Chapter 241: The Tubo Problem
"My son has seen my father!" After Yu Zhigan entered the hall, his expression became serious and he respectfully bowed, so as not to make any mistakes. He caught a handle for his cheap father and snatched his money away!
In addition to the emperor, Di Renjie, Fan Jian and other ministers were all there, all looking at Yu Zhigan curiously, with doubts in their eyes.
The emperor also looked at Yu Zhigan with a puzzled expression. He didn't say anything, but stared at Yu Zhigan. Yu Zhigan felt a little uncomfortable when he was being watched. He looked at his father and slowly spoke, "Father, and all the ministers, why do you look at me like this?" After saying that, he touched his face with his hand and confirmed that there was no food residue.
"Crown Prince, I and the ministers just want to take a closer look at how you can turn stones into gold, two pieces of linen, you can sell hundreds of taels!"
The emperor touched his chin with great interest. This action was similar to that of Yu Zhi. It was a small action that he unconsciously did when thinking, and sometimes he would not notice it.
Hearing that his father was concerned about this issue, Yu Zhigan breathed a sigh of relief, not just asking him for money, and smiled: "Father, this is not a skill to turn stones into gold. This is just an ordinary commercial means that enhances the value of the product!"
The emperor and the ministers still didn't understand. Yu Zhi smiled dryly and pointed to the painting hanging on the side of the hall: "Father, how much can this painting in the hall cost?"
It would be fine if I didn't mention this. When I mentioned this, the emperor suddenly thought of something: "The calligraphy and paintings I asked you to send to the palace will be sent in!"
Yu Zhigan felt that he had dug a hole, and then he jumped in and coughed softly: "Father, those calligraphy and paintings are a bit difficult to find, and my son has not found them yet, but my son doesn't have to worry. My son will be able to get them together soon and send them into the palace. My son should talk about the value of your painting!"
In his heart, Yu Zhigan was already roaring wildly. Can he still chat? The emperor of an empire stared at the little money in his son's pocket, and could he still have some potential!
Even though he was complaining wildly in his heart, Yu Zhigan dared not express it. There was no way, who would let him be his father? He could not say that he could still use a stick to beat him. Moreover, the old man had a very strong force, and it hurts to hit someone!
The emperor glanced at Yu Zhigan and looked at the painting hanging on his wall: "This is a painting by Liu Xiu, a great man of the Han Dynasty, Di Xiang, you know a lot about it. How much is this painting worth?"
"By Your Majesty, Liu Xiu's paintings are now extremely expensive. This one is worth at least 100,000 taels!"
Di Renjie narrowed his eyes as big as a mung bean, looked carefully for a while, and then slowly spoke. Yu Zhigan was shocked when he heard this. The paintings here were so valuable? What kind of Ganlu Temple he went to, and it would be great to come here to get it. After a glance, there were more than ten paintings hanging on the wall, and I couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
Yu Zhigan secretly swore in his heart that he would make up for this knowledge after he went back, otherwise he would just guard a treasure mountain but not recognize the treasures. If he had known the value of these things earlier, his cheap father might not have worked here.
After Di Renjie said that, everyone looked at Yu Zhigan again. Yu Zhi smiled dryly: "Father, the essence of painting is just a piece of paper, right? Why can a piece of paper be sold for 100,000 taels of silver? Don't worry, it is because there are paintings made by everyone on it, so it is valuable, with extremely high artistic and collectible nature, and it has been given..."
After Yu Zhigan's advocacy for a while, everyone nodded and expressed their approval. From the emperor to the ministers below, everyone likes antique calligraphy and paintings very much. Yu Zhigan's advocacy that those who like these calligraphy and paintings are tasteful and enjoy them very much. He kept nodding, indicating that the prince is also a very tasteful person, and he can think of so many things.
After praising each other and hyping each other, Yu Zhigan said seriously: "Since a piece of paper is painted by everyone, it is so expensive, so why can't a piece of clothing be like this?" When he said this, Yu Zhigan paused for a while and looked at the other ministers.
"There are many painters from ancient times to the present, but very few are famous in history. All the calligraphy and paintings of our people are valuable, and more calligraphy and paintings are worthless!"
