Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Sixteenth King's Mansion
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The time of five days passed quickly, and the day of relocation soon came, and the Xuanhui Academy arranged a large number of people to relocate the three princes.
Of course, moving is a kind of hard work, and Lin Jiaying and Cui Niang are responsible. Li Bao and Ling'er Hu Sanbao took the carriage to the Sixteen Princes' Mansion first, and Li Bao was full of thoughts in the sound of the sparkling carriage.
"Sixteen Princes' Mansion" appeared in the Xuanzong Dynasty in the Kaiyuan period, located in the northeast of Chang'an City, Anguo Temple East, Yongfu Fang and Xingning Fang in the south of Daming Palace, originally called "Ten Princes' Residence", and later stationed in the prince's house, then renamed "Sixteen Princes' Residence".
For a system like the Sixteen Princes' Mansion, there are really pros and cons. In the imperial era of China, the rulers of all dynasties in ancient China had a headache for guarding against the interference of the emperor's relatives, especially the princes, but no Tang Dynasty had ever done so to the extreme.
During the Sui Dynasty, the prince not only had an independent private residence, but also a spacious office courtyard, and even had his own military force. According to the research of historians, until the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the army was not fully nationalized, and all the emperor's sons were crowned kings, and the kings had independent military forces at their disposal.
It can be said that during the Sui and Tang dynasties, the process of nationalization of the army was not realized until after the Xuanwumen Change, and after Tang Taizong ascended the throne, he really fully grasped the military power of the state, so that the power of the kings was greatly restricted.
However, during the Zhenguan period of Taizong, the princes were still strong, each with political resources and support forces, and the power struggle between the crown prince Chengqian and the Wei king Li Tai, and the Jin king Li Zhi was finally established as the crown prince, behind which were intertwined with the game and competition of many powerful ministers.
In the later period of the Gaozong Dynasty, the dictatorship of Empress Wu and then the seizure of the Tang dynasty almost ruined the state of the Tang dynasty. If it weren't for the cooperation of the courtiers in the later years of Empress Wu, Wu Zhou was restored to Li Tang.
After Zhongzong succeeded to the throne, Empress Wei was in power, and later Xuanzong Li Sanlang united with Princess Taiping to eradicate Empress Wei. But for the sake of the throne, Li Sanlang staged a coup d'Γ©tat when he was the prince and pacified Princess Taiping's party. Then with military merits and merits, Ruizong was forced to abolish the crown prince and set up Li Saburo as the crown prince.
After Li Sanlang ascended the throne, in order to prevent the prince's dictatorship from interfering in politics, he came up with the trick of "Sixteen Princes' Mansion", so that the prince and the prince could be kept in captivity under the emperor's nose and all of them would be raised as waste. This basically eliminated the possibility of the prince interfering in politics, and the possibility of the prince cultivating private forces with ambitions and then launching a coup d'Γ©tat.
The emperor's relatives, especially the emperor's heirs, were not only an important defense force for the entire dynastic politics, but also could bring about the division and destruction of power.
The ancient Chinese family system made the royal family the focus of the competition and game between "public" and "private". The policies of successive dynasties to deal with princes, concubines, and relatives have become problems that cannot be underestimated by rulers.
The system of "Sixteen Princes' Mansions" was indeed good at first, but in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the form of power in the Tang court changed dramatically, and the eunuchs mastered the only regular army in Chang'an City, the Shence Army. For the sake of their own glory and wealth, the eunuchs with authority especially like to support the waste prince as the emperor.
This led to the fact that the emperors of the middle and late Tang Dynasty were more mediocre than the other, of course, there were many Ming Jun among the emperors of the Middle and Late Tang Dynasty, but there were still few Ming Jun after all.
In this way, the Tang Empire finally came to the end of history, and it has to be said that the system of sixteen princes is the main reason.
Li Bao was thinking about it, and Ling'er shook Li Bao and said: "Langjun, let's go to the gate of the Sixteen Princes' Mansion, get out of the car, there are eunuchs waiting at the gate of that fang." β
Li Bao smiled at Ling'er and said loudly: "Get out of the car, we should also go in and see what our new home is like." β
Li Bao got out of the carriage with Ling'er, and Hu Sanbao also jumped off the handlebar. The three masters and servants came to the door of the Sixteen Kings' Mansion. As soon as he walked to the door, a eunuch came to greet Li Bao.
The person who came was not tall, his face was white, and he had a pair of hanging eyebrows, which was quite long. Seeing Li Bao coming, he immediately smiled all over his face, and said to Li Bao: "King Wan'an, our family is Han Quanxue, the envoy of the Sixteenth Prince's Mansion, and we are here to welcome the king." β
Li Bao looked at this eunuch as respectful, so he said to him: "Han Xiaoenvoy, it is not the ...... of Han Shumi"
Han Quanzhi immediately said: "The king is wise, the envoy of the Han privy envoy is the father-in-law of our family. β
Li Bao said with contempt in his heart: Another bastard who has forgotten his ancestors. But the face was still polite to him. Han Quanzhu smiled at Li Bao and said, "Our family has received the will of the palace and said that the king is about to move to the mansion of the sixteen kings, and our family orders the children under him to hurry up and prepare the king's mansion. Please follow us and go inside. β
The people entered the house of the sixteen kings, and this house of the sixteen kings was a large fang. The width from east to west is nearly 950 meters, the length from north to south is nearly 800 meters, there are five steps, one pavilion, ten steps and one bridge in the square, the layout of the whole workshop is very regular, and the rows of royal mansions are like the townhouses of later generations.
