Historically, the southern city of Beijing does not refer to the area from the front gate of Beijing to the Yongding gate now, but the southern city of Beijing originally referred to Nanjing in the Liao Dynasty and the central capital of the Jin Dynasty. After the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Jin Dynasty, Kublai Khan ordered Liu Bingzhong to build a new large city in the northeast of the Jin Dynasty, which was the Yuan capital and the prototype of the later Beijing City.

At that time, Jinzhongdu was still a densely populated city, but its palace was deserted and unusable, so under the guidance of Liu Bingzhong, the capital of Dayuan was founded as a new city in the center of present-day Beijing. In the 22nd year of the Yuan Dynasty, most of the capital had begun to take shape, Kublai Khan decided to move the residents of Jinzhongdu to the new city, and its walls and moats were destroyed, and only the ancient temples and Taoist palaces in the city were preserved. The current Tianning Temple and Yuanhong Temple in Beijing are the traces left by the Jinzhong Capital in those years.

The history of the southern city of Beijing in later generations is much less than that of Jinzhongdu, and after the completion of the capital, the Yuan Dynasty sat for less than a hundred years and was occupied by Zhu Yuanzhang. Immediately after Zhu Di ascended the throne, he moved the capital of the Ming Empire to Beijing. At this time, there was no such thing as Beijing Nancheng. It's just that at that time, Zhengyangmen was the location of various central ministries and commissions, and these court bigwigs needed some entertainment items every day, so entertainment facilities were opened outside Zhengyangmen, such as restaurants, taverns, brothels and so on.

After hundreds of years of operation in the Ming Dynasty, Beijing's population has increased, and the population of Beijing exceeded one million during the Hongzhi period. Housing prices naturally rose when the population increased, and some of the poor people in Beijing began to live outside Beijing, and the densely populated Zhengyangmen became the first choice.

This was the prototype of the outer city of Beijing, but there were no city walls in the outer city at that time. In the 29th year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongol Altan Khan attacked the Great Wall and besieged Beijing. At that time, the Mongols did not have any siege methods, so during this period, Altan did not have any actual siege operations, but plundered the south of the city and near the capital, looting property and women, and this robbery lasted for a whole month.

After I replied to the army, in view of the fact that the consumption and entertainment places outside the Zhengyang Gate were looted because there was no city wall to shelter them, the imperial court decided to build an earthen city wall near the gate outside the Zhengyang Gate, but it was forced to stop construction the next year. It was not until March of the 32nd year of Jiajing that Zhu Bochen again wrote to the military department requesting that a completely closed outer city be built outside the inner city to protect the residents, industry and commerce who were not under the protection of the city wall at that time, which is the origin of the outer city of Beijing.

Because the outer city of Beijing was not the focus of Beijing's defense, it was greatly damaged during the war at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the outer city was completely destroyed by several sieges of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. However, the Chinese are very resilient, and after Zhu Hongsan drove the Manchus away three years ago and lifted the economic embargo on the north, the outer city of Beijing has now returned to its heyday, and even slightly exceeded.

The unscrupulous teacher Qian Yiai led the unlucky student Zhu Shengduo out of Zhengyangmen, and came to Zhengyangmenwai Street, where people were boiling and business was prosperous, and Zhu Shengduo was dazzled.

Qian Yiai led Zhu Shengduo to walk slowly, and happened to see that a store in front of him that specialized in the four treasures of the study room had a good Taohe inkstone for sale, so he hurriedly stepped forward to buy a few pieces. Taohe inkstone from Lintao, Gansu Province, before Qian Yiai in Guangdong because the road is very far, coupled with Shaanxi chaos, this kind of inkstone made of Taohe stone is very few, the actual price is comparable to gold, even Qian Yiai's family history can not buy more. Now Shaanxi has been pacified, and the trade route with Gansu is also unblocked, so this kind of famous inkstone appears here in Beijing.

As a literati, Qian Yiai liked pen, ink, paper and inkstone very much, and bought three inkstones in one breath, and bought ten pieces of fine pine smoke ink in one go, dozens of lake pens in Huzhou, plus rice paper and other supplies in Jing County, Anhui Province, there were more than ten catties, and eight of Zhu Shengduo's twelve silver dollars were used.

The guards beside Zhu Shengduo saw that they had bought so many things, and hurriedly stepped forward to help hold them, but Qian Yiai glared and said, "The teacher has something to do, and the disciple is willing to take it, let that kid take it?" ”

However, Zhu Hongsan had already ordered that in order to educate his grandson to become a talent, as long as he did not threaten Zhu Shengduo's safety, these guards would obey Qian Yi's love. The guard looked at Zhu Shengduo, and had no choice but to hand over the burden to Zhu Shengduo.

Zhu Shengduo scolded the unscrupulous teacher in his heart, but he didn't dare to bring out half a point on his face, and said with a smile: "The teacher is right, the student takes it!" Zhu Shengduo had no choice but to take the burden and carry it on his back.

Although the burden is not heavy, Zhu Shengduo is just an eight-year-old child, carrying such a big burden and following a group of strong men, which attracts the attention of many people around.

Qian Yiyi was so fond that no matter what outsiders thought, he walked in front of him, with Zhu Shengduo behind him and the four guards behind him.

At this time, the outer city of Beijing was far less than the people in the southern city at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and a few people walked along the street outside Zhengyangmen for a long time before coming to a place with beautiful scenery.

