July is not a good time to travel.
Especially going south.
For His Highness the Crown Prince, July is particularly inappropriate, because with his departure, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival sacrifices and the Autumn imperial examinations and palace examinations will all be staggered.
However, as a prince who oversees the country, when can he leave the capital without delaying things?
I just want to say that every time I leave, it is necessary, something I have to do, and something I must do.
This southern tour was decided after detailed discussions among the important officials of the imperial court and a report to Xiao Zheng to explain the situation.
The most important reason is that the people in the southeast are unstable. The development of maritime trade and the national policy of suppressing land annexation will, relatively speaking, affect the greatest interests in the south. Whether it is suppression or guidance, it must be Go there before Qiu Wei. You can't let the trouble in the south continue. Once chaos really breaks out, the impact will be very big.
Otherwise, every time they see a national policy in the south, they will feel that the imperial court is targeting them. At that time, the government will really force the people to rebel, and the rebels must be the aristocratic families in the Jianghuai area, and they must be coerced by them. They led the local people to cause great rebellion in order to resist the imperial government from taking back their land, take away their interests, and affect their ability to make money.
In addition, there are also disputes in the court.
You must know that the South occupies a natural geographical advantage. It is a land of plenty and has raised too many people.
There are not only six ministers above the court, but also officials under the six ministers, a total of more than two hundred people.
Most of these officials are from the south.
They will inevitably seek benefits for the southerners. After all, their own relations in the south are complicated.
Under such circumstances, party incarceration can easily occur.
In addition, Xiao Yi himself also hopes to go to the south to see with his own eyes, to see what the local social structure is like, and to find out how heavy the burden is on the people of the south.
Finally, we should also take a look at how severe the pain will be in the South when we start to reform after we have quelled the internal and external troubles.
Therefore, whether it is to understand the sentiments of the people or to promote harmony between the north and the south in the country, you should always go there.
Historical development experience also told Xiao Yi that since ancient times, the southeast has developed better and faster than the north and west.
This is also determined by geographical characteristics.
The north and west have always been barren and cold lands. Although there is a land of heaven in the middle of Shu, the difficulty of the road to Shu has become the biggest obstacle to development.
With the rise of maritime commerce, the southeastern region will surely become the economic, cultural, and commercial center of Daqian.
At the end of June, the imperial court issued successive decrees. First, it recognized and commended King Xiao Zheng of Yan for his contribution to the southeast. It also reported extensively on the development of Daqian maritime business, the establishment and expansion of the shipyard, the tax value brought by the shipyard itself, and the Southeast The development situation and taxation have exceeded last year by a lot.
A lot of data has begun to appear in the Di newspaper, and these data look really pleasing to the eye at the beginning.
Perhaps, the most truth-telling thing in the world is numbers.
Of course, at this time, Ouyang Xiu and Zhang Jianzhi were in charge of Di Bao. It was really not an exaggeration.
All data come from the statistics of various government offices, and are supervised and reviewed by the two supervisory offices of Supervisory Yushi and Jinyiwei. Generally speaking, very large errors rarely occur.
Among them, it was also reported that the imperial court conducted an on-site investigation of the land owned by aristocratic families, temples and Taoist temples in the southeast. The two data were compared and reported openly and covertly.
This comparison is naturally shocking to many people.
Who would have thought that a White Horse Temple could own more than 100,000 acres of fertile land, which was larger than the fiefdom of a county prince.
A family actually has a population of more than 200 people and 200,000 acres of fertile land.
Two hundred thousand acres!
Many people are dissatisfied with the practices of the aristocratic families in the southeast, as well as the practices of temples and Taoist temples.
After all, many people actually suffer from it.
It's just that they have no way to complain.
Nowadays, the court's actions and this kind of condemnation have naturally touched the hearts of many people.
The aristocratic families and temple abbots were naturally dissatisfied and fearful, so they thought of ways to resist and make a fuss so that the court would not have the intention to attack them. At the same time, they also wanted to shake the mountain and stern the tiger.
For the people who suffered deeply, they were naturally happy and delighted, and naturally wanted to support the court in liquidating those people.
But they don't know how to support them. They are full of enthusiasm, but they don't know what to do.
Taken together, this is exactly the tone conveyed to the public opinion in the South before the Prince's trip to the southeast... There is no malice, but don't expect to take the opportunity to make a comeback on a basic level. Some things will not be shaken.
Xiao Yike holds the military power and has won the hearts of the people. He wants the army to have an army and the people to have the hearts of the people.
No matter how much trouble the aristocratic family makes, they will punish them, confiscate their homes and exile some, then promote another group, and finally give the benefits to the common people.
The turmoil will naturally subside.
Not to mention the presence of Lu Chong and the Sanbao eunuchs, the two thousand elite cavalry were brought along after hesitating for a long time. This was naturally because the turmoil in the southeast was a bit big. Xiao Yi himself was not afraid, but it was difficult for him to have two fists. The enemy's fourth hand, with two thousand elite cavalry, can also suppress some Xiao Xiaoxiao at critical moments.
