The news of Dian Wei's death was sent to the palace early the next morning.
Liu Bei had just gotten up and was feeding fish in the West Garden.
Wang Zhi hurried to the West Garden and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Dian...General Dian Wei died of illness last night."
boom.
The fish food bowl in his hand was smashed down, and the fish food was scattered on the ground. Some of it splashed into the fish pond, and countless fish came to fight for it.
"Oh! Wei is dead..."
Liu Bei sat slumped on the chair,
His expression was sluggish, his eyes were sad, and his whole body seemed to have been drained of energy, and he was still unresponsive.
The same scene also appeared in the Duke's Mansion of Qin, the Duke of Wei, and the Duke of Qi.
and among several other princely mansions.
Especially the Lingyang Houfu where Jushou is located and the Xinchenghoufu where Tian Feng is located, there is a hint of crying.
Liu Guan, Zhang Chen,
Jushoudian Wei Taishi Ci,
They basically met each other in the first year of Zhongping. They are the most senior senior members of the Liu Bei Group and have the deepest feelings for each other.
Tian Feng has been partnering with Zhang Fei and Dian Wei all year round. Their years of comrade-in-arms friendship have made him and Dian Wei and Zhang Fei very close, and they have known each other for many years and have been old friends.
Tian Feng was actually the oldest. During the Battle of Guandu in history, he was already over fifty years old. He once scolded Yuan Shao with a cane.
Now he is nearly seventy. After pacifying Bingzhou, he has begun to live a life of retirement. He spends his days planting flowers and plants, or entertaining his children and grandchildren, taking care of himself and enjoying family happiness.
This morning,
Tian Feng got up early,
I went to the backyard with a cane to water the flowers and plants. There were many exotic flowers and plants in the backyard.
They are all valuable gifts given by the emperor from the Western Garden.
After watering the flowers and plants as usual, Tian Feng picked up the scissors and carefully began to prune the branches and leaves that had grown lush over the past few days, acting as a potted gardener.
At this moment, the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion hurried in and whispered beside Tian Feng: "The head of the family, Marquis Cheng Wu... died of illness last night."
Click.
Tian Feng's hand shook and he accidentally cut off the main branch of his favorite orchid, leaving only half of the bare root.
"The head of the family..."
When the housekeeper saw Tian Feng just standing there, motionless, he stepped forward to inquire with concern.
After Tian Feng spoke for a while, tears silently slipped from the corners of his eyes, flowing down his old cheeks to his chin, staining his gray-black and white beard.
He waved his hands and said: "It doesn't matter, it's hard to go against God's will, God's will is hard to go against, go prepare the vehicle.
Go to Cheng Wuhou Mansion."
"yes."
The butler quietly retreated.
Tian Feng turned his head and staggered a little.
But he still walked to the bedroom unswervingly.
My old friend is gone,
He always has to dress up to give him a ride.
.......
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The seventeenth year of Zhang Wu was obviously a year full of sadness for the core members of the Liu Bei Group.
The shadow of Tai Shici's death at the beginning of the year is still not blurry in everyone's memory.
At the end of the year, Dian Wei passed away in his sleep again.
Liu Bei could only mourn Dian Wei with grief. The funeral was held for seven days, and the entire Chengwu Marquis Mansion was completely white.
After the funeral, he was buried in the cemetery of Mang Mountain in the north with the courtesy of a public minister for people to worship.
At the same time, Dian Wei's portraits and sculptures were also moved to the Taoyuan Hall and were ranked fifth in the Ancestral Temple. Taishi Ci was given the posthumous title of "Shunhou", and Dian Wei was given the posthumous title of "Zhonghou", so that their names would remain in history. Yongji.
This overflowing sadness lasted until after the New Year of Zhang Wu's 18th year, and then it eased.
Nowadays, the whole world is prosperous, the weather is smooth, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, at least I can take comfort in this.