In the Ming Dynasty, the water system of the outer city of Beijing was very developed, and the Ministry of Industry also wanted to direct the Grand Canal to the outer city during the Yongle period, but the population of the outer city was already very large at that time, and the imperial court could not afford the cost of demolition, so there was no way to open the canal to Chaoyangmen.

At this time, the outer city of Beijing was densely covered with rivers and many lakes, and when the weather was good, some literati and writers came here to discuss literature. But because of this, after a long time, a very cultural tavern has formed here in the outer city, after all, those literati and ink writers still have to eat when they are tired.

Zhu Shengduo had already walked for half an hour with his burden on his back at this time, and he really couldn't hold on, so he had no choice but to ask: "Teacher, you see that the apprentice has gone so far, shouldn't we take a break!" ”

Qian Yiai looked at Zhu Shengduo's tired face full of sweat, and scolded: "Hmph, there is a lot of and urine on the lazy donkey, let's rest for a while!" ”

After Qian Yiai finished speaking, he looked around, he had arrived at the mouth of the pig market, and there was a goldfish pond in front of him, and there was a two-story restaurant on the edge of the goldfish pond, it seemed that there were a lot of people, and the business should be good.

Qian Yiai pointed to the restaurant and said, "It just so happens that the teacher is also hungry, so let's go to that restaurant to rest!" After saying that, he walked over with a few people.

When I went to the restaurant, I looked up, the plaque said "Chunfeng Building" three big characters, now it is at the mouth of the meal, the voices of people inside, the sound of pots and pans, the aroma of dishes wafted out, it seems that the business of this Chunfeng Building is very good.

The guy at the door saw so many people coming, led by a middle-aged man of twenty-seven or eighteen, with a long beard, walking with square steps, and at first glance he was a person who had been an official. This middle-aged man was carrying a child behind him, wearing silk and satin, which should be the child of a middle-aged man. Behind him are four big men with fierce faces, who should be escorted by bodyguards. This dress looks like a rich family in the inner city coming out to play, but the child is carrying a big burden and is a little different, but no matter what, there are many foreigners in Beijing now, and there are strange things, who knows what special hobbies people have!

The guy hurriedly greeted him and said, "How many masters, but you want to eat?" Our Chunfeng Building is a first-class restaurant in the outer city, and many dignitaries and nobles in the inner city also come to eat! ”

Qian Yiai nodded and said, "Okay, take us to the box!" ”

As soon as the guy heard that Qian Yiai's accent was in the Wuyue dialect, he knew that he was right, this must be a nobleman in the inner city, maybe he was still a lord. The guy hurriedly bowed down and led the way in front to bring Qian Yiai and a few people into the restaurant.

When I came to the box on the second floor of the restaurant, I opened the window and saw the goldfish pond outside, and the view was very good. Qian Yiai said happily: "Very good, apprentice, reward the guy with a silver dollar!" ”

Zhu Shengduo heard that the teacher wanted to reward money, and scolded in his heart that the money is not yours and is not worried, right! A silver coin for a reward? It only cost eight silver coins to buy so many things just now, and now there are only three left.

But the teacher told him that there was no way, so Zhu Shengduo could only grit his teeth and take out a silver coin and hand it to the guy. The guy was overjoyed when he saw it, this is Yueyang, which is more valuable than Yingyang, one can be exchanged for one or two or five thousand silver, and now his living expenses for this month are guaranteed.

The guy who got the reward worked hard, nodded and asked, "How many masters, what do you want to eat?" ”

Zhu Shengduo was afraid that Qian Yiai was doing something, so he hurriedly said: "Just fry two hairs, we don't drink, just eat directly!" ”

Qian Yiai glared and said, "How can there be no wine in this kind of scenery?" Man, what specialties do you have? ”

The guy was in high spirits when he heard this, and he told all the signature dishes of the store, such as tofu, braised sea cucumber with green onions, shark fin with three silks, four treasures of white grill, sweet and sour Yellow River carp, nine turns of large intestine, fried double crispy, grilled abalone in the original shell, braised prawns in oil, etc.

Beijing is dominated by Shandong cuisine, and Qian Yiai's hometown is in Jiangsu, so he has never tasted Shandong cuisine. Now listening to what the guy said wonderfully, he smiled and said, "Okay, all the signature dishes are here!" ”

That guy happily went down to serve the food, but Zhu Shengduo's face was green. Although he didn't know how much this table of food cost, but he heard that it was a sea cucumber and shark fin just now, and it must be a lot of money, and it seems that the three silver coins in his hand are not enough!

Zhu Shengduo asked the teacher in a low voice: "Teacher, I'm afraid the money in the hands of the apprentice is not enough!" ”

Qian Yiai laughed and said, "Good apprentice, don't worry!" Teacher, you can invite the teacher to dinner, let go of the meal today, and the teacher will settle the bill in a while! ”

Zhu Shengduo knew that the teacher was rich, not to mention Changshu's family property, the teacher, as a high-ranking official from the third grade, had more than 7,000 silver dollars a year, not to mention eating this meal, he bought this restaurant enough to buy ten.

With the teacher's guarantee, Zhu Shengduo was overjoyed, and Zhu Shengduo patted his ass on the side and said: "The apprentice knows the teacher's benevolence, and he will never let the apprentice break the bank!" ”

Zhu Shengduo has not been out to play in the palace for many days, and Zhu Hongsan's will to him is that he is absolutely not allowed to leave the palace without money. Zhu Shengduo had nothing to do now, and couldn't help but start to enjoy the scenery of the goldfish pond outside. ()

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