Wentang

Chapter 815 Untitled
Before you know it, it's the end of the year, the common people are busy celebrating the new year, and the imperial court is rushing to make a summary of the year and plans for the coming year...

At this time, another good thing happened. The Chang'e Railway, which had been repaired for several years, was finally opened to traffic.

Although this is not the first railway in the Tang Dynasty, it is not even the second and third... If it is really counted, it may not even be the tenth.

But it is still the most important one, and both the government and the opposition attach great importance to it.The reason is simple, it is the only long-distance railway.

The other railways are all short lines, the longest of which is no more than a hundred miles.

This Chang'an Railway has a total length of more than 800 miles and goes directly to Ezhou. After completion, materials from the south can be continuously transported to Chang'an through the Yangtze River.

The benefits brought are too many, reducing the pressure on water transportation, lowering prices in Chang'an, and the towns along the way will also prosper.

The one that has benefited the most is Ezhou, which has transformed itself into a transportation hub connecting the north and the south, and has become more important and prosperous.

In the eyes of the imperial court, the status of Hubei Province has skyrocketed, from being dispensable to becoming a strategic location second only to Gyeonggi.

So when the railway was completed, the court sent Prince Li Chengqian to cut the ribbon in person to celebrate.

The main officials from the museum, the Ministry of Industry, the Railway Department and other departments were all present. Yue Shan didn't want to come, but Li Chengqian sent him an invitation and it was not good if he didn't come, so he followed.

But when he came, he also brought Li Xiang over to let him learn a lot.

The ribbon-cutting process was naturally very lively, and people from various departments were also very excited, so I won't repeat it here.

Finally, at the order of Li Chengqian, a train loaded with goods departed for Ezhou, and the ceremony was considered to be over.

On the way back, Li Chengqian was very excited and said, "It would be great if the train could lead to every place in Datang in the future."

Yue Shan smiled and said, "Have you read the Centennial Plan for the construction of the Datang Railway?"

Li Chengqian said: "I've seen it. Five horizontal and five vertical are really a great idea. I can't wait to see that day."

Yue Shan said: "This is your task. I don't dare to think about five horizontal and five vertical. I can see three horizontal and five vertical in my lifetime."

Li Chengqian nodded and said: "I hope that I can complete the third phase of the plan in my lifetime, and the rest." He glanced at Li Xiang and said: "It's up to him."

Li Xiang, who was gnawing on an apple with his arms in his arms, rolled his eyes and mumbled that he didn't know what he was talking about.

Angrily, Li Chengqian stretched out his hand and slapped him on the head.

Datang’s [-]-year railway plan divides the construction of railways into four phases. The first phase is the exploration phase, which takes five to ten years to summarize a set of mature technologies for railway construction.

The second phase is one vertical and one horizontal, the vertical is the Liaoguang Railway from Liaodong to Guangzhou, and the horizontal is the railway from Dizhou to Chang'an and then to the Western Regions.

The third phase is to complete the three horizontal and five vertical plans.

The fourth phase is to focus on special areas, such as the plateau Tubo line, and complete the five horizontal and five vertical plans.

The completion of the Chang'e Railway means that the plan for this phase has been completed.

Yue Shandao: "5000 people were hired to build the Chang'e Railway, and a large number of skilled workers were trained. These 5000 people can be dispersed to various places in the future, and more workers will be trained with old people and new ones."

"Moreover, many tunnels have been opened along this road, and hundreds of bridges have been built, and there are more than ten long bridges across large rivers. With these technologies, the railways in most parts of the country cannot be difficult for us."

Li Chengqian nodded, but when he thought about the resources consumed by the construction of the railway, he said with a headache: "The railway is good everywhere, but it consumes too much resources, especially the consumption of steel. One-third of the iron production of Datang is used to repair this railway."

"I want to repair the five horizontal and five vertical lines, and there are branch railways in various places. I have some doubts whether Datang's steel is enough."

Yue Shan said: "It's enough just to build railways, but there are many places where Datang needs steel, and these production alone are far from enough."

At this time, Li Xiang said: "What are you afraid of? If a country wants to complete infrastructure construction and industrialization, it must plunder. Either exploit the wealth of the people internally, or plunder resources externally."

"We have no reason to exploit our own people. Datang is invincible in the world, so it is natural to plunder resources from outside."

"If you don't have enough iron ore, you can go to other places to mine it... Collecting the material resources of the world to build the Tang Dynasty, even if the railway is built to every village, it is more than enough."

Li Chengqian stared at him dumbfounded, and couldn't believe that the person who spoke wildly and talked about plunder was his own son.

This is obviously a little devil.

"You taught him all this?"

"Yes, is there a problem?" Yue Shan asked back.

