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The sky curtain continued to play the next ancient capital.

【The next is Luoyang. 】

【Luoyang is located at the confluence of the Yellow River and the Luo River. 】

[It is located in the east of the city and has the natural barrier of Hulao Pass, while in the west it controls the ancient Xiaohan Road.]

【It is the "center of the world" designated by "Shangshu·Yu Gong". 】

[From the succession of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties to the establishment of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, this city has carried more than 1500 years of capital history. ]

【It is the ancient capital with the longest time span in Chinese history. 】

[What are the advantages of Luoyang as the capital? 】

[First, the Heluo Plain where it is located is a vast expanse of fertile land, providing unique conditions for agricultural production and the foundation for the people to live and work in peace and contentment and the country to prosper.]

[One Luoyang can support a large population! 】

[Provide a large amount of taxes and manpower to the capital of the empire. ]

【Compared to Chang'an, Luoyang's greater advantage lies in transportation. 】

【The Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties was centered in Luoyang, reaching Zhuojun in the north and Yuhang in the south. 】

[In that era when transportation was not well developed, the Grand Canal was like a golden waterway, connecting the economic veins of the north and the south. ]

[The annual grain transport volume reached up to 400 million shi! ]

[This huge transportation volume ensures the supply of materials to the capital. ]

[According to the inscribed bricks unearthed from the Hanjia Granary Site in the Tang Dynasty, a single granary could store 50 jin of grain! ]

[This is enough to prove the important position of Luoyang as a material transportation and storage center at that time. ]

【From a cultural perspective, Luoyang’s status as a cultural hub is unshakable. 】

【During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Imperial College flourished in Luoyang and became the cultural and educational center of the time. 】

【As the first place where Buddhism was introduced, White Horse Temple witnessed the great translation of Buddhist scriptures by the Indian monks Shemoteng and Zhu Falan. 】

【Luoyang during the Northern Wei Dynasty also had brilliant architectural achievements. 】

[The ruins of the Yongning Temple Pagoda in the Northern Wei Dynasty show that this wooden pagoda is 147 meters high, nearly three times higher than the Yingxian Wooden Pagoda! It can be called an architectural miracle at the time! ]

[Unfortunately, it was destroyed by lightning and fire, leaving only the ruins for future generations to pay tribute to. ]

[However, although Luoyang has many advantages as a capital, it also has fatal flaws! ]

【Luoyang is located in a place where enemies are stationed on all sides. If you are rich, you can conquer the world. If you are poor, you will be attacked from all directions! 】

[Throughout history, this defect has brought disaster to Luoyang many times.]

[At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo burned down Luoyang in order to avoid the attack of the Guandong coalition forces. "No one was left within 200 miles." The once prosperous capital was instantly reduced to ruins, and the people were displaced and suffered terribly. ]

[During the Yongjia Rebellion, the Xiongnu Han Zhao Liu Yao burned Luoyang, broke through the city, and abducted the Jin Emperor. ]

[Historical records show that "over 30,000 officials and common people died", and Luoyang suffered heavy damage again. ]

Sima Guang of the Northern Song Dynasty sighed: "If you want to know about the rise and fall of ancient and modern times, please just look at Luoyang City."

[After the Jingkang Incident, this thousand-year-old imperial capital completely withdrew from the center stage of history, and was only briefly used as a secondary capital during the Jin and Yuan dynasties.]

The barrage was also discussing Luoyang.

《The Divine Capital Luoyang! 》

"The old tree roots beside Luoyang City extend like memories."

"What a pity for Luoyang. If it were still the capital, Luoyang people could have collected rent without doing anything."

"When it was prosperous, Luoyang was well connected; but when it was declining, Luoyang was attacked from all sides. "

"So Luoyang was suitable for the prosperity of the dynasty, with convenient transportation and control over all directions. When the dynasty declined, Luoyang was no longer suitable and needed to retreat to Xi'an. "

"I am in China and I want to rule all nations! If I were the emperor, I would stay in Luoyang."

"People in Luoyang: Your emperor comes to beg for food again."

"As a capital city, Xi'an was basically in a period of expansion and rise. When it reached its peak, it was replaced by Luoyang, and then it collapsed not long after. Haha."

"I can only say that Luoyang is getting worse and worse, and it is now a prefecture-level city."

And in the Han Dynasty.

Liu Che frowned deeply.

The city of Luoyang will decline, withdraw from the capital's stage, and even be destroyed.

All of this was within Liu Che's imagination.

After all, all good things must come to an end.

If Chang'an declines, Luoyang will naturally decline as well.

But what Liu Che cared about was.

The sky curtain actually mentioned a Huns regime.

They actually broke into the Central Plains?

They captured Luoyang, the capital of later dynasties.

This was too much for Liu Che to bear.

"What's going on? Not only were the Xiongnu not defeated, they even counterattacked and entered the Central Plains."

