Chapter 329 The Battle of Jizhou (2)
In August of the seventh year of Jian'an, Liu Chuang arrived in Yanjing...
A new city rises from the ground.
According to Liu Chuang's overall plan, only one-fifth of the project has been completed today. The completed urban area is about 30 square kilometers. Compared with the area of Chang'an in the later Tang Dynasty, it is even less than half of that of Chang'an. However, if the overall plan is included, the area of Yanjing is nearly 100 square kilometers, and its total area is definitely greater than the area of Chang'an in the later Tang Dynasty...
However, the population of Yanjing has always been a big problem.
Since it has only been built for a short time, the population is only over 30,000, which is not worth mentioning compared to the massive Yanjing City.
Fortunately, with the beginning of the Battle of Jizhou, a large number of refugees began to migrate to Youzhou.
The new Yanjing Order Huang Zhen introduced to Liu Chuang: "Xun Zhonglang has started a plan to migrate refugees. The Mi family, Su family, Zhen family and Zhang family will recruit a large number of refugees from the Central Plains to migrate to Youzhou and Liaodong... According to military commander Xin, the population of Yanjing will increase to 60,000 after the spring of the next year, and by the end of next year, the total population will exceed 100,000. According to the current size of Yanjing, the population of 100,000 is just right."
It is not an easy task to build a city that can accommodate millions of people.
With the current foundation of Youzhou, it is not difficult to build a big city with a population of 100,000, but it is indeed difficult to reach the scale of Chang'an or Luoyang.
After all, Youzhou has a small population overall.
Although the four major merchants are expected to attract two million people for Youzhou, most of them need to be filled in frontier cities.
For example, Dai County, Shanggu, Yunzhong... The three counties have a vast area, but the population is only about 100,000. The reason why Liu Chuang wanted to recruit so many refugees was to strengthen the Han people's strength in the frontier and dilute the proportion of the Hu people.
Therefore, after refugees arrive, the border county town is the top priority.
At the same time, with the rise of Liaodong, it also requires a large population to fill it.
Liu Chuang didn't want the territory he had worked hard to build, but in the end he had to give in due to population reasons. In addition, Bingzhou also needed to fill the population. After a rough calculation, even if the one million Black Mountain troops in Zhang Yan's hands were included, it would be far from meeting Liu Chuang's population needs.
"If you want to fully control Bingzhou and Youzhou and take the dominant position, you need to fill at least six million people here...
But now, even a million people will be very difficult. The lord doesn’t have to be too anxious. It’s best to increase the population slowly.”
Zhuge Liang certainly knew Liu Chuang’s desire for population.
But he also knew that rashly increasing a large population would not only not bring benefits to Youzhou, but would instead cause a lot of trouble. Therefore, after hesitating, he still made suggestions to Liu Chuang, suggesting that Liu Chuang should not be too rush to fill the population into the frontier.
After all, moving in will also put huge pressure on management.
Liu Chuang pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement.
He seemed to be a little anxious and ignored many specific problems... There was no way, the pressure Cao Cao brought to him was too great. Seeing that a big battle was about to begin, if he could not prepare early, he would inevitably bear greater pressure.
Population, population...
Two thousand years later, China suffered from overpopulation.
But now, Liu Chuang is irritated by the lack of population...
Yanjing, with a population of 100,000, is already the limit of Youzhou. Moreover, based on the current situation, Yanjing is indeed not suitable to become a capital with a population of one million.
"Since that's the case, let's postpone the expansion of Yanjing's outer city."
Since you are not planning to build a big city with a population of one million, and then build a city according to the original plan, it will obviously be a waste of money.
Zhuge Liang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He was really scared. Liu Chuang would be very happy and forcibly build a big city with a population of one million.
"Brother, why do you have to build a royal city of such a size in Youzhou?"
Zhuge Liang always felt that Youzhou was remote and had a bad environment, and it could even be regarded as harsh. The road traffic situation was not particularly outstanding, so it seemed unnecessary to build a big city here.
But how could he understand the most plot in Liu Chuang’s mind?
"The Central Plains are prosperous and prosperous, but they are too easy to suck their sharpness.
The strong wind in Youzhou is a bitter and cold place, which can further temper people's surnames... I have always longed to build my great man into an iron-blooded dynasty that "does not be in harmony, do not pay tribute, do not cede land, the emperor guards the country, and the king dies in the country." It was precisely for this reason that Yanjing was built. Only by facing the blade can we temper our courage and surnames without fear of hardships, and only by this can our great Han Dynasty last for thousands of generations."
The so-called "Forever" is just a slogan.
Liu Chuang knew this very well.
But since he wanted to launch an attack on that throne, he naturally hoped that the country would last.
In his heart, Liu Chuang had some plots of the Ming Dynasty. Because in his mind, no matter how future generations evaluated the Ming Dynasty, the emperors of this dynasty did make the emperor guard the country and the king died. Liu Chuang admired the emperors of the Ming Dynasty. In his heart, he was always extremely disgusted with the words that frequently appeared in history. A strong empire could never last long by relying on marriage. No matter how future generations evaluated the women who married, in Liu Chuang's view, it was always a shame for an empire.
"Don't cede land, don't pay tribute?"
Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment, a little confused.
He can understand that he is not in a relationship.
Since the Han Dynasty, there have been frequent incidents of marriages, and there are quite a few. However, although Zhuge Liang did not understand the land and paid tribute... Although he did not understand it in his heart, he did not ask again. The emperor guarded the country, and the king died in the country! Liu Chuang's ten words made him feel excited.
