Moving the capital was a big deal. It had already been discussed when the Emperor of the Supreme Emperor, and it was now a strong opposition.

But now, the emperor handed over Li Chao's memorial to the prime ministers for discussion, but he wanted to consider moving the capital again.

Political Affairs Hall.

"Li Chao has started to tossing again."

"The last time he said he could not move the capital, but this time he said he wanted to move the capital."

"Anyway, Li Chao's mouth is reasonable no matter how he says it."

"Don't talk about anything else, are you rich?"

"Who knows, I want to see what he said in the memorial."

"Well, yes, let's take a look first. Maybe Li Chao really has a basis for what he said."

"Oh, I wrote it very long, one by one, one by one, the benefits of moving the capital are clearly written. The reason why Chang'an is not suitable for being a capital again is clearly written. This memorial is very Li Chao's style. If the officials in my Shangshu Province could write memorial reports so concisely and clearly, it would be worry-free."

Xiao Yu glanced at the memorial and couldn't help but admire it sincerely. No matter what the content is, first of all, the memorial is written very well.

"Yes, Zhang Chao's words can always touch people's hearts."

In the Political Affairs Hall, the prime ministers each held a copy of Zhang Chao's memorial, and were all there to read and discuss.

At the beginning, everyone was relaxed.

Moving the capital? That's so easy to move?

But as I watched, the atmosphere became different.

Li Chao wrote the memorial in detail and understood that Chang'an City could no longer meet the status of the capital of the Tang Empire. It was too biased, too small, and too backward.

“What I said makes sense.”

"Well, Li Chao had opposed the move of the capital before, saying that it was because the enemy was in front of him, and the time for the imperial court to move the capital was wrong, not that the capital should not be moved. Now Tuyuhun and Turks have been comforted, and the imperial court has also recovered Shuofang. The situation is now stable. The court has no external worries or internal worries. It is no problem to move the capital at this time."

"We should move the capital to Luoyang, why should we choose Xiang Deng?" Gao Shilian said.

"Luoyang has been through wars for a long time and is in ruins. Secondly, when it comes to geographical defense situation, it is not as good as Xiang Deng."

Luoyang's advantage lies in its close proximity to the Yellow River. Moreover, after Yang Guang built the new capital Luoyang, he dug the canal, making Luoyang right near the midpoint of the north and south canals. In addition, it has the advantage of the Yellow River water transportation, which makes Luoyang really have good conditions.

But since the end of the Sui Dynasty, Luoyang has been fighting and has completely broken it.

Luoyang, a new capital that was built more than ten years ago, was demolished after being breached by the Tang Dynasty. Now, thinking about it now, it is actually a pity.

If Luoyang Palace City had not been demolished, it would be ready-made.

Of course, Luoyang's defense and security situation is not as good as Chang'an. Chang'an is known as the Four Enclosures in Guanzhong and lives in a corner. Its safety performance is higher than that of Luoyang. Although there are eight levels of battle in Luoyang, it is far inferior to Chang'an in general.

This is also the reason why when Emperor Taishang chose Xiang Deng but Luoyang was not selected as the Xindu.

The security situation in Xiang Deng is second only to Chang'an, but is far higher than that in Luoyang. Moreover, the Xiang Deng area is actually a larger basin, with Han River passing through it, the Yellow River in the north, the Yangtze River in the south, and the Huai River in the east, and the defense and transportation are far higher than that in Chang'an. Moreover, the new capital was moved to Xiang Deng, so the capital was moved east and was at the center of the world, which was conducive to the management of this huge empire, especially the strengthening of the management of the east.

"The biggest problem with building a new capital between Xiangyang and Dengzhou is the cost of construction."

Chang'an could no longer adapt to the Tang Empire and could not bear the burden of the imperial political and economic center. Luoyang was broken and the security situation was not very good.

The location between Xiang and Deng is good, and it also has convenient transportation and transportation in land and water. The safety situation is good, but the problem lies there. There is no big city between Xiang and Deng. It is impossible to choose Xiangyang or Dengzhou. It is necessary to choose the central location of the basin. Then a new capital must be built on the plain from scratch.

Palace cities, imperial cities, and outer cities all have to be newly built.

Today, Chang'an City was built during the Sui Dynasty and has been built for many years, which cost a lot of money. When Yang Wen was in the era of building Dongdu, he also made a lot of money to build a large-scale construction.

The foundation of the Tang Dynasty now is that it is quite costly to build a brand new capital.

"Li Chao didn't say at all where the money for building a new capital came from?"

"Next year will change the Yuan Dynasty to Zhenguan. The Tang Dynasty is not rich yet. At this time, it is not a good thing to build land and serve the people."

"You can't mess around, Yang Guang was gone by just messing around."

The prime ministers discussed it and reached a consensus.

Chang'an is indeed a little uncomfortable as the imperial capital, but the construction of the new capital is not so urgent. The Tang Dynasty has a weak foundation, so it is better to rest and accumulate strength. Perhaps in a few years, after the Tang Dynasty solved the major troubles of the Turks, the foundation was thick at that time, so we can consider moving the capital again.

