Compared with the listless Zhao Hongrun and Gao He, Zhao Yuanyan, who will be nearly sixty next year, is full of energy at this moment.

"Second uncle, you look... good today."

Zhao Hongrun said haha.

"Thank you for your majesty's blessing." Zhao Yuanyan cupped his hands and smiled, and then said: "The conversation last night lasted about a hundred years ago..."

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun was shocked and quickly interrupted: "Second uncle, we will go to court early in the morning. How about leaving the remaining hundred years to the future?"

"This..." Zhao Yuanyan frowned slightly, then squeezed out a smile on his face and said against his will: "It doesn't matter if I delay the morning meeting..."

"..."

Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but widen his eyes. His second uncle, who had always been upright and upright, would actually say "It doesn't matter if I delay the morning meeting"?

Oh my God! Could it be that the sun is coming out in the west?

However, after thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun understood that his second uncle was determined to dispel his intention to move the capital. To this end, he did not hesitate to break his own principles and actually 'instigated' the new king not to attend the morning court.

In fact, in the final analysis, it is because Zhao Yuanyan knows very well: today's morning court meeting must be to discuss the matter of moving the capital. Once this matter is discussed in the court, then what he says will not have as much weight as it does now.

After all, he is a member of the Zongfu. Logically speaking, he has no right to interfere in national affairs. He can only use other methods to make the young new king in front of him change his mind. For example, like yesterday, he played the emotional card and told this person

As a young monarch, this Daliang City carries the laughter and tears of his Zhao family for generations. I hope it will be effective.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun also wanted to understand that if he could not convince the second uncle now, then it would be impossible for him to obtain purity in the future.

Therefore, after inviting Zhao Yuanyan to sit down, Zhao Hongrun took the lead in taking the initiative.

He decided to take the initiative.

"Second uncle, remembering the achievements of our ancestors can certainly encourage us and other descendants, but as the saying goes, this time and that time are not the same... There is no harm in being honest. I do prefer to move the capital, but this is not the case.

Abandon the ancestral system and tradition, but to make the Wei Dynasty more powerful!... Second uncle, how about you listen to my opinion first?"

Zhao Yuanyan thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, please give me your instructions. I am all ears."

Instructing the eunuch Gao He to send someone to bring tea, Zhao Hongrun said seriously: "In my opinion, the war from last year to this year not only allowed me, the Great Wei, to take the position of overlord of the Central Plains, but also gave me the Great Wei

Opportunities for development... In this battle, the war between South Korea and Qin has not yet ended.

ended, and the war between Chu and Qilu is also in the ongoing stage. For now, all countries have stagnated in national strength due to the war. Only Wei, the great Wei, has withdrawn from the war early and can devote its energy to domestic affairs as soon as possible.

In my opinion, this opportunity is very rare for the construction and development of the country.”

"Old minister seconded the proposal." Zhao Yuanyan cupped his hands and said, "But to cultivate one's health, it may not be necessary to move the capital..."

"No! It's necessary!" Interrupting Zhao Yuanyan's words, Zhao Hongrun said seriously: "That day, Master Li Liang mentioned in the morning meeting that Yingshui County and Liang County have almost entered the saturation stage. Unless the local nobles and noble families,

The wealthy gentry are willing to give up the land in their hands, otherwise, the New Deal that the court is planning to implement will not be able to be implemented... The New Deal must be implemented

It can be done, and I will spare no effort to implement it. Anyone who obstructs the implementation of the New Deal, regardless of their identity, will be punished!... If the capital is not moved and the court cannot get enough land to implement the New Deal, then the only choice is to punish the nobles.

, the family took action and ordered them to spit out the land they had annexed. I don’t think you, second uncle, want to see that kind of scene."

"..." Zhao Yuanyan remained silent.

It is true that the new king in front of him is very respectful to him, but everyone knows that this majesty has always been true to his word. If he really decides to rectify the nobles and noble families in the country, in Zhao Yuanyan's view, this will be a disaster.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun continued: "Looking at Sanchuan, Hexi, and Hetao, there are many fields that have not been cultivated until now. If the capital is moved to the Luocheng area, I can temporarily tolerate the land annexation by the nobles in Yingshui County and Liang County.

...Other than that, I can't think of a third way out. If my second uncle has any better suggestions, I'll accept them humbly, otherwise..."

He didn't say any more, he just shook his head with a troubled expression on his face.

After a long silence, Zhao Yuanyan left with regret, because he really couldn't think of any better way.

Seeing the second uncle leave with a disappointed look on his face, Zhao Hongrun felt a little unbearable.

But there was no way. As the king of the Wei State, his priority was the interests of the country. Although Daliang was indeed the royal capital of the Wei State for more than a hundred years, for the further development of the country, the capital had to be moved.

