Chapter 303 Dare to Teach the Sun and the Moon to Replace the Sky (1)
"Xuanming, I want to move the capital."
On the way to Yanjing, Zhao Si, who was riding on a horse, suddenly turned around and said to the eldest grandson Moli beside him.
A look of surprise flashed across Changsun Moli's face.
Looking up, he saw an official in military uniform riding on a horse. The sun shone from the east, turning into thousands of golden lights and covering his body. He was surrounded by thousands of troops and horses.
In the distance, the Yellow River continued to flow, but the roar of filial piety that resounded throughout the world in the past became much softer, and seemed to be overwhelmed by the momentum of the officials with their thousands of troops.
Changsun Moli was thinking quickly in his mind.
Emperor Taizu once planned to move the capital to Luoyang, but the ministers objected and nothing was done. Later, Emperor Taizong and Renzong both proposed moving the capital to Luoyang, but because of too much opposition, it was not decided in the end. After that, the proposal to move the capital was completely ignored.
disappeared.
Why did the official family suddenly propose to move the capital when Yanjing was about to be recovered?
"Your Majesty, may I ask where you want to move the capital?"
"Yanjing, Beiping Mansion." Zhao Si replied.
Changsun Moli's heart was filled with turmoil.
Emperor Taizu wanted to move the capital to Luoyang because there was no imperial atmosphere in Kaifeng. The officials had many objections, but there were only a few main objections.
First, after decades of war, Luoyang was burned to ruins. If the capital was to be moved here, it would have to be rebuilt, which would be a waste of people and money!
Second, in comparison, water transportation in Kaifeng City is much more convenient than that in Luoyang. Moving the capital to Luoyang, Jianghuai, and Jiangdong will make it difficult to transport grain and grass, which will not only increase the burden on the people, but the soldiers and civilians in the city may also be short of food.
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But there is a deeper reason, that is, Emperor Taizu of this dynasty was wearing a yellow robe, so most of the civil and military ministers in the dynasty were "elders" of several dynasties. They had huge and complex interests inside and outside Kaifeng. How could he be willing to abandon all of this?
Follow the move of the capital to Luoyang?
If the officials put forward the idea of moving the capital to Yanjing in the court, they will definitely be opposed by the princes and ministers, and it will be more fierce. Because after hundreds of years of accumulation, the interests they have gathered in Kaifeng City have been amazing.
Why are you willing to give up all this?
But... Emperor Taizu was wearing a yellow robe, and he only stabilized his foundation by releasing his military power over a glass of wine. Therefore, he did not dare to push too hard on the civil and military ministers. If the opposition was too loud, he had to accept it.
The official family is different. Even his throne was snatched through strong methods when no one was optimistic about it - winning over the Western Army and the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army through military exploits, and then flipping the table if he showed no cooperation and re-establishing the throne.
Playing the role of a new Song Dynasty forced the Queen Mother and the important officials in the court to accept the facts.
In the next ten years, they had great talents and strategies, and worked hard to govern. In the name of Wang Jinggong's new law, they improved it and inserted new reforms, which made the Song Dynasty's national power flourish, the country strong and the people prosperous, and the Zhongxing flourished. Then they conquered Tibet and destroyed Xixia.
Ding Mobei, Pingbei Liao.
With this power and power, it can be said that the power of the emperors of the past dynasties is not as powerful as that of the officials.
With his power, courage and means, if he really made up his mind to move the capital, no one or force in the Song Dynasty could stop him.
But Changsun Moli was still willing to ask clearly about the official's intentions. This was his duty as a counselor. Only in this way could he make plans around the core.
"Your Majesty is far-sighted and has great talents and strategies. Often when a motion is made, I don't know what to do at the time. But once the results come out, I realize that Your Majesty has an insight into thousands of miles and has already made a plan. Now that there is a motion to move the capital, I and others know that there must be a mystery in it.
, please give me some advice, Your Majesty."
Zhao Si pulled the reins and waved the riding crop in his hand.
"Well, wait a moment."
He looked into the distance with deep eyes, as if he saw the majestic Yanshan Mountain and Yanjing at the foot of the mountain. He saw the Yanzhao Mountains and Rivers, with ancient people before them and newcomers after them, standing erect in the long world.
Zhao Si pondered for a while, considered his thoughts, pondered the words, and said slowly: "A country has several centers. I divide it into a political center, a cultural center, an economic center and a military center... "
After a pause, Zhao Si asked: "Xuan Ming, when I say this, do you understand what I mean?"
