Three Kingdoms: I, Ma Su, just want to die
Chapter 662: Pros and Cons
Chapter 662: Pros and Cons
Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Emperor Huan of Han began, the world entered a new round of the Little Ice Age. From that time on, the temperature in East Asia began to drop continuously.
This downward trend in climate would reach its end with the establishment of the Liu Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties.
This climate change has driven the entire 400 mm rainfall line to move southward. At the same time, due to the drop in temperature, the production volume in the Central Plains has also begun to decrease.
And right now, Guanzhong where Ji Han is located has been greatly affected by this climate fluctuation.
Indeed, at present, setting the capital in Chang'an is the best choice. Not only can it rely on the pure Guanzhong to maintain the stability of the regime, but it can also stabilize its own base.
But in the current situation, it is probably difficult for Guanzhong to support a capital like in the Western Han Dynasty. And even if it can afford it, it will also lock the upper limit for Ji Han, and there will be no more development of the capital in the next two hundred years.
Moreover, judging from the current climate trend, Guanzhong may not only face a further reduction in grain production in the future. The Guanzhong Plain, which is isolated from the Central Plains, is likely to face increasing military pressure as time goes by.
After all, the impact of the Little Ice Age was not limited to the Central Plains. Compared with the rich Central Plains, the harsh living environment of the northern Hu people actually had a more difficult life.
Because of climate change, the northern Hu people have begun to move south in groups. For a long time in the future, Guanzhong may continue to face pressure from the north.
Even the six towns established by Ji Han himself could be a threat to Guanzhong.
Of course, Ji Han could also try to requisition supplies from Guandong to the west to replenish Guanzhong, but the loss would be huge, and a lot of supplies would be wasted on the way.
Especially after the grain from the Central Plains was transported along the Yellow River to Shaanxi City, all supplies had to be unloaded and transported by land to Guanzhong.
After taking all these into consideration, the Shangshutai, who was good at accounting, gave their suggestions.
Move the capital.
Moving the capital to Luoyang, relying on the dangers of the Sizhou Basin and the transportation capacity of the Central Plains water system, can save a lot of money. Ji Han can also strengthen his control over Guandong, and it seems that everything will be fine.
The only problem might be that the political shares might be diluted by the Kanto samurai, but there was no way around it.
"In short, General, you can see that we have no choice." Yang Zhun spread his hands and explained to Ma Su bitterly.
"If possible, as a native of Guanzhong, I would prefer the court to remain in Chang'an. But the fact is that Guanzhong can no longer support the capital, and I am afraid we have to do this for the sake of national destiny."
Ma Su remained silent about this situation. After Yang Zhun explained, Ma Su just shook his head and said nothing.
Some things obviously cannot be changed by one person's desperate efforts. Ma Su also understood this, so he had to use his brain now and think of a solution for this matter.
"When will Your Majesty convene a court meeting to discuss this matter again?"
"In two days, His Majesty will hold a court meeting in the palace. Not only will you need to attend, but the Prime Minister will also participate in discussing this matter."
Yang Zhun waved his hand and said.
"In that case, after we have discussed the important matters, let's go with the Prime Minister to pay our respects to Gong Yan."
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Two days later, a court meeting to decide the future of the Han Dynasty was held in the main hall of the Chang'an Imperial Palace. Except for some officials who were still in charge of the outside, all the important officials of the Han Dynasty were summoned.
The two most important people among them are naturally Prime Minister Zhuge Liang and General Ma Su.
But what surprised Ma Su was that he saw several familiar yet unfamiliar figures at the court meeting, including his own son Ma Ping, Zhuge Liang's son Zhuge Zhan...
Among them, sitting in the position of historian was Chen Shou.
This new generation of the Han Dynasty has reached the age of officialdom so quickly.
When Ma Su was curiously scanning the ministers to see how many new faces there were, Liu Chan also came out. With Liu Chan personally present and Fei Yi presiding over the meeting to discuss the relocation of the capital, the meeting began.
When talking about moving the capital, Fei Yi first took out all the account books of the Ministry of Revenue for the past three years and showed them to his ministers without any hesitation.
"In the past three years, as our Han army continued to advance eastward and recaptured the Guandong region, the imperial court was already able to collect taxes from Guandong. This year, the imperial court even collected all the taxes from the three states in the Central Plains."
Fei Yi made the account book public and explained it to the ministers in a serious manner...or to Ma Su and Zhuge Liang.
"But we still underestimated the difficulty of transporting food through the Yaohan Road, and a large amount of food and grass was lost along the way."
"According to the Ministry of Revenue, the loss of money and grain from Shaanxi to Chang'an alone is as high as 15%! If we take into account the subsequent water transportation, I'm afraid..."
Shancheng was the seat of Hongnong County and the last stop on the waterway for transportation from Guandong to the west.
From Shaanxi City to the west, you will reach the famous Sanmenxia. The three islands of Guimen, Shenmen and Renmen suddenly appeared, directly blocking the large ships. Moreover, the waterway becomes more and more turbulent from here, making water transportation simply unrealistic.
It is precisely because of the existence of Sanmenxia that the loss of grain and fodder transported from Guandong to Guanzhong increased several times.
"It's okay to endure this level of loss for a few years. But in the future, when the world is unified and everything is based on the safety of the people, the loss will be too great." Fei Yi didn't need to say the rest, because Zhuge Liang had already shook his head and spoke first.
When the scale is expanded to the entire country, even if the loss is more than half, it will be an extremely terrifying amount when added up. Although Ji Han is not as poor as before, he can't afford such a loss no matter how rich he is.
On the contrary, if the capital was moved directly to Luoyang, there would not be so many problems. Because Luoyang is an extension of the Xingyang River system, the loss of taxes collected from Guandong and transported to the capital is completely within an acceptable range.
Moreover, Luoyang is located in the Central Plains and is protected from all directions, making it a perfect choice.
However, at this time Ma Su stood up and asked calmly.
"However, if you want to move the capital to Luoyang, has the court tried to test the attitude of the Guandong nobles? In other words, can the loyalty of the powerful people in Guandong to the Han Dynasty be trusted?"
"After all, it has only been three years since we recovered Kanto, and the political base of the court is still in Kansai!"
"Moreover, if we move the capital to Luoyang, right under the noses of the great families in Guandong, they will know everything about us. Will we be able to control the situation with our current strength?"
(End of this chapter)
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