Chapter 964: Faced with Zhang Zhun's perverted request, he felt deeply stressed

(0964)

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From Jingshan, Zhang Zhun stayed in Guanglu Temple outside the Forbidden City.

When Emperor Chongzhen evacuated, the buildings in the capital were intact and basically nothing was damaged. From the outside, these buildings were quite bright and beautiful. There were no people, and all the people had been removed. Outside the slightly more important buildings, there were sentries from the Tiger Army guarding them.

Of course, the valuable things in these buildings were basically moved away. The rest were huge but not valuable. However, when those guys were besieged by the Hu Ben Army, the gold and silver they could take out were basically extorted by the Hu Ben Army, and they probably didn't have much wealth left.

The Hu Ben Army also has strong control in the city. Every intersection and every important location has sentries from the Hu Ben Army, who are on duty day and night. Even if they are a little stingy, they will not have such a chance to take advantage of the situation and make a fortune. Those irrelevant personnel were forcibly cleared out of the city by the Hu Ben Army.

Zhang Zhun's meaning was not to turn the capital into an empty city, but there was a little deviation when it was implemented below. In order to successfully plan and transform the capital, Jianmu decided to temporarily move all the people in the city. In other words, there is no need for anyone else in the city except the soldiers of the Hu Ben Army.

At Guanglu Temple, Zhang Zhun and Jian Mo discussed a lot of issues. As the new prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, the future reconstruction task of the capital city will mainly rely on Jian Mo to be responsible. The task he, the former governor of Zhuozhou, this time was really a bit difficult. Of course, if He Fengsheng is interested, he might as well come to the capital city to help.

He Fengsheng himself is old and has a bad spirit, and may not be able to do much work. However, all the disciples under his sect are young and strong and energetic. Zhang Zhun has contacted them and found that they are still quite capable of doing things. As long as He Fengsheng takes the lead, many things can be left to his disciples to complete.

The primary task of silentness is to re-plan the capital. This is what Zhang Zhun meant. The original capital had a mixed population, all kinds of people, and had great difficulties in the management of the capital and was not conducive to the healthy development of the capital.

According to Zhang Zhun's intention, the new capital needs to control the population to a certain extent, and the entire population must be controlled below 300,000. Except for industries such as politics, technology, and culture, other industries can be arranged outside the capital. Obviously, this is somewhat imitated by Washington.

The Great Governor's Office of the Hu Ben Army is still in Qingdao for the time being and will not migrate to the capital in the short term. The Hu Ben Army's troops will not be stationed in the city for a long time. In the future, the Hu Ben Army will not be stationed in the capital. Therefore, Jianmu has enough time to transform the capital.

In addition to re-planning the capital, how to ensure the supply of materials in the capital is also the highlight. The capital itself produces almost no materials, and all materials must be transported from other places. This means that the transportation channels must be rich and smooth. Even if a certain channel is blocked, other channels can meet the material needs of the capital.

If the capital is to operate, the canal is a must. For a long time, the main channel for supplying materials in the capital is the Grand Canal. Once this transportation artery is cut off, the capital will be paralyzed. In the past year, the Hu Ben Army cut off this major artery and squeezed all the pockets of the officials and powerful people in the capital.

In fact, the current Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou was only cut off by the Hu Ben Army in Dezhou, Linqing and other places. Now, the Hu Ben Army opened the canal and the canal transportation was naturally restored. Materials from the south of the Yangtze River can reach the capital smoothly.

However, what Zhang Zhun admired even more was sea transportation. With the current sea transportation capacity of the Hu Ben Navy and the private transportation capacity, the shipping of a large amount of materials to the capital can further ensure the material needs of the capital.

The cost of canal transportation is actually quite high, mainly because the maintenance cost of canals is high. In the past, the imperial court spent about canal maintenance every year at about hundreds of thousands of taels. When the price of large ships was getting cheaper, hundreds of large merchant ships could be built with hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. The transportation capacity of hundreds of large merchant ships was much stronger than that of canal transportation.

