Liu Che’s Maoling Mausoleum has just begun to break ground.∈↗,
The location of the mausoleum is slightly different from that of Xiaozhu's Maoling, but the general direction is basically the same.
The scale of this project is very large.
How big is it?
The side walls of the mausoleum alone are almost two hundred meters long, and the height will be more than forty meters.
This is equivalent to creating a city.
The funds required for this project are also very large.
Since the start of construction alone, the funds allocated by Liu Che have exceeded 20 million yuan, equivalent to one-twentieth of the Han Dynasty's fiscal revenue last year.
In addition, 3,000 capable craftsmen from the Shaofu were mobilized, 5,000 troops were dispatched, and 7,000 migrant workers were recruited.
Standing in front of the construction site of the mausoleum, Liu Che looked up at this huge project and felt very confused in his heart.
It is simply unacceptable for a time traveler to invest so many resources into the tomb.
only……
There is no way!
This is the tradition of the Liu family and one of the policies of the Han regime to maintain governance.
The Book of Jin once recorded: One year after the emperor of the Han Dynasty came to the throne, he built a mausoleum. The tribute from the world was three parts, one for the ancestral temple, one for the guests, and one for the mausoleum.
In other words, Liu Che's project is already very frugal.
If we really follow the system and tradition, the Maoling Project will consume one-sixth of the Han Dynasty's fiscal revenue every year.
Of course, it costs so much.
If it was just for the emperor to enjoy after his death, such a stupid policy would have been impossible to implement long ago.
The old Liu family's mausoleum policy does not only have inputs but no outputs.
First of all, the huge mausoleum project will inevitably promote the development of the local social economy and people's livelihood where the mausoleum is located.
What kind of results will it bring if such huge resources are piled up in one place?
The Magic City and Shenzhen of later generations have already explained everything.
If we use the efforts of the whole country to support a county, it will be impossible for this county not to be awesome!
In addition, mausoleum projects usually come with relocation projects.
The Old Liu family will spare no effort to move those powerful families who are domineering in the local area and difficult for the government to check or supervise to the location of their mausoleum.
This is what makes a strong person weak.
Local tycoons and wealthy businessmen from more than ten countries in the thirty-six counties of the Han Dynasty were moved to the location of the mausoleum.
These people have huge wealth, family and talents.
How could a wealthy family with a fortune of tens of millions have no intellectuals?
This is equivalent to bringing local heroes to Chang'an to enrich Guanzhong's manpower and material resources.
In this way, Guanzhong will always be able to crush all other local counties in terms of talent, wealth, economy, and technology.
More importantly, through migration, the Han regime was able to forcefully create an economic and demographic hotspot in Guanzhong.
According to historical records, when Xiaozhu's Maoling project was completed, the population of Maoling City reached nearly 300,000!
In BC, a city with a population of 300,000 was basically no worse than a city with a population of 30 million in later generations.
Of course, there are many disadvantages.
First of all, the local area is bound to experience inflation. All kinds of prices are skyrocketing.
However, this problem has been solved by Liu Che.
Food, salt and iron, which are the basic needs of people's livelihood, are supplied at an affordable price by Shaofu and Da Nong, so it is difficult to have problems.
Secondly, the mausoleum project will inevitably lead to a large amount of corvee, and it is the most terrifying, terrifying and cruel form of all corvee.
Among all types of corvee work in the Han Dynasty, building tombs, like building city walls, had the highest death rate.
Basically, the people who were recruited to serve here were either adopted sons-in-law, scoundrels with criminal records, or simply prisoners in custody.
These people have no human rights and their death is in vain.
But to build a tomb for himself, thousands or even tens of thousands of people would die. As a time traveler, Liu Che couldn't bear it.
Therefore, after the project started, Liu Che issued several edicts to the Shaofu, demanding preferential treatment for the people and craftsmen. It didn't matter if the project progress was slower. In short, he wanted to minimize the casualties of workers.
On the other hand, Liu Che stuffed various Yidi savage slaves recently obtained from various channels into the engineering team to provide enough consumables.
Anyway, all dangerous and heavy work is left to these slaves.
Liu Che came to inspect this time because he also wanted to put some pressure on the bureaucrats of the Shaofu.
These guys need some pressure before they know how to do things.
But, these are not the main purpose.
After taking a cursory look at the mausoleum project site and leaving a few trusted attendants to continue patrolling the project, Liu Che drove away from the construction site and headed for Maocheng in the southeast of Maoxiang.
This is also a new city.
After Liu Che decided on the address of his mausoleum, it was built.
Now, the city is still small.
There isn't even a city wall.
The area covered is even smaller than the smallest of the nine cities in Chang'an City.
It is roughly equivalent to the size of a market in any county in Chang'an. From beginning to end, there is only one street, and the total length is less than one mile.
But the buildings standing on both sides of the street are anything but simple!
The highest institution of learning in the Han Dynasty: Taixue.
The cradle of Han generals: Wuyuan!
There is also the future largest public library in the Han Dynasty: Lanting Pavilion.
Finally, there is the Memorial Hall of the Heroes and Generals of the Han Dynasty: Lingyan Pavilion.
All concentrated on this street.
In other words, this is the future university town.
Liu Che didn't even need to think too much, he could tell with his butt what would happen here in the future.
Every inch of land here will become worth gold.
The area with a radius of hundreds of miles near this street will become the most economically developed area of the Han Dynasty.
Landlords all over the world who hope that their sons will succeed, the princes' sons who hope that they can make further progress, and businessmen who have too much money to spend will use their own financial resources to completely turn this place into a golden city.
Surrounded by his attendants, Liu Che strolled on this newly completed street.
On both sides of the street, most of the buildings have already shown their outlines.
In the magnificent martial arts garden, there is a complete martial arts arena, a complete arsenal that stores all the weapons and equipment currently in service in the Han Dynasty and those still in the laboratory, and there is also a stable that can accommodate 500 war horses, and hundreds of them.
A sandbox model that can deduce various classic battles in history has also been produced.
More importantly, the teachers of Wuyuan will shine brightly.
Han Daidang, Li Ji, Li Guang, Yi Zong, Luan Bu, Guan Fu, Dou Ying, basically all the current or retired generals of the Han Dynasty were named among them.
Even the name of Prime Minister Zhou Yafu is prominently listed.
As for Taixue, it is even more remarkable.
All the doctoral officers who have been recruited as well as the world-famous giants from hundreds of schools of thought are all listed.
Legalist tycoon Zhang Hui even came out at the age of eighty to serve as the legal liberator for the Imperial Academy.
The Confucian side sent a luxurious lineup including Dong Zhongshu and Hu Wusheng.
The competition among hundreds of schools of thought for the right to speak and influence in the future political arena has become fierce.
But what really concerns Liu Che is the National Public Library named Lanting Pavilion. (To be continued...)
ps: The condition is not good, I will make up for it tomorrow~
