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Looking at the magnificent and majestic capital city in front of him, Lu Jin's heart unconsciously flew farther away, thinking of many things closely related to the city of Beijing.

This is an ancient city with a thousand-year-old history and thousands of years of accumulation, and it has been an important city in the north since ancient times. Zhuojun, Yanjing, Nanjing, Zhongdu, Dadu...... Even today's Beijing, every name represents a magnificent history, where countless romantic figures have risen and perished, but Beijing is still silently guarding this North China Plain.

When the Ming Taizu founded the country and set the capital of Nanjing, this city seemed to have gradually given way to the center of the world, and it was only a hard backer to protect the Central Plains. Unexpectedly, a few decades later, another storm surged, and Zhu Di, the king of Yan who was sealed here, suddenly played the banner of Fengtian Jingjing, and finally swallowed the whole country in a corner and became the new master of the Ming Dynasty.

This was followed by the relocation of the capital, which brought the city of Beijing back to its original lofty position, becoming the center of the world and the final destination of the coming dynasty of all nations.

Regarding Zhu Di's move to set the capital here, Lu Zhen was very unimpressed. In fact, in his opinion, for the Central Plains Dynasty, especially for the Central Plains Dynasty, which had external troubles from the north and was always worried about the invasion of the grassland tribes, it was too unsafe and unwise to set the capital in Beijing.

Although there are several strong cities and Xiongguan as barriers to the north, it has no geographical advantages of its own, once the grassland tribes break through the passes ahead, the vast and flat North China Plain can allow the enemy to drive in for a long time, without even the slightest obstacle. Often, once the enemy breaks through a border town like Xuanfu Datong, or opens the Shanhai Pass, Beijing will be completely exposed to the enemy's fast horse scimitar.

In the history of the Ming Dynasty, there have been several times when soldiers are in danger of coming to the city, and the fundamental reason lies in this. Even a few hundred years later, when a steppe tribe ruled the Central Plains, when the port of Tianjin was easily breached by foreign enemies, Beijing was still exposed to the enemy's powerful offensive and had few defenses.

And all this is because Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing for his own convenience because of his own preferences. When the Ming Dynasty was strong, Beijing naturally had a hundred benefits as the capital, but once the strength and weakness of the offense and defense changed positions, everything changed completely.

The Ming Dynasty is known as the toughest dynasty of the Chinese nation, it is not a minister, not a tribute, not a family, it is the son of heaven guarding the country, and the king is dead. But in fact, the latter two points are very debatable strategies, people say that the son of a daughter can't sit down, and it is really unwise for the dignified son of heaven to stay in this most dangerous place.

If the Ming Dynasty had not set the capital in such a dangerous place of four wars, perhaps its history and its national glory would be very different, and the Han and Tang Dynasties might not be just a slogan, but a real history that really exists.

It's a pity that all this can't be changed, and Beijing has been the capital for a hundred years now, and it has become the center of the world.

With a sigh, Lu Zhen finally shook the reins and rode his horse towards the tall and thick city gate to meet his unknown fate.

There are nine gates in Beijing, and legend has it that Yao Guangxiao, the black-clothed prime minister of the Yongle Emperor, built it in the image of the six-armed Nezha, which is why there are these nine gates. Today, Lu Zhen and the others came from the west, and they entered the Xizhi Gate in the northwest.

At this time, the city of Beijing was far from being comparable to the world's largest metropolis in later generations, but its scale was the largest in today's era. Millions of people live in this ancient city, which is divided into two cities, the Forbidden City, which is located in the middle. The inner city was all residential areas for dignitaries, while ordinary people and merchants from afar had to find accommodation in the outer city.

In addition, the city of Beijing has always had a structure of rich in the east and expensive in the west, poor in the south and sour in the north, and over time, under the inertia of gathering people and groups with similar things, the east and west sides are becoming more and more prosperous, and the north and south are mostly poor people. Of course, this is only a comparison with each other, as the capital of the world, although Beijing's housing prices are not as exaggerated as later generations, but they are far more than any other city in the world.

After entering the city, what Lu Zhen saw was a bustling scene, with countless people, horses and livestock surging forward and backward on the spacious streets, and from time to time he could see a group of troops holding spears and walking proudly, which belonged to the patrol team of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses.

As the capital city at the foot of the Son of Heaven, the security work of Beijing is naturally extremely heavy, not to mention any major cases such as street brawls and murders, it is an ordinary petty theft, and a bad one may lead to chaos. Therefore, the imperial court deliberately set up a five-city terracotta and horse division yamen in addition to the yamen of Shuntianfu and Wanping and Daxing counties, which was specially used to maintain law and order and detect theft and smuggling, and its function was roughly equivalent to the combination of local police stations and urban management departments in later generations.

