Chapter 964 Faced with Zhang Zhun's perverted request, Silence felt deep pressure

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Coming down from Jingshan, Zhang Zhun stayed at Guanglu Temple outside the Forbidden City.

When Emperor Chongzhen evacuated, the buildings in the capital were still in good condition, and there was basically no damage. From the outside, these buildings are still quite shiny. I just can't see people, all the people, all of them have been withdrawn. Outside the slightly more important buildings, there are Sentinels of the Tiger Army.

Of course, the valuable things in these buildings have basically been moved. The rest are bulky, but worthless. However, those guys, when they were besieged by the Tiger Army, the gold and silver that they could get their hands on were basically extorted by the Tiger Army, and it is estimated that there is not much net worth left.

The control of the Tiger Army in the city is also very strong, every intersection, every important location, there are Sentinels of the Tiger Army, on duty day and night, even if there are some nights, if you want to take advantage of the fire to rob, a windfall, there is no such opportunity. Those inconsequential personnel were forcibly cleared out of the city by the Tiger Army.

Zhang Zhun didn't mean to turn the capital into an empty city, but when it was executed below, there was a little deviation. In order to smoothly plan and renovate the capital, Silent decided to temporarily move out all the people in the city. In other words, there is no one else in the city except for the soldiers of the Tiger Army.

In Guanglu Temple, Zhang Zhun and Mo Mo discussed many issues. As the new prefect of Shuncheonfu, the future reconstruction task of the capital is mainly to rely on silence to be responsible. He, the original governor of Zhuozhou, took on the task this time, which was really a bit difficult. Of course, if He Fengsheng is interested, he might as well come to the capital to help.

He Fengsheng himself is old, and Jing God is not very good, so he may not be able to do too much work. However, the disciples under him were all young and strong, and they were full of strength. Zhang Zhun has been in contact with them, and now they are quite capable of doing things. As long as He Fengsheng takes the lead, many things can be done for the disciples.

The key task of silence is to re-plan the Beijing Division. This is what Zhang Zhun meant. The original Beijing Division, with a mixed population, three religions and nine streams, and all kinds of people, caused great difficulties to the management of the capital, and was not conducive to the health exhibition of the capital.

According to Zhang Zhun's intentions, the new Jingshi should exercise a certain degree of control over the population, and control the entire population to less than 300,000. In addition to politics, science and technology, culture and other industries, other walks of life can be arranged outside the capital. Obviously, this is a bit of a contemplation of Washington.

The Governor's Mansion of the Tiger Army is still in Qingdao for the time being, and it will not migrate to the capital in the short term. The troops of the Tiger Ben Army will not be stationed in the city for a long time. In the future, the Tiger Ben Army will not garrison troops in the capital. Therefore, Silence has enough time to transform the capital.

In addition to the re-planning of the capital, how to ensure the supply of materials in the capital is also a major event. The capital itself hardly produces any materials, and all materials have to be transported from other places. This means that the conveying channels must be abundant and unobstructed. Even if one channel is blocked, other channels can meet the material needs of the capital.

In order for the Beijing division to operate, the smooth flow of the canal is a must. For a long time, the main channel for the supply of materials in Beijing is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Once this transport artery is severed, the capital will be paralyzed. In the past year or so, the Tiger Army had cut off this artery and squeezed all the pockets of the dignitaries and magnates in the capital.

In fact, the current Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was only cut off by the Tiger Ben Army in Dezhou, Linqing and other places. Now, the Tiger Army has opened the canal, and the transportation has naturally resumed. The supplies from Jiangnan can reach Jingshi smoothly.

However, what Zhang Zhun appreciates more is shipping. With the current sea transportation capacity of the Tiger Ben Army and Navy, coupled with the civilian transportation capacity, a large number of materials can be transported to the Beijing Division through sea transportation, which can further ensure the material needs of the Beijing Division.

The cost of transportation is actually quite high, mainly because of the high maintenance cost of the canal. In the past, the silver invested by the imperial court in the maintenance of the canal every year was about hundreds of thousands of taels. When the price of large ships is getting cheaper and cheaper, hundreds of large merchant ships can be built with hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. The transportation capacity of hundreds of large merchant ships is much stronger than that of Caoyun.

