When the sky was bright, a majestic and magnificent Daxing City stood in front of Yi Feng and his party, and completely appeared on the land of the Guanzhong Plain.

Daxing City is in front of you, the capital of the Great Sui Dynasty, which dominated the world after 400 years of division, just like the new and powerful dynasty of the Great Sui, Daxing City is young and prosperous.

There is still some distance from Daxing City, but there are already shops on both sides of the road, and there are many signs and banners, so that Yi Feng can't even tell whether he is in the city or outside the city. After the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, Daxing City was not the national capital. At the beginning, the capital of the Great Sui was Chang'an City, which was the Han Chang'an City, after several dynasties, after the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, the Han Chang'an City had already been depressed, especially the city was dilapidated, the groundwater had been bred, and the urban area was narrow. Moreover, after Yang Jian established the country, he was not willing to live in the palace of his predecessors who usurped the throne to start his own great cause, and rebuilt a new capital city also hoped to achieve the purpose of "the foundation of the Dingding is eternal, and the infinite industry is in the period". In addition, there is a folk rumor, it is said that Yang insisted that the emperor had a dream one day not long after, dreaming that the flood flooded Chang'an City, and after waking up from the dream, he felt uncomfortable, so he decided to move the capital.

The new capital is located near Longshouyuan in the southeast of Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty, and is directed by Prime Minister Gao Ying and designed and supervised by Yu Wenkai. Construction began in June of the second year of the emperor's reign, and it was officially named Daxing City in October.

The word Daxing has a profound meaning for the royal Yang family, and Daxing Gong used to be his title, which also means that the Yang family's world will be greatly prosperous. Daxing became a series of symbols, and in this new city, the royal palace was named Daxing Palace, and the main hall of the palace was named Daxing Palace. The gate in front of the main hall was named Daxing Gate, the royal back garden was named Daxing Yuan, and Wannian County, which was under the jurisdiction of the capital, was renamed Daxing County. The first temple in the city was named Daheungzenji Temple.

In September of the third year of the emperor's reign, Yang Jian officially moved into the new capital. Moved in just over a year, the pace of construction in Xindu is extraordinary. However, the construction of the new capital did not build a large number of buildings, and the main thing was to remove the wood and stone from Chang'an City to the new city to rebuild, saving a lot of materials. Moreover, when Yang Jian moved into the new capital, Daxing City was only a preliminary completion of the palace city at that time. The construction of Daxing City continued until the ninth year of the emperor's reign. The outer part of the city is basically completed.

"East to Song, Bian, west to Qizhou, the road is lined up with shops to entertain customers. The wine is overflowing. Each store has a donkey to rent passengers, and it is called a donkey for dozens of miles. Jingxiang in the south, Taiyuan and Fanyang in the north. West to Shuzhou, Liangfu. There are shops for business travel, which are thousands of miles away without holding an inch. "Yi Feng's side, is the Xunyang County Wu Wu who had been out of the city yesterday and waited for Hou Yi Feng to enter Beijing, at this time he was cordially introducing to Yi Feng the bustling and lively scene on the roadside outside Daxing City, he was the brother of the late crown princess Yuan, and he attacked the prince of Xunyang County a few years ago. For this nephew's return to Beijing, Yuan Wuxian was very happy. Since his father and sister died one after another, after he took over the Yuan family, he really felt the fall of the Yuan family. But a few days ago, the Son of Heaven and his wife came to the Yuan Mansion in person. During this time, rewards were pulled out of the palace one after another, and this honor really flattered the Yuan family. Originally, the Yuan Mansion was already sparse in front of the door, and during this time, there were suddenly many guests, and the marriage of several children in the family had always been high or low, but now many wealthy nobles in Beijing have taken the initiative to come to inquire, and there is even no shortage of top gate valves such as Li's, Pei's, Yu's, and Yang's. Even the day before yesterday, when a foreigner who was an official in the Ministry of Officials came to visit, he also revealed to him that after the Zhengdan Dynasty meeting, the Ministry of Officials would officially transfer him to Taifu Temple as Shaoqing. Taifu Temple and Shaofu Temple are one of the central institutions of the imperial court, both are officials who supply the royal family, and the division of labor between the two is that Taifu is in charge of the treasury and cashier, and Shaofu is in charge of engineering manufacturing. Shaoqing of Taifu Temple is the second-in-command of Taifu Temple, the fourth-in-command official, which is equivalent to the deputy minister. is a very good position, which is quite good for him who has only led Yulu to eat idle meals since he took over the throne and has not had any real power.

