A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

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"The old guys didn't come here for nothing today." Gu Qing said with a smile, "The car is a consumable. If we build a car and make a bus at the same time, it will be too burdensome for us, and the future car must be It will be updated, so it’s better to let others do it, we just need to grasp the source of goods.”

The concept of the bus was formed in Wu Mei's mind. Some carriages similar to Chang'an's carriages can also be rented. She said with a smile, "Sometimes, I really don't know what my husband can't think of."

"I have a lot of thoughts in my mind." Gu Qing smiled, "When we get old, I want to write all the memories and all the knowledge in my mind into a book and pass it on."

"Okay!" Wu Mei also nodded.

Fan Jian went to recruit road-making craftsmen, Gu Qing was reading in the study after dinner, and Gu Xiao was sitting by the side doing homework left over from the academy.

"Father, do you think the relationship between us and the emperor's family is very complicated?" Gu Xiao whispered, "I know Erniang is the princess of the royal family, but many people in the academy are talking about our family, why can't our family be married for generations? Enter the court and become an official."

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Chapter 985 Gu Qing's Emperor Technique

Gu Qing smiled and said to his son, "Even if I don't serve as an official, the troubles in the court cannot escape my eyes."

"I know that Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu, and Chu Suiliang are my father's good friends." Gu Xiao replied.

"Being an official has the disadvantages of being an official, and not being an official has its advantages. In fact, the royal family doesn't care who our Gu family associates with. They just hope that we don't have power in our hands." Gu Qing spoke patiently.

"I don't quite understand." Gu Xiao shook his head vigorously.

Gu Qing took a sip of tea and said, "To put it simply, emperors rule the world, but why do people in the world accept this kind of rule?"

Gu Xiao still shook his head.

Gu Qing said again: "Because we need to maintain our lives, that is, we need to live. Why don't we rebel unless we have to? Because there will be a large army to suppress, but you can calculate carefully. The so-called large army is actually calculated according to the current population of the Tang Dynasty. Now the army in the Tang Dynasty is only one-tenth of the population of the Tang Dynasty, and the military system is even a small number."

"Isn't that dangerous? What if you can't suppress it?"

Gu Xiao’s question is right, Gu Qing doesn’t intend to tell Gu Xiao these truths in the future, it’s better for the child to understand earlier, even if he doesn’t understand now, throw this concept to him first.

"Why is such a huge population suppressed by less than one-tenth of the army? This is because the army is an organized and managed group. Their dispatch and distribution are assigned by superiors to subordinates. This kind of obedience to orders The ability to govern and govern is much higher than that of ordinary people who are idle, and the army can be twisted into a rope and work together, but the power of the civilians is indeed scattered, and they cannot be like generals and soldiers."

"In the face of well-organized, well-organized generals who can command the entire army, civilians who want to rebel in the eyes of these generals are just mobs. The army can quickly defeat these idle forces."

Gu Xiao listened very carefully.

Gu Qing went on to say, "Let's look at why the soldiers obey the command of the general, because the soldiers' survival resources are all in the hands of the general. Of course, there are emperors above the general, that is, they are controlled by the emperor. So compared with the civilians who are in a mess, the army stronger."

"It doesn't mean that the army is strong enough. There are exceptions. Civilians treat their interests as being harmed. When everyone is just for a survival goal, in order to survive under the common goal, there is a common enemy. There is a kind of Something called cohesion will surge wildly in a special period, and it will explode with a very powerful force, just like the third generation of Qin is a living example."

"My child understands a little bit." Gu Xiaoruo nodded thoughtfully.

"So for the emperor, scheduling, concentration, overall planning, management, and balance are what the emperor has been pursuing, and this is also the foundation of a powerful dynasty." Gu Qing said again.

Li Zhi has been listening to the conversation between Gu Qing and his son outside the study room, the more he listens, the more he can't help feeling cold all over his body, what is Gu Qing talking about!Is this an imperial technique? !Listening to Gu Qing's analysis one by one with shocking eyes, when did Gu Qing analyze the emperor's power so thoroughly?