When Yu Zhigan heard this, he nodded: "That's the truth. If it is an ordinary person's clothes, writing his own name is of course not worth it, just like a random scholar's painting, but the signature on the jersey sold by the father and son minister is not an ordinary signature!"
"Oh? Isn't it just the signatures of those players?"
The emperor and ministers asked in confusion. They also investigated before. The biggest official position signed on the jersey was just a lieutenant, not a famous general or something.
"It is the signature of those players, but now those players are no longer ordinary soldiers and will soon become stars in Chang'an City. At least some people will become stars. Unlike famous officials or famous generals in the past, the ones who are famous this time should be called sports athletes! If they become famous after they become famous, do you think their signatures are valuable? And I only plan to sell those jerseys in a very small number..."
Yu Zhigan explained to the ministers what fan economy is and what the star effect is. Only then did these ministers understand a little bit.
However, Di Renjie quickly saw the problem: "If the people worship these stars, wouldn't my martial arts spirit be ruined?"
Yu Zhigan smiled after hearing this. Yu Zhigan had this worry before. After all, the future generations were an era of entertainment until death, and there were so many brainless fans.
"Father, don't worry, ministers, don't forget that their identities are soldiers of our dynasty, and sports stars can also enhance the people's interests and hobbies for sports and improve the physical fitness of the people. However, Di Xiang's concerns do need to be considered. Although there have been frictions on the border of our dynasty, the ups and downs of our dynasty have changed a bit. My father should be able to feel the silence of Jiangnan. He is prepared to die in times of peace and forget to fight. Therefore, my son is thinking about it and preparing to build a temple of heroes!"
"Holy Temple?"
This time it was the emperor and the ministers' turn to be confused and didn't understand what this temple of valorium means.
Yu Zhigan thought about this issue a long time ago. Looking at the 5,000-year history of China, Emperor Shin-Emperor built the Mausoleum of Mount Li, and then the thirteen tombs behind it, etc. The scale of the emperor's tombs was very rare, but no dynasty had ever worshipped the soldiers who died in battle. The Lingyan Pavilion of the Tang Dynasty only worshipped senior generals and famous officials of the early Tang Dynasty, but the soldiers did not...
The Temple of Heroes is like a monument. Although it is just a building, it can well unite the morale of the army and the people. There are no such words as good iron without a knife, good men without a soldier, etc., but Yu Zhigan is ready to prevent such words from appearing completely, so he thought of such a solution, but there has been no suitable opportunity to propose it, nor has the financial resources and material resources. Now the opportunity is right, Yu Zhigan is rich, so he took the opportunity to propose it.
"Yes, Father, ministers, and the Hall of Heroes, are to commemorate all the places where the dynasty have attacked foreign races and bravely sacrificed generals, lieutenants, and soldiers have been guarding the borders. As long as our dynasty is still there, the incense will continue. In this way, the people of our dynasty will support our army. If we encounter strong enemies invasion, we will fight to fight and fight bravely!"
After Yu Zhigan finished speaking, everyone in the hall was stunned. The emperor stared at Yu Zhigan blankly, and Di Renjie and others' eyes kept flashing with strange light. Everyone stared at Yu Zhigan. This time it was even more than the last time, which made Yu Zhigan feel very uncomfortable all over.
"Father? Are you?"
"Your Majesty, the prince is really a genius!"
"Yes, why hasn't anyone ever thought of this solution in all dynasties? If the Heroic Spirit Hall is built, I will be worry-free!"
"If I can enter the Heroic Spirit Hall, even if the old minister sacrifices his life, he will go to the border to kill the enemy!"
This is Di Renjie, and the other ministers are similar. Yu Zhigan believes that these guys may really do these things in order to be able to enter the Temple of Heroes.
Yu Zhigan was a little confused. Isn’t it just to build a temple of heroes? Why were these ministers so excited? At this time, the emperor slowly spoke: "Okay, okay, okay! Prince, very good. I will leave this matter to you to handle. The Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Rites to cooperate with each other and there must be no delay!"
"Here!"
