When the emperor can tell the truth, it is like Western medicine. He cuts the parts where they are broken and stitches them where they are broken. It is clean and neat, never drags on the mud, and it will take effect quickly.

But when everything is handed over to the people, it will be very slow to take effect, just like Chinese medicine, which will make the wound heal slowly and suffer greatly, but it can strengthen the foundation and make your foundation deeper.

In fact, both have their own advantages and disadvantages, and neither one cannot be completely denied.

Today's Tang Empire chose to merge China and the West and guide it with policies, but at the same time, relying on the people's self-healing ability to heal wounds.

This is also Han Yi's consistent political thought. If he hopes that the people will be completely independent, then he would not choose Wu Meiniang, the iron-fisted queen. Of course, he knew that Wu Meiniang would not interfere and be bound, and she would definitely find a way to gain dominance.

It can be seen that Han Yi still believes that there must be a powerful court in this era, but the power cannot be concentrated in the hands of the emperor alone, which is very dangerous. For example, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was a very typical representative. When he was wise and powerful, he was really civil and military, and his country was prosperous and the people were safe, creating an unprecedented Kaiyuan prosperous era. However, when he was confused, he immediately had the Anshi Rebellion and the huge empire collapsed instantly. This was unprecedented and there were no future generations. This was very terrible.

Another time passed.

On the surface, Tuyuhun seemed to have walked out of the shadow of war. At a glance, it was really a sign of cattle and sheep.

In addition, you can see countless huge white windmills rotating. Unlike previous windmills, these windmills are vertical windmills, and this technology comes from the Central Plains.

Tuyuhun originally had a tradition of windmills, and there was even less manpower after the war, but for them, the steam engine was too expensive and could not be used at all, and they didn't have to think about it. In fact, the Central Plains was at a disadvantage in using it. Therefore, they still adhered to their traditions and used windmills on a large scale. At the same time, the Sixth Academy of the Sage provided them with a vertical windmill technology. From a distance, the wind leaves of the windmill were like sails, perpendicular to the ground, with six sides in total, but they rotated horizontally, which effectively improved efficiency to a certain extent.

Now all the mills and oil presses in Tuyuhun have been installed on windmills.

In addition to salt and rapeseed oil, windmills have also become the main export product of Tuyuhun. Although this technology is provided by Zhongyuan, the workshops that produce windmills are in Tuyuhun. Now Zhongyuan is fully engaged in developing steam engines, and nothing else is favored.

Unfortunately, all this is just superficial, and how can this wound heal so quickly?

Now all the people in Tuyuhun have retreated to the tent era. When the economy was good before the war, they were all imitating the Central Plains and building houses and courtyards. However, when the war came, they were basically destroyed, and all efforts were turned into smoke and dust.

They try not to build houses now, and the people live in tents, because when the Tang army left, they left them a large number of tents. With the current productivity of the Central Plains, the cost of bringing back the tent is far higher than the cost of production, so they are left with all pots, pans, and spoons.

All the daily necessities that Tuyuhun now use are basically left by Tang Jun. They mainly use the money to buy food and advanced agricultural and animal husbandry tools from the Central Plains. As for the ones they wear, they are very worn.

Life is very hard, but they must save money and put more money into production. This is how capital plays.

As the defeated Tubo region, it is much better than Tuyuhun, because the Tubo local area has not been eroded by any war.

Since Han Yi promulgated the equal-field system, productivity has increased a lot, because everyone works for themselves and does not have to pay taxes for the time being, so they are not afraid of being exploited. Of course, they work to the death. After the enthusiasm for production increases, the grain output immediately increases, and animal husbandry has also developed. They also began to install windmills in some mills, which were purchased from Tuyuhun with grain. In fact, this is also a kind of forgiveness for Tuyuhun.

The people in the northwest region are also in pain to recover. Tingzhou, the main handicraft city, has been destroyed. What has to be started from scratch, and the pastoral industry will not be able to recover for a while.

However, one thing in the northwest has become better, that is, the environment has become very good. The grassland is really green and can’t see the edge. The roads are all covered with trees, flowers and plants, and the roads are very flat. Don’t be afraid of getting lost. There are endless caravans coming and going.

This is because of commercialization. Before, there was no commercialization. The grassland was given by God. If my sheep were not eaten, other people's sheep would also eat. No one would manage these. But now all the capitalists have controlled the grassland and become private. Of course, it must be well maintained. If the grassland is destroyed, it is harming the interests of the capitalists and is fundamental. The road must also be maintained very well, because this road is related to the lifeblood of the capitalists.

Although the people in these places are poor and have a hard life, they are all very optimistic and positive because their lives are gradually getting better. They firmly believe that as long as they suffer another year, their lives will return to pre-war. They have seen the dawn, and now, as long as they work hard, at least they will not be hungry or frozen.

The Central Plains still gave them a lot of assistance.

