Working Emperor of the Northern and Southern Dynasties

Two days ago, the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Chang'an.

Before Liu Bang, Chang'an was just an ordinary settlement next to Xianyang City.

——In view of the fact that King Yingzheng of Qin once named his younger brother Chengyu the Lord of Chang'an, it is possible that Chang'an Ding Po Tian is also a county.

After Liu Bang ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he followed Lou Jing's advice and placed the capital in Guanzhong.

At that time, Xianyang, the capital of the Qin State, had been burned by Xiang Yu, so Liu Bang had to build a new city as his capital, so he chose Chang'an, south of Xianyang City, as the location for his new capital, and built Chang'an City.

This is the Han Chang'an City.

The city of Chang'an in the Han Dynasty was mainly composed of palaces, but there were also a large number of official residences, markets, workshops and residences. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there were as many as 500,000 residents in the city.

Since the Western Han Dynasty, Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty has experienced many wars and been destroyed many times.

For example, after Wang Mang's death, Chimei entered Chang'an, where he burned palaces and excavated cemeteries.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Li Jue and Guo Si also experienced the rebellion. As for the military disasters during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, there were countless military disasters. Of course, the damage to Chang'an City was extremely serious.

Although the Former Qin, Later Qin, Western Wei and other dynasties all used Chang'an as their capital and carried out some maintenance, they could not restore the prosperity of the Western Han Dynasty.

In addition, by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, a new problem arose in Chang'an City, that is, "the water is all salty and brine". In other words, the groundwater was seriously polluted and made it undrinkable.

The treatment of domestic sewage in ancient cities often involved digging seepage wells and pouring sewage into the ground. After hundreds of years of habitation in Chang'an City, the groundwater was completely undrinkable.

Compared with the rapid rise of the Great Zhou Dynasty, both the structure and the environment of Chang'an City at this time need to be changed urgently.

However, the current Zhou Dynasty does not have enough energy and national strength to build a new Chang'an city. This will happen in the future.

In the Zhengwu Hall of the imperial palace, Yu Wenyu, the second monarch of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the first emperor, was immersed in reviewing memorials.

The reason why he is said to be the first emperor is because the previous Emperor Wenjue was still called the King of Heaven at that time.

Three years ago, in the first year of Emperor Xiaomin's reign, Yu Wenyu was welcomed by Otsuka Prime Minister Yu Wenhu and succeeded to the throne of Heaven.

Last year, Yu Wenyu thought that calling himself Heavenly King was not enough to command the world, so he changed his name to Emperor. After honoring his father Yu Wentai, he was named Emperor Wen, and he granted a general amnesty to the world. His reign was named Wucheng.

Yu Wenyu is twenty-seven years old this year, which is when he is in the prime of life.

He worked hard to govern, achieved remarkable results, and was deeply loved by the people.

He is tolerant and has a relatively harmonious relationship between monarch and ministers, so his prestige increases day by day.

Yu Wenyu is capable and independent. Although he was brought to power with the support of Yu Wenhu, he is not willing to be a puppet and is eager to manage the government himself.

Yu Wenhu saw that he was smart and capable, so he returned to power in the first year of Wucheng, which was the 21st day of the first month of last year. Zi Wenyu began to handle political affairs personally.

Yu Wenyu looks weak on the outside, but in fact he is very decisive in his heart.

He refused to obey Yu Wenhu everywhere. After Yu Wenhu pretended to return to power, Yu Wenyu began to exercise part of his power to handle state affairs and carry out reforms, but the military power was still firmly in Yu Wenhu's hands.

Yu Wenyu knew very well that his wings were not yet full, but at certain times, he just couldn't restrain his inner impulse and had disputes with Yu Wenhu on some major military and national affairs.

For this reason, he himself was very angry.

He also knew that his cousin had begun to hate him.

This reminded Yu Wenyu of his third brother, Emperor Wen Yu Wenjue.

