I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

So in the fifth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin’s internal funds took out a sum, and the national treasury took out a sum, and then the nobles at the top of the court each contributed a sum, pooled a large sum of money, and everyone partnered to make the entire Chang’an The city was refurbished.

This renovation of Chang'an City is mainly aimed at the road surface, greening, and drainage and sewage!

Good guy, most people have never seen that kind of scene. The whole [-]th Square of Chang'an City has completely become a big construction site, everywhere is chaotic, and everywhere is dug to pieces, but after it is done, everyone has to applaud .

The road surface has become a flat concrete pavement, with tree-lined isolation belts on both sides, followed by wide sidewalks.

Chang'an City has the spirit of Chang'an City. The two-way 24-lane road in later generations is already very scary. When it comes to Chang'an City, Suzaku Avenue is now two-way [-]-lane. Weigh it, after all, there are quite a lot of carriages coming and going on this road.

Not only the road surface has been remodeled, but even the shops on both sides of the street have been remodeled a lot. With the appearance of glass more and more common, especially Zhang Nuo's several stores have been further expanded, and the floor-to-ceiling windows have been used for the first time in Chang'an City. After the design of "Hao Heng".

Well, anyone who does high-end business in the entire city of Chang'an, if they don't have floor-to-ceiling windows, it's like they can't be a human being. They just let Zhang Nuo's glass factory earn a lot of money.

But it’s not bad. The floor-to-ceiling windows are just transparent. You can see the street view when you sit inside, and you can have a panoramic view of the inside when you stand outside. There are too many benefits.

Of course, you can close the curtains if you don’t want outsiders to see it. Every family has this thing.

In addition to these obvious things, looking at the details, we can see many different things. First of all, there are more people in the entire Chang'an City.

And not only is there a crowd of people wherever you go, but more importantly, if you compare it with previous years, careful people will find that there are several times more people wearing various national costumes.

At the same time, there are more shops and vendors on the street. Thanks to more and more scientific and rigorous urban management, the city appearance is much cleaner, but the prosperity is visible to the naked eye.

Nowadays, the people in Chang'an City, more or less, either have a small business at home, or work in the workshop.

In the past few years, the weather has been smooth for Datang, the national strength is booming, and there is no one around who can fight.

The vigorous development of the domestic economy naturally requires the prosperity of all walks of life. After all, after everyone has some money in their pockets, consumption will naturally increase.

Changes in the relationship between supply and demand are actually the most sensitive to the market. Maybe at this time there are no such professional terms and indexes in later generations, but it is actually very simple to understand whether the market is prosperous or not. Just look at two things. up.

The most worth knowing is the tax. When the tax is rising every year, it is naturally booming. Another word is the transaction volume in the market.

When the trading volume has been on an upward trend and there are more and more types of transactions, it actually means that the overall economic situation is getting better and better.

These things are now very clear to the household department of the Tang Dynasty. After all, the officials who studied, practiced and graduated from Lantian City have slowly moved to the court and the local government. What they brought is not only a new batch of manpower, It is also the acquaintance and understanding of the New Deal.

Today's Datang is a bit like the old Lantian City when it was first established. Everything is full of vitality, but occasionally it is a bit hectic.

There is no way around this, there are too many things that Datang needs to learn, and there are too many things that need to be changed.

It can even be said that the entire Tang Dynasty is changing every day!

Maybe those low-level people don't feel much, but the officials in the court have a deep understanding of this change.

It's not that the reform has encountered resistance, but with Datang's current development momentum and Li Shimin's prestige, those forces that dared to stand in front of them and say a few words have long since dared not speak up.

There is no way. On the one hand, Li Shimin’s reputation is too great, and there is a vaguely standing Qin King Zhang Nuo behind him. On the other hand, the current reform actually represents a group of emerging interest groups, that is, businessmen and factory owners. Those who take the lead need the most food from the older generation. Now that the emperor is charging ahead, they will naturally support them.

