Part 21: Scenery(1/2)
It's May.
The capital city has entered early summer, but it is still cool.
In Ju Ren Hall, looking at Jia Yun who had just returned to Beijing from Shandong, after looking at the scene, Jia Qiang asked with a smile: "Is the road still peaceful?"
Jia Yun responded with a smile: "Go back to the emperor, everything goes well. Now it is no longer as two or three years ago. There are many thieves along the way. Now the world is peaceful, and no one who is willing to exert any effort will really not survive. In addition, the embroidered guards swept back and forth between the rivers and lakes, and all the strong men either escaped to overseas vassal states or were destroyed, and there is no third way out. Although there are still remote areas along the way, the unruly people's ideas to harm people for money and a single traveler is dangerous, but in general, it is much better."
Jia Qiang nodded after hearing this and said, "There are still many poor people. They know etiquette when they have enough granaries. There are so many people who can't even fill their stomachs and are afraid to go out, so they do illegal things."
Not to mention the current situation, the past lives have reached the new century, and this kind of thing is not new. It was not until the national strength continues to grow and the leap and progress of technology that such incidents of money-related deaths have been greatly reduced.
The current solution is to continue to migrate the people in poor places.
If you catch a vicious incident, a large number of attacks will occur, and there will always be fewer and fewer.
After Jia Qiang asked Jia Yun to sit down for tea, he asked, "What's the situation in Shandong?"
Jia Yun hurriedly put down the teacup and replied: "Everything goes well in Ye County, especially after the steam engine is delivered, the speed of crushing ores has greatly accelerated. It is estimated that more than 20,000 taels of gold can be produced by the end of the year. In addition, as many as 48 large and medium-sized gold mines have been discovered in Zhaoyuan, Jiaodong, and other places. With the use of the steam engine, the output will also be greatly improved. It is expected that by the end of the year, the gold that can be delivered to the Fankuan will be as high as 150,000 taels."
When Jia Qiang heard this, he did not speak for a while.
Speaking of which, he knew where the largest gold mine in the world was.
The golden land of Land, South Africa, which contains more than half of the world's stock is really enviable.
It’s a pity that it is now the territory of the Netherlands. More than 15,000 merchant ships are sailing on the sea of the Netherlands. South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope is the only sea route to the east. The Netherlands occupies this place and supplies fresh water, vegetables and repair ships to the passing merchant ships.
Therefore, it is also a place of life where strategic sea power is extremely important.
Early and late, take that place!
After coming back to his senses, Jia Qiang said to Jia Yun: "You will send the news from the gold mine to the News Agency later. You should say more good things. The gold mine belongs to the property of the Tianjia Interior Department and can belong to the royal money house. Now a super-large gold mine has been discovered, with a storage capacity of up to 20 million taels of gold."
Upon hearing this, Jia Yun pulled the corner of her mouth and her smile became a little reluctant.
Two thousand taels?!
Will others believe this lie?
Seeing Jia Yun hesitating, Jia Qiang laughed and scolded, "What do you know? This plan is to help the people in the world strengthen their confidence in the royal money house. Besides, do you think that the news of large gold mines found in Shandong can be hidden from those noble families? They just don't know how many of them are. But it doesn't matter. As long as there is gold mine, there is guarantee, and that's enough."
Most of the royal money houses are still only circulated among Delin, Shanxi merchants, salt merchants and Thirteen merchants. Even so, they have made great contributions to Kaihai.
But it is still not enough. Jia Qiang’s purpose is to have a silver note from the royal bank and be able to travel all over the world.
Perhaps it is almost impossible for ordinary people to use it, but as long as merchants all over the world settle the bill, they can greatly promote the progress of business and further accelerate the process of opening up the sea.
Jia Qiang also had some ideas about the use of money for ordinary people.
At present, or over the past few thousand years, people have used copper coins for purchasing.
However, copper coins are bulky and domestic copper mineral output is limited, so silver is used as a supplement to copper coins.
After the previous dynasty’s One Whip Law was implemented, the people’s tax payments were settled with silver, which was considered to have truly promoted the use of silver.
However, silver is often lost, which is very unfavorable to the people, so Jia Qiang thought about either minting official silver coins or issuing small silver notes.
But the people are afraid that they may not believe in paper money, so silver coins may be a better choice.
In any case, claiming that the royal bank obtains huge gold mines can greatly enhance the world's confidence in adopting silver notes or silver coins.
After Jia Yun received the order, Jia Qiang smiled and said, "This time I will stay until the throne ceremony before going out. You will inherit the title of Ningguo. Do not disappoint me."
...
The third day of May.
Dragon, horse, phoenix chariot, enter the imperial city!
Although Jia Qiang and Daiyu prefer to live in Xiyuan, the throne ceremony cannot be held there.
Therefore, the whole family moved into the imperial city two days before ascending the throne.
Along the way, dragons, flags and phoenixes fluttered.
The Delin Army is mighty and majestic, and the rituals and music are heard.
The huge imperial city has only four gates opened.
In addition to the Donghua Gate and Xihua Gate on both sides, there are the Wu Gate and Shenwu Gate in the middle of the north and south.
The Meridian Gate is the main gate of the imperial city. In addition to the emperor, there is only the queen who is married, and can enter and exit the first three palace examinations.
The Tianjiayu can only enter and exit from Shenwu Gate.
On this point, even Lin Ruhai would not indulge Jia Qiang in a reckless manner.
Of course, Jia Qiang never thought of doing anything wrong.
