The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo
Chapter 301 Volume 4 Luoyang
Chapter 301 Volume Luoyang
In the first year of King Wu of Zhou, after the Western Zhou replaced the Shang Dynasty, in order to control the Guandong region, it began to build the capital in Luoyang.
In the first year of King Ping of Zhou, the Zhou royal family moved east to Luoyi, which was the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty established its capital in Wangcheng, Luoyang. King Jing of Zhou moved the capital there to avoid the rebellion of Prince Chao. Because the city was small, Jin led the princes to expand it and named it "Chengzhou".
In the first year of King Zhuangxiang of Qin, the Qin State established Sanchuan County in Luoyang, with its seat in Chengzhou City. It was also the main road from the Qin capital Xianyang to various places in the east. Lü Buwei was given the title of "Marquis Wenxin" and was given 10 households in Luoyang.
In the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu's reign, the empire was settled, the princes submitted to him, Liu Bang made his capital here, and held a banquet in Nangong to discuss the princes. Later, due to Zhang Liang's persuasion, Emperor Gaozu of Han moved his capital to Guanzhong and changed Sanchuan County to Henan County.
In the third year of the reign of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu, the first emperor of the Han Dynasty, established Luoyang as the capital and changed its name to Luoyang. Liu Xiu started a large-scale construction project in Luoyang, building a high temple, a community temple, repairing official residences, and establishing the Imperial Academy, Mingtang, Biyong, and Lingtai in the southern suburbs.
……
Any forces in Guanzhong who want to control the Central Plains must first control Luoyang.
It is precisely because of its excellent geographical advantages that Luoyang has always been the most prosperous place in the world... except now.
The general Niu Fu and the minister Jia Xu were left to guard Chang'an. The court first led 5,000 infantry and cavalry to the ruins of Luoyang, led by Lü Bu and Zhang Liao as the vanguard, and then the emperor also led hundreds of central officials out of Chang'an, through Hangu Pass, and through Shan County.
"From Shaanxi to the east, Princess Zhou ruled; from Shaanxi to the west, Princess Zhao ruled."
After passing Shan County, you have actually arrived in Guandong.
"Shocking."
Although Liu Xie always knew that he was living in troubled times.
Even though Guanzhong suffered natural disasters in the past few years, thanks to the control of the imperial court, it never developed to the point of riots.
But the situation in Luoyang is different.
This place is completely deserted.
The villages and county towns have long been deserted.
Occasionally, we saw a few families on the road, all of them looking at the emperor's dragon banner from afar, with vigilance and worry in their eyes.
You know, when this flag appeared in Guanzhong, people along the way flocked to it and crowded on both sides of the road to watch it.
It's only a few dozen miles of walking, but there is such a big gap in the distance. It's really sad.
Nowadays, the officials of Shan County have long fled to who knows where. Only one township elder and one county elder are still here to organize some of the clansmen and live here.
When Liu Xie met the three elders, he personally cut the meat, offered the sauce and drank the wine, and paid his respects to the three elders of Shan County.
"Emperor Liu Xie greets the three elders."
The third elder of the township was named Bai, and the third elder of the county was named Lu. Both of them were already in their sixties. When facing the emperor's salute, they calmly accepted it with their weapons.
"Is the emperor going back to Luoyang?"
Hearing the other party's old but hopeful question, Liu Xie shook his head uneasily.
"The world has not yet been pacified, and there are still Han thieves like Yuan Shao and Cao Cao causing chaos in Guandong. I am afraid we cannot move the Han capital back to Luoyang now."
When the two old men heard Liu Xie's words, they looked a little depressed.
"We don't understand state affairs. We just heard that Guanzhong is now prosperous, but we don't know why the Han Dynasty abandoned the people of Luoyang?"
The three elders' questions were like a sharp knife, piercing Liu Xie's heart directly.
Liu Xie actually had too many legitimate reasons for this issue.
For example, the Kanto Rebellion.
For example, natural disasters in Guanzhong.
such as……
But all the seemingly reasonable and well-founded answers are somewhat insignificant compared with the sufferings endured by the people of Luoyang.
Liu Xie sighed and had to personally hand a piece of cloth to the other party again to seek forgiveness.
Liu Xie now is like a parent who works away from home. When he returns home, he doesn’t know how to make up for his guilt towards his children and can only use money to soothe their broken hearts.
"I'm back now."
"Although we cannot move the Han capital back, we have decided to rebuild Luoyang and restore order."
Liu Xie assured the three elders: "I will put an end to the war in Guandong as soon as possible."
"As long as Guandong is pacified, Luoyang will naturally settle down and return to its former prosperity."
"This time, I will lead all the officials to Luoyang to calm the people of Luoyang."
The two old men listened to the young emperor's assurances, feeling happy but also a little worried.
Liu Xie thought that the two were worried about the truthfulness of his words, so he saluted again and promised that he would pacify Guandong as soon as possible and restore peace to Luoyang.
But they both waved their hands and said, "It's not that I don't believe Your Majesty, but I am a little worried that I am already exhausted and can't hold on until the day when Luoyang is at peace."
Liu Xie felt as if struck by lightning, and could only remain silent.
Sima Yi, who served as a palace attendant, accompanied the emperor the whole time. Seeing that the emperor looked depressed, he also advised the emperor: "Your Majesty is in the prime of his life. Sooner or later, you will be able to revive the Han Dynasty and bring peace to the world. There is no need to be discouraged."
