Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 754 To Yitier
Even an ordinary policy, from discussion to implementation, is not a matter of one day, let alone the reform of the imperial power system.

Sun Xiangfu chatted with Li Shimin in this way, but it was just a draft in his mind. He can accept how to change it, and it needs to be considered by himself. Sun Xiangfu is only in the general direction at most. Just remind him of the importance of public opinion.

In fact, after opening up the idea of ​​restricting the power of the monarch and the rights of courtiers, there are still many ways. What Sun Xiangfu thinks may not be comprehensive. Datang also has many wise men who can offer advice to Li Shimin, such as Changsun Wuji, Ma Zhou, Chu Suiliang Wait, before, Li Shimin also approached them for advice.

Ma Zhou suggested to Li Shimin that the royal family should further reduce the money provided to the royal family members, and let them find their own way to fight for it, instead of being rice worms.

Chu Suiliang suggested that the talents of all princes should be included in the assessment mechanism, so that all descendants within three generations of direct descendants have the opportunity to aspire to the position of crown prince, and that virtue and talent should be the only criteria for selecting princes. The prince who wants to be in politics should study harder to win the future for himself.

The eldest grandson Wuji is the most ruthless. He recommends that all the children of the royal family complete basic studies before they reach adulthood, and then enter the army, starting as a soldier, and receive at least three years of training. , but they must know how to fight. When defending their home and country, they must be on the front line.

As for the courtiers, the rules and regulations can guarantee the cleanliness of officials to a certain extent, but it is not absolute. Everyone knows that when the water is clear, there will be no fish.

However, the level of the highest-level officials must be different. If you want to reach the level above the ten ministers and the major army groups, you need the support of a certain amount of popular opinion and military spirit, and the prime minister must come from these people.

He also suggested to Li Shimin to expand the use of the public opinion voting system in which interns become regulars.

Of course, his suggestion is somewhat different from that of Sun Xiangfu. The support of public opinion cannot play a decisive role in some major matters. It is only a basic condition for officials to reach the top level. Among the many people who have basic conditions, The emperor chooses one of them to appoint, which reflects the importance of imperial power, and there will be no major mistakes.

When all the courtiers think in their hearts, how to make the system more perfect and effective, the political level of the whole country will continue to improve, and only this kind of continuous improvement can make the system more effective. To deal with more complex issues, in addition, there are some passive factors that promote the improvement of the political level.

It was another New Year's Eve, and the children of the Sun family wore very festive clothes and attended the Spring Festival Gala that was routinely held every year at the Qujiang Grand Theater.

The scale of the performances here has become larger and more upscale. Even people like Sun Xiangfu who have watched the TV Spring Festival Gala of later generations have to admire the creativity of the Chinese nation in these aspects.

It's just that the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan has just passed away, so the theme of the party is a bit plain, mainly to praise Li Yuan's achievements and mourn those veterans who have passed away, which makes some ignorant children of various families a little bored.

Therefore, outside the opera house, a large group of young and old people gathered together, ready to tinker with a long row of steam locomotives parked in the parking lot.

Now, what is pulled behind these steam locomotives is not a tractor trailer, but a well-decorated carriage, with very comfortable sofas and various exquisite cushioned window designs inside.

Although, because of the roar of the steam engine, the comfort of sitting in it is not as good as that of a human-powered five-wheeler, but who calls it the most advanced!

Even if you sit on it, you have to endure the smell of smoke and the noise to a certain extent, but this is not a problem for its owner. This kind of feeling that I have and you don’t is the most important thing for the rich and powerful. like.

Therefore, in Sun Xiangfu's view, these people who use tractors as their cars are acting stupid all over their bodies, but unfortunately, his wife Yu Xiuer sent several tractors home.

Ever since Li Shimin changed this tractor as his car, ministers have followed suit. Anyway, in the factory in Weinan now, the output of anything put on the production line will become very large. Dozens of steam locomotives will be mass-produced in the first month. Within a month, the car factory sold hundreds of cars at a price of [-] yuan. Almost all the top dignitaries have more than one. Of course, at present, only the rich and powerful of Datang are eligible to own this thing. Takeout is allowed.

With these novelty gadgets, it's natural that the dandies from powerful families started playing with them. No, something happened soon.

Chai Shao's son, Chai Lingwu, is now the eldest of the Chang'an dandies. He has already planned and organized the first motor vehicle race in the Tang Dynasty. Today's cars are all here, which is a good opportunity.

Under his organization, dozens of tractors will run from the Opera House Square to the Times Square in the city. Open the handicap, buy wins or loses.

Not long after, dozens of tractors that were going to the next game were started by some dandies who wanted to win. On the main road, there were jagged sounds and scenes of chasing each other.

