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- Chapter 1 Ruixue
The flying snowflakes are fluttering in the wind, and the tiles of the layer upon layer of houses have been covered with a layer of snow. The whole city of Chang'an is vast, and the big trees with all their leaves stretched out in the streets and courtyards. The snow on the branches looked like another kind of leaves. It was early morning in Chang'an, and the whole city was waking up.
There are rows of people on the main street of Chang'an, wearing uniforms. Although the cotton clothes on their bodies are not very good, they can't be cold. These people are shoveling the snow accumulated overnight from the road. There are several people behind them. People dressed as government servants watched them work leisurely. A few children laughed and ran past the snow shovelers, their childish laughter echoing on the street.
In front of the Daming Palace, the rows of stone sculptures and the ground on both sides of the Zhuque Gate have been cleaned. About three hundred snow shovelers are preparing to leave. They put the snow shovels on the ox carts and covered the backs of the oxen pulling the carts. A layer of felt blanket, the white breath exhaled by everyone brought vitality to the dim sky in Chang'an.
These snow shovelers were prisoners of the Yan army during the pacification of the Anshi Rebellion two and a half years ago. There were 50,000 people stationed in Chang'an City. Their job was to clean the streets of Chang'an and repair the roads inside and outside Chang'an City. At the same time, Chang'an residents could ask for help when they needed labor. If the Nine City Soldiers and Horses Division applies, they will get the labor of these captives at a relatively cheap price.
Wealthy households in Chang'an City also like to hire these cheap laborers to do work, such as digging a pond for their yard and building a house for their manor. After completing the official duties arranged by Prime Minister Chu Tianshu, such as building roads, repairing water conservancy, etc. , the captives went to work hard for the people who paid for them.
No prisoner thought of escaping. All prisoners without registered family members worked in various mines under unified military control. It was a hard job. The people in the prison camp working in Chang'an all had family members. Li Zuoguo could not allow instability in Chang'an. , now Li Zuoguo is not called Sikong, Sikong is now Master Chu Tianshu, and Duan Tianhe has been promoted to Sima, Taiwei.
A year ago, officials and generals from all the areas controlled by the Anxi Army wrote letters to invite Li Zuoguo to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. After Li Zuoguo resigned three times and all ministers invited him three times, Li Zuoguo changed his name to Emperor Zhou in Chang'an and proclaimed himself emperor. After capturing Luoyang, he directly sent troops south to Jingzhou, attacked Xiangyang with great force, and defeated the Tang army. Yuchi Changgong had no choice but to retreat to Jiangling, and Li Zuoguo stationed troops in Jiangling to face the Tang army across the river.
At the same time, the Anxi Army's three armies went south, taking all the Tang Army's land north of the Yangtze River, and set up water villages in Jiangdu and Jiangning. The two water villages were not far apart and echoed each other. Liu Jushan, the governor of the East Road in the south of the Yangtze River, sent General Zu Fengtong The water army was used to control the Anxi army.
The Anxi Army was mostly composed of northerners and was not good at water warfare, so it faced the Tang Army across the river. Li Zuoguo did not press further, and the stalemate began. He Donghai, a pirate who started his career, was reused and was granted a title by Li Zuoguo. As General Fubo, he was appointed as the naval commander of Jiangning and Jiangdu. He recruited 100,000 naval troops, trained the navy day and night, and set up a shipping bureau in Jiangdu to rush to build warships. The decision to unify the world was clearly revealed.
The loss of Jingzhou separated the entire Bashu region from the Central Plains. Li Longji in Bashu saw that Li Zuoguo did not attack, so he closed his door and became the emperor. Prince Li Heng also ascended the throne in Hangzhou to serve as the emperor. Zong, who worshiped Li Longji as the Supreme Emperor from afar, actually the Tang Dynasty had been divided. The southern troops had always been insufficient in combat strength, and Li Heng, who occupied the south of the Yangtze River, was unable to move northward. He could only defend the river to wait for the weather.
Li Zuoguo used these two years to vigorously promote land distribution, reduce agricultural taxes, encourage business, and took advantage of the opportunity of the country to be determined and the power of the nobles to weaken to implement a taxation system integrating the government and the people. That is, it does not matter whether you are an official of the Great Zhou Dynasty or not. Common people have to pay taxes, and there are more than 500 types of taxes.
