Chapter 2476 Moving forward
Guanzhong Chang''an.
?After several years of management and continuous development, in this great Western Capital of Han Dynasty, there are already tens of thousands of people living in the surrounding areas, and it is as prosperous as the fairyland mentioned by the gods of the five directions.
When Liu Bang founded the Han Dynasty, Chang''an City was already a large city with a population of 100,000 people. Then, under the management of several emperors of the Western Han Dynasty, by Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty, which was the early stage of Wang Mang''s turmoil, Chang''an had already reached 250,000 people. At that time, along the Wei River and Jingshui River, large and small houses were built next to each other. Residential markets, palaces, temples, hotels and pavilions were mixed. It was prosperous for a while, and then it fell to its peak...
Wang Mang''s reform, well, regardless of whether it was Comrade Wang Mang or not, let''s just say that he wanted to reform at that time. It may not be because the area around Chang''an has developed to a relatively bottleneck, and even a somewhat deformed state. At that time, Chang''an, the great Han Dynasty, was like a bottomless pit. It is necessary for the surrounding counties and counties to continuously feed food, especially from Hedong and Heluo, as well as the large growers Yuzhou and Jizhou to continuously transfer grain to Chang''an.
Short-tongued and limited in terms of supplies in Shandong, various contradictions gradually accumulated...
At that time, the Han Dynasty was almost using the whole country to support Chang''an. Fleets and convoys of various living utensils transporting supplies and food from north to south almost filled up every part of the official road. Countless laborers were forced to work on the transshipment project. Working day after day and year after year, there is no time to stop. Huge resources must be invested in rivers, channels, official roads, etc. every year. Once it stops, Chang''an''s resources will have big problems.
Wang Mang''s strategy at that time was to discover that a large number of acres of land in the area around Sanfu, Chang''an, did not enter the state treasury, but became personal property. He wanted to take back the fields, so that he could increase the grain tax output of the state treasury. To solve Chang''an''s food problem, he did not realize that many of his strategies, including Tian Zheng''s, were to address the symptoms rather than the root cause, or to go in the opposite direction, and failed to achieve effective governance at all.
Today, Fei Qian stands on the shoulders of his predecessors and carries thousands of years of experience with him to re-plan Chang''an City. The planning and layout of later generations gradually show its power.
Only with an overall overall plan can resources be effectively utilized. The sporadic damage of each bottom layer will also lead to huge waste of the whole in the end.
The current development of agriculture, the increase in grain production, the increase in food varieties, the advancement of storage technology, etc., can support Chang''an''s increasing population and allow Chang''an to recover and develop. Fei Qian has not stopped since he took over. .
The development of all walks of life has brought economic prosperity, and Qinglong Temple is an excellent showcase.
?Two days ago, a "trade fair" similar to that of later generations was held in the area around Qinglong Temple. Of course, it was a relatively simple type, and the varieties were relatively simple, mainly products from the Western Regions.
The goods brought by merchants from the Western Regions such as Jarvis have become the highlight of the "fair". Of course, those women with lustful eyes like cows have also left a deep impression on the children of the Chang''an gentry...
?While talking about being immoral and harmful to morals, these noble men would also pay close attention to the key parts of the lustful woman.
For a time, Qinglong Temple was crowded with people, which also brought great pressure and test to the officials of Qinglong Temple.
For these middle- and lower-level officials, they do not know that this is just a test given by Fei Qian in advance, because there will be more people in the "Correct Solution" to be held next. The more problems exposed in the "trade fair", the easier it will be to deal with them later.
?They don’t know that, when they are in a hurry, there is a group of people paying attention at any time, ready to take over...
?Having only PlanA without PlanB, C, D, etc. is called recklessness.
The second test was at the celebration of Fei Qian''s promotion to General of the Hussars.
Only when there are problems, plans, and people responsible for solving them can we truly ensure that everything goes smoothly on the most critical issue, the "Correct Answer" that determines cultural status.
