Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 252
As the saying goes, the snow is not cold and the snow is cold, and the really hard days are coming.

The surrounding area of ​​Luoyang was bleak and bitterly cold.

In later generations, it would be impossible to work in such weather, but not in the Sui Dynasty.

There is a large shortage of winter clothes to keep out the cold and firewood for heating, and it is the kind of shortage that cannot be replenished at all.

The ground was extremely hard, and when the hoe fell down, the hoe cracked, but only a shallow scratch could be found on the ground. After three days of persistence, the largest reduction in staff since Luoyang Construction appeared.

The corpses were pulled out of the construction site one by one, and they were frozen stiff. They would not be sent back to their hometown for burial, but a deep pit was dug and buried in a place [-] miles away from Luoyang.

Faced with the increasing number of layoffs every day, coupled with the pressure from Yang Ming, Yu Wenkai had no choice but to temporarily suspend work.

Such weather, not to mention civilians, even the officials who supervised the work, couldn't stand it, and complained endlessly.

At noon today, hundreds of officials were sitting in the hall of the Dajian Mansion to discuss the next construction steps. Everyone was wearing a cloak, and there were more than 20 fires in the hall.

"After the early spring, there shouldn't be any problems. We need to speed up the progress, and the court has been urging us all the time." Yang Da sipped the hot soup, holding the soup bowl with both hands and refused to put it down.

Liu Su, the servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, also rushed back from Yuzhang County. He was originally in charge of the supply of aniseed materials for the palaces in Jingzhou and Yangzhou, but now all the aniseed materials have arrived in Luoyang.
I just heard him say: "Finally, it has lived up to His Majesty's entrustment. The palace city is basically completed. Although the next Guocheng will take the most time, it will definitely be completed before September. The imperial court said hello. To the east of the Imperial City of Xinjing, there are 29 lifangs in total, all of which are classified as official residences. As for how to allocate them, His Highness has to decide in the end. I have a preliminary proposal from the Ministry of Civil Affairs here, please take a look at it.”

The entire construction site was shut down, and the folks took a rest, but they couldn't rest, and many things had to be discussed.

As Luoyang is the future Tokyo, there will definitely be many officials staying here, and the big tycoons in Guanzhong will also come here to divide their territories and open up houses.

In Yu Wenkai's original plan, Luoshui is to the north, the imperial city to the west, and the official residence to the east. That is to say, in the future Luoyang, Luoshui will be the dividing line between the north and the south, and the north will cross the river, which has nothing to do with the common people.

This is very similar to Daxing. Daxing City has passed the [-]rd line, so it has nothing to do with ordinary people.

Yang Ming took the Ministry of Civil Affairs plan from Xu Jing, unfolded it on the table, and browsed carefully.

Although Liu Su said that Yang Ming had to make the decision in the end, it was actually just a formality. Now that the decision was made, Yang Ming couldn't make too many changes, otherwise it would be a blow to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Official residences are also graded, and the current official residence area has not yet been built, so they must discuss a plan early so that Yu Wenkai can refer to the drawings to divide the residential sites of each family.

The first echelon, which must be the princes and princesses, will be roughly distributed among the five lifangs closest to the imperial city, Zhengdao, Guangdao, Huaqing, Deli, and Fucheng.

Among them, Yang Ming has the highest title and Yang Lihua has the highest qualifications, so the mansions of the two of them have the largest area. Among them, Yang Ming's Prince Qin's Mansion covers an area of ​​480 mu. In Guangdaofang, it occupies almost two-thirds of the area. A third, with three marquises.

One is Yuanshou, who is currently the Minister of Taifu Temple and the Marquis of Longcheng County.

One is Wei Dezheng, who succeeded his father Wei Shi's Jingxing County Marquis. He is currently the minister of the province. His younger sister is married to Yang Yong's eldest son, Yang Yan.

The last one is Guo Rong, the Marquis of Pucheng County, and the current General Zuohouwei.

These three people would become Yang Ming's neighbors. Yang Ming could have changed it and changed himself to another neighbor, but he felt that the plan of the Ministry of Civil Affairs was mostly acquiesced by his father, so there was no need to change it.

Among the second echelon, the mansion with the largest area is undoubtedly Yang Su, who should be called Chu State Mansion now. In addition, there are Xu Guogong Yu Wenshu, Song Guogong He Ruobi, Liang Guogong Xiao Cong and so on.

In the whole plan, Yang Ming had only one change, which was to move the mansion of Qi Wang Yang Hao from Huaqingfang to Delifang.

This kid has no morals, so he has to establish some virtues. If the emperor knows about it, he won't say anything.

The progress of the project in Guocheng will definitely be fast. After all, the design of Lifang is from Yu Wenkai. With the experience of Daxing City, it can be said that he is familiar with the road.

The key is that there are enough people.

The grain issue was basically no longer a problem. The Sui Dynasty's control over granaries was unprecedented. Although there were some corrupt officials, the impact was not significant.

In other words, Yang Ming's days to come will be easy, and there is almost nothing to worry about.

So his attention has begun to move to the Grand Canal.

After everyone dispersed, Yang Ming left Yu Wenkai alone.

At the earliest time, the matter of digging the canal was proposed by Yu Wenkai at the court meeting, and Yu Wenkai must be responsible for digging the canal in the future, and Yang Wei is just the foreman in name.

"Your Majesty, besides the line between Huang and Huai, do you have any other thoughts?" Yang Ming asked with a smile.

At this time, there is no need for Yu Wenkai to hide. After all, the imperial court has sent him news to make him ready at any time. While supervising Luoyang, he is also responsible for supervising the construction of the canal.

