Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1361
There are a lot of people in Luoshang, and tens of thousands of households live in hundreds of squares.

Although strictly speaking, the current structure of Luoyang City is only 81 squares, but the real number of living people is more than ten thousand households.

In the sixth year of Qitai Xingtai, a more detailed statistics was made. At that time, there were more than [-] private households in Luoyang City.This is only the registered households, and does not include the labor forces conscripted by various places, the hard labor captured on the battlefield, and the army of Luo Gongwei.

Of course, this number is not very accurate now. In the sixth year of Qitai, Luoyang City was still not completed, and at least one-third of the squares in the plan were still idle or under construction.

In the second half of the seventh year of Qitai, although large-scale wars occurred in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, the main mobilization was still concentrated among the three prefectures of Qing, Yan, and Xu, which did not have much impact on the operation and development of Luoyang.

The seventh year of Qitai was also a year for Taiwan and provincial affairs. With the general's westward tour of Chang'an, the reconstruction of Guanzhong came to an end. Although there was a war in northern Shaanxi, it was mainly caused by various The military government participated, and many civilian labor forces previously sent to Chang'an began to retreat to Luoyang on a large scale.

Coupled with the many hard laborers who were recruited during the westward expedition to Guanzhong a few years ago, they paid for their crimes with their strength. After several years of hard work, they also began to gradually exempt from naturalization. The main place of naturalization is Luoyang.

Therefore, although the distance from the last census is not too far, the number of registered households in Luoyang has increased significantly. It is now conservatively estimated that the number of residents in Luoyang City has reached at least [-].

The population of 30 households, even if it is estimated based on the most conservative family of five, the number of residents in Luoyang City has exceeded [-].Similarly, this does not include those soldiers who are in service or in the army.

Compared with the population of some prosperous cities in history, Luoyang City's population of 30 is not outstanding.However, today's Xingtai has not yet collected all its homeland, and it is far from being unified, and the official large-scale construction was still after the Qitai Reform, during which Xingtai is still fully implementing the Western Front Strategy. Jiankang City was far behind.

Luoyang was able to have such a large scale in just a few years, mainly because the general established the No. 1 status in the court after he established the No. [-] position in the Dingluan Pass. Use these big towns as nodes to build a network to achieve the effect of withdrawing the area.

Because in the past few years, not only Luoyang has developed rapidly, but also Yuhang in Jiangdong, Guangling in Huainan, Pengcheng in Huaibei, Xiangyang, Jiangling, Yuzhang and other places have all made progress to varying degrees.

Concentrating manpower and material resources on regional nodes can not only greatly improve the efficiency of various resource scheduling and allocation, but more importantly, it can greatly reduce the cost of administrative management.

Although Xingtai has been cultivating talents for general affairs and official affairs in the past few years, and cooperated with Jiabing to return to farming and enter the village, if it spreads to all the governing areas, it will not be able to completely replace the Haozong in the village.

Too laissez-faire manpower and material resources scattered in the countryside, these local tyrants still have a large area of ​​shelter.At present, the military is still the most important thing in Taiwan, and there is not much energy to build a supervision system covering the countryside. This strategy is also a temporary expediency.

And in these big towns where people gather, there are also state schools and county schools all over the place to reserve relevant talents.After the military pressure is eased and the four sides are stabilized, they can push the vigorously living people to return to their hometowns, and use the momentum of breaking the embankment to impact the order of the clan households that still remain in the countryside.

However, even with the supervision of government orders, the development of Luoyang City to its current scale has temporarily reached a critical point.It is difficult to make further improvements until the general situation has undergone drastic changes.

In the entire Heluo area today, all villages and households are used to maintain the size of Luoyang City today.Even if this is still a little insufficient, it still needs supplements from several counties in southern Henan.

But the benefits of this kind of resource gathering are also great. The general returned to Luoyang in mid-October and officially issued a military order to launch a general offensive to Hebei next year.As the New Year approached, Luoyang alone had already mobilized more than [-] civilian laborers and sent them to Xingyang, Hanoi and other places to lay the groundwork for the assembly of armies from all walks of life.

Therefore, at the beginning of the year, the General's Mansion issued an ultimatum to Hebei, saying that the army would be dispatched in July, which was also quite confusing.After the supplement from Jiangdong, in May, Master Wang was basically able to make a large-scale northward attack on the country of Jie.

Even if there is still some reluctance in terms of material use, after the beginning of summer in May, the back road water transportation, including the sea transportation that can directly connect to Kuaiji, can also complete the second round of replenishment in September and October.

Because it is the entire platform at present, no matter whether it is civil or military, it can be said that all of them are sharpening their knives and waiting to be slaughtered.As for other matters, they must be put aside for the time being.

After the Shangsi Festival in March, the turmoil in Liao was reported back to Luoyang.Because during last year's war, Wang Shi had already begun to get involved in the Bohai Sea and set up a stronghold along the coast, which greatly shortened the cycle of transmitting news with Liaodong.

After hearing the news, Shen Zhezi was also sincerely delighted, and repeatedly expressed emotion to everyone: "Wen Hongzu is a talented man, and he has gone straight to his father, and the big thing can be entrusted!"

