In the days of Li Qing's wedding, the relocation of the capital of the Great Song Dynasty officially began, and the relocation of the capital is a major event no matter where and what era, and the relocation of the capital of the Great Song Dynasty to Jiangning can be said to be a move to the whole body, which means that the political center of the Great Song Dynasty will move south from now on, and the status of southern China will be more prominent, and this also marks that the Great Song Dynasty is ready to give up the Central Plains.
There are more than 1,000 miles from Bianliang, the current capital of the Great Song Dynasty, to the new capital Jiangning Mansion, which is not only a move to the capital for the young emperor who has never been out of the imperial city, but also a play, and the scenery along the way is also beautiful; At this time, the cavalry in the north was rapidly moving south, heading straight for Bianliang.
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Zhao asks to see you."
A little eunuch came to Zhao Xu's side and said.
"Uncle Huang," Zhao Xu said with some doubts; "Why is he here at this time, announce him in."
"Your Majesty has a decree, Xuan Zhao King will meet you" "Wechen see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live."
"Uncle Huang is flat."
Zhao Xu personally helped Zhao Xu up and said; "Uncle Huang came just in time to go to Jiangnan with me."
"Your Majesty, Weichen came here this time to persuade His Majesty to postpone the relocation of the capital to Jiangning."
"Why is this" Zhao Xu frowned and said: "Moving the capital is the edict of my father, can it be that the emperor's uncle will not be able to disobey it." ” "The emperor's edict, of course Weichen didn't dare to disobey it, Weichen just begged His Majesty to suspend it for two or three days."
Zhao Xu said to Zhao Xu; "Your Majesty, the Yellow River channel and dams in the north have been completed; For the sake of His Majesty's safety, it is better to wait for the Yellow River to be diverted before moving the capital. ” "Okay then," Zhao Xu said after thinking about it.
Although the embankments along the Yellow River have been built, who can guarantee that they will not be washed away by the Yellow River, and if they collapse, it will be a big game, so Zhao Xu feels that it is safer to stay in Bianliang now, and it will be sad if he is caught by the Yellow River water on the way, but this Yellow River diversion, Zhao Yan has already made proper arrangements, and Zhao Yan has also thought of the phenomenon of the break, and has made measures to deal with it.
After meeting Zhao Xu to explain the situation, Zhao Yu left Bianliang and went to the Yellow River diversion not far from Bianliang, where there were already more than 10,000 soldiers waiting, in order to quickly dig the embankment, Zhao Jun used gunpowder this time, in order to prevent the gap from rushing too big, the embankment of this section of the Yellow River has been specially reinforced, and after the Yellow River is diverted to the north, the river channel going south will not be completely blocked.
"Are you all ready?"
"Lord Wang, everything is ready," Zhang Miao stepped forward and said.
"Let's get started" "The prince has an order, ignition of the fire" "Bang, Bang, Bang" After a burst of medicine twisting and explosion, the embankment of the Yellow River was blown open a not very big gap, the Yellow River water that lost its shackles flowed into the Yellow River along the gap, the gap slowly expanded, when it expanded to a particularly reinforced position, the expansion of the embankment finally stopped, and now the most dangerous time of the Yellow River diversion has passed, the rushing river water along the river to the north, along the way the cavalry has been monitoring the movement of the Yellow River, once there is a problem in that place, it will be immediately warned.
In order to make the Yellow River a real moat, this time Zhao Yan widened the old road of the Yellow River, the narrowest place reached two miles wide, the widest place reached more than three miles, this time the Great Song Dynasty forced the Yellow River to be diverted, it was the beginning of the Central Plains to control the Yellow River, as a high sediment content of the river, the Yellow River broke countless in the long river of history, this time Zhao Yan was able to succeed, there are two reasons, first: the Yellow River is divided into two estuaries in the north and south this time, so the energy of the river water has been greatly reduced; The second is that this time, in addition to reinforcing the embankment, the Great Song Dynasty also dug deep ditches, at least in the past few years, the Yellow River is no longer an above-ground river.
The success of the diversion of the Yellow River has important military significance for the Great Song Dynasty, which marks that the second strategic defense line of the Great Song Dynasty has begun to play a role, and the Yellow River can also greatly alleviate the problem of drought in the north every year, since the diversion of the Yellow River, the north of the Great Song Dynasty has been experiencing drought all year round, this time with the water of the Yellow River, the drought in the north will be greatly alleviated, there is no drought can produce more food, with enough food can feed more troops, the northern defense line of the Great Song Dynasty will also be more stable.
After years of hard work, the northern defense line of the Great Song Dynasty has been basically formed, but this still can not change the national policy of the Great Song Dynasty to move the capital, on the third day of the return of the Yellow River to its hometown, Zhao Xu boarded the dragon boat at the pier of Bianliang, and led the emperor's relatives and civil and military officials and their families to start the journey to the south, with the emperor moved south not only officials and families, but also many ordinary people also moved to the south.
These people are basically blind, in their opinion, the emperor has left the Central Plains to go to Jiangnan, that means that Jiangnan is much safer than the Central Plains, this southward migration is the first time in history that the people of the Central Plains took the initiative to move to the south, its scale is also unique in history, and it is also an unofficial organization, the southward migration has lasted for five or six years, until the Xia army occupied the Central Plains before it began, the southward migration suffered heavy losses for the northern Central Plains, a large number of social elites have left, and the population of the Central Plains has decreased sharply.
After learning that the Great Song Dynasty was carrying a large number of people to move south, Li Liangzuo was furious, although he had not yet occupied the Central Plains, but Li Liangzuo had regarded the entire Central Plains as his own, and these people who moved south would become the subjects of the Great Xia Empire in the future.
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Li Liangzuo said to Li Xiaoren: "Brother Huang, Emperor Zhao Xuzhen of the Song Dynasty has moved the capital to Jiangning. ” "Your Majesty, Zhao Xu has already gone south by boat three days ago, and the yamen at all levels of the Great Song Dynasty have also gone south."
Li Xiaoren said to Li Liangzuo; And before Zhao Xu went south, the Yellow River had returned to its original course, and the entire Yellow River was divided into two torrents in the Central Plains, with two estuaries in the north and south, respectively, and the diversion of the Yellow River meant that the northern defense line of the Great Song Dynasty had been basically formed; Moreover, the current two rivers in Hebei are criss-crossed, and artificial swamps are everywhere, which is very unfavorable to our cavalry operations."
Li Liangzuo got up from the dragon chair and walked to the map and said: "Now the main forces of the Great Song Dynasty are gathered in the north, and the entire Central Plains and Hebei region have become a huge barracks. ” "Your Majesty, according to our intelligence, now the entire northern army of the Great Song Dynasty has been thoroughly organized and trained, and it is divided into two armies, the east and west, which are commanded by Zhao Yu and Chongshi Dao, and Zhao Xu was appointed as the supreme commander of these two armies not long ago; The Eastern Route Army was responsible for the northern defense line from the Yellow River to the sea, including the Hedong region, and the regular army strength reached one million, as for the number of militias, it is difficult to count, and then the strong men of the entire north will become militia; The Western Route Army was responsible for the Jingxi Road and Lizhou Road south of the Yellow River, and the main defense was Hangu Pass and Wuguan, and its strength reached 800,000" Recommended, everyone has a wave of monthly passes: