Since the policy of setting up the capital of the Han Dynasty in Chang'an was determined, Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, Xu Huang, and Zhao Yun began to plan this major event. These four people are also the four people who have heard Liu Xin tell the story of the "Golden Armor Divine Man", and in their minds, Liu Xin has long been regarded as the true dragon emperor.

In order to ensure Liu Xin's smooth accession to the throne, they made a lot of preparations, including the preparation of the ceremony, the selection of persuasion representatives, and the timing of Empress Dowager He handing over the jade seal to Liu Xin. In particular, in the selection of representatives, almost all strata were included, including representatives of the government and the military, as well as former ministers of the previous dynasty, as well as famous families in various states and counties, as well as ordinary people.

With the arrival of more and more people in Chang'an City, the safety and security work in the city is becoming more and more important, especially the guards of each gate are the top priority, so the work that only needs to be completed by the captain is now carried out by Zhang Fei and Zhang He.

Originally, Liu Xin, as the protagonist of this matter, not only should they not hide it from Liu Xin, but should report the progress of the matter to Liu Xin in a timely manner, and take Liu Xin's opinion as the lead. But that's not the case, they can't do that.

Five years ago, when Dong Zhuo abolished Liu Xie and established Liu Xie, Liu Xin once issued a statement not recognizing Liu Xie's status as emperor. Liu Xin did this because he had expected that in the future, there would be a situation where the Son of Heaven would be blackmailed to order the princes.

Liu Xin couldn't hold this son of heaven hostage, because he was a relative of the Han family, even if he held Liu Xie hostage, he could only do his best to protect Liu Xie, and he couldn't replace him. Therefore, even if it is not Cao Cao who will hold the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes in the future, it will be someone else, but it is absolutely impossible to be Liu Xin. So Liu Xin wants to make such a statement first, telling the person who is holding the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes, the person you are holding hostage is not the Son of Heaven at all in my eyes, how can you order me?

There was nothing wrong with this statement, but the key is in the latter sentence - after the world is calm, another emperor will be established. At the time of this statement, Liu Xin only occupied this part of Jingzhou, and adopted the policy of "building high walls, accumulating grain, and slowing down the king". He added such a sentence to avoid becoming the target of other princes, so as to gain enough space and time for the development of Jingzhou. However, no one expected that things would develop so fast, in just five years, Liu Xin had already occupied most of the country, and even restored the Western Regions Protectorate, controlled the Xiongnu grassland, and he had reached the point where he had to be the emperor.

At this time, the sentence that was added in order not to attract attention became the shackles of Liu Xin's claim to be the emperor. Because the world values faithfulness and righteousness, and people do not stand without faith, if Liu Xin rashly claims to be the emperor, he will be regarded as untrustworthy.

In this case, Fu Zhu and Tian Feng had to stand up and put on a posture that they forced Liu Xin to be the emperor, and took the "crime" of not keeping their promises on themselves.

Faced with Liu Xin's questioning, Zhang He opened his mouth, not knowing whether to tell Liu Xin the truth or continue to hide it, and was in a dilemma.

He didn't expect that Zhang He would be like a great enemy, and he would personally guard the city gate, so he had to say helplessly: "General Zhang, the lord already knows. ”

Zhang He then arched his hand and said: "Lord, in extraordinary times, I am afraid that some small people will take the opportunity to make trouble, so the last general and others came to the city defense in person, disturbed the lord, and committed a capital crime." ”

Liu Xin guessed the reason why Zhang He appeared here, his face softened a little, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go, follow me to the city tower to have a look." ”

Chang'an City was originally the former capital of the Han Dynasty, and this time it was built and expanded a lot on the basis of the original, and was divided into three parts: the palace city, the inner city, and the outer city.

Miyagi was built on the basis of the old imperial palace, but the palace walls were built tall and strong, comparable to the city wall, so it was called Miyagi. According to Liu Xin's simple requirements, the palace was not built luxuriously, it was a bit similar to the state pastor's mansion in Xiangyang, but the scale was expanded several times, and there were three more halls in front of it.

The inner city covers a wide area, almost as much as a Xiangyang city. It is not only the center of Chang'an, but also the center of the entire Han Dynasty, with the six ministries and the cabinet yamen all located in the inner city, as well as the official residences of many ministers.

The outer city is where the people of Chang'an live, and the rich gentry from all over the country can only buy land and build houses in the outer city. The outer castle is about three times the size of the inner castle and the palace castle combined, and less than 30% of the houses have been built, so many parts of the castle are still empty when viewed from the top of the castle.

There's no way around it. Since the rebellion, Chang'an City has been destroyed by war, and it has not been able to recover since then. Although Dong Zhuo also moved the capital of the Han Dynasty to Chang'an, at this time the world was already in chaos, the princes did not obey the orders of the imperial court, and the ministers of the imperial court were not even able to send out their money, let alone build Chang'an City. With ruined cities, a depressed economy, and brutal rulers, it is already a miracle that the population of the city can be maintained without declining, and growth is absolutely impossible.