However, the people in the Central Plains have not been so difficult, but rather chaotic, mainly because the court is undergoing large-scale reforms, which will inevitably bring pain to the Central Plains. Over the past year, the Congress has held meetings almost every day to discuss this and that. Even the money for a desk has to be scrupulous, because the court is currently in high debt, but its income has dropped sharply, so the court has of course had to reduce its clothes and diet.

However, the private economy is developing rapidly. Because the imperial court reduced and exempted agricultural taxes, and the surrounding areas urgently needed food, capital began to flow to agriculture again. Agriculture is on a large scale. However, this "rise" is not the "rise" of the small peasant economy, but the model of commercial growth. It pursues maximizing interests. Agricultural technology is impacting bottlenecks, such as the power-absorbing harvester, which soon appeared.

As agriculture develops and grain production increases, the market will be activated immediately because at least everyone will not have to worry about having no food. The food price is relatively low, and the people will have spare money to buy other goods to make their lives more fulfilling. From the stamp duty, it can be seen that the stamp duty for goods is increasing significantly, but this tax will not make people feel pain. It is impossible for the goose to pull a hair, but for the court, if millions of gooses are coming to pluck you, the number is also very considerable.

Coupled with the progress of industrialization, the output of goods is also increasing day by day, prices are falling, and surrounding areas come to buy goods from the Central Plains, and trade is very dense, so this currency becomes particularly important. As long as you trade, currency must be needed. Then everyone is a country, and in addition to the Central Plains, there is no currency, just bartering, so everyone agrees that the unified currency is to use the Kaiyuan Tongbao of the Tang Dynasty.

However, for long-distance transportation, the copper coins are very financially and materially, and are very, very unprofitable. I don’t know how many horses and donkeys you need to use for this ten thousand coins. Vouchers can solve this problem well, so the vouchers on the market immediately become a little scarce.

In the early days of the war, in Han Yi's policy, a very important decision was to maintain the credit of the vouchers. Therefore, the vouchers were still deeply trusted by the people, because in such a crisis, the vouchers did not depreciate, which proved that the vouchers were very stable.

However, most of the goods are from the Central Plains now, and capital is infiltrating the surrounding areas. The infiltration of capital will inevitably destroy the self-sufficiency production method, so it is necessary to purchase it. Then the people in the surrounding areas will naturally start to use vouchers. In addition to Tuyuhun, Tubo, Bashu, Yunnan and other places, they have begun to use vouchers. Anyway, as long as the vouchers can purchase goods from the Central Plains, for the surrounding people, that's fine.

With so much population and territory, the demand for this voucher is really increasing day by day.

However, the court was only slowly distributing the vouchers collected in front and had not started printing. However, from the trend, Han Yi's plan is slowly being realized. As long as the court issues vouchers, the finances will be relieved immediately. Therefore, Wu Meiniang and the Congress are not anxious.

When the time comes, the court issues vouchers, which is what everyone hopes to do.

There is no doubt that during this period, the businessman will definitely get rich!

But what followed was that the struggle between the people became more intense. Although Wu Meiniang successfully became the queen of heaven, it did not mean that the division among the people could heal immediately and unite around the queen of heaven. The traditional forces in the Central Plains did not give up. They could not let the merchants be on an equal footing with them, or even replace them.

However, at that time, the country was in trouble with internal and external troubles, and the people were unwilling to fight again. They were willing to believe Han Yi and support Han Yi's mediation plan. Without the support of the people, this traditional force could not make a fuss. However, after a year of development, the Central Plains gradually stabilized.

Traditional forces began to fight back against merchants.

Recently, more than 20 very famous gentry in Guanzhong sued the Beauty of Freedom to Dali Temple, mainly because the Beauty of Freedom recently released a skirt made of bird feathers, which was very amazing.

However, the scholars and officials believed that these birds were shot from the Qinling Mountains, and they could not say whoever captured them should belong to them. These birds and beasts should belong to the people living on this land, which means they all have a share.

Although there is a saying that "Is there a king's land under the world?", the problem is that there is no emperor in the country now, and the literati and officials have also taken out a series of information. According to the Book of Rites, there are records that the Zhou Dynasty had already restricted the cutting and hunting of animals.

There were also relevant laws in the Han Dynasty.

There have been similar laws in all dynasties.

Then this is the tradition of the Central Plains.

This is used to prove that the beautiful mountains and rivers in the Central Plains and the birds and beasts in the forests were all given to us by God, and they cannot be regarded as emperors. They belong to every citizen. Merchants cannot use these to make profits for themselves. This is a crime of theft. Merchants cannot steal our things and sell them to us. This is really unfair.

Of course the merchant did not agree. This is a resource. The merchant thought that we had paid the tax, so I could cut it down, and you didn't care.

But the scholars and officials refused to agree, and we didn't want you to pay the tax, so we won't let you cut it.

The two sides had a fierce debate at Dali Temple.

But businessmen were obviously at a disadvantage because the legal industry was controlled by traditional forces. The gentry did have unparalleled talents and background in this regard. Isn’t it that they are best at citing scriptures? They have a huge think tank group to help them with advice.

