One Piece of Song Dynasty

Thinking that the dynasty was about to change, several people were thinking a lot, especially Zhao Ding. He was one of the ministers who experienced the entire New Year's Eve coup. He was also the only person besides Zhang Jun who knew about the third imperial edict in Li Xin's hands. , although Zhao Ding has been very conscientious in helping Li Xin govern the country over the years, he has always been very contradictory in his heart. On the one hand, he has seen everything Li Xin has done, and the country has grown step by step in Li Xin's hands. He became stronger and could even regain the lost ground, which made him very happy; on the one hand, he felt very sorry for the Zhao family, and even felt a little guilty. This may be the influence of Confucian loyalty to the king on him. Sometimes he even imagined that if Zhao family If Gou is still in office, is it possible for him to be like Li Xin? But thinking about it carefully, it is unlikely. The years of working with Zhao Gou have made him understand that Zhao Gou is a somewhat cowardly and not decisive person, and Zhao Gou cares. What matters more is his power rather than how to enrich the country and strengthen the army. He also has the common problem of Zhao emperors who have no independent opinions and whose ideas are easily influenced by ministers. Compared with Zhao Ding, Zhang Jun is more contradictory. His dream was to gallop on the battlefield. He originally realized his dream in the hands of Zhao Gou, but a defeat in Fuping knocked him back to his original form. Although Li Xin He was promoted to the high position of Yushi Zhongcheng, but he still wanted to realize his ambition on the battlefield, so he still had some attachment to the Zhao family in his heart, but he didn't know if he would still have the chance to realize his ambition after the establishment of the new dynasty. dream. Compared with the conflict between Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun, Wang Shu was more sad. As a veteran of the Song Dynasty, he was sad about the passing of the Song Dynasty. He was still satisfied with Li Xin as the ruler. Wang Shu had never experienced this. The warring ministers who carried out the New Year's Eve coup were still somewhat resistant when Li Xin first came to power. However, as time went on and the country's situation continued to improve, their grudges gradually disappeared in the face of the facts. As for Zhe Yanzhi, he does not have the same emotional entanglements as the above three people. He can basically be regarded as one of Li Xin's Yuancong veterans, and he is full of expectations for the new dynasty. Everyone was silent for a while, then Zhao Ding asked first: "I wonder where the prince plans to place the capital?" In fact, Li Xin thought about the choice of the future national capital for a long time. The ancient capitals in the history of the dynasty were nothing more than Chang'an, Luoyang, Nanjing, Among them, Kaifeng and Yanjing, Nanjing and Kaifeng were the first to be eliminated by Li Xin. Nanjing as the capital was not conducive to controlling the north and northwest. Kaifeng had nothing but water transportation, and the smooth roads around it were not conducive to defense. Chang'an was the place where Li Xin was eliminated in the second round. Although Chang'an was good, it was seriously damaged after the late Tang Dynasty. After the Tang Dynasty, the economic center of gravity moved south and east, and Shaanxi was gradually marginalized. In the end, only Luoyang and Yanjing are left. The terrain of Luoyang is dangerous, surrounded by mountains on three sides from east to west and the Yellow River to the north. There is no problem in self-protection in the form of a cluster. However, there are advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage is that Luoyang cannot bear an excessive population. Moreover, it is difficult to meet the needs of the capital's population by water transportation alone. Luoyang's water transportation is not as convenient as Kaifeng. Therefore, although Luoyang's terrain is good, it also limits the scale of Luoyang's development. Therefore, the final choice for the capital city can only be Yanjing. There are mountains to the north and west of Yanjing, the sea is not far to the east, and the Hebei Plain is to the south. The cluster shape is the best location for the capital, and Yanjing is also the Grand Canal. In addition to water transportation, sea transportation is also very convenient, so there is no need to worry about the inconvenience of material transportation in establishing the capital of Yanjing. As long as the northern part of Yanjing is well guarded, there will be no problem. The main threat to the new dynasty will be for a long time in the future. Will still come from the north. Yanjing is close to the northern grasslands, which is conducive to controlling the grasslands. More importantly, it is on the front line of the north to resist foreigners all year round so that the central imperial army will not slack off. In addition, the establishment of Yanjing as the capital is also conducive to ethnic assimilation and the Foreigners assimilated into Han people. After making up his mind, Li Xin pointed at the map and said: "I plan to set the future capital in Yanjing." Wang Shu frowned and said: "Locating the capital in Yanjing is too close to the front line." Li Xin nodded and said: " Yes, but as long as the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are recovered, it will not be a problem to defend Yanjing with the terrain of Yanjing, and Yanjing is close to the grassland, which will be beneficial to controlling the grassland in the future. More importantly, locating the capital in Yanjing will not Let the Forbidden Army slack off. You should all remember the performance of the Forbidden Army in Tokyo during the Jingkang period. The peace with the Liao Kingdom for more than a hundred years has turned the Forbidden Army in Tokyo into a waste." Zhang Jun said: "If Yanjing is established as the capital, then it will be difficult to transport things from the south. It will be a bit far." Li Xin waved his hand and said: "Don't worry about this. Yanjing is not only the end point of the Grand Canal, but its eastern part is not far from the sea, so in addition to water transportation, there is also sea transportation, so there is no need to worry about transportation. And Yanjing is close to the south. In the Hebei Plain, there is no need to worry about the food supply problem." Zhao Ding knew that few things Li Xin decided could be changed, so he had to take the lead and said: "In this way, I will not have any problems." Everything was confirmed. After that, various ministries began to prepare for action. At the same time, Li Shifu and Yue Yun's tribe on the other side of the Yellow River were also planning their next move. Yue Yun asked: "Uncle, Jin Wushu's whereabouts have been found out. They went to Hedong. What should we do next?" Li Shifu said: "Jin Wushu went to Hedong as expected. According to the information we got from the prince before we left, At present, our army in Hedong only has tens of thousands of General Qu. Jin Wushu is probably going to Hedong because of General Qu. There will be no battles in Hebei in the future. If we go to Hedong, we may be able to give Jin Wushu a fight. Cruel." Yue Yun asked: "Then which way should we go to Hedong? Jin Wushu led his army to cross the river and took the Huaizhou and Zezhou lines to go north." Li Shifu looked at the map and said: "We will not follow him. Going from behind, we first go north to Handan, and from the west of Handan to Shexian, Licheng and Luzhou, and then from Luzhou to the north to Taiyuan. We can slow down this way. Jin Wushu's infantry will definitely not be able to move at the same speed. It will be soon, there will definitely be a big battle under Taiyuan City, we will cooperate with General Qu to fight a big battle under Taiyuan City." Yue Yun said: "Then should we send someone to contact General Qu first, so that we can cooperate with each other when we get to Taiyuan. "Li Shifu thought for a while and shook his head: "No, if you send someone to contact General Qu now, it will be easy to leak the secret. The most important weapon of our cavalry is suddenness. Without suddenness, the power of the cavalry will be greatly reduced, so we must not let Jin Wu. The technique is prepared in advance." Yue Yun cupped his fists and said, "Yes, uncle, I will make arrangements now."