"Pingguo Gong, long time no see."
Outside Chang'an City, Fang Xuanling came to pick up Tang Ping.
"Fang Xiang, long time no see!"
The two exchanged pleasantries, and they were already familiar with each other, so Fang Xuanling didn't beat around the bush.
"His Majesty has designated a piece of land between Chang'an Gongfang District and Shanghe Village as a temporary residence for these people. I have arranged it for you. You can just ask someone to send it there."
Because he could directly contact the convenience store by phone, Tang Ping also informed Li Shimin early about his return with tens of thousands of people.
After all, there are tens of thousands of people. In this era, even the most prosperous city of Chang'an only has one million people.
If these tens of thousands of people are not prepared some time in advance, the resettlement alone will be a trouble.
"Thank you, Mr. Fang."
"Why are you so polite to me?" Fang Xuanling patted Tang Ping on the shoulder: "But there is something you should be prepared for. Hou Junji has been promoted again, because Beiyan was directly destroyed, so Now the entire territory of Beiyan is designated as Hebei Province, and Hou Junji is qualified to serve as the governor of Hebei Province."
Tang Ping nodded. He had expected this. Hou Junji's official position was the same as what Wang Qingluan had analyzed for him on the road.
"For the time being, the post of Protector of the Turkic Protectorate is temporarily held by Hou Junji, but soon the court will send someone to take over the Turkic Protectorate, and then Hebei Province will also send administrative officials there. So for the time being, it seems that Hou Junji's official position has been promoted However, the actual power has been weakened, and at the same time, the additional border troops sent to Hebei Road will also be led by General Xuanba and be independent from Hebei Road."
Fang Xuanling did not treat Tang Ping as an outsider and told Tang Ping everything.
Now it seems that apart from Hou Junji's official promotion, the strength of his troops has not changed much, and it has been weakened due to the losses in the attack on Beiyan.
Hou Junji must have understood why the court would do this. As long as he did not intend to raise a flag of rebellion now, he could only agree temporarily.
"Then Your Majesty invites Duke Ping to come into the palace now."
"Enter the palace now?" Tang Ping was stunned: "What's so urgent?"
"Hey, it's really a big deal. Otherwise, His Majesty would have personally come out to pick you up today. As for the details, you'd better go into the palace and see for yourself. I'll help you get the people settled first."
"Okay!" Fang Xuanling said so. Tang Ping had no choice but to explain to Wang Qingluan and Li Guangbi. Now that Li Guangbi was Tang Ping's official spokesman, there would be no problem if he cooperated with Fang Xuanling and led the people there. of.
When they arrived at the palace that they had not seen for a long time, the guards at the palace gate saw that it was Tang Ping and did not stop him. They bowed and let him in.
Before entering the Xiande Hall where Li Shimin worked, he heard something like a quarrel inside.
When I went in and took a look, well, there was really a quarrel.
One of them, Tang Ping, knew him, the magistrate of Wannian County. His Shanghe Village was within Wannian County, so the two of them were old acquaintances.
But the one he was quarreling with seemed a bit unfamiliar to him.
"Come back?" Li Shimin was overjoyed when he saw Tang Ping, and then patted the seat next to him: "Come here, come sit down, and give Duke Ping a pot of tea."
Not everyone can take that position. Usually, it would be when Li Shimin was working here and Empress Changsun came to accompany her.
Now he directly asked Tang Ping to sit down, which showed his love for him.
When Tang Ping sat down, he looked at the two people below and said, "You continue!"
Tang Ping didn't know why he could argue so fiercely in front of Li Shimin, thinking about drinking tea and eating melon at the same time.
Unexpectedly, as I was eating, I got this melon on myself.
After listening for a while, Tang Ping finally understood. There was a Wannian County Magistrate, and the one he didn't recognize was the Chang'an County Magistrate.
The city of Chang'an is divided into two counties. Zhuque Street divides Chang'an into two halves. The west part belongs to Chang'an County and the east part belongs to Wannian County.
What the two people are fighting about now is the workshop area of Chang'an.
By coincidence, Chang'an Gongfang District happened to span two counties, and both counties wanted to bring the Gongfang District to their own side.
There is no other reason, because taxes are about to be paid. This Chang'an Gongfang District had a tax-free policy at the beginning, and now the first tax is about to begin.
As for Chang'an Gongfang District, which has been developed for more than a year, it is no exaggeration to describe it as making a fortune every day.
Because of its strategic location, water power, wind power, steam engines, etc. are highly utilized, resulting in extremely high production efficiency.
Every day, at the entrance are teams of people bringing in money to buy things, and at the exit are teams of people bringing goods to sell outside.
It can be said that whichever of these two counties incorporates this workshop area into their own territory will be able to rub each other to the ground in terms of taxation performance.
What's more, the news that Tang Ping brought back tens of thousands of people from Beiyan was no secret within the imperial court.
These people were brought back to work as workers in the Gongfang District. After the problem of labor shortage in the Gongfang District is solved, the tax revenue in Chang'an Gongfang District will be even more terrifying.
So now the two county magistrates are not giving in at all, and they both want to persuade Li Shimin to put the workshop area under their own county.
"Okay, you have been arguing for several days, and I understand what you said."
Seeing that the two of them were almost arguing, Li Shimin spoke.
Hearing him speak, the two people below looked at Li Shimin expectantly. Wasn't it just to wait for this moment to waste so much saliva?
As a result, the two of them were stunned when Li Shimin opened his mouth: "After much thought, I think it would be better not to move this Gongfang District to Chang'an County or Wannian County."
As he said that, he turned to look at Tang Ping: "I remember once when you and Lao San were drinking, you said, what kind of special economic zone, right?"
Tang Ping was also stunned, and then nodded.
Li Shimin said with a smile: "Yes, I plan to turn Chang'an Gongfang District into a special economic zone, and hand it over to Tang Ping to manage along with the land I granted to those Beiyan people and Shanghe Village and Xiahe Village. "
"Your Majesty!" The two county magistrates below were shocked. They didn't expect that after fighting for so long, they would actually be cheated by two cranes and be benefited by Tang Ping, a fisherman?
"Do you two understand the many tools and equipment used in and around the workshop area? Or do you think someone below you understands them?"
The two looked at each other, then shook their heads at the same time.
Not to mention anything else, the steam engines used were beyond the reach of the two county magistrates. The steam engines used were guarded by secret agents.
There are also other waterwheels, windmills, etc., which were basically worked out by Tang Ping and the Ministry of Industry. If you want to talk about this, it must be Tang Ping and the people below him who know better.
"The 40,000 to 50,000 people from Beiyan are the first time that we have such a large number of immigrants in the Tang Dynasty. I heard that they were convinced of Ping Guogong along the way. If he hadn't been in charge of this person, he would have been handed over to him. You're in charge, can you guarantee that nothing will go wrong?"
The two looked at each other again, and then shook their heads at the same time.
They have never seen these 40,000 to 50,000 people. Who knows what kind of people are among them?
In addition, I heard that many of them are Khitans, and there are only a few government officials in the two counties combined. If these tens of thousands of people do not obey their control, it will indeed be troublesome.
"Wait, 2... No, Your Majesty, can I object?"