Three years ago, on the first day of the first lunar month, with the support of Yuwenhu, Yuwenjue ascended the throne by Zen. He called himself the king of heaven and named his country "Zhou". He honored Yuwentai as King Wen, his mother Yuanshi as queen, and his concubine Yuanhumo as queen.

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After Yu Wenjue became the King of Heaven, Yu Wenhu became the Prime Minister of Otsuka, and all military and political power was actually in his hands.

Because Yu Wenhu was domineering, some senior ministers were dissatisfied with him.

Taifu Zhao Gui conspired to assassinate Yu Wenhu and discussed it with Taibao Duguxin. Duguxin stopped him but did not report him.

Later, someone reported this matter, and Yuwenhu killed Zhao Gui on charges of treason. Duguxin was also dismissed from office and was sentenced to death soon after.

Although Yu Wenjue was not yet an adult, he also wanted to govern himself.

Dissatisfied with Yu Wenhu, ministers Li Zhi, Army Commander Sun Heng, Gong Bo Yifu Feng, and He Bati saw what Yu Wenjue was thinking, so they conspired and asked Yu Wenjue to get rid of Yu Wenhu.

Yu Wenjue agreed in his heart, but did not dare to act rashly.

Therefore, a group of warriors were recruited to teach martial arts in the royal garden and practice the art of capturing and binding.

In August of that year, this group was afraid of being single and weak, so Li Zhi went to recruit the palace uncle Zhang Guangluo to join the group.

Zhang Guangluo secretly reported the secret to Yuwen Hu. Yuwen Hu knew that these people could not succeed, so he did not kill them. He only demoted Li Zhi, the leader, to the governor of Liangzhou, and Sun Heng to the governor of Tongzhou.

Yi Fufeng, who was beside Yu Wenjue, was afraid that over time, his idea of ​​getting rid of Yu Wenhu would come to naught, so he stepped up his plans and prepared for Yu Wenjue to host a royal banquet to entertain the ministers and take the opportunity to get rid of Yu Wenhu.

This matter was reported to Zhang Guangluo again.

Yu Wenhu immediately summoned He Lanxiang of Zhuguo and Yuchi Gang to discuss countermeasures.

He Lanxiang and others persuaded Yuwenhu to depose Yuwenjue and kill his accomplices.

At that time, Yuchi Gang was in charge of the Imperial Army, so it was easy to do.

Yuwenhu sent Yuchigang into the palace and informed Yifufeng and others to discuss state affairs. When they arrived, they were captured alive one by one.

Then he ordered the removal of the palace guards. Yuwenjue realized that the situation was not good, so he ordered the palace maids and eunuchs to use weapons to defend themselves. Yuwenhu sent He Lanxiang to force Yuwenjue to abdicate and deposed him as Duke Lueyang.

First he killed Yi Fufeng, Sun Heng and others, and a month later Yu Wenjue was also killed at the age of sixteen.

Yu Wenyu's eyes fell on the memorial, but his mind was thinking about Yu Wenhu.

The third brother is a smart man, but he is too impatient. Yu Wen protects power and supports the opposition. How can his foundation be pulled out in one day?

Yu Wenyu doesn’t want to follow the same path as his third brother.

Yu Wenyu put down his ink brush and gently rubbed his temples. Although he was almost thirty years old, he still felt that he still lacked a lot in terms of Qi nourishing skills.

In this regard, he admired his fourth brother Yuwen Yong.

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There is a ten-year age difference between the two, but the seventeen-year-old Yu Wenyong is much more mature than his brother.

How to deal with the conflict with Yu Wenhu has also been a headache for him recently.

Yu Wenhu has shown his dissatisfaction with him from all aspects.

Yu Wenhu can attack his third brother Yu Wenjue, and he can also poison him, Yu Wenyu.

His ambitious but sinister cousin is capable of anything.

When Yu Wenyu was lost in thought, Yu Wenhu asked to see him.

