At this time, Wei Yan felt more and more that Yiyang was narrow and narrow.

He thought about it carefully and decided to set the center of the base in Luoyang, and he asked Li Yan to be the assassin of Sizhou, rebuild Luoyang City with full authority, and build Luoyang City into a real world center according to the design drawings drawn by Wei Yan himself.

Wei Yan's grand plan for the future is to use Luoyang Baguan as the outer city wall of Luoyang, relying on the nearby mountains, to expand the scope of Luoyang City more than ten times, and build it into a super city.

However, in the early stage, the old city of Luoyang was rebuilt, and four acropolises were established on all sides of the old city to protect the safety of Luoyang City.

Wei Yan went to Luoyang City, rode a horse to watch the flowers, and the most regrettable thing was that he did not see the peony flowers, so he asked people to transplant peonies from Chang'an to Luoyang City on a large scale, and then held a migration ceremony when the peony flowers bloomed in Luoyang City.

Wei Yan rode a black horse to travel all over Luoyang City, although it was burned to ashes by Dong Zhuo, but in this way, it was easier to build the imperial capital in Wei Yan's mind!

Luoyang City, according to the mountain in the north, looking at Yique in the south, Luoshui runs through it, according to the Tiger Prison Pass in the east, controlling Hanguguan in the west, surrounded by mountains, standing in a forest of Xiongguan, so it has the name of "Eight Guanduyi", "Mountains and rivers arch Dai, the situation is the first in the world"; Moreover, it is located in the "middle of the world", "pressing Jianghuai in the east, Guanlong in the west, Youyan in the north, and Jingxiang in the south", known as "the eight directions", "the hinterland of Kyushu", "the thoroughfare of ten provinces", there is such a city as the capital, Wei Yan will not consider Yanjing, Jinling and other cities.

At that time, the tragic situation after Dong Zhuo burned down, "the palace was burned down, the market was barren, the eyes were full of artemisia grass, and there were only decadent walls and broken walls in the palace courtyard." The residents of Luoyang, there are only a few hundred, and they have nothing to eat, so they go out of the city to peel the bark and dig up the roots of grass to eat. Shang Shulang and below, all from the city to pick, many of them died between the decaying walls. The decline of luck at the end of the Han Dynasty is nothing more than this. ”

However, Li Yan's 100,000 soldiers and civilians have been building here for several months, and the weather has changed greatly.

Some people may say, why does Wei Yan have to settle the foundation in Luoyang, Luoyang is nothing remarkable.

Perhaps the status of Luoyang in the 21st century in the future is far from being comparable to that of the imperial capital and the magic capital, but Luoyang in the second century is definitely the political, cultural and economic center of China.

In history, only Luoyang was officially named Shendu by the emperor, which means the capital of the land of Shenzhou, which is a higher title than the emperor.

In the second century of Shenzhou, Luoyang should be the most suitable city to become the capital of Shenzhou, compared to Chang'an City, which has withered for more than a hundred years, compared to Jinling, which has not yet been developed on a large scale on the narrow side, compared to Yecheng, which has no danger to defend in Pingchuan, and compared to the desolate and barren Yanjing, Luoyang is much better.

First of all, the Eastern Han Dynasty has been in Luoyang for two hundred years, and the rule of the Han Dynasty for two hundred years still has its influence, Luoyang is the middle of the world, Zhou Gong said, "In this world, the four sides pay tribute, and the road is even", Han Gaozu said "I have many lines in the world, only see Luoyang", Ban Gu said "Guanghanjing is in Zhuxia, and the total eight directions are extreme", with this place as the capital, the political and military deterrence can cover the entire country, and whether it is Yanjing or Jinling, it is lost in a corner and cannot control the overall situation.

Moreover, Luoyang is located in the Central Plains, the mountains and rivers are vertical and horizontal, the west is the Qinling Mountains, the letter valley is Qinchuan in Guanzhong, the east is adjacent to Songyue, the north is close to Taihang and there is the risk of the Yellow River, the south looks at the barberry, there is the Rao of Wanye, so the rivers and mountains arch Dai, the situation is in the world, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty said "Cuihan Emperor's house, Heluo Wangli", Tang Taizong said "Cuihan is called the land risk, and the two capitals are strong", Tang Xuanzong said "Three Qin Jiuluo, Xian said the emperor's capital", Wei Yingwu said "Xiongdu Dingding, the potential is according to the respect of all countries", Song Taizu said "I want to move Luo, according to the danger of mountains and rivers and go to redundant troops, Follow the story of Zhou and Han to settle the world".