Gu Qing's voice came next.

"So in the eyes of many emperors, there is not much righteousness. In their eyes, there is only balance. They seek a common balance point among different interest groups, and use different interests and forces to check and balance each other. Many times, the power of a dynasty The collapse starts from the inside. Compared with the Warring States period, when countries began to collide, sometimes it is ironic to compare which country is more corrupt inside. Of course, the emperor is also a risk. If the emperor's ability to govern Instability will also cause instability in the court, which will spread from the higher level to the lower level."

"The interests of the Prime Minister and the interests of the emperor are different. The prime minister has too much power to cause conflicts with the emperor. Under this kind of imperial rule, if the prime minister is a little careless, there will be huge conflicts, which will make the The emperor's check and balance failed. We can see a lot of scenery from a high place, and we can take in all the scenery under our feet. The emperor just looks at the scenery in front of him, but when a torch appears and starts to burn, it will cause problems in the ecology of the entire scenery. , in the end it will burn like a prairie fire.”

Gu Xiao said, "Then according to what my father said, the power of the emperor has so many disadvantages, why continue?"

"Because this is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. This is a characterization of thinking. If we want to break this situation, we must break this characterization of thinking. Human civilization has developed for thousands of years. Emperor power is a very important stage, and it is also a must go through. stage." Gu Qing went on to say, "The emperor needs a stable court, so it is necessary to find a dynamic balance point among all the centralization of interests."

There is a lot of information in Gu Xiao's mind, and he can't digest it for a while.

"Go to bed early." Gu Qing looked at his son's expression and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, I will explain it to you slowly in the future."

In the middle of the night, Li Zhi was tossing and turning in bed, listening to the conversation between Gu Qing and his son, he had always known Gu Qing. Gu Qing was not a person who could study the art of emperors, but why did such a person know so much about the arts of emperors? , even said it more clearly than his own father, and understood that if Gu Qing's words were recorded, and he could find anyone to be the emperor, he might be able to be the emperor. Li Zhi felt that he had been a prince since he was a child. Being disciplined by the palace is not as good as what Gu Qing said tonight.

Thinking about it now, his father is the current Li Chengqian, do they have the power to resist Gu Qing like this?If someone like Gu Qing could become Li Chengqian's right-hand man, the stability of the Tang Dynasty would be less of a hidden danger, but for such a person, Li Chengqian would try every means to get Gu Qing to leave the court.

Japan

Xue Ji was about to return to Datang, and ordered all the crew members to order loudly, "It will take half a month to clean up all the cabins, even if there is a mouse! Everyone washes up and puts on clean clothes. clothing."

After giving the order, someone asked puzzledly, "Will this be a waste of time?"

"This is the iron law of the Department of Maritime Trade." Xue Ji said, "No one can avoid it. If someone doesn't want to abide by it, then don't go to the Tang Dynasty! Do you understand?"

Datang people really love cleanliness. Japanese people have a deep understanding of Datang people in their hearts. In fact, Xue Ji doesn't quite understand why the Department of Maritime Trade has made this regulation and it has become an iron law. It's just that he knows what must be done. It is the prerequisite for Datang to build ocean hegemony!

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Chapter 986 The Central Plains People Who Love Cleanliness

A very strange scene appeared on the coast of the country of Wa. Thousands of people were taking hot baths here, and they were supervising each other. Even the fleas were not let go. People from the Central Plains said, "Look at all of you, all of you are much better. You are all men taking a bath. What is there to hide? You can board the boat and prepare to return to the voyage after washing. Then wash."

Looking at the cleanly washed Central Plains people, the Japanese people were impressed that they love clean Central Plains people.

There can be no sick people, no rats, no fleas on board, this is the iron law of navigation, more important than maritime trade, Xue Ji has heard His Royal Highness Jin Wang say that maritime trade is risky, rats and fleas These things are also easy to spread diseases, although it is a bit untrue, these are all established by Gu Qing.

