"God blesses the Tang Dynasty! Long live the Tang Dynasty!"

November 18, 19th year of Zhenguan.

Hanjing, imperial city, parliament upper house.

This aristocratic courtyard, which was built in less than a year, is very majestic and imposing, and the parliamentary hall can accommodate tens of thousands of people. It is like a huge stadium. Today, the parliamentary opening ceremony was held.

A total of more than 3,000 hereditary nobles and more than 2,000 lifelong nobles, entered the House of Commons for the first time to attend the meeting. One thousand,800 civilians from the House of Commons also came to the House of Commons to attend the meeting, and there were also hundreds of imperial officials and representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, who also attended the meeting.

The emperor, the prince, and the prime minister of the three courts, come together.

Li Chao stood on the speech stage and looked at the crowd of black crows on all sides, and was also amazed. This scene was comparable to the imperial court meeting.

Thank you for so much hard work, the parliament has finally been established.

Standing on this podium, he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Taking a few deep breaths, Li Chao gave the first sentence of the opening ceremony with this sentence of blessing the Tang Dynasty and long live the Tang Dynasty.

When he said this, it was an epoch-making moment.

History has completely changed. The Tang Dynasty in this era is no longer the Tang Dynasty. This is a Tang Dynasty that is more open, more inclusive and more enterprising.

A small butterfly truly influenced this era, and Li Chao was filled with great pride.

Li Chao was making his opening speech, while the nobles, officials and congressmen below were also whispering.

Parliament, this has never been seen before.

Although the vast majority of MPs are confused about this House, at least at the moment, there are so many people participating in the opening ceremony of the parliament, and with such a scale and specification, it is enough to be amazing.

"Uncle Bao." Cheng Yaojin pressed his voice and said to him with a smile, "This is the parliament. Wen Yuan has been struggling for so long, and this parliament has finally been built, but I can't see what the use of this parliament will be."

During the turmoil last year, Qin Qiong took the initiative to resign from the Deputy Envoy of Privy Councilor, while Cheng Yaojin was removed from the position of Grand Commander General of the Central Army, and the two were also removed from the title of military service.

Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Luo Shixin, Shan Xiongxin, Niu Jinda, Su Dingfang and other generals were all confidants of the emperor, but now they are also regarded as members of Li Chao's party and the prince's group.

After Qin Qiong resigned last year, he had no duty on his body and followed the system and returned to his fiefdom. He stayed in the fiefdom for half a year, and this time he entered Beijing and celebrated the court. Qin Qiong was very calm.

Qin Qiong, like Cheng Yaojin, is not very clear about the parliament.

"Wenyuan always has a deep meaning in doing things. Since he is doing it with all his might, it means that this matter is meaningful. It is not clear yet, but I believe him." Qin Qiong said.

"I also believe that boy. Although I lost my official position because of him, I, Lao Cheng, have earned millions of yuan in property over the years. This time, I, Lao Cheng, returned to the fiefdom and spent a lot of money, built castles and villages, and built water conservancy and workshops. Oh, the feeling of spending money is really good." Lao Cheng said excitedly, "If you don't become an official, you will be really free and happy to return to the fiefdom and become a lord."

A dignified prince, even if he has no duty, his status is still transcendent.

"My old Cheng plans to start training the troops in the territory after he goes back this time." The prince has 8,000 soldiers and can also train militias. Cheng Yaojin's territory is in Longnan, close to Han Shu, and close to Tuyuhun.

Now Tuyuhun has been destroyed and the imperial court has established Qinghai Road.

However, some tribes among the Dangxiang Qiang people were still very rebellious, and there were also many Di people, Liao people, etc. in the nearby mountains. Cheng Yaojin planned to take the initiative to start, train an elite soldier, and take the initiative to attack.

"It's a bit inappropriate to recruit soldiers at this time." Qin Qiong said cautiously. His territory was in Yanbei. The situation there was good. There were mainly Xi people next to him, some Turkic and Khitan tribes, but after all, these tribes are now surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and no one dares to do anything.

"What can I do?" Cheng Yaojin didn't care. Since the lord's army was decided by the emperor and he had issued an imperial edict, he would not have any trouble as long as he did not exceed the amount and did not purchase private weapons. "Now the price of this slave is getting more and more expensive. Slaves transported from the sea in Qinzhou can buy several horses. The price of slaves in Jiangling has also increased sharply. The barbarians who can be captured in Qianzhong, Hunan have almost all captured them, and the rest have also escaped from the deep mountains and jungles, which is not so easy."

In the 13th year of Zhenguan, the territory of the Tang Dynasty expanded at least twice as much as that of the Wude period.

It reaches the desert in the north, the Baishan Hei River in the east, the Dalinyi in the south, and the Persia in the west.

The huge territory was built up with waves of immigration pioneering. Countless people could be divided into a piece of their own farm with hundreds of acres of land as long as they were willing to immigrate.

Nowadays, big landlords, big workshop owners, and big mine owners are not easy to be, and they are short of people.

Although there were various ways of replenishing slaves, such as war and trade, they still could not meet everyone's needs.

