Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty talked about his consideration of moving the capital to Luoyang, and he had his thinking and vision in terms of politics, economy, culture, military and other aspects.

In fact, in today's later generations, about Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty to build Luoyang, historians believe that he adapted to the situation at that time, the new Chang'an City, that is, the Sui Dynasty Daxing City, has been unable to adapt to the national situation after the unification of the north and south, at this time the economic center of gravity is not in the northwest, but in Shandong and Jiangnan, after hundreds of years of development in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties, the status of the southeast economy is becoming increasingly important.

After the unification of the Sui Dynasty, the scale of the central court was many times larger than that of the divided era, and it was inconvenient to continue to set up the court in Chang'an, whether it was from the consideration of the capital's food and the supply of daily necessities, or the imperial court's control over economic development.

At that time, it was necessary to transport a large number of materials from the east to Chang'an, but the inland river transportation was very difficult, and the imperial court could only take the migration method of "immigrating to abundance", Emperor Wen of Sui had led a hundred officials to Luoyang to eat his stomach, and later people ridiculed the emperor who left the capital due to the famine in India, "chasing the grain of heaven", which is also the reason why Yang Guang ascended the throne and wanted to urgently move the capital and dig the canal.

In addition, the roots of the Guanlong aristocracy are in the capital, and Yang Guang wants to get rid of these Guanlong nobles to control the government and strengthen the centralization of power, so he must also move the capital and let the important ministers follow him to Luoyang, so as to cut off the inextricable connection between the courtiers and the local nobles and strengthen his authority.

In short, the reason is very complicated, some romance commentaries criticize the two great achievements of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, one as greedy for wealth and luxury, and the other as taking the canal to the south of the Yangtze River to play, greedy for pleasure and indulgence, which is all nonsense, and it is just a crime imposed by ancient books and novels.

In order to achieve some goals, the people of the world after the Sui Dynasty deliberately portrayed Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty as too stupid and brutal.

After Yang Guang said this, it was his explanation for most of the hour, and it stands to reason that the Ninth Five-Year Venerable doesn't have to say so much to Luo Zhaoyun, a little person, just because he is very lonely and the height is unbearable. Suddenly, he saw his bosom friend and was able to cut his thoughts, which coincided, which was what made Yang Guang happy.

Rather than saying that Yang Guang was explaining to Luo Zhaoyun, it was better to say that Yang Guang was expounding his ideal goal and grand plan for governing the country, and he was intoxicated.

"Hahaha, Luo Cheng, if I send you to do the construction of the Eastern Capital, are you willing?" Yang Guang finally asked him.

When Luo Zhaoyun heard this, he was a little dumbfounded, he didn't expect that he would accept such a task and build Luoyang City, the eastern capital, isn't this a joke? That involves architectural knowledge, but he doesn't know it at all, what he learned from history textbooks is a general description, lacking details, and he can't build it concretely.

However, Luo Zhaoyun didn't want to refuse directly, otherwise he would suddenly pour cold water on Yang Guang when he was excited.

"The minister is worried that he doesn't know anything about architecture, and he can't handle this arduous task!"

Yang Guang said: "Don't worry about this, naturally there will be people who are proficient in construction, I will send Yu Wenkai to be responsible for the construction of the city, planning and construction, but there is a lack of ministers of supervision and supervision, ordinary people, I am not at ease, but I think you can be sent to participate in management." ”

"This ......" Luo Zhaoyun was thinking quickly and calculating, he was a little moved, because building a city has a lot of knowledge in it, and the most important thing is to get huge wealth and benefits from it, because in later generations, the real estate enterprises are definitely big guys, such as Vanke, Wanda, and so on.

If he participated in the construction of the capital, he could use his authority to take many projects to his Ning Chamber of Commerce, as well as the materials for building houses, stones, sand, wood, etc., which was a huge number.

Although the imperial court built the capital, it could expropriate unlimited civil and financial resources, but he could benefit from the land, transportation and so on.

"Of course Weichen is willing, but I am afraid that my virtue and prestige are not enough, and it will be difficult to convince the public, which will ruin Your Majesty's affairs."

"Don't worry, I will send a respected person to participate in supervising the construction as the chief administrator, no one is more suitable than Yang Su, but he is old after all, and there are many things, I hope you can worry more about King Yue and be a deputy envoy!"

Luo Zhaoyun was relieved, such a good errand is of course best to be able to grasp it, because he knows the historical context, Luoyang will be the eastern capital of the Great Sui, since Luoyang was built, Yang Guang will spend very little time in Daxing City, in the fourteen or fifteen years of his rule, the total time is less than two years, the remaining quarter of the time is in Luoyang, a quarter is in Jiangdu, and the rest of the time is on the way to inspect.

Chang'an City has already gained a foothold, but after all, it is a latecomer, and it cannot penetrate its own forces into all corners, if he can lay out in Luoyang in advance, a few years later, there will be no place in Luoyang City that his own intelligence cannot reach.

At that time, he will be the head snake of Luoyang, and those Guanlong nobles will not help him when they arrive in Luoyang?

Luo Zhaoyun figured out this, and arched his hand: "The minister is willing to obey His Majesty's dispatch, bow to the best, and do his best." ”

Yang Guang was quite satisfied with his reply, and said: "This plan to move the capital, keep it secret for the time being, after changing the year name next year, the site will be secretly selected first, you have to take someone to protect Yu Wenkai, and everything will choose the new site of the eastern capital, the old city of Luoyang is too low, it is easy to be flooded, no longer want it, choose another new place, when everything is ready, the layout of my side is appropriate, it will be announced, at that time, you can mobilize craftsmen and people, speed up the progress." ”

After Luo Zhaoyun listened, his heart suddenly became cautious, he almost forgot that this Yang Guang has always sought to do things quickly, and he does not hesitate to abuse the people's power, regardless of whether the agricultural products are delayed, and regardless of the dead corpses, he only seeks to achieve speed and effect, and treats the people like mustard. (To be continued.) )