(Happy New Year’s Eve everyone, may you get rich, bring your tickets! (˙︶˙))
"Erlang, where are you going now?"
Chen Xing drove a carriage marked by the Yongkang Palace to pick him up. The carriage also contained a cart of gifts arranged by Zhang, including silk damasks, dried fish, bacon, paper and pens, etc. Chen Xing said that he would get a lot of money to buy these.
Huaiyu silently recorded another piece of Li family affection in his heart.
"Go to the Xuancheng Palace in Jinchengfang, Xicheng."
The leader of the Wu family is the warrior Xun, Duke Ying of the current dynasty. He was once the minister of the Ministry of Industry and is now sent out to inspect the history of Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor. The warrior Xun has four brothers. He ranks fourth, and there are three brothers above him.
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When the Wu family started their army from Long, the warrior Xun and his eldest brother, the second brother, led many of their clan members to join the expedition. The third brother, Shi Rang, stayed in the countryside to take care of the family. After the founding of the country, the eldest brother, the warrior, was granted the title of Duke of Xuancheng County and was awarded the title of Sinong Shaoqing.
Manage the Forbidden Garden. The second oldest scholar Yi was granted the title of Duke of Anlu County. He was initially the Hucao of the Prince of Qi, followed by Yuanji Town and merged with the prefecture, and now he is the Zuocheng of Yizhou Xingtai.
The rank of Samurai Leng is not low, but the job is relatively easy and he has no real power. For a landowner who comes from a poor family, this rank is still very good now.
He is also the patriarch of the Wu family. Huaiyu first went to visit his cousin, the patriarch.
"Good." Chen Xing is familiar with Chang'an, and he drove a horse-drawn carriage from the east city to the west. "There are one hundred and eight lanes in Chang'an City, eleven north-south streets, and fourteen east-west streets. I know them all very well, even those crossing over
I am also familiar with the sidewalks of Lingpo."
Even the upper east and upper west districts have to be subdivided. The high areas occupying 9,293,94 earth beams are the areas that noble officials and wealthy families compete for, and the rest of the flat land and lowlands follow.
On the 92nd day, the dragon is seen in the field, and this place is planned to be the imperial palace, the residence of the emperor. On the 93rd day, the gentleman is Qianqian, and this place is planned to be the imperial city of Baisi. On the 94th day, it may be leaping into the abyss, where dignitaries, merchants and merchants gather here.
Chen Xing is very eloquent.
In this square is the residence of brothers Xu Shixu and Xu Luoren. These Xu brothers are also related to your Wu family. It is said that Ying Guogong's last career was the captain of the Yingyang Mansion in Taiyuan. Xu Shixu was his superior Sima of Yingyang Mansion. After the Conglong Uprising,
He was also one of the heroes of Taiyuan Yuanmou. He was granted the title of Duke of Zhending County, appointed as the Minister of Sinong Taifu, etc., and now he is the governor of Yuzhou.
"Brother knows a lot!" Huaiyu said.
In the southwest corner of this square, Empress Wei of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is buried. At the north gate is the Han Dynasty Garden, which is the tomb of Prince Wu Shi Tangdi. In the square, there are also Taiqing Temple, Kaishani Temple, Huichang Temple, Leshani Temple, Ruisheng Temple, etc.
"Did you know that Bailuyuan is not the Bailuyuan in your Sanyuan, but the Bailuyuan in the southeast of Chang'an? During the Han Dynasty, the Bailuyuan in the east of Chang'an was huge. Later, it was slowly divided by rivers. Today, the Shaolingyuan in the west of Bailuyuan was also there before.
Part of Bailuyuan.”
Keep Huaiyu in mind.
The upper southern area from the south of the imperial city to Xingshan Temple and Xuandu Temple is mainly populated by craftsmen, merchants, and handicraftsmen who serve the royal, aristocratic, and government officials of Chang'an, as well as the floating population who come to Beijing to be selected, take exams, and so on.
"Every time during the Double Ninth Festival, the common people in Chang'an like to go to Leyouyuan to climb mountains. However, it is usually very desolate there. Apart from farmland and vegetable gardens, there are only a few houses. Apart from temples, there are Taoist temples."
