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Zhang Palace was built in Shanglin Garden, with a circumference of more than 20 miles, with thousands of doors and thousands of households. The north of Jianzhang Palace was Taiye Pond. "It is under the north and the platform is more than 20 feet high, called Taiye Pond. There are Penglai, Fangzhang, Yingzhou, Huliangxiang Mountain in the Sea of ​​Soul Sea, and the genus of turtles and fish." There is a god west of Bimen Gate, which is fifty feet high. For the place where people worship the gold, there is a copper immortal who puts his palms on his palm and holds a jade cup to carry rain and dew.

As for the others, such as Ganquan Palace, Changle Palace, and Weiyang Palace, there is no need to say. No matter which one is, it is ten times bigger than the Forbidden City.

Later, Emperor Wu of Han set up Ganquan Garden again, which was 540 miles in radius and specially set up a commander to the jurisdiction, which was even more shocking.

The Taiwu Hall built by Shihu of Later Zhao in Xiangguo was two feet high and eight feet high, sixty-five steps long and seventy-five steps wide, and was built with marble. Under the foundation of the palace, underground palaces were dug, and 500 guards were placed. The roof tiles were painted with paint, tiles were decorated with gold, and pillars, pearl curtains and jade walls were decorated with silver. It was a clever trick. The white jade bed was placed in the palace, and tassel tents were hung, and golden lotus was built to cover the top of the tent. Nine palaces were built behind Xianyang Hall, and selected

The daughters of the scholars were placed in the hall, and more than 40,000 palace maids were all wearing pearls and jade, silk and satin. The girls learned astrology and shot the horses on horseback. They also set up female grand historians, all of which were the same as those of the men outside. One thousand female cavalrymen were also asked to serve as attendants for the chariots, wearing purple turbans, mature brocade trousers, gold and silver trousers, woven into boots with colorful colors, holding feather utensils, singing military music, and following them to parade and have banquets.

How majestic and mighty is this?

Later, it was like the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Wen of Sui set up Renshou Palace, filled the valleys and flattened the mountains and ridges. His son Emperor Yang of Sui built the eastern capital Luoyang. There were 206 Ligong courtyards around it, and Shanglin Garden was rebuilt, which was 260 miles away.

The Daming Palace and Xingqing Palace of the Tang Dynasty were all extremely huge palaces. The scale of Linde Hall and Hanyuan Hall was much larger than that of the three halls of the Forbidden City!

To be fair, compared with these giant palaces that can almost be called terrifying, the Forbidden City is really nothing. If we rank these large palace communities in ancient China, the Forbidden City may not even be ranked in the top 30. Its advantage is just because it has been preserved.

That's all.

What's more, putting aside these things, there is another Afang Palace that has never been seen before and is still difficult to come by, like an insurmountable giant peak.

To meet the standard of what Emperor Zhengde said, "the largest palace in ancient times," at least you have to jump past Afang Palace first.

This major project was chaired by Pan Jixun, Minister of Works.

Pan Jixun was not only an official, but also an excellent designer. A role similar to Yu Wen and such was the very few technical officials, and under his leadership, the Ministry of Works has a very large group of skilled craftsmen. As for national strength, of course, it was even far away from the Qin Dynasty. To achieve the goal set by Emperor Zhengde, it was really not a false statement.

To create the majestic mountains and beautiful waters within a palace, we must build a mountain, take the magnificent spirit stones of the world, move the beautiful and rare flowers and trees in the south, set up carving railings and curved thresholds, and repair pavilions and towers to show the peace and beauty of today. The Ming Dynasty is dominant in all countries!

The Minister of Works, Pan Jixun, in accordance with the emperor's will, personally supervised the construction, and flattened the original hills and hills. He dug large stones on Yanshan Mountain, dug loess around Beijing, transported them here, and recruited 1.2 million civilians, transported people and horses, and worked hard to transport boats and vehicles, and was struggling thousands of miles away. The construction began before the construction of the Yanshan Grand Chau Hall. From the 35th year of Zhengde to the 52th year of Zhengde, it only took seventeen years of hard work to complete.

