The word "side by side" king of the Tang Dynasty

When digging the Grand Canal, there will definitely be labor casualties, and there will definitely be no shortage of labor. However, Li Changqing is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, so it is naturally impossible for the people of the Tang Dynasty to die or be injured for this, so labor can only be mobilized from the conquered countries.

He has done his best to provide appropriate remuneration and basic human rights. Even Wei Zheng, who has a loyal and upright temperament, just opened his mouth and did not raise any objections.

Because he is a minister of the Tang Dynasty, everything must be considered from the perspective of the interests of the Tang Dynasty. Li Changqing's approach is extremely correct for the Tang Dynasty.

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The two major projects of digging the Grand Canal and building the light rail were launched at the same time, and the imperial court paid great attention to them.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is a major project related to the rise and fall of Datang in the next hundred years, because once these two major projects are completed, the economies of various parts of Datang will be closely connected and become a whole.

By then, Datang's economy will surely undergo a qualitative leap.

Under Li Changqing's instruction, the military envoys stationed in the conquered countries began to issue payment documents, recruiting manpower to dig the Grand Canal and build roads and light rails, and marked the remuneration.

After this payment document was sent out, some people were still hesitant at first, but soon people signed up. Most of them were slaves from the Persian Empire, the Food Kingdom and other countries before they were destroyed.

Although the Tang Dynasty ended slavery and gave them the status of civilians or common people, it also left them in confusion.

What to do now that you are free? What can be done? What do you do for a living?

This recruitment of labor is also Li Changqing’s solution to this phenomenon.

Li Changqing directly made a stipulation that for those who are willing to go to Datang to work as laborers, no matter what job they are engaged in, the employer must pay half of the remuneration first, and then pay the other half after the end. Even if he accidentally dies in Datang, the other part of the remuneration will be paid. They will also be returned to their families in full.

The process was supervised by court officials to minimize labor exploitation.

After the promulgation of various policies and regulations, many laborers rushed to be called to the Tang Dynasty. They were just slaves before and did not have any human rights or remuneration.

Now that they are not only getting paid, but also treated as real people, how can they not be excited?

All the foreign people had a much greater sense of identity and belonging to the Tang Dynasty. They found that the ruler this time was completely different from the previous ones.

With the availability of a large amount of cheap labor, all walks of life in Datang developed rapidly. In just a few months, light rail carriages between several major cities were completed.

This speed is undoubtedly terrifying, but under the accumulation of so much labor, it seems extremely normal.

In addition, due to the expansion of the Grand Canal, water transportation has also been targeted. In order to seize the opportunity, several large private chambers of commerce have ordered dozens of large ships from major shipyards.

But they are destined to wait for a long time, because the priority now is to build Datang's naval fleet.

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Imperial Palace, Qingyou Palace

"Mother, please don't be angry, but don't make yourself angry."

Yang Wanzhi served a cup of tea to Empress Xiao. After seeing the latter's gloomy expression, she couldn't help but sigh and consoled her. It has been two months since Li Changqing's birthday party, but Empress Xiao's anger has not disappeared at all..

A trace of unwillingness flashed in Empress Xiao's eyes, and she said angrily:"How can I not be angry? This Wu Meiniang appeared halfway. She stole the show at the banquet. Do you think any of the concubines in the harem can compare with her?"

"My good daughter, you are also a little worried. Have you not noticed how many times His Majesty has stayed in that foxy palace in the past few months? Deliberately pretending to look like Empress Changsun, thinking others can't tell?"

Both Wu Meiniang and Empress Xiao are simple women. Wu Meiniang's thoughts and ideas were basically guessed by Empress Xiao, but Empress Xiao couldn't change it.

"Mother, she is so favored, should I not argue with her?"

Yang Wanzhi said hesitantly. Her personality was most similar to that of her eldest grandson Wugou. Neither of them liked to fight. This was also the reason why the two had a good relationship at the beginning.

Empress Xiao sneered:"So what if you are favored? Although her father is a founding hero, how can the Wu family's heritage be compared to that of my Xiao family? Even if my Xiao family loses more than half of its family property, it is still not comparable to that of a small Wu family like her!"

"She was only favored because of His Majesty's temporary novelty. What kind of trouble can a talented person cause? Let her be proud for a while."

Yang Wanzhi was a little uninterested, but because of Empress Xiao, she had to force herself to listen to her.

"By the way, Queen Mother, I heard that Wu Meiniang went to Chui Gong Hall every day during this period. Why do you think she did this?"

Yang Wanzhi couldn't help but ask when she thought of this matter.

Xiao Hou was expressionless and said with a cold face:"It's just the senior Queen Sun, who plans to gradually replace the important position of Queen Chang Sun in His Majesty's heart.

Unexpectedly, Queen Changsun, such a virtuous and virtuous woman, would be plotted by her maid. If she could have predicted this, she might not have disappeared."

At this point, she glanced at Yang Wanzhi and continued:"This is what I originally planned for you to do after gaining His Majesty's favor. Now that she has beaten you to it, forget it. We can start from other aspects."

"In what respect?"

"That Hu Meizi’s sister, Xiuyi Wushun!"

A hint of coldness flashed in Empress Xiao's beautiful eyes, and she said calmly.

After she came to the palace, she would not be as naive as Yang Wanzhi without any connections or eyeliners. She had already established some relationships in various palaces. Used to get information.

Wu Meiniang had previously shown off to the limelight on her birthday, and was unparalleled, but this also created a rift with her sister Wu Shun.

Because Wu Meiniang did not tell anyone about the sword dance, even Wu Shun kept it secret , how could Wu Shun, who had always regarded Wu Meiniang as the closest person, not care?

Because of this incident, the two sisters have not seen each other for a long time.

And Empress Xiao's goal is exactly this.