On April 15, Zhao Ziliang and his entourage returned to Chang'an, and the next day Zhao Ziliang sent away Zheng San, who was about to return to Broken Leaf City, and later reported to the Left Prison Guard Office.

Zhao Ziliang's position is the general of Jinguangmen, and this position is responsible for the safety of the entire Jinguangmen, the inspection and entry inspection system, and the implementation of the city gate opening and closing system.

The Tang Dynasty implemented the door registration system, and there were strict regulations on the opening and closing of the outer Guo City Gate, the Imperial City Gate, and the Palace Gate, mainly by the left and right prison guards, the left and right prison guards were responsible for the palace, the gate guards and the law of the door registration, Zhonglang will be responsible for the patrol affairs of the palace gate and the inspection of school access, etc., the left gate general is responsible for inspecting those who enter the city and enter the palace, and the right prison gate general is responsible for those who go out of the city and the palace.

In fact, there is no Zhonglang general at the outer Guo City Gate, only the two city gate captains sent by the left and right prison guards are responsible for security inspection affairs, one is in charge and one is out, and the opening and closing of the city gate is responsible for the special city gate lang, and the city gate lang is in charge of opening and closing the key to the palace gate and the city gate, and the Jinguangmen Zhonglang will be the position set up by Li Longji specifically for Zhao Ziliang, leading the city gate captain and the city gate lang sent by the left and right prison guards in Jinguangmen.

Under the door registration system, the Tang Dynasty not only had strict regulations on entering and exiting the palace gate, the imperial city gate and the capital gate, as well as the opening and closing of each gate, but also had strict regulations that pedestrians were not allowed to walk on the street at will.

At 1:40 a.m. every day, the drum of Chengtianmen sounds, the outer Guo city gate of the capital is opened, the people and officials who enter and exit the capital inside and outside the capital can enter and exit the capital after passing the inspection, the opening of the imperial city gate is about 3:24 a.m., the opening of the palace gate is a little later, generally speaking, the time of the opening of each gate is in order, the outer Guo city gate is opened first, followed by the imperial city gate, and finally the palace gate, and the closing time order is reversed. The palace gate is closed first, followed by the imperial city gate, and the outer Guo city gate is the last.

At about 17:38 at dusk every day, the drum of Chengtianmen sounded again, and the outer gate of Guocheng began to close, so it can be said that the drum of Chengtianmen affected the life of the residents of Chang'an City, which was equivalent to the role of an hourly time.

The counterpart to the gate registration system was the curfew system, in which the Suncheonmon Gate was drummed 400 times, the city gate was closed, and then the drums were beaten 600 times. The gate is closed, pedestrians are forbidden to walk at night, and the main manager of the curfew system is the left and right Jin Wuwei, who is in charge of the law of day and night patrol in the palace and the capital, and has the main executors, namely the left and right street envoys, and the left and right Lingzhong Lang generals. The envoys of the left and right streets were responsible for the security patrol of the sixth street, and secretly sent military attaches to supervise them.

When Zhao Ziliang learned about the detailed regulations of Chang'an City's door registration system and curfew system, he couldn't help but feel a little pity for the people of Chang'an City? Why? At one o'clock in the morning, the Chengtian Gate rang the bell, and the city gate lang of the twelve city gates in the east, west, north and south heard the bell. The gates of the capital began to open, how much movement was this? Can you still sleep? At five o'clock in the evening, the city gates were closed, and after the city gates were closed, curfew began again, and the people and officials were not allowed to wander the streets. Is there any nightlife here? Of course, there is definitely nightlife, and you have to arrive at your destination before the curfew starts, which means if someone wants to go to the Qinglou for a drink. I had to rush to the Qinglou before 5:38 p.m., and I had to stay in the Qinglou all night and couldn't go out. Otherwise, you will be caught by soldiers patrolling the streets, which is terrible. No wonder the history books say that during the Zhenguan period, the people did not close the door at night, the road was not left behind, and at night, there was no one else on the street except for the patrolling soldiers, and the people did not need to close the door at all, and no one picked up the things and silver coins that someone left on the road. It is not that the people of the Tang Dynasty were rich in life, and the people's ideological realm was so high that there were no thieves, and the people did not need to close their doors, nor did it mean that the people of the Tang Dynasty were rich and their ideological realm was so high that no one even picked up the money that fell on the ground. This is all a huge effect of the registration system and the curfew system. There are also records in the history books, saying that in the four years of Zhenguan, the total number of death row prisoners in the country was only 29, you must know that most of the cases of capital crimes occurred at night, and the Tang Dynasty implemented the door registration system and the curfew system, which largely avoided the cases from happening at night, and it is no wonder that only 29 people were sentenced to death this year.