Zhuge Liang seemed to understand why Liu Chuang attached so much importance to the construction of Youzhou.
Perhaps in Liu Chuang's eyes, this Youzhou is a place that concerns the survival of the Han Dynasty, and it is also the gateway to the Han Dynasty...
It has been two months since I returned to Yanjing.
In the blink of an eye, it is late autumn.
Jundu Mountain is full of red maple leaves, and the scenery is extremely spectacular from a distance.
Not far away, Mi Feng walked among the maple red with a few children accompanied by Zhuge Ling and some girls.
The laughter and joy also made Liu Chuang feel much more relaxed. He signaled Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, Huang Zhen and Xu Miao to follow, climb to the top of the military capital mountain, and look at the Juyong beacon fire, and suddenly felt full of passion in his heart.
"By the way, what's the situation with Guo Jia?"
Xu Shu hurriedly said, "Everything is normal on Mr. Guo's side, and there is no abnormality.
Since I gave the orders of the lord, I often visited Mr. Guo. This man was indeed as the lord said, with a lot of wisdom and a worthy reputation as a genius. However, he seemed not interested in the situation in the world. He tried to discuss the important matter with him several times, but he refused to respond..."
Since Guo Jia was captured by Liu Chuang and came to Yanjing, he was placed in the mansion of General Cheval and Cavalry by Liu Chuang.
Since Xu Shu was also from Yingchuan and was a fellow villager with Guo Jia, Liu Chuang arranged for Xu Shu to contact Guo Jia.
Liu Chuang's subordinates are not yet spread to Yingchuan people.
His father-in-law Xun Chen and Xin Ping who later became a member of Yingchuan, were all from Yingchuan. They were far superior to Xu Shu in terms of identity and reputation. However, these people's identities were too sensitive, and Liu Chuang didn't want to stimulate Guo Jia too much. Xu Shu's talent was quite good, so it was relatively easier for him to contact Guo Jia. In fact, Guo Jia really admired Xu Shu and was willing to communicate with Xu Shu.
But as Liu Chuang guessed, even though Guo Jia did not resist, he refused to accept Liu Chuang after being captured.
He made up his mind to be in the Han camp and be in Cao, and refused to give advice for Liu. He did not mind discussing with Xu Shu, and even encouraged Xu Shu to pursue Cai Wenji, and even gave advice for Xu Shu. But when he talked about the general trend, he kept silent. Xu Shu was also turned away several times for this, and later he saw Guo Jia's thoughts and stopped discussing the issues between Cao and Liu.
It can be heard that Xu Shu admires Guo Jia very much.
Liu Chuang couldn't help but shake his head and smiled bitterly, and sighed softly, "Fengxiao is indeed a stubborn surname. It seems that he is indeed loyal to Cao Cao. Such a talent cannot be used by me, which is really a pity... But, okay! Everyone has their own aspirations. Since he is unwilling to serve me, Yuan Zhi should not talk about these things again. Your personal friendship is private friendship, so you might as well communicate with him more."
"Here!"
Zhang Yan has officially started cooperation with Liu Chuang.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, about 100,000 Heishan troops under the rule of Zhongshan Kingdom were officially included in Liu Chuang's rule.
This is a test, and Liu Chuang also attaches great importance to it.
After discussing with Xun Chen, he did not immediately migrate the 100,000 Heishan people, but ordered the registration of household registration on the spot and place it in the area between Guangchang and Pingshu. This area is also a scarce area. After 100,000 people are filled, the liaison between Youzhou and Zhongshan Kingdom can be greatly strengthened, creating conditions for the migration of the population to Dai County. At the same time, Liu Chuang ordered the burning of wasteland in Pingshu and Guangchang areas to prepare for the land reclamation and farmland cultivation in the spring of the coming year. Liu Chuang knew very well that the showdown between him and Cao Cao was imminent. The settlement of land reclamation in Guangchang was also to make arrangements in advance for the next showdown with Cao Cao.
After exploring the military mountain, Liu Chuang took his family to rest in the military camp at the foot of the mountain, preparing to return to Yanjing the next day.
The night shrouded Jundu Mountain.
The autumn moon in Yanshan is particularly charming and has a unique charm in the night.
After a long day of travel, Mi Zhuge Ling and others were a little tired, so they rested early.
Liu Chuang, Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu were in the big tent, looking through the official documents sent from Yanjing and annotating them.
The three of them were either talking in a low voice or writing with their pens.
Seeing that it was over, Liu Chuang saw that it was getting late and stood up to let Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu go to rest.
Just as the three of them were about to leave the tent, they suddenly heard a burst of rapid footsteps outside the tent.
As soon as the curtain was lifted, Li Yifeng hurried in, "Lord, Yanjing urgently reported."
Liu Chuang was stunned, quickly sat upright, and said in a deep voice: "Bring in."
Li Yifeng turned around and went out, and in a short while he took a small school into the big tent.
The school looked dusty and still had sweat on his face. He walked into the tent and crawled on the ground and said in panic: "Report to the Emperor, I will report it urgently by Xun Zhonglang's order."
“Support it!”
The school took a bamboo tube from his body and handed it to Liu Chuang by Li Yifeng.
The bamboo tube was covered with fire lacquer, and there was a seal on it, which was Xun Chen's seal. Liu Chuang opened the bamboo tube, took out the letter from it, and looked at it under the light, and his face changed suddenly.
"Master, what happened?"
Chapter completed!