After Qi Xuansu left Ye Xiu's mansion, he was not in a hurry to leave this city within a city.
Except for Yujing, every prosperous town has such a settlement of poor people, which will not change due to changes in the world.
The reason why Yujing is an exception is that Yujing is a city of pure Taoists. There are only three types of people in it: Taoist priests, spiritual officials, and Taoist people. Needless to say, Taoist priests and spiritual officials are all people with special skills, each with their own unique skills.
In terms of errands and livelihood, I dare not say that I am rich and powerful. At least I have enough food and clothing to maintain a minimum of dignity.
What's more important is the unified planning of Yujing. In name, all the houses and palaces in Yujing are owned by Daomen. There are no private houses. Tianjitang among the nine halls is responsible for maintenance and repair. Including Da Zhenren, they only have the right to use, not ownership.
Power, so everyone is leasing, but the lease period is very long, the longest can be as long as a hundred years.
Furthermore, Yujing stands on the top of Kunlun. Even if someone envies the prosperity of Yujing, they cannot climb up. Daomen can easily control the population of Yujing.
However, other towns are not as blessed as Yujing. They are all located in plains and thoroughfares, where the population naturally gathers. It is easy for cities within cities or shantytowns outside Bohai Prefecture to appear.
At this point, even the Imperial Capital is not immune.
In the early years, the Imperial City had a square outline and only nine city gates. The city's central axis started from Zhengyang Gate in the south, ran through the Imperial Palace, and reached the Bell Tower in the north.
In the early years of the Wei Dynasty, when the country was strong, Emperor Taizong took the offensive against the Golden Horde tribe and led his army to the north five times, but the problem was not yet obvious. Later, the strength of the Wei Dynasty declined, and the Golden Horde army attacked the city many times. By the Ming and Yong years,
Some officials suggested building an outer city with a circumference of about 80 miles around the imperial capital for security purposes.
The construction of the outer city began in the 32nd year of the Ming Dynasty. Since the southern suburbs were relatively prosperous at that time and there were the royal altars Tiandi Altar and Sheji Altar, the outer city was built from the south line first. However, not long after the construction started, it was difficult to complete due to lack of funds.
To continue.
As a last resort, the imperial court could only change the plan and build only the southern wall. The other three sides would be built later when money was available. The length of the southern wall was also reduced from the originally planned 20 miles to 13 miles.
, bends to the north and meets the two turrets in the southeast and southwest of the inner city.
Since only the southern part of the outer city was built, the outline of the imperial city later formed a "convex" shape from the original character "口". The lower part of the character "convex" is the outer city, and it is also known as the "outer city"
The name is not worthy of its name. It is not outside the inner city, but to the south of the inner city. Therefore, the outer city of Imperial Capital is also called "South City".
By the end of the Wei Dynasty, although no cities were built on the other three sides, there were still a large number of people living there.
When Daxuan took control of the imperial capital, he finally completed the remaining East City, West City, and North City, changing the "convex" shape into a "hui" shape. Today, the outer city is mainly composed of ordinary people, and the inner city is dominated by ordinary people.
The layout is dominated by the residences of distinguished officials and major government offices.
Compared with today's Imperial Capital, Yujing still maintains the "convex" character pattern of the old Imperial Capital due to its terrain. The upper part of the character "convex" is "Xuandu", which has the highest terrain.
The lower part is "Yujing", which has a lower terrain.
As for Jinling Mansion, due to the terrain, it is very irregular. Not only can it not be described with a specific word, it is not closely related to the word "Fangzheng", and it does not even have a clear central axis.
It is said that this was built according to the astrology of the Three Walls and the Twenty-eight Constellations, combined with the geographical pattern of Jinling Prefecture, where the tiger sits on the dragon's disk, and is surrounded by mountains and rivers. It changed the old square or rectangular system of the capital wall in the past and became a combination of Kanyu's astronomical phenomena and natural geography.
A model that is unique.
Generally speaking, the old city of Jinlingfu is located in the southeast corner, where the people are densely populated, commerce is prosperous, and a large number of workshops are also located here. The residences, top restaurants and hotels of the powerful and wealthy businessmen are located in the southwest of the old city.
The old city is also called the inner city, and outside it is the outer city, which is equivalent to the outer city of the imperial capital. The northwest part is where the black-clothed military camp is located, which contains a large number of barracks, granaries, warehouses and military craftsmen's workshops. You cannot enter it for free.
