Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 637 Don't Live Up to My High Hopes

"This is located in the middle reaches of the great river, connecting Bashu to the west, Wuyue to the east, the Central Plains to the north, and Hunan and Guangxi to the south. superior.This is where the old Zhao family moved their capital for the second time.

This place is also considered to be uniquely endowed with well-developed water and land transportation, and it is known as the "thoroughfare of seven provinces" in later generations.It can't compare with Wuhan's reputation as the thoroughfare of nine provinces, but compared with Jiangling, the latter can deduct all its points with only one flood.

But the civil and military officials in the court saw clearly that the place Lu Qian was referring to was when the former Song Dynasty was in Jiangling, and they all opened their eyes wide.Helpless, in the minds of a group of important ministers, although Jiangling City is good, it has never been in their consideration.In history, except for a few short-lived separatist forces, it has never been the place where the capital of a unified dynasty was built.

That place is not as good as Jinling, it is not royal!
"Think twice, Your Majesty. The terrain is flat and the waterway is very convenient. There is no danger to defend. Once a war breaks out, the disaster will be unpredictable." Zong Ze was the first to stand up and object.How the Qi army broke Jing Xiang, everyone present knew it well.

Then came Lin Chong, Wen Huanzhang and others. Just like Jinling earlier, no one thought it was suitable for establishing a capital.

Lu Qian laughed. Since he considered setting up the capital in Jiangling, he naturally had a comprehensive consideration.Not to mention anything else, just say that after the capital is established in this way, there is no need to worry about the problem of drinking water and food.You can't easily shut your mouth.

"It is close to the Yangtze River, so the water source is abundant. In the future, there will be no worries about the agricultural water around the capital, the drinking water for millions of soldiers and civilians in the city, the water for palaces and gardens, and the water for the city and canals. The hinterland of the Jianghan Plain. I was planning to immigrate to the two lakes in the next time, and the effect of setting up the capital in this way will be even greater."

"Northern Hubei and southern Hunan provinces have vast plains and abundant water sources. They should have been lands of fish and rice and rich lands. Today's bleakness is the fault of Zhao and Song Dynasties." Although the coast of Dongting Lake has been well developed, it is better than that. In the dynasty, "the two lakes are familiar, the world is full", but it is still far from it.

The current economic status along the Poyang Lake is far better than that of Dongting Lake.

In the future, the Jianghan Plain, Dongting Lake Plain, and Poyang Lake Plain will all be developed. Let alone the population of Jiangling in the future will be in the millions.

Of course, Lu Qian has also heard about the water situation in Jiangling in the future.Coming from later generations, he lived in the era of the information explosion, and knew a lot of miscellaneous joys.The famous Jingjiang flood diversion area?

——The so-called Jingjiang refers to the Yangtze River along the line of ancient Jingzhou.It is the section from Zhijiang, Hubei Province to Chenglingji, Yueyang County, Hunan Province. Naturally, it has also been reported to the present Jiangling.

At that time, the People's Republic of China had just been founded, and the Korean War had not yet ended. The domestic management policy for the Jingjiang flood was: embankment to block water, divert flood and drain water.That is to vacate a place for the flood to submerge, "both storage and drainage, with drainage as the main".In desperation, choose the lesser of two evils, so as to protect the safety of big cities such as Wuhan and Jiujiang downstream.

The reason for this is because the Jingjiang River is winding and winding, which has always been known as the "nine-curved ileum".Once the flood breaks out in summer, it will naturally be difficult to excrete.

To the north of the first section of the Jingjiang River is the area of ​​Guyunmeng Daze, and to the south is the Dongting Lake area. The terrain is inherently low-lying, so a large amount of sediment brought by the Yangtze River is deposited here.In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, people began to build embankments to provide water and reclaim Yunmeng Daze. In the Ming Dynasty, the continuous Jingjiang embankment was built in Jiangbei.But now there is no such thing.

Sediment is also deposited, but the riverbed of the Yangtze River has not been raised above the plains on both banks, and it has become an "overground river".

It can be said that only from the perspective of floods, the Jiangling City in the official history is the Jingzhou flood that only occurred in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and now Jiangling cannot be blamed in the slightest.