Although the canal has played a great role in connecting the north and the south. However, with the enhancement of shipping capacity and the continuous emergence of "high highways" in various places, the role of the canal will be further weakened. If we understand the role of the steam engine, railways, trains, and canals in the future, it will be even weaker.

Zhang Zhun strongly supports shipping, in fact, there is a strategic purpose. The arrival of sea transportation is also very beneficial to enhance the navigation awareness of the Chinese people. Only by knowing the ocean and liking the ocean can we compete for the ocean. In the next two or three hundred years, it will be a golden age of competition for the ocean! To dominate the seas, you need a large number of warships and a large number of sailors.

Battleships, Zhang Zhun can build desperately, more than 100 large warships launched every year, or even hundreds of them, are completely okay. As long as there are enough funds, there are enough raw materials, battleships are not a problem at all. However, the training of sailors is difficult.

Relying solely on the Tiger Army itself, training sailors one by one, the number of them simply cannot meet the huge needs. According to the calculation of a hundred sailors for a battleship, a thousand warships cost 100,000 people. If it's 10,000 warships, it's a million people. With the capabilities of the new empire, ten thousand warships, it is very promising.

Only by navigating the whole people will there be a chance to train more sailors. Zhang Zhun's requirements are not very high, as long as the Ming State has about 5% of the population and is willing to throw himself into the ocean, there will be millions of people. Just like the Dutch, the population is only a few million, and the number of people is almost 300,000. Almost more than half of the men in the prime of life are begging for a living at sea. When it comes to population advantage, there is no country in the world that can be compared with the Ming Kingdom.

If you want to vigorously develop shipping, Dagukou Port must be expanded, at least ten large ships need to be able to dock at the same time, and a lot of loading and unloading equipment needs to be installed, such as dragon racks and pulley sets, in order to speed up the loading and unloading of materials.

In addition, the "high highway" from Dagukou to the capital is estimated to be opened as soon as possible. Only by achieving seamless connection can the materials be transported to Beijing as soon as possible. In general, the cost of expanding a port, coupled with the construction of a high road, is also much lower than the cost of maintaining a canal. This account is still very cost-effective.

"Be silent, find a way to clean up the wind and sand."

Zhang Zhun slowly mentioned the second trouble in the capital.

Not only in the capital of later generations, there are winds and sandstorms, and often sandstorms. In the Ming Dynasty, there was already wind and sand. Every year during the net day and winter, the capital is seriously disturbed by the wind and sand. When the wind and sand were raging, there was a record of three days and three nights. Even the Forbidden City was covered by thick wind and sand.

The main reason why the wind and sand in Beijing are so strong is that the land is arid and the degree of desertification is very serious in the areas of Changping, Huailai, Baoanzhou, Yanqing Prefecture and Xuanfu. Coupled with the devastation of the war, a large amount of sand and dust was blown up by the strong wind and swooped towards the Jingshi. Especially after the successive Tatars entered the Kou, the local people fled one after another, the land was not cultivated, the water conservancy facilities were not repaired, and the wind and sand became even more serious.

In fact, during the Xi Ice Age, it was indeed very troublesome to eradicate the wind and sand in the capital. It's not just a matter of throwing money in. Without a scientific approach and long-term planning, it is impossible to get rid of the threat of sandstorms.

Zhang Zhun pinched his fingers and calculated, it would be at least twenty years before the end of the Xi Ice Age. In the past 20 years, if there is no strong rectification, the sandstorm situation in the northwest of the capital will only become more serious. In other words, in the past 20 years, it is necessary to rely on artificial remediation of the wind and sand in the northwest.

The most effective way to remediate artificially is, of course, afforestation. As long as the desertified land is planted with trees to ensure the growth of trees, the wind and sand will naturally be suppressed. However, in this era, it is indeed more difficult to plant trees. To plant trees, there must be enough water. However, securing water sources in the northwest is a big problem in itself. The drought of the ice age is no joke.

