Chapter 129: Luoyang City Quick Battle

Some people say that Yang Guang built the eastern capital Luoyang to satisfy his extravagance and was very fond of merit. He even gave an example. In the first year of Daye, a scholar Zhang Qiu Taiyi made a remark: "Your Majesty is a man of wood. Yongzhou is a conflict of broken wood, so it cannot be lived for a long time. At the beginning of Kaihuang, there was a nursery rhyme saying: "Your Majesty is the one who is in charge of Luoyang and returned to the Jin family. Your Majesty once made the King of Jin, which is a test."

Of course, Yang Guang wanted to move the capital to Luoyang, which involved a secret that was not recorded in history. When Yang Guang took office, he was very dissatisfied with the control of the aristocratic clans, especially in the Eight Pillar Kingdoms of the Western Wei Dynasty and the General of the Twelve Pillar Kingdoms of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and was dissatisfied with the Guanlong nobles. In order to weaken the influence of the Guanlong nobles, Yang Guang ordered the capital to move. The Duke of Yue Yang Su was the principal in Tokyo, and the Duke of Ande Yuwen Kai was the deputy.

The Eastern Capital planned and designed by Yuwen Kai is in principle consistent with Daxing City, but it is not completely symmetrical in form. The city is divided into palace cities, imperial cities and outer cities (also known as Dacheng or Luocheng). The outer city is 7,300 meters long from north to south, and the widest from east to west, and slightly smaller in scale than Daxing City. The city has ten gates, three gates in the east, south, and two gates in the west and north. There are 103 fangs in the city, distributed on the east and south sides of the imperial city.

The Luo River crosses the entire city and divides the city into two major areas: north and south. The palace city, the imperial city is located in the north and is an administrative area. The south is the residential area of ​​the government. The streets are very neat, the neighborhoods are square, and there are the main cross streets. There are three very large international markets in the city, located on the east, south and north of the outer city. The north city (also known as Tongyuan City) is adjacent to the Luo River in the south, which is a place where ships and commerce are concentrated. The entire city is magnificent, and the palace is more magnificent than Daxing City.

Of course, later generations also had people who blackened Yang Guang, calling the construction of Luoyang City Yang, and also building canals to travel to Jiangdu. People have two sides, not black and white.

Luoyang, as one of the eight ancient capitals in Chinese history, is located in the Central Plains. It has a flat terrain, convenient transportation, and relatively developed agricultural production. At that time, Daxing (Chang'an), the capital of Sui Dynasty, although the land was fertile and rich in resources, it was located in the west and had extremely inconvenient transportation. With the development of the political and economics of the Sui Dynasty, the products of Guanzhong, especially grain, could no longer meet the needs of the capital. If it encounters a disaster year, it had to move east to Luoyang to eat. Emperor Wen of Sui led all officials to eat Luoyang twice. Therefore, Luoyang played an important role in the early Sui Dynasty.

Of course, the more important problem is that Luoyang has the benefits of water transportation. Chang'an does not have this convenience. After the construction of the Dongdu, Yang Guang stored a large amount of grain in Luokou, which had not been eaten until the Zhenguan period (This record Lao Cheng expressed doubts that the limit of grain storage was five years, and no one dared to eat vacuum-packed compressed biscuits after twenty years. From the Daye Year to the early Zhenguan year, it spanned twenty or thirty years).

However, Yang Guang spent very little time in Luoyang in his life, so the majestic and huge Luoyang City eventually made Wang Shichong cheaper. Luoyang City has two famous streets, one Duanmen Street and the other is Tianjin Street. Duanmen is the main gate of the south of the palace. This is a very close place to the palace.

Living in a wealthy city and living in a poor city is a tradition in China. Luoyang City is naturally not far away. Shan Xiongxin's residence of the champion general sits on Luoduanmen Street. This courtyard, which has seven courtyards and covers an area of ​​more than 20 acres, is actually the residence of Dugu Ji, Duke of Tengguo of the Sui Dynasty.

Dugu Ji is the grandson of Dugu Xin, a legendary father-in-law in Chinese history. He assisted Yang Tong ascend the throne with Wang Shichong, but Dugu Ji conspired to kill Wang Shichong and surrender to Li Yuan, his uncle. However, after the defeat, he was beheaded by Wang Shichong and his family property was confiscated, and the house was rewarded to Shan Xiongxin.

At this time, a two-wheeled carriage slowly walked by Tianjin Street in front of the Champion General's mansion. The carriage curtain was lifted up, revealing Yu Qing's unscathing face.

Yu Qing rushed to the hawker carrying the load with expressionless face and winked. The hawker knew how to carry the load and followed the carriage slowly until the carriage turned around the corner and into an empty alley. The hawker then quickly caught up with the carriage and bowed: "I have met General Manager Yu!"

As early as when Yu Qing had not arrived in Luoyang, Yu Qing's order had already been passed on to Luoyang. The tiger ethics had already conducted a comprehensive investigation of the residence of the champion general. Yu Qing waved his hand and said, "I remember you, you are Guo Luo. When your mother gave birth to you, she was on the banks of the Luoshui River!"

Guo Luo felt warm when he saw Yu Qing telling his name in one sentence. In fact, Guo Luo had never seen Yu Qing. The chief manager of the tiger Yicong was not Yu Qing, but Zhou Chengdong, the son of Hou Mo Chenrui, who was Zhou Fengjiu. It is said that he was the emperor and the minister of Zhou Fengjiu. The truth was not only suitable for the court, but also for the family. Since Hou Mo Chenrui was exiled to the south, Hou Mo Chenrui and his wife also died in Lingnan. Hou Mo Chenying took over the position of Hou Mo Chenying as the head of the family, and later passed it to his son Hou Mo Chenqianhui. The chief manager of the tiger Yicong was transferred from Zhou Chengdong to Yu Qing.

