Fu Tang

After receiving the letter, Shi Xueting was slightly taken aback: "Fu Nan?"

Li Congjia curled his lips: "If he said that this dance came from Tianzhu, I would believe it."

Putting down the letter, Shi Xueting thought for a while and said, "The Angkor dynasty believed in Brahmanism, so what does it have to do with Feitian?"

"So he said that this dance came from the Angkor Dynasty. I don't believe it." Li Congjia threw the letter aside.

Shi Xueting said: "However, Emperor Shouping may not be unaware of such an obvious lie, but he still tried his best to send this letter. I'd better send someone to check it out."

Shi Xueting's thinking is very simple and groundless, there must be a reason, Emperor Shouping regards this letter as a life-saving straw, so it is impossible to talk nonsense.

Li Congjia did not object either, he was also very surprised, even if Emperor Shouping diverted the disaster to the east, oh, this should be regarded as diverting the disaster to the south, so what if it succeeded?Datang's war against Japan has entered the final stage of preparation, and basically the arrow has to be launched. In this case, even if Li Congjia suddenly said that he would not fight, it is estimated that the entire court would not do it.

Shi Xueting said: "Perhaps he wrote you this letter more because he wanted to establish a dialogue channel. As long as he gets in touch and you reply to the letter, then he will have the opportunity to separate from the Fujiwara family group. At that time, even if Japan loses, he can still save his life."

Li Congjia smiled: "Then he really thinks too much."

From the very beginning, Li Congjia focused on the Emperor's family, the Fujiwara family and other relatively large families in Japan. Basically, as soon as the Datang fleet began to land on the island, these families must be cleaned up. nonexistent.

Shi Xueting directly sent someone out to find out where the so-called flying demon dance came from, but he didn't expect to find out that Prince Fu Zi Nei went to the Angkor Dynasty to learn it himself.

Li Congjia was really surprised by this result: "Huh? The dignified Japanese princess actually ran over to learn this kind of thing? What is she thinking?"

"Perhaps I wanted to use it on you from the very beginning." Shi Xueting said, feeling that letting Fu Zi die so quickly was really cheap for her.

Li Congjia said thoughtfully: "Flying Demon Dance, but why did the Angkor Dynasty adapt this dance like this?"

Shi Xueting shook his head: "No, they didn't adapt it, even Feitian Wu was just Feitian Wu, the one who actually adapted the dance should be someone else, the combination of Feitian Yaowu and that kind of medicine is very lethal, presumably someone did it on purpose It came out, and now I just wonder why Fuzi went to the Angkor Dynasty to reorganize the dance."

Li Congjia looked at the survey results, and suddenly asked a question: "It's still wrong, the Angkor Dynasty believed in Brahmanism, so...why did the Buddhist Flying Dance appear in the Angkor Dynasty?"

"Well, I also have doubts. I think there are two possibilities. One is that the Angkor dynasty wants to assassinate you, but they don't want to be implicated, so they deliberately made this to confuse the view, and the other is... Angkor The dynasty was infiltrated by Buddhism, or it was infiltrated by a country that enshrines Buddhism, just to plant and frame it. After all, no matter what the situation is, once Datang knows that this matter has something to do with the Angkor Dynasty, he will definitely not let the Angkor Dynasty go. .”

Li Congjia listened to Shi Xueting's analysis, and after thinking about it for a long while, he asked, "Does Queen Kingdom believe in Buddhism?"

Shi Xueting's eyes flashed: "You suspect Queen's Kingdom? I'll send someone to investigate."

Li Congjia nodded: "Well, check it out, but no matter what the result is, let's let it go first. After the war in Japan, we still need to stabilize it."

Even if Li Congjia is really so mad, it is impossible to fight continuously, and he must recover.

The cabinet also knew to some extent that Li Congjia was investigating the Angkor Dynasty and the Queen's Kingdom. Of course, Li Congjia deliberately disclosed it. After all, the letter from Emperor Shouhei seemed to be a personal letter. After all, it was too involved. Li Congjia directly handed it over to the cabinet for analysis.

It's just that even the cabinet's final analysis result is similar to what Shi Xueting said. Fan Zhi even said: "This letter can be kept for a while, and then it will be used as an excuse to attack Funan."

After hearing this, Li Congjia stared at Fan Zhi with wide-eyed eyes. When he saw that not only Fan Zhi said that, but other people also agreed, he instantly felt like he had worn it again.

He must have gone to Datang in a parallel dimension, otherwise why would the cabinet, which has always been relatively anti-war, take the initiative to trouble neighboring countries?

