At the beginning of the new year, everything is renewed.

The emperor issued an edict that the Spring Festival will be held this year. The yamen will seal the seal from the 24th day of the 11th lunar month and will not open until the 18th day of the first lunar month. The long holiday in the past month has been around for nearly a month.

In order to celebrate the whole country and share the same joy with the people, the emperor also issued a special order. Throughout the first month of the year, Chang'an Jinwu couldn't help it.

For one month, Changan City did not impose a curfew, and at night, the gates of Zhucheng Gates and Fangmen in Chang'an were not closed.

Several large commercial workshops that have been renovated, such as Pingkangfang and Huaihuafang, even kept going day and night, stores and street stalls for twelve hours. The court also used money to hold the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival.

This year, the special enrollment exam was also issued. The Jinshi Ke Te had one more course, and was not affected by the regular exam. All the scholars in the world who had passed the provincial examination before had passed the provincial examination. After the preliminary examination, 5,000 juren were selected to participate in the imperial examination and finally admitted 500 new Jinshi.

In addition, other specialties such as Ming Jing Ming Fa Ming Lu Ming Medical University have also been selected for specialties this year, and 5,000 people are still selected to take the exam in Beijing.

Ten thousand scholars entered Beijing at once, which was the biggest economic stimulus. In addition, the tribute missions from various countries, the trade caravans that came, and officials from various places gathered in Chang'an, which caused tens of thousands of foreign population to pour into Chang'an during the New Year.

This year's Lantern Festival has attracted countless people from other places to participate in exhibitions, business or view lanterns.

Inns in several major commercial workshop areas in Chang'an City have long been full, and the people in other workshop areas in Chang'an City have also made a lot of money and took out their spare rooms for rent. Even the farmhouses in the suburbs are full of outsiders.

Horse carriages, mules and horses are all like robbing money, and the donkeys in Chang'an City are all busy and donkeys are tired and thin.

Outside the inner city of Chang'an City, the imperial guards from the north and south, the people from the palace, the residents of Chang'an, officials, vendors, scholars, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the capital, and the gathered scholars, officials, government soldiers, etc. with strong consumption power.

Every day, the Guangyuntan Wharf in Changlepo, JD.com transports ships like a forest, transporting countless goods to Beijing, and countless workshops are everywhere near the wharf.

There is also the largest slaughtering and processing site in the outskirts of Chang'an City. Countless cattle, sheep, camel, camel, pigs and donkeys transported from Longyou and north of the Pass, as well as chickens, ducks, geese, etc., which are slaughtered and divided here, and then shipped to Chang'an City by boat, and then distributed to the east and west cities and Zhufangli shops.

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Chang'an. It was the Spring Festival again and there were several consecutive years of good harvests. The court destroyed two major countries in a row, with no war on the border and no major disasters in the mainland. Since the implementation of the new law of the court, the vacancies have been distributed to the public and no more labor camps have been recruited, and the burden of renting tax has been greatly reduced.

If you have extra money in your hands, you will naturally be able to consume your desires.

Not to mention the noble families, the proud people and the merchants and wealthy merchants, the various livestock, meat, eggs, vegetables, rice and flour consumed by Chang'an City every day are amazing numbers.

As the prime minister.

Qin Lang is very busy.

Although the government office was sealed, the prime ministers had to take turns on duty. The nine prime ministers in the Political Affairs Hall were divided into three shifts, one shift was taking turns for three days. There was no need to go on the morning court, but they had to take the yamen on duty during the rotation. Even when they were not on duty, if they were summoned by the emperor, they had to hurry up immediately.

Qin Lang is on duty today and takes shifts with Wei Zheng and Dai Zhou.

When the imperial city gate was in the province, the three of them sat together to discuss the official duties. There was no major event during the Chinese New Year. Major matters such as the allocation of the government budget were all set before the Chinese New Year. For example, important personnel adjustments, and military exchanges and garrisons were also set by the emperor before the Chinese New Year.

Now on duty, it is mainly about the public security, maintenance of order during the New Year in Chang'an City, and the allocation and transportation of material supply. In addition, it is about the rewards of the imperial guards from the north and south who cannot go home for the New Year in Beijing, and the transfer of condolences from the widowed and disabled people.

The imperial court was full of treasury, and the Changping Warehouse and other major warehouses were abundant. Therefore, before last year, all the officials in the capital and clerks from each yamen received the salary and rewards they deserved, and almost all the yamen also issued benefits from the small treasury.

As a top important official, Qin Lang has also made a lot of money.

The salary of the treasury, the emperor rewarded, the prince rewarded, and even the emperor gave a reward. The rent of the treasury, the rent of the treasury, the government office, the Ministry of War, and the Eastern Palace, also issued a small treasury welfare.

