Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

In autumn, the Ming Dynasty recovered the entire territory of Goryeo.

The reason why it took so long was mainly because there were too many mountainous areas.

The southern Goryeo nobles were unwilling to fail. Some stationed troops in mountain cities and defended them, while others fled into the mountains with their remnants to fight guerrilla warfare.

The Ming army itself sent less than 10,000 troops, and the newly formed Korean soldiers were not able to attack the city. They could only push through the mountain cities one by one, and then leave the newly formed Korean soldiers to garrison.

Although all the cities of Goryeo were captured, there are still many remnants.

It's mainly a policy issue!

Under the advice of Zheng Zhichang, Bai Chongyan promoted all the poor families and exterminated the aristocratic families at will. Moreover, it was precisely the poor families who were promoting the extermination of the family, and the poor scholars were extremely active in this regard.

When the news reached the south, the Goryeo nobles were terrified and gathered together, determined to fight the Ming army to the death.

They also controlled rural public opinion, claiming that the Ming army relied on northerners (north of the Taedong River) and wanted to slaughter all the southern Goryeo people, even the poor scholars in the south would be killed.

Most people believed this rumor.

The conflict between the southerners and northerners in Goryeo had lasted for more than a hundred years. The previous conflict between the nobles of Kaijing and Xijing was actually the conflict between the southerners and the northerners. More than ten years ago, it had intensified to the point where the northern gentry rebelled.

The southern gentry took advantage of the regional conflicts in Goryeo to unite many poor families in the south.

Of course, there were also some poor people in the south who were skeptical and sent their confidants to the north. When these poor children in the south saw Bai Chongyan, they were immediately appointed as minor officials or clerks, and secretly wrote letters back to tell their families.

Gradually, more and more poor people in the south were instigated to rebel, and even took the initiative to lead the Ming army into the mountains to wipe out the remnants of the gentry.

After taking over the entire territory of Goryeo, Bai Chongyan reported to the court and asked for more agricultural officials to come.

Bai Chongyan said in the letter that the backwardness of North Korea's agriculture was not only due to the system and agricultural tools. Korean farmers don't even know how to make compost. Even the fertile land created by river alluvial deposits still uses the fallow system of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Zhu Ming agreed to all the people and things Bai Chongyan asked for, and asked the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites to discuss the reward.

After discussing these things, Zhu Yang, the prince and Luoyang prefect who attended the imperial meeting, said: "Your Majesty, Luoyang is becoming more and more prosperous, and the population has increased sharply in recent years. Please choose a date to build Luoyang City."

Zhu Ming nodded and said: "You discuss with the cabinet and various departments and come up with a strategy for expansion."

"Yes!" Zhu Yang sat down.

The area of ​​the entire Luoyang City is about one-seventh smaller than that of Kaifeng City.

However, the Luoyang Imperial City is much larger than the Kaifeng Imperial City, directly occupying a quarter of the entire Luoyang City.

The layout of Luoyang City is in the shape of a "field", and the large area in the upper left corner is all the imperial city and palace city.

Let's put it this way, the urban area of ​​Kaifeng minus the imperial city is 2 square kilometers larger than the entire Luoyang City!

It was barely enough when the capital was just moved, but it has been overcrowded in the past ten years, and even farmland in the suburbs is being used to build houses.

The new Minister of Works is Zhao Fengji, who is very proficient in water conservancy. He has presided over water conservancy in Hanzhong and Jingbei, and he is also responsible for the great Yellow River project.

But it is the first time to build a city.

Zhao Fengji took the map of Luoyang and said: "Your Highness, we should build more in the west of the city so that the imperial city is in the center."

"Indeed." Zhu Yang thought so too.

The Luoyang City built in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the imperial city was built magnificently, but the outer city was a half-finished product.

The imperial city of the Ming Dynasty is not in the center line, but in the upper left corner of the "田" grid. What a disgrace?

To the west of the "田", a new "日"-shaped city area is built, and the Luoyang Imperial City can be in the north and in the center!

Zhu Yang usually handles trivial matters in the Luoyang government office, but now he finally has something big to do.

He frequently communicated with architects from the Ministry of Works, personally led people to inspect the site, and then communicated with officials from the Ministry of Revenue and subordinate counties. It took a whole winter to develop a city construction plan.

Officials from the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Revenue, the prefectures and counties, and even the Wucheng Bingma Division, all fully cooperated with the prince to formulate a plan.

By the way, he got familiar with the prince and felt his temper.

On the winter solstice, Zhu Yang took out the plan for additional construction.

Zhu Ming was eating hot pot while watching, and naturally expressed great satisfaction, because there were countless professionals to check for omissions for the prince.

After the construction of the West City, Henan County Office will move there, and its jurisdiction will be Henan County in the west of the city.

Luoyang County Office will remain in place, and its jurisdiction will be Luoyang County in the east of the city.

As for the Luoyang urban area (including the attached city side streets), it is naturally under the personal management of Luoyang Prefecture Yin.

By the way, the capital of Henan Province and the three offices of Henan Province have been moved from Kaifeng to Zhengzhou.

Henan Province was in a bad situation. Luoyang Prefecture and Kaifeng Prefecture were directly under the central government, which took away the two most valuable areas of Henan Province.

Huainan Province happened to be too large, so seven counties of Bozhou were cut off and assigned to Henan.

When the capital of Henan Province was established, the ministers also debated.

Half of the ministers believed that Songcheng (Shangqiu) should be set as the capital, because it was the Nanjing of the former Song Dynasty, with a sufficient population, a developed economy, and a strategic location.

Half of the ministers believed that Zhengzhou should be set as the capital, because it was the geographical center of Henan Province. Shangqiu was too remote, with Shandong and Huainan next door. How could the capital be so far away?