Luoyang, the capital of Luoyang, as long as the Yellow River is guarded in the winter ice period, it will be foolproof, if it is not for internal changes, Luoyang Baguan has never been breached because of the invasion of foreign enemies. But said that the Northern Song Dynasty died in the Jurchen Jin Kingdom, a big reason is that they must be in Kaifeng, Pingchuan, not Luoyang, which is surrounded by mountains on three sides, Zhao Guangyi because he wanted to conspire to usurp the throne, so persuaded Zhao Kuangyin not to move the capital to Luoyang, which was really a big mistake of Zhao Guangyi, which directly led to the loss of his descendants in the Jurchens.

Speaking of cultural origins, the earliest historical document of the Han nation, "Hetu Luoshu", came from Luoyang, and Fuxi, who was regarded as the "ancestor of humanity", became a gossip and nine domains according to Hetu and Luoshu calligraphy. Since then, Tang and Wuding Jiuding have been in Heluo, Zhou has made music in the metric system, Lao Tzu has written articles, Confucius has entered the Zhou courtesy, and Luoyang has been a scientific champion in the past dynasties, an academic school, a giant Confucian, and an elite of Hanmo, and it is shining in the annals of history, shining like stars. Lao Tzu is the author of the Tao Te Ching, Su Qinpei and the Six Kingdoms are lobbied in the six countries, the talented Jia Yibo Huai Jishi article, Ban Chao made the Western Regions, Ban Gu repaired the "Book of Han", Xu Shen wrote "Shuo Wen Jie Zi", Zhang Heng invented the armillary sphere and the geodynamic instrument, Cai Lun invented papermaking, Yu Chu's "Zhou Shuo", Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms", all of which were completed on the fertile soil of Luoyang. Chinese civilization first sprouted here, Taoism began here, Confucianism originated here, scripture flourished here, Buddhism was first transmitted here, metaphysics was formed here, and science was found here.

Now in Luoyang City, there is a White Horse Temple, there is no Shaolin Temple, and because of Wei Yan's prejudice against Buddhism, there will never be a Shaolin Temple in the future, let alone Longmen Grottoes, and because Wei Yan has a deep prejudice against Guan Yu, Luoyang will never be able to be related to the forest.

But Luoyang's cultural status in the land of China at the end of the second century will not be reduced by the lack of these things.

From the point of view of economy and trade, Luoyang's status is also very high, because Luoyang is the starting point of the Silk Road, decades ago Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty sent an envoy Ban Chao to the Western Regions, opened up the long-abandoned Silk Road, and for the first time extended the Silk Road to Europe, to the Roman Empire at that time. For the first time, the Roman Empire also sent envoys to the Eastern Han Dynasty along the Silk Road opened by Banchao, and met with the Han Emperor in Luoyang, the capital division, which was the first exchange between the two superpowers of the East and the West. Luoyang as the capital of the Eastern superpower, Rome as the capital of the Roman Empire, the Silk Road began from Luoyang to Rome, the Silk Road for the first time connected the Roman Empire with a certain country. Historically, after the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Wei, Jin and Sui and Tang dynasties, Luoyang was the starting point of the Silk Road trade between the East and the West.

Although the Silk Road was opened by Ban Chao, but because of the war that broke out between the Eastern Han Dynasty court and Qianghu, the Silk Road was cut off again, although later there was Ban Chao's son Ban Yong opened again, the imperial court appointed Ban Yong as the long history of the Western Regions, governing Liuzhong, and performing the task of protecting the capital.

The Silk Road is a golden road, Wei Yan wants to earn a lot of gold coins from the Roman Empire, how can he watch this golden road cut off, and the Silk Road is a road of cultural exchanges between the East and the West, if the Han wants to understand the world, there must be a channel, when the maritime Silk Road has not been fully opened, the land Silk Road is more and more important.

A few years later, Wei Yan followed the example of the Tang Dynasty and appointed Ban Rong, a descendant of Ban Chao, as the chief of the Western Regions, and selected elite soldiers from Liangzhou to become a Western Expeditionary Army of 8,000 men and horses to open up the Silk Road.

In accordance with Wei Yan's instructions, Ban Rong adopted the policy of long-distance friendship and close attack to encircle a group of small countries in the Western Regions against another group of small countries in the Western Regions, while Wei Yan continued to increase troops in the Western Regions through Liangzhou, preparing to gradually control the countries in the Western Regions.

At the same time, the Yumen Pass was newly built, the passes along the way were opened, and the Silk Road branch of the Tianshan North Road was opened up, and the western route was opened to Central Asia.

Wei Yan's request to Ban Rong was to change the history of small countries in the Western Regions and make the Silk Road smoother.

The Silk Road was a part of the Silk Road, and the trade activities were dazzling, from foreign slaves, entertainers, and kabuki to domestic animals and beasts, from fur plants, spices, and pigments to gold, silver, jewelry, ores, and metals, from utensils, teeth, and horns to weapons, books, and musical instruments, and the entry of foreign crafts, religions, customs, etc.

