Chapter 567 Han has four capitals for generations to come
The word "Jing" is very important. Except for the capital of the country, no place is qualified to be called Beijing. Even the capital of the country will not be directly named after Beijing.
Liu Xiang's sentence "Build Nanjing" caught the ears of Xun and others, which meant that he wanted to move the capital.
Moving the capital is a big deal.
Yu Gong, the transfer of the political center of the dynasty involved a wide range of things. It could not be moved by just talking. The treasury system, transportation system, and defense system supporting the capital could not be built in a short time.
The Four Outer Passes of Chang'an and the Eight Outer Passes of Luoyang are all indispensable defense passes for the capital.
What’s there in Nanjing?
They didn't even know where Nanjing was going to be built. If the capital was to be built on a piece of white land, it would be a huge project, and it would definitely shake the foundation of the country.
In private terms, each family has settled its property in Chang'an and taken root. Once the capital was moved, the losses would be too great. Officials in the court and the people around Chang'an would definitely be unwilling to do so.
For both public and private purposes, Nanjing cannot be built.
Xun perhaps couldn't care less about careful consideration, so he admonished him first: "Your Majesty, please think twice, moving the capital is absolutely impossible!"
We must give up the emperor's intention to move the capital. Chang'an has gathered talents and materials, and has become more and more prosperous, and its momentum continues unabated. It is expected to catch up with Luoyang in the past. Once the capital is moved, the good situation will be ruined.
Jushou also followed suit and admonished: "Your Majesty, there are eight hundred miles of fertile wilderness and people living in Guanzhong, and there are four passes to protect it outside. This is the foundation of the emperor. Why did your Majesty abandon it?"
"Moving the capital will shake the foundation of the country. I hope Your Majesty will think twice!" Liu Biao also disagreed with moving the capital.
Fan Xian didn't care. He followed His Majesty and moved from Zhuo County to Ye County, and then from Ye County to Chang'an. This was not the first time he moved a government seat. In his concept, wherever the emperor is, that is the capital.
Liu Xiang smiled and looked at the several important ministers who were eager to persuade him to give up moving the capital, and felt that the matter was half done.
He suddenly mentioned the construction of Nanjing, which indeed meant to tease these people, but the most important purpose was not that, but to alleviate obstacles to the construction of the city. After all, the scale of Nanjing was based on that of the capital, and it was not a small project.
Mr. Lu Xun has a saying that is particularly reasonable.
He said: Chinese people always like to compromise. For example, if you say that this room is too dark and a window must be opened here, people will definitely not allow it. But if you advocate removing the roof, they will be willing to do so.
After a hit, I agreed to open the window.
Therefore, Liu Xiang put what he had learned into practice. Looking at the impatient ministers who wanted to persuade him, he raised his hand to stop their subsequent words and said slowly: "When did I say that I would move the capital? Build a city."
That's all, why are you so anxious?"
Eh?
Not moving the capital?
Xun You and others instantly relaxed.
Build the city well, build the city well!
Just build a city, no big deal.
As long as the capital is not moved!
Several people breathed a long sigh of relief and put their hearts back into their stomachs.
"Your Majesty entertains ministers like this, it is out of character!" Xun You felt that the emperor was very ill-intentioned. If he were not afraid of damaging his image, he would really like to roll his eyes to the emperor.
After hearing this, Liu Xiang felt that it was done, and he could play this trick a few more times in the future.
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But when building the city of Nanjing, he still had to explain it to avoid any discord between the emperor and his ministers: "Heaven has four virtues, Yuan Henry is chaste; the state has four dimensions, propriety, justice and integrity; the year has four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter. This is the way of heaven.
, I want to build the four capitals to shock the world. In this way, the Han Dynasty will have four capitals, southeast, southeast and northwest, commanding the Eight Wastelands and Liuhe. Bless us Han people, and they will continue to last forever!"
This sentence not only contains geo-strategy, but also relates to the thoughts of the sages, and is also linked to the way of heaven. It is very inspiring and can deceive people.
Especially the ancients of the Han Dynasty who were familiar with the classics, they really liked this.
Liu Biao was already shaking his head and reciting: "Heaven has four virtues, Yuan Henry is chastity; the state has four dimensions, propriety, justice, integrity and shame; the year has four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter; Han has four capitals, southeast, northwest. This is the way of heaven, which will bless us Han people forever.
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Your Majesty has understood the secret of heaven. I congratulate you, Your Majesty!"
[To be honest, I have been using @@ recently to read and catch up on updates, change sources, and read aloud with many sounds. It can be used on both Android and Apple.]
Others are not stupid. Although the secret of heaven is elusive, the sages have already given hints. The so-called heart of heaven is the heart of the people. These words spread, with the help of the overlapping seasons of the four seasons, and the help of the classics and history books that have been spread, so that people all over the world can understand.
Recognize it and let all foreigners who understand Han culture also recognize it.
Then, the concept that the Han Dynasty has four capitals and lasts for eternity becomes truth, possesses divinity, and becomes a secret.
This is the general trend of casting.
In modern times, this is called gaining popularity, bundling and pushing, and creating concepts.
If a lie is told a thousand times, it becomes the truth. Similarly, if an idea is recognized by millions of people, it will also become the truth.
The principles are all common. The people sitting here are all smart people. You will understand it if you think about it.
Everyone clasped their hands in salute and loudly praised: "My lord, congratulations to your majesty and congratulations to the great man!"
Liu Xiang waved his hand: "It's too early to say congratulations now. The prophecy will only become true if it spreads throughout the world."
The obstacles to his own establishment of the Four Capitals System were cleared, and the routine of creating ideas was recognized. Although he looked relaxed on the surface, he was already happy in his heart. Whether the idea could spread to the world and become a universal value, he didn't know, but Four
The most important thing about the Beijing system is geostrategy.
Another thing is to reduce the burden on Chang'an.
Chang'an's strategic location is very advantageous, but it has a fatal shortcoming: lack of food, Guanzhong cannot support a super giant city, and the Yellow River can only be navigable seasonally, which cannot meet the transportation requirements of food.
Now, this problem is about to arise. There are already more than 300,000 people living in Chang'an City. There are more people outside the city than in the city. People are constantly gathering here. The population is heading towards one million. The pressure on food is great.
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Historically, in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, Chang'an's food shortage problem came to light. The emperor had to take his ministers to Luoyang to eat. The name was unjust and the people's panic could not be eliminated. Chang'an's food prices were like a roller coaster, rising suddenly.
Suddenly, this shortcoming was not solved by the end of the Tang Dynasty, and subsequent dynasties gave up making Guanzhong their capital.
Liu Xiang was also aware of this problem when he established the capital, but Luoyang was in ruins at that time, and Yecheng could not support the heavy burden of governing the Han Dynasty.
In addition, he could not afford to manage the Yellow River and build a new capital, so he could only turn his strategy to the northwest, open up trade routes in the Western Regions, and revitalize commerce.
Therefore, Chang'an is the only choice.
Now that the country has been settled, it is even more difficult to move the capital. After much deliberation, we can only take the route of accompanying the capital.
When the emperor takes hundreds of officials to accompany the capital, the people will not panic, and the price of food in Chang'an will remain stable. When the price of food is stable, the number of female businessmen hoarding will naturally decrease. In this way, the people can live a good life.
Now that we have chosen the route of making a companion capital, we might as well make it bigger. It would be too shameless to establish a companion capital just to solve the problem of food. We should simply follow the geostrategic idea and build the four capitals of the Han Dynasty.
In the initial stage, the four capital cities were just points. Later, they would be connected by water and land routes and become the four major hubs that controlled the world.