Sitting in the carriage that came with the boat, it was still Xiao Jiulang who whipped and drove the car, after all, he was the only one here who was the youngest. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Feng Biwei and Geng Xiansheng naturally wore veils on the car and disembarked with the carriage. And Su Hou didn't act alone, but sat on one side to guide the way.

However, what surprised Xiao Jiulang was that the official road leading to Jinling City here was very wide and smooth, and it was comfortable and fast to drive. The constant worry didn't seem to happen, and that Shen Yanran seemed to be missing. When the sun was setting, I saw the towering Jinling City from afar.

Rao is Xiao Jiulang has also seen a lot of Chengchi Prefecture Mansions, and he has also lived in that city known as the fairyland on earth. At this moment, seeing the ancient capital of several dynasties that swallows the Yangtze River by the mountain, I still can't help but express my heartfelt admiration.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the towering city walls and the high-rise buildings in various shapes are fascinating.

As we approached the city gates, we saw a bustling crowd of people coming in and out, and although the gates were to be closed in the evening, they still seemed to be in order. Just by seeing this endless stream of people, the prosperity of Jinling City can be seen.

Slowing down the speed of the car from a distance, Xiao Jiulang looked up at the magnificent Jinling City, and even felt a little impatient. I heard Su Hou say that today's Jinling City is Jiangning Mansion, including the two large counties of Jiangning and Shangyuan in the east and west of the capital. Make it lean on Yuhuatai in the south, Jilong Mountain in the back, Zhongshan in the east, and Stone City in the west.

Today's capital is in the late Liang Emperor Zhu Youyao Qianhua four years (914) to start construction, originally Shengzhou Assassin Xu Zhizhi sent his subordinate Chen Yanqian to rebuild Jinling City, Zhenming three years (917) to this as the capital city, planning to support Yang Wu Gaozu Yang Longyan, to Zhenming six years (920) to be built, three years later to expand again.

This Xu Zhihe is Li Yu, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, since the death of Yang Xingmi in the second year of Tianyou (905), the power of the Yang family fell to the powerful minister Xu Wen Xu family. As Xu Wen's adopted son, Xu Zhihe went from Guangling to Jinling Mansion, and after Xu Wen's death in (927), he held the real power of Yang Wu as the prime minister and the king of Qi. Three years after Tianzuo (937), Xu Zhihe accepted Yang Wuchan's concession, changed Jinling Mansion to Jiangning Mansion, took the government of the palace as the palace, and established the Tang State with Jinling City as the capital.

The capital of the Tang Kingdom continued to move downward, much larger than the Jiankang City that was the capital of the year, and the previous emperors of the Six Dynasties continued to develop, which promoted the prosperity of commerce and the gathering of talents, and became the political, cultural and economic center of the southern Central Plains.

Although the speed of the car slowed down along the way, Xiao Jiulang still wanted to go into the city early to have a look. I heard Su Hou say that Jinling City now has only four gates, and the group entered from the south gate this time.

The palace of the Tang Kingdom is close to the Xuanwu Gate in the north, which is naturally the location of the Xuanwu Divine Beast Town Gate in the later opening of the city gate. The west side of the Han West Gate is also called the Great West Gate, which is the place where the lock throat of the city defense of Jinling City is located, tall and majestic. And Jubaomen is the south gate of Jinling, the front and back are the Qinhuai River inside and outside, the south is connected to the Changgan Bridge, the north is connected to the Zhenhuai Bridge, it is really the traffic lock throat of Jinling City, and it is the central axis of the royal street that leads directly to the palace. And the famous east gate is directly to the Dazhong Bridge.

But I saw that there seemed to be a lot of people waiting to enter the city at the gate of the city, although it was not like the general state capital to inspect it from person to person, but seeing the crowded flow of people, it must not be possible to enter the city immediately. Su Hou sat aside and didn't seem to care, so Xiao Jiulang didn't ask more, but sat on the handlebar and watched the crowd coming and going.

When the carriage and horse approached the city gate, Xiao Jiulang saw the tall city gate, and thought in his heart that he was small and secretly calculated, this city gate is really tall! Seeing Xiao Jiulang's curious appearance, Su Hou spoke out to tell him about these previous monuments, and Xiao Jiulang naturally listened to them with relish.

