Chapter seven hundred and eighty seventh one country raises one city
Ye An wanted to leave Tokyo for more than a day or two. After staying in this prosperous place of the Song Dynasty for a long time, he would naturally feel bored.
Everywhere you look is life and death, there is singing and dancing everywhere, and the rapidly developing city of Tokyo has countless opportunities. The poor will work hard when they come here, and the scholars will work hard when they come here. Living here will soon make people forget about other worries and just think about it.
How to make yourself better.
There is nothing to criticize about this simple thinking of ordinary people, but it can make people forget the original goal and change the ambition in your heart that once held the world in mind.
"Being poor cares themselves, being wealthy cares the world!"
The heroic words of Confucianism will be thrown away by most scholars after seeing the majesty of high-ranking officials, generous salaries, white horses and golden coats, or they will be shattered by cruel reality.
Even Ye An himself is gradually "degraded" in this prosperous city of Tokyo. As long as you want, Tokyo city can satisfy almost all your desires, wine pools and meat forests, groups of wives and concubines, gorgeous dances, and melodious sounds, whether it is mountains, flowing water, or
As a Lower Riba, there is nothing you can’t do here, only things you can’t think of.
Such a comfortable life can easily form a closed loop of comfort, making people feel that there is no need to make much change. However, in the bustling city of Tokyo, high above the temple, someone saw an ant nest that collapsed.
Ye An truly admires the reformers of this era. They can stand up angrily from the stalemate of life, break the deadlock in the comfortable court, and use their actions to show the world a bright future. For this alone, Ye An
He fell to the ground in admiration.
Although they were eventually "beaten" to pieces by the conservatives in the scholar-bureaucrat class, and their policies and reforms failed to come to an end, such people are worthy of respect.
No matter how sad they were after the failure of the reform, they had a heart of concern for the country and the people.
Of course, the reason why Tokyo has such a "comfort zone" is also caused by Zhao Songtianjia himself.
One country supports one city is not just talk. In order to ensure the strong centripetal force of the dynasty and the stability of centralization, efforts have been made to strengthen everything in Tokyo City since Taizu.
Not to mention the economy, the most prosperous place under the emperor's feet must be the center of politics, culture and military. This has been the case in all dynasties. The emperors could not wait to turn the capital into a "state within a state".
But the Song Dynasty did it more thoroughly, not counting all local finances turned over to the central government, and also implemented various "Gonggong", birthdays, flowers and stones, and even salt, tea and so on.
The so-called "Ganggong" is the transportation of a large number of birthday gifts. There is a unique existence in the festivals of the Song Dynasty. The birthdays of emperors and queens are designated as a festival. Taizu's birthday is "Changchun Festival" and Taizong's birthday is "Changchun Festival".
"Qianming Festival" and so on. Every time an emperor or queen is added, a festival will be added, and a "Ganggong" will also be added. From gold and silver treasures to local specialties, all valuable things are included.
Economic concentration has given the city of Tokyo unlimited prosperity, of which water transportation plays the leading role.
The Bianhe River, Caihe River, Jinshui River and Wuzhanghe River are the "four rivers running through the capital", especially the Bianhe River, which runs across China. It is the first to carry the great river, divert rivers and lakes, and drain the South China Sea. Half of the world's wealth is combined with the department stores of mountains and rivers.
Going from this road, goods from all over the Song Dynasty were distributed here, and the wealth of Tokyo city was astonishing.
With huge economic support and the presence of a political, cultural and economic center, the people of the old Zhao family immediately understood that as long as the city of Tokyo was preserved, no matter the rebellion or turmoil in other places, it would not affect the central dominance of the Tian family.
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Therefore, the military policy of strengthening the branches and strengthening the weak branches became the first choice of the old Zhao family. Look at the current city of Tokyo. Although the number of forbidden troops in the city has increased to nearly 400,000, there are still a large number of elites selected from the Xiang army and border troops every year.
Fill the ranks of the Forbidden Army.
This is the situation that the old Zhao family most hopes to see, and it is also a very special military system of the Song Dynasty.
