I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

Chapter 600 The Power of the New Style of Governance

Ma Zhou didn't know where the master's thoughts went now.However, what should be explained still needs to be said, after all, Li Shimin was still asking questions just now.

"Your Majesty, the ordnance factory is built near the research institute. One is for confidentiality. After all, the guards there are the strictest in Pyongyang, even stricter than the palace. There are quite a few technologies on the side that have just been produced by the research institute, so it is convenient for those craftsmen to communicate with each other!"

"The armor and weapons you just asked about are all produced and preserved there. The armor is made of fine steel dragon scale armor. Compared with the previous ones, it is nothing more than lighter in weight and harder in hardness. It seems that His Highness has also invented What a new quenching method, so that those armors can prevent rust!"

"As for the new type of weapon, it's not actually a new type of weapon. It's still the previous Mo Dao, but the material has changed. At the same time, the handle of the Mo Dao has been divided into two parts, which is convenient to carry, and you can use the handle to meet the enemy even in close combat. !"

Li Shimin became completely excited when he heard this. The artillery, explosives and other things that Zhang Nuo had made before were really powerful, but he didn't understand them at all.

So many times he is like a salted fish who can only shout 666, and the shock of "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" is not because Zhang Nuo wants to do this on purpose, but because he really doesn't understand the convoluted theories in it.

He can only start from the perspective of a king and a commander, thinking about how much this thing will play in the war and the country, how to use it, and so on.

But now this thing is different, whether it is the dragon scale armor or the mo knife, these are the things he is most familiar with, and judging from what Ma Zhou just introduced, there is nothing new and messy this time. Technology, and there is nothing he can't understand.

It's just improving the material and craftsmanship on the original basis, then this can be understood.

Li Shimin nodded in relief. It seems that brother Zhang Nuo is indeed my caring person. He just mentioned it in the telegram, and now he is almost ready to give birth quietly.

If it was done by other people, it is estimated that he would have to go to him every few days to ask for credit or something, but Zhang Nuo, if it wasn't for this coincidence when he came to Pyongyang this time, I am afraid that by the time he really saw these things, Zhang Nuo would have been Zhang Nuo. It's time for Nuo to fully produce it, pack it up and ship it back.

I have to say that Zhang Nuo's approach is really reassuring!

But even at this moment Li Shimin had already gone to the ordnance factory with all his heart, but there was still a pile of official documents waiting for him to deal with, so he couldn't just let him go.

Now that Zhang Nuo has run away first, if he lets go, the entire Pyongyang Road and Liaodong Road will be thrown into chaos.

So Li Shimin had no choice but to temporarily suppress his curiosity, and told Ma Zhou to accompany him to the ordnance factory later, and then began to deal with the official documents on the desk seriously.

Half of these official documents are situation reports, and the other half are various applications. Some trivial matters are handled directly by Ma Zhou. Those who can report here are definitely related to some sensitive materials or large quantities, and they are not within Ma Zhou's authority at all. Those who can be mobilized are brought together to the palace.

Li Shimin looked at the official documents carefully, although Xingben would tell him about the situation in Pyongyang almost every day in the telegrams, and occasionally Zhang Nuozai's words were more clear.

But after all, it’s not time to summarize at the end of the year, so many things here are just briefly talked to him, and the specific data will only be counted at the end of the year.

But judging from the official documents, under Zhang Nuo's management, the entire Pyongyang Road and Liaodong Road have radiated a completely different light from the past.

Here, as a special zone in Zhang Nuoxin Lane, many policies were formulated by Zhang Nuoxin, such as a new official document in Li Shimin's hands.

It seems that this official document is very ordinary, it is the monthly work summary reported by the local county government.

But in fact, Li Shimin has never seen such a report.

Because in Datang, there is no such tradition of reporting various local work conditions, population data, production conditions, and business conditions every month.

This policy was formulated by Zhang Nuo. As a posterity, he clearly understands the importance of information.

So from the very beginning, he required all counties to report the situation truthfully every month, which included local population statistics accurate to the pregnancy status of pregnant women, age and other information, and then there were cattle, armaments, land area, planting conditions, etc.

With such data in hand, Zhang Nuo was able to discover problems in various places in the first place, such as the imbalance of population ratio, or the serious death of infants and young children, and so on.

