Now that the drawings are finalized and the emperor is satisfied, Luoyang will basically build according to the drawings, and there will be no major changes during the period.
When Daxing City was built, it adopted the six-line layout in the Qiankun hexagram of the Book of Changes. From north to south, it is divided into ninety-one, ninety-two, ninety-three, ninety-four, ninety-five, and ninety-six lines, a total of six lines.
As for Luoyang, the city planning corresponds to the stars in the sky. It is divided into three parts, the palace city, the imperial city, and the outer city, which respectively correspond to the stars in the sky: Ziwei, Taiwei, and Tianshi.
Therefore, the name of Luoyang Palace City has been decided, Ziwei Palace, which is the same as the palace name of the Emperor of Heaven in myths and legends.
"Why does the city tilt to the east instead of facing south?" Yang Da asked curiously.
Yu Wenkai explained: "Two reasons. First, it depends on the trend of the Luoshui River. The river runs through the city from west to east. The water channel in the west is biased to the south, and the water channel in the east is biased to the north. From a whole point of view, it is a diagonal line."
Yang Da asked again: "Since the water flow is slanted, why not dig out both sides of the river and let it flow straight through Luoyang? In the current drawing, the entire Luoyang is slanted, which looks very awkward."
Since ancient times, houses in China have been very particular about facing south, firstly for lighting, and secondly to avoid the north wind, because China's geographical location determines that the wind in winter blows from Siberia in the north.
Yu Wenkai smiled and explained: "Ziwei Palace is the residence of the Emperor of Heaven, so the Luoshui River passing through the city is the Milky Way in the sky. How can we excavate it casually?"
Yang Da didn't understand these feng shui principles, so he had to continue asking: "Besides Luo Shui, what is the second reason?"
Yu Wenkai said: "Luoyang is slightly tilted so that the central axis of the city faces Yinque Mountain in the south of Luoyang. Your Majesty has renamed Yinque Mountain Dragon Gate to draw the dragon energy from the mountain into the city and assist the energy of crape myrtle to rise."
Okay... Yang Da understood. He just asked. Anyway, the drawings were finalized. He, the deputy supervisor, just followed them.
During this period, Yu Wenkai looked at Yang Ming, who was contemplating with his eyes closed:
"Your Highness, do you still have any doubts?"
Yang Ming didn't open his eyes and said indifferently: "How many people have been recruited at the moment?"
This aspect is mainly done by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so Yu Wenkai looked at Wei Fusi, a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and heard Wei Fusi say:
"Henan started recruiting last month, and there should be more than 400,000 recruited now. By the time we arrive in Luoyang, it will reach about 600,000. This is also the number set by His Majesty. If it is insufficient, we will need to recruit again."
Wei Fusi was the second son of Wei Shikang, who was the first general manager of Jingzhou in the Sui Dynasty and the eldest brother of Wei Chong, Minister of Civil Affairs.
The current Ministry of Civil Affairs is basically ruled by Jingzhao Weishi, especially now that they have the backing of Prince Yang Zhao.
Yang Zhao asked again: "Are all the officials in the various ministries and the military government below aware of the sixteen policies?"
"Well..." Wei Fusi said, "Not yet."
Yang Ming opened his eyes and said calmly: "Immediately send someone to spread the word. All officials and military officials involved in the construction of Tokyo must follow suit."
[In view of the general environment,
Wei Fusi nodded quickly: "I will send someone down now."
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Yang Ming stood up, looked at the drawings on the table, and said:
"The city needs to be built together with the granaries to facilitate the storage of grains allocated from various places. Don't build so many granaries yet, as long as they can ensure the supply of the fortifications."
In Yang Guang's preliminary plan, three granaries were to be built in Luoyang, including Jia Cang, Hui Luo Cang and Xing Luo Cang (Luokou Cang).
Among them, Hanjiacang is located in the northeast corner of the imperial city, and Huiluocang is located next to a village about ten miles northeast of the city.
As for Xingluocang, it is far away. It is located in the southeast of Gong County, at the confluence of the Luo River and the Yellow River. Because it is the mouth of the Luo River entering the Yellow River, it is also called Luokou. There is the largest wharf in the Central Plains.
Just looking at the location of Xingluocang, one can tell that Yang Guang has been planning to dig the Tongji Canal for a long time.
Fifty miles east of Xingluocang along the Yellow River is Bancheng, Xingyang County, Tongji Canal. This place has been a city on the Yellow River since the Cao Wei period.
Important crossing.
Yang Guang had already planned this.
Yu Wenkai nodded and said, "Just do what His Highness said. It won't be too late to dig other grain cellars after Luoyang is built."
Of course it’s not too late!
Because according to the drawings, there are 220 warehouses in Huiluocang alone. The entire granary is as large as 50 football fields. The total grain reserves are estimated to be 355 million kilograms in later generations.
There are currently four super-large granaries in the Sui Dynasty, namely:
In the Jingzhao area, not far from the capital, Yongfengcang is north of the Wei River.
On the lower reaches of the Yellow River, Liyangcang is about two hundred miles away from Luoyang.
North of Luoyang, it is located in Heyangcang, Yanshi County.
And in Shaanxi County, sandwiched between Luoyang and Hedong County, there is a Changping Cang.
These four major granaries were all built during the Kaihuang period. Except for Yongfeng Granary, the others are all located in the Henan area, encompassing Luoyang.
The granaries decided by Yang Guang are closer to Luoyang. Once completed, they will inevitably replace the status of Heyang Granary and Changping Granary. As for Liyang Granary, there has been a saying from ancient times that "Liyang harvests and Jiuzhou is consolidated", so basically Can't be replaced.
What Yang Ming meant was that for each of the three granaries, thirty grain cellars would be built, as long as the construction supply could be temporarily guaranteed, and the rest would be done slowly.
