Dahan first prince

Chapter 347 Learn the art of civil and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family~
After bidding farewell to her mother respectfully, and walking on the road from Changxin Hall to the west gate of Changle Palace, Liu Ying felt a burst of joy.

—— Once upon a time, "how to live in peace with my mother" was regarded by Liu Ying as the only test of the emperor's career.

Especially the dark years in the previous life once made Liu Ying make up her mind: in this life, she must not repeat the mistakes of her previous life!
In order not to become a clay statue eraser written as "son of heaven" and pronounced as "children" like in her previous life, Liu Ying even had the naive idea of ​​"seizing power from my mother when necessary".

But now, recalling that moment of innocence, Liu Ying really only felt it was funny.

"Seize power from Lu Zhi..."

"Hey!"

"I can't figure it out?"

Shaking her head with a self-deprecating smile, Liu Ying couldn't help but stop, and turned to look at Changxin Hall behind her, with a relaxed and indifferent look on her brows.

——Looking at China's thousands of years of history, how many people can successfully seize power from Lu Zhi?
The sage kings of the Shang and Zhou dynasties may be able to;

Zulong won the government, maybe he can do it;
Ming Jun Xiongzhu of later generations, such as Li Shimin, Zhao Kuangyin, Zhu Chongba, etc., should also have this ability.

But there is no doubt that it is absolutely impossible for Liu Ying's name to appear on this list of "capable of wrestling with Henkel Empress Lu Zhi".

What a joke!
Lu Pheasant, but even Liu Bang, Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty, had to give up three points, and was even helpless!
Even Liu Bang, who is her husband, can't handle Lu Zhi, a rare strong woman in history, let alone Liu Ying, who is her son?

Liu Ying also had a clear understanding of the reality that "I will never be able to defeat the queen mother".

The current situation is undoubtedly the most ideal result for Liu Ying.

——Who said that the emperor has to fight against everyone in the world?

——Who stipulated that the queen mother cannot be more than a hundred and eighty streets stronger than the emperor? ?
To have a queen dowager with a sophisticated wrist and excellent political standards who can guarantee the stability of the court alone is clearly a blessing for the court, the community, and even the world!
What's more, this "fortune" was brought by Liu Ying's mother, and Liu Ying is the only son of Queen Mother Lu Zhi...

"Whoo~"

"It's the previous life, what's wrong with the queen mother?"

"It's just that I hope that I will have a better future, so that I can feel at ease..."

With a short sigh full of feelings, Liu Ying stepped on the road to the palace gate again, and a relaxed smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

As a qualified political figure, Liu Ying clearly understands what is meant by 'one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers';
But Liu Ying also understands that the principle of "one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers" does not apply to a mature female tiger and a "not yet weaned" cub tiger.

Just like the joke that people in later generations often say: one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, unless one male and one female.

This 'one male and one female' can also be 'one female and one son'.

She no longer had any doubts about her old lady, and was finally able to take charge of the government as she wished, but Liu Ying did not feel complacent, but shifted her mind to the current affairs in a down-to-earth manner.

In this way, Liu Bi, king of Wu, complained about Migui, the Shaofu.

During the conversation between Liu Ying and her mother in the Changxin Palace just now, she only mentioned "Why does the Shaofu treat the Kanto differently" and "Why sell rice to the Kanto at a high price", but did not mention this time, Wu Wang Liu Bi Complain about Shaofu's true intentions.

——Jingdi Copper Mine!
As early as hundreds of thousands of years ago, the lands of Jingchu and Wuyue have been famous all over the world for being rich in high-quality copper mines, as well as excellent bronze instruments and weapons.

The famous ancient soldiers in the later generations: the Goujian Sword of the King of Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period, as well as the "mythical weapon" Ganjiang and the two swords of Moye, which are only known by name but not in shape, are all produced by Wuyue swordsmiths.

The main reason why Wuyue, Jingchu, and especially Yuedi were famous all over the world for their "excellent sword smelting technology" was because Yuedi in the Spring and Autumn Period could easily obtain enough copper mines to serve as Raw material for sword casting.

And when we open the map, it is not difficult to find that Wu, Yue and other places in the Spring and Autumn Period are exactly the Jingdi of the Han Dynasty today, or it should be said that it is in the territory of "Wu Guo".

Therefore, even if she doesn't know much about history, Liu Ying can easily know that today's Wu State is a copper mine and a copper mountain, and the difficulty of mining is definitely not too high.

——Even the Yue State in the Spring and Autumn Period could use the dug copper mines to cast amazing weapons for future generations, which means that the copper mines in Wu State today must not be so difficult to mine!

And this is exactly the real intention of Wu Wang Liu Bi's oblique complaint that "the rice sold by Shaofu is too expensive, and the people in Wu will starve to death".

