Zhao Kuangyin's move of the capital to Luoyang is not his ultimate goal, his ultimate goal is Chang'an.

Chang'an is located in the Guanzhong Plain, surrounded by four major passes - Tongguan, Wuguan, Xiaoguan and Dasanguan.

The Guanzhong Plain within the four passes is known as the country of abundance, which nurtured the ancient civilization of the Western Zhou Dynasty; If you count the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, it will have existed for 800 years.

The Guanzhong Plain also cultivated the iron backbone and blood of the Great Qin Dynasty, and achieved the great cause of Qin Shi Huang to unify China, with the same track, the same book, and the same line.

The strong Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty came to the world from the Guanzhong Plain, and the land area of China in the Western Han Dynasty was 25 million square kilometers; The Tang Dynasty was 15 million square kilometers.

The Northern Song Dynasty nominally unified the Central Plains, with a land area of only 2.8 million square kilometers, which made Zhao Kuangyin, who was a scholar and martial artist, very dissatisfied.

The territory of 2.8 million square kilometers is only one-tenth of that of the Han Dynasty and one-fifth of that of the Tang Dynasty; If the Northern Song Dynasty could move the kingdom to Chang'an, then the mountains and passes around the Guanzhong Plain would be able to block the iron cavalry bows and crossbows of the northern grassland peoples.

The snail lives in the North China Plain, which borders the Yellow River in the north and the Pingchuan River; Sooner or later, it will perish at the hands of the Idi Tatars.

Zhao Kuangyin has long planned to move the capital, but he has always felt that the time is not ripe, in April of the ninth year of Kaibao (976 AD), Zhao Kuangyin has been in power for 16 years; There is no fighting on the four sides; The political, economic, and cultural situation in China is harmonious.

Zhao Kuangyin felt that the opportunity to move the capital was ripe, so he followed the example of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty; In the name of going to the suburbs of Luoyang in Xijing, Zhao Guangyi and the minister of the emperor's concubine, planned to complete the first step of the capital relocation plan and move the national capital from Kaifeng to Luoyang.

In the seventeenth year of Taihe of the Northern Wei Dynasty (493 AD), Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang; This is a famous and intelligent event in history.

But a regime established by the Xianbei people wanted to move the capital to Luoyang, where the Han people were concentrated; You don't have to think about it to know how big the resistance is.

However, in the face of many obstacles, Emperor Xiaowen finally got his wish by advancing and retreating; Push the reform cause centered on "sinicization" to a new stage.。

In 490 AD, at the beginning of Emperor Xiaowen's personal administration, the idea of moving the capital to Luoyang was put on the agenda; In his view, Luoyang is located in the middle of the world, with a solid economic foundation, convenient transportation conditions, and profound cultural accumulation, and has always been the political, economic, cultural and military center of the Han nationality.

Luoyang used to be the capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and moving the capital to Luoyang is not only conducive to strengthening the contact and cooperation with the Han clan of the Central Plains, but also taking the opportunity to get rid of the shackles and constraints of the Xianbei and conservative aristocratic forces; Vigorously promote the reform of sinicization.

However, to move the capital from Pingcheng (Datong, Shanxi) to Luoyang, the opposition of the old aristocracy and the resistance of the ordinary Xianbei people can be imagined.

The young Emperor Xiaowen had to overcome the obstacles in this regard, which could not be achieved in the conventional way; We must take the sword and find another way.

As a result, Emperor Xiaowen decided to achieve the goal of moving the capital in the name of "Southern Expedition".

In August of the seventeenth year of Taihe of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Xiaowen personally led an army of 300,000 people, known as one million, and went south to "cut Qi".

At the time of the continuous autumn rain, the wind and rain were combined, the roads were muddy, and it took nearly a month for hundreds of thousands of Northern Wei soldiers to arrive at the city of Luoyang.

The soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty looked tired and exhausted, and they couldn't wait to sit down and never get up, and many of the ministers who accompanied them were also exhausted and complained.

However, Emperor Xiaowen was in high spirits, whipped and urged the horses, and ordered the soldiers to open immediately, a faction that would not destroy the Southern Qi and swear not to return.

Seeing this situation, the civil and military officials knelt down in front of Emperor Xiaowen's war horse and kowtowed, earnestly asking the emperor to be sympathetic and stop the "southern expedition".

