Chapter 718: Hidden in the City
Turzhan introduced to us, the Shengjing Imperial Palace can be divided into three parts according to the architectural layout and construction sequence, the east road is the Dazheng Hall and the Ten Kings Pavilion built by the Qing Taizu himself, the middle road is after the death of the Qing Taizu, the successor Huang Taiji continues to build, and finally the west road, the construction time is the latest, all of the kings of the Qing Dynasty have visited the east to worship the ancestors, mainly the place to read and watch the drama and store the four libraries. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Such a large palace, only the Great Hall and the Ten Kings Pavilion were built by the Qing Taizu?" I asked with a serious face.
"After the grandfather moved the capital to Shengjing, the first thing he did was to build the palace, and a year before his death, the Dazheng Hall and the Ten Kings Pavilion were just completed." Turzhan replied in the affirmative.
"What about other places, Shengjing is so big, apart from the Shengjing Palace, has Qing Taizu built anything in other places?" Ye Jiuqing asked.
Turzhan shook his head without thinking about it, and told us in great detail that in March of the tenth year of the Mandate of Heaven, the Qing Taizu moved the capital to Shengjing, and immediately began to build the Shengjing Imperial Palace.
By the middle of July of the 11th year of the Mandate of Heaven, Qing Taizu was suffering from poisonous gangrene, so he decided to return to Shengjing by boat along the Taizi River, and it took less than a year from the beginning of the construction of the Shengjing Palace to the final death of Qing Taizu.
"Therefore, except for the Shengjing Palace, Grandpa Tai has not built any other places in Shengjing."
"The tenth year of the Mandate of Heaven is the critical juncture of the Ming and Qing wars, and the Qing Taizu actually spent a year on the Shengjing Palace, which shows that this place is even more important than the war that can determine the fate of the world in the eyes of the Qing Taizu." Xue Xinrou said thoughtfully.
"Qing Taizu has the help of gods and men, and it is a matter of time before he wins the Central Plains, compared to the gains and losses of one city and one pool, the treasure of the dragon vein of the Qing Dynasty is what Qing Taizu values more." Ye Jiuqing touched his chin and looked around at the Great Hall and the Ten Kings Pavilion on both sides of us, and a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "Qing Taizu stayed in Shengjing for a year, just to watch the completion of these two buildings, it seems that there are some other things in it......"
"Qing Taizu wants to leave a clue about the treasure of the dragon vein, and the only possible place should be related to these two buildings." I smiled faintly.
"There must not be a secret room under these two buildings, which is why Dorgon asked Dorgon to transport back what was found in the Bronze Palace." Tian Ji's eyes lit up and said.
"It shouldn't be possible." Bai Jin shook his head next to him. "The Shengjing Forbidden City has been repaired many times, especially the Dazheng Hall and the Ten Kings Pavilion, what you see now have been renovated and rebuilt, if there are any clues, it is long gone."
"There are no secret chambers underground." Turzhan is also sure of it. "The Shengjing Imperial Palace has been repaired on a large scale because of the problem of water accumulation, and the ground has been dug up and there is nothing."
"That's strange, since Qing Taizu wants to leave the secrets and clues of the dragon vein treasure, this is the only place that can be used, if there is no secret room here, why would Dorgon let Dorgon return here?" The palace lord looked puzzled.
"What should we have overlooked, there must be other reasons why Qing Taizu chose the capital in Shengjing......" Ye Jiuqing suddenly looked at Turzhan. The location of the Shengjing Palace was also chosen by Qing Taizu? ”
"Yes, after Qing Taizu climbed the mountain to overlook the panoramic view of Shengjing, he decided to build a palace here." Turzhan said, pointing to the mountains in the distance behind us. "There shouldn't be any mystery in the Great Hall and the Ten Kings Pavilion, if I have to say anything, I will remember one thing."
"What's the matter?" I asked.
"After the grandfather selected the location of the palace, the Dazheng Hall and the Ten Kings Pavilion were designed and planned by him, and on the day of completion, the emperor issued a decree to the Khan, requiring the kings of later generations to have three no's to the Shengjing Palace."
"Three no's?" Ye Zhiqiu looked curious. "Which three don't."
"No tree." Turzhan pointed around us. "Didn't you notice that you can't see a tree here, not even flowers and plants, this is the rule set by the great grandfather, in the area of the Great Hall and the Ten Kings Pavilion, not a single grass or tree is allowed."
"You can't plant trees...... Why is that? "I looked around with a frown, and sure enough, there was no grass or trees here." Since there is no dark room underground, planting plants and trees will not have any effect. ”
"What else?" Xue Xinrou asked.
"Don't change." Turzhan continued to speak to us unhurriedly. "In the area of the Great Hall and the Ten Kings Pavilion, all the architectural layout and furnishings, including the planning of the road, were designed by the great grandfather himself, and the kings of later generations were required not to change them in the slightest."
"I've also heard of this, even if the Shengjing Palace has been repaired many times later, this ancestral system has always been observed, although the buildings you see today are not original, but everything here still maintains the original appearance of the original construction." Bai Jin said.
