At that time, Mao's children were younger. In troubled times, "the country is long and the king is blessed" is not an empty talk. Later, Song Taizu did pass the throne to his younger brother Zhao Guangyi, regardless of whether the sound of candles and axes was true or not, but that was the case.
During the Zhao Kuangyin period, Zhao Guangyi was appointed King of Jin and Kaifeng Yin Fu, which was the standard configuration of Chu Jun at that time.
Zhao Guangyi naturally knew that he was a strong contender for the throne. He has been operating in Kaifeng for many years and has a deep foundation. There are also many people in the imperial court who have a lot of property and power in Kaifeng.
Once you move the capital, it naturally means that your own interests will be greatly affected, which many people don't want to see, especially Zhao Guangyi, which is also very unfavorable for him to compete for the throne, so everyone tries their best to stop moving the capital.
Second, the sudden death of Zhao Kuangyin.
Although many people in the ruling and opposition parties oppose it, they still have to do the right thing, especially the major events concerning the country. Zhao Kuangyin tried his best to move the capital to Luoyang and Chang 'an, but was stopped by various means.
But at this juncture, Song Taizu died suddenly, and the matter of moving the capital was put on hold indefinitely.
Zhao Guangyi, the Emperor Taizong who succeeded to the throne, originally opposed moving the capital. After all, Kaifeng is his base camp, and he doesn't want to leave at all. The same is true of most courtiers who followed him.
With the improvement of the management level of Kaifeng in Song Dynasty, the prosperity here is not comparable to that of Luoyang in Chang 'an. Later, the Song Dynasty was gradually immersed in this kind of peace and happiness, and few people mentioned moving the capital again.
Why Chang 'an and Luoyang are not suitable as capitals? First, population growth, Chang 'an food shortage.
It turns out that in ancient times, Guanzhong area was called the land of abundance, with rich water resources and rich products. However, since the Sui Dynasty, because of overpopulation, the land became more and more unbearable, and food had to be transported from outside.
In the Tang Dynasty, this phenomenon became more prominent. Moreover, the Yellow River waterway is blocked, and the cost of land transportation is huge, so food cannot enter Chang 'an. Therefore, in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, emperors often took the royal family and ministers to Luoyang because of lack of food.
In the Song Dynasty, this situation was still not effectively solved, and Chang 'an was still short of food.
After the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, Chang 'an area was very desolate and the land was barren. However, the focus of the Song Dynasty gradually shifted to the south, and Chang 'an, its capital, could not effectively control the south, and Chang 'an was not suitable to be the capital.
Second, the river silted up, and Luoyang also declined.
Luoyang was originally located in Chang 'an, Guanzhong Plain, and extended eastward as a hub. The dynasty with its capital Chang 'an also needed to manage Luoyang well in order to control the Central Plains and Shandong. When Chang 'an fell, Luoyang could not be saved.
After Chang 'an became dim, Luoyang's position plummeted and was also destroyed by the war.
In the Song Dynasty, the shipping conditions in Luoyang could not be compared with the capital of song dynasty. Luoyang had no advantage, but to restore its advantage, it needs a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources, and the cost is incalculable.
Kaifeng and Luoyang are very close, so the Song Dynasty felt it unnecessary to move the capital to Luoyang. In fact, the significance of this ordeal is not great. Without sixteen counties, the whole North China Plain is actually very dangerous.
The capital of song dynasty, a buffer town in the Tang dynasty, became a very prosperous city in the northern song dynasty with the rapid rise of grain transportation, far from being comparable to Chang' an and Luoyang destroyed by war.
After Shi Jingtang, the late Jin Emperor, ceded sixteen states to Qidan, the Central Plains failed to regain it, and the whole North China Plain was exposed to the attack of northern fighters. Only manpower can be used to protect it, with little effect.
After the alliance between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty, they lived in peace for many years, which also made the Song Dynasty lose its sense of hardship.
In any case, the capital of song dynasty is in the capital of song dynasty, and it is a very important reason that the capital of song dynasty failed to move away as Mao imagined. Later, the Northern Song Dynasty was defeated by the Nuzhen fighters, and it was also a big problem to defend the capital of the Song Dynasty.