Five years later, something that surprised even Brother Zhang happened right under his nose. The eldest prince of the Liao Kingdom, Xiao Jun, also known as Yelu Jun, Yelu O, or Yelu Jun, stayed here for five years.
And here he is not enjoying happiness, that is, he is here to work, picking cotton, building canals, making steel, casting iron, welding, screwing, he does all kinds of work.
In fact, everyone knew that he came here to learn skills. Some people in the court also advised Zhao Zhen that this was a serious problem, but Zhao Zhen didn't take it seriously, and then brought the emperor's grandson over to drive screws with Xiao Jun. Already...
So Zhao Xu and Xiao Jun worked there for five years. Although I said I was holding a wake, I was actually working in a factory.
The two future emperors did not receive the slightest preferential treatment. No matter how delicate they were, they could do whatever they wanted. They sprayed pesticides in the fields during the dog days and went into the water to fix screws on the hulls of the boats. The fair-faced scholar, who is indifferent to the four bodies and five grains, has grown into a strong man in five years.
They were about ten years old when they came here, which was the time when they were growing up. They worked hard and could eat and sleep. The two of them are now about 1.8 meters and 1.78 meters, about the same size. Moreover, one of them is currently a mid-level engineer in a fertilizer plant and the other is a senior welder in a shipyard.
In fact, Brother Zhang had known for a long time that Xiao Jun was secretly transporting the technology here to the Liao Kingdom through canals, but he didn't care at all. Instead, he stepped up his efforts to pass on the technology to him. If he really has anything to lose, it is his sister Yelu. Terry and his mother Zhao Xu got close, and the two of them secretly got pregnant without knowing when.
This matter is difficult to handle and will harm the country. Fortunately, Zhao Xu is not a little Karami. He is also a serious prince. And judging from Zhao Zhen's physical fitness, Zhao Xu's succession to the throne is probably just around the corner. .
However, because Zhao Xu was still in mourning, the two did not get married. The grand wedding was not held until the child was two years old. Originally, Zhao Xu wanted to go back to supervise the country after having an heir, but Zhao Zhen refused to let him. , it is said that the prince is working there, why do you have the nerve to come back and enjoy the blessings? Can you enjoy happiness at your age?
And just like that, the two future emperors were involved in an outrageous situation. Although there was no hatred, for the sake of national glory and personal honor, they worked during the day and studied at night, wishing that one day could be used as three days, learning welding and drawing. , I still have to study civil engineering when I have nothing to do.
Five years later, the development in Yuhang has even spread to Lin'an Prefecture, and the four horizontal and four vertical roads have finally begun to bite the hardest bone, which is the terrifying road across the Qinling Mountains.
The Qinling Mountains have been like a natural moat since ancient times. If you want to build a road across it, the power of the whole country is not enough. It requires the cooperation of many countries to complete it. Needless to say, Song and Liao are the two countries that reap the most dividends from trade. Of course, I most hope that this road will be smoothed out as soon as possible, but what I didn't expect is that the third place on the assist list is actually Xixia.
Xixia spent money and effort and even launched the Great Omen Technique, mobilizing a large number of workers to participate in the road construction process, because this road may be just the icing on the cake for Song and Liao, but for them it is a timely help.
Xixia, who originally wanted to conquer the Central Plains, no longer wants to fight. He has been thinking all day about whether he can open up a fast trade route to the Central Plains. There is no way to make money in war, not to mention the current situation. It is unpopular to use it to fight wars. Except for the extremely fatuous emperor, no one would be able to rashly launch a war in such a situation, and they will be made dumplings.
Among the white mountains and black waters, the Jurchens, who were ignored by the Liao people, have suddenly emerged in recent years. With the help of the ice-free port, the vast mountains and the black soil, they introduced the improved seeds given to them by the Song Dynasty and transformed them into food. In just a few years, it became a super large granary, which not only attracted a large number of grain merchants to purchase grain, but also attracted a large number of people to open up land and grow grain.
Stable harvests and stable trade have brought about quite stable ethnic policies. Originally, this situation similar to warlord separatism was inevitably full of smoke, but now it is very stable. Countries also want to do business more conveniently and quickly. A relocation agreement was also reached, which means that people in the agreement can settle anywhere they want without being restricted by household registration.
However, in the third year after the signing of this agreement, the situation became a bit troublesome, because the secondary and tertiary industries in the South were extremely developed, and compared with the primary industry, the wages were higher and the labor intensity was less, so the North, People from the northwest, southwest and other regions began to migrate south in large numbers. The population south of the Yangtze River quickly exceeded 100 million, but the northern regions seemed a bit empty.
