Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 205 Tokyo Luoyang
If you want to truly understand Yang Lihua's influence, you must first figure out how much she is valued.

When Yang Jian was in power, needless to say, Yang Lihua was the one whom no one dared to provoke, even Dugu Jialuo gave way to the eldest daughter, let alone others?

A princess has no rights of her own, and her influence comes from years of accumulation.

Yang Guang is her own younger brother, although Yang Yong doesn't have the deep relationship with her, but Yang Jun and Yang Xiu can't match her.

This involves a question of time spent together. Yang Guang is the second child, eight years younger than Yang Lihua. It can be said that when Yang Guang was young, his eldest sister took care of him.

When the third child, Yang Jun, was two years old, Yang Lihua was already married. The fourth child, Yang Xiu, had just been born, and Yang Lihua had already left home, let alone the fifth child, Yang Liang.

Because of Yang Lihua's special status, the five sons and five daughters of Yang Jian and his wife all looked up to Yang Lihua, so Yang Guang loved his elder sister very much since he was very young, and this feeling has continued until now.

So Yang Ming knew very well that as long as his father was in power for a day, Yang Lihua's influence would remain the same.

Whipping Yang Yue, Yang Guang doesn't care about small things.

In the following days, Yang Ming heard that his father Yang Guang granted Yang Lihua the privilege of entering and leaving the palace at will, so that she could visit the fourth and fifth children who were still alive.

Right now, these two people do not pose the slightest threat to Yang Guang.

The new year was approaching, and there were more than 60 participants in the court meeting on this day, among which the Ministry of Industry was the most. In addition to the Minister of Shangshu, the chief officials and subordinate officials of the four departments of the Ministry of Industry, Tuntian, Yu, and Water Departments all came.

When Yang Jian was in power, he once mentioned the need to rebuild Luoyang, and Yang Guang also mentioned it when he was the prince.

The topic of today's court meeting is also to repair Luoyang, but this time it is different from the previous ones.
This time, Yang Guang proposed the term "Tokyo" for the first time.

In other words, he intends to build Luoyang into the eastern capital of the Sui Dynasty and the political, cultural and economic hub of the Central Plains of the Sui Dynasty.

Those who oppose it will go to sea.

Why object?Because once Luoyang becomes the capital, it will inevitably weaken the influence of the Guanzhong Group.

Although many clans in the Central Plains still belong to the Guanzhong Group, such as the Luoyang Yuan clan, Luoyang Changsun clan, Luoyang Dugu clan, and Xingyang Zheng clan, everyone agrees that the Guanzhong region is where the Dragon Vessel of the Sui Dynasty is located, and it is not suitable for changes, which will lead to dragons and dragons. gas loss.

Luoyang can be repaired, but the capital cannot be established.

What everyone is arguing about is the word "Dingdu".

For a while, there were many discussions in the court, and the ministers whispered to each other.
"Did your Highness hear the news in advance?" Gao Jiong leaned over and asked in a low voice.

Yang Ming shook his head: "I'm just like you, I just found out."

"Then do you oppose or support?" Gao Jiong asked again.

Yang Ming thought for a while: "Support."

"Why?" Gao Jiong asked.

Yang Ming smiled: "What can we do if we object? If Emperor Father has already made up his mind, can we resist it?"

"If it is inappropriate, we still have to advise, this is the duty of a courtier," Gao Jiong said with a frown.

Yang Ming smiled and said, "Take your time and see what everyone says."

There was a lot of noise in the hall, and Gao Ye, who was a servant, signaled everyone to be quiet, and if he had any opinions, he raised them one by one.

Yang Guang is on the high throne, expressionless.

Ander Wang Yang Xiong was the first to stand up and said:
"Your Majesty Rongchen reports."

Yang Guang nodded and said, "Since it's a matter of discussion, we should say everything."

Yang Xiong cupped his hands and said: "The former emperor made great achievements in Guanzhong, overlooking the land of Kyushu, the Turks in the north, the Western Regions in the west, and the land of the Southern Barbarians. They all proclaimed their vassals. It took only 21 years for the capital to be built. The aura of the emperor, the situation of accumulating mountains and rivers, the career of becoming a king, Luoyang is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and it was the residence of the former Wei Yuan family, how can it be compared with Daxing?"

As soon as these words came out, the surname Yuan of the Chaotang was not happy, our hometown is in Luoyang, why did we become a dog?

Don't forget, the capital of my Great Wei Dynasty was in Luoyang at that time. At that time, there was no Daxing, and Chang'an was nothing.

Yang Guang nodded, and said: "I want to establish a capital, but it is actually a companion capital. It cannot be compared with Daxing. You don't have to worry about which is more important. Daxing is the place where my Yang family established a business and will never change."

Yang Xiong said again: "Your Majesty will rebuild Luoyang, and I fully support it. It's just a matter of setting up the capital, which is of great importance and needs to be discussed in the long run."

This time, Yang Guang didn't say anything, but turned his attention to Pei Ju:
"Shiji told the ministers to clear up their doubts."

As soon as these words came out, everyone knew that Pei Ju had known about this for a long time, and he was in favor of establishing the capital.

Pei Ju stood up and said slowly:

"This time the King of Han rebelled, and the Shandong area (east of the Taihang Mountains) responded to many people. Although our king's division has moved eastward, the rebellion has not disappeared. The capital is located in the hinterland of Guanzhong, and it is beyond our reach. However, our elites of the Sui Dynasty are all in Guanzhong. If in the future Shandong is in great chaos again, so why don't we still transfer troops from Guanzhong?"

