Chapter 1387 Integrate Chang'an into the Han Dynasty
"Renovate Weiyang Palace and use it as a palace in Chang'an." After roughly looking at the design drawings of the new Chang'an, Li Xingchen began to study the details.
It is necessary to repair Chang'an, but Li Xinchen cannot spend too much money on the repair of Chang'an. What can be saved must be saved. The current Han Dynasty cannot afford this trouble.
In this case, the construction cost of the palace, which is destined to occupy a large part of the expenditure, is naturally out of the question. Li Xingchen can only say that the current Weiyang Palace and Tiangong Palace are brought together to make do, hoping that the dilapidated buildings that have been in use for hundreds of years will not
It will really fall down one day. Of course, Li Xingchen still has great trust in the construction and civil engineering skills of the ancients, especially in the construction of the palace. No one must have the guts to cut corners.
Wu Ping stretched out his hand and erased the part where he planned to build a new palace on the map.
"The building heights of all neighborhood houses will also be lowered. If anyone is willing to spend their own money to raise the floors, I will not object," Li Xingchen said after considering, "but the construction of streets and buildings must not cut corners."
"I understand." Wu Ping said hurriedly.
For him, this is also the first time in his life that he has presided over the construction of a city, so he must be cautious in everything. The quality must be guaranteed first, otherwise if he builds a shoddy project by himself, it will be a waste.
If someone pokes you in the back, your life will be over.
Li Xingchen sighed softly: "Let's do this for now. We can start planning now. We can start construction after the Han Dynasty conquers Tongguan and ensures the safety of Guanzhong. You must submit the specific funds to the Ministry of Household Affairs for review first."
"According to the order!"
Of course, Li Xinchen still has ambitions for Chang'an City that cannot be revealed now. In any case, this is the starting point of the Silk Road. Of course, Li Xinchen hopes to restore the Silk Road one day in the future.
For the Chinese nation, the Silk Road was not just a simple corridor for commodity trade, but also a link for political extension and territorial expansion. Historically, the Tang Dynasty can only be called the prosperous Tang Dynasty because of the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.
By that time, it was possible to spread from Chang'an to the entire world, and the influence of the Tang Dynasty had also covered the entire Central Asia, which was unprecedented for the Chinese nation, and had never even dared to imagine before.
And Li Xingchen will not forget that in history it was the rise of Dashi that led to the failure of the Tang Dynasty's continued expansion to the west. Coupled with the Anshi Rebellion in the east, the Tang Dynasty, which was in the midst of its prosperous Kaiyuan era, almost fell in just eight years.
Fall apart.
The rise of the Great Eclipse is not unstoppable, but it is a pity that when the Great Eclipse destroyed Persia and occupied Central Asia, the Tang Dynasty had just reached Turpan. Facing the Persians who came all the way to ask for help, the Tang Dynasty at that time could only
It may be that the mind is full but the strength is not enough.
Now Li Xingchen is already working hard to advance the time for the Chinese nation to set foot in the Western Regions. He hopes that history can also change accordingly.
But for the big man, this should be a long journey.
All Li Xingchen can do now is lay the foundation for everything. As for how to proceed in the future, that should be something that the next generation and even the next generation need to consider.
After all, Li Xingchen's thoughts about the Western Regions are just a thought. What he wants to put into practice is Chang'an City.
As the entire city around Chang'an has fallen under the control of the Han, and the main force of the Han and even His Majesty the Emperor are in Chang'an, Chang'an can now be said to be safe. Since the environment is safe, businessmen will naturally rush to get there.
Birds die for food, and people die for wealth.
With the support and encouragement of the imperial policy, these merchants of the Han Dynasty were fearless even if they risked their lives and death. Especially those merchants who accompanied the army. Once they encountered an enemy scout team or the like, they would bring their own troops with them.
Guys are copying guys into battle, not to mention that there is no danger in Chang'an now.
Among the merchants of the Han Dynasty, those at the forefront must be Shu merchants.
On the third day after Li Xingchen entered Chang'an, Shu merchants had already begun to fully enter Chang'an City.
The influx of a large number of goods and materials from the south made the city lively. It did not feel like it had just changed hands not long ago. The people went to the streets to look at the goods from the south. They were surprised and naturally did not mind paying for them.
. And a large number of shops in the south have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
Obviously, after the Shu merchants, merchants from other places also spared no effort.
Chang'an is integrating into the Han Dynasty's economic network at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Of course, behind these merchants is actually the imperial court. The imperial court controls these merchants through the Ministry of Commerce in the open and the white robe secretly. The imperial court can provide them with sufficient convenience, and even does not hesitate to help them suppress local merchants.
As a reward, they helped the court solve the employment problem of local people, and more importantly, they were also responsible for collecting intelligence and reporting information to the court.
For businessmen, their interests are actually tied to the big man. Every step forward by the big man means that their business territory can also move forward. Therefore, they can do something that is easy and beneficial to them.
Will never refuse.
Therefore, in just three days, through these merchants, Baipao re-established control over Chang'an, and any disturbance in Chang'an city would be immediately reported to Li Xingchen's desk.
Moving simultaneously with the merchants, there were also government agencies at all levels in the Han Dynasty. Jinling Academy, Yuelu Academy and Chengdu Academy each sent teams composed of capable people, who had begun to count and take over the Imperial College, Imperial College and other places in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and invited Yu Xin's son
Yu Li stepped forward to serve as the director of the newly established Chang'an Academy.
Yu Xin is as famous as Xu Ling, two masters in the north and the south. Yu Xin was originally from the Southern Dynasties and was proficient in prose. Later generations believed that he represented the highest achievement of parallel prose in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
When Yu Xin was older, he was ordered to go on an envoy to the Western Wei Dynasty and was detained, so he stayed in the north. After serving in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he served as a general of hussars and opened a mansion with three divisions. The world called him "Yu Kaifu". However, he was a general from the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Judging from the situation, it is conceivable how much real power Yu Xin can control. In fact, it is more like an example used by the Northern Zhou Dynasty to win over the hearts of the Han people, especially the hearts of the literati.
Yu Xin passed away last year, and his son Yu Li did not want to cooperate with the Northern Zhou Dynasty. He had been idle at home, and now he was invited to preside over Chang'an Academy. Yu Li in history was also a loyal and loyal man.
When he was the county magistrate at the end of the Sui Dynasty, he was tortured and killed because he refused Xue Rengao's persuasion to surrender.
Chang'an Academy is only a small part of the changes in Chang'an City.
All classes and departments of the Han Dynasty are working hard to integrate Chang'an with themselves. And behind this is actually the integration of the Han Dynasty and Guanzhong.