When Liu Bei proposed this idea more than a year ago, many people opposed it, feeling that it would cost too much and needed to be cautious.
But Liu Bei firmly believed that the expansion of Luoyang City was imperative, otherwise Luoyang City would not be able to bear such a large population and something would happen.
Two-thirds of the current Luoyang City is used for palaces and official offices, and only the remaining one-third is used for other purposes. Most of the population lives outside Luoyang City and around the city.
If you look at it carefully, you will only feel that it is a mess.
The inside of the city is clean and tidy. As soon as you leave the city gate, you are greeted by a stinky smell. It's fine in winter, but it's especially bad in summer. In the first year of Jian'an, a plague broke out and many people died.
More than a thousand people.
At that time, Liu Bei dispatched troops to forcibly isolate the sick, and then dispatched troops to carry out comprehensive cleaning, disinfection, catching rats and pests, cleaning the roads, and burning mugwort leaves. Only then did Liu Bei barely suppress the plague and prevent it from spreading to Luoyang City.
Therefore, in his view, it is urgent to expand Luoyang City, build complete health facilities, and provide complete health education to the people.
After the first year of Jian'an, waves of plagues continued to appear all over the world, sometimes in Qingzhou, sometimes in Xuzhou, and sometimes in Yuzhou.
Small-scale infections occurred several times inside and outside Luoyang City. Fortunately, Liu Bei was prepared for this——
He specially arranged a group of people to monitor this kind of situation. As soon as he heard any disturbing news such as [several people got sick] [whole family got sick] [neighbor got sick], etc., he immediately dispatched personnel to isolate the patients and bring them to Luoyang
The hospitals near Xiyang Pavilion outside the city were quarantined and treated, which prevented a large-scale plague outbreak inside and outside Luoyang City.
However, the living environment outside Luoyang City was too dirty and harsh, and it was hard to say that what happened in the first year of Jian'an would not happen again, so Liu Bei vigorously pushed forward the matter and put the project in place at the beginning of this year.
The overall person in charge of the project is Cao Cao.
"According to what the general meant, Luoyang City was slightly inferior to Chang'an City back then. What Xiao He said back then was right. There is no majesty without magnificence. If the Han Dynasty wants to show its power, the capital must be majestic.
Although Luoyang was also the largest city in the world at the time, it had some shortcomings. It was said to have a population of 400,000, but only more than 100,000 people actually lived in Luoyang City. Most of the people lived scattered outside Luoyang City, without city walls.
, there is no standard, it is a mess.
If outsiders see this, they will definitely think that the Han Dynasty is a chaotic country without rules, and they will despise it and think that the Han Dynasty can invade and cause war. Therefore, all people living outside the city must be included.
Build city walls.
So now the whole project has begun. In the future, Luoyang City will be divided into three parts: the outer city, the inner city and the palace city. They will be distinguished by three city walls to expand the scale. The outer city wall needs to be the thickest and the palace wall needs to be the highest.
In addition to the city walls, all residential areas must be re-planned, and special residential areas must be designated, as well as the urban area for merchants to do transactions, and the official area where the government is located. What is done in each place, and the roads between them must be planned.
It’s all finished, and we’re just waiting for the construction to catch up.”
When Kuai Yue heard this, he sighed very much.
"A major project like the expansion of Luoyang City would be considered a major construction project in normal times. Someone will definitely oppose it strongly. If it doesn't go well, someone will bleed for it and cause a farce. But right now, that doesn't seem to be the case.
"
"Yes, there is no drama in the expansion of Luoyang City. It will be promoted naturally."
Cao Cao smiled and said: "Of course, this is not without opposition, there are some who oppose it, but there are not many opponents, and after the general came up with a complete plan and money strategy and announced it in the court, no one objected.
How to use people, how to use money, how to use materials, how to transport, how to allocate construction periods, etc., the Ministry of Works in the General's Mansion has already come up with a comprehensive plan. The Henan Yin Mansion only needs to follow it, and allocate it to me.
The construction is done, I don’t need to worry about anything else.”
"When I was in Jingzhou, I also heard that there were six departments in the general's office. They had an overview of government affairs. If there were any government affairs, the six departments could always respond to them, and they were quite efficient."