The prime ministers reported this result to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin has been considering this issue for many days. This time he showed the memorial to the prime ministers, and he was already a little moved. But when he heard the prime ministers' opposition, he hesitated again.

"The problem now is that there is no money?"

Chen Shuda said, "When you go to your majesty, the main problem is that you have no money. The 10 million chunks have been made, and after the taxes are entered into Taicang, they will be transferred to the temples of each department."

Li Shimin asked: "What about the reform of Buddhist temples? Didn't Li Chao say that after completing the rectification of Buddhist temples, the court could get at least 30 million stagnant of money and tens of millions of acres of land? With this money, is it enough to build a new capital?"

"Your Majesty, the Buddhist temple has only been removed for rectification. You can't be too hasty. When the rectification is completed, it will probably take at least one or two years to get the money and land."

Li Shimin touched his beard.

"Okay, everyone has worked hard these days, why don't we go to Bashang to relax."

Changsun Wuji smiled and said, "Well, let's go eat Li Dahu, and listen to what Li Chao said by the way. If he can't afford to pay, then the matter of building a new capital should be pushed back."

"I want to see how Li Chao, the hand of gold, can turn stones into gold this time? Where can he get so much money? Anyway, he doesn't even think about the regular tax and commercial tax in Taicang."

"The food at the Li family is delicious, the fruits are good, and it's good to relax there."

"right!"

Li Shimin led the prime ministers to ride horses and rushed to Ba.

The emperor did not bring any brigade of ceremonial guards, and directly followed the light chariots. The king and his ministers rode their horses, followed hundreds of guards to the bathtub.

Bashang.

Li Zhen.

Li Chao, Cheng Qian and a group of craftsmen, finally successfully completed the first threshing machine.

"Put up the shed."

The gears and rollers have been installed. Currently, only the n-shaped iron on the rollers are made of iron, and the rest are made of wood.

Below is a barn about six feet, about two feet high, and can accommodate about two stones of rice.

Li Chengqian came over excitedly with a wooden board. This naughty child was already addicted to playing.

The shed on the roller is very simple, with holes left in the warehouse and just insert them directly. There are four boards in total to form a shed, so that the threshed millet will not splash out and will fall into the warehouse.

There are two people in front of the threshing machine, and there is a pedal that can be pedaled up and down. If you step hard, you will drive the gears. The gears drive the rollers, and you will be able to thresh.

Building blocks in the shed is as simple as it is.

Just after it was set, Li Chengqian was about to step on it.

Li Chao carried him down.

"What's the hurry?"

"We have to work harder."

Adding some oil to the gears can make the machine more lubricated and save more effort. If there is no oil lubricating oil, just add some vegetable oil.

After adding oil, Li Chao stood up.

Lift your right foot, put it on the pedal, and press it down hard.

The roller turns faster and faster.

"Woo-Woo-Woo-Woo!"

The sound is very loud, but you can feel the effect is good by listening to the sound.

A load of rice is already piled up next to the threshing machine. The rice is not fully mature yet, but it can also be used to test the effect of the threshing machine.

Although it is a bit wasteful, the Qinggu that has been harvested can also be used as feed.

"Chengqian, why are you doing while standing there? Go get the wheat."

Cheng Qian really wanted to step on the threshing machine, but Li Chao asked him to take the threshing machine. The threshing machine was hit very quickly, and the easiest and most effective way was to step on two people, which was easier and faster.

There is a characteristic of the threshing machine, you have to keep stepping on it. If you beat it, you will get the grain again, and the threshing machine will have to restart it, which will waste a lot of efficiency and time.

When Li Chao was a child, he was at his grandmother's house during the summer vacation. He and his cousin were responsible for picking up the straw that had been cut in the ground, and picked up the grandfather and uncle who gave it to the rice.

It is also very hard to get the hemp. You have to bend down constantly, and you have to be fast, keep up with the speed of killing hemp.

Cheng Qian hugged the wheat, and Li Chao took it while stepping on the pedal, put the rice grains into the shed and put them on the roller to thresh. This also requires a skill. Hold the rice grains tightly with both hands, then place the rice grains slightly on the roller, and turn their hands left and right, so that the rice grains can be threshed clean as quickly as possible.

It's been a long time since I used it. Li Chao turned it around several times, but he still didn't take it off too clean.

"The rice is not ripe. If it is ripe, it will be much faster to dry it and take off." Li Chao made an excuse for himself and threw the clean straw aside.

There are also some special things to throw straws. Usually, two handfuls are thrown together and then stacked in a different direction, so that the straw can be tied up. The straw is dry, which is also a very important thing. The cattle and horses are fodder, and even the people use dried straw as mattresses and straw as ropes.

"Young security guard, I also want to step on the threshing machine."

After taking a few handfuls of wheat, Cheng Qian couldn't bear it anymore and went on strike.

"Okay, come up and help step on it."

Li Chengqian stood up quickly, supported his hands on the front board, and stepped on one foot. Listening to the whimpering machine, Li Chengqian shouted excitedly.
Chapter completed!