Feng Shui in Zhao Kuangyin Plain

Since Kaifeng was the capital of the later Zhou Dynasty, Chen Qiao and Zhao Kuangyin did not choose another capital after the mutiny. In addition, in the later period of Zhao Kuangyin, considering that Kaifeng had no natural barrier, it was difficult to resist the enemy's attack. In fact, he thought about moving the capital.

Kaifeng is located in Henan. This place is not like the natural barrier in Sichuan. This is a plain area with broad vision. It is a city that is easy to attack and difficult to defend in the eyes of military strategists. According to the truth, a country's capital must not be chosen in such a place, otherwise it will easily perish. However, the problem is that Zhao Kuangyin's regime was not seized by violence, but evolved peacefully through strategy. In the Five Dynasties, Kaifeng was the capital of Hou Liang, Houjin, Houhan and Houzhou.

The Song Dynasty inherited everything from the Zhou Dynasty, so Zhao Kuangyin didn't choose other places as the capital at that time, so it continued to use it. Later, Zhao Kuangyin's mind is no longer on this kind of thing. He wanted to unify the world, so he concentrated on the campaign. Until the last sixteen states were not recovered, he looked back and instantly found the weakness of the capital, so he considered moving the capital to Luoyang.

But Zhao Guangyi was not very happy. Luoyang belongs to the fourth son, Zhao's wife's home, and Kaifeng has accumulated a lot of contacts because of his business for so many years. It can be said that Kaifeng is his territory. Therefore, for the sake of the throne, Zhao Guangyi tried his best to prevent Zhao Kuangyin from moving the capital, and also gathered a group of old ministers who lived in Kaifeng for generations to oppose moving the capital together. So this matter went away, laying a certain foundation for the demise of the Song Dynasty. If the capital had been moved at that time, it might have taken some time for Jin Bing to capture the capital in Song Dynasty.