The Ganlu Hall is now regarded as the emperor's palace, and it is part of the Taiji Palace.
In fact, most of the Tang Palace still maintains its appearance in the Sui Dynasty. It is located in the north of Chang'an and occupies about one-fifth to one-sixth of Chang'an City.
The entire palace city is roughly divided into two parts. One part is the Taiji Palace complex, where the emperor held court meetings, handled government affairs, and received foreign ministers.
The inner court is where the concubines and other palace people live. It is a formal royal forbidden garden. Centered on the Qingning Palace, the queen's residence, there are numerous palace complexes distributed around it.
The palace complexes that people later became familiar with, such as the Daming Palace and the Hall of Eternal Life, were built one after another by emperors of the Tang Dynasty, but they are still missing today.
The main body of the current palace was actually built by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, during the Kaihuang period.
Yang Guang must have had a difficult time when he was the prince, and he was dissatisfied with his father Yang Jian, so after he ascended the throne, he began to build Luoyang New City. After the construction was completed, he couldn't wait to move the capital to Luoyang, not wanting to stay in Chang'an any longer.
During his more than ten years of imperial career, he left less than one-tenth of Chang'an. He liked big projects, but he never thought about repairing the Chang'an palace. He probably regarded this place as his father's inheritance psychologically, and had no interest in renovating it.
Contribute to father's achievements.
After Li Yuan entered Chang'an, he was very concerned about it. He liked to enjoy himself. Even though the world was still in chaos, he still withstood the pressure, repaired the palace and built some new palaces.
So after Li Po took control of Chang'an, he saw some unfinished projects in his home, which are still there today.
Some of the biggest unfinished projects that Li Yuan handled were not in the imperial palace. For example, the Hot Spring Palace at the foot of Mount Li was where Li Yuan came to prepare for hot spring bathing in the winter.
Hot springs and slippery water to wash away fat...that's how it came about, except that it was the beginning and end of the prodigal Li Longji, and Huaqing Palace was completed in his hands.
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Generally speaking, the current palace city has not been significantly touched since the death of Emperor Wen Yang Jian. The projects Li Yuan did were only three or four years old, and most of them were unfinished. The construction of his mausoleum was stopped just after it started.
Come down.
Several important palace complexes in Taiji Palace are basically the same as they were during the Kaihuang period.
Of course, it's the same for country bumpkins like Yu Chigong, but when you first come to places like Luoyang and Chang'an from the south of the Yangtze River, you can clearly feel the differences between the north and the south.
Li Po treated him differently. He did not hold a banquet in Liangyi Palace, but came to Ganlu Palace. In fact, he was openly telling others that he was my confidant.
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Entering the inner hall of Ganlu Hall, there were just the two of them. Li Po no longer cared about the etiquette of the emperor and his ministers, and had two tables set up facing each other, and the emperor and his ministers sat opposite each other.
Waving his hand to let people go to the dining room, Li Po said with a smile: "It's simpler without a big banquet. The main reason is that when there are more people, we can't talk well.
You have led troops abroad for many years, and I want to hear what you say about things outside. Alas, you have become emperor in the past few years, and you are stuck. You can't go anywhere, and you are far less comfortable than you were before.
What you see with your eyes and hear with your ears are all subject to limitations. You have to distinguish what is true from what is false...
People say that the frog at the bottom of the well is the frog at the bottom of the well. The emperor is the toad at the deepest part of the well. The sky is as big as the city near Chang'an. The sounds from outside come in, buzzing, but they don't sound real.
So you people, you have to be my eyes and ears. No matter how big or small something is, if you feel the need to tell me, just come and tell me without any scruples.
We have shed blood and sweat, and the world we have conquered in the past ten or twenty years cannot be ruined by some rascals, do you understand what I mean?"
These words sounded a bit pitiful, and Yuchi Gong didn't know how to reply. He also couldn't imagine how the emperor, a toad, could stay in the well.
He could only follow Li Po's words and nodded solemnly in agreement.
The food and wine were served quickly. Yuchi Gong was already hungry, but he didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Li Po. He drank a few drinks with Li Po first, and then took a few bites of the food.
Li Po didn't try to dissuade him either. Every move of Yu Chigong fell in his eyes, and he was still satisfied with it so far. Whether it was Zhang Lun and others before, or Yu Chigong now, they all had a deep feeling for him.
He was in awe and showed no signs of taking credit or arrogance.
It can be said that it is no different from the past. They come and go when they are called. The troubles caused by the heroes since ancient times have not been shown in them.
After eating and drinking for a while, Li Po finally asked about the situation in Jingxiang, and that was all. What he was most concerned about was actually the ideological trends of the generals in the army.
Yuchi Gongdu answered them one by one.
The armies of Jiangyou's various ministries can be roughly divided into three parts.
Part of them is stationed in Nanyang. Their main task in the past two years has been to suppress the fleeing remnants of Liang Jun and some local bandits. In the past two years, the people of Nanyang have been moving back one after another, and the banditry has gradually disappeared. Most of the troops were withdrawn last autumn.
Went to Luoyang for rest.
One part was stationed in Jiangxia under the command of Yuchi Gong, and was also the main force in the expedition to Lingnan last year.
