sweeping the world

Chapter 627
Liu Yan only arrived in Yecheng in the middle of summer, and he needs to stay here for about half a month, and then he will stay in Xiangguo for about a month, in order to allow a management team to make final preparations for the move.

Moving, of course, does not mean moving Yecheng or Xiangguo to Guanzhong, the palace cannot be moved, but the rare treasures in the palace must be moved, and a large number of documents need to be packaged and sealed.As for those pots, lids, ladles, pots, beds, tables, chairs, etc., there is no need to move them. It is better to build them in Guanzhong if they are taken away, or the transportation cost will be many times higher than the objects themselves.

By the way, tables and chairs are already popular, but the spread among the people is faster than the official, and the official still uses a large number of tables and futons, which is related to a kind of official etiquette.

Wei County doesn’t look hot in summer. It should be said that most areas in East Asia are not too hot. That’s because of the influence of the Little Ice Age. The information reported to the center in many areas shows that when it’s raining, God doesn’t rain. up.

"It's really bad news!" Tian Shuo said worriedly, "If it doesn't rain, it will definitely cause drought."

In the fifth year of Yuanshuo, there were relevant speculations, such as a possible drought in a certain year in the future. Since then, the officials have tried their best to build an irrigation system, but it depends on the diversion of water sources from various water systems. If there is no rain in a large area, the water system will dry up, and a large number of irrigation systems will only delay the impact on crops, and will not be able to cure the root cause at all.

Liu Yan is very sure that there will be a drought. He can forget many things, but he has not forgotten the drought and locust plague after the death of Wuluotian Wang Ranmin.

The historical process has reached AD [-], and in the history that has not been changed, Ran Min was defeated and killed in AD [-], and drought and locust plagues soon followed, scaring Murong Yanguo into thinking It was because of Ran Min's resentment that he was named the King of Wuluo.

Drought will not form in a short period of time, there must be a process, often it becomes an established fact when the government does not notice, and it suddenly becomes a big event when it breaks out.

The locust plague is directly related to the drought. Generally, the drought occurs first and then the locust plague occurs, which is equivalent to the effect of the collapse of the natural environment.

"General Zhengxi Zhonglang has led his troops to Guzang, and the first area to report local drought is in Liangzhou." Tian Shuo has reason to be nervous and worried. Droughts have occurred many times in Liangzhou in history, and then they will spread to Guanzhong. Soon it will be the turn of the hinterland of the Central Plains: "Shuofang and Bingzhou surveyed the water sources and found that the water levels of various water systems and lakes have dropped. There is no abnormality in Sizhou, Jizhou and other places for the time being."

If it is just that Liangzhou has a drought, it will not make the center of the Han Dynasty so nervous. Shuozhou has never been short of water because of the Yellow River, and Bingzhou also has quite a few tributaries of the Yellow River.If these three places together show a downward trend in water supply, then the problem is really serious enough.

In fact, many water systems in China are either tributaries of the Yellow River or the Yangtze River.The water sources of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River basically come from the plateau. If the water level drops, it must be due to something happening on the plateau, and then there is little rainfall along the river section.

Sang Yu asked the key question: "Where is the south?"

Tian Shuo checked it carefully before saying, "No abnormalities have been found in the south."

By this time, those who were originally dissatisfied with Liu Yan's desire to let southerners join the national governance system became a little fortunate.Not only was he glad that he couldn't stop it even if he wanted to, but he was also glad that Liu Yan really thought further than them.

Droughts will occur in most parts of the Central Plains. At that time, there will be no harvest everywhere, and food will need to be found elsewhere.The Han army will go south in the sixth year of Yuanshuo. It is judged in advance that there will be a large-scale drought in the Central Plains. Apart from the Zhengshuo dispute, isn’t it just to get food from the south when the time comes?
The Han Dynasty succeeded in destroying the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but destroying a country does not mean that it can rule that piece of land, and the local people must be willing to accept the rule.In the past two years, Huan Wen massacred people in the south, and the forces that did not surrender were either eliminated or turned to the dark side. It was Liu Yan's turn to accept southerners as officials, and the situation in the south of the Yangtze River was considered to be stable.

"That's good...that's good..." The sadness on Sang Yu's face didn't decrease much: "Once there is a drought in the Central Plains, will there be twists and turns in the south?"

No one can answer Sang Yu's question, and no one can guarantee whether someone from the south will jump out at that time.

