Chapter 7 Chang'an One Hundred and Seven Squares
On the way back to the camp, Guo Li kept thinking about a question: why was it Li Heng and not Li Cong who finally became the emperor in history? Seeing Li Cong's demeanor, Guo Li suddenly suspected that he had read a fake history book.
"The eldest prince is really majestic." Zhou Peng began to be unable to control the "bird's beak" again.
Surprisingly, neither Li Guangbi nor Guo Li refuted Zhou Peng. Indeed, the eldest prince is really good. In the Tang Dynasty, it was more difficult to see a prince riding on the street with a light suit than seeing the emperor. It's easy to see the emperor, just be big enough to be an official. If you want to see the prince walking down the street alone, it depends on luck.
This luck is no less difficult than the five million jackpot in later generations.
"Brother Guo, you have become a captain of Guoyi, can you bring all our brothers with you?" Zhou Peng asked.
"Let's go back and see, if the brigade commander is vacant, arrange one for each of you." Guo Li said. In the Tang military system, the captain needs to be reported to the military department for review, and the captain and below are appointed by themselves. The greatest advantage of such a regulation is to increase the combat effectiveness of the regimental level and ensure that the lieutenant has control over the entire regimental army. This kind of regimental unit is twisted into a rope, which is the need of the battle.
The invincible army of the Tang Dynasty stems from this. The drawbacks are also obvious, and in the long run, there will be a phenomenon of self-respect for the army.
"See Captain Li Du" Guo Li gave a military salute.
"My subordinates meet Captain Li." Li Guangbi and Zhou Peng half-squatted on the ground to pay respects.
Lieutenant Li greeted him with a smile, "Congratulations to Captain Guo on his promotion, General Li, the commander of Zuo Jin Wuwei, treats his brother differently." If you don't understand the truth, you don't have to be verbose about what to do. The brothers picked a few satisfactory people to go to the Liangshan group. General Li handed over the Liangshan regiment to you, which shows the importance he attaches to his brothers. The old lieutenant who has been in the barracks for many years dreams of a regiment with a title. The old lieutenant of the Liangshan regiment retired, and as for the original two brigade commanders, they tried not to move if they could. After all, the old lieutenant has just retired, and this bit of face still has to be given. Li Duwei put down his body and called Guo Li a brother.
Zuo Jin Wuwei commanded Li Kailuo, a well-known general in the government army. Now they are trying to subdue me. I just heard Captain Li say that General Li values and so on, it seems that the general is really not a vegetarian, and he knows how to recognize heroes and value heroes. Thinking of this, Guo Li still felt like a dream.
In fact, Zuo Jin Wuwei is the descendant of the eldest prince, and now the eldest prince is not crowned as the crown prince and cannot open the mansion. Once the crown prince is sealed, the East Palace can master the six rates of soldiers and horses, and then Zuo Jin Wuwei will naturally be placed under the jurisdiction of the East Palace.
Although the current emperor is in the prime of life, the princes are not yet vying for power, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the eldest prince is too far ahead of other princes. At the age of twenty-two, he commanded the military horses of Liangzhou, and led the Anxi capital to protect and pacify the ambassadors of Hedong, Guannei, and Longyou. The second prince is eighteen years old, and his mother is said to be a woman in a green house. The third prince, Li Heng, was still young, and he was only eleven years old at this time. If Li Longji had not reigned for so long, and now handed over the Tang Dynasty to Li Cong, I am afraid that there would not have been the later Anshi Rebellion, and the entire Tang Dynasty would not have changed from prosperity to decline to form a situation of separatism.
The Liangshan regiment is responsible for the thirteen squares near Tonghua Gate. This area is where the nobles live, and the area with the highest housing prices in the entire Chang'an City. It is adjacent to three palaces: Daming Palace, Xingqing Palace, and Taiji Palace.
No one dares to cause trouble here, and those who dare to cause trouble are not easy to mess with.
"Within the twelve gates of Chang'an City, the east and west cities, two towers, three palaces, one hundred and eight squares, brothers have nothing to do to go around, after this rotation, I don't know what year and month I can come to Chang'an City again." Li Duwei politely introduced Guo Li.