The clerks apparently had very few salaries, but during the Chinese New Year, various rewards, funds and benefits, as well as the filial piety income below, could be worth the salary for several years.

Not to mention other things, now all the states and states have established the Beijing Memorial Office in Chang'an City. These Beijing Offices are mainly responsible for the contact between local governments and the capital, and also represent the local running relationship. For example, to build projects, withdraw funds, do business, approve documents, encounter disasters, etc., and to serve as a host of local officials who come to Beijing when they enter Beijing.

These memorial offices are indeed convenient for the local area, but like the later Beijing offices, these hundreds of Beijing offices inevitably need to prepare a lot of benefits for the various government offices in the capital during the New Year Festival every year.

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"The Japanese envoys are willing to trade in the Sihai merchants and expressed their willingness to divide land for us in Otsuura Port (Fukuoka) and Nambazu (Osaka) of Asuka and build a store for us. In addition, they also agreed to provide us with land in Asuka Kyo to build a store for us."

In the Ministry of War, Qin Lang listened to An Lushan's report to him.

Qin Lang sat in the Xia Provincial Political Affairs Hall of the Imperial City Gate for a long time in the morning. After handling the matters at his hands, he went to the Ministry of War to handle the affairs of the headquarters.

After handling the matters at hand, I will listen to An Lushan’s report by the way.

"Duke Wei, as long as we set up a shopping mall in Otsuura Port and Namba Port, we can set out from Dengzhou Port and go directly to Japan for trade."

Qin Lang took out a map of Japan. The Zhuzi Kingdom where Otsuura is located is located in the Fukuoka area of ​​Kyushu Island in later generations. The route planned by An Lushan is a direct route from Dengzhou Port on the Shandong Peninsula to Japan.

This is a brand new route. The traditional route is the route from Dengzhou to Goguryeo Bohai. It starts from Penglai, Shandong in later generations, crosses the Bohai Miaodao Islands, arrives at the Liaodong Peninsula, and then sails along the east coast of the peninsula to the Yalu River Estuary. Then it can be divided into two routes, north and south.

The northern road goes up the Yalu River, and you can enter the mainland of the Mushi by land. This is also an important trade route for purchasing Baishan Hei Shui ginseng marten skins and deer fur, even the sea east green, tiger skins, and Mushi horses.

The south route is from the mouth of Yalu River to Tangenpo on the Korean Peninsula, and then sail south along the west coast of the peninsula through the Danluo Strait through Tsuma Island, and Ichiki Island to Japan. Or sail to Busan and then turn to Tsuma Island to Kyushu Island in Japan.

This route sails island by island, with long routes and long flight periods, but safe and stable, and is a traditional route since ancient times.

In the past, due to various technologies, it was impossible to break through coastal navigation, and those who sailed directly in deep sea would lose their direction. However, at this time, navigation technology and shipbuilding technology were greatly improved. Coupled with Qin Lang's direction guidance, the use of new sea ships and new technologies can now be used to sail directly from Dengzhou to Japan, which greatly reduced the time.

However, the risk is relatively high.

But for Qin Lang, although Goguryeo was currently surrendering to the Tang, everyone knew that those guys who had survived Yang Guang's three campaigns of Goguryeo have always been rebellious to the Central Plains, so it is necessary to bypass Goguryeo on the Japanese route.

When the Sui Dynasty conquered Liao, the navy had already sailed directly from Dengzhou to the Korean Peninsula several times. When Yang Guang sent an envoy Pei Shiqing to visit Japan, he also took the direct route to Japan. This was also the earlier departure of the direct route An Lushan mentioned now.

"Can you open a route from Yangzhou, Hangzhou to Japan?" Qin Lang asked.

"Yes, our business has now mastered two routes. One is the South Island route, which is from Yangzhou Port to the Yangtze River Estuary, or from Mingzhou (Ningbo), cross the East China Sea and go directly to Amami Oshima south of Japan, then turn to the north, pass Yakushima, Taya Island and then go north from Satsuma to Hakata and Namba. This route has only been newly opened in recent years and is not very stable. Last year, a merchant ship drifted to Nanshan (Ryukyu Okinawa).

"We also have a southern route, starting from Yangzhou or Mingzhou, crossing the East China Sea, and directly traveling to Japan's Kuaika Island (Kyushu Hirado), then heading through Matsuura, and then Hakata to reach Juezi (Kaikyushu). This route is shorter than the North and South Island routes, but there is no port to stop in the middle. However, if the road is smooth, it only takes six or seven days to reach Japan's Kuaika Island, and then you can also sail north to Goguryeo, or Baekje, and Silla."

