"Kaifeng City needs to be renovated!" Liu Chengyou thought as he stood on the pavilion and looked down at the crowds in Tokyo.
When the First Emperor destroyed Wei, Qin general Wang Ben attacked Daliang and flooded it with water, destroying the capital of Wei. In the following hundreds of years, Kaifeng City has been in a state of decline. From the Eastern Wei Dynasty to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, it was established as Liang, and then Bianzhou was established as a state. It was not until the mid-Tang Dynasty that Prime Minister Li Mian suppressed the Song Dynasty and rebuilt Daliang. It has been more than 170 years now.
Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty and established Liang Dynasty, and promoted Bianzhou to Kaifeng Prefecture, making it the capital, and the Jin and Han Dynasties followed it. After half a century of development, Kaifeng has completely replaced Yong and Luo and become the political, military, cultural and economic center of the north.
However, after decades of rapid development, the ancient and backward city has been unable to adapt to the social economy and cannot assume the function of being the capital of a great country. Since the late dynasty, Kaifeng has been repaired and repaired, but all of them were based on the original city.
Therefore, in Liu Chengyou's eyes, the city of Kaifeng is inherently prosperous, but what he feels more deeply is that it is messy and dirty. When he comes out to observe the people's sentiments, he wants to observe its shortcomings.
This was not the first time that Liu Chengyou lamented that the city of Kaifeng was small and the roads were crowded. Throughout the city, the sanitation situation is particularly worrisome. Sewage is gathering, drainage is poor, and waterways are blocked. Especially in summer, the rotten smell will invade the city again, especially in the streets. The system of separate and closed markets has become increasingly backward, especially in Kaifeng, which has a stronger commercial atmosphere.
The houses are dense and congested, and the people are often disturbed by fireworks. If it is not serious, they will be worried about water. Basically, every month, there are fires in the city, and most of them are concentrated in private houses. Under this blue sky and white sun, looking around, you can also see the smell of fireworks. If it is morning and evening, the entire outer city of Tokyo is even more densely covered with smoke.
In the final analysis, it is still a matter of urban planning. Kaifeng's ancient urban foundation is in serious conflict with the development needs of an imperial capital. In addition, the Kaifeng government's urban management capabilities are seriously lacking.
Regardless of the fact that Hou Yi has carried out two vigorous rectifications since he became the governor of Kaifeng, these only met the most basic needs of Kaifeng's public security, and were far from the smooth and prosperous governance.
Of course, no matter how many shortcomings Kaifeng has, it cannot conceal its geographical and economic advantages.
"Tokyo is already so gorgeous, why do you still want to renovate it?" Zhe Xiaoniang looked at Liu Chengyou's side cheek and asked.
Hearing this, Liu Chengyou took a deep breath, tilted his head and asked softly: "In addition to the smell of vegetation, fireworks, what else can you smell in the air?"
Qing Lian's eyes were full of doubts, and Xiaoniang Zhe showed a delicate look. She tried to take a breath, felt it carefully, frowned slightly, and said, "It seems to have a faint sour smell."
Nodding, Liu Chengyou went straight to a street not far away, passing by pedestrians, and continued to ask: "That road is the main road here. Do you think it might be driven by traffic?"
Zhe Xiaoniang looked at it, thought for a moment, and shook her head: "I'm afraid not!"
The market roads here are narrow and crowded, and the width of the road is barely passable, but the word "barely" is enough to highlight the inconvenience.
Seeing that Miss Zhe had some thoughts on her face and seemed to have gained something, Liu Chengyou was secretly pleased with her intelligence. He turned around and pointed to the south: "Look at that boat, it's going hard. How much more time will it take to get to Bei City?"
Following the direction of Liu Chengyou's finger, one could see a small boat on the tributary of Bianshui River, loaded with goods, traveling through the waterway, heading to the city. However, due to the obstruction of roads and buildings, one has to go around in a circle before entering the market.
"I don't know!" Zhe Xiaoniang thought for a while, shook her head, but after a pause, she said firmly: "But, I understand what Mr. Lang means!"
