Regarding Cheng Tian's party dispute, at that time, Guo Peng was in the mood of watching the drama and waiting for the change in the court situation.

As a result, I waited for two months in a row, but there was no movement.

Guo was wondering if these people were thundering and raining, or if there was something big wrong on their side, and then in April, they really waited for this outbreak.

The fierce battle between Cheng Yu and Tian Feng was officially put on the table.

Previously, Cao Cao and Tian Feng were ordered to jointly discuss the feasibility and specific operation details of the Grand Canal, and the discussion was quite pleasant, and the two sides reached a lot of consensus based on the actual situation.

But the situation changed abruptly, after the Cui Qu case, Cao Cao stood on Cheng Yu's side, and Tian Feng became opponents, so this consensus was overturned a lot.

Contradictions between the cabinet and the Ministry of Industry began to erupt.

From February to April of the fourth year of Yande, this consensus completely disappeared and turned into-for-tat dissent.

It is no secret that Guo Peng wants to dig the Grand Canal to connect the north and the south, and everyone in the court knows it.

Although many people think that Guo Peng's labor outweighs the losses, the emperor must do it for the sake of "descendants in twenty or thirty years", and they can't help it.

They also don't quite understand the strange reason why each year is colder than the previous one.

But who made Guo Peng the emperor?

Moreover, in an objective sense, even if we completely discard the illusory so-called large-scale reduction in grain production in the next two or three decades, it would be a great thing to simply connect the north and the south with transportation.

First and foremost, it was necessary to strengthen the Wei Empire's control over Jiangnan.

The foundation of the Wei Empire was in Qingyan Erzhou, in Jizhou, and later Yuzhou, and in general, in the Kanto region, as well as on the Hebei Plain, not in the south of the Yangtze River.

Jiangnan was not even the center of gravity of the Western and Eastern Han dynasties.

The emperors of the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty were not interested in developing Jiangnan, which made Jiangnan empty of fertile soil and unable to develop.

After the Great Plague and War, the Han population in Jiangnan plummeted and was no longer the number it used to be.

If the population is small and cannot be developed, there will naturally be many more forces that are not under control, such as Shanyue, such as the Wuxi barbarians, such as the Wuling barbarians, etc., which will cause trouble to the south of the Yangtze River.

This made the gentry and landlord class even less interested, and had no interest in paying high costs to open up wasteland.

Exploiting wasteland requires huge and high costs, such as labor costs, material costs, food costs, and time costs.

A wasteland cannot be planted with a few plows of soil, and the grain that has just been planted cannot be harvested the next day.

During the year-long or even two-year, or even three-year period of land reclamation, it is necessary to provide the peasant households with food rations, farm tools, and a certain amount of cattle to maintain their livelihood, and this high cost is simply not something that the big landlords are willing to bear.

It's really hard to serve a piece of land.

They only want to occupy well-developed land that is ready for cultivation with full drainage and irrigation functions.

The wasteland is not in their eyes.

Of course, if someone makes an effort to reclaim the wasteland, they certainly don't mind taking the former wasteland.

Only the state is willing to pay a high cost to reclaim wasteland, and only the state has the financial and organizational resources to arrange for a large number of peasants to reclaim and develop a large number of wasteland to increase the country's land.

This kind of thing exists and only Guo can do.

After Guo Peng unprecedentedly strengthened the power of the Wei Empire, he carried out a large-scale conquest of the south of the Yangtze River, and concentrated the power of peasant households to reclaim the wasteland in the south of the Yangtze River on a large scale and vigorously develop agriculture in the south of the Yangtze River.

The special investment funds are calculated in 100 million, and it seems that it is not yet known when the cost will be recovered.

Some officials feel that Guo has spent so much money to develop Jiangnan because he has a problem with his head, and he is too happy to be happy.

And Guo's behavior gave more courtiers the impression that Guo Peng decided to develop Jiangnan, and he wanted to shift the policy focus to Jiangnan, and Jiangnan would develop very well in the future.

Moreover, now the Wei Empire has more than 100,000 troops in Jiangnan, and in addition to the self-sufficient part of the grain of these 100,000 people, many of them are transported from Jiangbei, which also requires a lot of manpower and material resources.

It seems that digging a grand canal can really save a lot of things.

From their personal point of view, it's nothing, and it's obviously beneficial.

The Grand Canal from Luoyang to Jiangnan can help their business travel teams enter the emerging markets in Jiangnan faster and better and seize market share.

The capacity of water transport is more than ten times that of land transport, and the amount of time that can be reduced can help their caravans go farther and return sooner and earn more money.

This way, you don't have to worry about having to travel a long way to Gangnam.

The caravan could start directly from Luoyang, take the road of the Grand Canal and go directly south to Yangzhou, and then follow the Yangtze River waterway to the west to Jingzhou.

Although the population of Jiangnan has suffered serious losses, there are still millions of people left, and the population of Jingzhou and Yangzhou will not be small after being rectified, and the accumulated wealth is quite considerable after several years of development.

They would love to go there and make a lot of money.

Someone has gone there in recent years.

It's just that it's inconvenient to go back and forth, the distance is long, and the profit is limited.

In the end, the land transportation in the south of the Yangtze River is not as developed as in the Central Plains.

However, the well-developed transportation network in the Central Plains on the one hand restricts the growth of commodity prices, and on the other hand, a large number of toll stations also compress their profit margins, so that they need to spend more costs.