With the words of Yuan Wufeng, Yi Feng also discovered that there were indeed a lot of donkeys and mules in the many shops on both sides of the road, and he thought it was the pedestrians' mounts, but when he heard him, he also understood that this was the capital of the Sui Dynasty for rent. Think about it, Daxing City is so large-scale, the area is wide, just the palace city and the outer city of the three parts of the city of Daxing City has reached more than 80 square kilometers, this is not counting the same prosperous suburban area, if there is no mount just by walking, some of them go.

"Isn't there a carriage for passengers?" The samurai asked suspiciously, after seeing the convenient and smooth public carriage of Huaihuang, and then seeing the huge Jingshi, there were actually donkeys and mules everywhere, and even horses were rare, and he couldn't help but be strange.

Yuan Wuji smiled: "There are more than 400,000 people in the Jingshi City, if you count the more than 200,000 people on the outskirts of the city, it will be more than 600,000 people." With such a large population, it is not easy to live. Of course, there are horse-drawn carriages in Jingshi, but most of them are privately owned by wealthy families, and there are a few horse-drawn carriage shops that specialize in carrying passengers and goods, but they are not cheap. For most people, it is good to be able to rent donkeys and mules on a regular basis. ”

Yi Feng also nodded when he heard this, there are many people in Beijing, and the demand for cars and horses is indeed not small, but rich people basically have private cars and horses, and ordinary people want to raise horses and cars, and the cost is not cheap. The prices of all kinds of horses in Beijing are high, and the price of horses is much higher than that of horses like Huaihuang, and the cost of raising chariots and horses in Chang'an is also high, and all kinds of forage are transported in. In some ways, this is somewhat similar to the later generations, even if you buy a starting car, you can't afford it.

Yi Feng also found that every other section of the road, there was a milestone on the side of the road.

"What is this?" Cheng Yanjin also found out.

"Oh, it's the inner bulkhead. Every five miles set up a moat, and ten miles set up two mounds. The mound is built with earth, and it is formed into a quadrangular shape, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and the height is four feet, five feet, or six feet. Yuan Wuji explained, at this time, everyone had already walked to the Kaiyuan Gate in the northwest of Beijing, where there was a nine-foot-high stone milestone engraved with a line of big characters, "Nine thousand nine hundred miles west to Anxi." ”

"Where is Anthy?" Wei Chigong asked, these young people are coming to Beijing for the first time. It's fresh for all sorts of things.

"Anxi is the Western Regions, and the Han Dynasty set up the Anxi Protectorate in the Western Regions." Yi Feng explained. My heart couldn't help but be full of emotion, and the Western Regions were developed during the Han Dynasty. The Anxi Protectorate was set up, and when the Tang Dynasty came in the future, it also had the prestige of the Western Regions, set up the Metropolitan Protectorate in the Western Regions, and levied 100,000 Long March athletes to Tuntian in the Western Regions, but unfortunately later the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Army in the Western Regions had to withdraw to the Central Plains to quell the rebellion. Since then, the Tang army has never returned to the Western Regions, and the hundreds of thousands of Long March athletes back then. It's slowly becoming a hu. Seeing this stele, he felt that the imperial court had not forgotten that place in the Western Regions, although the imperial court had not been established for a long time, it was positive and enterprising. Unify the world. To pacify the Quartet, the next step must be to open up the Quartet. At present, the Turks are the most powerful enemy of the Great Sui, and after defeating this opponent, the Great Sui will definitely expand to the Western Regions.

"Is it really nine thousand nine hundred miles from here to Anxi?"

"In fact, it is more than 10,000 miles away from Anxi, and the reason why I don't write 9,900 miles is just that people don't want to feel sad about being thousands of miles away from home."

When he arrived at the Kaiyuan Gate, Yi Feng found that the outer Guocheng of Daxing City was actually just a low earthen wall more than one zhang high. There are no grand and tall walls as you might expect.

Yi Feng's 800 guards all stayed in the Baqiao military camp, and only 100 flag guards were brought with him. There are Yuan Wuji and Yuan Wendu brothers leading the way. Coupled with Yi Feng's general seal, the group entered Daxing City very smoothly. As soon as you enter Daxing City, although the streets are still full of people, it is different from the bustle outside the city. After entering the city, there are special traffic rules, left in and right out, all on the left, which is completely opposite to Yi Feng's right in Huaihuang. At first, he thought that the traffic rules he was making in Huai Huang were the first to be created, but at this time, he realized that in fact, these had already existed in ancient times. Whether you are walking or riding a donkey or riding an ox cart, you should always keep to the left.