"No...no problem." Seeing his natural look, Li Chengqian also didn't know what to say, and finally he could only say:

"Why have you never taught me such a thing?"

Yue Shan said: "It's not appropriate. The situation at that time was different from what it is now. Even if I tell you this, you won't be able to understand it, and even if you understand it, it may not be a good thing."

Li Chengqian thought about it for a while and it was true, but he was still a little unwilling: "It's not appropriate now, is it?"

Yue Shan glanced at him and said, "Isn't there still you here? He won't have the chance to implement the things he learned for at least 20 years."

"If you work hard as an emperor for 30 or [-] years, the situation will become suitable for what he has learned. At that time, he will just take over from your class."

20 years of hard work?take over?Li Chengqian can't accept it, can you not treat what I said as a tool man?

"You... this... I..."

"Haha..." Li Xiang laughed out loud seeing his appearance of being hit.

"Slap." Li Chengqian slapped his head from embarrassment and anger: "It's not proper to laugh at the elders, and you will be punished to kneel for an hour when you go back."

"Ah?" The smile on Li Xiang's face froze immediately.

"Hehe..." Yue Shan chuckled, silly boy, your father doesn't dare to do anything to me, doesn't he dare to punish you?
Seeing Li Xiang's frustrated expression, Li Chengqian's mood immediately improved.He thought for a moment and suddenly said:
"Xiang'er will be 11 years old after the new year, and children from poor families will get married. He doesn't have to get married so early, but he should settle the marriage in advance. After thinking about it, I think Yuhu is quite suitable."

Yue Shan frowned and was about to speak, when Li Xiang jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on and said loudly, "No."

Li Chengqian's face darkened immediately, and he scolded: "Shut up, your parents are the ones to make decisions about marriage, so there's no reason for you to interrupt."

Li Xiang said angrily: "You are old-fashioned, and the medical school has calculated that the probability of having children with close relatives who marry is higher than that of disabilities."

"Yuhu and I are close relatives in blood, how can we get married. Besides, I have regarded her as my younger sister since I was a child, and marrying my younger sister is a pervert."

"Slap." Li Chengqian slapped him again and said angrily, "Shut up."

After speaking, he looked at Yue Shan nervously, for fear that he would get angry because of it.

Will Yue Shan be angry?That's impossible, but I appreciate Li Xiang's attitude.Respect science, dare to contradict 'power'.

"Hehe... I know what you think, there is no need for this. If the relationship between our two families needs to be maintained by the marriage of our children, then we have failed too."

After making sure he wasn't angry, Li Chengqian also heaved a sigh of relief, but after hearing his words, he felt a little embarrassed and said, "I'm too pedantic."

Yue Shan said: "You should tell Xiang'er about this."

Li Chengqian's expression froze, it was against his education to give his children adult mistakes.But seeing Li Xiang's aggrieved and stubborn face, he sighed in his heart, forget it, there is no outsider anyway.

"Okay, okay, you're right."

"Hmph." Li Xiang glanced at him, then turned his head away in disdain.

Li Chengqian was even more embarrassed.

Yue Shan knew that it was not easy for him to be able to speak to this level, and if he didn't step down, there would really be a gap.

He said to Li Xiang, "Be polite, be polite, be polite."

Li Xiang then reluctantly said: "I am also at fault, I shouldn't talk to you like this."

Li Chengqian rubbed his head, smiled bitterly and said to Yue Shan: "You are more like a father than me."

Yue Shan just smiled, turned to Li Xiang and said, "Go out and ride a horse, I have something to say to your father alone."

Li Xiang got up and went outside the chariot, and with the assistance of the guards, he rode on a horse.

After he left Yueshan, he sighed and said, "I'm going to send Xiang'er to the military academy."

Li Chengqian asked nervously: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

Yue Shan said: "He has mastered too much advanced knowledge, and gradually began to become arrogant."

Li Chengqian's expression also became serious, arrogance is definitely a taboo for a king: "Can sending this kind of thinking be reversed by sending it to a military academy?"

Yue Shan said: "He is still young and has strong plasticity. Let him leave the familiar environment and he will not have the capital to be proud. It is no problem to reverse this kind of thinking with psychological counseling."

Li Chengqian said: "You are better at education than I am, so just do what you want, I trust you."

This kind of trust moved Yue Shan, and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely teach him well. But in the future, don't let him get in touch with political affairs without my permission, and try to mention as little as possible in front of him."

Li Chengqian said: "Okay."

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This year's Chinese New Year is particularly lively. Not only the officials of the feudal borders returned to Beijing to report on their duties, but even the vassal states also sent envoys to Beijing for a pilgrimage. Coupled with the pilgrimage groups from the vassal states, the Hanyuan Hall seemed a bit crowded.

