Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

Many people do not intentionally form cliques.

It's purely based on the closeness or distance of the relationship.

This naturally leads to more communication.

It seems there are absolutely no problems at the moment.

Because the cake is constantly getting bigger.

But as time goes by...

The cake can't be made any bigger.

It's hard to say at that point.

Zhao Yuan returned to the East Palace by carriage.

This was his first time visiting this place.

The Eastern Palace also has office space.

Bai Sheng, Gu San, Bai Chongwu, Ye Mengde, and others

Everyone is getting familiar with their office environment.

Fu Bi's grandson, Fu Zhirou,

He was recommended by Zhu Dunru.

He was temporarily working as a janitor under Zhao Yuan.

Do some document drafting and copying work.

Competition for official positions was fierce during the reign of Emperor Huizong.

Even a scion of a prominent family like Fu Zhirou,

Despite holding the title of a hereditary official, he has never been able to fill the vacancy.

Until Zhao Huan ascended the throne,

He was summoned to the capital based on his reputation for virtue.

He was relegated to the position of secretary in the Secretariat.

Fu Zhirou had also heard some rumors.

His family is in Luoyang.

Naturally, they considered moving the capital to Luoyang.

Upon seeing Zhao Yuan return,

Fu Zhirou immediately went to report on her work.

After rambling on for a while, he tentatively asked,

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Palace in Tokyo is closed off,"

"It is not as magnificent and grand as the Xijing Imperial Palace."

"The Luoyang Imperial Palace is even bigger?" Zhao Yuan asked in surprise.

Fu Zhirou said, "The tyrannical Emperor Zhao Ji not only engaged in large-scale construction projects in Kaifeng,"

"The Luoyang Imperial Palace was also rebuilt and expanded,"

"Its area is more than three times that of Tokyo,"

"It was not completed until the year before the marshal raised his army."

Zhao Yuan said, "I know about the reconstruction of Luoyang Palace."

"But it shouldn't be three times that of Tokyo."

"Emperor Huizong himself doesn't move there,"

"Why did he build such a big one?"

"I don't know what this tyrannical ruler was thinking,"

Fu Zhiyu said,

"But the area occupied by the Luoyang Imperial Palace was indeed more than three times that of the Tokyo Imperial Palace."

"Of course, the Gyeongbokgung Palace and Gengaku Palace in Tokyo are not included."

The Luoyang Imperial Palace during the Song Dynasty

It was originally ordered to be built by Zhao Kuangyin.

The overall architectural layout basically overlaps with that of the Luoyang Palace of the Tang Dynasty.

Its area was already larger than that of the Kaifeng Imperial Palace.

It's obvious that Zhao Kuangyin wanted to move the capital.

It was simply scrapped by Zhao Guangyi.

After Emperor Zhenzong of Song, the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty no longer made regular trips to Luoyang.

The Luoyang Imperial Palace gradually fell into disrepair and ruin.

More than ten years ago,

Emperor Huizong of Song suddenly went mad.

He ordered the reconstruction of Luoyang Palace.

Cai You's brother-in-law, Song Sheng,

He was impeached for killing oxen, burning their ashes to plaster the walls.

Even digging up human bones to use as ash for plastering walls,

This was done during the construction of Luoyang Palace.

The area of ​​the Luoyang Imperial Palace was expanded again.

It is more than three times the size of the Kaifeng Imperial Palace.

The palace area covers approximately 100 million square meters (the Forbidden City itself covers 72 square meters).

The imperial city covers an area of ​​approximately 6.03 square kilometers (the Ming and Qing imperial city covers approximately 6.87 square kilometers).

The area of ​​the imperial city was slightly smaller than that of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The palace complex is much larger than the Forbidden City.

And so it rose up in Luoyang.

Almost equivalent to reconstruction.

Because Luoyang Palace had long been abandoned and collapsed.

However, Emperor Huizong of Song never stayed there for even a single day.

This is even more absurd than building the Genyue Garden!

Zhao Yuan was certainly aware of the matter of rebuilding Luoyang Palace.

He always thought it was just renovation, but it turns out they're actually doing expansion?!

Chapter 1642 Royal Family Members

If I were to establish my capital in Luoyang

Wouldn't it be possible to move in immediately with just your bags?

Emperor Huizong of Song was not a bad person.

Everything has been considered.

Various resources are given away for free.

"The matter of establishing a capital will be discussed later; you don't need to concern yourself with these matters," Zhao Yuan advised.

"Yes."

Fu Zhirou immediately shut up.

He knew that Zhao Yuan was interested.

Kaifeng, this wretched place.

It is not suitable to be a capital city.

Let's leave the military aspects aside.

There are also frequent floods.

The Yellow River dikes need to be reinforced frequently.

The imperial palace in Luoyang was so large.

And it's readily available.

Anyone with a sound mind knows where to move it.

Fu Zhirou never expected this.

Wealthy families were also among those forced to relocate.

Moreover, it must be divided into at least eight parts.

They were broken up and dumped in various counties in Hebei and Shandong.

At most, only one remnant branch can be retained in Luoyang.

Zhao Yuan familiarized himself with the East Palace's office area.

He then strolled back to his inner quarters.

The wives and concubines have already been assigned residences.

Li Shishi was in charge of making the arrangements.

The palace maids and eunuchs were also assigned.

The number of palace maids and eunuchs was very small.

Most of the work was done by the servants they brought with them.

"May your husband be blessed!" The wives and concubines bowed in greeting.

Several of their children also came over.

Like a little adult,

They bowed and greeted the guests respectfully.

Zhao Yuan picked one up and asked with a smile, "Are you used to it in here?"

"Everything is fine,"

Li Shishi said in a low voice

"Those eunuchs, they look a bit awkward."

"You'll get used to it," Zhao Yuan said.

Even Zhao Yuan never considered changing the eunuch system.

In ancient times, any country with a vast territory,

It seems like everyone's using this thing.

Smaller countries, on the other hand, don't pay much attention to such things.

Zhao Yuan led his wives and concubines inside.

We chatted for a while about everyday things and recent events.

But the Zhao sisters seemed hesitant to speak.

"Do you want to see your relatives?" Zhao Yuan asked.