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

After Li Xiuning warned the concubines in the harem, he went to see Empress Xiao in person and gave her a stern warning.

She bluntly said that if she didn't want the Lanling Xiao family to be completely purged, then she would put away all her thoughts.

Empress Xiao didn't expect that the matter would be exposed so quickly, and that Li Xiuning's reaction would be so intense.

What made her even more frustrated was Li Changqing's attitude. He would rather leave the back seat vacant than let other concubines get involved.

After the farce this time, Empress Xiao restrained herself a lot. She was originally behind the rumors in the court and among the people. After she stopped, these rumors gradually disappeared, and no ministers said anything anymore.

The concubines in the harem are also much more honest. After all, Li Xiuning has spoken out and rejected their ideas about the queen. Now no one has any hope of becoming the queen, so why fight?

Wu Meiniang still went to Chui Gong Hall every day, but she only accompanied Li Changqing normally and had no other small thoughts.

Li Changqing didn't pay attention to what happened in the harem at all. These were meaningless to him. He was more concerned about building a fleet to conquer the only unconquered continent - Australia!

Only by conquering Australia can Datang truly stand on top of the world and conquer all countries!

With the support of the whole country, the fleet was built very quickly. In less than two years, seven more fleets were born, and their scale and quality were higher than the first fleet.

Every time a fleet is built, the Manufacturing Supervision Bureau's manufacturing technology is improving. From the second fleet onwards, all the ships built are ocean-going ships.

Eight fleets, a total of nearly 400 ships, and a huge naval force of approximately 200,000 soldiers. It is difficult to imagine that such a large fleet was formed in just two years.

But this is also the embodiment of the peak national power of the Tang Dynasty.

After these eight fleets were built, Li Changqing issued another expedition order without hesitation, sending seven fleets to Australia to conquer the last piece of land.

This was undoubtedly a long expedition, but with the current national power of the Tang Dynasty, it could easily support this war.

In addition, various private trades have also developed very rapidly. For example, trade with major conquered countries has formed stable trade lines driven by major chambers of commerce and merchants.

The major conquered countries continuously sent labor force and various resources and minerals to Datang, and Datang also fed them back. A large number of merchants poured into these conquered countries, driving local economic development.

Most of the people in the conquered countries have accepted the rule of the Tang Dynasty, but there are still some people who are determined to overthrow the rule of the Tang Dynasty and conspire to rebel.

However, without exception, these people were brutally suppressed, and even if there was a little bit of a sign, it was immediately strangled in the cradle.

Every conquered country has a hundred thousand troops stationed there. Who dares to make a mistake? What kind of disturbance can those remnants of the empire cause? Just a clown.

These two major projects, the light rail carriage and the Grand Canal, are progressing very quickly with the continuous investment of money and labor.

The Grand Canal has connected major rivers, forming a series of interconnected water transportation routes, and this is especially true for light rail carriages. The light rail veins crisscross and connect major cities across the country.

In particular, the light rail carriages greatly accelerated the economic development. The court and businessmen all tasted the benefits and began to build them in other conquered countries, with the intention of truly connecting those countries with the Tang Dynasty.

It is worth mentioning that some of the national policies implemented by Li Changqing in the early days were also very effective, such as forcing children over six years old to receive basic literacy education, encouraging childbirth, etc.

The Enlightenment system was controversial among the people when it was first implemented, but now several years have passed and its effects have been reflected.

Nowadays, if you look for a random child on the roadside, even if he comes from a poor family, he can still read the royal newspaper and be literate in Chinese characters. This is a change in the atmosphere of the entire Tang Dynasty, opening up the people's wisdom, and at the same time cultivating children's belonging to the country. feel.

Needless to say, there was a policy to encourage childbirth. The imperial court invested huge amounts in this area. Originally, the population of the Tang Dynasty only reached tens of millions, but now it has steadily exceeded that, and it continues to rise every year.

If the government is clear and the people live and work in peace and contentment, even if their families are poor, they will have clothes to wear, food to eat, and they will not freeze to death or starve to death.

However, the clearer the current situation, the easier it is for corruption to occur. Li Changqing is well aware of this, and has set up a Discipline Inspection Department to supervise all officials.

Reporting boxes have also been set up in major prefectures and counties. People can directly drop reporting letters into them to report the misconduct of officials in various places. They will be collected once a month and reviewed and verified by the Discipline Inspection Department.

This report box is a machine box built by the Bureau of Construction Supervision. No one can open it except the Bureau of Construction Supervision. It is also placed in a conspicuous place in the downtown area.

Although these measures still cannot completely eliminate corruption, they can reduce corrupt behaviors to a great extent.

Of course, Li Changqing also knew the principle of carrot and stick. While establishing these, he also increased the salaries of officials at all levels.

The root cause of corruption, apart from the greed and selfishness of officials, is also the insufficient salary provided by the court.

Originally, even a county official's salary was only a few dozen taels of silver a year, and there was not much left after excluding food and clothing.

If you can't even guarantee your own interests as an official, how can you benefit the people? How many honest officials are there who really don't care about their salary? More still needs to be lived.

Li Changqing has basically increased the salaries of officials at all levels, and also given them material rewards based on their political performance and reputation. This will undoubtedly greatly stimulate their enthusiasm, solve their worries, and attract more talents to become officials to express their ambitions..

As soon as these measures came out, no one opposed or even supported them, whether among the people or the court, and they all loudly praised King Wu's wisdom.

The entire Tang Dynasty was in peace and prosperity.