However, Su Hou's eyes kept looking around, as if he was looking for someone. When he saw the group of people on the left side of the city gate, he asked Xiao Jiulang to stop in front of the four female cultivators.

It was a few female cultivators wearing Yuebai Taoist clothes, but they were also particularly eye-catching and recognizable in the endless crowd. They are all tall and tall, and they are all elegant and refined.

Although they wore the robes of the monks, they could not hide the beauty of their faces and their detached temperament. When they saw Su Hou, they all saluted and called Uncle Shi extremely respectful.

Su Hou just bowed slightly, not at all like what Xiao Jiulang saw on the boat. He has a free and conceited demeanor, and he stands out in his gestures. But there was no talk to these nuns, just motioned for them to follow along.

Xiao Jiulang couldn't help but look carefully, because after that, these people were all his fellow sisters and sisters. I saw that there was also a relatively small carriage beside them, but it was obviously not this special carriage with steel axles, it must have been the carriage they had just used.

One of these fair-skinned and tall female cultivators, with long eyebrows and phoenix eyes, was Feng Yuchan, one of the head disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect, and was faintly the main figure of this group of female cultivators. When she went to the gate, she told the general who was in charge of the patrol, and the general ordered someone to stop the crowd of people entering and leaving the city, and asked Xiaoyao to send the two cars into the city.

Xiao Jiulang was secretly surprised by the power of the Loose Sect in his heart, and faintly saw that Feng Yuchan revealed a token to the general, although he didn't know what it was, it must be something to prove his identity. Regarding the reputation of the Xiaoyao faction in Jinling City, Xiao Jiulang couldn't help but look forward to it.

When the car enters the city, there is the Royal Street in front!

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The lights are brilliant!

The majestic palace is awe-inspiring!

Silk bamboo ears!

The palatial palace is full of laughter!

The lights in the Daming Palace are bright, and the positions that many guards usually stick to are vacated today for a banquet.

Li Jing sat on the Kowloon silk chair at the top of the imperial staircase, and the square table in front of him was full of wine and food, exquisite six vegetarian and six imitation meat dishes, the color and fragrance were enough to make people salivate. A pot of Zhuangyuan Red Imperial Wine was poured and placed in front of Li Jing, but he didn't move.

Looking at the banquet arranged according to different titles under the imperial steps, everyone seemed to be smiling. Li Jing's emaciated face looked a little clear, and his eyes looked around at his subjects. Today, Empress Zhong was unwell, so she did not accompany Li Jing, and Li Jing did not let her other wives and concubines come to accompany her.

Although he has just passed the age of forty and has not been two or three years, Li Jing's temples have turned white, and the huge changes over the years have made Li Jing almost unable to bear and face. His eyes were dazed, as if he had returned to the past, and it was here that year, when he had just accepted the succession ceremony.

He set up an ambition to inherit his father's legacy and restore the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty of the Li family.

In the face of the northern celebrities who came to the Tang Kingdom for thousands of miles, such as Han Xizai, Chang Mengxi, Ma Renyu, Wang Yanzhu, Gao Yue, Gao Yuan, Jiang Wenwei, etc., as well as the most famous talents in the south of the Yangtze River, Song Qiqiu, Chen Jue, Cha Wenhui, Feng Yansi, Feng Yanlu, Bian Hao, You Jianyan, He Jingtu, etc. Li Jing feels that he is omnipotent, and the world is under his feet.

Indeed, he also conquered Fujian land smoothly first, although Wu Yueguo took the opportunity to divide some territory, but he did not live up to the fame of the first war. Then he swept through Chu, and in the hands of Ma Yin's sons, he seized the family wealth accumulated by the Ma family for decades, and he once conquered the western Guizhou region and became one of the largest feudal towns in the Central Plains.

Although he did not drive the expedition himself, the merits of each battle were not obtained by his own decision-making thousands of miles away.

Suddenly returned to reality, looking at the staggered crowd of toasts in the hall, the joy continued to be peaceful. Although everyone seemed to have a smile on their faces, Li Jing knew that everyone's smiles were for themselves, and they were all performances with numb faces.

