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Volume 1: Tongguan Blood Chapter 14: Comprehensive Reform, Forever Prosperity

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    After the edict on military reform was issued, some Jiedu envoys expressed their opposition and were unwilling to comply.  There are two towns where the Jiedushi are preparing to start a rebellion to safeguard their existing rights.  Wang Weiliang, the governor of Beiting who was preparing to start a rebellion, was killed by his own men before the rebellion started.  Although Yuan Hao, another military governor, successfully raised an army, his rebellion was put down in less than half a month.  Neng Yuanhao was appointed as the military governor of Beihai. He was originally a subordinate of An Lushan, and he still held his original post after his surrender.  Neng Yuanhao had only 10,000 troops. After the rebellion, the imperial court immediately ordered the Jiedushi of the two nearby towns to raise troops to quell the rebellion. Neng Yuanhao was soon defeated and killed.  It was Hanhai Jiedushi Li Siye and Xingping Jiedushi Li Huan who raised troops to quell the rebellion.  After leading their troops to suppress the rebellion, the Jiedushi envoys of these two towns immediately went to the court to express their strong support for the court's military reform.  Immediately, Jiedu envoys from many towns came forward to support the imperial court's move.  Most of the Jiedushi envoys expressed their support for the imperial court's military reform, and those who rebelled were put down. Those who opposed it were eventually frightened and did not dare to go against the general trend. They also followed suit and supported the imperial court's strong implementation.  military reform.  The military governors of each town responded, and the military reform was naturally carried out smoothly, which made Yang Xi relieved.  The reorganization of the army and the implementation of the new military system will begin immediately. Yang Xi hopes that within two to three years, the reform of the military system will have initial results.  He had carefully discussed the appointment of each guard general with the prime ministers of the Political Hall. Although these generals no longer had the authority of the previous Jiedushi, the men and horses they commanded were still a force that should not be underestimated.  There must be a supervision and restriction mechanism to restrain them.  Personnel selection is the first step, and subsequent measures must follow.  And Yang Xi has already formulated a rotation strategy.  That is, each guard general cannot serve for more than three years. Once every three years, he must be rotated to serve in other guards. Moreover, any staff member with military status cannot be taken away, and the number of personal soldiers is also strictly limited.  When generals lead the army, they are not allowed to participate in political affairs. Only when they have handed over military power can they enter the court to seek advice.  All this is done while giving great power to the generals.  Limit their possibilities for rebellion.  The status of military generals is not low, but they cannot interfere in local affairs. This reform allows civil servants and military generals to find their own balance points. There are not many ministers who stand up to strongly oppose it. In addition, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi have very high prestige.  The generals gave their full support, and Yang Xi's own military achievements were not comparable to those of ordinary people.  There are also fewer and fewer voices of opposition.  The generals of each guard are carefully selected people. Although there is no guarantee that they will have absolute loyalty, under many constraints, the possibility of rebellion is very small.  Yang Xi also decided to establish the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty, and he served as the priest of the Royal Military Academy concurrently. Officers at all levels were required to go to the military academy for training.  From now on, mid-level and low-level officers must be selected from graduates of military academies. Those who have not been trained in military academies will only reach the level of brigade commander.  If you want to be promoted, in addition to accumulating military merit, you must have study experience in a military academy.  Back then Baldy Jiang founded the Whampoa Military Academy.  It cultivated a large number of generals who were loyal to themselves and the country. These generals were the mainstay of the National Revolutionary Army during the Anti-Japanese War and the Civil War.  Yang Xi must follow this point.  He himself also served as the priest of the military academy, and the graduates who came out from this time were all his disciples and disciples of the emperor, so their loyalty was naturally guaranteed to a certain extent.  Of course, Yang Xi also knows that today the people are generally less educated, and the same is true for military officers. Some generals are even illiterate. To completely change all this, we must start with universal education.  According to the current situation, it is still very difficult to fully popularize education, but Yang Xi can take his time and greatly improve the education level of the people through a few years or even dozens of efforts.  This is also one of the reforms Yang Xi wants to carry out.  In addition to military reform, other political and people's livelihood changes have also been carried out.  Yang Xi plans to make great improvements to society during his years in power, and the reform of education is a very important one.  "If the people can do something, let them know it; if it doesn't do it, let them know it." Education is the most convenient way to improve the quality of the people.  Yang Xi probably knows the current situation of Datang¡¯s treasury, which can be described as rich and flowing.  With a strong national treasury, many things can be done.  Yang Xi decided that after he began to take office, he would forcefully establish a government-run school in every county. School-age children with good intelligence would be admitted to study at very convenient tuition fees.  Free tuition and so on.  Yang Xi dreams that one day it will be fully popularizededucation so that all adapted children can afford school.  