"The Guochao has migrated nearly 200 million people from the south, and those who disobeyed have been wiped out in large numbers, but we still have to be careful of those aristocratic families who have unreasonable ambitions." Xu Zheng said murderously: "The number of garrisons must be increased!"

"In addition to increasing the garrison, it is also necessary to summon the blood of all the families to go to Guanzhong together, and even let them move their whole family to Guanzhong." Sang Yu said somewhat sinisterly: "If you refuse, you will kill him with a conspiracy. .”

It was originally a good thing to prevent the aristocratic families, but when Sang Yu brought it up, it was a bit like attacking the southern aristocratic families.

It is very clear that the bloodline of a family is extremely important at any time, and the bloodlines of the southern families are tantamount to hostages if they are recruited.As for letting the aristocratic families in the south move, those aristocratic families are still aristocratic families in the south, and they will be nothing when they reach Guanzhong.

Liu Yan was standing at the window looking out at Lin Yuan, and turned his head to look at Sang Yu's words. Sang Yu had a righteous look on his face, while the rest of them had their own expressions.

As the northern faction, being able to suppress or seriously injure the southern faction is definitely something we wish for.As for the southern department, he must have turned pale when he heard Sang Yu's words.

"Jiaozhi is still continuing to transport grain to the central government." Liu Yan is the king of a country, and he does not distinguish between north and south. For him, he focuses on the whole country: "The north will be very dependent on the south for grain in the next few years."

Suppressing the South to prevent chaos is something that must be done. Some means must be used, but they cannot be forced to the point of desperation. Sang Yu's suggestion has merit, and it is also something that the center must do, but it cannot be done Too much, such as forcibly relocating the aristocratic family to Guanzhong.

Hearing what Liu Yan said, Sang Yu had a look of pity, the rest of the northern department was not so urgent, and the southern department felt relieved.

The Sang family's background is not bad, and they were the first family to incorporate the family from the Central Plains, and they became the number one family in the north within a few short years.

As the No. [-] family in the north, the Sang family has actually been pushed into the fire. No matter how unwilling they are, they must maintain their own advantages. Not only must they suppress the rest of the northern family, but they must not let the southern family stand out.They are clear that if they target the existing interest groups, not only will they encounter a strong counterattack, but even Liu Yan will not be able to watch. The only way is to treat the defeated families as the "chicken" to scare the chickens and scare the monkeys. Other groups with less comprehensive strength.

Sang Yu chose those families who were defeated because he considered that even if Liu Yan would interfere, it would not be too obvious. After all, this world is very realistic. If the defeated has not suffered any impact, wouldn't the victor's victory be of little value?
Liu Yan left in the middle of the meeting.

The palace city in Yecheng was forced to stop halfway through construction. Liu Yan had no intention of building a capital here, so there was no need to continue the projects that were not repaired.

After the Hulu fled after the restoration of the Han family, Yecheng and Xiangguo fell into the same situation, that is, the two places were almost empty, or people from other places came behind, which made the two places a little popular.

Liu Yan was actually very disgusted with the actions of the aristocratic families, but he encountered a problem common to the kings of all dynasties. The governance of the country could not be separated from those aristocratic families, so unless it was to stop the country, he could not do anything at all.

Of course, Liu Yan did not rely on the power of the aristocratic family in the process of establishing the country. The aristocratic family can only play the role of a dependent, and does not have much say in state affairs and national policies. If Liu Yan has the determination, cleaning up the aristocratic family can only be done It is to shut down the country's administration, and it will never fall into turmoil like the Eastern Han Dynasty who wanted to clean up the family.

Liu Xiu continued that the big man was helped by the local tyrants, but at that time it was only the local tyrants, and there was no so-called family.The aristocratic family emerged during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Except for the situation in the Eastern Han Dynasty, many dynasties had a similar situation, resulting in the aristocratic family controlling almost every aspect of the country.

The Eastern Han Dynasty was revived because of its arrogance, and it also went to perish because of its arrogance.Subsequent Yang Sui also had the support of the family to replace Zhou. If it is said that the Eastern Han Dynasty lasted for more than 200 years because it did not want to clean up the family, Yang Sui died because he wanted to clean up the family and made a second generation.With the example of Yang Sui, the subsequent rulers of successive dynasties did not dare to clean up the aristocratic family at all, and the maximum extent was to pull a group, beat a group, and destroy a group.

