Of course, Shacheng is not Shabak City, this place is located in the northwest of Zhangjiakou one hundred and twenty miles, not far from the south of this city is Xinghe, Xinghe is an important foothold for Mongolians to go to Zhangjiakou mutual market.

And Shacheng itself, probably near the former Yuanzhongdu, belonged to Zhangbei County, Zhangjiakou City in later generations.

The capital of Yuan Zhongdu was founded in July of the 11th year of Yuan Dade, and it is one of the famous four and three major capitals of Mongolia and Yuan.

Its builder was the great-grandson of Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty, Yuanwu Zong's son, Jin Haishan. Haishan was anxious to build the central capital at that time, and in order to speed up the progress, he "sent 18,500 people to the Sixth Guard" and ordered "3,000 guards to join the construction" to join the construction, and "no hurry to fight" to ensure the construction of the central capital.

The palace was built in July of the first year, and it took only 13 months from the start of construction to the completion of the palace, which can be said to have created a miracle of ancient palace architecture. Later, the corner tower of the palace city, the imperial city and the Guocheng were added, making it another imperial capital and the royal summer resort and hunting resort after Helin, Shangdu and Dadu in the Mengyuan and Yuan dynasties.

However, the capital of Yuan was very short as the capital, and in the first month of the fourth year, Yuan Wuzong died suddenly, and his younger brother Aiyu Li Bali Bada succeeded to the throne. He was very dissatisfied with Wuzong's labor, people, and money in the construction, and in order to comply with the will of the people, he issued an edict soon after succeeding to the throne to "strike the city in the capital".

Yuan Zhongdu as the capital for only three years, after only used as a palace, later Yuan Yingzong, Taizong, Wenzong, Shun Emperor and many other Yuan emperors have been here to visit, discuss politics, do Buddhist things. In the eighteenth year of Zheng, Yuanzhong, which had only survived for 50 years, was burned down by the Red Turban Army and became a ruined site.

Since then, the capital of Yuanzhong has disappeared in the long river of history, and it was not until more than 600 years later in the eighties and nineties of the twentieth century that its ruins were rediscovered.

However, this place has not completely become a civilized desert, because its geographical location is still relatively advantageous, but it is the fusion of agricultural culture and grassland culture, and the north and west are the vast desert Mongolian steppe.

After all, in the Yuan Dynasty, this place, which was originally called Wangwu Chadu, used to be a beautiful grassland with wide grasslands, numerous lakes, swans and geese flying in the sky, and roe deer and wild deer running on the ground.

But when Gao Pragmatic came here, it was neither a grassland with lush grasslands, nor could he see the majestic and spacious Yuanzhongdu, and all that was left for him to watch and hang on was some broken walls exposed in the long yellow sand.

Fortunately, although the capital of Yuanzhong was burned by the Red Turban Army, the wooden buildings are easy to burn, but the city walls made of bricks and loess are not easy to burn, so there are still some traces of the city here.

Yellow sand, ancient city, mottled and dilapidated. This is the sand city in Gao Shishi's eyes at the moment - no wonder it is now called Sand City, and it is really an ancient city in the sand.

"Sir, the students have always wondered why they still need to build the middle capital when Haishan ascended the throne, Dayuan already had Dadu and Shangdu, and Mobei still had Helin?"

The man who asked this question was a ten-year-old child, dressed in typical Ming costumes and speaking a Shanxi accent of Chinese, but although he was young, he did not ride a pony, but rode on a tall horse, without the slightest hint of panic, as if riding a horse was as easy for him as walking.

This child is the eldest son of Hannaji, Erdemutu, and the "sir" he calls in his mouth can naturally only be the six champions of the Ming Dynasty.

For the history of the Yuan, later generations know very little, and the same is true for Gao Pragmatism. In fact, there are many problems in the national history of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, such as too little information on the history of the Yuan and Song dynasties, and the history of the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty has been tampered with too much, while the problem of the Ming and Yuan dynasties is that the compilation time was too hasty at that time, so that the ready-made historical materials such as epitaphs, Shinto tablets, family biographies, and lines were piled up, and out of many hands, even the time for cutting and carving was not prepared for the historians, so that it inevitably had a lot of confusion.

