Wang Shichong occupies Luoyang, where it is the same as Daxing before, as one of the two capitals of the East and West, there are a lot of talents of all kinds, Wang Shichong will not use it, which does not mean that Zou Yu is not envious.

Zou Yu came to Luoyang, there are two main goals, talent is one of them, and the other is Luoyang Baguan, how do you have to find a way to win one, not let Li Yuan sit big, and isolate himself in the north, this is the key.

Xin Wenli was an unexpected surprise, and it was a great help, and now Zou Yu is the one who is trying to find a way to plot Luoyang.

Approaching Luoyang, Wang Shichong arranged for Wang Xuanying, the prince of Zhengguo, to come to receive him, and after a conversation, Zou Yu knew that Wang Shichong's situation was more serious than the information he received.

King Jing Wang Xingben guarded the Tiger Prison, King Wang Tai of Song guarded Huaizhou, King Wang Shiyun of Qi was in charge of Luoyang South City, King Wang Shiwei of Chu guarded Luoyang Baocheng, Prince Wang Xuanying guarded Luoyang East City, King Xuanshu of Han Dynasty guarded Hanjia (north of Luoyang City), and King Lu Wang Dao guarded Yaoyi (north of Luoyang Palace). It can be said that in addition to the Tiger Prison Pass, Wang Shichong has no checkpoints to defend, and has completely retreated to Luoyang.

Listening to a large number of princes of the Wang family, Zou Yu couldn't help but pout secretly, this group of straw bales of the Wang family was far worse than Li Yuan's family, but he only trusted his relatives.

"Liu Heimin of Xia Guo led 100,000 horses and horses, and rushed to the Tiger Prison Pass yesterday, and Li Shimin withdrew from the army." Seeing that Zou Yu only brought 10,000 people, Wang Xuanying was a little dissatisfied, but in the face of Zou Yu, he didn't dare to show it, but the emotions in his eyes couldn't hide from Zou Yu.

Zou Yu didn't have the same general knowledge as this kind of second ancestor, and after understanding the general situation, he asked Wang Xuanying to leave, after all, the specific and true news still had to be found out by himself.

Wang Shichong is now anxious, in addition to strictly defending Luoyang, he can only look forward to Zou Yu and Dou Jiande's reinforcements, but fortunately, Dou Jiande's army has arrived, which temporarily stopped Li Shimin's attack!

The army is not good to enter the city, there must be no problem for Zou Yu personally, there is nothing to do for the time being, he took Gao Kan, the Fang family brothers, into Luoyang.

For this famous city, he is still very yearning and curious, the eastern capital of Luoyang, is the first year of the great cause, Yang Guang ascended the first major project, it took a year, two million people per month to fight and labor, before the main body and the imperial city were successfully built.

In addition to the imperial city, there are more than 100 squares, three markets, at that time the master craftsman Yu Wenkai, ingenuity, and understand Yang Guang's mind, so the Tokyo system is extremely magnificent, the good things are used, after the successful construction, people say that it is quite poor and luxurious, the previous generation of the capital is more than Yan.

Luoyang City is divided into three city walls, the outer city (Taiwei City) and the palace city (Ziwei City), the circumference of the outer city is 28 kilometers, and the city walls are all made of rammed earth. Entering Luoyang, Zou Yu realized that the Jinyang he had rebuilt was not as good as Luoyang at all, except for the use of bricks and tiles and a lot of glass.

The south wall Dingdingmen city gate is 28 meters wide, the east and west gates are 7 meters wide, the middle gate is 8 meters wide, Dingdingmen Street is the main road, the narrowest one is 100 meters wide, the widest point is close to 150 meters, which is wider than the highway, it is completely the airport runway!

Even after seeing the wide Vermilion Bird Street in Daxing, Zou Yu was shocked by Dingdingmen Street.

Ziwei City is named after Ziwei Palace, which symbolizes the residence of the Emperor of Heaven, and is the most splendid and magnificent palace complex in the world.

The Qianyang Palace, which is nearly 50 meters high, is even more shocking than the elevator building! This is not this house, this is the palace! It's a work of art! When Wang Shichong invited Zou Yu to a banquet in the Qianyang Palace, he secretly swore to himself: "Luoyang must not fall into the hands of Li Yuan!" This kind of palace, even if you don't live in it, you must not let others live in it! ”

It's like a local official who suddenly saw the prosperity of the capital and said that he was not jealous, it was impossible.

Yang Guang built Luoyang, not just because he loved luxury, there were many people in Guanzhong, and the grain output was not enough, and the largest grain output was in Shuzhong, in the south of the Yangtze River, if it was transported by land, then the consumption would be too great. In order to relieve the pressure in Guanzhong, this is one of the main reasons.

