In the suburbs of Jingluo, the distant mountains are covered with ink. The autumn air is crisp and the wind is blowing.
The construction of the first-class national highway started a few years ago has been successful.
Among the first-class national highways in the Xia Dynasty, the north-south artery known as "Jinxiang Road" has the longest mileage.
Since last winter, the construction of the first-class national highway from Jiacheng to Xiangcheng has started in Ruzhou and then in Zhili Road. It has been completed and opened to traffic this winter. Road renovations in the Xiangcheng and Yexian sections will begin this winter.
So far, Jinxiang Road has been built for five years and has been completed for 300 miles. The progress seems a bit slow, but this is related to the human resources invested. In the context of the large-scale construction in Luoyang, it is quite good to achieve this progress.
And after this section is completed, the following section will lead directly to Fangcheng County at the other end of the Wanye Corridor - even more important.
Luoyang dreams of connecting Nanyang and Xiangyang, whether by water or land.
The progress of the east-west road is relatively slower.
Qianning has been repairing it for five years. It started from the east gate of Luoyang. Today, it has just reached Yanshi County, which is less than a hundred miles. The efficiency is really low.
But the blame cannot be dumped on others, so Shao Shude can just carry it on his back: It’s war and Luoyang is being repaired, what else do you want?
Shao Shude deliberately opened the curtain of the jade chariot and took a closer look.
The road surface is curved. It rained heavily last night, and water gurgled in the drainage ditches on both sides of the road.
The street trees have grown a little bigger, and there are mostly locust trees, willows, and elm trees, especially locust trees.
Until the Tang Dynasty, you don’t know the Tang people’s love for the locust tree. Among the street trees, the locust tree should be the most numerous, and the huge “Locust King” tree on the Shaanxi-Guo Post Road is even more famous far and wide.
There are inevitably some potholes on the road. In order to prevent the sage from observing when he was out on patrol, the Yanshi County government got a lot of cinders, gravel, broken bricks and tiles to fill them up, and then spread them with fine sand.
There is no way, the road traffic is gradually increasing, and it has entered the season of continuous autumn rain. Once the heavily loaded carriages leave, the road is not hardened, so damage is inevitable.
At the end of the national highway, construction of a new road has begun. Yanshi and Gongxian are moving in both directions at the same time. Although it is difficult, the saints have already patrolled east, so the local area must make some moves.
"Your Majesty, the street trees on both sides of the national highway can be changed to ginkgo trees." Jiang Jieyu held Shao Shude's arm and said softly.
"I'll follow what you said." Shao Shude was in a good mood and agreed directly.
The historian silently recorded on the side. Above this article, there is another article: "The emperor is pleased to have the imperial palace official Lu on the chariot."
Mrs. Lu is Jiang Jieyu's sister-in-law, both of whom are from Shouzhou.
Sometimes, Shao Shude wanted to take the historian's notebook and tear it up. It was like a camera, very annoying.
Fortunately, most of the content will not be included in the history books.
Historians would not be so boring. They would even write down what time the emperor was, where he was, and what women he was having sex with. Generally speaking, they would choose to delete, and they would prefer to keep records of major events.
What is not important is likely to be buried in the pile of old papers, waiting to be discovered by conscientious young historians in future generations, if these original materials are not destroyed by the war.
Jiang Jieyu was like a happy little skylark, chirping and talking non-stop.
An old man like Shao Shude would do this, which is completely different from when he was young and preferred mature women.
"The road must continue to be repaired." Shao Shude glanced at Chen Cheng, the Duke of Longxi County, and said as he glanced at Shu Shilang, Tongping Zhangshi, who had granted three thousand households.
"According to the order." Chen Cheng responded.
He knew why the sage said to him. The east-west first-class national highway was actually built by people and grain from Bianzhou. At that time, Chen Cheng was still the deputy envoy of the Xuanwu Army, and in fact dominated the government affairs of Henan.