While they were still arguing, the businessmen began to learn from their mistakes and said that they must spend money to build a law school, otherwise we would be bullied by them.

Di Renjie had never encountered such a case, and they made sense, so he started an internal discussion, which involved the court and the parliament. Because Shilin asked for legislation, the legislation must be agreed by all three parties, and it was not the Ministry of Justice that both Congress and Wu Meiniang had the final say. Wu Meiniang threw it directly to the parliament. You can discuss it yourself first, and wait for you to discuss it first, and I will see whether I agree or not. Anyway, it is useless for me to agree, and it will eventually be approved by the parliament.

Then many gentry classes and sects organized themselves to block the mountains, forests and rivers in the Guanzhong area. Without a judgment, no one was allowed to do anything randomly.

The two sides started fighting again.

Now everyone has no worries and has begun to kill each other.

This hit the snake and hit seven inches, and traditional forces immediately strangled the throat of the merchant. Without the support of resources, how could this merchant develop?

There is a newly built house next to the palace by the pond by the Qujiang Lake. Oh, this house is owned by Cao Xiu.

"Why do you always like it?"

Han Yi pushed a strand of hair in front of Wu Meiniang to her ears, and looked at her panting, and couldn't help but smile.

Wu Meiniang's cheeks flushed, as if water was about to drip out of her body. Her eyes were hazy and she snorted softly: "I am the queen, you are a minister, so I should."

Han Yi immediately warned: "Don't say such things easily, I will react immediately, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it."

Words are full of confidence.

“Dirty!”

Wu Meiniang gave him shyly, then gently lay on him. After the breath was stable, she suddenly asked: "The Ministry of Justice has revised a Shanze Protection Act and has also handed it over to Congress. Do you think Congress will pass it?"

Han Yi shook his head and said, "I don't know. I have always paid less attention to this matter in Congress."

"Yeah?"

Wu Meiniang suddenly raised her head, looked at him with a smile, and said, "I don't believe you didn't see the trick!"

Han Yi suddenly bent her arm and gently stroked her smooth jade back with one hand. He asked without answering, "I wonder how you can see the tricks in this?"

Wu Meiniang smiled softly and said, "Although you formulated this new system, I am also a participant. Therefore, I can see who this bill is the most beneficial to, right?"

Han Yi smiled and said, "It seems that you have a problem in your heart."

"It's not difficult to choose." Wu Meiniang smiled sweetly and said, "I suddenly realized that I like this system more and more. If I had the final say, it might be very boring." Speaking of this, she paused and added, "Of course, the most important thing is that you are not involved, otherwise I would rather be bored."

"Give it, get it." Han Yi laughed and said, "Since that's the case, I'll tell you another good news. I plan to take a year-long vacation to go back to Yangzhou."

Wu Meiniang said in surprise: "One year?"

Han Yi smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you that I did all this to be able to retire early. Now that this new system has already entered the track, I have nothing to do for the time being. I think I am not causing trouble for you in Chang'an. You should be very happy."

Wu Meiniang stumbled several times and said, "It seems that you really don't covet power at all."

In fact, over the past year, Han Yi has mainly played a role as a strategist, which is to help Wu Meiniang come up with some policies to restore the economy. The Ministry of Revenue has given all the work to Zhang Daxiang for management. Under the new system, he did not say that he was shining and hot, like a fish in water, and was still the same as before. In fact, he was not as diligent as before. He was often late for meetings and rested for three or five days at any time. Wu Meiniang saw it, but she also knew that the power of capital is very strong now. Han Yi, who controls Jinxing and Guanlong Arsenal, even if he retires and goes home, no one dares to touch him easily. Han Yi dares to relax like this.

Han Yi said in tears: "You believe me, it's really not easy!"

Wu Meiniang recalled and suddenly said angrily: "If I had believed in you a long time ago, how could you succeed?"

Han Yi said: "So you can't blame me. If you want to blame, blame yourself for being suspicious."

Wu Meiniang rolled her eyes a little, so she wouldn't blame herself. At that time, Han Yi was able to turn her hands on the clouds and rains. Who could believe him? She looked at him again.

Han Yi said: "You can't bear to part with me, right?"

Wu Meiniang nodded gently and said, "I still need you very much now."

“Which side?”

Han Yi climbed a very hideous "mountain".

"Pooh!"

Wu Meiniang slapped the back of his hand, and her fair neck turned red, saying, "There are still many things that have not been resolved in the court today, and this new system is your masterpiece. Everyone is still working together. I don't know if there will be any problems. If something goes wrong and you are not here, what should I do?"

Han Yi said: "I will leave one day, you know that being a big idle person is what I have pursued throughout my life, so I have to try to let go. Besides, I only go there for a year. If I can't stand it for a year, then this system has no meaning. But I was surprised, and I thought you would accept my departure with pleasure."

Wu Meiniang was stunned for a moment and said, "If you said this two years ago, I would be very happy."

Han Yi said oh, "I understand, now you finally realize that I am a person with no ambitions at all, so you hope that I can help you by your side."
To be continued...