It was the first day of October in the sixth year of Qianning, Luoyang, the autumn air was crisp and clear.
Du Hong led the horse and walked slowly along the First Street East of Dingdingmen Street.
Outside Mingjiao Square, there was a constant flow of cars and horses. The carts were carrying all kinds of household items, such as desks, beds, rope chairs, tables, gold and silverware, blankets and the like.
After a little inquiry, I found out that they were all purchased from Ruzhou.
Ruzhou has wood drying kilns and deep mountains and old forests. Recently, many carpenters have gathered. One person leads several apprentices, working day and night, and it is extremely busy.
Du Hong came from Ezhou and passed through Liang County and Linru. He saw too many scenes like this. They often lived at the foot of the mountain, built a shed, purchased wood from the wood drying kilns built by the government one after another, and made Furniture and tools. It is indeed tiring and hard work, but it makes a lot of money.
I heard that King Xia was very satisfied with this phenomenon and gave a new word to define it: forest industry.
The walls of Mingjiao Square have also been built, and the entrance and exit are guarded by Tutuan villagers recruited from Henan County. King Xia ordered that Luoyang City be divided into two, Henan County governs the east of the city, and Luoyang County governs the west.
Mingjiafang is now the residence of high-ranking officials and dignitaries. Among them, the biggest official should be Song Le, the governor of Heyang. According to rumors, he will be one of the prime ministers of the new dynasty in the future.
The Song Residence is located in the northwest of Ming Jiaofang. It was built on the former site of the residence of Song Jing, the famous prime minister of the Empress Wu and Xuanzong dynasties. It has pavilions, pavilions, bamboo waves, rockeries and flowing water, and winding paths leading to secluded areas. Duandi is a good place, and it is very suitable. Song Le’s identity.
King Xia treated his old man Yuan Cong really well.
Mingjiafang also housed two officials slightly lower than Song Le, namely Zhao Jue and Wang Ban.
Zhao Jue was the military envoy of the Zhongwu Army and the governor of Xuzhou. He lived in the residence of Cui Qiao, the former Yinqing Guanglu doctor and the Minister of Rites.
Cui Qiao was named Minghui, his great-grandfather was Junshi, and his father was Cui Rong. He was the second son of Cui Rong. Qiao's eldest brother Yu Xi was a doctor in the Ministry of Rites. His father and brother had not yet entered the history, so Qiao moved to Zhongshushe. People at that time called him "the three brothers". ", the glory was at that time. He was in the Ministry of Water, Ministry of Yu, Kaogong, among the four doctors in the Ministry of Officials, promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and passed away in the ninth year of Tianbao.
Cui Qiao's residence was the residence of a county official. Although only half of it was left, the foundation was still there. After it was rebuilt, it was given to Zhao Jue.
What does this mean? Du Hong thought thoughtfully, Zhao Jue would probably be able to get the title of Duke of the County in the new dynasty. If he compares himself with others, can he get the title of Duke of the County? I'm afraid it will be difficult.
Ezhou has few people, few soldiers, and few money. It has been attacked repeatedly by Yang Xingmi and is in dilapidated state. It would be good to have a county boss.
However, the envoys who came to deliver the order revealed privately that what Zhe Zongben did was not honest, and the King of Xia also scolded him. In order to express his apology, he would be given the title of County Marquis as an appeasement in the future, that is, Gongcheng County Marquis. Food supply for 1,500 households.
At present, there are several county marquises: Zhao Lu, the Marquis of Fushi County, Zhang Jun, the Marquis of Yangxin County, Guo Shaobin, the Marquis of Wei County, and his own Gongcheng County Marquis.
It can be seen that the county marquis class is used to place surrendered people who have troops or territory in their hands. Du Hong does not think there is anything wrong with being a county marquis. He is called the military governor of Wuchang, but in fact he is the governor of Ezhou. The name of the county prince is consistent with the truth.
That's fine. If you take advantage that you shouldn't take, you will inevitably be jealous of the old people in Kansai, and your life will be very difficult. If not, it will bring disaster to the family.
