Chapter 1471 The proposal to rebuild the Qianyang Palace in Luoyang is to relocate
Chapter 1471 The proposal to rebuild the Qianyang Palace in Luoyang is a test of moving the capital (please subscribe and vote)
Cheng Chubi nodded, but he didn't quite understand why Li Chengqian mentioned this matter.
"Brother Chu Bi is far away in Luzhou. Maybe he doesn't know that my father once intended to rebuild the Qianyang Hall of Luoyang Palace, but he was blocked by his ministers."
"Now, my father has this idea again, but once again he is blocked by his ministers."
Li Chengqian and Cheng Chubi came to a pavilion, and a eunuch quickly sent his warriors to bring an iron stove with a strong coal fire.
Someone else used straw mats to surround the pavilion on three sides. In an instant, it was no longer cold in the pavilion.
Cheng Chubi and Li Chengqian sat by the stove, picked up a cup of tea and took a sip before asking with some confusion.
"Your Highness is telling me this...is there some purpose?"
"Exactly, brother Chu Bi, do you know why Emperor Yang of the previous dynasty insisted on building a large-scale construction project in Luoyang?"
"You know, at the beginning of the founding of the Sui Dynasty, Chang'an New City had just been built. By the way, it was called Daxing City at that time."
Cheng Chubi thought for a moment and said, "I don't know. It's his own interest and hobby that Yang Guang falls in love with." He is also happy to stay in Yangzhou.
Having said that, in the Jiangnan area, Cheng Chubi feels that the only food that tastes good is Huaiyang cuisine. As for Shanghai cuisine, Hangzhou cuisine and so on.
Cheng Chubi, a man from the beautiful Southwest, felt that those dishes tasted like sugar.
The Huaiyang cuisine in Yangzhou is naturally the most authentic, especially the lion head dish, even if Cheng Chubi, who was not fond of spicy food, jumped to Yangzhou back then.
I also like to have a big lion head, a plate of Wensi tofu, and a bowl of rice with my classmates. The lion head bibimbap is definitely a must-have.
Wensi Tofu's knife skills are exquisite and very powerful, but the Yangzhou fried rice thing, haha...
Li Chengqian heard the sound of slobbering, turned his head, and saw Brother Chu Bi looking into the distance with his pupils dilated.
His eyes were not focused, so he couldn't help but remind him. "Brother Chu Bi? Are you listening..."
"Yeah, yeah, listen, listen, Yang Guang, that guy likes to run around randomly, sometimes in the north of the desert, sometimes in the south of the Yangtze River, he never stays anywhere long."
"No, no, no, brother Chu Bi, this is not what I want to say.
I want to ask you to guess why Yang Guanghui started to build the Luoyang Palace in Luoyang when he first took over the throne?"
A flash of light flashed in Cheng Chubi's mind. "Is it possible that Guanzhong was also hungry during the Sui Dynasty?"
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"As expected of Brother Chu Bi, he hit the nail on the head." Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, although Brother Chu Bi was distracted, at least his IQ was on the line.
"During the previous dynasty, if there was a drought in Guanzhong and there was a shortage of summer grain, the Sui Emperor, who established his capital in Chang'an, would have to move east to Luoyang with a group of princes and ministers to get food."
"Therefore, after Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, the first thing he did was to carry out large-scale construction and build Luoyang."
"After Yang Guang was emperor for more than ten years, he mostly stayed in Luoyang or went south to Jiangling, and rarely lived in Chang'an."
"It's just that Chang'an was the imperial capital of the previous dynasty, so the prince had to stay in Chang'an to supervise state affairs."
"Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty in Chang'an, during the Wude period, Guanzhong has experienced great chaos, and the population has decreased a lot."
"The products in Guanzhong are sufficient. However, with the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty and the peace of the people, the population of Guanzhong increased dramatically."
"Today, it takes 1.3 million stones of grain to be transported into Guanzhong to meet the needs of the year."
"One million three hundred thousand stones..." Cheng Chubi heard this number and couldn't help but take a breath with toothache.
Based on the human and animal transportation of this era, this is not a small amount.
"This year, there is another drought in Guanzhong. My father had no choice but to follow the example of the previous dynasty and led hundreds of civil and military officials and hundreds of thousands of soldiers to visit Luoyang. In fact, he only went to Luoyang to eat."
Cheng Chubi nodded. The word "eating" is relatively neutral, and sounds much better than begging.
"When my father left Chang'an, he had a deep conversation with my younger brother and I discussed that if I were to establish the capital of the Tang Dynasty, it would be Luoyang instead of Chang'an."
"I don't know how much trouble this can save, but it's a pity..."
Hearing this, Cheng Chubi rolled his eyes. The topic Li Chengqian mentioned was exactly the same as what Li Ke had said in the past.
Cheng Chubi gave the answer that he took for granted without hesitation.
"Then move the capital."
"...Move the capital." Li Chengqian didn't expect Brother Bi to give such an answer without even thinking about it.
I couldn't help but take in a breath with toothache.
"Brother Chu Bi, moving the capital is not just a matter of words."
"I understand this. Not only do you have to say it, you also have to do it. However, in my opinion, Guanzhong is really too small and is completely unsuitable for the future development pace of our Datang."
"I have talked about this topic with His Highness King Wu before. Yang Guang of the previous dynasty has definitely dredged canals in the world."
"Grain from the south of the Yangtze River can be transported directly to Luoyang. However, the Luoyang Road between Luoyang and Chang'an is not smooth and it is very difficult."
"If we travel by land, it will cost countless manpower and material resources."
"Moreover, the population of Guanzhong will only increase in the future. I heard His Highness King Wu mentioned that during the Wude period, only 200,000 dan from Guanzhong were needed to feed Guanzhong."
"Now it has risen to 1.3 million dan, and it has only been more than 20 years."
"If it takes another thirty years, then even doubling this number will not be enough. Will it be possible to survive?"
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Li Chengqian sat there, listening to Brother Chu Bi imagine what would happen thirty years later. When he thought of the originally bustling official roads, they were all filled with grain trucks.
From time to time, the Yongtong Canal will show you what it means to be dry due to lack of water. Enjoy admiring the grain ships that were forced to run aground in it.
"So, to sum up, only moving the capital can solve this big problem. Otherwise, things will continue like this forever."
"I'm afraid that I, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, might have to run away from home every once in a while to eat in Luoyang."
After hearing this last sentence, as the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty and the future heir to the throne of the Tang Dynasty, I thought that I would have to lead hundreds of civil and military officials and an army of hundreds of thousands to the east.
He had no choice but to leave his cute son Li Xiang in Chang'an to supervise the country, and he couldn't help but feel a headache.
"But brother Chu Bi, moving the capital is not that easy to do. Actually, actually..."
"Actually what?" Cheng Chubi couldn't help but wonder when he saw Li Chengqian's hesitant expression.
"Actually, my father, the emperor, visited the eastern capital in the fourth year of Zhenguan. When he visited Luoyang, he proposed to rebuild the Qianyang Hall in Luoyang Palace, which was a kind of test to move the capital."
"This is what my father revealed when he left Chang'an for dinner in the east capital."
"You mean, your father also intends to move the capital?"
Li Chengqian looked around nervously and made sure that Ning Zhong was standing alone and cold outside the pavilion at the moment. There was no one else waiting in the pavilion, and then he lowered his voice and said.
"Brother Chu Bi, these words come out of my mouth and into your ears. You must not let a third person know."