Qin Emperor Ziying

Chapter 552

Not long after the first month, Ziying left Xianyang and headed for Luoyang with all the civil and military officials on the grounds that the military situation was urgent.

This time, Ziying with ulterior motives can be said to have taken all the elites of Daqin away from Xianyang. Except for the internal history of Xianyang, the huge city of Xianyang did not even have a decent left-behind official left.

Even if the family members of these officials were not with them, there were thousands of people, plus the guards, there were no less than tens of thousands of people going to Luoyang this time.

Fortunately, Luoyang was also the capital of the Zhou Dynasty before, and it is also a first-class city in this era, and because of the previous turmoil, Luoyang's population has withered and there are many houses without owners.

When the ministers came to Luoyang, they would not have nowhere to live.

Ziying said before that he sent people to build a palace in Luoyang, but when the ministers arrived in Luoyang, they saw groups of craftsmen and peasants building houses outside the city.

As for the palace mentioned by Ziying, it is just that a small number of people built two halls on the former site of the Eastern Zhou palace. Although there are only two halls, the area marked out is not small, and there are obviously follow-up construction plans.

Because all the civil and military officials of Daqin have arrived in Luoyang, the political center of the whole Daqin has also been transferred to Luoyang. At least all counties and counties have received the imperial decree from Ziying. Just send it to Luoyang.

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"Father, your name is Baby."

In the temporary residence of Prime Minister Li Si in Luoyang City, his son Li You was summoned by Li Si.

"Go back to Xianyang immediately, and sell all my family's mansion and land in Xianyang." Li Si glanced at Li You and ordered.

"Father, the land is the foundation of our family's livelihood. How can it be sold easily, and it is all good land near Xianyang. Xianyang is the capital of my Great Qin, so there are many people and little land."

When Li You heard that his father wanted to sell the land, Li You immediately became anxious. In this era, land is the foundation of a family. Without land, no matter how high the official position is, once the official dies, the family will collapse quickly.

Moreover, those lands in my family are all rich lands near Xianyang City, and they have always been priceless.

"But what if the capital of Great Qin is no longer Xianyang?" Li Si stared at his son and said solemnly.

Upon hearing his father's reminder, Li You carefully thought about the scene he saw when he came to Luoyang.

If it wasn't for the emperor's intention to move the capital to Luoyang, why bother to spend so much effort.

"But the family businesses of all the officials are in Xianyang, will they agree to move the capital?" Li You asked puzzled.

Moving the capital has never been an easy task, and the biggest resistance faced was the obstruction of the courtiers.

Anyone who is an official in the court, as long as he has a certain foundation, the first thing he thinks of is to buy a house in the capital and buy a large piece of land if he has spare money.

However, once the capital is moved, it means that all the previous efforts have been discounted, and all the properties and fields must not be sold for their previous value.

Not to mention the layers and layers of relationships that have been forged over the years in one place.

Therefore, the biggest resistance to moving the capital would be these vested interest groups.

"It would be even more difficult during the period of the second emperor, and even the first emperor would encounter some resistance, but at this time, if the emperor wants to move the capital, it is the best time." Li Si sighed and said: "Now it is like our How many other civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty with a huge family business in Xianyang?"

Li You immediately understood what Li Si meant.

Needless to say, during the time of the second emperor, although the loyal people in the court died at the close of death, the group of traitors who relied on flattery and superiority would naturally not agree with the second emperor to move the capital and give up the benefits they had obtained, because the murdered minister Most of the land and houses are basically in their hands.

During the period of the first emperor, although the first emperor had a great prestige, the group of heroes who earned land by conquering the six countries would not be willing to move the capital, not to mention that Xianyang at that time still had a large scale accumulated over the past few generations and grabbed a lot of benefits. clan group.

However, Ziying didn't have such worries at this time. Those veterans who had fought the world with the First Emperor had either already left, or they were only Ziying's absolute cronies who followed suit.

The old ministers in the court and the able-talking clans, Meng Huhai's help has almost died, and the rest are just two or three big cats and kittens, which can't make a splash at all.

However, emerging forces such as Han Xin, Xiao He, and Ying Bu, who started their businesses with Ziying in the tide of re-pacifying the world, have not had time to settle down in Xianyang.

If the capital is moved, the one who will have the greatest impact is probably Li Si, Prime Minister Zuo!
However, does Li Si dare to go against Ziying's will now?Obviously not.

Because at this time, Li Si was still in the high position of Prime Minister Zuo, but he knew that he had to be very careful in every move because of his previous black history, otherwise he might be settled by Qiu Hou that day.

Therefore, not only could Li Si not oppose the move of the capital, but he had to vigorously support the move to cheer for Ziying.

However, looking at these actions of the emperor, he did not plan to rush for success, but to slowly achieve the established practical things.

Therefore, in order to reduce the loss as much as possible, Li Si ordered Li You to dispose of the fields and houses in Xianyang as soon as possible even if it was a discount.

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In a blink of an eye, the civil and military officials of Daqin have been in Luoyang for more than two months, and during these two months, various constructions can be said to be non-stop.

Some ministers with a more sensitive sense of smell have already smelled something different like Li Si, and began to quietly deal with the land in Xianyang, and instead bought land around Luoyang.

With the arrival of spring, pastures began to germinate again, and according to Qin Jun's findings, the situation on the grassland finally began to slowly ease.

Although the grassland is now divided into dozens of forces, who have been fighting for food or revenge throughout the winter, but at this moment when all things are recovering, many of them are lurking in unison, slowly licking their wounds and regaining their vitality. .

However, Daqin, who has been preparing for several months, is not ready to wait any longer. The souls of the dead in Juyang City have been waiting for too long. The generals divided their troops into seven groups and fought towards the entire grassland.

Mengtian, Han Xin, Yingbu, Zhang Han, Li Zuoche, Peng Yue, and Li Xin each led an army of more than 14 people. Although limited by the number of war horses in the Great Qin, not all of the [-] Great Qin Cavalry, but all the Qin troops were armed to the teeth.

The fine steel armor produced in South Vietnam has already protected all the vital points of the Qin army, and everyone is holding a long sword that is comparable to a magic weapon in this era.

From the aspect of armament alone, the grassland tribes have been turned into scum in seconds.

Moreover, the remaining strength of the grassland tribes who fought all winter is really not much.

In order to make up for the lack of cavalry, Ziying even equipped the infantry of each unit with the sharp weapon "Shen Lei".

Ziying had always avoided using black gunpowder against the people of Daqin before, but now he has less worries about dealing with the grassland people.

As soon as the black gunpowder blew, Ziying didn't believe that the war horses of various tribes still had the courage to continue to charge forward.

How can the prairie tribes who have suffered heavy losses and are scattered in the sand now be the opponents of the Qin army, not to mention that Ziying can be said to have sent out all the fierce generals of the Qin Dynasty. It is blunt to say that each of these seven people is capable of Wrestle with the former Maodun.

The few people gradually and even secretly competed on the grassland. The content of the competition was naturally who would conquer the grassland tribe and capture more cattle, sheep and horses.

The grassland tribes fell one by one, and just after the middle of the year, except for a few formerly powerful tribes, most of the entire grassland had fallen into Daqin's hands.And the last few tribes have also been separated by the Great Qin army and surrounded.

(End of this chapter)