Tang's dining table

Chapter 1262 Protecting Pioneering Talents

Until July, artillery was still cutting mountains and rocks, but was not used to bomb people.

During this period of time, those people finally figured out the true power of the artillery. Without kerosene to act as the explosive point, the power of the artillery seemed mediocre.

This is how Taiping and Yong Wangxian viewed artillery.

However, the fact that the two siblings were ignorant of artillery did not mean that the ministers in the Tang Dynasty were also useless. Even the North Gate bachelors who came with Taiping also saw the importance of artillery.

Everyone didn't feel bad about the people in the workshop making earth-shattering artillery fire at the beginning. This was how things happened in the government. If you want to get things done, you must first get the superiors to pay attention to it.

Not everyone has a pair of eyes that are good at discovery. Most officials still decide the success or failure of a matter based on their own experience and what they see with their own eyes. Even such officials are rare good officials. As for those who can Officials who discover opportunities from ordinary things are generally either knowledgeable people or people with a vision of the universe.

These two groups of people are a minority, and most officials are actually mediocre people.

This is why the emperor killed officials without any mercy.

As for the famous stories of emperors killing ministers recorded in history books, it can only be said that they were recorded in history books because the number was small. In fact, most of the officials killed by emperors were mediocre and corrupt people.

Under normal circumstances, when an emperor kills a famous official, there are often many mediocre people behind him, but the historians are too lazy to write the names of these people.

With the Iron City, the largest project, plans such as Textile City, Oil City, Coal City, Car and Horse City, etc. were also put on the agenda by the Wu brothers.

These two brothers may not be pioneering talents, but there is no problem at all for their brothers to follow behind the pioneering talents and play a driving role.

At least, when it comes to valuing pioneering talents, the Wu brothers attach great importance to them, even to the point of pampering them.

This resulted in many skilled craftsmen and skilled professionals in Chang'an City fighting fiercely with the Wu brothers. In any case, they were royal relatives, and the Marquis could be brothers with them, and they were together in the middle brothel. They drank wine and talked happily, and even judged the figure and beauty of the actors together. This was definitely a polite corporal.

Yunchu spat out the tea leaves he drank, put down the tea cup and said to Wu Chengsi in front of him: "Are you sure you want to set up a special market?"

Wu Chengsi said: "Every inch of land in Chang'an City is precious, so it's a pity to use it as a workshop. Now it's not just these. In the future, there will be a grain city, a wine city, a tea city, a cloth and silk city, etc. These cities will be in the future As long as we only carry out bulk transactions and no longer engage in retail sales, the performance of the business will appear on the circulation sign, which facilitates detailed management and prevents tax losses. "

Yun Chu said: "Then you can use the land vacated by those workshops to build residential buildings and shopping malls, and then sell them at a high price?"

Wu Chengsi said: "If possible, Xiaguan also wants to open up a special city to house all the official offices in Chang'an. Some ordinary applications and approvals related to the common people and merchants should be gathered in one official office to avoid unnecessary trouble. Let the common people and merchants run around in Chang'an, end up spending more money, and delay the progress of the matter. "

Hearing Wu Chengsi's suggestion of a one-stop office hall, Yun Chu stretched out his little finger to pick at his ears. This was not copied by Yun Chu from later generations, but the idea of ​​the natives of the Tang Dynasty.

Although supervision has not yet caught up, this is a big loophole, but it is already remarkable.

"Land replacement will generate a lot of benefits. Therefore, the city you plan to build must be built in a city that is worthy of the value of those plots of land."

Wu Chengsi nodded and said: "This is natural. Among them, the Textile City occupies half of the city. Once they are all moved out, no less than 50,000 lower-class people can be taken away. After the residence is built, they can pour in from other places. Come ten thousand rich and distinguished people.

The cost of one upper-class person in Chang'an is absolutely higher than that of ten lower-class people. This is definitely of great benefit to Chang'an's economy.

Furthermore, Chang'an City is too crowded. If we remove 200,000 people, the city will be cleaner, and there will be no traffic jams on Zhuque Street early in the morning. "

Yun Chu sighed and said, "Forcibly driving people away is not the best strategy."

Wu Chengsi said: "No, as long as the monarch is willing to let go of the price of rice in Chang'an, when the time comes to live in Chang'an, when the time comes, the people will naturally choose to go to Guocheng where there are jobs and the price of rice is not high. .

In this way, we can re-build Chang'an and fulfill the monarch's wish to affix Chang'an with gold foil as soon as possible. "

Listening to Wu Chengsi's report, Yun Chu felt as if he was sitting in his street office, listening to his subordinates report on the street reconstruction plan. There might be some differences between the two, but the differences were not big anymore.

Moreover, the way Wu Chengsi reported his work was also similar to the way later generations of officials reported their work. He first talked about the benefits, then presented the facts, then talked about the importance, and finally painted a big picture for the leader.

Of course, the benefits of letting the government take action cannot be stated clearly. They only need to be expressed implicitly. The rest depends on the leader's tendency. If the leader reveals any tendency in his expression, I believe that Wu Chengsi's attitude at this time They already have targeted cases in mind, and there will always be one that meets the leadership's requirements.

