The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

The two old ministers are worthy of being old fry, and they guessed the emperor's thoughts. After receiving the news of Zong Zehe Hebule's death one after another, Zhao Qi suddenly realized that he was middle-aged, and in ancient times

The life span is very short, which leads to the old saying that "people live for seventy years" is rare. Even the emperor who is called "Long Live" every day is no exception. The longevity gene of the Lao Zhao family seems to be lacking, and there is no longevity.

Most people die in their fifties and sixties, especially after Shenzong, they die early. Instead, his father has broken the nightmare of "premature death".

As he grows older, Zhao Qiong is also facing a choice. He wants to leave a peaceful world and a glorious history for his children and grandchildren. However, Zhao Qiong is very clear that this is just his wishful thinking. There is no immortal dynasty in the world, let alone

The foundation of the past and the short-lived dynasties that lasted for generations are everywhere in history. I just continued the national destiny of the Song Dynasty. Without the Jurchens and the Mongols, there will be other nations rising and invading, and even appearing.

If you ruin your unfilial descendants and your ancestors' family business, you will be overwhelmed by historical progress.

Zhao Qi also understood that there is no unbreakable city in the world and a river that cannot be crossed. Even if a Luoyang city with iron walls is built, it is difficult to ensure that it will not be broken. It is even more a joke to place the entire national fortune on a city. Qin Shihuang could not build the Great Wall at that time.

Stop the invasion of foreign enemies, the modern Maginot line of defense was even more difficult to stop the crushing of Nazi tanks. Therefore, moving the capital to Luoyang is not just from the perspective of defense, but based on the current situation, he is just doing what is happening in front of him.

, As for the future, future generations will worry about it!

The Yellow River is called the mother river, but it is also a river with frequent disasters. It has caused countless disasters in history and swallowed up the lives of countless people. Kaifeng is close to the Yellow River and enjoys the convenience brought by the canal transportation, and is also facing being submerged at all times.

The danger. As far as Zhao Xiao knows alone, Kaifeng has been submerged several times in history, leaving behind the wonder of "city on the city". The Song Dynasty left behind the Kaifeng city in addition to historical records and legends in his previous life

Only one mound and a traditional tower called Longting were left behind.

After Zhao Jie succeeded to the throne, he allocated special funds to mobilize a large number of civilians and troops, raised the embankments and dredged rivers to ensure that the capital is protected from floods. But he knew that with the technology of this era, it was impossible to completely eliminate floods, his own and his predecessors.

Working hard is just to delay the arrival of disaster, and the remaining choice is "can't afford to mess with others" as well, although this is a shame for a 'omnipotent' time traveler.

Furthermore, at this time, Bianjing had a population of more than one million. In ancient times, it could have been called a super-large city. Like modern big cities, it had traffic congestion, small development space, huge consumer spending and other disadvantages.

In ancient times, when productivity was low, the barren land around Kaifeng was far from enough to support such a large population, especially the heavy dependence of food and funds on the southeast region, which led to the wealth of the capital and the southeast, causing the gap between the north and the south to develop too much.

Less than a hundred years later, the people in the south of the Yangtze River were almost exhausted, and the economic development of the prosperous lower reaches of the Yangtze River stagnated. The Song government often failed to make ends meet, and the huge military expenditure made the government and the people breathless. The financial "poverty" and military

The "weakness" on the rise has become an irreversible trend. Now Zhao Xiao opens sea trade and vigorously develops handicrafts, which allows Jiangnan to recover. However, the north suffered from the Jingkang Rebellion, but the vitality of the north was severely damaged, which made the finances still rely on Jiangnan for supply.

Now with the implementation of Zhao Xiao's expansion of military route, the Song Dynasty has recovered the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun and reached the northern desert area. Although the Jin Kingdom still exists, the military threat in the north has greatly reduced. The Central Plains has become the rear and to the north.

Moving the capital of Luoyang not only prevents the finance from relying too much on Jiangnan, but also promotes the development of the Central Plains economy, thereby driving the recovery of the entire northern economy...

Since its founding, there were actually two opportunities to move the capital. One was that when Taizu founded the country, Luoyang was the capital in the name of "godding the old and welcoming the new", but due to the historical conditions at that time, Taizu finally surrendered to the ministers.

Oppose it but failed; and then it was when Zhao Qi succeeded to the throne after the Jingkang Incident, no one knew that this place was not a good place, and the Jurchens were twice under the city.

However, Zhao Qi did not move the capital. One reason was that Luoyang was destroyed and the land was deserted, and things were in a hurry and difficult to make a move; the other was to stabilize the hearts of the people. When the two kings were hunting north and fell to the north of the Yellow River, it had a realistic significance to recover the capital;

The third is that Zhao Qiong doesn't want to bear the reputation of "coward". He wants to defeat the Jurchens and destroy the country and move the capital upright, so as not to make the world laugh at him because he is afraid of becoming the emperor and hide. Therefore, Zhao Qiong is

After the throne, the situation was settled and King Jing Zhao Qi was sent to repair the city, renovate palaces, unblock the canals, and develop the economy in the name of resettling the children of the royal family, so as to move the capital when the time is ripe in the future.

Moving the capital can be said to be a major event for the country, requiring huge expenses and causing a series of social problems. Everyone will definitely not agree. Zhao Qi also made comprehensive preparations for this. He carefully studied the ministers when Taizu moved the capital.