At the beginning of the year, the Han Dynasty Prime Minister Chen Mu visited Guangzhou and Yangzhou in the south, and in the middle of the year he went to Hebei to inspect the situation of the steel plants.
Our country has been a big mineral country since ancient times, with no shortage of coal and iron ore. Especially in the Han Dynasty, which had not yet been mined for two thousand years, the resource reserves were extremely rich.
After the start of the industrial age, steam engines hummed every day. Even with vigorous mining, underground mineral reserves continued to flow, providing the Han with endless steel resources.
After a large amount of steel is produced, according to the current national policy, it is not to start large-scale infrastructure construction, but to concentrate it first and continue to expand production to manufacture steel plants, workshops, lathes and ships.
Not only is the Hebei region starting to industrialize, but also the Youzhou region, which is later Tangshan, the center of industrial development will slowly move to the north, and may eventually go to the Northeast region.
At this time, these places are now occupied by Goguryeo, Buyeo, Uryu, Woju, Yilu and other countries, leaving a large amount of mineral reserve resources that cannot be used, which is obviously not an ordinary waste.
If troops are sent to capture these places, there are no plans for construction yet. Now the court mainly focuses on construction along the Grand Canal, rather than in the remote northeast.
It's a bit useless to beat it now, and it's a pity to throw it away if it's tasteless. Therefore, Chen Mu can only leave this work to future people and write it down in future national policies.
By the eighteenth year of Zhang Wu, some generals and high-ranking officials died one after another, such as Han Hao, the general who conquered the North, died of illness, Zhang Xiu, the general of Anton, and Xu Qiu, the great general, died of illness.
But overall, the Han Dynasty still maintained an upward trend this year. Under Liu Bei's governance, Zhang Wu's resurgence was unstoppable.
In Laizhou Bay, Qingzhou, there is an endless stream of people taking boats north to the Americas every month. The giant steamships are humming, and the people on the ships wave goodbye to the people on the shore. In the eyes of countless people, they set off towards the unknown continent.
In Yushui Bay of Guangzhou, in the bay of the lower reaches of the Pearl River in later generations, ships of all sizes sailed westward. Countless ships went to Southeast Asia or Hainan Island to collect rubber, spices, and minerals, contributing to the prosperity of the Lingnan region of Han Dynasty. A flower of prosperity.
At Yumen Pass in Liangzhou, the cavalry from the direction of Chang'an traversed the entire Silk Road. Groups of caravans slowly moved along the desolate and ancient Gobi towards the deserts of the Western Regions. Looking far away, the oases were like dots of stars, dotted with This ancient road.
The inner city of Zhuo County in Youzhou, which has now been renamed Beidu, has become an old city. The city walls are mottled with vicissitudes of life, and the outside of the city is densely packed with numerous markets, shops, and workshops.
There are thousands of small workshops and nearly a hundred large workshops with thousands of workers.
Whether it is a steam engine or a spinning machine, they are constantly working every day. Linen, silk, satin, and silk from the south, and wool from the northern grasslands, have gathered here to contribute to the Han Dynasty's clothing industry.
From this point of view, we can see the foresight of the imperial court in establishing the five capitals.
Linzi, the eastern capital, has several large seaports and shipyards. Countless Han people set out from Linzi to America or along the route. Some of them went to cultivate fields around the world, some to dig for minerals, and some to hunt for treasures and explore, which brought Linzi
Countless prosperity.
Chang'an, the western capital, is close to the Silk Road. The main destination of merchants from the Western Regions is Chang'an rather than Luoyang. Therefore, after being connected through the Western Regions, commodities from all over the country gathered in Chang'an and were transported to the west, bringing back a steady stream of gold, silver and jewelry.
The southern capital is Xiangyang. Although Xiangyang is still relatively far from Guangzhou, because Xiangyang is the thoroughfare of nine provinces, it is not only the only way to go south to Guangzhou, but also radiates to the east of the Yangtze River. Most of the food from the south is transported to the north through Xiangyang, so its position is very important.