And the so-called reform is not the kind of revolution in later generations. Today's Zhang Nuo is one of the nobles, and he himself is still the top group.

Therefore, according to Zhang Nuo's advice, using the new policy of Lantian City as a template, and then revising and completing the reform plan with the advice of the top leaders of the court and Li Shimin, it was truly implemented in Datang.

In fact, to put it bluntly, the so-called reform is nothing more than changing the past rule of man into the rule of law, so that most things become law-based and rules-based.

Don't look at such a little movement, when it was first implemented, there was a lot of trouble, because the former officials said bluntly, how they wanted to govern the place and manage the place, it was all based on their own ideas, and the county magistrate was not one or two. one.

But after the reform, sorry, the power is still very large, but in fact, how to deal with various things, how to develop localities, and how to evaluate performance are all clearly listed.

You want a promotion?

Okay, let's do your job well first. How about the birth rate?How are the crop yields?What about taxes?Has the crime rate dropped?

Well, this big incident is suppressed, those young officials who have experienced in Lantian City are okay, those old-school officials, especially those who are a little older, almost tortured themselves to death.

This is not a joke, but a kind of sadness, a kind of sadness of being left behind by the times and only trying to catch up, because once he falls behind, he will never be able to catch up again.

Chapter 802 Take-off of Technology and Business

Datang has now completely eliminated agricultural taxes, that is to say, if you have your own land, you can collect as much as you plant, and it is all your own.

The result of this is that the fundamentals of Datang are completely stable. No matter how Datang develops and makes noise, at least the farmers who account for the vast majority of Datang's population will basically not starve to death.

It can even be said that as long as you are diligent, the family can definitely live a prosperous life by relying on the land redistributed to the head of the country after the national land measurement.

Although in terms of grain, due to the reform of grain varieties and the further increase of cultivated area in recent years due to good weather and good weather, the profit of growing grain is not large.

But smarter families know that if some of the food is planted and eaten directly, and then sold appropriately, the rest of the land is of course used for planting various cash crops.

Whether it is cotton, which is not enough nowadays, or seasonal vegetables and fruits, as long as you are diligent, ask a little about what is lacking in the market, what price is good, etc. Know what is best for your area.

Farmers are simple and simple. As far as the current stage is concerned, they are extremely satisfied. With a little effort, they can have enough food, clothing and warmth, and have a surplus.

Even those who are courageous and hard-working, those who dare to go to Koryo or Fusang, will earn a lot of money in those one or two years, but it is definitely much better than that in the local area, at least at the beginning. A group of courageous people went there, and now they have reaped a lot.

Of course, a lot of opportunities, tax exemptions, and good policies do not mean that everyone can do well. If you are timid, lazy, or have nothing in your stomach, and the crops in the field are not well taken care of, then you will still look downcast.

This kind of person is useless no matter what prosperous age comes, and there is no lack of it in any dynasty or generation.

Today's Datang is gradually beginning to implement welfare policies, but because it has just started, most of the policies fall on vulnerable groups such as the widows, the widows, the lonely, the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled. In addition, they are military families, martyrs, and families of scientific researchers. In this regard, for those people who don't want to work and only think about the pie in the sky, Datang's opinion from top to bottom is how far you can go.

Speaking of scientific research, this may be where Datang has changed in recent years.

In the past, when it came to getting those machines and equipment, it was all done by low-level craftsmen, but now, even the farmers who cultivate the land know that as long as their children study honestly, if they can enter the scientific research of His Royal Highness King Qin in the future If you are in the hospital, at least you won't starve to death. If you learn some skills, you will be able to gain both fame and fortune in the future.

In the past few years, the scientific research institute has sufficient funds, and the manpower has gradually been enriched due to the increasing number of graduates from the school. This has led to a blowout development of scientific research results in recent years.

Zhang Nuo also tried to implement the patent system. After all, only this thing can guarantee the continuity of scientific research, not to mention that research is for the country.