Compared to what the ministers considered, the emperor saw further. He even saw the emergence of a ten thousand-year-old dynasty. Looking through the history, the Central Plains dynasty disappeared and replaced. It was never because of the invasion of foreign races. It was all internal rebellion. However, as soon as the Hall of Heroes came out, even if the military power was in the hands of the general, those generals could not rebel, and even if they wanted to rebel, they could be tied up by their subordinates!
Entering the Temple of Heroes, you can enjoy incense. As long as the Yu Tang Empire is at one point, the incense will not be cut off. There are only two types of people who can enjoy incense, one is a god and the other is an ancestor. In addition, there are miracle doctors like Sun Simiao and Hua Tuo who save countless people. There will be a temple of immortality. How can ordinary people have the opportunity to enjoy incense?
Not to mention ordinary people, even Di Renjie and Di Xiang, the elders of the three dynasties, were honest all their lives and had no incense to accompany them except their children and grandchildren after their death. However, now, as long as you guard the border and kill foreign races, you can enter the Heroic Spirit Hall and be worshiped by incense, it is too tempting for countless people!
Yu Zhigan couldn't understand this temptation. After all, Yu Zhigan's soul was not from this era. Although he had been here for more than a year, he was essentially a great young man who grew up in the sun in the 21st century, so he couldn't understand how tempting it was for the ancients to be worshipped these days.
"My son obeys the order, but the father and the emperor need a lot of money to build a temple of heroes. My son and I don't have time to find the one on the list for my father..."
"No hurry!"
The emperor magically recovered and gave Yu Zhi a blank look. This guy was about to insert a needle when he found the gap.
"Here!"
He discussed the construction of the Heroic Spirit Hall with all the ministers. Yu Zhigan was about to say goodbye. At this time, he suddenly thought of something and then looked at the emperor: "Father, I heard that the Tubo envoys have arrived in Chang'an. I wonder what they came to Chang'an this time?"
"This time the Tubo envoys came to propose marriage. Their Songtsen Gampo was preparing to marry a princess in our dynasty. The next major dynasty meeting will be formal..."
After hearing the emperor's answer, Yu Zhigan narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment, and looked at the emperor: "Father is going to agree to the Tubo people?"
Yu Zhigan suddenly remembered a sentence in his heart, which was the evaluation of the Ming Dynasty by later generations, and the disagreement...
But now the Yutang Empire seems to be much stronger than the Ming Dynasty, so there is no such thing as paying tribute, cedes, cedes land, or other things, and it seems that there has never been a marriage bride, so I kept saying this sentence.
"What do you think?"
After hearing this, the emperor shook his head slowly: "Father, my son thinks that the Tubo issue is not worth worrying, so there is no need to marry Tubo!"
At this time, a minister named Liu Rui stood up: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, Tubo has become increasingly powerful over the years and has been constantly rubbing with our dynasty in the southwest region. The Tubo country lives on the plateau. After our soldiers went up, they were as if they were cursed, and they were weak and had difficulty breathing. If they refused Tubo's marriage, Tubo would probably raise troops, and our dynasty could only defend passively and could not attack actively. This is a bit... "
"What do you think, Prince?"
Is Tubo strong? Very weak. Compared with the Yutang Empire's current Tubo is just a younger brother. If it weren't for the plateau problem, Tubo might have been included in the territory of the Yutang Empire long ago. Liu Rui's words are correct. Tubo has the advantage of geographical advantage, but the Yutang Empire can only defend and is very passive.
"The issue of Tubo has been mentioned before, and it is not a big threat. You only need to form an army and train on the plateau for one or two years to easily destroy it!"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince doesn't know that the plateau is a cursed place, and only the Tubo people can go up there, but we can't go up there!"
Liu Rui spoke again, Yu Zhigan burst out laughing after hearing this, cursing? Yu Zhigan went there twice or three times before, and there was a good beauty in the middle... Most people would not have any trouble when they go up as long as they don’t exercise vigorously. Of course, soldiers will have to go up to fight for a period of time before they can adapt.
"Liu Sheren was worried too much. The Tubo Plateau was not a curse place. It was just because the plateau was relatively high and the air was thin, so the soldiers of our dynasty were not very adaptable. They just needed to select suitable soldiers and go to the plateau to find a place to train for a period of time to adapt to the climate there and fight against the Tubo people!"
Chapter completed!