In August of the twelfth year of Hongwu, when the negotiations between the imperial court and Jiangdong continued, the northwest region, which had been quiet for several years, was once again affected by the flames of war. Only this time it was a war initiated by the Northwest Jiedu Embassy, and its purpose was to recover the surrounding areas of the West Sea.

Although the northwest frontier is in turmoil, the inland Guanlong region is a rare peaceful scene. The new capital of Chang'an has finally been completed, this new Chang'an, known as the first city in the world, lasted 15 years and three months, cost nearly 10 million yuan, and its scale is more than double that of the original Chang'an.

One of the most representative buildings is the Lingbao Sect Chang'an General Taoist Temple, when the new Heavenly Master Ge Hong and the Taoist Chief, the real person to many Lingbao Sect believers called on the Chang'an General Taoist Temple to contribute bricks and tiles. Tens of thousands of believers responded to the call and rushed from Guanlong, the Central Plains, Shu and other places to gather in Guanzhong to volunteer for the construction of Taoist temples.

In order to build their own Taoist temple, those believers set up a tent near the construction site to eat the dry food they brought, and then during the day, under the leadership of many Taoist leaders and real people, they divided into many teams and began to contribute their own strength to the construction of Taoist temples!

Because of the availability of cement and other building materials, when Chang'an was expanded, Sima Shu ordered the construction of buildings in the entire Guanlong area to use stone or green bricks as much as possible. Whether it is a government mansion or a people's house, all parts of Guanlong are basically made of cheap and easy-to-fire green bricks and cement.

And the "sacred" buildings such as the Taoist Temple are made of large stones produced in the Qinling Mountains. The stones were loaded on boats and carried down the waterlogged, abundant and mangshui rivers that originated in the Qinling Mountains, and then transferred to Weishui and transported to Chang'an, and finally transported to the construction site by manpower. The mining and transportation along the way were all done by the believers.

After the completion of the new Chang'an, the market area and shop area in the south of the new Chang'an were auctioned off by the imperial court. The government used the money from the auction to build public facilities such as wide roads and sewers, so that the government could build shops and market areas without a penny, and a lot of extra money could be invested in the construction of roads, sewers, water pipelines and other public facilities in the new Chang'an land.

Because Sima Shu's intention to move the capital was clearly revealed, some powerful people began to transfer wealth and personnel to Chang'an several years ago. In just ten years, tens of thousands of wealthy families and upstarts have moved to Chang'an one after another, making Chang'an 300,000 more people than before.

On this day, Sima Shu was discussing state affairs with cabinet ministers in the Luoyang Imperial Palace, and everyone first discussed the war in the northwest, and then talked about Jiangdong.

"Your Majesty, the war in the northwest has been smoothly launched. Jiedu made Zhang Fang command 60,000 Xiang soldiers to start encircling and suppressing the Tuyuhun Empire in three ways. These soldiers are all composed of Qiang people on the plateau, and after special training, these soldiers have fully adapted to the plateau environment. "The Privy Council made Zu Li bow his hand.

"Well, you tell Zhang Fang. Don't be careless. The Northwest Plateau can be unlike any other. The environment there was quite harsh, and in addition to the local population, our soldiers were prone to unaccustomed to the soil and water when they arrived. This is also the reason why I have endured and not used troops against the northwest. ”

"Your Majesty, please. As early as a few years ago, the Northwest Jiedu Embassy began to prepare for the recovery of the West Sea, and Zhang Fang, the Jiedu envoy, specially selected tens of thousands of people from the Qiang people to fight against the Northwest. At the same time, in order to support the northwest, the Ministry of War has allocated millions of materials to the northwest. ”

"Well, you have to worry more about the war in the northwest, and you must not make mistakes. Tuyuhun father and son are not simple, he also followed my Great Jin to fight in the Quartet, these years Tuyuhun was able to declare his independence from my Great Jin under pressure to establish the Tuyuhun country, which shows its courage, is a generation of heroes! ”

"Humph! If the hero is not a hero, Weichen doesn't know, but the minister knows one thing: that is, after this battle, there will be no more Tuyuhun country! In the future, the entire Northwest Plateau will be the territory of my Great Jin! ”

Sima Shu smiled and nodded and didn't say anything, because Tuyuhun was also a hero of the Great Jin, coupled with his geographical advantage, and he had always been polite and polite to the imperial court, so that the imperial court could not find an excuse to clean up the other party. Until the tenth year of Hongwu, Tuyuhun felt that his strength was enough, and he blatantly rebelled against Jin and became self-reliant.

Tuyuhun was self-reliant, but in fact it did not cause much turmoil in the Great Jin Dynasty, and even the people in the hinterland of the Central Plains did not know about it at all. Only the counties close to Liangzhou could feel a trace of tension, but even so, the people under Liangzhou did not panic.

"The war in the northwest will be talked about here first, and then Du Aiqing, you will report on the negotiations."

"Weichen obeyed the order, Qi Your Majesty, the negotiations have entered the substantive stage, and Jiangdong basically agreed to the requirements of the imperial court. It's just that they still need to ask Sima Rui for instructions, so it remains to be said whether they can achieve what they want in the end. ”

"Very good, Du Aiqing's work has been done well, you just have to talk, as for whether Jiangdong accepts it or not, it has nothing to do with you. If Jiangdong is unwilling to fulfill the agreement, I don't mind letting the army force them to do it. In addition, Shizhi told Huainan Liu Kun that he must not give up the preparation for war and be ready at all times! ”

"Obey the order!"