The water and land transportation is convenient, and there is no harm from flooding. At first glance, it is quite suitable.

"It is close to Bashu, and there is a road leading directly to the Central Plains in the north. The south can be controlled to the south, and Guangdong and Guangxi can be faintly suppressed. And the Yangtze River is connected to the east, and the Jianghuai and Jiangnan are also under control."

To be honest, Jiangling's geographical location is still somewhat biased.If it is too close to the inland, it will have a strong control over the south, but for the Saibei Grassland, for the Liaodong, and for the Western Regions, the control is really a bit out of reach, and at the same time it is a bit southward.The geographical location is really not as good as Wuhan.But there are floods in Wuhan.In later generations, Wuhan still fought against floods every year. In this era, the threat will only become greater.Ezhou has never been in his consideration.

Apart from the fact that Jiangling City has no kingly spirit, the only major flaw is that it has no danger to defend.But I don’t know if there is such a saying, the country is solid, but virtue is not dangerous.

If there is any truth to this sentence, it makes sense.Just like Qin Shihuang's Xianyang City back then, there were no walls for people.It's a pity that this sentence was used badly by Zhao Laoer.With Zhao Song's signature, the general civil and military of the dynasty really dare not ignore the word 'dangerous'.

However, the same word 'dangerous' also covers both daimyo and Jinan.Both are equally safe.

Seeing that all the civil and military officials in the hall were objecting, Lu Qian smiled.Okay, let’s keep arguing and arguing.Compared to Jiangling, he was more willing to build Jinling as his capital.However, Jinling was opposed by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. He himself felt that the place was too remote.

It doesn't matter, it's a multiple-choice question with four options.Luoyang and Bianjing have been kicked out, leaving only four options. Let's see if they continue to fight in the future.

Although the capital is becoming more and more cramped, he never thought of moving the capital immediately.

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After Lu Qian proclaimed himself emperor, he issued a call to surrender.But before he proclaimed himself emperor, he had already sent envoys across the ocean, arrived in Japan, entered Heianjing, and formally issued an edict to Japan.Tell Japan to submit obediently, so that Lu Qian will canonize the Japanese Lord as the king of Japan, which is equivalent to the king of Koryo and the king of Juetong County.

This does not mean contempt in the eyes of the world.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Japan always respected the Central Plains and regarded it as a teacher.And the real title of the latter is not Shilaozi'emperor', but Wawang.The reason for this has been around for a long time.The so-called Japanese word was changed by an envoy sent to Tang Dynasty, which means the place where the sun rises.The king of Japan was bestowed by Zhu Ming in the official history.

Lu Qian is willing to canonize Toba as the king of Japan, which is an expression of goodwill.Does it conform to the Japanese public opinion?The so-called emperor is basically the existence of the dark side, just like the rulers of Goryeo and Annan in the official history, the king outside and the emperor inside are a common phenomenon in countries in East Asia.

It’s just that other countries are called emperors. For example, the Lord of Xixia accepted the canonization of the Song Dynasty as the King of Xia after the Qingli Peace Conference, and also accepted the canonizations of the Liao and Jin.The monarch of Dali is also called the emperor internally, using his own year name, and he is called the king when communicating with the Song Dynasty.

The title of emperor was coined by Li Zhi and Wu Zetian.The so-called emperor and empress, the two saints are in court, so it is.The Japanese envoys to the Tang Dynasty introduced this name to Dongying, and then they began to call themselves this way.Its essence is not worth mentioning to put it bluntly.

The reason why Chinese people in later generations are so disgusted is because of the deep blood enmity between the two countries, and because of their hatred of Japan.Only in this way will it be associated with the emperor > emperor and emperor.The emperor, literally, the emperor of heaven.But in essence, he is the emperor, just like the caliph of the Tianfang world.

If the latter dared to refuse, that would be the best.Lu Qian just had an excuse to formally attack him.It's a pity that the Japanese are very obedient, even ecstatic.

Although the main force of the Qi army's navy went south, the warships staying on the islands were invincible in the eyes of the Japanese.On the other side of Sado Island, there was a country of Yue, where pirates invaded and plundered frequently.His figure is all powerful and powerful.Although few people wear armor, not all of them are holding swords and guns, but everyone is holding thick sticks, which are indestructible.

