Here, however, I haven't seen the city walls, but I first saw the crowded houses around me, and it seemed that there were quite a few people, so I felt as if I had entered the city. Looking into the distance, except for a large stele tower in front of him blocking the middle of the official road, there is no trace of the city wall around, which makes Zhong Huizhang Er puzzled.

"Brother Zhong, the capital has arrived. Guan Yi nodded at the side at the right time.

Hearing this, Zhong Hui was even more puzzled.

"Brother Zhong, isn't he very puzzled why the capital city has no city walls?" At this time, Guan Yi already knew in his heart where Zhong Hui's doubts came from, because almost everyone who came to Kyoto for the first time would have such an expression on his face.

"That's right, Brother Guan, you said that you went to the capital, where is the city wall? How come I didn't see a city wall...... Was it forcibly demolished?" Zhong Hui asked with a puzzled look.

Guan Yi smiled and said, "Brother Zhong said that he was joking, this is the capital of the Central Chu Empire, Shangjing. And this capital city has no outer wall, looking at the entire continent, there is no outer wall of the national capital, this is the only one, and there is no second. Guan Yi proudly answered for Zhong Hui.

"There is no outer wall?Brother Guan, this makes me very puzzled, you see that around here, there is an endless vast plain, which is difficult to defend in the first place, if a cavalry force comes here, and sees such an imperial capital, aren't you afraid of being directly taken by others?"

Although Guan Yi answered for Zhong Hui, there were still a bunch of questions in Zhong Hui's mind, and he knew that he could think of this question, and others should be able to think of it, but these naked houses were placed in front of him, and it was difficult for him to understand what the people who designed the city in the first place thought?

Guan Yi smiled and said: "Haha, I expected Brother Zhong to have this question, in fact, this capital without city walls represents the ambition of the founding emperor of Zhongchu, Brother Zhong, don't worry, let me gradually tell you about it." ”

Then, Guan Yi explained to Zhong Hui the origin of this capital city without walls.

"About 200 years ago, before the founding of the Central Chu Dynasty, this place was originally just a place for farming and storing grain, and there was originally a Shangping City here, which was dedicated to the garrison to store grain. Later, due to some wars, the place was burned, and the whole land was opened. ”

Speaking, Guan Yi looked at Shangjing, "After the founding of Zhongchu, here is located in the hinterland of Zhongchu, the terrain is open and flat, facing the Hengjiang River in the south, the waterway is convenient, the original founding emperor of Zhongchu decided to take this place as the capital of Zhongchu, and renamed the original Shangping City as Shangjing." ”

"At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the population withered, the scope of the city was small, and a Shangping city was enough to accommodate the population at that time. However, later there were more and more people, and Shangping City also seemed congested, so the ministers discussed the expansion of the capital, and the ministers argued endlessly on the issue of the area of the capital. ”

"What's the point of having no city for a city?" Zhong Hui listened with relish, but he was very puzzled by this cityless city.

Guan Yi then explained: "The prime minister at that time said that if the army could not defend the country, and let the army of the enemy country come to the imperial capital, what could the city wall block. If the area of the city is regulated at that time, it will affect the scope of the city. ”

His eyes were deep, he paused, and then said: "At that time, the founding emperor and the prime minister had an ambition, so they did not build the walls of this city, but strengthened and thickened the walls that originally belonged to Shangping City to resist a rebellion that might come from within. Although it is this style of style and structure, it has not been disturbed by the war over the years. As a result, today's Shangjing has the largest capital in all countries, which is the pride of our Shangjing people. ”

When Zhong Hui heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's really hard to imagine what kind of changes were going on at that time, that great minister said it well, if a country doesn't even have the strength to resist the enemy's army, then what can the country defend against if it builds a city wall." This unique insight really made me look at it today, and I am now more and more curious about what kind of person your founding emperor was, who could control such a good appearance. ”

They talked and talked, came to the official road in the middle of the stele tower, the stele tower is very high, so high that Zhong Hui raised his head to see the things on it, the stele tower is written on some round and rolling fonts, very similar to the ancient small seal.

Eight large characters are written on the stele tower, divided into two columns, and there are three small characters in the lower left corner, which should be the title. These eight words will be very familiar, but I can't remember where I have seen them, and some of them can't knock on their heads.

Guan saw Zhong Hui's movements, thinking that he was worried about these words, so he asked, "Can Brother Zhong know the meaning of these eight words?"

Zhong Hui replied: "I'm a little familiar with these eight words, but I can't remember them." ”

Guan Yi was very surprised, looking at Zhong Hui's appearance, it should be the first time he came to the capital, and he actually said that he was familiar with these words, which made him sure that Zhong Hui's origin was not ordinary.

Thinking of this, he answered the words on the stele for Zhong Hui, "These eight words are actually the stele Han written by the founding emperor of the Central Chu Empire, which reads: Grant orders to the sky, and live forever." The gist is that the throne is granted by heaven and will prosper forever. ”

"What? Grant to the sky, both longevity and Yongchang? Is this what is written on this? Are you sure this is this?" Zhong Hui threw out four questions in a row, he was too unbelievable, because of these eight words, he couldn't be familiar with it anymore, no wonder he looked familiar.

"Oh, why is Brother Zhong so surprised? What is written above is that he has been ordered by the heavens, and he has lived forever, could it be that Brother Zhong has seen it in other centers?"

Guan Yi was very curious about Zhong Hui's actions at this moment, and he became more and more sure that Zhong Hui was not only from the Banlun Mountain Range, but also that his origin was not ordinary. These eight words, unless ordinary people can see them in the stele tower, they will never see them in the second center. And Zhong Hui's measures show that he has not only seen it, but also has a deep impression of these eight words.

It is no wonder that Zhong Hui can have such a move, as a young man who likes history very much, he is familiar with these eight words. These eight characters are the eight characters on the jade seal of Qin Shi Huang, the emperor of the Qin Dynasty who ruled the world, and they are the small seals written by Li Si, the prime minister at that time.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but start to wonder, wouldn't this founding emperor and prime minister of the Zhongchu Empire also be a traverser, right?