"Only the southern line can we resist the strong winds and waves, and with our new technology, we can arrive safely."

Qin Lang nodded with satisfaction. There were three direct routes, so he didn't have to be controlled by Goguryeo or Baekje.

"Duke Wei, Japan is just a small island barbarian. Is it so hard to open three special direct routes?" An Lushan believes that the cost of a separate route is relatively high. After all, the route is mainly for selling goods. If you pass by Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla along the way, wouldn't you be able to sell more?

Qin Lang smiled, "Do you know what the situation in Japan is now? Do you know how many people they have?" He told An Lushan that Japan now actually has a population of millions. In terms of population, it is actually quite strong around the Tang Dynasty. Not to mention that although Japan is an island barbarian, it does not have any major external threats and is relatively stable.

After the Yamato Kingdom on the island unified the countries on the island, the king was renamed the Emperor. The royal family and Kinki tyrants formed the imperial court, established counties, and appointed local tyrants to serve as officials, forming a strong slave country.

The emperor relied on Kinki, and local clans and nobles ruled the entire island. The Japanese rulers organized the conquered tribe residents to produce according to the form of a tribe. The emperor had direct leadership in Tunkura and Tianzhuang, and the tribes engaged in production in Tunkura and Tunkura, the rich clans and the emperor's Tunkura.

The handicraft industry was also completely controlled by the court and the nobles, and was composed of different departments with different professions.

Compared with the more advanced centralized feudal system in the Tang Dynasty, Japan is indeed in the more primitive era of slavery. The simpler relationships of the Emperor, Kinki nobles, local tyrants, tribes, and slaves. Although slavery is backward, it also means the wealth of the Emperor and the nobles, because a very small number of people occupy all the wealth of the entire Japan.

It is precisely because of this that over the past hundred years, the Emperor and the powerful clan have continuously expanded the treasury, farmland and possessed tribes, slaves and slave owners have been intensified, and the royal family has invaded the land of local tyrants, the tribes, the central nobles and the royal family have also had fierce disputes, and even the central nobles have fought fiercely for power.

The Panjing Rebellion was a large-scale local rebellion, which led to the great nobles such as the Kazen-Cheng-Men, the Ping ministers, the Dalian, and the Wu-Men-Men-Men-Men-Men-Men-Men-Men-Men-Men-Fu-State, and the Wu-Men-State, and the ancient high-ranking nobles in the Japanese countries who continued to fight to control the court.

The Wubu family held military power, while the Suwo family held financial power. The Wubu family represented conservative forces, and the Suwo family actively absorbed external ideas. During the Sui Dynasty, after Emperor Ming died, fierce conflicts broke out over the issue of inheritance of the throne. Taking this as an opportunity, Suwo Mazi fought fiercely with the Wubu Mazi. Finally, Mazi defeated the Shuoya and supported the Emperor alone. Later, because Emperor Chongjun was dissatisfied with him, he murdered Chongjun and established his niece, Chiuwu Ji Ling, to recommend the female emperor of the ancient times and monopolized the government.

During the thirty-six years of the reign of the Queen of Thigu, the Suwo clan's power reached unprecedented and was truly powerful. However, Prince Shengde was regent for many years, learning from the Sui Dynasty, promoting reforms, intending to strengthen imperial power and establish a centralized country like the Sui Dynasty.

However, although Prince Shengde also implemented the twelve-level crown, implemented the 17 constitution, and promoted Buddhism, the fundamental problem of Japan was the limitation of slavery. Without breaking the slavery system based on the ministry system, Japan would not be able to rise to the feudal centralization era.

"The gold and silver copper mines of the Japanese royal family, the nobles in the court, and local tyrants are really rich. When we go to trade, we will directly exchange their silver and copper to make a big profit."

Qin Lang even told An Lushan that he even planned to directly process and mint the silver and copper coins in ports such as Dengzhou and Yangzhou, and then transport them back and sell them to the Japanese.

Because the Japanese were backward in production technology, they were still using backward payment methods such as gold nuggets and silver beans, and copper coins were even short of money, so they could completely mint money for the Japanese and then earn a heavy minting tax.

"The Japanese are so rich? They don't look like it!" An Lushan felt that Su I, Kuramalu and others looked like they were like rural people entering the city, and they didn't look like rich people.

"Pick some good things and sell them to the Japanese. Suwo family worships Buddhism, and the Japanese worships Buddhism. Therefore, many of the Buddhist temple products we used to sweep into the warehouse can be sold to the Japanese. Of course, as long as the Japanese like things, we can sell them, as long as the profit is appropriate."

"The Japanese want to buy everything, but the Japanese delegation has no money."
Chapter completed!