Chapter 66: The Divine Capital

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Luoyang is located on the south bank of the Yellow River, Ping Pi Mountain in the north, Luoshui in the south, Huhu Prison in the east, Yinghan Valley in the west, surrounded by mountains, Luoyang Plain in the middle, Yi, Luo, Qian, Jian four rivers flow through it, it is not only the situation is dangerous, but also the scenery is beautiful, the soil is fertile, the climate is moderate, and the transportation is convenient.

Therefore, since ancient times, there have been eight dynasties such as Xia, Shang, Eastern Zhou, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Northern Wei and Sui.

The so-called Heyang Dingdingdi, located in the Central Plains and corresponding to the Quartet, Luoyang is the world's traffic stronghold, military fortress.

After Yang Guang ascended the throne, he chose another capital site in Luoyang and established a new capital.

The new imperial city is located between the Zhou Wangcheng and the ancient city of the Han and Wei dynasties, the east is over the Qianshui, the south crosses the Luo River, the west is adjacent to the Jianhe River, the north is by the mountain, the city circumference is more than 50 miles, magnificent and magnificent.

Yang Guang took Luoyang as the center, dug out a grand canal that reaches Hangzhou in the south, reaches Zhuojun in the north, and runs through the north and south, connecting the five major water systems of the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huai River, the Yangtze River and the Qiantang River, and Luoyang has become the central hub of transportation and commerce in the world.

But just after dawn, the gate of the city was opened, in this kind of world so punctual is rare, a man in the costume of a scribe with the large army into the city, slowly forward, see the soldiers in front of him ruddy faces, strong and obviously good food, but did not see him deduct the cost of the people to enter the city, but from time to time combing the complicated flow of people into the city, it seems very hard.

The scribe man passed by the soldier and was given a light smile by the soldier, although the soldier was not good-looking, but the smile on the beauty of life still infected the scribe man, and he couldn't help but warm his heart.

The man walked slowly from the south gate to enter, is ready to visit the ancient capital of this thousand years at will, after all, the scale of Luoyang is so large, it can be a huge shape, it is not a general small city can be compared to only the south city gate has three gates, the city gate in the middle is named Jianguo Gate, the left is the White Tiger Gate, the right is the Changxia Gate, the model is magnificent.

Especially when the man walked under the castle tower, the huge splendor of the building, and even the slight traces of war left on it, made his heart excited and unbearable.

I don't know how the predecessors built such a huge project, which shows that manpower can achieve power, and there are few things in the world that cannot be done.

He was wandering, not far from the city gate, his vision suddenly opened, only to see the width of a hundred steps through the north and south gates of the main street "Heavenly Street", in front of the eyes straight stretched, afraid that there is not seven or eight miles long.

The street is full of cherry, pomegranate, elm, willow and other kinds of trees, in the middle for the emperor to go out on the royal road, at the turn of spring and summer, peach and willow green, the scenery is picturesque, beautiful.

There are many shops on both sides of the avenue, and between the lanes, each has its own road, and the vertical and horizontal ten streets that run through the major city gates are staggered, and it is orderly.

Many twelve or thirteen-year-old children with shrewd eyes were looking around, and suddenly one of them saw the scribe man's eyes light up, and after saying a few words to the people around him, he greeted the man.

I saw him standing in front of the man, bowed slightly and said, "Sir, did you just come to Luoyang City?" If so, you might as well let the leader take a tour for you, and you don't need to spend copper coins, but if you go to a place to rest or eat, just say that the leader is down. ”

The man in the scribe's clothes is very interested, such a child can say such a thing, it can be seen that the style of writing in Luoyang City must not be bad, and there are many such leading tourists in other cities, either hooligans or ruffians, and rare ones also need a lot of money or inns to send solicitors, it is really rare for children like this to come out to lead the tour.

What's more, he said that he didn't need any money, and the man had the confidence not to be afraid of being brought into danger, and seeing that many people around him greeted the young man who was with him, he didn't think he would be a bad person, so he nodded happily and asked him to lead the way to visit this thousand-year-old capital.

When the young man saw that he agreed, a smile bloomed on his face, and he turned around and said hello to his companion and took the scribe man on the road, and within a few steps on the road, he exchanged his name with the man and called himself Xiao Liuzi, and he was a very energetic child, and he would say the name of the leader when he gave it to the inn and the restaurant.

At this time, the sky is gradually white, the golden crow is in the sky, but the climate is exceptionally cool, and it seems that it is a good weather.

