Chapter 774

"I've made a mistake." Liu Yan is now the son of heaven but not the emperor. Naturally, he will not call himself I: "we should publicize it on a large scale."

It's said that the wealth robbed from the western regions caused a sensation. It's still late in Chang'an. For going through the northwest to Guanzhong and then all the way to Chang'an, it's like water dripping into a strong oil pot. That's called deflagration.

The robbery of the Han state in the Indo China Peninsula... Er, it has been operated for three or four years. The first two years were transported to Xiang state. There are basically not many people in that place after the rampage of hooligans. Then, the wealth robbed basically depends on water transportation. There are few pauses in the middle and there are no onlookers. In addition, there is no special publicity by the official. Naturally, it can not cause any sensational effect.

Even if the operation of Indochina Peninsula is carried out in a low-key way, the result is still to attract qualified people in the south to Indochina Peninsula. Those who go early get rich early, and those who go later can drink some soup and gnaw some bones. Going to Indochina Peninsula is equal to getting rich, which is the concept of southerners today.

It should be said that there are not many countries in the Indochina Peninsula, and there is a place that is almost indistinguishable from the wilderness. Robbing the local tribes can grab some booty, but more resources need to be done by themselves, or mining, or logging. Making a fortune is a long process, especially with early investment.

The western regions are different. There has long been civilization there. Although there is no superpower rising, the development in all aspects can not be compared with that in the Indochina Peninsula.

Countries in the western regions have their own civilizations. They are still in the Silk Road Economic Belt. They may not be very good in terms of force, but their wealth holdings are really not low.

It will be difficult to grab anything in the wild areas for a while and a half. You need to plan and operate by yourself after you capture the territory, and then you can produce wealth slowly.

Robbing some countries with basic civilization is to obtain some wealth that has been created.

If we rob areas with developed trade, it is like this time that the Han people directly enter the territory of the Kucha people. Every city we capture will immediately get a huge amount of wealth. Maybe there will not be too many cities and places, but if we conquer more places, wealth will inevitably accumulate. The gathered wealth is astronomical, and it is not the territory itself.

Liu Yan, who was devastated by the natural disaster, was depressed recently. Waiting for Cai you to calculate the value of the booty, his mood was not so depressed.

Among other things, more than 700000 gold coins, more than 1.6 million silver coins, nearly 1000 gemstones and more jewelry, cloth and miscellaneous things were transported back to Chang'an from the western regions.

In terms of wealth, the first wave of looting was enough for Liu Yan to arm another seven standing armies, which could last two years even if it supplied the existing army. On the premise of not conquering the whole territory of Kucha, some cities in Kucha were robbed by Ding Ling people, Di people and some looters in advance.

"Overseas grain can be purchased, but it is difficult to contact." Ji Changzhen was not so willing to pour cold water. He had to tell the truth: "there are not many countries around the Han Dynasty."

It's really the same thing. The countries around Han are basically destroyed. Even the surviving ones do not have farming civilization. If you want to buy plant food, you have to go overseas.

Han's overseas grain purchase has never stopped. Last year, he sent people to some countries in Persia, Rome and the three continents to purchase.

Both Persia and Rome have bad domestic worries. One country has frequent rebellions, the other is simply divided into three parties to fight civil war, which makes it difficult for them to sell grain in large quantities, and the price is high.

For example, two satraps, karabalas and vargatoga, who belong to the "five Nation Alliance", are not all busy preparing for war and going to fight a large war. How can we sell surplus food?

It should be said that at present, the world is a big country. Any country is in a state of food shortage, either suffering from natural disasters or man-made disasters caused by war. Those countries that have neither natural disasters nor man-made disasters have some surplus food, but the big countries around them are short of food. There is no need to mention the consequences. If they don't hand over their food, they will be beaten, resulting in not much food in their hands.

Liu Yan, who was in a better mood, turned overcast again. He did know that it was the same thing. Because of the face given by Persia and Rome, he obtained a large number of grain at the beginning, but then there was a precipitous decline. The more later, the less grain he could purchase.

The conversation between Liu Yan and Ji Chang was not conducted indoors. They walked on the Green Avenue of Xinjian palace city.

