?At the end of May of the third year of Zhengtong of the Zhou Dynasty, the envoys who set out from Anzhou, Shannan finally arrived in Yecheng after more than a month. Yuwen Wen and his party looked at the magnificent city in the distance to the north and couldn't help but stop~щww~~lā

The city walls are tall and majestic, with arrow towers standing on the top of the city. There are three gates in the south of the city. The middle gate is red pillars and white walls, green windows and red doors, and the eaves are tilted. The five colors shine, which is very flaunting.

"It is worthy of being a famous city in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and the momentum of the city wall is slightly inferior to Chang'an and Luoyang." Yuwen Wen sighed. This was his first time to come to Yecheng. Because he grew up in Chang'an, he involuntarily compared the two in his heart.

Yecheng looks slightly inferior to Chang'an, but it is also magnificent. After all, it was the capital of Qi six years ago and was the number one city in Hebei.

"Yecheng is indeed well-known. He has heard of it for a long time in Jiankang. Now he has seen it with his own eyes, it is indeed majestic." Zhou Faming exclaimed repeatedly. He grew up in Jiankang since he was a child, and he has seen the prosperity of the ancient capital. He also followed his second brother to Chang'an and saw the momentum of Chang'an. Now Yecheng gives him a lot of shock.

"Ye, originally built by Duke Huan of Qi, built Wulu, Zhongmu, and Ye to defend the Xia..." Zheng Tong explained on the side so that the locals who did not know the truth had a concept. "Initially, the Zhang River flooded, and then Ximen Bao managed the Zhang River and developed water conservancy, making Ye's land 'salty'..."

"We began to enthrone this place in the seventh year of Wei Wenhou, so it is called Wei land."

"In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Prime Minister Cao Cao was granted the title of Ye to the Queen of Wei, who pursued Wei Wu. Wei Wu digged ditches to communicate with the Hebei water network. From then on, the water transportation of Yedu can reach the Jianghuai River from the Yellow River." Zheng Tong said it briefly. This is what he wrote down before he left. Now he finally found an opportunity to come in handy.

"But the Yellow River channel is slightly narrow and the water flows fast, and the warships cannot gather like hedgehogs on the Yangtze River, otherwise there will be sails like forests outside the Zhang River." Yuwen Wen was a little regretful, "If the water and land are extremely prosperous like Jiankang City, it would be a different scenery."

"When the Great Zhou Dynasty was pacified, the late emperor ordered the demolition of Yedu palaces and royal gardens, otherwise the magnificence of Yedu would be no less than Chang'an." Cui Dazhi, who was walking forward, said that he was originally a minister of Qi and had married the princess of Qi as his wife, but this marriage brought him heart-wrenching pain, so his feelings for his homeland were already indifferent.

‘That was only the first time Emperor Wu. If it weren’t for the timeline change, Yang Jian would have to burn Ye once, and then Yecheng would be destroyed.’ Yuwen Wen sighed in his heart. In June of the second year of the Elephant in history, the general manager of Xiangzhou, Yuchi Jiong, raised an army to rebel against Yang. In August, he committed suicide after the defeat in Yecheng. Yang Jian then burned Yecheng.

Yang Jian accepted the abdication and became emperor. Nine years after the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, he sent troops to capture Jiankang, the capital of Chen State, and also burned the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. However, Jiankang's status could not be replaced by any city, so he later "reborn from the fire", but Yecheng never recovered from then on.

Yecheng is backed by the Shanxi Plateau and faces the vast plains of the Huanghuai and Hai. It was operated by Cao Wei and became a water transport hub in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. Therefore, although its military conditions are not as good as Chang'an and Luoyang has dangers to maintain, its economic and geographical conditions are not inferior to those of both.

Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, all regimes that can control the "Shandong" (usually refer to Han, eastern part of the Yellow River Basin east of Wu, east and west Taihang) but cannot control the Yellow River Basin are generally established here.

Most of the regimes that established capitals in Ye during the Southern and Northern Dynasties could only control this area and it was difficult to control the entire Yellow River Basin. Ye had a moderate position in the ancient Shandong region, so it was a historical necessity to be repeatedly selected as the capital.

In the late Qi State, after hundreds of years of development, Yecheng reached its peak of prosperity, it was already "the world's waist". When Zhou destroyed Qi, the palaces and gardens in Yecheng were demolished, and did not hurt their vitality.

After the war in the second year of Daxiang ended, Yang Jian ordered the burning of Yecheng to prevent someone from learning from Yuchi Jiong from occupying Yecheng and to prevent the resurgence of the anti-Yang forces in Hebei.

The prefecture of Xiangzhou was moved to Anyang, and all the people in Yecheng moved to this new city renamed "Ye".

Because the Zhang River at the Yecheng ruins were negligent, the river began to accumulate, and then the Zhang River began to flood. During a flood, it diverted the route, cutting off the two cities in the north and south of the old Yecheng. With the floods overflowing again and again, the thousand-year-old ancient city was finally buried in mud and sand.

