Chapter 289 The inspection is in progress

Xi'an was also called Chang'an in the second year of Hongwu. Xi'an Prefecture was established and was under the jurisdiction of the Shaanxi Provincial Administration.

But now Zhu Xiongying has gone through the scene and feels that Xi'an is located on the northwest Loess Plateau or is distributed in the Bashan Qinling Mountains, so overall it is a bit poor.

The ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties of Chang'an, the imperial capital since ancient times, may have been the most prosperous city in the world during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty. However, by the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Huang Chao Uprising and Emperor Zhaozong of Tang moved the capital to Luoyang, the ancient capital was severely damaged.

Tangcheng fell into ruins.

In April of the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed his son Zhu Zhi as the King of Qin and stationed in Xi'an. He also ordered the construction of the Qin Palace. While building the palace, he ordered the expansion of the Xi'an city wall. It took seven or eight years to complete the construction in the 12th year of Hongwu.

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The bell tower was built in the 17th year of Hongwu. This is the square, tall and majestic building in Xi'an now.

Zhu Xiongying carefully observed Xi'an City and said to Li Wenzhong, "My grandfather changed Fengyuan Road to Xi'an Prefecture to make peace with the northwest. But now it seems that Xi'an is unlikely to have the style of a prosperous Tang Dynasty in his early years."

Looking at the somewhat broken ancient city, Xu Da also said, "It has been hundreds of years since the end of the Tang Dynasty, and no matter how prosperous the land is, it will lose its charm."

Zhu Xiongying nodded and said, "If the capital is moved here, I'm afraid there will be more prefectures and counties."

Xi'an Prefecture now has 6 prefectures and 31 counties under its jurisdiction.

Shangzhou is 300 miles southeast of Xi'an Prefecture and is located in the eastern section of the Qinling Mountains. In the east of the Guanzhong Plain of Tongzhou, Huazhou is Shaohua Mountain, Taihua Mountain to the east, Jianshan Mountain to the north of Yaozhou East and West An Prefecture, and Qianzhou is northwest of the prefecture.

,Binzhou is located in the northwest of the prefecture, and was named Binzhou in ancient times. It was changed to Binzhou during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.

Among the counties under Xi'an Prefecture are Chang'an County, Xingping County, Lantian County, Zhen'an County, etc.

Hearing Zhu Xiongying say this, Xu Da and others were not surprised, because if they really wanted to move the capital to Chang'an, the status of Xi'an Prefecture would naturally increase, and the prefectures and counties under their jurisdiction would inevitably increase.

Zhu Xiongying looked at Li Wenzhong and asked, "If the capital was moved here, how about the Wei River?"

Li Wenzhong immediately said seriously, "I'm afraid I need to dredge more when I go back to Your Highness, there is too much mud and sand in the Weishui River."

This is actually what everyone is most worried about. Once the capital of Xi'an is established, the grain from Jiangnan must be transported to Xi'an. At that time, it will have to go upstream along the river, which will be difficult to transfer, greatly increasing the cost.

And there is another huge hidden danger now, that is, the Yellow River is diverted. The Yellow River, which people later recognized by later generations, took its prototype in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

The current Yellow River was in the Southern Song Dynasty to resist the Jin army's southward movement, so people opened the Yellow River embankment in Huazhou. The current Yellow River is divided into the southeast from Sishui and Jishui to the sea, and the Yellow River goes from north to Bohai and south to the Yellow Sea.

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The Yellow River is now swinging southward, flowing southward to capture the Huai River and into the sea. These are also great hidden dangers. Even if there is not much flood now, there are signs of continuous small floods, and there are almost no peace.

However, it is really difficult for the Ming Dynasty to have too much effort to concentrate on rectification. Moreover, the impact of floods now is not particularly great, so there is the idea of ​​"just live".

However, knowledgeable people also understand that it is only a matter of time before the remediation of the Yellow River flood. At most, the Ming Dynasty at this stage has no spare energy and can only temporarily concentrate manpower and resources in other places to do some things.

Wait a little longer, the Yellow River matter must be taken seriously, because this is a huge hidden danger after all.

The land is barren, and the destruction of the ancient city is much worse than expected. These are all things Zhu Xiongying is worried about now.

In fact, it is not just Zhu Xiongying who is worried about these things. This time, many people also feel very worried about the civil and military affairs that followed Zhu Xiongying. The capital in the prosperous Tang Dynasty was abandoned to its current state, which is worse than Yingtianfu.

Goodbye.

Zhu Xiongying actually had some expectations, because he had been to Peking before, which was actually even more abandoned. Today, Peking is still an absolute "military center".

Zhu Ren was actually used to it. In fact, when he first came to Xi'an, he couldn't believe it.

