June of the first year of Jiading.

After half a year of relocation, the relocation of most of the Daxia court was finally completed. The departments of the three provinces, six ministries, one tower, nine temples and five supervision departments were all relocated to Chang'an City, while Bianjing existed as a supporting capital.

After several years of construction, Chang'an City has restored its old view. This old view refers to the old view of the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, because even the Daming Palace on the Dragon Shouyuan has been completely restored.

However, although Chang'an City restored the original Chang'an City, some new changes have been made, such as new plans have been made for the increase in vehicles. Whether it is the avenues or small roads in Chang'an City, there are enough parking lots and increased roads, so that Chang'an City is more than twice as big as before.

However, the construction period was completed in just eight or nine years. It was not shoddy, but brand new craftsmanship. Whether it was building the imperial palace, the Daming Palace, and the city walls, they were all made of concrete technology. As for wood, big stones, etc., it was not easy to make, and it was not used for very expensive things, so the construction period was extremely short and the cost was not much.

Even so, it has brought an extremely prosperous decade to the people near Chang'an City.

In the eyes of the monarchs and ministers of Daxia, they did not think that the construction of the country was simply a waste of national strength, but rather that the importance of construction would bring employment to the local people and promote economic development. Therefore, when Ouyang Bian decided to rebuild Chang'an City, no one opposed it, but was very cooperative. Even at that time, the Daxia Dynasty planned to continue to attack the Song Dynasty and defeat all the areas north of the Huai River.

At present, their original expectations were quite accurate. The construction of Chang'an City indeed brought the people in Chang'an City a very prosperous year. When the Daxia court moved back to Chang'an City, Chang'an City was already a middle-class per capita.

When I returned to Chang'an, some officials complained that Chang'an City was not as open as Bianjing City, because it was quite inconvenient to isolate the markets. Although there was no curfew system, the existence of the wall made economic development unfavorable.

Ouyang Bian does not think this is a regression of the times. The walls seem to hinder the development of the economy, but at the same time they also protect the people living there. Such a large capital has just been moved here, and there have been more than 1.5 million more people. As time goes by, as the Daxia Dynasty becomes more and more prosperous, Chang'an City may accommodate more than ten times this number!

Such a large-scale population is actually a better way to manage the population separately in an era when technical means are still quite backward.

Although the existence of the wall has hindered economic exchanges, this method is actually more effective in terms of fire prevention, chaos prevention, epidemic prevention, national defense, etc.

In Ouyang Bian's plan, Chang'an City will not be planned as an economic center from the beginning, but as a political center or cultural center. As long as Chang'an City can achieve this goal, it will be a qualified capital.

However, despite this, the economic function will still exist, but this function will be undertaken by the surrounding satellite cities. In the future, the cities next to Chang'an City will be re-planned one after another to assume the economic function of Chang'an City. Cities near Chang'an City will be built into the largest urban agglomeration in Daxia.

In the last conversation between Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, the document mentioned was actually an outline on national economic development. In this outline, several economic centers will be established across the country.

For example, the Chang'an City Urban Agglomeration, the Bianjing City Cluster, the Jiangning City Cluster, the Jinghu City Cluster, the Ryukyu City Cluster and the Jiaozhi City Cluster, etc., from south to north, all urban agglomerations lead the economic development and complement the industrial revolution.

This is an extremely large-scale plan.

As the starting point of the Silk Road on the road, Chang'an City will also play the core role of communicating between China and the world. Relying on the core of Qingzhou Industrial Park, it will establish a larger industrial base to serve the export of goods to the West.

June 21, the first year of Jiading.

Summer solstice.

The first ray of sunshine of the summer solstice hit Chang'an City, and with the heat of summer, it rendered Chang'an City into a golden color. If you look down from the sky, you can see a big city awakening and a huge empire entering its peak period.

On the streets of Chang'an, the huge bell roared with the rise of the sun. This is a rare situation in Chang'an City. Everyone knows that the Emperor of Daxia, Ouyang Bian, is an emperor who is too lazy to do so. In order not to attend the morning court, he changed the morning court every day to once every three days, and later it was once every seven days, and later it was once every half a month. When he arrived at Chang'an City, it was directly changed to once a month. On the first day of each month, it was the meeting of the Daxia Dynasty.