Internally, the Privy Council is in charge of military status, tiger symbols, and the three yamen are in charge of the armies. They lead the ministers and lead the troops, and each has its own defense. Externally, it is in the middle to control the outside, strengthen the trunk and weak branches, and maintain the internal and external balance.
The city of Tokyo in the Song Dynasty was unprecedentedly powerful, centralized, and stable.
It has to be said that the old Zhao family has strengthened the rule of the feudal emperors to the maximum. There is no way. Anyone who has experienced the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms will still have fresh memories of that period of history in which the usurpation of power and the throne were constantly staged.
Even Ye An had to admire the outstanding stability strategy of the old Zhao family. This was the true realization of "I am the country." As long as the city of Tokyo is not destroyed, and as long as the emperor is still safe and sound in the palace of Tokyo City, then
The Song Dynasty was stable. Even if the local and state capitals were in turmoil, they could be calmed down through time and patience.
But history also proves another truth. Once Tokyo is destroyed, the country will be half in ruins...
Everything Ye An did and planned was to prevent the dynasty from repeating the same mistakes, but the conservative scholar-bureaucrats gave him a head-on blow. He did not have as many allies as Fan Zhongyan, nor was he as stubborn as Wang Anshi.
He didn't care about the people, so he simply admitted defeat.
However, while others felt sorry for him or were gloating about his misfortune, Ye An himself did not gain anything. He gradually saw his opponent clearly and understood the gap.
No matter what faction the scholar-officials belong to, they are all "enemies" to him. Who can he trust and become an ally? The answer is that there is no one above the court, including all the princes, who can be used!
He was still naive. Even Fan Zhongyan had once advised him that the method of tea tea should not be used. Why? At that time, it was because he knew how powerful those people were. They were so powerful that he didn’t even have the guts to try it. Yes, he was making up a tampering
When Ye An was discussing the new law, he approached Fan Zhongyan, but Fan made a conclusion while refusing.
Fan Zhongyan is still just a secret minister, but he already has the lofty ambition to "be a good doctor if not a good prime minister". Unfortunately, he has not seen the resistance to reform now. Compared with the stubborn Prime Minister Wang Anshi,
His views are somewhat milder.
How could such a court be so useless? Ye An didn't want to waste time here anymore. Instead of making money numbly in Tokyo, he might as well go to Ganliang Erzhou, where he could also make money, and it was also the "foreign trade" of import and export.
"Business" as long as it is done well, it will not be less than in Tokyo City, and Puhui Company should also start to expand its business. The north must stand firm, the southern market must be opened, and the Western Regions and even the ancient Silk Road are more
It is the shackles in Ye An's heart.
The tree moved to death, the person moved to life, Ye An planned to leave, Qin Mumu went through a lot of psychological changes from his reluctance at the beginning to his understanding and support later.
But what changed her in the end was the so-called freedom. She had a lot of helplessness in Tokyo City. As the Lord of Yangcheng County, she had to be decent. She couldn't wear hunting clothes or ride horses. She could do whatever she wanted.
And in the end, under Ye An's "temptation", even Tieniu and the Wang Gang wanted to leave Tokyo City.
As for the Yunzhong Junhou Mansion, it would be fine if Hou San took care of it. When he heard the news, he cried and shouted asking Mr. Hou to take him with him. In his opinion, without Ye An, there would be no candy shop, let alone the Hou San he is today.
It's just that Ye An still needs to find a trustworthy person to take care of him in Tokyo. As for running the Puhui store... there is no need to appoint anyone specially, because the current Puhui store can fully operate on its own, and each department can fully operate under the leadership of the shopkeeper.
Entrust, if something big happens, there is a decision-making body that Ye An calls the "shopkeepers joint meeting".
Moreover, Ye An also selected a few trustworthy shopkeepers and asked them to go south with Puhui's hot-selling goods and a large amount of funds to open up the southern market. Ye An specifically explained that it does not have to be limited to the southeast. It is best to bloom all over the south, but mainly
The goal is to do business with Dali and South Vietnam.
Of course, Ye An cannot leave at will if he wants to. He needs to submit a memorial and invite himself out, and this is usually the "step" for the guilty minister to exit the court with dignity...