Although the canals have communicated with the north and south, they once played a great role. However, with the increase in maritime capacity and the continuous emergence of "highways" in various places, the role of the canal will be further weakened. If steam engines and railways and trains are invented in the future, the role of the canal will be even weaker.

Zhang Zhun strongly supports sea transportation, but in fact he has a strategic purpose. The development of sea transportation is also very beneficial to enhancing the Chinese people's awareness of navigation. Only by knowing the ocean and loving the ocean can we fight to hegemony the ocean. In the next two or three hundred years, it will be a golden age for fighting for the ocean! Fighting for hegemony requires a large number of warships and a large number of sailors.

Zhang Zhun can build warships desperately, and launch more than 100 large warships or even hundreds of ships every year. As long as there is enough funds and sufficient raw materials, warships are not a problem at all. However, the training of sailors will be difficult.

Relying on the Hu Ben Army alone, the number of sailors one by one cannot meet the huge needs. According to one warship of one hundred sailors, a thousand warships will require 100,000 people. If there are ten thousand warships, it will be one million people. With the capabilities of the new empire, ten thousand warships are very promising.

Only when the whole nation sails to the sea can there be a chance to train more sailors. Zhang Zhun’s requirements are not very high. As long as the Ming Dynasty has about 5% of the population and is willing to devote himself to the ocean, there will be millions. Just like the Dutch, the population is only a few million, and the number of people is almost 300,000. Almost half of the middle-aged men make a living at sea. To talk about population advantages, there is no country in the world that can be compared with the Ming Dynasty.

If maritime transportation is to be vigorously developed, Dagukou Port will definitely be expanded. At least ten large ships need to be docked at the same time. Many loading and unloading equipment, such as gantry and pulley sets, are also required to speed up the loading and unloading of materials.

In addition, the "highway" from Dagukou to Beijing is expected to be opened as soon as possible. Only by achieving seamless connection can the materials be transported to the capital as soon as possible. In general, the cost of expanding a port, plus the cost of building a highway, is much lower than the cost of maintaining a canal. This account is still very cost-effective.

"Silence, we must find a way to rectify the wind and sand."

Zhang Zhun slowly mentioned the second trouble in the capital.

Not only the capitals of later generations, there were wind and sand, but often sandstorms rolling. In the Ming Dynasty, there were already wind and sand. Every spring and winter, the capital was severely disturbed by wind and sand. When the wind and sand were raging, there was a record of continuous three days and three nights. Even the Forbidden City was covered by thick wind and sand.

The main reason for the severe wind and sand in the capital was that the land was drought and desertification in Changping, Huailai, Bao'anzhou, Yanqingzhou and Xuanfu areas were very serious. Coupled with the destruction of the war, a large amount of sand and dust were blown up by the strong wind and rushed towards the capital. Especially after the Tatars invaded continuously, the local people fled one after another, and no one cultivated the land and no one repaired the water conservancy facilities, so the wind and sand became even more serious.

In fact, during the Little Ice River Age, it is indeed very troublesome to cure the wind and sand in the capital. This is not just a matter of investing funds. Without scientific methods and long-term planning, it is impossible to get rid of the threat of sandstorms.

Zhang Zhun calculated that it would take at least twenty years before the end of the Little Ice Age. In these twenty years, if there is no strong rectification, the wind and sand situation in the northwest part of the capital will only be even more serious. In other words, in these twenty years, manual wind and sand in the northwest must be relied on manual rectification.

The most effective way to artificially rectify is of course to plant trees. As long as the desertified land is planted with trees to ensure the growth of trees, the wind and sand will naturally be suppressed. However, in this era, it is indeed quite difficult to plant trees and afforestation. To plant trees and afforestation, there must be enough water sources. However, ensuring the water sources in the northwest region is a big problem. The drought in the Little Ice Age is not a joke.

However, no matter how difficult it is to plant trees, it must be carried out. If you continue to allow the wind and sand to spread, the consequences will be even more serious. Of course, if Zhang Zhun is irresponsible, he can wait slowly until the end of the Little Ice Age and the climate warms up, and then find a way. However, Zhang Zhun is definitely not the one who waits like this.

