Chapter 67: Mostly defenseless
Thank you for the tip!
Wang Sun Qi flexibly steered the horse, and replied with a sideways face: "Gentleman, listen to a past, originally, the Chu capital Yingcheng also had no outer Guo, but more than 20 years ago, the Chu State's Ling Yin (equivalent to the prime minister) Zichang began to overhaul the city wall in Yingdu, hoping to defend against the attack of the Wu State. β
"Oh, and this kind of thing, it's very similar to what I asked today, isn't it good to build a city defense and defend it?"
"No, at that time, Shen Yinxu, the left Sima of Chu State, prophesied: Zichang will definitely lose the capital of Ying, if he can't defend the border, what's the use of building more cities in the capital. In ancient times, the Son of Heaven guarded Siyi; The Son of Heaven is humble and guards the princes. The princes were in their neighborhood; The princes are humble and keep in the four realms. Be vigilant against the borders of the Quartet, make friends with neighbors in all directions, the people of the country live and work in peace and contentment on their own land, and the agricultural work in spring, summer and autumn has been harvested, so that there are no internal worries and no external troubles, where can the national capital use to increase and repair the city wall? β
Zhao Wuxian understood, and he also knew the ending of this story, "Shen Yinrong is right, three years ago, the State of Chu was really defeated in Baiju, and was deeply penetrated into the border by Wu Shi, broke through the Yingdu, and was in the palace with a class. Below the queen, the princess, the husband and wife were all humiliated, and even the king of Chuping was dug up by the soldiers and whipped ......"
Wang Sunqi nodded and said, "Only, that's exactly the case." However, no foreign enemy will be able to attack Nitta! Jin and Chu fought for hegemony for a hundred years, and the third army of Jin went deep into the Chu realm twice and returned from plundering, but the Chu army never entered the territory of Jin for half a step! β
"So, the capital of the Jin Kingdom doesn't need a city! Takefu, the dry city of the country! Gentleman, look, the people in this Xinjiang city, as well as the children of the doctors of the Liuqing, every man with a sword is the city wall of Xinjiang! β
Although the Wang Sun Qi family is a descendant of the Zhou family, he has regarded himself as a Jin person in the Jin Dynasty for a hundred years, and his appearance full of fighting spirit is rare.
Zhao Wuxian's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he couldn't help but sigh with his palms: "What a spirit! It is worthy of being the overlord of the Duke of Wen and the Mourning Prince! β
He leaned on the railing with one hand and pointed to the densely populated and prosperous Waiguo District with the other and exclaimed: "I see, Yingcheng with Waiguo has been destroyed, and my Jin Kingdom is guarding the neighbors, but it is still impregnable!" β
Although Liuqing has been fighting for many years, they are all Jin people after all, and Zhao Ying, because of his personality, also has a bit of the consciousness of "brothers are on the wall, and they are humiliated outside", and even Zhao Wuxian has a great sense of identity with the Jin Kingdom.
Moreover, the Jin capital Xintian was not defenseless, there were six medium-sized cities on the periphery as horns, and Fenshui and Hushui flowed as moats, and the depth and breadth of defense were not smaller than the "square city for the wall and the Han water for the pool" in the early years of the Chu State.
But now, Liuyi has fallen into the hands of Liuqing's private room, and Wuxian also knows that the biggest worry of the Jin Kingdom is not outside the country, but within the Xiao Wall!
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Although Xintian has no outer city wall, as the national capital, it also has a "Guo District", and the area of the "Guo District" is very large.
The Zhao clan's talisman was shown at the tightly guarded Guo Gate, and the group was able to pass unimpeded.
The streets in Xintian City are wide, and the main road is paved with bluestone slabs, which can accommodate five cars in parallel, and has been crushed by ruts to make two deep marks. However, this Bin Road only allows doctors and scholars with status to walk, and the common people can only take a detour. As the saying goes, "what the gentleman walks, the villain sees", which means that the gentleman can go, and the villain can only stare and watch from the sidelines.
The rest of the roads are compacted with loess, which is hard to step on, and it will not be muddy on rainy days.
You must know that during the Yin Shang period, there was such a criminal law, "Those who abandon the ashes of the Tao will cut off their hands!" "Anyone who throws garbage on the street is severely punished with their hands severe. The laws of the Jin Kingdom were not so harsh, but there were also fines and punishments of hard labor.
