Jinguo moves capital: Beijing ushers in a new country
preface
On the fertile soil of China, it is not only the bloodiness of Chinese men and women, but also the culture and history of thousands of years, who sleep in this land, quietly waiting for people to discover and explore.
cause
After emperor Yan Liang ascended the throne, Emperor Jin decided to move the capital.
▲Finish the face
outcome
After moving the capital to Yanjing, Yan Liang wanted to unify the whole country, so he launched a fierce attack on the Southern Song Dynasty.
▲Yanjing
disposal
1. Opposition from the Imperial Court
The Jurchens, who made their fortunes in the northeast region, gradually became stronger, and were once vassals of the Liao State, but now they can stand on their own. In fact, jinguo can have today's achievements, or because the Liao state has oppressed women for many years.
As a result, the Jurchens became increasingly dissatisfied with the Liao state, and eventually rebelled, successfully defeating the Liao state and establishing the Jin state to replace it.
After the establishment of the Jin Dynasty, the capital was Shangjing (present-day Acheng County, Heilongjiang Province), where the Jin State was stationed for a long time, but after Yan Liang came to power, it was decided to move the capital to Yanjing (present-day Beijing).
▲Liao
Yanjing was one of the five major Kyotos of the Liao Dynasty, the others being Shangjing (Inner Mongolia), Zhongjing (Inner Mongolia), Tokyo (Liaoning), Nanjing (Beijing), and Xijing (Datong, Shanxi).
Different dynasties have different titles, so beijing today has many other names in the past.
As for Yan Liang's intention to move the capital, there was a lot of opposition in the imperial court, they believed that the Jurchens originated from the northeast region, Kyoto should be in the northeast region, and if the capital was moved, it would be a betrayal of the ancestors.
Although it is said that many of the old ministers of the Jin Kingdom oppose the relocation of the capital, the reason is the ancestral chapter law, but the real reason is because the Jin Kingdom has been in Shangjing for more than thirty years, and the power of the old ministers has been entangled in this place and gradually stabilized.
If the capital is moved, it will be their old ministers whose interests will be damaged, so many people in the imperial court have prevented Yan Liang from moving the capital.
▲ Jinguo
2. Complete the means of yanliang
Yan Liang naturally knew their thoughts, the ancestor was just a word, interests were the fundamental, the old minister had been entrenched for many years, whether it was the imperial court, or the forest in the wilderness, they all had their existence, if they gave up all this and left, they would definitely not be willing.
So Yan Liang thought of a way, when holding a banquet, Guan Yan Liang specifically asked liang Hanchen, the right minister, that he planted a lot of lotus flowers in the palace, but none of them survived, why is this?
Liang Hanchen is very clever, just say that the weather in Shangjing is cold, the lotus flowers are and grow in a warm place, and the Yanjing is warm, and it is planted there.
▲ Portrait of the Jin Dynasty army
Because when Liang Hanchen heard the emperor ask him, he knew that the emperor wanted to move the capital, so he also answered that he should move the capital.
Guan Yan Liang was very satisfied, but everyone present was smart, and many people heard the meaning of Finish Yan Liang, so the official Xiao Yu immediately objected, saying that Shangjing was the land of Longxing and the foundation of the country, and could not be lost.
So soon the banquet became the imperial court, and the courtiers divided into two waves, one wave supporting the relocation of the capital and the other not supporting.
When liang Hanchen, the right chancellor, saw the situation, he hurriedly dissuaded it, so he said that he could first build a new capital and then start moving the capital. After Liang Hanchen said this, the original discussion was about the issue of moving the capital, but it turned out to be how to move the capital.
Although the matter of moving the capital seems to have been settled in a vague way, the old ministers still will not agree, and they still raise their opinions against the relocation of the capital from time to time, and even want to launch a coup.
▲Portrait of Yan Liang's relocation of the capital
3. Move the capital to Yanjing
With the reason for the rebellion, Guanyan Liang was just able to send off the stubborn old ministers, so Guanyanliang sent them to Shandong and other places with a small matter.
After this incident, Guan Yanliang found that tough means could make them submit. Although many people in the imperial court have been assigned, but the diehards still exist, so Guanyan Liang encouraged officials to put forward opinions, saying that he already knew that many officials were engaged in favoritism and fraud, and now there are many people who violate the law and discipline in the imperial court, regardless of their status, they must be impeached.
Subsequently, in March 1151, Yan Liangli decided to order Zhang Hao to go to Yanjing and build a new capital.
Guan Yanliang changed all this under tremendous pressure, and then began to clean up the diehards. It didn't take long for Yan Liang to go out of the city to hunt, so Yan Liang took this opportunity to say that he already knew a lot of officials' small actions, and when he returned, he would personally reward and punish.
Through this method, Yan Liang wanted to be able to suppress the people who opposed him in the imperial court, completely eliminate the diehards, and finally successfully move the capital.
However, the practice of finishing Yan Liang was also very effective, and in the end, Yan Liang still moved the capital, and in 1153 AD, Finish Yan Liang prepared to move the capital.
This move of the capital took a year. After all, in ancient times, unlike now, they can arrive through high-speed rail, airplanes, etc., they can only take a car and horse from Acheng, but in this year's time, Guanyan Liang carefully inspected various places, cleaned up the big and small things between the imperial court, and for those who were still opposed, Guanyanliang directly killed.
▲The bronze statue of The Finished Face
brief summary
After Yan Liang moved the capital, he consolidated his power in the Central Plains and made Yanjing the political center of China.
【References】
1. "Daikin Guozhi"
2. "The First Chronicle of Jin Shi Benji"
3. General History of China, Volume VII