Ang Lee's suggestions to weaken the power of the Jiedushi were all accepted by Li Longji and quickly implemented. This way, they could prevent the Jiedushi from becoming too powerful and threatening the central government of the Tang dynasty.
The core of weakening the Jiedushi was to deprive them of their privileges outside of the military. They would have to be supported by the imperial court at all times. This way, they wouldn't have the capital to rebel.
Furthermore, the more supervision organizations there were, the better. After all, too much trust in someone would lead to monopolization.
Ruling a country was not difficult, but it was not easy either. Since ancient times, the Emperor had been known as a loner, and the only person he could trust was himself. Trusting civil officials would harm the country, trusting military generals would cause rebellions, trusting eunuchs would cause the eunuchs to monopolize power, trusting relatives would usurp the throne, and even his own women could not be trusted. If things went wrong, he might end up creating a female Emperor. Wu Zetian of the Great Tang was an example.
Furthermore, if he didn't trust the generals and set up officials to prevent them from rebelling, it would lead to the generals being tied down in battle. This would lead to failure in the war and even severely harm the strength of the country.
For this reason, Li An's suggestion was only to send people to supervise the military commanders of the border towns. He did not give these supervision organizations any power, so that they could not interfere with the military commanders of the various towns. He only wanted to supervise and manage them to prevent the military commanders of the border towns from doing anything inappropriate. For example, suddenly increasing the number of soldiers for no reason, changing the generals on a large scale, and other actions before a rebellion.
Furthermore, the Jiedushi of the Jiedushi of the Jiedushi of the Jiedushi of the Tang dynasty had to be prevented from doing anything illegal.
As for the specific weakening of the Jiedushi of the Jiedushi of the Jiedushi of the Jiedushi of the Tang dynasty, Ang Lee's focus was still to develop more and better machines to promote the industrialization of the Tang Dynasty.
With the development of the railway, the commerce became exceptionally prosperous, especially in the Chang 'an inner city, which was the node of the railway. More and more merchants gathered there, and the Eastern and Western Cities couldn't meet the demand. They were packed to the brim every day, and the imperial court had to send troops to maintain order.
In addition, the businesses in Luoyang City, Jade Gate Pass, Surrendered City, and other important cities had also expanded by several times. For this reason, the housing prices in these cities had increased by a lot. Even the rental prices had increased by many times, making it even more difficult for many people who had not bought a house to buy one.
All of this was within Ang Lee's expectations. For this reason, when he first started laying the railway, Ang Lee used his abundant funds to buy a lot of cheap real estate, especially in the relatively remote areas in the south of the city. Ang Lee bought a lot of houses. Except for the initial houses that were temporarily closed, the rest of the houses that he bought later were all rented out. Moreover, almost all of them were rented out to merchants from the Western Region. In this way, he could make a lot of money every month.
Of course, Ang Lee was not a money-grubber. He didn't have a great desire for money. He did this just to get some sense of accomplishment, the sense of accomplishment of making money.
As his wives increased, Ang Lee felt that he couldn't let all of them idle at home. After all, boredom was a very painful thing. It was a good choice to let them manage the rent. In addition, Ang Lee also considered adding some industries and letting his wives be in charge of them, so that they could also experience what was called a sense of accomplishment.
Of course, unlike Ang Lee's sense of accomplishment, the relevant officials of the Tang dynasty were very anxious, especially the officials in charge of market operations. Many of them were so worried that they couldn't sleep. They were worried about how to solve the congestion in the Eastern and Western Cities every day. Now, in order to maintain the operation of the two commercial centers, these officials were working overtime every day to maintain order. Many of the older and weaker officials were so tired that they couldn't move in bed.
These officials had thought of some solutions, but because too many interests were involved in it and the related problems of the city's public security, it was really not easy to solve.
The continuous congestion in the commercial centers gradually led to the congestion of the entire city of Chang 'an. Many important streets were blocked. Even many officials were late because of the congestion.
