When we drove through the street and were about to reach Qujiang Pool, the pedestrians on the road were already crowded. At this time, the population of Chang'an City had reached 7.8 million. As the most famous recreational place, Qujiang Pool was naturally crowded with people. .
Bai Chun thought about it all the way on the carriage, and retained the habits he learned from Li Hong. He took out a bound book and wrote and drew on it with the charcoal pen in his hand. In Li Hong's eyes, it was like a picture of his previous life. , the image of a smart and capable beautiful assistant.
Bai Chun raised his head and closed his notebook, frowning and said, "Will the Ministry of Revenue agree to levying taxes on foreign merchants? And you also need to give an explanation to the Ministry of Revenue for this part of the money, right?"
"Is your brain flooded during this time? I am the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who else do I need to ask for permission? I just approve the note, you just do it." Li Hong said grandly, this feeling of having real power in hand is different , although being a prince already has a lot of conveniences and rights, after all, it is not as satisfying as holding real rights in hand.
Li Hong also knew that the reason why Tang Dynasty is remembered and looked up to by future generations is: his military strength. The second is: his cultural strength. Three: Naturally, it is his financial strength. But none of these are as confident as the Tang people that future generations will look up to.
As the Tang Dynasty did not build even one meter of the Great Wall in all dynasties, it is enough to imagine its military strength and confidence, as well as its strategic contempt for other countries.
This kind of self-confidence made every emperor in Litang's country disdain to use this method of building the Great Wall to stabilize his country with a defensive posture.
Moreover, people in this era are self-confident from the heart, far from the unconfident universal values of the previous life, especially the inferiority complex of a group of slaves who are respected by foreign adults.
The Tang people's tolerance of foreigners was not only reflected in the people, but also in the appointment of foreigners, whether among the people, the court or the royal family, which is enough to show how strong the Tang people were at that time.
Economically, in the next few decades in the Tang Dynasty, there would be no place to store the abundant money, which indirectly caused the economy to be unable to continue to develop and break through the inherent models and bottlenecks.
Now Li Hong has stored a large amount of money. First, to develop a new economy, it must be supported by a large amount of money. The second is a large amount of money, which is also the basis for transforming the government military system into a recruitment system in the future. Coupled with the emergence of new things and people's demand for new materials, the circulation of money in society will become faster and larger, so as to avoid the death of Datang, who cannot spend money.
Too lazy to pay attention, Bai Chun made a face at him, causing the carriage to slow down even more on the crowded road to Qujiang Pool.
Li Hong thought for a while and said again: "The foreign business tax is just the beginning, and it will slowly spread among the merchants of the Tang Dynasty. Eventually, one day, I hope to realize a beautiful ideal..."
Bai Chunqing's eyes rested on his face, waiting for him to continue, but Li Hong gave in and said, "Get off the car first. Fortunately, our carriage can enter through the royal passage, otherwise it would be at the entrance of Qujiang Pool. We'll have to wait for half a day."
"What kind of beautiful ideal is it?" Bai Lu got out of the car first, then stood aside to help Li Hong get off the car, and asked from the side.
"Yes, Crown Prince, besides natural disasters, what else are we afraid of in the Tang Dynasty? Can there be a better scene than this?" Xia Zhi is also confused. The current weather is not good, Prince I still wonder how the Tang Dynasty would turn things around.
Pioneering and innovating is the most difficult thing. No matter what era they are born in, when people face the future, they often measure and compare it with their current satisfaction. In this day and age, the mentality of a small man who is content with being rich does not only exist among the people. This mentality is also common in the court and the palace.
Just like being full and warm, the fights within the walls of the Tang Dynasty Palace are probably because there is no external pressure, so the idlers in the palace begin to torment themselves. Otherwise, why are there so many palace fights in the Tang Dynasty
If you pull out a piece of palace history from a period of three hundred years, you can write a wonderful palace battle TV series.
"The first beautiful ideal: no tax on farmers." Li Hong turned around and smiled mysteriously at Bai Chun, and said three words lightly.
"No tax for farmers?" Bai Chun frowned. It was obvious that she couldn't understand the meaning of these three words. Moreover, for people of this era, this was so unbelievable that it could be reduced to an ideal in ghost stories.
The four people from Xia Zhi circled Li Hong and Bai Chun in the middle and carefully walked out of the Royal Forbidden Garden. The four people from Hua Meng expanded the area and protected the six people implicitly, trying not to let other pedestrians get close to this invisible circle.
It's early summer, and the breeze blowing from the lake still has a hint of coolness, and it brings an indescribable sense of comfort and laziness to my body.
There are layers of ripples on the lake surface, and the fish in the water are not afraid of people. In front of the tourists feeding, the lake is crowded with fish scrambling for food, jumping out of the water to grab the delicious food as soon as possible.
"Where will they have a party?" Li Hong stretched his neck, but in the crowd of adults, all he could see were the backs of their heads.