Unlike a certain institution in later generations, which was called the strongest in the world, and only needed 3,000 to level the universe, the current Five Cities Terracotta Division is an extremely bitter existence. Their official positions are low, their power is not great, and they are in a city like Beijing, where there are many high-ranking officials and powerful dogs, and they can't control almost anything that happens. The only thing that can be done is to try to maintain order and carry a few big black cauldrons on your back at the same time.

However, because of the existence of the profession of patrolling the city and the imperial history, they have to constantly patrol around all day long, which can be described as a double pressure of flesh and spirit.

Lu Jin, who knew the duties of this yamen, didn't think that he would have any contact with them, so he only glanced at them and continued to move forward, planning to find a nearby inn or inn to stay in first.

Because the father-in-law Qin did not tell his specific plans, he didn't know how long he would stay in this Beijing city, and the accommodation problem became the most headache. With the density of officials in and out of the capital, it is obviously unrealistic for a small county magistrate in such a place to get a place to live in the official pavilion, so it seems that he still has to find some big inns to settle down, and even find a tooth shop to rent a courtyard to settle down first.

Just as he was making this calculation, a group of city patrol soldiers passing by them suddenly stopped, and then a military attache in front of him walked over, looked Lu Zhen up and down a few times, and asked a question that surprised him: "Are you from Datong?" ”

The other party was too godly, and he actually revealed his origin in a word, which made Lu Zhen stunned. Many soldiers even subconsciously pressed their hands on the weapons, for fear that these guys would suddenly be unfavorable to them.

But Lu Zhen still nodded: "Yes, this official is from Datong Guangling, I don't know what advice the general has." He deliberately pointed out his official identity, for fear that the other party would be bullied.

I didn't want the other party to hear it, but I hurriedly bowed my hand: "Sure enough, it was Lu Xian Ling's face, and the little one was disrespectful." The younger one is the man of the Xicheng Soldiers and Horses, and he is ordered to wait here for you today, and to guide you to the dwelling that has been prepared for you earlier. ”

"Oh?" Lu Zhen was stunned again, and then understood, obviously this should be Wang Zhen, or the arrangement made by his subordinates. They may do this to win themselves over as a sign of grace, or to hold themselves in their hands, or both. But no matter what the purpose is, Lu Zhen can't refuse the other party's arrangement anyway.

"So General Law will lead the way." Lu Zhen also arched his hand and motioned to the other party to lead the way.

So, Lu Jin, who had just entered the capital, and his entourage walked forward accompanied by a team of soldiers and horses, looking really strange on the surface, as if they were escorted by these horses.

After a long journey, they turned into a rather deserted remote alley, and when they came to the fifth house, everyone finally stopped.

This is a small courtyard with three entrances in front and back, covering an area that is not too small, and the neighbors on the left and right are also a long distance away from here, which seems quiet and unnoticeable.

Soon after the military attache knocked on the door, several able-looking men opened the door. As soon as they saw the situation, several people brought a hint of a smile and saluted Lu Jin: "Lu County ordered you to come, we have been waiting here for a long time." ”

Lu Zhen also returned the salute, and then asked about their identities. A few people only said that they were the subordinates and stewards here, and that they were serving him during this time. Lu Zhen naturally knew this, and they were afraid that Wang Zhen and others were arranging to monitor their subordinates.

Now it seems that the other party is very attentive to himself. Since entering the realm of the capital, there have been people who have been in contact with themselves, not only testing their minds, but also mastering their actions so clearly, and finally arranging such a place to live to control them, it seems that this time they are determined to do it.

Thinking of these, Lu Jin, who entered the courtyard, felt even heavier in his heart. Now that his situation has become more and more bad, if it is really a good thing to spoil Wang Zhen, I am afraid that with this domineering character, the fate of himself and Chu Yunrong's second daughter will not be too good.

But even so, his mind did not change!

Since the other party has arranged it so well, he can enjoy it here, anyway, he can't come up with any ideas now, just wait for someone to send someone to contact him and explain the specific strategy to himself.

In this way, after just entering the capital, Lu Zhen has lived a lot of lives that many Beipiao people dream of but cannot get, both now and in the future, not only have a big house to live in, but also don't have to run for their livelihood every day, it is easy for a day.

As for the soldiers who escorted him all the way to the capital, they only stayed here for two days before returning home. After all, they belonged to the Datong garrison, so it was naturally impossible for them to stay in the capital for too long. Although Lu Zhen wanted to keep Li Xian by his side, he could only let him go in the end, only hoping that the two would have some encounter and cooperation one day.