Zhuoxian County, the northern capital, started the latest and was originally the most ordinary county town. However, because it is close to the grassland and is a production area of wool and meat products, it developed suddenly after being connected to the canal. Live cattle could be transported by steamer.
Sheep were transported to the south, bringing cheap meat products to the Han people.
It can be said that these four capitals have played a great role, and the place where the four directions meet is in Luoyang, so the meat in the north, the rice in the south, the wealth of the Silk Road, the resources of the Maritime Silk Road, and the craftsmanship of the entire Han Dynasty
The products are all concentrated here.
Luoyang serves as a central point for transportation to all parts of the country. Countless gorgeous clothing, silks, tea and porcelain from Chang'an and Guangzhou can be sold to the West, relying on Luoyang for transit.
Rice grains from the south were transported to the north by water transport, and cattle and sheep from the northern grasslands were transported to the south. They also spread around Luoyang.
The only one injured is Sichuan.
In addition to being able to go to Bajun, that is, Chongqing, through the Yangtze River, Chang'an and Chengdu cannot be directly connected through water transportation in Hanzhong. They can only go overland, and their development momentum is relatively slow.
But in any case, with the advent of the industrial age, the Han Dynasty's productivity and people's lives have also grown by leaps and bounds, and it has become the world's first empire.
In contrast, although the territory and population of the Roman Empire exceeded that of the Han Dynasty, its actual productivity and development level lagged far behind.
Given time, when the Han Dynasty's mobility can span the globe, world domination will be just around the corner.
In the second half of the 18th year of Zhangwu's reign, the imperial court once again conducted a nationwide census.
The last census was in the twelfth year of Zhangwu. The vigorous census lasted for half a year. By this time, all the hidden households and black households in the country had basically been counted, and they had been given household registration and land, and Han people had been included.
In recent years, in addition to the local Han population, there are also many foreigners who are willing to naturalize as Han people. In areas such as Southeast Asia and East Asia, nearly 100,000 people have flowed in.
The year before last, the Sanhan Peninsula was officially included in the rule of the Han Dynasty and was listed as Chaozhou. Although the Sanhan area has been the residence of the Sanhan tribe since ancient times, it was actually called the Korean Kingdom at that time. This country name dates from the time when the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty.
, known as Jizi Korea.
Therefore, the Samhan Peninsula is not called Hanju, but Chaoju.
In addition, Wano Island was also included in the rule, but it was not the whole of Japan in later generations, only Kyushu Island. At that time, Japan's main center of gravity was around Kyushu Island, such as Hiroshima, Osaka, Shikoku Island and other areas, where Japanese people lived.
The Tokyo area of later generations was still a vast ocean at that time. It would be more than a thousand years later before the Edo Castle was cast by the military commander Ohta Michichi during Japan's Warring States Period.
Therefore, the Kanto region of Japan was an inaccessible area at this time. If the large ore silver mine at that time was not located in the coastal area north of Hiroshima, the imperial court could directly build a dock there and transport various gold and silver minerals to the country, and wanted to open mines in Japan.
It's really not easy.
According to this census, the country’s population exceeded 56 million.
Of course not Han people can give birth.
The national population was only about 43 million in the last census. In just six years, no matter how excellent the population development plan is, it is impossible to increase the population by 13 million in just a few years.
Now is a period of rapid population growth. The native Han people in the Han Dynasty have been steadily increasing at a population growth rate of about 500,000-700,000 per year.
By the 18th year of Zhangwu, the population of the Han people had reached 47 million.
The approximately 9 million extra people include all the Huns, Xianbei, Wuhuan, Qiang, Nanyue, Western Regions, and Southeast Asians and Japanese who were naturalized in the Han Dynasty.
Among them, Qiang people, Wuhuan people, and Xianbei people account for the majority. The total population of Xiliang Qiang people and Youzhou Wuhuan people exceeds one million, of which there are more than two million Qiang people.