If you copy as you go, repeat before and after, and lose your cut; They do not oppose each other, test the similarities and differences, and sometimes see contradictions.

For example, the book may be written again and again, or the biography may be passed on by one person or two. The same proper name, the translation is different. Historical translations and alterations sometimes completely reverse the original meaning. Following the text of the case, the official titles of Geng Shenzheng, Tian Situ, and Hao Shenzheng appeared in the "River Canal Chronicles" and "Sacrificial Records" without recording their names. According to the case, a chronology of the prime minister was compiled, and only his official title was deleted and not examined, so that he had no surname.

And so on and so forth.

However, at this time, after all, it was the Ming Dynasty, and Gao Shishi, a Hanlin official, inevitably had to check the history of the Yuan Dynasty when he compiled and revised the "Ming Huidian" before, so his level of Yuan history was much higher than before the crossing.

Fortunately, it has been improved, otherwise this high school sixth song, who was boasted of Hannaji in front of his son, as "the first talent in the world", wouldn't he lose face in front of new students today?

Gao Pragmatic walked with confidence, looking at the ruined capital of the old Yuan Dynasty as if visiting a tourist attraction, and said gently: "The one you asked should start with Haishan fighting for the throne." ”

The same question, Erdemutu had also asked his father about Hannaji before, but Hannaji was a strange thing, he didn't know as much about the history of the Yuan Dynasty as he did about the Ming Dynasty, so he naturally couldn't answer his son's question, so as soon as Gao Shishi opened his mouth like this, Erdemutu was overjoyed, and he bowed his hand in a proper manner: "Please also ask Mr. for guidance." ”

Gao pragmatic nodded secretly, this kid doesn't say anything else, his father's respect for culture has inherited the merits.

"In February of the 11th year of Dade, the second emperor of the late Yuan, Chengzong Timur, died of illness. His crown prince died young, and he had no other heirs, so the throne became vacant. According to the old Mongolian system, the queen of the main palace was temporarily regent, and she convened the ministers of the clan to hold a meeting of the Kuritai to elect a new monarch. Gao Pragmatism is almost now learning and using, and with a little Yuan history learned the year before last, he began to tell it in front of the students.

"Bu Luhan and Zuo Prime Minister Ah Hutai plan to support Chengzong's cousin Ananda, the king of Anxi, to answer as the king, and call him to Beijing as an auxiliary government; And the right prime minister, Hara Hasun, tried to support the Haishan brothers. As a result, Hara Hasun and Aiyuli Bali Bali, who had rushed back to Beijing from Huaizhou, staged a coup d'état, arresting Empress Buruhan and Zuo Prime Ministers Ahutai and Ananda, both of whom were later executed.

At this time, Huaining Wang Haishan was still in Qinghai, and Hara Hasun and the kings of Kuokuo and Yahudu wanted to support Haishan's younger brother Aiyuli Bali Bada as emperor, but due to the strong military pressure of the eldest brother Haishan, Aiyuli Bali Bada did not succeed to the throne, but only took charge of the government in the name of the superintendent country, and later supported his eldest brother Haishan as the emperor.

In May of the 11th year of Dade, Haishan ascended the throne in Shangdu, in order to repay his younger brother Aiyu Li Bali Bada's support for the merits, he was named the crown prince and received the Zhongshu order, and met with his brother and brother, and passed on from uncle to nephew......

But about this, you are a Mongolian, you should have heard of the follow-up, to the fourth year, Yuan Wuzong Haishan died suddenly, Aiyu Li Bali Bada ascended the throne, for Renzong, reigned for nine years, but after his death, he did not pass the throne to Wuzong's son and Shiju as agreed, but to his son Shuode Bara, breaking the oath passed on from uncle to nephew. This practice also led to a brutal and bloody struggle for the throne that lasted for twenty years......"

Erdemutu nodded, "Yes, the student knows these things. ”

Gao pragmatic bowed his head lightly and continued: "After Haishan ascended the throne, in order to get rid of the constraints of the old nobles of Shangdu and Dadu, establish his authority as soon as possible, and facilitate the contact with the Mongolian kings and nobles at the time of the Mobei conquest, he only ascended the throne for ten days, and issued an edict 'The construction of the palace is in the land of Wangwu Chadu, and the palace is the central capital'.