Not to mention the lack of local food production, the risk of famine or food shortage, and the risk of driving up food prices, all of which can be found from the data.

Zhang Nuo regarded this work as the top priority that the county government must do. He also dealt with a few gnats who dared to commit crimes. Only then did he truly establish his majesty as the King of Qin.

As an emperor, although Li Shimin had never studied serious data analysis, his natural political sensitivity allowed him to make a rough judgment on the data from various places.

And this is also the reason why he was surprised, because judging from the situation, although the entire Pyongyang Road is currently not as rich as Guannei, after all, it is a subjugated slave who was made a slave after the defeat, and it is impossible to catch up with Guannei in the short term.

However, judging from the grain planting area, business situation, and industrial development, Li Shimin was surprised to find that maybe within a year or two, every household here would be richer than those in the Guan.

Even if you just look at the current situation, each household has enough food reserves to deal with various natural and man-made disasters.

The surrounding areas of Chang'an are naturally much richer than this, but some state capitals are not much better than this, or even worse.

But what he saw just now, and after asking Ma Zhou, he was sure that it was either a county near Pyongyang that was blessed by Pyongyang, or an ordinary county in the interior.

The only difference from before is that the merchants of Datang have settled in, reclaiming wasteland on a large scale, and hiring people for planting and breeding.

Could it be that the state capital under my rule is not as good as an ordinary county government under Zhang Nuo?

When Li Shimin thought of this, his complexion suddenly became a little ugly. If this is the case, then he has to think carefully about whether those governors and long historians still need to stay in that seat.

Chapter 601 Li Shimin's Reflection

Li Shimin's exclamation was not random. For Datang, the most basic scope of governance is the county government, and the village and town level basically rely on local autonomy. The county magistrate has means and ability, and the local folk customs are relatively simple. , that's okay.

But if the local clan is relatively powerful, then the county magistrate will basically have a prestige in the county.

But that's all. After all, the previous dynasty was like this, but the role played by the county government on Pyongyang Road is not comparable to that of the county government in the pass that does not go to the countryside.

On the side of Pyongyang Road, every order of the county magistrate must be implemented in place as long as it is within its own jurisdiction. This must be guaranteed no matter what.

After all, if the county government's decree can't be passed, doesn't it mean that Zhang Nuo's government decree can't be passed either?This is not a joke, Zhang Nuo absolutely does not allow such a situation to happen.

Zhang Nuo took advantage of Koryo to subjugate the country, and at the same time the entire Koryo was designated as a special zone in Pyongyang Road. All the policies were formulated by himself, and the entire Pyongyang Road was broken and restarted almost instantly.

Although Goryeo, as a country that has always admired the civilization of the Central Plains, has always had many local clan forces at work, but under Zhang Nuo's destructive force, all clans in any place have to leave.

Especially in many places, Zhang Nuo directly killed chickens and monkeys, and struck out with heavy blows. After a few times, everyone became honest. After all, even King Rongliu of Korea and the entire royal family said that they would be gone. The local clan power is nothing. Is Datang's knife bad?Or are they hard-headed?

It was Zhang Nuo's tough method that forced the entire Pyongyang Dao to truly do what he ordered from Qin Wang Zhang Nuo, and the entire Pyongyang Dao would not dare to refuse.

With such conditions as a basis, it is not surprising that Zhang Nuo can produce household registration information and local information as accurate as later generations.

As for the problem of information transmission, this is simpler. It is nothing more than a problem of personal labor costs. It is easy to say anything if you are willing to spend money.

After all, Zhang Nuo is very clear that the reason why some things are not done well is not because the people below are not dedicated, but because the above wants to do things well and spend less money. Isn't this embarrassing?

Naturally, Zhang Nuo would not do such a thing. Before the railway has completely covered the entire area, the staff allowances, board and lodging subsidies, etc. that should be given will all be paid for by the city lord's mansion on his side.

In this way, no matter how remote the place is, you only need to send people to submit the official documents on time, and all the expenses of the people are borne by the above, so what reason can there be at this time?

Zhang Nuo literally used money to create a data collection and reporting system.

After Li Shimin communicated with Ma Zhou, he finally understood the twists and turns, but when he turned his head and thought about it for a while, he took a deep breath.

It seems that he can't do this in the customs for the time being.

