A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Li Shimin is not just for the sake of crossing thousands of years. Gu Qing stood up and left Li Junxian's side. Li Er was able to stay in the village so that he could keep an eye on him, and also to suppress himself. Li Shimin knew very well that Li Chengqian was in control Can't help but start by myself

Looking up at the blue sky, Gu Qing let out a long sigh. After being in Datang for more than ten years, he has experienced a lot and understood a lot. Now he will never be able to step out of Chang'an for the rest of his life.

In fact, it is the house arrest of myself, the house arrest of myself for the rest of my life, but now I can’t leave Chang’an, maybe in the future I will be under house arrest in this village for the rest of my life, the world is such a world, it can’t be said to be good or too bad, I admire Li Shimin in my heart, and so does Li Shimin A hero, he will never pamper himself, and he can't rub the sand in his eyes. Sometimes he thinks that as long as the world is peaceful and some things have nothing to do with him.

I have already owned the court, power, and being under ten thousand people. Even if it is not what I want, if I am at Li Er's age, I would rather stay in this village and not go out even a step.

Fan Jian was chatting with several villagers, and when he saw Gu Qing coming out, he hurried to follow.

"What are you talking about with them?" Gu Qing asked Fan Jian.

"The people in the village wanted to send melons and fruits from home, but the villain refused." Fan Jian returned with a smile.

"I have something for you to do. Pass my message to the Jiangnan Wang family, Yuan family, and Xiao family scattered in Chang'an. Just say that I, Gu Qing, will hold a banquet for them in three days. Remember that you don't need to call the Xie family. Do not greet the Xie family alone."

"The villain understands, let's do it now." Fan Jian nodded and left.

Back home, Li Xiang was alone in the study, reading a book. Seeing Gu Qing coming back, Li Xiang stood up and brought Gu Qing a chair and asked, "Teacher, why did the court go west?"

"Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"Students don't understand." Li Xiang asked in a low voice: "As Brother Gu Xiao said, the future focus will be on maritime trade rather than western commercial routes. The Western Expedition is for commercial routes. What's the point of the trade division going west?"

"How can it be meaningless." Gu Qing continued to Li Xiang: "The West is far away from the Central Plains, even if the West is in chaos, it has nothing to do with us, right?"

"Yes." Li Xiang nodded.

"Why don't you think about why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to take back Hetao and the Hexi Corridor, why Emperor Shihuang wanted to build the Great Wall, and why General Li Jing had to take back Yinshan Mountain."

Li Xiang thought suspiciously.

Gu Qing patiently said to him: "Actually, it's not for anything else, it's just for stability, to protect the country and the people. Now that the West is in chaos, and the Roman Expedition has come to a big eclipse, why can we have nothing to worry about in Tang Dynasty? Because there is Tubo, and there is Tubo. The local Tang soldiers will have a camp where they can rest when they arrive in Tubo, and they don’t have to worry about the supply line in the rear, but once the western army breaks through Tubo, it will cause chaos in Tubo.”

"Like dominoes, there will be many chain effects. The fall of Tubo will lead to chaos in the entire Western Regions. Once there is chaos in the Western Regions, the west of Yumen Pass in the Central Plains will be a dangerous area. As long as there are enough soldiers and horses, you can Across the Western Regions to the Yumen Pass."

"What are dominoes?" Li Xiang asked in a low voice.

"Dominoes are like two trees that are very close to each other. When one tree is about to fall, it will fall next to the other tree." Gu Qing continued: "In fact, the far west is nothing, just like That boy Gu Xiao said, the commercial route to the west is really not important anymore with Haimao, but the importance of this barrier has always existed, just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has been deliberately trying to get the Hexi Corridor. In fact, the Hexi Corridor is not a place. Great right?"

"Well, the Hexi Corridor is not big." Li Xiang nodded.

Putting all the weight of his body on the chair, Gu Qing said again: "During Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu on the grasslands went south to plunder everywhere. The Hexi Corridor was just a small territory for the Huns, but Emperor Wu of the Han took such a piece of the Hexi Corridor. The Huns can be restrained in a small place, do you know why?"

Li Xiang shook his head.

Gu Qing looked into his eyes and said: "Although the Hexi Corridor is not a big land boundary, it is a very important place. It connects the Western Regions and the grasslands. It is like a narrow path that can go straight into the hinterland of the Huns. After coming here, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty can send troops through the Hexi Corridor, all the way from the Hexi Corridor to the hinterland of the Xiongnu, forming a counterattack with horns. After taking the Hexi Corridor, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to fight the Huns in several battles.

Gu Qing said again: "It's like the Great Wall, Yinshan Mountain, and Tubo. They all have the same function. They are in a very special position. If these positions are in the hands of the enemy, it will be very dangerous for the Central Plains. , Just like the Hexi Corridor, the Hexi Corridor was the key to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeating the Huns, but if the Hexi Corridor was in the hands of the Huns, the Huns could form an encirclement circle around the Central Plains, making it impossible for the Central Plains to fight back."

"These positions are very important no matter which dynasty or generation they are in. It is like the demise of the Qin Dynasty. Even if the Qin Dynasty is in chaos, as long as these barriers are in hand, the Xiongnu will not dare to offend the Central Plains.

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The first thousand and seventy-five chapters of the three moves

"Patriarch, the words have already been taken down." Fan Jian came back to report.

Gu Qing stood up and followed Fan Jian to leave. Li Xiang digested Gu Qing's words, regained consciousness and continued to write his homework.

Li Zhi took the money borrowed from the bank and reluctantly gave it to Zhang Jie, saying, "I borrowed this money from the bank."

