In addition, court meetings and ceremonies are also mainly held in the South Palace. Between the north palace and the south palace, it is connected by a double road. To the west of the South Palace is the West Garden. The West Garden is the place where His Majesty enjoys. In the last year, that is, in the third year of Zhongping, His Majesty built a thousand palaces in the West Garden, dug ditches, and attracted canal water to surround each palace. Therefore, the lotus night Shu day roll, hence the name 'night Shu lotus'. Therefore, the lotus flower only blooms when the night moon is high, so it is also called 'Wangshu Lotus'. His Majesty also ordered the palace ladies to take off their dresses, hang naked, and play among the nights. His Majesty also often has a red fruit and frolicks with the palace maids, so it is called the 'Naked Tour Hall'. It's winter, and the lotus flowers must have withered; Your Majesty can't swim naked anymore. ”

Saying that, Cai Yan despised Emperor Liu Hong even more in his heart.

Ma Chao smiled: "The girl is talking, why be angry? ”

Cai Yan was a little angry and said, "The little girl continued." In Miyagi, in addition to the north and south palaces and the west garden, there are many prefectures and temples. Only the Shanggong, the Third Duke, and the high-ranking generals, that is, the Taifu, Situ, Sikong, Taiwei, the Great General, the Hussar General, the Che Cavalry General, and others, were able to open a government to administer affairs, and their official offices were called 'mansions'; The mansions of the three princes are all distributed side by side in the Kaiyang Gate. Situ Mansion is in the center, facing the Canglongque of Nangong; Sikong Mansion and Taiwei Mansion are distributed around Situ Mansion, and the three mansions are facing Nangong together.

In addition, there are arsenals, Zhonghuang Tibetan Mansion, Dasi Nongkuzang, Taicang, and left and right schools in the palace. Both Taicang and Arsenal are in the northeast corner of Miyagi, near the North Palace. ”

Ma Chao knew that the "school" and the army were inseparable, and when he heard Cai Yan mention the two schools, he asked curiously: "The left and right schools, but like the five schools, they are all garrisons in Luoyang City?" ”

Cai Yan smiled freely: "The general misunderstood. The left and right schools are the places where the prisoners are managed. It will be used as a master craftsman to build fortifications, so it will mainly be invested in the prisoners of the left and right schools. Huangfu Gui, one of the three Ming Dynasty in Liangzhou, was framed by eunuchs and punished to serve hard labor in Zuo School. ”

Ma Chao was relieved at this time, it turned out that the left and right schools were not armies, so his Xiliang Iron Cavalry of 30,000 people naturally became more weighty.

Cai Yan said: "In the palace city, there is also a city. In the city of Luoyang, there is a strict difference between the city and the square. Fences were built and curfews were imposed. Only the general Liang Ji dared to break the wall and face the street directly. There is also no market trading in the village, and you must go to the city to buy and sell. Among the Miyagi Castles, there are the three largest cities in the city, namely Nanshi, Mashi, and Jinshi. There can be lively, all the world's commercial goods are sold, and when the general is empty, the little girl can take the general to play in the three cities. ”

Hearing that Cai Yan took the initiative to invite, Ma Chao was overjoyed and said, "Okay, I'm going to disturb the girl in the future." ”

Seeing that his temptation was indeed successful, Cai Yan felt as if he had eaten honey.

Ma Chao thought about the defense of Luoyang City again, after all, he was also the garrison of Luoyang City, so he asked: "Girl, can you tell me about the city wall gate of Luoyang City?" ”

Cai Yan said again: "The outer Guo City of Luoyang City is weaker and lower than the palace city. The really tall and sturdy ones are the walls of Miyagi. The walls of Miyagi City have twelve gates, which correspond to the twelve earthly branches. There are three gates in the west city wall, from south to north, they are: Guangyang Gate, Yongmen, and Upper West Gate; There are two gates on the north city wall, from west to east: the summer gate and the valley gate; There are three city gates in the east city wall, from north to south, they are: the upper east gate, the middle gate, and the consumption gate, which is also called the Wangjing gate; There are four city gates in the south city wall, which are: Kaiyang Gate, Ping City Gate, Xiaoyuan Gate, and Jin Gate, which are also called Jin City Gate and Jin Yang Gate. Because Luoshui runs through Luoyang City, there is also a pontoon bridge connecting the north and south banks of Luoshui above the Jinmen.

Because the mountain north of Luoyang City is the main burial place for the princes and nobles, the north city gate, which is the summer gate and the valley gate, is the main road for funerals. Including the execution and beheading of Tingwei, most of them were carried out outside the valley gate, and then the corpse was placed outside the summer gate for public display.

There is also a very interesting story about that Kaiyangmen. At the time of Emperor Guangwu, Kaiyang Gate had just been built and had not yet been named. Suddenly, overnight, a pillar fell from the sky, and no one knew where the big pillar came from. Not long after, Kaiyang County in Langya County reported to the imperial court that a pillar in the south of the county was missing. Emperor Guangwu sent people to investigate in detail, only to learn that the pillars of Kaiyang County actually flew to the new city gate of Luoyang City, so it was named Kaiyang Gate. ”

Ma Chao smiled: "This story, but is it true? ”

Cai Yan shook his head and said, "Who knows? It doesn't matter if it's true or not, but it adds some mystery to Luoyang City. ”

Ma Chao asked again: "The girl just mentioned that Luoshui runs through the entire Luoyang City?" ”

Cai Yan nodded and said, "Exactly." Miyagi is located on the north bank of Naksu, and the south bank of Naksu is most of Waiguo Castle. Since most of the palace is occupied by palaces and temples, there are not many miles in the palace, and the people who live in it are either rich or expensive. In the outer Guo city on the south bank of Luoshui, there are all the alleys where ordinary people live. If you want to enter the outer castle from Miyagi, you must cross the bridge. Luoshui is also connected to a number of ditches, the most important of which is the Yang Canal. The Yang Canal and Luoshui are connected, and flow into the city of Luoyang, which can be transported. The general asked about this, but he was interested in the defense of Luoyang City? ”

When Ma Chao heard this, he couldn't help but admire: "The girl is really smart and icy. ”

Cai Yan nodded and said, "Okay, then the little girl will talk about some of the defenses that the little girl knows." Among the twelve gates of Luoyang City, except for the Ping City Gate, which is under the jurisdiction of the Guard, and the city gate Sima who is set up with 2,000 stones is responsible for guarding, the rest of the city gates are set up with a city gate of 600 stones. Each city gate is more than ten zhang wide at the widest, and only three or four zhang at the narrowest. Generally, there is only one doorway for the city gates, and there are two or three doorways for the important city gates.

Beyond each gate, there is also a pavilion. The largest pavilion is the Long Live Pavilion outside the Xia Gate, Emperor Xiaohuan and His Majesty today have stayed in the Long Live Pavilion when they entered Beijing to claim the emperor. In Miyagi, there are also 24 streets, each of which has a pavilion, headed by the chief of the pavilion, who is responsible for security and managing pedestrians.

In addition to the twenty-four pavilions, there are also capital pavilions. There was a drum in the capital pavilion to issue military orders and convene the troops. The capital pavilion controls the center of the palace city, which is related to the guards of the north and south palaces, so it is extremely important and is heavily guarded. During the Jianning period, Wang Fu Cao Jie and other eunuchs competed for power with the general Dou Wu and Taifu Chen Fan, and Wang and Cao sent troops to kill Dou Wu, and Dou Wu preemptively sent thousands of troops to seize the capital. At the beginning of the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, His Majesty also sent the general He Jin to lead the Yulin Army and other troops to garrison the capital. ”