And just when a huge disagreement was about to occur, Brother Zhang's trick came. He began to organize a pioneer team to migrate to the north, with the purpose of farming and construction. These people themselves are also a surplus population, and most of them are locals from the south.
These pioneer teams are not just a group of people who are randomly pulled out to work as coolies. They are migrant workers with complete logistical support, complete technical guidance and complete remuneration. It is their job to pioneer. As there are more such teams, people who feel that the north is better and stay will inevitably form a large number of immigrant cities.
Tai Chi, you know, completely mixed up the population structure of the north and the south. Some emerging cities began to homogenize everything from culture to language, and used the teachers they brought to carry out a de-identification from the root. sports.
But this time and a half will not show any problems. The people in power in various countries just feel that taxes have increased, society is stable, trade routes are smooth, and life is stable. And by the time they reacted, it was actually too late.
The most terrifying thing is actually the power that Brother Zhang has now. He is actually an independent individual outside of Song and Liao. The radiation range of his men has exceeded the land area of any country in Song and Liao, and he has absolute power. The war capabilities are beyond this era, and it has a nearly complete primitive industrial system.
In other words, the industrial revolution has quietly begun in his hands, and the revolution and upgrading of an industry are usually silent, just like the two-stage bus that is unknowingly seen in the real world. Electric buses and push-button machines were gradually eliminated silently, and product iterations always drifted into the night. When people got used to using tractors to plow the fields, they could no longer use people to pull plows.
As for how fast technology has developed in the past five years, and how far the hand-rolled technology tree has reached, it is not very obvious to ordinary people. They just find that their food and clothing expenses have become cheaper because of chemical fertilizers. It has increased grain production three to five times, and hybrid rice has brought disease resistance and adaptability to a higher level. One acre of land used to weigh 300 kilograms, but now it can easily weigh 800 kilograms. There are also various The emergence of greenhouse technology and pesticide products has stabilized the production of fruits and vegetables. When food is guaranteed, the breeding industry will take off. When meat becomes cheaper, oil will become cheaper. When oil becomes cheaper, industry will take off. When industry takes off, industrial products will become cheaper. When industrial products become cheaper, the purchasing power in the hands of the people will be stronger. .
With the increase in purchasing power, the old Wang Xietang Qianyan naturally flew into the homes of ordinary people. The thatched houses and mud tire walls of ordinary people in the past have basically disappeared. Red bricks and blue tiles have become standard. In the past year, they could not afford it. A mouthful of meat is not available for every meal now, but when the children at home are hungry, it doesn’t hurt to chop up a few kilograms of meat.
This is actually change, and it will continue to change in the future.
There is no conflict between singing and dancing in a wine shop and working hard in a factory, but what is most unaccustomed to this group of people is the ban on gambling and pornography. The brothels are gone, and the girls in the brothels have been placed in nearby jobs. All the casinos have been closed down, and the gangsters who have been very arrogant since the early Tang Dynasty are now being arrested everywhere.
In this regard, Brother Zhang was impeached and questioned every year when he went to court, but he still looked dead and did not become slick because of being in official circles.
People asked him: "There are already two thousand brothels, and they have always been reasonable and legal. Why is it wrong in your hands?"
Brother Zhang replied: "Is this what you mean by always being right?"
At that time, these words directly touched Ouyang Xiu's nerves, and his beard exploded with anger, because he was a well-known conservative and insisted on the methods of his ancestors, and Brother Zhang was a Jinshi under his hands. In theory, He is his disciple, and it is very difficult for Ouyang Xiu to deal with him now.
So Ouyang Xiu took the lead in launching a debate with Brother Zhang, discussing whether the ancestral laws could be changed or not.
Wang Anshi was ecstatic. This up-and-coming big shot in the court, the emperor's favorite son-in-law, and a promising frontier official turned out to be a reformer... Before Brother Zhang could say anything, he took the initiative to join the battle and flashed to start the team.
But his voice is still not enough among a bunch of conservatives, but Brother Zhang is not afraid at all. He starts the war with 1VN. Don't underestimate Brother Zhang. Although his thinking is not as sharp as a monster like Su Shi, But his basic skills are solid. He has been a Holy Master for so many years and has experienced countless dungeons. He knows which path he can take and which path he cannot take.
And as it is now, to be honest... he is the one who feeds the entire Song Dynasty. Whoever consumes has the right to speak. He just asks if the ancestors' methods have given you enough food, and then he has to be silent for a long time, and then continues Those who talk about it will talk about it for a long time, but in the end if it doesn't work, it will lead to the collapse of etiquette and music.