The palace city of new Chang'an is naturally the top priority of all projects. It must be in the priority sequence. It took more than a year. The main palace group has basically sprung up, and some forest gardens also show scale.

Because Liu Yan as like as two peas, maybe the buildings are not exactly the same as the Han Dynasty, but the names of the palace que, especially the names of some main hall, are directly used to name the Western Han Dynasty.

They are walking on the Green Avenue from Jianzhang palace to Weiyang palace. They have just passed the prime minister's house, almost near the arsenal.

The prime minister's house is in the palace city? That's nonsense!

In the palace city of the Western Han Dynasty, the authorities of the imperial court were placed in the palace city, not only the prime minister's office, but also the imperial historian's office, Tingwei's office, Taiwei's office, Shaofu's office and Weiwei's office... As long as they were at the level of three gongs and nine Qing, they were all in the palace city.

The main office is in Miyagi, and there are subsidiary offices outside Miyagi, but generally there are no important people on duty, even the paperwork is also of secondary level.

Is there an arsenal in Miyagi? That's even more nonsense. There are not only arsenals, but also the buildings of the imperial garrison, and even drill grounds, training grounds, martial arts training grounds and so on.

The reason why the palace city covers such a large area is not that the ruler needs to be so large. How many places can he use alone. Apart from the rulers themselves, many women in the harem also need places, and then necessary subordinates, garrisons, palace maids and eunuchs. Do they wait for work to enter the palace city?

On both sides of the Boulevard, a soldier stands every three meters or so. They are divided into warriors and warriors.

The different costumes of the watchmen are not for simple distinction. In fact, they are different in responsibilities. For example, in case of an accident, the warriors fight in battle, and the warriors cooperate with the guards who follow Liu Yan. The warriors fight against the enemy. The warriors and guards simply protect Liu Yan and run away if he can.

Don't think that the armed personnel on duty everywhere are all. Miyagi is considered to be heavily guarded and don't look at the open sentry everywhere. In fact, some people are hidden in the dark around. In addition, there are many armed personnel on duty in some buildings in Miyagi anytime and anywhere, just looking at ordinary buildings, Believe it or not, opening a door or window reveals large-scale long-range attack equipment.

The palace city is quiet. It looks absolutely peaceful, but when something happens, there are guards everywhere. Usually, when a person walks on any road, he doesn't know how many pairs of eyes are watching. It's light to be taken away by someone who suddenly appears. If someone walks and suddenly pulls out the murder weapon, he will be entertained by numerous arrows in the next moment. That's why no one dares to make changes in the palace city if he is not on the special list (such as the ruler and his family).

This situation is not really Liu Yan's fear of death. It is basically the same level in any dynasty. No matter how weak or small the Zhuxia Dynasty is, the palace city is definitely the most tightly guarded.

He loved to build pavilions in the pre Qin Dynasty and buildings in the Han Dynasty. Liu Yan combined the two. There are pavilions and buildings everywhere in the palace city. The highest is as high as ten floors, but the shape is tower.

The reason why the attic was taken apart was that it was really not a word together at that time.

The pavilion, especially the pavilion in the pre-Qin period, is a kind of zhangtai. Because the whole wood structure was basically used when it was built in the pre-Qin period, the structure of the pavilion really can't see materials other than wood. It is mainly used for overlooking, recreation and book collection.

The building is higher than the pavilion, which is different from the wooden structure in the Pre-Qin Dynasty. At the same time, the first floor of the Han Dynasty is actually completely hollow except for the load-bearing columns, and the walls are built on the second floor. The building built by the royal family in the early Han Dynasty was basically used from more than four floors. The lower three floors are completely furnishings. In particular, they extremely like the top floors. In addition to enjoying music and dance, reading and other leisure, they love to stand on the balcony on the top and look at Chang'an city.

Liu Yan had no purpose this time. He walked to a tower.

A group of people went to the lower floor and didn't build a wall according to the habits of the early Han Dynasty. They went up from the stairs to the second floor. Because there were only load-bearing columns and there were no other things that blocked their vision, they could see the soldiers fully armed and sitting quietly on the ground in the dim vision at a glance.