Although the sky is getting darker now, it does not seem to have any impact on the buyers and sellers in the Qinglong Temple Market. In the open space in front of the temporary hay shed in the market, there are high bundles of torches in the night wind. Burning, there is a bundle of torches every ten steps, shining brightly everywhere. Inside the hut, there are of course some ordinary vendors, selling some cheap items and providing food with a rough taste. In the houses built with bricks and tiles, candles and oil lamps were used as lighting. Those who came in and out were the children of the gentry, either sitting or lying down. The fragrance of exquisite dishes wafted out, and some people beat the beat and sang loudly. What are you wearing...
The common people have their own place to go, and the scholars have their own enjoyment.
?This lively scene will last until midnight and then gradually subside.
Qinglong Temple also has a curfew, but it will be one hour later than that in Chang''an City. It can even allow these small vendors to rest in the market. As long as these vendors stay in their places and do not run around, they will not be Arrest and seize.
After all, there is still a long distance from Qinglong Temple to Chang''an City.
Public oxcarts, mule carts, etc. will stop half an hour before the curfew in Chang''an City. If it is later, you will not be able to take a seat.
Therefore, in the market, there were some vendors who sold most of the goods. They packed up their utensils with a smile, said hello to the surrounding vendors, and then wandered to line up to get on the bullock cart and left Qinglong Temple. .
?Passing among these returning vendors, there were also the children of the gentry who came before the curfew.
During the day, you have to maintain a high-spirited attitude. At night, it’s time to relax, wash your feet... uh, drink some wine or something...
Things are rare and valuable, and women with lustful eyes do have a mind that cannot be underestimated, which is worthy of research and discussion.
?Sex-eyed women don’t care about this either. Although many of them may not be able to understand Chinese and cannot communicate with these noble children, se-eyed women can recognize gold, silver and copper coins, so it does not hinder mutual exchanges and communication.
Well, it’s all serious communication, serious communication.
Some people leave, some come, countless people gather and leave at Qinglong Temple, countless information is interacting here, countless thoughts are colliding, and countless money is surging here, like layers of waves. , lift the tricolor flag higher, faster and stronger.
?Hmm, yes, it’s a bit like the sports games of later generations.
I thought I could run fast, jump high, and be strong. However, when I saw people who ran faster, jumped higher, and were stronger than me at a sports meeting, I realized that I was not the best, and that I was not the best. There is still a gap.
Only by realizing the gap can we make progress.
Only when you look further can you find that there is a new world in the distance...
In the swaying firelight and the passing of people, no one noticed that Fei Qian was wearing a relatively simple robe and was accompanied by two or three guards. He just blended in with the crowd. He did not deliberately go to a certain shop. I didn''t always find someone to ask and talk to, it was just as simple as walking around and looking around.
Even at night, the vendors were still smiling and shouting to attract business, although their voices were a little hoarse.
?Under the cover of darkness, the gentry disciples in groups of three or three were discussing the size of their affairs at the drinking table. Their voices could not help but get louder, and then bursts of laughter...
?Fei Qian looked left and right, walking and stopping, just like a wealthy landlord browsing his vegetable garden.
Memo it down. Fei Qian suddenly said softly to Huang Xu who was following him, "Go back and inform us that after nightfall, the number of patrols will be increased." Some thieves. 』
Huang Xu''s eyes narrowed, "Are you going to catch me?" 』
Fei Qian shook his head and said, "You don''t have to go, just ask a guard to inform the city''s powerful men..."
? Huang Xu nodded, and then gave the guard following behind a wink.
The guard understood, nodded slightly, and then took two steps back to find the Shifang warrior.
?Fei Qian continued to walk forward slowly, and saw a person walking by in an awkward manner, while still looking around, as if he was looking for something...
"Haha, the toilet sign should be more eye-catching..." Fei Qian smiled and looked back slightly, "Look at the guy who was almost crying, he must be looking for the toilet... I guess if he can''t find it later, I will risk being fined and find a corner to solve the problem..."
Huang Xu suddenly said: "I just said that the man just walked like a woman, and he walked twisted..."
Fei Qian smiled.
In later generations, when visiting shopping malls or tourist attractions, I saw many people who could not find a toilet and had to twist their way around and hold on to the wall to move.
