Chapter 18 Popular Popularity
The layout of the capital of Wuguo is extremely square.
In the center is the imperial city that encloses the palace city, and on the outside is the inner city, and on the outside is the outer city that is expanded by the inner city.
The inner city is divided into four districts: southeast, northwest and northwest, and is divided by four main roads: Qinglong, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu.
The northern part of the city, the main camp of the garrison, was relatively desolate and inhabited. The west of the city is dominated by the residences of dignitaries, while the east of the city is inhabited by commoners.
The south of the city is the most prosperous, the whole Wuguo merchants gather and distribute, teahouses, restaurants, all kinds of commercial houses, basically open in the south of the city.
At the beginning, not long after the founding of the Wu Kingdom, when the world was peaceful, the south of the capital city was known as "the most prosperous in the world", and now although it has experienced the rebellion of the Emperor Ling, it is not as good as before, but it is still a prosperous place.
Coming out of the south gate of the Imperial City, you will find Suzaku Street.
The carriage walked all the way, and the dozens of brocade guards in civilian clothes behind it quickly dispersed, as if inconsequential idle passers-by, but faintly surrounded the carriage in the middle.
Outside the carriage, Gou Zhong took two brocade-clothed guards dressed as servants to follow closely from the servants, looking around vigilantly from time to time.
"Wow, the Emperor...... Brother Li, there are so many shops outside, there are all pretenses and signboards on this road, the capital is worthy of being a prosperous place in the world, much more prosperous than when it was in Yuezhou! Zhen'er, dressed as a maid, opened the curtain of the carriage first and exclaimed.
She almost shouted the wrong name, and she couldn't help but stick out her tongue playfully.
This was also the first time Li Yun had left the palace, and he also carefully looked at the surrounding environment.
In a general sense, this is all the emperor's people and industry, and the world is a family, so you have to understand it well.
What's more, if he wants the world to gather the emperor's spirit, he has to conduct in-depth investigation and research.
At first glance, Li Yun couldn't help frowning slightly.
Although there are many shops, tourists are weaving, and there are many people dressed in gorgeous silk and satin, but there are also many poor people in ragged clothes.
Pedestrians on the road can be said to be severely polarized.
More of them are civilians with dishes on their faces and wooden eyes.
There are beggars kneeling on the side of the road every once in a while, listening to their accents, they are not from the capital, according to Zhen'er, they all belong to the accent of Hedong Road.
Apparently it was a disaster victim from exile in Hedong Province.
The day before yesterday, he had just told Concubine Jin that he had asked the White Lotus Sect to drive the victims into Beijing, but he hadn't had time to do it yet.
The current beggars of the victims are only exiled in the early stage.
It can be seen how far the flooding of the river east has become.
On one side is the palatial restaurant Qinglou, and on the other side is the dying beggar victims kneeling on the side of the road.
Although many civilians did not beg, most of them were yellow-skinned and thin, with a rabbit-like panic in their eyes, and seemed to have an instinctive fear of those who were dressed in fine clothes.
From time to time, some people in fancy costumes on tall horses passed through the streets, their toes were high, and they did not even slow down when they encountered the vendors on the side of the road, but those vendors hurriedly opened their shelves to avoid it.
If you let it be slow, it will be a whip at the head.
The beating is gone, and the beaten person is accustomed to it, and he dares to be angry but does not dare to speak.
Seeing that Li Yun was intently looking at the street market he was passing by, Gou Zhong smiled proudly and said to Li Yun:
"Childe, you often live in the palace, you haven't seen such prosperity, have you? Kyoto is known as the most prosperous in the world, but it's not just talking. ”
As he spoke, he felt smug in his heart.
What a bullshit emperor, like a caged bird, has lived in the palace for three years, and he has never even seen a street market.
This micro-service visit is comfortable, just call the son, and save an emperor every day, and you have to kowtow when you meet, and hold your breath every day.
Li Yun nodded slightly and said:
"Just go to the most prosperous places."
