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   Chapter 527 524 [Imperial City Towering]

  Before moving into the Forbidden City, Zhao Han received news about the Qing dynasty.

   The information is a bit slow, and it is already old news half a year ago.

  In April of this year, the Beishan savages gathered a crowd and went southward, killing Sauron's troops directly, and even ran to the Sakhalian's department to plunder. The Qing sent cavalry to pursue, but only touched the tail, and finally had to use 2,000 cavalry to go deep into the Beishan area to mop up.

   Beishan is the Outer Xing'an Mountains.

  Beishan savages are a general term, specifically referring to the aborigines living in the Outer Xing'an Mountains, East Siberia, and the coast of Kamchatka. They have very wonderful deer cavalry, or infantry marching on deer.

  The Sauron tribe generally refers to the indigenous people of Heilongjiang, and specifically refers to the Dahaner, Oroqen, and Ewenki peoples.

  The Sauron tribe belongs to the Eight Banners of Dashang, which is a tribe dedicated to collecting pearls and hunting furs for the Manchus. When the Manchu Qing lacked bannermen, they would ask Sauron to donate warriors, which made the population dwindle.

  Now that Manqing is exhausted, even the savages in Beishan know about it, and took the opportunity to rob Sauron's troops.

  Although Dorgon sent 2,000 cavalry, he ran to Beishan to help Sauron's troops recover their position. But for Sauron's department... you might as well not come!

  The outer Xing'an Mountains were too far away, and the Manchurian cavalry could carry very little food, and the military rations had to be provided by Sauron's department. The Sauron tribe, which had already been robbed badly, had to raise food for the Manchurian cavalry, but the spoils they got back had nothing to do with them.

  The Sauron tribe was first plundered by the Beishan savages, and then blackmailed by the Manchurian cavalry.

  The tribes of Sauron, who dared not speak out, sent two envoys successively to Gaizhou to take refuge in secret. They asked the Datong Army to attack the Manchus as soon as possible, and Sauron's troops would also take the opportunity to raise troops.

  Ethnic groups in the Northeast have been suffering for a long time.

  If there is no Datong Army, they can only suffer in silence, after all, they have been suppressed countless times. Now that the Datong Army is in southern Liaoning, they have once again given birth to a glimmer of courage to resist.

   Deep winter.

  Zhao Han sat on the imperial chariot, took the harem and the inner and outer courts, and several teams moved to the Forbidden City together.

  The southernmost city gate was changed from "Daming Gate" to "Datong Gate".

  It is very simple to change, just turn over the plaque and re-engrave the words on the back, and it can save a piece of high-quality wood for the plaque.

  This kind of practice is really normal. Yuan Shikai became the president of the Republic of China and felt that the "Great Qingmen" was very inappropriate. Let the craftsmen take off the plaque and engrave "Zhonghua Gate" on the back. The craftsman turned the plaque over and saw, good guy, there was already a word on the back, and the words "Damingmen" were engraved impressively.

  After entering the Datong Gate, there is an urn in the shape of a man's penis.

  The ministries and divisions of the imperial court center work on both sides of Tintin. Officials cannot enter the Ding Ding Weng City directly from the Datong Gate, because the Weng City already belongs to the Royal Road.

  The root of Ding Ding is "Chengtianmen", and the name has not been changed, because after passing through Duanmen and Wumen, there is also a "Fengtianmen".

  Fengtianmen was changed to Yingminmen.

  The combination of the two gates means "inheriting the sky and responding to the people".

  On both sides of the imperial road from Chengtianmen to Meridian Gate, on the west side is the Sheji Altar, and the Emperor Temple was also built. To the east is the Ancestral Temple. Zhao Han added the Temple of Heroes and Martyrs. The sacrificed heroes guarded the Ancestral Temple and received incense and offerings together with the Ancestral Temple.

   There are two large gardens on the south side of Sheji Altar and Taimiao.

   Today, there is an elementary school in one garden and a middle school in the other. This is a school within the imperial city, officials from various ministries are not allowed to enter, but students who accompany the prince to study can enter.

  The real Forbidden City is within the Meridian Gate.

  In the center of the Forbidden City are three main halls, with Wenwu Buildings on both sides. Outside on both sides are the Wenhua Hall, Wuying Hall and other halls, where the cabinet ministers and Zhongshushe people work.

  To the north of the palace, there are east and west palaces.

  These buildings are further north, surrounded by city walls, where is the emperor's harem.

  The area of ​​the harem is about one-third of the entire Forbidden City, less than one-tenth of the entire Imperial City.

  So now I understand why so many female officials and maids are recruited, right?

  In the imperial city, there is an inner court, and there are many institutional offices. In the past, eunuchs and court ladies were in charge, but in the future it will be in charge of female officials and court ladies. Most of them, even if they stayed and refused to leave, they would work in the imperial city all their lives, maybe they would never enter the Forbidden City once, and they might never even see the emperor.

  Most of the female officials and court ladies in the imperial city are pure hired workers, and their address is different from that of private workers. If the five-year contract expires and you haven't been promoted, then you can leave with your salary and go back to the folks to find a good family to marry.

  The current manpower is actually not enough. The total number of female officials and court ladies should be more than 3,000.

  If Zhao Han’s descendants follow Daming’s example and come up with elephant and leopard houses, then the number of employees in the Imperial City will continue to increase. For example, the elephant room staff are a group of animal breeders, including lions, tigers, elephants, giraffes, and so on. At first, they were auspicious signs brought back from Zheng He's voyages to the West.

   Hundreds of officials followed the emperor and concubines and entered through Datong Gate together.

   There are not many such opportunities. Only when there are large-scale activities, such as offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, can officials be lucky enough to enter and exit the Datong Gate. Usually, even if you go to court, you have to go around in a big circle, with many twists and turns, which increases the majesty and mystery of the imperial city psychologically.