The famous "Luozheng" and "Bianzheng" dispute happened at that time - Shao Shude wanted to give priority to building the Luoyang and Zhengzhou sections of the first-class national highway, but the Bianzhou shogunate was not very active and insisted on building the Bianzhou and Zhengzhou sections first.
Everyone has seen the benefits of first-class national highways. Several horse-drawn carriages can pass side by side at the same time, which greatly improves the traffic conditions between cities, reduces transportation costs, and increases transportation volume.
What is the enhancement of national strength? The improvement of transportation infrastructure is part of the enhancement of national strength.
"Don't disturb the people too much." Shao Shude added.
"Yes." Chen Cheng felt helpless. He wanted to build roads but didn't want to disturb the people. How could such a beautiful thing in the world be possible?
If that doesn't work, you can only look for Lu Huaizhong and Gao Renhou. They have been sending prisoners to the rear. If there are tens of thousands of people, it is not impossible to do something.
Shao Shude stayed in Yanshi County for a day, during which time he caused a stir in the officialdom.
First, without saying hello to anyone, he made a surprise inspection of Cangcheng on the bank of Luoshui River, and asked people to bring the account books and check them one by one.
Then he went to the countryside and talked with the wounded and retired veterans who were housed there.
These Lao Qiu Ba were not afraid of officials at all and would talk about everything. Shao Shude focused on asking about the actual amount of taxes paid in summer and autumn this year, and then asked Zhang Xuanyan, the Minister of Household Affairs, to come over and check the amounts on the spot. He found that Yanshi County only paid a few more taxes.
Thousands of bales of fodder are still due to temporary delivery and are unplanned expenses, so there is no penalty.
Finally, he went to Yanshi County to visit the students and gave each of them two hundred coins as a reward to encourage them to study hard and serve the imperial court.
In fact, this is the reason why the emperor was advocated in ancient times to go out to patrol the capital.
The first one can observe the folk customs and understand the actual situation among the people; the second one can enhance the prestige and let the people of the world know who is the emperor; the third one can punish the officials who have failed in their duties and promote competent officials, which can not only anger the people but also show the majesty of the emperor.
In short, there are many benefits, but the premise is not to become formalistic, then most of the meaning will be lost.
After leaving Yanshi County, the team turned onto the old post road.
The post road, which had been trampled by countless vehicles, livestock, and people, was full of potholes and mud. It was not until September 19th that we arrived in Sishui County.
Shao Shude climbed the mountain and looked into the distance.
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A temple is being built at the foot of the mountain.
The temple is named "Jianyuan" and its scale is not small. Sishui County recruited thousands of monks to cut down large trees, bake bricks and tiles, and work non-stop.
However, the construction time is still short, it has only been more than a month, and there is nothing remarkable yet.
Yang Ningshi sat under the grass pavilion and carefully looked at the calligraphy he had just written.
This is an inscription commemorating his achievements. The general idea is that the saint led his army thousands of miles forward, defeated the Liang army at Sishui, and wiped out tens of thousands of enemies. This established the situation in one fell swoop and accelerated Zhu Quanzhong's defeat.
The article was written by my father. It is truly touching, majestic and in place in every aspect.
By the way, his father is Yang She, the minister of the Ministry of War, and his grandfather Yang Shou was the former prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. Yang Ningshi himself has no merit yet, and is preparing to take the first imperial examination in Daxia next year.
This article and these words are enough! Yang Ningshi let out a long sigh of relief.
Jianyuan Temple is a Ji Gong Temple. The saint decreed that because he often dreamed of fallen soldiers, he chose a battlefield to build a temple to commemorate his merits.
This job is not easy to accept. If you do it well, you will get extra points, but if you don't do it well, you will be in trouble.
Suddenly there was a huge noise outside, followed by a faint "Long live" sound.
Yang Ningshi was startled, got up and went outside the pavilion.
