Zhao Kai set out from Lingquan Palace in Chang'an Prefecture after the Tangyuan Festival on the 16th day of the first lunar month of the Hongwu year of the Song Dynasty. He took the imperial concubine Guo Tiannu and thirty-six female squads, plus half of the court officials, and the group of those who were brave enough to go to Kaifeng Prefecture to participate in the "frontline imperial examination" and the students from Shaanxi, Sichuan and other places (mainly Shaanxi people), under the escort of the 8,000 infantry and cavalry of the Tiance Imperial Army, walked eastward in a mighty manner.

Queen Zhu Fengying and Concubine Pan Cailian were both pregnant and inconvenient to move, so she took Prince Zhao Lun and Princess Zhao Yuniang to stay in Lingquan Palace together.

In addition, Zhao Kai also ordered his eighteenth brother, King Lingwu, Zhao Zhen, to take charge of Chang'an City and preside over the court left behind in Chang'an instead of him. According to Zhao Kai's plan, if the Eastern Expedition went smoothly, he would move the court from Chang'an to Luoyang. In the future, Chang'an will be the Western Capital and Luoyang will be the Eastern Capital.

If the Eastern Expedition is not smooth, Luoyang will become the frontier of the anti-Jin period, which is naturally not suitable to be the capital... The capital is not as simple as a military base, but the country's brain and heart. It is also the treasury of the court, the workshop, and the comfort of the families of the emperor and officials. Sometimes it is still the place where the families of the imperial guards are.

If the capital is always under the enemy's military front, it will greatly affect the military decisions of the court and the king.

However, Zhao Kai was determined to be the emperor, and he did not have an older child who could guard his family for him, so he could not let his capital be too far from the front line camp.

After repeated discussions with the prime ministers of the two prefectures, Zhao Kai set an indicator - if Guangwu Mountain is the main camp and Kaifeng Prefecture is the frontier, he can move the capital to Luoyang. If Luoyang is the main camp and Guangwu Mountain is the frontier, the court will continue to stay in Chang'an.

As for the fact that they are still Kaifeng Prefecture... that is not considered at all!

After finally coming out of the big pit of Kaifeng Prefecture, how could it jump in? Even if the Jin thieves can be driven out of the Central Plains in the future, the Song Dynasty court will not be able to return to Kaifeng Prefecture... Then, go to Yanshan Prefecture, and the emperor will be better than returning to Kaifeng Prefecture to guard the country!

The large group of people walked eastward without any obstacles. A thousand miles of land was reached in just over twenty days.

In February, everything is revived. The Bian River and Jinshui River west of Kaifeng Prefecture are already full of green. The abandoned fertile fields have been occupied by various wild flowers and wild flowers, full of vitality and greenness.

The warm wind blowing from the southeast dispelled the chill that had covered Kaifeng Mansion for several months. It was warm and moist, making Zhao Kai feel very comfortable.

At this time, he had already led a team of more than 10,000 people to outside the northwest water gate of the outer city of Kaifeng Prefecture.

The tall, thick and solid city walls exuded a majestic spirit in the sun.

On the water surface of the Bian River beside the official road, the water of the Bian River was full of cargo, and the water was actually created with a bustling and lively scene.

Zhao Kai felt very strange when he saw these canal ships that had been modified by warships and had baffles on both sides of the ship's side sailing on the busy water surface, so he asked Tong Guan, who was taking over at Guangwushan Camp, saying: "Official Tong, what's going on with these canal ships? Hasn't Kaifeng Prefecture been an empty city long ago? Why are there so many cargoes to be transported?"

Tong Guan just smiled bitterly when he heard this: "The official family... As the saying goes, there are three kilograms of nails on the rotten ship, let alone the huge Kaifeng Prefecture City?"

What's the meaning?

Zhao Kai didn't understand and still looked at Tong Guan in a daze.

Tong Guandao: "Don't the officials think that Guangwu Mountain Daying, Heyin City, Xingyang City, Xingze City, and the old bridges along the Bian River, Wansheng, Banqiao and Yuetai are all built quickly and well?"

Yeah?

Zhao Kai really doesn't think... his soul comes from a country of infrastructure madness, so in his opinion, all kinds of projects in the Song Dynasty were carried out very slowly, at least they can't be called fast and good.

However, Tong Guan did not notice Zhao Kai's thoughts. The old man was still saying to himself: "...It was because after Zong Liushu took office, he ordered people to demolish the buildings in Kaifeng Prefecture City and use some of the materials to strengthen Kaifeng City Defense. The rest were transported out by canal ships to build additional buildings and build Guangwu Mountain Daying, Heyin City, Xingyang City, Xingze City and other fortresses west of Kaifeng Prefecture City!"

"Oh, so that's it..." Zhao Kaixin said: The productivity of the Song Dynasty is not good at all! A pile of construction waste has become a treasure!

Tong Guan sighed: "What a pity... It's a good Kaifeng Mansion, now it's beyond recognition!"

In his tone, there were helplessness, regret, and blame for Zong Ze.

As an old Bianliang who has lived in Kaifeng Prefecture for decades, I saw that the city he lived in for the rest of his life was demolished to pieces by Zong Ze and Zhao Uncle Xiang (Zhao Uncle Xiang) and it was certainly uncomfortable.

Zhao Kai frowned: "Official Tong, then I have entered Kaifeng Prefecture... Is there a place to live?"

It’s really a big official, so it’s not good to sleep on the street, right? And now he is not sleeping alone, and there are also Guo Tiannu and 36 female classes! How inconvenient to sleep on the street?

