Along the way, we admired the prosperity of the capital city in the 17th century, and then flew to the west of the city and entered the Forbidden City through Xihua Gate.
The reason why he did not go through the main entrance of the Meridian Gate was because it was the center of the imperial court, where high-ranking officials from all walks of life gathered, and the power of the dynasty's order was the strongest. Although he would not be suppressed because he was "one of his own", he rashly followed
If you pass over there or fly over, it will be easy for people to find traces.
I chose Xihua Gate because Xihua Gate is a relatively deserted gate in the Forbidden City. Compared with the wealthy businessmen in the east and the bustling markets in the south, there are not many people there. After all, the West City of Beiping
Most of them are from the families of powerful people. During the Tianqi period, there was already a saying in the capital city that "the south is poor and the north is humble, and the east is rich and the west is noble".
The original saying is: "The east is rich, the west is noble, the south is humble, and the north is poor. Tea leaves in the south and water in the north." This saying can actually reflect the living conditions of the old BJ people living in the old society.
After a rough walk around, Gao Jingfei discovered that the so-called "rich in the east and noble in the west" generally means that there are many rich and wealthy families in the east and west cities of BJ, while "the poor in the south and the poor in the north" generally means that there are more poor and low-income families in the south and north cities.
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In fact, it is a relative term. During this period, most of Nancheng's families were ordinary people, and there was a mixture of ethnic groups. Most of them were engaged in manual labor, but they were also more humane, and things like helping neighbors were common.
Qianmen Street in Beicheng is mostly crowded with people from all religions and nine schools, and is bustling with people who are just trying to make ends meet. The "eight famous alleys" in later generations are here, and most of the people here are engaged in teahouses, theaters, technical institutes, barbers, etc.
The pedicure service industry was considered a lowly industry in the eyes of the ancients, hence the saying.
It is also a general statement about Dongfu. In fact, many officials, big and small, live in Dongcheng. The reason why I say this is mainly because there are many warehouses in the old Beijing in Dongcheng. I think there were only thirteen warehouses in BJ City back then, and Dongcheng accounted for
There are as many as seven. There are also many businessmen gathered in Dongcheng. Pawnshops, banks and gold and silver shops are basically gathered here. From this perspective alone, the saying "Dongfu" is also tenable.
As for Xigui, it means that the people living in Xicheng are either rich or noble. It can be said that there are many palaces and official residences. Of course, this is about the middle and late Jin Dynasty and the old society, but at this time, it was also the end of Ming Dynasty.
The corresponding pattern has already been established.
Secondly, Gao Jingfei chose Xihuamen because of his luck.
Needless to say, the Meridian Gate is a symbol representing the highest power of a country. The Donghua Gate is where the imperial examinations are called, and it is also close to the Prince's East Palace. The Shenwu Gate means Four Spirits and Xuanwu, and it is the gate guarding the rear of the imperial city. These
They are all places with strong luck or densely populated areas.
In comparison, Xihua Gate is the least present among the four gates. Although there are many mansions of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, the flow of people on the street is not as much as that of the north, south and east sides. Moreover, the streets are wide and the houses are deep, which is very convenient for practitioners to use magic to become invisible.
Of course, the prerequisite for sneaking is that you can not be suppressed by the dynasty's national destiny.
So Gao Jingfei walked around the capital in a hurry, and then sneaked into the Forbidden City through the Xihua Gate. He didn't disturb anyone at all in the process, except for the moment when he entered the imperial city, the dragon of luck above him slightly lowered his eyes and glanced at him.
, but did not feel any malice, so he withdrew his "gaze".
Gao Jingfei was not familiar with the Forbidden City. Although he had visited it once with his parents, after the reconstruction of the Jin Dynasty and the repairs after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was quite different from the appearance of the Ming Imperial City at that time. Of course, the general outline is still the same.
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But he doesn't need to know the path, he just needs to identify the Qing Qi where the Luck Dragon Pillar is the strongest, which must be the location of the current emperor.
What's more, the green dragon aura is accompanied by a majestic aura of greenish red gold, which allows him to accurately identify the location of the target.
Not long after, Gao Jingfei came to a palace courtyard and saw a big umbrella placed in the courtyard. A white-faced young man wearing a light red robe with a dragon embroidered on it was sitting on a deck chair, feeling a little tired.
On the other side, there is a tall man who looks quite majestic. He is wearing a light green plain suit made of silk. This green plain suit is made of silk in summer and black silk silk in winter. It is usually encountered by eunuchs.
For those worn on major festival days or during provincial repairs, by the Tianqi period, most eunuchs had ignored the old system and chose true green and oil-green yarn instead of green yarn, lined with jade-colored yarn inside.
, taking beauty as beauty."
But this person was only wearing simple green clothes. He looked simple and nothing unusual, but he had an air of majesty about him.
