Chapter 15 Nanjing Six Hundred Years Ago

For He Xi, this question is a bit abrupt.

He came from that day to the Ming Dynasty. During this period of time, he has been serving Zhu Yuanzhang. In order to have a foothold in the Ming Dynasty. What does he want, though? But I didn't think much about it.

Because it's useless to think about it. Everything is in the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang.

If there is one who wants it, it is probably because I want to return to the afterlife.

It's just that it's not something he can decide, perhaps, the unknown life or rules that naughtily threw him here in the first place will throw him back in the next second. Or may he have forgotten him forever. This requirement is not something that Zhu Yuanzhang can do.

Except for this.

What else could He Xi want?

Want money? Nothing useful. The role of money is to be able to sell things. And now He Xi is all supported by the palace. Money is not needed at all. wants a house, He Xi also figured out Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts, and he estimated that Zhu Yuanzhang was unwilling to let him out of the palace. Even he felt that he would be under the surveillance of Jinyiwei for the rest of his life, so he wouldn't look for these boring things. To women. He Xi wanted to.

After all, for He Xi, this is probably the greatest benefit from modern times to future generations.

As long as He Xi spoke. It is estimated that Zhu Yuanzhang will not be stingy with some beauties.

However, He Xi couldn't say this. After all, he was not educated to treat women like objects. And he also thought about the impression in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, and he didn't want to be a womanizer in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

Such people always give people the impression of being unreliable.

What else is there besides? There doesn't seem to be anything left.

He Xi suddenly said, "Your Majesty, I want to go out of the palace to have a look." Look at what Nanjing is like. "It's not just about seeing what Nanjing is like, it's about seeing what the world is like. After all, He Xi is very likely to stay here for the rest of his life.

And he has been learning about Daming these days, and he has always been in the middle of the music. Get the news from someone else's mouth. It's all second-hand, third-hand information. Just trapped in the Ming Palace. Too little to see. It's not really a Ming either. What does the real Ming look like? He didn't know.

He really wanted to see the world before deciding what he was going to do.

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and said, "Okay." Tomorrow, Xu Da will return to Beijing. I'll let the prince greet me on my behalf. Come along. Take a look at the city view of Nanjing. Also take a look at my Ming military might. ”

He Xi said: "Thank you, Your Majesty. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "In private, just call me uncle." I don't have that many tracks. I'll ask Xu Zheng to bring you a thousand treasure money. Let's be pocket money. ”

He Xi immediately changed his words and said, "Thank you, uncle." ”

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang acted as if he was really an uncle. It's just that He Xi can't treat Zhu Yuanzhang as an ordinary elder after all. However, even so, He Xi is looking forward to tomorrow's trip. What did the city of Nanjing look like during the Hongwu period?

He was curious to know.

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It seems that it was because the prince knew that he was going to take He Xi to Nanjing City, and the next morning, he took He Xi out of the palace.

The prince said: "There is nothing to see in this piece. Although it is out of Miyagi, it is all yamen in front. This side is the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and over there is the Mansion of the Six Jiazongren, the Hanlin Academy, and the Qintianjian, all of which are here. Ordinary people don't come here very often. It's a little deserted and not too lively. To see the bustle, you have to walk along Chang'an Avenue and go directly to Jubaomen. It's a lively place along the way. ”

The prince turned his head as he spoke. couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Brother He, you are like this." How can you see the scenery of Nanjing. ”

He Xi barely listened to what the prince said. His attention was on one thing at the moment, and that was the horse under his crotch.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, war horses were scarce, and there were only 100,000 war horses counted at that time. It is also because of the small number of cavalry. Only then did Xu Dalingbei fail. And now ten years have passed. Zhu Yuanzhang has worked hard to govern the country in recent years and implemented horse politics. and trade with the West Passion. There are more horses in the Ming army.

Daming has no shortage of horses. The war horses in the palace are naturally excellent.

But no matter how good and docile the war horse is, it can't be controlled here in He Xi.

Before He Xi, he had never touched a horse at all, let alone ridden a horse. He never imagined that he would go out on horseback. At this moment he was trembling on his horse, not daring to move. lest a small one give the war horse a wrong hint, and the war horse will fly out, which will not be good.

He Xi said: "Your Highness, the minister has never touched horses before, so it is inevitable that he will not be adaptable. I don't know if I'm going to ride out of the palace today. He Xi said as he clutched the reins tightly, eager to tuck himself into the horse.

The prince laughed and said, "Brother He will practice horse riding well in the future." That's not going to work. Then he said to the guards beside him, "What are you doing in a daze?" Lead the horse for Secretary He. ”

Immediately, a guard stood in front of He Xi, and He Xi led the horse.

Someone led the horse, and He Xi let out a sigh of relief before he dared to sit up straight. Look at the surrounding houses.

The entire city of Nanjing was newly built. It can even be said that after Zhu Yuanzhang entered Nanjing, he began to build a large number of buildings, and the first one was only for defensive purposes. From the first year of Hongwu, the city was expanded. It's not quite over yet.

