Chapter 11 The Imperial Capital Luoyang
Once the prince is in trouble, the emperor has no direct descendants, and the opportunity will fall on the royal family kings equally. Who would take the queen Jia Nanfeng seriously? The Han Dynasty's Lu and Tang Dynasty's martial arts were still unable to withstand when the royal family counterattacked, not to mention that the Jin Dynasty's royal family was no less powerful than the two dynasties, but Jia Nanfeng was far less powerful than the foreign relatives of the two dynasties.
He pulled Sima Ji, who was already tired and drank a little wine. After thinking about it, Sima Ji left the room and the yard was very quiet. But it was precisely this quiet that a little sound appeared and a little alert.
"The horse's hooves are seriously worn. Are we running too fast?" The two guards squatted in the stable and opened the horse's hooves to observe.
"There is no big problem, it will be no problem to arrive in Luoyang. If you arrive, let the horse rest for a while, otherwise it will be troublesome if you become a lame!" The two guards whispered to the horses that were accompanying them day and night, feeling distressed and treated the woman no less.
Sima Ji, who was stopping outside the stable, crossed his hands and raised his head to ask for a moment, and walked away gently, without disturbing the two guards who loved horses as if they were alive.
Horseshoe! This thing is lingering in his mind. At this time, the horseshoe should have appeared in Rome for hundreds of years. Among many horse harnesses, stirrups are often the first thing people think of. But in fact, the harness that can best play the cavalry is never stirrups, but horseshoes.
This principle is very simple. Even a marathon player is a powerful one, as long as he doesn't wear shoes, Sima Ji can defeat it as long as he wears shoes, but Sima Ji can't defeat the 100-meter champion in shoes. The longer the horseshoe's effect, the more it can be displayed.
Stirrups only make people feel convenient and have little effect on the horses themselves. Before the invention of stirrups, many ethnic groups on the Eurasian continent could also develop cavalry, and heavy cavalry also appeared in the kingdoms of various eras in West Asia.
Horseshoes are the harnesses that can truly realize their potential. Horseshoes are equivalent to human nails. They will wear out if they run too much, and they will grow longer if they run less. The growth rate of wild horses' hooves adapts to nature. However, it is different after horses carry weights. After a long-distance raid, the horses' hooves will wear out too much.
Emperor Wu of Han attacked the Huns in the northern expedition, and more than 100,000 horses died in one battle, far exceeding the number of soldiers. This is unreasonable. The horse's body is so huge that its resistance is definitely much stronger than that of humans. The reason is that during the long-distance raid, the horse's hooves were severely worn, causing the horse's lame legs, causing the horse to die in large numbers.
The Roman Empire was also dominated by infantry, but it did not encounter such problems. The horseshoe appeared very early and made great contributions. The cavalry was already very expensive and had been a heavy burden in all dynasties in China. The number of horses died due to wear and tear of horses. The repeated reopening of captivity made the court even more overwhelmed.
Whether it is a steed horse or a bad horse, or only if you can breed and breed horses, it will be extremely difficult to recover after death.
Once the horseshoe appears, it will increase the combat range of the cavalry and the raid will become longer.
"This is also a double-edged sword!" Sima Ji secretly asked. Horseshoe is not a high-tech, and others can learn it by themselves. Therefore, the time when the horseshoe appears must be done well. If you cannot handle the Eight Kings Rebellion, but the horseshoe makes the cavalry stronger. The worst result will not even exist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the whole world will be swept away.
There is no free lunch in the world, and it is related to the future direction. He must think more about the horseshoe. There is a proverb in the West, which is missing an iron nail and a horseshoe. It is lost to a horseshoe. It is lost to a war horse and a king. It is lost to a king and a battle. It is defeated to a battle and a dynasty. This proverb can completely interpret the butterfly effect, and he cannot be careless.
After leaving Jizhou, the team entered Shanggu County west and headed south. The destination was Luoyang, the capital of the Jin Dynasty. Youzhou was far away from Luoyang. When the two were still halfway, Sima Yan entered the funeral and built a coffin. The six palace personnel and officials cried and the guards all came out to hold a farewell ceremony. The coffin had been transported and transported to Junyangling in the Beimang Mountain.
From this moment on, the struggle for central power had begun. Sima Yan originally wanted to arrange for Runan King Sima Liang and Yang Jun to assist in the administration, but Yang Jun detained the will and did not issue, and squeezed Sima Liang out of the administration. Yang Jun also knew that he was afraid. During the funeral for Sima Yan, he brought hundreds of guards every day and wore armor.
When Sima Liang learned that Yang Jun had firmly controlled the situation in the court, he asked his aides for advice. The aides suggested that they raise an army to kill Yang Jun. When they were alive, Sima Liang made a quick decision to escape.
After Yang Jun learned that Sima Liang was afraid of running away, he also made a quick decision and let Sima Liang run away. In this environment, Sima Yan's coffin was transported for dozens of miles, and it was a vast area, except for white banners and mourning clothes. Nearly a thousand people held white silk, all of whom were dressed in plain clothes and white clothes, chanting in elegy. The sound was so heartbreaking and sad, and the whole funeral was particularly mourning.
"Did Sima Yan leave these two old men to Jia Nanfeng to practice and upgrade?" As soon as he approached Luoyang, Sima Ji had already heard the magical operation of the two auxiliary ministers. This is the case in the world. This topic of conversation after dinner is often spread faster than anything else, and no one listened to any edict.
As a vassal king, and under a powerful dynasty like the Jin Dynasty, he didn't even dare to attend the funeral of the emperor. Another minister was indecisive and carried hundreds of guards wearing armor every day. He just said that I was a powerful minister on his forehead, but he watched his opponent run away. Even if Sima Liang refused to give the emperor a few thousand households, he would have been so silent about it.
Sima Yan left these two ministers, perhaps because he was afraid that the regent ministers who were too strong would threaten the new emperor. But even so, he could not choose two ministers who were both civil and military in the dynasty who were despised by the government.
From a devilish operation during the funeral, we can see that these two people were not wronged by Jia Nanfeng.
After crossing the Beiluo River, Luoyang, the capital of the Jin Dynasty, was already close. When it was closer, this number one city in East Asia had gradually become clear in front of everyone.
"Stop!" A gentle voice sounded, and the team of hundreds of people suddenly stopped. Half of them obeyed orders, just like a heavy truck stepped on a sudden brake, stirring up dust.
"What's wrong, Qingxuan!" Sima Xu lifted the curtain and asked with confusion. He was about to enter the city. He couldn't figure out what the prince of Yan was causing trouble?
Chapter completed!