Xi'an has recovered some vitality over the years, otherwise what appears in everyone's eyes will inevitably be the more broken Xi'an.

Xu Da also said seriously at this time, "Your Highness, I have seen the pass, and many of them have been disrepaired for so long. If I moved the capital here, I would probably recruit people."

Zhu Xiongying said directly, "Whether it is Xi'an or Luoyang, once a decision is made, it is necessary to repair cities and renovate passes. This is inevitable. Even Yingtian Mansion is still building a city!"

After hearing Zhu Xiongying say this, Xu Da stopped talking because he knew that what Zhu Xiongying said was the truth. Yingtian Mansion has been building a city continuously for so many years. The capital must be strong and deep, which is inevitable.

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Since you want to move the capital, such things are inevitable, and it is normal to pay a lot of money for it.

Fortunately, it is now considered "the country is prosperous and the people are safe", so there is no need to rush to invest a lot of people immediately, and don't worry too much about things like losing money or losing money. Generally speaking, it is still relatively controllable.

Zhu Xiongying looked at Xu Da and asked again, "Can Xi'an Prefecture be built?"

Xu Da quickly replied, "Go back to your highness, I will order the governor's office to cooperate with the officials of the Ministry of Works..."

Zhu Xiongying was unhappy and asked seriously, "That means that the previous map is probably a little inaccurate?"

Xu Da immediately knelt down and said quickly, "I hope Your Highness will forgive you! The pictures I have obtained before were mostly passed down from the previous dynasty. During this inspection of Guanzhong, I have asked someone to carefully investigate the map. The map I obtained is indeed somewhat similar to the previous ones.

Go in and out.”

Zhu Xiongying was not particularly surprised by this, which can even be said to be a very normal phenomenon. After all, the map is not updated in time, and in many cases, there are indeed some habits of leaving old pictures in the past.
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Now that Zhu Xiongying requires careful investigation, he naturally needs to update the map. In the eyes of some people, such a thing is also a bit time-consuming and laborious, and it is a bit thankless.

But there is really nothing to do about this. If Zhu Xiongying didn't do these things, many people would probably not take the initiative to do it.

Some things are not that easy to do, which requires concentrating the strength of the court, otherwise it will be difficult to do well.

In fact, Lao Zhu has done a lot of investigations and sorted out. From the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he started to clear the land and approve the land tax in the world.

For example, the fish scale book is a land register, which draws houses, forests, ponds, and fields in order. The general map based on townships is combined with the maps of each township to form a map of a county.

After the figures are summarized, they are reported to the Ministry of Revenue step by step. The Ministry of Revenue uses the pictures summarized and reported by various places.

For example, Huang Book, this is a household registration version made to verify household registration and recruit taxes and service. It uses households as units to publish detailed records of township officials, name, age, Dingkou, land and houses, assets, and household registration is designated according to occupations.

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These things are time-consuming and labor-intensive, but they are related to population and taxes, so they naturally dare not be careless. They must be carefully organized and updated relatively in a timely manner.

Compared to these things, the so-called update of the map seems to be able to be put backwards.

Everyone knows this, so Zhu Xiongying will not blame Xu Da and others, because the court does not have so much strength and time to sort it out, it is impossible to do everything well at once.

After all, the Ming Dynasty was established less than twenty-five years ago. Even though it has recovered and developed a lot in recent years, it is not a prosperous era in general. The chaotic era at the end of the Yuan Dynasty has just ended not long ago, and the rest and recuperation are not so fast.
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These things can only be taken slowly, and some things can only be continuous development.

Zhu Xiongying temporarily mainly inspected Chang'an City, and then went to Tongguan Road.

This east gate of Guanzhong has always been a place that military strategists must fight for. The key to the post road from Chang'an to Luoyang is the key to entering and leaving the Three Qins.

In fact, Shanhaiguan is not as important as Tongguan now, although Lao Zhu ordered the construction of cities and passes in the 14th year of Hongwu, which is a military center that lies in the Northeast and North China's throat fortress.

However, the importance of Shanhaiguan has not yet been highlighted, and there are no decent enemies in the north for the time being. So much so that Zhu Xiongying has to doubt that if the capital is moved to Guanzhong, the Great Wall may be affected.

After all, many of the Great Walls in later generations were actually the Great Wall of Ming, and the Ming Dynasty did not spend much effort to build the Great Wall at this stage.

Today, Tongguan has Tongguan Guard. In the fifth year of Hongwu, Guancheng was rebuilt on the basis of Tongguan City in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and in the ninth year of Hongwu, Tongguan City was expanded.