Of course, he knows that it is very difficult to realize this wish now. If it is enforced regardless of reality, it will not only cause great trouble, but even the country will be brought down.  Although it is said that the Tang Dynasty is a bit "rich and oily" now, if it really wants to do things to improve people's livelihood, all this wealth will be wasted soon.  Yang Xi knew that he should improve more aspects and try his best to create wealth in order to benefit more people in the world.  Nowadays, although the Tang Dynasty's treasury is rich, there are still many people in the world who do not have enough to eat and clothing to keep warm. What Yang Xi has to do is to make the world produce more and ensure that everyone has food to eat and clothes to wear.  wear.  After he traveled through time, he spent most of his time "putting out fires", either fighting rebellions or going on expeditions. He spent most of his time in contact with the military. It was not until he became the emperor that he paid attention to all aspects of people's livelihood.  After understanding the current productivity situation, he felt a bit "surprised".  Nowadays, most of the world's planting still remains on the one-crop-a-year method, that is, a field is planted with only one crop a year and then left to fallow after harvesting. This makes people familiar with later generations planting two- and three-crops a year.  Yang Xi was greatly surprised.  And he also knows that the crops grown today are mainly millet and wheat, and there are not many rice plants with huge yields. It is no wonder that after traveling to the Tang Dynasty, rice is not eaten much, and most of the time it is pasta.  , or corn rice or something like that.  Fortunately, he is not particular about food and has no energy to worry about it.  After understanding this situation, he immediately discussed crop planting in detail with officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and proposed a planting method of two or even three crops a year on a piece of land, as well as a large-scale promotion of rice planting, and attracted attention from the Jiaozhou area.  Good rice seeds.  Officials from Jiaozhou (later Hanoi, Vietnam) reported that a kind of rice that was very easy to grow and had a very short maturity period was common in that area. Yang Xi immediately thought of a rice variety called Champa rice that he had vaguely heard of in later generations.  , immediately concluded that it was probably the same thing, and immediately ordered the state officials to find a way to get seeds for trial planting.  Under Yang Xi¡¯s strong leadership, starting from the second year of his administration, official fields in various places will begin to adopt planting plans with multiple crops a year, such as double planting of rice and wheat, and widely promote the planting of rice.  Yang Xi was very excited that his strong leadership was unanimously agreed by all the prime ministers in the political hall. He seemed to have seen mountains of white rice in warehouses everywhere. The people no longer had to worry about eating and drinking, but  I am worried about how to solve the problem of having too much food to eat.  Yang Xi, who came from a later generation, was very aware of the role of commerce and trade in promoting the development of the national economy. Therefore, while vigorously improving people's livelihood and personally proposing a series of measures to improve people's livelihood, he also began to advocate the role of commerce and trade in economic development to ministers.  While discussing what specific measures to implement, Yang Xi announced the lifting of the curfew that had been in place for more than a hundred years.  After closing the door, although the city gates of Chang'an were closed, the gates of each neighborhood were not closed, and people were not prohibited from going out at night.  The closing time of shops in the east and west cities was also greatly delayed, and Yang Xi even encouraged the holding of night markets.  People in places with rich nightlife such as Pingkangfang can also visit at any time at night.  Yang Xi¡¯s bold move was opposed by many ministers. They believed that completely lifting the curfew would bring great trouble to Chang¡¯an¡¯s public security, and more people would commit crimes.  But Yang Xi still used his own reasons to persuade officials and abolished the curfew.  Government-run night markets soon appeared and prospered soon after, and the nightlife of residents in Chang'an quickly became enriched as the curfew was lifted.  Business in Pingkangfang is also booming than before, and other nightlife-related businesses have also sprung up.  Officials in the DPRK and China were very surprised. They did not expect such a situation to occur after the curfew was lifted.  Chang'an at night was no longer a lifeless city, but became full of prosperity and vitality. However, this did not have the consequences that the ministers were worried about. Instead of increasing the number of people committing crimes, there were fewer people inside and outside Chang'an.  Vigilant cases also decreased.  "Look, I said that when the people live a prosperous life, fewer people will commit crimes!" It snowed heavily and the whole city of Chang'an was completely white. Yang Xi took all the officials to the Daming Palace Taiye Pond to enjoy the snow.  , after listening to the reports from the Ministry of Household Affairs and Jingzhao Prefecture officials, and what they said cheerfully to the ministers, he immediately decided to fully lift the curfew in all cities across the country to give the people more freedom.  When he decided to fully relax the curfew, Yang Xi still remained cautious. He only implemented it in big cities like Chang'an and Luoyang first, and planned to see the effect before promoting it across the board.  After a few months, the effect was really good, and the ministers who opposed it were naturally speechless.  SoonIt's been 2 years, and Yang Xi and his ministers are full of hope for the new year.  On the first day of the first lunar month, Yang Xi issued an edict to change the Yuan Dynasty to Yongchang, and implemented the Tang chronology and the Yellow Emperor's chronology. The first year of Yongchang is the 143rd year of the Tang Dynasty and the 3459th year of the Yellow Emperor's chronology.  With the beginning of the new year, new reforms are also further carried out
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