Tianjin Wei, the canal wharf outside the city is crowded with people, and the people here are the Tang Dynasty soldiers and local officials and gentry who came to greet the holy driver.

Li Xuan led the guards all the way north along the canal, because it was not a battle, and a large amount of baggage was loaded and transported, and the soldiers were able to advance lightly, so the speed of going north was very fast.

On June 20, Li Xuan led his army to Tianjin Wei, and at this time, he naturally did not know that the Third Army had conquered Youzhou City, and Emperor Shaowu had self-immolated and martyred Sheji.

However, even if he doesn't know now, Li Xuan is very optimistic about the Third Army taking Youzhou City, unless a miracle happens, such as an extraterrestrial meteorite hitting the camp of the Third Army and reimbursing the Third Army collectively, then Youzhou City will definitely not be able to stop the attack of the Third Army!

Youzhou City will definitely be taken, and he went north this time to receive his loot Youzhou City!

Before going to Youzhou City, he was still going to stay in Tianjin for a while, on the one hand, to let the guards who went north to rest for a while, and on the other hand, to wait for the news of the Third Army to conquer Youzhou.

This time, Li Xuan had no intention of personally commanding the siege!

The big battle that can be commanded by him personally can only be a strategic decisive battle related to life and death like the Battle of Anping, if you attack Youzhou City, although it is very important, it is just the icing on the cake, and there is no difficulty, with Hao Bonian's ability, the strength of the Third Army, there is no problem at all to take it down.

After disembarking at the dock outside Tianjin, Li Xuan also entered Tianjin City under the protection of many soldiers and many officials.

In the early years, this place was actually not a big city, but after Zhu Di settled the capital of Youzhou, this place became a traffic artery, an important node of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and at the same time, it also became the gateway of Youzhou.

In fact, in Li Xuan's view, Tianjin's status is more important than Youzhou!

Because the capital of the Tang Dynasty is in Jinling City, although Youzhou is the capital, but in the system of the Tang Dynasty in the future, it should evolve into a relatively pure military strategic city, as a strategic support point behind the border towns in the north.

However, it will definitely not become a large consumer city in the future, and it is unlikely to be a political center, even an economic center.

Because at the previous meeting on the Northern Strategy and the Civil and Military Strategy, the Ancient Sage Monarch personally proposed that Tianjin could be used as the main support point for the northern economy to develop!

Because Tianjin is along the coast, and at the same time it is an important node of the canal, even if it is to go to Shanhaiguan, it is more convenient than going to Shanhaiguan in Youzhou, and Li Xuan also knows that Tianjin has a Tangshan, what is there? There is coal that is easy to mine, easy to transport, and of decent quality.

With resources and transportation advantages, it is naturally easier to develop the economy, which is much better than Youzhou except for countless mouths to supply grain.

When Youzhou's political center position was robbed by Jinling City, and the position of the northern economic center was snatched away by Tianjin, as for the cultural center, it was even less counted, and the culture of any county in the south of the Yangtze River was stronger than Youzhou!

Therefore, the main role of Youzhou in the follow-up is to exist as a strategic support point in the north, to become the defensive barrier of Tianjin and even the entire north, and at the same time to serve as the rear of the border towns of the Great Wall in the north!

Youzhou is the rear of the border towns in the north, so Tianjin will be the generous queen of Youzhou, and it will also be the main national defense resource supply center!

After entering the city, Li Xuan did not dare to be interested in the street buildings in the city, but immediately summoned the cabinet and the relevant officials of Beizhili, and directly instructed to separate a part of the area from Youzhou Mansion and Hejian to establish Tianjin Mansion.

Subsequently, the official edict changed the north to Hebei Province, and personally determined that Tianjin was the residence of the Hebei governor's yamen.

Changed the north to Hebei Province, this is because of the north Zhili, which belongs to the Ming Dynasty of the North Zhili, this area has an unusual political meaning, so just like the South Zhili to change the provinces, by changing the name, and even changing the jurisdiction, to reduce the concept of the former Ming Dynasty, and re-establish the new order of the Tang Dynasty for this place.

At the same time, the reason why Hebei Province was not set up in Youzhou City, but changed to Tianjin Prefecture, on the one hand, was in the consideration of supporting Tianjin, and on the other hand, it was out of the consideration of suppressing and diluting Youzhou City.

After all, the Ming Dynasty was in Youzhou for more than 100 years, and there will inevitably be a large number of former Ming elements left in the city.

Now, the Tang Dynasty only needs to constantly weaken the political and economic status of Youzhou City, and at the same time maintain a large number of garrisons in the city, and turn this place into a military town, then the residual influence brought by the Ming Dynasty will continue to weaken.