Now the city wall is winding and winding according to the mountain. The southeast includes Qilin Mountain, Yantai and Bijia Mountain, and the southwest includes Fenghuang Mountain and Scorpion Mountain. The Tong River enters the Yellow River section and enters the city of Guancheng, allowing the Tong River flowing from south to north to the Yellow River to flow into the Yellow River from south to north

Passing through Tongguan City.

Even there are more than 1,000 acres of land in Tongguan, and food and accommodation can be here for a long time, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Zhu Xiongying nodded with satisfaction. This place must be paid attention to. Whether it is moving the capital to Xi'an or Luoyang, the construction of Tongguan cannot be delayed. This is the first danger in the capital, the key to the three Qin towns, the throat of the four towns, and the two gates of the hundred and two gates.

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It is not an easy thing to investigate such things. Even now in Xi'an, Zhu Xiongying still keeps running around and there is no way to stop. There are indeed too many things he needs to deal with.

Fortunately, there are many things you don’t need to do by yourself, which also makes it easier for him.

When he returned to the Qin Palace, Zhu Xiongying directly summoned Lan Yu, "Do you want to follow me back to Beijing, or stay here to train troops?"

Although Lan Yu was rash and reckless, he was also very keen in fighting. Leaving him in Guanzhong to train troops naturally means that the court intends to use troops in the northwest, and there are some tribes left over from the Mongol Yuan, which is now

The Western Regions are not under the control of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Lan Yu thought about it carefully and said, "Your Highness, I don't need me to train soldiers anymore. If I train soldiers, I will be useless."

Zhu Xiongying looked at Lan Yu. Her uncle and grandfather really don’t know what a humble personality is.

Lan Yu said with greater confidence, "Although some veterans are gone now, there are many generals who are good at fighting in the army. It is better for ordinary courts to order Wu Xun to inspect it, but it is probably a bit bad for me to train troops."

Zhu Xiongying felt that what Lan Yu said was also reasonable. It was indeed a bit like killing a chicken and using a ox knife when he came to train.

There are still a large number of soldiers who can fight in the Ming Dynasty now. There is really no need to let top martial arts like Lan Yu train troops.

Every year, the court will ask some nobles to inspect and train troops. These are actually just inspections and will not stay for a long time.

What's more, even if it is a martial honor, it doesn't mean that all martial honors are left in Yingtian Mansion, and many martial honors are stationed in the place. Whether it is building a city or training troops, it doesn't delay any trouble.

Seeing that Zhu Xiongying did not object, Lan Yu showed a flattering smile, "Your Highness, if you stay in the capital, you can still be the prince and the minions."

Zhu Xiongying looked at Lan Yu speechlessly and asked, "Minions?"

Lan Yu probably realized that the word "cunts" was not good, and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, I think I can serve you in the capital. Duke Zheng is not as good as my ministers, Duke Wei, Duke Cao is not as close as me!"

Duke Fu Youde of Ying, Duke Feng Sheng of Song, and Lan Yu were too lazy to mention it. Even though he was once the deputy general of Fu Youde, in his opinion, Fu Youde was not as good as him, and Fu Youde was not as close to him as the royal family.

As for the ability of her nephew, Lan Yu also knows very well that she really has no ability.

In Lan Yu's perception, if Duke Wei is gone in the future, he will be the general of the court. After all, he will be nearly twenty years younger than the general and others. He is now in his prime.

Zhu Xiongying thought about it and said, "Okay, you should stay in Beijing and learn the rules. I am too lazy to talk about these things. When I go back, my grandmother will naturally teach you."

Lan Yu did not refute this. He also reflected on it after being sent to Shu to build a city in the past two years. Although he still felt that he had done nothing wrong, it was not easy to refute it. Lan Yu was still very awe of his sister.
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As for her niece, nephew, and grandson, even Lan Yu is a minister, she is in awe at her heart and wants to protect her even if she tries her life. Otherwise, I would really be sorry for my brother-in-law's spirit in heaven and for my sister's grace of raising her.

Zhu Xiongying looked at Lan Yu and said, "I will give you the talisman in Luoyang, I will give you all the military talismans."

Lan Yu immediately received the order, but then asked, "Your Highness, do you have any soldiers in the garrison need to be adjusted?"

After looking at Lan Yu who was smart, Zhu Xiongying asked with a smile, "Does this palace need to install people?"

Lan Yu didn't know what to say at this moment. He thought, since the Emperor's Grandson inspected Guanzhong, he could put his confidant subordinates in a critical position. This is a natural thing.

But after thinking about it, it seems a bit unnecessary to do this. His Royal Highness the Grandpa really doesn't need to do this. Not to mention the Guanzhong area, even the Governor's Office of the Five Army is under the control of His Royal Highness.
Chapter completed!