In Chang'an City, Ye Chang's Prime Minister's Mansion is the Palace of King Wei. Compared with his identity, the decorations inside are even simpler.

This has always been a matter that made the officials in the court confused. Ye Chang always claimed that he liked luxury and was interested in all new things. He never stingy on things that some people call "strange tricks and tricks". But on the other hand, Ye Chang's own life is extremely simple. For example, Li Longji is delicious and fun. There are dozens or hundreds of dishes on a table, but Ye Chang considers how many dish dishes he has. Generally speaking, if he keeps the ministers for dinner, it must be a few people and a few dishes and then add a soup for each four. Li Longji kept the children of the Pear Garden, and those who fight cocks and dogs could enter the palace with great dignity. Ye Chang directly assigned the Pear Garden to the Ministry of Rites. Although he still allocated funds to raise them, he required them to tour all over the country for three months every year, especially in the border town military tour. As for Ye Chang himself, if it were not for the festival, he would have a rare performance of the Pear Garden actors a month.

Ye Chang is not unwilling to delegate power. Many times, Wei Jiansu can decide things, but Ye Chang just read it in circles and notes "handle it with someone to handle it." Compared with the diligent emperor and prime minister, Ye Chang is a bit lazy. Whenever there are reform matters, Ye Chang must be very careful. In his own words, there were old rules in the past. The prime minister had a department, so it was just to follow the old rules. If the old rules could not be followed, the cabinet's public opinion should be based on the matters. Only reform matters are unprecedented. If you are not careful, you may be afraid that their disadvantages will harm the people. When you find out, not only will the losses be irreversible, but the name of innovation will also be ruined.

Therefore, ordinary daily affairs would not be brought to Ye Chang, but Wei Jiansu felt a little embarrassed about this matter today and felt unsure of it. He took advantage of the two of them discussing the matter and presented it to Ye Chang for a look.

This is also a small way for him to get the two closer together. Ye Chang understood what he meant, but as time went by, he found that Wei Jiansu still had considerable abilities. The most important thing is that he was willing to actively cooperate with Ye Chang to innovate.

A secondary phase with faults is much more controllable than a perfect secondary phase.

"This great cannibal, who claimed to be a great cannibal scholar, wanted to study in the Imperial College. He initially went directly to the Imperial College. After being rejected, he found the Honglu Temple, and then was rejected. Later, he went to the Ministry of Rites, but was still rejected. So he came to find the Xiaguan. The Xiaguan didn't want to pay attention to it, but he thought about the fact that the great cannibal occupied Guangzhou last year. His Highness will sooner or later find it from the great cannibal, so he considers whether he should first bury some idle hands, for example, to cultivate a group of people who are close to me among the great cannibals?" Wei Jiansu said to Ye Chang seriously.

Ye Chang was already a little overjoyed. This guy had reached a certain level of thinking.

After a while, he hesitated: "This matter can be discussed by the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple. Well... The Imperial College can recruit him, but he cannot enter the practical school. He is only allowed to learn Confucian classics. In addition, he must be asked to swear and give up his belief in evil gods. This is the premise and must not compromise. In the future, the Persians will deal with it in this way."

"Silla King Kim Heon-young has been in the court and has been staying in Chang'an for a month. He has repeatedly submitted a letter to meet His Highness and asked Silla students to enter the Imperial College. Is this matter also based on the example of the great cannibalism?"

Last year, Gao Shi and others formulated a punishment combat plan for Silla, which was implemented in March this year. In fact, the battle was much smoother than expected. The Lushun Navy mobilized fifteen large warships, including only three modified artillery ships, totaling 3,500 navy. In an attempt to attack, they relied on the powerful deterrence of artillery to capture Jilin, the capital of Silla. The Liaodong Town Army, which was originally preparing to go on the expedition, had just boarded the ship.

After all, it is a weapon beyond an era. The Silla people couldn't understand what was going on at first. When they thought that the very strong city wall was bombarded by ship guns, they realized that the tactics of defending the terrain and defending the city with their stubbornness and waiting for problems in the Central Plains to fight back could no longer be repeated.

The compensation of three million yuan was guaranteed by customs taxes and was paid off in installments for six years. In the first year, 800,000 yuan was only collected for the Central Plains currency, and not the Silla people's own bad money. In this process, Silla had to sell its own property to the Tang Dynasty at a low price in exchange for the Central Plains currency, and then use the Central Plains currency as compensation. Of course, they can also directly use the property to compensate the compensation, but the price of the property was calibrated according to the local price of Silla, which greatly underestimated its actual value.