Judging from Zhang Nuo's approach, there are mainly two aspects of effort. One is to eliminate the local clan forces, bring all townships and villages into the scope of management, and truly cover all government orders. Only in this way can the accuracy of the information collected by the county government be guaranteed. Timeliness.

Another method is to spend an extra sum of money dedicated to the related expenses of data reporting.

It is these two points that ensure Zhang Nuo's complete control over Pyongyang Road!

But after Li Shimin cleared up the thoughts in his mind, he really couldn't do anything except take a breath of air-conditioning.

First of all, clearing up the local clan forces is an impossible task. It can even be said that Zhang Nuo's side would not have been able to complete it in normal times if they hadn't taken advantage of the opportunity of the subjugation of Korea.

After all, the concept of clan has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Compared with the officials sent by the top who will leave after a few years, the local people still have more trust in the clan elders of the same root and race.

If this is the case in Goryeo, let alone the Central Plains where clan culture prevails.

It can even be said that if Li Shimin dared to clean up the local clan forces, the court would be in chaos as soon as this order was passed out.

Because at present, all the officials in the court, even if they come from poor families, can actually be regarded as members of the clan power in the local area, but some families have developed better, so they are regarded as gentry or rich families, and some are not so well-developed and have great influence. Not that big.

Even if it is a so-called poor family, those who can actually let their children go to school have a little reputation and prestige in the local area!

This kind of phenomenon is not to mention the current Tang Dynasty. Even in the modern times thousands of years later, clan forces are deeply intertwined and stubborn in many places. Village officials are clan elders, and even the county magistrate often has to salute when he comes.

What policy needs to be discussed, otherwise, these clan elders can pull up a team of hundreds or thousands of people to make trouble with a single call.

And there is another problem in the middle, that is, the clan power does not necessarily oppose the government. In many cases, there are quite a lot of humane ideas in it. For example, because everyone has the same surname, which one really came out? If there is an accident or a disaster, other families will help raise the children, provide relief to the widows and so on.

It can even be said that the reason why many children from poor families in the court opposed the decision to eliminate local forces was often because they were also helped by the clan at the beginning, so they could concentrate on studying honestly and honestly.

Now that they are already in the temple, are they going to attack those clans who have helped and helped them?

Therefore, the first condition Li Shimin was a little bit unable to handle in the Central Plains, or it was impossible to start at all.

Of course, it's not that there's no way at all, it's just that Zhang Nuo's tough and direct approach, like flipping a table, is absolutely impossible.

But if you switch to Huairou or other methods, maybe it will have a miraculous effect.”

Li Shimin is still thinking about this point, and even plans to think about it after he goes back. Now that the empire is in a state of waste and waiting for a new take-off, there must be some new changes.

As for Zhang Nuo’s second method, directly throwing money at people and reimbursing all expenses, this is nothing to Li Shimin. After all, the old Li is no longer the poor and white old Li who just came to the throne. , but at least it can be said that the family background is rich.

But there is also a problem in the middle. The farthest place on the Koryo side is only half a month away from Pyongyang City, but Datang is different. It takes several months to go far away!

Do these people go back and forth once a year?

Chapter 602 Ma Zhou's Adventure

Li Shimin originally thought that he could get some inspiration from Zhang Nuo's New Deal, or he could simply move it back when he saw a good thing and follow it.

But I didn't expect to think about it carefully and found that it is not used at all, which is a bit embarrassing.

However, this can't stop his heart from getting hot, because he clearly knows that these policies are really working for the better in Pyongyang at least for now.

So if these policies can be implemented on the land of the Central Plains, there will inevitably be a good result, but the method of implementation still needs to be considered.

And just when Li Shimin was about to put the official document in his hand aside, Ma Zhou, who had been observing for a long time, finally seized the opportunity to speak.

"Your Majesty, if you want to implement this policy in the pass, there is actually a way!"

As soon as Ma Zhou said this, Li Shimin's red phoenix eyes, which were originally smiling, stared at him instantly, and Ma Zhou's remaining words were held in his throat, not knowing whether to say it or not.

In fact, Ma Zhou himself knew that there was nothing wrong with trying to figure out the emperor's mind. After all, whoever wanted to be an official in the court would not be able to figure out the holy will?

But not only figured it out, but also directly interjected, this is the taboo of taboos, because you show that you really know this king very, very well, and your knowledge is still higher than him.

