The problem of Yingchuan County is actually the same as that of Hedong and Hanoi counties north of Luoyang. It is not just a simple military issue, but a more complex political issue.
Or to be more precise, it is the problem of aristocratic families.
It was also because of this that Zhuge Liang did not let Zhang Xi go south to attack Yingchuan.
In these places, the aristocratic families will always be a topic that cannot be avoided. Even if they are forcibly recovered with military force, if these aristocratic families cannot be settled, they will not be able to rest in peace.
Zhuge Liang would rather advance slowly and prioritize solving the problems of the wealthy families first.
For this reason, after Zhuge Liang occupied Luoyang and united the armies of Zhang Fei, Wei Yan and others, his first order was to transfer Chen Zhi and Fei Yi from Chang'an, Jiang Wan, Xi Hong and others from Nanyang to Luoyang to help He handles government affairs.
These people are all descendants of aristocratic families. They have enough understanding of the aristocratic families and can help him deal with the problems of the aristocratic families better.
As for local defense, Zhuge Liang was also a little worried. On the one hand, he arranged for Huang Quan to lead the navy to Mengjin Ferry to prevent the Wei army on the other side of the Yellow River from launching a counterattack. On the other hand, he ordered Wei Yan to station troops in Gong County to contain Sima Yi at Hulao Pass.
At the same time, generals Zhang Yi, Xiang Chong and Hu Fen were transferred from Chang'an to Luoyang to take charge of the battle.
In this way, Zhuge Liang was still a little uneasy and wanted to transfer Guo Youzhi, Qiao Zhou, and Dong Yun from Chengdu to Luoyang to handle government affairs.
Let Pang Tong be persuaded.
Come on, how long does it take to get from Chengdu to Luoyang?
Moreover, not to mention the first two, Dong Yun is mourning at home, and his official position has gone. Now you suddenly ask someone to come to Luoyang to listen to you. Do you want him to be labeled as "unfilial" or "disloyal"? "The name?" !
Besides, isn't he still in Luoyang? With his help, can't he still be as good as those three? !
When Zhuge Liang heard Pang Tong's words, he immediately glanced sideways at Pang Tong. Are you in Luoyang? !
You should not be in Luoyang at this time and should go back to Chengdu.
Pang Tong wondered why I should go back to Chengdu? !
Zhuge Liang said nothing, but handed Pang Tong a memorial for him to read.
After Pang Tong read this memorial, he didn't say anything for a long time.
This is a memorial that requires Pang Tong to carefully consider the pros and cons. Because the memorial was written by Zhuge Liang and addressed to the emperor Liu Chan.
The content of the memorial is only one thing - to invite the emperor of Han Dynasty to return to Chang'an.
Yes, Zhuge Liang is moving the capital from Chengdu to Chang'an.
This is not a trivial matter. If Zhuge Liang directly reported it like this, I'm afraid Yizhou would directly explode! ! !
When the Shu Han reaches its end, the local Yizhou aristocratic families will naturally despise the Shu Han regime as a foreign power. They come to Yizhou to compete with the local Yizhou aristocratic families for living space.
However, today's Shu Han can no longer be called Shu Han. After the conquest of Luoyang, the Han Dynasty really has the possibility of three prosperity. For the Yizhou family, Chengdu is the capital of the Han Dynasty. This is an unchangeable fact.
The interests involved here are huge.
Although these Yizhou aristocratic families also know that Chengdu is located in the southwest and is definitely not the best choice to become the capital of a country. However, in the face of interests, the Yizhou aristocratic families must insist on believing that Chengdu has the spirit of the emperor.
Apart from anything else, when the late emperor established his capital in Chengdu, he conquered Chang'an but did not move the capital. Could it be that you, my son, are going to overturn the late emperor's decision so soon? !
At a small scale, this is unfilial, but at a serious scale, this is a major event that can cause turmoil in Yizhou.
Now Pang Tong understood why Zhuge Liang thought that he should go back to Chengdu. If he didn't go back to Chengdu and acted as Zhuge Liang's mouth, even Fazheng would not side with Zhuge Liang and would definitely oppose moving the capital.
However, with such a shrewd figure as Fa Zheng, or in other words, with the shrewdness of the representatives of the Yizhou families in the court, could these people not know that Chengdu is actually not suitable as the capital of the Han Dynasty? !
They knew it, but they just wanted to oppose it. Unless they could give the Yizhou families a satisfactory exchange of benefits, they would not easily allow the emperor to leave Chengdu.
And this is also Zhuge Liang's biggest headache now.
The reason why Zhuge Liang did not go back to Chengdu in person to preside over the capital move was actually because Zhuge Liang was not sure how big the appetite of this group of Yizhou aristocratic families was.
Let Pang Tong go back and report on his behalf, then at least there is room for change in this matter. After all, he did not finally come forward, and moving the capital cannot be done in a day or two. In this way, you can at least test it out first. Take a look at the attitudes of the Yizhou families, and then adjust the strategy of moving the capital based on the attitudes of these families.
