What does the Emperor's Golden Luan Hall look like?

The people of the world always have such and such fantasies about the Jinluan Palace, and they will always imagine the appearance of the Jinluan Palace, imagining the magnificence in it. But that's all imagination.

Ordinary people will imagine that the same will be true of dignitaries and dignitaries. Even if he is already the king of Chu, for Li Ziyuan, he has always been curious about the appearance of this Jinluan Palace, since entering the capital, countless times, he has looked towards the Forbidden City, for the Forbidden City, for the Jinluan Palace, he has such and such imaginations. Of course, he was more curious, he had always been curious about what the place where the emperor lived was like, and he was curious about whether it was really like what the drama said.

The ground was paved with gold bricks, and the temple was supported by gold pillars......

What does the Golden Luang Hall look like?

However, despite his curiosity, after entering the capital, he did not set foot in the Forbidden City, not because he did not want to enter, but because he could not enter for the time being, which was still in the Qing Palace.

The so-called "cleaning the palace" does not mean "cleaning up the palace", but to clear out all the palace maids and unreliable eunuchs in the palace. After all, in addition to the so-called "show girls" of the Eight Banners, there are also clothed maids, that is, palace maids who do miscellaneous work in the palace, and there are also some imperial concubines who are also in the palace, and they have not been evacuated with the Qing captives and still remain in the palace. Naturally, these people can't stay in the palace, they are the palace maids of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, who knows what they will do if they stay in the palace? Even ordinary eunuchs must be screened and those unreliable eunuchs must be eliminated. This has been the rule for thousands of years, and it was the same in the Qin and Han dynasties, and it is the same now. And the Qing Palace is a long process, and it can't be done in a few days.

So almost every day, when looking at the Forbidden City, Li Ziyuan will always ask about the situation of the "Qing Palace" with concern in a hurry, and the reason why he cares is of course to "welcome back the imperial court as soon as possible", at least on the surface, this is the reason, but whether this mind is true or false, I am afraid that only he knows it.

Since he was crowned king by the imperial court in Taiyuan last year, there have been various strict etiquette systems in the palace of the king of Chu, and the same grade difference has begun to pay attention to; After arriving in the capital, the etiquette system became clearer and more complete. The relationship between the lords and ministers in the Chu Wangfu has become more stringent, and the brotherly relationship that used to be has long been gone.

This is still the case for military attachés, and the same is true for civilian officials, and Xu Yuncheng, who joined the army, is an advocate of this kind of etiquette. When he saw the King of Chu, Xu Yuncheng still saluted in a proper manner. And Li Ziyuan also accepted it safely, now he has not only been accustomed to everyone's great courtesy, but also enjoys this feeling, and even extremely taboo others do not abide by the etiquette, in his opinion, it is undoubtedly disrespectful to him.

"Sit, sit down, and tell me about the situation in your palace."

Although Li Ziyuan's tone seemed very kind, he knew very well in his heart that this was just talking. Of course, Xu Yuncheng and Jin Zhijun didn't sit down, they just listened, and the superior said that they could just listen, as for the rest...... That's all. Especially for Jin Zhijun, who is a demoted official, he is even more cautious, and he also takes the initiative to help the King of Chu improve the rules, in the eyes of Jin Zhijun, who used to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the rules of the King of Chu in the past are just "stage", after all, no one around the King of Chu knows what the rules of the vassal king are.

The two of them stood respectfully in front of the king of Chu and told him a brief description of the situation in the palace. When Jin Zhijun said that many concubines had hanged themselves and rested in the palace, Li Ziyuan couldn't help but be a little moved, and said softly:

"They don't have to die. If they don't die, I believe that the court will treat them with courtesy and raise them for life. ”

Then he said to Kim Zhijun.

"Ask the eunuchs, there must be good coffins in the treasury of the palace, order them to be buried, and take care to protect their corpses!"

In fact, he didn't care about the life or death of those full concubines at all, just like a few days ago, at the beginning of the Qing Palace, when he learned that there were more than 700 palace maids in the palace who did not leave, he directly ordered someone to send those palace maids to the Jiaofang Division, without a trace of hesitation, as for those concubines, if they did not "hang themselves", I am afraid that Li Ziyuan would also find a way to let them hang themselves, in fact, there was no need for Li Ziyuan's orders, naturally someone would help them "hang themselves". But even so, there is always something nice to say. Just like as ministers, they need to take the initiative to solve some troubles for the lord.