On the same day, before going to the morning court, Zhao Hongrun first visited Chui Gong Hall and asked Jie Ziyu to visit Zhao Yuanyan at the Zongfu on his behalf to further persuade the latter. After all, judging from Zhao Yuanyan's attitude when he left just now, the second

Bo looked very disappointed, which made Zhao Hongrun a little uneasy.

After all, Zhao Yuanyan is also an old man in his late sixties. For an old man of this age, the depressed mood is likely to make him fall ill and die.

Zhao Hongrun didn't want his uncles and elders from the previous generation to pass away one by one.

"I will leave this matter to Wei Chen. After the morning court, Wei Chen will go to visit Prince Yan." Jie Ziyu accepted the matter confidently.

On the same day, during the so-called morning court meeting that had been postponed to the afternoon, the minister of the inner court, Jie Ziyu, mentioned the matter of moving the capital in the court meeting.

After hearing this, all the officials in the court fell into silence and looked around at the attitudes of other ministers in the palace.

Obviously, the news of the capital relocation leaked out, and these ministers had already learned about the capital relocation.

However, as courtiers, these ministers can do everything to put the interests of the country first. What's more, Jie Zitu's strategy of moving the capital can indeed effectively improve the current uneven distribution of land in the country. Therefore, no one proposed it.

What objection.

Of course, not objecting does not mean that these ministers support moving the capital. It is not directed at Jie Zizi or anyone else. The key point is that the Sanchuan County area is too backward. There is only one Luocheng that can be put on the table, and it is also a city full of people.

Luocheng was home to a large number of Sichuan residents and a mixture of dragons and snakes, which made the ministers deeply worried about the prospects of the new capital.

In comparison, it was the nobles and family forces in Yingshui County, especially Liang County, who later became more vocal in their opposition.

However, on that day, the imperial court finally made a decision. According to Jie Ziu's words, the news of the capital relocation was first released to encourage the people of Yingshui County to move to Sanchuan, so as to alleviate the problem of too many people and little land in Yingshui County.

As for the exact date of moving the capital, we will wait until the new capital is built in Luocheng.

A rough estimate shows that the exact date of moving the capital may take at least three to five years.

Of course, before that, Zhao Hongrun had to say hello to the Sichuan-Luo Alliance and see if the leaders of the Sichuan people were willing to fund the construction of a new capital for the imperial court. Otherwise, everything would be in vain. After all, the current Wei State was about to vigorously expand.

In domestic construction, it is impossible to spend a lot of money to rebuild a royal capital.

However, it turns out that most of the leaders of the Sichuan-Luo Alliance were extremely happy about this. For example, Lu Balong, the leader of the Lun tribe, after learning about the court's intention, immediately rushed to Daliang day and night to serve as the representative of the Sichuan-Luo Alliance.

, discussed the matter with the Daliang court.

Well, he came by boat, because this former Sheang warrior, after enjoying a luxurious and comfortable life for many years, had long lost the strong body of a warrior, so that when Zhao Hongrun saw Lu Balong again,

He simply couldn't believe that the fat-bellied guy in front of him, who was dressed like a wealthy countryman from the Wei Kingdom, was actually one of the warriors of the Yi tribe who had spearheaded the fight against his Wei army.

Unexpectedly, the result of the negotiation was very smooth. Just as Jie Ziyu had judged, Lu Balong, on behalf of the Sichuan-Luo Alliance, expressed his willingness to fund the construction of a new capital for the imperial court, but as a condition, he hoped that the imperial court would grant them the title of a nobleman.

In this regard, Zhao Hongrun and the court said that there was no problem: it was just a virtual prince in name only, and using it in exchange for visible and tangible money was simply worthless.

In fact, the reason why this matter went so smoothly is inseparable from Wei State's efforts in Sanchuan County over the years. With the Ministry of Rites' sparing no effort in cultural strategy, almost 70% of the Sichuan residents in Sanchuan County are now able to

Understand the Wei language and learn to dress like the Wei people. Except that they have not abandoned their own traditions and still hold their own celebrations from time to time, the rest is not much different from the Wei people.

Therefore, it cannot be said that there is no resistance for the Sichuan people to integrate into the Wei people, but this resistance is very small.

Especially when twice the elder passes away, and when those Sichuan people who have learned Wei culture since childhood grow up, by then, the boundaries between Sichuan people and Wei people may have completely disappeared.

After some discussions, the construction site of the new capital was selected to be north of the river bank at the intersection of "Luoshui" and "Yishui", about twenty miles northwest of Luocheng. It was funded by the Sichuan-Luocheng Alliance and sponsored by

The Ministry of Industry of the imperial court was responsible for sending people to build it.
Chapter completed!