Later, Liu Xin defeated Dong Zhuo, occupied Sili, and determined Chang'an as the capital of the Han Dynasty. At this time, Liu Xin silently made up his mind to make Chang'an one of the greatest cities in the world that can accommodate millions of people. So, Liu Xin began the huge project of building a new Chang'an. The project, which was originally planned to be completed in one year, took two full years to complete the three city walls due to manpower, funds and materials, and there were large areas of vacant land that had not been built for houses in the inner city, the outer city or the palace city. However, this also leaves room for the future development of the city.

The construction concept of Chang'an City is definitely ahead of its time.

The main road is wide and flat enough for four horse-drawn carriages to pass side by side, and on either side of the main road are tall street trees, and on each side there is a bluestone paved walkway, and a bronze flagpole is erected between the two street trees. Of course, this flagpole is not used to hang flags, but to hang lanterns, every day until nightfall, the lanterns on the bronze flagpoles on both sides are lit together, which can illuminate the entire street as if it were day, and Chang'an will become the first city in history to be equipped with street lights.

Chang'an City also built complete drainage facilities, and the sewers extending in all directions formed the huge underground facilities of Chang'an City, these sewers were more than one person high, and were made of granite on all sides, and even a horse-drawn carriage could pass in the middle. Even if it rains heavily, there will be no waterlogging in Chang'an City.

In addition to the streets and drainage system, Chang'an City also has a dedicated bazaar, a commercial center, and a large area of public green space. As long as it is properly managed, Chang'an City will become the most livable city in the world.

The brand-new Chang'an City is like a plane tree planted by Liu Xin, and the people of all directions are like golden phoenixes waiting to build a nest. With the plane tree, are you still afraid that you won't be able to attract the golden phoenix? Although at present, in addition to the officials of the various yamen and the garrison troops, the real population of Chang'an City is less than 200,000, which is far less than Xiangyang City. But Liu Xin has reason to believe that it won't be long before the population of Chang'an City will grow explosively, and when the time comes, the popularity will definitely increase.

By this time, the soldiers stationed in the vicinity of the east gate had all gathered and entered their respective posts, and the city was full of soldiers standing as straight as javelins. Outside the east gate, 10,000 cavalry of the First Army and 5,000 Flying Tiger guards were arranged into three huge military formations. A full 15,000 sturdy soldiers and 15,000 war horses were silent, which shows that it is an elite army.

Zhang He had been following Liu Xin's side, and when he saw that he had finished inspecting the city defense of Chang'an, his eyes turned to the outside of the city, looking at the army under the city, and he couldn't help but say cautiously: "Lord, do you want the last general to call them all over?" ”

In fact, Zhang He's original intention was to inform others that Liu Xin had come to Chang'an. Chang'an City is too big, and the defenders of the east gate blew the horn of warning just now, but the sound is not enough to reach the other three city gates, if you want to notify others, you must also send a herald over. It's just that after Liu Xin entered the city, he vetoed Zhang He's proposal, and Zhang He is just bringing up the old matter again and changing his words.

Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "No need, I'll go over directly in a while." Now, I would like to say a few words to the soldiers above and below the city. ”

At this time, the sky has gradually brightened, and the first rays of sunlight burst out on the eastern horizon, shining on the majestic Chang'an City. Liu Xin, who was standing on the head of the city, seemed to be dressed in a golden coat under the sunshine, like a golden-armored god who descended to the mortal dust, majestic.

Liu Xin glanced around at the soldiers around him, turned his gaze to the city, held the arrow stack in one hand, pointed to the northeast direction with the other, and said loudly: "Soldiers, there's a protracted war going on, and the lives are ruined, and the people are struggling to survive!" Countless lives are lost every day, and these people are the people of my great man, our compatriots! As soldiers of the Han Dynasty, it is our responsibility to save them! ”

When he said this, Liu Xin secretly used his internal strength, and it sounded like his voice was not loud, but it was very penetrating, and the soldiers above and below the city could hear it clearly. Even in Chang'an City behind him, some people who got up early could hear Liu Xin's voice in the city, and they looked towards this side.

Hearing these words, the soldiers were excited, and they raised their swords and guns in their hands and shouted in unison: "Save! Save! ”

Liu Xin pressed his hands lightly, and silence suddenly returned to the city and the city. Liu Xin's face suddenly froze, and he continued: "On the way from Xiangyang, Liu received two urgent military information, both of which were really urgent. One was sent from Jiuyuan City, reporting that Yuan Shao of Jizhou had sent an envoy to the grasslands in the north to transfer the armies of Xianbei and Wuheng into the Central Plains to participate in the war. Another letter was sent from the Xiongnu steppe, and Cao Cao had also sent someone to contact the Xiongnu leader, asking the Xiongnu to send troops to assist, promising to allow the Xiongnu autonomy after the matter was completed. ”