reach the border from Chang'an faster."

In the past, it took two days or even three days to go from Chang'an to Luoyang by water, but now, it takes more than a day, because the distance is only a few hundred miles, and it is along the river. Wind, without raising the sails, just relying on the speed of the water wheel and the water flow, it will take more than ten hours to run.

Now, not only the water route is faster, but also the land route is faster, because now there is a straight and easy concrete road, even if it is a caravan, there is no official channel for changing horses, and it only takes one's own horsepower to travel by land in three days. Can go to Luoyang.

Sun Xiangfu said earlier that the imperial court had already tried to do it, which reminded everyone that the cement road that Wang's family built from Guanzhong to Mayi since last year, now, I'm afraid it has already been built in Bingzhou, so it should be better than that. It is expected to be completed a few months ahead of schedule, that is to say, in the future, from Chang'an to Shanyang and Dingxiang, there will be easy concrete roads to travel. The whole journey is less than [-] miles. It only takes eight or nine days for everyone to go to Shanyang. If there is a horse change along the way, it will be faster. After all, since the cement road in Guanzhong has been built, there are some along the way that can provide horse change, or An inn that took care of the horses appeared. As long as they pay some money, they can ride horses and gallop all the way to Shanyang.

So in the future, will there be cement roads leading to Guangzhou, Pyongyang, and even Suiye City in Datang, making it faster and more convenient to go to these places from Chang'an?

Since Sun Xiangfu said that the imperial court is already doing it, then it is inevitable. With the rapid growth of Tang Dynasty's economic strength, it can completely support the construction of more cement roads. Then, there may be faster ones in the future. Let the car show up!
(End of this chapter)