However, Pang Tong still felt that Zhuge Liang was a little too hasty.
In fact, Pang Tong did not object to moving the capital. He also believed that it was not a good choice for the Han Dynasty to place the capital in Chengdu in the southwest.
The communication efficiency here is really low. The further away from the capital, the weaker the court's control over the place. If the capital of the Han Dynasty is in Chengdu, then the Qingxu Prefecture on the East China Sea, Hebei, and even Jiangdong, etc. The earth is too far away.
It just so happens that these places are where the Han Dynasty is developing most rapidly and the population density is quite high.
If the imperial court does not have enough control over these areas, it will inevitably lead to local dominance. If a rebellion occurs without paying attention to the central court's policies, the cost of countering the rebellion will increase infinitely.
Therefore, Pang Tong was in favor of moving the capital.
But in Pang Tong's view, moving the capital to Chang'an was not a good choice.
After four hundred years of development in the Han Dynasty, the world's population distribution and land resources have a clear tendency to expand toward the southeast. At this time, it is not impossible to set the capital in Chang'an, but it is far less suitable than setting the capital in Luoyang.
Yes, Pang Tong hoped that even if the capital was moved, it should be moved to Luoyang instead of Chang'an.
Luoyang is located in the heart of the world. Whether it connects north to south or east to west, its geographical location is very advantageous.
And in terms of the degree of development, the current development momentum of the Heluo Plain has far exceeded that of the Guanzhong Plain. During the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, the aristocratic families basically developed around the Heluo Plain, whether it was Guanzhong, Jingxiang, or the Central Plains , the aristocratic families in Hebei and other places spread around the Heluo area.
Setting the capital in Luoyang will not only better control local power, but also better control the development and growth of aristocratic families, so that there will be no situation where aristocratic families become powerful but the court knows nothing about it.
Therefore, Pang Tong believed that Luoyang should be the most suitable capital for the Han Dynasty.
In fact, Zhuge Liang does not deny this, but the problem is that the Han Dynasty has just captured Luoyang. Not to mention important areas such as Hedong and Hanoi, even Yanzhou next door has not been captured. Moving the capital to Luoyang at this time does not mean that it will The emperor should go to the front lines and battlefields.
By that time, not to mention Cao Wei, I am afraid even Soochow will try their best to march into the Heluo area. This is the best opportunity to destroy the Han in one battle.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang's idea was to let the emperor move to Chang'an first, wait until Heluo was completely pacified, seize Hulao Pass, and then let the emperor make Luoyang the capital after his troops left Yanzhou.
After all, as the emperor, he could not stay in Chengdu forever, as it would be detrimental to the emperor's prestige in the military.
In this way, if the Northern Expedition succeeds in restoring the country in the future, people in the world will only think that it was Zhuge Liang, or Zhang Xi and other generals who defeated it, and the emperor will not have any prestige at all. !
Another thing. If the emperor does not move to Chang'an, he will fight eastward in the future. The route for dispatching troops and the supply line for grain and grass will be too long.
The supply of grain and grass is not bad, after all, Jingzhou and Heluo have great plains, which can support the grain and grass needed for the Northern Expedition, but troop deployment is a problem.
The Northern Army of the Han Dynasty is the most elite force of the Han Dynasty today. It is impossible not to use this force in the Northern Expedition.
But the problem is that the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty is the emperor's own army. This army should stay in the capital at ordinary times and only set off from the capital when there is a combat mission.
You can't always mobilize troops from Chengdu every time you want to mobilize the Han Dynasty's Northern Army. This will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Moon of the Horse.
Of course Zhuge Liang also knew that it would be best to move the emperor's capital to Luoyang in one step. But the problem is that it is not that this condition is not available now, but the situation is forcing him to go to Chang'an first and make do with it.
Pang Tong was a little speechless at this statement.
For such a big matter as moving the capital, there is no way to say that you will make do with it. Moving the capital from Chengdu to Luoyang is a one-time matter. Once it is solved, it will be solved. The exchange of interests is just a one-time thing.
But when you moved the capital from Chengdu to Chang'an, and then from Chang'an to Luoyang, you never thought about the possibility that the Chang'an family would quit? !
Zhuge Liang said that he was really not worried. Chang'an family? ! How many mature families are there in Chang'an now? !
The truly influential aristocratic families in Guanzhong had already followed Cao Wei's army into the Sili area when the Manchong people were relocating, and now they have become the Sili aristocratic family.
Today's Chang'an is dominated by a large number of farming stations and the Yizhou family who came to Yongzhou to develop their family's second industry.
It would be great if these people can take advantage of the land dividends in their hands. How can they have time to think about Chang'an or Luoyang, which one is more suitable as the capital? !
So let’s move the capital to Chang’an first! ! !
(End of chapter)
