One thousand one hundred and thirty-seventh pilgrims
When night fell, Liu Che returned to Weiyang Palace from Maoling.
Although it has been a tiring day, there are some things that must be resolved as soon as possible.
Therefore, Liu Che just squinted in the carriage for an hour. After returning to the palace, he immediately got back to work.
Fortunately, he does not work like this for more than forty days throughout the year, so he is pretty good, not very tired, and does not appear as miserable as other emperors, who are in their twenties and thirty years old.
After finishing processing the official documents piled up on the desk, it was already the third update.
Liu Che stretched out, looked at the memorials piled up in front of him, and showed a satisfied smile.
Basically, the things that he needs to handle personally now must be military affairs, and they must be approved by him personally.
Just like these memorials.
These memorials were basically submitted to the Prime Minister's Office and the Chariot and Cavalry General Yi Zong regarding the administrative division plan and city building suggestions for Gaoque and the Hejian Land.
For China, any land in its hands will be developed and developed in every possible way.
Even in the desert, there will be officials who cannot restrain their innate farming instinct and want to try to farm.
As for the jungles in the south and the snow country in the north, you have to plant enough.
Not to mention fertile soil like the Riverlands.
Although the local hydrology and land conditions have not yet been fully understood, ministers at all levels are already gearing up and eager to open up farmland in the area.
Some of their claims were approved by Liu Che, some were refuted, and some required investigation.
But, these are not urgent.
The most urgent thing is to immigrate!
At that time, the State of Qin took over Hetao and immigrated 30,000 households.
Relying on immigration and the garrison of the Great Wall, before Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising, the Hejian Land was firmly in the hands of the Qin Empire. No matter the Donghu, Xiongnu or Yuezhi, they did not dare to go south to herd horses, let alone bend their bows to fight.
Naturally, if today's Han Dynasty wanted to control this area, they would need to immigrate at least 30,000 households!
Considering that to truly develop and utilize local resources and make them a base for the Han army to continue to conquer the world and establish order in the future, there should be at least 70,000 local immigrants.
Coupled with the tens of thousands of surrendered herdsmen who herded cattle for the Han Dynasty, the local economy and social wealth could effectively support the Han army's expedition.
However, this is easier said than done?
Chinese people have been reluctant to leave their homeland since ancient times. If life was not unbearable, no one would choose to immigrate.
Even businessmen who travel around the world and do business as a profession will definitely choose to return to their hometown when they grow old.
Even the three nobles and nine ministers who lived high in the temple, and even the emperor, all wanted to return to their roots after falling leaves.
At that time, Liu Bang returned to Peixian County, composed a great wind song, and lamented with his elders: Wanderers are sad for their hometown, but my soul will still miss it a hundred years later!
The sincerity of his emotions makes people moved.
As for Xiang Yu, he even said: If you don't return home if you are rich and noble, you will walk at night like fine clothes.
Don't even want the world, just go back to your hometown and show off.
Even Liu Che's grandfather, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, often missed Jinyang and Daiguo after he came to the throne. He went back to Jinyang many times to visit relatives and drank with his elders. When he died, he still missed the mountains and rivers of Jinyang.
It was only in Liu Che's father's generation that the Emperor Liu really lost his hometown and became a lonely man without a hometown.
Therefore, during the immigration to Anton in the past few years, the potential of the world's surplus population and those with the intention to immigrate was basically tapped.
If you want to wait for the next wave of people who intend to immigrate, you need at least a few years of buffering to wait for the new generation to come of age.
However, Gaoque has been obtained, and Yinshan will soon fall under the control of the Han Dynasty.
How can this work if there are no Chinese in the area? How can this be ridiculous?
Fortunately, Liu Che was smart enough to dig a hole back then, otherwise he would be in trouble now.
"Send someone to go to Zhongshan Kingdom immediately and summon Wang Fei of Zhongshan to come to Beijing for pilgrimage immediately!" Liu Che put down his pen and ordered a eunuch.
"No!" The other party immediately accepted the order and left.
Back then, Liu Che had promised Liu Fei that after he captured the Hejian Land in the future, he would be named King of Meng and pacify the area!
At that time, it was actually just a casual remark, half true and half false.
But now, in order to consolidate the local area, Liu Che must take it as the truth, even if it is a lie.
Without it, the only people who can bring population to the area now are the princes and kings of the Han Dynasty.
As for the princes and kings of the side branches, those who Liu Che could trust were unwilling to go, and those who were willing to go could not be trusted.
As for my dear brothers...
