Chapter 1030 1025 [Construction expansion and flood]
In autumn, the Ming Dynasty conquered all of Goryeo.
The reason it took so long was mainly because there were too many mountainous areas.
The nobles in the south of Goryeo were unwilling to fail. Some stationed troops in mountain cities to defend themselves, while others fled into the mountains with their remnants to fight guerrillas.
The Ming army itself sent less than 10,000 troops, and the newly formed Korean soldiers were unable to attack the city. They could only push through the mountain cities one by one, leaving the newly formed Korean soldiers to garrison.
Although all the cities in Goryeo were captured, there are still many remaining forces.
It’s mainly a matter of policy!
Under Zheng Zhichang's suggestion, Bai Chongyan promoted all the poor families and frequently exterminated the families. Moreover, it was precisely those poor families who were promoting the genocide, and the scholars of the poor families were extremely active in this.
When the news spread to the south, the Korean nobles gathered together in fear and were determined to fight to the death with the Ming army.
They also controlled public opinion in the countryside, claiming that the Ming army relied heavily on northerners (north of the Datong River) and wanted to massacre all southern Koreans. Even the poor southerners would be killed.
Most people believe this rumor.
The conflict between the southerners and the northerners in Goryeo has lasted for more than a hundred years. The previous conflict between the nobility in the capital and the nobility in Xijing was, to put it bluntly, the conflict between the southerners and the northerners. More than ten years ago, it had intensified to the point where the northern gentry rebelled.
extent.
The southern gentry took advantage of the regional conflicts in Goryeo to unite many poor families in the south.
Of course, there were also some people from poor families in the south who were suspicious of this and sent their confidants northward. When these children from poor families in the south saw Bai Chongyan, they were immediately appointed as minor officials or civil servants, and secretly wrote letters back to inform their families.
Gradually, more and more poor families in the south were instigated to rebel, and they even took the initiative to lead the Ming army into the mountains to clear out the remnants of the gentry.
After taking the entire territory of Goryeo, Bai Chongyan reported to the imperial court and asked for more agricultural officers to come.
Bai Chongyan said in the letter that the reason why Korean agriculture is backward is not only because of the system and agricultural tools. Korean farmers don't even know how to fertilize. Even the fertile land accumulated by rivers still uses the fallow system of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Ju Ming agreed to all the people and things Bai Chongyan asked for, and asked the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites to discuss the reward.
After talking about these things, Zhu Yang, the prince and governor of Luoyang who attended the imperial meeting, said: "Your Majesty, Luoyang has become more and more prosperous, and the population has surged in recent years. Please choose a time to build more Luoyang City."
Ju Ming nodded and said, "Discuss with the cabinet and ministries and come up with a strategy for additional construction."
"I obey!" Zhu Yang sat down.
The entire area of Luoyang City is about one-seventh smaller than that of Kaifeng City.
The Luoyang Imperial City is far larger than the Kaifeng Imperial City, accounting for a quarter of the entire Luoyang City.
The layout of Luoyang City is in the shape of a "field", and the large block in the upper left corner is occupied by the imperial city and palace city.
Let’s put it this way, Kaifeng’s urban area excluding the Imperial City is 2 square kilometers larger than the entire Luoyang City!
It was barely enough when the capital was first moved, but in the past ten years it has been overcrowded, and even farmland in the suburbs has been occupied to build houses.
The new minister of the Ministry of Industry is Zhao Fengji. He is extremely proficient in water conservancy. He has been in charge of water conservancy in Hanzhong and Jingbei. He was also personally responsible for the great Yellow River project.
But this was the first time to build a city.
Zhao Fengji took a map of Luoyang and said, "Your Highness, we should build more buildings in the west of the city so that the imperial city should be in the middle."
"Indeed." Zhu Yang thought so too.
Luoyang City was built in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty. The imperial city was extremely luxurious, but the outer city was only half-finished.
In the majestic capital of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial city is not located in the center line, but in the upper left corner of the "field" grid. How is this appropriate?
