The big man has a living father

Chapter 61 The Soul of Chang'an

In order to wait for the prince, Liu Che deliberately walked very slowly.

Huo Hai was there to accompany him.

But the ministers had different ideas.

Some people had never seen such a prosperous market and were watching the fun.

Some people don't even know what coal is and are asking around.

Some people are thinking about how to get the real estate here and set up their own business here.

But Liu Che was asking: "What do you think they are thinking?"

Huo Hai looked at the officials and nobles: "They are thinking about how to make money."

Liu Che looked ahead and said as he walked: "More than half a month has passed. If it were today, would you still write "Fu on Afang Palace"?"

Huo Hai knew what Liu Che wanted to say and smiled awkwardly: "It's all a misunderstanding."

Liu Che said with his hands behind his back: "Since Emperor Gaozu, we have moved all the rich and powerful people in the world to build mausoleums in order to bring the wealth of the world to Chang'an and curb their development."

"Now you have made it possible for them to make money in Chang'an."

In fact, Huo Hai knew about Lingyi, but at first he did not think that Lingyi was a policy invented to curb local tyrants.

This policy is simple and very practical.

That is, every emperor would build his own mausoleum when he came to power. They could build a mausoleum that was extremely huge, which required money. Where did the money come from? They moved local tyrants to build it.

They would bring their wealth to Chang'an, and in the process of building the mausoleum, the wealth would flow firstly to the imperial treasury and secondly to the people of Chang'an.

In this way, each generation of emperors can weaken the local tyrants, and the cycle will continue like this, and no super-tyrants will be born in the world.

The nobles and officials who were already in Chang'an lived together with these powerful people in Ling County to keep each other warm and to prevent possible siege by enemies.

But in the final analysis, building mausoleums is actually a good thing for maintaining the rule of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Che knew that with Huo Hai's intelligence, he only needed to interact more with the locals to understand what it was like to build a mausoleum.

When Huo Hai wrote "Fu on Afang Palace" to satirize Maoling, Emperor Liu Che was angry, but he could not tell the truth openly.

Today, Liu Che specifically asked about this matter in order to make Huo Hai give up his profits out of guilt.

But Huo Hai didn't buy it at all, and didn't say much about the mausoleum system. Instead, he responded to the second half of the sentence: "Your Majesty, it's a good thing that I give them the opportunity to come to Chang'an to make money!"

"Your Majesty, don't you want to collect business taxes and vehicle and vessel taxes? I will be the bad guy."

Liu Che: "You don't need to be the villain in this matter, we have Zhang Tang."

Huo Hai: "Haha, Your Majesty, the commercial tax I'm talking about is not the same as Zhang Tang's commercial tax. The focus of my tax collection is to spend money, not to collect taxes."

Liu Che looked at Huo Hai in confusion.

Huo Hai: "Your Majesty, everyone can collect money, even an idiot like Zhang Tang can. The important thing is to spend money, and only by spending money wisely can we promote economic prosperity."

Liu Che thought for a moment and said loudly: "Shi Qing!"

Shi Qing, who was trying to come up with a solution with a few Confucian scholars in the back, stepped forward quickly: "Your Majesty!"

Liu Che: "It has only been a few days since Chang'an and Wannian were established as counties, but the atmosphere has completely changed. Are you convinced?"

Liu Che didn't ask him whether he was convinced or not, but came to argue with him.

Sure enough, Shi Qing said: "Your Majesty, educating people is not a one-day thing, and managing a city, a pond, or a country is even more so."

"From those few days alone, Chang'an County was indeed prosperous, but it was like when ordinary people celebrated the New Year and ate all the chickens and ducks, they would become poor after a while."

"We have set a long-term plan for Wannian County. Only if we lead until the end can we be truly ahead."

Liu Che wanted Shi Qing's answer: "Since you are not convinced, then continue the competition. Huo Hai understands economics, do you understand it?"

Shi Qing: "To manage the world and save the people, the so-called economy is actually education..."