Some things can be contained, hidden, and held in, but some things will be uncomfortable if they are concealed and held in... What these things contain is not just feces and urine.
Just like in the impression of some poor people, the rich class are always aristocratic gentlemen and the royal version of etiquette. In fact, these things are deliberately shaped and displayed in front of the poor.
For example, those "rituals".
In fact, Master Kong also farted, urinated, felt uncomfortable when he was constipated, and howled when he was hungry. But when he sat on the table, he said that he was "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil." , Do not move if it is not etiquette." "When it comes to eating, the food is on the left and the quilt is on the right. The food is on the left of the person, and the soup is on the right of the person. The zucchini is on the outside, the sauce is on the inside, the onion slices are on the right, and the wine syrup is on the right. Those who use preserved meat as a common place are left and right."...
Just watching a banquet, of course you will be surprised by Confucius''s whole set of "etiquette", but if you stay with him twelve hours a day, you will find that after the glamorous banquet, Confucius''s stomach will growl and he will have a bowel movement. It will stink.
??If Fei Qian had given notice in advance, then Qinglong Temple would have been peaceful. There would be no noise from vendors or drunken scholars. Everyone would be neatly dressed and gentle.
Everyone is polite.
But is it interesting to pretend?
What is presented under the cover of darkness is real.
?There are small vendors who make hard work, there are cooks who sell labor, there are petty thieves, there are serious scholars, all kinds of people take off their disguises and reveal themselves.
??For example, Fei Qian told Huang Xu to pay attention to two small things. If Fei Qian didn''t take a look in person, would anyone report to Fei Qian?
When is there no thief? During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Four Gentlemen specially hired thieves, who were called "Qiren Menke". Who can be blamed if it was stolen? Even if there are cameras and the so-called Skynet in later generations, it will still be difficult to find lost things, let alone now?
??Do the small officials in charge of the market and the powerful people in the market care about this? Will you care about the subsequent life of the vendor whose money was stolen? Do you care if anyone in that unfortunate guy''s family wants to eat? What''s more, many of the petty officials and market warriors in charge of the market are just making a living and don''t have much ambition. If they are in charge of so many things, what benefits can they get if they report them?
Another example is the toilet.
??Officials and scholars have a place to change their clothes, but who cares whether the common people have a place to relieve themselves? It’s unbelievable that some people are thinking that building fewer toilets can generate revenue from fines. Specially staring at the dark place, neither reminding nor giving instructions, just waiting for the ignorant people to make mistakes, and then jump out, holding high the sign with the order issued by the Cavalry General Fei Qian, "I am here" It is done in accordance with the law! have a look! This is the law issued by the General Hussar! Do you dare to disobey? Are you going to resist the law? 』
Under the light, there is darkness.
?Feiqian alone cannot expel all the darkness. Even if his whole body is turned into candles, it is still impossible.
?Fei Qian has seen some problems now and solved some problems, but more importantly, he needs to find someone to study why there are such problems and how to prevent the same problems next time...
Fei Qian left Qinglong Temple and found Pang Tong who was waiting outside. Then he rode his horse and rode up a high **** in Longshou Plain. He stopped again and looked back at Qinglong Temple. .
Pang Tong didn''t go in with Fei Qian. It wasn''t because Pang Tong didn''t want to go. It was mainly because Pang Tong often "appeared in public" and ordinary people were very familiar with Pang Tong. Another aspect was that Pang Tong''s body shape was too obvious, and he was generally on the thin side here. In the Han Dynasty, a shiny fat man, even if his skin was darker, would attract everyone''s attention like a black pearl...
In the distance, there are the lights of Qinglong Temple, and further away, there is the brilliance of Chang''an City.
In the night, Fei Qian felt that he was both integrated and separated. This piece of land seems to have existed since ancient times, but this city and everything around it were built by myself during this period of time...
The lights of Chang''an City and Qinglong Temple illuminated the night sky.
I vaguely remember that when future generations look down from space, the level of brightness of lights in those dark nights represents the level of civilization to a certain extent.