The city of Chang'an is huge, towering, and majestic, but it is also cold and even depressing.
As for Nancheng, it is a civilian area, while Xia Nancheng is a place where no ghosts go, a remote suburb.
The reason for this situation is also very simple. Firstly, when Yang Jian was planning and designing, some people were too greedy for success and directly enclosed too much land. It was more than twice the size of the old Chang'an City. There was no room for such a large place.
With Jinguangmen Street as the boundary, Yanshou, Guangde, Huaiyuan and Huaide buildings on the south and west side of the street are of lower quality than Jincheng, Yanzheng, Liquan and Buzheng buildings on the north side.
Your Wu family has a good relationship with the Xu family. After Erlang visits the Duke of Xuancheng County later, he can also stop by and visit the Xu family."
In the Tang Dynasty, when transportation was inconvenient, most people's daily living radius did not exceed five miles. It would take twenty or thirty minutes to walk five miles.
At the same time, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was very happy about his success, so he built a new capital."
Chen Xing reminded him that the Xu family and the Wu family were both fellow villagers of Bingzhou, and they both started out as powerful men in Bingzhou. They should have had a good relationship in the past. They had the same background and the same experience, and even their status in the court was similar now.
"Jinchengfang was originally the site of Bowang Garden in the Han Dynasty. When the new capital was built in the early Sui Dynasty, the people divided the land for construction and dug gold in the ground. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty thought it was a sign of harvesting the Jincheng, so he named it Jinchengfang.
Therefore, two-thirds of Chang'an City is actually in use, and many of them have not yet been completed and occupied. The most lively places are still concentrated in the northern half. The east and west cities surrounding the imperial city are filled with nobles.
They are the homes of officials, and in the squares at each city gate, most of the farmers in Chang'an live, farming in Nancheng or outside the city.
While driving the carriage on Chang'an Avenue, he did not forget to introduce to his brother-in-law, "This Chang'an City was built by Emperor Wen of the previous Sui Dynasty. Originally, the former Chang'an City was at the foot of Longshou Mountain. It was inherited from the Han Dynasty Chang'an City.
In the early Sui Dynasty, the old Chang'an city was small. Especially for hundreds of years, residents in Chang'an city used seepage wells to drain sewage, which led to groundwater pollution and water difficulties. It is said that Yang Jian even had a dream in which sewage turned into a flood and submerged Chang'an city.
The sixth line, leaving Chang'an City, is in the area of Shaolingyuan. This place is called Kanglong, and it belongs to the end of the six lines. Things will rise and fall when they reach their peak. Therefore, after the death of emperors and senior officials, the transition from yang to yin, and many Gaoling tombs are buried here.
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What's more, this city is only about forty years old now, and it has also experienced turmoil during the change of dynasties. Therefore, the current Chang'an is actually not as crowded as it was at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the emperor's great cause.
Before entering Chang'an, Huaiyu thought that this Sui and Tang Dynasty Chang'an city, which covers an area of more than 80 square kilometers and is twice the size of Han Dynasty Chang'an City and half Ming Dynasty Beijing City, should be very flat. Unexpectedly, there are actually mountains here.
Although the water pool is entirely on the original site and is about ten meters higher than the surrounding area, there are still six protruding loess beams on the original site.
This Chang'an City is indeed quite special. The closed squares, wide streets, dirt streets, and very few pedestrians all show that this Chang'an City is not prosperous and lively, but rather a bit restrained everywhere.
"In those days in Taiyuan, your Wu family was very rich selling timber, while the Xu family was very rich selling horses outside the Great Wall. Both of your families were powerful locals in Taiyuan. They became rich in business in the late Sui Dynasty, and then entered Yingyang Mansion, and raised troops from Long. Both of them became members of this dynasty.
Your honor."
There are still ten or so squares, and there are only some temples and a few common people.
"So Yu Wenkai, the chief eunuch, was appointed to design the new capital. Yu Wenkai chose the site on Longshou Plain south of the old Chang'an City. This Dragon's Head Plain was in the Han Dynasty. It is said that it was also called Longshou Mountain. For hundreds of years,
, slowly became the same."
