Chapter 302
Chapter 302
Julu County, Xindu County.
After the patrol arrived at Songhai City, the First Emperor suddenly became interested in inspecting the three routes of the Northern Grand Canal, so the fleet entered the river again from the coastline and arrived at the sand dune platform located on the edge of Zhangshui to make an inspection.
"It's supposed to be the Dune Palace in front of you, right?"
Looking at the inconspicuous mound on the shore, Ying Zheng put down the scroll in his hand and asked.
"Exactly, this place is a plain that the Zhangshui has impacted, and the land is mostly sandy, so it is called a sand dune. "
"In the past, when the Yin Shang was in the past, the king of the Zhou Dynasty had built a large number of buildings here, built a palace, collected all kinds of rare and exotic beasts, and was extravagant, and the Yin Shang, which was originally strong for a while, also entered the end. "
After the abdication of King Zhao Wuling, he also used to take refuge in the summer, but in Handan, Gongzi Zhang launched a mutiny in an attempt to compete for the throne, and after the failure, he fled to the Dune Palace, and King Zhao Wuling was trapped here, a generation of King Zhao, actually starved to death in this Dune Palace. "
He frowned and said, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once said that the sand dunes are ominous places, so let's leave this place and continue to visit Handan!"
"What's more, the two momentary male lords actually fell because of this place, it is indeed not an auspicious land!"
Ying Zheng thought about it for a while, but still gave up the idea of going to the Dune Palace.
Speaking of which, whether it is Yin Shang or the former Zhao State, they have a lot of connections with Great Qin.
The ancestor of the Ying clan and the ancestor of Yin Shang are from the same tribe, so they both use the Xuanniao as a totem.
The Qin State and the Zhao State are also of the same ancestry, and they are both after Boyi, the Great Qin royal family, so they are surnamed Zhao.
Now that the fall of the two monarchs who are quite related to Great Qin is related to the sand dunes, Ying Zheng suddenly lost interest in the sand dunes in his heart.
And this is still out of Fusu's dissuasion, other people's words Yingzheng can not listen, and Fusu's words Yingzheng still attaches great importance to Yingzheng.
Suddenly weak, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Before leaving, Fusu deliberately found Dun Weak, and explained to Don Weak that if Ying Zheng wanted to stop in the Dune Palace, he must stop it, and gave the above set of words, and now Dun Weak has finally completed the task.
Suddenly weak, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, and only His Royal Highness Fusu could change Yingzheng's mind.
And Your Majesty has become much more lenient than before.
This is definitely a blessing for Daqin.
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The patrol fleet continued to arrive in Handan down the water, looking at the old capital of Zhao State, which was very different from the past, Ying Zheng couldn't help but feel feeling again.
Although among the remnants of the Six Kingdoms in the past, Chu was the most anti-Qin, but the one who really hated Lao Qin the most was actually Zhao State.
Although the royal families of the two countries are from the same clan, when they compete for hegemony in the world, they have no hands at all, but because of their equal strength, they have the most big battles.
It was not until the Battle of Changping that Bai Qikeng killed more than 300,000 Zhao soldiers that the Zhao State declined rapidly and has been in a slump ever since.
In the past, Zhao Di, which used to dominate the Central Plains, was also in ten rooms and nine empty after years of war, not to mention Guanzhong and Jiangnan, and even Shangjun was far inferior.
Even if the great development of commerce in Daqin made the people no longer need to worry about filling their stomachs, the opportunities for work were far less than those in Guanzhong and Jiangnan, and many people simply moved their families to Guanzhong or Jiangnan to get more income.
In the past, Handan City, the capital of Zhao, due to the large outflow of population, is now not as good as the county seat in Hanzhong, and the city walls are mottled because of disrepair.
Ying Zheng suddenly understood that Fusu wanted to vigorously develop the Northern Grand Canal, but if it was not developed, the land of Yanzhao would really decline.
And once the economy does not pick up and the gap with the rest of the country is too large, the Yanzhao region will easily fall into turmoil, and the people's hearts, which have finally settled down, are likely to change again.
Moreover, Julu Handan and other places are many plains, and adjacent to Zhangshui, the geographical advantage is actually quite superior, only need to build the Grand Canal, after the transportation is convenient, the economy will naturally be driven to grow.
And it is also of great significance in national defense.
"When will the construction of the Grand Canal of the North begin?"
Ying Zheng was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked.
"At present, the exploration team of the Engineering Academy has begun to carry out surveying, and it will take a month at most to come up with a specific plan, and the corresponding materials and personnel should also be prepared, and it is expected that in early May, it can officially start construction. "
Feng Quji replied: "The construction of the Grand Canal has provided more than 200,000 hired workers in the two counties of Julu and Handan alone, and after the completion of the Grand Canal, the industries that have driven up can continue to digest these hired workers, and the people of the two counties can become rich." "
"That's great!"
Ying Zheng breathed a sigh of relief.
Great Qin has become completely different from what it used to be.
Before that, it would be difficult to sustain the construction of such a huge project, even if the national treasury was exhausted.
When money and food are insufficient, if you want to dig a canal, you can only conscript people to do labor, which is not only very inefficient, but also easy to delay production, cause resentment among the people, and turn a good thing into a bad thing.
However, now, due to the great development of commerce, the treasury income has gradually become abundant, and the conscription has also been changed to a hired labor system, and the generous wages have directly made the people not only no longer oppose the various projects of the imperial court, but strongly support them, and they are eager to join them.
The promotion of new crops such as potatoes has also freed millions of young and strong people from land cultivation and vigorously invested in the construction of Daqin, which has made Daqin develop more rapidly at the same time, and its own family income has also been improved, truly achieving a win-win situation.
All this, a few years ago, was unimaginable.
This is also the fundamental reason why Ying Zheng decided to hand over the supreme power of Great Qin before.
Because he found that he and the old ministers of the court were about to be unable to keep up with the rapid development of Great Qin.
Even Ying Zheng is still diligent, and even works harder than before, but the years are not forgiving, and after the Mandate of Heaven, Ying Zheng's energy is really not as good as a few years ago.
If there was no qualified heir in Daqin before, Ying Zheng could only hold on no matter how hard and tired he was.
But now, with Fusu as outstanding, even better than himself, and more suitable to serve as the heir of Emperor Daqin, Yingzheng's mind has naturally changed.
And the family affection tasted from Fusu made Yingzheng become a lot more lenient and benevolent, and at the same time, he also had an expectation of teasing his grandson.
In this case, the matter of arranging the abdication to Fusu became logical.
And from the current point of view, the support of the Soviet Union and the supervision of the country is indeed very good.
Ying Zheng can finally let go of the heartstrings that have been tense and get through each day more easily.
"I'm still old after all!"
Ying Zheng couldn't help laughing at himself, and then quickly returned to a smile on his face.
When I was old, I was really lucky to see Daqin so brilliant and to be able to have children and grandchildren all over the place.
Ying Zheng is very content with this.
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