The Northern and Southern Dynasties created such a monster as the aristocratic family, and it was not until the Song Dynasty that it came to an end. The reason why there were no aristocratic families in the Song Dynasty was because knowledge was no longer monopolized by the aristocratic families, and knowledge had been spread to its greatest extent.More importantly, the imperial examination system was implemented.

"Zi Shen, you..." Cai You not only smiled wryly but also shook his head: "Why do you have to be so obvious?"

Sang Yu smiled and said, "Yu has his own reasons for doing this."

In the final analysis, it was precisely because the aristocratic family did not contribute much in the process of founding the country, and their influence on the king was dispensable, so they could no longer have a sense of existence.Of course, the aristocratic families cannot unite. Competition and vicious fighting between them will bring the aristocratic families into Liu Yan's sight, and the gap between the north and the south is the first appetizer.

"Fuyu country..." Sang Yu found that everyone's attention was shifted to himself, and felt that some things should be discussed, so he found a place to sit down and said: "The king encourages all families to expand outwards, and all the families You must have seen it?"

One counts the other as nodding, the peninsula in the south is about to become a paradise for all families, more than a hundred families go to have fun, and the families in the south are the most.

"Why does your majesty turn a blind eye to the private armed forces of various families outside the country?" Sang Yu didn't seem to expect anyone to answer, paused for everyone to digest, and then continued with a smile: "It is to encourage the people to open up! "

Yu Yi was most impressed by this. The Yu clan dispatched [-] family members to fight against the Funan Kingdom. It would be a lie to say that they didn't feel worried about being liquidated by Liu Yan, but later found that Liu Yan didn't care at all.

The small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty died, and before it died, too many aristocratic families were sent to Indochina to make up for it. Even if Liu Yan knew about it, he didn't do anything later, so the degree to which Liu Yan encouraged to expand abroad is very clear.

"Yu once asked the king for instructions..." Sang Yu looked at the leaders of the northern faction, and then continued: "The request to transfer someone to go was rejected."

Not only Sang Yu, but Cai You and other ministers who were originally from the north had asked Liu Yan for instructions. Without exception, Liu Yan did not want them to interfere too much in Indochina.

"Because of the discovery of the various uses of wool, the families north of the Yangtze River must have their children leading people into the grasslands?" Sang Yu meant that Liu Yan obviously let the families in the north do it in the north.He glanced at the people belonging to the Southern Department and asked: "Everyone asked for permission to go to the grassland, but was it rejected by the king?"

This time, everyone in the southern department nodded.

"The north manages the north, and the south manages the south. Anyone who is not the old land of the Han family can manage it. This is the king's strategy to restrict us from occupying too much land in the country." Sang Yu guessed Liu Yan's mind correctly, but there was something The place is not clear.He narrowed his eyes: "Your Majesty has given the way for the rise of the family, but...are there too many families involved?"

Sang Yu just had to make it clear that those of them who had embraced the right thing early could enjoy the treatment of the victors, so why could those who were defeated also!
The in-depth conversation in the room was still going on, and Liu Yan, who had already walked to the harem, happened to receive the message, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth after reading it.

Liu Yan doesn't like aristocratic families who stay at home and fight. He hopes that those aristocratic families will go out, so that the aristocratic families can be regarded as a company-like existence.

Why did the empire on which the sun never set take shape?It’s really not that the government alone uses national power to continuously invade outwards. So many colonies are actually occupied by various companies, and behind it is the platform of the country, which has 24.75% of the world’s land.

Let the power of the private sector develop and invade, with the state as the backing to provide escort and support. This is a rapid expansion plan that Liu Yan believes is feasible. In addition, with the power of the state continuing to expand westward, he feels that before his death, at least the Pacific region will In most areas, the surname must be Han, and you can definitely go to the Mediterranean to wash your military boots, but it is uncertain whether you can reach the westernmost tip of Europe.

Sang Yu's speech continued, and he almost fell into a kind of excitement: "Taking Xiliang and marching into the Western Regions, and may continue to go west, is to obtain a resource called cotton. The reason why we want cotton is to That piece of black land in the northeast!"

Cai You was stunned for a moment and asked: "Zishen is saying that from now on, the Han Dynasty will allow the private sector to be the main force in exploring the northeast?"

Sang Yu didn't answer at all, and even stopped his speech because of Cai You's question.What he thought in his heart was that not everyone was as smart as himself?It's better to hide some.

(End of this chapter)