Chapter Eighty-Four: The Old Things of Kaifeng
Although he didn't understand where the joy in Chunting's mouth came from, it was not difficult to judge from his words at the moment that it seemed that he felt that the fact that Juekong was walking together was an unexpected joy in itself.
Although I now have a vague belief in what Yi He said, and feel that there are indeed ill-intentioned people in this line, we still can't identify them at present, so whether this person really exists or not, we will definitely need to walk together on the next road.
And since we are already in such a situation, then we naturally have no way to mention any means of secrecy, so I didn't hold back the curiosity in my heart, but looked at Chunting and asked the doubts in my heart.
"Chunting, do you really believe in Juekong so much, not only do you think that he has no other intentions, but you think it is an unexpected joy?"
"Han Chuan, good and bad are always relative, there is no blind good or bad, but at present, it seems that Juekong walking with us is indeed more beneficial than disadvantageous."
It seems that because he was in a good mood, Chunting didn't shy away from talking about it after hearing my question, but he didn't explain it directly, but waited for us to release the mystery on our own as usual, and asked me rhetorically after giving out an inexplicable emotion.
"Hanchuan, Kaifeng can be described as the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties, because it is adjacent to the Yellow River, so it has been an extremely important hub since ancient times, but have you ever thought that everyone knows the importance of this place, but why no one has ever systematically repaired here?"
"How could it not be repaired?"
For a moment, I didn't understand the meaning of Chunting's words, and I couldn't help but refute it.
"Although I have never been to Kaifeng, I believe that with the development of modern science and technology, all cities in the country have been renovated, Kaifeng is also the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties, how can there be no change?"
After hearing my questioning, Ling Xuan seemed to understand something, and before Chunting could speak, he said to me with emotion.
"Han Chuan, some things are the problems of the times, and today's Kaifeng is no longer the Kaifeng of the year."
Then, in my incomprehensible and confused eyes, Ling Xuan slowly spoke, and seriously introduced the past and present life of this Kaifeng City to me.
The history of Kaifeng is extremely long, and the earliest ancestral activities can even be traced back to the Neolithic Age, that is to say, as early as five or six thousand years ago, there have been traces of human activities in today's Kaifeng City.
The Xia Dynasty, from the Emperor to the Emperor Dynasty, had built the capital in Kaifeng for 217 years, known as Laoqiu in history, and the Shang Dynasty also built the capital in Kaifeng for 27 years, known as the hustle and bustle in history.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Zheng Zhuang Gong built a granary city in this place, took the meaning of "opening up the territory", named it Kaifeng, and in the Warring States Period, King Wei Hui also moved the capital here, and renamed this place Daliang.
After King Wei Hui moved the capital, he led the water of the Yellow River into the garden, and the water conservancy was prosperous, and agriculture and commerce were greatly developed, and the place became more and more prosperous, and gradually became one of the prosperous capitals at that time.
Unfortunately, in 225 BC, the famous general Wang Ben of Qin State blocked the embankment of the Yellow River, diverted the water of the Yellow River into the chasm, flooded the city of Daliang, and destroyed the city.
When it came to the Western Han Dynasty, Junyi County was set up in this place, Junyi as the name of Kaifeng, it has been used for about 800 years, and then because of the name of Emperor Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty, Kaifeng County was renamed Kaifeng County, which is the earliest origin of the name "Kaifeng".
Ling Xuan's explanations were slow and methodical, and although they sounded a little complicated like textbooks, I didn't find them boring.
However, it is obvious that such an explanation is a bit too complicated for some people, and Shen Lang is such a person.
Shen Lang was already impatient, and it was not easy to hear it now, he saw that Ling Xuan seemed to have a tendency to explain the history of Kaifeng's evolution to everyone, he really couldn't help but can't help but look at Ling Xuan and complain.
"Master, I'm not interested in what you're talking about now, but even if I'm interested, I can get relevant information from the book in the future, and Master, you should know that it's not actually what we want to hear."
After hearing Shen Lang's complaint, Ling Xuan couldn't help but frown and glared at him, and scolded him with some anger.
"If you don't learn and don't know, what kind of system will you become!"
However, after the angry reprimand, Ling Xuan himself seemed to feel that there was no practical point in explaining these histories to us now, so after sighing, he naturally changed the topic.
"What I just said is just to tell you that Kaifeng is the hinterland of the Central Plains since ancient times, and has been built for more than 4,100 years and the history of the capital, because there are Xia, Wei, Houliang, Houjin, Han, Houzhou, Song Dynasty, Jin Dynasty and so on in this capital, so it is known as the ancient capital of the eight dynasties."
"The national capital is an extremely important existence for all dynasties, not only the political and economic center, but also the symbol of the dynasty, so it is not an accident that so many dynasties will use Kaifeng City as the capital, but because it has advantages that other places cannot match."
Qi Zhi was lively by nature, like a child, after a night's rest, it seemed that yesterday's attack had no effect on her, and after we entered the meditation room, she sat down beside me, not thinking at all about future actions, but seemingly leisurely studying the layout of the meditation room.
However, after hearing Ling Xuan's tirade, she also seemed to be a little unable to stand such tedious content, so she said to Ling Xuan in a coquettish tone.
"Brother Ling Xuan, you have been talking for a long time but you still haven't talked about the key issues, we also know that since Kaifeng has been designated as the national capital, there must be an important reason, but what is this reason, you have always refused to tell us."
Obviously, they were also complaining, but this sentence came out of Shen Lang's mouth, but the effect was completely different from saying it from Qi Zhi's mouth, after hearing Qi Zhi's complaint, Ling Xuan's face not only did not have any angry expression, but explained to her with a smile.
"Xiao Qizhi be patient, I'm not afraid that some people don't even have the most basic common sense, so I'm so verbose and lays the groundwork, okay, I'm going to get to the point."
After explaining, Ling Xuan glanced at Shen Lang with his gaze, motioning for him to listen carefully, and then talked about the reason why Kaifeng was designated as the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties.
"Kaifeng is located in the eastern part of Henan, the hinterland of the Central Plains, the shore of the Yellow River, because of its unique geographical location, so in the era of the canal, the history of all dynasties and generations invariably chose Kaifeng as the capital!"