How many things happened in ancient and modern times? Please only look at Luoyang City.

The mountains and rivers in the north are called Yang, and Luoyang City is named because it is located in the north of Luoshui.

Since ancient times, this place has been known as the "Ancient Capital of the Thirteen Dynasties" in later generations.

Perhaps the latter statement is somewhat far-fetched. After all, most of the thirteen dynasties were small regimes that were suddenly destroyed. However, as the confidant of the Central Plains of China, there were three heavyweight dynasties in Zhou, Han and Tang that established their capitals here. There are more than a thousand cities in the world, but the only one who can truly compete with Luoyang for the best is Chang'an.

Although this kind of glory has made Luoyang famous for all ages, it also made her suffer unprecedented sufferings in other cities. Whenever the dynasties change and the world is in chaos, Luoyang, as the capital, and the people in the city, will often face a catastrophe. The fire burns the city and turns Luoyang into a scorched earth, which is not once or twice.

But Luoyang City is like the land where she lives, and the people and nations on this land. Even if we experience more suffering, we will still rise again unswervingly. When we rise again, we will often be greater and stronger than before!

Now it stands more than ten miles away, with a wall of ten feet high, surrounded by Luo River. The city is a city with a height of hundreds of miles away. It is such a city that has experienced the rebellion of the Five Dynasties and the decline of the Song Dynasty but still stands up again on the Central Plains, because it now has another more proud identity - the capital of the Dayue Dynasty!

Even though they were still ten miles apart, looking at this majestic city from afar still made everyone in the car exclaimed sincere admiration. Even though they were dumbfounded, they even didn't know how to express their amazement at this capital.

It is Li Ling. Although he has seen more, taller and larger metropolitan cities in his later generations, the impact of those steel and concrete jungles on people is far inferior to the ever-closing city in front of him.

The magnificent momentum, built with earth and attached with smooth bluestone bricks, emits a strong and ancient light. Combined with the flags that can be seen from a distance, the huge crossbows, and the giant arrows emitting faint light on them, even if they are far apart, Li Ling can clearly feel the confidence and magnificence of this city.

Yue'er's eyes widened and her mouth widened, but she couldn't say a word. For her, Hengzhou Prefecture City was already the limit of her imagination, and she felt that the city there was already big enough and high enough. But now, Luoyang, which appeared in front of her, was three times higher than the Prefecture City, and more than ten times larger. In terms of momentum, it was difficult for hundreds of Hengzhou Prefectures to reach. Such an impact made the little girl completely speechless at this moment.

Although Li Tong was better, he stared blankly ahead and could not say a word for a long time. However, Li Moyun slowly recovered after the initial shock and said sincerely: "Luoyang is really worthy of being the capital of the capital."

Zhou Ji was the calmest among all people, because he often traveled to Luoyang and had long been accustomed to the majesty of the capital. At this moment, he smiled and said, "Mr. Li, Luoyang City is indeed the most amazing city under today. If we say, from ancient times to the present, there is no city that can compare with our Luoyang City in Dayue. Whether it is Chang'an in the prosperous Tang Dynasty or Kaifeng in the former Song Dynasty, in terms of population, size, and cities, there is a big gap between us."

Li Ling calmed down at this time and continued with a smile: "This is true. If I remember well, the yamen would record that there are 350,000 military and civilian households in Luoyang City, and more than 1.5 million people, which is half more than the so-called million people in the capitals of the Song and Tang dynasties before."

"And we occupy a large area, so we don't have to worry about the floods of the Yellow River like the people in Kaifeng City in the past. Therefore, Taizu decided to build and rebuild Luoyang three years after its founding, and officially moved five years later, which was an extremely wise decision!" Zhou Ji was also an enthusiastic fan of Emperor Taizu. At this moment, he talked more about Taizu.

However, what he said was true, and others nodded in agreement, especially Li Ling, who added in his heart: "So he is the best among our time-traveling army. He was able to turn the world around at the end of the Song Dynasty. He really saved countless people and built a new prosperous era in China."

"Brother, since Kaifeng has so many problems, why did they still have to settle their capital there back then?" Yue'er also came back from her shock and asked curiously.

"That's because Song Zhi established the country to inherit the world of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and then he took advantage of the situation to set the capital in the old capital Bianjing." Li Ling replied casually.

"Then didn't they think about moving the capital like Emperor Taizu?" Yue'er asked, and even Li Tong and Li Moyun looked over curiously.

Li Ling smiled and said, "That's right, we have to talk about it in two ways. After the middle and late Song Dynasty, the national strength declined day by day, with Liao in the north and Xia in the west. The two enemies were eyeing each other and their own finances were in short supply. Naturally, it was impossible to have any idea of ​​moving the capital again."

