Chapter 968

There is no absolute fairness in the world, especially for parents to treat their children.

Even if it is not the royal family, ordinary people's families as long as they have more than two children. Although parents firmly believe that they treat both children with the same love, in fact, it is only an illusion as parents, or even parents' self deception. In fact, they will relatively prefer a child.

Liu Yan is destined to pay more attention to the successor of the Empire. However, if he shows more love for a prince other than Liu Shen, it will cause a series of follow-up.

His son is loved by the emperor, and the biological mother will think about whether his son has a chance to compete for the only throne with the emperor's love. It may be difficult for her to do anything else. The best way is to constantly set up a game for her son's competitors.

If the prince is liked by the emperor, the courtiers will have an idea of standing in line. They will gather under the prince and challenge the heir to the Empire.

As a result, innumerable disputes have arisen. The harem is constantly engaged in intrigues, and obvious factions will be formed in the court.

In this way, there will be constant accidents in the harem and constant trouble in the court. No matter how strong the emperor is, he will inevitably be involved in his energy. The unstable situation will inevitably lead to less desire for outward expansion.

Liu Yan is very satisfied with the current situation of the harem. At the same time, although he knows that factions have been separated early in the morning, he extremely doesn't want to see a minister fight in the name of his son.

Last time, sang Yu only showed some signs. Liu Yan noticed that he immediately gave a warning, forcing sang Yu to say that he was willing to be Liu Shen's master.

Liu Yan naturally did not let sang Yu become Liu Shen's master. Fame can limit sang Yu, but fame can also make sang Yu more convenient when he wants to do something.

Sang Yu stopped after being warned that time, and even the number of times he went to the palace to see his sister decreased like a cliff. He is like this. When other people who originally had any thoughts look, they can't understand that it's better to be honest and loyal today. Don't think about other messy things.

In fact, Liu Yan is only in his thirties. He can at least sit in the position of emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty for more than 20 years. Even if he wants to stand in line, it's too early.

"Your Majesty is out of the palace?" Ji Chang was not on duty today. When he was reading at home, someone came to report. After thinking about it, he said, "prepare the carriage and I'll go there."

Ji Chang didn't send someone to stare at the palace gates, but there was a square around the palace city. Liu Yan's action was so big that people outside would tell their owners when they heard the news, no matter for what purpose.

The news of Liu Yan's leaving the palace also spread. People who think they are qualified and have no people on duty. They think about it and all do the same thing as Ji Chang.

There was a scene in the east of the city. At least one carriage was brought in front of each residence. The owners walked out of the house in regular clothes, or walked alone, or took their valued nephews and nephews. The wheels rolled over the cement path and went straight to the temple of heaven square.

The current resident population of Chang'an has reached 1.4 million. This figure does not include slaves and all kinds of construction personnel. Except for all kinds of dignitaries, they are civilians with or without titles.

If slaves were included, Chang'an's population would increase by at least 600000.

It's not that there are too many slaves in dignitaries' families. On the contrary, even if there are a lot of slaves, dignitaries will not settle in Chang'an, but will choose to settle in their own fiefdom as labor force.

There can be about 600000 slaves. It is a noble man. Each family has at least one slave. Most of the citizens living in Chang'an, as long as they are adult men, are also barons. Because their titles are not high enough to obtain land, slaves naturally work at home.

Although the various projects in Chang'an have been basically completed, there are not a few projects that have not been completed. The slave construction group subordinate to the Shaofu is carrying out various finishing projects, and there are still more than 400000 official slaves working.

Considering all kinds of identities, Chang'an has a population of nearly 2.5 million, which has surpassed Jiankang, the largest city in the south, but lost its prosperity to Jiankang.

As the imperial capital, Chang'an lost its prosperity to Jiankang because Jiankang is a commercial city.

The second prosperous city in the Han Empire is still not Chang'an, but Linzi in the east of the Empire.

The prosperity of the imperial capital is only the third in the country? If other emperors naturally can't accept it, but it's OK here in Liu Yan.

In Liu Yan's view, the capital of a country is not necessarily the most prosperous place. Just as the capital is destined to become a political city.

"Your Majesty, all dynasties are strong and weak." Xie an was dressed in regular clothes and even carried a package that she didn't know what it was. He happened to meet Liu Yan and his gang. He didn't deliberately pretend to meet: "it's not allowed that the place is stronger than the central government."

Xie an is right. In any of the above dynasties, until the end of the dynasty, no ruler will allow the local to be stronger than the central government.

"Oh? Is Anshi played by zancheng Zishen?" Liu Yan didn't think much about whether Xie an deliberately encountered himself. He saw Xie an shopping with his three-year-old son on the street and wanted to invite one to the temple of heaven Square: "move the local rich households to Beijing?"

Without hesitation, Xie an said, "it has been decided in ancient times that it is good governance to move rich households to enrich the central government."

Very early, very early, it can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty. The rulers migrated the local rich to their own eyes.

The most successful was the Western Han Dynasty. From Liu Bang to Liu Zhen, every emperor moved local rich households to the central government every few years. The name they use is to enrich the "mausoleum", and the "mausoleum" is of course the sleeping mausoleum, that is, the place where they are buried after death.

Of course, the rich migrants are not brought to be buried, but are actually placed near the sleeping mausoleum under construction, gathering people and becoming one of the sub cities of Chang'an.

The Eastern Han Dynasty did not move the local rich households to the central government. The result was very obvious. Local giants were everywhere. The emperor often became a puppet. It was difficult to have a strong emperor. The foundation of the country was simply dug by the giants.

Liu Yan looked at the neat street and then at the passers-by walking on the street.