By building a new city area with the word "天" to the west of the word "田", the imperial city of Luoyang will be located in the north and in the middle!
Zhu Yang usually dealt with trivial matters in Luoyang Yamen, but now he finally had something big to do.
He frequently communicated with architects from the Ministry of Works, personally led people to conduct on-site inspections, and then communicated with the Ministry of Household Affairs and county officials. He spent an entire winter formulating a city construction plan.
Officials from the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Household Affairs, various government offices in prefectures and counties, and even the Military and Horse Department of the Five Cities, all fully cooperated with the prince in formulating the plan.
By the way, I wanted to get acquainted with the prince and get a feel for his temper.
On the day of the winter solstice, Zhu Yang came up with a plan to build more buildings.
Ju Ming watched while eating hot pot, and naturally expressed great satisfaction, because there were countless professionals checking and filling in the gaps for the prince.
After the construction of Xicheng, the Henan County Government moved there, and its jurisdiction became Henan County in the west of the city.
Luoyang County Government remained in place, and its jurisdiction was Luoyang County in the east of the city.
As for the urban area of Luoyang (including the attached Guoxianfang), it is naturally under the personal management of Luoyang Prefecture Yin.
By the way, the capital of Henan Province, as well as the Sansi Yamen of Henan Province, have been moved from Kaifeng to Zhengzhou.
The situation in Henan Province is quite miserable. Luoyang Prefecture and Kaifeng Prefecture are both under the direct jurisdiction of the central government, and the two most important pieces of land in Henan Province have been taken away from them.
It happened that the area of Huainan Province was too large, so seven counties of Bozhou were cut off and allocated to Henan.
When the provincial capital of Henan was established, ministers also debated.
Half of the ministers believed that Songcheng (Shangqiu) should be made the provincial capital because it was Nanjing in the former Song Dynasty, with a sufficient population, a developed economy, and a strategic location.
Half of the ministers believe that Zhengzhou should be made the provincial capital because it is the geographical center of Henan Province. Shangqiu is too remote. Shandong and Huainan are next door. How can the provincial capital be so far away?
In the end, Ju Ming made the decision to designate Zhengzhou as the provincial capital.
It is mainly determined by geographical factors. If Shangqiu is designated as the provincial capital, then the westernmost prefectures and counties in Henan will have to pass through the entire Henan Province plus the east and west Beijing when they pay taxes to the province.
Zhengzhou is just right. The southern counties can alternate between water and land, and the taxes can be transported to Xinzheng and then transshipped. The eastern and western counties can be directly reached by water.
A canal is currently being excavated from Xinzheng to Zhengzhou.
Canals have been dug to connect the Bianhe River to Jinshui and Zhengshui.
In the future, Zhengzhou will also be connected in all directions.
Ju Ming said: "The plan is well done, but how well it can be implemented in the end is the key. Especially the demolition of the residents in the outskirts in the west of the city, the recruitment of civilian workers, and the transfer of bricks, stones, and timber from outside."
Zhu Yang said: "My child will keep an eye on me at all times."
"Just go ahead and do it," Ju Ming warned: "If you make a mistake, someone will help you. The most important thing is that you have to learn something from it."
"It's all thanks to my father's care." Zhu Yang smiled like a child.
Even though I'm an adult, I still have to act coquettishly when it's time to act coquettishly.
According to this expansion plan, the total area of Luoyang will be 70 square kilometers in the future, which is larger than the city of Beijing in the Qing Dynasty (62.5 square kilometers). As for the Imperial City of Luoyang, the area is one-third larger than the Imperial City of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (not the Forbidden City)
one.
It can easily accommodate a population of one million!
The above-ground and underground drainage systems must be improved first, and domestic water facilities must also be tightened. It is impossible for a million people to rely solely on drilling wells for drinking water.
