Long before Yang Guang proposed moving the capital to Luoyang, Yang Guang ordered the construction of official roads and roads in various places.
In late January of the fourth year of Daye, Liu Ziming, the commander of the Internal Affairs Department of the Lanyi Guards Mansion, was not doing his job properly and came to see Wang Junlin every day, begging Wang Junlin to meet the emperor and persuade him to extend the construction period of the Grand Canal and to show more compassion to the people.
, Wang Tong, the governor of Yongzhou, delivered great news to the palace: the Chi Road from Daxing City to Jincheng was completed!
The construction of Guanlu Chidao was actually the first major project proposed by Yang Guang after he ascended the throne as emperor. With the virtue of officials in this era, this project would naturally kill many people, but from a national strategic perspective, this project
Wang Junlin supported Wang Junlin with both hands. The country's ruling territory was limited by military transportation capabilities. After the Sui Dynasty destroyed Tuyuhun and weakened the Eastern and Western Turks in the past few years, two more counties were added to the northwest. Although since the Han Dynasty,
Many Guanliang were leveled, but in many places it took several months or even a year and a half to dispatch officers and deploy troops, which was very inconvenient.
Therefore, more than three years later, as soon as Yang Guang ascended the throne as emperor, he asked the prefectures and counties to repair roads and turn the original muddy paths into "national highways" that could accommodate several carriages driving side by side!
The northwest is endangered by nomadic tribes such as Eastern and Western Turks, so the construction of the Chidaoguan Road to the northwest was given priority. However, the Ministry of Industry reported that it would take at least five years to repair, and Yang Guang said at the time that it would be completed in one year.
The ministry used facts to advise in every possible way, and Yang Guang issued an order to ask local state, county and county officials, and finally changed the time limit to three years.
At that time, Yang Guang demanded that within three years, the "Western Road" from Daxing City to Xianyang, Tianshui, Longxi, Jincheng and Zhangye County must be built. At the same time, he also proposed an "Eastern Road" that passes through Luoyang, Xingyang, Chenliu, and reaches the Qidi seaside.
, the "Southern Road" from Wuguan to the north of the Yangtze River.
Among the three roads, the Western Road is the shortest and has the least distance, so it was completed first. As soon as it was completed, Yang Guang was planning to start his first long-distance trip after becoming emperor, touring westward in March.
Yang Guang respected Qin Emperor and Han Wu the most, and wanted to be the emperor of the ages to rival these two, so he imitated these two people in many things intentionally or unintentionally, such as building the Great Wall, going to war, celebrating great achievements, and also likes to travel around the world and learn about history.
The First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty were the three emperors who liked to travel around the world the most. However, the first two became emperors throughout the ages, and Yang Guang became a model of tyrants and cowardly kings.
"The two counties of Zhangye and Xiping in the northwest have been occupied by foreigners since the Han Dynasty. Now they have been taken back by the Sui Dynasty. Naturally, I want to go to Xicui to have a look. I may also go out of Jincheng and go to Zhangye to overlook the lands outside the territory..."
When Yang Guang said this at the court meeting, the officials had different expressions, and they were thinking more about which officials the emperor would accompany during his western tour.
This time when Yang Guangxi visited Yongzhou Jincheng, he first summoned Wang Junlin to accompany him, but Wang Junlin was left with worries. He had too many secrets in the northwest, and he also had many enemies. Although he was secretive in doing things, there were still many secrets.
There are still some flaws that will be exposed, and if some things are exposed, it will bring him great trouble or even death.
Therefore, since it is difficult to change Yang Guang's plan to patrol the west, the best result is to follow Yang Guang to Yongzhou so that he can respond to the situation at any time.