"Even the bricks and stones on the ground are fired according to the size of the originals." There was a hint of pride in Turzhan's voice. "More than 300 years have passed, but this place is still exactly the same as when Grandpa Tai built it."
"What's not the last one?" Tian Ji asked.
"Let me guess." Ye Jiuqing touched the stubble on the side of his mouth and smiled meaningfully. "No."
"You, how do you know?" Turzhan was taken aback, but at the same time nodded and said that the Qing Taizu had asked the future kings not to build any buildings here, so the layout of the Shengjing Palace could be divided into two parts.
The first part is the Great Hall and the Ten Kings Pavilion built by Qing Taizu, while the other buildings were built one after another after the death of Qing Taizu, but none of these buildings affected this area.
"For a long time, many people have been speculating about the reasons for the three no's of the great grandfather, but the opinions have not come up with a single reason, and it is estimated that only the great grandfather himself knows." Turzhan said.
"How do you know if it's going to end up being unrepaired?" I asked Ye Jiuqing.
"The front is not a tree and does not change, the purpose is obvious, Qing Taizu wants to maintain the original appearance here, and strongly requires and even issues a sweat edict, it can be seen that in the heart of Qing Taizu, how important the pattern here is, since everything here cannot be changed in the slightest, in the end, of course, it is not allowed to build other buildings in this area, so as not to destroy the pattern of the Great Palace and the Ten Kings Pavilion." Ye Jiuqing replied with a faint smile.
"Dad, since you can think of not cultivating, then with your experience, why did Qing Taizu set these three no's regulations?"
"It turns out that Qing Taizu hid the secret here......" After listening to Ye Jiuqing's explanation, I suddenly realized.
"You thought of it too." Ye Jiuqing looked at me with a smile.
I looked back at this area back and forth, and after the Qing Taizu set the capital in Shengjing, the first thing he did was to build the imperial palace with his own hands, and also designed the Dazheng Hall and the Ten Kings Pavilion, and even stayed in Shengjing for a year in order to supervise the project.
Qing Taizu was so eager to build the palace, I guess he knew that his limit was approaching, and he wanted to pass on the secrets and clues of the dragon vein treasure as soon as possible, but he was worried that the ancestors of the Bai family would find out, so he had to use the construction of the palace to hide people's eyes.
But Qing Taizu should know very well that these clues will disappear with the passage of time sooner or later, he will not leave the clues in the building, no matter how they change, the pattern of the palace will not change.
"Qing Taizu did leave clues and secrets here, but it is not related to these buildings, and there will be no dark room underground." I said to the others with a faint smile. "The big hidden in the city, is the layout! It is the layout of the Shengjing Imperial Palace, and the Qing Taizu hid the clues in the layout of the Imperial Palace. ”
"That's why Qing Taizu set the Khan edict of not trees, not changing, and not repairing, just to ensure that in the Shengjing Imperial Palace, he personally built the pattern of this area." Ye Jiuqing nodded and said.
"Clues hidden in the layout?" Tian Ji scratched his head and said in confusion. "How can there be clues hidden in the architectural pattern?"
"Where can I see the architectural plan of the Shengjing Palace?" I hurriedly turned around and asked Turzhan.
"On the west road, there is a palace thumbnail exhibition hall." Turzhan replied as he led us to the exhibition hall.
There we can see the whole picture of the Shengjing Imperial Palace at a glance, and Turzhan tells us that the thumbnails here are meticulously miniaturized to scale, exactly like the Imperial Palace.
My eyes fell on the area built by Qing Taizu, as Tong Tuerzhan said, the entire Shengjing Imperial Palace is completely divided into two parts, the Qing Taizu built the Great Palace and the Ten Kings Pavilion in a rectangular area, the layout is not cumbersome, the Great Hall is in the middle, on both sides are the Ten Kings Pavilions distributed side by side, there are five pavilions on the left and right.
After watching it for a long time, he didn't see any clue, and Turzhan next to him stopped talking.
"Do you have anything to say?" The palace lord asked.
"It's really strange to say, you don't mention the layout of the palace today, I forgot about it, my ancestors have been staying in Shengjing, it is said that when the grandfather built the Shengjing Palace, he was indeed very concerned about the layout of the palace, during the construction of many times climbed the mountain to overlook the panorama of the palace, and after coming back, he changed it repeatedly, saying that the ancestor values feng shui, but listening to what you said before, I guess the grandfather does want to pass on some news through the palace pattern."
"But you can't see anything special in the thumbnails?" Xue Xinrou frowned and pondered.
"Qing Taizu was very old when he built this place, since this area was designed by his own hands, why not change it on the design drawings, and have to work tirelessly to climb the mountain and look into the distance?" The palace lord muttered to himself.
"Because you can only see what you can't see on the drawings if you look down from above." I hurriedly turned to Turzhan and said. "Please take us to the place where Qing Taizu looks down on the palace."