"Of course they come here to see the water. If they want to write poems based on water, they should be in the Linshui Pavilion or the Water Palace. The Linshui Pavilion is more likely. After all, it is the most suitable place to view the entire Qujiang Pool." Bai Lu was very close to Li Hong and analyzed for him.
"Take a boat or walk?" Li Hong glanced at the skateboard held by Mang Zhong. He wouldn't need it for a while. They would definitely not let him skate through the crowd.
"Let's walk there, you can still enjoy the scenery while walking." Her pure white hair was blown by the breeze, her cotton shirt and skirt were rippling in the wind, and her exquisite and beautiful figure was clearly visible.
"Are you afraid of water?" Li Hong looked at Bai Chun with a smirk and asked.
"I'm not afraid of water." He said this, but he couldn't help but lean in, sandwiching Li Hong with Bai Lu on the left and right.
Just as Bai Lu guessed, a group of people dressed like students crowded into the Linshui Pavilion. Linshui Pavilion is more like a small island than a pavilion. Linshui Pavilion does not have too many man-made buildings. Except for a few pavilions scattered here and there for shade, there are winding paths and towering trees.
A small path filled with artificial soil is the only way to Linshui Pavilion. It looks like it was filled in later. I am afraid that such a small path was filled in just for this small island, so this small island was named. For: Linshui Pavilion.
"Why are Wang Bo and Yang Jiong inside?" Xiaohan's sharp eyes found those two people at a glance.
"Did Shangguan Yi give them a holiday?" Li Hong also asked strangely.
I saw Yang Jiong and Wang Bo sitting around with students from the Imperial College and Hongwen Hall, talking happily, and bursts of cheerful laughter could be heard from time to time.
In another place, although there were fewer people, they were filled with food and drinks. Men and women were listed among them. From time to time, you could hear bursts of men laughing loudly, as well as the coquettish voices of women who wanted to talk but were still shy.
"Master, He Lanmin is here." Bai Chun reminded in a low voice. Whenever he appears in public, whether it is Bai Chun or others, they will always address Li Hong as "Master". This has become their conditioned reflex, and they do it naturally without having to think about it deliberately.
Looking at the suave, handsome Helan Minzhi, he was standing in front of a woman, pointing at Qujiang Pool with high spirits, obviously introducing something, and from time to time, the woman's beautiful eyes made her look at her, or she covered her mouth with a handkerchief. Laugh quietly.
"I've seen it. He seems to become more handsome every time I see him. How do you think he looks? Is this the blood of the Helan family, or the blood of his mother's family?" Li Hong shook his head and sighed, Ashamed of myself.
"So what if he is handsome? He seems to be very kind to the beauty, but in fact he is cruel and vicious." Bai Chun followed Li Hong's eyes and looked at Helan Minzhi and said.
"But this is what makes a woman happy. Reciting poems, composing poems, learning the Five Classics, and reading ancient books. I guess now in front of that woman, I have cleaned up all the past and present lives of Qujiangchi. It seems that being knowledgeable is really useful. By the way, do you think I should learn something from Guanyi? I don’t think Shangguan Yi is good at important things. Who else from the Kong and Yan families is in the Imperial College or the Hongwen Hall? Bring two of them to the Chongwen Hall and I’ll listen to them every day. ." Li Hong and his party slowly walked up to Wang Bo and Yang Jiong.
"Forget it, you still have to worry about the affairs of the East Palace. How can this elementary knowledge compare to your erudition and talent?" Xia Zhi walked in front of Li Hong. Listening to their conversation, he immediately immediately Keep up, so as not to make the prince sad because of He Lan Minzhi's comparison.
"Xia Zhi can still speak, and the most important thing is to tell the truth! Xia Zhi, this is what I like most about you. You are not afraid of power, you are upright, you are beautiful and generous, elegant, virtuous, and knowledgeable. Just like the peonies in Luoyang. Like a child, it gives people holiness and comforts their hearts with light..."
"Master, didn't you treat me like this last time?" Bai Lu's pretty face turned red. After she praised the prince last time, he also praised her in the same way.
"Uh... You two are the same. You two are the same." Li Hong touched his nose and said, Bai Lu was not good at this. She always liked to tell the truth, especially the timing, which was too lacking in enthusiasm.
"Pfft!" Bai Chun was the first to laugh out loud. His charming and enchanting look immediately attracted Helan Minzhi, who had already noticed the group of them. He forgot about the beauty beside him and looked straight at Bai Chun. He looked dumbfounded and seemed to have only one soul left.
Yang Jiong and Wang Bo looked at the group of students getting closer and closer to them. They looked at each other with strange expressions.
But he still stood up, first walked to Hua Meng and Mang Zhong at the front, bowed deeply and said, "Students Yang Jiong and Wang Bo have met several gentlemen."
Hua Meng and Mang Zhong signaled them to get up, and then stood aside. Li Hong and the five girls slowly walked towards them with smiles.
(End of chapter)