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Li Yan is indeed going to move the capital.

In fact, Li Yan had long wanted to move the capital.

It's just that before this, Yanyun had not completely recovered, so that Li Yan had the intention to move the capital, but he couldn't move the capital.

So why did Li Yan move the capital to Yanjing? Is it because of the land of Youzhou, surrounded by the sea on the left, Taihang on the right, Yong in the north, Heji in the south, and the country of Chengtianfu?

This is of course one of the reasons, but it is not the main reason why Li Yan wants to move the capital.

The main reasons why Li Yan moved the national capital from Kaifeng to Yanjing were as follows:

First, Yanjing is the land of abundance, which is very suitable for being the national capital, which has been proven by history, and there is no need to say more.

Second, this is the most important, although Li Yan has driven the Jin people to the north, but Li Yan has not relaxed his vigilance against the Jin people at all, and the Mongolians who have not yet shown their dew are also Li Yan's troubles, in addition, not only the northeast and due north, but also the Qiang people in the northwest, that is, the Western Xia, also have to be guarded against, so the capital must focus on the radiation to the north, and Yandi, Longpan and Tiger, north control of the Kanto Plain and Mongolian steppe, west of Yundi, with the control of the Shuo Desert, can very well radiate the entire northern region.

Third, unlike the previous Central Plains Dynasty, Li Yan established Dazhong, but also has more than a dozen states of Goryeo and Japan, Kaifeng is too far away from those dozen states to radiate to those dozen states, and Yanjing is relatively much better, it is connected to mountains and seas in the east, adjacent to Bohai Bay, convenient transportation, can better control more than a dozen states of Goryeo and Japan.

Fourth, in addition to the northernmost part of the North China Plain, Yandi overlooks the entire Central Plains, controls the Jianghuai River in the south, and supplemented by developed transportation, and its control over the south may not be much worse than in Kaifeng.

Fifth, the Yanyun region, for hundreds of years, has been under the control of foreign people, and the composition of its personnel is extremely complex, Khitan, Xi, Bohai, Mongolia, which ethnic group has people, that is, the Han people in their place, not the traditional Han people, but the Han people, therefore, the people in the Yanyun area, the sense of belonging to the Central Plains is not strong, which is also one of the main reasons why the Northern Song Dynasty got Yanyun and lost it and finally perished, in this case, Li Yan sent a few capable officials and officials to manage the Yanyun area, and it was impossible to change this status quo in a short time. Only when Li Yan turns it into the national capital and the center of the whole country can he make immediate changes and let the people there find a sense of belonging.

Sixth, in the Central Plains after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Hao clan began to vigorously develop, and the Hao clan went through the Han, Jin, Sui, Tang, and until the Northern Song Dynasty, not only did not perish, but became stronger and stronger.

How powerful are these wealthy families?

They were so strong that they could influence the imperial power, or even overthrow it.

Turning the page of history, such examples abound, so I won't repeat them here.

In the process of establishing Dazhong, Li Yan destroyed countless wealthy clans, and it can be said that the wealthy clans are the biggest opponents in the process of Li Yan's rise.

When he got Goryeo, Japan, Central and South China and other places, Li Yanquan wiped out all the wealthy clans in these areas with iron and blood, so Dazhong's rule in these areas was so stable.

But after arriving in the Central Plains, out of such and such concerns, Li Yan did not kill the killer.

As a result, in less than two years, these wealthy families have risen again, and even intend to influence the policies of Dazhong.

Li Yan has always been very strong, how can he allow those wealthy families to criticize him?

The key is that Li Yan, who is familiar with history, knows too well the harm of these wealthy families.

Therefore, Li Yan will never allow these wealthy forces to raise their heads!

And the area where these wealthy families are more concentrated is Kaifeng, the original capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, where hundreds of wealthy families of all sizes are concentrated, and they are firmly tied together through means such as forming parties, marriages, alliances, mutual benefit, and mutual benefit, even if it is Li Yan, it is not easy to completely break this bondage.

Moreover, these wealthy families have now begun to attack the civil and military officials of Dazhong, trying to tie up with the civil and military officials of Dazhong to form a new wealthy family.

In the face of this situation, moving the capital is a very good solution, or at least a way to alleviate it.

Yandi has been repeatedly warn-ravaged over the years, and the local hao clan power has been extremely seriously damaged, especially when Li Yan controlled the Yanyun area, he carried out a major purge of the hao clan there.

Therefore, the power of the wealthy clan in Yandi is so small that it is almost negligible.

Therefore, if the capital is moved from Kaifeng to Yanjing, it can control the power of the Hao clan very well.

Seventh, the Northern Song Dynasty has been operating here in Kaifeng for more than 200 years, and it has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, although Li Yan and Dazhong have won the hearts of most people in Kaifeng, but there are still many brainwashed people who hope that Zhao and Song can restore the country, and the people in Yanjing have no sense of belonging to either party, so there is no such situation.

Eighth, if Dazhong announced that the national capital would be brought from Kaifeng to Yanjing, it could paralyze the Southern Song monarchs and ministers who were guarding against the Chinese army from crossing the river and attacking the Song Dynasty all the time.

Ninth, from the perspective of strategic defense, Kaifeng is not much safer than Yanyun, if Yanyun is lost, Kaifeng is also difficult to preserve, and the Jin people have gone south twice, which has been very well proved.

Tenth, moving the capital to Yanjing, as long as the publicity is good, can add a lot of political points to Li Yan.

Eleventh, from Li Yan's personal emotional point of view, there will always be only one Kyoto, that is, Beijing in later generations, and Yanjing in the present.

With these eleven reasons, how could Li Yan not move the capital?

Soon after, three unexpected and reasonable things broke out.

The first thing is that because the national border is not very clearly demarcated, and because the hatred between the two countries has accumulated too much, there has been a large-scale friction between the Chinese army and the Jin army on the border.

The second thing is that a tribe of Tatar ran to the front of the pass with tens of thousands of cavalry, claiming that they wanted to borrow grain from Dazhong for the winter - Xu Guanzhong, Zhu Wu and others analyzed that this may be the attitude of the Mongol tribes to test Dazhong's attitude towards them.

The third thing is that the Yanjing Han people repeatedly bullied the Yanjing Han'er, and finally provoked the Yanjing Han'er to attack the Yanjing Han people, and a big weapon fight broke out between the two sides, killing and injuring dozens of people.

Soon after these three events, it was the day of the winter solstice.

As usual, the Dazhong Imperial Court also held a ceremony to worship the heavens.

At the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky, Li Yan faced the civil and military officials, the people of the world, and his more than 400 sons and daughters, and said loudly: "I, Pingdongyi, Dingnanban, drive Beidi, win the Central Plains, recover Yanjing and Liaozhou, continue the orthodoxy of China, worship the ancestors of the Li family today, in order to tell them about it, and moreover, I hereby set up a rule for future generations: I am a big middle, do not make peace, do not pay compensation, do not cede land, do not pay tribute, the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies!" ”

Li Yan's words made many people's blood boil at the same time, but they were a little inexplicable, and they didn't quite understand what Li Yan meant?

Li Yan didn't let these people wonder for too long, and soon announced, "I have decided after careful consideration...... Move the capital! I decided to move the capital from Tokyo to Yenching......"

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