The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1687 Tax money is gone

Today's East Palace is a bit dull, because Zhao Weizhong and the others are leaving. Can this East Palace have a good atmosphere?

"Okay, look at your expressions. Of course, children will leave their parents when they grow up. Besides, it's a good thing that they have their own palace. Besides, they are not far away from us. They are not far away from us. It's so far away, you don't even have time for half a stick of incense, what are you two worried about?"

Zhao Xu saw Gao Guiying and Fu Xuetong's eyes were red, Zhao Xu immediately said impatiently when he saw this, he actually understood what these two women were thinking, this might be the mood of all parents in the world.

"Okay, this young eagle always wants to leave and fly to the sky by itself. This is normal. The children are not young anymore. They are all married and they are older children. Look at the behavior of the two of you, what do you make the children think? Well, let the children be happy in the end."

Children will never grow up under the wings of their parents. They all know this. In fact, everyone understands the truth, but it is more difficult to do it in many cases.

"It's been a long time since I've been back, and it's time for me to do something serious. I'm going to see His Majesty Tashi Nima. This old boy has been in Bianjing for so long and he still hasn't left. I think he has something to tell me. Come on, then I'll go see him."

The ministers of Tubo have all gone back, but the Dharma King Tashi Nima did not go back to see it. His reason is very good. He has come to the land of the Central Plains and wants to debate the Dharma with the eminent monks in the Central Plains. No one can say no. .

Buddhism in the world is originally a family, so people can only say that this master is really a pure person, and the pursuit of Buddhism to this point is more admirable.

He lived in Daxiangguo Temple, which is a royal temple, and he was treated very politely here. There are two reasons for this. One is that the imperial court said hello. This is a guest of the imperial court. You should not neglect it. This Tashi Nima is also an eminent monk, and he deserves to be treated with courtesy. This guy is very important in Daxiangguo Temple. He looks like a master, and Zhao Xu is a little envious.

"I didn't expect you to live very well in my Central Plains. How about you live in my Central Plains in the future. How about I build a big temple for you?"

When Zhao Xu saw Ta Shi Nima, the old monk was meditating, but the identity of Zhao Xu was known to the whole monastery when he arrived. Zhao Xu said not to be disturbed by anyone, so there were no other people Dare to come here to interrupt their conversation, just be casual.

"The poor monk believes what you said. It is easy to build a monastery with your identity, but this is not the hometown of the poor monk after all. Where I want to go back to Tubo is the place I should go back to."

"You are not from Tubo. Did you forget where your ancestral home is after being a Dharma King for several years in your hometown? It seems that you have really changed?"

Zhao Xu's words mean that this Tashi Nima is not from Tubo, how could he become the king of Dharma if he is not from Tubo? It can't be so casual.

"For so many years, the poor monk has long converted to my Buddha. Now the poor monk just wants to do something for the people of the world, and he doesn't want any more disputes between the two countries."

"You're right, but it's not about me, Song Dynasty, but about Tubo. Your senior brother has been dishonest recently. You must have heard the news. All your supporters have been dismissed and investigated. That's why he wants to The reason why you came here, what can you do when you go back now, you are not a dharma king in name only, I don’t let you help Da Song because you are basically an eminent monk now, and I don’t force you, you are done too For the tasks assigned to you, you should be your eminent monk honestly in the future, and you should not interfere with the others."

This is in Bianjing, and a big event is happening in another place in the Song Dynasty, a big thing.

Although the Sui Dynasty died for this river, it has been relying on Tongbo for thousands of miles.

If there is no dragon boat event in the Water Palace, Gong Yu will not give much credit.

This Tang poem blames a river for the demise of the Sui Dynasty. This river is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, a canal built with human lives.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has been criticized by many people since Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty spent countless manpower and material resources to build it successfully. Emperor Sui Yang is blamed. In fact, this river played a role not only in the Sui Dynasty, but also in the later Tang Dynasty. great effect.

The Grand Canal starts from Yuhang in the south and ends in Zhuojun in the north, passing through the four provinces of present-day Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, and Hebei, as well as the two cities of Tianjin and Beijing, and runs through the five major water systems of the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huaihe River, the Yangtze River, and the Qiantang River. kilometer.

The mighty soup of the Yangtze River flows down from Jinling to Zhenjiang, and then it arrives at a major hub of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. There is a sudden increase in the number of ships of all colors, and thousands of sails compete and hundreds of boats compete on the river.

As the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, Bianjing is now very prosperous, and there are items from all over the place here, especially the communication between Jiangnan and Bianjing is very convenient, which is relying on water transportation.

Needless to say the role of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, but this Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal cannot go directly to Bianjing, which has the function of Bianshui.

The Bian River dredged the Ji Canal at the beginning of Daye in the Sui Dynasty, led the Yellow River to the Huaihe River, entered the city from the West Water Gate of the Bianjing Outer City, crossed the Qianzhou Bridge and Xiangguo Temple Bridge in the palace city, and then went southeast to the East Water Gate of the Outer City." In the Sui and Tang Dynasties During the dynasty, it played a huge role and brought huge benefits to Bianjing Kaifeng.

Now the Bian River is the economic lifeline of the Great Song Dynasty. It communicates with the Grand Canal, which makes Bianjing prosper rapidly.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is divided into the South Canal and the North Canal. The North Canal is mainly supplied to the north. Now it is the South Canal that is closely connected with Kaifeng.

The Jiangnan canal runs directly from Changzhou and Suzhou to Hangzhou, and runs through the fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River. Silk, porcelain, tea, etc., all have to be connected to Bianjing by him. It is important, he also has the role of an outlet to the sea.

These are very important to merchants, and even more important to the Song Dynasty. Most of the taxes and taxes in the south of the Yangtze River pass through here to Bianjing. The Song Dynasty specially set up a special organization to manage the canal, and the people of the Cao Gang are responsible for helping the court deliver goods. Now this No, there is an official ship coming from the south, which is to transport the taxes of the imperial court, and it is covered with white silver coins. Although copper coins are popular in the Song Dynasty, it cannot be transported long distances. How much copper coins are used, This is the tax brought from the hometown of the Southern Han Dynasty, and it is about to be transported to Bianjing for storage.

They have been sailing on the river for many days. Everyone knows that this is an official ship owned by the imperial court, even the water ghosts, so they dare not come to disturb this thing. These officials are also very relaxed. They are all scrambling to get this mission. It is easy and easy, but something happened unexpectedly this time.

When they approached Bianjing, this batch of tax money disappeared. Yes, they disappeared. They never landed, so they disappeared. They reported it to Bianjing without any delay. The loss of tax money is a big deal.

(End of this chapter)