To be honest, in many aspects of research, apart from the fact that merchants will spend money on research if they are profitable, if you want to count on Datang to operate those things, you may have to wait until someday.

For example, in terms of food, due to the booming economy of Datang today, the essence of the foodie empire was immediately exposed, and various new snacks, dishes, condiments, etc. immediately popped up.

Fortunately, some recipes are mastered by the chefs in each store, and will be passed down from generation to generation in the future, but some things, especially the emergence of food workshops, have led to the emergence of industrialized food production.

Whenever the words industrialization appear, scientific research and patents are indispensable. Do you still expect the Datang treasury to spend money on research and development of this special type of technology?

Therefore, after Zhang Nuo made a good start, countless merchants have learned how to behave. The most powerful ones independently develop the latest technology needed by their industry, and the second-class ones hold together to keep warm. Everyone contributes money and effort to sign the agreement. We signed the contract together, and those at the bottom have learned to behave well. Let's sit down and talk about it. Let's pay honestly, and let us use your patent?If it’s not possible, you can sell the machinery you produce directly to us.

This is the business world today. The development of business promotes the development of technology, and the development of technology in turn promotes more prosperity of the economy.

It's no wonder that Li Shimin is now grinning from ear to ear every time he looks through the accounts of the Ministry of Accounts when he is free.

You must know that he was exempted from the agricultural tax. Someone said at the time that the Tang Dynasty would have a permanent state just because of the agricultural tax exemption, not to mention that there are more and more means for the Datang treasury to get money. .

Don't mention anything else, let's just talk about the bank. In the past, there were various banks in Datang, all of which were established by big families. Immediately a ban was issued to ban all illegal banks.

For a whole year, the Datang Royal Bank has opened in all the state capitals of the Datang, and there are outlets in the larger counties, and now it has been achieved where there is a county government, there must be a Datang Royal Bank.

And the common people are also used to exchanging their copper coins and silver buried in the ground for unified silver coins issued by Datang Royal Bank, and then depositing them in the bank, leaving some pocket money at home for backup.

Now the reputation of Li Shimin and Zhang Nuo can be said to be unrivaled in Datang. When the bank was first established, almost all businessmen and nobles rushed over to save money. The "how to make money" policy of depositing money and paying interest is gone.

But in fact, after a few years, although most people still don't understand how the bank makes money, the bank storage has penetrated into the lives of the people of Datang.

Commercial remittances, mortgage loans, lump-sum withdrawals, fixed deposits... Zhang Nuoquan has created all the basic banking services of later generations.

The Datang Royal Bank was like a glutton, opening its huge mouth and swallowing the liquidity of the entire Datang, then turned around and released it under various names.

Local development, business operation, farmers' expansion of production, and even the construction of large-scale projects in courts, after opening up the loan business, and after some people got the benefits from early adopters, more and more loan businesses started quietly.

And the Datang Royal Bank has truly become an extremely important source of income for the royal family and the Qin Palace!

Chapter 803 Reform of the Ministry of War

As I said before, what Li Shimin wanted to be the most, and what he liked to be the most, was never the emperor. He always felt that he should be a commander who led troops to conquer everywhere and expand territories.

It was okay when I had no money and no time before, but after I had money in my pocket these few years, especially after seeing Zhang Nuo, he brought a few people and spent more than a year to knock down the whole Fusang and manage it in an orderly manner. Li Shimin couldn't bear it anymore.

Finally, in the fifth year of Zhenguan, the entire old-fashioned military system, that is, the Fubing team, was completely abolished, and a new-style army and reserve forces were formed at the same time.

This initiative can be described as earth-shattering, and its impact is huge and far-reaching.

Of course, Li Shimin was not fooling around unprepared. He had made all the preparations and discussed in advance before he really started to use the knife. Otherwise, he wouldn't have pushed it until the fifth year of Zhenguan.

