In June, after Batu led the remaining troops to withdraw from Guanzhong, Qi quickly took over the Guanlong area. However, the Qi army did not fully control the land of Guanxi.

Batu ran too fast. After the Mongolian army failed in the Battle of Shayuan, they hardly put up any resistance and retreated to Hetao.

Because the Mongolian army moved quickly and many cities were occupied by nearby princes, the Qi army did not take over many states and counties, and only controlled the Weihe River Plain and some states and counties in northern Shaanxi.

Of course, those Han princes immediately expressed their allegiance to Qi after the Mongols fled, so Qi had nominally controlled the Guanlong territory.

After Ogedai's death, Mongolia declined and collapsed rapidly. Zhao Tai originally thought that it would take several years of hard work to unify the north. Unexpectedly, it only took two years to seize the Central Plains, Hedong and Guanzhong, completing the control of the north.

unified.

Zhao Tai did not expect this. And the lack of expectation meant that Qi was not fully prepared.

Therefore, Zhao Tai did not show any displeasure with Wang Shixian and others occupying many states and counties. Although when taking over the city, the Qi army had friction and displeasure with some of the princes' troops, but he was quickly suppressed by Zhao Tai.

When it comes down to it, the whole thing is very harmonious.

Now that the Qi army has continuously occupied the Central Plains, Hedong, and Guanzhong, and its territory has expanded, Zhao Tai's troops are insufficient. Zhao Tai even encouraged these Guanlong Shihou's soldiers and horses to go west to capture Liangzhou and Suzhou after meeting with Wang Shixian and others.

This encouraged Wang Shixian. After coming to Xijing to meet Zhao Tai, he led his men and horses into the old lands of the Xixia Kingdom and helped Qi expand westward.

At the end of June, after the Qi army took control of Guanzhong, Zhao Tai announced that he would be exempted from taxes for one year in order to pacify the people of Guanzhong, and then left Wuxian to guard Xijing while he led his troops to Yecheng.

After Guanzhong announced the tax exemption, the Qi army was unable to collect grain from Guanzhong this year, and the transportation of military grain was extremely labor-intensive. In order to relieve the pressure, Zhao Tai decided to lead his army back to Yecheng for food.

This time Zhao Tai did not return the same way, but listened to Wang Bin's advice and entered the Central Plains through Tongguan to inspect Luoyang and Kaifeng and choose a new capital for Qi.

After occupying Xi'an and renaming Xi'an to Xijing, Zhao Tai inspected the Guanzhong area. Although Guanzhong is a land with four fortresses and is easy to defend and difficult to attack, with the development of the times, it seems that it is no longer suitable for the unified dynasty.

The capital of the country.

This is the capital of Guanzhong, with inconvenient transportation, making it difficult to concentrate the country's materials and wealth, and easily causing the separation of Guandong and Guanxi like the Tang Dynasty.

Secondly, the population and economy of Guanzhong lag far behind that of Guanzhong. Anywhere in Guandong that rebels has a population and economic strength that almost exceeds that of Guanzhong.

Therefore, after the inspection, Wang Bin rejected the proposal to establish Xi'an as the capital. Of course, when Zhao Tai gave up Xi'an as the capital, in addition to the two points Wang Bin considered above, he also considered one more point.

The first point is that Xi'an is too far from the ocean. With Xi'an as its capital, Qi must be a country that pays more attention to land rights, and may miss the development of the ocean.

In early July, the Luoyang-Mongol-Jin War caused Henan to suffer extremely serious damage, and the population of the Central Plains dropped sharply.

After Zhao Tai regained the Central Plains, he has been migrating people to Henan to restore the land of Henan. In the past three years of efforts, the Central Plains has recovered somewhat, but compared to Hedong, Hebei, Shandong, and Huainan, the population is still very small.

Sparse.

At this time, Zhao Tai stood on the mottled Luoyang City, looking at the dilapidated streets in the city, and couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "Sir, the population of Luoyang is not as good as that of Xijing!" Wang Bin shook his feather fan,

"Your Majesty, Luoyang's current population and commerce are indeed not as good as Xi'an, but it is located in the middle of the world, and I am very optimistic about it. Although Luoyang is dilapidated now, the Central Plains has always been a place where the population gathers. I think that within ten years

, he will definitely recover." Zhao Tai glanced around Luoyang City again,

"So, sir, I am very optimistic about Luoyang. However, all the palaces in Luoyang City have been destroyed. If we want to make the capital here, we must build a large palace. How much manpower and material resources will this consume?" Zhao Tai shook his head as he said it.

"The world is not yet unified, so I don't think it's appropriate!" Wang Bin knew what Zhao Tai was thinking. Although Qi State unified the north, the Mongols were still very powerful after they retreated to the grasslands, threatening Qi State's northern security.

In addition, Zhao Tai's ambition was to unify the world, while the Song Dynasty was separatist in the south. Zhao Tai's ambition must be to save money and food, and then destroy the Southern Song Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhao Tai certainly does not want to waste Qi's national strength to build the capital and delay the unification of the world.

"I understand that the king is worried! The king does not want to waste money and food and affect Qi's unification of the world." Wang Bin said: "However, for now, the king can continue to use Yecheng as the capital, but after the Song Dynasty is destroyed, it is obviously not possible to use Yecheng as the capital.

It's appropriate. Building the capital is not something that happens overnight. It may take more than ten years. What I mean is that the population of Luoyang is now sparse, like a blank piece of paper.

The king can plan in advance and build slowly. In this way, after the Song Dynasty is destroyed, the capital can be moved to Luoyang within a few years." After Zhao Tai pondered for a while, he nodded slightly: "Sir, what you said makes sense. If Luoyang is the capital, it is really necessary.

Plan ahead!" Zhao Tai and Wang Bin were on the city wall, discussing the pros and cons of making Luoyang the capital. At this moment, Yang You hurriedly climbed up the city wall and trotted to the two of them.

"What's the matter with your love?" Seeing his anxious look, Zhao Tai couldn't help but ask. Yang You swallowed his saliva and said,

"Your Majesty, there is news from Hetao that the Mongols are in civil strife!" Zhao Tai was a little surprised when he heard this.

"What? Civil strife in Mongolia? What's going on? Tell the lonely king!" Yang You quickly explained: "Your Majesty, I have just received the news from Xijing. After Batu led his army to withdraw to Hetao, he went to

The nomadic Mongolian tribes in Hetao asked for cattle and sheep. These Mongolian tribes were afraid of Batu's identity, so they initially provided some cattle and sheep.

However, Batu had too many men and horses, and the local tribes could not afford to support them, so the two sides accumulated conflicts. At the end of June, Batu suddenly went into rebellion on the grounds that the Mongolian tribes in Hetao did not provide him with military rations, and led his army to attack and kill a group of people.

The leader of the department, the two sides are about to fight." Zhao Tai and Wang Bin looked at each other, both of them showing a hint of surprise.

During the reign of the Jin Kingdom in the north, the Great Wall was in disrepair and its defenses were full of loopholes. Zhao Tai was also worried that if Batu stationed troops in Hetao, the horses would go south to plunder after the fall.

Now that the Mongols are fighting on their own, it will undoubtedly reduce the pressure on the Qi army. Yang You paused.

"Your Majesty, the Mongols in Hetao are in chaos now. Thousands of Mongolians have moved south to Lingzhou and want to surrender to Daqi. Wu Guogong asked your Majesty if he will accept their surrender!"

"Accept, why not accept!" Zhao Tai was already happy, but he was even happier when he heard that thousands of Mongolians came to vote.

Wang Bin shook his feather fan,
Chapter completed!