Chapter 313: Persuasive Progression
In the third month of the ninth year of the Xia calendar, all the officials and all the people in the East China Sea fell into a frenzy of persuasion.
The people of the East China Sea didn't think so much, they simply thought that their little marquis was based for thousands of miles and had more than 100,000 armor, but he just claimed the name of a marquis, which was too wronged, so they simply wanted Wang Ze to go further.
The merchants of the East China Sea feel that their own marquis is a country that is justified when he is called the official establishment of the kingdom, and when he deals with other countries in the future, he no longer has to always explain why he is a merchant of the Xia Kingdom in the East China Sea, but there is only one seal of the marquis.
Compared with ordinary people, the increasing number of merchants in the East China Sea is more eager for a strong country, and only with the support of a strong country can they go further and safely obtain more profits.
Compared with the strong support of the people and businessmen in front of Wang Ze, the officials in the East China Sea are a little complicated, although most of them are officials who really support Wang Ze, and some officials are ready to speculate.
For some officials who do not have the ability to work hard, but want to go further, persuasion is a good means, especially the first official to persuade in, not only to let the boss see his unremitting support, but also to eat the first bite of delicious cake.
After all, because there was a real lack of officials under Wang Ze's rule in the past, there were a number of officials with limited ability in the official offices of various counties in the East China Sea, although these people knew that their limited ability was difficult to go further, but with such a good opportunity, who would give up such a good opportunity?
In the past, it was not that no one wanted to persuade Wang Ze, but think about the fact that there is also a Wang Yong in the land of Sanqi, the relationship between Wang Ze and Wang Yong's father and son is too complicated, so these people are afraid to speak, and now that Liu Xin and Yang Ku have started, then things are easy to do.
In just a few days, officials of all sizes in the counties of the East China Sea have come to the table, asking Wang Ze to build the infrastructure system and call Wang Lidu; Some officials are not at the same level as well, and there is even an official office that has collectively written a persuasion form.
Immediately afterwards, how many auspicious rays were found in various parts of the East China Sea, etc., and the officials claimed that these auspicious rays could be seen to be the manifestation of the god of Haotian, so the officials became even more persuasive, and even some shameless officials simply ran to Pingyang County, where Wang Ze temporarily lived, to kneel and beg Wang Ze to be king.
In the face of the frenzy of persuasion of civil officials, the generals of various armies stationed in various parts of the East China Sea were not to be outdone, and even the people in some places wrote letters of all the people under the organization of some gentry, crying blood and begging Wang Ze to be king.
By April, several precious trees such as red sandalwood and golden silk nanmu that were thousands of years old were successively harvested in Hancheng, Yecheng and Surabaya in the South Sea, and then transported to the East China Sea by large ships.
Seeing such a batch of high-quality materials arrived, a group of carpenters under Tan Carpenter who specialized in making furniture and a group of skilled gold and silversmiths in Qinjin almost fought for it in order to be able to grab the job of making the throne, and finally Yang Wei arrived to stop them.
For a while, the atmosphere of the entire East China Sea became strange, and Wang Ze was very surprised that these people who did not claim to be kings were more active than themselves, as if they were not called kings, then the people of the East China Sea would not be able to live.
However, Wang Ze understands that things can no longer be delayed, and his claim to the king is already a sure thing, but as long as he takes this step, then the future road can only move forward bravely, and he can no longer take a step back, otherwise what awaits him and his family is the abyss.
Of course, as long as you can take a step forward, these people around you can follow the step, and only by constantly winning and developing can you attract more and more people to support you, and it is no wonder that these people are enthusiastic.
Although he knew some people's careful thoughts, after considering what Liu Xin and Yang Ku said before, Wang Ze still felt that it was very reasonable, after all, the Xia Kingdom of the East China Sea was already a big country with a population of two or three million, and it was not much worse than Nan Chenlai, so it should really be seriously regulated.
When the time entered the end of April, Wang Ze received a handwritten letter from Wang Yong of Gaomi County, and the people learned that even Wang Ze's father Wang Yong, who was in Sanqi, strongly supported Wang Ze's establishment of the Wang system, and the people of the East China Sea became even more excited.
In the past, they would be worried that because of the power issue, there would be internal strife between Wang Yong and Wang Ze's father and son because of the struggle for power, so the people in the East China Sea were still quite worried at that time, but after knowing Wang Yong's statement at this time, they didn't even have this worry.
After dispelling all concerns, Wang Ze finally agreed to the requests of Liu Xin, Yang Ku and others, and agreed to call the Wang system, although some of the officials who knelt down and begged Wang Ze to be the king were punished by Wang Ze for dereliction of duty, but this news still made everyone excited.