The soldiers hiding here were obviously excited to see Liu Yan coming. Except that the chief officer walked over and saluted Liu Yan, the others did nothing. They sat in place with heavy breathing, but their eyes moved with Liu Yan's movement.

On the third floor, there are still many soldiers sitting in silence. The difference is that there are more bed crossbows, as well as some shelves or boxes for crossbows and arrows.

On the fourth floor, the walls were built and the rooms were divided. Looking at the lack of furniture or other things, it can be seen that Liu Yan and some qualified people rarely came to this tower.

The design of stairs is "Z" shape. Of course, this concept comes from Liu Yan. Otherwise, it was actually a circular rising style around four walls. (I saw on TV that the stairs used to be of modern style in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but they didn't pay attention to the construction of film and television buildings, otherwise the "Z" style stairs didn't appear until the Sui and Tang Dynasties)

It must be said that not only did Zhuxia use the circular rising style around the edge wall for a long time, but other civilizations also adopted the same design method as long as the buildings were high enough. Europa also maintained this circular rising system to some wind carriages or churches in World War I, which were high enough and had no leverage.

Up to the top, Liu Yan went directly to the balcony and looked out through the height. Instead of looking inside the palace city, he looked at the distance.

There is a construction site under construction. A large concave land was dug up. Some people dig and others load it, and then it was pulled by animal trucks. I don't know where it is going to be transported.

The cities of Zhuxia, especially as the imperial capital, can not have this "pool" and that "pool"? Even if there is no, there must be a few. This habit was handed down from the Qin Empire. The first emperor was assassinated in the orchid pool. The orchid pool was dug up manually and built a lot of places to play. The strange thing is that people are open to play.

In the Western Han Dynasty, the emperors before Liu Che were threatened by the Xiongnu and the domestic princes and kings. They had neither the financial resources nor the leisure to engage in amusement facilities, but it was different after Liu Che. In particular, it was necessary to solve the threat of the Xiongnu and wantonly build palaces, I have nothing to do. I didn't do much to dig the "pool" with Mr. Pang's hands.

"Chi" is an official name. In modern terms, it is a lake. No matter what purpose the emperor digs for or what amusement facilities are built, the existence of those lakes is indeed of great use. Firstly, the existence of the lake extends out of the canal to provide water for the people in the city. Secondly, the enlightened emperor also allows the people to play, There are many places to relax.

Hangzhou West Lake is a artificially transformed Lake in the Northern Song Dynasty, presided over by Su Shi. He was actually sent to Hangzhou as a criminal officer, and could not bear to take care of the queen mother. Some of his disciples were awesome enough to make him accomplish a great undertaking in the poem reciting. West Lake has become the most famous landmark in Hangzhou from the Northern Song Dynasty to the modern age.

Chang'an was built successively in the Qin Empire, the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty. The previous glory was not so scarce as imagined by future generations. Liu Yanxin chose an address to build a new city, and he could not see the previous glory. However, he really had the ambition to build a millennium Imperial capital. At the beginning of construction, he must do a good job in the foundation, and there must be some artificial lakes.

Standing at a place within the reach of a high place, three artificial lakes in different positions are being excavated. The excavated soil is concentrated in one place. Ji Chang looks at one place more than once, which is the place where the excavated soil is used to build the temple of heaven.

Of course, the temple of heaven is the name of later generations, and people today call it "Taiwan".

Didn't Liu Yan say that when the new Chang'an was built, it was the day when he ascended the throne? If you want to ascend the throne, you don't just pick a place, change into the emperor's style coronation clothes, shout "Lao Tzu is the emperor", and then you're done.

Zhuxia's claim to the emperor had a very serious process. The war in the late Qin Dynasty burned down too many classics, resulting in the failure to have a set of enthronement ceremony according to the Zhou rites in the early Han Dynasty. Liu Bang's claim to the emperor ceremony was constantly criticized by some people. Behind it, there were Shu Suntong who pieced together a set of Han Dynasty rites, and then Shu Suntong, a member of Confucianism, was scolded for thousands of years.

It should be said that Liu Yan's ceremony of becoming emperor is getting closer and closer, but the whole Han country is actually very blind. The reason is that we can't find the process of the first Han Dynasty's accession to the throne. As for the records of the process of the Sima family's accession to the throne, it must not be used!