Seeing that Miss Zhe understood his idea so quickly, Liu Chengyou couldn't help but feel happy, and secretly sighed in his heart, she was worthy of being "Mr. She", she was indeed a strange woman, an extraordinary and unmatched man.
"It's a pity that I want to cultivate but can't!" Liu Chengyou sighed sadly again.
"Why?" Zhe Xiaoniang's curiosity was indeed aroused.
Liu Chengyou spread his hands and expressed helplessness: "Without money and food, how can we rebuild?"
Zhe Xiaoniang didn't say anything stupid about how the emperor could have no money. Instead, she showed an understanding look and said with relief: "When you have money, you can fix it!"
Hearing his simple words, Liu Chengyou nodded and couldn't help but smile.
Of course, when the court has money, it will probably have to wait. Today's Han Dynasty court does not dare to spend money randomly except for normal administrative and military expenditures. Recently, the only big expenditure is the allocation of river engineering.
Just as Wang Pu expected in his previous post, after the Beginning of Xia, the "Han Xing Tong" was compiled and issued to the world. More than 50 young officials were assigned to the court and Kinki to study the "Xing Tong" .
"Xingtong" was written over a total of thirteen months, adhering to Liu Chengyou's original will. In addition to making revisions, additions and deletions as appropriate, it was based on the old law and briefly described to make it easy to understand.
Of course, this "easy to understand" also has thresholds and steps, and it cannot be understood by knowing a few words. In these years when literature was not flourishing, the overall quality of the world's literati has deteriorated. Most literati may not be able to explain the old laws and the unfamiliar and complex ones even if they study them with a diligent attitude and understand them. .
Liu Chengyou selected people to practice law from Kaifeng Prefecture, Dali, the Ministry of Justice, and the Yushitai. This was to train legal talents for the court. A new department was established, called the Legal Supervisor, who was recommended by Fan Zhi to serve the Yushitai. Zhang Shi was the supervisor. As long as these people are successful in learning, they will be dispatched to prefectures and counties all over the world to serve as judges in prisons.
At the same time, in order to promote the "Xingtong", Liu Chengyou issued an imperial edict to all the people in the world to go to the state capitals and called on officials, officials and scholars to learn from it. And it was allowed for a period of three years to set up a special examination for the Ming Law Department.
After the completion of the Han Dynasty, Fan Zhi took the lead in promoting Zuocheng, Tongping Zhangshi, and making him a marquis. Becoming the youngest prime minister in the court can be regarded as replacing Dou Zhengu's seat. There are more than ten other officials involved in legislation. They are given more money, food, implements and silk, and then they are promoted based on their talents. Either he takes a real job, or he becomes a doctor of law and specializes in teaching, just like Zhang Shi, the supervisor of the law school.
As for Wang Pu, after the law was completed, he worked non-stop and made vigorous preparations for river control. A group of assistant officials who were involved in the river fortifications were summoned and left the capital to investigate the hydrological details of the Bianshui River Basin.
The river management work has officially begun, and the money and food have been prepared, so there is no reason to misappropriate it. Moreover, the river construction matter is also related to the imperial court's strategy of going south.
Therefore, even if Liu Chengyou intends to expand Kaifeng at this moment, he is unable to do so. Of course, the imperial court still has a small surplus of food, but it is a strategic reserve to prevent unexpected situations such as border incidents and disasters. The most important thing is to reserve money and food for the Southern Expedition.
In fact, from the time Liu Chengyou formulated the strategy of maintaining health, gathering money and food, and repairing armor and troops to attack Huainan, various preparations had already been launched. Once the war breaks out, the money and food will be wasted, and the court will have no energy to manage Kaifeng.
On the other hand, Liu Chengyou still had another layer of concerns about whether to repair Kaifeng or not. Because the idea of moving the capital would pop up in Liu Chengyou's mind from time to time. Kaifeng could be used as the economic center of the Han Dynasty, but in terms of politics and military, especially military defense, it was really doubtful.