Kuai Yue sighed: "It seems that the general is not only good at military affairs, but also good at government affairs."
"Indeed."
Cao Cao sighed: "Any big problem can be broken down into small problems and then find someone to solve it. In the past, it was a little slower. Now that the six departments have been established, the speed is faster. I don't dare to go too fast."
believe.
For such a big thing as the expansion of Luoyang City, it is said that the Ministry of Industry only took two months to formulate a complete plan, and then another month to notify all aspects of the matter, and another month later to start taking action. The entire preparation process
Only four months."
"Four months?"
Cai Mao was quite surprised and sighed: "Did preparations for such a big thing as the expansion of the emperor's capital be completed in four months? This is a bit too fast..."
"Not only that, but when it's your turn, it's just as fast."
Cao Cao smiled proudly and said: "In the past, the imperial court always forced migrant workers to carry out large-scale construction projects, which caused great anger and resentment. If one mistake was not successful, it would trigger a civil uprising. However, the manpower used in this operation was not only slaves, but also migrant workers in the collective farms."
They are all organized. No matter what they do, as long as they give an order to the county government, and the county government then orders them to the farm, the farm will gather the people who can be dispatched to report to the county government. The county will then report it to me, and I will have everything here.
's list.
Then I only need to give orders to the civilians in which county are responsible for building which section of the city wall, and they will go to the construction and inspect the construction on time. I don’t need to worry about other things, and the progress will be faster."
"How can it be so efficient?"
Cai Mao was very surprised: "Are there no complaints among the people? Will it not delay the farming season?"
"The collective farms established by the General were set up for just such a thing."
Cao Cao smiled and said: "Every household in the farm helps each other. If there is a household that needs to work, the farm will arrange strong laborers to help cultivate the land, so as to prevent the farm work from being left unfinished and one person not going hungry. In this way, we help each other.
This is the collective farm."
"This is really interesting."
Kuai Yue stroked his beard and sighed: "Once upon a time, great construction projects were inevitably accompanied by great resentment, but now..."
"The imperial court also pays money for workers, and they also provide three meals a day. Farmers make money by working, and they also make money by cultivating the land."
Cao Cao laughed as he spoke: "The general once told me privately that nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine of the problems in the world can be solved with money. As long as you give enough money, it will not be a problem.
And there is always enough money, but some people are reluctant to part with it.
I asked the general if he would be reluctant to give it so much money. The general told me that he did not like money. Money is something that cannot be taken with you in life or death. You can use it to its fullest potential.
Value is enough. If you blindly want too much, you will become a slave to money."
"The general has a clear idea."
Of course Cai Mao was not interested in great principles, but he still really admired Liu Bei.
Because Liu Bei not only talked about the truth, but also did it himself.
He really gave money, really spread money in large amounts, creating a harmonious and beautiful situation in the prosperous age, and even the large-scale construction projects became so warm and affectionate.
Does he really not like money?
Is there anyone who wouldn't like something as good as money?
Kuai Yue thought so too.
If you just talk about great principles and do nothing, then it's just nonsense. But if you talk about great principles and do it at the same time, it's completely different.
Of course, it is precisely because of this that they have the most basic trust in Liu Bei and are willing to take the initiative to come to Luoyang to seek cooperation from him.
For a trustworthy and generous person, active surrender will get more than passive acceptance. If Liu Bei wants slaves, just give them to him. If he wants land, just give them to him.
Anyway, he couldn't own all the slaves and land by himself.
In contrast, the Cai family and the Kuai family were able to break away from the quagmire of Jingzhou and return to the central government, gaining an early advantage and leaving the other local families in Jingzhou far behind.
And compared to the Cai family, the Kuai family actually has a more urgent need for this. It's just because the Luoyang of five years ago and five years later is so different. The personal connections that the Kuai family worked so hard back then completely collapsed, so they had to rely on
Cai's relationship with Cao Cao was used to build up Liu Bei's relationship.
As for Liu Bei, after learning from Cao Cao about the thoughts of the Cai family and the Kuai family, he also had some other ideas in mind.
He was worried that he lacked enough entry points to break into the situation in Jingzhou, but just when he was about to sleep, a pillow came to his door.