He said he was asking for a meeting, but it was just a formality. Yu Wenyu didn't dare not to see him.

After Yu Wenhu met Yu Wenyu, he still abided by his status as a courtier and saluted. He didn't want others to see that he had gone too far.

"Is Da Zaizuka here?" Yu Wenyu looked at the word "forbearance" he had written with satisfaction and said casually.

"Well, see your Majesty!"

"Brother, aren't you still angry with me because of what happened here?"

Last month, when the Chongyang Pavilion was completed, Yu Wenyu summoned the generals, ministers, officials and Turkic envoys in Fanglin Garden, and rewarded him with a large amount of money and silk.

This greatly violated Yu Wenhu's original intention. He believed that the national power of the Zhou Dynasty was weak, and he wanted to use the money and silk in places where it was more needed, such as military supplies, food and grass on the borders of Zhou and Qi. However, he was not allowed to do so.

The fire in the belly.

After hearing Yu Wenyu's words, the muscles on his face couldn't help but twitch, and he stared at Yu Wenyu without saying a word.

Yu Wenyu smiled and asked: "What? Are you really still angry?"

Yu Wenhu bowed slightly and said loudly: "Yes! Your Majesty, Daqi in the east is eyeing us now, and Dachen in the south is mostly an old minister of Nanliang. They are eager to take Jiangling back. At this time, Your Majesty spends money and silk to reward ministers.

I think this move is inappropriate!"

"Alas, brother, you have misunderstood me!" Yu Wenyu sighed, with a faint green light shining in his eyes, "Don't think that only the Qi and Chen dynasties are our enemies. The Turks in the north also have to be on guard. If they are

If you stab us in the back, if nothing else, Chang'an will not be saved, right?"

Yu Wenhu thought for a while and sneered: "What are the Turks? My cavalry of Dazhou are not as strong as them! These reckless men are just looking at our money, silk and women, and one day I will ask him to look at mine

Color!"

Yu Wenyu chuckled and said: "Brother, you also know that although I am the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, I still have to rely on you for military and national affairs. I just sent some small money to those officials, generals, officials, and Turkic envoys

, isn’t it just for the Turkic envoys to see, let them see how rich we are in Zhou Dynasty?”

"By the way, I also want you to take those Turkic envoys to have a good look at our Zhou soldiers and horses!"

"Also, Da Qi sent someone here, and the conditions they proposed were extremely rude, and they even brought out Madam Yan to suppress me! I just pretended to be confused because Madam Yan was my brother's biological mother, so I couldn't break up with them."

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Yuwenhu couldn't help being stunned. Before the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, Yuwenhu's mother Yan Ji was kidnapped by the Qi Dynasty and has not been returned yet.

Although Yu Wenhu was vicious, he was extremely filial to his mother. He deeply regretted that he could not welcome his old mother back to Chang'an to serve her.

Yu Wenyu's words undoubtedly touched the weakest part of his heart.

After a long while, Yuwen Hucai said: "Your Majesty, where is the envoy of Da Qi now?"

Yu Wenyu seemed to be overwhelmed with emotion and said: "He left a long time ago! I told him that as long as we don't split the land and divide the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, as for the money, silk and property, they can just mention the number, and I will agree to it!"<

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"Mrs. Yan is my brother's mother, and she is my mother. Which of us sons doesn't want to be able to serve our mother in her old age?"

Yu Wenhu secretly clenched his fists. What Yu Wenyu said was clear and logical, but why didn't he tell me about the important event of the Daqi envoy arriving in Chang'an?

As long as you can bring your mother back, a few cities are nothing!

Yu Wenyu didn't allow me to see Da Qi's envoy, so there must be some shady activities involved.

How can this kind of behavior not make people feel chilling?

Do you really think that since you sit on the throne of this emperor, I have to be at your mercy?

For a moment, Yu Wenhu felt murderous intent in his heart...