Sun Jing, the grandson's eldest son, Sun Feng, the second son, and Sun Wanting, the eldest daughter, were all there, each driving a tractor, and assigned the younger siblings to help them press the car in the carriage.

In the hands of these half-grown children who don't know much about tractors, collisions and even continuous overturns are almost inevitable. Fortunately, the compartments of these cars are specially made for the wealthy, and the insides are bound very soft. Comfortable cashmere blanket, and the maximum speed is only [-] kilometers per hour, which is not as fast as a horse, so no death or serious injury was caused. It was just a bag bumped by a bunch of little guys. If it really looks like a car of later generations A series of collisions would be a catastrophe.

The crazy car race on New Year's Eve made the gang of dandies in Chang'an City famous overnight, and it became a historical landmark event because it gave birth to a relatively complete traffic law.

Therefore, after the beginning of the new year, Chu Suiliang has to be busy again. There are many things to consider in revising a brand new traffic law that is suitable for the future.

At least, at the scene of the car accident, Sun Xiangfu said a few points, such as motor vehicles, only people with a driver's license are allowed to drive, how to avoid driving on the road, how to investigate responsibility for collisions, etc., all of which are stipulated in detail. I'm afraid that there will be a lot of copywriting, and many people will be required to execute it, but this must be done.

Because, in the future, there will only be more and more cars in Datang, faster and faster. Once the steam engine technology improves, I am afraid that it will be everywhere in ten or twenty years.

In fact, similar problems are not only exposed in this place. When they are discovered early, they can consider the longer-term future and promote Datang's people's livelihood management system and infrastructure planning to move towards a higher level. Perfection, develop the habit of long-term and broad vision, like Datang's future road, you can't be as sloppy as you are now.

At this point, even Sun Xiangfu is extremely confident that Datang can rule Eurasia, because it has been making rapid progress and has the ability to manage Eurasia in the short term.

In February of the 17th year of Zhenguan, Sun Xiangfu set off from Chang'an and officially embarked on the road of envoy to Byzantium. He went all the way north, took Shanyang, passed Dingxiang, arrived at Ulaanbaatar, and then turned west and entered Itir Zhoucheng, this road, for a long time, was spent in ice and snow weather, and the walking was relatively slow. It was already June when the real rest in Yitierzhou City.

"Unexpectedly, I can see you here." Sun Xiangfu said with some emotion when he saw Xue Li and Xi Junmai with big beards at the gate of the city who seemed to be a bit of a barbarian.

"People like us are the best candidates to be the guards. Seriously commanding and fighting battles is what those boys from the military academy do." Xi Junmai said in a desolate tone.

When a person finds that the skills they have cultivated are becoming more and more useless, only they can understand what kind of mood they will feel. Fortunately, Datang still has a three-year sports meeting where they can show their faces, otherwise, He didn't even want to hang around in the barracks anymore.

"What's the matter, I haven't understood what I said back then! It's a good thing if there is no war. Isn't it good to eat, drink, and have a baby every day?" Sun Xiangfu punched him in the chest and said.

"Hehe, he's just depressed that he can't compare to those juniors from the military academy. Now, he can only be organized into a second-line force dedicated to escort and rescue." Xi Junmai, who didn't shake it, shrank his neck a little embarrassedly.

Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "Guarding and rescue are not second-line troops, they just have a different division of labor. In the future, maybe this will be the main duty of soldiers, and it will be the department with the most work.

so!Don't have the idea that you are inferior to others, think more about the skills in this area, systematically, and practice all kinds of rescue and guard training among the subordinate sergeants. For a long time to come, point to this The military is here to protect the security of the people. "

"If that's the case, this soldier deserves it."

When Xi Junmai was a teenager, he had a dream of becoming a superhero, robbing homes and saving poor people.

Now it seems that to save the poor people, there is no need to rob houses at all, just be a competent soldier.

In later generations, our soldiers are not all heroes who stand up when the people are in danger.

Not long after, the three of them came to the barracks in Yitier city while chatting. This is the only well-built place in this new city.

A huge sand table was placed in the center of the camp. Before Sun Xiangfu arrived, the supreme commander here was Feng Zhidai.

However, at this time he was not in Itil City, but more than 2000 miles away, on a pier along the Black Sea. Here, there was a newly built dock where steam ships were being assembled.

If you go by land from Yitier City, it will take more than ten days to enter the territory of the Byzantine Empire, and it will take another ten days to reach Constantinople. If you take a steam ship and cross the Black Sea, the entire time , but it can be shortened to less than half a month.

However, a team of more than 1 people needs a lot of ships. At present, only a few steam ships have come here, and they are still small and medium-sized passenger ships with a draft similar to that of the Prince. It is necessary to bring a lot of conscripted supplies, so the army has collected a lot of sailing ships to transport goods in the local area.

(End of this chapter)