After completing the entry procedures, Zhao Ziliang took the appointment documents, took Bai Xiaode and several other servants to a teahouse near Jinguangmen in civilian clothes, called for a pot of good tea, and several people sat around the table while drinking tea and chatting, and the table where a few people sat leaned against the window, just in time to see the situation at the gate of Jinguangmen.

The city gate is left to enter, right to out, there is a row of horses at the entrance of the city gate to stand in the middle of the city gate hole to divide the city gate hole into two parts, the left side of the people, chariots and horses from outside the city in, the right side also continues to have pedestrians and chariots and horses out of the city, outside the city gate on the left side there are the left prison guards sent by the captain with some soldiers on duty, the right side of the city gate also has the right guard sent by the captain with some soldiers with weapons on duty, and from time to time to check the pedestrians and vehicles of the road guide and the door.

At this time, Xiao Er put a few plates of dim sum on the table, and laughed repeatedly: "The dim sum is here, a few people are objective and slow to use, if there is still a need, just raise your hand and say hello."

Zhao Ziliang held the teacup and asked casually: "Wait, Xiao Er, I heard that there are often snitches coming and going in this Jinguang Gate, entering and leaving the city gate like no one, is this true?" ”

Xiao Er's face immediately became bad when he heard this, and he looked at Zhao Ziliang and said with an unkind face: "How did this guest officer speak?" What snitch? That's called a thief and a thief, you know? Do you have a conscience, huh? Do you have a conscience? Every time the flying jade dragon makes a move, he robs the rich and helps the poor, how many poor people on this land have received his favor? Did you know or not? ”

"Huh?" Zhao Ziliang was stunned, then couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, he didn't expect that this little two was still a die-hard fan of the Flying Jade Dragon.

Oh, that's not right! The emperor said that there are snitches who come and go freely in the Golden Light Gate, isn't it really to demote me to guard the city gate?

Zhao Ziliang came back to his senses and saw that the little second was still glaring at him, and Bai Xiaode next to him slapped the table and was furious: "Okay, you little second, you still kicked your nose in the face, the snitch is the snitch, what a thief, a righteous thief, bullshit!" What kind of flying jade dragon are you defending like this, are you in league with him? ”

The shopkeeper still looked bitter and hateful just now, and when he heard Bai Xiaode's words, his face turned pale with fright on the spot, and he looked at Zhao Ziliang and others, feeling that these people had the temperament of a military master, and suddenly his face became whiter, and he hurriedly said: "Ah, no, no, no." The kid is just talking nonsense, it can't be true, it can't be true, a few people are objectively slow to use, slow to use! ”

Bai Xiaode was about to grab Xiao Er, but Zhao Ziliang stretched out his hand to stop him: "Forget it, what are you talking about with a running hall?" ”

Bai Xiaode said angrily: "These market people are really hateful! General, aren't you angry? ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head with a smile and said, "What are you angry about?" It is inevitable that people in the world will hate the rich, and those corrupt officials and corrupt officials and wealthy businessmen who are unkind to the rich are indeed hated. This is human nature. What I am thinking about now is that the emperor asked me to guard this golden light gate, is it an excuse to belittle me to come over, or is it really something? ”

Bai Xiaode thought for a while and said, "General, it doesn't look like Xiao Er is talking nonsense, otherwise he can't be so hateful to the general."