The reopening of the Silk Road was not difficult, because it was an economic activity dominated by military operations, and it could be completed by sending troops there.

Wei Yan stood at the head of Luoyang City, looked around, and considered the plan of setting the capital of Luoyang for hundreds of years or even longer.

The gallop and straight roads of traffic on the road should be centered on Luoyang, and can no longer be centered on other places.

In the past, in order to resist the invasion of Xianbei, the Qin Zhidao and Qin Chi Road were rebuilt, and the Shuozhou Construction Corps under Wei Yan accumulated rich experience, which was applied to the Han Zhidao and Hanchi Road centered on Luoyang, and Wei Yan was not worried.

Wei Yan's only concern is Luoyang's Cao Yun, before the train came out, the shipping was better than the road car transportation in all aspects, Wei Yan continued to take Luoyang as the capital, it must be considered to build a large Cao Yun, and even build a canal like Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of Sui.

In fact, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty repaired the canal is right, the canal must be repaired, the two Han Dynasty to the Northern and Southern Dynasties period, have built some channels, although these channels are intermittent, but the excavation of the Grand Canal, in the south of the Yangtze River and the Central Plains region began to take shape, with the increasing political, economic and cultural development of the north and south, the local canal has been dug can no longer meet the needs of the society, especially the Jiangnan region in the national economic life more and more important position, communication between the north and the south waterway has become an urgent need for social and economic exchanges.

After Yang Guang repaired the Grand Canal, he connected the east, west, north and south, and connected the east, west, north and south with water to form a water network, turning several natural water systems (the Yangtze River, the Huai River, the Yellow River, the Haihe River, and the Qiantang River) into a large water system, which is a big game of chess.

Yang Guang excavated the canal, buried the Sui Dynasty, made a wedding dress for Li Tang, and the Grand Canal ushered in the rule of Zhenguan Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty, laying the foundation for the rise of Tang culture in the world.

Wei Yan began to lay out the canal with Luoyang as the center, together with the north and south, together with the Yellow River, the Yangtze River, the Huai River, and the Qiantang River, which was not only conducive to the economic convergence between the north and the south, but also conducive to his own military operations and his own unification of the entire Han Dynasty.

Wei Yan learned the lesson of Yang Guang and did not limit the need to repair it within three or five years, and the timetable he gave was twenty years.

These days, Wei Yan has gradually become accustomed to the way of thinking of the superiors, he is no longer limited to the simple thinking of the original general, and considers the problem not only from the overall situation, but also from the future of years and decades.

Now that Wei Yan has captured Luoyang City, he is not only thinking about fighting against Yuan Shao in the northeast of Luoyang and Cao Cao in the southeast of Luoyang to defend Luoyang City, he has to think about how to quickly defeat Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and he also has to think about how to take Jiangdong.

This series of military plans is closely related to the issue of transportation, and the transportation of military personnel and grain and grass directly determines the success or failure of military operations in many cases.

In this second century, there were no airplanes or trains, and it was impossible to achieve the beginning and end of the day, and military operations could only rely on horseback, horse-drawn carts, ox-carts, and walking, and had to trek through mountains and rivers, and the movement was very difficult and slow, especially in the Jiangdong region, where there was a large river network, and transportation by chariots and horses was even more slow.

Therefore, Wei Yan not only overhauled the straight road and galloped road with Luoyang as the center, but also prepared for the great prosperity.

Cao Yun is to put people and things on the boat, or people row, or sail, or do sluice lifting and descending, can travel dozens of miles or even hundreds of miles a day, the ship is large, can transport troops, horses, grain, forage, coal, stone, greatly broadened the space for human activities, so that can organize effective large-scale state behavior.

However, in the land of Shenzhou, except for the remote Irtysh River and the Lancang River, all the major rivers flow horizontally from west to east, and there is no longitudinal river from north to south, which is determined by the basic topography of Shenzhou that is high in the west and low in the east. Among these rivers, the Yellow River is the cradle of the development of the Chinese nation, the Yellow River basin is the birthplace of Chinese civilization, and its middle and lower reaches were the most developed and prosperous regions in economy, culture and science during the Eastern Han Dynasty, as well as the most densely populated and politically active places. However, the flow direction of the Yellow River from west to east is convenient for the horizontal connection between the east and the west, but not for the vertical connection between the north and the south, and the vertical economic and cultural exchanges have been greatly affected, and there is no lack of rich land north of the Yellow River, and the southeast coast south of the Yellow River is a land rich in products, but it has not been developed for a long time.

Wei Yan didn't care about economic and cultural development for the time being, because economic and cultural development is a very long process.

Wei Yan was most concerned with military operations and grain transportation, and the canal had to be built in order to facilitate the control of the southern region and the exchange and transportation of goods between the north and the south.