On the twelfth day of August, the main street of the eastern city of Henglus from west to east was full of people and carriages, all of whom were carrying utensils and goods, and all of them were carrying goods, all of which were destined for the royal palace, and most of these people were the maids and servants of the royal palace, as well as the official servants of the government. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Ziliang decided to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in the newly completed palace, so the palace has been busy moving in the past few days. In the management of the palace, many officials believe that there must be eunuchs and palace maids in the palace to serve Zhao Ziliang and members of the royal family, and the original maids of the palace are automatically promoted to palace maids, but it seems inappropriate to upgrade the family members to eunuchs, not to mention whether the family members are willing, if they are forcibly castrated, it seems too cruel.

Zhao Ziliang actually didn't want eunuchs in the palace, eunuchs are inhumane, most of them are psychologically distorted, on the one hand, eunuchs are too close to the authorities, it is easy to gain favor and grasp power, and then cause chaos to the dynasty; On the other hand, eunuchs should not exist in the first place, and if there is no way, no one will choose to be eunuchs.

But if eunuchs are not arranged in the palace, the palace guards and forbidden troops are generally not allowed to enter the inner palace casually, so how can the king ensure his safety in the inner palace? Who can guarantee that the women of the inner palace will be loyal all their lives? Won't it be bad for the king? Once it comes to the struggle for power, especially the inheritance of the throne, the closest people in the hearts of the concubines are afraid that it is not the king, but their sons who are qualified to inherit the throne!

If the guards and forbidden troops are allowed to enter the inner palace, then I am afraid that someone will cuckold the king every day, as long as it is a man, no one wants to do this, let alone a king with supreme power?

Therefore, eunuchs are a special existence in the court, and no one can replace their role, from ancient times to the present, whether in the East or the West, there are eunuchs in the court, which is an indispensable race.

Eunuch, since the day Zhao Ziliang decided to establish the country, the secretary of the royal court began to prepare for candidates, after consulting Zhao Ziliang, Cen Shen and Gao Shang put the goal on death row prisoners, through the principle of voluntariness, if there is a death row prisoner who is willing to be a eunuch, then he can be completely free after serving the royal family for ten years after being trained in purification and etiquette, and Zhao Ziliang also set the rule that any eunuch must leave after serving in the palace for ten years, no matter how high the position is, This rule has been continued.

Since the royal palace was built on a hill, it was divided into two large districts, the administrative district and the palace district. The area located at the foot of the mountain is the administrative district, which is divided into the administrative district and the military district. There are important institutions of the central government of the Western Qin Dynasty, as well as important yamen such as administration, justice and supervision.

The administrative area goes up is the palace area, the palace area is divided into the outer court and the inner court, the outer court is the area where the king deals with military and political affairs, receives ministers, foreign envoys, and holds major ceremonies, and has the Guangming Palace, the Liangyi Palace, the Qinzheng Palace, the Temple of Heaven, the Taiji Square, and the Jongmiao. The Hall of Light is the place where the great court meeting and major ceremonies are held; The Liangyi Hall is the place where the king asks questions about politics and receives foreign envoys; The Qinzheng Palace is the place where the king deals with military and political affairs on a daily basis and summons his cronies and ministers; The Temple of Heaven and the Jongmyo Temple are the places where the heavens and the earth and the royal ancestors are worshipped respectively, and they are located on the top of the mountain and have special roads to pass through. Tai Chi Square is located outside the main gate of the palace district and in the very center of the administrative district, where major military parades are held, where kings and foreign kings, important ministers and foreign envoys will meet first.

The inner court has four palaces, playgrounds, waterfall palaces, Qianquan palaces and countless palace houses, pavilions and attics, Zhao Ziliang's five wives each live in a palace, Chen Qingying lives in the East Palace, Nie Sanniang lives in the West Palace, Mrs. Meng lives in the South Palace, Princess Xinping lives in the North Palace, and Wang Zhiyun lives in the Waterfall Palace. The playground has a variety of amusement facilities, venues, gardens, swimming pools, and horse farms; The Palace of Thousand Springs was the place where the royal family held family banquets and gatherings.

Zhao Ziliang, accompanied by military and political officials, visited the government affairs district and military administration district located at the foot of the mountain, these buildings are built dignified, solemn and majestic, after all, they represent the power institutions of the Western Qin, and they cannot but be solemn, solemn and majestic.

When passing through Taiji Square, Zhao Ziliang found that this square is very large, two miles long, one mile wide, all paved with bluestone of the same size, the center of the square set up a bluestone statue of him riding a horse and holding a horse lance to fight, this stone statue is as high as three zhang.