"The subordinates of the twelve city gates that the commander just said understand that they are the city gates in the moat. The subordinates know the Xuanwu Gate. What are the two towers and three palaces? Zhou Peng asked.
Zhou Peng is a native of Liangzhou, and he followed Guo Li after joining the army for more than two years. There was a great drought in Liangzhou the year before last, and Zhou Peng ran out to join the army, just for his stomach, and if he died in battle, he would give his family a pension. Although he is usually noisy, he is still an honest man. Slowly got acquainted with Guo Li, and gradually knew that the world was very big, and the Tang Dynasty was also very big.
Zhou Peng's old mistake has been made again!
Guo Li frowned when he heard Zhou Peng speak. In case Lieutenant Li gets angry, the brotherly love can't be ignored, no matter what the situation is, let's take it down first.
Unexpectedly, the expected storm did not come, but the warm sun came to the face.
"There is a pagoda in the Temple of Mercy and Grace and the Temple of Chongsheng, which are called the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Little Wild Goose Pagoda respectively. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda was built by Master Xuanzang in order to preserve the Buddha statue of the scriptures brought back to Chang'an by Tianzhu, and it is a pity not to go to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Chang'an, and the Little Wild Goose Pagoda was newly built more than ten years ago. Li Duwei patiently answered Zhou Peng's question.
Guo Li's concern is justified. The ruthless military law officer crushed people to death at the first level, and based on Zhou Peng's rash intervention just now, he would receive twenty military sticks in peacetime.
Could it be that Li Duwei has changed sex?
"One hundred and eight squares in Chang'an City, are there really so many?" Zhou Peng asked again.
"You can count to see if there are so many." Li Duwei said with a smile.
"You just count your whole life, and you don't have one hundred and eight squares, only one hundred and seven squares at most." Li Guangbi said. Without waiting for the two of them to ask, Li Guangbi continued: "Originally, it was one hundred and eight squares, and when the emperor was the crown prince today, the mansion was in Longqing Fang. After ascending the throne, Longqingfang was changed to Xingqingfang, and later moved out of other residents in the square, and changed the Xingqing Palace to a palace after the expansion. Since then, Chang'an City has one less square and one more palace. ”
Even Li Guangbi, who is usually cautious in his words and deeds, interjected, and Guo Li was attracted by Li Guangbi's words while thinking about it.
It turns out that there is also this secret.
If the experts and scholars in the previous life did not study carefully, I am afraid that they would not be able to count one hundred and eight squares, and they never expected that there would be more Xingqing Palace without Longqing Fangfang.
Guo Li broke the jar and couldn't help but worry about his previous life.
Li Guangbi understood that Li Duwei had the heart to stammer with Captain Guo, so he answered bluntly. If it were usual, I am afraid that there would not even be a chance to answer, and Zhou Peng would have been beaten to the ground. It seems that this kid should be taught how to get along with the officer, otherwise the ass will bloom sooner or later.
There are four military systems of the Tang Dynasty: military system, feudal town, forbidden army, and border army. There are 12 guards, 60 guards on the left and right, and 40 guards on the other sides. The governor of the first government is the commander of Zhichong, and the left and right Guoyi are the lieutenants. Each province has four to six regiments, ranging from 200 to 300 people, and the commander is Captain Guoyi. The regiment consists of brigades, each with fifty men. Under the brigade was fire, and there were only ten people.
The Tang Dynasty is so big that I'm afraid even the emperor doesn't know how big the Tang Dynasty is. Guo Li knew something, but couldn't say the exact number. In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, the territory area was about 30 million square kilometers, so the Tang Dynasty also had many troops.
The four of them walked while chatting about the military system, walked along Suzaku Street to Chunming Gate, and then turned to Tonghua Gate. When the soldiers on duty saw Captain Li Du, they knew that a senior official was coming, and quickly went to return to the court. After a while, two middle-aged men in armor greeted them.
"My subordinates meet Captain Li and Captain Guo."
I finally survived until the captain retired, and I didn't think that a captain would be transferred from above. The two brigade commanders don't know how many years they've been staring at this position. Seeing the disdain in the eyes of the two brigade commanders, Guo Li became angry.
Are you not convinced?
The captain of this school will fight you today until you are convinced.