Luoyang's water conservancy system is very comprehensive and mature during the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Qianjin Canal, Qianjin Canal, Qianjinwu, Wulong Canal, Dailong Canal, Jiulong Canal, Changfenqiao, Zhangfanggou, Shixiang Water Gate, some of these facilities are used for
They are used for drinking, and some are used for flood discharge and drainage, forming a relatively complete urban water conservancy system.
Nowadays, the construction area has reached one-half of the original area, and some water conservancy systems that have been abandoned for five generations have to be restored and used again.
By the way, the water conservancy around Luoyang will be improved again. The canals used for urban flood discharge and drainage can be used by nearby farmers to irrigate their fertile fields.
Most of the people in Guo in the west of the city do not need to move, but the few who need to move are just unlucky. Their existing houses happen to be located in the area where the city wall and moat were added, or they are located in the newly designated location of official institutions, or they have been demolished
Make it a main street or something like that.
Winter passes and spring comes.
Thirty thousand civilians from Henan and Luoyang counties were recruited, some to dig sewers and some to dig moats, so there was no need to rush to build city walls.
The excavated earth can be used to compact the interior wall layer.
These peasants not only provide food, but also receive wages.
For related money and grain, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry will allocate some, and Luoyang Prefecture, Luoyang County, and Henan County will allocate some more.
Since winter wheat is mainly grown, there is not much land that needs spring plowing, so recruiting peasants in spring will not delay the farming time.
As long as you give them money and food, the people will be very happy.
Less than 20 years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, major anti-corruption cases were launched many times. No one dared to mess around under the emperor's feet. Even if the officials enriched their own pockets, it was just a small fight.
It won’t work in the middle and late dynasty.
Just like the Ming Dynasty in history, only a hundred years later, Beijing's water conservancy projects dared to be subcontracted at all levels. In the end, it was taken over by a private person. It is probably because the profit was too thin, so they had to cut corners. The river embankment was used for less than half a year.
Collapse...a bunch of heads fell to the ground!
When Zhu Yang was building the city in Luoyang, the weather in the north was a bit smooth.
There was a slight spring drought in some areas, but overall it went smoothly.
But after all, we have just entered a period of recovery, and the power of the Little Ice Age is still there.
After summer began in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangxi, more than 20 prefectures and counties encountered floods. Thousands of people drowned in Jianzhou City (Jianou) alone. Because the heavy rains continued, the Jianyang River upstream,
The water level of Songxi River and its tributaries surged, and within half a day of reaching the flood peak, the river banks were overturned and poured into the city.
A lot of officials and generals died in Jianzhou. At that time, they were leading the soldiers and civilians to build river embankments!
Yanzhou City was even worse. There were only five words in the history books: The flood hit and the city was destroyed.
Even the Shenquan Prison in the east of Yanzhou City, which is the second largest copper coin foundry in the south, was flooded.
There seemed to be a hole in the sky in the southeast, and heavy rain fell endlessly in the three provinces. The economy and population suffered heavy losses.
The real danger of the Little Ice Age was not the cold, but the unpredictable climate, which would lead to many extreme weather events.
Disaster reporting documents flew to Luoyang like snowflakes, and Ju Ming looked helpless.
We can only urgently transport disaster relief materials and exempt the affected counties from taxes. By the way, we will also waive taxes from previous years.
As for those who have done meritorious service in disaster relief, they will all be rewarded.
Compensation for the deceased.
Those who died in the line of duty, such as the officials and soldiers of Jianzhou who were drowned while reinforcing the river embankment, were all heavily compensated.
What a bad climate!
Zhu Ming climbed to the west tower to relax and silently watched the civilians outside the city digging the moat.
In the three provinces of Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Fujian, at least 100,000 people were drowned this time, and the number of displaced people was estimated to be millions. The flood came so hard and fast that neither the government nor the people were fully prepared. Who would have thought that the flood would directly submerge the city?
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The finances, which had finally been filled with great effort, were once again deflated by this.
(My son has been infected with whooping cough in the past two days...Grandma probably won't survive. Once in the morning and once in the afternoon, maybe in the next two or three days.)