Therefore, He Xi saw that most of these palace yamen were still relatively new.

However, walking down Chang'an Avenue, I soon left the vicinity of the palace. The streets become bustling.

The city of Nanjing is not the same as the north-capital. Or that the southern cities are not the same as the northern ones. Most of the streets in northern cities are horizontal and vertical. Divide the city into neat squares. This is not the case in southern cities. The streets of southern cities are generally horizontal and vertical because of the topography of the river. There are all kinds of directions.

The same is true for Nanjing Chang'an Avenue, which is completely different from Beijing-Beijing Chang'an Avenue.

The Nanjing Imperial Palace is also completely different from the Beijing-Beijing Imperial Palace, which is located on the central axis of the Bei-Beijing. The Nanjing Imperial Palace is in the southeast direction of Nanjing City, directly connected with the outer city, from the Nanjing Imperial Palace out of the city to the southeast is not far away, is the direction of the Ming Tomb.

In this way, the Chang'an Avenue in front of the Nanjing Palace is also an inclined road. Out of Chang'an Street, cross a stone bridge. It seems that the street suddenly becomes noisy.

The prince did not have a guard of honor, because if the prince did a guard of honor, a large number of soldiers would need to come to clear the streets. However, even if the crown prince did not play the honor guard, there were many guards around him, and layers of guards were around. The distance of twenty or thirty paces around the prince was occupied by the guards.

He Xi looked at it. There are plenty of signboards on both sides of the street. It can be seen that Daming has no street management requirements, so that the signboard on the street is as high as a one-story building, and originally, most of the houses on both sides of Nanjing Street are one or two floors. Many are one-story wooden buildings with an attic on top. But above the attic, there is a big signboard. It says a certain cloth line. A restaurant.

On both sides of the street, there is a great flow of people. I met the prince and his party. And just avoid it on both sides. There was no panic.

He Xi looked from the street, from the paving on both sides. Bluestone slabs on the ground. Passing by the stone bridge. For a while, there was a feeling of being full of inadequacy.

Everything here, that kind of antique, but alive feeling, is something that no film and television city or any TV series can show.

"I'm really in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty." There seemed to be something falling in He Xi's heart. Or something is broken.

Many times, people don't see the Yellow River and don't die. Although He Xi had long realized that he had already reached ancient times. But deep down, there may not be a trace of fantasy. Like, who was he being pranked, like, this is a reality show or something.

Now I see the prosperous and vivid city of Nanjing. Just know that anyone doesn't have such a big arm to lie to themselves.

At this moment, He Xi seemed to be dead, but he also relaxed a lot.

He has come to terms with the reality that he can't go back. So let's live well in this era.

After all, 600 years ago was a reverse journey. My heart is my hometown.

"Brother He. What do you think of this Nanjing city? The prince said.

He Xi came back to his senses and said, "Not bad." "Although it was crowded. Compared with some pedestrian streets in later generations, it is still much worse. But the fireworks in the world, antique, but he has never seen it.

The prince said; "Although many places in the world have not yet recovered, but Nanjing is the imperial capital after all, and my father said that the people of Nanjing have meritorious service for my family to fight the world. Especially during the battle with Chen Youliang, the people of Nanjing did their best to support the front line. Therefore, since the founding of the country, it has been more than ten consecutive years, and the taxes of Nanjing and the nearby Taiping places have been completely exempted. After more than ten years of rest, the people also have some money in their hands, so there is this scene. However, it is only Nanjing that has such a scene. The people of the world are still tired, especially in the north. ”

"Brother He, you are from the north, is that so?"

He Xi is sighing that Zhu Yuanzhang is still quite good to the people of Nanjing. But he was asked by the prince like this. I didn't know how to answer for a while.

God is pitiful, where has he seen what the north of the Ming Dynasty is like. However, the identity that Zhu Yuanzhang arranged for him was a disciple of Dazhi Zen Master. This great wisdom Zen master has been wandering in the north. He said he didn't know what was going on in the north and no one would believe it.

He Xi was hesitant and hadn't figured out how to deal with it yet.

The prince continued: "I think Brother He has been in the temple all the time. I don't know much about the people. When I ask this, it is also difficult for a strong man. ”

"Yes." Since the prince said so. He Xi naturally got off the donkey. said: "Your Highness is right. Before the minister, he did not pay attention to the people's feelings. ”

The prince's face remained unchanged, and he still introduced the street scene of Nanjing to He Xi. But in my heart I already affirmed. This He Xi is certainly not a disciple of the Great Wisdom Zen Master, and he may not be from the north. Otherwise, how can you not know the situation of the people in the north?

Such a situation was not unexpected by the prince.

He Xi's identity, the prince has a lot of speculation in his heart. However, he got Song Lian's advice. It doesn't matter who you are. He didn't care, and asked at the moment, just out of curiosity.