There are four or five squares in Xicheng that occupy the end of Tuliang 9293. Jincheng Square is only worse than Yanzhengfang to the east because Yanzhengfang is close to the Imperial City.
After Yu Wenkai selected Longshou Yuan to build the new capital, he also took great pains to use the six original mounds and lay out the layout according to the six lines of the Qian hexagram of the Book of Changes.
Three major temples and temples occupy this 95-year-old supreme hill.
Chen Xing was a slave born in the Li family. He was born in Chang'an and grew up in Chang'an.
Therefore, although Chang'an is large, there are not many livable places, especially those princes and officials who are concentrated in the Shangdongxi District around the imperial city.
It is a long distance from Pingkangfang in the East City to Jinchengfang in the West City. It would be very inconvenient without carriages and horses. From the East City Wall to the West City Wall, it is nearly twenty miles away.
Therefore, when planning the original plan, Yu Wenkai planned Xingshan Temple and Xuandu Temple there, with one Buddha per line, sandwiching Suzaku Street on the Ninth Five-Year Plan, each occupying a whole square of land, only for gods and Buddhas.
Inhabited by people, it continued eastward to Leyouyuan, and Qinglong Temple was also built in Xinchangfang.
Those houses further south are actually ghost houses. Except for the low loess walls, there are actually no homes inside, just farmland, vegetable gardens, or even wasteland. Even the villas of nobles and relatives will not be built in Xuandu Temple.
to the south.
His younger brother Xu Luoren led the troops in the inner camp of the King of Qin. Together with Duan Zhixuanhou Junji Qiaogui, they were known as the four old princes of the shogunate. They were companions who grew up together in martial arts. On the fourth day of the sixth lunar month, he was said to be one of the nine generals of the Xuanwu sect. I heard
He is about to be reused, probably as a garrison general to guard the Xuanwu Gate, and he may also be granted a public title.
Why is the ghost market in Chang'an located in Xuandu Temple? In addition to the fact that there is a natural cave in Xuandu Temple, it is also because this is actually the southernmost boundary of Chang'an City.
The tall locust, poplar, elm and willow trees on the road are both majestic and indifferent.
In particular, the markets are all concentrated in the east and west cities, which further shows that the economy is backward, not prosperous enough, and there is no street shop situation.
The road was far away, and the wide Chang'an Avenue was deserted. Two high walls separated the streets from the streets. There was no scenery to see, so he chatted with Chen Xing about Chang'an City.
"The highest point in the whole of Chang'an is undoubtedly the Longshou Yuan on Chujiu, which is in the palace garden. There is also Leyou Yuan on Wujiu. Its highest point is seven feet higher than the lower part of Chang'an. Leyou Yuan
There is Qinglong Temple on top, and from the top of the high tower of Qinglong Temple, you can overlook most of Chang'an City."
According to Chen Xing, the princes, nobles, nobles and famous families in Chang'an basically occupy the squares where the two high hills and earth beams are located, 9394, especially concentrated on the east side, which is higher.
Yang Guang then built the Eastern Capital and moved the capital to Luoyang, taking many people with him from Chang'an.
Chang'an City is a three-dimensional city. The horse-drawn carriage is constantly going uphill and over ridges as it travels.
The fact that the samurai lives in Jinchengfang also shows that although his status is not as good as those of the old Guanlong nobles, the four surnames of Guanxi and other wealthy families, he is still pretty good among the new rich of this dynasty.
"Does Erlang know the origin of the name Jinchengfang?"
The first high slope, the ninth day of the lunar month, is the place where Qian Long Teng Yuan is located. It is planned as a forbidden area. It is also outside the Xuanwu Gate of the north gate of the palace. Guards have always been stationed there, and it is also the royal forbidden garden.
On the Guanzhong Plain, it is said that the dragon head is the trace left by the black dragon, which is the foundation for the true dragon emperor to set the tripod, and has unique advantages in Feng Shui.
"In short, Yu Wenkai took a fancy to Longshou Plain, so he built the new capital on Longshou Plain and named it Daxing City. This Dragon's Head Plain is more than three feet higher than the original one. The original one is not a flat river, but there are
The six undulating hills, from northwest to southeast, were regarded by Yu Wenkai as the six lines of the Qian hexagram in the Book of Changes. He planned Daxing City according to the lines of the Book of Changes...