From the beginning of the third year of Baoda (945), in order to obtain greater benefits, Wu Yueguo constantly took the initiative to echo with the Central Plains Domain, wanting to gain benefits from himself, and he gave a hateful blow. In the end, after the destruction of the Fujian royal family, it has now formed a three-sided encirclement of Wu Yueguo. Wu Yueqian's family can no longer develop externally except for the sea.

Although the feudal towns in the Central Plains were impressed with him, Li Jing knew in his heart that because of the continuous tug-of-war with Wu Yueguo, he was greatly demoralized. From the beginning, the largest feudal town in the south could fight against Chudi, Lingnan, Fujian, and the Central Plains at the same time, but now it is difficult to deal with only one side of the war.

Fujian is dead, the Ma family does not exist, and Wu Yue is besieged, but what did he get!

From the thirteenth year of Baoda (955) to the first year of Jiaotai (958), the Zhou State actually invaded his own land three times, relying on the fact that he knew that he had hurt his vitality. Guo Wei took over the power from the Later Han, but he could not control the forces of the states, so he did not dare to infringe on himself. But Guo Rong now wants to develop, and he has to worry about the harassment of the Northern Han Dynasty, and only the southern prisoners will accumulate power.

I didn't expect that I would become Guo Rongliwei's primary target, but the current situation is indeed reasonable. Shuzhong, which borders the Zhou State, can be completely unharmed by natural hazards. Although he also has the natural danger of the Yangtze River, the land of Huaibei Prefectures is now lost!

Li Jing likes to see this kind of joyful situation, but the long-standing depression in his heart still makes Li Jing not show too much excitement. Others may think that he has been on the throne for a long time, and Long Yan will inevitably accumulate prestige, but Li Jing knows that he has suffering.

I have also worked hard and want to dominate the rivers and mountains, is it still possible now? Originally, Zu Xun was the successor of his brother, but he was the emperor's brother! Li Jing also has some things in his heart that he can't say, because although the brothers are friendly, don't people often say that father and son are connected?

The world thinks that he wants to pass on the position to his son, so he finds an excuse to kill the emperor's brother, even if others speculate so, what if he is still the emperor now! Because the Tang Kingdom has always been a prosperous place, this great river and mountain is in his own hands, how can he give up and be happy from time to time!

Li Jing was still looking forward to his own thoughts, and Gao Sishi, the close attendant beside him, called softly twice, Li Jing came back to his senses, and looked at Gao Sishi with some doubts and tiredness. Gao Sishi has served Li Jing for nearly thirty years, so he naturally understood what Li Jing meant, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the lord of the country, Mr. Geng is out of the customs, and it is said that the cultivation of the Dao is a great success!" ”

Li Jing was stunned for a moment, this time in order to welcome the return of the envoy to Lingnan from Congjia, the prince of Anding County, Li Jing summoned the officials above the fifth grade in Jinling City, as well as their families to enter the palace to celebrate. It can be said that including officials in Beijing, foreign envoys, and several major chaebols in Jiangnan, Li Jing asked the Ministry of Rites to invite them.

After making sure that he had heard correctly, Li Jing's gaze couldn't help but look at a position on the right side of the imperial staircase, where there were a few immortal wind dao bone cultivators, who were the main leaders of several cultivation sects in Beijing. Gao Sishi's report just now made Li Jing remember that he had forgotten an important person, and hurriedly said: "This matter is very good, arrange it quickly, and invite Mr. to come to Daming Palace immediately!" ”

Gao Sishi quickly went down to deliver the decree, Li Jing suddenly became a little excited in his heart, for this Mr. Geng, Li Jing can be said to admire it very much. This mission to Lingnan felt a little inexplicable for many people, but Li Jing thought that there was no need to explain to others, and when he came back, he promoted Zhong Mo, who accompanied the prince of Anding County, to the rank of Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites.

But many people don't know that this idea was actually made by Mr. Geng, and the purpose Li Jing naturally wouldn't tell others. Now Li Jing knows that he has really mastered the dynamics of Lingnan. I didn't expect that after the change of ownership of Lingnan, it had developed relatively well, and Tang Guo's strategy towards Lingnan would definitely change after that.