Fan Zhi looked at Li Congjia's expression, and smiled complacently, but he just didn't speak. Li Congjia looked at other people, but they didn't speak.

He had no choice but to ask honestly: "Didn't you always disagree with the war?"

Only then did Fan Zhi explain: "In the past, we did not agree because we were worried that His Majesty would resort to military action, but over the years, we have also seen that His Majesty has sufficient reasons every time he takes action, and he is also prepared to minimize Datang's losses. At the very least, there’s nothing wrong with that.”

Li Congjia still didn't believe it, so Wang Pu said: "Besides, at least there are more people. Now that there are things invented by the academy, the needs of the entire Tang Dynasty and the needs of neighboring countries are often not met. There are people who have everything." ah."

There are people who have everything, this is the focus of the cabinet!

Now the main energy of the cabinet is actually on developing the economy. As long as the economy can develop, the treasury will be rich, and the people will be rich. In fact, they don’t have any special insistence.

It was only then that Li Congjia realized that the people who co-authored him had only now grasped his context - as long as it was not a war that he was sure of winning, he would basically not easily launch troops now.

After all, it is different now. When he was in the Western Regions, he was basically penniless. Even if he became the Dragon King or something, he was snatched from others and not his own at all, so even if he was lost Don't feel bad if it's over, it's a big deal to start all over again.

However, it is different now. Now Li Congjia has been focusing on promoting the invincibility of the Tang army to the public. By cultivating the self-confidence of the people, they will be more dependent on the Tang Dynasty and make the entire Tang Dynasty more cohesive. Therefore, it is not easy to lose, even if defeated. It can only be a small loss in the process, but the final result must be Datang's victory.

Li Congjia was racking his brains for this, really racking his brains, and almost poured out all the things he remembered in his mind.

Up to now, Li Congjia may have a flash of inspiration and think of some technologies of later generations basically only when he encounters related things occasionally. Of course, whether these technologies can be realized is another matter.

Although Fan Zhi felt that sooner or later he would have to attack the Angkor Dynasty, wars may be done very quickly, but sometimes it may take years to prepare, so he put this matter aside for the time being and asked Li Congjia: " I heard that the train has been tested successfully, and one locomotive can carry at least five cars, and the academy also proposed a concept of...speed per hour, next...do you want to promote it, Your Majesty?"

Li Congjia nodded and said, "That's right, the train is running stably now. I want to let the train take on the role of cargo transportation first, and then consider passenger transport when the performance of the train is more stable."

Zhao Pu was a little strange: "If the train is in danger, there is no need to worry about the freight, right?"

Li Congjia then said: "Actually, the instability is not the main reason, the most important thing is the railway track. According to our current price, the laying of the railway track needs to consume a lot of money, and the train can't be like that. Roads can also be contracted out, and rich businessmen can repair roads and pay tolls. Although the speed of trains is not high now, they will definitely be faster and faster in the future, which is not appropriate."

Now the latest data from the college is that the speed of the train is about [-] miles per hour. Of course, this does not seem to be very slow, but the point is that the speed mentioned by later generations is the speed per hour, while the speed mentioned now is every hour. The speed per hour, that is to say, the current train is [-] miles per hour and [-] miles per hour. In Li Congjia's eyes, it is better than snail crawling.

If there is a passenger train, Li Congjia must be the first to board the train. This is an epoch-making invention. No matter how much Li Congjia doesn't care, he hopes to be famous in history, but he runs around Chang'an for eighty miles an hour. It may take a long time to go around, but Li Congjia refused in his heart.

But there must be a suitable excuse for the refusal, and it happens that the cost of the rail is an interface.

Wei Renpu said thoughtfully: "If the imperial court is all here, then the large-scale laying of railroad tracks will indeed make the treasury unable to support it. If it is just for freight, it is entirely possible to lay railroad tracks in some large cities and coastal cities, which can cancel many contracts. cost."

Li Congjia nodded: "That's right, first build some trunk lines, and the rails for passenger transport and freight transport are not separate. After the construction of the trunk lines, the pressure on financial expenditure can be reduced by charging freight, so that other rails can be gradually improved. For the laying of local railway tracks, I think the performance of the trains should be stabilized within two years at most, and passenger transport can be launched by then.”

Fan Zhi said with great satisfaction: "This is indeed a good way."