In fact, the construction of Luoyang New City was proposed by Emperor Wen, and it was also the address that Emperor Wen let people choose, when there was a great drought in Guanzhong, even the imperial court had no food, and Emperor Wen took the minister to Luoyang, Guanxi to eat, which was what made him make up his mind to build Luoyang, but he had not had time to implement it.

This is also the reason why Yang Guang immediately built the canal after the construction of Luoyang, in order to communicate the north and the south, so that the grain from the south can quickly support the north.

Of course! There is another reason, and this reason was told to him by Fang Yanqian. There are too many families in Guanzhong and their power is huge, and if the emperor offends them, they can make the emperor unable to step down.

They don't resist, they just ask for leave collectively, and they can stop the operation of the imperial court, and if there is no one to manage a huge country for several days, you can imagine how many things will be delayed.

As an emperor, he was forced to step down, and he had to be soft, you can imagine how aggrieved this must be, not to mention the second generation of emperors like Yang Guang, which is why Yang Guang seems a little violent.

If you don't obey, I'll kill! Kill you guys! This struggle has continued. Yang Guang wanted to build Luoyang as soon as possible in order to see out of sight, just to go to Guanxi, where the family was weaker.

In order to clean up the family in Guanzhong, Yang Guang has been running other places, which also makes him rarely stay in Guanzhong, and he has been an emperor for more than ten years, and his time in Daxing is not more than a year.

It can be said that Yang Guang's father and son, both in vision and strategy, are very correct, but after the specific implementation, there is a problem. This is also what Zou Yu admires them the most and regrets the most.

Pioneer the imperial examination to reduce dependence on the family's talents; The construction of a canal to communicate the north and the south facilitates the diversion from the south to the north; The conquest of Goguryeo also showed that Goguryeo had a heart of disobedience, and belonged to an agrarian nation, and the threat was greater than that of the grassland.

In fact, many people know these truths, and they can also see that when Fang Yanqian explained to Zou Yu, he understood Yang Guang's hard work, but Fang Yanqian's original intention was just to let him understand the past, learn lessons, and not be like Yang Guang who is eager for quick success, inconsiderate of people's livelihood, and excessive consumption of people's power.

Fang Yanqian is worried because Zou Yu has done a lot of big projects, such as building roads, building cities, and building reservoirs. There are some things, Fang Yanqian thinks that you should take your time, even if it is too late to get them after dominating the world!

Although Zou Yu understands his hard work, he also knows that there are some things that are best done now; Moreover, the construction of roads has a huge effect, whether it is for marching or transporting materials, it is more convenient and fast.

Take grain as an example, smooth roads can reduce a lot of losses; The construction of water conservancy can also lead to an increase in grain production, and this increase or decrease will be very considerable.

Of course, the main thing is that there are many prisoners and minorities under the rule! You can't let them be idle, and if they are idle, they will easily cause problems.

If there is anything bad about Luoyang now, that is, it is lifeless, a little lifeless, there are many beggars on the street, and they all look like they are about to die, Zou Yu shook his head, although he couldn't bear it, but he really didn't have so much food to help, so he had to leave, in order to see out of sight, he simply went out of the city and returned to the barracks.

"It seems that Wang Shichong is not not giving grain and grass, but there is no grain and grass!" After nightfall, everyone chatted and said.

Gao Kanmian said little coldly, it was just because he was unfamiliar, coupled with his handsome appearance, people kept staring at it, that kind of greedy look made him dislike, after getting acquainted, Zou Yu knew that he didn't talk a lot, and he was a standard sullen man.

Zou Yu understood that what he said was about deducting the grain and grass of Xinwenli, and nodded and said: "It should be, today's banquet is very simple and does not conform to the identity." ”

Xinyue'e glanced at it curiously, the man who wore a mask covering half of his face when he ate, and then asked, "Lord Wang, Li Shimin has temporarily stopped attacking, shall we continue to go?" ”

"Nope! We were stationed outside Luoyang City, although the main battlefield was in the Tiger Prison Pass, but Wang Shichong was greedy for life and afraid of death, and he did not have enough strength to defend Luoyang, so he was not at ease. Zou Yu shook his head slightly.

"Is he reassuring us?" Xinyue'e asked in surprise.

"Of course I don't worry, but he must rely on our strength, because he is more afraid that Wu Yunzhao will call his brothers north!" Zou Yu said with a smile.