Liu Duan, Liu Yu, Liu Sheng, and Liu Fa were either too honest or too funny, and were not suitable for pacifying such a new territory.
As for Liu Rong, his brother, he and Liu Che have always been at odds with each other. As for his brother Liu Lan, he would probably be happy if you asked him to go to Zhao or Qi Chu.
But if you ask him to eat sand outside the Great Wall, he will definitely not do it.
Only Liu Fei was capable, at least in military terms, not too idiotic, not too incompetent, and had the willingness to go to the local area to consolidate territory for Liu Che.
The advantage of sending a vassal king to the Riverlands is that the vassal king will also bring his ministers and officials, close scholar-bureaucrats, and people who are attached to him.
Just like when Liu Ming went to North Korea, Liu Wu packed up and sent nearly 200,000 official and civilian troops and craftsmen. It was this huge immigrant base that allowed the Han Dynasty to completely control and digest North Korea.
No local tribe or force can resist!
Liu Fei has been named the King of Zhongshan for more than six years. He is in Zhongshan Kingdom, although he is addicted to military commanders and leading troops to hunt all day long.
However, the ministers who assisted him were all ministers of the Huang-Lao sect and the Legalist sect.
Therefore, even though he hunts and plays every day, Zhongshan's economic development is not bad.
And once he goes to the Riverlands, he can bring at least 100,000 military and civilian immigrants!
If Liu Che himself mobilizes a little more, he will be able to almost completely digest the local area within three to five years.
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While waiting for Liu Fei to come to Beijing, Liu Che first completed the administrative division of the Hejian Land.
The entire south of Gaoque is divided into three counties.
This is ‘Shuofang County’ with Gaoque as its core.
Its name comes from the Book of Songs. Nan Zhong: The emperor ordered me to go to the other side of the city.
To commemorate the fallen soldiers in the Battle of Gaoque.
The entire Shuofang County is almost as big as two counties in the mainland, including Gaoque, Wuhai, Yiliang, Heyin, Jinan and other vast lands in the North River Basin.
"Jiuyuan County" was established with the ancient city of Jiuyuan County in the Qin and Zhao Dynasties as the core.
Jiuyuan County is even larger. It includes Jiuyuan, Siyang, Linwo and other vast Nanhe River basins and vast grasslands. It is even larger than Shuofang County.
The last one is also the smallest county, named Anyang County.
This is based on Ziling and its surrounding areas, mainly the land in the Huangganshui (Blackwater) watershed.
However, this is just the beginning. After the ice and snow melt, Yinshan Mountain will also fall under the control of the Han Dynasty.
It was a vast area that was no less vast than the area south of Gaoque.
It is the essence of the Riverlands.
At that time, the people of Qin named it Xin Qinzhong.
This shows how rich and fertile the place is!
As for this piece of fat that was about to fall into the mouth of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che and his ministers had already planned the basic administrative divisions.
The local area will be divided into two counties.
The eastern part is tentatively designated as ‘Wuwei County’, and the southern part is tentatively designated as ‘Wuyuan County’.
Wuwei County is a new place name, while Wuyuan County is an old place name, which is also in line with Chinese tradition.
Learn from the old to learn from the new!
Then, Liu Che packaged these five counties, together with Yunzhong County, Shang County, Dai County, Beidi County, Longyou County, Yanmen County and other northern counties, into the Bingzhou Governor's Department.
The Bingzhou Provincial History Department is in charge of administration, civil affairs and economy.
In terms of military affairs, the "Anbei Protectorate" will be established in Taiyuan.
The Anbei Protectorate will coordinate and command the local county soldiers and field regiments stationed in the garrison to conduct defensive and external offensive operations and deployments.
In fact, if you regard the Bingzhou Governor's Department as Bingzhou Province and the Anbei Protectorate as the Northern Theater Command, you can understand this series of adjustments and deployments.
Obviously, all of this is a deployment to further integrate the military and civil affairs of the north, fully tap into the war potential, and make good use of every resource.
However, this matter is only a plan on paper for the time being.
We must really implement it and establish and improve the entire system.
Deployment may take two to three years.
After all, even if the Tuchao Dynasty in later generations changed military regions into war zones, it took more than a year to complete the adjustment.
In this day and age, even if everything goes well, it will take at least two or three times longer.
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On both sides of the wide straight road, poplar trees stand tall and tall on both sides of the road.
These straight trees planted by the Qin people have now grown into giant trees in the sky.
Originally, some people had been suggesting that we simply cut down the Qin people's trees and replace them with Han people's trees to show the new atmosphere of the new dynasty.
