Cheng Idu

When the ministers and ministers held activities such as congratulating the dynasty, worshiping the heavens and paying homage to the tombs with Liu Yong, the wives and daughters of the ministers - foreign women and noble daughters also took the green mud oil wall car and the green silk car to Changle Palace to congratulate the Empress Dowager Wu on New Year's Day.

In this court gathering in the first year of Shaohan, Liao Ji undoubtedly became the focus of attention.

Her slightly bulging lower abdomen is a glorious certificate, everywhere she goes, she doesn't need to speak, she doesn't need to speak, someone carefully holds on to it, and she makes way sideways.

At this moment, she is extremely honorable, just like the brightest star in the sky.

Even Prime Minister Zhuge Liang's wife Huang Yueying couldn't help but praise her gently.

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Cheng I capital, Jianwei Palace, the lights are on, and the night is dark.

On the night after the mausoleum, Liu Yong feasted with his ministers here, which was a large-scale state banquet.

In fact, today's banquet is similar to the annual meeting of the enterprise in the future, these civil and military generals of Shu Han are the employees of the enterprise, they have worked hard for a whole year, and have created a lot of achievements for Liu Yong and the country, Liu Yong, the boss, should pay some money to invite everyone to get together and have a good meal, so as to encourage these employees to work harder next year.

After all, a few years after the first year of Shaohan, I am afraid that it will be difficult for everyone to have an easy life, and the country will prepare to use troops against the north, and war-related matters such as conscription and dispatch, hoarding and transporting grain and grass, and supervising the manufacture of weapons will be pressed on the ministers.

When the feast was presented like a stream, everyone couldn't help but cheer loudly.

The delicacies of the mountains and seas are all drunk, and the drinks are all palace wines.

It is about to raise an army, and it is a crusade against the powerful Wei State, which is at this critical juncture. Although it was a state banquet, Liu Yong had to hurry up and make a good sum with several important ministers of the court.

Therefore, Liu Yong only showed his face at the state banquet and respected the ministers and disappeared, he knew that many middle and low-level officials present with him couldn't let go at all, and how many ministers dared to lose their temper in front of the emperor?

Failure to honor in front of the monarch is a felony!

It's better to leave and do your own thing, so that these civil officials and military generals who have been busy for a whole year can open up and have a good time.

The square in front of the Jianwei Hall and the main hall was full of people, and hundreds of ministers were drinking heartily.

However, the atmosphere in the side hall on the west side was solemn, and Liu Yong was the chief. On the left and right were Zhuge Liang, Li Yan, Zhao Yun, Ma Dai, Wu Yi and other important ministers, all of whom looked solemn.

Because Emperor Fang only put forward the issue of expanding the mountain and river weirs.

Liu Yong's gaze suddenly fell on Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, and said, "Prime Minister, what do you think of my proposal?" ”

Shanhe weir is named after the Baohe River also known as the mountain river water, which is a water conservancy project in Hanzhong to divert Baohe water to irrigate farmland, and was created and repaired in the period when Liu Bang was the capital of the Han Dynasty in Nanzheng.

"Your Majesty wants to increase the area of cultivated land that can be irrigated in Hanzhong?" After a long period of companionship with general affairs, Zhuge Liang had a general draft of the water conservancy facilities in Shudi, so he only thought about it briefly and understood what Liu Yong meant.

And Zhao Yun was very puzzled, "Hanzhong is vast and sparsely populated, even if His Majesty has previously issued an edict to relocate the people of the five counties to fill Hanzhong, but I'm afraid this is only a drop in the bucket and useless." What are the benefits of adding mountain and river weirs? ”

"In vain, the people hurt the money."

