Chapter 662: Moving the capital to Luoyang

In November of the fifth year of Tiantong, Deng Sheng's youngest child and only daughter, Deng Qian, the eldest princess Deng Guo, married Luo Ping, the second son of Luo Cheng of Chunping. At this point, all Deng Sheng's children were already married.

After marrying his only daughter, Deng Sheng and the entire Deng State devoted their energy to the construction of the new capital Luoyang City. This is the future capital of Deng State. If there is no major change, Luoyang City will be the permanent capital of Deng State. Therefore, Deng Sheng has very high requirements for the construction of Luoyang City and ordered the Ministry of Works to build an unprecedented big city.

Luoyang City was originally the capital of the Zhou Dynasty. Hundreds of years ago, it was the largest city in the world. However, with the destruction of the Zhou Dynasty, Luoyang City gradually declined, and the scale of the city was gradually surpassed by other cities. Fortunately, during the period of the Chu-Han competition for hegemony, the Han State used Luoyang City as a frontier position to expand it on a certain scale. Although it was not as large as that of Chang'an, Pengcheng, Jinyang and other cities, it was still a little larger than ordinary cities.

While Deng State was in full swing to build Luoyang City, Zhao State in the north was also raising its last power. Now the whole world has changed from a cohesion of the countries 40 years ago to a confrontation between Deng and Zhao, but Deng State has far surpassed Zhao State in terms of both its territory and national strength. Especially in the Northern Frontier War a year ago, although Zhao State achieved the final victory, it lost more than 100,000 elite troops. For Zhao State, it was undoubtedly a heavy blow. Therefore, while Deng State was working hard to build Luoyang City and preparing to move the capital and had no time to look north, Zhao State was also trying its best to expand its strength.

However, in the battle with Deng State, Zhao State was defeated repeatedly, lost its city and lost its territory, and was forced to abandon the Central Plains and retreat to the north of the Yellow River. Now the remaining land in Zhao State is only north of the Yellow River and the four counties in Liaodong. In addition, many wars have caused hundreds of thousands of troops to be damaged, which has greatly reduced the population of Zhao State. The rough statistics of Zhao State's population is only more than 1.5 million households and more than 6 million people. However, most of the elderly, weak, women and children are left, and only more than 2 million are left.

As for the Deng State, Jingxiang, Bashu and Jiangdong, the three places have been peaceful for many years and the population has grown rapidly. The three places alone have more than 4 million households and more than 17 million people. The Central Plains region has experienced wars for a long time, but the Central Plains is the heart of the world, so there are more than 3 million households and more than 13 million people. The newly incorporated Guanzhong, Xiliang and other places have suffered wars, with only more than 800,000 households and more than 3 million people. According to statistics, the total population of Deng State has reached nearly 9 million households and nearly 30 million people, which is five times that of Zhao State.

In comparison, Deng State still mainly consists of 20 guards, with a total of one million troops, but these are only the permanent soldiers of Deng State. With the garrison troops from various places, Deng State's total strength reaches at least 1.5 million. In fact, with Deng State's population potential, even ten or eight guards can be expanded. However, Deng Sheng considered that after the unification of the world, in order to reduce the burden on the country, the army would definitely be reorganized. At that time, there would be no need for one million permanent soldiers. Instead of disarmament at that time, it would be better not to expand the army. Therefore, after the end of the Battle of Guanzhong, Deng Sheng only added the organization of each guard.

On the other hand, Zhao State had about 500,000 troops before the Northern Frontier War, but in the Northern Frontier War, Zhao State lost more than 100,000 elite troops, leaving only more than 300,000. Therefore, after the Northern Frontier War, Zhao State recruited troops again immediately. However, Zhao State suffered too many young and strong wars. Without affecting the development of the country, Zhao State only replenished 100,000 troops, with a total force of more than 400,000.

Time flies, the sun and the moon pass by, time has come to the first month of the ninth year of Tiantong. More than three years have passed since the Battle of Guanzhong. In the past three years, Deng State has made every effort to build the new capital Luoyang City, while Zhao State is desperately restoring its strength. There was no friction between Deng and Zhao, and the world has also ushered in a brief calm. But everyone knows that after the peace, it will be a bayonet battle. Deng State aims to unify the world. In order to preserve its foundation, both sides will definitely do their best. If Deng State wins, the world will usher in unification again after three hundred years. On the other hand, if Zhao State wins, the world will continue to be in turmoil.

In the past three years, the two countries have not been smooth sailing. First of all, it was Deng State. After the end of the Guanzhong Battle, Deng Sheng ordered King Deng Han of Jin to be the governor of Guzang, to take charge of Xiliang Road, guard Xiliang, and to manage the Western Regions, but Deng State did not manage the Western Regions so smoothly.