The congestion problem, which was getting more and more serious for a long time, naturally attracted the special attention of the imperial court of the Tang dynasty. Officials at all levels were discussing how to deal with the increasingly serious congestion problem.
Some officials proposed to build a new Linan City in the south of the city to relieve the congestion in the Eastern and Western Cities. Some officials proposed to transfer some industries to the outside of the city to relieve the pressure inside the city. Some officials proposed to raise the entry threshold and let the merchants in the Eastern and Western Cities pay more taxes, so that the merchants who couldn't bear the pressure would leave immediately, thereby relieving the commercial pressure. Of course, there were even more ruthless ministers who proposed to let the merchants in the Western Regions and other non-members of the Tang dynasty pay several times the tax, so that they would quit.
However, because too many interests were involved, the various proposals put forward by these officials could not be passed. Even many ministers were flushed with anger and went to the emperor to continue arguing.
The problem of interests was the most difficult one to solve. For example, some ministers represented the aristocrats whose industries were concentrated in the Eastern and Western Cities. If you proposed to build a new Linan City, of course, they would strongly oppose it. They would certainly want to adopt other methods, such as increasing the rent or something, so that they could earn more.
As for many aristocrats whose industries were in the south of the city, they hoped to build a new market in the south of the city. In this way, their interests would be guaranteed.
Therefore, this was a dead knot. For their own interests, both sides would not compromise. They would not stop until the emperor gave an order.
How to solve the commercial problem had become a big problem now. It hindered the sustainable development of the imperial court of the Tang dynasty and severely limited the development of Chang 'an. Therefore, immediately solving this problem became the top priority of the imperial court.
Since the ministers could not reach an agreement, the next step was naturally to complain to the emperor.
As the emperor of the Tang dynasty, Li Longji was naturally very happy about the rapid development of commercial development. However, he also had a headache about the continuous traffic congestion.
After finding that the traffic congestion in the city, especially in the Eastern and Western Cities, was extremely serious, he promptly asked the ministers to discuss and find a good solution.
However, the result disappointed Li Longji. These ministers argued with each other for the interests they represented. Moreover, the ideas they put forward were all not feasible and could not solve the current problems at all.
When the ministers argued in the hall, Li Longji was so angry that he almost covered his ears. What these guys said seemed to be very reasonable, but it seemed that they could not solve the fundamental problem. They could only alleviate it a little. Moreover, many measures would definitely arouse the resentment of the people. They were not advisable at all. Just like the urban congestion in the later generations, the only thing the officials could think of was to increase congestion fees and parking fees, and use price leverage to solve the congestion. The result was that the congestion became more and more, and the cost of living of the people became higher and higher.
This was equivalent to a kind of lazy government! How simple and comfortable it was to let the people pay for it. It saved the precious brain cells to think of better countermeasures.
Li Longji was very dissatisfied with the ministers and left angrily. Let the ministers quarrel among themselves in the hall! He had to go back and rest.
"Where is the Imperial Concubine? Why is she not here? "
Li Longji was furious. The ministers were angry with him. After returning to the bedroom, Yang Yuhuan was not there. Wasn't he deliberately going against her?
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine went out for a while. She will be back soon."
"Saburo, what's wrong? Who made you so angry?"
Yang Yuhuan had just run to change her clothes. When she heard Li Longji's voice, she hurriedly ran over.
"A bunch of good-for-nothings. I'm so angry."
Li Longji was still angry. It was obvious that his anger had not subsided.
"Saburo, don't be angry. It won't be good if you hurt your dragon body."
Yang Yuhuan gently lay on Li Longji's body. She used her soft and warm body to comfort Li Longji's irritated heart.
Under the comfort of Yang Yuhuan's fleshy body, Li Longji let out a long sigh. He took Yang Yuhuan into his arms and used his old hands to gently caress Yang Yuhuan's delicate body.
When Emperor Wu of Han was old, there was a good saying. He could go three days without food, but he could not go one day without a woman. This meant that the emperor's need for women was even greater than his need for food.