This army was nearly 100,000 strong. There were not many Tang troops who went south that year, only 20,000. They were all the best among the best and stayed in the south to prepare for emergencies.
In fact, it was a counter-rebellion force that was ready to attack the rebels at any time. No one could move them except Li Jing, the governor-general, and Yuchi Gong, the commander of the army.
Some of the rest were surrendered troops from the Liang Kingdom, and some were new soldiers recruited one after another.
The other is the Jiangyou Navy, which is not under the command of Wei Chigong and is under the control of Liang Guo's surrendered generals Wen Shihong and Ning Changzhen. It is estimated that it will be dismantled soon. Most of them will be used for water transportation and Yangtze River ferrying. The elite among them may be
I will go to Jiangdu to obey orders.
Yu Chigong didn't pay much attention to the affairs of other ministries. It wasn't because he was simple-minded or lacked ambition, but because he had enough to worry about with his 100,000 troops.
In the past two years, he has been worrying about food and grass. One hundred thousand people were stationed in Jiangxia, and there were no battles. Too much food and grass was wasted. He was afraid that the emperor would cause trouble for him, but he was unwilling to ask for a reduction in the size of the army.
Very confused.
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Yuchi Gong was a little unsure about what the emperor wanted to hear, and since the emperor had led the army for many years, he would know with two ears whether the things in the army were true or false.
Just like his subordinates, which one dares to deliberately deceive him?
Therefore, Yuchi Gong did not think what he thought, and just talked about everything he had heard and seen over the years, and there was no important point.
Li Po listened very carefully and asked questions from time to time. The conversation lasted for a long time.
After more than half an hour, he had a much clearer understanding of the situation of the Jiangyou garrison.
The various garrison troops over there experienced a period of expansion after they destroyed Xiao Xian. Zhang Lun took away many of the elite soldiers who went south to destroy Liang Dynasty. The remaining ones were tightly held by Yuchi Gong.
Some went to Nanyang, and the rest were in Jiangxia.
After that, they joined forces with Liang Guo's surrendering army. In two or three years, they had completed preliminary reorganization. For example, Yu Chigong's unit had expanded to more than 100,000 soldiers.
In the long run, this will not last long. Yuchi Gong is always worried about the food and grass for the army, but it has been beneficial in recent years.
With a large army standing by as a deterrent, the local area will become more stable and more stable, which will also help Li Jing and others carry out various measures.
But this is only a temporary measure after pacifying the princes. Even considering the current situation, having more than 100,000 troops stationed in Jiangxia seems a bit redundant.
According to Yu Chigong, the Tang soldiers who went south were increasingly homesick, and he did not marry those concubines out of his original intention. They were just for show to his subordinates. He just wanted to encourage the soldiers of the Northern Army to get married and have children locally.
Homesickness.
In addition, the surrendered troops of the Liang Kingdom are relatively stable, and no one is clamoring to miss their old master or anything. After the past few years of fighting against the Lingnan barbarian village, the military morale has gradually gathered together.
In fact, the most important point is that the military discipline of the Tang army has been very perfect, from recruiting new soldiers to military formation drills, as well as daily conduct, etc., it can be said that everything is covered.
The officers and soldiers who came out of the Jin Dynasty had these things engraved in their bones. After arriving in Jiangnan, they soon influenced the surrender of the Liang Kingdom.
Yuchi Gong confidently told Li Po, "The supreme leader started his career in the army. The things he taught us are very useful. The other generals did not dare to tell the supreme leader. They only practiced these things."
, once there is a war, Jiangxia's army will never be afraid of fighting. No matter how strong the opponent is, it can be defeated.
The last general tried it when he led his army to conquer Lingnan. The soldiers were all competing for the lead. Everyone dared to fight. They wiped out hundreds of barbarian strongholds and captured more than a thousand chiefs. The army suffered very few casualties..."
At this point, Yuchi Gong finally opened up the conversation and told Li Po about the war he led his army into Lingnan last year, which also included some local customs.
While they were talking about the excitement, Queen Li Bi arrived and brought them some Li red wine brewed in the palace. Yuchi Gong was flattered and thanked them profusely.
In the eyes of these old people, Li Bi was not only the mother of a country, but also a wise general and an official who could govern a place.
And this time, the emperor and the queen came together to help him clean up his dust, which was enough to give him the face of a great general of the Zhuguo Kingdom.
Of course, no one else receives this kind of treatment.
No matter how prominent the official position is, there are not many people who can get such preferential treatment. What Yuchi Gong took advantage of was actually Yun Nei's old friend. After all, when these two got married, Yuchi Gong was the one who controlled the relationship.
Li Po glanced at his wife and said to himself, I am getting better at talking to people here. Why are you here to join in the fun? Don't you dare to say anything if you don't scare people?
Li Bi glanced back at him, meaning that if I didn't come, how could I show the honor of returning the great general of the Zhu Kingdom? It's impossible to meet him in private like this. It won't make people feel that he is being treated lightly.
The couple exchanged glances, relying on years of tacit understanding to understand each other's intentions without speaking.
Li Bi raised a glass to persuade him to drink. After drinking one glass, his beard trembled with excitement when he saw Yu Chi Gong. The effect was indeed impressive...
This chapter has been completed!