Simple, crude, and direct to people's hearts, this is what Wu Chengsi learned from Yun Chu in Chang'an.

There are 814,675 people living in Chang'an City. After today, about 950 more babies will be born. The original city has already been overcrowded by the new population.

That's it, not counting the wealthy people from out of town who flocked in.

Of course, more people with no money come to Chang'an. Chang'an needs a large number of servants, but they are not considered a population in Chang'an. I heard that in the remote markets near the city wall, people lived in chicken coops in the past.

In a city that is spread out like a big pie, it is impossible to build hundreds of stories high-rise buildings and stack people on top of each other to live there. In this case, Wu Chengsi's suggestion seems to be extremely advanced.

Today's Tang Dynasty has no external enemies. Except for the stubborn mountain bandits, water bandits, and horse thieves in a few places in the country, there is basically no major resistance force.

Although the drought lasted for ten months last year, it seemed to be very merciful. It started after the summer harvest of the previous year and did not end until the following spring.

In a year like this, many people would have died in previous years. However, the severe drought last year did not seem to cause any waves, except for the high-ranking officials who were frightened by the glacial theory proposed by Yun Chu. There were a few painless drought relief operations, but they stopped when it started to rain in spring. From then on, the glacier theory proposed by Yun Chu became a big joke.

There were no foreign invasions, no military disasters, and the two disasters of floods and droughts seemed particularly gentle. The growth of the new population in the Tang Dynasty was as high as bamboo shoots.

Yun Chu can completely understand this large-scale population growth. Think about it, even his Yun family does not have any special night programs at night and has to go to bed early. Those servants and farmers who have no money are even more In this way, after a long night, all that was left was the things on the bed.

Wu Chengsi's suggestion was brought to the left-behind meeting by Yun Chu and explained. He originally thought that the royal family and aristocratic families would agree to this disguised method of driving the poor out of Chang'an City.

As a result, people were unwilling.

Many people would rather live in a city with a bunch of poor people than live in a city full of rich people.

Although Yunchu knew very well that people's sense of superiority is based on comparison. For them, their wealth cannot be shown without poverty. Those luxurious mansions, tall gates, gorgeous carriages, and beautiful wives and concubines cannot Without an object to show off, the happiness of the rich will drop sharply.

In other words, poor people not only have to help them make money, but are also responsible for providing them with high emotional value.

The meeting passed smoothly with one person in favor and nine against.

The person who agreed was Yun Chu, who stayed in Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, and the one who opposed it was the nine deputy left guards of the Tang Dynasty.

When he came out of the yamen of the left-behind government office, Lu Zhaolin, who was following Yun Chu with documents in his arms, asked in confusion: "Why do you bother to inform those people when you can make your own decisions, and everyone disagrees?" Doing so will damage the prestige of the prince."

Yun Chu stopped and smiled: "Notifying them is to show my humility, and my objection to their objection is out of my unique considerations as chief officer. It is also to tell them that you can object, but I can not reject your objection. listen.

This is what power is like. You must use it when you should use it. Even if it seems like taking off your pants and farting, you still have to take off your pants and let them smell it. "

Lu Zhaolin hesitated and said, "The Wu brothers are becoming more and more domineering."

Yun Chu smiled and said: "Today's Chang'an lacks such good officials who dare to fight."

Lu Zhaolin's eyes lit up and he said quickly: "Although the steel drill used for rock drilling is hard, if it is in contact with the rock for a long time, it will eventually be worn short and become useless in the end."

Yun Chu smiled and said: "So, you must have a heart that allows others to shine."

Lu Zhaolin thought for a moment and said, "The official thinks that the Wu brothers need someone to supervise them when they are doing such a big thing."

Yun Chu said: "Are you going to escort me?"

Lu Zhaolin smiled and said: "It must be so. After all, the Wu brothers are now eager to devour the enemy in Chang'an. If you find a few more hard rocks for them to break through, I can still do it."

Yun Chu nodded and said: "You must not hinder the progress of the project, and you must not hinder the Queen's wisdom."

Lu Zhaolin nodded and said: "No, but Julu Lanlu is still needed. It's too smooth and does not meet the Queen's dignity."

Yun Chu sighed and said: "If jade is not polished, it will not become a useful tool."

Returning to the county government office, Yun Chu gave Wu Chengsi the documents he had just approved.

Wu Chengsi looked at the nine obvious words "no" on the document, suppressed his anger and said, "Why do they disagree?"

Yun Chu nodded his finger at the word "can" written on his hand and said, "Didn't it pass?"

Wu Chengsi gritted his teeth and said: "They can oppose such a good plan and good strategy with dark hearts..."

Yun Chu stood up and patted Wu Chengsi on the shoulder and said, "They look down on you."

Wu Chengsi calmed down, his eyes became clear, and after a while he squeezed out a smile and said to Yun Chu: "Yes, these are all mature words. I still seem a little impatient."

Yun Chu nodded and said, "Don't think about going back for revenge. That's the stupidest thing to do."

Wu Chengsi chuckled and said: "No revenge, no revenge..."