A fragment of the recording made us vulnerable. The police officers of the Chengdong Branch saw that there was an oolong, they were very depressed, and hastily signed a transcript and left the Palace Museum.

"Old Qian, do you think this bronze gui, is it real or fake?" asked Deputy Curator Fang expectantly.

Teacher Zhao was also very curious, "Yes, Mr. Qian, you can also give me an opinion." ”

"Personally, I think it's a rare bronze piece. However, you also know that the identification and grading of such first-class cultural relics cannot be determined by one or two of us by virtue of our eyesight. It is necessary to have a professional team of experts as a whole to jointly discuss and identify. Qian Lao said his opinion.

"Old Qian, that's the case, when I sent Deputy Director Gao back just now, I had already arranged for someone to invite the experts of the expert group. As you know, this private donation can be big or small. Over the years, there have been almost no donations of bronzes, and the stakes are high, so we must be cautious and cautious when dealing with them. Deputy Curator Fang said.

Qian Lao looked at me and Da Zhuang and asked, "You two, do you have time today?"

I was stunned, and Da Zhuang didn't understand: "Ah, yes, or no." ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, "Haha, young man, there is no other meaning, that is, the expert group has to conduct in-depth research on this bronze piece in order to draw a final conclusion, and it may take a long time." Mr. Qian, I am afraid that the two of you will be bored, and I want you to visit the Palace Museum. Deputy Director Fang explained.

"Visit the Forbidden City!" I stood up with some excitement.

"Brother Niu, what's so exciting about this, it's not that I haven't been here. Da Zhuang was startled and said complainingly.

"You know what. I shot back.

"Hey, isn't this underestimating people, haven't you ever eaten pork, haven't you seen a pig run? This Forbidden City is divided into the outer court and the inner court, this outer court is where the emperor works in the upper court, and the inner court is the three palaces and six courtyards. Da Zhuang said, he was still a little proud, I was very speechless.

Deputy Curator Fang explained: "This Wang Dazhuang explained it very down-to-earth. This so-called former dynasty, or outer dynasty, occupied a vast area in the southern part of the Forbidden City. The palace here is magnificent, solemn, the courtyard is magnificent, open, with the forbidden city noon gate, the palace gate Taihe gate and the three major halls of Taihe, Zhonghe, Baohe as the central axis, Tiren Pavilion, Hongyi Pavilion two compartments of the auxiliary, Wenhua Palace, Wuying Hall east and west wings, constitute the emperor to hold a major ceremony, the first occasion for the ministers to see the Son of Heaven. ”

Deputy Curator Fang took a sip of water and continued: "The back sleeping area, also known as the inner court, is the collective name of the royal living area in the northern part of the Forbidden City. Here the emperor and the empress's main sleeping palace Qianqing and Kunning two palaces are the center, the emperor's palace is distributed in the east and west, and the east six palaces and the west six palaces where the concubines live, as well as the courtyards of the five courtyards of Qiandong and Qianxi where the princes live. Then to the east is the courtyard of the Taishang Emperor's palace built by the Qianlong Emperor in the Ningshou Palace area, and the outer west road is the Cining Palace, Shoukang Palace, Shou'an Palace and other areas for the Queen Mother and the concubines to support the elderly. The courtyard of the back bedroom area is heavy, the palace is deep, the architectural pattern is rigorous and ingenious, the decoration style is luxurious and elegant, the inner court etiquette, the sleeping occasion is outside, there are study, Buddha hall, garden and other places, leaving many relics of ancient royal life. ”

The Ming and Qing dynasties are the closest feudal dynasties to us, and there are many legends that have been handed down. Especially in this royal court, it makes him even more mysterious.

"Deputy Curator Fang, can you please arrange a staff member to show us around?" I begged the more I listened.

"Haha, of course it's fine. Deputy Director Fang readily agreed.