When Emperor Wen of Sui pacified Chen and unified the Central Plains, the Tang Dynasty after the Sui Dynasty had a vast territory. Focusing on the national territory, the location of Chang'an and Luoyang was still important, and the famous city of Hebei, Ye, was no longer valued and headed towards the end.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Ye and Anyang each returned to their old names, but Yecheng had been greatly damaged and his status was gradually replaced by Anyang. As time passed, it became unknown.

While feeling the "decline" of Yecheng, Yuwen Wen was waiting for the subsequent team to follow up. Cui Daju was in a good mood to return to the court to report his life. In addition, Yuwen Wen did not cause trouble for him after crossing the Huaihe River, so he enthusiastically introduced Yecheng to the other party.

Yecheng was also known as Yedu. During the Western Jin Dynasty, Zuo Si wrote "Three Du Fu" to create "Luoyang Paper Gui". The three capitals he lent were Weidu, Shu and Wudu, and the Weidu among them was Yedu.

Yedu was divided into two cities in the north and south. The north city was the old city during the Cao Wei period. When the Eastern Wei period arrived, Prime Minister Gao Huan felt that the northern city was narrow, so he organized manpower to build the southern city. At that time, the East and West Wei periods were united. The Eastern Wei state capital moved from Luoyang to Yecheng. Later, Qi replaced the Eastern Wei period, and Yecheng was the capital of Qi state.

There are eleven gates in the south city, three gates on the south side, Qixia Gate in the east, Zhuming Gate in the middle, Houzai Gate in the west; four gates on the east side, Ren Nan Gate in the south, Zhongyang Gate in the second, Shangchun Gate in the north, and Zhaode Gate in the north.

There are four gates on the west side, the south is called Shangqiu Gate, the next is called Xihua Gate, the next is Qian Gate, and the north is called Nayi Gate. The north of the south city is connected to the south of the north city, and the city gate is the south gate of the north city.

The northern city of Yedu is seven miles from east to west and five miles from north to south, and seven gates are all built during the Cao Wei period.

There are three gates on the south side of the north city, Yongyang Gate is called the south side, Guangyang Gate is called the east side, Fengyang Gate is called the west side; there is one gate on the east side, Jianchun Gate is called the west side, Jinming Gate is called the two gates on the north side, Guangde Gate is called the west side.

Therefore, the Qi Palace was located in the south city. After Emperor Wu entered Yedu, he believed that the Qi Palace was too luxurious and consumed a lot of people's and material resources. In order to prevent any changes, he ordered it to be demolished and all the building materials were taken away by the people.

Later, Emperor Tianyuan died, Yang Jian usurped power. Yuchi Jiong, the Duke of Shu Kingdom who was the chief executive of Xiangzhou, raised an army to rebel against Yang and supported Zhao Wang Yuwen Zhao's youngest son Yuwen Qiankeng as the emperor in Yecheng.

After repelling the invading enemy troops outside Yecheng, the palace was rebuilt at the address of the ancient Qi Palace. It took more than two years to build it one after another. It was completed at the end of last year. Now it is the palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The North City is a series of official yamen, such as the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Six Officials Mansions Mansions, the Xiangzhou General Administration Office, etc.

"Eleven city gates... no, plus the seven gates of the North City... there are eighteen city gates!" Tian Yilong and the local gangsters were so shocked that they could not stop. The Xiyang City they were familiar with only four gates. In comparison, there were so many gates in Yecheng.

"I'm wrong. There are fifteen outer gates in the north and south city, and the three between the north and south city are not counted." Yuwen Wen corrected, "By the way, there are three more gates in Yecheng than the twelve gates in Chang'an."

"Jiankang is also the twelve sects, so Jiangling doesn't know." Zhou Faming was quite proud. After all, he was born and raised in Jiankang City. Although it was nothing more interesting, he still couldn't help but express his hometown.

"According to the Jiankang example, Jiangling has twelve gates in the east and west cities, but I don't know how Luoyang City is." Zheng Tong added that he is from Liang and is very familiar with Jiangling City.

"Luoyang, I remember that there are also twelve gates, three gates on the east side, four gates on the south side, three gates on the west side, and two gates on the north side." Yuwen Wen said that he and his brother "run away" from Chang'an to Anzhou. When they passed by Luoyang, they stayed for one night and learned about this famous city by the way.

"Envoy Yuwen remembered that Luoyang is indeed a twelve gates, but the south is three gates and four gates on the west is four gates." Cui Daji, who turned back again, smiled and said, Luoyang was still under the rule of Qi and was the front line of confrontation between Zhou and Qi. He once advised on military affairs, so he was quite familiar with Luoyang.

The sound of horse hooves started, but the convoy rushed up. After some adjustment, Cui Daju saw that the convoy had been arranged. Looking at the guard of honor coming to Yecheng, he smiled and said to Yuwen Wen: "Envoy Yuwen, please enter the city."
Chapter completed!