  Pass through the Meridian Gate and Yingmin Gate (Fengtian Gate) all the way, and you will come to the square where film and television dramas often appear.

  Usually in the morning court, hundreds of officials lined up here, waiting for the time for the court to arrive, and then divided into civil and military classes to enter Fengtian Hall.

   "Fengtian Hall" was changed to "Jingtian Hall", the function has not changed, it is a place for holding court meetings or important gatherings.

   "Hua Gai Dian" was changed to "Zhimin Dian", where the emperor reviewed the memorials—the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties liked to work in the Qianqing Palace, and only read memorials related to sacrifices in the Huagai Dian. In addition, this is where the emperor rested and napped before going to court.

   After the two main halls were renamed, they seemed to have changed all of a sudden, but scholars all over the world must know their origins.

   All from "Shangshu"!

   "Heaven cannot be trusted, my way is only King Ning Deyan, and the sky cannot be explained by King Wen's orders."

  God’s favor cannot be relied upon. Only by continuing to promote King Wen’s benevolent government, will God not take back the mandate that fell on King Wen.

   "Strict Gongyin is afraid, the destiny is self-sufficient, governing the people is only fear, and dare not be peaceful."

  Be respectful and reverent, govern the people according to the mandate of heaven, work hard, and dare not waste it, so that the country can continue.

  Changed to "Jingtian Temple" and "Zhimin Temple", which means "respecting the sky and protecting the people" conveyed by "Shangshu".

   That is: those who are emperors and officials, don’t feel that the Datong court is destined. The way of heaven is unpredictable and the destiny of heaven is impermanent. One should be in awe of God and be kind to the people. One must govern the country conscientiously in order to always be favored by the destiny and keep the country safe and peaceful.

   Respect the sky, worship the sky, the difference between one letter and the connotation are very different.

  The Jinshen Hall of the three main halls, Zhao Han did not change the name. This is the place where the emperor changed his court clothes, the place where the queen and the prince were registered, and it was also the place where the emperor temporarily rested.

  Zhao Han took his family straight to the harem, and the female officials and maids also went to their respective places. As for the officials, they were taken to visit the familiar site, and then left through Donghua Gate.

   "Father, this place is so big!" Zhao Kuanghuan followed Zhao Han, his eyes rolling around.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "From next summer, you and your younger siblings will study in the schools in the Imperial City. Prodigy children from all over the world will be your classmates. Even if you can't compare with those prodigy children in knowledge, you must not be discouraged. Because those prodigy children , are your future subjects. The better they are, the more talents you can use."

   "Oh." Zhao Kuanghuan didn't pay much attention, he thought he was very smart, and he would definitely not lose to the so-called child prodigy.

   Empresses and concubines moved to the Forbidden City, and immediately felt what a harem is.

  The emperor has his own Qianqing Palace, and the queen has her own Kunning Palace. The combined area of ​​these two palaces directly accounts for a quarter of all the sleeping palaces, and the queen's status is very obvious.

  The concubine took the prince and daughter to their own residences.

  Zhao Han stayed in Qianqing Palace to familiarize himself with the environment. Li Xiangjun asked: "Your Majesty, in the future, will you review memorials in Qianqing Palace or Zhimin Palace (Hua Gai Palace)?"

   "The Hall of Governing the People." Zhao Han didn't want to use the palace as an office, so he left after a few minutes of walking anyway.

   You don’t need to take a car, it’s just like a walk, you can move your body.

  Nowadays, there are not many concubines, and even none. At noon, Zhao Han called the concubine and children, and ran to the inner garden on the west side of the concubine's bedroom. While eating to fill his stomach, Zhao Han enjoyed the scenery of the garden.

  All are southern garden buildings, pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, no matter which concubine can come to play.

  As for the Dashan Hall in the Nanjing Imperial Palace in the Ming Dynasty, it was originally a place for the royal worship of Buddha. But I'm sorry, Zhao Han respects Buddha, but he doesn't believe in Buddhism. It was converted into a royal library.

  The library of Wenhua Palace, officials can go to read. Only the royal family can read the library here, and collect the rare things that the emperor likes by the way.

  Fei Rulan ate, smiled and said: "If you have time in the afternoon, why don't you go for a walk in the outer garden together. Let's all walk around, don't move in, but you're only wandering around in the harem."

   "Good idea." Zhao Han immediately agreed.

  The outer garden is outside the Forbidden City and inside the Imperial City.

   That piece of land was occupied by many dwellings due to the collapse of the city wall. When the Nanjing Imperial City was rebuilt, some illegal residential buildings were cleaned up, and they were given land to build houses by Xuanwu Lake. But there are also many illegal residential buildings, Zhao Han ordered not to disturb them, which directly reduced the size of the imperial city.

  The people who were not forced to move out now often feel emotional, saying to everyone: "Your Majesty is benevolent and righteous, protecting the residences and shrinking the imperial city. I have never seen such a holy king since ancient times."

  After visiting the outer garden in the afternoon, Zhao Han climbed up to the tower of the imperial city, looked at the shops and private houses outside, and looked back at the palaces inside the imperial city, and finally felt another taste of imperial power.

  Lonely and widowed, the heights are extremely cold.

  Here is the concentration of the emperor's majesty, and it is also the cage where the emperor is imprisoned.

  As the founding emperor, I would definitely go out if I wanted to. But the future emperor might not be able to run around casually, at most he would go hunting in the Zijin Mountain, or go out of the city to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth.

  Once you run too far, it will definitely be a waste of time and money, and it will be dangerous. Civil officials will try their best to dissuade you.

  (end of this chapter)