Before Yu Qing came to carry out this mission, he was actually ready to return the tiger Yicong to Chen Ying. The tiger Yicong was Hou Mo Chen Chong's personal guard entourage, and was composed of three Yicong. Yicong means that the ceremonial guards can be the same as the Kaifu, and each general of the pillar country commanded a total of 48 soldiers. There were not many soldiers actually commanded by these officers who sounded very high-level. Each Kaifu commanded a "army" (also called "regiment"), but in fact there were only about 2,000 people; each Yicong commanded about 1,000 people.

Now Zhou Chengdong is just one of the three chariots of the tiger. As a place where Zhou Chengdong lives for many years, when Yu Qing came to Luoyang, he naturally learned in detail about Zhou Chengdong's background. Guo Luo served as the left regiment lieutenant under Zhou Chengdong. Of course, this lieutenant was not recognized by Wang Shichong, but was just a secret position, and the salary he received was paid by Hou Mo Chen.

Yu Qing nodded: "Have you figured out the guards of the Champion General's Mansion?"

Guo Luo said: "Shan Xiongxin's mansion has a 100-person personal guard brigade stationed all year round. Now the brigade commander is Shan Xiongxin's old subordinate Qiu Fu."

Yu Qing was very serious and asked carefully: "How good is the equipment of a hundred people and how strong is the combat effectiveness?"

Guo Luo thought for a while and said, "The equipment is very average. There are only about twenty people with iron armor, most of which are leather armor. The equipment is mainly horizontal swords, the second is guns, and there are less than ten bows and crossbows."

"Go back first!" Yu Qing nodded and said, "Shan Xiongxin's wife is about to give birth and will definitely not be able to withstand the pain of long-distance bumps, so we have to take a golden plan to escape this time. In this way, you can find the body of a woman who is four to six months pregnant. It is best to die between the ages of twenty and thirty, and it is best to die within one to two months, and it is best to be six feet and two inches tall!"

Guo Luo did not ask Yu Qing what to do if he wanted a woman's body, but he decided to do so. Luoyang City has a population of more than 400,000, and there are many people who are frozen, sick or frozen to death in the cold. As long as you have money, it should not be difficult to buy a body.

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Three days later, in the backyard room of the Champion General's Mansion, a woman with a big belly and wearing a coarse cloth was shaking the spinning wheel. If it weren't for the help of several maids, I'm afraid no one would have thought that this woman who was doing rough spinning work would be the princess of the Zheng Dynasty and the champion General Shan Xiongxin Wang Lanzhu.

"Princess, your body is heavy, leave all these rough work to my servants."

Wang Lanzhu shook her head and said, "No one is more noble than anyone else. In our mansion, if you don't work, you will have no food to eat."

The little slave asked, "The prince-consort hasn't come back some days, what are he going to do?"

Wang Lanzhu is a traditional woman who is well-mannered. She has inconvenient health, so she gave a few pretty girls around her to Shan Xiongxin as concubines. This maid named Shiyin is the concubine of Wang Lanzhu and Shan Xiongxin. Although the little maid wants to take this opportunity to conceive a son and half of her daughter and fly to a high branch. It’s just a pity that the fallen flowers are affectionate and the flowing water is unintentional.

The more generous Wang Lanzhu was, the more embarrassed Shan Xiongxin was. After half a year, Shan Xiongxin gritted his teeth and persevered, and was able to be a good example of a good man.

"The prince-in-law is a manly husband. They are busy with major issues all day long. We are the main business at home, spin more yarn, sell money, and buy more housekeeping!"

At this moment, a panic sound of running footsteps came from the front yard. A captain wearing armor had tears on his face. When he ran to the back yard, his footsteps stopped. This person was either someone else or Shan Xiongxin's personal follower Qiu Fu. Now he had just received the news that Shan Xiongxin fought against the Tang army outside Hangu Pass. Unfortunately, he was defeated and captured. He committed suicide because he refused to surrender.

Now that Wang Lanzhu is in such a state of body, how could she be so shocked that she can withstand such a huge blow?

"It's Qiu Fu, come in. Is the prince consort a letter coming? When will he come back?" Wang Lanzhu asked through the door.

Qiu Fu had no choice but to bow in. He was not a person who was good at talking about panic. He murmured: "No...the general...there is no letter sent back!"

After saying just a few words, Qiu Fu's face turned into a piece of red cloth.

Wang Lanzhu was not stupid. She suddenly realized something was wrong. Her voice was a little distorted: "What happened to the general?"

"without!"

"No? You can't deceive me!!" Wang Lanzhu said: "Tell me, are you hurting?"

"without"

Wang Lanzhu's heart sank: "Are you seriously injured? It's okay, we are now a big family and have great business. Even if we lose our arms and hands, we don't have to worry about food and clothing!"

"No...no!" Qiu Fu covered his face and cried: "General...no!"

Wang Lanzhu's eyes turned dark and she felt dizzy. If Shi Yin hadn't supported her in time, there would have been an accident at that time.

The Champion General's Mansion was in chaos, some people ran to pinch people, some went to find the imperial physician, but Qiu Fu was at a loss.

At this moment, dozens of very face-to-face men entered the residence of the champion general without realizing it. This man did not greet the people in the residence of the champion general general. When he met someone, he knocked one out of his own.

It was not until dozens of men in black rushed into the backyard that Qiu Fu realized something was wrong. Qiu Fuhu was in front of the door where Wang Lanzhu was staying, drew out a horizontal knife and pointed it at the black clothes, shouting coldly: "Who are you?"
Chapter completed!