Turbulent Times Chapter 792: Land of the new capital

Gao Zhengshi actually really wanted to know who the woman in front of her who was faster than him and defeated herself in ten moves, said: "One hundred taels, I will give you one hundred taels of silver, you tell me Who are you."

"Seven hundred taels!"

"Two hundred taels!"

"Six hundred taels!"

"Three hundred taels!"

"Five hundred taels!"

"Four hundred taels! There can't be more." Finally Master Gao said.

Zhang Chuchen said without hesitation: "Okay! Deal."

"Then tell me who you are, and I will give you four hundred taels of silver after you tell me." Zhengshi Gao said.

Zhang Chuchen was not afraid that the other party would not give it to him, so he said, "I am the witch Zhang Chuchen you call."

When everyone heard the words, their faces changed drastically, and then they suddenly realized that it was Zhang Chuchen, the witch who ranked second on the Xiaoyao list, no wonder he was able to defeat Gao Zhengshi in less than ten moves. It's just that a peerless master of this level, can he have a bit of morality, why does a good martial arts competition become such a painting style...

While Zhang Chuchen continued to try to swindle money, Wang Junlin and his party had already come to a secluded place to sit down and rest. Jun Lin said: "My lord, Your Majesty sent someone to invite you into the palace to discuss matters."

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Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room, an **** reported at the door: "Your Majesty, Shaojian Yuwen has returned."

Yuwen Shaojian is the future young supervisor Yu Wenkai. He was sent by Yang Guang to Luoyang to investigate and choose the address of Xindu a month ago. He just rushed back to Daxing City and entered the palace directly. Yang Guang has also been waiting for his report. Hearing his return at this time, he was overjoyed and said, "Quickly declare him an audience!"

Yu Wenkai is about fifty years old. He is the son of Yu Wengui, a former general of the Western Wei Dynasty. In the fourth year of Emperor Kaihuang's design, Yu Wenkai led the hydraulic engineering to dig the Guangtong Canal to divert the Weishui River to the Yellow River. It was more than 300 miles from the east of Daxing City to Tongguan, which made the transshipment convenient, and all the wealth in Guanzhong came from here.

Because of this, Yu Wenkai has the reputation of being the number one craftsman in the Sui Dynasty, and his achievements can be described as great. When the nobles of Guanlong strongly opposed the move of the capital more than a month ago, Yang Guang sent Yu Wenkai to Luoyang in advance regardless of his disregard for preliminary exploration and location.

A moment later, Yu Wenkai hurried into the imperial study, stepped forward and bowed to salute: "Chen Yuwenkai sees Your Majesty!"

"You don't need to be polite, I have been waiting for your news for many days."

"The minister will report to His Majesty."

Yu Wenkai is very good at drawing design drawings. This time, he was fully prepared to meet His Majesty. He brought the scroll with him. At this time, he quickly took the scroll off his back, and several eunuchs stepped forward to help spread the blueprint on the table. , two eunuchs held oil lamps, and another **** found a wooden pole and handed it to Yu Wenkai.

Luoyang city has existed since ancient times, but Yang Guang not only wanted to move the capital, but also didn’t want to use the old city of Luoyang. , but to build a large-scale capital city, and to match the great achievements of the Qin Emperor and Han Wu that he will do.

After the drawings were ready, Yu Wenkai said loudly: "I first choose a place with good geomantic omen, secondly consider the convenience of transportation, and thirdly consider disasters, so I traveled all over the hundreds of miles around Luoyang City, and finally found a place to avoid suspicion. It is a place with excellent Fengshui, which is most suitable for building a capital city."

Speaking of this, Yu Wenkai pointed to an open tunnel in the middle of the mountains: "This area reaches Yique in the south, Mang Mountain in the north, and the Luoshui River runs across it. The soil is flat and the foundation is stable. Since then, there has never been a major disaster at this time, so building a capital city here can be handed down forever.”

Yang Guang stared at the map, did not immediately express his opinion, and said to the left and right: "It is said that the important ministers of the three provinces and six departments, as well as the chief commander of the Lanyiwei Mansion, Wang Junlin, entered the palace to discuss the selection of the new capital."

The eunuchs of the left and right immediately left to pass the decree, and Yang Guang led people to move to the Dazheng Palace. Soon, the officials from the three provinces and six ministries entered the palace one after another. not coming back.

Yang Guang and the others will not wait for Wang Junlin, and they have already started discussing matters. Yu Wenkai told all the ministers what he said to Yang Guang before. What do you think about moving the capital?"

Everyone knows that Yang Guang attaches great importance to moving the capital. In addition, since Yang Guang came to the throne, all the ministers have understood Yang Guang's disposition, and know that this master is a self-willed king who likes to dictate the rules of the court. If he obeys the emperor's words It means that it will be valued by the emperor, and it will be reused if it is used more times. However, if the meaning is contrary to the emperor, it will naturally be hated by the emperor, so that now the important ministers will not speak easily, and people like Su Wei and Yu Shiji are already aware of it. Everything obeyed the emperor's will, which made him more favored by Yang Guang.

Seeing that Yang Guang frowned, Changsun Sheng came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, I think that the place chosen by Master Yuwen is comprehensive, but Luoyang is a place with a large picture of the Central Plains, but its shortcomings are very obvious. First of all, there is no Guanzhong." This kind of mountain and river defense is dangerous, so I think that the safety and defense of the new capital should also be considered."

Changsun Sheng’s words are the words of an old man seeking to seek the country, but Yang Guang felt uncomfortable when he heard these words. He had already led troops to fight when he was the prince, and the destruction of the South Chen Kingdom was basically all siege battles. , How could he not consider security and defense, but Yang Guang is now the most confident and energetic. He never believed that when he was the emperor, someone would be able to lead troops to the capital, but Changsun Sheng has always been his He is a more trustworthy minister, so he is noncommittal, neither affirming nor denying.

Pei Shiju hesitated for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, I think what General Changsun said is true. Luoyang is surrounded by open space and flat terrain. Although there is the Yellow River in the north, the Yellow River freezes in winter and becomes a smooth road. Once the Turks go south , will flatten the river.”

Yang Guang's brows became tighter, but he still didn't make a statement. Now he has to rely on the Hedong and Shandong gentry to check and balance the Guanlong nobles. Pei Shiju is the representative of the Hedong gentry in the court. , so he snorted and still didn't make a statement.

He looked at a group of officials from the Guanlongmen clan headed by Yuan Zhou. The latter group looked calm and didn't have any intention of speaking. Yang Guang was suddenly upset.

Yang Guang knew that the Guanlong nobles had been hit too hard recently, so that the Guanlong officials were not only very quiet in the court meeting these days, but also less motivated to work after they left.

Nowadays, no less than one-third of the officials of the upper and lower Guanlong nobles in the court, Yang Guang can of course order to punish the officials who do not do their jobs well, but this does not solve the problem.