Although the Xianbei people are no longer as prosperous as they were during the Tanshihuai period, the three Xianbei tribes still have a combined population of over one million.
There were fewer Huns. There were only over 200,000 Huns in the South. After the surrender of the Northern Huns, the total population was only over 700,000.
Then there are the Samhan Peninsula with a total population of about 7.8 million, and Kyushu Island with a population of more than 200,000.
In addition to this, immigrants from Goguryeo, Fuyu, Uryu, Woju, Yilou and other countries in the northeast were added, as well as barbarians from Southeast Asia and the Yongchang area in the southwest.
There are also Wuxi barbarians from Guangzhou, Cangzhou, Xiangzhou and other places in the south, Shanyue barbarians from Yangzhou and Minyue areas in the southeast, and Dazhiyi Zhongqiang and Baima Qiang from the Liangshan area of Sichuan and Sichuan. Naturally, there are more than 800 more people.
Ten thousand people.
In fact, in recent years, Samhan Peninsula and Wonu Island have also taken advantage of the rapid development of Dahan. In the past, Samhan Peninsula was more advanced than Wonu Island, so people from Wonu Island often went to Samhan Peninsula.
According to records in the "Book of Han" and "Book of the Later Han", the population of the Samhan Peninsula at that time had exceeded more than 400,000, while the total population of Wonu Island in Japan was only 200,000.
Due to backward productivity, the survival rate of the indigenous people on Wonu Island is extremely low. Countless people freeze to death every winter. The population has always been at a relatively low number and it is difficult to increase it.
This situation lasted for more than a thousand years. It was not until the early Warring States Period that Japan had a population of only five to six million. This shows how difficult their living environment was.
After these years of help from the Han Dynasty, the population has steadily increased. The population of Kyushu Island alone is greater than the total population of Japan before. You can know how important the help of the Han Dynasty has been over the years.
As for the Japanese islands of Honshu and Shikoku in the northeast, although the Han has not sent troops to occupy them for the time being, there are countless countries that want to surrender to the Han, and everyone is vying to become a Han citizen.
At this point, the Han Dynasty is obviously moving closer to the direction of the Tang Dynasty. Except for a few countries like Goguryeo, Fuyu and other countries with a population of more than hundreds of thousands who want to be local overlords in one-third of an acre, the rest of the population
Small countries with hundreds or thousands of people all wanted to join the Han Dynasty.
the reason is simple.
After you surrender, the Han Dynasty will often give you official positions and titles.
He looked like a king before, but he was no different than a village chief. He had no money, no status, and no enjoyment.
But after you surrender, the salary from the imperial court alone will make you comfortable. When the time comes to move to a big city like Linzi, Luoyang or Beidu, you will enjoy more than just a little bit.
So now most of the primitive tribes in Japan want to move out and join the Han Dynasty, including the Yamatai Kingdom. The queen of Yamatai Kingdom, Bimihu, lives in Linzi. She submits her credentials to the Han every day and requests for annexation. The court receives so many requests every day.
I want to submit official documents so much that I am quite troubled.
Although it sounds a bit Versailles, it is the truth.
The Han court also had to consider the interests of directly bringing these areas under its rule. If they accepted them all, they would become the territory of the Han from now on, and they would have to start construction. The central government would provide blood transfusions to local areas and implement various poverty alleviation policies, which would hinder the development of the country.
It's like Mexico, the United States of America in later generations, wants to merge with the United States every day. Do the Americans agree?
Therefore, after research, everyone believes that it is not appropriate to bring all Japan under the rule at this time. Inconvenient transportation and inconvenient administration have become the biggest source of problems.
Until now, Japan's Wonu Island is still under the jurisdiction of Choshu on the Samhan Peninsula. At present, it has only been incorporated into Kyushu Island and established two counties. It has not been directly incorporated into a large state. You can know that if all of Japan is included
, how troublesome it is.
So although we know that sooner or later it will be the territory of the Han Dynasty, we can only do it step by step now. Maybe many years later, when the time is right, it will not be too late to annex it.