Yu Wenkai said: "In the seventh year of Emperor Kaihuang, the Supreme Commander ordered to change the entrance to Huaihe River from the last entrance to Shanyang on the basis of Hangou in the Spring and Autumn Period. , so this river has not been perfected in time, and now it is very narrow, silt is accumulated, and it is still difficult for small boats. When the minister and His Majesty inspected Luoyang, His Majesty hoped to re-excavate Shanyangdu, and the width of the canal was expanded to [-] steps , plant willow trees on both sides of the river to strengthen the embankment."

Yang Ming asked again: "The canal on the Huanghuai line, including Shanyangdu, is [-] miles in total. In Yuwen Shangshu's opinion, how many civilian workers will be recruited for this project?"

In fact, Yu Wenkai was very happy to work with Yang Ming, although he already knew that the person in charge of the canal would be Qi Wang Yang Hao.

If he could change it, he would rather have Yang Ming come to the governor's canal, not only because the other party was sincere, but also because Yang Ming had never interfered in any of his arrangements for the project.

It's snowing heavily, let's not talk about it, the emergency stop is also out of overall consideration.

I only heard Yu Wenkai said very patiently: "The line of Huanghuai, from Xingyang to Xuyi, needs to recruit 60 civilians, and Shanyangdu needs 20. In addition, the palace along the way will be used to build the dragon boat for His Majesty's southern tour. More than 100 million yuan needs to be mobilized."

Yang Ming hugged his shoulders and said with a smile, "Where are you recruiting from?"

Yu Wenkai smiled embarrassedly: "It should be recruited from Hebei and Henan."

"The war in Hebei has just ended, and Henan is doing its best to build Luoyang. How to recruit?" Yang Ming laughed.

Yu Wenkai said: "It can only be forced expropriation. I know His Highness is sympathetic to the people. However, this canal is related to my Great Sui Guozuo. The south is now a fertile land, with abundant food and prosperous industries, but the people's hearts are not stable. This canal Connecting the north and the south, promoting the exchange and integration of the people in the north and the south, and the exchange of trade, in the future, the north and the south will return to each other during the Sui Dynasty, and the 300-year division of the Han Dynasty in China will be completely over from this dynasty."

As he said that, Yu Wenshu couldn't help sighing: "Your Majesty's vision is far-sighted and his ambition is grand, I am amazed."

Yang Ming nodded.

In ancient China, the real development of the south actually began when the Jin family moved southward, that is, the southward crossing of clothes. Before that, it was basically a barren land.

A large number of Han people entered the south, naturalized the local minority, and imparted farming, textile and water conservancy technologies, which made the south, after 300 years, present a wealth and prosperity not inferior to that of the north.

Yang Guang, who has worked in Jiangdu for 11 years as the general manager, has long understood this point, so the opening of the Grand Canal is actually to realize the great integration of the north and the south.

The population in the south is small, the fields are large, and the output is large, which is exactly the opposite of that in the north. Therefore, the Grand Canal also complements the north with the south.

Many people in later generations have criticized this river, saying that the Grand Canal in the Sui Dynasty was abandoned in the Song Dynasty, and it is nonsense that its merits will benefit the present and the future.

In fact, what they said was nonsense.

What would have happened if the Sui Dynasty did not have this river?What would China be like without the foundation of north-south integration laid by the Sui Dynasty?
Although Yang Guang borrowed this river to visit the river capital three times, it is extravagant and extravagant, but it is undeniable that this river is a bridge related to the exchange and integration of the Chinese nation.

Its attributes are not just a canal.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to describe the canal with the eight characters of merit in the present age and benefit in the future, but it cannot be used to describe Yang Guang.

That's why Pi Rixiu's sentence: All the way to the end of the Sui Dynasty is this river, and it has been thousands of miles away to this day.If there is no dragon boat event in the water palace, there will not be much meritorious deeds of Gong Yu.

In fact, he was also wrong. The death of the Sui Dynasty was not because of this river. The root knot was still in the three conquests of Goguryeo, which consumed the national power of the Sui Dynasty unprecedentedly, so that there was no possibility of Sui Guozuo continuing.

"The sixteen national policies, I hope Shangshu Yuwen can remember them when he digs the canal," Yang Ming said.

Yu Wenkai nodded: "It's about the country, it's about the people, I dare not forget it for a day."

Yang Ming said again: "If King Qi acts recklessly, he must report the truth to His Majesty, and must not cover it up."

"How does Your Highness know that he is Director Qi Wang?" Yu Wenkai asked in a daze.

Yang Ming smiled: "I know what you can know, and what you don't know, I still know,"

Yu Wenkai smiled mischievously: "I'm stupid. I heard that after the New Year's Eve, the Yue Guild will return to Beijing to recuperate?"

Yang Ming nodded: "The matter of the canal should be in March or April next year, then King Qi will come to Luoyang first to discuss arrangements with you. Right now, there are no major issues in Tokyo. He will be transferred back to the capital, so everything here is entrusted to you."

"Sigh..." Yu Wenkai sighed. In his heart, working with Yang Ming and Yang Su is like a fish in water. One is willing to delegate power, the other is an expert in himself, plus Yang Da, the cooperation of the four is actually very successful. .

He knew that what Yang Ming said was right. The two princes had an unpleasant fight earlier because of the food supply, so His Majesty would not let them stay in the same place at the same time. When King Qi came, King Qin would definitely leave.

But King Qi
Alas. It's hard to say. I hope he won't hold me back.

(End of this chapter)