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Since Gao Gong cannot be removed for the time being, let him be the commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army and temporarily transfer him out of the court.

Yi Feng's action was very fast, and on the same day, he worshiped Wang Bao as the marshal of the Southern Expedition Ping Thief Army, took Gao Gong as the marching chief, and transferred more than a dozen generals such as Qin Qiong, Lai Quan, Wang Bodang, Dou Jiande, etc., and transferred 60,000 Han army foot cavalry and 40,000 Turkic light cavalry from the Seven Guards and Ten Armies of the Northern Ya, a total of 100,000 horses and horses to form the Southern Expedition Ping Thief Army. Early the next morning, he swore under Kim Yong Castle and set out on an expedition.

Gao Gong, Wang Bao and others led 100,000 soldiers and horses to the south, and Yi Feng still left 80,000 soldiers and horses in Henan, and the army entered Luoyang that day.

Luoyang is also known as the state of emperors, the birthplace of Chinese civilization. If since the beginning of the Xia Dynasty, by this time there have been Xia, Shang, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Northern Wei eight dynasties have built their capitals here, plus now Yi Feng set Luoyang as the eastern capital, here is already the capital of the nine dynasties, it can definitely be called the earliest in China's history, the most dynasties, the longest time to build a city, under the ordinary no two, within the four seas of the two heroes.

Luoyang was known as Luoyang and Yuzhou in ancient times, located in the western part of Henan and the middle reaches of the Yellow River, and was named after the Yang of the Luohe River. Since ancient times, Luoyang has been considered to be among the world, the residence of Emperor Cuihan, and the kingdom of Heluo. For a long time, it was the economic and cultural center of the world, and it was also a transportation hub with extensive roads.

The last time Luoyang flourished was as the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the last time it was destroyed was only in the Battle ≥of the East and West Wei Mountains more than 60 years ago. Twenty years ago, Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty built Luoyang Palace for the last time and mobilized a lot of manpower and material resources. But the project was only carried out for one year, and Emperor Xuan died. Yang Jian was in charge of the government and then replaced Zhou. Luoyang City was only half repaired, and only part of Luoyang Palace City was completed.

Yi Feng and the Taiyuan Imperial Court Emperor hundred officials entered Luoyang under the escort of the Beiya soldiers, more than 20 years of recuperation, away from the war, Luoyang City repeated vitality, around the south of the Luoyang Palace built by Emperor Xuan of Zhou, is a large number of Li Fang, according to the following report of these after almost no overall planning, completely slowly expanded Li Fang. There are more than 300 of them. The Luoyang Palace has more than 200 zhang from east to west and more than 300 zhang from north to south. In the lively and somewhat chaotic Luoyang City, there are also three extremely lively commercial markets, the small market in Xiguo, that is, the special cattle, horse and livestock trading market. As well as Sitong City in Nanguo, also known as Yongqiao City among the people, the fish caught in the rivers near Luoyang are mostly sold here. It is also because Yongqiao City is located in the south of Yongqiao, Luoshui Pontoon, and the waterway transportation is convenient. Therefore, a large number of foreign merchants gather here.

And Dongguo City is back to eight miles in the week, so it is also called the big city, and there are two miles of trade and goods in the east of Dongguo City. The people in the interior are all skillful. The butcher makes a living, has a huge amount of wealth, and there are tuning and music rhythm two miles in the south of the city. The people in the inside, silk and bamboo eulogize. There are many wonderful tricks in the world, and there are two miles of retreat and governance in the west of the city. The people in the inside are more wine-making for the industry, there are two miles of filial piety and Fengzhong in the north of the city, and the people in the interior are engaged in selling coffins. The prosperity of Dongguo City has even led to the development of handicrafts and commerce in the surrounding eight lifangs, forming an economic prosperity area centered on Dongguo City.

The population of Luoyang City has even exceeded 200,000, although it is not as good as Chang'an and Taiyuan, and it is no longer the huge population of 19,000 households in the city during the Northern Wei Dynasty. But it is still quite remarkable, especially because it is located in the Central Plains, the center of the world, close to the Yellow River, and the logistics of all parts of the world pass through, which leads to the extraordinary prosperity of commerce here.

Looking at Luoyang City, which lacks long-term scientific planning but still develops naturally, Yi Feng is also very emotional.

Now that he has become the prince of the prison country, he controls six provinces and 100 states, and sets the capital Luoyang, so he can plan and manage Luoyang well and make it a real center of the world. In Yi Feng's view, Luoyang, as the center of the world, is more suitable as the capital than Chang'an. Especially now that Guanzhong has a large population, the fields are annexed strictly, and the output is simply not enough to supply the Jingshi, and it is also necessary to transport and supply a large number of food and materials from the Kanto region, which increases a lot of unnecessary consumption, and is also not conducive to the imperial court's rule over the vast Kanto region. Especially because of the centuries-old division between the north and the south, it is not easy to be unified, but there is still a huge gap between the north and the south. At the same time, from another point of view, to the west of Guanlong, there are Tuyuhun and Tubo areas, and those places have no development potential at all. It is precisely because of this that since the Han Dynasty, after the dynasty of Chang'an, the capital of Dingdu, became strong, it could only expand to the Western Regions. However, the expansion to the Western Regions has many fatal flaws, only a narrow Hexi Corridor connects the Western Regions, and once something happens, the operation of the Western Regions will be completely ruined. This was true in the Han Dynasty, and it was also true in the Tang Dynasty. No matter how strong and prosperous, after all, in this era, the Tibetan Plateau and the grassland nomads are stubborn diseases that are difficult to solve thoroughly, and with them, the operation and development of the Western Regions will always have fatal points that are difficult to solve.