Is the state of Wu poor?
poverty!
Even as early as when Wu State was not called Wu State, but "Jing State" and was ruled by the late Jing King Liu Jia, Jing State, located in the southeast corner of the Han Dynasty's territory, was the famous "Desolate Land" in Kanto. '.

For future generations, the statement of 'the southeast coastal area is desolate' may seem a bit strange;
But as long as you pay a little attention to the historical process, it is not difficult for people to find that at this point in time, let alone Wu, most of the areas south of the Yangtze River are basically still in the state of "preparing for development, and have not yet started development." ' stage.

——In the territory of Wu State, there are not only swamps and hills everywhere, but also because of the proximity to the sea, the soil in Wu State is generally salinized;
Huainan country is better, but the territory is also full of hills and forests. Except for the straight road built during the Qin Shihuang period, there are almost no decent roads to enter and exit Huainan country;

And the most terrible one is the Changsha Kingdom, which is located at the southern gateway of the Han Dynasty.

Give a very simple example:

——Assuming that a young official has outstanding abilities but is still inexperienced and needs to be trained abroad, the best choice is naturally the county in Guanzhong;
If Guanzhong is not available, then Hedong and Hanoi inside and outside Hangu Pass are the best;
If it is not possible, if it is divided into Qi, Chu, Liang and other countries, it is still acceptable;

If it is really bad luck and they are assigned to the bitter cold places in the north - Shang, Dai, or Jingdi in the south, then this official will probably be depressed and have no lofty ambitions.

But if this young official is so unlucky that he is transferred to Changsha, he must cry, make trouble and hang himself. He will do everything he can to escape the fate of "going to Changsha to be an official".

Because it is located in the extreme south of the territory of the Han Dynasty, Changsha Kingdom, which faces South Vietnam across five mountains, can almost be regarded as the most inhospitable area in the Han Dynasty today, and there is no one.

The perennial miasma of dampness, the downpour of rain once every three days, and the rainforest full of mosquitoes and rare beasts are enough to make every outsider lose his wealth and life in Changsha and become that country. A natural pigment from a pristine rainforest.

In history, similar things are too numerous to enumerate.

——When there was a Han Dynasty, all the princes and relatives of the emperor who were enshrined in Changsha generally did not live to be thirty;

In addition, most of the officials who were transferred to Changsha Kingdom also buried their bones here and died with hatred.

Even Jia Yi, a well-known celebrity in later generations, when he was transferred to Changsha, he would inevitably write an "Ode to the Bird" to express his depression.

Compared with Changsha, which devours life expectancy indiscriminately, the situation in Wu is naturally much better, but in terms of economy and people's livelihood, it is not much better.

There is almost no developed land, as well as wetlands and swamps all over the territory, and acres of severely salinized fields due to the sea, coupled with remote geographical location, sultry and rainy climate, sparse population, and backward road traffic... ·

It is no exaggeration to say: During Liu Ying's reign, only Liu Bi could hold the position of King Wu!
If other people were changed, especially those half-brothers who were Liu Ying's half-brothers, who were sent by Liu Ying to become kings in Wu Kingdom, people in the world would definitely chat in private, blaming Liu Ying for "treating her father Kunji harshly and cruelty". ·····

From this point of view, Wu Wang Liu Bi complained about Shaofu's "selling grain at high prices", indicating that Wu Guo "couldn't afford Shaofu's high grain prices", and there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.

——The state of Wu is poor in the first place, and the local grain production is not abundant. Although it is not enough to afford Shaofu grain, it is obviously not enough to be able to easily buy enough grain for the people of the whole country without worrying about money at all. the point.

However, in combination with the "Duotongshan Copper Mine in the State of Wu", looking back and looking at Liu Bi's cry for poverty, the meaning is obviously not quite right.

——The country of Wu is barren, which means that there is not enough food to grow;

And Wu Guoqiong means Shaofu's "high-priced food", making the entire Wu country Alexandria.

Then Liu Bi put this question on the table, what did he want to do?
If you think about it, you will know: Regarding the problems of "barren land" and "insufficient acres of arable land" in Wu State, the court has nothing to do.

Not to mention the country of Wu, which is thousands of miles away, even the country of Liang at the gate of Hangu Pass, the court of Chang'an can't care about it!

Therefore, there are only two ways to solve the problem that Wu State cannot grow enough grain and cannot buy enough grain.

One: Ask Shaofu to take special care of Wu Guo and sell grain to Shaofu at a low price;

Two: Let Wu have enough money so that they can smoothly buy high-priced food from Shaofu for the people of Wu to eat.

Among them, the operability of the first method is almost infinitely close to zero.