Xue Ji didn’t understand, but Gu Qing knew that diseases have always coexisted with humans in this world for thousands of years. At the beginning of the world, there were only bacteria. Bacteria are part of this world. Humans can’t completely eliminate them. They can only find ways to coexist peacefully with these bacteria. , and only Gu Qing knows those bloody lessons, the virus that killed millions or even hundreds of millions of people, the cholera, the Black Death, and the plague that plagued the West for several years and almost wiped out several countries. Bloody lesson.

Gu Qing didn't want them to happen in the Central Plains. Overseas people can't easily enter the Central Plains, and people with diseases can't enter the Central Plains either.

Xue Ji commanded the fleet, and finally began to return amid the cheers of the peasants. The first group of people went back, and the second group of people who supervised the mining could also go back after a while.

"Report!" A maritime trade official came to report and said loudly to Xue Ji, "Pirates have appeared again. They destroyed several Goguryeo ships. What they saw with their own eyes is our lost ship."

"You also board the boat immediately and pass the news to the Chang'an court." Xue Ji said.

"Master Xue." The official of the Maritime Trade Department said again, "Those pirates also sent a letter, which was delivered by arrows."

Xue Ji was not afraid of the attacks of these pirates. Datang's fleet consisted of dozens of boats. These pirates were not afraid of their attacks unless they wanted to drown in the sea. Xue Ji opened the letter and read it.

"Xue Ji, I'm Old Seventh Wu, you should have known it was me when I stole the ship, and Yan Li should have made you guard against me, but in fact, I was arranged by Gu Qing to the port as early as the beginning of the port's construction. From the very beginning, I did not come to build. I wanted to be a pirate. Gu Qing hoped that I would be a pirate so as to control the sea area. This time I attacked Goguryeo and received orders from Lord Gu. In fact, we have always been near Goguryeo. Waiting for news."

"Don't worry, we will not attack Datang's ships, we will only plunder other people. The strength of Goguryeo and Wa is too weak. Next, I will take my brothers to the South China Sea to have a look. Let's take a step first. I will open the way for you on an island in the South China Sea. Please also pass this news to Lord Gu. In addition, I only have this boat and another boat in Fuzheng's hands. I don't know where Fuzheng is now. Wang Yanghai doesn’t have a compass or chart, so I don’t know if he’s dead or not, this man is very dangerous.”,

"Attack is scheming, if you find a ship with artillery on the sea, and it is not a ship of Datang, and it does not have the black flag of my Wu Laoqi, please sink it to the bottom of the sea immediately, the government is causing chaos in Chang'an, killing many people , and it is also the target of Gu Houye, no matter what, don’t kill him! This matter is because I, Wu Laoqi, did not do a good job, which caused hidden dangers at sea. I hope that Wu Fuzheng can starve to death in the sea. Best at sea."

After reading Wu Laoqi's letter, Xue Ji felt relieved. He didn't expect Gu Qing to do so many tricks in the sea trade, to raise the bandits' self-respect? !

It is indeed a good means of controlling sea trade, but it also has risks.

On the other side of the East China Sea, at the port of Shanhaiguan, Yan Liben is preparing to go south to the South China Sea this time. The ships to the South China Sea are also under construction. The entire port is changing every day. Now it has the scale of a large city. Thousands of people work here, and many people bring their families here to live here directly. It is also Yan Liben's idea to build a port.

According to Gu Qing's design for the port, it is to build a big city. The port is in front of the big city and behind it. I like to look at the huge map, and I can't help but feel a little proud in my heart. I regard this place as the last thing I built in my life. Other things may It is enough to make his name in history, and this port is also enough to make himself enter the annals of history. Every point of the port, every brick and stone is engraved in his heart.

"Old man, the Japanese ship should have started to return." Yan Liben's wife said from the side.