Chapter 229 Directly to Chang'an
Throughout history, the emperor has always given marriages. Luo Shixin's deeds of directly handing over the appointment letter to the emperor to propose marriages is truly unprecedented.
But Luo Shixin succeeded in one fell swoop, got Li Yuan's license and accepted the letter of appointment.
Others didn't understand the little things between Luo Shixin and Pingyang, and just thought that Li Yuan had the intention to find a husband for Pingyang. Luo Shixin's proposal happened to hit Li Yuan's heart and agreed to Luo Shixin's marriage. For a moment, all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred flocked to him.
At this time, the Tang Dynasty was not decades later. Because the Tang Dynasty was open, the princesses were arrogant and domineering. Marrying a princess was like a cuckold hanging on her head and marrying an ancestor home. At that time, all the civil and military officials and nobles of the court avoided the alien product of the princess like snakes and scorpions. However, most of the princesses in the Wude period knew how to keep themselves clean, after all, they were baptized in troubled times. Li Yuan’s children were not all not to be regarded as superior, among which the educated and well-mannered.
Moreover, Li Yuan protects his calf. Although his non-directed children receive the treatment of their children as non-directed children, they can still receive some care and love. Being able to marry a princess and become half of the Li family is indescribable to help his career.
Among the many princesses, Pingyang is the most important. As the most noble woman in the Tang Dynasty, Pingyang is not only as beautiful as a flower, as a jade, but also as a celestial fairy, but also as literary and martial. She can also fight for at least ten years less when she married her in the career of the officialdom. This kind of good thing made Luo Shixin meet, who can not be jealous?
It was also because Luo Shixin opened up this trend that the civil and military ministers who had not yet married followed suit. With a pious heart, he hired Li Yuan, intending to seek a princess to leap into the dragon gate.
Li Yuan was disturbed by a series of letters of appointment. He had to give up his harsh words. If he wanted to marry his daughter, he had to at least achieve something like Luo Shixin.
As soon as these harsh words were spoken, Li Yuan's ears immediately became closer.
Luo Shixin was undoubtedly the first young man in the Tang Dynasty. He was only twenty-two years old and was appointed as the general Shangzhu Kingdom’s special title of Duke. His achievements were almost irrepeated. Among the unmarried generation, who could be compared with Luo Shixin?
Luo Shixin was even more disliked, but he was very happy when he was happy, and ignored the jealous eyes around him. He happily came to Cui and asked her to handle the marriage matters in the name of her sister-in-law.
Cui realized that she had been in vain before. Luo Shixin quietly chased the most famous eldest princess, the heroine of the Tang Dynasty. He was amazed at the ability of his little brother. He also helped him hold a wedding with great enthusiasm. His brother married the highest-ranking woman in the Tang Dynasty. She, who was a mother, felt that the wedding should be more grand.
Ancient customs were complicated, and royal etiquette was not tolerated at all. Although the topics were all about marriage, it would still take one or two months to get married. So after Luo Shixin asked Cui to take over the wedding arrangements, he rushed to the Tianjie Army as expected, and taught Su Dingfang the new Modao Formation and joined the training.
The Modao Formation is indeed more suitable for large-scale Modao Army than the Modao Formation. After all, the concepts of 3,000 and 20,000 cannot be the same as those of two armies, especially when the two armies are fighting. The transformation of 20,000 cannot be as delicate as the three thousand people and as flexible as the three thousand people. Therefore, the more rigorous and rough Modao Formation is needed to achieve a smooth operation.
This Modao Array can also contain Modao Array, which can make up for the shortcomings of the rough formation. The large array is linked together and flexible and changeable, which is indeed a set of excellent tactics suitable for Modao Array. Only Li Jing in the world today can create such exquisite formations.
Luo Shixin stood on the school stage, commanding 20,000 Modao's military transformation with the order flag. Looking at the great soldiers holding the shaky Modao and Fuyuan crossbow interspersed with Ruyi in the crowd, the feeling of guiding thousands of troops really made him have a ball of flames in his chest.
One day, he will use 20,000 troops to let the Turkic children know that they are powerful!
Luo Shixin has been engaged in the training for several days, but he didn't know that there was a big quarrel in the Chang'an court.
The source of the dispute is the capital migration!
Li Yuan has always regarded Li Yuanji's capital migration as the first step in his son's growth. Although he did not take it seriously, he still listened to what he said very seriously. As a father, witnessing his son's growth is also a great pleasure.
After all, Li Yuanji is the King of Qi. Although he is brainless and reckless, he still has some talents under his command.
Through their research for a period of time, Li Yuanji also came up with some relatively reliable remarks. After hearing this, Li Yuan felt something was reasonable and was very satisfied. When discussing government affairs with Li Jiancheng, he also came out to talk to Li Jiancheng.
Li Jiancheng actually expressed his willingness to move the capital.
In addition to being surprised, Li Yuan finally faced the issue of moving the capital. Li Yuanji's words could selectively ignore many things, but he had to pay attention to the opinions of Li Jiancheng, the prince.
But Li Jiancheng's ability was slightly superior to Li Yuanji. He analyzed the convenience, but he was ten times better than Li Yuanji. He was worried about various factors and conveniences. Li Yuan was moved and decided to discuss the matter publicly in the court.
Li Yuan's intention to move the capital was like a stone, causing a thousand waves, and the entire court was in full swing.