To observe a country, the most direct thing is not to see the army, let alone the most prosperous cities. In fact, it is to go to every place to see the people's living standards of the country.

Usually, the citizens living in the capital of a country also have great reference value.

Although Liu Yan doesn't often go out of the palace city, every time he comes out, he will certainly see the citizens with his own eyes, see whether their faces are ruddy, and then look at his clothes.

In snowy weather, not many people go out to stroll. Even if they go out and walk in the street, they will be in a hurry.

Liu Yan saw with his own eyes that every citizen he saw was red on his face, but he didn't feel very proud. It was cold and he went out to the wind. Unless he was frozen to blue, who wouldn't be red on his face?

It can only be observed from clothes. In cold winter weather, you must keep warm if you want to go out. Citizens count one by one. They are basically clothes layer by layer. They are not fur coats or thick wool clothes.

Liu Yan originally wanted to go directly to the temple of heaven square. He got off the bus and walked half way to temporarily change his mind and decided to go to the market in the south of the city.

Since it is a temporary change of location, it must not be decided to start immediately. It is still necessary to give relevant defense personnel time to arrange.

"Jiankang has a waterway." Liu Yan also thought about moving the rich people to the central government, but many times he stopped when he had to order: "it is convenient to sell commercial goods by connecting with other countries."

Jiankang is connected to the Yangtze River, which has an outlet to the sea. In such an era without air transportation, the cost of land transportation is too large. Water transportation is the best way to save transportation costs.

The price of the same commodity is bound to increase due to the cost of transportation, and the purchase of goods must want a lower price. Jiankang gathered merchants all over the world and attracted buyers because of the convenience of water transportation.

The merchants gathered together will slowly open their workshops around Jiankang, forming a natural cycle. Jiankang has become the most prosperous city in the Han Empire.

The situation of Linzi is no different from that of Jiankang. There is also a river on the edge of the city, which has a direct access to the sea. Relying on the convenience of water transportation, Linzi has become the second prosperous city of the Han Empire.

Xie an knows that there are disputes about whether Jiankang and Linzi should continue to prosper. More than half think that Chang'an should be the most prosperous place in the whole empire.

Based on the good starting point for the country, each of them wrote a book at least once. The content may be written differently, and their views are surprisingly consistent.

The only place where Liu Yan has doubts is that once the rich households in Jiankang and Linzi are forcibly relocated, or if the migration is completed at one time in a very short time, the national economy will certainly suffer from near devastating turbulence.

When rich households are relocated, they will not choose to keep fixed property, but will sell in panic. So the question is, the people who have the money to buy must also be on the migration list. Who will accept that people and property are thousands of miles away?

National acquisition is one of the methods, but the appearance will be unparalleled. Who will do business in the future?

As a result, a large number of industries will be abandoned directly, workshops and factories will close down one after another, and an exaggerated tide of unemployment will occur.

"This..." xie'an was surprised when he heard Liu Yan's statement, as if he had not thought: "Your Majesty is far sighted, and your minister can't reach it."

Liu Yancai didn't believe that Xie an had never thought about it, but he didn't dare to say it because of his origin and identity.

No matter what their previous family background, the status of these people with high rank and also high officials in the court has changed. They can't just live on salary.

People from the north will get advice even if they don't expect to invest in Linzi and absorb family officials. Their identity determines that they can't have no pomp at all. They don't want to do corruption, so that they will be escorted to the entrance of the vegetable market one day. It's inevitable to involve commerce.

People born in the South have more details than those born in the north. Many of them have huge family property. The land is recovered with compensation, but some original shops and workshops are still under their names.

They have more or less capital in their hands. Anyone can see that Liu Yan supports the development of business. He is the first to participate. After participating, he has not been warned, and even made money from legal operation. Who will reject it?

Once local rich households are really forced to move to Guanzhong, the only people who can benefit are those who have enough capital to own huge property thousands of miles away without worrying about being occupied.

Liu Yan often had to think more. How many of the officials who suggested moving to rich households wanted to make a lot of money?

When I came to the south of the city market and stood outside, I could see a fog in the air.

Of course, it's not really foggy. There are too many people gathered. At the same time, many shops in the market cook things. Too much heat makes the air appear a kind of fog.

"Your Majesty..." Cui Zong asked carefully, "the princes and daughters are too young. The market is chaotic. Are you waiting outside?"

In fact, the market in the south of Chang'an city is still relatively standardized, but as a market, it is impossible to really clean where to go. At most, there is no disorderly occupation of stalls, which makes it impossible for people to walk around. The places that should be dirty will still be dirty. At the same time, there must be no freshness in the air. On the contrary, there are too many flavors, Form the turbid air unique to the market.

That is, Liu Yan had a map in his mind to identify the enemy and us, so he would take a group of sons shopping. It won't be assassinated, but the air is turbid. It's really crowded. Children are really not suitable to go in.

"Your Majesty." Xie an advised, "Your Majesty, the country is all on you. It's so chaotic that your majesty can't enter."

In fact, it can also be imagined that other people have fallen into a state of high tension, that is, the people responsible for protecting the royal family.

If you carefully identify it, there have been too many fierce people here in a short time, but they have to carry out all kinds of camouflage, making some ordinary people curious.

Liu Yan was accompanied by a dozen children and female officials. No matter how they looked, they were very conspicuous. Soon, they were surrounded by people nearby.

"Just." Liu Yan is not a stubborn person. He said the names of some goods to Cui Zong and said, "go in and buy it."

Cui Zong is greatly relieved. As long as Liu Yan doesn't go in, everything belongs to easy to say.

Liu Yan said that those commodities are available to ordinary people. It is necessary for him to have a good understanding of some market prices in order to judge the living conditions of Chang'an citizens.