And what amazed Yi Feng the most was that after entering the city, except for the endless stream of pedestrians, there were no shops or stalls on the roadside. Daxing City, the brand-new capital, embodies a militarized style everywhere, the outside is the city wall, after entering the city, it is found that the streets in the city are separated by the inner square, and there are also high square walls, like a small city in the city, and even the square wall is taller than the outer city wall outside. Those places in the streets should be gold shops, but here, all the walls facing the street are high walls, and there are no doors or windows. Listening to Yuan Wendu's introduction, it is illegal and criminal to open doors and windows on the wall of the neighborhood without permission.

There are more than 100 squares in Daxing City, each square is equivalent to a relatively independent city within the city, and there are no shops and vendors on the streets between the squares. There is a special market in the city, the west market is a favorable market, the east city has a metropolitan city, all of which cover an area equivalent to the ordinary two squares, and the citizens in the city of Daxing want to shop, either go to the east market or go to the west market, so shopping is also commonly known as buying things. Of course, some simple daily necessities, in each square, there are also some convenience shops for business. Every day when it gets dark, the city gate is closed, the door of each square is closed, at this time the street is not allowed to go shopping at any time, in the streets and corners, the left and right Wuhou Wei set up many street shops, there are four or five Wuhou in it, these people are equivalent to the police station of later generations, special night patrol, once found to violate the curfew system, caught must be hit with twenty sticks.

But in the workshop, it's much better. After dark, although the city gate is closed and the curfew begins, you can still go to the door or even go to the small shop in the square to drink or something. However, if you go to a relative's house in another square as a guest, after dark, you can only go to your relative's house to stay, otherwise, you will be caught by Wuhou on the way home and you will have to hit the board.

Daxing City is rich in the east and rich in the west, the rich mostly live in the west city, the nobles live in the east city, the emperor's palace is in the north, and the ordinary people gather in the south city.

Yang Guang's mansion in Beijing is Kaihuafang on the east side of the first street of Zhuque Street, near the imperial city. The family of Changsun Sheng lived in Yongxingfang, the third street in the east of Zhuque Street, the most wealthy Taishi Li Mu in the court, the mansion was in Pingkangfang, and Nayan Suwei, one of the four nobles, was in Yongningfang in the east of the south gate.

Yuan Wuji's family is in Xinghuafang, the second street west of Suzaku Street, which is the mansion of his father, the general of the right guard, Xunyang County. In the north of Xinghuafang, where the Yuan family is located, is Tongyi Fang, and Li Yuan's family of Tang Guogong is in this square. In the southeast of Anye Fang, it is the mansion of Yang Awu, the princess of Lanling. Along the way, the Yuan brothers introduced Yi Feng in detail to the residences of the powerful people in Beijing.

The Great Sui now has eight kings, more than 20 county kings, and hundreds of princes. and hundreds of county dukes, and there are countless below the county duke. Since the Great Sui was inherited from the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty was the Western Wei Dynasty. The Northern Zhou Dynasty of the Sui Dynasty belonged to the central coup d'état type of change of dynasty, so almost all the high-ranking officials and nobles of several dynasties were able to maintain their titles, which made it possible to have countless titles and honors in Daxing City today. The four brothers of Yuan Xiaoju are all county dukes, and now this title has been passed down to the next generation. There is no downgraded inheritance. With so many hereditary titles, it is conceivable that it is a great burden for the Great Sui.

Although Yi Feng left the eight hundred guards on the ba. But he still has a hundred flag guards with him.

The 100 guards were all wearing armor and red robes that were completely different from the yellow uniforms of the Jingshi army, with shiny red cuirasses, fire fox fur cloaks, long heavy boots and shiny spurs. The crotch is all a jujube red horse. The people and horses are majestic, and the horses are also spirited.

Although there are many gates and princes everywhere in Daxing City, the momentum of Yifeng's line still attracts pedestrians on the road to look back frequently.