Liu Xie’s greatest asset now is his youth.
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were both a generation older than Liu Xie.
As long as Liu Xie was willing, he could just wait and see the two of them die, and then sweep across the world.
But what Liu Xie was worried about was not whether he could revive the Han Dynasty.
"Zhongda, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the people of the Han Dynasty have been living in war for too long."
"Including you and me, we have known about war since we were young, and it has been more than ten years now."
"In the past ten years, the number of Han civilians who died in the war is not just in the millions."
"I remember that I made an agreement with the Grand Tutor in the past to ensure that Wansheng and my children would be free from the suffering of war... Unfortunately, the Grand Tutor never saw that day."
Sima Yi then realized that the emperor was eager to quickly conquer the world, but it was precisely for the sake of a quick victory in the future that he could not be impatient now.
Sima Yi had no choice but to continue to advise: "After we take over Luoyang, the imperial court will have a frontier for attacking the Central Plains. We will surely be able to defeat Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in one fell swoop and completely recover the north!"
"As for now, please calm down and focus on the present. Don't rush for success and end up losing at the last moment!"
Slow is for the sake of speed.
To defend is to win.
After experiencing the battle of Jingzhou, Sima Yi obviously had a deeper understanding of the art of war. So Sima Yi specifically pleaded with the emperor not to ruin the big thing out of impatience.
At least... Sima Yi didn't want the emperor to get carried away at this moment and directly lead the 5,000 infantry and cavalry from Luoyang to rush to the Central Plains...
"Don't worry, Zhongda. I'm not that foolish yet."
Liu Xie looked at the dilapidated environment around him and said, "I just listened to the teachings of the three elders and thought of the Grand Master."
"When I think about the fact that my child will be born soon, I feel a little sad."
……
Liu Xie calmed himself down and left a large amount of grain and cloth to the three elders of Shan County, then passed through Mianchi, Yima, Xin'an and other counties in turn.
Every time he passed through a county, the emperor would follow the example of Shan County and leave food and cloth for the county, trying to compensate the people of Luoyang as much as possible.
The total amount of these compensations was already a huge sum, but Liu Xie knew that these were basically a drop in the bucket for Luoyang, which was already completely out of control.
Luoyang today is like a pottery jar with a hole in it.
No matter how much water Liu Xie added, he could never fill up the pottery jar.
The only way to fill the pottery jar is to patch up the hole.
In other words, the imperial court must now at least restore order in Luoyang.
After Liu Xie arrived in Luoyang, he stayed in the former palace and asked Yang Xiu, Lu Bu and others who had arrived here earlier about the situation.
"The situation is not optimistic."
During the time Yang Xiu was in Luoyang, he looked much more haggard.
He bowed to the emperor and said, "According to records, there were originally 200,000 households and 1 million people in the Luoyang area."
"But now, there are less than 10,000 households, at most 50,000 people. And most of them have fled to the mountains and forests and become bandits."
From 200,000 households to less than 10,000 households.
From one million people to fifty thousand.
Just by looking at the household registration, you can tell how shocking the situation in Luoyang is.
After hearing this number, Liu Xie sat alone for a long time.
After a long while, Liu Xie asked Yang Xiu, "Does Dezu have any ideas for governing Luoyang?"
too messy.
Luoyang is in such a mess right now.
There is almost no official organization.
The few scattered elders in the surrounding counties and towns are obviously not enough to restore stability to Luoyang.
Luoyang is now a completely empty land. Even if the imperial court wants to support it, it dares not touch it. It is afraid that if it uses a little force, it will completely smash this broken Luoyang.
"His Majesty."
Fortunately, Yang Xiu had stayed in Luoyang for some time and had some ideas.
"Your Majesty, please first transfer a large amount of money and grain from Hedong and Guanzhong, at least to help those people who are in trouble but do not want to become bandits."
In this world, there are always people who adhere to their moral principles even in times of crisis.
There are always some people who would rather starve to death than become bandits.
The court’s top priority is to provide relief to these people.
Because no matter what, the court cannot let good people starve to death.
"Yes, I understand."
In fact, Yang Xiu didn't need to propose it. When Liu Xie was rushing all the way to Luoyang, he had already discovered that supplies in Luoyang were extremely scarce. He had already asked Jia Xu in Guanzhong and Zhong Yao in Hedong to quickly transfer money and food to Luoyang.
"Secondly, we still need to set up government offices as soon as possible to restore order..."
At this point, Yang Xiu seemed a little embarrassed and actually fell to his knees.
"What is Dezu doing?"
Yang Xiu bowed his head and pleaded with the emperor, "If the court wants to restore order, it must eradicate the bandits in the mountains around Luoyang."
"But these people were actually forced to become bandits."
"I hope the emperor will grant us permission to appease these bandits instead of resorting to direct violence!"
Yang Xiu stayed in Luoyang the longest and knew the internal situation of Luoyang best.
Just like the commoner he met when he first came here.
If they really had no other way to survive, why would they go to Mangshan to rob the people?
Although it would be most convenient and quick for the court to directly send Lü Bu and Zhang Liao to lead the troops to suppress the bandits, Yang Xiu still wanted to find a way out for the people and asked the emperor not to directly use the army to suppress the bandits!
(End of this chapter)
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