Chapter 19: Xinying
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On the East China Sea, facing the north wind, it is difficult to row to Yangma Island, which is thousands of miles away, which is almost a matter of seeking death. But this direction is the way of life for the Chu people, and only by going east can they preserve their freedom and hope. The oarsman and the boy did not look back at all, and when they looked up when they sweated, they could see the three-headed phoenix flag fluttering in the wind in front of them, and the thought of walking with Ao Hou suddenly became a fire in their hearts, and the suffering and exile across the sea suddenly turned into a long march of hope.
It didn't stop on the surface of the sea, and even at night, the boat was rowing endlessly. Although the speed of the voyage was slow, they could advance three hundred miles every day, and early on the morning of the fourth day, far away, dozens of miles away from the waves, they saw the Chu flag on Halla Mountain on Yangma Island. Ma Yin on the island had already taken people out to sea by boat to greet them across the East China Sea.
Towards a clear goal, the target place is greeted by kind people, and the joy of completing the task ripples in everyone's heart. Yangma Island rested for two days, and on the third day, Ma Yin accompanied him, and the boat pair sailed to Iki Island north of Penglai, and two days later, left Iki Island and sailed into the inland sea of Abbot Island from the Guanmen Strait, and bid farewell to the wind and waves of the East China Sea.
The spring of Xinying is not earlier than Shouying, when at sea, Mi Xuan always thinks that the more east the spring will be, the earlier it will be, and when the boat arrives at Xinying, which is still a plateau, only to find that the plum blossoms on the lagoon coast of the east of the platform have just withered.
In about 1,600 years, the lagoon east of the Uemachi Plateau, west of the Ikoma Mountains, south of the Yodogawa River, and north of the Yamato River will disappear completely, becoming part of the low-lying and fertile Osaka Plain. Today, the lake is more than 20 miles long and wide, surrounded by plum blossoms.
The Uemachi Plateau, which juts out from the south, separates the lagoon from the east to the west of the Inland Sea, leaving only a 200-pace-wide entrance to the north near the mouth of the Yodogawa River. Wang Zhou sailed into the lagoon through this narrow entrance, and the wood pulp hit the green water full of petals, making ripples in circles and circles. Because of its proximity to the shore of the lake, the plum branches that stretched out of the lake almost touched the bulwark of the king's boat, and when the breeze blew, the petals either fell into the lagoon or drifted to the deck of the king's boat.
"Very beautiful, very beautiful!" Standing on the deck, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath of flowers, and then couldn't help but dance with her hands.
"It is very beautiful." Paddled into the lagoon from the king's boat, Mi Xuan has been enjoying the scenery by the lake. Xianyang is also beautiful, but Xianyang is getting bigger and bigger, and it is becoming less and less beautiful. Shouying is also very beautiful, Shouying is a water town, there is a beauty that Xianyang does not have, and there is also Ji Ying, Ji Ying is also very beautiful, but compared with Xinying, it seems that the beauty is too ordinary, too much worldly taste.
The biggest feeling of Xinying's beauty to her is that it seems to be no longer in the world, as if it is a fairyland without people. And there is no noise here, and you have to be very quiet when you talk to Mi Ni and Ma Yin and others, otherwise you will feel too noisy. Standing in this is to establish the capital in the fairyland, and I will never think about the world across the sea, nor will I think of the killing and grievances in the world.
If the king comes...... too. Mi Xuan couldn't help but think of Xiong Jing, if she could live here with a man and be buried here in this life, it would be a very beautiful thing.
"It's a beautiful place." Feng Renjiao also stood on the Wang Zhou.
Although Xinying is still an open land, it is not without Chu people, Fengren arrived here by flying scissors from Zhufang Port in the month of correction, and the people who accompanied Yi Yin and Lan Yin to the island last year also gathered here. However, after a few years of entourage, Yin Yin and Lan Yin, who landed on the island again with the Feng Renjiao, didn't know that Mi Xuan was also here, and the two took people to Lake Biwa in the north to explore.
In addition, there are 7 or 800 people drawn from Yangma Island. Unlike Rong Ma and Di Ma, the three dragon horses require a man to serve them. The island was the first 100 stallions, 2,000 mares, now the number of stallions has not changed much, but there are 3,000 mares, there were more than 3,000 foals, there was a shortage of horses during the war, about 2,000 two-year-old foals have been transported to Chu State, this year more than 1,000 foals were born, some of the people on the island were transferred to Xinying, and then they will take the boat that returns to the sea trial voyage, and return to Yangma Island before the mare gives birth.
No one who has been to Xinying has not praised Xinying's beauty. Whether it is Yin Yin, Lan Yin, Feng Ren Jiao, or Yu Ren, everyone thinks that the capital should be established here, and it should stand on this platform isolated from the sea and lake.
After Feng Ren finished speaking, Mi Xuan nodded slightly. Instead of rowing along the shore, Wang Zhou turned around and rowed to the west of the terrace, which was a few meters above the lake. There are also some plum blossoms growing on this plateau, which is about thirty miles long and five to eight miles wide, and more so some peach trees. Because of this, Yin Yin mentioned Xinying Peach Blossom in the report.
However, the tent of the ...... people was set up on the terrace, and some of them were digging the foundation of Xinying.
"So what?" Mi Xuan asked. She felt a little sorry for the plum blossoms on the terrace, which would have to be cut down once the capital was built.
"It's narrow." Feng Renjiao said that the only bad thing about Xinying is that the width is only five to eight miles, which is too narrow.