But today is only twenty-one, why did there be a court meeting?

The people of Chang'an City don't quite understand it, but this did not delay their normal life. They turned around and went to work.

At this time, the Xuanzheng Hall had gathered officials of the fifth rank and above, and they sat down to wait for Ouyang Bian's arrival.

Xuanzheng Hall is different from before, with many tables and chairs inside. Not only does the Emperor have chairs to sit on, but all officials also have tables and chairs to sit on.

Because the emperor had not arrived yet, officials whispered to each other, and many people did not know what the court meeting was going to do, but after all, it was a temporary meeting. According to the nature of His Majesty the Emperor of Daxia, there must be a major event to be announced.

Is it necessary to enthrone the crown prince?

It is also possible.

After all, Ouyang Bian's two sons are already adults. As the legitimate son, Ouyang Mao is in his early twenties. He is undoubtedly the successor of Daxia. This is recognized by everyone. Now the capital has been moved here. His Majesty the Emperor should announce the enthronement of the crown prince, right?

If it is not the crown prince, then should we reward our parents and brothers?

It is also possible. Ouyang Xiu and his wife have not been enfeoffed yet. Ouyang Bian’s three brothers are all ordinary officials. According to convention, they should also be enthroned by the royal family.

Below are speculating that every one is possible, but I always feel that there is no need to be on this day.

There was an etiquette officer above and shouted: "Welcome to Your Majesty the Emperor!"

The ministers quickly bowed: "Welcome to Your Majesty!"

Ouyang Bian walked on the dragon and tiger steps, came to the front of the imperial throne, reached out to press it, and smiled and said, "Okay, okay, everyone should sit down."

All officials sat down.

Ouyang Bian glanced at it and smiled and said, "Today's summer solstice, I remembered yesterday. The summer solstice is called the Xia Dynasty. This summer solstice is a great success. So I decided to take advantage of the summer solstice to hold a court meeting today, which can be regarded as giving the Daxia Dynasty a good intention."

That's it?

That's it?

The officials below looked at each other in surprise.

Your Majesty, can you still rely on some clues?

However, this is what Ouyang Bianhui did.

His Majesty the Emperor of the Daxia Dynasty followed the rules of the Constitution and the law, but he did not follow the etiquette very much. To put it bluntly, if an ordinary emperor remembers the future history, he would never change the court meeting once a month. That would be a scolding!

If the king doesn’t go to court early, then it’s just a scolding!

Ouyang Bian's contempt for all officials was a smile, not caring, but continued: "The summer solstice, summer solstice, literally, means - Daxia is here!..."

“…”

so what?

"...So, Daxia Capital is here, why haven't they surrendered yet?"

“…”

So, your Majesty, are you unconscious?

“……The news came from the north that the Jurchens called themselves Dajin and announced the founding of the country…”

Ouyang Bian's face was light and his voice was calm, but the officials below suddenly became excited.

"What!"

"Dare you, thief!"

"Where is the Liao Kingdom?"

...

"Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding!"

The etiquette officer rings the small bronze bell.

"Pay attention to etiquette, pay attention to etiquette!"

The etiquette officer shouted several times in a row, and the hall finally became quiet.

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "...The Liao Kingdom has been abandoned. The Liao Kingdom's imperial court is now hiding in Dading Prefecture and has officially requested us, hoping that we will help him restore the country."

Everyone was stunned. The next moment, the entire hall was like a thunderstorm, and the laughter of everyone came from afar, making the guards in the distance a little puzzled.

This time the etiquette officer did not stop him, but let everyone laugh because the great emperor was also a member of the laughter.

After a long time, everyone laughed so hard that they had tears in their eyes, and then they gradually stopped.

The Khitans are today!

Most of the people present were old ministers of the Song Dynasty. When the Song Dynasty was bullied by the Liao Kingdom, although most of these people were not born yet, the panic and anger of their parents when they recalled them was still passed on to them. There was also the Liao Kingdom always hanging on the neck of the Song Dynasty like a sharp sword. The crisis that could fall at any time always made the Song people unable to sleep.

