A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

"Prosperity? It's still early." Fang Xuanling also said, "This village is good, and the people here are living a good life. The world is so big, not all places are like this, and it is not easy to govern the world. It will take more time to get better and go a long way.”

"It's really not easy. It's very rare to be able to get to where we are today." Fang Xuanling said, "Those young people have done a good job. After several years of recuperation, Datang's national power has reached a new level. In the future, We can’t give any pointers on the road, and our views are already very outdated to this extent, and Datang needs a new helm to make Datang go further.”

The old guys all know who Fang Xuanling is talking about at the helm. Gu Qing is a very good helm. Looking at it for so many years, Gu Qing has many ideas that they have never thought about. Dividing the land and supporting businessmen are many of these national policies. Sometimes I think it is ridiculous, and some people even deny it, but after trying the method of taking care of Qing, it is very effective. Whether it is from the perspective of people's livelihood or taxation, it has greatly increased the national strength of Datang. After adding Haimao, the benefits can be seen, but Gu Qing is a person who has no ambitions for power.

In the current situation, Fang Xuanling hopes that Gu Qing can be ambitious and bolder. Out of gratitude and respect for the elders, Gu Qing can't take that step. Gu Qing needs to be grateful for all of this. Along the way, Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, Yu Chigong, Niu Jinda, including himself, Gu Qing has become the pride of many people.

Their pride has become Gu Qing's biggest constraint. Although Gu Qing is a prime minister, one person is under one person and one person is above another. This world still belongs to the Li family, and Gu Qing cannot become a usurper.

The secret edict between Gu Qing and Li Shimin also predestined that Gu Qing would step down from the court and leave the court, it was a matter of time, but besides Gu Qing, who could be the helm of the new era? It is something that the predecessors have not gone through, and there is a confusion. No one has gone farther from here, and no one knows what will be in the distance.

Fang Xuanling remembered an idea many years ago, Gu Qing sneered at the king, and these days it seems that Gu Qing's various actions seem to weaken the power of the king, but feed back to the subjects. A rudiment of Gu Qing, maybe the further direction started from the Sanqing, what kind of road will be after the monarch and ministers check and balance, or maybe Gu Qing thinks that his usurping the throne is a very stupid idea, maybe the world doesn't need it at all. The so-called king, but the system of kings has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people for thousands of years. How can it be broken? Can it be broken?

"What are you thinking about?" Kong Yingda interrupted Fang Xuanling's thoughts.

"The old man just remembered that the children at home are coming back for dinner tonight, and I don't know if the old lady has prepared the meal." Fang Xuanling said in a low voice, "The old man will go home and have a look."

Fang Xuanling left, and Cen Wenwen walked over and said with a smile, "You old guys are here to bask in the sun?"

"Why did you come here?" Wei Zheng said with a smile, "The students under your command are all very arrogant. A few days ago, you even debated the old man's students to the point of bruising."

"It's all young people who want to distinguish between high and low, so let them go." Cen Wenwen said, "In recent days, many children in the academy are discussing government affairs, can we open a topic on politics. "

"You must not do this." Kong Yingda said, "Academy must not get involved in government affairs."

Hearing Kong Yingda's denial, Cen Wenwen didn't feel too disappointed. He also knew that it was dangerous for the academy to get involved in the government. The academy is a place to teach. If you teach, you should teach well. It is too dangerous to get involved in the government. The academy can teach students how to be officials, how to It's too quick to get involved in government affairs by doing things well, and the timing is not good.

"It's getting late, and the old man has gone back. If you old fellows are not feeling well, tell the old man." Sun Simiao instructed, "And you, Cen Wenwen, drink less tea, your body can't drink too much tea. Tea and plain water are the best."

"I know, I know." Cen Wenwen nodded repeatedly.

Li Chengqian locked himself up immediately when he returned to Ganlu Hall. Chu Suiliang wanted to see Li Chengqian to talk about the autumn harvest, but Li Chengqian didn't see him.

"What's the matter?" Chu Suiliang asked the little eunuch guarding outside the hall.