"Mr. Yang, the saint has arrived." The Henan Fuzhou soldiers guarding him said with excitement.
"Where is the Holy Master?" Yang Ningshi asked.
The state soldier pointed in the direction, his old face full of excitement, and said: "I have fought hard all my life, and I have never seen such a saint who keeps his word. The rewards are also generous, and when I am old, I will be given a job in the state army."
You are worthy of being a saint."
Yang Ningshi was speechless.
He looked intently at the mountains to the south, and saw that the umbrellas were like clouds, the flags were covering the sun, and a tall man was protected in the middle like a star over the moon.
That is the Great Xia Sage.
"Long live our emperor!" The soldiers and civilians at the construction site of Jianyuan Temple prostrated themselves and shouted.
"Why is this so..." Yang Ningshi was a little dazed. The saint has not come down from the mountain, why do you pray?
"Why are you so stunned?" The primary school commander of the state army pulled Yang Ningshi and knelt down together: "The saint of Daxia has never defaulted on the rewards he gave me. I used money to marry a wife, have children, and have an official position. The saint has lived forever.
Long live my emperor for all generations!"
Damn it! Warriors are so simple and unpretentious.
Yang Ningshi knelt down helplessly and stood up after a while.
If he had realized something, Henan Prefecture had no objection at all when the Great Xia Saint established a new dynasty. He was surprised before. Now it seems that everyone from top to bottom has a vested interest in following Shao Saint to conquer the world, and even
Even ordinary people are like poor tenant farmers who have no land in Kansai. They immigrate to Kanto and have land. What is the benefit of this?
"Jigong Temple..." He looked back at Jianyuan Temple, which had just finished laying the foundation. Shao Sheng was putting his mark on the world little by little. If he sat on the throne for twenty or thirty years, I'm afraid no one would
Another chance.
This is actually not bad. Only when the world is settled will we have the opportunity for scholars of our generation.
Who cares who is the emperor!
Isn't the most terrifying thing not that no one can be emperor, or that he can be overthrown after only a few years?
Several horses galloped up the mountain, and when they got close, they reined in their horses and stopped.
Gu Cheng'en, the internal servant, looked at the people who were shouting "Long Live the Mountain", smiled with satisfaction, dismounted and said: "Sage Deyin——"
Everyone knelt down and worshiped one after another.
"I was lucky enough to see my father and old people in Si River, and I felt very relieved. I opened a warehouse with a secretary, and thousands of soldiers and civilians stayed in Jigong Temple for two days." After Pugu Chengen finished speaking, he smiled and said: "You guys are in a good mood.
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There is food and drink, and such a good thing? Thousands of people once again shouted long live in unison, and the sound shook the sky.
Shao Shude from the mountain was also very happy to see him.
The ministers and officials congratulated one after another: "Your Majesty's achievements are enough to make the sun and moon shine. The Great Xia Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty are indeed worthy of everyone's expectations."
The first stop of the tour was Yanshi, and the second stop was Sishui. Not only did Shao Shude feel very happy, but all the civil and military officials were also very excited when they saw it.
This is the true atmosphere of the new dynasty!
The world is peaceful, the dynasty is stable, and they can feel at ease as officials. Some people still have a little nostalgia and nostalgia for the former Tang Dynasty in their hearts, but a lot of it has dissipated.
There is no immortal dynasty in the world, the Tang Dynasty was the Sui Dynasty, the Xia Dynasty was the Tang Dynasty, the way of heaven reincarnated, and the divine weapons were appropriate. This is the ultimate principle in the world.
Starting from September 20th, Shao Shude spent three days in person in the countryside of Sishui. He took officials from two provinces and six ministries, as well as a large group of nobles who came with the army, to inquire about the corn and wheat harvests in the fields and the crops raised at home.
I have a rough idea of the number and types of livestock in my mind.
On the 23rd, the army set off and continued eastward toward Zhengzhou.