Although Zhao Hongrun was very disappointed by the departure of his sixth brother Zhao Zhao, in fact life went on as usual.

From April to June of the second year of Xing'an, the counties in the Wei State added this year's Enke examination. This examination was presided over by He Yu, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, and once again provided many young talents for the Wei State.

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In the current general situation of the Wei State, people born in the Zhaowu period are gradually being replaced by young people born in the Wende period. For example, Xu Rong, the minister of Dali Temple, this old man petitioned the court in early May.

He recommended Yang Yu, the young minister of Dali Temple, to take his place.

According to the traditional rules, Zhao Hongrun, as the king of Wei, finally agreed to Xu Rong's proposal after repeatedly urging him to stay, and promoted Shaoqing Yang Yu to the post of Qingzheng of Dali Temple in the court meeting.

I remember that during this period, Chu Shuli, the Prime Minister of Daliang Mansion, joked to Meng Wei, Minister of Industry, and several others, saying that back then, their generation was called the young people in the court and the pillars of the court in the future, but now, they are not.

They became the oldest group in the court.

In fact, not only the Liang court, but also local officials were replaced one after another. Old officials resigned and talented young people took their places. Although this process inevitably made people feel a little sad, correspondingly, the Wei government

As a result, the organization has become younger, more energetic and energetic.

In early July, the imperial court issued performance evaluation criteria for local officials. This year's performance evaluation criteria are "road construction" and "field cultivation." Simply put, it refers to the conditions of roads and fields within each local county.

It will be used as the performance evaluation standard for the local officials - local county magistrates who fail to meet the standards of the court will be replaced.

Although this regulation seems to be a bit of a rigid target, considering that the Wei State is currently working hard to build a road network in the country, the court is still within the tolerance of some shortcomings.

Of course, this "slight disadvantage" refers to the local government's efforts to pave roads while slightly delaying other construction in order to meet the rigid targets of the Liang Dynasty. It does not mean to commit fraud and lie about political achievements.

But having said that, even if local officials want to commit fraud, there is nothing they can do this time. After all, more than one imperial government office is eyeing this area this year. In addition to the Ministry of Personnel and the Yushitai, Gao Kuo, the left captain of the Tiance Mansion, and Gao Kuo, the right captain of the Tiance Mansion.

Captain Zhang Qigong was paying close attention to this matter. Even the Gongwei Division, which was under the direct control of Wei Jun, sent out Gongwei Division guards to inspect the progress in local counties and counties, ensuring that Zhao Hongrun could clearly understand the local situation to the greatest extent.

Road construction status.

As of August, the track carriages in the "Daliang-Zhengcheng" section were first laid. Because Zhengcheng was roughly located in the center of "Sanchuan County" and "Yingshui County", the imperial court intended to elevate Zhengcheng's status to

Positioned on an equal footing with Daliang, it serves as one of several hubs in the national road network.

When this track carriage was officially put into use, the nobles and people of Zheng City came out of the city to watch. They were stunned to see the carriages loaded with goods speeding on the track.

The straight-line distance from Daliang to Zhengcheng is only one hundred and sixty miles, but the actual distance is more than two hundred and fifty miles, or even more. However, officials from the Ministry of Industry who were present at the construction site said that relying on this kind of rail carriage, they

You can travel from one city to another in about a day to a day and a half.

When they heard about this incident, the nobles and people of Zhengcheng were shocked.

A descendant of the Zheng family expressed disbelief on the spot. This person was the cousin of Zheng Tu, the current Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and was married to the "Hun family and Wang family" of the Queen Mother Wang family. He said he did not believe the Ministry of Works's

Nonsense.

According to what he said, when he went to Daliang in previous years, even riding a horse would take five or six days, and this was still in a hurry.

In this regard, the officials of the Ministry of Industry who were working on the local construction had no intention of defending themselves, and simply asked the Zheng family member and several other aristocratic children from Zheng City to try riding this rail carriage.

Facts have proved that the officials from the Ministry of Industry were not joking at all. By frequently changing the horses on the way, the nobles arrived in Daliang from Zhengcheng in about twelve hours.