Zhang Jie took the money with a smile and said, "His Royal Highness, don't worry, those engines will be handed over to His Highness Jin when they are ready to use."

Li Zhi asked curiously: "Why do you think Gu Qing pressed the engine and refused to give it to me? You and I can see that the engine is running well."

"His Royal Highness Jin Wang doesn't know something." Zhang Jie said in a low voice: "This is not soap, perfume and other consumables. In fact, Lord Hou said it when he was making the car. If the problem is not found out now, there will be a lot of trouble in the future. The car Forget it, if the ship has an accident at sea, the loss will not be a little bit."

"But aren't those engines good?" Li Zhi said again: "The ship on the other side of the East China Sea is waiting to go to sea, and now a second big iron ship has been rebuilt, just waiting for your engine. Fa, it will take a long time to go back and forth from Chang'an to the East China Sea."

"Let's tell the truth to His Royal Highness King Jin. In fact, this is the first time the workers in our factory have made it. They made it after several improvements based on the drawings given by Gu Houye. Even the blacksmiths who made it dare not grasp this. How long things can last, this is something that everyone has never done before, and it is inevitable that you will not be able to grasp this kind of thing for the first time." Zhang Jie said patiently to Li Zhi: "His Royal Highness Jin Wang knows the load."

"load?"

"It's the load. The load of an engine is limited. How much it can turn depends on how long it can withstand. At the beginning when we manufactured this engine, the most difficult thing to overcome was the bearing. The bearing academy designed it It took a long time. At that time, I was still in the academy. Many blacksmiths had worn out their hands to make this bearing. If it turned too fast, the bearing would break. A lot of effort."

After listening to Zhang Jie, Li Zhi had a general idea in his mind, "According to what you said, your factory doesn't know whether the current engines are good or bad?"

"These large engines seem to have no problems now, and we all take turns to guard them." Zhang Jie continued: "We will start testing in a few days, and please bring us the drawings of the sea-going ships, His Highness King Jin." Get up and experiment."

"Wait, what do you want the blueprint for a sea ship?"

"Test." Zhang Jie said: "The engine is driven by purified oil. If water enters the engine oil tank, the engine will not start, and the iron will rust when it meets water."

Li Zhi picked up a branch and drew a simple model of a ship on the ground, saying: "In my design, the engine is installed at the bottom of the ship, which is the rear of the ship, and the engine is used to roll the water to generate the thrust that moves the ship forward.

"Then the engine must be exposed to water, right?" Zhang Jie also said.

Li Zhi drew a compartment in the hull and said: "The size of the iron ship is not very large, it can hold six cannons, and it can accommodate 100 people. I also thought that the engine cannot be placed at the bottom of the ship. In the cabin, a few rotating wheels are used to bring the engine rotation out of the cabin, thus rolling the water."

Zhang Jie looked at the drawings drawn by Li Zhi, thought about it and said: "If it is transmitted, the power consumption will be too large, and the power to scroll the water will be lost a lot during the transmission process."

"It's really a headache." Li Zhi stood up in distress.

"Let's talk about it when we experiment." Zhang Jie also said.

Changan

Wang, Xie, Yuan, and Xiao's four families have almost left Chang'an now, and there are only a few left behind. The Wang family, Yuan family, and Xiao family have been listening to the movement these days. Except for the Xie family, the three families of the four families are gathering together. After discussing, it seems that Gu Qing's actions this time are not just for the Xie family.

"I feel like Gu Qing is killing chickens and waiting." The Wang family said.

"It was the Xie family who provoked Gu Qing first." The Xiao family also said, "But this time Gu Qing didn't come to greet us, so I'm still uneasy."

"Do you think Gu Qing dares to attack Jiangnan?" The Wang family continued: "Recently, the Li family in Zhao County has sold out of goods to Jiangnan. Gu Qing has great influence in the Central Plains, and most of the merchants have business connections with the Gu family. Come on, if Gu Qing restricts Jiangnan in terms of business, we in Jiangnan are weak and might not be Gu Qing's opponent."

"It's hard to deal with." The members of the Yuan family said, "But I admire Gu Qing's ability to bring together a mess of ordinary merchants. A few years ago, the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce, now backed by the Ministry of Households, let the Gu family's merchants in many business channels. The merchants have taken advantage of the advantages, and the merchants have gone down layer by layer. After several years of operation, Gu Qing's interests have gone down layer by layer. Now the Gu family has almost become the core of all merchants in the Central Plains, spreading from Chang'an to the entire Central Plains. "

"It's like being a good person. Some businessmen usually do business on their own. Now they seem to be under control. The general situation is very good for businessmen. Ordinary people's families have more money. With a regent and a chief secretary, many merchants can easily know the prices of goods in various places, and can easily find places where they can sell their things."

"These days, our Wang family can't eat well or sleep well. Don't talk about business, just talk about how the five surnames fell in those days. I'm afraid that the one standing behind Gu Qing is the royal family." Even if we didn’t see it with our own eyes, wouldn’t we have heard less? If Li Shimin didn’t acquiesce, would Gu Qing dare to kill like this?”

"The four great families in the south of the Yangtze River cannot become the second five surnames." The Xiao family said.

While the few people were talking, a few servants came over and said respectfully: "Several young masters, Mr. Gu asked someone to bring a message, saying that he will invite some young masters to attend a banquet at the Gu family in Gu village in three days' time."

Hearing this, the scene immediately quieted down, everyone was silent, just talking about Gu Qing, Gu Qing sent someone to send the news, now it can be concluded that Gu Qing is not only targeting the Xie family, but is going to deal with the entire family. Jiangnan clan.