Han Quanzhi introduced as he walked, this is the mansion of those princes along the way, as well as the Shangyi Bureau, the Shangshi Bureau, etc., which can basically be summarized as: There is everything in these sixteen princes' mansions. All the royal relatives and nobles need special palace rations and material supplies, and all kinds of daily life can basically be carried out in it, without the need for external communication.
Li Bao's heart smacked when he heard it, such a large living community is really a good place to retire, but it's a pity that he can't support himself, this Datang is about to die, he has to quickly find a way to make more money, and he has to be able to go out from here often.
However, this Han Quanzhi is not easy to deal with, and he will have to deal with him in the future. As the so-called county officials are not as good as being in charge, Li Bao decided to have a good relationship with this guy first, after all, he is still in his territory.
Everyone walked for a while before they came to the door of a large mansion, which sat north and faced south. Two lions are placed on both sides of the gate to ward off evil spirits. The bronze nail vermilion lacquer gate is very magnificent, there is a plaque on the gate, and the seal is written in large characters: King Ji's house.
Han Quanzhi said to Li Bao: "The king is your mansion, please go in and have a look, if there is anything you are not satisfied with, our family will be renovated." β
Li Bao took the lead and went up the stairs to the gate of the palace, and the entrance was a marble wall, which was carved with a relief of a treasure elephant and camel bottle. In the courtyard you enter, there is a screen door on the left-hand side, and when you turn into the screen door, you can see that the inside is the outer courtyard.
Enter the outer courtyard, and then go north is the second gate, enter the second gate and then go inside to the inner courtyard, and then go inside to a stone-paved road. On both sides of the road are the east and west wings, each of which has bright and clean windows.
I walked more than 50 meters along the corridor, and then came to the porch of the main house, and when I opened the door, it was the main hall. There are left and right ear rooms on both sides of the main house, which is the purpose of Li Bao's bedroom and study.
There is a courtyard behind the main house, which is a backyard with three entrances, four entrances and five entrances. The whole Jiwang Mansion is not big, but it is carved and painted everywhere, and the vermilion is very magnificent.
The courtyard of Wujin is not small for a single prince. There are a lot of people in the palace in the palace, and when Li Bao came in, he roughly counted them, and he was afraid that there were no less than hundreds of people.
For such a number of servants, Li Bao has a little headache, there are many servants, and those eunuchs have more eyeliners. And it's hard to guard, it's really heart-wrenching. But I just moved in, and I have to deal with it slowly.
Not only did Li Bao feel that this royal mansion was vast, but even Ling'er and Hu Sanbao felt that this mansion was really too big, and in terms of area, the Jinluan Palace was really far behind compared to this Ji Wang Mansion.
The Jinluan Hall of Daming Palace can only be about the same size as the courtyard of this auspicious palace. Therefore, the palace people of the Jinluan Palace are not enough here, but the money and food spent by so many palace people every day is not a small amount. Fortunately, all the food of the palace people here is provided in the mansion of the sixteen kings, and there is no need to spend Li Bao's money, otherwise these palace people alone will have to eat Li Bao poor.
Li Bao said to Han Quanyu: "Han Xiao's palace is well renovated, I am very satisfied, Han Xiao's envoy has bothered." It's just that where is the royal residence of my family Balang, far from here? β
Han Quanyu said with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, the King of Mu's Mansion is next door to you, and our family also knows that you and King Mu are brothers, so we will arrange for the two of you to be together." β
Li Bao was extremely satisfied when he heard this, and said to Han Quanxue: "Han Xiaozhi is really thoughtful, and Bao is very grateful in his heart. After that, Li Bao glanced at Hu Sanbao, and Hu Sanbao immediately presented Han Quanyu with a bag of gold leaves.
Han Quanzhi took a cushion and said in his heart: This auspicious prince is so generous, this bag can't be dozens of taels of gold. Deng Shi's face bloomed with a smile, and he said to Li Bao: "The king is so polite, our family is really ashamed." β
Li Bao also smiled and said: "Yes, Bao Chu came to the Sixteen Princes' Mansion, and I have to ask Han Xiaoenvoy to take care of it in the future." β
Han Quanzhi sneered: "That's natural, our family also asks the king to say a lot of good things in front of the official family in the future." β
Li Bao exchanged a few more words with Han Quanxue, and Han Quanzhu left with his relatives to say goodbye.
After sending Han Quanzhu away, Li Bao first went to the left and right ear rooms of the main room to take a look, the layout in the bedroom was extremely luxurious, the bedding on the screen bed was new, and the screen was painted with the three friends of the cold year.
The dresser is made of mahogany, and the bronze mirror on the table shines brightly. The carpet in the bedroom is a Persian felt carpet, and the incense burner in the room is burning with Rui Brain incense, which smells very pleasant.
The layout of the study room is elegant and quiet, and the four treasures of the study room are all boutiques. Even the tables in the study are gorgeous, all of them are carved and inlaid with gold and silver painted patterns, and there are some snail and gold and silver flat cabinets and other furniture in the room, which are also very smooth and smooth.
The porcelain and some treasures placed on the Bogu shelf, it can be seen that these treasures should be Li Yi's reward, and there are some celebrity calligraphy and paintings on the wall.
In the face of such an arrangement, Li Bao was extremely satisfied, and it could be seen that this Han Quanzhu was also a servant, Li Bao was immersed in the joy of moving to a new home, and Hu Sanbao came in to report: "Lang Jun, Prince Pu is here." β
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ps: There is something delayed today, so I have to change it, everyone forgive me!