Of course, many people died in the process. However, after the completion of the work of Yue, the 1.2 million people who were recruited at the beginning were only less than 400,000. But Pan Jixun did not take it seriously - he was a traditional Confucian scholar, and finally the emperor was concerned about the country and the country, such as building a country. He was extremely firm in his position and did not give in to the emperor. He worked diligently for decades to manage the Yellow River floods. He was really a Buddha in thousands of families. It can be said that Yu had not made much contribution to the Communist Party of China. However, when he presided over the construction of the Grand Palace and exhausted thousands of people to catch up with the progress, he did not care - in the eyes of him, or most feudal officials, this was what the people should do for the royal family and the court.

The scholars and officials would not care much about the lives of the people.

The current huge scale is commensurate with Emperor Zhengde's original bold ambitions. Although Liyue cannot compete with Shanglin Garden Ganquan Garden in terms of area, it is better than magnificent, majestic, and grand, like a giant mountain. It is all-encompassing and exquisite. It is a pinnacle of artificial gardens throughout the world from ancient times to the present!

At this time, the sky had just turned white, and the morning light was cold. The cold plum forest at the foot of the Shanxi Peak was already fragrant with jade buds. The petals were blooming. A cold morning breeze blew by, exuding a cold fragrance. When you sniff it gently, you just feel the depression in your heart, refreshing and comfortable.

In front of Merlin, hundreds of powerful officials were already lined up in an orderly queue.

Among these people, there were honorary relatives, and more were civil and military officials who followed him here. Those who could come here were not small officials. The young officials were thrown into the capital to do business, leaving only one or two high-ranking officials.

These people all had a serious expression, and there was a hint of excitement in their solemnity. Even if there were few people talking and laughing, they would lower their voices and whisper, as if they were afraid of hearing a few words for others.

Today is the first time that all the ministers have gathered here and attended the morning court for the first time.

After they came, after they processed the documents and memorials from the capital all day long, they had been traveling around for more than a month. Apart from a few important officials, they didn't even see the emperor's face.

But today, there was a huge event - the date of electing ten princes to rule the king.

The electoral prince is not allowed to be promoted today, but the electoral of ten princes to rule the throne is also considered his regression. The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty always liked to fight against the emperor. Every time the emperor gave in a small step, they regarded it as a big step for their own progress. Therefore, everyone is very concerned about this matter, not to mention that among these ten princes, there must be a future crown prince. To put it bluntly, this is also an investment and reshuffle of the ministers in the court. The process of taking the bet on the prince whom they think they hope to be the greatest. By now, if the crown prince ascends the throne for hundreds of years, wouldn’t he bet on the dragon’s merit?

At that time, power and wealth will naturally be within your reach.

Doing Lu Buwei's affairs has been the most profitable since ancient times.

And these court officials are not a faction or scheming. At this moment, they have already secretly chosen the people they want to support, just waiting for the picture above the court to be revealed.

Therefore, all these court officials were ready to go and had already thought about a lot of words. Once there was a change, they immediately went up to fight against each other and tit for tit.

But there are also many important officials. They are not so relaxed, or expectant.

The worry in the eyes of the chief assistant Yang Shen was always lingering. Now there are so many descendants. There are many adults. Is there a position of crown prince? Now the princes are fighting openly and secretly, forming cliques, and then the ten princes who have been identified? Those who have been excluded may not be willing, and they may still have thoughts in their hearts. However, the ten qualified princes must have a cruel and ruthless desperate battle for the crown prince's throne!

At that time, there will definitely be many parties in the court and there will be many disputes. Wouldn't the government be in chaos? Everyone will fight all day long. Today you fight me, tomorrow I will fight you, no one will do anything. But I am happy with Jiang Bin's Jinyiwei, the imperial prison will be in constant succession, and the "sacred scenery" of Zhu Zi's generation in the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties.

Did Your Majesty not think of this level? Why do you still have to act like this?

Standing behind him were the six ministers with the second highest status. These adults also had different expressions, obviously they didn't know what they were thinking.