In the end, Zhu Ming decided to set Zhengzhou as the capital.

It was mainly determined by geographical factors. If Shangqiu was set as the capital, then the prefectures and counties in the westernmost part of Henan would have to pass through the entire Henan Province and the two capitals in the east and west when paying taxes to the province.

Zhengzhou happened to be a place where prefectures and counties in the south could alternate by land and water, and transport taxes to Xinzheng for transshipment. Eastern and western prefectures and counties can be reached directly by water.

From Xinzheng to Zhengzhou, a canal is being dug.

Canals have been dug to connect the Bianhe River to the Jinshui River and the Zhengshui River.

In the future, Zhengzhou will be able to reach in all directions.

Zhu Ming said: "The plan is well done, and the key is how much it can be implemented in the end. Especially the demolition of the residents of the western part of the city, the recruitment of civilians, and the transfer of bricks, stones and wood."

Zhu Yang said: "The child will always keep a close eye on it."

"Just do it," Zhu Ming urged: "If you make a mistake, someone will help you make up for it. The most important thing is that you have to learn something from it."

"It's all thanks to my father's care." Zhu Yang smiled like a child.

Although he is an adult, he still has to act like a spoiled child when he needs to act like a spoiled child.

According to this expansion plan, the total area of ​​Luoyang will be 70 square kilometers in the future, which is larger than the Beijing City of the Qing Dynasty (62.5 square kilometers). As for the Luoyang Imperial City, it is one-third larger than the Imperial City of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (not the Forbidden City).

It can easily accommodate a million people!

The drainage system above and below the ground must be improved first, and the domestic water facilities must also be improved. It is impossible for a population of one million to rely entirely on wells for drinking.

Luoyang's water conservancy system is very comprehensive and was already mature during the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Qianjinqiao, Qianjinqu, Qianjinwu, Wulongqu, Dailongqu, Jiulongqu, Changfenqiao, Zhangfanggou, Shixiang Water Gate, some of these facilities are used for drinking, and some are used for flood discharge and drainage, forming a relatively complete urban water conservancy system.

Now that the additional construction area has reached half of the original area, some water conservancy systems abandoned since the Five Dynasties have to be repaired and used again.

By the way, the water conservancy around Luoyang will be improved again. Those rivers and canals used for urban flood discharge and drainage can be used by nearby farmers to irrigate fertile fields.

Most of the people in the western suburbs of the city do not need to move away, and the few who need to move are purely unlucky. Their existing houses are located in the area of ​​the newly built city walls and moats, or in the location of newly established official institutions, or have been demolished to make main streets.

Winter is gone and spring is here.

30,000 civilians from Henan and Luoyang counties were conscripted, some to dig sewers, some to dig moats, but there was no need to rush to build the city wall.

The excavated earth can be used to tamp the inner wall layer.

These civilians not only have food, but also have wages.

The Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Works allocate some of the relevant money and grain, and Luoyang Prefecture, Luoyang County, and Henan County allocate some more.

Since winter wheat is mainly planted, there is not much land that needs spring ploughing, so conscripting civilians in spring does not delay the farming season too much.

As long as they are given money and food, the civilians are very happy.

The Ming Dynasty was founded less than 20 years ago, and it has launched many anti-corruption cases. No one dares to mess around under the emperor. Even if officials embezzle, it is just a small fight.

It is not good in the middle and late stages of the dynasty.

Like the Ming Dynasty in history, only a hundred years later, the water conservancy projects in Beijing dared to be subcontracted layer by layer. Finally, it was taken over by a private person. Probably because the profit was too thin, they had to cut corners. The river bank collapsed in less than half a year... A lot of people fell to the ground!

When Zhu Yang built the city in Luoyang, the north had a bit of good weather.

There was a slight spring drought in some places, but overall it was going well.

But after all, it has just entered the warming period, and the power of the Little Ice Age is still there.

After the summer, more than 20 prefectures and counties in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangxi suffered floods. Thousands of people were drowned in Jianzhou City (Jian'ou) alone - because of the continuous heavy rain, the water level of Jianyang Creek, Song Creek and its tributaries in the upper reaches rose sharply, and the flood peak arrived in half a day and submerged the river bank and flooded into the city.

A lot of officials and military generals died in Jianzhou. At that time, they were leading the army and civilians to build the river bank!

Yanzhou City was even worse. There were only five words in the history books: the water rushed in and the city was submerged.

Even the Shenquan Prison in the east of Yanzhou City was flooded. It was the second largest copper coin foundry in the south.

The sky seemed to have been pierced in the southeast, and torrential rains continued to fall in three provinces. The economic and population losses were severe.

The real harm of the Little Ice Age was not the cold, but the unpredictable climate change, which would lead to many extreme weather conditions.

The disaster report documents flew to Luoyang like snowflakes, and Zhu Ming looked helpless.

He could only urgently transport disaster relief supplies and exempt the taxes of the affected prefectures and counties, and also exempt the arrears of taxes in previous years.

As for those who made contributions to disaster relief, they were all rewarded.

The dead were compensated.

Those who died in the line of duty, such as the officials and soldiers of Jianzhou, who were drowned while reinforcing the river embankment, were all heavily compensated.

What a terrible climate!

Zhu Ming climbed up the West Tower to relax and silently watched the civilians outside the city digging the moat.

In Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Fujian provinces, at least 100,000 people were drowned this time, and the number of displaced people was estimated to be over one million. The flood came too big and too fast. No matter the government or the people, they were not well prepared. Who could have thought that the flood would directly submerge the city?

The finances that had been gradually replenished with great difficulty were deflated again by this incident.

(My son infected me with whooping cough these two days... I guess my grandmother is not going to make it. She had one in the morning and one in the afternoon. She may be gone for the next two or three days.)