The bridge on the small river leading to the palace area is guarded by granite on both sides, there is Xuanwu Fort as a connection between Taiji Square and the palace area, Xuanwu Fort is a large fortress, a road passes through it into the palace area, the overlooking plan of Xuanwu Fort is a pentagonal, the shape is designed as a Western-style towering minaret shape, which is made of bluestone of the same size, a total of ten stories high, and the cliffs on both sides are ten zhang high to separate the palace area from the administrative area, if you want to enter the palace area, this is the only passage. Xuanwu Fort can be stationed for 1,000 people, the stored grain and grass arrows can be used by 1,000 people for two years, there are city walls, wall battlements, archery holes, stationed soldiers on both sides of the cliffs, there is a moat dug under the cliffs, the spring left from the top of the mountain is left along the moat to the foot of the mountain, the foreign army comes to the 12 zhang high Xuanwu Fort and the 10 zhang high cliff can only look at and sigh, with what to fill the moat? What kind of wood can be used to make siege ladders and other siege equipment more than ten zhang long? It can only be built by cutting down a century-old giant tree, but there are no such trees around Henglus.

Zhao Ziliang looked up at the castle in front of Xuanwu Fort, then looked at the cliffs on both sides, and asked, "How high are these forts and cliffs?" ”

The design official replied: "Back to the king, the Xuanwu Fort is 12 zhang high, the cliff is 10 zhang high, in order to prevent rock erosion and landslides, we use cement paste on the outer wall of the cliff, the smooth appearance can make the enemy unable to climb, what kind of wood can the enemy use to build a ten-zhang high siege equipment in a short period of time?" ”

Thirty-six meters high, a building of this height is a high-rise building even in the 21st century, Zhao Ziliang asked: "Is there a taller building in the world than this?" ”

Fan Li, the designer, said proudly: "King, I dare to vouch for it with a human head, there is no taller, stronger, stronger and more impregnable architectural fortress in the world than Xuanwu Fort!" ”

Zhao Ziliang praised: "Okay, it seems that you have spent a lot of money on the defense system of the palace!" You will be promoted to the next level, given you the title of 'Master of Architectural Design', and rewarded with 100 gold coins and 10 brocades! ”

Fan Li was overjoyed, and immediately bowed down and said: "Thank you to the king, the minister will work harder in the future to design more beautiful, sturdy and sturdy buildings!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "This king hired you as the royal design master, if the royal family wants to build a large number of buildings, you have to be the general consultant and designer!" If someone asks you to design a building in the future, the price quoted should not be too low, so as not to insult the signboard of the royal design master, hahaha・・・・・・"

"Yes, thank you King Chrysostom!"

The three departments of the forbidden army (the Guards, the Guards and the Dragon Guards) have been stationed in various areas of the palace, the garrison of the Xuanwu Fort is responsible for the infantry of the Guards and the Guards, the Guards and the Guards rotate once a day, implement a strict access control system, the rotation of the army is not fixed, every morning at midnight, the commander of the Guards or the Guards must be in the subordinate generals to draw lots, shake to whose sign, by whose soldiers and horses are on duty, sometimes bad luck, several times in a row are the same soldiers and horses are responsible for the guard, This avoids to the greatest extent that because of the loopholes in the access control system, the soldiers and horses who are not on duty are not without nothing to do, there is a school field in the outer court, and the soldiers and horses who are not on duty must be drilled, and there are officials to check and register every day.

"See the King!"

Zhao Ziliang walked into the narrow passage of Xuanwu Fort with his hands behind his back, the officials and generals followed behind, behind Xuanwu Fort, on the left side is the garrison of the guards, on the right side is the garrison of the Guards, each has a school field, a military camp and an armory, a grain and grass warehouse, a wide Panshan Avenue leads to the Guangming Palace, the Panshan Avenue bypasses the side of the Guangming Hall to the Liangyi Hall on the top, there are many houses, pavilions, corridors and temples on both sides of the Panshan Avenue, some houses are vacant, and some houses are for the eunuchs to live in.

The Hall of Light is the largest and most spacious building in the entire palace, it is a Chinese-style building, because it is used to hold large court meetings and major ceremonies, it needs to accommodate more people, so the area is the largest.

The Liangyi Hall is slightly smaller, but it has two secondary halls to accompany it for the king and courtiers to rest while they wait.

The Qinzheng Hall is the place where the king manages his daily affairs, and he also rests here for lunch breaks, and even sometimes even spends the night here, so it not only has a working area, but also a living area, in addition to the Qinzheng Palace, which is the office place, there are four side halls.

After visiting the outer court, everyone came to the gate of the inner court palace, Zhao Ziliang turned around and asked, "Have you all entered this inner palace?" ”

Everyone shook their heads like rattles, and Dugu Jun said: "The king said that he laughed, this is where the inner palace is located, and all the rooms in it are the king's family, who has the courage to enter casually?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Take you in today to recognize the road, it will be impossible for you to enter casually in the future, let's go!" ”

Everyone followed Zhao Ziliang around the inner palace, but because of the large number of houses and buildings in it, everyone just looked at it casually, and the more they went inside, the higher the terrain, and many frail civil officials couldn't bear it.

Everyone returned to the side hall next to the Qinzheng Palace, and Fan Li, the designer of the palace, arched his hand and said: "King Qiqi, the minister has something to report to the king alone!" ”

"Oh?" Zhao Ziliang looked at it and said to the officials and generals: "You guys rest here for a while, Fan Li and this king come over!" ”

"Yes!"