Datang: At the beginning, Princess Wencheng was robbed

Chapter 139 Dual Capital System

Ten days later, the group arrived in Luoyang.

Coming to Luoyang, of course, was not Wei Yan's whim, but Li Er's deep feeling that the population of Chang'an City was a little too large.

Become a narrow township in the actual sense.

What is a narrow township is a place where the contradiction between man and land is relatively prominent.

Take the current Chang'an City as an example, there are 10 households, even if there are five people in each household, that is [-] people, and they are clearly on the edge of the food and clothing line.

If you want to live well in Datang, you must have at least 27 acres of land.

If it's less than 27 acres, you risk living beyond your means.

The so-called inability to make ends meet means that the food stored in the past must be used to make it possible to survive this year.

This is based on a family of five people.

If this is a family of five, a fat baby will be added in recent years.

Do you think you will be hungry next?
To be honest, Datang seems to be nothing on the surface, but as long as there is a natural disaster, many poor people may not be able to support it.

Why Li Zhi and Wu Cai wanted to move the capital? Many people think of it because they want to get rid of the control of the Guanzhong senators and nobles.

In fact, there is really no rice in Guanzhong, and the ability to prevent natural disasters has reached the extreme.

Otherwise, in a certain year, there is no need to starve to death on the road.

This is the pressure on resources brought about by population growth.

The ancients did not understand data analysis, or their Guanzhong-oriented policies limited their ideas.

in fact……

The population that the entire Guannei Road can accommodate is really limited.

Wei Yan felt that it was time for the population to migrate.

After all, with so many people crowded in a prosperous and affluent place, but they can't get enough to eat, that's not interesting, is it?
Although according to the traditional concept of the ancients, it is not good to leave the homeland.

But if you don't leave, if a natural disaster comes, you will lose your children and grandchildren.

therefore……

This time when he came to Luoyang, Wei Yan actually came to inspect the people's situation.

Of course, there is another one, which is to plan the railway route by the way.

And, let's take a look at Luoyang Palace.

If Luoyang Palace is built by him, hundreds of thousands of people can be saved.

after all……

Li Xueyan has already seen his ability.

only……

To be honest, this palace is not very easy to repair.

……

When passing by Luoyang before, I didn't look at Luoyang Palace very carefully.

Now, I have the opportunity to take a closer look.

There are also court ladies and servants in Luoyang Palace, but... not many.

"You said, what if the Luoyang Palace is repaired and then moved to Luoyang?"

Wei Yan asked Cheng Yang.

"There are no people on the streets of Luoyang. It's far behind Chang'an City. Why do you want to move here?"

Cheng Yang also asked naturally.

"Because there are already enough people in Chang'an City, the Guanzhong standard policy is outdated. The next step is to create two international metropolises."

Cheng Yang didn't understand what Wei Yan was talking about.

But probably the meaning is still understandable.

That is, one Chang'an city is no longer enough, and one more Luoyang is needed.

"Tired?"

Chengyang seemed a little tired.

"I'll carry you."

Wei Yan said conveniently.

can only say……

There are people watching all around.

On the contrary, Gong Cheng came up and said, "Why don't you go down to find someone to ask for a chariot?"

Wei Yan: "Alright!"

Didn't find out, this Gong Cheng is quite capable.

But yes.

Guarding an empty Luoyang Palace, usually living on a subsistence allowance at most, on this day of promotion, the future is uncertain.

Now that Duke Ding and his son-in-law are here in person, and Princess Chengyang is also here, there is no need to act quickly.

Maybe he is favored by Ding Guogong or the princess. After that, he will have a chance to make a fortune.

After that, Wei Yan learned about the history of Luoyang Palace with Gong Cheng.

Gong Cheng also prepared a chariot for Wei Yan.

But Wei Yan thinks this is fine.

He might as well walk, after all, it was too decadent to be carried by others, and his conscience was a little hard on him.

I feel like a rich landlord.

When they came to Qianyang Hall.

At this time, there are only some foundations left in Qianyang Hall.

When he invaded Luoyang that year, Li Er was quite heroic, and burned the Qianyang Palace with a torch.

This wasteful thing!

Now you see, even if you want to rebuild it, you can’t.