Along the way, residents can be seen from time to time getting up early to exercise, or standing on piles or practicing martial arts, and many of them have a very good foundation, which makes the eyes of the scribe men shine brightly.

Further to the place called the royal road by the little six sons, I heard that it was used specifically for the emperor to travel in the past, but the saint went to Jiangdu, which is not very commonly used, only from time to time some soldiers flow in the meantime, doing early morning exercises, the armor is full of weapons and bright weapons, with the uniform movements at a glance is a rare elite army, so that this beautiful imperial city adds a deep and strict momentum.

Xiao Liuzi said as he walked: "Luoyang has two major characteristics, you must know. ”

"First of all, it is to take the north and south as the central axis, let Luoshui cross the city, divide Luoyang into two districts in the north and south, and connect it with four bridges, and Luoshui in the city is connected with other Yi, Qian, and Jian three rivers in the city, so that the river in the city lingers, and the beauty of the mountains and rivers is moved to the city, giving people a sense of heaven and earth." At this moment, a strange scene suddenly appeared ahead, a sailboat sailed past the Luoshui hidden under the house, and from their point of view, only the top of the sail moved, as if it were a land boat.

The scribe man was also fascinated: "I have seen a lot of wind and waves along the coast, and I have seen a lot of gentle customs of water towns when I entered the interior, but there are few such cities, the waterways are wide and deep and straight, giving the city a rare momentum of strict rules, which is indeed a major feature, so what is the other major feature?" ”

Xiao Liuzi did not stop, and continued the tour with the scribe man, and said: "Another feature is that outside the west wall of Waiguo City, because of its natural environment, the West Garden is set up, west to Xin'an, north to Pi Mountain, south to Yique Mountains, more than 200 miles around, comparable to the Shanglin Garden of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in ancient times, Wai Guo City and West Garden are connected together, making Luoyang more large-scale." The two walked along the street and arrived at the south bank of Luoshui.

Then Xiao Liuzi pointed to the bridge that spans Luoshui and connects the north and south: "This is called Xinzhong Bridge, just looking at the scale of this bridge, it specifically and slightly explains how the saint worked and lost money back then." It is said that in order to make Luoyang the capital, Shengshang moved tens of thousands of wealthy merchants from all over the country, and placed more than 3,000 craft households in Henan to live in the 12 squares on the south bank of the Luohe River in the southeast corner of Guocheng, so there is this weather in front of him. He lowered his voice and said: "This is called a bad heart doing good deeds, no matter who gets the world in the next day, he will enjoy the fruits of the construction of the saint, as long as the governance is a little law-free, the prosperity can be expected." ”

The man in the scribe's clothes is not an uninformed person, of course, he knows that although Yang Guang will face the collapse of the empire because of the final failure of the gate valve infighting, but many of the deeds he has done can be said to be a legacy for future generations, especially the establishment of the canal will be of great benefit to future generations.

Further ahead is the citizens, tourists, merchants gather in the Lifang District, in the city of the south market, west market, north market three markets, of which the north market, south city is also the main distribution center of international goods, for the convenience of trade, the three cities are next to the river canal that can be boated, can go straight to the Grand Canal.

The village is home to residential homes, religious temples, and central or local administrations.

The layout of the streets and alleys of Lifang includes: east-west, north-south streets, streets and alleys on the inner side of the ring wall, and some other small alleys and curves. In this way, the cross street and the small alleys and curves are separated by each other, which constitutes the internal structure of Luoyang Lifang in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the residential houses are distributed in the alleys and curves.

One-third of the Li Fang in Guocheng is distributed in the north of the Luohe River, and most of the poor people have many homes, and the rest are distributed in the south of the Luohe River, which are mostly the residences of dignitaries and dignitaries, and many of them are carefully built as gardens.

And Xiao Liuzi brought the man in the scribe clothes into the South City.

After a tour all the way, it did diverge from the wandering nature, but the stomach was empty a lot, and after the man asked Xiao Liuzi to introduce a good inn, he let Xiao Liuzi leave by himself.

As the man stepped into the inn, he reported the name of Xiao Liuzi to the boss, booked a room and was about to enter the room for dinner, but his mind moved to listen to any interesting news among the citizens in the hall.

As soon as he was seated, his sensitive ears moved, and he could hear several people discussing things around him.

"I also want to say that five years ago, the landlord held the power of Luoyang City, and now Luoyang City is a paradise in this troubled world, who dares to enter Luoyang." I saw a middle-aged man who was not young and said while eating.

"So I said"