Liu Yong didn't answer, and turned to Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister, do you know what I mean?" ”

Zhuge Liang flashed and said, "Your Majesty wants to increase the grain production of Hanzhong County!" ”

"That's right!" Liu Yong categorically agreed, and then explained: "Once Wang Shi goes north, whether he sends troops to Longyou or attacks Tongguan, the war will not end overnight. The Han army's military rations should be prepared for a rainy day. ”

"Transporting grain from Bashu is the big head, but the Shu road is rugged and difficult, and half of the grain will be lost on the way to Hanzhong. It's not easy to come by. Therefore, the Northern Expedition military rations and Bashu grain transportation are certainly one aspect, and Hanzhong also needs to expand production to supplement the military. ”

"With all due respect, the soldiers and civilians in Hanzhong are only 50,000 people, and their self-sufficiency is still stretched, and it is tantamount to a fantasy to supply part of the military rations of the Northern Expeditionary Army!" Zhao Yun shook his head, still not understanding Liu Yong's intentions.

At this time, I saw Zhuge Liang say thoughtfully: "If the minister is not mistaken, Your Majesty means that no matter which direction the imperial court goes to the north, it is a foregone conclusion that Hanzhong will be used as a base for sending troops." Then, Hanzhong, as the base for advancement, will inevitably garrison a large number of troops, and build additional mountain and river weirs to irrigate farmland, which is conducive to the army's military cantonment after the army goes north to Hanzhong. ”

Hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Liu Yong smiled and said with appreciation: "Yes, the prime minister said what I meant." In addition to enriching Hanzhong, I also had the intention of providing conscription for the construction of mountain and river weirs. ”

"I wonder how much Your Majesty plans to renovate the mountain and river weirs?" Shanhe Weir is as famous as Zhengguo Canal, Baigong Canal in Guanzhong and Dujiangyan in Yizhou, and Li Yan has also heard of it.

"Like Dujiangyan, I am ready to do it once and for all, Dujiangyan has made Shu a country of abundance, and the mountains and rivers will at least bless future generations and will not be destroyed for a hundred years." In the face of Zhongqing, Liu Yong talked eloquently and was full of confidence. Because before that, he had done his homework. "I expect that the additional mountain and river weir can irrigate more than 10,000 acres of fields in Baocheng County, more than 30,600 acres of fields in Zheng County, and more than 7,000 acres in Guanjiu County, totaling more than 46,000 acres."

In Hanzhong, Xiu persuaded farmers, opened up farmland, and built water conservancy This is what Zhuge Liang has long wanted to do, but he doesn't want to, Liu Yong took the lead in mentioning it at the state banquet tonight.

It's just that............

"Your Majesty's mountain and river weir project is very large, but even if you add the people of the five counties who migrated to Hanzhong, there is still a big gap in the manpower to build the mountain and river weir and it is far from enough, even if the Wei Yan Department of the Hanzhong garrison can allocate some people to stand, but it is still far from enough!"

"Not bad!" Liu Yong nodded, "The addition and repair of the mountain and river weir and water conservancy is indeed very laborious, so I decided to transfer 24,000 people from the four battalions of the Western Army and the seven battalions of Qiongdu to go north to Hanzhong, choose a place to tuntian, hoard grain, and build a mountain and river weir by the way." ”

"Dispatch four divisions of Siyu and seven battalions of Qiongdu? Your Majesty, these two troops can be described as the backbone of the Western Army, and if they fall, the defense of the Western Front will be greatly weakened. In case of any changes in the Qiangyi in Wenshan and other places, or if the Wei army in Longxi invaded through Yinping and Wudu, the imperial court may not be able to reach it. "On the eve of the Battle of Hanzhong, Ma Dai once accompanied his brothers Ma Chao and Zhang Fei into Wudu to meet the Wei army, so he went to the front line of Wudu, and he was also very concerned about the military affairs on the Western Front.

Liu Yong smiled confidently and said, "Qing is worried that after the main force of the Western Army is transferred from the west, once something happens on the Western Front, the country's strength will not be able to control it. And the second thing I want to discuss with Zhu Qing tonight is how to fill the exposed defense holes after the four Si Yu and the seven battalions of Qiongdu are transferred. ”