Anyway, the whole of Japan has just transitioned from primitive society to the feudal era, and the population is only that small. With the development speed of the Han Dynasty, airplanes should have been built in one or two hundred years, and Japan is not afraid of turning the world upside down.
After the population census in the 18th year of Zhangwu, in the 19th year of Zhangwu, the country's policies began a new round of changes. Because now the third five-year plan is about to be completed, the fourth plan is about to begin.
A new development idea is coming, and construction is happening everywhere in the country. After reading last year's steel production capacity report, Chen Mu finally decided to start building the first railway.
This railway is the Guangzhou-Zhuo Railway, which was built from Guangning County in Youzhou all the way to Zhuo County. It was almost the same length as Zhangjiakou to Beijing in later generations, a total distance of 200 kilometers.
In the third year of Xingwu, that is, AD 195, Chen Mu saw Ma Jun's experimental steam train for the first time at Taishan Academy in Linzi, Qingzhou.
Now, in the 19th year of Zhangwu, AD 219, a full 24 years have passed. Chen Mu has also grown from a 28-year-old young master to 52 years old, and is now at the age where he knows his destiny.
Dahan's first railway is finally going to start construction.
Speaking of which, Chen Mu once learned in a junior high school history textbook that the first railway independently built by Chinese people in later generations was from Beijing to Zhangjiakou, with a total distance of 200 kilometers. Zhan Tianyou, an outstanding Chinese engineer, was responsible for the design and construction. It took four years.
time.
Chen Mu had forgotten the reason why that railway was built, but it was nothing more than its economic and political value.
The same goes for building this railway now.
Mainly due to economic value.
The textile industry is developing rapidly, but the distance from Yuanzhou to Zhuoxian is still two to three hundred kilometers. Although Lu Yi has built a road, business and trade all rely on walking, and the freight volume has not increased.
If there is a railway, the development speed of Zhuoxian County will be several times faster, taking the textile industry to a higher level.
So after discovering that the steel production that was rising year by year had reached a certain scale, Chen Mu finally decided to officially start railway construction.
At the beginning of Zhangwu's 19th century, the project was initiated, and then experts from the Taishan Academy of Physics and the School of Geology went to investigate.
Because this was the first time in the world, although Ma Jun had already studied the manufacturing of rails when he was trialing trains, the actual terrain would have a lot of impact on the laying of rails, so he had to be careful.
It can be said that the project was initiated this year, but it may take several years before the official start of construction, and it may take more than ten years, or even more than twenty years, before it is completed and opened to traffic. This is a huge project.
But as the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning, no matter what, you have to start first. Otherwise, if you don’t do anything, you will never make progress.
In February of the 19th year of Zhangwu's reign, it rained heavily in Luoyang, and the cold weather made people very uncomfortable.
Last night, Xincheng Hou Tianfeng, the owner of Xincheng Hou Mansion, occasionally felt cold, but his health was much worse.
Today, Tian Feng took medicine and went out for a walk, but he saw that all the orchids he had raised in the courtyard were dead. He sighed, "Flowers and grass will wither, let alone people?" and then returned.
Room to recuperate the body.
By April, Tian Feng's health was getting better day by day, and there seemed to be no sign of death.
But in May, Tian Feng's condition suddenly took a turn for the worse, and he soon fell into a coma. On his deathbed, he only sighed, "It's destiny that cannot be violated."
Soon after, Hou Tianfeng of Dahan New City died of illness at the age of seventy.
Upon hearing the news of Tian Feng's death, Liu Bei came to mourn in person. He suspended court for seven days to pay his respects in person and held a grand funeral.
Because he was impressed by Tian Feng's outspoken advice many times and made great contributions to the Han Dynasty, he gave Sikong a posthumous title of "Zhenhou". He was buried with the rites of three princes, and his sculptures and portraits were put into Taoyuan Hall, ranking eighth.