Now the capital of the Tang Kingdom is close to the mouth of the Yangtze River, although there is a natural risk, and there is no fear that the Zhou State can easily cross the river. But leaving his life in the hands of some people who have no confidence, Li Jing still doesn't want to take this risk. So Li Jing found a few masters to calculate, and they all suggested that he move the capital.

Moving a capital is a big deal, especially for a country. Nowadays, there are several places to choose from, but as long as it is a natural place that can be defended and attacked, it is the first choice in Li Jing's heart. All you have to take into account is the surrounding feudal towns.

Naturally, it is impossible for him to get close to Wu Yueguo, because although he is surrounded by Wu Yue now, if he is attacked by the enemy on his back, Wu Yueguo will definitely be the biggest variable. Now although Zhou Xingfeng, who is in charge of Chu Land, is too busy to take care of himself, he may have a day to turn over. If you really want to move the capital, you may have to move to the hinterland to the south of the Lingnan.

Wuling is difficult to cross since ancient times, and on the same day he occupied Chudi Chenzhou, Bian Hao failed to guard the gate of the south, and was driven out of Wuling by Pan Chongche, the first general in Lingnan. And this just shows one thing, the miasma and uncivilized Lingnan cannot easily cross the five mountains to the north. So if he really wants to move the capital, Li Jing must think about going in the direction of Lingnan.

In this case, the significance of Anding County's envoy will be completely different. This journey not only explored the cultural customs of various places, but also understood the hardships of this road. Although the prince of Anding County has no ambition, he has inherited his talent, and his love for this great river and mountain is only afraid that he will surpass himself.

After he returned to Jinling City, he gathered a group of literati and writers to record what he saw and heard along the way, and recorded them all by category. This is not only the greatest help to himself, but also the most effective help to Tang Guo in the future.

I was thinking about the things during this time, and suddenly felt a sound of ear-to-ear communication in the hall, and when I looked up, I saw a female cultivator dressed in an apricot yellow costume, who was walking from outside the palace accompanied by a young man, wasn't it Mr. Geng that Gao Sishi just said.

However, it was not Mr. Geng and the young man beside her who raised Li Jing's eyebrows, but not far behind them, there was another person who followed. Although they were not together, they walked into the palace one after the other, which still made Li Jing slightly stunned in his heart.

This is a person who makes people think a lot when they look at him, and he is a man with enough courage between the eyes and the eyes. He has a large figure and a great body, although he doesn't look like he feels very strong, but he also deserves the meaning of a dragon's step.

As soon as he appeared, his presence was felt, including Mr. Geng and the young man who were walking in front of him, as if they had been robbed of the limelight by him. Although he didn't greet anyone, everyone who saw him would be a little surprised and take the initiative to bow to him.

However, he doesn't seem to care much about these vulgar gifts, and often bows his head slightly to show that he returns the salute. But when he saw Mr. Geng and the two of them walking in front of Li Jing, he stopped. There seemed to be a sudden look of pain on his face, looking at Li Jing's faint eyes, he actually slowly clenched his fists and stopped.

Although there seemed to be a lot of people who deliberately didn't greet him, he didn't seem to care much about it. He saw that Li Jing actually got up and greeted Mr. Geng with a smile on his face, but his eyes no longer looked at him, and it seemed that his eyes became more melancholy.

On such important occasions, officials and edicts wore official uniforms, not to mention envoys. And those chaebol bigwigs who can squeeze into the palace to participate in the banquet, although they can't wear some taboo services, but they are also high-quality Shu brocade, or the famous Suzhou embroidered silk in the south of the Yangtze River.

And this man was actually wearing a casual dress, and although he had a wooden hairpin pinned to his hair on the top of his head, the unmodified short beard made him look a little haggard. Instead, an ordinary yellow casual dress showed his different identity, obviously he should be a man from the royal branch, but how could he suddenly appear like this, and no one stopped him?

There should be a lot of people here who know him, or someone who knows him and pretends to turn a blind eye. But his sad eyes didn't care about any of this, and he occasionally looked down at the emperor Li Jing on the imperial ranks. Seeing him and Mr. Geng talking and laughing, although they couldn't really hear it, they should be extremely happy, but their eyes never turned around.

