Chapter 7 The Ancient Capital of Luoyang

Liu Zhi tried to change history in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he did it, but when he traveled back to the modern era, he found that the history that he had tampered with was not continued, just like the files on the computer were not saved and would be erased when they were exited, therefore, Liu Zhi did not plan to directly intervene in history in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the Sui and Tang dynasties he crossed into did not seem to be the world in the official history, but was a little biased towards martial arts, I don't know what was going on!

At present, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty poured the strength of the whole country into the east, and thousands of people lived in fire and water, this situation is the most touching to the hearts of the people, although Liu Zhi does not want to change history too much, but he still hopes that he can do something for these people, after all, according to Ziyang Zhenren, he has to wait in this world for at least three years, so that it is possible to crack this lotus soul spell on his body, otherwise, if he leaves here, this soul curse is afraid that there is no way to unravel it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Liu Zhi rolled up his sleeves and looked at his right arm, only to see that the lotus flower pattern with the size of a cup was printed on his arm quietly, without any movement at all, just like the tattoos written on the body by later generations.

However, after he glanced at this lotus pattern, this group actually began to change, its color changed from cyan to red, and the color gradually became bright red, as if blood flowed out of the body, and then further turned dark red, as if the blood was coagulated, Liu Zhi was shocked and frightened, reached out and touched it, but did not notice any abnormality.

Coming out of the restaurant, Liu Zhi went to the horse market to buy a horse, Taiyuan is close to the Turkic border, so the horse resources are very rich, and the price is not very expensive, he picked a white horse, rode it out of Taiyuan to the south.

After leaving Taiyuan, he entered the Fen River through the West River, and then changed into a large boat here, took a boat down the river, arrived at the Yellow River, and came to the Guanzhong area after crossing the Yellow River.

The capital of the Sui Dynasty was in Chang'an, and later Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang in 606, Chang'an City Liu Zhi had seen it in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but Luoyang City had not yet come to see it had been burned to ruins by Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army, Luoyang and Chang'an became the two famous capitals in Chinese history since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, from the Han Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, there were many forces in the middle, all of which were set here as the national capital, although Luoyang was slower than the development of Chang'an, but it was not lost to Chang'an City in fame.

At this time, the scale of Luoyang City is a few points larger than that of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the city wall is also taller than the city wall of the Han Dynasty.

At this time, the situation in Shandong and Hebei was becoming more and more unfavorable to the imperial court, so the Sui army naturally had to be on guard.

Liu Zhixian was angry and imposing, and the soldiers defending the city thought that he was the son of the prince of a certain family, so they didn't dare to stop him, and even let him enter the city without even being searched.

Luoyang is the ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties, as early as the Xia Dynasty became its national capital, so the cultural heritage is very deep, and the Sui Yang Emperor is very happy, in the first year of the great cause of the enthronement, in order to get rid of the influence of the Guanlong nobles on the imperial court, so it was decided to move the capital to Luoyang, he dispatched more than two million laborers, the Luoyang city was renovated again, and expanded, Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang Dynasties is divided into the outer Guo City, the Imperial City, the palace city, including the Jiacang City, the Yuanbi City, the Yaoyi City, the East City and the Shangyang Palace, the circumference of the outer Guo City is more than 60 miles, it is the largest city in the world, The population of the city is more than half a million.

Luoyang City opened a total of eight gates, the northeast and south is the residential area of Fang City, a total of 103 squares, commercial trade is concentrated in the south of the city, the west of the city, the north of the three markets, of which the north city, the south of the city is also the international commodity (as early as the Sui Dynasty, the goods of the Western Regions countries were transported to the Central Plains in large quantities, not unique to the Tang Dynasty) the main distribution center, for the convenience of trade, the whole city is through the canal, everywhere is clear, the three cities are next to the canal that can be boated, can go straight to the Grand Canal.

Liu Zhi entered Luoyang from the Dingding Gate in the south of the city, only to see that Luoyang City was magnificent, the layout was standardized, as if it was obviously playing chess, and it was clear that Liu Zhi thought in a moment, the person who designed it was very likely to be a science and engineering student, otherwise why the streets of Luoyang City were so regular, and the regularity was like a drawing drawn with a ruler on papyrus.

Dingding Gate is the widest of the eight city gates in Luoyang, according to historical records, Dingding Gate is 28 meters wide, so whether it is pedestrians or carriages and horses, there is no problem with traffic, and there is no detention at all.

Liu Zhi slowly hit the horse into the city, the momentum of Dingding Gate was already very grand, but then he saw Dingding Street surprised him again, this is a street with a width of more than 100 meters, all of which are made of a whole block of bluestone slabs, leaving a gap in the middle, there is sand and gravel below, when it rains, the rainwater can flow down the gap in the stone slab to the bottom, be absorbed by the sand and gravel, and then discharge into Luoshui from the city's drainage system.

Liu Zhi looked very carefully, like a tourist with a strong curiosity, walked a little to see a little bit, the width of Dingding Street made him feel very surprised, he remembered that the Chang'an Avenue in Beijing City was just a road seven or eight miles long and only six or seven meters wide before the liberation, until after the liberation it was widened and lengthened, so that its length reached 94 miles, the width was more than 60 meters, and the widest place was close to 120 meters.

You must know that it was more than 1,300 years later, so during the Sui Dynasty, it was indeed very difficult to have such a spacious street at that time.

However, these are based on the blood and tears of countless labor, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty sent Yang Su and Yu Wenkai to build Luoyang City, and dispatched a large number of laborers from all over the country, changing the previous Emperor Wen's period of light servitude and heavy people's livelihood, which shook the foundation of the Great Sui, just like the powerful Qin Dynasty.

Nanseong is a famous trade area, and the reason why it is famous is that there are not only all kinds of merchants from all over the country, but also foreign caravans from outside the foreign lands, camel caravans from the Western Regions, horse caravans from the northern Turks, and even fleets from Silla Baekje and even Fuso, who all the goods they brought from their respective countries and regions are sold in Nanshi, and also exchange goods with the Sui Dynasty merchants in Luoyang City for two-way trade.

Liu Zhi speculated in his heart that the reason why Yang Guang wanted to build Luoyang City so magnificently, especially the South Gate and South Market, which were obviously larger than several other markets, was it because he wanted to show his strength in front of foreigners in foreign lands?