"Yes, yes... Of course, there is a place for the official family to live! Although the palace is being demolished, Genyue has been expanded."

Ah, the palace was really demolished by Zong Ze!

But Zhao Kai doesn't care. He doesn't plan to stay in Kaifeng Mansion at all, so the palace is useless... as long as you don't sleep on the streets.

These days, it’s not very comfortable to eat and stay!

Now that I finally returned to Kaifeng Mansion, I always have a comfortable place to have a few more delicious dishes... In addition, the courtesan ladies in Kaifeng Mansion don't know if they are still there? Wouldn't they all run away?

Thinking of these strange questions, Zhao Kai met Zong Ze, Chen Gui, Wang Shan, Wang De and other civil and military officials who were left behind in the department outside Xishuimen... Oh, and also saw Zhao Liangsi who had successfully lost weight, standing among Tong Guan's several disabled godchildren and grandchildren.

However, Zhao Kai, who was tired from the journey, had no intention of saying anything to them. He just wanted to settle down and rest quickly, so when everyone saluted, he just called Zong Ze to his side and walked with him, and then entered Xishuimen together.

After entering Xishuimen, Zhao Kai realized that his concern just now was unnecessary... He could not sleep in Kaifeng Mansion, because there were no streets in Kaifeng Mansion, at least there were no streets in the western half of Kaifeng Mansion’s outer city!

It was so demolished that the streets were gone!

In Xishuimen, a dirt road leading to the inner city (it was originally a stone slab road, but now the stone slabs are gone!) There are actually large fields of wheat on both sides!

The ones planted should be winter wheat, and it is growing well...

Zhao Kai asked in surprise: "What's going on?"

"Official family," Zong Ze replied with a graceful look, "This is the result of the continuous work of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians who stayed in Kaifeng Prefecture! This area of ​​useless houses and streets were demolished last winter, and wheat was planted... The blessing of the official family is very good!"

Useless houses? Zhao Kaixin said: Do you know how expensive the houses in Kaifeng Fucheng were back then? The wheat fields here were worth at least 10 million guan at the beginning of the seventh year of Xuanhe!

"Is this the same thing elsewhere?" Zhao Kai felt distressed for a few minutes, and then asked again, "Are crops planted in Kaifeng Prefecture?"

"That's not true," Zong Ze said, "The outer city will be converted into wheat fields in the future... Kaifeng Prefecture City covers a lot of land. If the outer city is reclaimed, there will be more than 60,000 acres of wheat fields, with a yield of one and a half stone per mu, and you can get 90,000 stones of wheat a year. Saving a little bit is enough for 15,000 to 10,000 and 6,000 defenders to eat and use it."

OK, we are all going to farm in Kaifeng Prefecture City!

Zhao Kai continued, "Then, what about the inner city?"

Zong Ze said: "Of course the inner city is solid!" He paused, "The outer city of Kaifeng Prefecture is too big, with a wall of more than 60 miles long. It is impossible to defend the people under my command... There is no need to place so many soldiers in Kaifeng Prefecture."

That's right, Kaifeng's military forces will attract heavy floods if they release too much!

It is enough to have a 10,000 or 20,000 defenders!

Zong Ze said: "So Lao Zhuo's plan is to defend the inner city, Baojin City, Qingcheng and other three cities, and the rest of the places should be demolished to flat ground as much as possible, leaving only the outer contours unmoved.

The inner city is the focus of Kaifeng Prefecture's defense. Lao Zhuo is planning to dig out the outer moats and inner moats of the inner city, then build the Yangma Wall outside the inner city, the inner city in the inner city, and finally rebuild a tall Taicheng that can escape water with Genyue as the core... From the outside, it forms a branch city (Baojin City, Qingcheng), with the outer contour, the outer moat of the inner city, the inner city, the inner city, the inner city, the inner city, the outer moat of the Taicheng, the outer moat of Taicheng, etc. layer upon layer of city defense!”

Zhao Kai listened to Zong Ze's plan, the dark clouds on his face were swept away, and he nodded repeatedly to praise: "Yes, yes... I have to defend like this! If the Jin thief wants to take down Kaifeng Mansion, he has to fill it with mountains of corpses and blood!" He paused and said, "If the Jin thief really flooded Kaifeng Mansion, can this city defense be used?"

Zong Ze smiled and stroked his beard, "Water flooded Kaifeng Prefecture... Haha, the people are suffering, but what about after the flood? From the Yellow River to the Huai River, there will be a yellow span area that is dozens of miles wide, and it will be difficult for the troops to move forward. What are the benefits of this for the Jin thieves? Instead, it will make the west of the Yellow Spider area a back-rest that we can defend. It will also make the Huazhou and Liyang at the hands of the Jin thieves worthless, and at the same time it will prompt Guangwu Mountain's strategic position to rush forward. Unless we station our troops in Kaifeng Prefecture, the Jin thieves will not do that."

"That's good," Zhao Kai exclaimed, "In this way... Kaifeng Prefecture can be preserved, and Guangwu Mountain will definitely not be lost. We can be invincible!"

Kaifeng Prefecture is located on a plain with a flat land and is not an important territory. However, the construction of canals in all dynasties, especially the Song Dynasty, has turned Kaifeng Prefecture into a hub for canal transportation in the Central Plains!

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If the Kaifeng Prefecture is stuck, the Jin thieves will not be able to send the food canal in Jingdong area to the Guangwu Mountain area. And the Bian River and the Jinshui River in the river west of Kaifeng Prefecture will be exclusive to the Song army. In this way, the Song army's infantry and cavalry can act under the cover of naval warships and are almost undefeated!
Chapter completed!