Chapter 24 Site Selection of the New Beijing City

The city of Beijing is far away.

He Xi reined in his horse, sat down and neighed. He secretly said in his heart: "Beijing City, it's been a long time. ”

It's not that He Xi hasn't been to Beijing, but before, He Xi came to Beiping. And now it's Beijing.

He Xi has a sense of fatality to witness history.

After He Xi came to Beijing, he met Shen Guogong Deng Zhen.

Deng Zhen naturally can't compare with the older generation of princes, but he is a prince of the country, and he was ordered to investigate the death of King Qin, and after the prince left Beijing, he temporarily took over Beijing's military and political affairs.

He Xi also understands that Beijing is so important that Zhu Yuanzhang cannot hand it all over to one person. Military power, He Xi should not think about getting involved. It must be Deng Zhen who is responsible. Fortunately, the kind of large-scale sortie warfare, the military operation of hundreds of thousands of troops dispatched together, is almost gone.

He Xi also understands his position, although he has the title of the secretary of the military department. But the problem is that even the real military department secretary can't have any status in front of a national prince, not to mention a military department secretary with a higher rank.

This official position was used to command the logistics of the army and even supervise the construction of the city of Beijing.

After all, in such a large construction project as Beijing City, a lot of guards will definitely be used. Or even hundreds of thousands. Naturally, there must be an identity.

Deng Zhen was very cautious After meeting He Xi, the two quickly reached a division of labor. In the daily affairs of the military, Deng Zhen has the final say. Including personnel rights in the military and so on. And major decisions must be made by He Xi. For example, the use of troops against Mongolia. You can't do it alone. Equally. Deng Zhen doesn't care about all civil affairs. Matters that require Deng Zhen's cooperation must also be notified to Deng Zhen.

For example, to build the city of Beijing, a large number of troops need to be used, and the army can only be used after Deng Zhen nods.

The two still have a tacit understanding.

Deng Zhen and He Xi's qualifications are very shallow.

Deng Zhen was cautious and did not dare to make mistakes. And He Xi has his own things to do, and he doesn't want to make enemies. So the two of them talked and delineated their own sphere of power. He Xi immediately started his work.

Summoned the civil officials of Beijing and asked how the new Beijing City was progressing?

It is also because He Xi does not want to stay in Beijing for a long time. He needs to go back to Liaodong, Liaodong is where his foundation is, and he hasn't gone back for so long. There's a lot to deal with. But things here in Beijing always have to be dealt with.

He Xi originally wanted to get some news from the crown prince. But the situation of the crown prince is not too good.

"So? Now the biggest problem is the location of the city of Beijing. He Xi asked.

The officials below nodded one after another, and one of the old men said, "Exactly." His Royal Highness visited the warlocks all over the world, traveled all over the vicinity of Beijing Mansion, and circled several places, but the places were uncertain, and they couldn't do anything next. ”

He Xi said: "Okay. Let's do this one thing first. ”

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The place He Xi finally chose was not another place. It is east of Tongzhou and north of Xianghe County. A piece of land between the North Canal and the Chao River.

This place inherits the remnants of Yan Mountain, and the terrain is higher. There will be no flooding. It is between the two rivers, and the distance is not far away, and the water of the two rivers can be used for use. The canal is in the west, and supplies can go directly to Jingshi through the canal.

Not far to the north is Zunhua. There is Zunhua's iron factory, and the southeast direction is Tianjin. Moved more than 100 miles eastward.

In terms of topography, it is much more open than Beijing.

There is one thing, and that is that although it is said that it is relatively high here. However, in terms of topography, it is not as good as Beijing City. However, if nothing else, the waterway alone leads directly to Beijing. It is far from being comparable to Beijing City.

But that's just the beginning.

And after He Xi is chosen, he will play the court and let the court decide.

However, He Xi estimates that it is almost impossible to be vetoed. After all, it is unlikely that Zhu Yuanzhang will personally choose a site from Nanjing to Beijing.

Other than that, there are other places to see.

The first thing He Xi needs to look at is the Zunhua Iron Works.

The Zunhua Iron Works has been abolished.

Speaking of which, it is also the butterfly effect of He Xi's arrival.