Since ancient times, the capital has been a first-class major event, and it must be carefully considered. Li Yuan suddenly proposed without any signs, how could the civil and military officials in the court adapt? The officials above and below were not prepared, and there was no in-depth understanding. They were all superficial opinions that had no time to think carefully, which made the court like a vegetable market, and they were full of arguments.
"You listen to the prince's opinion!" Li Yuan heard that he was one of the top two, and directly stopped the quarrel and kicked Li Jiancheng out.
The noisy court suddenly became silent, and everyone looked at the prince of the Tang Dynasty who was below and above ten thousand people.
Li Jiancheng stood up calmly under the gaze of the crowd, bowed to all directions, "Zhang Zifang, who had been in the Han Dynasty for four hundred years, said, 'Luoyang has Chenggao in the east, Wuhe in the west, and towards Yiluo, and his solidity is also worthy of dependence." Liu Hou said, "Although Luoyang has this solidity, it is small in the middle, only a few hundred miles, with thin fields and enemies on all sides. This is not a country that uses martial arts. Guanzhong has a left-handed Han, the right-handed Longshu, and the fertile field is thousands of miles, Bashu in the south, and Huyuan in the north, which blocks three sides.
But defending the princes, one side of the east, controls the princes. The princes are stable, and the rivers and Wei can transport the world to the capital, and the west is given to the capital; the princes change and go downstream, which is enough to give in to the capital. This is the so-called Jincheng thousands of miles away, and the country is the country of Tianfu. Therefore, the center of the world is between Chang'an and Luoyang. From the Western Zhou Dynasty, China has a two-capital system. My Tang Dynasty also followed it, using Chang'an as the capital and Luoyang as the capital. However, after these years of development, Guanzhong is really worthy of the title of Tianfu."
He paused, looked at the Chinese civil and military officials in the court, and said loudly: "In the past, Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, raised the world with Guanzhong and fought against Xiang Yu, and finally unified the world. Although our Tang Dynasty also gained a foothold from Guanzhong, it relied on the support of Hedong Taiyuan in terms of economic and material resources. Without Hedong Taiyuan, our Tang Dynasty would not have the grand occasion today. Why was Liu Bang able to support the world with Guanzhong, and our Tang Dynasty occupied Guanzhong, but he had to rely on Hedong Taiyuan?"
The ministers fell into deep thoughts one after another.
Li Jiancheng said the fact that Guanzhong is indeed not a country of Heavenly Prefecture. The Tang Dynasty was able to obtain the world by the soldiers of Guanzhong and the money, grain and property of Taiyuan in the northwest and east of Hebei. Therefore, when Li Yuanji lost his important land, the Tang Dynasty was in an instant and fell into a danger of life and death. Thanks to Li Shimin's order in the face of danger, Liu Wuzhou was wiped out in one fell swoop and saved the defeat.
"In my opinion, there are the following points!" Li Jiancheng said incessantly: "First, the population is too large, which has caused great damage to the land in Guanzhong. Second, the climate changes have caused frequent disasters. Third, the transportation is extremely inconvenient, and it is difficult for both north and south to enter Guanzhong. Fourth, the Turks in the north are too close, and the Turks hold the portal of our Tang Dynasty. When they enter and exit the territory of our Tang Dynasty, they are like entering a deserted land, which poses too great a threat to Chang'an. From these four points, Jiancheng feels that Chang'an is not suitable to be the capital of our Tang Dynasty."
Regardless of the proposal to move the capital to Nanyang, Li Jiancheng's four factors directly point to the shortcomings of Chang'an.
First: The excessive population has caused great damage to the land in Guanzhong.
This is a fact. Chang'an has been the center of economy and culture since the Qin Dynasty. Its population is always higher than other cities, and it has a huge demand for land. After ploughing one piece of land, it has been ploughing for hundreds of years, and its nutrition is no longer as good as before.
Second, climate changes lead to frequent disasters.
The same is true, and this also complements the first point. Because of the large population and insufficient land, we can only reclaim forest wastelands, constantly reclaim and excessive reclaim. After hundreds of years, the ecological balance was completely destroyed, so that the climate was impermanent and disasters were repeated. In the past, the eight waters surrounded Chang'an, and the eight waters moistened Guanzhong and nourished the world no longer existed.
Third, transportation is extremely inconvenient, and it is difficult to enter Guanzhong whether it is north or south.
Still the same as above, Guanzhong is no longer self-sufficient in terms of food and food resources, and needs to be transported and fed through Jiangnan and Bashu. The food in Bashu needs to pass through Shu Road, and the difficulty of Shu Road is self-evident. Jiangnan is even thousands of miles away, and needs to go upstream through the canal transport to Luoyang, and then enter Guanzhong through Sanmenxia. The manpower, financial and material resources consumed in this should be counted astronomical numbers.
Fourth, the Turks are a problem. The most important thing to do in Guanzhong is safety. It surrounds four blocks and has many blocks of large and small blocks, controlling the entry and exit channels in several main directions in Guanzhong area. You can defend yourself when you go out, and you can make progress when you go out.
Now the gateway of the Tang Dynasty, the controller of the Turkic leader, comes whenever you want, and leaves whenever you want. Maybe when you wake up that day, like Li Shimin later, the Turkic army is heading straight to the city of Chang'an. The capital is so dangerous that it is reasonable to move the capital to ensure safety.
Li Jiancheng has four points, the facts are there, and he points directly to Chang'an! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!