Heian-kyo received news reports one after another, and they had every reason to believe that those so-called giant pirates were Chinese thieves from Sado Island.

It was a time when those people in power were having a headache, and when they suddenly saw that China was waving its flag and clamoring to recruit younger brothers, it was a hundred willingness in its heart.It's like sending envoys to Yidu immediately, so that they can report Japan's suffering to China as soon as possible.As a result, the envoys they sent followed the Han envoys into Yidu by boat.But they were lost in the sea.

It was that overnight.The Japanese envoy ship, which was still near at dusk yesterday, disappeared the next day.Although there was a strong wind that night, no one was killed.

Helpless, Song Qing could only return to Yidu alone first.Naturally, the Japanese credential and envoys also failed to arrive at the enthronement ceremony.

"Chen Songqing has met His Majesty, long live my emperor."

As soon as Song Qing returned to his mansion that day, he was announced by Lu Qian to enter the Forbidden City.With his official position, he cannot easily enter this imperial city.Along the way, Song Qing opened his eyes wide, and his eyes hurt from looking at it. He didn't see any difference between the so-called Forbidden City and the Qi Palace earlier.Anyway, you have to move the soil.

"Song Qing is here, please give me a seat." Lu Qian had already known the matter from Huang Qianshan, but he had been busy for many days before and had no time to spare. He wanted to come and chat with Song Qing, but he didn't have time.

Today I finally have some free time, Xuan Song Qing will meet with you, and what I'm talking about is Japan.

"...Entering Ping'an capital is like entering Hancheng, China." Yishuier's Tang-style architecture, although in the eyes of Song and Qing people, it feels inconsistent, after all, the architectural features of Song Dynasty are different from those of Tang Dynasty, but they still feel friendly on the whole. of.The fault is not that the crowds on the street are turbulent, but they are all people who are five feet tall, or even less than five feet tall. Song and Qing would think that they are in the Han Dynasty.

As the political, cultural and economic center of Japan, there are a lot of Japanese samurai in this city.Pedestrians walking on the street can see people with long knives at their waists anytime and anywhere.

"How about its military?"

"I look at their sergeants, but they are also strong and brave. However, most of the Japanese are short in stature, and they are tall if they are five feet tall. They are thin and weak because they don't eat poultry meat, and they are far less stout than the Jurchen in Liaodong." Somehow understand the army. Song Qing knew very well that the physique of the Japanese cannot wear heavy armor, draw a strong crossbow and hard bow, let alone endure a long battle.If on the battlefield, the two sides line up to fight, with the strength of the Qi army's soldiers and the military equipment of the Central Plains army, one of them will surely be able to outnumber ten, no problem.

Of course, although these Japanese people are weak in physique, they are brave and brave. As long as they have good food and meat for a period of time, and then teach them how to fight, they will strengthen their bodies and change from short and thin to strong and powerful. It is not easy to deal with.

There are 500 million Japanese.Even though the 'samurai' has just emerged for only a hundred years, and the shogunate has not yet appeared on the stage, it should not be underestimated.Think about Kublai Khan's two failures to conquer the sun...

"The current head of Japan, Zongren, can he become a weapon?" The Emperor Shirakawa had forced his son Horihe to death for power, and now he saw his eldest grandson grow up from a shaggy child, and now, even his son and daughter have been born. Can he not be flustered?

Lu Qian knew nothing about Japanese history. He didn't know that Emperor Shirakawa forced Zongren to retire when he was [-] years old to give way to his five-year-old son.As a result, in the history of Japan, there was a strange phenomenon in which the emperor, the emperor, and the emperor of Japan coexisted side by side.

But although he doesn't know much about Japanese history, he knows a lot about Shirakawa.Judging from his actions, this is a master who is obsessed with power and desire, and he will never let power fall by his side.Therefore, "When the Japanese envoy arrives, I will order you to travel to Japan for the second time. Canonize Zongren as the king of Japan. You must do things well, and don't disappoint my high expectations."

Song Qing heard the string song and knew the elegant meaning, and immediately suppressed the surprise in his heart, and retreated.

(End of this chapter)