However, Haishan himself was too addicted to wine, and on the eighth day of the first month of the fourth year, Haishan, who had reigned for less than four years, unexpectedly died suddenly in the Yude Hall of Dadu at the age of 31. After the death of Yuan Wuzong, his younger brother Aiyu Li Bali Bada inherited the throne as Yuan Renzong. After Renzong succeeded to the throne, he soon announced the dismissal of the construction of the central capital, but it was still used as a palace, and many emperors also came here to visit and discuss politics. In the eighteenth year of Zheng, the Red Turban Army burned down the Zhongdu Palace and made it a ruined site. ”

Erdemutu said thoughtfully: "In other words, the repair of the central capital by Haishan is similar to the situation of Emperor Yang of Sui going to Jiangdu?" ”

Gao was slightly stunned, and then laughed: "Do you still know Emperor Yang of Sui?" ”

Erdemutu straightened his chest slightly: "Of course I know." ”

Gao pragmatic smiled and asked, "Why is it Yang?" ”

"Uh......" Erdemutu was speechless for a moment, scratching his head and said: "I don't know this, but it's definitely not a good word." ”

"The "Confession Law" says: Good internal and far-reaching etiquette, go to the far away people to say Yang, go against the sky and abuse the people to say Yang, so great and ruined government is said to be Yang, indifferent and unrighteous is said to be Yang, and it is said to be Yang when leaving the country of virtue and wasteland." Gao pragmatically said, and glanced at Erdemutu: "Do you think this evil word given by Li Tang is suitable for Yang Guang?" ”

"Seems like a good fit, right?" Erdimutu was still scratching his head.

Gao Pragmatic did not bluntly say whether it was suitable or unsuitable, but said: "Yang Guang's nickname 'Yang' was given by Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, in fact, Yang Guang has three other nicknames with completely different meanings.

The first is that after Yang Tong, the king of Yue who stayed in the eastern capital, succeeded to the throne, he gave Yang Guang the nickname 'Ming', and the temple name Shizu, which should be regarded as the most formal nickname, so that is to say, Yang Guang should be Emperor Ming of Sui Shizu.

Coincidentally, after Wang Shichong usurped the throne and built Zheng, and after killing Yang Tong, the nickname given to Yang Guang was the same as the nickname given by Li Yuan to Yang Yu, which was 'Gong', that is, Emperor Gong of Sui.

In addition, after hearing that Wang Shichong usurped the throne, Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, severed relations with him, and turned his head to Yang Guang and called him 'Min', that is, Emperor Min of Sui. Mutu, do you know the difference between these four nicknames? Why did different people give him different nicknames? ”

Erdemutu shook his head and said, "The difference is definitely good and bad, but the students don't know why the difference is so big." ”

Gao pragmatic smiled: "Without him, his nectar, my dove poison, and vice versa." Yang, the focus is on fainting and violence; Ming, the focus is on merit and karma; Gong, the focus is on giving and humility; Min, the focus is on thinking and mourning. ”

Erdemutu seemed to understand whether he understood or not, but he was still a little dazed, and asked, "Then why is the focus different?" ”

Gao pragmatically replied: "Li Yuan rebelled against the Sui with his courtiers, and he must emphasize that Yang Guangzhi is angry and resentful, and the Mandate of Heaven is no longer in Sui, so he focuses on Yang Guang's faintness and violence; Yang Tong, the king of Yue, is orthodox in the Sui family, so it is natural to emphasize Yang Guang's merits and deeds; Wang Shichong is a usurper, and in order to gain some legitimacy, he has to emphasize Yang Guang's concession and humility; Dou Jiande prides himself on being a loyal and righteous person, and Yang Guang is his former monarch after all, so he emphasizes his thoughts and sorrows for Yang Guang. ”

When he said this, he laughed: "You see, a person has so many completely different images in the eyes of different people, so it is so difficult to conclude the coffin. ”

Erdemutu thought thoughtfully, and suddenly asked a little nervously: "Sir, you said, Echige will ...... in the future?"

"Your father?" Gao pragmatic smiled: "To win this battle, I will ensure that he will have good words." ”

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