The city within the city is located between the military camp and the inner city. Like the entire Jinling Mansion, it has an extremely irregular shape.
what does that mean?
This means that this place can actually become a distribution area for bulk goods, and it is even uniquely endowed. This is not Qi Xuansu's random guess, but there is some truth to it.
Before Daxuan, sea trade was not prosperous, so the prosperous areas of Jinling Prefecture were mainly concentrated along the Qinhuai River, facing inland. The northwest part near the river was slightly empty, and even the coastal line was not prosperous. Most of them were fishing villages.
Nowadays, sea trade has become the bulk of the trade, and it is more convenient to go directly along the river to the sea. If we go along the Qinhuai line, it will be a bit time-consuming and laborious, so Daomen set up many warehouses on the Dinghuaimen line. The original intention was to be adjacent to the military camp of the men in black.
Safety, but from another perspective, these warehouses are not far from here.
Thinking of this, Qi Xuansu suddenly had the desire to explore this place.
This is what he thought and what he did.
Qi Xuansu first pretended to leave the place, and then returned quietly.
When he came here before, Qi Xuansu heard many wailing and crying sounds here. After he returned here, he came to these shacks that served as prisons.
The inside is small, cramped, dark, and humid. There are countless small spaces separated by wooden fences on both sides of the corridor. It is pitch dark, and only subtle flickering lights can be vaguely seen in the dark. Only when you walk in and take a closer look
, you will find that these dots of light are actually pairs of eyes, but there is no life in these eyes, lifeless and insensitive.
Qi Xuansu stopped and took a closer look. Most of them were women. Their clothes were still intact, and they were not skinny. However, they still looked disheveled and unkempt. In addition to numbness, there was also a deep secret hidden in everyone's face and eyes.
As early as when Zulong ruled the world, the system of slavery had been largely abolished. In the following thousands of years, although there was talk of selling one's body as a contract, strictly speaking, they should be slaves. Later, in the Jin Dynasty,
The system of living burials was also abolished.
When he arrived at Daxuan, he went a step further and completely abolished the system of humble status.
Registration is divided into: military status, civilian status and humble status. In fact, Daxuan not only abolished the humble status, but also abolished the military status when he abolished the guard system.
But it is one thing to abolish it officially, but it is another thing to implement it in practice. For example, the government only recognizes one official wife, and the rest are concubines, but among the people, the idea of equal wives is prevalent. So even if the base status is abolished,
But there are still seductresses and slaves.
This is one of the reasons why Xuansheng wants to abolish "Tianle Taoyuan". It is not that Xuansheng does not see this kind of flesh and blood business, but that the existence of brothels and brothels will invisibly encourage the behavior of forcing good girls into prostitution and seducing girls from good families. The latter
It must be eliminated, and the best way is to solve it at the source.
This is what Qi Xuansu saw before his eyes. There are a large number of low-class brothels nearby, and it is not without reason.
Qi Xuansu stretched out his fingers and gently touched these wooden fences covered with insects. As long as he applied a little force, he could break them. However, he knew that he was a man of few words. In the undercurrent of Jinling Mansion, it was not easy to protect himself.
I really don’t have the ability to help others.
Just then, there was a noise outside.
Qi Xuansu immediately jumped onto the beam and hid himself.
A group of beggars came in and brought out some women, including a few men, and they caught up with several carriages outside. Thick green curtains hung around the carriages, making it difficult for people to see what was going on inside.
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Qi Xuansu's heart moved and he followed behind these carriages.
The carriage soon left this city within a city and entered the bustling inner city. After walking around for about two hours, it was already dark and it finally arrived at an alley in the southwest corner of the old city.
On both sides of the entire alley are two deep blue brick walls, one hundred feet long and two feet high. At the end of the alley is a black door. Probably because few people come here on weekdays, it is very deserted. As soon as the sky gets dark, not only
No one leaves, and no birds fly here.
A man got off the carriage, stepped forward, grabbed the beast-faced door, and knocked three times. After a slight pause, he knocked four more times.
Not long after, a questioning voice came from inside: "Has Boss Ye's goods arrived?"
The person outside the door obviously wasn't here for the first time. He was already familiar with the people inside, and he didn't have so many scruples about what he said: "You know, why don't you ask? Hurry up and open the door."
After a while, the door slowly opened and the carriage was put in.
Qi Xuansu looked at it from a distance and hesitated slightly. After all, this did not seem to be related to Lei Xiaohuan's mission, but he also felt that this matter might be related to the entire major case, so he decided to find out.