In November of the first year of the company, there was a fierce debate in the palace compound over the location of the cabinet.
"Please also ask Your Majesty to take back your order, such as the people are already suffering today, the weather is cold and the land is freezing and most of the acres of land are not harvested, if it is not for our army's long-term policy of tuntian, I am afraid that most of the people under this world have already starved to death, more than 60 million people at the time of the Spirit Emperor, and now there are only forty percent left, if another million people are allocated to open canals and repair rivers, I am afraid that they will die of exhaustion and starvation."
"In the pre-Qin period, the Great Wall was repaired, the Afang Palace was repaired, the Emperor's Mausoleum was starved to death, and the people were tired to death no less than a million, and finally the people rose up, and the pre-Qin perished, this is a disaster for the country, and please think twice before acting."
Liu Qi looked at the group of servants of the six departments with a calm face, and tapped the table with one hand, "But when I ordered Yanjing to be the northern capital, why didn't you wait for the book to give advice?"
Everyone in the hall glanced at each other, but saw Bu Qi get up and face Liu Qi: "Your Majesty, we just want to ask why we have to repair the river, when the canal was opened, the first Qin repaired Dujiangyan, Zhengguo Canal, Ling Canal, and for 400 years, I also built Longshou Canal, Baiqu and other waterways, which is to dredge waterways, facilitate shipping, and can drink water to irrigate dry land, and provide water sources for remote people, which is a good policy for governing the country."
However, the repair of the river is different from usual, the reclamation of the small river is useless, the labor and the people hurt the money, throughout the north, the big rivers into the sea are wide, if the river is forcibly reclaimed, and the counties near Yanjing are introduced, I am afraid that more than 500,000 people will have to be requisitioned to say the least. ” "I am going to recruit three million laborers to dig canals and repair rivers within five years."
"Three million" Hearing this, a gasp sounded in the hall.
Liu Qi raised his feet and walked around the long table, walked to the hall, and picked up a bamboo pole and pointed to the sand table where several people were sitting around, on which there were mountains and rivers, marking the states and counties of the Han Dynasty and the major rivers.
"I want to transfer the barbarian labor and the Xiongnu and Qiang captives to the line from Chang'an to Tongguan, build a waterway to connect the two cities, build a small ditch along the way to store water, and irrigate the nearby farmland on weekdays, and the canal can also be used by boat, so that if our army raises troops in the Western Regions, it can rush to Chang'an by water."
Zhang Zhao pointed to Chang'an on the map, "Lord, Chang'an is not far from Tongguan, but if you want to sail, I am afraid that you have to repair twenty or thirty zhang wide, so that the mobilization of prisoners from these three places, but 100,000 people, I am afraid that it will take one or two years to complete." ” "Then we will transfer some people from those poor peasant households in Liangzhou and Guanzhong and the previously recruited Tuntian soldiers to make up for 300,000 strong and strong, and complete the canal as soon as possible."
"This" Zhang Zhao's eyes looked at Liu Ye, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.
The latter took a step forward and hurriedly raised his hand, "Your Majesty, if you want to connect the Yanjing to Chang'an waterway, I am afraid that you have to reclaim the waterway from the Yellow River to the mouth of the Qinhe River to the north, and then divert the water of the Haihe River into the land of Yanjing, so that the waterway is probably thousands of miles long." ” "The terrain of Hebei is flat, and the soil is loose, so it is easy to reclaim."
Liu Qi slapped one hand on the flat terrain of Hebei, "If it is calm today, I still pay military salaries to the soldiers in the Han army, and most of those tuntian soldiers have been changed to county soldiers and county soldiers. ” "In addition, in the south, from the mouth of the Yangtze River to Jianye, Wu County, Yuhang, Qiantang and other places to open up waterways, this matter can be transferred to Jiangdong Tuntian soldiers, I want to come to Jiangdong for more than ten years, transfer labor, to reduce taxes and sell fertile land at a low price, has been convincing to the people.
What's more, opening canals and repairing rivers is to make a living for the people of the world. ” "Your Majesty can also reclaim the river all the way from the Yellow River waterway, from Yanzhou and Yuzhou to Xuyi in Xuzhou, and then say that the Putang and other rivers are connected to the Yangtze River," Liu Ye asked.
"Ma Shilang's words are very agreeable."
Liu Qi stroked his beard and glanced at Ma Jun in front of him with a smile.
"Lord, now that most of the people in the south have enough stomachs, every year my Han can collect tens of millions of money from the Western Regions and the two Silk Roads on the sea, and there are also surpluses in several large granaries.
It's a series of instruments.
"But the sky is unsatisfactory, and now this big Han country is suffering from the cold wave and drying up."
"This is a natural disaster, I wanted to make the people displaced, and after being provoked by someone with a heart, he rebelled, just like Zhang Jiao in the first year of Zhongping.
But I believe that man will conquer heaven. ” "In this world, there must be food that can feed these big Han people, and what they need to do is to survive these few years.
I have ordered Zhu Zhi and Ling Tong to lead the naval warships to go to sea, cross the ocean, and go to overseas places to find a kind of high-yield grain, which can produce 100 stones per acre, and even if it is a natural or man-made disaster, it can harvest as much as dozens of stones. ” "There really is such a strange thing in the world," Sun Shao's tense face also showed a bit of surprise.
"Yes."
Liu Qi bowed slightly, "But the place where this thing grows is too far away from my big man, I don't know the route, I'm afraid that within a year or two, Zhu Zhi and Ling Tong may not be able to return." ” After saying that, the faces of several people were a little heavy.
"In addition, I have ordered that Yingzhou Jingzhuang be fully recruited to Xuyi, Xuzhou, in order to build this Tongji Canal through Huanghuai."
"Lord, there are not many people in Yingzhou, if all adult men are recruited, what should the rest of the women, children and old people do?"
Liu Qi looked at the waiter who spoke lightly, "I decree that in Yingzhou, all men over the age of fourteen and under the age of sixty-five must come to Xuzhou with the ship and serve three years of hard labor. ” Several people felt the coldness in Liu Qi's words, and they didn't know how those short-bearded guys in Yingzhou offended His Majesty.
"In addition, a total of 100,000 people from Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Jizhou went to Yingzhou Islands for resettlement."
"Lord, if a woman from Yingzhou is willing to marry a Han person, what should she do?"
"A good son can be a wife's room, and another person can be a concubine's room."
At this moment, Liu Qi has already implemented the wife and concubine system in the world.
"Whoa."
"Changxu."
"The minister is here."
Sun Shao came out of the ranks.
"Draft, pass the order to the Beijing camp, I will soon go to the edge of the Haihe River, dig the first time with a hoe, and then the sergeants of the 12 guard battalions of Yanjing must take turns to go to the river to open a canal and repair the river."
"Whoa."
"All canals and rivers need to be in place within half a year, and money and grain can be transferred from the major warehouses, and if they are not enough, some silver and gold mines will be smelted to supplement the treasury."
Zhang Zhao looked bitter, he had to worry a lot about him in the future. is so crazy to make money, and I am not afraid of price inflation when the time comes "By the way, Zibu Kedon't forget to let those merchants and scholars donate, in the future, after the reclamation of this river is completed, the most convenient should be them."
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