Hey, you have today too!

Those who have never experienced it cannot understand the hatred of the Song people towards the Liao Kingdom.

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "The Liao Kingdom is now considered dead, but this matter is not a good thing for us. A corrupt and weak Liao Kingdom has a much smaller threat than the emerging Jurchens. The nomadic peoples are also in full swing, but this rise is a very serious threat to the Central Plains dynasty. If they are allowed to occupy the land of the Liao Kingdom and let them develop, one day they will come back and harass us.

Therefore, now they have not yet established a stable foothold, which is a good time to attack them. Therefore, I believe that we should immediately send troops to interfere with the territory of the Jurchens occupying the Liao Kingdom and defeat most of the Jurchens. Only in this way can we ensure decades of stability, what do you think?"

When we got here, we only found some of the taste. It turned out that we were ambushing here.

Ouyang Bian neither wants to establish a prince nor accord to his ancestors. What he wants is to expand his territory!

This matter is a bit sensitive. The officials of the Song Dynasty who came over later dared not say anything. If you want to say it, it was the person who started a business with Ouyang Bian.

But for these people, this is what it means.

Ouyang Bian had been through the wind with them a long time ago, and his previous plans were even greater, and he attacked the enemies in the north. This was just a small part of the plan.

Ouyang Bian had just finished speaking, and Lu Bing raised his hand. After agreeing, Lu Bing shouted: "I agree with Your Majesty's opinion and send troops to the Liao Kingdom!"

Then Wang Shao raised his hand and asked to speak: "I think this time is ripe, and the 1.8 million troops of the Daxia Kingdom asked for a fight!"

This is the opinion of the military.

Lu Huiqing also raised his hand and asked you to speak: "I agree with Your Majesty's opinion and send troops to safeguard the security of the border!"

Zhang Dun smiled and stood up and said, "I agree."

The big guys stood up to express their opinions, basically agreeing with Ouyang Bian's proposal, and then the practical stage will be held. This requires the joint cooperation of all departments, Zhang Dun and Wang Shao will take charge and coordinate the matters this time.

The Daxia court, which had been quiet for several years, started to operate again. The last time it was to destroy the Song Dynasty. This time, it was to use the name of helping the Liao Kingdom to send troops to the north!

Ouyang Bian threw out the matter and ignored the matter afterwards. Now the court is full of talents, so as long as he does the unified opinion, someone will naturally arrange the other specific matters. The most difficult thing is to unify the opinions of many events.

In the evening, Zhang Dun came to him with a little shaking staggering moment, and couldn't help complaining: "You didn't vent with me in advance. I was shocked when I heard it. Without any preparation, I made me fumbling."

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "It happened so suddenly. It's also a big blame for Yelu Hongji, the old man, was too unreasonable. Even the capital was destroyed by someone, so I was also suddenly involved in four incidents.

However, have we discussed this matter many times? There are also young people from the General Staff of the Army. There are probably all over the room for plans for this matter, and there are targeted military exercises of the army. In recent years, they have been once or twice a year. If they don’t let them go out, they may be crazy. The newly recruited more than one million new recruits have been practicing for three years, but they haven’t even caught a fight, and they are crazy.”

In recent years, the army has been renewing and retiring. There are more than one million troops in total, including the police and the civilians. Now many of them are newly recruited soldiers in the past three years. Although these new soldiers have not experienced war, they have better physical fitness and higher qualities. This is because these are cultivated by the Daxia Dynasty itself.

Most of the previous soldiers were surrendered. The training level of the Song Dynasty was much worse than that of the Daxia Dynasty. The military discipline was also turned around by the Daxia army after cutting a large number of heads, but overall, it can only be said to have reached the average line.

The newly recruited soldiers were painting on white paper, and their upper limit was much higher than those, which was also the reason why Ouyang Bian asked for an update.

The newly recruited soldiers are younger, professional, have higher literacy, higher cultural level, stronger physical fitness, and have many wins in discipline and awareness.
Chapter completed!