Dingdingmen Street, one of the main streets, has also been renovated, with many locust trees and willows planted on both sides.
After passing a large locust tree that was transplanted from somewhere, we arrived at Yirenfang.
There are also people coming and going outside the gate. Some people are transporting materials for building houses and roads, some are transporting various clothes and musical instruments, and many servants who are obviously musicians come and go.
Du Hong's eyelids jumped.
King Xia recruited people from all over the world to serve in Taichang Temple in Luoyang. Although he used the name of Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, anyone with a discerning eye knew what was going on.
Du Hong took two quick steps and continued heading north, soon arriving at Chunhuafang.
Chunhuafang is also where officials gather.
Hu Zhen, Ge Congzhou, and Wang Tan lived in several larger houses, all of which were awarded by the King of Xia. There was also a smaller house, which was given to a Guangsheng Army general named Chen Zhang, who was said to be very brave.
, every time he ascended the battlefield first, he could still gallop his horse to fight with others, so he was given a house.
Those who are rewarded with a house are the lucky ones. It is not easy to get a piece of land in Luoyang nowadays. I heard that some people have gone to the homes of ordinary people who lived in Luoyang during Zhang Quanyi's time to discuss business. It can be seen that they are all trying to squeeze in.
New residences are already being built in the ruins cleared out of Chunhuafang. But the speed is very slow, probably because a large number of manpower has been diverted to repair the palace city. Maybe, after some time, King Xia will directly reward him
The land was given to the rewarded heroes, and the meritorious officials were asked to find people to build their own houses.
After Mingjiao, Yiren, and Chunhua, the fourth square, Anyefang, arrived.
The walls of the square had not yet been built, and the whole square was almost a construction site. Du Hong turned in and walked all the way.
"This man with a stick, whose house does this belong to?" The first thing he saw when he entered the house was a mansion covering an extremely large area. It was almost completed. It was not easy to think about it with your toes. Du Hongla
An old man who was standing by the road and looking around asked.
The old man glanced at him.
Du Hong immediately reacted and introduced himself: "A certain Du Hong from Jiangxia also lives in Anyefang. I came to Luoyang for the first time today. My family and I have all settled in the west post house. I have nothing to do, so I came to take a look."
"It turns out he is an official." The old man saluted and said, "This house..."
After saying that, the old man fell into memories, as if he was remembering something.
"Zhang Weng..." Du Hong said softly.
"During the imperial dynasty, this was originally the residence of King Huo Yuangui." The old man sighed and said, "After the Anshi period, it was reduced to ruins. Now it has been rebuilt and its scale is even greater than before."
Du Hong was a little anxious. Why couldn't this old man get to the point for a long time?
"I heard that this house was given to Shao Siwu, the eldest son of King Xia." The old man said: "There are rumors among the people that the eldest son of King Xia will get married next year. Over in Dunhuang, a large team has come to live in the Forbidden Garden and sent a large number of rare treasures.
There are rare treasures, horses, cattle and sheep, hundreds of men, women, boys and servants, and people of all kinds."
"That's it." Du Hong suddenly realized.
The eldest son of King Xia, the prince of the new dynasty, married the daughter of a vassal commander. No wonder he was so grand. I heard that he also merged several surrounding houses, making them larger than before.
But - is it too high-profile? The old man said that this house has exceeded the size of King Huo Li Yuangui's mansion.
"Zhang Weng, who owns this mansion?" Du Hong asked, pointing to a large mansion diagonally opposite.
The old man looked at it and said, "Didn't you see the plaque hanging there? That is the residence of Chen Changshi, Prince of Xia."
At this point, he fell into memories again, and after a while he said: "Before this, it was the residence of Li Shizhong of the Zhongzong Dynasty."
Li Shizhong was Li Huaiyuan, Empress Wu, prime minister of the two dynasties of Zhongzong. He was born in the Li family of Zhao County and was given the title of Duke of Zhao County.
