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In the era of cold weapons, the city wall was undoubtedly the most important fortification of the country. The solidity of the city wall not only reflects the majesty of the royal power, but also directly relates to the safety of the community, so the top decision-makers of all dynasties have always regarded the quality of the project as the top priority when building the city wall, and dare not slack off. However, most of the once majestic and majestic city walls failed to withstand the test of time, and were finally annihilated by artillery fire or wind and rain.

With its strict layout and unique structure, it is an important material for the study of ancient Chinese military facilities. The city gate is provided with three urn cities, four iron gates, the urn city in the main building is composed of the main building of the treasure gate and two to four auxiliary city gates, each city gate has two wooden doors and the jack gate that can be started up and down, the whole city has a total of 27 Tibetan soldier holes, can hide more than 3,000 soldiers. There is the internal and external Qinhuai River runoff across the east and west before and after the door, the south traffic is connected to the Changgan Bridge, and the north is connected to the Zhenhuai Bridge, which is the traffic throat in the south of Nanjing.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, when the Jubaomen was built, the imperial court adopted a strict inspection system to ensure the quality of the bricks of the city wall, and the names of the brick-making craftsmen and supervising officials were printed on the side of each brick, and once substandard products were found, they were immediately held accountable, which was the world's first quality tracking system, and the Western world such as Europe did not adopt it until the industrial revolution era two or three hundred years later. Because there is a strict quality tracking system, and can be strictly implemented, so the quality of the city wall in Yingtianfu including the bricks of the Jubaomen city wall is very good, although it has experienced the change of dynasties, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising and the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in the unquiet history, until the modern six hundred years later, the Jubaomen is still well preserved (the Jubaomen is now the Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing, and the Nationalist Government changed the name of Jubaomen to the Zhonghua Gate in the 20th year of the Republic of China (1931).

After entering the Jubao Gate, Tong Tuchang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this city gate is really majestic. However, it is useless to have such a majestic city gate, Nanjing City was captured twice in less than five years, once when the Qing army entered the city, and Qian Qianyi led people to open the door and surrender without fighting. The second time was the recapture of Nanjing by Emperor Shenwu a year ago, but also outside the city did not fight, the Manchu officials in the city either died on the battlefield or fled to Jiangbei, Nanjing, a fortified city, fell into the hands of Zhu Hongsan without blood.

Thinking of this, Tong Tuchang couldn't help but think of the emperor's often saying, fortresses are breached from the inside! In this way, what the emperor said is quite right.

Entering Jubaomen is also entering the city of Nanjing, the entire southern city is under the jurisdiction of Jiangning County, the southern city is densely commercial, full of wine and restaurants. Tong Tuchang glanced at the crowded and narrow streets in this place, and said to Tong Shun: "Tong Shun, don't go to the Confucius Temple, you can't get through that place at all now, take a detour to the north city!" ”

Tong Shun got the master's instructions to take the family to guard the carriage, from the South Gate Street in Jubaomen directly to Fudong Street, and then through the Shengping Bridge to Tongji Street, where the flow of people is much less. Further on, you will reach Chongli Street, where there are more central yamen and more guards.

Tong Tuchang had to go to the Ministry of Personnel to report first, and then go to the Department of General Affairs. The Personnel Department is located on Qinglong Street, which was originally the office of the Ministry of Officials, but now it has been divided into two yamen. Before coming to the personnel department, Tong Tuchang now changed into his official uniform in the carriage, and then took out the customs guard and handed it over to the official guarding the door. The official saw that the emperor had personally ordered him to go to Beijing to report on his work, and hurriedly asked Tong Tuchang to wait in the tooth room next to the gatehouse.

There were already a few officials waiting in the tooth room, and Tong Tuchang entered the room and saw that they were all petty officials of four or five grades. As soon as those people saw a third-grade senior officer coming in, they hurriedly got up and saluted.

A fourth-grade official seemed to have the highest position, and said first: "Dare to ask where your lord is in office?" ”

The officials of the Ming Dynasty are similar to those of later generations, and they must first distinguish the big and small kings wherever they go, and even those at the same level must also be evaluated to be the one who is promoted first and the one who is old, anyway, they can't communicate on an equal footing.

Tong Tuchang is less than forty years old, and he is Chinese New Year's Eve eight today, and it is very rare to be a third-grade member at this age.

Tong Tuchang saw that the four-grade official was older than himself, and hurriedly said: "Brother, brother Tong Tuchang, the current political envoy of Fujian, has been ordered by the emperor to return to Beijing to report on his work, I don't know how many old brothers are serving there?" ”

The four-grade official was originally very respectful, but when he heard Tong Tuchang say this, he flicked his sleeves and said contemptuously: "It turned out to be you, I thought it was you, the old man Yangzhou Governor Fang Fengnian!" ”

This old man is the same year as Ma Jiyuan, the new prefect of Yangzhou, Fang Fengnian, who came back this time to meet Zhu Hongsan, and then turned the acting Yangzhou Mansion into the official Yangzhou prefect. Fang Fengnian was originally a clear stream, but he was dismissed after offending the eunuch party in Huguang, his original temper was stinky and hard, plus the Ma family and the Tong family did not deal with each other, as a well-known professional Fang Fengnian, naturally he couldn't look down on Tong Tuchang, who was not even a showman.

Fang Fengnian said this, which made Tong Tuchang very unable to get off the stage, but he didn't know what path this Fang Fengnian had, his uncle had made too many enemies in the court, so it was better not to offend.