But after the reform of the army, Li Shimin's addiction to being a commander will completely come up!

It happened that Li Chengqian had been trained by Zhang Nuo to become more sophisticated and mature in the past few years, and he did have an understanding and experience about the New Deal that ordinary people did not have. After all, he had been serving as the assistant of the city lord in Lantian City before.

Moreover, as Zhang Nuo grew older, Zhang Nuo delegated more and more powers, or after Zhang Nuo spent more and more time slacking off, Li Chengqian basically assumed all the work of the city lord.

Although I have to talk to Zhang Nuo about work from time to time, and talk about my own ideas by the way, I have to say that applying what I have learned in actual work is indeed the most growth-promoting.

With several years of experience in Lantian City, when Li Shimin transferred him back to the East Palace and began to slowly get in touch with political affairs, Li Chengqian appeared extraordinarily mature and experienced. Even the most picky courtiers had to sigh, this Prince I really learned something from His Royal Highness King Qin.

Li Shimin is a restless person by nature. He used to have no place to blame him, and he was too embarrassed to blame him. Now that he is fine, Li Chengqian has appeared, so the previously ignorant brat has become able to take the blame for his father in an instant. Live a good boy.

I don't know when Li Chengqian became more and more involved in the government affairs, and even slowly the officials discovered that when did His Highness the Crown Prince have a special seat in the court meeting?

But no one said anything more about this matter. On the one hand, it involved the change of imperial power. Everyone avoided talking as much as possible. On the other hand, Li Chengqian proved with his own performance that he is qualified and capable. Sitting in this seat.

After Li Shimin quietly and slowly started throwing the pot away, he turned around and plunged into the barracks.

The military department of Datang is no longer what it used to be. There are special soldiers standing guard at the gate, and when you enter, you can see that there are all soldiers in uniform.Of course, the vast majority are civilian ranks.

When Li Shimin completed the reform of the military system, his eyes were not only on the mess of the former soldiers. Under Zhang Nuo's persuasion, Li Shimin completely changed the entire military department.

What Zhang Nuo said at the time, Li Shimin thought about it and actually agreed very much.

"Lao Li, you have to understand, no matter whether we change it or not, whether it is a government soldier or a professional soldier, at least in the Ministry of War, the yamen that governs military affairs across the country, I don't think those who have never even entered a barracks, let alone People who know what the battlefield is like can truly manage so many arrogant soldiers and powerful generals in the whole country!"

"Old Li, you have to understand one thing, professional things have to be done by professional people, you have to let a polite scholar get involved in military affairs, it's not nice to say it, it's a miracle if you manage it well, It’s normal if you can’t control it! You don’t think that a frail scholar who has read a few military books at home can really give advice?”

"Especially in this day and age, the equipment in the army is updated almost every few years, and these white-faced scholars can't even be a food and grass officer in charge of logistics, because he doesn't know what the army uses! "

It was Zhang Nuo's words that completely moved Li Shimin's heart, and then the entire military department went to the barracks for military training activities, complaining to the sky, and that's how it started.

The whole event actually lasted a very long time. After all, it is impossible for everyone to put down their work and go to the military training in the barracks.

Then it can only come in turn, the three-month military training is actually some basic military training, but at least let these officials who have always been high above really know what the military camp looks like today.

Moreover, there is another advantage, that is, after three months of military training, the whole person's temperament has changed a little, at least after being tossed like that for a few months, he has become a lot more capable.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that it’s over after three months of training here. It’s not that simple. According to their positions and duties in the Ministry of War, they will have one year to go to the barracks in Chang’an City after training. Temporary job.

It is not so much a temporary job as a part-time job, that is, they stay in the military camp for a few days and then the military department for a few days. In the military camp, they usually serve as deputies to learn and understand the various operations and rules and regulations in the military camp. At the same time, it is necessary to participate in training courses to learn about the latest training methods, equipment, strategies and tactics, etc.