In this way, the capital of the Central Plains can be taken care of by all parties, especially the rich water network of the Yellow River and the Jianghuai River, which greatly eases the pressure on Cao Yun. And the eastward shift of the political center is not only that, the capital is moved eastward, then the imperial court can also develop the Liaodong region in the northeast, as well as the eastern Zhejiang and Lingnan regions in the southeast, and the development of these places is definitely better than the development of the Western Regions.

In short, the benefits of moving the capital to the east are more than these.

In some ways, Yi Feng still agrees with Yang Guang, at least he moved the capital to Luoyang and excavated the canal, which are actually very long-term strategic vision, but it is a pity that he is too eager for quick success. Yi Feng warned himself that he must not follow Yang Guang's old path. Still, there are things that need to be done. After entering Luoyang, Yi Feng's first decree was to establish a Luoyang University in Luoyang. At the beginning of the year, he had just established Northern University in Youzhou, which attracted many students. Now, Yi Feng plans to establish another institution of higher learning in Luoyang to recruit scholars from the Central Plains. Yi Feng invited his teacher, Hedong Confucian Wang Tong, to serve as the sacrificial wine of Luoyang University. After the first batch of students from the two universities in Youzhou and Luoyang graduated, he would be able to have a large number of advantageous officials and teachers. At that time, we will be able to greatly enrich the ranks of low-level officials, expand the ranks of teachers in prefectures and counties, further popularize education, and break the privilege of the wealthy families to monopolize the culture of scripture and learning.

The second decree under Yi Feng was to make announcements to various places, ask for talents, and invite those local scholars and scholars to come out and do things for the imperial court. After these people were invited out, Yi Feng arranged a simple test, and then gave them jobs according to the amount of results, which can be regarded as taking a scholar, a disguised way of the imperial examination, or a warm-up in advance. After Yi Feng's order to seek talents was issued, the response from all over the country was very enthusiastic, especially those scholars from Shandong and Jiangnan, as well as many ordinary Han scholars who had no chance to become scholars, were even more overjoyed and rushed to Luoyang. In a short period of time, Yi Feng has recruited a large number of readers, although a large number of them are really just readers, not excellent talents, but at least it is good to arrange to be a scholar Zuo Shixu, and now Yi Feng is in charge of hundreds of counties in six provinces, hundreds of states, and there is a shortage of people everywhere, especially in the preparation of the establishment of schools at all levels in various states, counties and townships, and vigorously promote education, a large number of readers are needed. In addition, Yi Feng is also preparing to develop business in Luoyang and invigorate the economy, which also requires many scholars.

A pool of stagnant water can't be tossed into a famous place, and singing a one-man show by himself is also boring, what Yi Feng wants is to mobilize everyone.

The third decree under Yi Feng is to let more than 400 counties in 100 prefectures in six provinces immediately carry out a census. It not only counts the registered population, but also measures the land, registers and verifies the economy such as shops, workshops, etc. As long as these details are clearly understood, a suitable development plan can be made based on this information.

Every day, Yi Feng has to spend half a day to visit the various squares in Luoyang City, and every day at lunchtime, he will summon the elders of a fang district to talk with them while eating, and he does not talk about any national affairs, but only talks about some changes in their respective villages over the years, and the specific livelihood of the people underneath.

These days, Yi Feng has set up two new departments, a propaganda department and a united front work department. The purpose is very clear, that is, to try to publicize the many new decrees and measures of the Luoyang court to the people, and at the same time, we must also control public opinion, such as explaining to the people that Yang Xiu is a traitor who killed the monarch and usurped the throne, Yang Guang is the emperor who usurped the throne, and the emperor Yang Yong is the first crown prince, the prince of 19 years. In addition, it is necessary to publicize how the crown prince Yang Lin was loved by the emperor in the first place, and specially appointed him as the emperor's grandson, etc., in short, it is necessary to start the propaganda machine to help the court compete for the hearts of the people.

At the same time, Yi Feng asked the Hanlin Academy to draw up an edict and notify the world, which was the first emperor's honorable name and the temple number Gaozu.

Yi Feng also asked the Propaganda Department to preside over the publication of the first official report of the imperial court, the Royal Daily, to publish some public news such as some decrees and personnel appointments and dismissals of the imperial court. The Propaganda Department was very high-profile at the beginning of its establishment, but the United Front Work Department was relatively low-key when it was established, and this department was actually specially used for the united front, uniting people who could be united, and even bribing.

Yi Feng was busy in Luoyang every day, and after Gao Gong Wang Bao went south, there were also frequent good news.

Along the way, the army of the southern expedition can be described as overwhelming, no one can stop it, and everywhere it goes, the defenders in Huainan are basically looking at the wind and surrendering, and no one is hard to carry it. Yang Guangxi advanced and almost took away all the soldiers and horses, which led to the fact that Huainan had no soldiers available at all, plus Gao Gong and other soldiers were strong and strong, which was really blocked.

Early in the morning, Gao Gong sent another piece of great news.

"The Southern Expeditionary Army has recovered Yangzhou!" (To be continued......)