I saw him saying softly:
"Your Majesty, another letter impeaching Sun Gaoyang for pretending to receive military pay!"
Emperor Tianqi, who was sitting on a recliner and wearing ordinary clothes, waved his hands after hearing this.
"I still know the virtue of my teacher, so just leave it alone!"
Wearing bright yellow to see the sky was a habit of the nouveau riche only in the post-Jin Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty and before, emperors usually wore black and red on daily basis. Even if they were crowned emperors of the great dynasties, this was not the case in every dynasty.
They are all bright yellow, so the emperor of the Tang Dynasty preferred dark yellow and bright yellow.
The only blame is Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao's mutiny. The allusion of wearing yellow robes is so famous, plus it is said so in folk operas and scripts. In fact, throughout history, most emperors in ancient dynasties did not wear yellow robes.
This rule did not gradually appear until the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty. Lao Zhu, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, was the first emperor to add a dragon pattern on his yellow robe. From then on, the yellow dragon robe was truly inseparable from the image of the emperor.
It's just that although the Ming Dynasty enforced the ban on the use of yellow among the people more strictly than the previous dynasties, like all previous dynasties, the emperor wore robes of different colors when attending various occasions. Generally speaking, the emperor in the Ming Dynasty wore black robes.
It is worn on more occasions than the yellow dragon robe.
The yellow dragon robe in the minds of later generations was not completely confirmed until the Later Jin Dynasty. Even in the Later Jin Dynasty, the yellow dragon robe truly became the emperor's first choice for public appearances on formal occasions, but cyan and black dragon robes were usually prepared.
Robe, worn on certain occasions.
Gao Jingfei, who learned about this at the time, couldn't help but secretly scolded the film and television drama production crews for their carelessness. The service was not rigorous and inconsistent with history at all. They were all shoddy in order to make quick money, while the reported expenses were...
And compared to high standards.
Understand, understand!
After hearing the emperor's words, the man in plain clothes curled his lips slightly when he heard the words. He was still a little disappointed in his heart. He threw the book in his hand aside into a red lacquered wooden barrel. There were already a bunch of similar people in it, obviously.
Prepare to be shelved or scrapped.
One thing to say here is that when modern people hear about the emperor's official duties, they think they are only reading memorials written by ministers. In fact, memorials and memorials are the names that only appeared in the Jin Dynasty. Ancient court documents and Han Dynasty etiquette have four categories:
The first is Zhang, the second is memorial, the third is table, and the fourth is discussion.
In terms of function, the chapter is used to express gratitude, the memorial is used to express impeachment, the statement is expressed, and the discussion is used to implement disagreements.
There are also shangshu and memorials, which are letters of opinion stated by the ministers to the emperor.
This year is the fifth year of the Apocalypse. During the incident, Guo Xingzhi sent a letter to the ministers to discuss the issue of Sun Chengzong's departure. In fact, many people had already impeached Sun Chengzong, the governor of Liaodong, saying that he pretended to receive military pay.
As for the Donglin Party, in April of the fifth year of Tianqi, Wang Wenyan, a member of the Donglin Party, offered and accepted bribes, and the case was discovered.
Wei Zhongxian took this as a breakthrough and arrested six people, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dazhong, Yuan Huazhong, Zhou Chaorui, and Gu Dazhang, and imprisoned them. Later, they were mutilated and died in prison. They were called the "Six Gentlemen" at the time.
At this time, the Donglin Party was in panic, and some were trying to rescue the Six Gentlemen. Although they and the pragmatic Sun Chengzong, who were strict about their reputation, both belonged to Donglin, they were not from the same group. Therefore, there were not many Donglin Party members to support the DPRK.
Sun Chengzong.
On the contrary, the important minister Cui Jingrong, the Minister of Civil Affairs, chose to support Sun Chengzong. Zhu Youxiao still trusted this teacher who had taught him, so he issued an edict to let Sun Chengzong continue to supervise Liaodong. However, the decree asked Sun Chengzong to streamline his troops and generals.
Reduce military pay.
There was really no money in the court, and the emperor was helpless. The family assets left by Master Wanli were consumed by three major levies. In fact, the royal family's internal funds were not as rich as people imagined.
If Tianqi had not appointed factory guards to inherit his grandfather's method of collecting mineral and commercial taxes, I am afraid that the Tianqi Dynasty would have gone back to the ridiculous situation of the Chongzhen Dynasty in a few years when the tea tax of a province only collected dozens of taels of silver!
At this time, the man in plain clothes picked up the next memorial, glanced at the content, and suddenly a smile appeared in the corner of his eyes.
"Your Majesty, this is the memorial to Li Lusheng from the Military Department. Impeaching Sun Gaoyang to build the Xiaoling River defense line is a waste of people and money, and it will not last long!"
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I’ve written a little more in this chapter, so don’t blame me for being long-winded.