Liu Bang Shortly after he became emperor, a man wearing a sheepskin coat came to ask for him. The man was named Lou Jing .
According to "Records of the Grand Historian: Biography of Liu Jingsun Tong", Lou Jing was from Qi. Shortly after Liu Bang pacified the world, he went to Longxi to guard the border. He passed by Luoyang and was about to meet the emperor.
So he asked his fellow villager General Yu to report to Emperor Liu Bang.
General Yu wanted him to change into a good dress and then go to meet the emperor, but Lou Jing insisted on not wearing it.
Unexpectedly, when General Yu informed Liu Bang, Liu Bang actually met!
Liu Bang and Lou Jing
There are a few points worthy of attention here.
First, Lou Jing is dressed as a commoner, so General Yu wanted him to change into a bright dress and go to see the emperor again. This shows that Lou Jing's appearance is very ordinary and ordinary, and there is no special thing about it.
Second, Lou Jing has the courage and may have seen the world.
We all have such experiences. There is no pressure to talk to relatives, friends or colleagues. If we want to meet a big person, we will be extremely nervous. When we meet them, we often don’t know what to say.
Why? Because I am very unfamiliar with these big names, I don’t know where to start, and I’m even more afraid of saying it wrong.
What Lou Jing wanted to meet was the biggest person in the world at that time. If he had no experience in dating big people, even if he was full of knowledge, he would not dare to show it in front of the emperor because he was afraid of rebelling against the emperor's dragon scales.
So, I'm going to make a bold guess. It's very likely that Lou Jing is a senior official of the Qi government. Because the Tian regime was eliminated by Han Xin , many senior officials were also in trouble because of this, Lou Jing is one of them.
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Third, Lou Jing has the backbone of a Confucian scholar and is also very confident.
He did not change into good-looking clothes to please Liu Bang, but instead appeared in his true nature, which showed Lou Jing's noble temperament of not fearing the powerful.
Later, he advised Liu Bang not to confront Xiongnu , which caused Liu Bang to scold and detain, which also reflected Lou Jing's integrity and hard bones.
When Liu Bang received Lou Jing, he first gave Lou Jing food and then asked Lou Jing why Lou Jing came, and Lou Jing began to explain his high arguments to Liu Bang.
Lou Jing's plan was about the capital establishment plan, which was a serious national event that should be resolved immediately at that time.
Lou Jingxian asked the emperor, are you building your capital in Luoyang to compare with Zhouchao ?
Liu Bang replied, that's it.
Lou Jing continued, the way you win the world with the Zhou Dynasty is different, so don’t blindly compare it with the Zhou Dynasty.
First, the Zhou Dynasty won the world by virtue of the accumulated virtues from generation to generation. When the Zhou Dynasty was prosperous, there were no princes in the world who refused to surrender, but when the Zhou Dynasty was weak, the princes in the world would not come to pay homage to the emperor!
This is not because the Zhou royal family lacked cultivation, but because the situation is too weak!
Your Majesty, you won the world not by virtue of good virtue, but by force. Can your good virtue be compared with the lords of all dynasties before the Zhou Dynasty won the world? I'm afraid it's far from comparable.
The Zhou Dynasty conquered the princes with good virtue and power, and when the court weakened, the situation could not be maintained. What about the world you have conquered by force?
Everyone is convinced of your anger now, because your strength is strong, but what if it weakens one day? Will the princes in the world still listen to you?
If you want to maintain long-term stability in the world, you must give up the Zhou Dynasty's general policy of conquering the world with virtue and instead conquer the world with power.
If you want to conquer the world with your power, it is not advisable to build it in Luoyang.
Lou Jing did not say that Luoyang is strategically weak, and later Zhang Liang was added.
Lou Jing said that setting the capital Guanzhong is your best choice!
Why?
First, Guanzhong is a four-blocked place, easy to defend but difficult to attack. In fact, all the knowledgeable people at that time knew this well;
Second, Guanzhong's land is fertile and is a large granary that can meet the needs of the imperial city's gold burning kiln;
Third, Guanzhong has the foundation laid by Qin Dynasty , we can use it directly. Lou Jing did not explain this in detail in detail.
