Sweep the World

After the first emperor swept across the Liuheyi Central Plains, he did not know why he quickly ordered the city walls across the country to be demolished, and at the same time, the gates everywhere were gradually demolished. He does not have many troops deployed in the country, mainly to transfer the troops to the two borders between the north and the south. In the country, locals in the counties and counties serve as the main guards, but there are only a few Qin soldiers as the main guards. Officers.

In the former capital of the Qin Empire, Xianyang, there was no plan for the city wall at the beginning of the construction. It is not easy to say what kind of concept it was originally based on. There is a saying that Shang Yang, who planned the city, believed that the terrain around Xianyang was a natural barrier, and the Qin army was good at fighting. The capital does not need to be defended by walls.

"Linzi is a temporary capital, and the capital will be moved to it in the future." Axiang is Linzi's order, not knowing whether it was the above sign or her intention, she came over after Xie Daoyun's arrival. She felt that it was necessary to answer the question raised by Xie Daoyun: "At first, I felt that the scope of the capital would continue to expand, and there would be many restrictions on the existence of the city wall. The army in the back has been resisting the country's gates, and there is no need for a city wall."

Xie Daoyun was extremely surprised that the head of the capital of the Han Dynasty was a woman. In ancient times, it was normal for women to be officials, but since the Western Han Dynasty, women would also serve as Miyagi magistrates, and there were no women's positions in other official positions. She really didn't expect that the Han country under Liu Yan's rule would have a "retro" that broke the norm.

Axiang is the wife of Han Guolang General Li Kuang. At present, women who marry will bear her husband's surname. Outsiders should call her the Li family, because there are official positions, they will directly call the official name without the surname.

Giving a husband’s surname is a custom in most mainstream countries in the world. The Chinese mainland was maintained until the end of the Republic of China, and some autonomous government areas other than the “two rule” were retained (such as Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan), and at the same time Whether in mainstream countries in Europe or the Americas, women are given the husband’s surname after they marry, which shows that it’s really not discriminatory for a woman to marry with her husband’s surname.

"Will you move from Linzi at any time?" Xie Daoyun asked curiously: "Where will it move?"

This Axiang is not very clear. Recently, the issue of moving the capital has been raised. Those who advocated think that Linzi is too biased towards the east of the country, which is not conducive to the central control of the place. In addition, I feel that the capital should be located in the center of the country, or the side that the Western Han, Eastern Han, and Cao Wei chose to expand before choosing the location of the capital.

"Shouldn't it be the topography around the capital as the priority?" Xie Daoyun knew that the reason Jiankang became a capital is that, on the one hand, Jiankang has a foundation for development, and more because there are natural barriers around Jiankang. She thought of something, as if she said: "The Han army has already conquered the capital of Shijie, Xiangguo, I heard that the King of Han has ordered not to destroy the palace?"

Axiang gave an affirmative answer: "There is such an order. The person who ordered is not the king, but the prime minister Zuo."

In fact, according to Ran Min’s original intention, he wanted to set fire to those palaces that looked magnificent. The reason was that the palaces were not only from the people’s fats, but also from the blood and tears of the people. They should be burned down by Xiang Yu, the former king of Western Chu. .

Ji Chang could directly give orders to the military, but his order was approved by Liu Yan. What he considered was that Liu Yan was never willing to spend people's resources and resources to build a place of enjoyment. It is a good thing for the emperor to live a simple life, but the unpretentious residence of the emperor reduces the majesty of a country. Now that Shijie has been established, Han The country can also be used.

Liu Yan’s idea is that since it has been built, and regardless of whether it is necessary to live in, don’t destroy the things built that cost the people’s resources and material resources. If it is destroyed, there is really no other purpose for seeing and hearing, and even more so. A wasteful behavior.

"Huh?" Xie Daoyun was surprised again: "Wang Han is going to move there? You will be scolded... scolded, right?"

"The king didn't say that he would move over." Axiang's impression of Xie Daoyun was better, because Xie Daoyun would consider it for her husband's family before he got married. She smiled and said: "There is a saying that the capital will move to Guanzhong, but I don't know how the king will think about it."

The territory of the Han Kingdom has expanded again and again. From the former Changguang County, the entire Qingzhou has been restored, and the entire territory of Xuzhou and Yanzhou has been taken. Jizhou and Yuzhou are also more than half of the restoration, and even Sizhou will soon be restored. Linzi is the capital city. It’s too east.

