Chapter 15 Luojing City
All the way non-stop, Zhou Yi and the others quickly entered Luojing City.
Even Yi Chahan and the others had seen the magnificence of Yuan Dadu, and they were shocked by the big city in front of them. The Luojing City, built by the Qinling Empire at the height of its power, covers an area of hundreds of square kilometers. With a population of more than one million and a thriving industry, the city is full of life with its bustling crowds.
There are 12 gates evenly distributed on one side of the city wall on one side of it, and 48 city gates on all sides, which are garrisoned by 4 city gate commanders with 50,000 soldiers each, and are called city guards.
Go inside and then go to the inner city again, the inner city usually lives are the emperor's relatives, the princes and nobles and the civil and military officials of more than five grades, live in a square on the four central axes of the city, a total of 12 city gates, each inner city wall is four, by the inner city commander led 80,000 soldiers to garrison, called the garrison.
Living in the center of the city is the palace city, which is distributed in the central departments of the imperial court, is the office of civil and military officials, the palace city only three city walls open nine city gates, weekdays by the nine gates of the commander in charge of 30,000 Yulin army responsible for defense.
And the innermost leaning against the palace city wall is the imperial city, which is the emperor's court meeting and living place, and there are no less than 100,000 eunuchs and maids in it, which is several times larger than the scale of the Forbidden City in Beijing in the previous life, and is guarded by 30,000 guards in charge of the emperor's internal affairs office.
Except for Xu Huai, who had been to Luojing City, almost none of them had ever seen such a magnificent ancient city as Luojing. Even people like Zhou Yi, who have seen a modern big city, have never imagined such a magnificent ancient giant city.
However, this is not the time to rest and wander, and he doesn't care about sightseeing, so Zhou Yi led the way to the inner city after asking passers-by and found Jiang Lifu's mansion.
"In the next week, please see Jiang Zhangyuan. This is a greeting post, please inform!" Jiang Lifu stepped forward in front of the door, Zhou Yi stepped forward to hand over the greeting post.
"Oh, it turned out to be a scholar of Zhou, please wait a while, the little one will pass immediately!" The little guy who guarded the door must have also heard of him, and when he heard the words, he looked up and down and found that the person who came was indeed like the momentum of the master, so he hurriedly bent down and saluted and hurriedly entered the door to report.
After a while, the middle door of Jiang's mansion was opened, and Jiang Lifu walked out with a few people laughing in a scribe's robe, and kept arching his hand as he walked: "Haha, the old man estimates that you should also arrive!
If it is not for the presence of elders, relatives of the emperor, high-ranking officials or saints, this middle door is only opened when the mansion welcomes the marriage and marries the eldest woman. In a position like Jiang Lifu, it is even more like only the Holy Dao sage will open the middle door to greet him when he visits.
Although Zhou Yi didn't know the mystery in this, Zhao Min and the others were different, and from the fact that the specifications of the gate were very similar to Dayuan, she could see the respect contained in Jiang Lifu's move.
"Brother Zhou, Jiang Zhangyuan opened the middle door, but he was a little polite to you!" Seeing that Zhou Yi didn't express any excitement, she hurriedly reminded softly. Although the voice was soft, Jiang Lifu still heard it, and couldn't help but glance at this smart-minded girl in surprise when he heard the words.
"Jiang Zhangyuan is so generous, the younger generation deserves it!" Zhou Yide reminded and hurriedly bowed down to thank him.
Jiang Lifu stepped forward, grabbed his arm, took him and strode inward, and said with a smile as he walked: "Haha, Master Zhou, don't be humble, the old man opened the middle door not to welcome you, but to welcome the Five Classics of Enlightenment!"
Zhou Yi was confused when he heard this, what are the Five Classics of Enlightenment? Could it be the "Three Character Classic", "Disciple Rules", "Zengguang Xianwen", "Family Motto" and "Sound Law Enlightenment"!
"Jiang Zhangyuan's words have been awarded, and the books written by the younger generations should not be so praised by the master!" Thinking about the reason, he hurriedly spoke humbly.
After a pause, Jiang Lifu turned his head with a smile and said: "Is it praise, this is a literary name recognized by Shilin and preached by the Holy Dao, is it an old man's casual joke! Although you are modest, but this deserved literary name must be taken seriously!"
"Oh, Zhou Yi is taught!" Hearing this, although he was still humble on his lips, he couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart. If you copy the real scriptures in the Tao, wouldn't you be sanctified and ascend in the day!
Of course, this is just a joke, the road has to be walked step by step, the meal has to be eaten in one bite, if there is no foundation to blindly plagiarize, this step is big, and it will also pull the egg.
After some greetings, Jiang Lifu and Zhou Yi were in front, and Zhao Min and others followed closely into Jiang Lifu's study.
Xu Huai took the others and went to rest without mentioning it under the guidance of the people in the house. followed Zhou Yi, only Zhao Min's father and daughter were three.
Entering the study, Jiang Lifu saw that these three people were inseparable from Zhou Yi, and secretly thought that they must have an extraordinary relationship with Zhou Yi.
"These old men are a little clumsy!" Turning his head to look at Zhao Min and the others, Jiang Lifu took the initiative to ask.
Without waiting for Zhou Yi's introduction, Zhao Min made a lady's salute and introduced herself softly: "The little girl Min Min Temur, I have seen the master of the courtyard! This is my father, this is my eldest brother Kukut Mur!"