After waiting for a while, when the time came, the responsible official sang loudly: "Meet all the ministers!"

After hearing this, the courtiers turned into bitter faces without exception.

In front of them was a step over five hundred levels!

The peak of Shanxi is as high as ninety steps. One step is five feet in the Ming Dynasty, and one foot is equivalent to the thirty-two centimeters of later generations. Ninety steps are equivalent to the 144 meters of later generations. Above this 140 meters is the Yanshan Grand Chao Hall.

The entire Wansui Shanxi Peak has become the foundation of the Yanshan Grand Palace! The foundation of the hall is as high as a hundred meters!

This is true. The front of the entire Wansui Shanxi Peak has been built into the hall foundation. It is a three-story huge stone platform, with five floors in total, each floor is nearly ten feet high. It looks like there are carved railings and jade-made on each floor, but there is no building. It is just a vermilion with red painted red tiles and a low vermilion veranda, which makes each floor as high as ten feet tall, so majestic and vast. The large court hall above these five floors look even more majestic.

It seemed that the strands of green clouds were floating on the hillside, like palaces on earth.

The character is 144 meters high. In front of the ministers, there is a huge step that is ten feet wide, hundreds of meters long, and more than five hundred levels. They are all made of white marble, three feet long, one foot high, and two feet wide. There are tall stone beasts, stone men, stone Wengzhong and other things on both sides, all about three feet high, and below them are countless great generals of the Jinyiwei holding flags, golden gourds, and various ceremonial guards. There are thousands of people standing tall and looking straight.

This is the royal weather.

Everyone took a deep breath and walked up step by step with the arduous determination of the Red Army to embark on the 25,000-mile Long March.

This group of people was walking on the long steps, and their walking speed was invisibly set off by the vast distance. Wherever they looked, the majestic and strict palaces were so wide that their edges were almost faintly hidden in the hazy square in the morning light, and the grand and magnificent buildings seemed to be oppressing with an invisible majesty.

There is no need for these great Han generals to poke here. Just the stone beast Weng Zhong on both sides of the stairs, plus the natural majesty of the environment, even these knowledgeable civil and military officials, every time they come here, they will fight in their hearts, and a sense of absolute surrender to the royal majesty arises in their hearts.

But at this moment, I feel more tired.

Most of these court officials were very old and had no chance to exercise on weekdays. They were carriages and sedan chairs in and out, and were supported by others. They had to climb the mountain now. You can imagine the crime they suffered. If it were Emperor Hongzhi of the previous dynasty, some old ministers could do it by lifting poles. But Emperor Zhengde was not this group of people.

When I got up, it was already two cups of tea. Many old ministers were so tired that they looked pale, and cold sweat oozed out. They couldn't stand any longer. The people around him rushed over and helped him, letting him breathe in a big mouthful.

As soon as I looked up, Yanshan Grand Palace was right in front of me.

Above the West Peak is a huge square with a radius of more than 500 feet. The square is covered with huge white marble slabs, and is in the middle of the square. On the three-story white marble hall foundation is the majestic temple that has been exchanged for hundreds of thousands of soldiers to die of exhaustion.

It is nine rooms wide and five rooms deep, which is exactly the number of the Nine Five Lords. The hall is 120 meters wide from east to west and fifty meters long from north to south, and ten times the area is ten times that of Fengtian Hall! It is more than twenty times that of the Supreme Hall of the Forbidden City in Lian Zining's era! The grand hall is as high as five floors, and Your Highness can erect a banner that is ten feet high!

Such a giant and magnificent palace has almost reached the peak of human architecture.

There are also many palaces built around it, and these palaces are very majestic when taken out alone. At least they are of the level of Fengtian Hall in the Forbidden City, but here it seems very low.

The scenery here is also excellent. Standing on the square and looking down, tens of millions of red plums are like a waterfall, almost occupying people's attention in a *strong and *rapist way, and a magnificent and magnificent sea of ​​flowers.