However, even if it is difficult, it must be done. If we continue to allow the wind and sand to spread, the consequences will be even more serious. Of course, if Zhang Zhun is irresponsible, he can also wait slowly, wait until the end of the Xi Ice Age, and the climate warms up, and then find a way. However, Zhang Zhun is definitely not such a person who sits and waits.

"When it comes to reforestation, you have to do it all and then let the local officials come up with a solution. It is necessary to implement the system of responsibility of the number one leader, and it is necessary to hold people accountable. If you do well, you will be promoted. If you don't do well, pack up your baggage and get out. ”

Zhang Zhun said slowly.

Silence suddenly felt a deep pressure. No one will doubt Zhang Zhun's words. Who would dare to despise the words of the Governor? Since he said so, he would definitely do it. Do well, get promoted, and have a bright future. If you don't do it well, you really have to roll up and go home.

However, the silence feels that the pressure on me is really great! The current Shuntian Mansion is a dilapidated situation! Not to mention afforestation, even to reclaim wasteland, there are not enough manpower. In the past, the people of Shuncheonfu, including the people of the capital, may have been as many as three million. But now, 300,000 people are counted.

The area under the jurisdiction of the silent prefect of Shuntianfu is actually very large, and Changping, Huairou, Miyun, Yutian, Zunhua and other places are under his jurisdiction. The situation is better in the east, worse in the west. Shuntianfu is also the most severely damaged by the Tartars, except for the capital itself, the other counties have been almost destroyed by the Tartars.

It seems that in Xianghe, Zunhua, Miyun, Huairou and other places, the city walls have all been bulldozed by the Tartars. The people inside either fled early, or were all slaughtered by the Tartars, and the few who survived may be less than a hundred. Without a sufficient population, there is not a sufficient workforce. Without labor, all production is impossible!

In fact, in the entire northern country, the population has declined dramatically since the Tartars entered the country. The population of Suncheonfu is small, and the population of other regions is not large. Further north, Xuanfu and other places are actually military towns. Most of the people living in the local area are military households, and the number of civilian households is very small. Of course, after the arrival of the Tiger Army, their household registration was all lifted and became a unified household.

However, the population of the entire Xuanfu combined, is at most two or three hundred thousand. With such a small population, it is impossible to migrate to Suncheon, even to meet the needs of the local people. What's more, in the future, the Tiger Ben Army will still garrison troops in Xuanfu.

"Water, too, must find a solution."

Zhang Zhuncai ignored the pressure of silence, and said slowly.

In the capital, in addition to the wind and sand, there is also a very troublesome place, that is, the lack of water.

The water resources of Beizhili have not been very sufficient, and after entering the Xi Ice Age, the water shortage situation has become even more serious. Note that the water mentioned here refers to drinking water, and bath water and the like are not counted. In the northern kingdom of the Ming Dynasty, taking a bath once a month was definitely a luxury. Most people wash their feet and go to sleep.

The so-called spring water of Yuquan Mountain belongs to only a very small number of people, non-royal nobles, high-ranking officials and important ministers, and cannot be enjoyed. Ordinary people drink river water or well water. If possible, precipitate the river water or well water, remove the sludge in it and drink it. If you don't have any conditions, you just drink it.

It flows around the capital, mainly the Lugou River. The place where the Lugou River flows is the area of the Yongding River in later generations. Due to the drought in the upper reaches of the river, there is very little precipitation, and the water volume of the Lugou River has dropped to a record low.

"We must find a way to build the Miyun Reservoir."

Zhang Zhun said slowly.

Coming from later generations, he naturally knew the importance of Miyun Reservoir. As long as the Miyun Reservoir is built, there will be no shortage of water in the capital. In later generations, Beijing has a population of more than 10 million and so many industries, which can be supported, not to mention Beijing 400 years ago.

Beijing in the Ming Dynasty, at its peak, was only about a million people, which was equivalent to a third-tier city in later generations. Maybe it doesn't even come to the third line, and it has to be drawn into the fourth line. In the coastal area, any Xi county has a population of more than one million.

However, for silence, it is a bit of a trouble. The construction of the reservoir is not unknowing. However, to build such a large reservoir, it was up to his cognitive abilities. Lord Dudu's request is really more perverted than a pervert.

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