The first major thing He Xi did in Daming was to reform the iron smelting industry. As a result, the output of the Taiping Iron Industry increased greatly, so that the government dismissed the iron industry under the sky. And Zunhua Iron Works is also one of them. But even so, Zunhua Iron Works still has a foundation. It can become the largest steel complex near Beijing.

It is also the key point of the central repression of various places.

He Xi naturally wanted to take a look.

Then there's the canal.

The construction of the city of Beijing is a huge project. It is necessary to gather countless materials from all over the city in Beijing. Since the canal can be directly connected to the city of Beijing, the canal is about to be repaired.

This river was cultivated by Guo Shoujing. During Xu Da's Northern Expedition, it was repaired. But it's just a repair. And now such a large volume of transportation. In particular, it is necessary to have direct access to the canal from the port of Tianjin. The Haihe River in the Tianjin section has always been very narrow and shallow.

The reason for the narrowness is that nine rivers converge in one place, and the Haihe River in the Tianjin section is naturally not wide. Moreover, there are many rivers in the upper reaches of the Haihe River that are turbid, that is, like the Yellow River, there is a lot of sediment. With the river rushed into the Tianjin River.

If you don't dredge, it will take a long time. will clog.

In fact, this section of the river in Tianjin was not important. The important thing is the canal itself, which has not been cleaned much for more than 20 years. All of this requires preparation before the construction of the capital.

After doing all this. He Xi only had time to go back to Liaodong.

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He Xi went to sea from Tianjin, but in a few days, he arrived at Yingkou.

Yingkou is more prosperous than before.

Liu Jing, Yang Shiqi, Wu Gao and others have already arrived. Needless to say, how to greet it.

After the group sat down, He Xi said, "How has Liaodong been recently?" ”

Liu Jing said: "Please rest assured, more than 1,000 miles of canals will be built this year. Thousands of acres of paddy fields, inside and outside the Liao River will be a land of rice fragrance. Then he continued to speak of the progress in agriculture.

One word.

In Liaodong, there is already a bit of a feeling that industry feeds back agriculture.

Many new tools are being used in agriculture. A large amount of land has been reclaimed, and a large number of canals have been opened. It can be said that the acres of land in the heyday of Liaodong in the Yuan Dynasty have been almost cultivated. There is no problem with food self-sufficiency.

However, because Liaodong has a large number of troops.

It is also necessary to supply, and the military supplies and food of the two places are already in a very tight state. If the burden of the army is removed, Liaodong is already a major grain-producing province.

He Xi is very satisfied with this situation.

Immediately, Wu Gao began to report on his work.

Wu Gao's most important thing during this period of time is military training. Support the construction and war of the Changchun Metropolitan Division, because of Yang Zhen's construction in the Haixi region. Wu Gao also noticed this, so he set up two post roads, and Wu Gao planned to build several castles in the Haixi region. Recruit the Jurchens as pawns and extend the Ming Dynasty's rule to the shores of the Whale Sea.

The Sea of Whales is the Sea of Japan on a modern map.

There are no problems in the military, the soldiers are well fed, and there is no need to fight. What else could be a problem?

But when it comes to Yang Shiqi, there is a little problem here.

Yang Shiqi's face was a little unpleasant, and he said, "I don't know what to say?" ”

He Xi said: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with it? ”

Yang Shiqi said: "The problem is that there is no problem? Everything went well, but the problem was that it was too smooth. ”

He Xi was a little puzzled, and Yang Shiqi immediately said in detail.

It turned out that it was not that there was too little production, but that there was too much production.

Steel, salt, wood, and a few other things, too much to hoard. Cloth, and other light industrial products, are selling well. But there was also a slow-moving situation.

However, the problems faced by the two are different.

The former is really more produced.

After all, He Xi has been expanding production in Liaodong. But the production of steel, and important machinery, has not been too much. The farmer's iron farming tools have been replaced. The machinery of the factory has also been replaced, and a sufficient number of iron tools, chains, and anchors for shipbuilding have also been reserved.

and so on, all aspects of the application of iron industry categories, it seems that they are almost used. It is still not enough to consume all the output of the Liaodong Iron Works.

Salt too.

There is a number of salt that people eat. There is also a lot of salt that is eaten overseas. The southeast of Liaodong is actually very suitable for drying salt. Salt production has increased significantly, and there is also a problem of poor sales.

Some people died, but not completely......