Their Majesty has finally learned not to spend money recklessly. Yes, in the eyes of Fan Zhi and the others, Li Congjia really spends money like water at times, but they are not good at persuading them, because Li Congjia spends all his own money— —He has a commercial bank. It is said that the annual turnover of the commercial bank is much more than that of the Ministry of Accounting. The Minister of the Ministry of Accounting's eyes are turning red with envy, but he dare not stretch out his hand.

Every time the cabinet heard the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs complaining, they wanted to persuade Li Congjia, but they found that Li Congjia could research many things every time he spent a lot of money, and then registered patents, and finally these patents turned into money-making machines.

These veterans never thought they could make money like this. Anyway, now they have to work hard to absorb new knowledge every day so that they will not fall behind. Ordinary old people will fall behind if they fall behind. After all, they are not young. Yes, but they can't.

They are all ministers of the Tang Dynasty. Even though they look old, they are not old at heart. They still want to shine for Datang for 50 years. How can they fall behind?

But Datang is developing too fast, and they are almost unable to keep up with the rhythm, and it is really difficult for these old people.

Li Congjia asked the Ministry of Communications to plan the railway, and at the same time began to think, should such a large project be tendered or designated?

In fact, he wanted to designate it in his heart. After all, the quality of the rails used by the college is still very good, so it is good to follow this quality standard.

It's just that Li Congjia didn't know which iron shop made these rails before, so now he had to ask Lu Ji.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Lu Ji blinked his eyes blankly and said, "The rails? We made them all ourselves."

Li Congjia:? ? ? ?

He looked around in disbelief, and only then did he realize that, unlike the weak researchers in his impression, the researchers in Lu Ji's team were stronger and stronger, taller and muscular. Doing research!

Li Congjia was a little flustered, and he asked again: "You guys did it all? Are you still blacksmithing yourself?"

Lu Ji explained: "The people I selected are basically all-rounders, so they can do a little bit of everything. The progress of our train research is relatively fast, and it is a bit far away from some smelting places. We simply bought rough stones and made them ourselves. , of course, it is mainly because the things made by the smelter are sometimes not suitable.

Li Congjia's heart sank suddenly: "Not suitable? Then what should I do if I want to lay railroad tracks?"

Lu Ji's eyes lit up instantly after hearing this: "Has Your Majesty decided to start laying railways across the country?"

Li Congjia was taken aback: "No, no, don't think about it, just lay a part first."

Nationwide laying?If I really want to lay it down, I'm afraid I might not be able to sell him!

Lu Ji seemed a little disappointed, but he quickly came back to his senses and said, "If it's just a small part of the laying, we can work overtime to make some."

Li Congjia smiled wryly and said, "Don't mess around, even if it's part of the laying, the workload is not small, you can take a look at the map produced by the Ministry of Communications first."

Li Congjia handed the blueprint to Lu Ji, and Lu Ji took it over and looked at it roughly, then looked at the scale below, and asked after the conversion: "How long does Your Majesty plan to lay these rails?"

Li Congjia tilted his head and thought for a while and said, "Half a year?"

Lu Ji frowned, thought for a while before shaking his head and said, "If it's half a year, I'm afraid there is no smelting workshop in the entire Tang Dynasty that can meet this requirement." Xuan, after all, the smelting workshop of the imperial court does nothing but forge rails, right?"

Li Congjia was a little surprised: "What? No smelter can achieve this output?"

no?Before seeing Datang’s tax revenue doubling every year, Li Congjia was still a little swollen. He felt that Datang’s productivity is very strong now. Why is there no smelting workshop that can undertake this task?

Lu Ji said earnestly: "The scale of the smelting workshops is too small now, and the technology is uneven. It's okay to make some iron tools for daily use, but high-precision things like railway tracks...it's difficult."

After Li Congjia frowned, he thought of a very important question. In this era, ironware is still an important strategic material, and the control on ironware is very strict, so even if there are smelting workshops among the people, it is impossible to have a large scale. After all, what these smelting workshops can do Too few, sharp weapons such as kitchen knives must be produced in the court's own smelting workshop before they can be sold, private forging is illegal.

Li Congjia originally thought that the stability of the locomotive was solved, and the next step was to start the era of rapid development. After all, as long as the transportation is convenient, the barriers between people in various regions on the vast land of the Tang Dynasty will no longer be so serious, and the transportation will be convenient. Some special items The price will be lower, but more people will buy it, so it will be more profitable in disguise.

But now the fact was before him that the rails were a big problem.

Li Congjia returned to the palace with frowning brows. Shi Xueting was peeling walnuts for him. Seeing his expression, he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong? What happened again?"