Therefore, under the heavy law, the streets are quite clean, and the Han Ju, who built the city back then, planned properly, so there are ditches and canals on the roadside, and the sewage effect is quite good, without the outrageous dirtiness of the ancient city as described in later documentaries.
Although Zhou Li stipulates: "The craftsman camps the country, Fang Jiuli, and the three gates next to it." Nine warps and nine latitudes in the country, nine tracks of warp painting, left ancestor and right society, facing the back city, the city is a husband. However, under the collapse of etiquette, specific to each country, according to the different national conditions and the characteristics of the surrounding areas of the capital, do not strictly abide by this rule.
Vertical Kuan introduced on the side that the Xintian City can be roughly divided into four parts: the square area, the urban area, the palace temple area, and the government office area.
To the west of the city is the Fang District, that is, the civilian area, where bustling residential alleys and alleys with low eaves are gathered, and it is from this location that Zhao Wuxian and others entered Xinjiang.
To the south of the city is the urban area, where the pavilions of foreign envoys and merchants, as well as the bustling market, are located, and the goods of the Jin Kingdom and even the entire northern Zhuxia are traded here.
The palace temple area is the inner city, located in the north of the city near Fenshui, looking from afar, you can see the inner palace wall made of loess and bricks, and on the tall rammed earth platform, it is the magnificent Qiqi Palace. The inner city also concentrates important cultural and ceremonial places such as Mingtang, Lingtai, Sheji, and Zongmiao.
The destination of this time, "Gong's Study", also known as Pan Palace, is in the northern suburbs next to the inner palace.
But they did not go there directly, but first took a detour to the official office area in the east of the city, where the administrative center of the Jin State was located, and the mansions of the generals of the three armies were also gathered here.
It is said that initially, the Liuqing Mansion was located in the inner city, and later moved out of the house and settled in Guo District. Zhao Wuxian speculated that in addition to the fact that there were too many buildings in the inner city, too small, and the courtyard had nowhere to expand, there was another reason that everyone knew, but could not explain.
It turned out that during the time of Li Gong of Jin, there was a serious infighting in the Jin Kingdom, and Li Gong was anxious to get rid of the puppet situation, so he sent his cronies Chang Yuqiao, Xu Tong and others to assassinate the arrogant and arrogant Xun Sanqing, known as "his rich half of the office, and his family half of the three armies", at home and on the corpse hall. Later, he sent Gong Jia to arrest Luan Shu and Bank of China Yan Erqing, and almost served the Jin Qing who lived in the inner city.
Since that incident, all the Qing clans have kept an eye on it, and they have moved out of the inner city and come to live in the Guo District, which has no city walls......
Subsequently, Liuqing seized the outer Liuyi and concentrated his family and armed forces there. Although there is still a mansion in Nitta, it does not stay for a long time, and only comes back for a few days when the temple is worshipped or when the court meeting is held.
The official office area covers a large area, in addition to the six kings, there are also the residences of the five officials, military horses, divisions, fu, judges, pedestrians and other scholars, but there is no place for the people to stand on it, so it seems relatively quiet. On a wide and deserted street, there is a red or dark mansion gate every ten zhang or so.
The carriage drove to a stop in front of the Zhao family's mansion, the gate of the mansion was tall and extraordinary. Looking at it with a squint, directly opposite the Zhao family, it is the Han family, so close that you can go over the wall by climbing over the wall, which can also see the intimacy of the Zhao and Han families.
Looking at the huge plaque of "General Xiajun's Mansion", Wuxian remembered the Han woman he met today. She is so cold and arrogant, and she doesn't know if her gentle and modest eldest brother Bolu can eat it, it seems that after she passes the door, the Zhao family may not be at peace.
Zhao Wuxian couldn't help but think of what kind of person is his "fiancΓ©e" Le's daughter?
Gentle not? Pretty, isn't it? Lori not?
But in Wuxian's mind, no matter how good she is, she can't compare to her sister Ji Huan. In his heart, Ji Huan is perfect and cannot be blasphemed, but it's a pity......
The forbidden thought came back to him, and Zhao Wuxian had to shake his head, forget it, don't think about it, anyway, the man has not been crowned, the woman has not reached the crown, and there are still several years before marriage. What's more, his father-in-law-to-be, Le Qi, is still under house arrest in the Qi Palace!
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