"Chahan Temur has seen Lord Shangshu!" "Along the way, Zhou Yijiang Luo Jing wanted to see everyone in detail, this Jiang Zhangyuan is the head of the Rite Academy, and it is also the Imperial Rite Department Shangshu. The relationship between Zhao Min and Zhou Yi is self-evident, everyone can see the relationship between the two, and naturally they can follow Zhou Yi to call the head of the court. But the two Chahan are not from the Holy Way, and they can only call him according to their official face.
"Kukut Moor has seen Lord Shangshu!" Wang Baobao clasped his fists and bowed to Jiang Lifu.
"Master Zhangyuan, the three of us are all followers of Master Zhou!" Min Min introduced himself as a follower after the three of them introduced themselves.
Seeing Zhao Min's stunning appearance, coupled with his intimate words and deeds with Zhou Yi, how could Jiang Lifu not know the relationship between these three people and Zhou Yi. This little woman is Zhou Yi's confidante, and those two are his old Taishan and his eldest brother! Laughing and bowing, he didn't talk about it, but just smiled ambiguously at Zhou Yi, which made the latter embarrassed.
"Can this journey be smooth?" After sitting down and serving tea, Jiang Lifu asked.
Zhou Yi pondered for a moment, decided not to mention the matter of Xianyu Wende, nodded and said: "With the care of Lao Zhangyuan, this road is quite smooth!"
"The opinions that Zhan Likong conveyed to you are actually the meaning of the old man and Meng Zhangyuan of the Literary Academy. However, the news came a few days ago that you did a good job in Chuyang City. Now, you are the leader of the Southern Shilin, and you are burdened with the hope of the Southern Shilin! In Luojing, even the empire can be called a decisive giant of the Holy Dao. Originally, the old man was still a little worried, worried that your rank was too low to bear such a reputation. But I didn't expect you to break through to the university scholar rank in Chuyang City, and you are even a bachelor who is exempted from the assessment by the Holy Dao!
Speaking of this, Jiang Lifu is honored, this Zhou Yi is a person of the Rite Academy, the higher the achievement, the more it represents the accuracy of his vision, and the future achievements of the Rite Academy are limitless.
Zhou Yi was about to be modest for a few words, he waved his hand and continued: "You are now a scholar with a scholarly degree, and you have the same literary rank and fame as the old man, and the old man looks at the handwriting on your holy path stone tablet with a faint gold, presumably the holy path cultivation is better than the old man." Therefore, in the future, you should no longer call yourself a junior. There is a precedence in hearing the Tao, and there is a specialization in the arts, and that's it! Isn't that what you yourself say!"
"Master of the courtyard, no!" Zhou Yi didn't want people to say that he was neither big nor small, and he despised the Holy Dao seniors, so he hurriedly stood up to stop him when he heard the words.
"There's nothing you can't do! You sit down first! The old man still has something to say!" Jiang Lifu stretched out his hand and pressed him to sit down, and then said: "According to the previous discussion between the old man and Meng Zhangyuan, I thought that your rank was too low, and I wanted you to stay in the local area and continue to lead the army, and then enter the court until there was a breakthrough in the ranks." Now that you are a university scholar, it is a pity to be in the army again, I don't know what you think?"
Before this attack, he also wanted to consolidate his power in the army, but the matter of Teacher Huangfu and Min Min gave him a blow to the head. The military academy has deep roots in the army, and the strength of one or two legions is really not enough in the face of such a behemoth. Even so, it is better for him to enter the court as an official, and wrestle with them in this Luojing City. Dismantling the forces of the military academy from the root, one day it can be hated with blood.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yi raised his head and said, "I want to enter the court!"
"Okay! Hehe, it really lives up to the old man's expectations!" Jiang Lifu was overjoyed when he heard this, and he also wanted to let Zhou Yi enter the court as soon as possible and consolidate the power of the Rite Academy. "You also know that the old man is in the middle of the court in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and when he is old, in addition to remembering the matter of the Rite Academy, there is only the only thing left to climb the holy path! Since you are willing to enter the court, the old man will inform Meng Zhangyuan tomorrow, go to see His Majesty together, and give you the post of Shangshu!"
In this court, many holy court forces converge, and there are many entanglements of interests. Zhou Yi rashly waited for this high position, and he would inevitably be in a hurry, but please ask the head of the courtyard to shelter Zhou Yi from the wind and rain for another period of time, it's good!" Knowing that what Jiang Lifu said came from the bottom of his heart, once he climbed the holy path, many things in the world would be less attractive to them. But he was a young man, and he suddenly ascended to the position of the six books, which is equivalent to immediately entering the pavilion, how can he figure it out!
"Oh, what do you think about yourself?" Jiang Lifu pondered for a moment, and then realized that he was indeed a little in a hurry just now, and asked Zhou Yilai to remind himself that he was really old and faint!
"In charge of the courtyard, is there still a vacancy in the ministry?" Zhou Yi didn't answer and asked, where can he talk nonsense about this kind of thing.
"The left waiter of the Ministry of Rites is vacant! This is a very good position, ranking second in the ministry, the old man has always had nothing to do and does not go to the ministry, but he can let you go! If there is anything, the old man's book can also shelter you from the wind and rain in front! Very good, very good!" After thinking about it carefully, he felt more and more that the position of this left waiter was indeed more suitable for Zhou Yi. After all, he is too young, and it is a good thing to temper himself in the position of Zuo Shilang. In addition, Zhou Yi's Shengdao University scholar position is placed there, and this kind of literary position is handsome, and it is customary to worship the scholar as a minister. Now that he has succumbed to the position of the waiter, no one will tell him.