It is said that the family business has reached the point of turning the family into the world, and that a long time ago, he has been unswervingly safeguarding the absolute status of Daiyu's wife.
Not only because he prefers Daiyu, but also to reduce too much trouble...
Therefore, at this moment, Jia Qiang and Daiyu rode together on the dragon and phoenix chariot, and Daiyu even hugged Li Liu by her side. The most noble and noble family of three in the world passed the White Marble Golden Water Bridge, followed by the Tianmen Gate, passed the Xiongguan Wumen, and finally entered the palace.
At the same time, Emperor Long'an, the Supreme Emperor of Rongyang, and the current Emperor Xuande, Li Xuan, came out of Donghuamen and was sent to Shouhuang Palace to settle down.
Donghua Gate is also called the Ghost Gate by the people in the capital.
It is because after the death of the emperor, the empress dowager and the empress, the coffin all walked through this door.
But at this moment, there are very few people who can still remember these two people.
Li Xuan was riding in a tightly closed sedan chair, sitting expressionlessly, with a numb face on his face.
Perhaps it was because of the spiritual response in his heart. When the black sedan chair left Donghua Gate, two tears suddenly fell in Li Xuan's eyes.
The Li Yan Dynasty eventually perished...
...
"Mom...that...the river!"
Inside the phoenix chariot, Li Luan, one and a half years old, slammed by the window of the chariot, and looked at the scene of entering the other world after entering the Meridian Gate. She slapped the window railing happily while screaming.
He was not very clear in his speech, and he could only speak slowly, but he could still hear the excitement in his speech.
Daiyu was wearing a colorful auspicious cloud robes embroidered with a satin and a golden silk phoenix hairpin on her head. There was mostly soft love between her eyebrows and eyes. She looked at her young son and said softly: "That is the Neijinshui River, that bridge is called Jinshui Bridge. After crossing the bridge, it is Taihe Gate."
Xiao Liluan couldn't understand why there was a tall house opposite, and what was it called a door?
But I was confused for a while, and then I was attracted by the dazzling yellow glazed tiles on the Taihe Gate Hall.
In terms of spectacular majesty, how can the Xiyuan compare with this place?
The Hall of Supreme Harmony was not even built on a flat ground, but on a Sumeru mount that was piled up from white marble and was more than meter high.
After passing through the huge square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Jia Qiang sent someone to sedan chair.
At that time, Lin Ruhai, Lu Jia, Cao Rui, Li Su and other military officers, Zhou Zheng, Zhang Chao and other six important officials, as well as the governors of the Five Armies Xue Xian, Chen Shi and others were all with them.
Jia Qiang first smiled and nodded, signaled to scream, and then went to the phoenix chariot and invited Daiyu down.
Lin Ruhai and other important officials from the country came forward one after another and asked for gifts again.
Daiyu has learned the etiquette of the queen before and knows how to deal with it, so I will not repeat it again.
Jia Qiang hugged Li Luan into his arms, took Daiyu's hand again, and the family of three followed the imperial steps, climbed to the sky, and walked towards the Palace of Taihe.
Along the way, Li Luan was the happiest. He put one hand around Jia Qiang's neck and greeted Daiyu with the other hand, pointing to the huge stone sculpture of the river cliff and sea water beside the imperial road. The flowing clouds and dragons cheered: "Mom, mom! Dragon, dragon!"
Daiyu smiled slightly, and saw Jia Qiang looking at him again, and raised her eyebrows lightly, as if she was showing off, and she was not angry at him.
Jia Qiang laughed loudly, hugged his young son and his beloved wife, followed the important officials and the eunuchs and palace maids, and entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
This is the most magnificent and unique majestic palace in the world!
...
Yin Ziyu, Baochai, Xiangyun, Baoqin and Sanchun sisters also entered the palace together today.
Originally, Xiangyun, Baoqin, Sanchun and others were not convenient to enter the palace today, but Daiyu said that she would let the sisters be together for many years, and now she would have a lot of experience in the palace.
Therefore, the girls and girls walked into the palace together, but they could not walk through the Wu Gate, so they could only enter through the Shenwu Gate.
When Shenwu Gate is near the harem, you can go directly into the Imperial Garden.
Yin Ziyu knew that the sisters were curious about what the Imperial Garden looked like, so he asked someone to drive the car sedan into the Imperial Garden first.
"Why is it so small?"
After getting off the car and falling into the sedan chair, his eyes turned around and Xiangyun blurted out with a quick mouth.
Baochai glared at her, where is the palace? Is it really a good idea to be in the Grand View Garden?
After Xiangyun stuck out her tongue and apologized, Baochai and Yin Ziyu smiled and said, "Yun'er has always been a straight man, and she doesn't know how to speak properly."
Yin Ziyu shook his head slightly, smiled with Xiangyun, and said in his essay: "It is rare for those who speak in the palace to be straightforward and quick-witted. The Imperial Garden was not big, with only 200 steps from east to west, and less than 150 steps from north to south, which is smaller than the Grand View Garden."
Baochai smiled and said, "How can this be compared? Furthermore, in addition to the Imperial Garden, there are also Jiuhua Palace Garden, Jianfu Palace Garden, and Ningshou Palace Garden."
Yin Ziyu smiled and stopped talking, and only wrote: "From the future, it's home, don't restrict them."
Baochai naturally responded, looked around, and then smiled and said, "No wonder, the emperor and the empress do not want to live in the palace, and the Western Garden is much more open."
To be continued...