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Chapter 747

Xue Wanshu borrowed the meaning of Luoyang scholars to let Li Chongjiu move the capital along the way.Scholars, on the other hand, took the past as a mirror, and were fully vigilant with what happened to Xiang Yu.Li Chongjiu remembered that of course Xiang Yu, after rejecting the proposal to move the capital to Xianyang, the other party scolded him that the people of Chu were all crowned with monkeys.

Li Chongjiu thought in his heart that if he refused the scholar's suggestion, wouldn't he also become Xiang Yu's crowned monkey?The routine here is really deep, and I accidentally fell into it.

Li Chongjiu asked Xue Wanshu: "Isn't it impossible not to move?"

Xue Wanshu made a generous statement at the moment: "Historically, the emperors who advocated moving the capital were all pioneers and enterprising masters who became the first Ming emperors. For example, the Qin Dynasty moved the capital six times in order to enter the Central Plains. Emperor Wei Xiaowen moved the capital from Pingcheng to Luoyang. The sinicization of Xianbei has been promoted, which is a good precedent."

Li Chongjiu glanced at Xue Wanshu and said: "Don't just say good things. There are also bad examples. For example, after Emperor Wu of the former Dynasty ascended the throne, he moved the capital from Xijing to Dongdu. After that, Emperor Wu stayed in Jiangdu for a long time, almost using Jiangdu as the capital, and finally died in Jiangdu."

Xue Wanshu didn't expect Li Chongjiu to cite this example, so he was speechless.

Li Chongjiu said seriously at the moment: "It can be seen that everything has disadvantages and advantages. Moving the capital may not necessarily be good, but those who do not move the capital may not necessarily lose."

In all fairness, the situation in Da Zhao is a bit special. Li Chongjiu started his family in Youyan, a strategically important area of ​​Zhao State. Every year, the income of the second town of Yuyi accounts for almost one-third of the treasury of Da Zhao. Most of them are soldiers from Youyan Zhaodi, and their family members are all in Youjing.

Although the move of the capital was as thorough as Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, who directly moved courtiers, soldiers, and their families to Luoyang, what a huge project it was and how much manpower and material resources it required.

And the most important thing is that the prairie fans are also on the frontier. It is impossible for Li Chongjiu's [-] prairie army to move to the vicinity of Luoyang with Li Chongjiu.Not to mention whether Shi Dexi is willing to follow Li Chongjiu to live near Luoyang, even if he is willing, there is not such a large pasture near Luoyang for Shi Dexi's cavalry to graze.Therefore, the only consequence of Shi Dexi's cavalry entering the customs with Li Chongjiu is that, just like the Mongolian Yuan and Manchu cavalry that entered the customs in history, they gradually degenerated and were completely abolished later.

But if Li Chongjiu doesn't enter the capital, can such a powerful cavalry force be placed on the grassland?Once Li Chongjiu moved his capital to Luoyang, he would be at least a few thousand miles away from outside the Great Wall, and it would take two months for news to go back and forth, so it would be beyond his reach to control the grassland fans.

Just like the example mentioned by Li Chongjiu and Xue Wan just now, the success of the Great Sui Dynasty relied on the elites of the Guanlong Group. In order to implement his own canal strategy, Yang Guang moved the capital to Luoyang, where water transportation is convenient, which greatly reduced his control over Xijing. .In the end, Li Yuan, who was also from the Guanlong Group, seized the opportunity and captured Xijing in one fell swoop.Later emperors Li and Tang knew that life in Luoyang was more convenient than in Guanzhong, but except for Wu Zetian, none of them planned to move the capital. The reason was also the lessons learned from the Sui Dynasty.

To be honest, Li Chongjiu's current situation is a bit like the Warring States of Japan hundreds of years later.The Wa country is divided into Kanto and Kansai. The Kanto side is the most powerful samurai group, while Kansai is where the emperor and ministers are located.Generally, the civil strife in the Wa Kingdom started in the Kanto. As long as you master the Kanto Samurai Group, you can advance to the Kansai. This is called Shangluo in the Wa Kingdom.

If Shangluo, the leader of the Kanto Samurai Group, succeeded, he could ask the court to make him a shogun. The shogun is equivalent to the leader of the samurai family and became a man of the world. This is equivalent to raising troops in Kanto and picking fruits in Kyoto in Kansai.

Speaking of which, the situation in the Central Plains is similar.Generally, when the world collapses, all parts of the country are divided. For example, after the princes of Hebei, Guanzhong, Sichuan, Jianghuai and other regions unified the region, they competed for Luoyang, and then proclaimed themselves emperor in Luoyang, issuing orders to the princes of the four directions.Just like now Li Chongjiu, after capturing Luoyang, ascended the throne in Luoyang, honored his father-in-law, Emperor Yang E, and declared Yang Ehuang the queen, and told the princes of the four directions that he inherited the Sui Empire and was worthy of righteousness.Ascension to the throne in Luoyang, one is that Luoyang is the capital of the Sui Dynasty, and the other is that Luoyang is located in the world.

But ascending the throne in Luoyang does not mean moving the capital to Luoyang.Just like the Warring States Period of the Wa Kingdom, the Samurai regime has always been in conflict with the forces in Kyoto.

For example, in the Muromachi shogunate in Japanese history, the first shogunate Takashi Ashikaga, in order to solve this problem, let his four sons, Kanto, serve as the Kamakura government to command the Kanto samurai group.And he and his son were in Kyoto as his shogun.

Takashi Ashikaga originally thought that Kyoto and Kamakura could be connected by brotherhood, but in fact it was a big mistake. The Kamakura government of all dynasties wanted to seize the power of the elder brother in Kyoto, and the two sides were in constant conflict.

So Li Chongjiu took it as a lesson. If he really wanted to move the capital to Luoyang, if he wanted to control the prairie cavalry outside the Great Wall, he had to appoint someone in Youjing to control the prairie cavalry for him.This is still unimaginable, using the county system, or the current Duhufu system to implement.In this feudal era, controlling a huge territory of thousands of miles is already the limit of the empire.

So who will you Jing entrust to control?The history of the Japanese shogunate has proved that if even one's own son is unreliable, who can be trusted.Now there are a full [-] troops riding outside the Great Wall, not counting the [-] troops of the Songmo Protectorate. This is a huge force that cannot be controlled under the nose, so Li Chongjiu will have no rest in the future.

Li Chongjiu thought about it carefully, but Xue Wanshu did not give up, and continued: "Your Majesty, last year Luoyang was dilapidated and could not be used as a capital, but now there are nearly [-] households in Luoyang, and the people are very supportive of your majesty. At this time, your majesty is in Luoyang. People in Henan will support the establishment of the capital.”

Li Chongjiu said: "Many ministers and workers have also suggested to me about this matter, or what do you think, how about Luoyang as a companion capital?"

"Accompanying capital?" Xue Wanshu was suddenly surprised.

Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "Yes, I have this consideration."

Xue Wanshu said immediately: "Your Majesty, do you think that Goguryeo has the system of five capitals, and we have to follow the example of this small Dongyi country?"

Li Chongjiu waved his hand and said: "What is this talking about? It's just a two-capital system. Back then, King Wu destroyed Shang and established Luoyi in order to control the East. And the previous dynasty also implemented the two-capital system of the Eastern Capital and the Western Capital, so I plan to Set up a companion capital in Luoyang."

If Li Chongjiu wants to build a centralized empire, he must have strong branches and weak branches. He chose Youjing, which has prairie cavalry and elite Youyan elites, as the capital. Although the geographical advantage is not as good as Luoyang, it is the most powerful force that is firmly in its own hands. hands.

(End of this chapter)