The Cheng family had a share of the pie in Lingnan in the early years and owned their own ports. In recent years, the ports were established, but there was no shortage of money. However, the large area of ​​land they bought in Lingnan and the mines they found in various places, but they lacked farming and mining.

Buying slaves is too expensive.

Lao Cheng found an excellent opportunity to return to the territory this time. The surrounding areas of his territory were Qiang, Di, Man, and Liao, all of whom were dissatisfied with the king's transformation. He trained his troops and destroyed these people. He not only could open up the territory, but also captured prisoners as slaves, and even seized spoils, making a fortune.

"Shubao, you should also recruit soldiers and buy horses. Anyway, you are still idle. Don't you still have a lot of Turks and so on. Find a way to do some tickets. If you don't shortage of people, you will sell them to me at that time."

"Why don't I shortage? I also lack people."

These days, the more land you have, the shortage of people will be.

It is difficult to find tenants. People have land and land, so who is willing to rent out land for the landlord?

If you have free time, you would rather go to the workshop to work and earn more.

"Old Cheng, what proposal did you prepare this time?" Qin Qiong changed the topic.

"Hey, this is a difficult situation for me. I am good at leading troops in wars, and even training troops. But I am really not good at what proposals you ask me to make or what suggestions you give."

"But didn't the court say that every member of parliament has to make at least one proposal?"

Cheng Yaojin smiled, "It's all about driving the ducks to put them on the shelves, and it's impossible. My proposal is to send troops to the court to destroy the Qiang and Di. Hehe, in this way, the situation in the borders of the court will be safer, so we can have more slaves."

"Too barbaric." Qin Qiong gave an evaluation of Cheng Yaojin's proposal.

"Hey! What about yours?"

Qin Qiong looked at Li Chao who was still making his opening remarks, "My proposal is to establish a Confucius Institute in the vassal states of the court, promote education on Mandarin and Chinese characters, so that everyone can understand Chinese language in the future, and everyone can speak them."

In the past, there were different pronunciations in ten miles, and there were countless dialects in various places. The court had official language and also had reading sounds. The reading sounds of scholars were not consistent with those of the court. For example, during the Sui Dynasty, the official language was mainly based on the languages ​​in the Guanzhong area, but it was not the Guanzhong dialect. The reading sounds were also called Luoxia, which were based on ancient Luoyang dialect and Jiankang dialect.

Reading pronunciations are standard pronunciations in classical Chinese, which are mastered by only scholars. In the past, emperors spoke Guanzhong language, but were referred to as non-standard by the gentry.

Later, Li Chao launched a dictionary and introduced pinyin notes, which unified pronunciation, and compared with the original pronunciation, it is easier to learn and master.

On this basis, the Tang Dynasty has fully implemented this pronunciation as the official language of the Tang Dynasty.

Officials must master the official language. After the new imperial examination, scholars also need to master the official language, and even go to the Imperial College to the local government schools and even private schools. The court also required them to promote the teaching of the official language.

The full implementation of Mandarin is still very beneficial.

At least, nowadays, businessmen, scholars, and even officials from other places are no longer a problem for communication.

Of course, there are still many people who don’t know how to speak Mandarin.

Qin Qiong's proposal is to fully promote Mandarin, use the literacy class that Li Chao once organized to strengthen the promotion of Mandarin, and even provide promotion and education for the barbarians around him.

"Good idea!" Cheng Yaojin gave a thumbs up.

"It's fun to let the barbarians speak fluent Tang Dynasty Mandarin."

Li Chao's opening speech has been finished.

"God blesses the Tang Dynasty, long live the Tang Dynasty!"

Applause sounded, and Li Chao bowed to the emperor and stepped down.

Then the emperor went up and said a passage. He didn't say much, but he made a positive statement to the parliament.

Then Cheng Qian also came to the stage, and he said a lot.

This is also Chengqian's first speech since he left the regent in May.

Li Shimin said to Li Chaodao beside him, "Chengqian has become much more mature."

"Well, indeed, rebirth from the fire, and the phoenix is ​​reborn."

"Not that exaggerated." Li Shimin smiled. "But he is indeed a little more steady. This child is still too young. He does things straight, does not know how to do things, and does not know how to be tortuous. It is better to fall a few times when he is young, after all, if he falls now, he can learn more lessons. It is better than falling apart in the future. Now he falls, and I can help him. If he falls in the future, I am afraid no one will be able to help him."

The king and his minister were both talking and laughing, and this scene was also seen by the tens of thousands of noble officials in the chamber.

Countless people feel shocked.

Didn’t I return the Thunder Storm before? It was still a legend that the emperor took action himself and defeated the Li Dang. Why is the emperor so close to Li Chao now, talking and laughing?

Especially at this time, His Highness the Crown Prince was still standing on the stage to speak.

These all confused many officials and nobles, especially those who came to Beijing from other places.

What is the reason why the prince falls out of favor and becomes abolished? It is nonsense.

And King Zhao is also deeply loved by His Majesty Pang Xin.

It seems that what I heard before was just some rumors.

Even Ma Zhou and others who were demoted from the capital a few months ago and returned to the capital to sit here, watching the scene, couldn't help but feel shocked.

However, Ma Zhou was more excited and happy.
Chapter completed!