In March of the seventh year of Tai'an, Zheng Yongji, the governor of southern Henan, Shangshu Zhang Lingyang, said that most of the new capital Luoyang had been built, and the concubines of the harem and the imperial court officials moved to Luoyang immediately.

"Ladies and gentlemen, how do you think the relocation of the capital should proceed?"

In the court, Zhang Lingyang asked the ministers.

Moving the capital is a big deal, but you can't waste the national government because of money, you have to come up with a charter.

Chen Yiming, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, said: "Your Majesty, from the point of view of Weichen, you can first move to Luoyang with the three chief officials of the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of War, and the three adjutants of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Households, as well as the rest of the Jiuqing.

After settling down, the heads of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Households will move with the remaining officials, I wonder what Your Majesty thinks? ”

Hearing this, Zhang Lingyang nodded, feeling that Chen Yiming's suggestion was not bad.

Among the six ministries and nine kings, half of the personnel were relocated first, so that the remaining half of the personnel could also ensure the normal operation of the imperial court.

In this regard, the rest of the ministers have no opinion, after all, whichever department is moved first, no one is indispensable.

But at this time, Xining Hou Ma Jinzhong came out and said: "Your Majesty, the six departments and nine Qings are easy to move, and what Weichen wants to ask for is that there are still 50,000 Beijing camps near the capital. These 50,000 Beijing camps, I don't know what His Majesty plans to do with them? ”

It's really a tricky thing to do.

If Zhang Lingyang said that he would let the 50,000 Beijing battalions follow him to Luoyang, he was afraid that the soldiers below would not be willing. You must know that the vast majority of these 50,000 soldiers are people from the vicinity of the capital.

Once you move to Luoyang, not to mention that you are not familiar with the place, even your own family members are not easy to settle.

There is another matter, although Ma Jinzhong did not say it, Zhang Lingyang could not help but think about it in advance. That is how the hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the front line of the Great Wall should be settled.

Once the capital is moved, the old capital will be just an ordinary city in the future, and it will be difficult to continue to provide food and grass to hundreds of thousands of troops.

Previously, Zhang Lingyang had also discussed this issue with the courtiers, but he had never thought of a good way.

Now that the relocation of the capital is imminent, it is impossible not to come up with a reasonable solution.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any good advice on what the Marquis of Xining said?"

Zhu Kaishan, the head of the household department, said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that there are 50,000 soldiers in Beijing, and Your Majesty can order that one to twenty thousand elite soldiers be transferred to Luoyang, and the imperial court will be responsible for relocating their families.

After arriving in Luoyang, I will re-recruit the Beijing camp, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks? ”

"Zhu Aiqing's suggestion is not impossible, and the Beijing camp is indeed not a big problem, but what about the hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the Great Wall defense line? And how should it be placed?

You Aiqing also know that once the capital is moved, it will not be able to supply these hundreds of thousands of troops by relying on the grain production near the capital alone.

And if Jiangnan continues to provide grain and grass, it will be contrary to the original intention of moving the capital! ”

As soon as Zhang Lingyang expressed his worries, Zhu Kaishan said: "This matter is not very difficult to do, with the opinion of Weichen, Your Majesty may as well choose 50,000 elites to stay in the garrison, and all the remaining soldiers will move to Liaodong."

Now the land in Liaodong is barren, although His Majesty has ordered all the guards in Liaodong to open up the wasteland, but two years have passed, and the wasteland developed does not live up to one-tenth of the entire Liaodong.

If these hundreds of thousands of new troops move to Liaodong, I am afraid that in less than five years, the entire Liaodong will become a fertile land! ”

"Zhu Shangshu's words are wrong!" Seeing Zhu Kaishan say such a suggestion, Ma Jinzhong hurriedly objected: "Now the strength of the guards in Liaodong is no less than 200,000, if the strength of the Great Wall defense line is moved to Liaodong, the total strength of Liaodong will exceed 500,000 horses."

Such a large-scale number of men and horses fully occupy one-tenth of the total strength of the Great Zhou, in case something happens in Liaodong, how can it be good? ”

Ma Jinzhong's worries are not unreasonable. The emperor of Liaodong Tiangao is far away, and if there is any ambition in the army, it will be bad.

"Then with the meaning of the Marquis of Ningxi, how should the hundreds of thousands of troops on the Great Wall defense line be placed?" Zhu Kaishan asked.

"If according to the old man's wishes, leave 50,000 troops here, and then transfer 100,000 troops to the western Xinjiang, and the remaining about 150,000 horses can be disrupted again and filled into various guards."

"Xining Hou's opinion, forgive the old man for not agreeing." Zhu Kaishan said, "Western Xinjiang is barren, how can you feed an army of 100,000?" ”

"Zhu Shangshu's words are wrong!" Ma Jinzhong said, "There are many tribes in Western Xinjiang, and there are often rebellions, if there are not enough troops to defend it, I am afraid that it will be a matter of time before there will be chaos."

Besides, since His Majesty ordered the border to be cleared, the soldiers of Western Xinjiang have carved out hundreds of hectares of fertile land near Qilian and Tianshang. Relying on these hundreds of hectares of fertile land, although it cannot be compared with the two Liaodong, it is still not a problem to feed an army of 100,000. ”

Zhang Lingyang nodded and said, "Xining Hou's suggestion is a good idea!" ”

"But!" As soon as the words changed, Zhang Lingyang said again, "I feel that there is something wrong with the placement of the remaining 150,000 troops!"

The soldiers of the Great Wall defense line are among the most elite troops in my Great Zhou, and I feel that the gains outweigh the losses by disrupting them into various garrisons. ”

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Lingyang said: "In this way, the Great Wall defense line will leave 100,000 soldiers to garrison, move 50,000 soldiers to Hetao, and the remaining 50,000 soldiers will escort me to Luoyang together." ”

The Hetao area has always been rich in water and grass, and sparsely populated, relying on the Hetao, in fact, it is not difficult to feed an army of 50,000.

And the reason why Zhang Lingyang wanted to stay in the old capital and the Great Wall defense line of 100,000 troops was actually to prevent Warat.

Although Warat has now completely surrendered to Da Zhou, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no changes in the future, so Zhang Lingyang still has to keep a hand for Warat.

The 50,000 troops who moved to the Loop were for the same purpose.

The 300,000 army could not be fed by the grain production near the capital alone, but the 100,000 army was more than enough.

If it is not good, it can also be transferred from Liaodong to support.

As for the remaining 50,000 troops who went to Luoyang together, it was Zhang Lingyang who thought that he wanted to hold a trump card in his hands.

Different from the Beijing camp, the soldiers of the Great Wall defense line are all elite.

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't completely dismiss the Beijing camp, Zhang Lingyang was not even willing to take away a single soldier of the Beijing camp.

However, in the Beijing camp, there are really a lot of noble children.

Once the capital is moved, the current capital will become a bitter border place in the future, how can these noble children be willing to stay here?

When the time comes, nobles, generals and harem concubines will inevitably intercede for themselves.

Therefore, in order to clean his ears in the future, Zhang Lingyang came up with such a method that is not a way, so as to kill two birds with one stone.

As for the 10,000 soldiers of the Beijing Battalion who went to Luoyang, Zhang Lingyang had already thought about it, and when he arrived in Luoyang, he would disband these 10,000 soldiers, and it is estimated that no one would have an opinion at that time.

After all, compared to enjoying the blessings at home, which noble child is willing to go to the barracks every day to order something?