Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

But with the emergence of trains and railways, the control of the frontier will reach an unprecedented level!

The Central Plains Dynasty never dealt with the nomads because they couldn't beat them, but because they couldn't control them.The long supply lines, as well as the transportation of personnel and materials are the fundamental reasons for the deterioration of the frontier.

But now, as long as railways and trains are built to the frontier, it means that Datang has reached an unprecedented level of control over the frontier, and every kilometer that the railway extends deep into the grassland means that Datang's cavalry can radiate at least dozens of people. kilometer range.

If there are these railways to transport materials and build a new type of city like Datang Everbright City at a key node on the grassland, its construction speed may be faster.

And the grassland area controlled by a permanent city in a key position is even larger. Are nomads so terrible without the grassland?Of course not.

It turned out that this was what His Highness was thinking. Now the court officials had a general idea about some of the reforms that Li Ke had made before. Some of the previous reforms, if such a high-speed connection method was not considered, were not regarded as too suitable.

But with such an efficient way of contacting, it is very reasonable.

For example, the restructuring of the military region and the reform of the separation of powers of local officials are very important to be able to quickly contact the Tang court.

"Boom" "Boom" The wheels of the high-speed train constantly collide with the junction of the rails, making such a unique and rhythmic sound.

And this kind of sound made everyone sitting in the carriage maintain an unspeakable silence. Zheng Lin was sitting in his seat, and he was in a trance right now.

The seat he was sitting in wasn't too comfortable, but it wasn't bad, and the overall comfort level was much higher than that of the carriage, and the most important thing was the constantly passing scenery outside the window.

In such a short period of time, the distance they have traveled is probably longer than the time it took them to walk to this train station in the morning. Is this a new technology, a new road?

Datang...what else do these powerful families don't know?

They used to think that they would not dare to control the entire country together, but at least they had a very deep influence on this country, but now they found that they knew nothing about this country.

Because all this is completely different from what they think, His Highness is a human being, not a god, and His Highness spends most of his time playing happily or dealing with state affairs, and it seems that these research aspects are carried out by the artisans hired by His Highness.

And those craftsmen... they were just ordinary craftsmen before.

But now they can already build such a behemoth, no, they can already create the steel giant dragon that His Highness said, how much progress have they made?Such a talent, but they turn a blind eye to their aristocratic family?

Zheng Lin suddenly thought of a speech he had heard from other channels, His Highness.

In that speech, His Highness once said that if you want to know who the oppressors are, you must figure out the distinction between classes and figure out who is the ruling class, and their powerful families are classified as the ruling class.

In that speech, His Highness said that the ruling class enjoys vested interests and will be the biggest obstacle to reform, because if they do not hinder reform, they will lose the most.

Now it seems... that is indeed the case, Zheng Lin thinks carefully, if Wu Xing Qiwang develops such a machine, unless in special circumstances, they will never let such a machine appear, because this It will affect their rule of this world.

He suddenly understood the decision made by the patriarch of the Xingyang Zheng clan, let him come out alone to establish the Chang'an Zheng clan, this has nothing to do with other things, but as a family, there must always be a "representative" to embrace this new world, " Embrace" these new technologies.

So now the question is, how should they make a choice next?Oh no, to be precise, he no longer belonged to the traditional powerful family. What he wanted to think about was what choice should he make next with these merchant families who firmly stood on His Highness's side.

Do you want to use all your strength to help His Highness build the railway?

It is foreseeable that His Majesty and all the ministers in the court have finished visiting these railways today. From next year, oh no, starting from this year, Datang may initiate large-scale projects for railways and start large-scale construction of railways.

However, the imperial court's ability may not be enough to build so many railways at the same time, so here comes the question... Will Datang allow private investment in the construction of railways?It is not required to hold 100% of the shares, or even more than half of the shares, but what about [-]% of the shares at most?And the funds they invested can increase the construction progress of Datang dozens of times.

"Patriarch Zheng." A voice came from the side.

Zheng Lin looked up, his eyes lit up immediately, it was Bai Ling, the president of the Chamber of Commerce.

"President Bai."

"Shall we go over there for a chat?" Bai Ling pointed to a corner of his group and asked.The people in this carriage are all from aristocratic or merchant families, and Bai Ling and his entire chamber of commerce has expanded to a total of one hundred members, and more than 70 people came today.

The others are not in Chang'an, otherwise all the staff must be present.

Zheng Lin glanced at that place, which was the center of the seats of the members of the Chamber of Commerce, surrounded by members of the Chamber of Commerce, so that their conversations would naturally be inaudible to other aristocratic families.

"Yes." Zheng Lin nodded, and immediately followed Bai Ling over.

They sat down in this corner, and Zheng Lin noticed that not only him, but many people in this carriage were exchanging their places.

"Patriarch Zheng, the situation should be very clear now that His Highness has created this kind of fetish. I think, how about we cooperate?" Bai Ling said with a smile.

"Why me?" Zheng Lin looked calm.The Chamber of Commerce is not weak at all among the Eight Great Chambers of Commerce in the Tang Dynasty. Because of their special status, they were the first to support His Highness, so they are all from all over the world, and most of them are from nearby Chang'an and Longyou Road.

The other seven chambers of commerce in Jin, Hui, Yue, Lu, Yang, Jiangxi, and Dongting hardly covered the western and southwestern parts, and among these seven chambers were affiliated chambers of many aristocratic families.

Only the Merchants Association because when they were established, the powerful families did not pay much attention to His Highness at that time, so their members were all pure merchants, the purest, and had little to do with the powerful families, so they supported His Highness the most of.