Chapter 121: Emperor Ning

"It deserves to be the capital of a country!"

Poking his head out of the carriage, Li Yang looked at the simple and solemn city wall in front of him, full of traces of time, and couldn't help but admire.

On top of the blue-gray round arched gate, the word Jingshi is solemnly and quaintly engraved in the city wall above the city gate.

Under the baptism of time, the two words have become a little mottled, but they do not look dilapidated at all, but give people a more and more simple and solemn feeling.

The entire city wall seems to be made of blue-gray bricks and stones, about 20 meters high, which is much higher than the city wall of Bauhinia City, the ancient capital of China.

Above the city gate, a castle tower about four meters high rises.

Unlike the modern super high-rise buildings that often give people the feeling of dozens or hundreds of meters, such a city wall gives people more of a sense of majesty and oppression.

Especially when the height of ancient buildings was not high, such walls could often put a lot of pressure on those who came to attack.

"Mr. Li doesn't know that the scale of such a city wall was not built in a short period of time, but it took hundreds of years to reach such a height."

Hearing Liyang's sigh, Guo Sheng, who was riding a horse, took the initiative to stand up and explain to him.

"Jingshi, because it is very prosperous, so we often call him Shengjing, since the previous dynasty, it has been regarded as the capital of the country."

"At the beginning, when Jingshi was designated as the national capital, the city walls here were not so high, but after the repair and height of successive generations of emperors in the previous dynasties, the current appearance was formed.

In order to attack the Beijing Division, the wrong leadership of Taizu cost a lot of money, and later after Taizu set the capital of Jingshi, he did not make much changes, and basically followed the scale of the previous dynasty. ”

When he said that Taizu attacked Jingshi, Guo Sheng's expression was full of nostalgia, as if he had personally participated in it.

"The city is mainly divided into two areas: the outer city and the inner city. The outer city is where the officials and people of Beijing live, covering an area of about eighty percent of the entire Beijing division.

The inner city is the imperial city, the royal place. Hundreds of officials went to the court, the emperor presided over the court, handled government affairs, and rested, and it was also the place where the harem concubines lived, occupying the entire Beijing Division, and it was also the center of the entire Beijing Division. ”

When he introduced the Jingshi to Liyang, especially the Imperial City, he couldn't hide the pride in it.

In this regard, Li Yang was also a little shocked.

You must know that even the largest dynasty in ancient China, after the capital of Beiping, the area of Bauhinia City was only 720,000 square meters, which was simply insignificant compared to the area of more than 160,000 square kilometers in the entire Beiping.

However, the imperial city of this world actually occupies half of the entire national capital, which shows its hugeness.

In shock, the carriage slowly drove into the city gate and into the inner city. As soon as he entered the city gate, the scene in front of Li Yang became more and more prosperous.

Li Yang's mind involuntarily came up with Liu Yong's poem Wanghai Chao, "The smoke willow paints the bridge, the wind curtain is green, and there are 100,000 families." …… The city is a jewel, the household is profitable, and the competition is luxurious. ”

And the scene in front of you is more prosperous than it describes.

Lifting the curtain of the carriage and looking out of the window, I saw that the streets were lined with shops, and the twilight of the sunset was faintly sprinkled on the red bricks and green tiles or the brightly colored eaves of the pavilions.

On both sides of the road are the faces of Ningren who are either long, elegant, fresh, or sophisticated, with sparkling cars and horses, and the flow of people is like weaving, and there is a faint penetrating shout of the traders not far away, and occasionally there is a long neighing of horses.

The whole scene is like a magnificent and gorgeous picture. Let Liyang be intoxicated and unable to extricate himself for a long time.

Just when Li Yang and Lin Manyun were still intoxicated, the carriage carried everyone, and under the scorching sun, slowly passed through the outer city and arrived at the Dongzhi Gate of the inner city.

At the city gate, a team had already stood at the Dongzhi Gate early, and when they saw the arrival of the team led by Guo Sheng, one of them who seemed to be a general hurriedly greeted them.

"Your Excellency." The person who came waved at Guo Sheng and said, "Your Majesty knows that your lord will arrive today, so let the last general wait here." ”

"General Xue has worked hard." With a polite remark to that General Xue, Guo Sheng turned around and looked at Li Yang, who had just gotten out of the carriage, "Mr. Li, this is General Xue, the commander of the Imperial City Praetorian Guard." ”

After speaking, Guo Sheng looked at General Xue again, "General Xue, this is Mr. Li Yangli." ”

Obviously, as the person who was arranged by the emperor to come to greet him, this General Xue obviously knew about the existence of Liyang, and after hearing Guo Sheng's introduction, he hurriedly stepped forward.