The administrative center of a country cannot be too remote, and it will not have enough control over places that are too far away. Then, money and food and other taxes in various places are always turned over to the center. Far away is not only a loss, but also a huge trouble.

The argument about moving the capital to Guanzhong is not entirely unreasonable. Liu Yan's personal tendency is also to prefer Chang'an as his capital. He thought that it was not just that there were many natural barriers around Chang'an. The dynasties that took Chang'an as their capital were relatively strong. Furthermore, the Han Dynasty would definitely expand westward in the future, and then the capital city of Chang'an would not only be beneficial for westward expansion. , In fact, it can also play a convenient role in conquering the grassland.

Linzi should have a population of more than 400,000 now, because the relationship of becoming a capital city has long been not limited to the original Linzi boundary, but the surrounding original counties are also included in the capital system. It is about ten miles from Xi'an in the north (about ten miles away from modern Huantai), Changguo (modern Zibo City) in the west, Judian Lake in the east, and Linqu in the south. The land area is wider than that of a smaller county.

The area is too large and there are not many people. The result is that there are no dense buildings. Xie Daoyun thinks that he is not entering a city at all, but an ordinary countryside.

For Xie Daoyun, Linzi was not impressed by anything. There must be boats on every water system. For example, you can see many boats on the huge ocean just passing by, and many of them are warships.

"All states and counties can transport money and grain to the capital by water, but not by land." Axiang didn't think that was a secret. Faced with Xie Daoyun's curiosity, he said directly: "The country is now in wartime, and the recovery of various places is also going on. The road uses slaves, and there is no large-scale apportionment of servitude on the road."

Xie Daoyun saw a lot on the way to Linzi. The enlistment of the Han Dynasty was mainly aimed at the local infrastructure. The most important thing in various places recently is the use of water for farming. The construction and repair of roads are really slaves. It is rare to see the people participating in it.

There are many water systems in Linzi. The largest water system on the north side is the Yellow River estuary. Nearly some is the large water system Jishui, and there are other small water systems such as Mianshui, Turbid Water, Zishui, Shishui and so on. Utilization under multiple water systems will indeed bring a lot of convenience, and the houses around the water systems seem to be the densest.

Axiang just met Xie Daoyun, chatted for a while and left.

After entering Linzi, the one thousand cavalry in Gaoping was stationed in the outskirts of the military camp. Xie Daoyun and others were transferred to the Linzi official office to receive them. The place where they were arranged was a post house.

The resettlement site is not far away from Miyagi. Apart from Xie Daoyun and a group of people in the post, there are some original staff.

What is the difference between the post halls in the capital and other places in the Han country is that they are larger in scale. The staffs inside are still retired soldiers, and the rest are hired by local elderly, women and children. Not young and strong.

There are not many people in Xie Daoyun, but this is not the reason they can occupy a post house alone. Obviously, the post house has been signaled to vacate the original people, specifically to house Xie Daoyun and others. After they were arranged to move in, they should be treated as courtesy in terms of food and drink, and there were no restrictions on their access. Even after Axiang left, there was no more senior person to come.

It has been about half a month in a row. Xie Daoyun has almost visited Linzi except for the palace. There are no scenic spots, no majestic or magnificent mansions. It is doubtful whether Linzi is a place. How could the high-ranking officials and nobles appear so simple in the capital of the country?

Xie Daoyun sees most people who are on the move for life. The pace of life of the people seems to be quite fast, and everyone is busy and full of life. She looked at the situation of the houses and the food in the meal. The house is a very common hut, but the food is very rich. It is not possible to eat vegetables in the season, and fresh fish is a standing table at the dinner table.

"The boats and ships of the Han State are very developed. I heard that the Han Chinese warships sailed across the Bohai Sea, even out to the ocean. The sea is a paradise for the Han people to hunt. Every day, a fleet full of fresh fish comes here from the sea." Xie Lan is not only responsible. Serving Xie Daoyun, he was also responsible for inquiring and gathering some information: "Salt in Han is very cheap, and seafood is even cheaper. People in Qidi have a long history of eating fish, unlike the inland people who are not used to it."