"Luoyang Eight Passes! has already gone for the most part, Wang Shichong didn't know where the enemy would come from, so he had to mobilize a large army to resist Li Shimin, and left us in Luoyang, which was also worried that the prince would defect! After all, he attacked the prince several times! Staying in Luoyang, not only can you help defend against possible enemies, but you are also not afraid of the prince attacking the city, after all, there are only so many people and horses of the prince, and there are no siege equipment! Gao Kan helped explain.

"What a villain!" Crescent Moon spat out.

"Let's wait and see! Anyway, I didn't think about helping him desperately! It's just that Li Yuan can't be allowed to occupy the land of Kansai! Zou Yu smiled indifferently. As he was talking, a guard came to report, and someone asked to see him. Zou Yu was very curious, at this time, who would come to see him, and hurriedly asked someone to bring him in.

The person who came was a half-hundred-year-old scribe, with a thin face and bulging cheekbones, and after coming in, he said very respectfully: "Xu Kuang, Xu Wenyuan, I see King Tang!" ”

"Xu Wenyuan? Could it be that it was the teacher of Master Wagang Li in person? Zou Yu asked in surprise, for the characters of Wagang, he had asked other people many times, so he was still very familiar with the name.

"It turns out that the prince knows that he is old! What an honor! Xu Wenyuan said with a smile.

"Mr. Xu, please take a seat!" Zou Yu hurriedly invited with a smile.

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Xu Wenyuan bowed again, and then sat aside.

"Mr. Xu came just in time, we were just getting ready for dinner! I'll talk about it later, so let's eat a little bit by the way. At this time, the guards brought food, and Zou Yu said again.

"It's disrespectful to be old!" Xu Wenyuan was not polite, smiled and nodded in agreement.

This Xu Wenyuan is quite famous, no matter what his goal is, but for Zou Yu, there is just no acquaintance to touch the bottom of Luoyang.

Generally speaking, dinner is very early now, especially for the people, many times they don't eat dinner, but Zou Yu is still used to eating three meals a day, and eating after dark.

"During the march, the food is poor, Mr. Xu don't laugh!" After waiting for the food to come up, Zou Yu stretched out his hand to invite.

"You're welcome!"

"Please!"

"Please!"

To be polite again, a few people moved chopsticks together, for food, Zou Yu has always been not very demanding, after all, in his previous life, he was just a low-level person in society, most of the time it was a working meal, and it was good to have food.

A big bowl of rice, this is what Zou Yu likes to eat, after all, he was not a northerner before, and he didn't like noodles very much.

In addition, pickled vegetables, dried fish, and canned mutton, although they are not abundant, they are enough, this is the special zone treatment of generals, and as for the soldiers, each person is divided.

Xu Wenyuan elegantly ate all the things in front of him, and even the last bowl of mutton soup was not a drop left, and Zou Yu couldn't help but sigh at his good cultivation.

Finally, there is a can of canned fruit, and Xinyue eats it with a smile on her face, which is her favorite sweet.

"Let the prince see and laugh!" Xu Wenyuan put down the empty bamboo tube containing the fruit, and said with a red face.

Fortunately, he couldn't see the vicissitudes of life on his face, Zou Yu said with a smile: "Mr. Xu said no matter what he said, don't waste food, this is a virtue." Who knows that Chinese food is hard work, and I still need to learn more from you. ”

"Who knows that Chinese food on the plate is hard work!" Xu Wenyuan muttered, and then exclaimed: "The prince said it so well! It also went through the hardships of the people. ”

"Yes! A porridge and a meal, when thinking about where to come from, it is not easy; Half a thread and half a thread, the constant thought of material resources is difficult. Thinking of the hard work he has paid for food over the years, Zou Yu couldn't help but sigh again a sentence he had heard before.

Especially in the north, the material is very poor, the strength of the common people is weak, and it is very difficult to even rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and it is precisely because of this that the wisdom of collective labor is reflected.

The people farmed the land, the soldiers protected the people, cleared the wild beasts, and at the same time got meat and skins, and it was also in the past two years that it was much better.

"A porridge and a meal, when thinking about where to come from, it is not easy; Half a thread and half a thread, the constant thought of material resources is difficult. The prince's words are enough to be a warning to the world! Xu Wenyuan sighed with admiration on his face.

This time it was Zou Yu's turn to blush, after all, he had only heard this sentence, and he just sighed casually.

"Mr. Xu has won the prize!"

"The prince is modest, and the old man's words are true!"

"I haven't asked yet, what is the important matter for Mr. Xu to come?" Can't stand others touting this kind of honor that doesn't belong to him, Zou Yu diverted the topic and asked.

"It's not a secret, the old man is here to ask for help." Xu Wenyuan said with a wry smile.

"Oh! I wonder what trouble Mr. Xu is in? Zou Yu couldn't have imagined that Xu Wenyuan was talking about asking for help.