Volume 1 Jiangdong Fengyun Chapter 115: Dispute over the seat of government
"Shouchun was the former capital of the Chu State in the pre-Qin period. Although it is now occupied by bandits, its heritage is still there. It is the place where the elites of Jianghuai live and it is extremely prosperous. When you defeat the bandits Yuan in the future, you will return to Shouchun. Isn't it better than Jiangdong?" Although Yu Fan supported Bai Tu, he belonged to the Shouchun faction on the issue of moving the capital.
Upon hearing this, Lu Su retorted: "Yu Changshi's words are wrong. King Kaolie of Chu moved the capital from Yingdu to Shouchun in order to avoid the edge of Qin. Moreover, after the move, the country's fortune declined within three years, and was destroyed by Qin in less than 20 years..."
"Zi Jing, you are going too far. How can we equate the disputes among the princes in the pre-Qin period with the present? Since the rebellion of Dong Zexuan, Guanzhong has been exhausted, and people like Li Jue and Guo Si have been trapped in it. On the contrary, the Central Plains is the heart of the world. If my lord wants to support the Han Dynasty, how can he not look north to the Central Plains?" Lu Kang was also from the Shouchun faction.
At this time, everyone's speech was very restrained. No matter what they thought in their hearts, they all praised the Han Dynasty.
"In the Central Plains, Cao A'man is welcoming the emperor, and Liu Xuzhou has a good relationship with you. I think they all want to support the Han Dynasty. Why should you bother with them? On the contrary, Liu Biao of Jingzhou relies on his clan status to act presumptuously and cultivates his reputation, which causes great harm!" Chen Gong said at this time.
Upon hearing this, everyone present looked at Chen Gong a few more times - you are worthy of being Chen Gongtai, telling lies with open eyes. If you hadn't called Cao Cao by his childhood nickname right from the beginning, we would have almost believed you!
Bai Tu is now firmly in the leading position, so let everyone speak freely first.
After all, the relocation of the capital is also the future ruling center. For a certain force, it is as important as establishing an heir.
Once upon a time... no, "once upon a time" there was a founding emperor named Zhao Kuangyin. He wanted to move the capital, even though his ministers disagreed. Later, he died.
Of course, now Bai Tu just moved the seat of government to Yangzhou. Although there are conflicts of opinion within the party, they are not yet that intense. It’s just that everyone thinks it’s better to open it.
Moling is on the south bank of the Yangtze River. It can be said that choosing Shouchun or Moling also means the future strategic focus, whether to look to the Central Plains or to focus on Jingchu.
Although Chen Gong was lying with his eyes open, the main idea was made clear - I can't stand Cao Cao, but I don't think we should be his enemy now.
It seemed to be a dispute between Moling and Shouchun, but in fact it was a strategic disagreement over whether to look north to the Central Plains or west to Jingchu.
Bai Tu was originally a member of the Jinling faction. After recovering Huainan, he wanted to submit a petition to the court to restore the name of Jinling. As for "Jianye", forget it! Sun Quan changed the name to "Jianye" after the Battle of Chibi. Now it is called Jianye ... What achievements and careers does he want to establish? Isn't it too blatant?
"Youping, change the map to another one." Bai Tu said to Zhou Tai while the two sides were debating.
The map originally hanging behind Bai Tu was mainly from the perspective of Jiangdong and Huainan. To the west was Jingzhou, to the north was Central Plains, and to the southwest was Jiaozhou, which had little presence.
Whether choosing Moling or Shouchun is nothing more than the future strategic focus. Choosing Jingchu or Central Plains, there seems to be no problem with hanging this map.
However, the map that Zhou Tai replaced next was much larger and simpler. The "Tianyuan Yizi" in the middle was the Guanzhong region, which was the Three Qins surrounded by "Tongguan", "Wuguguan", "Sanguan" and "Xiaoguan" in the east, south, west and north - the Qin State started from here.
Not only is the map lacking in detail, but important rivers and passes are particularly prominent.
In the upper part, you can see a huge "J"-shaped river, which is the Yellow River.
The part in the middle of "几" that is wrapped like a "shell" is the so-called "Hetao". After the chaos in the Han Dynasty, the Hetao area is now an active area for the Southern Xiongnu and the Qiang people.
The white map does not use those fancy words, and directly marks the words "Southern Xiongnu" and "Qiang". Everyone present is a family member, so there is no need to consider the face of the Han Dynasty and whitewash the peace on the map.
Guanzhong is almost directly below the character “几”, slightly to the right.
The left side of the "丿" in the character "几" is "Hexi". The Hexi Xianbei are mainly active here now. However, along the southwest of Hexi to the northwest, there is still a small narrow strip controlled by the Han Dynasty, which is the "Hexi Corridor", connecting the Western Regions west of Hexi. This generation is "Xiliang", or Liangzhou.