But we know that every national policy of Qin Shihuang is implemented from the Guanzhong land, such as: the national policy of the same track, the same writing, and the same wheel. In implementing the national policy, the Guanzhong land should do better than the Shandong Six Kingdoms land.
Lou Jing continued, if the emperor established the capital of Guanzhong, it would occupy the throat of the world. Even if the land in Shandong was in chaos, it would not be in chaos. Then, according to the danger of Guanzhong, it would be like pinching his throat and hitting his back. How could there be a reason for failure?
Build the capital of Guanzhong is the best choice to occupy a strategic initiative!
In fact, Lou Jing’s meaning is very clear. Since you, Liu Bang, relying on force to conquer the world, you must rely on force to conquer the world. You must always be in a strategic and active position and must not be in a weak position. The final demise of the Zhou Dynasty is a lesson. If you want to always have an advantage, you must set the capital of Guanzhong, just like the Qin Dynasty, so that you can be invincible.
After hearing Lou Jing’s remarks, Liu Bang asked Lou Jing to say it again in the court.
When Lou Jing finished speaking, Liu Bang asked everyone to discuss it.
So everyone's opinions were surprisingly consistent: it's good to set up here in Luoyang, and there is no need to move.
The reason is: the Zhou Dynasty built its capital here and won the world for hundreds of years; the Qin Dynasty built its capital in Guanzhong, and it died in the second lifetime.
Furthermore, Luoyang has dangers to defend, and its terrain and the sturdy city walls are also sufficient to rely on.
Just an unknown young man Lou Jing supports the capital of Guanzhong, while the ministers unanimously support the capital of Luoyang.
So, isn’t Lou Jing unhappy? What exactly is going on with
?
You should know that Liu Bang's ministers, especially senior officials, are mostly people in a prosperous place. What do these people think most after following Liu Bang for so many years and finally won? Return home in glory.
This is the same as the feeling after Xiang Yu destroyed the Qin Dynasty, killed Qin Wang Ziying, and burned the Qin Palace. It is like returning to his hometown to show off.
If Liu Bang said that Luoyang is not as good as Pei County, let’s set the capital of Pei County!
is likely, most ministers will rush to say: My emperor is wise!
No one wants to live far away from their hometowns, which is the fundamental reason why everyone has always supported the establishment of Luoyang.
Liu Bang next asked Zhang Liang for his opinions.
When we read about Liu Bang dating Zhang Liang, we often find something. Zhang Liang is not like many people who are eager to show themselves in front of their lords. Many times, Liu Bang asked him and said, and Liu Bang would not say it if he didn't ask him.
Some people say that when The Battle of Pengcheng , Zhang Liang was also by Liu Bang's side. Then Liu Bang's failure is inseparable from Zhang Liang's mistakes. You can't say that! It is very likely that before the Battle of Pengcheng, Liu Bang did not listen to Zhang Liang's opinions at all. Although Liu Bang followed the advice, he did not listen to Zhang Liang at all times.
However, Liu Bang never suffered any loss in Zhang Liang's advice!
Zhang Liang knew Liu Bang very well, so Liu Bang asked him and said.
Zhang Liang said that Luoyang certainly has the advantages that everyone mentioned.
, but the disadvantages are also prominent.
First, the hinterland is too small and the land is barren.
To put it bluntly, it is because of the geographical and economic conditions near Luoyang at that time that it could not maintain the operation of the huge gold-swalking machine in the capital.
Second, Luoyang is a place of four battles, and it is difficult to stick to it.
The capital is built here, and the defense cost is too high, while the Guanzhong area is much better.
First, it has four blocks, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. This is the same as what Lou Jing said.
Second, it has abundant resources, agriculture and animal husbandry are very developed, and water transportation is also very convenient, which can gather wealth in the world.
I think that although Zhang Liang doesn’t talk much in , he speaks more comprehensively than Lou Jing.
retreat to Guanzhong and control the throat of the world. This is a negative aspect, and beware of changes in the world.