"Your Majesty went down to the Supreme Emperor's place and that's it." The little eunuch replied in a low voice, "Zhong Shuling might as well come back tomorrow. Your Majesty is in a fit of anger. I'm afraid it won't get better for a while. He just smashed a lot of things. The Empress is already here." Persuaded inside."

Chu Suiliang took a deep look at the closed gate of Ganlu Hall, and went to the Supreme Emperor. It seemed that he had been ridiculed by the Supreme Emperor again. Both Shengyu and Shengliang, this is Li Chengqian's own feeling now.

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Chapter 739 The East China Sea

Li Zhi, who was busy in the Maritime Trade Department, was considering whether to call Yan Liben back. After thinking for a while, Li Zhi found Shangguanyi.

"Uncle Shangguan, Yan Liben has been in Donghai for two or three years." Li Zhi stepped forward and asked.

Shangguanyi, who looked at last year's sea trade ledger, nodded upon hearing the words, "It's been a while, and they've been in touch with Gu Qing for port news over the years."

"I was thinking that the people in the port must be very familiar with the situation on the sea." Li Zhi said anxiously, "If these people are called back to the Maritime Trade Department, it will be of great help to our future planning."

"I remember that last year, Yan Liben asked someone to bring all his family members to the port. It seems that Yan Liben will not be back in a short time."

"Does he not want to come back?"

"I don't know." Shangguanyi said again, "Yan Liben is a person who cares more about his reputation than himself. This time he created a port and a ship at sea. He will be remembered by many people. At least Gu Qing will make many people remember him. Although the old man has seen the benefits of the sea trade, the old man still does not know where the long-term interests of the sea trade are. The purpose of building such a port is to make a fortune. Where?"

"Actually, I heard Gu Qing talk about an idea, which should be a concept in the words of the academy today." Li Zhi explained, "The real benefits of maritime trade are related to development and resources, just like we are absorbing the resources of Japan now, like It’s a concept, for example, in the country of Wa, we Datang people can have a high status in the country even if they are common people, it’s a concept, but Gu Qing has never said what this concept is.”

"And I saw a sea chart in Gu Qing's place. I saw it secretly in Gu Qing's laboratory. After seeing it once, Gu Qing hid the sea chart. I don't know where he hid it." Li Zhi lowered his head. The voice said: "The picture of the sea is very clear. There are islands somewhere on the sea, and there is a land wider than the Tang Dynasty. It is just in the other direction of the sea. After the big eclipse, there will be a new land. That land It's vast."

"A wider land?" Shangguanyi sighed, "Is there any basis for Gu Qing's sea chart?"

"I don't know if there is any basis for it." Li Zhi continued, "But I have seen it in ancient books, and there are indeed such records, but I am very curious. Gu Qing can draw those places very carefully, even the shape of the island. I can draw it, if it’s not Gu Qing’s intentional mystification, how does Gu Qing know these things, sometimes I have a feeling that Gu Qing has already measured the size of this world in his heart, but every time I think of it, I feel nervous, how can a person At this point, if these are true, what kind of knowledge is Gu Qing hiding?"

"What else is Gu Qing hiding?" Shangguanyi asked again.

"I can't tell." Li Zhi went on to say, "Some things Gu Qing teaches half and keeps the other half, but sometimes it is surprisingly correct to do it according to Gu Qing's method, just like my father was reluctant to chop him up many times back then. It’s because this guy has something in his stomach. Sometimes I asked him how? How did he know? He always said that he just watched other people walk by, and he just walked in the footsteps of those people.”

"Is that right?"

"Having said that, I still want to recall Yan Liben and let him come to the Maritime Trade Department to help me." Li Zhi said.

"I don't think he will come back even if His Royal Highness King Jin orders him to come back. Yan Li was originally born in a family of craftsmen, and it is more important for him to complete something that can be remembered by the world than to be a high-ranking official and rich salary. People like him He won't come back until the port is completely completed, and he doesn't even want to come back, and His Royal Highness King Jin had better not embarrass him." Shangguanyi put away the account book in his hand, "His Royal Highness King Jin is also right, he is familiar with the port and the sea. It is very suitable for people who have even personally participated in the maritime trade department to preside over part of the work, and it will also make us more suitable for understanding the situation of maritime trade."