The sparse plum blossoms are decorated with jade branches, blooming in full bloom, some are as bright as the morning glow, some are as white as auspicious snow, and some are as green as jasper, forming a spectacular scene of the plum sea condensed clouds, which is very beautiful.

Further away, there is the vast geese pond, which is frozen at this time. The withered lotus and leaves also have a few different emotions. The south of the geese pond is a large slope, with dense cypress trees in the southeast of the slope, moving in thousands of branches and leaves, like a banner covering a dragon and a snake.

Many of the ministers stood here, looking at the scenery from afar, which could be considered as a relief.

After a while, the breath was almost relieved, and the ministers lined up again and walked towards the Grand Cha Temple.

The closer I got, the more I felt the grandeur. When I slowly climbed the steps, I arrived in front of the hall and stood in front of the eighteen huge dragon stone pillars each with a height of ten feet and a diameter of more than three feet, I felt even more insignificant.

Many court officials have been here for the first time, their eyes full of disbelief and horror. They just don’t believe that humans can build such a heavenly palace!

The Yanshan Grand Palace is the highest point of the entire Liyue, the core, and the meaning of its existence. It can even be said that the existence of the entire Liyue is just to set off and make the Yanshan Grand Palace more magnificent.

The ministers slowly entered the hall. The space in the hall was extremely large. Dozens of giant columns as thick as the dragon outside but gilded outside. They looked very luxurious and glorious. The golden light flowed and extremely gorgeous. When people stood below, they seemed to be standing at the feet of the legendary ancient giant god.

From the entrance of the hall to the emperor's throne, there are eight giant pillars on both sides. Unlike the Fengtian Hall in the capital, there are no four giant pillars surrounding the emperor's throne. But after the throne, there is an extra thick giant pillar with a diameter of more than three zhang, which is probably surrounded by dozens of people to carry over. This pillar stands in the center of the hall, standing up to the sky and earth, making people dare not look up. It is wrapped with thick copper plates, and outside the copper plates, there are a large number of gold-plated dragons with a thickness of people's waists and dozens of zhang long, surrounded by gold.

However, His Majesty’s imperial platform was not a platform that rose out of thin air.

The giant golden pillar was about one meter above the ground, and a dragon claw was extended, with a total of one meter in size, and it was also vivid. The dragon scales and textures on it were clearly visible, just like real. A huge golden throne was placed on the dragon claw, and the space above it was quite large, but even ten people were standing there.

Everyone was amazed when they saw it. Such ideas and casting skills were simply ingenious!

It's really incredible.

The Minister of Works, Pan Jixun, was very proud of. What he was most proud of was not how old the official was, but what new good things appeared from his hands. The idea of ​​holding the imperial throne with dragon claws was exactly what he proposed after he worked hard for several days.

It was the first time everyone came here. They looked around curiously. The hall was extremely spacious. Although countless huge palace lanterns had already lit up, making the lights illuminated here brightly. It was clear at a glance, but it still gave people a sense of emptiness and mystery, which was really too big!

After waiting for about a cup of tea, a sharp voice came: "His Majesty the Emperor is here!"

All the ministers bowed to each other.

Emperor Zhengde's carriage stopped behind the hall, surrounded by dozens of palace servants and came here. He was supported by two palace maids and followed the white marble ladder to the imperial seat. Ma Yongcheng stood still and threw a whisk: "All ministers got up."

When everyone got up, they looked at the emperor's face. It was obvious that they had left the capital. In Liyue, there were not so many troubles in the government. After changing to a new territory, they were in a good mood and were well-behaved. At this moment, their faces were rosy and their complexion was very good. It was obvious that they had recovered a lot of serious illness.

Emperor Zhengde swept the hall. Then look at the square in front of your hall. Li Yue was already farther away, and then look at the huge dragon claws below. The towering pillars around him were full of pride.

This is not the first time he has seen it. In fact, since he came here, he has to go around almost every day. Every time he sees it, he feels a huge feeling of satisfaction. Sitting here, the surrounding hall is magnificent, and all officials are surrendering. The beautiful rivers and mountains in the distance make him feel even more happy.