"Makes sense!" Zhao Ziliang nodded.

The next morning, Zhao Ziliang rode a war horse, carried a golden nail Zaoyang lance, and took Bai Xiaode and a few servants to Jinguangmen.

There is a row of small houses a few dozen meters south of the Jinguang Gate against the city gate, where the soldiers and captains stationed at the Jinguang Gate live. The captains are all big officials here at the gate of the city, of course, it is impossible to guard here all the time, and the soldiers and captains who are stationed here may know that Zhao Ziliang is coming to take office. Therefore, the two lieutenants who are in and out are there.

"Subordinates Tao Dakun, Wu Zhicheng and others pay a visit to General Zhao!" Tao Dakun, the captain of the left prison guard, and Wu Zhicheng, the captain of the right prison guard, each came over with two gang leaders to meet Zhao Ziliang. The establishment of the city defense army is slightly different from that of the border army and other armies, the establishment is much smaller, and one commander is in charge of three tithes, and these three tithes are on duty. Each group was on duty for one day and one day off, and the soldiers and leaders who were not on duty usually rested in the barracks near the city gate on the edge of the city wall, and could go out for activities after reporting to the officials. But to return within the stipulated time.

Zhao Ziliang jumped down from the war horse, handed over the reins to a servant, and said to Tao Dakun and Wu Zhicheng: "General Ben is newly appointed today, and he is not very familiar with the situation and rules here.

"No!" The two of them were nervous about the camp, and quickly arranged the duty matters, and took Zhao Ziliang and his party to visit the barracks next to them, talking about the situation of the barracks and the situation at the city gate as they walked.

Walking to the gate of the city, from a distance, Zhao Ziliang saw that Tao Dakun's subordinate had a chief stopping a carriage and stretched out his hand to lift the curtain to check the people in the carriage, but saw that the coachman hurriedly put up a smile and handed over a handful of copper coins without a trace.

Tao Dakun saw Zhao Ziliang staring at that side, and also noticed this situation, he was very embarrassed, and hurriedly explained: "General, the brothers' military salary is small, and the cost of this capital is ridiculously large.

Of course, Zhao Ziliang understands this truth, in this era, no matter what city in the Tang Dynasty, the soldiers and officials at the city gate have to collect some extra money, and it's not just them, who doesn't make some money from other government officials? It is no longer the Zhenguan period, the Tang Dynasty is in its heyday, and while the economy and military are highly developed, the social atmosphere has also begun to show signs of deterioration, which is also a sign that a dynasty is beginning to weaken.

Zhao Ziliang did not express his opinion on this matter, he knew that he had just arrived, and it was not the time to touch the interests of these people, so he looked at him left and right: "Captain Wu, when he was in the barracks just now, General Ben seemed to see that the barracks were still empty, right?" ”

Wu Zhicheng didn't know why, nodded suspiciously: "Yes, the general means ・・・・・・."

Zhao Ziliang said: "You clean up a room for the general, clean it up, in the future, the general will be on duty in the barracks, sometimes during the day, sometimes at night, the time is not fixed, the two of you take turns on duty, each person on duty for one day off and one day off, and the person on duty is also responsible for another affairs that are not on duty, so that none of you have to come every day, on the day of duty, you must inspect the situation around the city gate from time to time, if something goes wrong, the general will investigate the person on duty." In addition, the remaining spare rooms were cleaned up, and the doors and windows were replaced to make them stronger."

Seeing that Zhao Ziliang's arrangement not only did not touch their interests, but also made them more relaxed, they were very happy and hurriedly agreed: "Thank you for the general's compassion, I will definitely do it." (To be continued.) )