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The Wind Rises in Chang'an Chapter 285 Palace Farce

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    "Have you heard that Luoyang New City has been repaired?" "Is it comparable to Chang'an?" "Not yet" After passing Baqiao, they entered the suburbs of Chang'an. The merchant group from Guandong looked curiously at the street scene outside Chang'an City.  , in the vast white world covered with ice and snow, you can occasionally see the buildings on the edge of Chidao. Business travelers are only allowed to walk on the edge of Chidao, because the main road of Chidao is used by the emperor and the army, so you can see clearly to the edge.  Village street scene.  "If you haven't been to Chang'an in a few years, you will find that Chang'an City has changed a lot." Zhuo Wangsun said.  The business group in Guandong didn't know what was going on. They knew that Chang'an New City was very grand, and they also knew that the embankment erected on the Wei River was impressive. They didn't know what other changes would be impressive.  With questions in their minds, the convoy gradually drove into Chang'an, the core area of ??Guanzhong. Soon they discovered that it was really different. When walking on the streets of Chang'an City, you will meet passers-by in a hurry, in the west city and the suburbs.  There are many workshops in the west, and you can see four-horse carriages pulling goods coming out of the workshops all the time.  They pulled the goods straight to the dock, where there were countless ships parked on the shore waiting to be packed. Their destination would be a small city in Guandong thousands of miles away, or they might pass through Shaxian City in Jiangxia County and spread to the southern countries of the world.  harbor.  "Did you know? Chang'an's ironware is world-famous. The pig iron processing and production technology is very good. Surface carburization is the specialty of Chang'an craftsmen. You can take your worn-out iron farm tools to the iron smelting workshop in Chang'an and exchange them for brand-new farm tools.  , and the price you have to pay is just a part of the money, which is slightly more expensive than repairing farm tools. "Zhuo Wangsun is from a family of iron smelters.  Having dealt with dark iron ore all his life, he is deeply aware of the influence of the steel industry on the Han Empire.  The popularization of iron tools can greatly improve the efficiency of agricultural production. In other words, work will be more labor-saving.  A few decades ago, most farmers plowed the land with rakes made of pure wood. No matter how hard the wood was, it couldn't be as hard as steel. It would be very painful to dig the soil without moving the rake. The wood was severely worn after repeated plowing on the farmland, and the production efficiency was far away.  Not as solid as iron.  The businessmen discussed in low voices, and many people responded indifferently.  The era of huge profits in iron smelting has basically passed. It can be seen from the rows of iron smelting workshops in Chang'an City that homogeneous competition has seriously affected the profitability of iron smelting. The price of iron has dropped again and again, from half of the original profit to only 10% of the profit.  The income dropped by an astonishing 80%. The Kanto businessmen were not stupid at all. On the contrary, they were very smart and refused to deal with unprofitable business.  "Business is hard to do these days, and you can't make money no matter what you do!" Businessmen complained that business was not as good as in previous years. They still remembered that before the second year of Hou Yuan, each piece of ironware could be sold for twice the current price.  Sales are so high that merchants from all over the country come to their own workshops to discuss business, and they really sell as much as they have.  Demand exceeds supply.  Zhuo Wangsun had a different view on this: "On the contrary, I think this is very good. At least it proves that our Han family is constantly developing. Iron tools that were scarce in the past are rapidly becoming popular, and more people are benefiting from them. The area of ??land cultivated by farmers has increased from four per capita in the past."  Ten acres has increased to eighty acres. With less labor to cultivate more land, we will have more people to do business and serve as soldiers. Isn¡¯t this a good thing?¡± The Kanto businessmen were speechless.  He said, sitting in the car in a dull mood, thinking hard.  The truth seems to be correct.  But from the perspective of the interests of the craftsmen, it seems that the income of the craftsmen has become less, and the profits of the merchants have also become less. The beneficiaries are the farmers who have nothing to do with them. The merchants will not care about the interests of the farmers at all, or even if they  They only care about making money from farmers.  I think so in my heart, but I dare not say it with my mouth.  Businessmen are all untouchables with city registration, while farmers are out-and-out first-class citizens. Farming is glorious, farming is glorious, the Northern and Southern armies are proud, and the great ideas of military merit penetrate into the bone marrow. How can a group of businessmen who talk about making money or not be able to ignore them?  What a gimmick. As long as the system of farming and war in which all people are soldiers remains unchanged, businessmen will have almost zero say. This is exactly what businessmen strive for. Many Guandong businessmen do not hesitate to spend their money to support Confucian scholars just to shout for their own interests.  Merchants had no status in Han society. The reason was precisely the Four People's System of scholars, peasants, industry and merchants. This system had nothing to do with Confucianism. Two sets of classics of the Huang-Lao School focused on the Four People's System. The original intention of this system was  It is to divide four groups to ensure the farming and war system. One of these two classics is "Guanzi" and the other is "Honglie" also known as "Huainanzi" written by Liu An, the former king of Huainan.  "Guanzi" is one of the core ideas of the Huang-Lao School, and it is the highest academic classic in the Huang-Lao New School. "Guanzi" once said: "The four peoples, scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, are the pillars of the country.) People.  " Another book "Hong Lie" mentions: "This is why people do not hold official positions, and officials do not hold concurrent jobs. Scholars, peasants, industry, and commerce are different from each other in different towns and states. This is why farmers and farmers talk about their power, scholars and scholars speak and behave, and workers and workers talk about each other.  