Compared to other trivial matters, this matter of relocating the capital naturally could not be decided so easily.
Even with Gu Lin mediating in between.
All sides were still unwilling to give up their interests.
This was in fact the downside of such brilliance: when each minister on the court possessed sufficient capability, then once the external enemies were eliminated, these people would naturally act for their own benefit.
Human nature is inherently contentious; even within the Gu Clan there were those who wished to move the capital to Hebei.
Let alone everyone else.
This matter was destined to require a prolonged tug-of-war.
....
Time slipped by in a rush.
As the suppression of rebellions in various regions came to an end one after another, the entire world finally ushered in a rare period of stability once more.
The Great Song's economic model spread outward in all directions.
The Gu Clan had indeed prepared far, far too much.