When Qin was dominating Xiliang, he surrendered the countries in the Western Regions. However, as Qin moved to Guanzhong, the control of the capital in the Western Regions decreased, and the countries in the Western Regions rekindled again. After the Qin State's demise, Deng State had only 50,000 troops guarding Xiliang Road. The countries in the Western Regions took the opportunity to form a coalition force, colluded with the Hu people in Xiliang, and repeatedly invaded Dunhuang, Jiuquan and other places. Deng Han lacked enough troops and could only take defensive measures and could not launch a large-scale attack on them. This also encouraged the arrogance of the countries in the Western Regions. Fortunately, Deng Han, Dunhuang, Jiuquan and other places were not lost, but also restrained a lot of the energy of Deng State.

The Qin remnants in the two places of China and Xiliang were also in turmoil. Although they could not shake the rule of Deng in Guanzhong and Xiliang, they also greatly affected the post-war recovery of Guanzhong and Xiliang.

The changes in Zhao State were even greater. A year ago, the substantial ruler of Zhao State, Song, died of illness, but Zhao State Emperor Zhang Yuan was less than ten years old, so the regent power fell into the hands of his mother, the Empress Dowager Meng of Zhao State. Although Meng and Song State regent, their power was basically in the hands of Song State. Meng was just a decoration. After Song State's death, although Meng was in power, he did not have his own power in the court, and the five auxiliary ministers basically disobeyed him.

In order to consolidate his power, Meng family joined forces with the Zongzheng Zhang Ying, one of the five auxiliary ministers, and used the power of the royal family to suppress the general Li Rubing. Before Song's death, among the five auxiliary ministers, Lin Qingfeng, Zuo Sheng and Zhuang Ping, had already passed away. Among the auxiliary ministers, only Zhang Ying and Li Rubing were left, and Zhang Ying's strength was far inferior to Li Rubing. Therefore, in order not to make the court unbalanced, Song family strongly supported Zhang Ying and the royal family.

After the death of Song, in order to consolidate his power, Meng joined forces with the royal family to suppress the general Li Rubing, vigorously promoted the generals of the royal family into the army. In addition, Zhao Kuo, the son of Zhao Xin, the former Zhao army god, was appointed as the Grand Marshal, and shared military power with Li Rubing. Li Rubing lost Zhuang Ping, and was struggling in the court, so he left Jinyang and came to Yuyang to supervise the army. After Li Rubing left, Meng took the opportunity to hand over the elites of Jinyang and Hebei to Zhao Kuo. At this point, Zhao's military power was divided into two parts, partly in Li Rubing's hands, guarding the northern border, partly in Zhao Kuo's hands, and some in Zhao Kuo's hands, guarding Jinyang and the southern border.

In the ninth year of Tiantong, on the first day of the second month, the meeting between Wancheng and Jingyang Palace.

Deng Sheng sat on the throne, and the crown prince Deng Hao came out and reported: "I reported to my father and son, since the fifth year of Tiantong, I was ordered to supervise the construction of Luoyang City. After more than three years, most of them have been built, and the remaining buildings will be built one after another within two years."

The new Luoyang City is divided into outer city, inner city, imperial city, and palace city. Among them, the outer city is the residence of the people, the inner city is the important ministers, lords, and royal families. The imperial city is the residence of each department, that is, the outer court. The main building has three main halls, namely the Huangji Hall, Zichen Hall, and Jiaotai Hall. Among them, Huangji Hall is the place where the imperial meeting is held. Zichen Hall is the daily office of the emperor, which is the so-called imperial study room. Jiaotai Hall is also the place where ministers and foreign envoys are received. In addition, the Taimiao is also built in the imperial city. The Taimiao is composed of the main hall, the Wen Hall, and the Wu Hall. The Taimiao worships the ancestors of all dynasties, the Wen Hall, and the Wu Hall are also ministers who worship meritorious.

The palace city, that is, the harem, is composed of three major palace groups, namely the Ganyang Palace, Changqiu Palace, and Chunhe Palace. Among them, the Ganyang Palace is the place where the emperor rests daily, the main hall is the Ganyang Palace, the Changqiu Palace is the place where the concubines and princesses in the harem, and the main hall is the Kunning Palace where the empress live. The other concubines live in each palace and garden according to their positions, there are the Cining Palace where the empress dowager live, and the Cihe Palace where the former concubine lives. In addition, a palace dedicated to the resettlement of the concubines who have made mistakes is also built, which is commonly known as the Cold Palace, Changmen Palace, the Imperial Garden, Chuxiu Palace and other buildings.

Chunhe Palace is the palace where the crown prince lives. It is independent from each palace and is located on the east side of the palace city. It is commonly known as the East Palace, the main palace, Shangli Palace, and the six government offices of the East Palace are also included.