These people were stunned and couldn't believe it.

In order to win the trust of the people, officials from the Ministry of Industry who tested this rail carriage also invited respected old men in the counties along the road to ride this rail carriage. After all, the court will charge for this rail carriage in the future, and one more person

The imperial court will have more income.

Under the propaganda of the Ministry of Industry, this magical rail carriage gradually spread in Zhengcheng.

In fact, the Wei State had already had five rail carriages before, including Daliang connecting Fenyin in Hedong, Shanyang in Hanoi, Shangshui County in Shangshui County, Luocheng in Sanchuan, etc. However, because these rail carriages were blocked by the imperial court and Chengling

Wang Zhaoshen and other big nobles in the country controlled it, so that it was not famous in the country. Even those who knew about it only knew that such a thing existed and did not know the details.

But this time, the imperial court actually presented the rail carriage in front of the people of Zhengcheng. From the nobles to the common people, everyone was shocked by this magical thing.

Even the people from nearby counties flocked to Zhengcheng after hearing about this incident, hoping to see this magical thing.

Having said that, if the nobles and common people in Zhengcheng were just looking for something new, then the merchants in Zhengcheng saw the business opportunities in it.

In fact, many merchants in Zhengcheng have already tried this kind of rail carriage, such as when they were doing business in Sanchuan and Shangshui counties.

It is no exaggeration to say that after trying the rail carriage, who would still be willing to use ordinary carriages to transport goods as usual? - Starting from Daliang at the same time, others use the rail carriage to travel back and forth between Daliang and Sanchuan within a few days.

, and if we continue to use the previous transportation methods, we may not even be able to reach Luocheng within these few days. What this means is clear to all merchants with some brains.

So, while the people in Zhengcheng were still in a wait-and-see attitude, the merchants in Zhengcheng immediately got in touch with the officials from the local Ministry of Works responsible for the construction.

It has to be said that when Zhengcheng opened the railway carriage, the appearance of the city seemed to suddenly become different. In just one or two months, many goods and goods that were rarely seen in the past poured into Zhengcheng.

The market in Zhengcheng quickly became prosperous.

And Zhengcheng’s local specialties seem to have suddenly become on sale.

In fact, this has nothing to do with whether Zhengcheng's specialties are good or not. The key reason lies in the cost of transportation. Many merchants in Wei have been tricked by water transportation and rail carriages, and naturally they are no longer willing to spend huge manpower and material resources as before.

Carry cargo.

For example, although Chu State's pearls have not been as easy to sell in Sanchuan in recent years, the advantage is that the transportation from Shangshui County to Sanchuan is cheap. A ship of pearls, no matter how low the price, can still have a huge impact.

profit.

Not to mention that water transport can now lead directly to Xianyang of the Qin State. With Qin and Wei forming an alliance and dominating Hexi, this trade route is simply a huge profit.

Although Zhengcheng was closer in comparison in the past, because of transportation difficulties, who is willing to travel back and forth to this city?

After the rail carriage was opened in Zhengcheng, officials from the Ministry of Industry who were working on the local construction quickly handed over the maintenance of the rail carriage to the Driving Department under the Ministry of War, and were anxious to build more tracks in a radiating manner with Zhengcheng as the center.

Horse-drawn carriages, such as "Yangcheng" in the west, "Yangzhai" in the southwest, and "Changshe" in the southeast, were eventually built all the way to Sanchuan County and Shangshui County, connecting the existing road network while activating the territory of Wei State

The entire road network.

Of course, this is just an idea at the moment. If you want to implement it, you may not see any results within three to five years.

The main reason is the lack of manpower.

Speaking of manpower, with the acquiescence of the Daliang court of the Wei State, the Lun tribe of the Sichuan-Luo Alliance got in touch with the Jie tribe of Nanyang and Wandi, and used some of the weapons and equipment eliminated by the Wei State and newly produced rice grains to

The Jie people who immigrated to the local area exchanged for many Ba people slaves.

These Ba slaves were quickly put into various construction projects of the Wei State and made considerable contributions to the construction of the Wei State.