However, when the emperor came to the throne, these voices disappeared.
Legend has it that the emperor privately told the prime minister: My emperor, Emperor Gao, was ordered by heaven to kill the White Snake and revolt to establish the country. It has been passed down to me. He has always governed the world with virtue and filial piety. Since ancient times, virtue has never been in danger.
The world and the people have their own hearts! Now there are officials who want to cut down the tree of the previous dynasty, but I will not take it! Now even if Qin Shihuang is resurrected, I can serve him. How can I be afraid of Qin Shihuang's tree? Don't do it!
Naturally, as soon as this rumor spread, the knowledgeable guy immediately and consciously swallowed his own words.
As a result, these lush and giant trees were preserved, instead of being cut down as usual in history, and then there was no more...
Therefore, the straight road is still protected by these giant trees.
Large trees are deeply rooted on both sides of the road, greatly reducing the power of wind and snow. Even in rainy and snowy weather, you can walk on the straight road.
At this time, a huge motorcade was driving on the straight road.
Hundreds of cavalrymen tightly guarded a carriage in the center.
The governors of Andong, Bo Shihe and Tang Yi, were the eldest son Chen Xu and Longli were the lord Chen Jiao, riding their horses and walking in the procession.
The Xiongnu Youxian King Qi Zhi, who had just surrendered, was sitting in the carriage, curiously looking at the scenery outside the carriage.
This is the first time he has seen the scenery of mainland China.
On both sides of the wide galloping road, in the fields outside the poplar trees, there are rows of streets and huge wooden buildings standing on the side of the river.
Because it is winter now, many farmers are holding wooden weapons and training in the fields under the leadership of local officials.
The women took their children and washed their clothes by the river.
In the distant village, smoke rises from the cooking pots, the sound of chickens and dogs can be heard, and everything is quiet and harmonious.
However, outside the quiet countryside, in the distant mountains, thick smoke could be vaguely seen billowing.
That's the smelting furnace of the mine smelting ore.
Over the years, as the steel base in Nanyang began to change, blast furnace steelmaking, a simple and crude creation with no technical content and relying purely on labor and coal, began to spread throughout the world.
After all, the efficiency of this thing is far greater than any previous smelting method.
Although the pollution is large and the energy consumption is high.
But in today's era, in order to make money, businessmen can even sell themselves.
Mere pollution and energy consumption are nothing!
Maybe these businessmen are even doing good things!
Because their production will emit large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
And carbon dioxide will warm the climate.
However, the current global climate is developing towards the Little Ice Age.
So, in other words, if the Han Dynasty enters the industrial age in the future, it will benefit people of all ethnic groups around the world and enable countless countries and nations to survive and no longer be harmed by the dry cold and drought of the Little Ice Age.
Of course, these businessmen don't know this.
They only know that this is their golden age.
As long as you work hard to produce, you don't have to worry about your products not being sold.
China itself is a huge market.
Not to mention, the South Vietnam Kingdom, which had just surrendered, also had a huge demand for iron tools.
In addition, the country is also in large demand for various iron tools.
Under the huge demand, the Han Dynasty's industry and commerce developed rapidly, which created suitable conditions for the promotion and popularization of various new technologies.
Looking at all this, I feel filled with emotions in my heart.
A year ago, he would never have imagined that he would kneel down to the Han Dynasty, and that he was about to kneel down to lick the Han Dynasty emperor and give him the title of Tian Chan Yu.
However, after surrendering, his moral integrity became lower and lower as time went by.
Now, it looks like it doesn't matter anymore.
What's more, he just learned a shocking news: the emperor of the Han Dynasty had just been in Chang'an and canonized a large number of high-ranking military officers who died in Gaoque as gods.
Either the city god, or the mountain god He Bo.
This made Qi Zhi feel at ease despite being shocked.
Because this incident proved that the emperor of the Han Dynasty was indeed the God Emperor!
How can one be canonized as a god if he is not a divine emperor?
You must know that on the grassland, even the gods of shamanism cannot be canonized by mortals. They are all existences that have exerted a certain degree of divine power.
As for the Hujie people, because they believe in Zoroastrianism, they have a more serious attitude towards gods.
The emperor of the Han Dynasty blatantly canonized ministers as gods.
In Qie Zhi's eyes, he could only conclude that the emperor of the Han Dynasty was indeed a god descended from heaven. Otherwise, if he played like this and did not have enough power to offend the ghosts and gods, he would have suffered!
Little do they know that this is actually the inherent authority of the Chinese emperor!
Even puppet emperors and faint kings have this power! (~^~)