Xie Daoyun and others who grew up in the south often ate fish. What they were more surprised about was the new way of cooking fish by Linzi people. There is nothing novel about adding **** to remove the fishy smell and debugging. It is not fresh to use fish to make glutinous meat. They just take some. I haven't seen the seasonings used to make grilled fish. Not only does it smell great, but it also tastes good when eaten.

"Abundant fish and meat can be eaten often." Xie Daoyun is not unfamiliar with eating meat from a large family. What she knows is that even a rich family in the south may not always eat meat: " Dog meat seems to be less than mutton, even beef can appear in the market..."

Of course, there is a market in Linzi, which is divided in the east of the city and divided into various workshops. There are special sales of odds and ends, daily life, food, and even livestock.

For southerners, they are puzzled and wondered when they see horses being sold in the market, especially when they see that good horses that can be used as war horses can also be sold in the private sector. This is only because the south is extremely short of horses, especially because there are fewer good horses that can be used as war horses. The entire Jin army of two to three hundred thousand is only two to three thousand cavalry.

"Horse?" Axiang came to the post again after a lapse of seventeen days. Faced with Xie Daoyun's question, he smiled and replied, "Not everyone can buy it. You must have a knighthood."

Xie Daoyun thinks this is right, otherwise how many horses should be resold to the south.

A Xiang came over to take up the mission this time, but she didn't feel anxious at all. She would be happy to talk to Xie Daoyun about Linzi's experience, especially to hear Xie Daoyun's impression of Linzi.

"It will not have more population than Jiankang, and it will not be more prosperous than Jiankang..." Xie Daoyun felt that he should tell the truth: "Linzi, as a capital city, looks a little shabby, not like a powerful country."

This is where Axiang is most depressed. The country is in wartime all the year round, and it also relies more on the foundation for local construction. There is another king who doesn't like doing civil engineering at all, and the people underneath have to hold back no matter what they think. As the capital, Linzi really has nothing to do with style, at least it is incomparable with Shijie or the small capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. What I want to say is that Xiangguo, the capital of Shijie Zhao Kingdom, is now under the jurisdiction of Han.

"The King of Han is a great king who is sympathetic to the people..." Xie Daoyun first praised from the heart, then frowned and said: "But prosperity still needs support, not only for outsiders, but also for a strong country."

Those of the Xie family's clansmen who went northward along with them thought that Han was a powerful country before they came to Linzi, but after they waited to see Linzi, they lacked awe. This is a common normal psychology of a person, just like tall and majestic buildings can make people know their insignificance, and even rich people living in thatched huts will make people look down upon.

After talking for a while, Axiang Daoming came: "The king is going to Sizhou, does the madam stay in Linzi, or go with him?"

Xie Daoyun didn’t think about it, and said straightforwardly: “If the marriage is confirmed, Daoyun will naturally be consistent with many women. If the marriage is not fixed, Daoyun will not be with you.” Before Axiang could say anything, she continued: “ If the King of Han didn't restrict people and other people, Dao Yun would still like to see the scenery of other places."

This time Liu Yan is a relatively large-scale tour in the near future~www.wuxiamtl.com~ will choose to start the spring tour. The stargazer predicts that most areas of Qingzhou will continue to rain for more than one month in the near future, and then consider the need to deter the recent In the area of ​​recovery, Liu Yan's tour will also be determined.

"The king has already agreed." Axiang smiled sweetly, narrowed his eyes and said, "Zhi has already called you his wife."

"It's not right, it's wrong." Xie Daoyun didn't pay too much attention to the address just now. After reacting, he didn't see any shyness. He said: "I haven't officially married yet. Don't call my wife. Dao Yun really wants to see the king. "

Axiang came here to take people to see Liu Yan. Not only Xie Daoyun was curious about Liu Yan, but Liu Yan was not curious about Xie Daoyun, who had gone north from his home.

Liu Yan chose to confirm the marriage with Xie Daoyun at this time. The personal affair of the children is not the most important thing, but it is related to the battle of the Southern Expedition, and there is also the theory of strategy in the marriage.

When Xie Daoyun saw Liu Yan, Xie An was also present.

The Sizhou war stopped. Xie An returned to Linzi to report on his duties. He would soon be transferred to the Southern Expedition Corps and serve as a general in the Xuzheng shogunate to participate in the invasion of Han to the south of the Yangtze River.