Chapter Seventy-Nine: Chang'an
Zhang Yue, under the protection of several guards, walked to the intersection and explained the family affairs to the Tian Miao brothers first, especially asking them to go back and take good care of their sister-in-law and Rou Niang, so that they should not worry.
I chatted with Brother Chen Yue for a while and said some words of thanks.
Then he followed Gongsun Yi, got into a carriage, and went to Chang'an City.
From Nanling to Chang'an, not far.
No more than twenty-five miles at most.
Therefore, many people say that Nanling County and Baling County in Ba Shangyuan are satellite counties of Chang'an.
It only took about an hour or so, and Chang'an City was already in sight.
On the towering city wall, soldiers stood with halberds.
A cyan city gate appeared in front of me.
"This is the Gate of the Castle, right?" Zhang Yue thought in his heart and guessed.
The city of Chang'an in the Han Dynasty has long been annihilated in the long river of history in later generations, leaving only a few relics buried deep underground.
But today, this imperial Shenjing is the undisputed center of the world.
It is a magnificent and magnificent city in the world!
From the memory of the original owner, Zhang Yue knew that Chang'an City, with a circumference of sixty-three miles, a latitude and longitude of thirty-two miles, has eight streets and nine mo, three palaces and nine mansions, twelve gates, nine cities, three temples, and sixteen bridges.
Each gate has its own unique character.
For example, the last time Zhang Yue went to Taixue, he overlooked the famous Luban Bridge in Anmen.
Although in the eyes of the traverser, the bridge is just an ordinary iron bridge that is mechanically stretched.
But in this pre-AD era, it was a miracle bridge that fascinated countless people.
And, more importantly, the Luban Bridge is the last legacy of a generation of Mo masters, Lu Ban lost to this world.
Yes, you read that right!
That bridge was built by Lu Banyi.
At least, the Guanzhong people have passed down from father to father, and that's the case.
As for the green gate in front of you, it is also charming and unique.
Bacheng Gate is also known as Qingcheng Gate and Tanglin Gate.
Legend has it that the celebrity of the late Qin and early Han dynasties, the farmer master Qin Dongling Hou Shao Ping once planted melons outside the gate of this city, the melons were sweet and beautiful, and even Emperor Gao loved to eat them.
In addition, the Bacheng Gate is also the largest, widest and strongest city gate of the twelve gates of the entire Chang'an City.
This gate is not as big as it can be.
It is enough to have four horse-drawn carriages in parallel, allowing dozens of people to pass in parallel.
With such a wide city gate, if there is a dense flow of people, it is inevitable that chaos such as crowding and stampede will occur.
Therefore, at the beginning of construction, the craftsmen and officials who designed the city gate had already made plans.
The huge gate is designed as two separate but unpartitioned spaces.
Left out and right in, quite similar to the road lanes of later generations.
Of course, before this era, most people were illiterate, and they might not even be able to distinguish between left and right.
In order that the people can know at a glance where to go from and where to come from.
Therefore, the designers adopted an ingenious approach.
The side into the city is a slight upward slope.
On the side out of the city, there is a road that extends slightly outward.
This makes it in reality, in human vision.
Those who enter the city are climbing upwards, while those who are leaving the city are descending.
So, the trouble was solved.
Even a fool who enters and exits the city gates knows how to go.
Later, this idea was replicated in the remaining eleven gates.
It's just that......
Zhang Yue knew that in the history since then, there have been no officials who will design and think like this.
Because, the brain circuit of Confucianism can't turn in this direction at all.
Tell them to think about and consider the travel or convenience of ordinary people?
Hehe......
Wen Yanbo of the Northern Song Dynasty said: This is not what we gentlemen should do.
Only politicians of the Huang Lao school would have such brain circuits and low profile.
After entering the Bacheng Gate, Gongsun Zhi went straight to the Bus Department.
The convoy squeezed through the crowded streets of Chang'an and passed through the bustling streets.
The appearance of the city before the Western Yuan Dynasty was displayed in front of Zhang Yue's eyes.
Looking at it all the way, Zhang Yue's biggest impression of Chang'an is order.
Whether it is pedestrians, or shops on both sides of the street, they are all neat and orderly.
There are no random places to put around, and there are no bear children who walk the road randomly.
Pedestrians and passers-by all obeyed the order of left, front and right.
As for the street shops, they are carved out of a mold, neat and square.
And the streets, too, are quite tidy.
Although it is not as neat and clean as the main roads of the metropolis in later generations.
But at least, the roads are smooth and there is no garbage on the ground.
Don't worry about stepping on human and animal feces when you go out.
It seems that in this pre-AD feudal society, in this Chang'an City, there was a powerful institution running and handling relevant municipal affairs.
There is no such thing in the memory of the original owner.
There is no relevant record in the historical materials that go back.
This made Zhang Yue quite curious, which yamen is so powerful?
This is too strong in terms of action, organization and credibility, right?
As everyone knows, such a thing, in this era, does not need the government's deliberate norms and requirements.
Since the Shang Emperor changed the law, the people of Guanzhong have been accustomed to obeying and following the requirements of the government to carry out their lives and daily activities.
The carriage went straight south in Chang'an City, and after about half an hour, it passed through a street, and the pedestrians in front of it suddenly became thin.
The chariots and horses that came and went became more and more noble and extravagant.
"Have you already entered the range of Qili?" Zhang Yue poked his head out and looked at the Manhattan of the pre-Han Dynasty.
A wealthy district in the absolute sense of the word.
Those who can live in Qili must be relatives of the Liu family or ministers and princes who are close to the Liu family.
The starting price here is 2,000 stones.
Or there is a sister OR daughter or something, married to a member of the Liu family's direct royal family.
The residences of Haixi Hou Li Guangli, Fengche Duwei Huo Guang, Shangshu Ling Zhang Anshi, Prime Minister Gongsun He, Taifu Gongsun Jingsheng, and other important ministers of the Han family are all located in this small area near Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace.
Here, legend has it that if you throw a stone, you may be able to hit a liege or 2,000 stones.
Therefore, the painting style here is also completely different from other areas of Chang'an City.
Mansion after mansion stands impressively.
The door of the house is in order, and there are samurai and retainers guarding and guarding.
Seeing Zhang Yue's motorcade, countless people poked their heads out of the mansion, either curious, or flattering, or looking at him with playful eyes.
Obviously, they all know, who is Zhang Yue? What to do in Chang'an?
Among the countless mansions, there are also a lot of discussions.
"Zhang Zi has re-entered the city!" Someone smiled and looked at Zhang Yue, who was protected by Gongsun's relics, and seemed to welcome his arrival to a certain extent.
This water in Chang'an has been dead for too long, and one more newcomer will come to participate in Hi Pi, and it may have some entertainment effect.
"Then Zhang Yi is in the city!" Some people are so happy that they plan to watch the play.
"The man is in town!" Some people are even worried, and their eyes wander.
"Huh...... I hope it's not another Lecheng and Luan Da! Of course, there are also people who sneer and are hostile.
But no matter what, these people know that from today onwards, I'm afraid that there will be one more player in the playground of Chang'an City.