In history, there is an ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, which was once the political center of the East before the Sui Dynasty, but it was demolished by the Sui Emperor Yang Jian in anger, and now it has become an ordinary rural area, which is the famous ancient capital of Yicheng 1,500 years ago.
In ancient times, there were three political centers in northern China, one was Chang'an, which represented the political forces in Guanzhong in the west, Luoyang, which represented the political forces in the Central Plains, and the other was Yicheng, which represented the eastern Hebei and Shandong forces.
Before the Tang Dynasty, Northern China had always been in a situation of east-west struggle, and the dividing line was along the Taihang Mountains to the Funiu Mountains. In the west, it is the Loess Plateau power centered on the Guanzhong Plain, in the east is the Eastern Trend of Hebei Province, centered on Yicheng, Anyang and Puyang in the Zhanghe River Valley, and the Central Plains Plate is located in the middle of the world, and whoever occupies it has the world.
Yicheng was originally the grandson of the Yellow Emperor and the granddaughter of Emperor Huan, the son of Daye, and Yi was the residence of Karma. Here in the eastern foothills of the Taihang Mountains on the Zhanghe Huan River alluvial fan, the ancient Yellow River from this flow north through the North China Plain to the Bohai Sea, agriculture flourished, land and water transportation are very developed, so in the Shang Dynasty, this area is the ruling center of Yin Shang, Anyang Yin Ruins is on the south bank of the Zhanghe River, the west bank of the Yellow River.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Duke of Qi Heng built a city in the field of industry, named Yicheng, which was the gateway to the west of the State of Qi, and was later occupied by the State of Jin. When it came to the Warring States period, it belonged to the State of Wei, and Wei Wenhou took Yicheng as the capital of Pei, and the famous Ximen Leopard ruled Yicheng. Ximen Leopard excavated twelve canals and diverted water from the Yellow River to irrigate the farmland around Yecheng, making Yecheng prosperous and becoming a metropolis of the Wei state at that time. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Yi County was placed in charge of the northern part of Anyang and the southern part of Linzhang, and the Eastern Han Dynasty expanded to Ci County. Since Yecheng was the throat of the Hebei Plain, it has always been an important town in the eastern part of the Han Dynasty.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao occupied Hebei, and Yicheng was Yuan Shao's base camp, and after Cao Cao attacked Yicheng, in order to avoid Xuchang, he used this place as his fiefdom (Cao Cao feng Wei Wang) and built the capital of Yi (邺北城). Cao Cao built three platforms in Yicheng, namely Tongque, Jinfeng and Bingjing, with Tongquetai as the main platform, and "Tongque Chun ShenSuo Erqiao" refers to this place. After Cao Pi dai Han Dynasty, he designated the capital of the State of Wei at Luoyang, and designated Yicheng, Chang'an, Tan, and Xuchang as the capital of Pei.
During the Western Jin Dynasty, in order to avoid Emperor Sima Yi, the city of Yi was changed to Linzhang. By the time of the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Later Zhao Shihu moved the capital from Xingtai to Yecheng. After the Han Dynasty Ran Wei was destroyed, Zhao established the State of Wei in Yicheng, and after Murong Shi of Former Yan destroyed Ran Wei, he moved the capital from Jicheng (Beijing) to Yicheng.
When it arrived in Northern Wei, this place was Xiang Prefecture, and the late Northern Wei general Gao Huan had monopoly power, and Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei led the minister of culture and martial arts to flee west to Guanzhong, and Gao Huan re-established Emperor Xiaojing, in order to avoid Guanzhong Yuwen Tai, moved the capital to Yicheng, Hebei, from which it became the capital of Eastern Wei and Northern Qi, forty-four years. When Gao Huan moved the capital to Yecheng, he took 400,000 households from Luoyang, and in order to resettle these people, he built a new city south of Yecheng, called Yenan City. The wood used in The city of Yinan was all demolished from the capital of the Han and Wei dynasties in Luoyang, and the waters of the Yellow River drifted to Yecheng.
In the second year of the Later Zhou Dynasty (580), Yang Jian became the grand chancellor as the emperor's grandfather, monopolizing the power of the imperial government and wanting to usurp the throne. The great general, the grand sima and the commander-in-chief of Xiangzhou, Chi Yuan, rebelled against him, and as a result, he failed to commit suicide. Yang Jian, fearing that the re-gathering of anti-Yang forces in Shandong, Hebei, would be detrimental to him, so he ordered the demolition and burning of Yecheng to avoid future troubles. After Yang Jian demolished Yecheng, he moved the people of Yecheng and Xiangzhou, Wei County, and Yi County to Anyang City, which was 18 miles away, and Anyang was called Xinye City, and Anyang County was changed to Yi County. Since then, Anyang has replaced Yicheng as the political, economic and cultural center of Hebei, and the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, which flourished for four hundred years, has since disappeared.
At this time, Yang Jian was depressed about the narrowness of the Later Zhou Chang'an City, and wanted to build a new city after usurping the throne, he saw that the layout planning of Yecheng was built very well, so he arrested all the craftsmen involved in the construction of Yicheng to Chang'an and built Daxing City, so Sui and Tang Chang'an City and Luoyang City had the shadow of Yicheng design and planning.
Regarding Wei Chiyi's rebellion, Wei Chiyi was the nephew of Yuwen Tai of Guanzhong, a general of northern Zhou in Western Wei, who was made the Duke of Shu for his meritorious service in Pingshu, and the official worship was made the great general of the pillar state and the great Sima of the Pillar State, and the former suspect of moving to the great (the first of the four auxiliaries in ancient times). After Northern Zhou destroyed Northern Qi, he was appointed as the governor of Xiang Prefecture and ruled Hebei. Wei Chiyi's rebellion failed within two months, and the main reason for the failure was that Northern Zhou had just destroyed Northern Qi, and the people of Northern Qi were very disgusted with Northern Zhou's rule, so they did not support Wei Chiyi. Yang Jian's general Wei Xiaokuan originally failed in attacking Yecheng, but the people of Yecheng gathered in front of the battle to watch the liveliness, and as a result, Wei Xiaokuan ordered the Zhou army to attack the people, and the people rushed to Wei Chi's army in a panic, And Wei Chi was unable to kill the people, and the formation was rushed by the people, and Wei Bukuan's Zhou army defeated Wei Chi's army with a single blow.
Although The city of Yicheng was demolished, the power of Shandong in Hebei has always been a major problem for the Sui Dynasty and tang Dynasty, and the peasant revolt at the end of the Sui Dynasty originated in Shandong, and the most powerful peasant army was Wagangzhai in AnyangHua County and Dou Jiande in Hebei. Although Li Shimin destroyed Dou Jiande at Tiger Prison in the early Tang Dynasty, Dou Jiande's general Liu Heida rebelled twice, causing the Tang Dynasty to suffer. After the Anshi Rebellion, the feudal towns were mainly in the three towns of Hebei, and the late Tang Dynasty King XianmangHuang Rebellion was launched in Caozhou, Shandong.
In the tenth year of the Sui Kai Emperor, Anyang and Yi counties were restored separately, and in the eighth year of the Tang Dynasty,000 Zhenguan, Xiao yecheng was built on the ruins of Yecheng. In the Song Dynasty, Yi County was changed to Yi Town and merged into Linzhang County, and in modern times, Yi Town has become an ordinary large village, and there are several villages such as Yecheng Village and Jintai Village on the ruins of Yicheng.