At this time, a palace guard hurriedly broke in, came to Sima Shu and everyone and said, "Your Majesty, Yongzhou Assassin Shi Xunsong is in a hurry!" ”

When Sima Shu heard this, he hurriedly took it and opened it and hurriedly took a look, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face, he casually transferred the urgent mail to several other people, and said a few words at the same time: "Everyone, Xun Song urgent: the new Chang'an has been completed!" ”

When everyone heard this, Zhang Bin, Du Xi, Pei Wei, Zu Ti and others surrounded each other, everyone had a look of surprise on their faces, and the court has been paying attention to the construction of the new Chang'an, and now fifteen years have passed, and the expansion of Chang'an has finally been completed. Chang'an New City is far superior to previous generations in terms of cost and scale.

"In addition, I want to tell you a good news, in order to let everyone have an intuitive feeling, Yongzhou Thorn Shi Xunsong sent someone to transport the new Chang'an model, and now it is being placed on the Taiji Palace, everyone go with me to have a look!"

"Let's go, let's go, let's take a look!"

Saying that, Sima Shu led all the henchmen and ministers from the Jiade Hall to the Taiji Hall, only to see where a huge model stood in the center of the Taiji Hall, and there were a few guards around them fiddling with some parts. When everyone saw the emperor coming, they put down their work and hurriedly greeted the emperor.

"Come, you all take a look, this is the new Chang'an, here is the residential area, here is the business area, look, there are all schools! No, that tallest building is the Lingbao Sect's General Taoist Temple! According to the plan, the total population of Chang'an can accommodate up to one million people in the future! ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen has a question, what can Chang'an supply with such a large population? As you all know, since the reckless rebellion of the former Han kings, the Guanzhong region has not flourished since the Qin Dynasty. Coupled with the warlord melee at the end of the Later Han Dynasty, the Guanzhong area was even more dilapidated. Although His Majesty has worked hard over the years, if you want to say that Guanzhong has really recovered its vitality, I am afraid that it will have to be discounted! ”

"Aiqing's words are reasonable, after hundreds of years of development, Guanzhong's land strength has reached the limit of what it can bear, if it continues to be developed without restrictions, it will not be long before Guanzhong may never be able to recover the glory of the Qin and Han dynasties. Therefore, it is the established policy of the imperial court to restrict the local agricultural development in Guanzhong, control the total population of Guanzhong, and develop industry and commerce in Guanzhong! ”

"But everyone knows that once the new Chang'an is completed, Chang'an alone will be able to accommodate millions of people, and the population in Guanzhong will increase in the future, so Guanzhong alone cannot supply the rations of millions of people, so as early as the expansion of the new Chang'an, I asked the Ministry of Industry to dredge the water transportation system such as Weishui in Guanzhong."

"After all these years of development, the water transport route on the Weishuida Yellow River has been running for many years, and the materials that can be transported can reach millions of stones every year. If you add land transportation, you can feed millions of people every year just by transporting supplies from outside, so you don't have to worry too much about the supply of materials in Chang'an. ”

"Then according to Your Majesty's intentions, the imperial court must move the capital to Chang'an?" Yang Xuanzhi frowned and asked, at first he was quite happy to hear the news of New Chang'an, but then he felt that something was wrong when he listened to it. As a Shandong family, Yang Xuanzhi has always wanted the imperial court to move the capital to Chang'an, after all, Luoyang is no longer a Beijing master, and the interests of the Shandong family will definitely be damaged.

"Hahaha, I won't talk about the relocation of the capital today, and I will find an opportunity to have a good sum with the ministers in the future, as for whether the relocation will be successful, it depends on everyone's intentions. Come, everyone take a look at the momentum of the new Chang'an! Sima Shu diverted the conversation without a trace, he knew that the interests involved in moving the capital to Chang'an were too great, and the Shandong family alone could not be easily settled.

The imperial court has been arguing for a long time about the issue of moving the capital, and the Kansai family and the Kanto family have not stopped arguing since Sima Shu ascended the throne. After the Kwantung family assisted Liu Xiu in seizing the world, they moved the capital of the Han Dynasty from Chang'an to Luoyang. Since then, the Kansai family has never won the Kanto family.

During the Wei and Jin dynasties, many Guanxi families moved eastward, leading to a more rapid decline in Guanzhong. It was not until Sima Shu seized the supreme leadership of the Great Jin Dynasty based on Guanzhong that the Guanxi family gradually became stronger, and now the Guanxi family headed by Li Teh has become a force to be reckoned with in the Great Jin.

When the Kansai family rose, they were very dissatisfied with the loss of Chang'an's status as the capital, and in order to regain its former glory, the Kansai family has been instigating Sima Shu to move the capital back to Chang'an. Especially after the completion of the new Chang'an, the mood of the Kansai family to move the capital is even more urgent, but Sima Shu knows that this matter is in a hurry, and he has to take his time! (To be continued......)