As for the general of the cavalry, he is naturally Yue Hongling, the general of the Yulin Army.
This man is now the king of the county. Since the end of the war in the North, he has returned to Chang'an with Xiao Yi. He has nothing to do, either practicing with Xiao Yi, reading books or newspapers, or traveling around, which can be regarded as a leisurely life. .
The rest of the accompanying ministers are very simple.
The six ministers have to stay in the capital to handle government affairs. Now they are very comfortable, and they are also very familiar with how to operate the power center of Daqian when there is no supervising prince in the capital.
Therefore, this time, the person following Xiao Yi, the prince of the prison, was Zhang Jianzhi, the secretary of the Secretariat Department, who could record and compile it at any time, thus forming an immediate report of the emperor's death, which was sent to the capital in a hurry. , good to form Di Bao.
There are also ten bachelors from the Imperial College and the Hongwen Hall. These are about to participate in the autumn period. They are also the best batch of bachelors from the Imperial College to serve as attendants and listen to the government.
Finally, each of the six bureaus will have a minister, and each of the nine temples will have a young minister to follow and listen to the government.
In a sense, it can be regarded as a simple and easy way.
In short, after a long period of tossing, at the beginning of July, after updating the latest chapter "Journey to the West to Conquer the Demons", which tells the story of the real and fake Monkey Queen, the prince Xiao Yi officially set off, leaving Tongguan, to Luoyang, and then to the southeast. .
Luoyang was formerly the capital of the East and flourished due to the Han Dynasty.
But he also suffered a lot of wars and was reborn from the ashes several times.
Nowadays, Luoyang is the east gate of Chang'an, the capital, and there is a saying that one must pass through Luoyang before entering the capital.
In fact, this is indeed the case.
If supplies from the southeast want to enter Chang'an, they must first pass through Luoyang as a resting place, and then set off directly to the capital.
And the first day after arriving in Luoyang.
Xiao Yi went straight to the White Horse Temple in Luoyang.
The officials in Luoyang naturally came out to greet him immediately, but were led by Xiao Yi. Seeing that His Highness the Crown Prince was going to White Horse Temple, someone naturally secretly sent people to report the news.
However, his secret instigation naturally fell into the eyes of Dongchang.
This can be regarded as a warning.
Xiao Yi's purpose this time was to personally rectify the southeastern area after supervising the censor and Jin Yiwei.
Let them see what it means to be a supervising prince.
Let us also say that if Xu Jingli, the Xuanfu envoy of Henan Province, could be recommended by Dai Guang to become one of the thirteen Daqian Dao envoys to govern Henan Dao, it means that this person is a gentleman...or more directly, he is a Xiao Guicao. An honest person.
There is also an advantage for such people, that is, they do not commit big things but keep doing small things.
After all, to say that he has the ability to govern the world is to exaggerate his talents, but to say that he is capable of governing a party, he is barely competent.
However, Henan Road can also be regarded as a large granary and the birthplace of Central Plains culture. Luoyang is also the gateway to Chang'an, the capital of the capital. The strategic importance of the last step from Chang'an can be imagined. It is precisely because of this that it has developed very well. The wealthy merchants, wealthy households, monks, Taoists, and officials in the city are still at the highest level in the world.
As soon as the matter of Prince Xiao Yi's southern tour was decided, many people began to offer advice and suggestions to Xu Jingli.
This means that after His Highness the Crown Prince left the imperial city, he might not be used to the local cuisine. It just so happened that he had a cook from the former capital who made steamed stuffed buns from the family of a former minister. The taste was unparalleled. Why not send him over to make soup for His Highness the Crown Prince?
Then someone else said that although Luoyang is very close to Chang'an, the capital, many students have never been there and have been studying at home. Or they have been there but failed to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Therefore, many young people have never been there. Students all want to show off their talents in front of His Highness the Crown Prince, and many scholar-bureaucrats want to speak in person. Now that they finally have the opportunity, they must find a way to show it in front of His Highness the Crown Prince, so that His Highness the Crown Prince can have a look at studying in Luoyang. Let’s take a look at the extent to which Luoyang has followed the national policy of emphasizing education and promoting education.
Xu Jingli was in a dilemma for a while and had no clue.
Because speaking of it, the first stop of His Royal Highness's southern tour was Luoyang, and the pressure was immediately put on him.
If the first stop was not Luoyang, he might as well sit on the sidelines and see how other officials received His Royal Highness, and learn from it to avoid making mistakes that would affect his career.
But the first stop is Luoyang, which is really difficult to arrange.
In the end, we could only gather everyone's thoughts and arrange a grand welcoming ceremony.
Who would have known that His Highness the Prince would go directly to White Horse Temple by name without even looking at it.
All of a sudden.
Many people panicked.