"I will travel west with you for a short period of two months or a long period of half a year. The blue-clothed guards will be led by Shen Guang and assisted by Zi Ming. However, if there is any major event, you and I need to discuss and decide. If there is enough time, send someone to report quickly. Come on, Jingzong will take the first step today and secretly go to Yongzhou to prepare, so as not to be exposed during His Majesty's westward tour..." Before going west, Wang Junlin summoned the officials in the blue-clothed guard government to arrange some matters. Later, Xu Jingzong and Shen Guang and Liu Ziming, the commanders of the three divisions, stayed behind to explain secret matters.
The three of them respectfully said yes. Xu Jingzong had long expected that Wang Junlin would ask him to go to Yongzhou first to set up a front station. Before the establishment of the Lan Yiwei Mansion, he was responsible for several forces and arrangements that Wang Junlin secretly operated in Yongzhou. And he was in charge of it. It was expected that Shen Guang would be left in charge of the Lanyi Guards. After all, Shen Guang was the first confidant who followed Wang Junlin. Liu Ziming was not thinking about this and wanted to talk to Wang Junlin in private later and ask him to persuade Yang Guang to let go. Slow down the pace and extend the time limit for the completion of Luoyang New Capital and the Grand Canal.
After arranging things in the Lanyi Guard Mansion, Wang Junlin returned to the house. Nie Xiaoyu, Wei Ziqi, Ye Ying, Jingtian, Chong Yao, Spring and Autumn Valley Master and others were already waiting here. Wang Junlin originally wanted to take Nie Xiaoyu with him. Accompanying, but thinking that the Wulin Alliance has just been established, there are many things that need to be done, and the martial arts warriors are idle and it is not easy to manage and restrain. Others may not be able to truly control the Wulin Alliance, so I have to explain to Xiaoyu Theater and Wulin Nie Xiaoyu was solely responsible for the affairs of the Guild and the Wulin Alliance. He only took the insect demon, Shen Guoer, and Chunqiu Nu to the west. Of course, he also had twenty guards overtly, and secretly there were a hundred trusted masters and spies from the Blue-clothed Guards Mansion ready to provide help. The king sent you yesterday.
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In March of the fourth year of Daye, Wang Junlin followed Yang Guang's imperial chariot along the Chi Road out of Daxing City, passed Xianyang, and headed west.
Even from the perspective of Wang Junlin, a later generation, this official road is extremely exaggerated, especially the nearly 100 miles from Daxing City to Xianyang. The road is as wide as fifty paces and can accommodate ten carriages running in parallel! Every day A straight green pine was planted three feet apart. The road was based on loess and thickly rammed with gravel. In the middle of the road was a special passage for the emperor to make inspections. On both sides were official roads, and on the far edge were the people's carriages and horses. Pedestrian walking area.
This road alone is extremely luxurious. According to Wang Junlin's guess, Yang Guang probably had instructions that when the Tibetan, Turkic and other ethnic groups in the Western Regions come to perform pilgrimage, this half of the road must be passed. With Yang Guang's What a great success, I must have thought that the foreign envoys would be shocked by this road as spacious as a square before entering Daxing City...
Ten miles past Xianyang, after reaching Duting, the width of the road has shrunk a bit, but it is still very spacious and flat, comparable to the township roads of later generations. Wang Junlin could even doze off on the carriage and head to Chencang comfortably. Tianshui two counties.
Chencang and Tianshui counties both belong to the north and south banks of the Weishui River, with 600 miles of fertile fields. It is the place where King Wen and King Wu of Zhou established their royal remains. The Book of Songs praised it as "the original Zhou Dynasty is fertile, and the pandan is as sweet as glutinous rice." It was also the period of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The place where Qin State was first established.
At the end of the Zhou Dynasty, a group of descendants named "Qin" named "Qin", for this promise, ignored death for several generations. They shed their blood and sacrificed their lives, restored the Zhouyuan land near Qishan inch by inch, and expelled all the troops. .For this piece of land that could no longer be controlled, the Zhou royal family fulfilled their promise and gave it to the Qin people with a wave of their hands.