Du Hong took another look and felt that it was similar to Song Lezhai in Mingjiaofang, which showed that the status of the two was similar to that of the other. Although it seemed that Chen Cheng had more power, after all, he actually controlled the seven states of the Xuanwu Army.
It was the richest and most populous territory under King Xia's rule.
"Du Guanren's house is further to the east. It is an old house that was newly built. It used to be the palace eunuch of Xuanzong's official council, the governor of Guangling County, and the private residence of Wang Yi, the Minister of Household Affairs." The old man continued.
"Thank you for the advice." Du Hong saluted and asked, "I wonder what the man with the stick is called?"
"I was an official before. I don't want to mention the past. My brother was Wang Situ during the late emperor's time." The old man replied.
Du Hong was not sure who "Wang Situ" was, but after much deliberation, he was the only one named Wang Duo. However, such a character actually moved to Luoyang? Could it be that he came here during Zhang Quanyi's time?
"Master Zhang, it's about to start a new dynasty, and dignitaries and dignitaries are coming in droves. As the saying goes, one dynasty is the emperor and the other is the ministers..." Du Hong said.
The old man stretched out his hand to stop Du Hong's words, and sighed: "I'm old, and I'm used to the changes in this world. Wealth, power, and power are just like that. The weather changes, and it makes people sad to talk about it. But everything in this world is like that.
Even if there is a banquet, there will be an immortal dynasty, and a new dynasty will be established. As long as you treat the people well, it is not bad. I have been an official in the Tang Dynasty all my life. When I am old, how can I serve in the new dynasty again? I have many children and grandchildren, and I am also afraid of death.
You can’t even do it during the Death Festival of the Tang Dynasty. Just think about what you want and live out the last few years in peace.”
"The stick man is a real person." Du Hong said with a smile.
He didn't know how many people had the mentality of the old man, but he thought there should be a lot of them. The feudal towns had been divided for more than a hundred years, and loyalty had only become like this.
"I heard that many court officials have been demoted to Lingnan and central Guizhou recently. Are there any old acquaintances of Zhang Weng among them?" Du Hong asked again.
Specifically, Lu Kuang, the Minister of the Ministry of War and Tongping Zhangshi, was demoted to the Haiyang Order of Chaozhou; Sun Xie, the Minister of Zhongshu, Tongping Zhangshi and the number one scholar in the Xiantong period, was demoted to the Sima of Hezhou; Wang Pu, the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment, was demoted to
Cui Yuan, the Minister of Household Affairs, was demoted to Qianzhou Biejia; Su Jian, a member of Zhongshushe, was demoted to Gaozhou Dianbering...
This major demotion was due to rumors that Chang'an was moving the capital to Luoyang. Later, Xiao Qu, the minister and Tongping Zhangshi, really proposed to move the capital to Luoyang, and said that many palaces in Ziwei City had been built, which could be used by saints, concubines, and princes.
The princess lives.
Needless to say, this aroused huge opposition in the DPRK.
Normally I just tolerate some things, but this time I really hit the bottom line. I went to Luoyang and was put under the nose of the traitor and played between the hands of the traitor. Can anything good happen?
At the same time, they also realized that some things had reached a critical moment.
In the past, Shao Shude cherished his feathers and did not interfere too much in government affairs, leaving them a certain amount of space. But this time it seemed that he was planning to break up the relationship. As a somewhat loyal Qingliu who prided himself on being upright, they stood up without hesitation.
Opposed to moving the capital and denounced "treacherous ministers".
Obviously, this will not lead to any results.
This major demotion is just the beginning, and there will be repeated purges until all the ministers loyal to the saint leave the center.
Moreover, the relocation of the capital is already a certainty and cannot be changed.
"Old acquaintances?" The old man smiled and said, "There are indeed a few of them. They bid farewell to the saint with tears last month."
Du Hong remained silent.
"I can't do what they did, but I long for it." The old man sighed and said, "In the Tang Dynasty, there are not many countries left."