Only then did Li Congjia explain it to Shi Xueting. After Shi Xueting heard it, he was not so surprised. He said directly: "If you want to solve the current predicament, the only thing you can do is to revoke the ban on ironware."

Li Congjia asked earnestly, "Do you think it would be dangerous to revoke it?"

Shi Xueting said slowly while thinking: "This problem is actually not a big one. The reason why the control was strict in the past was that on the one hand, he was worried that someone would rebel, and on the other hand, he was worried that he would be sold to other countries, which would harm him. However, the weapons we rely on now are not cold weapons such as knives, guns and sticks like before, so what if the Tang Dynasty opened the ban now? It is impossible for ordinary people to rebel with iron weapons, and the countries around us, even if their iron weapons So what if there are more? Is there any difference between cold weapons and hot weapons? Unless they outnumber us by a large number and can use a large number of people, they will not be able to pose a threat to Datang."

In fact, Li Congjia also thought so, but the abolition of some bans could not be decided by him with a slap on the head. He had to consider all aspects, and he went back to discuss with the cabinet when he was sure there was no problem.

Yes, generally, the things he brings up to discuss with the cabinet are basically well thought out. After all, he doesn’t like to be photographed by the cabinet after making an opinion. All the emperor's decrees can't pass the cabinet, and the cabinet is the most powerful illusion.

This is a great challenge to Li Congjia's dominance. If no one takes his will seriously, wouldn't the emperor be a puppet?

In this way, it can be regarded as a kind of power struggle between him and the cabinet, but he does not bother with such power struggles. The monarch's rights need to be limited, otherwise it will be a disaster for the country. Similarly, the cabinet cannot stand on the side of the monarch. The top of the head, anyway, this balance depends on how the emperor masters it.

Li Congjia discussed this matter with the cabinet. In fact, the cabinet was already worried about this matter. The result of their discussion was basically the same as Shi Xueting's opinion. The two sides hit it off and started to formulate a new government order. The abolition of the ban is not something that can be done with a simple sentence. It is always necessary to formulate more detailed terms.

Li Congjia doesn't want to get involved in this kind of thing, he just needs to grasp the general direction, these trivial things have never been his specialty.

What he is thinking now is whether to set up a smelting workshop?He was originally worried that the firm was involved in too many industries, and Ah Rong would not be able to manage it. The most important thing is that the firm has been doing business and buying and selling, and has never been involved in the industry. If it is a smelting workshop now... I don't know Will something go wrong?

Shi Xueting said directly: "You are the owner of the firm, and Arong is in charge of the firm, so why don't you just find someone to take charge of the smelting workshop? If it doesn't work, let Eleven Lang go."

Li Congjia immediately objected after hearing this: "No, Eleventh Lang should get his qualifications in the court first, and I'm still waiting for him to enter the cabinet."

Shi Xueting was very surprised. He never thought that Li Congjia would actually want Yang Xin to join the cabinet. This goal is not small, after all, Yang Xin is not so outstanding among his peers, but it is not bad.

He said thoughtfully: "If this is the case, then Yang Xin's ability still needs to be tempered, and he can't learn much in Chang'an, so it's better to let it out."

Li Congjia calculated Yang Xin's age and found that he was about to reach his thirties. It is indeed a bit young to be a governor at this age, but he can be a governor of Zhongzhou first. Anyway, Yang Xin can be regarded as the group of founding fathers. It's just that he is a little younger, and no one can say anything about giving him a little special treatment.

Just like that, Yang Xin, who was dawdling in Chang'an, was kicked out of Chang'an with one kick. His whole body was in a daze. His master didn't tell him anything, so he could only guess what happened.

People with a discerning eye could tell that Li Congjia had started training newcomers again, at least Zhao Pu could tell, after all, he had gone through such a experience back then.

After kicking Yang Xin out of Chang'an, the Privy Council got the military report that Lei Youzhong led the Yuanxi Fleet to smash the Japanese fleet, successfully landed on the island and attacked the city. After Japan found that it could not resist, it directly chose to surrender .

After reading the battle report, Li Congjia was a little puzzled: "Lei Youzhong returned to Beijing with the letter of surrender himself? He is the coach, and I didn't let him return to Beijing. What did he do when he came back?"

Even the debriefing is not at this time, at least you wait until the front line is stable.

Li Congjia waited for Lei Youzhong full of doubts, but when Lei Youfinal came back, the first thing he did when he saw Li Congjia was to kneel down, then he kowtowed firmly and said, "Your Majesty is guilty, please punish me."

Li Congjia:? ? ? ? ? ? ?