No matter what method is used, according to the secret report of the Ministry of Revenue Di Wuqi, the actual compensation of the Silla people may be as high as more than 5 million guan.

No silk is collected.

The first compensation of 800,000 yuan has already reached 300,000 yuan. A few days ago, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War had a quarrel over how to use the 300,000 yuan, while the rest of the ministries watched coldly.

"Jin Xianying wants to see me, why are you not enough money to ask me for personal favor?" Ye Chang smiled: "Let's do this, the day after tomorrow, tell me about the ceremony, and arrange a seat for Jin Xianying, compare the treatment of the prince."

"The Lord of the Guard is also looking forward to the Guardian's viewing ceremony." After hearing Ye Chang mention the Guardian's viewing ceremony, Wei Jiansu smiled and made fun of it: "It is possible that King Wei attaches so much importance to it. I think Xia Guan will never see him in this life."

"This is not necessarily the case. I will try to let you see you again every few years." Ye Chang laughed: "But what I saw this time is indeed extremely critical. It can be said that with this thing, mainland countries like ours will no longer be afraid of civil unrest."

"Is there such a magical one?"

"Of course, those who rule the country need to preach the law and cultivate virtues, and should not be cruel and greedy, otherwise the officials will force the people to rebel, and the people will have to rebel." Ye Changyouran said: "You wait and see, and you will be shocked when you wait that day."

On October 12, the second year of Qianyuan, early in the morning, Ye Chang appeared outside the palace with Shou'an.

The palace they determined was Xingqing Palace. The part that was destroyed by the fire was slightly repaired. The entire area was not half as high as that of Li Longji when he was at its peak. However, it was enough for Ye Chang, who did not raise countless palace maids, eunuchs and beauties in the backyard. In the southwest corner of Xingqing Palace, a three-entry courtyard was separated, which was considered the Wei Wang Mansion. Ye Chang met some people here who were not suitable for being brought into the palace. The southeast corner was close to Chunming Gate, and a large area was separated, which was the current central location of the Tang Dynasty. From Prime Minister Ye Chang and Wei Jiansu to the rest of civil and military officials, they gathered here on a daily basis. Someone once joked that if there was An Lushan again, as long as he attacked this place, all officials could be taken down.

Of course, the person who made this joke was soon driven from his position by Wei Jiansu under the name of "flirt and frivolous" and made him regret it.

"You really value this, and you actually invite me to come too." Shouan held Ye Chang's hand, smiled and turned his face, and said to him softly.

Their two sons and one daughter are all around. The older eldest son is led by Ye Chang, and the younger daughter is held in the wet nurse's arms. In Shou'an's belly, there is their fourth child. However, it is only four months old now. Although it is a little bit conceited, it does not affect Shou'an's ordinary itinerary.

"This may be one of my biggest changes to the Tang Dynasty. If you are not present, I will feel very regretful." Ye Chang gently pinched Shou'an's hand.

The two have a very good relationship. Although Shouan also knows that Ye Chang is not a cat that doesn't steal fish, at least in name, Ye Chang has only her wife. This is true whether it is before Shouan ascended the throne or after ascending the throne.

"You are solemn and not returning home without returning home, like walking in brocade clothes at night. You did something big and not show off in front of your wife and children, like walking in brocade clothes at night, right?"

"Yes, I always want you to know what it will be like in the future..."

As they spoke, the carriage had already passed through Chunming Gate and arrived at the rut rail station outside Chunming Gate. The iron rails extended to the east, which was replaced after Shou'an ascended the throne last year. It was more than 60 miles to Lishan Station, which consumed a lot of steel. If it weren't for the iron price of the Tang Dynasty, many people would have taken risks and stole the rails.

However, even if the railway tracks are stolen, it is difficult to take action. There are inscriptions on each section of the railway track, which read "The thieves used in the official roads of the state and those who are punished by private practice will be punished by the same crime." Even if the thief steals, he still needs to find a blacksmith to melt it before using it. When the blacksmith sees the above words, he will not dare to melt it easily.

This is also one of the charges of some people attacking Ye Chang Jiao She. But what made these people look dull was that Ye Chang used steel to build roads, but there was no shortage of steel on the market. Instead, there were more and more cheap iron products. It was said that Ye Chang Jiao Sheo was okay, but if he wanted to say that his arrogance and extravagance harmed the people, he would be too ignorant of his conscience.