In particular, the people of Binh Duong County, especially the people of Binh Duong City, are particularly active and excited, and they believe that only the various conditions of Binh Duong City are the best in all the counties of the East China Sea. Zero-One Reading Network
If the little marquis wants to set the capital of Ding, he will inevitably choose to stand in Pingyang City, which is not only the middle of the north-south traffic of the counties in the East China Sea, but also close to the port and convenient shipping transportation, and there is a vast and rich Pingmachuan nearby, which can provide abundant food supply for the future national capital.
So the people of Pingyang City sang and danced spontaneously held a large number of activities, and for a time the whole city became a warm ocean, a large number of firecrackers were lit, and the whole city was filled with a smell of gunpowder, as if a big war had been fought.
But when Wang Ze's decision was announced, the people of the entire Pingyang County were overjoyed, to everyone's surprise, Wang Ze did not set the capital in Pingyang City, or even set the capital in the East China Sea, but chose the newly built Zhenhai New City as the capital of the East China Sea Xia Kingdom.
This decision shocked the people of Donghae, and although the development and construction of Zhenhai and the entire Beji land had been going on for four or five years, the current situation in Zhenhai was still extremely desolate, and there were only 150,000 people in the large area between Zhenhai City and Bibo Lake (Xingkai Lake).
Such a remote and remote place has become the capital of the East China Sea! Many people were surprised, but Liu Xin and Yang Ku understood very well that Wang Ze had no intention of establishing a national capital in the relatively remote counties of the East China Sea from the beginning.
Therefore, it has excellent development prospects, and the place of Beji, which has been developing rapidly, has become Wang Ze's inevitable choice, and Zhenhai is also the most suitable place to be the national capital in the current Beji.
Compared with Zhenhai City, in fact, the current conditions of Jiangkou City are better, after these years of development, Jiangkou City has become Jiangkou County, governing a large area of land on both sides of the Tongtong River from the bottom of the Casting Sword City (Gongqingcheng) to the mouth of the sea, and the population of the entire county has been more than 100,000 people.
Under the encouragement of Zhang Chen, the county governor of Jiangkou County, Jiangkou's economic model has developed very comprehensively, not only the military iron and steel industry represented by the sword city, but also a large area of farmland and pastures, and even relying on the local cold climate to develop a precious fur breeding industry.
Although Jiangkou County is still only in the initial stage of development, the economic scale of the whole county is no worse than that of Lindeng, Chishi, and Taizhou, which were established earlier, and even in a few years it can catch up with Hu County and Xia County, and its development prospects are no worse than that of Whale County.
However, the location of Eguchi Castle was too remote, not only was it far away from the counties of the East China Sea that were currently the foundation of the Xia Kingdom, but it was also too remote in the northeastern corner of the Beji Castle, which was already quite northerly.
Although there is a vast river basin here, the water transportation is relatively convenient, but because it is too far to the north, the river is frozen for nearly half of the year, and even the sea near Jiangkou City has a freezing period of nearly three or four months a year, making it impossible for ships to navigate.
Therefore, if this place is the capital of the East China Sea, it will be very unfavorable to control the counties of the East China Sea, let alone the more distant land of the South Seas, so Eguchi Castle will inevitably be the first to be excluded.
After excluding the Beji Land, there were not many castles to choose from, so Jinhae, which is close to the sea in the southeast of the Beji Land, became the only option.
Although Zhenhai is too close to the northeast of Goguryeo and has some safety risks, it is a more suitable choice because of its close distance from the East China Sea and better natural conditions.
The distance to Zhenhai from all parts of the East China Sea is actually very convenient, whether it is Whale County, Sakhalin County in the north, or the inevitable Qinjin, Changzhou and other counties to Zhenhai, their distance is almost only more than 1,000 miles, especially after a Laizhou Island (Ulleungdo) in the middle of the Whale Sea has been developed, which has increased the safety guarantee.
Compared with Eguchi-gun, Zhenhai still has a great advantage, because it is close to the sea and almost does not freeze every year, so the external connection here is never severed.
Moreover, Zhenhai is backed by the vast land of Beji, and can also be connected with the Bibo Lake (Xingkai Lake), the Ussuri River, and the Mingtong River, and the transportation is also very convenient, relying on the plains along these rivers and lakes, it can also provide abundant food in the future.
Even in terms of security, because the Tongmen River (Tumen River) in the south had been successfully captured by the Xia State, Wang Ze was ready to send the fourth division of Han Wen and Zhou Qiang to garrison there, so it was enough to assume the heavy responsibility of the national capital.
Another advantage of setting the capital at Zhenhai was that it could not only ensure that the passage of the Goguryeo people from the northeast into the Tongdong River could be completely blocked from here, but also that the offensive against Goguryeo could be strengthened in the future.
In a word, no matter whether the officials and people in the East China Sea are happy or not, the focus of Wang Ze's development will always shift to the northeast with better prospects in the future.