Gou Zhong nodded and smiled:
"Yes."
After instructing the coachman at the moment, the carriage moved slowly towards Yong'an Street in the south of the city.
Gou Zhong quickly said:
"The most prosperous place in the capital is Yong'an Street, there are 66 shops of all kinds alone, more than 20 Qinglou wine shops, the most famous 'Jinghua Building' in the capital, is on Yong'an Street, that Jinghua Lou chooses Oiran in spring, summer, autumn and winter, known as the four seasons of Fanghua, attracting the princes and magnates to bend their waists."
"The chief officials of the various ministries even took the concubine at four o'clock Fanghua to be proud, and the Ministry of Rites, the scholar Xu Wen Xu Ge, wrapped up the Jinghua Building at four o'clock in the year before last, and the beautiful name is called embroidery and prolonged the year, and it is passed on as a beautiful talk......"
At this time, Gou Zhong was like a number of treasures, what was the name of the Oiran of which Qinglou, and what were the characteristics of the service of which Qinglou, and talked endlessly, which was also mixed with which minister visited the Qinglou and was caught home by his wife, which powerful person and people fought for the Oiran in the Qinglou, which Qinglou background was which high-ranking official, and so on.
Obviously, most of the news came from Jinyiwei.
Li Yun listened to it for a while, why are you a eunuch so interested in Qinglou? Is it too dry?
As he spoke, he had come to Yongan Street.
Tourists are weaving, the shops on both sides of the street are various, the donkey is riding a horse and sitting in a sedan chair, a lively and prosperous scene.
The aroma of tea and wine in the teahouse restaurant has already wafted out as soon as it arrived at the street.
There were also more people begging, with one or two kneeling on the side of the street almost every three or five steps.
Li Yun simply took Zhen'er down from the carriage and walked slowly forward surrounded by a group of brocade guards, strolling around some shops from time to time.
Gou Zhong's eyes kept turning, and he couldn't wait to find the secret stake that connected with the emperor now.
That Yanbei Dao Festival made it impossible for He Xingzu to give up like this, if he could catch the hidden pile, it would be a great achievement in front of the nine thousand years old.
Taking a step back, even if there is no concealment, an assassin is fine, whether the little emperor is stabbed and injured, or if he can catch the assassin, it is also a great achievement, and it is a profitable deal.
What kind of private interview, he understands that it is nonsense, and telling the world the identity of the little emperor can attract those flies in the dark.
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a loud exclamation in front of him, mixed with screams and curses.
Li Yunzheng took Zhen'er to buy a few fruits to eat, looked forward, and couldn't help frowning.
I saw that the tourists and passers-by in front of me rushed to make way for an open space.
A group of Tsing Yi family members were beating up a civilian man, beating and scolding.
A plainly dressed young woman was grabbed by two family members and was desperately struggling and shouting:
"Let go of my father-in-law! Don't hit my father-in-law! This is the realm of the capital division, you lawless villains! Messire! ”
Brother Gongzi, who was dressed in a fancy costume, rode on a tall horse and said with a smile:
"Little lady, don't worry, I won't kill your father-in-law, he has to live, it's interesting for you to follow me, your son Tong is just like this."
The people around looked at this scene, and they all dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak.
Li Yun frowned and asked an old man next to him:
"Uncle, why is this person so domineering, he actually robbed the people's girls on the street? Don't the patrolmen of the Southern City Terracotta Division care? ”
The old man smiled, and said:
"Anyway, what's the matter? Oh, the two masters over there are the patrolmen of the Nancheng Terracotta Division, who dares to step forward to help the woman and her father-in-law, the two inspectors will take you immediately. ”
Li Yun instantly understood in his heart how corrupt the court bureaucrats in the capital had become.
And the anger in the eyes of the surrounding people shows how deep the people's grievances are.
This is a good opportunity to gather the royal spirit!
At that moment, under the escort of a group of brocade guards, he walked out of the crowd and said in a deep voice:
"Stop."