There are nine gates in the outer city, namely Dongzhimen in the east, Andingmen in the south, Zhengyangmen in the south, Chengshengmen in the north; Changpingmen in the south, Changpingmen in the north, Xizhimen in the west, Xuanshengmen in the south, and Deshengmen in the north.

There are four gates in the inner city, namely Donghua Gate in the east, Chongwen Gate in the south, Xihua Gate in the west, and Shangwu Gate in the north.

There are four gates in the imperial city, Ziji Gate in the east, Huayan Gate in the south, Chengyuan Gate in the west, and Anhe Gate in the north.

There are four gates in the palace city, Tenglong Gate to the east, Fengluan Gate to the south, Changning Gate to the west, and Yonghe Gate to the north.

Deng Sheng read the memorial presented by Deng Hao and was very satisfied. Luoyang City has been built for three years, mobilizing millions of civilians and consuming countless money, grain and materials. It was finally completed. Although there are still some small problems that have not been solved, it is already very fast to be completed within three years.

"Since Luoyang City has been built, it should be put on the agenda to move the capital. The Ministry of Rites has selected a good and auspicious day. After I personally led all civil and military officials to worship the Taimiao, I moved the capital." Deng Sheng said.

"Here!" Chen Qun, Minister of Rites, replied.

At this time, the Secretary of the Central Committee, Fan Zhongyan, stepped out and said: "Report to Your Majesty, His Highness, King Jin of Guzang's Governor's Office, jointly signed by Fei Yi, the governor of Xiliang Road, submitted a report that the remnants of the Former Qin counties in Xiliang were in chaos, and the coalition forces of the Western Liang countries invaded, hoping that the court could allocate a batch of money and grain for combat."

It was another problem with Xiliang. Deng Sheng felt that he was overwhelmed when he heard it. Over the past three years, the problem of Xiliang has been bothering Deng State. Due to the construction of the new capital, Deng State could not be distracted by Xiliang. The other guards were all raising their energy and preparing for the battle to attack Zhao soon. Therefore, the problem of Xiliang Road had to be solved by Deng Han's Xiliang Guard, which was very stressful.

"Since the pacification of Xiliang, there have been constant turmoil, and the court has allocated money and grain to support it many times. The Guzang Governor's Office and Xiliang Road Governor's Office have been suppressing and appeased each other, but they still have repeated rebellions, which is really annoying." Deng Sheng said helplessly.

The disciple ordered Kou Zhun to say, "Your Majesty, the counties of Xiliang, and the majority of the former Qin survivors are present. Our Da Deng business has been short and has not yet won the hearts of the people. Relatively speaking, His Highness King Jin and Fei Yi have done a good job, at least not too much."

At this time, the Secretary of State ordered Hu Weiyong to come out and said, "Your Majesty, the counties of Xiliang were opened by the Former Qin Dynasty. I, Da Deng, want to conquer his heart, have a long way to go. In addition, Dunhuang and Jiuquan counties are alone, and have been repeatedly disturbed by the Western Regions countries, which greatly restrained my Da Deng's energy. I suggest that I give up Dunhuang and Jiuquan counties for the time being and try my best to suppress the remnants of the Former Qin in Wuwei and other places."

As soon as this statement was said, everyone began to ponder. Many people agreed with Hu Weiyong's statement that the Dunhuang and Jiuquan counties were sparsely populated and had poor resources. They were also alone. For Deng State, it was like a useless rib. Even if they gave up, it would not weaken the strength of Deng State at all. On the contrary, it would be able to concentrate its strength and suppress the remnants of the Former Qin Dynasty in Wuwei, Tianshui, Jincheng, Longxi and other places, which seemed very good.

Most of these are the ideas of civil officials, but the military generals are different. General Li Siye, the General of the General of the General of the General, retorted: "Your Majesty, the words of the Shangshu Order are actually a saying of disaster to the country. The counties of Xiliang are all lands that our soldiers of the Great Deng sacrificed their lives and forgot to die. How could they give up easily? If they give up, they would probably be disappointed."

The counties of Xiliang were captured by Li Siye himself. If he gave up, wouldn’t he deny the achievements of his and others? How could Li Siye agree?

Seeing that Li Siye refuted him, Hu Weiyong was not willing to be outdone and said, "General of the Cavalry, you have to know that now the countries in the Western Regions are invading the border, and His Highness of Jin's Xiliangwei still has to suppress the remnants of the Former Qin Dynasty. How much energy does it have to deal with the countries in the Western Regions? Besides, my Great Deng will soon move the capital. After the capital is moved, the war against Zhao will begin. How can you be distracted? The two counties of Dunhuang and Jiuquan are just like chicken ribs for me, and they are tasteless to eat. They give up Dunhuang, Jiuquan, and defend Wuwei, Jincheng and other places for the sake of the overall situation of my Great Deng."