"It's a pity that there are one missing nations to pay tribute. If the barbarians are brought here, will they be so scared that they can't even speak when they see this?" Emperor Zhengde, who was very happy with the excellence, touched his upper lip and said in his heart. He was still feeling unsatisfied.

He looked at Pan Jixun and smiled and said, "Pan Aiqing, your Liyue and this gong hall are well built. I am very satisfied. I want to reward you very much!"

Emperor Zhengde has always been very satisfied with the civil servants, and the three words "I am very satisfied with" are already a very high comment.

Pan Jixun quickly knelt down and said humbly: "Do your best to do your best, this is the only part of the ministers, and I dare not talk about rewards."

"Hey, you will definitely reward me for what you say. Besides, I heard that in order to supervise the construction of this place, you have been here for longer than at home in the past few years. I am not an inhumane person!"

Zhengde waved his hand, and Ma Yongcheng behind him took a step forward and said with a sharp voice: "I sent an order, Pan Jixun, the Minister of Works, was loyal to the country, and devoted himself to reward 100 kilograms of platinum, 1,000 kilograms of silver, 500 kilograms of gold, 7-liang crowns, add a cage scarf, Diao Chan, set up a pen four times, and use gold to make a cicada in front and back. Give a jade belt and a jade pendant. Give a python robe!"

Such rewards include real gold and silver, python robe and jade belt, both real and representative of noble and powerful. It can be said that they have both internal and external gifts, which are extremely generous rewards. In recent years, such rewards are rare. In the past few years, when the border was victorious, there were very few rewards, which was not worth mentioning compared to this. Obviously, in the eyes of Emperor Zhengde, this palace courtyard is much more important than a great victory with foreign tribes.

Before this was over, Ma Yongcheng paused and said, "In addition, I heard that Pan Qing had a good son in his family, who was young and had great talent and was specially awarded the title of Jinshi."

"Wow!"

As soon as the words were finished, the ministers looked at Pan Jixun with different eyes, envious, eager, jealous, and all the same.

If the rewards above are not enough to make people excited, the following one is a bombshell. Who wouldn't know if anyone is well-informed here? Lord Pan is good at governing the country but not at the family. His only son was spoiled since he was a child and was ignorant. He was a famous playboy who lingered among brothels and brothels all day long. Fortunately, he was just incompetent, not cruel and vicious, and he did not do anything that was angry or resentful. It is true that he was weak in the year, but such a playboy could be regarded as the four words "excellent and talented" mentioned by the emperor, which really made people feel panicked.

And this is a Jinshi! This is equivalent to a guy who can't even win a scholar and becomes a genuine Jinshi. Note that he is a Jinshi, not a Jinshi. These are two completely different concepts and levels. Before this, although he was a Minister of Works, he was just a plain citizen and had no qualifications to be an official at all. Now, with a Jinshi, he can become an official like those scholars who have studied hard for more than ten years and decades before he passed the Jinshi!

The saying of "I'm a hero" is actually very narrow. There are few people with the second generation of officials, and there are many scum. Throughout history, this is the case. Not only is the case in the country, but other countries are also like this. There are also many descendants in the family of ministers, but at this time it was the Ming Dynasty, not the Wei and Jin dynasties, and as long as they are literati, they only have the path of imperial examinations to become officials! The father is an official, and his son cannot pass the imperial examination, and he will still be a commoner in his life!

Even the son of the chief minister Yang Shen had to honestly participate in the imperial examination. If you want to cheat and want to be compatible, that is a dream! The imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty was so strict. Once the civil service system in the future was found, it often caused a huge storm in the court! Moreover, Emperor Zhengde has always been inconsistent with civil officials. Every time during the imperial examination, the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang men went out to investigate and investigate like rats out of the cave, just to catch those who commit favoritism and fraud!

It can be imagined that with the protection of their fathers, once they become officials, they will definitely rise to the top, but what they lack is the opportunity to become officials. This shows how precious this Jinshi origin is! (To be continued...)

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