Because the people's power needed to be used is too much.

The wood and so on were all shipped from Jiangxi Province.

You think about that distance.

Just a pillar in the main hall will cost a lot of manpower and material resources.

Of course.

With Wei Yan here, in fact, there is no problem at all.

Isn't it just wood, as many Wei inkstones as you want can be realized.

In fact, the crux of the problem lies in...

What can I do to prevent others from knowing that this wood was made by him.

Or, to know is to know for sure.

only……

Wei Yan didn't want this to become such a sensation.

I learned about the amount of wood used to rebuild Qianyang Hall, but to be honest, it doesn't feel too outrageous.

Wei Yan felt that he might be able to contract this project.

But to be reasonable, after this is repaired, I don't have my share.

It's a pity that I can't live in it myself.

Then...

Wei Yan wrote a memorial to Li Er.

Ask Li Er to arrange someone to calculate the amount of wood used for this project.

Come up with a plan as soon as possible.

Wei Yan planned to try to see if he could rebuild it.

……

Chang'an City.

This time, Wei Yan could be said to be on patrol on his behalf.

only……

Li Er didn't expect that Wei Yan would put his mind on rebuilding Luoyang Palace.

You know, he wants to rebuild, and all the officials are against it.

can only say……

Wei Yan might have a solution.

Immediately, he asked the two brothers Yan Liben and Yan Lide, master craftsmen, to take out all the data that had been calculated before.

Including how much manpower and material resources are needed, and where the wood will come from.

These detailed building materials actually exist.

Then, it was packaged to Wei Yan by express.

At the speed of a posthorse, the things could be handed over to Wei Yan in less than ten days.

Wei Yan also happened to be able to rest, and by the way, he and Cheng Yang made babies day and night.

And, let Chengyang do it himself.

There are no powerful people in Luoyang now.

That is to say, he can still be given a chance to fish in troubled waters.

It feels like he can produce a large pile of wood outside the city, and then everyone just moves it symbolically.

Then...

Wei Yan put forward the real capital policy, and suggested that the population and political center of Datang should be moved eastward.

After learning of Wei Yan's suggestion.

The officials of the Tang Dynasty all looked at each other in blank dismay, this Duke Ding was really not doing business every day.

Isn't there a railway?

With the railway, it should be no problem for Chang'an City to support another 100 million people.

But there is a saying that says that with a crowd of millions, it is not a good idea to look up to thousands of miles to the southeast.

The railway can certainly expand Chang'an City's population to numbers that were previously unreachable.

but……

This is too dependent on one thing, which is not good either.

With Chang'an as the capital and Luoyang as the deputy capital, it would be nice to be more flexible.

Moreover, the Central Plains is so large, there are still many undeveloped lands.

Wouldn't it be a pity to leave it unused.

Wei Yan thinks of maximizing benefits.

Changan.

Datang officials looked at Wei Yan's report data, 26 mu, the people of Datang would starve to death.

In fact, this is exactly in line with what Li Er saw when he went to Lingkou to investigate.

At that time, he saw [-] acres of land per Dingshou, and the ordinary people in this family often had to work hard for a year and could barely make ends meet. Once there was a natural disaster or insect pests, and the crop yields were reduced, it would be possible. To make ends meet.

Li Er took this report and said nothing else.

Just this data report is enough to make the officials of the Tang Dynasty feel ashamed.

"What do you think?"

The people below looked at each other.

Then, a person came out and said: "But what if the population of Guannei Road is relocated to Luoyang, what should we do if the Guannei Road is empty? We implement the Fubing system. If the population is relocated, it means that there may be people in Guannei Road in the future. Insufficient population, moreover, will make Luoyang more populated, then this Luoyang..."

These will usher in new problems.

Li Er then said: "Then... I, Da Tang, just guarded Guanzhong and waited to die?"

At this moment, Li Zhi said: "My son thinks that what Ding Guogong said makes sense, so we can do what Ding Guogong said."

Li Ji also expressed his position: "Just moving some people out can make these people live better. In the future, the world's military supply will be more abundant."

What else can be done?When others saw it, they could only agree to rebuild Luoyang Palace.The Tang Dynasty will be a dual-capital system from now on.

(End of this chapter)