This is the case with many things, which can be done or defaulted to, but you can’t make it clear. Once you make it clear, it’s a bit unkind.

This is the case with Ma Zhou at this time. Since you have guessed that His Majesty wants to reproduce the new policy of Pyongyang Road in the pass, but due to various reasons, it is currently impossible to start it in the pass, then you quietly send a note of advice afterwards. Not on the line?

Well, wouldn't jumping out like this be the same as slapping you in the face?

No wonder Li Shimin is happy!

Li Shimin's eyes were already full of coldness at this time, although he is indeed an emperor who can listen to advice, but that is also rewarding.

Zhang Nuo can hook shoulders with him, Changsun Wuji and Wei Zheng can speak up and speak out, but this is not only because Li Shimin can listen to it, but also because of the friendship between these people and Li Shimin and the status of these people has reached this point. That's why Li Shimin is so approachable.

But Ma Zhou is just a long history under Zhang Nuo's hands, and he is from a poor family. He has basically never dealt with Li Shimin before, so he suddenly said something that made Li Shimin unable to step down. Is this courting death?

In fact, Ma Zhou's heart was pounding at this moment, he used to work in Chang He's house, didn't he know these taboos?

Of course he knows!

But also because he knew, so he knew how rare a chance to express himself in front of His Majesty is!

He was born in a poor family, he has already passed the age of youth and ignorance, and his heart is higher than the sky, and he has been wasted in Chang'an City for several years. If Zhang Nuo hadn't promoted him, he himself didn't know when he would be able to truly show his talent .

However, no matter how much Zhang Nuo promotes him, the current long history is already given by Zhang Nuo. He is the best position under his command. If he wants to go up, he must join His Majesty's camp. Just hang out in the court hall.

But the opportunity is not so easy to get, even if Li Shimin once promised that he can start with the railway, and at the same time expressed his appreciation for him, it seems that this start has been very good.

But in fact, Ma Zhou knows best that these things are all nonsense before he gets them, and once he leaves Zhang Nuo and actually goes to the court, there is no blessing of the title of "Qin Wangfu Changshi" that represents Zhang Nuo. He's not even a fart.

His Majesty will not take another look at him, and the other bosses will not have any superfluous thoughts, and will only look at him as an ordinary subordinate.

Then how will he climb up?What did he use to get close to His Majesty and other big shots?

Do you really think His Majesty and the bosses are fools?

People with this kind of thinking can be said to be everywhere, and it can even be said that as long as they hang out in the court, there is no one who does not want to do this.

But in fact, apart from Zhang Nuo, an outlier who forcibly took the credit that no one else could think of and directly gave him the title of King Qin, who else can stand out?

The answer is none. Your Majesty seems to be approachable, but in fact, it is common for people to be killed with a stick when he is furious. The bosses seem to be friendly and easy-going, but in fact, they may still praise you in front of you, and just turn around. The letter of depreciation got you thousands of miles away to become a county magistrate.

In the court, there are always only a few dukes who are really qualified to chat and laugh with His Majesty and those bigwigs, and the others are actually nothing but scum.

Ma Zhou was only qualified to stand beside His Majesty and the big bosses because of Zhang Nuo, the King of Qin, but apart from Zhang Nuo, he was just a "quite talented" ordinary person.

That's right, Ma Zhou knew very well that at most he could just make such an evaluation and finish the job, and the rest depended on the yamen to slowly work through his qualifications.

Although Zhang Nuo had clearly told him how bright and important the newly established Ministry of Railways would be in the future, Ma Zhou couldn't afford to wait!

Yes, Ma Zhou's uncharacteristic speech today was actually because he felt that he had encountered a good opportunity, a chance to really get along with His Majesty without the presence of His Highness King Qin.

As long as he can show his talents in front of His Majesty, then he will no longer face His Majesty as the "Chief of the Qin Palace", but will truly face His Majesty as a courtier of the Tang Dynasty to show his edge .

For this reason, he is willing to fight.

Although the plan was just thought of temporarily, after all, it happened just today that His Royal Highness King Qin left His Majesty here alone to handle government affairs.

But such a scene has already appeared in the depths of his heart countless times.In his opinion, he, Ma Zhou, would eventually shine in the court and leave his name in history.

If you want to really hang out in the court, how can you walk there in a casual way, and how can you not take some risks?