Among the thousands of cities in the Great Zhou Dynasty, there are two cities that are the most important.
Among them, the most important city in the northern part of the Great Zhou Dynasty was of course Heyang.
As the heart of the Northern Territory, Heyang City is not only the political, economic, and cultural center of the Northern Territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but also the transportation hub of the Northern Territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The huge city with a population of one million has been nourished by almost absorbing the flesh and blood of the entire Northland.
In contrast, Jinling, the capital city in the south, naturally has similar treatment to Heyang.
However, the southern part of the Great Zhou Dynasty has always been much richer than the northern part, so the material richness of Jinling City is far higher than that of Heyang.
People in Jinling City have always looked down upon the people in Heyang City.
In the eyes of the people of Jinling City, the people of Heyang City are like a group of rustics who do not understand etiquette. Even though Heyang is already the second richest city in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the people of Jinling still think that Heyang is a countryside.
However, this situation has been undergoing fundamental changes in recent times.
The cause was originally due to a kind of wine that is a specialty of Heyang, which was brought to Jinling by business travelers.
This wine called Immortal Drunk caused an uproar as soon as it appeared in Jinling City, and was quickly praised by everyone who drank it, which in turn triggered a large number of dignitaries in Jinling City to pursue it.
Originally, before Immortal Drunk appeared, the most famous and strongest wine in the entire Zhou Dynasty was always Jinling Hantanxiang.
The output is not large, the price is high, and it is basically only sold on the ground in Jinling.
If people from other places want to drink it, in most cases they have to come to Jinling to buy it. It is a specialty that the people of Jinling are most proud of.
But with the emergence of Immortal Zui, Jinling Hantanxiang was instantly wiped out.
From then on, dignitaries from Jinling kept coming, trying their best to bring business travelers back and forth, and bring as many immortals as possible back from Heyang City.
However, because the output of Immortal Drunk is so rare, it is difficult for Heyang City to meet its own demand, and even limited sales are required. As a result, there are very few business travelers who can actually bring Immortal Drunk to Jinling.
Things are more valuable than hope, which led to the fact that the price of Xianrenzui in Heyang City was only three guans per catty, but after arriving in Jinling, the price increased to ten guans per catty!
That’s it, it’s still priceless!
If you don’t have enough connections, you won’t even be able to buy it!
In addition to Xianren Zui, in the past few months, some people from Heyang have also come to Jinling.
Either visiting relatives and friends, or doing business. Although the movement of people from different regions in the Great Zhou Dynasty is almost completely frozen, the interactions between Jinling and Heyang are quite frequent.
As more and more people from Heyang appeared in Jinling during this period, people from Jinling found that they could no longer understand what the people from Heyang were saying.
Walking on the right side of the street and waiting in line in public places are somewhat understandable.
But what on earth are trash cans, public toilets, etc.?
It’s okay if you don’t know. No one can guarantee that he knows everything, right?
But why are those people from Heyang looking at them, people from Jinling, with expressions full of contempt and disdain!
They are the only people in Jinling who have always looked down on the people in Heyang. When will it be the people in Heyang’s turn to look down on the people in Jinling?!
However, the other party looked down upon them so confidently. In the end, the Jinling people learned more and more about the changes in Heyang City from the Heyang people's mouths, and actually understood why the Heyang people looked down on them.
Soon, there was a wave of Heyang fever in Jinling.
From the dignitaries to the common people, everyone began to take pride in imitating Heyang's lifestyle.
And such changes naturally spread quickly to the palace.
Emperor Jing Zhou Xian had just returned to the palace a few days ago.
The huge defeat in the Eastern Expedition made him feel extremely bad.
Although the supporting troops arrived very timely, so that he himself was not in any danger, the failure this time was enough to nail him to the pillar of shame in history.
Every time he thought about this, Zhou Xian felt uncontrollably manic.
From the time we returned to the palace to now, in just a few days, more than two digits of eunuchs and maids had been killed on the spot because they accidentally offended Zhou Xian.
There was a tense mood in the palace, and no one dared to touch Zhou Xian's brow at this time.
At this time, in the imperial study room, Zhou Xian was listening to some new things told by the accompanying eunuch.
The Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty was quite handsome and handsome, but the gloomy look between his brows made his facial features look a bit cruel.
"Has the change in Heyang City really been so huge?"
After listening to the eunuch's words, Zhou Xian asked coldly.
"This... Your Majesty, I don't know for sure, but this is the rumor among the people. I heard that a caravan from Jinling went to Heyang and came back, and they also praised the city of Heyang to the sky. I think... it shouldn't be true."
The accompanying eunuch bowed and said.
"Hmm... If I remember correctly, that Jiang Fan should have been recommended by King Wu, right?"
"Your Majesty is wise and recommended by His Highness King Wu."
"When it comes to knowing people, King Wu is quite capable. It's a pity... that he was killed by Gu Yan! It's simply unreasonable!"
Zhou Xian said this, but the expression on his face did not show much anger.
The accompanying eunuch thought for a moment and then answered cautiously: "Your Majesty, the evidence of His Highness King Wu's rebellion is conclusive, so he should die..."
"That's what you say, but King Wu is the royal family after all, so how can Gu Yan be killed? It is proposed that Gu Yan be removed from the position of Heyang City Guard and transferred back to Jinling pending trial. This Jiang Fan will temporarily replace He Yang.
As the guardian of Yangcheng, the remains of King Wu and his son must be transported to Jinling. Although King Wu rebelled, he is still the heir of our royal family and must be buried in the imperial mausoleum."
Zhou Xian opened his mouth and said.
"The slave obeys the order."
"In addition, haven't the prime minister and the people in the council discussed how to deal with the rebellious people in the North?"
Zhou Xian continued to ask.
"This... I haven't handed over any concrete information yet. I heard... that it's because no one is willing to lead troops to suppress the bandits. It seems that most of the troops still stationed in the local area are private armies of aristocratic families, so
Those aristocratic families don’t want their private armies to be lost.”
The accompanying eunuch leaned over and said.
"Bastard! What kind of private army! Those are all the armies of the Great Zhou Dynasty! These bastards! I am no longer the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty! They are not even willing to send troops to suppress the bandits! Do you want me to take the last 200,000 people outside Jinling City?
Are you going to send out all the Royal Guards? If someone has an idea then, they can station themselves at Aurous Hill instead of the Royal Guards?"
Zhou Xian said in an extremely dangerous tone.
The accompanying eunuch shivered and lowered his head hard, not daring to take up the issue.
Zhou Xianze breathed hard for a few times and said in a cold voice: "Go, let the Generalissimo Chuanshenju come to see me!"