Below "丿" are Hanzhong and Bashu, and to the east of the border between the two is "Guanzhong".
None of the above is important now.
If we add two dots on the right side of the character "几", and look like the character "飞", then the two dots are located exactly in "Hebei", which is where the four states of Qing, Ji, You and Bing are located. The northernmost is "You", and below it are "Bing", "Ji" and "Qing" from west to east.
As for the top horizontal line going further north, it is not Hebei, but Heshuo.
Below "Fei" is " Henan ", the Central Plains region in a narrow sense, which is the three states of Yan, Yu and Xu in a roughly T-shaped shape. The top one is "Yanzhou", and the bottom ones are Yu on the left and Xu on the right.
In the south of Yuzhou and Xuzhou, there is a large river - the Huai River.
South of the Huai River is Huainan. To be more precise, "the southern part of the lower reaches of the Huai River" is called "Huainan". The south bank of the upper reaches of the Huai River is the northern part of Jingzhou, commonly known as "Jingbei", mainly Nanyang County and Nan County.
Going down is naturally the Yangtze River. Because the lower reaches of the Yangtze River flow from southwest to northeast, the southern bank of the lower reaches is called "Jiangdong". The southern part of the upper reaches is Jingnan, which is the four counties of Lingling, Guiyang, Wuling and Changsha. Following the Yangtze River, the place where Jingzhou and Jiangdong meet is Jiangxia County.
Lu Su pointed to the north of Guangwo and said, "The battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan is becoming increasingly clear. Although Gongsun Zan is a man of great military and literary talents, he is arrogant and conceited. He does not care about the people and forgets his subordinates' merits...
As a brave general at the border, he was enough to intimidate the barbarians; but as a vassal, he was courting his own destruction. Although Yuan Shao also had his flaws, he was much better than Gongsun Zan in terms of the way of vassal. As for Zhang Yan, he was just a minor symptom and could not fight Yuan Shao independently.
Once Hebei falls into Yuan Shao's hands, he will control four states, a million households, and rely on the accumulated prestige of the Yuan family, three dukes for four generations, a large number of generals and counselors, and the war horses of You and Bing. He will cause great harm, and his alliance with Cao and Liu will be nothing but a piece of waste paper. How can we add insult to injury to the Central Plains at this time?"
Lu Su talked eloquently in front of the map, and everything he said was nothing more than to make everyone's eyes look from the corner of "Jiangdong, Huainan, Central Plains, and Jingchu" to the entire "world"!
If you just look at the map, whether you look north to the Central Plains or west to Jingchu, they actually have their own reasons.
However, from a broader perspective, the result of the seemingly distant dispute over Hebei was the reason why Lu Su Railway Station "moved westward into Jingchu"!
"Gongsun Zan was also a hero of his time, and Yuan Shao was just a bastard of the Yuan family. Even if... the outcome wouldn't be decided so quickly, right?" Lu Kang was a little confused about the war situation in Hebei.
In his opinion if Yuan's legitimate son was so treacherous, then the illegitimate son should be even more treacherous. Gongsun Zan's subordinates were all elite troops who often fought against the Wuhuan in Liaodong, so the chances of the two of them winning should be 50-50.
"I have deduced with 'Chizhi' that Gongsun Zan is about to retreat to Youbeiping." Chen Gong said at this time.
At this time, Lu Kang and others also understood some of Chi Zhi's abilities, so they did not refute it anymore.
Bai Tu was secretly thinking that the intelligence system must be established as soon as possible - we can't rely on Chen Gong's "slow intelligence" deduction for everything! It's too unscientific!
The aristocratic families in Jiangdong had previously hoped that Bai Tu could return to Shouchun - in this way, Jiangdong would be their world again, and this was the pattern that the local powerful people in Jiangdong were familiar with.
This is certainly due to selfishness, but this level of selfishness is not enough to repel Bai Tu.
Even Lu Kang, Zhang Zhao and others understood that it would be unwise to attack the Central Plains after acknowledging that Yuan Shao controlled four states. Anyone who has played Total War: Three Kingdoms knows that if pressure is put on the Central Plains and Guanzhong princes at this time, Yuan Shao will turn into a dog king.
In history, Cao Cao almost sent a hostage to Yuan Shao. If Jianghuai put more pressure on the Central Plains at this time, Yuan Shao would probably have to hold the princes of Guanzhong in his left hand and the princes of the Central Plains in his right hand...
It will be useless to analyze how many character flaws Yuan Shao has at that time. In the face of absolute strength, even if Yuan Shao is a pig, he can still make Jiang Huai people want to die!