After the lively Chinese New Year, the imperial court finally announced the candidate for the commander of the Western Expedition.

Jiangxia King Li Daozong.

The general manager of the Western Expeditionary Army's march, and also the chief guardian of the Da Yuezhi Capital Protectorate, is in charge of all affairs in the Da Yuezhi area, and has the right to kill first and then play.

After hearing this order, the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army were naturally very happy. They are familiar with this man, and he is an old superior.

Moreover, they are also generals of the clan, so everyone is more at ease, at least the imperial court did not send them to be cannon fodder.

Sasanian envoy Megapanos was also very happy, and asked Li Daozong to see how much Tang Dynasty attached importance to this battle, and Sasanian was saved.

The ones who are least willing to see this happen are naturally the spies of the Arab Empire.

Abdul Reyiti immediately sent a messenger back to China to tell the Caliph the news so that they could prepare for it.

Just after the new year, Li Daozong led his troops and logistics troops on the long journey to the West.

Why start so early, the reason is very simple, the climate.

Long-distance marches are very demanding on the weather, and marches must not be made in summer.The weather is already very hot, and people have to wear armor to travel, which can dehydrate people to death.

The cold can also be solved by adding clothes, but the heat is really helpless.

Therefore, marching generally chooses to start when the climate is cooler or even colder in spring. It is almost summer in the place where it is, and it is just right to start the war.

After the battle is over, it will be almost autumn, and the weather will gradually turn cold, just in time for the troops to return to the court.

The Western Expeditionary Army has to travel thousands of miles, and the weather will be hot before setting off in the spring.Just after the New Year's Eve, headed out against the cold wind, and could arrive at the Da Yue Clan's Protectorate's Mansion before the arrival of summer.

When the Western Expeditionary Army set off, Datang did not become much quieter because of this, and various major actions and constructions continued in the country.

The money was spent like running water, and Zhang Hong couldn't bear the money bag, so he kept persuading everyone to be more stable.

The others promised very well in front of him, and then they did what they should do, and the paperwork asking for money was sent to the household department one by one.

Every day, the household gate is crowded with people asking for money.

Speaking of Yueshan, he finally finished writing "Han Wu Dadi", and after checking that there were no problems, he took it to see Li Shimin.

This book is really big, with more than 30 words.

Li Shimin wanted to read a little bit every day, but he couldn't put it down after opening it. After reading it in one breath, he couldn't help applauding Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

"It's really a wonderful book."

"What kind of strange method?" Changsun Wugou asked in agreement.

"The angle is strange. After reading this book, people can understand the life of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty more clearly and why he is great." Li Shimin said.

In the midst of his excitement, he analyzed to Zhangsun Wugou what is so strange about this book, and what is so great about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

First of all, this book introduces the historical background very clearly, the situation of the Han Dynasty, the situation of the Huns, and the situation of the surrounding countries of the Han Dynasty.

Even climate change is described, and many policies of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty are linked to climate for interpretation.

For example, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the global climate became colder and the weather became abnormal. If we continued to use the previous farming methods to grow crops, the reduction in production was still slight, and if it was even more serious, it would mean no harvest.

Faced with this dilemma, he organized professionals to find new farming methods.For example, crops are planted according to the ridge, and the soil is used to cultivate the crops after emergence, so as to increase the depth of the root system the day after tomorrow.

After various measures, the problem of crop planting has finally been solved to a certain extent. Although the reduction in production is inevitable, at least the harvest will not fail.

Also, why was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty so eager for success that he migrated 70 households to the Hetao area in one year?
Didn't he know that doing so would cause a large number of people to die?
I know, but I can't help it.

Because of the abnormal climate, the Central Plains suffered successive years of disasters, and the outside world was about to launch a war against the Huns.

The limited resources are either used for disaster relief or used as military supplies to fight wars. It is a matter of choosing one or the other.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty chose the third answer and moved the people in the disaster area to the fertile Hetao area.

The disaster victims have been resettled, Hetao has been developed and turned into a new grain-producing area for Dahan, and the limited resources of Dahan can be used to fight the Xiongnu.

As for the innocent people who died due to migration, they can no longer take care of so much.

It can be said that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty played the might of a big man under the circumstances of being punished by heaven.

Of course, he also pointed out many of his shortcomings, such as the lack of talent training.

In the later stage, it was impossible to pick out a useful general, and even Li Guangli, who could only be said to be qualified, was used as the commander-in-chief.

Also because of the lack of qualified commanders, he had to slow down his offensive pace in the later stage.Of course, another reason is that the family is almost empty and must recuperate.

This book is of great reference value to Li Shimin. He can find a method suitable for Datang from it, and he can also use it as a standard to correct his own policies.

That's why he can't put it down so much and is so excited.

(End of this chapter)