Chastity Layman

  Chapter 953 Emperor East Residence

April.

  Li Shimin led the six palaces and hundreds of officials to move to Luoyang, the eastern capital, and he climbed to the top of Mang Mountain.

  Climb the heights and overlook Luoyang.

  I can only see the south of Mang Mountain, the north of Yique, the west of Dangshui, and the east of Jianhe River.

  “After Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty seized the Zhou Dynasty, at the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, he wanted to create Zihuai and Luo. After Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty succeeded to the throne, he recruited millions of strong men and gathered the power of the world to build Luoyang, the eastern capital. This is indeed the ambition of Emperor Wen.”

  At that time, the Northern Wei Dynasty only occupied half of the country in the north, so it moved its capital to Luoyang to control the Central Plains. The Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty confronted each other from east to west, living in a corner of Guanlong, and the Sui Dynasty ruled the world. The reason for moving the capital to Luoyang was not because Chang'an was the capital of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but after the unification of the world, Luoyang, the center of the world, was more suitable as the capital of the country.

   "It is indeed a good place to control Turkic in the west, Qilu in the east, Liaodong in the north, and Huaiyang in the south." Sikong, Shangshu Zuopushefang Xuanling praised beside the emperor.

  Situ, the right servant of Shangshu and Changsun Wuji said, "With three rivers under control, four fortresses secured, water and land connected, tributes, etc., Luoyang is indeed far superior to Chang'an."

Luoyang is better than Chang’an. This is actually clear from Yang Jian’s father and son to Li Yuan’s father and son. It’s just that at the beginning of the founding of the country, the world was not settled. Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan and went south to seize Chang’an as his foundation. Guan Long, and then went east to fight for the world. This strategy was indeed very successful back then.

Luoyang, as the place where the Fourth World War took place, even though it was the capital of the Sui Dynasty, heroes all over the world were watching. Wagang Li Mi fought around Luoyang for many years, and later even Yu Wenhuaji, who killed the king in Jiangdu, came to Luoyang. It's a pity that he was defeated by Li Mi and rushed to Hebei, and was destroyed by Dou Jiande.

Wang Shichong is also considered a lifelong hero, leading the Dongdu Army to resist the siege of the Wagang Army, and even successfully usurped the throne of Luoyang Huangtai Lord. Unfortunately, although Li Mi was defeated in the four battles, the loss was huge, and he was eventually defeated by Li Shimin. Attacked and destroyed.

  However, after the reunification of the world, Luoyang showed its super status again.

During the reign of Wude, there were several food shortages in Chang'an. The water transportation was restricted by the narrow Yellow River in Shanzhou, and the transportation capacity was greatly reduced. The millions of soldiers and civilians in Chang'an, the capital, consumed a lot. The Guanzhong Plain had long exceeded its carrying capacity and could not support itself. Had to go to Luoyang to eat with the soldiers of the imperial army, like Yang Jian.

  Now that Zhenguan is prosperous, these defects of Guanzhong Chang'an are becoming more and more obvious.

On the contrary, Luoyang is the center of the world, with fertile land and more convenient transportation, especially after Yang Guang vigorously built the North-South Canal, connecting Yuhang in the south and Youzhou in the north. The Yellow River and the Guanzhong Canal connect Chang'an.

   It can be said that Luoyang, as the center of the world, not only has military risks, but also has the convenience of water and transportation, and the taxation and government affairs are accessible.

   And it is in the center of the Tang Dynasty, which is more conducive to controlling the world.

Li Yuan also thought about moving the capital to Luoyang, but the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty left Luoyang almost in ruins. After Li Shimin invaded Luoyang, he also demolished several main palaces of Luoyang Palace. Luoyang Palace, so of course the plan to move the capital will not work.

Later, the Turks repeatedly invaded the south, and Li Yuan had the idea of ​​moving the capital again, but at that time Luoyang was more difficult to defend than Chang'an, and the Turkic cavalry entered and left the east of the river like no one's land, so Luoyang was not safe, Li Yuan finally wanted to move the capital to Shannan, and set the capital to Dengzhou Or go to Xiangyang and Jingzhou, but Li Shimin resolutely opposed it later, so that's all.

After Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, there were constant wars and famines in the first few years, and he had to go to Luoyang to eat. From then on, Li Shimin also had the idea of ​​moving the capital to Luoyang. After that, he first repaired Luoyang Palace on a small scale, and then Later, the reconstruction of Luoyang was intensified in an all-round way, and Luoyang was even positioned as the economic center of the Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty, as well as the transfer center of taxation, money and grain. This has made Luoyang develop by leaps and bounds in recent years, and its business has begun to surpass Chang'an. up.

  Occupying the geographical advantage of the center of the world, and the convenient water and land transportation of the canal, Luoyang quickly became the most powerful industrial and commercial city in the Tang Dynasty.

  Countless goods are manufactured from here, and then sold to various places. Materials from all over the world are also continuously transported to Luoyang, where they are processed into various goods.

  During the Sui Dynasty, six transshipment granaries were established in Luoyang and its surrounding areas, the largest of which had a storage capacity of 30 million shi. Today, these six large warehouses are still in operation, and Datang has added many new warehouses.

   Among them, under the Changping Warehouse Office of the Transshipment Department, there are various material warehouses, such as grain, salt, sugar, iron, cloth, silk, etc., which have made Luoyang's extraordinary and the prosperity of industry and commerce.

  Luoyang's economy has almost recovered to the peak in the seventh year of Sui Daye in the ninth year of Zhenguan, but it has not yet recovered politically.