However, if you take the waterway, you can avoid many toll booths.

Although I don't know if Guo Peng will set up a toll station on the canal to amortize the development cost.

Despite all these doubts, from their own point of view, this possibility is still to be celebrated.

Cao Cao and Tian Feng have long ceased to regard the excavation as the focus of the debate, and their focus now is whether the canal should cross the Yellow River and reach Jizhou.

From Yangzhou to Luoyang, this route has been recognized by them.

Making full use of the natural river and the artificial river dug by the ancestors to maximize the advantages in this area can greatly shorten the construction period and reduce the cost.

Then, as long as the upper reaches of Yingshui communicate with the water channels repaired in the Eastern Han Dynasty around the Yellow River, a great north-south connection can be realized.

Once the north-south connection is realized, it will be a remarkable achievement, and the central government's control and influence over Jiangnan will be greatly enhanced.

From then on, if Jiangnan wants to fight against the central government, it will not be so easy.

The central army can quickly move south along the canal, without having to travel long distances, and will also shorten the marching time, once there is a change in Jiangnan, the central army can reach Jiangnan at a very fast speed.

This is an extremely strong deterrent to any centrifugal force.

The development of the country's commerce will also benefit soon, and the Jiangnan market will not be separated from the Central Plains market, but will be further integrated, making the commerce of Wei more prosperous.

However, on the basis of this consensus, Tian Feng put forward the idea of whether the canal could be repaired to Jizhou.

Tian Feng believes that this will further connect the north-south traffic, connect Hebei, the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River into a line, and achieve an unprecedented traffic lifeline.

Tian Feng is a native of Jizhou.

Cao Cao was a native of Yanzhou.

One is in Henan and the other is in Hebei.

The base camp of the Tian Feng family is in Jizhou.

The base camp of the Cao Cao family is in Yanzhou.

Once the communication of the Grand Canal is completed, it will greatly strengthen the liaison between Jiangnan and the Central Plains.

The commerce of the Central Plains and Jiangnan will be further integrated, and the Yangzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou and Sili regions will be connected.

The major wealthy families in the Central Plains will further occupy the Jiangnan market, eat a lot of food, and make a fortune.

Limited to the increase in costs caused by transportation, Hebei business hotels such as Jizhou and Youzhou will have an additional cost expenditure than Central Plains business travel if they want to do business in the south.

Although Jizhou and Youzhou also have the advantage of coastal shipping, the sea is strong and affected by natural conditions, which requires stronger and larger ships and more manpower and material resources, and the corrosive nature of seawater is far stronger than that of fresh water, and the potential cost of their expenditure is much greater than that of inland canals.

Inland canals pose no associated threat.

This will inevitably squeeze their profit margins.

If they want to keep profits, they will reduce their competitiveness in Henan and the Jiangnan market.

Clear-eyed people know that Guo Peng's purpose of communicating north-south transportation is to further develop Jiangnan.

In the future, a large number of immigrants from the Central Plains will inevitably enter the land south of the Yangtze River, the local market will expand, and the consumption power will also increase.

Cao Cao can see this part of the policy dividend, and Tian Feng can naturally see it.

If he wants to unite forces that can be united to fight against Cheng Yu and Cao Cao, Tian Feng needs to show his talents.

It's not enough to have Cui Yan's endorsement, and it's not enough to have Qiaorui's joining, the real benefits must be seen by everyone.

As a Jizhou person, you must first seek benefits for the people of Jizhou, and the people of Jizhou are the natural supporters of Tian Feng, just as the Yanzhou people are the natural supporters of Cao Cao and Cheng Yu.

Now the Grand Canal will inevitably pass through Yanzhou, and the people of Yanzhou will of course strongly support Cao Cao and Cheng Yu.

At this critical juncture, Tian Feng must also show his ability, so as to stabilize the base camp in Jizhou, and then stabilize Hebei, and then expand his power in Henan.

If the Grand Canal is to be connected to Jizhou, it must, not only for itself, but also for Jizhou.

With this in mind, Tian Feng sent a table to Guo Peng, asking Guo Peng to think about the possibility of connecting the Grand Canal from Luoyang to Yecheng.

In the performance, Tian Feng listed many advantages of doing so.

For example, in the future, Hebei will also suffer from the crisis of reduced grain production, and if the canal can be connected to Jizhou, it will certainly greatly reduce the worry of transportation capacity in this regard.

In the future, Jizhou will supply grain to Bingzhou and Youzhou and even Pingzhou, and there may be a shortage of food, and at this time, with the Grand Canal, everything will be convenient.

Then he said that when the army advanced to Youzhou, it could also make full use of the canal.

In the future, Guo Peng still has a plan for the Northern Expedition to Xianbei, if there is a Grand Canal, it will save time and effort, I don't know how many advantages I can strive for, isn't this a good thing?

Moreover, connecting Hebei, the Central Plains and Jiangnan together is an unprecedented project and achievement.

In the future, when people talk about this matter, they will definitely praise Guo Peng's wisdom and martial arts, the merit is in the present generation, and the benefits are in the future, isn't this what Guo Peng desires?

After Guo Peng read Tian Feng's recital, he felt like laughing.

The person who really did this was not praised by future generations, but was scolded for being bloody.

How long and how much does it take to build such a Grand Canal, you Tian Yuanhao really don't know?

You, who have always been known for their integrity, when did Tian Yuanhao start to learn to look at problems selectively?

Interesting.