Shangguanyi went on to say, "His Royal Highness, why don't you let me write a plan, how who can enter the Maritime Trade Department, what kind of people enter the Maritime Trade Department, how people who go to sea can enter the Maritime Trade Department, and the East China Sea has always been The monthly wages of those who build the port are determined by Gu Qing, and we don’t know how Gu Qing’s money is distributed.”

"Now that the Maritime Trade Department has been established, we have to decide some rules by ourselves. In the future, the wages of those people in the East China Sea Port will be paid by the Maritime Trade Department."

"Is it inappropriate to do this?" Li Zhi hesitated, "This is the rule set by Gu Qing. If we intervene without authorization, what will Gu Qing think of me, and the payment of wages? Will those people at the port agree to this? ? What should I do if I have more money and less money?"

"His Royal Highness, the Maritime Trade Department cannot be just a decoration." Shangguanyi said: "In addition to what we have to take care of, we need power more. There are some things we need to fight for, and some things we can't touch. Your Highness Jin, we We can’t let it pass by, and we can’t push it too far, if we think about what the owner of the Maritime Trade Department is going to do, I believe Gu Qing will agree.”

"I think of a sentence that Gu Qing said a long time ago, and this sentence was also told to him by Sun Simiao." Li Zhichang sighed, "Some things have been experienced a lot, and you will know it if you don't learn it."

Shangguanyi smiled and didn't say anything. Li Zhi was still young, but he was deeply involved in the world. He had always been under the protection of the royal family. Under Gu Qing's wing, Li Zhi needed too much experience and experience. It was exactly as he said, Some things have been experienced a lot, and you can do it without learning.

In the East China Sea, the entire port has begun to take shape. More than 60 seagoing ships are parked along the coast. The characters of Tang Dynasty are written on the side of each ship’s hull. The muzzles of the artillery on both sides of the hull declare the strongest power on the sea. , the whole port is very quiet, only the sound of waves hitting the port.

Wu Laoqi, who went out to sea for the first time, has become a little boss on the East China Sea, commanding a group of younger brothers, and those who stayed behind for the first time have also become little bosses.

Wu Laoqi directed a group of folk men who were moving things and said, "Work hard, don't be lazy, your wages are indispensable, the so-called planning is up to people, success is up to God, wealth is sick, life and death..., remember as long as If you work hard, you will have enough food and clothing."

The student who stayed here to design the port said to Wu Laoqi, "Brother Wu, wealth is in the sky, life and death are destiny."

"It's almost the same thing, they all mean the same thing." Wu Laoqi said carelessly, "When will Chang'an's manpower arrive? We really don't have enough manpower."

7 Chapter Forty: Yan Liben's Thoughts

"Come on, these days will come soon." Yan Liben also said.

Hearing Yan Liben's words, Wu Laoqi interrupted and didn't know what to say. For a long time, Wu Laoqi could feel that he was being suppressed by Yan Liben. They will be suppressed by Yan Liben.

After so many years of wandering around, Wu Laoqi knows how to deal with people, and in terms of dealing with people, he knows how to manage things very well, but after such a long period of investigation, Yan Liben is not such a person who is easy to get close to and contact.

"Old Wu." Yan Liben greeted and said, "Go and see how the meal is today, and send someone to find out where all the people in Chang'an are."

Wu Laoqi nodded and went to work immediately. The current situation is like this. No matter how good he is, he will still be suppressed.

Yan Liben watched Wu Laoqi do things. After such a long period of observation, Wu Laoqi is a useful person, but this person is too good at winning people's hearts. After returning from Japan, Wu Laoqi has a large group of brothers following him Do things together, and at the same time, he is not a person who can do practical things. He will do everything he is asked to do on time, but he will not do anything more.

This kind of person cannot be reused. Once his mind changes, this kind of person is likely to become a disaster. If you don't know this person's heart, a person who is good at forming cliques cannot be reused.

The student who was working on the blueprints of the sea-going ship came up and said, "Master Yan, I heard that after the new imperial examination, many new officials have been recruited in many courts. It is said that they are currently on trial."

"I know all of this." Yan Liben said flatly.