——There are nearly ten clans of princes in Guanzhong, how can you, Liu Bi, have any virtue, and let the emperor Liu Ying order the Shaofu to take special care of you?

You must know that even the Qi State of the 'Emperor Brother' Liu Fei and the Chu State of the 'Zong Bo' Liu Jiao failed to get even the slightest advantage from the matter of the Shaofu's grain transfer to the Kanto!
Neither elder brother nor uncle was taken care of, let alone Liu Bi, an offshoot clan with a 'black family history (Daiqing Wang Liu Xi)', no seniority, and no reputation.

The first method is impossible, and the rest is naturally Liu Bi's real purpose.

—— Let Liu Ying, or let Chang'an Chaotang have no choice but to grant Liu Bi a certain power to legally obtain benefits.

That is: to allow Liu Bi to use all of Wu's power to mine the Tongshan Copper Mine in Wu's territory, and to legally own the rights to the mining proceeds.

And under the political background of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bi's purpose would certainly not be accepted by the Chang'an court, especially the emperor Liu Ying.

As for the reason, it is also very simple.

First of all, according to the universal value of the Han Dynasty today and the order established by conventions for thousands of years, everything between heaven and earth is theoretically the private property of the emperor himself.

Including living things flying in the sky, crawling on the ground, and swimming in the water, or trees and firewood in the mountains, water in the river, stones by the river, and even various metal minerals, without exception.

It is precisely because of this that in most formal occasions, the courtiers and officials never forget to mention: Your Majesty is ordered by the heavens to rule the world on behalf of the heavens.

——Because "according to the order of heaven to rule the Yuanyuan of the world" is not an empty slogan in this generation, but a reality that actually exists!
Since everything in the world belongs to the private property of the emperor himself, if others want to obtain these "private treasures of the emperor", they naturally need the permission of the emperor.

Just like Shaofu, hunting birds and beasts around Chang'an, and mining all kinds of stone and wood, theoretically all require permission from the emperor.

It's just that the nature of Shaofu's "emperor's wallet" made the whole world acquiesce that what Shaofu did was originally inspired by the emperor.

Under such circumstances, Wu Wang Liu Bi looked at the copper mines and copper mountains that can be seen everywhere in the territory, but he could not do it because of "no mining rights". The state of the grain market, on the surface, is indeed a bit pitiful.

But for this reason, it is impossible for Liu Ying to allow Liu Bi to mine the copper mines in Wu State and obtain the mining proceeds legally.

——The Han Dynasty today is still a feudal dynasty!

——Copper mined from copper mines is precisely the raw material for coins!
It only needs to refine the mined copper ore a little bit and mold it into the shape of money, Wu Wang Liu Bi can get a steady stream of money from the mines in Wu State!

In other words: what Liu Bi asked Liu Ying for was not the 'mineral mining rights' at all, but the 'currency issuance rights'!
Unless eight tons of water had entered her mind, Liu Ying would never have agreed to this matter.

But then again: rules are dead, but people are alive.

As for Liu Bi's request to "please open the Tongshan Mountain in Wu State", Liu Ying was naturally able to sternly refuse on the grounds of "ancestral system";
But if the plight of Wu Guo's "no money to import food" is not resolved, it will be difficult for Liu Ying to muddle through this matter.

——After all, no matter how you say it, Wu Wang Liu Bi is still a relative of Liu Han, born in the royal family.

As the chief patriarch of the Liu clan, if Liu Ying turns a blind eye to Liu Bi's plight, no matter whether it is within the Liu clan or in the eyes of the world, she will inevitably end up with a "seeing death without saving" and "disharmonious clan" stigma.

And the bad situation in Wu State made Liu Ying really unable to think of: besides allowing the mining of copper mines, there is no other way to solve this problem...

"Um······"

Walking outside the west palace gate of Changle Palace, and came to the imperial chariot, Liu Ying did not call to board the chariot, but stood beside the imperial chariot, frowning and meditating.

After a long while like this, Liu Ying raised her eyebrows and looked at the eunuch Ling Chuntuo who had been accompanying her all the time.

"Call Yang Li, supervisor of Yangchengyan and Shanglinyuan of the Shaofu, to enter the palace for an audience at noon."

Silently letting go of this order, Liu Ying sat in the chariot with peace of mind, and with the regular shaking of the chariot, swayed towards the Weiyang Palace opposite Zhangtai Street.

——The matter of Wu Guo is indeed very difficult.

But as an emperor, Liu Ying didn't need to exhaust herself to death like the first emperor, nor did she have to "do everything by herself".

"Learn the art of literature and martial arts, the goods and the emperor's family~"

"If you eat my salary, you have to give me advice."

"Especially these two idiots, who have to eat more than 3000 stone salary from me every year..."

(End of this chapter)