Chapter 1377 It is difficult to be the important task of the capital
The Han Dynasty now owns two-thirds of the land of Kyushu from the southeast to the northwest, and the annual harvest is naturally no longer comparable to that of a small Guanzhong, but Li Xingchen is surprised that Yang Jian can still leave so much for himself.
At least it's better than nothing.
"In addition, there should be millions of money in the inner treasury, plus the food in the surrounding camps, the final calculation should be five million in money and more than 50,000 shi in food." Chen Shushen then said, the Yuwen family's
There is a lot of money in the small treasury, and this does not include the gold, silver and jewelry that have not been counted. In addition, Yang Jian's Sui Palace has not been inspected yet.
Some Chen Shushen is busy.
"Do the hard work of the household department and do the inventory as soon as possible." Li Xingchen nodded slightly, but he did not expect that his gains in Chang'an City were not small.
In fact, this was not unexpected. After all, Yang Jian was determined to retreat step by step, and finally started a decisive battle with Li Xinchen around Chang'an City. If there was not enough money and food support behind him, Yang Jian would not have the ability to compete with Li Xinchen.
Therefore, Yang Jian must have some reservations. On the one hand, the treasury, and Li Xingchen even suspected that there might be many in the palace of the Sui prince.
Since he wants to be a hero, he cannot be selfless.
"Search the Sui Prince's Mansion immediately." Li Xingchen said in a deep voice. Naturally, he would not be polite to Yang Jian. "The Taiwei Mansion cooperated with the Ministry of Revenue to seize all Yang Jian's followers."
Li Mu and others entered the palace, Yang Jian was remnant of the party, and people such as Huangfu Ji were either captured or died. As for Yang Jian who had been saved from joining the party, Li Xingchen had no intention of letting them go, because letting them go would naturally be a threat to Li Mu and others.
Human irresponsibility, after all, the two sides are already enemies. Li Xinchen did this to some extent to deliberately disgust Li Mu and Wei Xiaokuan. It will definitely only cause more unnecessary conflicts and troubles.
"I obey." Yang Su and Chen Shushen responded hurriedly.
Li Xingchen then said: "I have just entered Chang'an City and have already had an overview of Chang'an. The old city at the end of the Han Dynasty has experienced wars for a long time, the streets are filthy, and the houses are dilapidated and in disrepair. It is difficult to call it the heroic city in Guanzhong, the heart of the world.
I wonder what you all think of this?"
This question suddenly made the people present nervous.
When Li Xingchen entered Chang'an, he actually had a very serious question, that is, whether it was necessary to move the capital of the Han Dynasty from Jiankang Prefecture to Chang'an. After all, Jiankang was only recognized as a safe place in the southeast, and Chang'an was the real imperial power of the Han Dynasty.
Symbol. Now that Li Xingchen owns Chang'an, it is natural that he should replace Jiankang with Chang'an.
However, this would naturally violate the most fundamental interests of the Southeastern gentry.
The foundations of the southeastern gentry are in Jiankang and Wujun, Kuaiji and other places south of Jiankang. Once the political center of the Han Dynasty moves north, a political vacuum will naturally be created. First come first served, this will undoubtedly benefit the northwest aristocratic families and
The most important Guanlong Group.
The southeastern nobles will definitely not allow such a situation to occur.
The Northern Expedition of the Southern Dynasties has always suffered setbacks for a long time, which is not unrelated to the inaction of the southeastern gentry and the worry that they will be replaced or at least checked and balanced after they invade the Central Plains. There are even many inevitable connections. At the beginning, the Wang and Xie families considered the "Northern Expedition"
"The slogan was shouted loudly, but in the end it was nothing.
If Li Xingchen stayed in Chang'an now, it would undoubtedly cause turmoil in the Han Dynasty. King Gu Ye and others stayed in Chang'an and did not accompany him. In fact, they were clearly telling His Majesty that the capital of the Han Dynasty was under construction.
Kang was not in Chang'an, so these main officials did not need to go north with him for the operation of the Han Center.
Maybe they could still tolerate Li Xinchen's suppression of the Southeast family in other minor matters, including the selection of talents, but if Li Xinchen really interfered with the existence of their entire clan, they would definitely not tolerate it, even Gu Ye
The king cannot, let alone sit idly by.
Now Li Xingchen has made it clear that Chang'an City is indeed more dilapidated than imagined.
War in the north was more frequent than in the south. Especially before the Northern Wei unified the north, various heroes in the Guanzhong area changed like a revolving lantern, and Chang'an was undoubtedly the center of their battles. This resulted in the city of Chang'an being greatly destroyed.
Houses were burned down, city walls collapsed, and Chang'an was no longer the Chang'an it was when the Han Dynasty was in its heyday.
After the Northern Wei Dynasty, Chang'an gave way to Luoyang and lost its status as the political center of the north. Although it later became the capital of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, because the Northern Zhou Dynasty was always at war with the Northern Qi Dynasty, it was powerless to deal with the dilapidated situation of Chang'an City, resulting in
The Chang'an that appeared in front of Li Xingchen should be in one of the most dilapidated conditions since Chang'an was founded.
In contrast, except for the Hou Jing Rebellion, Jiankang Prefecture has actually not experienced any major war damage in the past three hundred years. In addition, the overall number of wars in the south is far less than that in the north, whether it is
The scale and cleanliness of the city have surpassed Chang'an.
Therefore, there is also the question of Li Xinchen.
He was asking the civil and military officials for their opinions. In fact, he was asking whether Chang'an City was worth keeping for Li Xinchen, and whether it was worth it for Li Xinchen to turn against the southeastern gentry and make it the political center after the Han Dynasty.
Xiao Shilian said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Chang'an will definitely be the gateway to the northwest of the Han Dynasty in the future. Whether we suppress the Turks to the north or open up the Western Region to the northwest, Chang'an is the only way to go. It is also the largest town from Guanzhong and even the Central Plains to the northwest. Therefore, Chang'an
It needs to be repaired, and a new Chang'an city can even be built. However, I believe that although the Han Dynasty will inherit the mantle of the Han Dynasty, its territory will be even greater than that of the Han Dynasty. Especially now that we have begun to gradually complete the construction and reclamation of the south, the south will no longer be in conflict with the Han Dynasty.
It was still a barren land at that time, so the imperial court should not focus on Guanzhong, or there might be other options."
Xiao Shilian's opening naturally denies the possibility of Chang'an as the capital. And what Xiao Shilian said is naturally what Li Xingchen is worried about. When the Han Dynasty used Chang'an as its capital, it was because the economic center of the Han Dynasty was also in Guanzhong, and now let alone
There was also Yecheng. The economy in the south, especially industry, commerce and rice planting, was also booming. Naturally, it was impossible to place the center of the imperial court in a place far northwest.
Especially in this era when technology and communication are not yet developed, if you want to strengthen your control over various places, you naturally cannot make the capital too far away from various places.
Xiao Shilian obviously pointed out this problem to the point.
The now dilapidated Chang'an City could be rebuilt to become a hub for the Han Dynasty to enter the northwest, but due to its geographical location, it is no longer able to bear the heavy responsibility of the capital.
However, there is obviously more than just this meaning behind Xiao Shilian's words.