"What about the early period? As far as I know, the Song Dynasty in the early period could still be equal to the Liao Dynasty, so I should not be afraid of them."

"Then it's just Zhao Guangyi, that is, Emperor Taizong of Song. In fact, at the beginning of the establishment of the Song Dynasty, Taizu Zhao Kuangyin wanted to move the capital to Chang'an, but was strongly dissuaded by a large number of ministers led by King Zhao Guangyi of Jin, and in the end it was left alone."

"So why?"

"Because Zhao Guangyi's official position at that time was the prefect of Kaifeng, his power and his foundation were all in this. Once the capital was moved, the consequences would be unbearable. The same is true for others. Everyone has already taken root in Kaifeng. If they really want to move the capital, it would hurt their muscles and damage their interests." Li Ling said this and sighed sincerely: "This shows that the Taizu of this dynasty is much stronger than Zhao Kuangyin. This is a sensation."

Several people nodded one after another, and Zhou Ji even laughed outside, "Your Madam Li, you are knowledgeable. Old Zhou is a rough man and doesn't understand these military and national affairs at all. But now after hearing what you said, I understand - Young Master, we are at the city!" But during the conversation, more than ten miles quickly passed by, and the carriage had arrived at the south side of Luoyang, in front of a wide city gate.

The city gate is indeed extremely wide, enough to accommodate five or six carriages passing in parallel. In front of the open city gate, two rows of soldiers holding spears lined up on the left and right, and accompanied by soldiers holding crossbows, cruising and walking on the city walls seven or eight feet high, holding barbarians holding crossbows. The strict breath instantly gave the pedestrians below a great deterrence.

At the entrance of the city gate, there was also a city gate official who was carrying several soldiers to interrogate and check the passers-by and their luggage entering and leaving the city gate. This place is worthy of being a capital city, and its defense is even better than elsewhere.

The carriages that Li Ling and the others were not only spacious enough, but also luxurious. Although they did not have the signs of those famous families, the guards at the city gate did not dare to be too presumptuous. At that moment, the city gate official walked over with a smile: "Where are you from here? What are you doing in the capital? Is there a way to attract the place?"

Li Ling smiled and owed him, then showed his silver medal: "I am the one who went to Beijing to take the exam this time. He is from Jiangcheng, Hengzhou Prefecture, Huaibei, and is called Li Ling. They are all my relatives and relatives, and they go to Beijing with me."

After checking his silver medal, the smile on the face of the city gate official became more and more: "It turns out that it is Mr. Li. It's so rude that the villain is so ruthless. Please come into the city." However, he didn't even mean to search for the items in the car. After all, Li Ling is a juren now, and maybe he can become a Jinshi and an official in the court in two days. Such a poor city gate official naturally dare not offend him.

Li Ling was very kind and thanked him again, and asked Ji Zhou to give him a string of copper coins. Only then did he successfully enter the deep city gate hole with a burst of thanks from the other party.

The gate of this city is really deep enough, more than ten feet long, which shows that the city wall is not only high enough, but its thickness is also terrifying. It can be described as a solid foundation in this capital of Dayue.

After passing through the city gate and verifying its identity again, Li Ling and his carriages truly drove into the streets of Luoyang. The south gate called Shence Gate extends out a straight road with cars and horses in the middle, and slightly higher on both sides is the road for the people to walk.

Naturally, this would not surprise Li Ling. What puzzled him was that there were no shops on both sides of such a street with endless pedestrians. It was not until he walked along the road, turned into a wall about two meters high, and entered a smaller road, that he saw various shops opening on the roadside, and vendors were constantly hawking there.

"This is... Lao Zhou, why are there no shops in front of the roadside?" Li Ling could only ask Luoyang's regular customer Zhou Ji.

"Young Master doesn't know that our Luoyang City was set up according to the Tang Dynasty regulations, and even the rules at that time were inherited. That is, the whole city is divided into towns, and only the four cities in the east, west, south, and north are the places where business are done. In my Luoyang City, there are 100-sized and eight houses, which are divided into two cities inside and outside. The main road connecting these markets and inner and outer cities is called the Imperial Road, and no shops can be opened there. Only some shops are allowed to open stores in order to facilitate the daily lives of the people. But it is better for the people in the city to buy what items they really want to buy, because there are more things there and the prices are cheaper."

Speaking of this, Lao Zhou looked at the sky and quickly whipped the horse's buttocks, so that the horse could speed up and move forward: "It's getting late, so we have to hurry up. The house we arranged for the young master can be in Xiurenfang east of the inner city. Even if we take a shortcut, we have to walk for more than half an hour. Don't be blocked outside!"
Chapter completed!