In the second year, the commercial tax revenue far exceeded the agricultural tax revenue. Farming was encouraged to open up wasteland. The court had preferential treatment for land reclamation. Anyone who opened up ten acres of wasteland could get four acres for himself. Don¡¯t think it is harsh. You must know that once the land is reclaimed, you can only get four acres. It can be passed down to future generations. Li Zuoguo attached great importance to the issue of land annexation. He also stipulated that all land that has not been cultivated for a year will be returned to the state. The land owned by each person shall not exceed thirty acres. The excess part will be repurchased by the state. It will be Pay people to farm, and the grain earned goes to the state treasury.
Anyone who conceals land will be moved a thousand miles away and have their property confiscated. This is a very severe punishment. Li Zuoguo knows very well that there are two main reasons for the change of dynasties in the past. The first is that the privileged class does not pay taxes. Those with official titles, nobility, and all business and land almost do not pay taxes. Although there are laws stipulating that officials pay taxes, there are very few that can actually be implemented in the face of power. Therefore, the first thing Li Zuoguo did was to pay taxes for both officials and citizens.
??It¡¯s okay for officials to do business, but they have to pay taxes. It¡¯s okay not to pay taxes, but if you are found out, you will have to pay ten times the tax. Don¡¯t be an official anymore. Go home and concentrate on business, everyone.The Tax Supervision Bureau is a powerful department dedicated to taxation and is directly responsible to the emperor.
Another reason is land annexation. Land annexation will produce a large number of landless peasants. One way for these peasants to become tenant farmers of big landowners is to become the best reserves for rebels under exploitation. Some of them will also flow into cities, the army and other places. Industry, therefore, the countermeasure to land annexation is the per capita land cap system. First, it stipulates the upper limit of land owned by each person. Second, the extra land is levied with high land taxes. This policy makes the more land occupied, the more the gains outweigh the losses.
Li Zuoguo can only think of so much for the time being. With such a large territory, the talent gap is very obvious. Li Zuoguo now mainly relies on the talents provided by the surrendered family and the students trained by Anxi himself. As a grassroots official There is also a huge gap in these people. This is a systematic system that cannot be solved quickly within a few years. It can only be done step by step. The various states and counties will first solve the problem of running the yamen, and then slowly fill in the gap.
The atmosphere of the new dynasty has shown great vitality, and the Great Zhou Dynasty has risen like the rising sun. Correspondingly, the surviving Tang Dynasty in the south is trembling under the aggressive momentum of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Many officials in the south are secretly communicating with the north. Li Heng couldn't control the drama, so in the end he just shrank in the palace in Hangzhou and muddle along.
After finishing the morning street sweeping work, Su Heishi threw his tool, a large shovel, into the oxcart. The cotton clothes on his body were inevitably stained with muddy water. He exhaled a white breath, but Su Heishi did not feel cold. Snow is physical work.
Su Heishi was originally a son of a farmer near Luoyang. After An Lushan captured Luoyang, he was forced to collect grain. The family could hardly survive. Even their newborn second son starved to death. Then came An Qingxu's conscription. The tall Su Heishi He was recruited into the army and became an infantryman of the Yan army. When Li Zuoguo captured Luoyang, Su Heishi was very lucky. He was not directly killed on the city wall and successfully surrendered in the city.
In the prisoner camp, Su Heishi was very panicked, not knowing what fate was waiting for him. Finally, an officer came to register, and Su Heishi, who had a family, became a member of the prisoner camp in Chang'an City. Originally, he heard that he would do hard labor for three years. Heishi's face was ashen. An Qingxu's hard labor camp was the place with the highest mortality rate. He didn't eat as well as dogs and worked more than cows. Few people could survive more than a year. Could it be that his own fate was the same.
Su Heishi is completely relieved in Chang'an, Anxi Army, oh no! It should be called the Great Zhou Dynasty now, but it treated the captives well. Not only could they eat well, but they could also work and receive money. Of course, they had to wait until the labor service period expired before they could receive it. Even so, Su Heishi was very satisfied. Every prisoner knows how much money he can get, not to mention that after the court affairs are completed, he can also work for the wealthy households in Chang'an, which is also money.
Some prisoners left the prison camp after their labor service period expired, and their wages were settled and distributed as soon as possible. This also gave all the prisoners in the prison camp a reassurance and made them work more vigorously. Those who were released one after another These prisoners were soldiers of the Tang Army captured when the Anxi Army first launched its army.