Longshou Mountain is sixty miles long, with its head entering the Wei River and its tail reaching Fanchuan. The head is twenty feet high and the tail gradually becomes smaller, reaching a height of five or six feet. The soil is red and hairless.
Jinchengfang belongs to the end of Jiuer. It is not high, but it is much higher than the nearby Lotus Pond and other depressions.
But think about it, it has only been about forty years, and dynasties have changed in the meantime. It is normal for the residents of Chang'an City to be dissatisfied. After all, Yang Jian built Chang'an City. After Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he spent the entire country's efforts to build the eastern capital of Luoyang and moved the capital away.
Chang'an has a large population.
And even now, it has been nine years since the Wude reign of the Tang Dynasty. The dozens of squares south of the city south of the Nine-Five Gaogang are still all farmland.
"You need to look at the status of a family. You can know the status of a family by looking at where they live in the east or west of the city, which neighborhood they live in, and whether they live in a high place. Anyone who lives in a high place has a high status."
"Under the emperor's feet in Chang'an City, no matter the princes, common people or traders and lackeys, they all care about Feng Shui. Why do they say that the east is noble and the west is rich? It's because these six high hills are low in the southwest and high in the northeast. This is Feng Shui. Therefore, Prince Qi, a distinguished family member,
They all live in the east of the Imperial City.
It takes half an hour to go from east to west by carriage.
There are more than a hundred Taoist temples and nunneries in Chang'an City, occupying half of a square. There are even large vegetable gardens and orchards in many squares in the upper city. This shows that Chang'an City has an insufficient population. This city
The planning is very advanced and there is a large area of idle land.
Chen Xing's words once again surprised Huaiyu. According to what he said, although Chang'an City has been under construction for decades, it has never been completed.
It has just been built.
Jiuwu is the supreme land, a perfect location for flying dragons in the sky, and mortals cannot live there.
When the city was built, it was only laid out according to the terrain and not bulldozed.
After all, his brother, the warrior Xun Na, was one of the seventeen heroes of Taiyuan Yuanmou. This was Li Yuan’s version of the hero of Lingyan Pavilion. Lao Wu was Li Yuan’s absolute confidant. He had one family, one country and two counties, and his status was the same as that of Anxing Gui’an Xiuren.
The two brothers are almost the same.
Chen Xing suggested.
Now, shortly after the war, Chang'an City is pretty good like this.
If you live in the west of the Imperial City, it will be worse."
This is not even a normal city, everyone is surrounded by the royal court, court ministers, and noble officials serving.
"What's the story?" Huaiyu asked.
Basically, it is bounded by the line of Xingshan Temple, Xuandu Temple, and Qinglong Temple. The area of nearly 50 square meters to the south is also surrounded by a 1.7-foot-long rammed earth wall, but there are actually 39 square meters.
The land is still completely farmland, and even farmers don’t live there.
As the saying goes, provincial officials dislike the distance, and wealthy families laugh at the distance.
Huaiyu sat on the carriage, watching the dust raised by the wheels of the carriage and the rammed earth walls on both sides of the wide street, and couldn't help but fall into thinking.
"Xuancheng Gongfu is not bad in Jinchengfang. Jinchengfang and Yanzhengfang in the west of the city are also on the Jiuer high hill. However, these two squares belong to the end of Jiuer, with the head in the east and the earth beams are not high.
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The Xu family comes from the famous Xu family in Yingchuan. For several generations, they have been princes and generals of Guanlong.
Such a background is undoubtedly worth walking around.
After all, people are divided into groups and birds of a feather flock together. It is easier for the same people to stay warm together.
Separated from Liquanfang to the south of Jinchengfang is the West Market.
Jincheng got its name because gold from the Han Dynasty was dug out of the ground. Liquanfang is said to have been named after seven underground springs were dug out during the construction of this place. Those who drank from it recovered from their illnesses. Even in the Sui and Tang dynasties, the emperors gave special
Palace servants were assigned to the workshop to fetch water and deliver it to the palace for drinking every day.
