Chapter 222: A Hundred Years of Relic
Seeing this, another Jin soldier was shocked, raised the spear in his hand and threw it at Sun Hui, who easily dodged and flew to his side, cutting his head in half with a single sword.
Sun Hui killed several Jin soldiers one after another, and the last Jin soldier saw that the leader and his companions had all killed Sun Hui, so he jumped off his horse in despair, raised his knife and wanted to kill himself, but Sun Hui kicked the knife in his hand with a volley.
Sun Hui landed beside him, and after making sure that the golden soldier was not dead, he came to the mules and horses that had stopped, and cut the ropes with his knife, rescuing the six young village girls who were tied to the back of the mules and horses.
The women were already stunned by the sudden appearance of the "feather people", and when they saw Sun Hui saving them, they were all pleasantly surprised, and bowed to Sun Hui, Sun Hui smiled, helped them up, gathered a few horses, and asked them to ride back.
The women saw the golden soldier lying on the ground twitching, their eyes were full of resentment, they glanced at each other, picked up the knife that the golden soldier had abandoned on the ground, and strode towards the golden soldier.
Sun Hui couldn't help but be stunned when he saw their movements, he just wanted to stop them, but several women all shouted, rushed to the side of the golden soldier, each raised a knife in his hand, and slashed or stabbed at the golden soldier, and the golden soldier suddenly let out a miserable cry.
Sun Hui grinned, the reason why he kept this Jin soldier's life was because he wanted him to lead the way and lead him into the Jin army camp, and now it seems that if he wants to find a "guide", he has to choose another person.
Sun Hui flapped his wings and flew forward.
He flew and searched for a while, hoping to meet the new Golden Rangers, but the Golden Soldiers never showed up again, much to his dismay.
He roughly calculated the distance, and then flew up to the sky and looked down, hoping to find something, but because it was still snowing in the sky and the clouds were very thick, even if he was Hai Dongqing's eyes comparable to a high-powered telescope, he couldn't look far, so he could only fly down helplessly and fly at a low altitude.
This plain of Pingchuan has nothing to cover at all, and while Sun Hui is flying, he can't help but want to scold the person who resolutely refused to let Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin move the capital.
Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother, Zhao Guangyi of Song Taizong.
Zhao Kuangyin Xixing Luoyang did not leave any particularly high-sounding reasons in history, and he must go. If there must be, then the biggest, most reasonable statement is that he wants to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors.
After all, his father Zhao Hongyin was buried there.
He took his second brother Guangyi and hundreds of civil and military officials to go together. Kaifeng was left to his son Dezhao and his third brother Guangmei to guard. At this time, the world was settled, the south was peaceful, the northern Han in the north was still breathing, and the only strong rival, the Khitan, had also temporarily formed an alliance with him, everything was stable and calm, and there was nothing to worry about.
He can return to his hometown as rich as he can, and the brocade clothes will be walked day and night. So, Zhao Kuangyin returned to Luoyang.
First office, Zhao Kuangyin and his younger brother came to his parents' mausoleum in front of the tomb, and mourned according to the ceremony, and the history said that both left and right wept. After he looked at Luoyang's hometown and saw the magnificence of the Luoyang Palace, he summoned Jiao Jixun, the prefect of Henan and the general of the Right Military Guard, to reward and encourage him, and was promoted to the envoy of the Zhangde Army. After that, it was rumored that he went to Zhao Pu's house.
After coming out of Zhao Pu's house, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly proposed that he would not leave, and he wanted to move the capital from Kaifeng to Luoyang. As soon as the words came out, the world shook, but no one dared to say "no" to Zhao Kuangyin at this time, and the history called "the ministers dare not admonish". But the iron cavalry left and right carriages are commanding Li Huaizhong, Zhao Kuangyin's henchmen for many years still stood up and cautiously expressed his opposition, the reason for his opposition is that Tokyo Kaifeng has the canal of the canal, every year from the river, Huaijian transports millions of rice, hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the capital rely on this to live, Your Majesty, you suddenly moved the capital, how to transport grain in Luoyang? Moreover, the treasury is heavily armed, and the fundamental place is in Kaifeng, which is really unshakable.
It seemed to be reasonable, but Zhao Kuangyin ignored him, because Zhao Kuangyin knew that the person who was really unwilling to move the capital would soon come to the door by himself.
Zhao Guangyi, the king of Jin, came.
This gentle and polite, decent and generous younger brother proceeded from multiple angles and many considerations, and carefully and calmly said a lot of things to his brother that were not suitable for moving the capital, but Zhao Kuangyin had made up his mind, and his answer was very simple and powerful: You said that it is not okay to move to Luoyang? No, moving to Luoyang is only a temporary plan, and I will move to Chang'an in the future ("moving to Henan has not been, and I will move to Chang'an for a long time").
Luoyang, Kaifeng, and Chang'an were all famous imperial capitals in ancient China, and each city had the glory of becoming the capital of successive dynasties many times. But there's a big difference.
Speaking of Kaifeng, this famous city is located in the central plains of the key area, the surrounding extends in all directions, especially the land and water wharf, from the Han Dynasty, there is a canal, the Sui and Tang dynasties and again expanded, so that it "introduces Si, even in Huai, to the river capital and into the sea ......", occupies the great benefit of the world's luck, so Kaifeng is the national capital, destined to be prosperous.
However, Kaifeng's geographical conditions doomed it to be unworthy of becoming the capital of a country. It is surrounded by wilderness and flat rivers, without any natural barriers, and as long as an enemy crosses the Yellow River, it will be directly exposed to the enemy's swords and guns. During the Warring States Period, Sun Bin's siege of Wei to save Zhao was successful because Kaifeng had no danger to defend, and it must be attacked. And Luoyang has Hangu in the west, and there is a tiger prison in the east, all of which are dangerous passes in the world, and the Qin State was safe and sound because of these passes. Looking at Chang'an again, "taking the river as the pool and the ridge as the wall", it is the Yellow River and the Qinling Mountains as a direct barrier, and it is a more ideal national capital!
Will anyone not understand this? It must be known that most of the people around Zhao Kuangyin are Northwest people who were born and grew up in Si, and what they think about every day is the survival and destruction between offense and defense, which is common sense. So will anyone still oppose it?
Zhao Guangyi objected, and he knelt down for his brother, known in history as "the king kowtowed and admonished".
Zhao Kuangyin had no choice but to further explain: I want to move the capital westward, not for anything else, but to remove the harm of redundant troops according to the dangers of mountains and rivers, just like the Zhou Dynasty and the Han Dynasty to make the world safe.
As the first emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin created all the political decrees and the foundation of the country, and he was constantly modifying various things that were proved inappropriate by experiments, such as the "redundant soldiers" that made the future generations of the Song Dynasty miserable. To settle in Kaifeng, a place where there is no danger to defend, it is necessary to have a large number of mobile troops, and moving to Luoyang or Chang'an can completely change this phenomenon.
This is such a good thing, but Zhao Guangyi slowly raised his head in full view of everyone and said five words to his brother.