These prisoners were reluctant to leave when they left. Not only did they have enough to eat in the prison camp, but they also had wages to earn. Although the wages were much lower than those of real hired workers in Chang'an, the amount was huge. As long as they were willing to work, the income was not small, and it was much better than what they earned at home. The income from farming is high, but are they still prisoners? It's totally a benefit.
Su Heishi's family was allocated land according to their head. The labor force in the family was not enough. Su Heishi calculated that after the New Year, he would be able to go out in less than half a year. His salary after three years would be a lot of money. , Su Heishi decided to stay in Chang'an, because he was a carpenter, and many people in Chang'an knew Su Heishi's craftsmanship, so his income could definitely rank among the top ten in the prisoner camp.
"Old Hei, today Boss Zhang from the Liuke Restaurant in the east of the city has invited you to work. You must bring my help with you." A man of medium build next to Su Heishi said.
This is a fellow member of Su Heishi's team, also named Su and named Su He. They are from the same village and were captured together. Su Heishi's craftsmanship can make more money, and people from the same village can also get more money if they go to work together. Although you can't get a lot of reward money right away, it's still a good thing to look forward to.
"Yes, Lao Hei, you have to take me with you too. Last time it was Ermao who went there. It must be my turn this time. That kid Ermao doesn't have much strength, but I am not as strong as Lao Niu." Another one beside him Niu Fugui from another village spoke to him. Although Niu Fugui had a funny name, he was actually a big man, tall and thick, and very strong. Ever since Su Heishi became famous, everyone in the team loved to follow Su Heishi. Work, and the income is high.
At this time, another Su Er from Su Heishi's village became anxious: "You are such a badass, carpentry is a delicate job, how can you help Brother Hei with your clumsy hands? Brother Hei must have taken me there, right?"Brother? "Su Er looked at Su Heishi with expectant eyes.
Su Heishi felt proud in his heart. His craftsmanship had made a difference. It was a kind of pride in being recognized. Su Heishi smiled honestly: "Er Mao, you have been with me several times. We are all brothers in the team. This Let Brother Niu go with us this time, there are still many opportunities."
Niu Fugui opened his mouth and was very happy. He glanced at Su Er who had a slumped face, rushed to put the snow bucket next to Su Heishi on the ox cart, and said: "Brother Hei is still righteous, Lao Niu will definitely do it." Okay, if you don¡¯t do it right, Brother Hei will just scold you.¡±
Su Heishi suddenly had an idea in his mind that he could set up a carpentry stall in Chang'an. Then there would be a few people from his village who would take over the carpentry work, so that he could gain a foothold in Chang'an. Su Heishi was filled with excitement. Feelings.
Amidst the noise, the people from the prisoner camp lined up in two neat rows and walked slowly towards the Jinguang Gate despite the heavy snow. The cold weather could not extinguish the fire in Su Heishi's heart. The war was leaving, and the New Year in Chang'an was coming soon. .
In the Tunyun Hall of Xingqing Palace, a soldier of the Forbidden Army stood every fifteen steps under the corridor. These tall and burly soldiers in iron armor were motionless amid the heavy snowfall. Their woolen cloaks were already covered with a layer of snow. , the best wool cloaks are very insulating. These imperial guards are equipped with two layers of protection. The inner layer is a full set of warm sheepskin inner armor, and the outer layer is a layer of iron armor. They wear leather gloves on their hands to avoid cold temperatures. Weapons stick together.
Li Zuoguo didn't like living in the Daming Palace outside the city because there were too few people and it was impersonal to live in such a huge palace. So Li Zuoguo arranged his residence in Anqing Palace, but Anqing Palace was big enough, with five palaces and nine halls. , which coincides with the number of ninety-five. The number of maids and eunuchs around Li Zuoguo was less than two thousand, which was still too few in the Anqing Palace. However, Li Zuoguo didn't care. He thought there were too many of them. If it weren't for Duan Tianhe's desperate persuasion, he said There was no way to lose royal decency, and Li Zuoguo even wanted to reduce the number of serving maids and eunuchs to less than a thousand.