Tired is definitely tired, but Li Shimin is not that harsh. First of all, the first big gift is that after a series of conversations, all military officials who have undergone military training can choose whether to transfer to the military.

Today's military registration is not like that of the Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible to say that your father is a military registration. Then you are a military registration, and you can't do business or take the imperial examination. It doesn't exist at all. This is a profession.

But now Datang’s military status is really good. Not to mention the high welfare benefits, there are preferential treatment in many places. Moreover, the entire Datang military system has special regulations on meritorious service, rewards and promotions. The avenue is right in front of you, if you have the ability, you can go straight up.

Of course, it is not without disadvantages. The biggest disadvantage is that if you want to enter politics after transferring to military status, that is, if you enter other departments or places, you will lose points in competition with others, and you will have to give up your military status when the time comes. You can no longer come in.

So these people have to consider the choice in the middle, the pros and cons are all in front of them, and there is nothing to hide.

But I have to say that no one is doing the work that is obviously a disadvantage and being cheated these days, but there is absolutely no need for people to intervene in the things that are beneficial, and fools are always a minority!

Chapter 804 The Army Is Changing

As mentioned earlier, the Ministry of War is reforming as a whole, and it is not just a little bit of reform, but the entire Ministry of War is undergoing reform. This is a big move.

You must know that the Ministry of War is not just as simple as having a yamen in Chang'an City. In fact, there are garrisons everywhere. , with the launch of a series of means such as military academies, professional soldier systems, and reserve service, in fact, there are more and more people in the entire military system.

This led to the fact that the power of the Ministry of War is gradually expanding, and of course it is not infinitely expanding. At least without Li Shimin's jade seal stamped on it, there is absolutely no right to deploy and send troops on a large scale.

In fact, for the reform of the Ministry of War, the generals in those troops are the real favorites, because after the reform of the Ministry of War, most of the generals who used to lead troops have their own specific positions, and they are no longer not in the army at ordinary times, only during wartime Just take over the old way of the army.

In the past, it was done in order to prevent someone from gaining military power and causing chaos. Now that the Tang Dynasty is rich and the people are strong, Li Shimin really doesn't worry about this at all. The head of an army, or the Ministry of War, who holds a specific position as a staff officer.

Moreover, because of the reform of the military system, all military ranks have been reclassified, and the ranks of the third and tenth ranks of lieutenants have been re-assigned as in the Navy and Air Force.

That is to say, from now on, the military system of the entire Tang Dynasty will have military uniforms and military ranks that can be seen at a glance. As long as you wear military uniforms, you can tell who is higher than who at a glance.

Zhang Nuo raised his opinion on this matter, but he didn't get involved in it. Li Shimin pulled him countless times and he never said anything, because he is not a fool. This matter is too sensitive. Not only does it involve personnel issues, but it also offends people. .

After all, the generals of the Tang Dynasty don’t say how good their relationship is, but at least they all know each other. Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong have been under his command for a long time. Speak for them?

What about after you speak?Is it a gang formation?Does it count as meddling in military power?

There are not many benefits, but a lot of troubles, so Zhang Nuo simply pushed the matter away, and pushed the matter away without any hesitation, and even stopped staying in Lantian City , went directly to Fusang to pay attention to the newly developed agricultural base. Li Shimin sent a telegram to know where the person was, but he couldn't find it.

Li Shimin had no choice but to sigh and scold Gou Niang by the way. Zhang Nuo didn't have a specific position. You can choose not to speak.

Therefore, in the end, he led a group of people to close the door and argue for several days to settle the matter.

But the final ending is very, very interesting, that is, in the middle of the meeting, I don’t know who, and I don’t know who intentionally or unintentionally muttered,

"His Royal Highness King Qin is only a major general. We have a higher rank than His Highness King Qin. Isn't it a bit inappropriate?"

At that time, the whole meeting place was stunned, that's right, those who were noisy before and wanted to be generals and lieutenant generals didn't know how to speak now.