"There are not a few princes in the court who have military exploits in their hands. You should know that far away water is difficult to solve near fire. If the king of Qin hadn't driven straight in and seized the opportunity to capture the anti king Yang Liang in the chaos of Bingzhou, once the war was delayed, the rebels in Hebei and Shandong Do you think Luoyang is important if you sit down and enter the Central Plains and Guanzhong to intimidate the capital?"

Wei Chong stood up, frowned and said, "To the southeast of my capital, there is a natural danger at Tongguan, so the rebels from the Central Plains will come in as soon as they want?"

Pei Ju smiled and said: "The history books are alarming. There are too many people who entered the Guanzhong from the Central Plains. The Shangshu should know."

Wei Chong retorted: "I, a child of Guanzhong, is the elite of the world. I can't stop it. How can I compare with those stupid people in the history books?".

What he said was obviously a bit of nonsense. Big men like Yang Su and Gao Jiong who had experienced battles naturally knew that there is no place in the world that cannot be conquered.

Once the Central Plains is lost, Guanzhong can't even be self-sufficient in food, and how long it can resist is a question.

Pei Ju was too lazy to refute Wei Chong, then looked at Yang Su and said:
"During the Kaihuang period, there was a severe drought in Guanzhong. The first emperor led the people in Guanzhong to leave Tongguan to Luoyang for food. The past is vivid in my memory. The Central Plains area is the world's granary. Your Majesty's move to establish the capital is also to stabilize Guanzhong and re-establish the capital for the capital. For an east barrier, Duke Yue should understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts."

Of course Yang Su knew this, so he agreed to rebuild Luoyang, but the establishment of the capital would be too involved.

Now that the capital is established, the emperor will naturally go there. Although he will not stay in the Central Plains all year round, it will definitely affect the structure of the court.

For example, if the emperor moved to the Eastern Capital, a group of officials would be taken away from Daxing, and a group of officials would be left behind, and these people who remained would inevitably become more and more alienated from the emperor, so they would not be reused.

Those who were taken away were all from Guanzhong, and they were unwilling to leave home so far.

After the emperor lived in Luoyang, he would inevitably recruit some officials to deal with government affairs, which would lead to the rise of aristocratic families in the Central Plains and even Shandong, threatening the Guanzhong clan.

This is a conflict of interests. Whoever gets close to the emperor will benefit. This is a truth that everyone understands.

Yang Su was extremely clever, but he still didn't expect that Yang Guang's original intention was to gradually change the situation in Guanzhong and support other regions.

The Sui Dynasty belonged to people from Guanzhong, and this idea is deeply rooted in Yang Su.

But he knew Yang Guang well, and knew what Yang Guang believed, and no one else could change it.

So Yang Su nodded: "The minister agrees to designate Luoyang as Tokyo."

I'm too old to argue with the emperor on such a big matter. Let's talk about the future.

Whether he agrees or disagrees, it doesn't matter much anyway, because there are too many people who oppose it.

At this time, Yang Guang turned his attention to Yang Ming. He hoped that his son, who was always full of scheming, might have something surprising to say.

"Can my son have something to say?"

"I agree with Luoyang as Tokyo!" Yang Ming said without hesitation.

Yang Guang smiled and said, "Speak!"

Yang Ming took a deep breath and said, "Just now King An De once said that my Great Sui king's career of hegemony was accomplished in Guanzhong, and my ministers deeply agree with it. However, my Great Sui owns the land of Kyushu and the world. Could it be possible to rule the world from Guanzhong?"

"The army led by Li Jing is still strangling the rebels in Shandong. The front army reported that it would take only 20 days to reach the capital at the fastest. When we got the news, the situation ahead had changed, and the court's response was bound to be slow."

"There is an old saying that the man who built the capital, first, the situation is dangerous and solid; Zhenfu Shandong, majestic south of the Yangtze River, take this as Tokyo, Daxing should rest easy."

For a while, the hall was silent.

The reason why no one stood up to refute Yang Ming was because they believed that the emperor Yang Guang had made up his mind, otherwise he would not have allowed King Qin to come forward to suppress them.

This is the role of Yang Ming in the court.

This is also the reason why Yang Guang was eager to let Yang Ming establish his prestige.

Yang Ming was in favor of naming Luoyang as Tokyo. Now it is called Tokyo, and it will be called Dongdu in five years.

China's geographical situation has created Luoyang's inherent advantages.

To the west of Luoyang, there are continuous and criss-crossing mountains, and to the east is the gentle North China Plain.

Those who have read the map of China's mountains will know that the whole of China is high in the west and low in the east. Only the Sichuan Basin, the North China Plain, the Northeast Plain, and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain are flat, and the rest are all mountains.

From the map, there is a relatively gentle terrain between Guanzhong and Luoyang, like a hinterland passage sandwiched between the north and south mountains.

In ancient China, there were no high-speed trains, airplanes and trains. It was very difficult to climb mountains and mountains. Everyone liked to walk on flat roads.

In Shandong's research, Luoyang is a must pass, and you can't get around it.

The establishment of the capital is conducive to improving the status of Luoyang and raising it strategically to the highest level, thereby consolidating the Guandong east exit channel.

But historically, it took only one year for Yang Guang to build Luoyang. Its shape and scale are completely modeled after Daxing, but the area is [-]/[-] smaller.

Yang Ming knew in his heart that Luoyang would never be able to escape. What he was really worried about was that many people would die when Luoyang was built.

Historical records: Emperor Yang built Luoyang, and served 200 million men a month, and those who died of dead servants, fourteen and five
After the father Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, the first major project is about to start.

(End of this chapter)