The entire Tunyun Palace was guarded like an iron barrel, indicating that Li Zuoguo was in the palace and the palace door was closed. The thirty or so braziers inside made the entire palace warm as spring. Anqing Palace did not have the earth dragon heating equipment in the Forbidden City in later generations. Therefore, we can only use the brazier to heat up. The entire hall has three entrances. The outside is a small inner hall. It is small, but the area is more than enough to accommodate 200 people. Inward are two inner courtyards, and the innermost is a suite.
This is Li Zuoguo¡¯s study. Li Zuoguo is sitting at the table. Anxi tables and chairs have long been brought to Chang¡¯an. The convenient and practical tables and chairs have quickly become popular household appliances in Chang¡¯an. With a few habits, using tables and chairs can be more comfortable when reading, writing and eating, and the time can be very long, and you will not be unable to stand up because of sitting on your knees for too long.
Li Zuoguo was concentrating on approving the memorial. He was wearing a bright yellow robe. It was warmer here. Li Zuoguo was wearing a single coat. Behind him stood a eunuch-like person also wearing yellow clothes. He was the current inner palace. The chief eunuch Zheng Chunyun. The yellow clothes worn by Zheng Chunyun are different from the bright yellow clothes worn by Li Zuoguo. The color is dark yellow without any patterns. However, Li Zuoguo's dragon robe is embroidered with cloud patterns and flying dragons. This was embroidered by Xiaoyun himself after Li Zuoguo ascended the throne. Dragon robe.
To be honest, Li Zuoguo didn't like this kind of work very much. The emperor was very uncomfortable, had no freedom, and was very tired. Li Zuoguo deeply felt the feeling of the faint emperors of the past dynasties.
Centralization of power is very good, and great power is concentrated in one person, but there are too many things. Li Zuoguo has assigned a large part of government affairs to Chu Tianshu and Duan Tianhe, and all reading and classification are in Chu Tianshu and Duan Tianhe. The work there was about the same, and it was sent to Li Zuoguo for review. It took nearly a day to complete the review. If Li Zuoguo had been more careful, twelve hours a day would not be enough.
No wonder the foolish kings in history all handed over their power to ministers and went to eat, drink and have fun themselves. These government affairs were really frustrating to do. Li Zuoguo put down his ink pen, frowned, and reviewed here early in the morning, until he arrived. Now, Li Zuoguo felt a little tired.
"What time is it now?" Li Zuoguo asked.
Behind him, Zheng Chunyun said: "Your Majesty, it's almost noon, where can we have dinner?"
When Li Zuoguo heard this, he stood up and stretched: "It's almost noon. Let's go to Concubine Zhen. I want to see my good daughter."
Li Zuoguo's current queen is naturally Ariel. As a royal queen of Hu people's descent, Ariel's background was very dissatisfied by some ministers in the court. Who is Li Zuoguo? He will soon become the powerful emperor of the world. With a wave of his hand, you guys Shut up, I will decide my queen myself, none of you are qualified to take care of it, so Ariel became the queen of the main palace, and her son Li Zhongfei followed Ariel to move into Fengming Hall.
As the biological mother of Li Zuoguo¡¯s eldest son, Li Zhongyang, Xiaoyun was named by Feng JinConcubine, moved into the Evergreen Hall, Li Zhongyang is almost five years old, Li Zuoguo is having a headache how to find a primary school teacher for his children, Xiaoyun and Arier gave birth to a son and a daughter respectively for Li Zuoguo last year, Ariel The children were born as boys, named Zhongchang, Xiaoyun gave birth to a girl, named Hui, and Xiaohuan gave birth to a girl, named Yu. They were lively and cute since childhood, and were the apple of Li Zuoguo's eye.
Although Li Zuoguo already had three sons and two daughters, Duan Tianhe and other civil servants still felt that the Tian family had too little blood. They wrote to Li Zuoguo on more than one occasion to ask Li Zuoguo to have more concubines in order to enrich the royal bloodline. You must know that even in the palace, newborns The probability of premature death is not low. Although Li Zuoguo always pays attention to the training of doctors and his children are growing up, it is not safe, right?
Li Zuoguo had a headache, and finally couldn't resist Duan Tianhe's advice, so he nodded and agreed to admit a group of girls into the palace after the New Year. This was a rare opportunity to attach himself to the emperor. After the news got out, all officials in Chang'an who were qualified would send their daughters to him. Everyone who entered the palace tried their best to enter the palace, but the officials from Anxi under Li Zuoguo were not so active. Who was Li Zuoguo? That is the military god of the Anxi Army. How can he be controlled by just giving a daughter? If he does his own thing well, the emperor will naturally be able to see it. This is the confidence of Anxi officials.