The opposition opinions are the most representative of the suggestions of Li Fu, the daily man Li Fu, and Li Huaizhong.

Li Fu said in his book: "The capital is in decline, one is the first; the palace is not prepared, two is the second; the suburbs are not built, three is the third; the hundred corpses are not equipped, four is the fourth; the people in the capital are in poverty, five is the fifth; the army is not filled with food, six is ​​the six

;The barriers were not set up, seven; thousands of riders and cyclists were hiking in the heat of summer, eight." Li Huaizhong said in his comments: "There are cavings of Bian Canal in Tokyo, which are millions of hu of rice in the Yangtze and Huai River every year, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers were sent to the capital.

All of them are here. Your Majesty is here and will you take it? Moreover, the heavy troops in the treasury are all in Daliang, and they have been safe for a long time and cannot be shaken. Once you want to migrate, you have not seen any profit." As far as the situation at that time is concerned, you have not seen any profit."

Li Huaizhong and Li Fu's reasons are both sufficient and realistic.

But now after Zhao Qiong's management for more than ten years, these problems are not any problems. The main resistance will come from vested interests like Taizong. Although Zhao Qiong has not yet confirmed his successor, Bian Jing became the Song Dynasty.

The capital has been around for nearly two hundred years and has formed a huge local force. They have mixed relationships with the royal family and court officials and have great influence. Moving the capital will hinder their interests and will arouse their strong opposition.

The "virtue is not dangerous" that Taizong persuaded Taizu back then also had a large market in the Song Dynasty where Confucianism was prevalent. They believed that the fundamental factor that determines the rise and fall of a country was political, not geographical, and the Sanmiao family in ancient times was in ancient times.

If morality and righteousness are not cultivated, Xia Jie is not be kind to cultivate politics, and Shang Zhou is not virtuous. Even if there are dangerous rivers and mountains, it cannot save his fate of destruction. Therefore, it is said that a safe country is in virtue, not danger. I think that relying solely on moral governance can last forever.

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Even the knowledgeable people of this dynasty realized the shortcomings of using Bian Jing as their capital. The famous minister Fan Zhongyan said: "Luoyang is dangerous and solid, Bian is the place of four battles, and it is peaceful and easy to live in Bian. If you have any problems, you must live in Luoyang." The famous general Han Qi

He also suggested: "The Northern Rong is strong and the capital is calm but unprepared. If the army goes deeper, Heshuo will fight with him. If he defeats the enemy, he will quickly move towards the Yuanyuan. If the capital is strong, he will be wary of Heshuo.

Do not fight with soldiers. They cannot fight. If they want to go deeper, there will be a strong city in front and heavy troops in the back. They will stop and retreat. Retreat and invite them and attack them, all of which are possible." Unfortunately, their opinions did not arouse the supreme ruler.

Pay attention to it or be dissuaded, which will cause disaster to descendants.

Later generations Gu Zuyu summarized it well. He said: Even though he relies on virtue but not on danger, he should not explain the meaning of danger and retention. The four battles in Bian were the most affected by the enemy, and the disaster of the last emperor of Liang was even worse than that of the

Wang Jiao, the humiliation of Jingkang was almost the same as that of Shi Jin, and even more so far away, the people who built the capital also took into account the past!

Zhao Qi also has another view on the theory of "violent and dangerous". As for the rule of virtue and the establishment of a dangerous country, moral governance should certainly be put first, but the establishment of a dangerous country must not be ignored. However, talking about morality with the enemy and striving for the tiger.

A mouth full of benevolence, righteousness and morality cannot defeat the sword in the hands of a cruel enemy. Morality is only useful to moral people, and it is not even a fart to the invaders. I think the Jurchens slapped the Song Dynasty loudly, so everyone would not be like this.

I'll forget it soon...

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Zhao Qi, who was hunting in Dongduyuan, didn't know what the two prime ministers Li Gang and Chen Go said. He had just hunted two deer in the daytime and left them to the chefs to take care of them. He walked out of the imperial tent by himself

He left the camp and wanted to relax. Seeing that the emperor wanted to go out, a team of guards immediately stepped forward to accompany the guards. Zhao Qi waved his hand and asked them to retreat, but only Wangfu and a few inner guards followed.

Dongduyuan is the resident of the leopard generals. When the emperor came here to hunt, they naturally arranged a warning, surrounded the entire Dongduyuan, and prohibited idle people from entering. The guards of the escort were responsible for the safety of the camp.

A second defense circle was arranged five miles around the imperial tent, and the inner guard team was responsible for the defense of the core part, that is, the safety of the emperor and his family. This is in China, and there are elites around, so everyone can rest assured.

The emperor left the camp.

"You are on duty today?" Zhao Zhen walked for a while and saw a duty point set up by Leopard soldiers on the roadside. He said to a soldier standing guard.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The soldier was only sixteen or seventeen years old, but his armband was from Luoyang martial arts. When he heard the emperor's question, he immediately raised his hand and saluted.

"Can you let him accompany me?" Zhao Qie replied and said to an officer next to him with the rank of lieutenant.

"Your Majesty, of course!" The officer dared not agree. He immediately stepped forward to take the spear from the soldier's hand and signaled him to go with the emperor. The soldier seemed not very happy, pouted and took off his equipment, and he was slow to death.

I don't want to go. I didn't dare to get angry in front of the emperor and lieutenant, and secretly scolded him in my heart for being ungrateful. How great is it to be able to talk to the emperor? I don't know what kind of wind this kid is...