"I understand, Your Majesty, please continue." Changsun Moli nodded quickly and replied.
"The political center is easy to understand. Wherever I am, the Three Provinces and One Yuan are there. Wherever I and the Three Provinces and One Yuan are, the political center is there. And the cultural center is actually attached to the political center and the economic center. Culture People need a political center to make them famous and an economic center to make them rich."
"I understand." Changsun Moli replied respectfully.
"The economic center, in fact, according to the current situation, is the transportation center. The Song Dynasty has a vast territory, with mountains and rivers distributed, and is divided into regions. Therefore, the economic center is actually the transportation center of a certain region. For example, Jiangxia in Huguang; Bashu Chengdu in the Central Plains; Kaifeng in the Central Plains; Xi'an in the northwest; Jiangdong, formerly Jiangdu, is now Shanghai; and Panyu in the south of Lingnan are all the economic centers of their respective regions."
"With the rise of industry and commerce in the Song Dynasty, and the vigorous development of straight-line, river and sea transportation, several super economic centers may appear, spanning several regions. For example, Shanghai will become the economic center of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River; Panyu will become the South China Sea The economic center of the region; Yanjing will become the economic center of Hebei, Northeast China and Mobei."
Changsun Moli thought for a while and said respectfully: "I understand."
"A military center is a center that defends against foreign enemies, manages new territories, and gathers and stores large quantities of troops and food. Previously, the country had two military centers, one was Xi'an, and the other was daimyo. They faced Xixia and Northern Liao , shouldering the huge burden of national defense, so it oversees a huge number of troops and hoards mountains and seas of food and supplies."
"But the two military centers in Xi'an and Daming were actually not successful - they were too far away from the front line, the response was not timely, and the deployment was time-consuming... In fact, everyone has seen these shortcomings, but they all acquiesced. On the contrary, I think this is the best choice. Xuan Ming, do you know why?"
Changsun Moli thought for a while, but couldn't figure it out for a moment.
But this is normal. Before Zhao Si raised it just now, he had never thought about the concepts of political, economic, cultural and military centers. Even if there was a concept of Mo Lake, it was not positioned so clearly.
So if you ask him to think more deeply about the pros and cons, it will definitely not be as deep as this.
Seeing Changsun Moli shake his head, Zhao Si answered.
"Actually, the reason is very simple. It is caused by the fact that the political center and the military center do not overlap. It has always been our national policy to prevent military generals from taking over power. Heavy troops and grain are hoarded in one place, far away from the capital and the center. Xuanming, no one can rest assured. .The example of Anlu Mountain in the former Tang Dynasty is vivid in my mind. That’s why our dynasty created such a famous place and Xi’an, two very different centers.”
Changsun Moli suddenly understood, as if a lamp was lit in his mind, illuminating many doubts very clearly.
The political center and the military center do not overlap! To put it bluntly, the officials and ministers of the past dynasties were very uneasy about handing so many troops, horses, food and grass to a certain person, or a few people.
If you send a general who can fight, he can fight foreign enemies. If he changes direction and attacks his own people, is he also good at fighting?
If you send a prince of the clan, if he is a loser, he will not be able to hold down the arrogant and powerful generals, and if he goes, it means he has not gone; if he is very capable, if he achieves military success and wins the morale of the army, the soldiers below will wear a yellow coat on him. What to do with the robe?
"The Point Guard Is Here"
Then we can only send ministers to control the situation on the left and right, lest you get involved with the generals.
The smarter civil servants deliberately pretended to be like me, who was famous in Donghua Gate, and looked down on you Qiu Ba, and were incompatible with the generals. So the officials were relieved, and the important ministers in the court were also relieved, and he became a candidate for promotion. Re-used talents.
When he met the honest-minded civil servants, he worked hard to get along with the soldiers, worked hard to defend the court from foreign enemies, expanded the territory, and achieved great military exploits. However, the officials and the important ministers in the court had something wrong in their hearts. Don't you think that? Learn the traditional skills of the Zhao family? Such a disloyal civil servant cannot be promoted anymore and should be used with caution in the future.
So the Song Dynasty spent countless money and accumulated nearly a million troops in these two places. After hundreds of years, it achieved very few victories. This may be the fundamental reason.
The political center and the military center do not overlap! This chapter has been completed!
