At the end of May of the third year of Zhou Zhengtong, the envoys who set out from Anzhou, Shannan finally arrived in Yecheng after more than a month, and Yuwenwen and his entourage looked at the magnificent famous city in the distance to the north, and couldn't help but stop and look.

The city wall is tall and majestic, one after another arrow towers stand at the head of the city, there are three city gates in the south of the city, among them, the gate Zhu Zhu Zhu white wall, the blue window Zhu Hu, Yang Yu Fei Eaves, the five colors are shining, very ostentatious.

"It is worthy of being a famous city in the Wei and Jin dynasties, and the momentum of the city wall is slightly inferior to Chang'an and Luoyang." Yuwen Wen sighed, it was the first time he came to Yecheng, because he had grown up in Chang'an since he was a child, and he couldn't help but compare the two in his heart.

Yecheng looks slightly inferior to Chang'an, but it is also magnificent in scale, after all, it was the capital of Qi six years ago, and it was the first city in Hebei.

"Yecheng really lives up to its name, I have heard its name for a long time when I was in Jiankang, and now I see it with my own eyes." Zhou Faming praised repeatedly, he grew up in Jiankang since he was a child, saw the prosperity of the ancient capital, and also followed his second brother into Chang'an, and saw the momentum of Chang'an, and now Yecheng gave him a shocking feeling.

"Ye, this Qi Huan Gong placed, build Wulu, Zhongmu, Ye to defend Zhuxia" Zheng Tong explained on the side, so that the turtles who did not know the truth had a concept, "At the beginning, Zhangshui flooded, and then Ximen Leopard controlled Zhangshui to build water conservancy, making Yedi 'salty and fertile soil'"

"Wei Wenhou sealed this place in the seventh year, so it is called Wei Land."

"At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Prime Minister Cao Cao was sealed in Ye, which was for the queen of Wei to chase Wei Wu, and Wei Wu dug a ditch to communicate the Hebei water network, after which Yedu water transport could reach Jianghuai from the Yellow River." Zheng Tong said it more briefly, this is what he wrote down from the book before leaving, and now he finally found an opportunity to come in handy.

"Unfortunately, the Yellow River is slightly narrow and the water flow is turbulent, and the warships cannot gather as hedgehogs as on the Yangtze River, otherwise there will be sails and shadows in the Zhangshui outside Yecheng." Yu Wenwen was a little regretful, "If it is as prosperous as Jiankang City, the water and land will be extremely prosperous, I think it will be a different scenery." ”

"When the Great Zhou Dynasty was leveled, the first emperor ordered the demolition of the Yedu palace and the royal garden, otherwise the grandeur of the Yedu would be no less than Chang'an." Cui Dayan, who stepped forward on the horse, said that he was originally a Qi minister and had married the princess of Qi as his wife, but this marriage brought him heart-rending pain, so his feelings for his homeland have been indifferent.

'Emperor Wu, that is only the first time, if it weren't for the timeline change, Yang Jian would have to burn Ye once, and then Yecheng would be so dilapidated. Yu Wenwen sighed in his heart, in June of the second year of the elephant in history, the governor of Xiangzhou, Chi Yuan, raised troops against Yang, and committed suicide after the defeat of Yecheng in August, and Yang Jian then burned Yecheng.

Yang Jian accepted Chan to be called emperor, and nine years after the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, he sent troops to capture Jiankang, the capital of Chen State, and also burned the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, but Jiankang's status was replaced by other cities, so it was later 'reborn from the ashes', and Yecheng has been in a slump since then.

Yecheng is backed by the Shanxi Plateau, facing the vast plain of the Huang-Huai-Hai Sea, and has become a water transport hub in the lower reaches of the Yellow River through the operation of Cao Wei. Therefore, although its military conditions are not as dangerous as Chang'an and Luoyang, its economic and geographical conditions are not inferior to both.

Since the Wei and Jin dynasties, all regimes that can control the "Shandong" region (usually referring to the eastern part of the Yellow River Basin east of Han and Kun, and the east and west of Taihang) but cannot control the Yellow River Basin are generally based here.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, most of the regimes that built the capital in Ye could only control this area, and it was difficult to control the entire Yellow River Valley. The location of Ye in the ancient Shandong region is moderate, so it has been repeatedly selected as the national capital, which is also a historical necessity.

Yecheng at the end of the Qi Kingdom, after hundreds of years of development, the peak of prosperity has been "the waist of the world", and the palace and garden in Yecheng were demolished when the Zhou Dynasty destroyed Qi, and it did not hurt the vitality.

After the war in the second year of the elephant subsided, Yang Jian ordered the burning of Yecheng in order to prevent someone from raising troops again in Yecheng, and in order to prevent the resurgence of anti-Yang forces in Hebei.

The state administration of Xiangzhou was moved to Anyang, and all the people of Yecheng moved to this new city renamed 'Ye'.

The Zhangshui on the edge of the Yecheng ruins because of the neglect of governance, the river began to silt, and then the Zhangshui began to flood, a flood was diverted, the north and south of the old Yecheng were cut off, with the flooding again and again, this thousand-year-old city was finally buried in the sediment.