Positively, Guanzhong was a granary at that time, with convenient transportation, which could meet the needs of the capital, a huge gold-swalking machine.
When Qin Shihuang destroyed the six kingdoms, he relied on the rich grain output in Guanzhong as a backing, because Qin 's military and economic strength far exceeds that of the six kingdoms in Guandong, so it is inevitable that Qin destroyed the six kingdoms.
After Liu Bang heard Zhang Liang's great arguments, he immediately decided to move the capital to Guanzhong and set off on the same day!
Lou Jing was named a doctor by Liu Bang because of his contribution to his ideas. His name is Fengchunjun and was given the surname Liu.
In this way, Lou Jing doesn’t have to go to Longxi to guard the border, but stays directly with the emperor!
I always feel that there are many strange things about these things.
First of all, isn’t it very strange that an unknown man can meet the emperor directly?
This is not the situation when Li Shiqi met Pei Gong Liu Bang. At that time, Liu Bang was eager to seek talent, and he was unwilling to meet scholars, and even humiliated scholars in public.
Pei Gong was now the lord of the world and the emperor of the Nine Five. The world was decided, and Liu Bang had time to receive a commoner?
I have a bold guess, Lou Jing and Liu Bang are playing a double act.
Liu Bang had long wanted to be the king of Guanzhong, but in fact, he really didn't stay in Guanzhong for a few days.
When Xiang Yu wanted to return to his hometown to be the king, a Han Sheng gave Xiang Yu a suggestion, but Xiang Yu refused to listen. Didn’t Liu Bang hear these things at that time, , Han Wang ?
I'm afraid Liu Bang knows the preciousness of the land in Guanzhong better than anyone else!
So, Liu Bang had long wanted to be the emperor in Guanzhong.
But why did he stop in Luoyang and listen to the advice of the common people? This is to block the ministers' mouths.
Liu Bang knew that if he wanted to build the capital of Guanzhong, there would be great resistance because no one was willing to live far away from home.
From an emotional perspective, Liu Bang is unwilling to go to Guanzhong. It would be great to go to Peixian to build a capital!
Later, Liu Bang built a small town next to Chang'an City , which was completely imitated by the urban pattern of Fengyi in his hometown Pei County to relieve the pain of missing his hometown.
But from the perspective of the overall national situation, building a capital Guanzhong is undoubtedly the wisest choice.
Liu Bang first asked Lou Jing and then asked Zhang Liang to tell everyone about the benefits of establishing Guanzhong. It was to let them say what they wanted but were difficult to say, and to let the ministers stop sticking to their own meanings.
is likely, and Zhang Liang is also the actor of double act this time, and even the director of the chief.
When Zhang Liang said that it would be better to build Guanzhong, Liu Bang decided to set off for Guanzhong that day.
Why?
I think there are two reasons for this.
First, Liu Bang has strong execution ability. As long as you determine what you decide, do it immediately and never drag it down. From the incidents of going to Hongmen Banquet, killing Cao Wushang, and destroying the official seals of the six countries, it is obvious that Liu Bang has a strong execution ability.
Second, Liu Bang has been ready for a long time! Just this time, I will announce it to you on !
The second is strange and . Who is Lou Jing?
Judging from his current monetization and some of his later performances, he is an excellent strategist.
Who was the best strategist at that time? Zhang Liang.
Who did Lou Jing learn these things? Sima Qian is not recorded.
Let me make another bold guess: Lou Jing is probably very familiar with Zhang Liang, and may even be Zhang Liang's proud disciple.
The idea of building the capital Guanzhong was discussed by Zhang Liang and Lou Jing. Liu Bang also wanted to build the capital Guanzhong, but he couldn't find enough reasons. Besides, he didn't want to open this question, so as not to annoy these fellow villagers who fought the world together.
So, Zhang Liang recommended Lou Jing to Liu Bang, and he himself was a supporter of Lou Jing's reputation in the court.
When Lou Jing was appreciated by Liu Bang and stayed to assist the emperor, Zhang Liang retired soon!