Liu Che: "I am asking if you can do math and collect taxes?"

Shi Qing: “…”

Liu Che: "Zhang Tang! Starting today, you will be responsible for collecting taxes in Wannian County. As for Chang'an County..."

Before Liu Che finished speaking, Huo Hai volunteered: "Your Majesty, I, the county official of Chang'an, will come by myself. There is no need to trouble Zhang."

Zhang Tang stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, I will definitely collect the taxes of Wannian County on time and in full for the use of the court." Huo Hai said loudly: "Oh, Lord Zhang, are you collecting money for the unified use of the state? Your Majesty, I will apply for the taxes of Chang'an County, and Chang'an County will allocate them by itself. As for where and what projects they are used for, and how much will be handed over to Your Majesty in the end, I will report it one by one!"

When the ministers saw this situation, they knew that Huo Hai and Zhang Tang were going to have a fight.

Not only are there conflicts among people, but also among job policies.

Someone whispered, "Can't you see it? Zhao Yu is targeting Huo Hai because of Zhang Tang. Huo Hai is just trying to fight back."

Others suddenly realized.

Liu Che looked at Huo Qubing as if he was looking at a child, and then nodded: "Okay, you are the lieutenant of Chang'an. How to conduct the experiment in this competition is your own business."

At this time, the prince had already stepped forward.

Liu Che waved to the prince: "Come here."

The others immediately understood that His Majesty was too fond of Huo Qubing and was so tolerant of Huo Hai.

No one realized that Huo Hai's move was not aimed at Zhang Tang, but Zhang Tang was just a sitting duck.

Liu Che pulled Liu Ju onto the horse and continued to move forward.

Liu Ju was too short, and looking at the roadside from a child's perspective, he couldn't see clearly, but he straightened his back, stretched his neck and pointed in one direction: "Father, what is that?"

Liu Che turned his head and looked over as he spoke: "Oh, that is..."

Liu Che, who thought he was knowledgeable, was stunned when he turned around.

I saw a coachman standing in front of a store, holding a bowl with a long, grayish-white strip in it.

The driver sucked the white strip into his mouth with a satisfied look on his face.

Huo Hai: “That’s noodles.”

Liu Che: "Oh, that's noodles."

Liu Ju widened his eyes: "It looks delicious!"

"Wow, Father, what is that?"

Liu Che turned his head and saw someone opened the steamer.

There should have been flat steamed buns in the steamer, but when the steamer was opened, there was a small hill of white dough.

The steaming white dough was picked up by the female stall owner, who squeezed it hard. After the white dough was pinched, it bounced back and returned to its original state!

At first glance, the taste is much better than steamed cakes!
Huo Hai: “That’s steamed bun.”

Huo Hai knew that Liu Ju was a curious child and would ask more questions, so he pointed to the next store and said, "The steamed buns with stuffing are called baozi."

"The boiled buns are called dumplings."

"Those wide noodles are called trouser belt noodles."

"Those big noodles are called Pu Gai Noodles."

"The fluffy white dough is broken open and stuffed with dog meat, and it's called Roujiamo."

Liu Ju's eyes sparkled after hearing this: "Is it delicious?"

Huo Hai: "I'm tired of eating that stuff."

"These people should be the families of the soldiers on this northern expedition. They are the only ones who know what I have done."

Since they all opened shops here and are so concentrated, it means that this neighborhood belongs to the soldiers.

After all, the soldiers were all from good families, and many of them were very rich. It was normal for them to live together in the neighborhoods near the highway.

All the officials, like Liu Ju, stretched their necks to look.

There were so many foods, and they had never eaten them before, so they wanted to try them.

Liu Che seemed to be thinking: "Oh? Are they the families of the soldiers who went to the Northern Expedition? Let's go and take a look."

Huo Qubing immediately rode his horse forward.

Zhao Bolu, who was originally at the back of the crowd, also rode forward and saw his wife.

(End of this chapter)