"That's... what you want me to see. Do you think it's a train driven by fire?" Shouan asked in surprise as he looked at a giant parked at the station.

"It's the train" Ye Chang said: "For this, Zhang Xiu refused to serve as the Minister of Education and Culture. He spent fifteen years and spent less than one million yuan in the money he invested, which was the tool he created."

It took fifteen years from the time Ye Chang directed Zhang Xiu to the time when he was made of this locomotive. In fact, it was not difficult to manufacture the steam engine. Mathematicians in the ancient Greek era created the original prototype of the steam engine, but they could only serve as a toy at that time. The real difficulty was to improve the efficiency of the steam engine. In the original history, Watt improved the steam engine to improve the efficiency of the steam engine that had been used for coal mine water pumping for a hundred years.

Ye Chang simply knew these techniques to improve the old steam engine: separation condensers, planetary gears, external insulation layer of cylinders, grease lubrication pistons, etc. After controlling Liaodong with a stable territory and a large amount of income, Ye Chang recruited skilled craftsmen, including asking skilled craftsmen from Li Longji, gathered hundreds of people, decomposed all the processes, coordinated by Zhang Xiu, and devoted all their efforts to research.

Even so, many problems arise during the research process, from process to materials to concepts. Therefore, although there were already barely available steam engines ten years ago, it was only more than a year before that it could become a power plant and drive machines and trains.

"Your Majesty, King of Guard"

Ye Chang didn't have time to explain anything to Shou'an. At this time, Wei Jiansu and others came to see them one after another.

"The day before yesterday, the King of Wei told me that this thing is a powerful weapon to change the general trend of the world. Its effectiveness is even above artillery. Artillery is not only a strong soldier, but this thing is a powerful country... Everyone, let's see today what Your Highness said is a powerful weapon to strengthen a country."

Wei Jiansu's voice was very loud, and the ministers all answered that not only they heard it, but even Silla King Kim Heon-young, who was standing a little farther away, also heard it.

When he heard Wei Jiansu compare the large iron cart in front of him with the cannon, Jin Xianying's eyes were a little straight.

He saw with his own eyes the power of the Tang Dynasty artillery. If it weren't for this, how could he come to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty in person? Rather than saying that he was here to serve as a hostage. Now, Silla is nominally governed by Jin Yuyun, whose son is only a few years old, but in fact, it is a civil servant arranged by the Tang Dynasty to assist in the administration. Jin Xianying knew very well that if Silla was not obedient enough, he would not have thought of returning to Jilin in his life.

But to be honest, after staying in Chang'an for a while, he didn't think much of the Chicken Forest. Compared to the Chicken Forest, which was still ignorant and backward, life in Chang'an was too convenient. He even felt that being the King of Silla in the Chicken Forest would be better than being a wealthy businessman in Chang'an.

It is stronger than artillery... It is not good news for Silla. If the Tang Dynasty is in power and military force, then you can still expect its self-destruction. But if you raise both hands with both civil and military skills, then a small country like Silla will be breathless.

After all, it is too close to the Tang Dynasty.

After a bustle, Ye Chang and Shou'an and important officials boarded the train, and some clan relatives and foreign envoys were accompanied by them.

Jin Xianying mixed with foreign envoys. Originally, the Tang Dynasty Honglu Temple arranged for him to be the first to get on the car, but before he could take a step, someone jumped out.

"Why is he the first? I, Japan, is the great country of Haidong. As a prince, I am the first among him, the prince of Silla."

The one who fought with Kim Heon-young was a Japanese envoy who claimed to be a prince of Japan, but in fact he was just Fujiwara Shinkachi, the son of the Japanese ruler Fujiwara Nakamaro.

Seeing this guy's smug appearance, Kim Hyun-young sneered.

He knew that the Tang Dynasty did not want to stop at Silla. At least among the people, inspired by the news of defeating Silla, a group of merchants were already clamoring to open the country of Japan. Japan probably learned about Silla's defeat, and Fujiwara Nakamaru was preparing to build 500 warships, and wanted to get a share of the pie in Silla.

In Jin Xianying's view, Japan's behavior is to go to the bowl of the Tang Dynasty to grab food. Neither Li Longji nor the current Her Majesty the Queen of Shou'an would be sluggish about this behavior.

Now that Fujiwara Shinkajima jumped out, it was a test to see which one is more important, Japan or Silla, in the eyes of the new rule of the Tang Dynasty.
Chapter completed!