Xinying's geographical location is very important, as it controls the Yodogawa River to the north, and to the north of the Yodogawa River is not only the Kyoto Basin, but also the basin southeast of Lake Biwa; To the south, the Yamato River is controlled, and to the east of the Yamato River is the Nara Basin. These three basins are the most important footholds for migration, and there is no room for error. Further east, the Nobi Plain is an area that is cut off from the three basins.
Two thousand years later, the so-called Kansai region, the so-called Kanto Plain, was actually caused by the Suzuka Pass, Buba Pass, Aiyu Pass and their subsequent passes established between these three basins and the Nobi Plain. The west of the pass is the kansai, and the east of the pass is called the kanto. Kansai is the region and is a land of civilization, while Kanto is an uncivilized or semi-civilized land.
It can be said that before Tokugawa Ieyasu moved eastward to Edo, the three basins and the Osaka Plain, which was gradually forming, were the real center of Japan. In order to learn from the Sui and Tang dynasties, he used the slogan of 'one monarch and ten thousand people' to take the population from the clans (nobles), and during the Taika Reform (645 Daika coup), the capital was moved from Asuka Palace in the southern part of the Nara Basin to Namba Palace in the new Ying.
Unfortunately, in the Battle of Baekchon River Estuary in Korea in 663, the Tang and Silla coalition forces defeated the Japanese army, and fearing that the Tang army and the Silla army would pursue them to the island, the Nakadai brother, who was in charge of the imperial government, hurriedly moved the capital to Omi (the southeast basin of Lake Biwa) and built the Ojin Palace there.
The geographical location of Xinying is so important, but the platform that separates the sea and lake is too narrow, so Feng Renjiao sighed. Mi Xuan didn't think that this platform was too narrow, she smiled: "The city is built of concrete, the city wall is thin and solid, and this place is faced with water on three sides, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack, only the south side ......."
About 50 miles to the south of Xinying is the Kii Mountains, and from east to west are Mt. Kumgang, Mt. Iwatsu, Mt. Katsuragi, and Mt. Isaishi. Between the lagoon and this mountain range is also a flat land that is easy to cultivate. On the three islands, the boreal coniferous forests are mainly fir and pine, and Xinying is located in the broad-leaved forest belt, and the forest is mostly red nan, oak and beech.
When Qi Xuan saw the logging in the distance, he thought of Haizhou, and then naturally thought of Xiongjing. In order to hide her fluctuating mood, she turned around and looked at the plum blossoms by the lake again, and said silently: "Very beautiful." ”
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Thousands of miles away, Mi Xuan hid his thoughts, but Zhao Zheng, the king of Qin, who had been stationed in Huai County for two months, couldn't wait for the whole world to know his anger.
Under pressure, the Qi State had to urgently send the Wang pawn who obeyed the command to Zhifu, and the boat division transferred from Chencang to the east also urgently sailed to Zhifu despite the danger of the three pillars, but the two support armies were still late, and on the sixth day after the surprise attack on Zhifu Port, the Chu army attacked Zhifu again. In six days, the Qin army only repaired more than 100 warships, and these more than 100 warships were swept away by the Yue and Lu divisions.
After that, the Chu army invaded Zhifu Port, and in addition to transporting the heavy army grain, it also burned all the boats that could not be in the port area. When the two support armies arrived at Zhifu, the corpses in Zhifu Harbor were strewn all over the field and the flames were raging. Although there were still 3 or 400 war boats, the numerical superiority of the Qin army's boat divisions could not be made up for in the short term.
"The king is angry and happy! The king is angry and happy! Wei Yi and the right prime minister Wang Juan were both on the side to persuade each other.
"Our army is only a small defeat." Wei Wei tried to explain. "Yang Duanhe and Tian Pu have evacuated Zhifu with their hands, and with their hands here, Shaofu will be able to build another 700 warships in less than three months."
"March?!" Zhao Zheng waved his right hand with all his might, and roared angrily: "Jing people avoid!" Jing people evade! Jing people avoid relocation!! If you tell the widow, you will be able to cut off the roots of the Jing people, and now the Marquis of Wudu has died, and more than 700 warships have been destroyed! Tell the widow, how do you stop it?! How do you get rid of it?! ”
"Dereliction of duty! The minister is guilty! Zhao Zheng had never made such a severe accusation, Wei Yi couldn't react for a while, he subconsciously said: "However, it is indeed difficult for the Jing people to avoid relocation, why should the king care about the eldest son of Jing State?" King Jing, I, Daqin, am not afraid, so why ......"
Wang Jian harms people! Wang Qian's very reasonable words were subconsciously said by Wei Yi. Before he realized it, Zhao Zheng was stunned, and he suddenly discovered a terrible fact, his most trusted courtier had been lying to him. His most trusted courtiers knew that they could not stop the Jing people from retreating, but they kept saying to him, 'You will be able to lock up the sea and cut off its roots.' ’
Seeing Zhao Zheng looking at him like this, Wei Yi was also stunned, he realized that he had said the wrong thing, he shouldn't have used Wang Qian's very reasonable words to persuade the king, the king didn't listen to these words at all. What the king wants is an eternal empire that will be passed on for eternity, and while he is alive, he must eradicate all hidden dangers and not tolerate anyone, so as to ensure that the emperor will inherit from generation to generation.
King Jing is a hidden danger, and the son of King Jing is even more of a hidden danger. How could he allow the people of Mi Liang to take the son of King Jing, the craftsmen who built sea boats, smelted iron, and made witchcraft in Jing Kingdom, and all the eight to eleven year-old boys in Jing Kingdom to avoid Penglai? He must stop it!
"The Great King ......" worried that Zhao Zheng was urging Wang Jian to fight a decisive battle.
Zhao Zheng's flushed face had turned pale, he was no longer angry, but raised his head and said, "From today onwards, you are no longer a national captain!" ”