Although he was dressed in civilian clothes, no one seemed to stand up to reprimand him, including officials from the Ministry of Etiquette. But what is strange is that even an ordinary petty official did not treat him too respectfully.

Seeing that Li Jing's eyes never turned around, there seemed to be more pain in his eyes, and when his eyes swept over the hall, he suddenly saw Anding County Duke sitting in the front row on the left. His eyes stayed on Anding Jungong for a while, but he didn't expect Anding Jungong to also look at it.

The prince of Anding County was slightly stunned at first, and opened his mouth a few times, but in the end he didn't make a sound. Seeing that the man kept looking at himself, his eyes were actually a little trance-like. First wanted to open his eyes, but when he saw that the man was still looking at him, he actually lowered his head directly.

The man's figure shook slightly, as if he felt that his nose was sour, and he slowly turned his head to this side, no longer looking at Anding Jungong's side. When his eyes finally looked at Li Jing's side, he found that Li Jing seemed to be inviting Mr. Geng to sit beside him, and Mr. Geng was trying his best to avoid it.

The man sighed slightly, turned around and walked out. Because there were more people at this banquet, the banquet was placed all the way to the aisle and courtyard outside the Daming Palace. The man kept on his feet, seemed to stumble a little, and when he saw someone looking at him, he slowly stood on his feet again.

He finally stopped by the rockery in the courtyard outside the palace, and never came to this side of the bustle again. Looking at the figure, it seems that it is a little lonely to stand there alone, but there is no meaning to communicate with those around him. looked at him standing there arrogantly, and suddenly seemed to be domineering in his gestures, but it didn't give people a domineering feeling.

He stood there quietly, although he didn't make a sound, but he still looked at this side and the situation in the palace. I saw that Mr. Geng and the young man, under Li Jing's arrangement, sat on the right hand side under the imperial stairs, and sat with those cultivators.

He seemed to feel that Li Jing's eyes seemed to look at him from a distance, and he couldn't help but straighten his waist again. Suddenly, Gu Pan was calm and calm, giving people a feeling of being in a high position for a long time. Looking at the situation on Li Jing's side, he seemed to be expecting something. There was nothing on his face about the fact that everyone did not come to him.

The faint eyes seemed to be very calm, as if they had seen through all this. He didn't deliberately look at everyone, but his god gradually passed over everyone, and there would be a brief pause. But in the end, his eyes would look in Li Jing's direction.

No one even saw the loneliness in his eyes, but only felt the calmness and ease in his eyes. Or a kind of high-hanging attitude, it is this kind of unintentional stay that seems to make him know everyone.

Obviously, many people here saw his existence, and they don't know if it was because of the presence of Emperor Li Jing, and Li Jing didn't say anything about him, or because of the presence of the envoys of the Zhou State and the envoys from Lingnan, everyone didn't care too much about him.

He seemed to be surprised by everyone's demeanor, and his eyes seemed to have some sadness or joy. Although he looked at everyone along the way, his gaze did not linger for long, and then immediately moved on to the next person. His gaze is not offensive and nervous, because there is no trace of deliberateness.

It's like standing on the side of the road and inadvertently meeting a person, and the other party inadvertently glances at you, and you don't even care, or you don't see this person clearly. And the other party's eyes are just to confirm your existence, as for the purpose of your existence, or whether you exist here or not, it has nothing to do with him, he just glanced at you in passing.

It's not a kind of indifference, but in his eyes, or in his heart, ordinary people don't care about him at all.

If a person who has been seen by his eyes notices his eyes, he will naturally have a little surprise and curiosity in his heart, and those who know him do not know how to feel in their hearts; And those who don't see his eyes will invisibly feel like being watched, and there must be few people who don't know him.

Although everyone did not avoid him, it was obvious that someone deliberately avoided his eyes. This man in bright yellow casual clothes is obviously not an ordinary person, but he only uses a wooden hairpin to show that he is just an ordinary person!

How could ordinary people come here!

Of course, the confidence and casualness in his eyes, combined with the feeling he exudes all over his body, make people realize that this is a person with enough self-confidence and self-discipline. The just right amount of inspection, and the inconspicuous scrutiny, made everyone who saw his existence look at him, but immediately avoided it.

This person is a focal point, and this person should be a focal point.