"The last general, Xue Maochen, has seen Mr. Li. His Majesty learned that Mr. Li had arrived today, and he was specially ordered to come to greet him, and invited Mr. Li to enter the palace for a while, and His Majesty had swept the couch in the palace to greet him. ”

"General Xue is polite." Returning a salute to Xue Maochen, Li Yang looked up at the sky and said, "Since His Majesty Ning Huang is already waiting in the palace, then let's go, so as not to make His Majesty Ning Huang wait for a long time." ”

"Yes." What Li Yang said was exactly what Xue Maochen wanted to say, and when Yang took the initiative to put it forward, Xue Maochen naturally would not refuse, and hurriedly responded: "Please Mr. Li and everyone to transfer." ”

After Xue Maochen finished speaking, he waved his hand to his subordinates, and the two carriages were led in front of Li Yang.

In order to ensure the safety of the palace and avoid unstable and uncontrollable factors entering the imperial city, all those who enter the imperial city need to change to the carriage prepared by the Praetorian Guard before entering the city gate.

Guo Sheng had already told Li Yang about this before coming here, so Li Yang did not hesitate, and took Lin Manyun into a carriage, and the other carriage was occupied by Guo Sheng.

As for Wu Qingxia, because she brought too many things this time, she had to go to buy a place to live, so that she could place the materials and money she brought.

There is also the preparation of the Jingshi store of Huaxia Commercial Bank, which also needs to be undertaken by Wu Qingxia, this time when he comes to Beijing, it can be said that his task is the heaviest, and naturally he will not waste time with Liyang to go to the palace.

Even Huang Yi and Li Yang didn't bring it, but asked him to follow Wu Qingxia's side first.

Therefore, the team that entered the imperial city, except for Li Yang, Lin Manyun and Guo Sheng, was only the bunch of Praetorian Guards led by Xue Maochen.

Under the leadership of Xue Maochen, the carriage traveled under the courtyard walls of the deep palace, and after a long time, it stopped outside a large hall.

"Mr. Li, it's here."

Xue Maochen's voice sounded in his ears, Li Yang took Lin Manyun out of the carriage, looked up, and saw a vermilion plaque hanging above the bright yellow gate of the main hall in front of him.

On the plaque, the three big characters of the government affairs hall are carved in a boxy manner, giving people a solemn and solemn feeling.

"Your Majesty is waiting in the government affairs hall, Mr. Li, your lordship, and this girl, please!"

After speaking, Xue Maochen turned around and left directly, and when Li Yang heard this, he took a few steps forward and stretched out his hand to push open the heavy door.

The creaking sound of the door opening sounded, and Li Yang looked at the door that had been opened and took a deep breath. To be honest, he was about to meet the king of a country, and Li Yang's heart was still a little nervous.

Of course, more than that, it's a sense of excitement. After all, can it not be exciting to be able to meet a living emperor. This kind of excitement has nothing to do with status, nor does it matter whether the strength is strong or not, but more importantly, it is a kind of curiosity satisfaction.

Stepping into the main hall, Li Yangyan didn't see a figure, but heard a majestic and steady voice coming.

"Haha, it's Mr. Li?"

As the saying goes, before anyone sees it, they hear it first, and it is nothing more than that!

After walking forward for a distance, bypassing a screen, Li Yang saw a tall man in a black dragon robe sitting upright.

"Worthy of the emperor." Looking at the man's clothes, Li Yang easily guessed the man's identity, and couldn't help but sigh a little in his heart.

Just sitting there, Emperor Ning put a lot of pressure on Li Yang. This kind of pressure is different from the pressure caused by the difference in strength when I first met Li Honglei.

What Emperor Ning exuded in front of him was a kind of temperament of a superior who had been in a high position for a long time and had naturally cultivated, and it was a kind of spiritual oppression.

However, when he was weak before, Li Yang was able to withstand Li Honglei's coercion, and now that he is a first-order powerhouse, he will naturally not be oppressed by Emperor Ning's power.

"In Xia Liyang, I've seen Emperor Ning!"

As soon as Li Yang spoke, the oppressive atmosphere in the real room suddenly disappeared.