Under the guidance of the staff, we began to walk around the Forbidden City. Da Zhuang sighed with emotion: "Alas, if I am the emperor, I can live in this Forbidden City." ”

The staff introduced: "This Forbidden City, is the Forbidden City in ancient times, was built after the Ming Dynasty fixed the capital of Beijing, it follows the principle of the Son of Heaven in the center, the front and the back, the left ancestor and the right society, etc., reflecting the supremacy of imperial power, the strict requirements of etiquette. Many people believe that the emperor lived in the Forbidden City, but this is not the case. ”

Da Zhuang was very curious after hearing this, and asked, "Isn't it all played like this on TV! It's actually a lie!"

The staff smiled and said: "In order to resist the invasion of the northern nomads, the Forbidden City is prominent in its defensive nature and its closedness. Surrounded by heavy walls did not strengthen dynastic rule. History has proved that in the face of a vast territory, the monarch within the palace walls relied on the bureaucratic system, which was not only impossible to consolidate the dynasty, but also detrimental to his own physical and mental health. The closed rule and way of life of the deep palace ban did not meet the needs of the Qing rulers who galloped into the customs. Do you know what dynasty was the most prosperous in the Qing Dynasty?"

"Naturally, it is a prosperous era of Kangqian. I replied.

"Yes, Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, the three dynasties are the most legendary and have the most stories. As the founder of the prosperous Kangqian era, Emperor Kangxi had a very valuable open-mindedness. It was this kind of openness that contributed to the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty after that, and also determined that it was impossible for Emperor Kangxi to stick to the life and governance style of living in the palace. And "garden governance" is a kind of transformation of the existing model in his practice. The staff introduced.

After the Changchun Garden was completed, Emperor Kangxi wrote the "Records of the Changchun Garden" to explain to his subjects the origin, process and purpose of his departure from the Forbidden City and the construction of the Changchun Garden. In his description, the royal garden is no longer the kind of extravagant place criticized by traditional political culture, but a place for the monarch to proclaim the stagnation of time, listen to political knowledge, observe the people's feelings, and cultivate the self-cultivation and governance of the government. After the interpretation of Emperor Kangxi, "Juyuan Governance" was endowed with the positive connotation of "the way of civil and military affairs, one relaxation and one piece", and became a new mode of governance and life of the Qing Dynasty monarch. I took over and told me what I understood.

The staff was a little surprised. I smiled slightly, "I like history more, so I learn more." ”

I thought of a secret story of the Qing Dynasty, smiled, and said: "This Kangxi Emperor also died in Changchun Garden at the age of 69. The fourth son of the emperor, Prince Yong, Yinzhen, ascended the throne as Emperor Yongzheng. ”

My eyes lit up and I said to the staff: "Tell us about the three major suspicious cases in the early Qing Dynasty." ”

The staff's business is very exquisite, and said: "The marriage of the Queen Mother, the monk of Shunzhi, and the accession of Yongzheng to the throne constitute the three major doubts in the early Qing Dynasty, and there have been different opinions on whether Yongzheng obtained the throne legally. Emperor Yongzheng talked about the situation of his accession to the throne that day in "The Mystery of Great Righteousness": On November 13, Emperor Kangxi summoned Yinzhen to Changchun Garden when he was ill. Before Yinzhen, Emperor Kangxi summoned Yunzhi, Yunyou, Yunyu, Yunyu, Yunyu, Yun, Yunqi, Yunxiang, and Long Keduo to the bed, and preached that "the fourth son of the emperor has a noble character, and he will be able to inherit the unification and succeed me to the throne." When Yinzhen arrived, Emperor Kangxi told Yinzhen about his illness. By the time of the Emperor, Emperor Kangxi had died. Long Keduo relayed Kangxi's edict to Yinzhen. Yinzhen began to handle Kangxi's funeral. On the night of the same day, the body of Emperor Kangxi was transported back to the Qianqing Palace from Changchun Garden; on the 16th, the edict was promulgated; on the 20th, the Yinzhen Imperial Taihe Hall ascended to the pole and promulgated the edict of enthronement, and the year name was changed to Yongzheng from next year. ”

I nodded my head frequently and listened with interest.