Chapter 1088: The Beginning of Active Defense

The Great Song Dynasty began a huge project to build the Great Wall, and it turned out that the decrees issued from the central government would be effectively enforced, although there were some differences, and the local officials were supportive of the construction of the Great Wall, but they were not suitable for the transfer of labor...... Every state capital wants to pull as little as possible.

Although the wages paid by the imperial court were quite generous, for the officials of the state capital, the number of people under their rule was a reflection of their political achievements, and the number of people assigned to them indirectly led to a decline in the number of people in each state capital, and the amount of labor apportioned by the imperial court was the same in each state capital.

The number of people in different state capitals is different, or even very different, some state capitals have more people, while others do not have many people, and if the number of people in some states is apportioned according to the same standard, the number of people in some state capitals will be drastically reduced.

Population is the most important place in a state and a government, and the annual two taxes and commercial taxes must be provided by these people, and once the number of young and middle-aged people decreases, it will inevitably affect the local economy and taxes, which is also an important criterion for officials.

Of course, this is a labor pain, and the performance of each state capital was quickly replied to in the hands of Zhao Zhen, according to the number of state capitals, as appropriate, and the household department will re-apportion according to the original statistics of the population of each state capital.

The troublesome things are not only these, the bricks, cement, equipment, cattle and horses, donkeys, mules, box carts, etc. needed to be arranged for the construction of the Great Wall.

Fortunately, Zhao Zhen and the officials of the court reached an agreement on the construction of the Great Wall, and they could cut corners in everything in the Great Song Dynasty, but the two "big cakes" of building the Great Wall and ordnance could not be moved.

The construction of the Great Wall can not be slack, this is the century-old project of the Great Song Dynasty, and the ordnance is the guarantee of the bloody battles of the soldiers, but also the advantage of the Great Song Dynasty, no one dares to move a little, and the supervision of the imperial court will not be a little lax.

These inspectors are all hot-blooded young people who have just entered the office, and like the imperial history, although their official positions are not high, they have the right to play soloists directly to the heavens. Every three years, they are all the new science and technology scholars with the title of the gold list, these people are simple-minded and impulsive, and the ordinary officialdom old fritters really can't withstand their "recklessness".

For the candidate for the construction of the Great Wall, Zhao Zhen has already thought about it, and Han Qi, the governor of Beiping Mansion and a scholar of Longtuge University, will serve as the envoy, and will be the supervisor Zeng Gongliang, and now Zeng Gongliang has looked down on the government, Zhao Zhen finally did not promote him, but pressed him to the general as a prisoner.

Of course, Zhao Zhen is not stingy with his official price, and the third-grade Jin Ziguanglu doctor, this is the treatment that only Bao Zheng, the third envoy, can enjoy, which shows his status as a prisoner in the eyes of the officials.

Di Qing's drawings of the Great Wall were quickly denied by Zeng Gongliang, for the simple reason that although Di Qing's drawings were perfect, and every place echoed the needs of the war, they were too complicated and too detailed, and if all the Great Walls were built according to his design, the first section of the Great Wall of the Great Song Dynasty would cost the last penny of the national treasury.

So Zeng Gongliang boldly went up and directly told Zhao Zhen that Di Qing's picture could not be used, and the Great Wall should be as concise as possible after containing all the most basic things, Zhao Zhen agreed with a stroke of his pen, and attached his own opinion to the north of Song Shu, and used Di Qing's image as appropriate near the important pass.

This is the advantage of being an emperor, as long as the will is given and the person who supervises it is selected, the rest of the things will be simple, and someone will handle these things.

With the issuance of government decrees, resources from all over the Great Song Dynasty continued to gather in the Beiping Mansion of the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhao Zhen never underestimated the wisdom of the ancients, and this time he once again appreciated the overall planning of the ancients.

The construction of the Great Wall was divided into three sections, the first of which was to start at Yuguan, the easternmost point of Gyeonggi Road, and advance westward along the border to the Cangtou River west of Datong Province.

This will be the northernmost and most important line of defense of the Great Song Dynasty, because behind this Great Wall is the Gyeonggi Land of the Great Song Dynasty.

Similarly, in history, it was also the basic construction route of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, but the Great Song Dynasty was more comprehensive, connecting all the places, even in the precipitous terrain and building the city wall, in order to ensure that there would be no gaps in the transmission of information.

The Great Wall is not only a city wall, but also a road for transporting troops, and this huge defense project is repaired every year, and the widest point is so wide that it can pass for three years, and the carriage can go hand in hand!

Beiping Mansion, Datong Prefecture, and most of Fengsheng Prefecture are in this line of defense, this is the price of the Son of Heaven guarding the country, the most economically prosperous state capital of the Great Song Dynasty, the most politically concentrated state capital are all here, and there are large areas of horse grazing land.

Once this section of the Great Wall is completed, and connected with a beacon tower, until the city of Beijing, and then build a second road after this city wall to Juyongguan as the front line, connecting the victory pass, Luoshan, all the way to the southwest and finally converge to the Flying Fox Ridge.

In this way, the entire Gyeonggi Road is impregnable! Even if Datong Mansion is lost, it will not pose a threat to the Gyeonggi land of the Great Song Dynasty.

When the construction of the first Great Wall began, the city of Beijing also began to move, taking advantage of the opportunity of this requisition of civil labor, the city of Beijing began the latest and most ambitious construction of the city's defense.

The city has been expanded again, the westernmost section has reached the east bank of the Yuhe River, and the easternmost section has almost reached Luxian.

In the face of this huge project, even Zhao Zhen, who had seen the appearance of the imperial capital, was shocked and speechless. Because of the use of masonry as the wall and the way of pouring concrete, the construction of the city wall of Beijing flew in every day, because of the construction of huge corner towers and fortresses, the city wall was built extremely wide, even wider than the road.

Zhao Zhen felt that such a city wall could fully accommodate 100,000 people or even more troops stationed on it, which was a rather terrifying number, the original city wall could be stationed with tens of thousands of people, and more troops were actually stationed in the city, ready to reinforce the city wall at any time.

Even so, the price paid for the siege of the city is even more terrifying, and if you want to capture this city with 100,000 people stationed on the city walls, I am afraid that the price to be paid will increase exponentially.

Di Qing and Peng Qi used all the abilities of the Privy Council to deduce, if there was no internal response in the city, they would garrison Beijing with the armor and ordnance of the Great Song Dynasty, and if the city fell, it would take millions of people to besiege it day and night......

The new city has more space, and on the west side of the imperial city, an inner city has been opened for its exclusive Gewuyuan, and the firearms camp on the north side has also been reinforced, surrounded by towering corner towers, watchtowers, and fortresses.

Since these two places can be reinforced, the most important occasions of the Great Song Dynasty will naturally not be missed, and the imperial city has once again begun to reinforce the work, and Ding Du, the deputy who will be the supervisor, will be personally responsible.