However, although the status of Youzhou City in the territory of the Tang Dynasty will continue to decline in the future, Li Xuan still has to take a look before this.

After staying in Tianjin for two days, Li Xuan received a fast horse report from the Third Army, saying that the Third Army had successfully taken Youzhou City, and Li Xuan immediately decided to continue north to Youzhou City!

The route is still along the canal!

The northward movement of this road, whether it was Li Xuan's northward route or the offensive route of the army, was carried out along the canal, which can prove the importance of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to the current northern China.

In Li Xuan's view, before the large-scale popularization of railways, especially before the completion of the north-south artery railway, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has an irreplaceable and important role, even if shipping is now developing rapidly, this will still not affect the strategic position of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

In addition, even though the railway connecting the north and the south was completed, the importance of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was still very great for a long time!

Therefore, Li Xuan has already instructed the Ministry of Industry to maintain the navigation of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal!

Along the canal all the way north, first to Tongzhou, and then along the Tonghui River to continue to Youzhou City, the overall route is almost the same as the original Third Army's northward march.

When the Holy Driver went north, not only did he bring a large number of officials, but also the Guards, as well as many logistical supplies arranged by the Logistics Department of the Privy Council.

Some of the soldiers took boats, some walked on the shore, and a large number of ships in the canal were carrying all kinds of materials, because they were all small boats going to and from the canal, and the carrying capacity was generally not large, so in order to meet the huge transportation demand, the number of ships was also extraordinarily large.

However, this journey to the north also made Li Xuan more determined to set the capital in the south!

Since the economic center of gravity of the land of China shifted to the south, the dynasties in the north of Dingdu needed to transport grain from the far south to the north in order to meet the needs of Kyoto and the northern border army, which gave birth to a special transportation system.

This also creates a huge financial burden!

And once the luck is cut off, then there will basically be catastrophic consequences!

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, after the rebel armies occupied Jiangnan, they cut off the Cao Yun system of the Yuan Dynasty, which caused the passive situation of the Yuan Dynasty.

The same is true during the Northern Expedition of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty occupied the south of the Yangtze River, cut off the Cao Yun from the source, and the days of the Ming Dynasty were the days of the rivers and rivers, and at that time it was not a question of whether there was money in the treasury, but the question of whether the soldiers and civilians in Youzhou City and the border troops in various places could be fed.

Before the development of railways, river transportation had an irreplaceable strategic position in the land of China, and it could not be replaced by shipping, and canal transportation was an important part of the canal.

At present, the transportation system of the Tang Dynasty is based on river transportation, and the Pearl River Basin, the Yangtze River Basin, the Yellow River Basin, the Huai River Basin, plus a Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, basically constitute the main transportation channel of the Tang Dynasty at present.

After arriving at Youzhou City through the canal, Li Xuan naturally did not forget to pretend to be a big force!

According to the tradition of the past, Li Xuan rode directly into the city in military uniform, of course, before entering the city, Li Xuan was afraid that his little life would be lost in a daze, so the garrison in the city almost emptied the streets where the holy car passed, leaving only a few people who had been selected to greet him.

And these people, the focus is naturally the former Ming officials led by Wan Chensong, at the request of the Tang Dynasty, Wan Chensong and others are still wearing the official robes of the Ming Dynasty, and they are also the kind of official robes at the Great Dynasty meeting.

I have to admit that it was really fulfilling!

After accepting the worship of the hundred officials of the former Ming Dynasty headed by Wan Chensong, Li Xuan also appropriately expressed his benevolence, and on the spot, he awarded Wan Chensong and other former Ming officials the grade, and asked them to do things well in the future, I will not treat any meritorious person badly!

Li Xuan crossed Wan Chensong and waited for the Ming Dynasty to descend, and then went to the Forbidden City!

This is the political heart of the Ming Dynasty, according to the report, Emperor Shaowu of the Ming Dynasty at the last moment, it was here that he set himself on fire and collapsed, but now there is no trace of fire in the Taihe Palace.

Because Wan Chensong led the crowd to surrender, so in the process of recovering Youzhou City, there was basically no large-scale battle, and there was no large-scale fire, even in the Forbidden City, the Ming army guarding the palace ban at that time turned against the spot, and the Tang Dynasty can be said to have taken Youzhou City without abandoning a single soldier!

Looking at the Forbidden City that is so well preserved, to be honest, Li Xuan is very tempted, there must be a lot of good things in it, and there are countless treasures of all kinds!

And even if this place is used as a royal palace, but in the future, the Tang royal family will come at most once in a while, and when the railway is built in the future, you can often come here for vacation and inspection.

As for now, we must give full play to the fine tradition of the Tang Dynasty: move, everything that can be moved is packed and taken away!