Fei Qian stared at everything in front of him for a long time, looking at the thousand-year civilization, looking at the precipitation of history, looking at the fusion of ancient and modern, looking at the lights of civilization shining in all directions, he couldn''t help but feel ups and downs in his heart, and he felt a little sigh. . I am a fish that jumped up in the long river of time. I have gone against the current for thousands of years, and then I have had many operations and many battles. I have also faced the separation of life and death. Looking back at this moment, the pictures are passing by in front of my eyes, and I can''t help but feel a little bit in my eyes. sorrow and grief.
For anyone who still has some Chinese stories in his heart, Xianyang in the Qin Dynasty and Chang''an in the Han and Tang Dynasties are such heavy words. Now that we are here, it is like a dream unfolding in front of our eyes. How can we not be moved by it?
Eternal time.
Eternal time.
Unknowingly, I have transformed from a small ordinary employee with no ambition to a hussar general who may be a little strange to me. From the ignorance in elementary school, the rebellion in junior high school, the youthfulness in high school, to the youth in college. Thinking about it now, it is like a faded photo or a dream that has been forgotten.
Pang Tong stood beside him, glanced sideways at Fei Qian, and said in a deep voice, "My Lord, the sky is clear and the night wind is bleak..."
Speak in human language. Fei Qian glanced back sideways.
『Ha, let me tell you, General, you have stood here and pondered for a long time, but what good words and poems can you not come up with? Pang Tong laughed a few times, "Are you still worried about the celebration tomorrow?" 』
『Good sentence? Like strong wind or something? ” Fei Qian also laughed, then sighed slightly, and gave an answer that even Pang Tong had not expected, “I am looking at these people... Do you think these people are really happy for me?” Or do you feel happy because you have such an opportunity to make more money? 』
Pang Tongyi was stunned. Obviously, this issue is in official terms, and of course it is to say that the people are happy for Fei Qian''s promotion to General of the Hussars. But as Fei Qian just said, if we don''t say it in official terms, but "in human terms" "Woolen cloth?
Do the people all understand the meaning of "hussar general"?
Or is it that after Fei Qian obtains the title of "Hussars General", these ordinary people will have an extra bowl of rice? Or something like an extra year of life?
?Then the reason why the people are happy is not Fei Qian’s promotion...
In other words, the people were not so purely happy for Fei Qian''s promotion.
?Fei Qian suddenly remembered a sentence he had read in a certain book in later generations, "The masses have never been hungry for the truth, and they turn a blind eye to evidence that does not suit their taste." If error seduces them, they are more willing to worship error. Whoever provides them with illusions can easily become their master; whoever destroys their illusions becomes their victim..."
?So what is happening now is an "illusion" provided by Fei Qian to them? The illusion of the prosperous age of the Han Dynasty, the illusion of peace in the world, and the illusion that war is gone and prosperity is eternal?
Fei Qian looked up at the sky. Even though the stars and lights formed some mottled colors on his face, it also made his eyebrows and hair more profound and heroic. "If they knew, this hussar general, It was just a farce caused by their emperor, just a whirlpool of disputes in the court. What would they think? 』
Pang Tong smiled and said, "Then, why let them know?" We just do it well. 』
Another kind of "people can use it but cannot know it"? Fei Qian laughed.
Pang Tong also continued to laugh.
?Fei Qian nodded, as if speaking to himself or Pang Tong: "Remember, remember everything in front of you." People may not need the truth, but they need life... If we can make their lives better, we can lead them forward... We are just leaders and instructors, not their parents..."
"Sometimes you may forget this... you will take it for granted that you are doing something good for them, but in fact it may not be... whether something is good or bad, you still have to come down and take a trip yourself. , take a look and you will know clearly..."
‘Haha, drive! Gone! 』
Fei Qian beats the horse and moves forward.
Pang Tong also smiled and followed Fei Qian.
A group of people went to the prosperous place of Chang''an...
Even if it cannot solve any fundamental problem, even if it can only make a little change, it is still much better than commanding and controlling things from above, or even making random ideas in a self-righteous way.
The road is walked bit by bit, and the world is also changing bit by bit.
Don’t stop, keep moving forward.
(End of this chapter)