When Emperor Wen of Sui unified the Central Plains, and the Tang Dynasty after the Sui Dynasty was even more extensive, focusing on the national territory, the location of Chang'an and Luoyang was still important, and the famous city of Ye in Hebei was no longer valued and came to an end.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Ye and Anyang each reverted to their old names, but Yecheng had been greatly damaged, and its status was gradually replaced by Anyang, and with the passage of time, it became obscure.

Yu Wenwen sighed at the 'decline' of Yecheng, while waiting for the follow-up team to follow, Cui Da was about to return to the dynasty and was in a good mood, and Yu Wenwen did not cause him trouble after crossing the Huai River, so he introduced Yecheng to the other party with great interest.

Yecheng is also known as Yedu, in the Western Jin Dynasty, Zuo Si made "Sandu Fu" to make a "Luoyang paper expensive", and the three capitals endowed with it are Wei capital, Shu capital, Wu capital, and the Wei capital is Ye capital.

Yedu is divided into two cities in the north and south, the north city is the hometown of Cao Wei, when the prime minister Gao Huan felt that the north city was narrow, he organized manpower to build the south city, when the east and west Wei stood side by side, the capital of the Eastern Wei Dynasty moved from Luoyang to Yecheng, and later the Eastern Wei Dynasty of the Qi Dynasty, Yecheng was the capital of the Qi country.

There are eleven gates in the south city, three gates in the south, Qixia Gate in the east, Zhu Ming Gate in the middle, and Houzai Gate in the west; There are four gates in the east, the south is called the south gate of Ren, the second is called the Zhongyang gate, the second north is called the Shangchun gate, and the north is called the Zhaode gate.

There are four gates in the west, Shangqiu Gate in the south, Xihua Gate in the second, Qianmen in the north, and Nayi Gate in the north. The north of the south city is connected with the south of the north city, and its gate is the south gate of the north city.

Yedu Beicheng, seven miles from east to west, five miles from north to south, a total of seven gates, all built by Cao Wei.

There are three gates in the south of the north city, Yongyang Gate in the south, Guangyang Gate in the east, and Fengyang Gate in the west; One door in the east, said Jianchun Gate, one door in the west, said Jinming Gate; There are two gates in the north, Guangde Gate in the east, and stable door in the west.

Therefore, the Qi Palace is located in the south of the city, Emperor Wu entered the Ye capital after thinking that the Qi Palace was too extravagant, and spent a lot of people's and material resources, and in order to prevent changes, he ordered it to be demolished, and the building materials were taken away by the people.

Later, Emperor Tianyuan died, Yang Jian usurped power, and Chi Hui, the prince of Shu who was the governor of Xiangzhou at the time, raised troops against Yang, and supported Zhao Wang Yuwen to recruit his youngest son Yuwen Qiankeng as emperor in Yecheng.

After repelling the invading enemy army outside Yecheng, the palace was rebuilt at the address of the old Qi Palace, and it took more than two years to repair it successively, and it was completed at the end of last year, and now it is the palace of the Great Zhou.

Beicheng is the location of a series of official offices, such as the Great Prime Minister's Mansion, the Six Officials' Mansion, the Xiangzhou Governor's Mansion and so on.

"Eleven gates are wrong, plus the seven gates of the northern city have eighteen gates!" Tian Yilong and the group of turtles were so shocked that they were familiar with Xiyang City only had four gates, compared to the city gates of Yecheng, it was really exaggerated.

"Miscalculated, there are a total of fifteen outer gates in the north and south cities, and the three between the north and south cities are not counted." Yu Wenwen corrected, "It is said that this Yecheng has three more gates than the twelve gates of Chang'an. ”

"Jiankang is also the twelve, and Jiangling doesn't know it." Zhou Faming was quite proud, after all, he was born in Jiankang City, where he grew up, although this comparison is not interesting, but he still can't help but show his hometown.

"Jiangling is based on Jiankang's example, and the East and West Cities add up to twelve gates, but I don't know how Luoyang City is." Zheng Tong added that he was a native of Liang and was very familiar with Jiangling City.

"Luoyang, I remember that there are also twelve gates, three gates in the east, four gates in the south, three gates in the west, and two gates in the north." Yu Wenwen said that he and his brother 'ran away' from Chang'an to Anzhou, and stayed for one night when they passed through Luoyang, and learned about this famous city by the way.

"Yuwen makes Jun mistaken, Luoyang is indeed twelve gates, but there are three gates in the south and four gates in the west." Cui Da, who turned back again, said with a smile, Luoyang was still under the rule of Qi back then, and it was the front line of the confrontation between Zhou and Qi, and he had been a counselor of the military affairs office and was quite familiar with Luoyang.

The sound of horses' hooves started, but it was the convoy that caught up, and after some adjustments, Cui Da saw that the convoy had been arranged, looked at the honor guard in the direction of Yecheng, and said to Yuwen Wen with a smile: "Yuwen envoy, please enter the city." ”

"Admiral, please." Yu Wenwen replied, he changed to a carriage, and under the guidance of the receiving officials, he headed towards Yecheng. (To be continued.) )