The news that the chief steward was going to travel west in a hot air balloon spread quickly, and then spread throughout Chang'an City in a very short time, and then spread to the entire Tang Dynasty.
The whole world was in an uproar for a while.
Various rumors began to spread. Some said that it was because His Majesty was in poor health, and the steward was imitating Xu Fu in the past to find the elixir of immortality for His Majesty.
Some say that the Grand Steward is here to measure the world in order to pave the way for the Tang Dynasty and prepare to expand the entire world. The reason is that the population of the Tang Dynasty is increasing.
These are two relatively reliable rumors, after all, they are somewhat close.
There are even more other unreliable rumors, such as Journey to the West to eliminate demons, Journey to the West to cultivate Taoism, Journey to the West to conquer monsters and various other versions. Anyway, the steward is very powerful, so just try to think in a magical direction.
No matter what the people said, the news in the court was clear: the Grand Steward was indeed going to travel west, and no one in the court opposed this matter.
Li Zhi nodded, agreeing with Wang Zheng's statement, "A day can make a thousand miles, so a year is more than 300,000 miles. Even if we remove half of the time, a year is almost 200,000 miles. This is the straight-line distance. I think the steward can reach the end of the west in a year, right?"
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The reason for this situation is that Wang Zheng suppressed them too harshly.
"Haha, that's true."
If you want to take other people's good things for yourself, communication is necessary. After all, in my eyes, good things may be difficult to obtain by force alone, but trading will be easier. "
Assuming that there are ten people on each hot air balloon, three hundred hot air balloons are enough. Your Majesty, don't worry. Although there are many people, the cost is not too much. As long as the initial expenses are in place, as for the supplies along the way, I will solve it along the way."
The longer Wang Zheng sat there without saying anything, the more unsure everyone in the court felt.
The reason why Wang Zheng proposed the plan of traveling to the West was actually to fish. Wang Zheng wanted to take Li Zhi away. As for whether Li Zhi would take the bait, that depended on what Li Zhi himself thought.
Wang Zheng was still somewhat confident that Li Zhi would take the bait. After all, Wang Zheng was not the only one who wanted Li Zhi to leave.
If a man could tame the Yellow River, which had been flooding for a thousand years, what else could stump him?
Li Zhi raised his eyebrows and asked, "Solve it along the way? What is the chief steward going to do?"
In fact, this is also the result that Li Zhi, Wu Zetian and Wang Zheng wanted. Li Zhi hid behind the scenes to take charge of the overall situation, Wu Zetian was in power, and Wang Zheng sat there as a mascot to intimidate the ministers.
Once a person who has no constraints goes down an extreme path, it is easy to cause unpredictable consequences.
Over the years, the results have been very good. The entire Tang Dynasty has been running smoothly and harmoniously.
In fact, Wang Zheng is not really omniscient and omnipotent, but they don’t know that. The impression Wang Zheng left on them when he first went to court was too deep.
Although Wang Zheng seldom spoke during court sessions, he was a great threat just by sitting in the court. After all, facing someone who was basically omniscient and omnipotent, you dare not lie.
Then, adding the guard force, I think the size of 3,000 people is about right. With the strength of the Tang army, as long as there are 1,500 guards, I think they will be able to deal with various situations.
Unfortunately, Li Xian's dethronement still had a certain impact. This was a very bad signal, proving that Li Zhi's methods were becoming extreme.
Wang Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "This is actually very simple. The speed of a hot air balloon flying at high altitude is actually very fast. It can basically travel a thousand miles in a day and night. As long as we ensure three days of supplies, we can travel three thousand miles.
Li Zhi nodded and agreed, "That's true. The steward will certainly not be interested in worldly things. The only good thing that can catch the steward's eye is knowledge. But in this way, the scale of the steward's journey to the west will be huge. After all, only the tongue is not enough."
Li Zhi paused for a moment, then continued, "It's no problem for the steward to be in a place with people, but if we go west and encounter an area without people, what will the steward do?"
Li Zhi nodded and said with a smile: "Now there are many people in the Tang Dynasty who are willing to pay a lot of money to let the steward give them some advice. I heard that when Li Jingye got drunk, he even offered a price of ten thousand gold coins. That's not a hundred big bills, but a hundred thousand big bills."
"I heard that the chief steward is recruiting a large number of tongue men, and is also planning to transfer Wang She back?"
Wang Zheng smiled nonchalantly and said, "As long as we purchase some supplies in the Tang Dynasty and do some business along the way, I can still pass on some knowledge. I think the knowledge I give away should still be worth some money."
Wang Zheng smiled and nodded, saying: "The scale of the Journey to the West is indeed quite large, at least we need to take some people from the Medical College, Imperial Hospital, Taoist Hall, and various craftsmen with us. We don't need to be elite, but at least they need to be able to thoroughly understand other people's things.
Therefore, Wang Zheng had to propose the plan for the Western Regions. It was not for any miracle at all. No one knew better than Wang Zheng whether there were miracles in this world, and naturally it was not for the eternal generations of the Tang Dynasty.
Everyone was offering suggestions and were only discussing what the steward needed, without asking the steward to stay.
Facing Li Zhi's curious eyes, Wang Zheng nodded and said with a smile: "I think we will definitely meet all kinds of people along the way, and people from every place must have their strengths.
I think it is impossible not to meet people in such a long distance, and even if I don’t meet people, it doesn’t matter. As long as there are trees, there is no need to worry about not finding supplies. So, as long as I am not too unlucky and encounter deserts and Gobi continuously, there will be no danger. "
When Wang Zheng was not around, they could still prevaricate and delay things, but once Wang Zheng was sitting there, they had no way out.
This is the final state. Wang Zheng doesn’t know whether he can reach the end of the west, but if he flies a hot air balloon in one direction for a year, he can definitely travel around the world.
Wang Zheng smiled and said, "I don't know where I will reach in a year. After all, I can't fly in the sky all the time. When I come across a big city, I have to go down and communicate with others."
Li Zhi nodded and said with a smile: "That's true. In this case, the chief steward can no longer wear plain clothes. He must wear formal clothes."
Wang Zheng was stunned for a moment, and asked in confusion: "Why is this?"
"The majesty of the Tang Dynasty."