   Now that Li Shimin has finally made up his mind to move the capital to Luoyang, Luoyang has jumped up again and is about to surpass Chang'an in an all-round way.

   Today's Luoyang still follows the general layout of the Sui Dynasty.

  Yang Guang chose this place to build Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Great Sui Dynasty, not in the location of Luoyang City in the Han Dynasty and Luoyang City in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

In Sui Luoyang City, the Prime Minister Shangshu Ling Yang Su served as the chief supervisor of the camp, and the prime minister Nayan Yang Dahe served as the deputy supervisor Yu Wenkai. Yu Wenkai was the greatest architect in the Sui Dynasty, and the Daxing City of the Sui Jingshi came from him the design of.

   Serve two million men a month to build the Eastern Capital.

   In just ten months, Luoyang, the eastern capital, was built. It actually took 20 million people, and the amount of work was huge.

Before the construction of Luoyang, Yang Su, known as the four great marshals of the Sui Dynasty, personally designed a defense line for Luoyang and sent hundreds of thousands of diggings. Go to Junyi and Xiangcheng, and reach Shangluo to set up customs defenses.

  This line of defense was nearly a thousand miles long, and a large trench was dug to surround the entire Luoyang, and then fortifications were built on various traffic arteries for defense.

  The construction of Luoyang was officially started after the defense line was completed.

  After the completion of Luoyang City and Luoyang Zihui Palace, the emperor’s palace Xianren Palace and Xiyuan were built next.

  After the construction of Luoyang, the eastern capital, Yang Guang moved tens of thousands of wealthy businessmen from all over the world to Tokyo.

Guo Nei people moved to Luozhou and tens of thousands of rich merchants and big businessmen from other states in the world. In addition, artisans were mobilized from all over the country to enrich Luoyang and Jiangnan states. There are more than 6,000 households in Jinghu, and more than 3,000 households sent by the counties in the north of the Yangtze River to accompany Dongdu. They are located in the North Shierfang of the East Road of Jianyangmen, facing Luoshui in the north, for the art households to live in.

  For a while, rich businessmen gathered in Luoyang, the crown was like a cloud, and all industries flourished, and it was very lively.

  When Yang Guang sent envoys to recruit Hu Yi merchants to pay tribute to the Central Plains, those Hu merchants were all shocked and admired Luoyang's prosperity.

   It's just a pity that Luoyang City was destroyed by war.

"It's changed a lot from when I came to Luoyang a few years ago." Li Shimin overlooked Luoyang from a high place, and couldn't help sighing. He came to Luoyang to eat a few years ago. Only a few simple halls have been restored.

  But when I came back this time, I found that it was completely different.

  Luoyang really came back to life, and returned to the Eastern Capital Luoyang he remembered when he was young, with a prosperous business and a crown like a cloud.

   "Qin Lang really doesn't have the ability to do things. I handed Luoyang over to him at the beginning, and I didn't see how he stayed in Luoyang, but he has revitalized Luoyang so quietly in the past few years."

Changsun Wuji then spoke and praised Qin Lang's achievements, saying that since Qin Lang took over the task, he actually spent a lot of effort on it. First, he recruited capable officials from six departments in the three provinces of the capital to form a hard-working team, and then Research plans, dispatch money and food, recruit craftsmen, assign tasks, attract investment, etc.

"The most remarkable thing about Duke Wei is that although it took him several years to revive Luoyang, it seems that it is not as good as Yang Su who only used October to build an eastern capital out of thin air. But it is more clever. The reconstruction of Luoyang in the past few years actually cost a lot of money and food, and a lot of labor was used, but it did not disturb the people in the slightest, let alone affect the people's livelihood. Millions of men were used before and after, but they were all spent money. The people who were hired did not suffer, but instead increased their income."

"The construction of Luoyang Palace cost a lot of money, food and materials. Qin Lang also adopted methods such as Luoyang real estate development and commercial transformation to attract investment, and used the planned new Luoyang city land, shops, etc. to replace the merchants' materials, materials, and money. , and with the issuance of some bonds, Qin Lang did not spend a penny or a piece of silk from the treasury from the beginning to the end."

   "The sage may not believe that Qin Lang not only didn't waste the state money, but even rebuilt Luoyang in the past few years, and added a lot of money to the imperial treasury."

  Li Shimin only knew that Qin Lang repaired Luoyang, and indeed he did not spend much money, but he really didn't know that he could make money without spending a penny.

   "Isn't it the deduction of craftsmen's wages, merchants' material money, and project money?" Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Of course it's impossible." Zhongshu Shilang and Prince Shaobao Ma Zhou also stood up to speak for Qin Lang. Many have been reduced to vegetable fields and grain fields, and the canals and channels in the city are even more blocked. Wei Gong consulted the files, conducted a comprehensive inspection, and finally made a new plan, which not only restored the layout in the seventh year of Sui Daye, but even There are also some optimizations and extensions."

"Especially imitating the status quo of Chang'an, the planning and transformation of the commercial neighborhood city has also been implemented for the neighborhoods in Luoyang. With just one point, countless commercial plots and shops have been planned, and a large amount of valuable funds have been obtained through investment attraction. ..."

In later generations, urban development is a compulsory course for every city leader. A well-developed city is completely better than tax revenue, and you can get rich by selling land. Therefore, Qin Lang transformed Luoyang, the most valuable asset in his hand. It is Luoyang City itself.

  (end of this chapter)