Li Zuoguo walked as a chariot and walked straight to the Jade Snow Palace where Concubine Zhen was. As the eunuch loudly announced the door, the palace door opened wide. Xiaohuan took his daughter Li Yu and more than a dozen female officials to greet Li Zuoguo at the door. .
After seeing the ceremony, they went in together. Li Yu was not yet two years old. He was wearing a beautiful floral satin cotton coat. He bit his little finger and looked at Li Zuoguo. Li Yu, who was being held by a palace maid, had a delicate, cute and round face. The big eyes were like small rings with a hint of blue. Once inside, Li Yu became dishonest. A pair of white and fat little hands stretched out to Li Zuoguo.
"Daddy, give me a hug." Li Yu, as Li Zuoguo's first daughter, loved him the most. Li Zuoguo smiled happily, completely ignoring the emperor's decency, and trotted over, hugged Li Yu, and kissed Li Yu's little face. Just a hard slap.
Unexpectedly, Li Yu didn't give the emperor any face. He wiped his chubby face with his small hands and said angrily: "It's disgusting. I've stained my face."
The faces of the two palace maids next to the newly arrived Xiaohuan turned pale with fright. Even if their daughters were still young, it was quite a big deal for the emperor to say this. These two girls were selected from outside the palace, and their parents were also officials in Chang'an. Because of their grade, they were not chosen. As a concubine, she could only serve a few concubines in the palace.
Not only was Li Zuoguo not angry, but he laughed loudly, hugged his daughter tighter and discussed: "Good girl, my father came to see my little princess only after she had washed herself thoroughly. If I don't wash her again, my daughter will give it to my father again." Would you like a kiss?¡±
Li Yu pouted: "No, my father's beard is irritating." Li Yu has been smart since he was a child, and has no problem speaking. He is quirky, and Li Zuoguo loves him to the core.
"How about this, father shaves his beard, and allows my daughter to eat an extra piece of osmanthus cake?" Li Zuoguo bargained with his daughter.
"Two jade-like little fingers stretched out in front of Li Zuoguo. The dimples on the little chubby hands were so cute: "Two pieces, or I won't do it."
"Okay, two yuan is two yuan." Li Zuoguo laughed happily, while Xiaohuan, who was slightly behind, smiled and watched Li Zuoguo teasing their daughter, and the happiness in his heart seemed to melt his whole body.
Zheng Chunyun glanced sharply at the two palace maids who were dumbfounded by Li Zuoguo's performance. They were so thinly dressed in such a cold weather. How could they hide their little thoughts from Zheng Chunyun? It turned out that they were in the palace. Zheng Chunyun has seen a lot.
Now Li Zuoguo only has one concubine and two concubines in the harem. These two women are not the only ones who want to be favored by being close to Li Zuoguo. Both women are very beautiful, but Zheng Chunyun is not polite at all, and his sharp eyes make the two women's faces panic. , but they knew how powerful Mr. Zheng was. A palace maid who was serving Li Zuoguo in Tunyun Palace tried to seduce Li Zuoguo. However, before Li Zuoguo could express anything, Zheng Chunyun directly ordered him to be dragged out, hit with a twenty-ridge cane and threw it to Huan. He went to work hard in the clothing bureau, and everyone in the palace knew about it.
It's not that Zheng Chunyun doesn't want Li Zuoguo to have a concubine, but in Zheng Chunyun's heart, the three Ariel daughters who have followed Li Zuoguo the longest are the most important in his heart. Like Li Zuoguo, they all regard him as a younger brother and want to be in the palace. Zheng Chunyun would not tolerate the trouble, and Li Zuoguo didn't say a word to Zheng Chunyun at that time, which also shows Li Zuoguo's trust in Zheng Chunyun.
The chatter and laughter in the palace slowly faded away, and the guards of Li Zuoguo at the door loyally protected the entire Jade Snow Palace. The snow fell even harder, falling silently. The city of Chang'an was completely white, and people were coming and going on the streets. It seems that the heavy snow has not affected my mood. Those selling goods, saying hello, and walking hurriedly have something to do., evaporating into prosperity, auspicious snow heralds a good harvest, and the first year of Dingwu is about to pass.
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