Yang Su agrees with Yang Ming's point of view. In Yang Su's opinion, only with sufficient food security can we speed up the construction of Luoyang. It is not appropriate to allocate too many migrant workers to repair the granary, because if you build it, the granary will not be full. , if it is left vacant, it is better not to repair it for the time being.
In the following days, everyone would board Yang Ming's main ship every morning to discuss matters.
Their fleet consists of more than 100 large and small ships, and more than 300 officials from various ministries. Every time they dock, chief officials from surrounding states and counties will board the ship to report on the project.
The construction of Luoyang involved Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, and Jiangnan. It was a national-level mega project, and every local official in the surrounding areas was assigned errands.
"Why hasn't the food in Jiyuan County been transported yet?"
Several elders in charge of Tokyo's construction gathered around a large table filled with files and looked at the prefect of Hanoi County and several county magistrates in the area who were standing in the direction of the door.
Facing Yu Wenkai’s question, Zhang Dinghe, the governor of Hanoi, said:
"The official warehouse in Jiyuan County has less than five hundred stones in stock and cannot be shipped."
….
Zhang Dinghe is an old acquaintance of Yang Ming. When he followed Shi Wansui to fight the Turks, he almost lost everything because of the fight for merit. Later, Yang Ming helped, and Yang Jian was appointed to the Kaifu Yitong Third Division. Years passed, but I didn't expect that I had become the governor of Hanoi.
One stone is about one hundred catties, and five hundred stones is fifty thousand catties of grain, which can be said to be very little.
The Kaihuang Law stipulates that five hundred shi is the minimum limit for official warehouses at the county level. If it is less than 500 shi, no requisition is allowed.
However, Jiyuan County is a county with a large output. The amount of grain stored in the county granary should not be less than three to four thousand dan no matter what.
Yu Wenkai said angrily: "Where is the food? Why is it only five hundred shi?"
Zhang Dinghe first glanced at Yang Ming, and then reported to Yu Wenkai:
"After the autumn harvest last year, the amount of wheat sent to Heyangcang from Jiyuan County by boat was 16,700 shi, of which 11,000 shi was local taxes, and the other 5,700 shi was requisitioned by the imperial court. Yes, so there is no food in the warehouse."
Yu Wenkai was stunned and looked at Wei Fusi, a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Wei Fusi hurriedly asked Zuo Liao to check the files.
After a while, the results came out,
Princess Yuwen of Qin gave birth to an imperial grandson. Her Majesty rewarded her with ten thousand shi of wheat, including the 5,700 shi from Jiyuan County.
Yang Ming was stunned and shook his head helplessly. The matter was actually found on his head.
Now, Yu Wenkai had nothing more to say, so he changed the subject and said:
"Where is Xinxiang County? The warehouses here are not small. How come the remaining grain is only 1,400 shi?"
Zhang Dinghe said: "The problem in Xinxiang is that the officialdom has engulfed the county magistrate Ma Chen.
Opening an official warehouse and handing it over to local grain merchants to sell privately for profit is a dereliction of duty by a subordinate. It has just been found out that the amount of grain involved, added up over the years, is as high as 150,000 dan. Officials and local gentry involved , a total of thirty-six people, have been arrested and brought back. "
Yu Wenkai sighed and turned to look at Yang Ming:
"What do you think your Highness will do with these people?"
"Let's deal with it according to the law... confiscate the house and supply it to Luoyang,"
Yang Ming is in a very bad mood now. When he was in Jingzhou, he specially sent people to investigate the granaries in various places. There were no major problems. Therefore, he naturally thought that no one in Hanoi County would dare to take the idea of official granaries. Now look at it. Come on, I'm afraid it's not just Hanoi County that has problems.
When Emperor Gaozu Yang Jian was on the throne, he revised the law and the penalties for many serious crimes were reduced. Only those who trespassed on the country's food would be punished by beheading.
With such a severe punishment in front of us, there are still people below who are messing around. Corrupt officials are killed every year, and there are corrupt officials every year.
Hanoi County has ten counties under its jurisdiction, and the granaries in five counties cannot be sent to Luoyang. However, more than 30,000 migrant workers were recruited from Hanoi County.
Where does food come from?
After sending Zhang Dinghe and others away, Yang Su looked at Yang Ming with a gloomy face and said:
"It seems that there is still a need for additional levies on food. If there is really no other way, how about levying some from the private sector?"
Yang Ming raised his eyebrows and said, "Are we going to suffer more for the people? Yue Gong, how much food can the people have in their hands? Those are all ordered by the Hu people. If they are to be recruited, they are also recruiting wealthy businessmen from aristocratic families."
Yang Su quietly winked at Yang Ming, and Yang Ming changed the subject and said:
"The Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will send some people out to investigate the official warehouses in various places. If they cannot be counted and there is no reasonable reason, the homes of the offenders will be confiscated first and sent to Luoyang."
Du Yan, a member of the Criminal Department, and Wei Fusi, a member of the Civil Affairs Department, who were accompanying him, went down to make arrangements.
These two people were brought back from Jiangnan last year, not transferred, but fished out, because they followed Su Wei's example and lived in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain, waiting to be recruited by Yang Jian. When Yang Jian heard about it, he felt that these two boys were just trying to gain fame, so they were directly exiled to Jiangnan. .
After Yang Jian's death, their respective families hurriedly tried to find a way to smooth things over, and then they got him back. They could be regarded as a pair of brothers in need.
Du Yan is Du Ruhui's uncle, and has the same father and mother as Du Zha, the prefect of Xiangyang. Du Zha was born to his father's first wife, and Du Yan's mother was born to the Guo family of Taiyuan who later married.
People like them are definitely brothers, they are all direct children.
The big guy with round disk is thick