The reason why Shen Zhezi is happy is not only because of how much the turmoil in the Liao region will hinder the country of Jie in the subsequent wars.With the development of the situation to the present stage, the pace of Wang Shi's northward advance is by no means affected by the remote Liao land.

In the past few months, the situation in Hebei has undergone new changes.Needless to say, Shihu, the lord of Jie, flinched and moved to the capital. As Xingtai issued an ultimatum and vowed to drive the country to extinction, the attitude of Ma Qiu in Yedi finally couldn't bear the pressure and gave up Yedi and headed towards Xiangguo. evacuate.

The retreat of the Jie army in Yedi means that the complete Yellow River front has been mastered by Wang Shi. Xingtai can gather and invest troops at any point along this river line without being harassed by the Jie army. The Southern Hebei region is within reach.After Master Wang crosses the river, the early battle will not be hindered in any way, and it is time to take advantage of this momentum to directly attack the last main force of Jie Kingdom owned by Shihu!

Therefore, even if there is no change in Liao, the war in May is a foregone conclusion!Even if the Jingzhou army had already invaded Hanzhong and asked to continue to send more troops to attack Yidu, the official reply was only to do what it could, in order to concentrate more forces on the most critical battle of the Northern Expedition!

The reason why the Jingzhou Army asked Xingtai for reinforcements was because Yumanzhi in Longyou suddenly withdrew from Hanzhong, while the main force of the Jingzhou Army stayed in Bajun and Jiangyang, where Shanyue, Ximan, etc., who were attacking there, were attached to Chenghan tribe.Yu Manzhi's withdrawal reduced the pressure on the northern part of Yizhou in Chenghan, making it difficult for the Jingzhou army to advance further.

As for Yu Manzhi's evacuation, there was nothing he could do.In the middle of last year, Zhang Jun from Liangzhou died suddenly. When the news came, the general had already left Guandong East. When he heard the news, he was not too surprised. A little posthumous gift, and a decree to support his heir Zhang Chonghua.

Right now, Xingtai doesn't have more energy to interfere with Liangzhou's affairs or even take them back completely, and Liangzhou's heir order is also very clear, Zhang Jun has already established the status of his heir Zhang Chonghua when he was alive.Zhang Chonghua is a young man, Shen Zhezi also had a little contact with Guanzhong, and his basic mind is quite normal. After seeing the underlying strength of Xingtai, he is expected to keep his father's vassal line unchanged.

Under such circumstances, the Xingtai only needs to go along with the flow. As for the future, that will be discussed later.But an accident still happened. When Zhang Jun died, Zhang Chonghua was still on his way home. His brother-in-law Zhang Zuo linked up with a group of Zhang's family members, called Zhang Jun's will, and appointed him as the governor of the four counties of Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang, and Xihai. Military, basically can also be regarded as the meaning of dividing land and ruling with Zhang Chonghua.

Shen Zhezi had foreseen the chaos caused by Zhang's clan in Liangzhou, but he didn't take it too seriously after confirming that he would not directly interfere in Liangzhou's affairs in a short period of time.Even in his heart, he might be happy to see Zhang Jun's sons at odds with each other, but Zhang Zuo's actions now mean that he refuses to accept Zhang Chonghua's return to the town if he does not agree to his request, and Xingtai always has the attitude of suzerain .

Because it was Shen Zhezi who ordered Yu Manzhi to temporarily withdraw his troops, and transferred the troops attacking Qiuchi and Hanzhong back to Longxi and other counties. On the one hand, he sent troops to escort Zhang Chonghua back to the town to succeed him, and on the other hand, he ensured that Zhang's family disputes would not affect the situation in Longyou. .

As for the offensive loopholes brought about by the Longyou army's return to defense, it can only be filled by the Xiangyang army led by Mao Bao, but it will definitely take a few months of adjustment to restore the previous situation.He gave orders to all walks of life on this line to ensure that the war will not undergo a major reversal, and must not affect this year's Hebei campaign. Under this premise, it is okay to even give up some of the early victories.

In short, all the affairs of the next stage must revolve around the subsequent war in Hebei, and this point will never be shaken.

As far as Liao land is concerned, Xingtai has not been able to directly intervene so far, so it is more complicated than other places.Wen Fangzhi will not receive direct support from Master Wang, but he can also use Liu Qun and other Liu Kun's remaining troops to incite the local forces in Liao, causing not a small turmoil, and bringing direct and actual distress to the country of Jie. It is commendable.

Among them, Shen Zhezi was particularly pleased with Wen Fangzhi's ability in various aspects.This young man is no longer the childish boy he was when he first met Jiankang. He has practiced in the north for these years. Although he has not performed very well, as long as he can seize the opportunity, he will not let it go.

Not only Wen put it aside, in the past few years, more and more Xingtai civil and military people have gradually shown their sharpness, and many people have already possessed the talent of working together to form a new prosperity, which is what makes Shen Zhezi very excited.

Because in recent years, Xingtai, or the entire Jin court, has reached a time when it has to change blood.Although Qitai reform was carried out once, it was not thorough at that time. Due to various considerations, many Zhongxing old people still had vacancies, but now they have gradually withered.

Including right now, when Shen Zhezi received the summons from Liaodi, he was not at the Xingtai official office, nor at his general's mansion, but at He Chong's mansion, and came to mourn He Chong.

(End of this chapter)