Chapter 52: Building Youdu
The older generation of romantic figures are almost all old things. But the new generation of people has not yet emerged...
For example, Liu Shengzhi has never seen any of the most famous figures in the previous era, such as Wang Dao Xie An, Fu Jian and Wang Meng, and even Murong Chui.
But under his command, he won over a large number of new generation figures, such as Liu Yu, Wang Zhen'e, Cui Hao, etc.
Therefore, when hearing the old man named Xi Luzhi talk about the past, Liu Shengzhi even felt a little bit sad.
He even helped Liu Shengzhi solve a puzzle that he couldn't solve back then...
When I first read history, I couldn't understand one of the records. However, Xie Wan was appointed as the General of the Western Central Army, and was appointed as the General of the Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, Yu and Ji, and the Military Affairs Office of the Four Prefectures, the Governor of Yuzhou, and the Prefect of Huainan.
Xi Tan was appointed as the General of the Northern Central Army, the military commander of Xu, Yan, Qing, You and Yangzhou, and the governors of Jinling. He led the governors of Xu and Yanzhou. He was appointed as the governor of Xia Pi. Under the leadership of Xie Wan, he jointly fought against Former Yan.
But the result was that Xi Tan, the general of the Northern Central Army, returned to Pengcheng due to illness. He thought that the bandits were regressing, so he led his troops back. The crowd dispersed and returned alone in a mess...
Not only did Liu Shengzhi not understand this matter, but even Emperor Jianwen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty could not understand it himself...
But it was just a retreat, without pursuers, and nothing. Is it just right for the camp to roar? The army was disintegrating? As a result, the general Xie Wan, escaped alone.
Now seeing the person involved, Xi Luzhi said: "When Xi Tan was commanding the Northern Palace troops, the direction of the attack was Yanzhou on the east line. The Eastern Route Army was progressing smoothly and marched to Gaoping Jin Township... and restored my hometown..."
Liu Shengzhi nodded. In addition to the Xie family in Chenjun and the Wang family in Taiyuan, both the Wang family in Langya, the Yu family in Yingchuan, the Huan family in Qiaoguo, the Xi family in Gaoping, and other small families, such as Sun En's Sun family, almost all came from Qingxu... To put it bluntly, most of them came from later generations near Shandong.
It comes from the same place as the royal family of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Sima Rui is the King of Langya...
In short, Xi defeated Gao Ping as a base. As a result, Xie Wan not only did not cooperate, but instead copied Xi Tan's retreat, Xia Pi.
This was obviously malicious, but Xi Tanhui defeated Xie Wan with one blow...
In the end, neither side took advantage. Xie Wan was deposed as a commoner, Xi Tan was demoted, and Huan Wen was allowed to benefit the fisherman.
Just this alone, you can imagine how tragic the internal struggle between the clans of the Eastern Jin Dynasty would be, and how unscrupulous it would be to drag each other up.
Later, Huan Wen was dragged down during the Northern Expedition. Xie An was dragged down during the Northern Expedition...
In short, this bunch of guys is like this. No wonder the Eastern Jin Dynasty ended up in such a defeat. In another time and space trajectory, Liu Yu, a guy from a big soldier, won the throne.
Of course, these old sesame and bad things are not very important to Liu Shengzhi.
After all, the Eastern Jin Dynasty was already a thing of the past. Now the Eastern Jin Dynasty has been destroyed, but the entire Jiangzuo is beyond recognition. He is waiting for his army to cross the river and clean up the rivers and mountains at any time...
Therefore, these are really just mentioned casually!
However, what Liu Shengzhi didn't know was that the Han Dynasty had no need to fight when crossing the river.
At this moment, it is in Youdu.
A new city is under construction!
Since it is called capital, it means capital.
The Han family has already prepared to establish Chang'an as the Western Capital and Luoyang as the Eastern Capital. At this moment, with this Youdu, there are three capitals.
The original size of Youzhou City is naturally impossible to assume the responsibility of the capital. Even if it is just one of the capital...
Therefore, it is natural to build a new city.
Moreover, Liu Shengzhi was also preparing to complete the achievements of Emperor Yang of Sui and dig out the Grand Canal. At least he had to dig out the Yongji Canal.
The Yongji Canal was the main channel for transferring grain from the canal in the northern part of the Sui Dynasty, and it was also a transportation line for transporting personnel and combat preparations when using troops to the north.
In fact, the environment Liu Shengzhi faced was somewhat similar to Emperor Yang of Sui.
Or in other words, Emperor Yang of Sui, a hundred or two hundred years later, had already inherited this pattern...
That is, the Middle-earth forces are divided into three major pieces!
One is Guanzhong, one is Shandong, and the other is Jiangzuo.
These three major patterns are not only in terms of strength, but also in terms of region, culture, and aristocratic families...
Therefore, Emperor Yang of Sui opened the Grand Canal, intending to connect these three major regions with convenient water transportation.
Calculate it, he succeeded!
The dispute between Shandong Guanzhong, which lasted from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, came to an end after the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Of course, Emperor Yang of Sui was too eager for quick success and instant benefits, so he himself did not gain any benefits.
The situation Liu Shengzhi faced was similar. Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Shandong Guanzhong has been two major power groups, conflicting with each other.
Until Emperor Qin unified the countries and then Emperor Gaozu pacified the world. In fact, they were all in charge of Guanzhong and ruled Shandong.
Even in the era of great unification, there were many chaos. The rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms during Emperor Jing of Han was of great color.
After the chaotic times of the late Han Dynasty, Guanzhong and Shandong split again and formed an isolated force group again.
In the end, Guanzhong overwhelmed Shandong...
The Sui and Tang Dynasties were all unified by Guanzhong again!
Because at this time, the split between the East and West Wei had not yet experienced, the conflicts and barriers between the Shandong clans and Guanxi clans were not as serious as those in the Sui and Tang dynasties.
However, it is not light.
More importantly, the Han Dynasty had too large territory. If it was issued an order from Luoyang to Youdu and took the land route, it might take two or three months.
This makes it difficult to effectively rule the local area, and in this way, Youdu can easily gather Shandong forces and form a political force...
This is naturally not Liu Shengzhi's original intention, so it is essential to build a canal and quickly transport the city.
Of course, Liu Shengzhi would naturally learn from his lessons, and would not be as eager for quick success or instant benefits as Emperor Yang of Sui.
Moreover, the national strength of the Han Dynasty is far inferior to that of Emperor Yang of Sui!
After fighting this battle, I believe that the Han Dynasty will not have any major wars for at least twenty years.
Therefore, we can slowly spend time building canals and even immigrate to Liaozhou...
However, the current addition of Youzhou City is inevitable.
Tens of thousands of civilians were recruited and more than a month was spent to expand Youdu.
However, at this time, Liu Shengzhi suddenly received a message, and his face suddenly became extremely strange.
"Did you mean that Liu Yu has crossed the river and reached Jingkou?" (To be continued)
Chapter completed!