"Is the Jin Dynasty of later generations really so weak?"

"Logically speaking, a dynasty that is qualified to establish its capital in Luoyang should not be too weak."

"The Jin Dynasty, wouldn't it be the worst dynasty in Chinese history?"

……

And in the Western Jin Dynasty.

Sima Yan was already sweating profusely.

Although the Jin Dynasty was a unified dynasty, the border troubles were very serious in the northern and northwest regions of the empire, and Sima Yan was naturally very clear about this.

Especially the Xianbei and Qiang people in the northwest were causing great trouble.

Sima Yan almost wanted to give up the Liangzhou area.

But who would have thought that the Huns, who had always been relatively low-key, would become the gravediggers of the Jin Dynasty?

"Could it be Liu Yuan?"

Sima Yan looked into the distance with suspicion, and couldn't help but think of his previous conversations with Liu Yuan.

have to say,

Liu Yuan was indeed a talented man, and Sima Yan admired him very much.

"A talented Hun, could it be him?"

Sima Yan almost immediately wanted to order people to arrest Liu Yuan.

However, they were also worried that this move would directly stimulate the Huns to rebel.

After all, the troubles with the Qiang and Xianbei people in the northwest have not been completely resolved.

What if the Huns also started making trouble?

Then the entire northern part of the Jin Dynasty would be in chaos.

"We need to think about this matter in the long run."

Canopy.

【The third is Beijing, the legendary capital that transformed from a military fortress to the heart of the empire. 】

【Beijing's geographical structure can be called a place chosen by heaven. 】

【It is at the junction of agriculture and animal husbandry. 】

[It spans the transition zone between the Yanshan Mountains and the North China Plain, relying on the dangers of the mountains in the north and the advantages of the plains in the south. ]

【This land, called "Jicheng" during the Warring States Period, underwent three transformations: Liao Nanjing, Jin Zhongdu, and Yuan Dadu. 】

【It eventually became the political center that ruled the world during the Ming and Qing dynasties.】

[And starting from the Xianbei, especially after the Tang Dynasty, the main direction of the northern border enemies also changed from northwest to northeast. ]

【It further enhances Beijing’s military value.】

【So Beijing, which once seemed remote and unsuitable as the capital of a unified dynasty,

[On the contrary, it became the only choice for a unified dynasty after the Tang Dynasty. ]

【Especially the northern ethnic minorities, after they established a unified dynasty. 】

[It is necessary to control the vast traditional Han territory, while maintaining control over the northern homeland, and to find a way out in case the situation is unfavorable.]

【So building Beijing City became inevitable. 】

[The Yuan Dynasty scientist Guo Shoujing opened the Baifuquan water diversion project, which created a wonder of grain transport on the Tonghui River with boats blocking the water. The Jishuitan Wharf handled up to one million shi of grain per year.]

[Emperor Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty spared no expense and spent 14 years to build the Forbidden City. ]

[The gold bricks used to pave the three main halls alone needed to be stored in the Lumu kiln in Suzhou and dried in the shade for seven years before they could take shape.]

[As a major military town, its defense system is a model of ancient military engineering. ]

【Juyongguan, Gubeikou and Shanhaiguan formed a three-dimensional defense line. 】

【Logistics supply has created a two-pronged approach. 】

【The Grand Canal and maritime transport complement each other. 】

【But Beijing itself is a fortress behind the border. 】

【But as the country's power declined, Beijing was no longer a border; it became a border. 】

【At this time, Beijing in the Ming Dynasty was in great danger. 】

[Originally, the emperor guarded Beijing and the country's gate. ]

[As a result, he was forced to passively become the emperor guarding the country's gate. ]

tomorrow.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw Beijing on the sky.

Especially when Ming Chengzu Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing.

I wasn't angry this time.

Instead, he was seriously considering the relocation of the Ming Dynasty's capital.

"It is said that the King of Jinling has enough energy to protect the world forever."

"But we also understand that if it was the newly established Ming Dynasty, it would be no problem to make Nanjing the capital."

"But now, perhaps the Ming Dynasty really needs to move its capital to Beiping to guard against the evil ambitions of the Mongols and the Jurchens."

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang had previously considered moving the capital to Beiping to strengthen control over the north and military suppression outside the Great Wall.

It’s just that it has never been formally proposed before.

Now seeing the sky, I am naturally more excited.

The Crown Prince Zhu Biao, who was standing aside, naturally understood what his father was thinking.

He flipped open a book and saw the words on it, "Father, if the capital is moved to Beiping, more than half of the 4 million dan of grain transported across the dangerous Yellow River will be lost in shipwrecks."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

"If we want to move, we have to wait until the canal is dredged."

"This matter will be discussed in the long term."

"But the further expansion of Beiping can be started ahead of schedule."

"With Beiping as the guardian, there will be no chaos on the northern grasslands!" (End of this chapter)