Tong Tuchang laughed dryly, said for a long time, and then looked at the officials. Standing next to Fang Fengnian was also a four-grade official, and this person was Zhang Juchang, who was acting in charge of Zhenjiang Mansion. Lao Zhang made a great contribution to the Yangzhou Campaign, and Ma Jiyuan promoted him to serve as the prefect of Zhenjiang, and he was also regarded as a daughter-in-law for many years, and the word acting was removed.

Zhang Juchang heard that this third-grade master was Tong Tuchang, and he also looked down on him, but Lao Zhang's backstage foundation is Qian Qianyi, and Tong Yangjia can be regarded as political allies. So Zhang Juchang saw Tong Tuchang and hurriedly saluted and said: "Lord Tong, Xiaguan Zhenjiang is the same knowledge, acting Zhenjiang Mansion, and this time I came back to meet His Majesty the Emperor on the order of Governor Ma!" ”

Hearing Zhang Juchang say this, Tong Tuchang suddenly realized that he was the boss of the Ma family, and he naturally didn't have a good face for himself.

Tong Tuchang looked at the rest of the people, they were all some five- or six-grade petty officials, and they were not qualified to talk to Tong Tuchang at all. Tong Tuchang smiled and said to Zhang Juchang: "It turned out to be a hero of Yangzhou, disrespectful and disrespectful!" Tong Tuchang didn't want to cause trouble, so he sat down on a chair next to him and waited for the summons of the personnel department.

How do you know that the more Fang Fengnian looks at Tong Tuchang, the more angry he becomes, thinking that he is almost fifty this year, and his life has not been smooth, and it is only at this time that he returns to officialdom with the friendship of the same year. But on the other side, Tong Tuchang is not a showman, just because he has a good uncle, he can become a high-ranking provincial official of the third grade, and he is inevitably a little unhappy in his heart.

Fang Fengnian snorted and said: "Your Majesty should be deceived by someone today, how can any cow ghost snake god be a third-grade master!" ”

Tong Tuchang didn't want to cause trouble, but it was really not his character to be scolded by people who came to the door and didn't fight back.

Tong Tuchang smiled and said, "Yes, I don't know why Lord Fang is so highly educated why he became the prefect of the fourth grade, by the way!" It's still acting, it seems that adults are not as good as cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods! ”

Tong Tuchang has been in exile in the rivers and lakes for many years, and his mouth is ruthless and poisonous, and these words will scold Fang Fengnian with blood. But what kind of person is Fang Fengnian! When he was young, he was also a clear stream, and he also went through the influence of the court melee during the Apocalypse, and when he heard Tong Tuchang say this, he didn't say a word, and he stood up and fought with Tong Tuchang.

Fang Fengnian is more than ten years older than Tong Tuchang, and he is not Tong Tuchang's opponent because of his old age and frailty, but the few officials who came with him were Ma Jiyuan's family, and they were all at odds with Tong Yangjia and his party.

Outside the tooth room are the secretary office of the Ministry of Personnel, hearing the movement inside is not right to take a look, several officials in the room pressed the three-grade officer who came in later on the ground and beat it, these book offices are all natives of Nanjing, I have never seen civil officials fight, and they are all stunned there and don't know what to do!

Just when Fang Fengnian and the others were overwhelmed, a person passed by at the door of the dental room, heard that there was chaos in the house, and hurried over to check what was going on.

This person is Fu Wenlong, the old man of the cabinet cabinet, he just entered the palace this morning to meet the emperor, and now he has returned to the cabinet office, and he found that there was a fight in the tooth room. Fu Wenlong was also an old cannon in the court back then, and he also beat people when he was young, but now that he is older, he doesn't take it easily.

Fu Wenlong didn't say anything at first, it was too common for civil officials to fight, but it was a bit too much to do it in the dental room of the personnel department.

Fu Wenlong hurriedly asked the surrounding bookstore to step forward and pull away a few civil officials, Fu Wenlong stepped forward and asked, "What are you doing?" Didn't know this is the Ministry of Personnel? You are so presumptuous! ”

Fu Wenlong originally planned to reprimand them a few words and let them get out, but after seeing the person who did it, Fu Wenlong couldn't say any more, it turned out that Fang Fengnian and Fu Wenlong were also in the same year.

Fu Wenlong, Fang Fengnian, and Ma Jiyuan are all Jinshi in the second year of the Apocalypse, and there are many big names in that subject, Wen Zhenmeng, Ni Yuanlu, Lu Xiangsheng, Jiang Dejing, Huang Daozhou, Wang Duo, Sun Zhiji, these people are all these people. Even in the Shenwu court, there are also cabinet elders Fu Wenlong, Yang Zhongji, the secretary of the Ministry of Personnel, Wan Bangning, the secretary of the Ministry of Construction, and others, and there are Ma Jiyuan, the governor of Liangjiang and the governor of Yangzhou, Zhang Guowei, the governor of Jiangsu, and others, so in the second year of the Apocalypse, these people are a wave of great forces in the Shenwu court.

Fu Wenlong saw that it was his old classmate who was doing it, and quickly asked, "Shutian, why are you?" ”

Fang Fengnian was so tired that he gasped, and he was even happier when he saw his old classmate, so he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "It turned out to be the elder of the pavilion, and the lower official was recommended by Master Ma, the governor of Liangjiang, to serve as the acting Yangzhou Mansion, and this time I came to meet His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

Fu Wenlong knew about this, but he didn't expect it to be an old classmate, but now is not the time to make friends. Fu Wenlong looked at Tong Tuchang, who was lying on the ground and hummed, and asked, "Shutian, what's going on?" ”