But Brother Zhang continued to open the school, and people said that the rites and music were ruined, so he asked how many people were studying when they were in their hands, and how many people are studying now.
Then people said that those of his were all fancy skills and obscene, so Brother Zhang asked if etiquette, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and arithmetic were the ways of sages. People said that those of his were not the Six Arts of a Gentleman, so Brother Zhang slapped them in the face with the data. .
In the end, they wanted to fight. Brother Zhang directly threw out the grain production, and then raised a question, why was Emperor Yan ranked before the emperor and was called Yanhuang. I asked whether studying medicine, curing diseases and saving people is a miracle of skill and obscenity, whether slash-and-burn farming and creating agricultural tools is a miracle of skill and obscenity, whether teaching people to reclaim wasteland and grow food crops is a miracle of skill and obscenity, and whether making pottery and cooking utensils for eating is a miracle of skill and obscenity?
Finally, he asked a very harsh question, that is, "Guess whether the Liao, Xixia, and Jurchen think these are strange techniques and obscene. If you don't want them, ask them if they want them."
Then they attacked Zhang Geli as a traitor and counted out the twelve evidences of his treason. Brother Zhang said, "If I were really a traitor, I would have killed all of you long ago and piled your heads up in front of the gate of the city of Liao. How could anyone give me any evidence?" I will make you prime minister."
Finally, they pointed at Brother Zhang and said to Zhao Zhen: "Guanjia, look at him..."
Zhao Zhen couldn't hold back his laughter for a long time. When he heard that the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty were slaughtered and their heads were piled up in the Liao Kingdom, he said with a straight face: "Don't talk nonsense..."
Then he covered his face with the sleeves of his dragon robe and drank water, but everyone saw that his shoulders were shaking...
Hob meat, that's what it is. The idiot is still the same idiot, and nothing has changed after so many years. However, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty can't help him, even the emperor can't do anything to him.
Doesn't Zhao Zhen know that if this idiot wants to be emperor in the morning, he will have to give in in the afternoon? He knows, he even knows how many guns and artillery are in his warehouse now and how many people are willing to sacrifice their lives for him.
But would he doubt his son-in-law because of such a thing? He will not doubt and cannot doubt, because he will rebel long ago. Let alone want to be the emperor now, he can even use artillery to turn Song, Liao, Xixia and Tubo inside and out. Now because of those strange responsibilities, If you really take this matter seriously, even if you have even the slightest suspicion, Da Song will have to be replaced by Da Zhang tomorrow...
If the master doubts the minister, he will be punished; if the minister doubts the master, he will rebel. If the master doubts the minister and does not punish him, the minister will doubt and rebel; if the minister doubts the master but does not rebel, the master will definitely punish him. To put it simply, don't worry about this nonsense, otherwise you will make yourself unhappy.
After drinking the water, Zhao Zhen waved his hand: "I know you are all dedicated to the Song Dynasty. Zhong Pu, what you just said was too unpleasant. I will fine you half a year's salary. You must be careful in your words and deeds in the future."
Brother... No, please be sincere. The salary you fine him is worth his eggs. He is paying your salary...
But after the punishment has been imposed, if you don't climb down the ladder, you will be a bit ignorant, so the conservatives can only give up. After the meeting, everyone in the conservatives had a look of fearlessness on their faces. , but the reformers were triumphant, except Brother Zhang who was shouted out into the garden.
"Zhong Pu, you and Rong'er have been together for almost ten years... How about I find an imperial doctor to take a look at you? Take care of it."
"This..." Brother Zhang suddenly couldn't think of how to answer Zhao Zhen. Looking at Zhao Zhen, who was now very old, he couldn't say anything to refute: "Let it go."
"Then it's settled. I don't have much time left, and I still want to see Rong'er have a boy and a half girl." Zhao Zhen sat there and gently smacked his legs: "By the way, Zhong Pu, Liao Zhen said a few days ago The envoy from the country came and said that he would like to borrow you for three years in exchange for the sixteen states of Yanyun."
Brother Zhang scratched his head: "If it's really borrowed, I won't be able to come back."
"I know, I didn't agree." Zhao Zhen sighed: "You said that now, can I even take a look at regaining my homeland?"
Brother Zhang rolled his eyes: "Yes, but there may be some changes."
"Come and let me listen." Zhao Zhen looked forward to it.
Brother Zhang pursed his lips and thought for a moment: "Abolish the national borders and merge the imperial courts."
Zhao Zhen raised his eyebrows with disbelief on his face: "Ah!?"