It is worth mentioning that except for the fact that the Liang court privately purchased these Ba slaves to promote the progress of domestic construction, the sales of these Ba slaves were very small. This may be because the Banu are not as tall as the Hunu, or it may be that the Banu are not as tall as the Hunu.

It was because the nobles of Wei State, especially the Zhao family, were hostile to the Ba people.

In addition to the Banu, the Nanyang Jie people also imported some specialties of the Ba country to the Wei State, such as insect wax, a specialty of Bashu, which was immediately included in the list of tributes. The reason is that candles made of this kind of insect wax are very popular in the world.

It will not produce black smoke when burning, will not blacken the buildings in the palace, and the price is much lower than beeswax.

In addition, the Nanyang Jie people also circulated some other local specialties of Bashu to the Wei State through the Sichuan-Luo Alliance, such as silk, tea, ores, etc., which were basically what they obtained from plundering the Ba people, and the Wei State also

Through the Sichuan-Luo Alliance, some rice grains, salt, weapons, equipment, etc. were exported accordingly, secretly supporting the Nanyang Jie people to continue fighting with the Ba people.

Although the Nanyang Jie people and the Wei State did have an unhappy time, as the saying goes, there are no eternal enemies. With the right interests, even those who were once enemies can become good partners again - just like

In the eyes of Wei State, the Nanyang Jie people were very good thugs or slave catchers.

Generally speaking, the Wei State was peaceful in the second year of Xing'an. It was not like the war between the two countries of Korea and Chu more than ten years ago. This period of peace made the Wei people in the country increasingly recognize and be loyal to the royal family.

improve.

Of course, the most important thing is that the policies implemented by the imperial court have indeed benefited the civilians in the country.

To vividly describe it, the Wei State is currently making a pot of broth. The imperial court eats meat. Even if it can't eat it, it doesn't mind letting the nobles who always chew bones take away two pieces of meat. And these domestic nobles are busy.

While swallowing the fat, I don't mind throwing in a few bones to the people who have been drinking soup. Even the soup is not available to ordinary people, so that they can taste the taste of meat and bones.

All three levels are currently satisfied.

It has to be said that such a harmonious situation is really rare, but if you think about it carefully, it is not surprising, because the pot of broth is sufficient, or in other words, the resources of the Wei State are enough to be divided among the three classes in the country.

"PS: The author knows that there is a contradiction called "not worrying about scarcity but worrying about inequality", but I think the Wei people have not yet reached this ideological state, so there is basically no hatred of the rich."

Around September, Qin Shaojun Yingying took the fleet that Lantian Jun Ying had relegated to carry jade, and returned to Daliang again after being away from Wei for more than half a year.

After learning about this, Zhao Hongrun secretly thought something was wrong.

Sure enough, at noon that day, Qin Shaojun Yingying rushed to the palace with her uncle Lantian Jun Yingban - to be precise, it was Lantian Jun Yingban who kept trying to persuade her niece who had a bad temper along the way.

"You actually treat me, Da Qin, as a spearman!"

In the study room of Ganlu Hall, Qin Shaojun Yingying angrily rushed to the table in front of Zhao Hongrun, slapped the table with both hands, leaned forward slightly, and stared at Zhao Hongrun domineeringly, matching her slightly neutral appearance, without knowing it

The people in the palace thought that there was some conflict between the young king of Qin and their majesty.

Well, actually it's pretty much the same.

After glancing at the embarrassed eunuch Gao He standing near the palace door, and then at the angry side chamber in front of him, Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth and said, "Well... please come in."

Qin Shaojun looked at Zhao Hongrun dully, and after a while he whispered: "I'm not kidding you, Zhao Run..."

"Hey, hey."

On the side, Lan Tianjun persuaded with a strange expression: "Young Jun, how can you talk to your husband like this? As a woman."

"Uncle, please shut up!" Qin Shaojun glanced at Lan Tianjun and interrupted the latter rudely.

Lan Tianjun opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything. He stood aside with an embarrassed look on his face, just muttering secretly in his heart: Why does this girl feel that her temper is worse after getting married? Could it be because she hasn't had any problems yet?

Caused by heirs?
To be continued...