Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

Li Ke got up early in the morning, looked at his clothes, and finally chose to change into a prince's clothes worn on formal sacrificial occasions.

Different costumes of the Tang Dynasty were used in different occasions. For example, everyone in the upper court wore court clothes. Except for Li Shimin, the crown prince and all the officials were the same, and they were all court clothes.

For major festivals such as sacrifices, the prince and prince have their own costumes, and no one cares about them in daily life. You can wear whatever you want.

But there is only one thing, that is, the pure (white) ancient costumes worn by the handsome male protagonists in many film and television dramas in later generations were not worn by anyone in the Tang Dynasty... It’s not that they don’t wear white, But white clothes must be matched with other colors.

If there is only one kind of pure plain clothes, filial piety.

Today's occasion is important and not important.

It is important because it can be used as a dividing line in a certain aspect of the Tang Dynasty. Perhaps later historians and economists will comment on this day and say that from today onwards, the history of the Tang Dynasty will be written in two parts. In particular, the history of economics has to be written in two parts.

Because although Li Ke has already started to implement some modern economics behaviors before, in fact, this time is the real openness to the public.

Today is not the morning sun, nor is it a holiday. Although most officials have time to go outside the venue, everyone has maintained a tacit understanding that no one will go.

But they all sent their housekeepers and the like to go there.

For the common people, today's day is different. Since early in the morning, people have gathered outside the Golden Light Gate. As time goes by, the number of common people is also increasing.

However, the guards also came very early, mainly to avoid being trampled on, and to prevent His Royal Highness King Qin from being unable to enter after Li Ke arrived.

Li Yan and Wu Jue arrived early, and they were taken care of by guards and stood in the front row. From here, you can see Li Ke for a while, but there are also many people around them, and they will not cause others to worry. Pay attention, and there are guards in front of them. If there is a situation, the guards can protect the two of them immediately.

A quarter of an hour before the opening time, Li Ke appeared outside the Golden Light Gate. A high platform had been built next to the big rock. After seeing Li Ke, all the people were a little excited, but at the same time they were excited. Restraining themselves, everyone made way for Li Ke.

After all, they have not forgotten their identities, and they also know that although Li Ke is good to all of them, he is the prince after all. If it is too crowded and hurts His Highness, it will be bad for His Highness.

Li Ke climbed onto the high platform next to the stone and looked up. There were densely packed people around. After all, the spring plowing had not started yet, and most of the people had nothing to do in their homes. So there were a lot of people here today. At least tens of thousands gathered around here. common people.

It is estimated that Jinguangmen will not be able to enter and leave today. Fortunately, Li Ke prepared guards who shouted in advance to convey what he said to all directions.

"Hi everyone! I'm Li Ke!" Li Ke first greeted everyone loudly.

"Hello, His Royal Highness King Qin!" There was a quick response from the crowd below. Don't think about it, this must be the people who have been employed by Li Ke for a long time, and they know Li Ke's character.

With someone taking the lead, His Royal Highness King Qin's good voice soon spread in all directions.

Li Ke raised his hand and made a downward movement, and the scene immediately fell silent.

"Today, I am here mainly for one thing, that is, to unveil this official road made of concrete from Jinguangmen to Datang Industrial Park, because this is the starting point of the official road of Datang, but it Definitely not the end!"

"What is a road? I believe that many people don't know it, and many people don't understand it, but I believe that all the people understand one thing, that is, the road is easy to walk, whether it is traveling, shopping, or daily walking, it is convenient. !"

"What does this mean? It means one thing. If you want to get rich, build roads first!"

"If you want to live a good life, the road is essential! It's like all of us know that the road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky. Then if there is such an official road stretching under my feet from the land in the middle of Shu to Chang'an, Is it true that a lot of grain, silk and hemp in Sichuan can be brought to Chang'an for sale at a lower price, and some medicinal materials, fruits, etc. can be transported out."

"And if there is an enemy invasion in the middle of Shu, or even to the south of the middle of Shu, the army of the Tang Dynasty can quickly reach all directions of the Tang Dynasty relying on the official road, which shows the importance of the official road!"

"Why do I say that this official road is special? Because everyone knows that in the past, the construction and maintenance of official roads were often carried out by the court of the Tang Dynasty, but this official road is not! Including the previous renovation of Chang'an City, it is also It is also not paid by the Tang court."

"So who paid for this money? I know many people say it's me, but it's really not!"

"Today I'm here to tell everyone who paid the money!" Li Ke's words were spread in all directions by the shouting guards!

Having said this, Li Ke turned around and directly pulled a prepared rope. With Li Ke's strength, the loose buckle fastened in advance was untied instantly, and then the red silk covering the stone fell instantly, and everyone He looked over with his eyes, and then the three big characters "Zhongshanglu" appeared in the middle of the stone.

In the lower part, the names of all the merchants who donated to build the road and renovate the city of Chang'an are also engraved in some small characters.

"I named this road: Zhongshang Road, because it was jointly donated by 82 patriotic businessmen from 93 merchant families in the Tang Dynasty, 570 million guan! Then add the 200 million guan that the Zheng family of Xingyang handed over to me Compensation, renovation and construction of all the roads in Chang'an City and this official road, a total cost of 810 Guan740 Erwen!"

Li Ke spat out an astonishing number.

The people around were in an uproar, they didn't know these things.If His Highness hadn't informed them, they probably would never have known.

All of a sudden, all the common people began to talk about it. It turns out that there are such patriotic businessmen in the world.

And Wu Jue in the crowd was stunned, more than 800 million!It is almost close to the annual income of the national treasury, but it is actually donated by people?This...how did His Highness do it?Those businessmen Wu Jue knew very well that they were all people who had no profit and could not afford it early, so they were willing to donate so much money!

Among the same crowd, the powerful families and other patriarchs who came over today were stunned for a moment. They finally understood how Li Ke built these roads. No wonder they couldn't figure out where Li Ke got so much money anyway.