"From the Yangtze River to the Huaihe River, beyond Sibian, and up the Shuo River, it is a unique event to revive the brigade and return it to the capital." ——————【Book of Jin·Biography 12】
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Inside the Chengming Hall.
A huge picture scroll slowly unfolded in front of everyone. In the picture, there are mountains and rivers, transportation, county boundaries, and simple annotations in many places.
When unfolded, this painting occupies less than half of the Chengming Hall. It not only covers the existing territory of the Han Dynasty, but also depicts the areas that can be explored by the current imperial court, ranging from Wusun, An'an, Kushan and other countries in the west to the southwest. The continuous snow-capped mountains and plateaus are also marked with tribes such as Tang Yak and Fa Qiang, as well as Shan State, Funan and other countries in the south.
There are even large and small islands such as the Japanese islands and Yizhou that have been explored by the fleet in the vast sea.
Cao Cao and others knew that the emperor had already ordered the Taiwei Mansion, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and the Imperial College to preliminary draw the "Hai Nei Hua Yi Map" based on the albums of predecessors and on-the-spot surveys. This has gathered the efforts of many people, especially the The emperor's personal participation, based on later generations' memories of the map's content, and the introduction of novel cartographic surveying methods, made this map extremely detailed, far superior to previous generations.
Although only major urban roads such as county and prefectural governments are simply marked, it is enough for those who govern the country to take care of the overall situation.
But the emperor was still not satisfied: "This picture is rough and not precise enough. We need to draw a large and small picture album according to the scale for reference. In the future, we will even draw unknown places. There is Daqin to the west of Anxi. There is also Guishan in the south, but what about the west of Daqin and the south of Guishan? Not to mention the four divisions there. I also ask Mr. Pei to keep the importance of this matter in mind and organize more manpower with Yousi to send to the local areas to draw."
Taiwei Pei Mao, who was still in the palace and had not left, accepted the promise. Although he thought that this project was too huge and useless, what was the use of drawing the geography of the countries in the sky on the map? The road was far away, it was not easy to manage, and it was also difficult to capture. But it was just that Drawing detailed maps of the geography under the imperial government, down to the counties and counties, would be of great benefit to the governance of the country. He made up his mind to complete the domestic work first, and as for the foreign work, it would not be too late to postpone it until later.
Officials now have their own compromise methods of doing things for the emperor. They neither directly defy nor fully implement them. The emperor is well aware of this, but sometimes he has no choice but to slowly promote it.
Everyone looked at this map, which was somewhat similar to the outline of later maps, and under the instructions of Kuai Yue, the envoy from the capital, holding a pole, they saw the locations of Yangzhou and Xuzhou.
At this time, Yang Pei and others had withdrawn, and Kuai Yue and Han Ji, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, were summoned again.
The emperor is announcing a major project to use immigrants, captives from Xianbei, Wuwan and other places, as well as labor from local counties and counties, to build a canal from Wu County to Zhuo County within twenty years, with Luoyang as the transit node, strengthening the north-south Contact and exchanges between the East and the West, take precautions to solve the future food problem in the Guanzhong area, and at the same time migrate a group of people to the south of the Yangtze River for development.
Everyone was quite surprised by the emperor's grand canal plan, but soon they began to seriously consider the pros and cons of this project. In fact, this project was not unrealistic. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, King Wu Fu Chai was fighting for hegemony in the Central Plains. The canal 'Hangou' was once dug from Yangzhou to the northeast, connecting the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River.
There are also the Shanyin Old Waterway in the Spring and Autumn Period; the Huanggou Canal dug by Fu Chai later to connect the Sishui River and the Jishui River; the Yang Canal dug in Luoyang during the reign of Emperor Guangwu, etc. After the world was at peace, through the imperial court's centralized planning and
For efficient management, local governments also dug Baigou, Pinglu Canal, Quanzhou Canal, Xinhe Canal and Trough Canal, etc., completing the canal network in the Hebei Plain.
The next project is mainly to build the Bian Canal and other local canals in a planned way, and finally connect the various sections of the canal into a whole. Once the entire Grand Canal is completed, it will greatly strengthen the imperial court's control over Guandong and the Jiangnan region of Hebei.
, it is also conducive to promoting population mobility and strengthening the development of the south.
In the past few years, Ma Jun and others from Gewuyuan produced a large number of new agricultural tools. They were even ordered to collect a large number of old farmers to summarize their experience and compile agricultural books. Taixue and Lingtai also introduced a new calendar. It is conceivable that in the near future, the food supply will
Production will increase dramatically, and so will the population.
Zhao Wen, Cao Cao and others knew clearly that although the imperial court has experienced great chaos, the arable land is still limited. There are more people in the north and less land, and there are less people and more land in the south. They can imagine that when the land suitable for planting in the south is opened up into good farmland,
Cooperating with the canal network, the imperial court's manpower and land resources will be complementary.
Thinking of this, Zhao Wen, Yang Biao, and Cao Cao agreed to this huge canal plan without hesitation, and Xun You also cautiously expressed his agreement. He said: "I believe that although this matter will be beneficial to the future, it cannot be accomplished overnight.
It is indeed a good idea to dig out sections and connect them one by one, but the court must be centrally responsible for the coordination and make the format public. Otherwise, the canals dug in different places will be of different depths and directions, which will be a waste of people's efforts."
The emperor's plan to build the canal and develop the south was a well-thought-out plan. The shift of the economic center of gravity to the south was an inevitable trend. The experience of canal excavation in the later Sui Dynasty also made him more cautious, so he set a time of twenty years to complete this project.
This project will take even longer, and the emperor is still young, so the most indispensable thing is time.
"Mr.
, go to the local level to supervise the work, and then the Ministry of Industry will issue standards, water flow situation maps, etc., which must be perfect."
This is obviously not an easy job, and there is no profit in it, but according to the emperor's temper, if he doesn't do it right, he may be more than just a scold. Kuai Yue sighed inwardly, and looked at Han Ji,
There is pain that cannot be expressed.
Thinking like this, Kuai Yue quickly came up with a way to reduce the pressure: "To build a canal of this scale, it is necessary to be familiar with the situation and flow of mountains and rivers in the world, as well as the people and material resources of various counties and counties, and even calculate the earthwork, construction period, and ministers
I think that although the Capital Water Supervisor and the Ministry of Works are in charge of this, they are not in a position to do anything. Everything should be planned in advance. It is better to order the branches first, and the Imperial Academy and others will coordinate the work in detail. Once everything is decided, it will not be too late to start the work."
Han Ji immediately responded: "Governing a big country is like cooking small delicacies. I think what the envoy from Dushui said is very good."
From the planning of the canal, the organization of the project, as well as the migration to the south and the promotion of commodity exchange, a large number of officials who are proficient in water conservancy, management, management, technology, etc. are needed...
In short, this plan involves too many things. Everyone thinks that this canal will benefit the country and the people, and everyone thinks that it will take at least two generations to build the canal. This is a test of the country's governance ability, and it will be
This has had a severe impact on all aspects.
Zhao Wen frowned slightly. No matter what, they had no right to speak without permission. Didn't the gentlemen just mention what they were considering?
Before he opened his mouth, the emperor nodded and said: "Mr. Zhao and Mr. Yang are Sikong and Situ respectively. They each have their own affairs. I will leave the matter of the canal to you two."
Seeing that the emperor valued it so much, Zhao Wen and Yang Biao had no choice but to accept this task.