Chapter 069: The Imperial Capital of the Ming Dynasty
Beijing, also known as Shuntianfu, takes the meaning of "conforming to the sky and responding to the people", Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, moved the capital from Nanjing, and since then Beijing has officially become the Kyoto of the Ming Empire. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The city of Beijing is bordered by Liaojie in the east, Taihang in the west, Shuo desert in the north, and the Central Plains in the south. Since the martyrdom of Yongle, he began to gradually build the Shouling Tomb and the Beijing Palace, and moved the southern city wall to the south to build the imperial city, and officially moved the capital to Beijing in the 19th year of Yongle.
After the Ming Yingzong, Sejong and other emperors repaired many times, the whole city wall circumference is more than 70 li, about 8 li from north to south, about 30 li from east to west, it is in the shape of "convex", it is divided into the outer city, the inner city, the imperial city and the palace city. Among them, the outer city and the inner city take Yongding Gate to Bei'an Gate as the axis, which belong to Wanping and Daxing County, and the imperial city and the palace city are the center of the power of the Ming Dynasty, and the palace city is known as the Forbidden City, which is the place where the Son of Heaven lives and does business.
There are seven city gates in the outer city of Beijing, nine city gates in the inner city, and four city gates in the imperial city, so there is a saying of "four imperial cities in the inner nine and seven outer cities".
The city wall of Beijing is as high as five zhang, the thickness is up to seven zhang, the top width is more than four zhang, and there are various war preparation facilities such as corner tower, arrow tower, water gate, etc., so that the whole Beijing city has become an extremely powerful military fortress, and at the same time, it has become the third largest city after Tang Chang'an and Luoyang of the Northern Wei Dynasty in the capitals of all dynasties.
At this time, in the wing room in the backyard of Yihong Courtyard on Zhengyangmen Street in the outer city of Beijing, two people were talking secretly.
One of them was a tall old man in a dark gray robe, and the other was about forty years old, wearing a white Confucian robe and a purple robe, and his demeanor was very leisurely.
The Confucian scholar said to the old man: "Anonymous brother, the Donglin Party is becoming more and more domineering, you must not be on guard?" ā
The old man sighed: "What Hongru said, how can the old man not know, but the matter has come to this, Donglin's power is monstrous, and it is the merit of supporting the Son of Heaven to ascend the throne, no matter how much you and I fight, I am afraid it will be useless." ā
The Confucian priest poured him a cup of tea and said, "The so-called support for the Son of Heaven is just to strike first." At that time, if Wang Wenyan hadn't instigated Yang Lian and Wang An to rob people in the palace, how could the Son of Heaven fall into the hands of Donglin? You and I have been in business for many years, but we have been restrained by Wang Wenyan's move, and we have not been able to turn over so far, and I am indignant when I think about it! ā
The old man took a sip of tea and said: "Don't underestimate Wang Wenyan, although he is a cloth cloth, he is extremely sleek and chivalrous, and he has the ability to be good at vertical and horizontal planning, and behind him is the support of the cabinet chief auxiliary Ye Xianggao and the care hall, which can be said to be the brain and lifeblood of the entire Donglin Party." ā
The Confucian smiled faintly and said: "I don't know if my brother knows, this Wang Wenyan was actually impeached by Shao Fuzhong of Shuntian Mansion, and now he has been imprisoned. ā
The old man shook his head and said, "It won't be so simple. How could I not know about Wang Wenyan's impeachment, although the backer made people understand that Wang Wenyan was the breakthrough of Donglin, but unfortunately, he did not know that the current Donglin power was too great, and this move was completely useless, and it would only expose the target and attract people's attention. ā
The Confucian scholar frowned and said: "In this way, can we just watch the Donglin Party control the dynasty and do nothing?" ā
The old man said: "The only way to do this is to endure and wait." The so-called sins of heaven are still forgivable, and self-inflicted sins cannot be lived, and the Donglin party people are so arrogant and domineering, and the party will sooner or later arouse the anger of the government and the opposition, and then those parties that were separated by Wang Wenyan will really unite with us to fight back, and at that time, it is the time when Donglin is truly destroyed. ā
Confucian said angrily: "Wait a minute, Gonggong Liu, you have said this sentence to me more than a dozen times." I don't want to wait any longer, he Wang Wenyan dared to kidnap the Son of Heaven in the palace back then, didn't I dare to speak out about the ban? Don't forget, I have been secretly operating over the years, whether in Beijing or in other provinces, I have accumulated a lot of power, hmph, as long as I raise my arms, I am afraid that Zhu Youxiao will not be able to sit on the throne. He called the Son of Heaven by his name, and he didn't seem to take the saint of the day into account.
When the old man heard this, his angry arm trembled, and he threw the teacup back on the coffee table, and said, "You know how to act recklessly, and you don't know how to forbear." What do you think this place is, this is at the feet of the Son of Heaven! If the matter is revealed, do you know how many people will be destroyed? ā
Confucius snorted coldly and said, "Since you don't support it, then I will act alone, and I will never implicate you in the slightest, and I don't want to sit still like you." ā
The old man's face turned black with anger, and he said, "You are really getting more and more promising, and you don't even pay attention to me." ā
The Confucian looked at the teacup in his hand and did not say anything.
After a while, the old man calmed down his anger in his chest and said, "In this case, the old man advises you, do what you can, do what you can, don't be rash." ā
The Confucian nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will be measured." However, I don't want to wait any longer, I don't have the patience to wait any longer, life and death, fight here! ā
The old man got up and walked out the door, leaving him with one last word, "You are so self-conscious." ā
Outside the entire courtyard, the cold wind was blowing more and more violently, and it seemed that the entire city of Beijing was also shrunk in the raging and cold north wind, and it couldn't help but shake.
Soon after the old man left, he saw a young woman with a beautiful appearance and a bewitching body walking in and saying to the Confucian scholar: "How is it, is the old guy planning to fight back?" ā
As soon as the Confucian man pulled the bewitching young woman over, a big hand slapped her buttocks, and while stroking, he smiled and said: "The old man is old and timid, and it is still up to us to do things." ā
The young woman smiled, coquettish, and sat on the lap of the Confucian scholar, and said, "Okay, then let's turn the city of Beijing upside down!" ā
Confucian said: "Very good, this is the case, we can go to the boat to enjoy the moon and cruise the rivers and lakes!" ā
The young woman said angrily: "You still lie to me, you have said this countless times, and I am still a little girl who does not understand the world?" ā
The Confucian scholar smiled, a pair of hands had reached the young woman's chest, rubbed it a few times, and said, "How long has Yin Yue been in the palace?" ā
The young woman's eyes were misty, and she gasped for a slight breath, and said, "It's been sixteen years. ā
"Sixteen years?" The Confucian sighed, "The days go by so fast......
The young woman said angrily: "The slave family has also followed you for sixteen years, and they are all getting old......
The Confucian man put his arms around her, kissed her on the chest, and said vaguely, "You...... Not old, ...... charm Not...... More prosperous than then......"
The young woman groaned, stroked the neck of the Confucian scholar with both hands, exhaled like an orchid, and said, "You dead ghost...... Oh...... The old lady has no time to play with you...... Give it a good time...... Hmmm......"
The sound of glamour suddenly spread, and compared to the coldness outside the house, it seemed like two different worlds.