Emperor Xiaowen deliberately shouted loudly: I am preparing to run a major business and unify the world, but you people are pushing back and trying to delay, you must know that the country has national laws, and the army has military discipline.

Emperor Xiaowen's stern voice did not stop the ministers from pleading, and the loyal ministers mainly Tuoba Xiu, the king of stability, still wept and admonished, begging bitterly.

Emperor Xiaowen saw that the time had come, so he showed his opinion on moving the capital as an exchange chip to stop the "Southern Expedition"; said that if everyone doesn't want to go south, then simply move the capital from Pingcheng to Luoyang, otherwise, "the current is not small, but there is no success, how can it be shown later?" If you want to be a teacher, you can't be heavy for a thousand years! ”

Most of the ministers present were not happy to move the capital, but they were even more reluctant to "march south", and in a hurry, they had to agree to move the capital.

After the decision not to "march south" was made, the ministers were grateful, shouted "long live", and moved the capital to Luoyang, which was successfully realized in the living drama written, directed and acted by Emperor Xiaowen Tuoba Hong.

Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, a Xianbei emperor, was able to cleverly find an excuse to migrate to the capital to realize his own changes - sinicization, Zhao Kuangyin, Wen Taowuluo; The plan to move the capital will definitely be much easier than that of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

So he came to Luoyang under the guise of a suburban sacrifice, and the people of Luoyang were exhausted after the Huangchao at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Zhuwen Rebellion and the warlords of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms; Now I see the Taiping Tianzi Instrument Huirong, the military prestige Hongda; The cheers were endless, and some people were already so excited that they wept tears; People welcomed this brilliant and peaceful emperor.

Zhao Kuangyin pretended to cater to the wishes of the people, and was reluctant to return to Kaifeng after the suburban sacrifice; Showdown with the accompanying ministers and Zhao Guangyi, the king of Jin, - move the capital to Luoyang.

Zhao Kuangyin finally said with a heartfelt voice: "The relocation of the capital to Luoyang cannot be completed, and the capital of the Great Song Dynasty must be built in Chang'an after all; Chang'an is the capital of the emperor! ”

Zhao Guangyi and the ministers were all stunned when they heard the emperor show such a card.

Zhao Guangyi came back to his senses and asked the emperor what the reason was, Zhao Kuangyin said bluntly: "Chang'an is the first place to select the imperial capital of the dynasty in the Guanzhong Plain, and the four prosperous dynasties of the Chinese nation, Zhou, Qin, Han, and Tang, were all bred in the Guanzhong Plain!" There are four major passes in the Guanzhong Plain, Tongguan in the east, Wuguan in the south, Xiaoguan in the north, and Dasanguan in the west, which is a natural barrier to resist the invasion of strong enemies; I want to reduce the surplus army according to the danger of the mountains and rivers, and follow the precedent of the Zhou and Han dynasties to stabilize the world! ”

Zhao Guangyi listened to Song Taizu say this, and was silent for most of the day, secretly admiring the imperial brother's eloquence and far-sightedness; If he is the emperor, the selection of Chang'an as the imperial capital is also the first choice.

Question: When Zhao Kuangyin was in Chen Qiaoyi's yellow robe, Zhao Guangyi felt that he and Zhao Pu had the greatest credit; He has always had a crush on the throne of his royal brother.

And since he became the king of Jin and the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, Zhao Guangyi has intensified his efforts to cultivate his cronies and forces; The Imperial Da Nei, Kaifeng Mansion, and the Forbidden Army in Beijing have almost been controlled by Zhao Guangyi, once they leave Kaifeng, a treasure land of feng shui that has achieved the imperial industry; Zhao Guangyi will achieve nothing.

Zhao Guangyi began to strongly oppose Zhao Kuangyin's plan to move the capital, saying that this is tantamount to a child playing at home, but it is okay to try to do it, it is difficult to go to the blue sky in Shu.

Zhao Kuangyin was stunned, he didn't expect that he would encounter a more difficult problem than Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty; The one who took the lead in moving the capital to himself was the emperor's younger brother Zhao Guangyi.

Zhao Kuangyin seems to understand himself very well as the emperor's younger brother, and the conspiracy of Yang Mou is even more peeking at the whole leopard; And since he was a child, he has studied Guiguzi and is particularly skilled in treacherous ways, and if he fights with him, I am afraid that he will really be at a disadvantage......