Qiao, business and business are numbers.  " The "shi" mentioned in the two classics are not the group of weak scholars selected by the imperial examination, but the scholars selected for military merit, filial piety, integrity, virtuous and upright scholars. The original intention of the national scholar is to  In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were no scholars who were powerless. Confucius himself was also a warrior who advocated the six arts of the gentleman with his sword and singing. If you want to be a scholar, you must have strong governance skills and the ability to solve troubles.  Merchants do not want to be bound by the farming and war system. The strong commercial atmosphere hinders the inheritance of the simple farming and war culture. Therefore, merchants have been a group of low-status untouchables since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. This kind of discrimination has deep roots and is not  Unreasonable discrimination, let alone discrimination because businessmen make money. The people of the Han family do not have a hatred of the rich. Perhaps it is because what they saw and heard dampened their interest in playing, or maybe the conversation just made people depressed, the business group.  The dull atmosphere remained until entering Dongshi. As the host of the Guandong business group, Zhuo Wangsun booked the top floor of the most famous inn in Dongshi for the guests from Guandong. From there, he could overlook the panoramic view of Dongshi. Chang'an in late winter was still surrounded by the coldness of the north.  , a group of businessmen happily stood on the top floor of the attic blowing the cold wind. "If I remember correctly, Chang'an City should have limited orders. Why does this inn have five floors?  " "You found out, I feel very puzzled too.  "Zhuo Wangsun said absently: "The imperial court issued a decree that civilian houses are allowed to be built up to five stories, and the maximum height must not exceed eight feet.  " "This is a good thing. By the way, I remembered something. Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace were being renovated, and Your Majesty invited the Queen Mother to live temporarily in Jianzhang Palace.  " "Jianzhang Palace was repaired so quickly?  Zhuo Wangsun shook his head and said, "Isn't that true? You can still live in it after only half of it has been built. The first demolition of Weiyang Palace is Yongxiang and Jiaofang Palace. I heard that Queen Chen went to Changmen Palace again."  " "Hehe, I remembered the story I heard last time in Chang'an City. Is it still being spread now?  " "The spread is even more powerful.  "Zhuo Wangsun looked around to see if there were no strangers, and whispered about the most popular story in Chang'an City in the past six months. The protagonist of this story is Wei Zifu who just gave birth to the eldest princess. "How favored is Wei Zifu? It is said that he is a confinement child.  At that time, the emperor accompanied her with his clothes untied, which can be described as hot. The emperor was very obedient to Wei Zifu, holding it in his hand for fear of falling, and holding it in his mouth for fear of melting. And this woman is very smart.  , always finds opportunities to show his gentle, considerate and considerate side. The emperor looks at his new love Wei Zifu, who is well-behaved, gentle and capable of giving birth to a princess, and compares it with his old love Chen Ajiao, who is strong and domineering and can¡¯t lay eggs. He knows the emperor¡¯s attitude without even thinking about it.  What a change. The emperor disliked Chen Ajiao less and less. He kept finding faults and reprimanding Chen Ajiao for her words and deeds. Chen Ajiao found that her previous methods of acting shamelessly or being submissive and begging for mercy were gradually no longer effective. She vented all her grievances, anger, anger and resentment on Wei Zifu.  However, she never expected that Wei Zifu was not a good person. The woman who was carefully cultivated by Princess Yang Xinchang showed extraordinary tenacity and scheming. So since Lu Fei, the queen of high school, tortured and killed Mrs. Qi, another incident occurred in the Han family.  An unprecedented court battle began. The two sides went from quarreling and quarreling every day, to gradually tearing off their disguises and competing for the opportunity to attend banquets and sacrifices, and to using various resources to continuously attack and weaken each other's reputation.  In the extreme, the love, hatred and hatred of the emperor's family are like a favorite royal farce. It not only becomes the talk of the common people after dinner, but also affects the hearts of the people of Chang'an all the time. The feud between Empress Chen and Mrs. Wei will always pass.  After secondary exaggeration through various channels, it was spread to the streets and alleys of Chang'an, so that the emperor also heard about it, and he got angry several times in the Greenhouse Palace. Tingwei Tian Sheng tracked it down for more than half a year and couldn't find anything more interesting.  Still later, as the most attractive royal farce in BC became popular, two groups of supporters of the palace nobles quickly formed in Chang'an City. Most of the people who firmly supported the orthodox queen Chen Ajiao were middle-aged and elderly, and some women were very sympathetic to the Chinese.  Chen Ajiao, who lost her favor in 2006, mostly supported Wei Zifu, and Wei Zifu had a very good personal image. He followed the emperor on several tours, wearing gorgeous phoenix robes, which was impressive. The two sides fought for their own interests.  It was dark until a few days ago when the emperor forcibly separated the two people into two places. Empress Chen was sent to Changmen Palace outside the south gate of Chang'an City to live temporarily, while Wei Zifu went to Linguang Palace Hot Spring in Ganquan Mountain to spend the winter. On the surface, it seemed that they were on both sides.  Even though it was a draw and they made peace, Wei Zifu actually still had the advantage. The women who could go to Linguang Palace were all extremely prominent. ZengThe beloved Queen Chen went to Linguang Palace several times a year to visit the Queen Mother.  Her opportunity was deprived by Wei Zifu, which was equivalent to the emperor supporting Wei Zifu in disguise.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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