As for whether this is really "self-hanging", no one cares, let alone investigates, and it has always been the case for thousands of years.

"The king is benevolent!"

This benevolence and righteousness only need to be said, Jin Zhijun also praised Li Zicheng and Dolgon like this back then, and now he uses it on Li Ziyuan, he doesn't feel any discomfort. Some words, accustomed to saying, true or false, even he himself does not know, he has not even thought about it, everything is just instinct!

Even, on the day Li Ziyuan entered the city, he wore a neat Ming official robe, and greeted the king of Chu with Shuntian Mansion Yin and other officials in Beijing, although it was a bit hasty, but his "knowledge of current affairs" not only allowed him to save his life, but also to be able to become a Ming official again, of course, he is now just "temporarily staying in front of the palace to serve", as for others, always need to ask the court.

Later, Li Ziyuan inquired about other situations in the palace, and knew that the total number of palace maids in the Forbidden City was about 3,000, more than 50 committed suicide by throwing themselves into the water, and about 300 escaped. There are more than 4,000 palace maids who stayed in the palace and the palaces of Xiyuan and Beihai.

Listening to Xu Yuncheng's report, Li Ziyuan commanded.

"There are many eunuchs in the Forbidden City, some have escaped, and those who have not escaped, they can stay in the palace, after all, these eunuchs are all our Han people, and if they are driven out, there is no way to live, so if they can be retained, they also understand the rules of the palace. As for those palace maids, they are not allowed to leave the palace, to find the roster, according to the roll call, since they are all the daughters of the internal affairs government, they are captives, since this is the case, they will be rewarded to the meritorious soldiers as slaves and maids, it cannot be said that they were slaves and maids when they were in the flag in the past, and now they are not slaves and maids, they are willing to be slaves and maids, so let them be slaves and maids for the rest of their lives, they must be listed as slaves and slaves for life, and they can never be released, even if they have children, they can also be released for good! This point must be made clear to the soldiers, don't let the soldiers treat them as if they have never seen women, and treat them as good people, just slaves. In this Forbidden City, there are thousands of households, you must continue to investigate in the afternoon, and in the afternoon, you will also have to look around. It's been a hard time these days, so let's go rest and eat. ”

Xu Yuncheng and Jin Zhijun saluted him respectfully, then took two steps back, and then turned to leave. Looking at the two of them, especially Jin Zhijun's former official Shangshu was also so respectful to him, Li Ziyuan couldn't help but feel a little fluttering, thinking that now that the palace had been cleaned up, when he looked at the palace, his eyes were full of longing......

Because he was anxious to see the Jinluan Palace, which he had heard the old people talk about since he was a child, and also wanted to see the Qianqing Palace where the emperor lived and the Kunning Palace where the empress lived, almost after lunch, Li Ziyuan was a little impatient to enter the Forbidden City with a guard from the noon gate.

After entering the palace, there was a row of eunuchs waiting there, led by a middle-aged eunuch of obviously high status, who knelt down to Li Ziyuan and kowtowed.

"The slave and the maid knock to the king."

Li Ziyuan looked at the eunuchs kneeling in a row, looking at these eunuchs, he suddenly had an illusion, when the emperor was in this palace, was it like this, the emperor walked there, and they knelt there.

After pondering for a moment, Li Ziyuan asked:

"Do any of you have eunuchs who are familiar with the roads in this palace?"

The leading eunuch hurriedly kowtowed and said,

"Back to the king, the slave and maid are the ministers who have died in the country, they were originally the stewards and eunuchs of the Qianqing Palace, named Fang Yuming, who entered the palace at the age of twelve, and has been in the palace for twenty-five years, and is very familiar with the road in the palace, I don't know where the king is going, and the slave and maid can guide the way for the king."

Li Ziyuan glanced this person up and down, and knew that this kind of person must not be retained, since he can be a eunuch in charge, he must be reused by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so he ignored him, and then set his eyes on those little eunuchs, wanting to find someone here, but he was worried that these little eunuchs would not know the way, and suddenly he found that a little eunuch looked like he wanted to speak, so he pointed at him and asked.

"Get up and talk back, can you tell the way?"

Defu, who was named, saw that the king had called himself, and hurriedly replied:

"Slaves and maids know the way, they know the way."