When Li Longji was young, he was a handsome young man who was very popular with women. Now that he was old, he still had a great need for women. Especially a fat girl like Yang Yuhuan, who was the most suitable for Li Longji.
"Ah! These ministers really don't let us have peace of mind! I put them in charge of solving the congestion problem in the East and West Markets of Chang 'an. In the end, these guys made a lot of noise in the hall and came up with all kinds of bad ideas. My head still hurts now. "
Li Longji frowned and sighed as he caressed Yang Yuhuan's delicate body.
"Saburo, I heard that Assistant Minister Li has been busy in the R&D Center and hasn't entered the palace for more than half a month. Why don't you ask Assistant Minister Li for his opinion? Moreover, Chang 'an is now so congested because of him. Of course, he should think of a solution. "
Yang Yuhuan seemed to blame Ang Lee on the surface, but in fact, she was praising Ang Lee for his ability to make the business of the Tang dynasty develop so rapidly.
"Li An, that's right! How could I forget him? I'll summon him to the palace and see if he has any better ideas. "
Li Longji was very happy. After giving the order, he pressed Yang Yuhuan, who was in his arms, onto the bed.
With the continuous development of business and the constant gathering of businessmen from all over the world, Chang 'an became more and more prosperous and congested. Of course, this situation attracted Ang Lee's attention.
Although Ang Lee was busy in the R&D Center every day and seemed to be indifferent to the various situations in the capital, in fact, Ang Lee was very concerned about everything that happened in the capital, especially the problem of congestion in the city. Ang Lee had always attached great importance to it. According to the current situation of Chang 'an and the general trend in the future, he had been thinking about various countermeasures and constantly modifying and perfecting them to achieve perfection.
Through constant thinking and improvement, Ang Lee had a relatively clear set of ideas in his mind. As long as he followed Ang Lee's ideas, the current congestion problem in Chang 'an could be completely solved. It could even further solve the bigger congestion problem that might be encountered in the future.
However, because Ang Lee had been very busy and had too many things to deal with in the R&D Center, he had not taken the time to go to the palace and tell Li Longji the solution. Moreover, this kind of thing was not urgent. It did not matter much if it was a day earlier or a day later.
"Assistant Minister Li, His Majesty summons you to the palace."
Ang Lee was thinking about when to take the time to present the solution to Li Longji. As a result, Li Longji suddenly sent a eunuch to summon him to the palace.
"May I ask why His Majesty summons me to the palace? Is there an important occasion?"
"I don't know, but His Majesty is not in a good mood today. Assistant Minister Li, you'd better be careful with your words."
The little eunuch reminded him with concern.
"Not in a good mood? Who made His Majesty unhappy?"
The little eunuch looked around and whispered, "I heard that His Majesty was angry because of the congestion in the capital. The ministers' suggestions did not satisfy His Majesty. Moreover, the ministers argued with each other, which made His Majesty even angrier."
"Okay, I understand. Thank you."
Hearing this, Ang Lee already knew that the emperor summoned him to the palace to ask about the congestion in the capital. Ang Lee was quite satisfied with the solution he had come up with, but he did not know what the emperor would think. After all, this era was different from the later era. How to persuade the people of this era to adapt to the later life was a big problem. However, many policies and behaviors of the Tang dynasty did seriously limit the sustainable development of business. For example, the continuous prosperity of business was limited by the hardware conditions of the city. Changes must be made as soon as possible. Otherwise, the development of business was bound to stagnate.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
Ang Lee saluted Li Longji.
Li Longji asked Ang Lee to rise and told Ang Lee the actual situation that the capital was getting more and more congested. He also asked Ang Lee for a solution.
"Your Majesty, this is not difficult to solve, but I don't know if Your Majesty is willing to believe me."
Ang Lee's solution was really good. It was a successful experience in the later era. However, he was afraid that Li Longji was too conservative to accept this solution. In that case, it would be difficult to deal with.
"Assistant Minister Li, what solution do you have? Just tell me."
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