A person from a suburban county couldn't help but ask a middle-aged man in front of him who looked like he was at the feet of the Son of Heaven, "Dare to ask this brother, which son is such a big man?" ”

The middle-aged man wanted to laugh at the country bun for not seeing the world, but he looked at the team. It's also a little confusing. I squeaked for a long time, and I didn't say anything. But there was a horse-faced man next to him, and he said with disdain: "Huh, son? Childe can have such a big background, let me tell you, this is a real prince. ”

The countryman did not feel despised, but felt that he had gained more knowledge, and hurriedly asked, "Which prince?" ”

The horse-faced man said proudly: "You are asking the right person, you look at the outfits of these guards and cavalrymen, fur and brocade robes, and their spirits are fierce, and then look at their tall horses, as well as the scimitars they are equipped with, needless to say, it must be the boiling cavalry that has been rumored in the past six months." The handsome young general who was guarded by them was naturally Yi Feng, the general of Wuzhou Changning County. Don't believe it, did you see those people in front of you? ”

"See, who are those two?"

"The one on the left is the newly awarded Shangshu Zuo Cheng's Anchang County Gongyuan Wendu, and the one on his right is the Xunyang County A.D. that has been decided, and will be appointed as the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple in the next year. These two are the maiden uncles of the Duke of Changning County, so believe it now. ”

On a carriage next to the horse-faced man, Tang Guogong Li Yuan listened to the roadside words, and couldn't help but lift the carriage curtain and look at the approaching cavalry.

"Aye, let my daughter take a look too." A young girl also squeezed in.

Li Yuan looked at his daughter with a smile, "How is it?" ”

"How's that?" The girl asked.

"Of course, I want to ask what you think of this Changning County Duke?"

"Yes, the long handsome and mighty ones are not at all different from those rumored by the Jingshi."

Li Yuan's eldest son, Li Jiancheng, said to his father with a smile: "My little sister seems to have a good impression of Changning County." Li Yuan was silent, his eyes slightly idle, not knowing what he was thinking.

The carriage returned to the Tang State Mansion, and Li Yuan returned to the study.

Today, Li Yuan took a pair of children into the palace to meet the Son of Heaven and his wife, Li Yuan's mother and Queen Dugu are sisters, the queen is Li Yuan's aunt, and the Son of Heaven is his uncle, and he is also a relative of the emperor. At that time, Li Yuan's grandfather was one of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty, and Yang Zhong, the father of Yang Jian, the son of heaven, was only one of the twelve generals of the Western Wei Dynasty at that time. Li Yuan inherited the family's title of Duke of Tang at the age of seven, and after entering the Sui Dynasty, life was not bad. Although Li Yuan, who is now Chinese New Year's Eve four years old, inherited the title of Duke of Tang State, he has not yet received a formal official position except for serving as a palace guard in Qianniu. In the blink of an eye, it has been twenty-seven years since the attack on the lord, and the eldest son Jiancheng is already ten years old, but he is still only a guard with a knife in the palace.

Standing at thirty, forty is not confused, watching the days pass day by day, Li Yuan is also a little depressed. At this time, he couldn't help but think of Yi Feng who he met on the street before, so young, but already so majestic, the general, the chief assassin Shi, after returning to Beijing this time, I am afraid that he will be crowned king, and the future is immeasurable, maybe, there will be a chance to win the supreme position in the future. Perhaps, I should go to the Yuan Mansion to meet this cousin later. Previously, in the palace, he listened to the words revealed by the emperor and the empress, and it seemed that he wanted to arrange for the emperor's eldest grandson to stay in Jingshi and take up the important position of Jing Zhaoyin. Jing Zhao Yin is extremely prominent, maybe he can think of a way to throw himself into the side of this emperor's eldest grandson and seek a real vacant position in the Yamen of Jing Zhao Mansion.

"Oops, it's born," a hurried voice interrupted Li Yuan's thoughts.

"What's going on in a panic!" Li Yuan was a little annoyed and scolded the servant girl who broke in.

"Born, born!"

"What do you say? Madame gave birth? Li Yuan suddenly understood, Li Yuan was thirty-four years old, and he was born to his wife Dou, but the concubine gave birth to two daughters for him. Now Dou is pregnant with a second child, and the plate is imminent.

"I gave birth, as soon as Lang Jun came back, my wife had abdominal pain, and there was a midwife in the house, and I had already given birth, and I was a son."

Li Yuan happily circled around the house, at this time it was not suitable to go to the delivery room to see the wife and child immediately, turned around for a long time, sat back in front of the bookcase, laid out the white paper, picked up the pen, and wrote down two big characters: Shimin.

"The eldest son has made great contributions, and the second son has helped the world and the people, and he will definitely be able to shine on my Li lintel in the future!" Li Yuan looked at the word Shimin on the paper and laughed! (To be continued......)