"In that case, arise and lead the way."

Although he was robbed of his credit, Fang Yuming didn't dare to say anything, he just looked at Na Defu with hot eyes, this kid, he handed in his luck. If it can enter the eyes of the king, it will be burned with high incense for eight lifetimes.

"Slave Command!"

Knocking his head, Defu asked with a bow after getting up.

"King, where to go first?"

"Golden ......"

Li Ziyuan, who originally wanted to say "Jinluan Palace", realized that the "Jinluan Palace" was just in the drama, and in this Forbidden City, it was not called "Jinluan Palace". The "Jinluan Palace" heard in the play, and the so-called Jinluan Palace, is actually the "Taihe Palace".

Under the guidance of Defu, the group came to the "Taihe Palace", looking at the hall, Li Ziyuan's breathing seemed a little short, his eyes were staring at the hall, and the whole person's expression seemed a little distracted.

"Your Majesty, this "Taihe Palace" is the three major halls in the Forbidden City. This place is different from other places, it is the place where the emperor ascended the throne and held a ceremony, and it was built in the eighteenth year of Yongle, the emperor of our Ming Dynasty. The Jinluan Hall was originally named "Fengtian Palace", and Jiajing changed its name to "Huangji Palace" in the 41st year. "Huangji Palace" has been used until the second year of the Qing Dynasty puppet Shunzhi Emperor changed its name to the current name of "Taihe Palace" ......"

Although he is a little eunuch, but Defu speaks and does things very well, when he explained the origin of the "Taihe Palace", he had already led Li Ziyuan into the hall and walked towards the hall, when he walked towards the "Taihe Palace", Li Ziyuan's eyes stared at the "Cloud Dragon Royal Road", and his eyes exuded a strange look.

And Defu, who was leading the way on the side, just raised his eyes and looked at it, and then whispered.

"King, that's the "Cloud Dragon Imperial Road", which is a place that only the emperor can walk......"

A place that only the emperor can walk!

When he heard this, a thought immediately popped up in Li Ziyuan's heart.

This capital was all beaten down by Lao Tzu, the emperor can walk, why can't this king walk!

Without any hesitation, Li Ziyuan strode directly towards the "Cloud Dragon Imperial Path", when he stepped on the "Cloud Dragon Imperial Path", he only felt that there were no other distracting thoughts in his mind, and even the heart that had been beating violently would become calm, just like ...... It's like the longing that has been going on for many years has finally been satisfied at this time.

But at the moment when his feet were about to step on the "Cloud Dragon Royal Road", he suddenly stopped his feet, and at this time, he calmed down.

This "Cloud Dragon Royal Road" is not something he can walk.

He really can't go, and if he does, it will be a big rebellion. Besides, there are so many people watching, if it spreads, it will be ......

And Li Ziyuan didn't notice that his previous move of going straight to the "Cloud Dragon Imperial Road" only made those eunuchs all look at everything dumbfounded, until they saw that the King of Chu did not take the "Cloud Dragon Royal Road", they were relieved.

And Defu just silently followed behind the King of Chu, and entered the "Taihe Palace" with him from the trail next to the "Cloud Dragon Royal Road".

After entering the "Taihe Palace", Li Ziyuan's eyes were directly fixed on the dragon chair, as for the plaques and others in the Taihe Palace, they were not in his sight, and his eyes were only left with the dragon chair in the center of the palace. His eyes were staring straight at it, the golden and splendid palace could not be compared to the golden lacquered cloud dragon pattern throne.

Staring at the gold-lacquered cloud dragon pattern throne on the Sumeru seat-type platform in the center of the Taihe Palace, Li Ziyuan heard his heartbeat again, the sound was beating louder and louder, getting louder and louder, his feet stepped on the gold bricks laid in the hall, and walked forward step by step, and the gold-lacquered cloud dragon pattern throne was getting closer and closer to him, his eyes were staring at it, staring at the throne that symbolized the supreme imperial power, and a thought in his mind was tumbling and churning there......

"Master, why don't you sit down and give it a try?"

Although Defu's words were not loud, they were full of demagogic power, but his words only made a voice rise in Li Ziyuan's mind......

"I, why can't I sit!"

As the voice flashed in his mind, the foot involuntarily stepped towards the stage, not fast, but continuing to move forward.