Li Siye scoffed at Hu Weiyong's words and said, "The Shangshu Ling is the words of a scholar. It has always been difficult to expand territory. If you encounter some difficulties, you have to give up. Then when will it be the end of a city today and a land tomorrow?"

"General of the Cavalry, abandoning Dunhuang, the two counties of Jiuquan are only temporary. After our great Deng destroys Zhao and completes the unification of the world, we can launch another powerful army and take it back." Hu Weiyong said.

"Hmph! Who knows? Before the King of Jin has even mentioned the difficulties, Shangshu Ling said that he would give up. How can he be worthy of the soldiers guarding the frontier?" Li Siye said disdainfully.

"Okay, stop arguing!" Seeing Hu Weiyong and Li Siye having a verbal battle, Deng Sheng couldn't bear it anymore, so he stopped him, and then said to Deng Hao: "Crown Prince, what do you think about this?"

Deng Hao said: "Father, now every inch of land in Da Deng is taken down by my Da Deng soldiers who fought bloody battles and sacrificed their lives. The situation in Xiliang is still under control, so we cannot give up easily."

Deng Sheng was very satisfied with Deng Hao's answer. How easy is it to give up Dunhuang and Jiuquan County? But it is not that easy to take it back. Moreover, if you do this, it will be easy to give up the descendants a bad start. If you encounter difficulties in the future, they may also give up, so Deng Sheng did not agree to give up Dunhuang and Jiuquan.

So he said: "The Guzang Governor's Office and the Xiliang Road Governor's Office have the most say in the matter. As long as they can hold on and control Xiliang, the court cannot give up easily, and there is no need to discuss this matter again!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Li Siye said happily.

Seeing this, Hu Weiyong was suddenly disappointed, but he didn't dare to say it again, because Deng Sheng had already determined that if he said more, it would cause Deng Sheng's dissatisfaction.

"The capital is imminent, and after the capital is moved, it is urgent to attack Zhao Daye. The world has been divided for too long, and the people are eager for unification. Now our great Deng has such strength and cannot disappoint the people of the world. The General Governor's Office presided over the planning of the attack on Zhao. After the capital is moved, our great Deng will raise troops north to destroy Zhao and complete the great cause of unification!" Deng Sheng said.

"Here!" Xue Rengui, the General of the General of the General's Office, responded on behalf of the General's Office.

In the ninth year of Tiantong, on the first day of May, Deng State officially moved the capital to Luoyang, taking solid steps to unify the world.

Wancheng was designated as the Nandu. Deng Tong, the prince of Wuling, stayed in Wancheng on behalf of the royal family, was responsible for the sacrifice of the imperial tombs, formed the three provinces and six ministries of the Nandu to maintain the operation of the Nandu. At the same time, Deng Sheng also ordered the establishment of the Wancheng Guard, organized ten thousand people, and appointed the Guiyang County Prince's Mansion as the Nandu and left behind, and the town of Nanyang.

The Prince of Guiyang County is the Deng Qiang lineage. After moving the capital, the Prince of Guiyang County will be moved to Wancheng and the town of Nanyang. However, Deng Qiang is now the general of Jinwu Guard and cannot go to Nanyang for the time being. Therefore, Deng Sheng, the eldest son of Deng Qiang and the prince of Guiyang County, temporarily took over the position of being left behind in Nanyang and went to Wancheng to take office.

In the ninth year of Tiantong, on the first day of the June 1st, Luoyang Huangji Temple, after a month of migration, all the tribes of the Deng State's court moved to Luoyang City, and the first major dynasty meeting of Deng State in the new capital Luoyang was also held here.

"I bow to Your Majesty! May Your Majesty live forever and be forever!" In the Huangji Hall, Deng Sheng sat on the throne, and the ministers bowed to the ground and bowed to his feet.

"Everyone is calm!" Deng Sheng said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Everyone thanked and stood up.

"After a month, my Great Deng finally completed the capital migration. In the future, Luoyang City will be my Great Deng Beidu. It is the center of my Great Deng politics, a new capital, and a new beginning. I hope that all the ministers will not forget their original aspirations, live up to the emperor's grace, and serve the country loyally!" Deng Sheng said.

"I accept the order!" everyone responded.

Deng Sheng looked at the people below and continued, "Today is the first dynasty in the new capital. I issued the first decree to attack Zhao. Now it is June. Next March, I will mobilize the whole country to attack Zhao and complete the unification of the world. Three provinces and six ministries, the General Governor's Office, Military Affairs Office, Censorate, Mingjing and other departments will do their best to restore the world's bright world!"
Chapter completed!