"About the issue of tree planting and afforestation, you must comprehensively coordinate and then ask local officials to come up with a way to implement the top leader's responsibility system and hold people accountable. If you do well, you will be promoted and rich. If you do not do well, you will get rid of your burdens and get out of here."

Zhang Zhun said slowly.

Jianmo suddenly felt deeply stressed. No one would doubt Zhang Zhun's words. Who dares to underestimate the words of the governor? Since he said that, he would definitely do this. He would do it well, get promoted and make a fortune, and have a bright future. If he doesn't do well, he will really have to put a bed and go home.

However, I felt that my pressure was really great! The Shuntian Mansion is now in a dilapidated situation! Not to mention planting trees and afforestation, there were not enough personnel to reclaim wasteland. In the past, Shuntian Mansion, including the people in the capital, might have had a total of three million people. But now, 300,000 people are all calculated.

The silent prefect of Shuntian Prefecture actually has a large area under his jurisdiction. Changping, Huairou, Miyun, Yutian, Zunhua and other places are all under his jurisdiction. The situation in the east is better, but the situation in the west is worse. Shuntian Prefecture is also the most severely ruled by the Tatars. Except for the capital itself, the other counties have been almost destroyed by the Tatars.

It seems that the city walls of Xianghe, Zunhua, Miyun, Huairou and other places were all flattened by the Tartars. The people inside either fled early or were slaughtered by the Tartars. There may be less than a hundred people who survived by chance. Without enough population, there will be no enough labor. Without labor, there will be no way to start with all production!

In fact, in the entire northern country, the population has decreased sharply since the Tatars invaded. Shuntian Prefecture has a small population, and the population in other areas is not large. Further to the north, Xuanfu and other places are actually military towns. Most of the people living in the local area are military households, and the number of civilian households is very small. Of course, after the arrival of the Hu Ben Army, their household registration was all removed and they became unified civilian households.

However, the population of the entire Xuanfu, the total population is only 200,000 to 300,000. Such a small population is impossible, not to mention migrating to Shuntian Prefecture, even meeting the local needs. Moreover, the Hu Ben Army will have to station troops in Xuanfu in the future.

"Water must also be solved."

Zhang Zhuncai said slowly without caring about the pressure of silence.

In addition to wind and sand, there is another troublesome part in the capital, which is the lack of water.

The water resources in Northern Zhili have never been sufficient. After entering the Little Ice Age, the water shortage has become even worse. Note that the water mentioned here refers to drinking water, and as for bathing water, it is not included. In the northern country of Ming Dynasty, taking a bath once a month was definitely a luxury. Most people wash their feet and go to bed.

The so-called spring water in Yuquan Mountain belongs to a very small number of people, not royal nobles, high-ranking officials and important officials, and cannot be enjoyed. What ordinary people drink is river water or well water. If conditions permit, they should settle the river water or well water, remove the sludge inside before drinking. If conditions permit, they should drink it directly.

The main part of the Lugou River flows around the capital is the Lugou River. The place where the Lugou River flows through is the Yongding River area in later generations. Due to the drought in the upper reaches and the precipitation is very small, the water volume of the Lugou River has dropped to the lowest level in history.

"We need to find a way to build Miyun Reservoir."

Zhang Zhun said slowly.

From later generations, he naturally knew the importance of Miyun Reservoir. As long as the Miyun Reservoir is built, the capital will not be short of water. Beijing in later generations, with a population of more than 10 million and so many industries, can support it, let alone Beijing four hundred years ago.

At its peak, Beijing in the Ming Dynasty had only a million people, which was as high as a third-tier city in later generations. It might even be less than the third-tier city and had to be classified into the fourth-tier city. In coastal areas, any small county town had a population of more than one million.

However, it is a bit troublesome for Jianmo. It is not unaware that Jianmo built a reservoir. However, building such a large reservoir is beyond his cognitive ability. The request of the governor is really more abnormal than the other.
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