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The beautiful land in the south of the Yangtze River, the imperial state of Jinling.
The meandering wind brings green water, and leads to the Zhulou.
The road is lined with flying deer, and the ditch is shaded by hanging poplar trees.
The wings of Ningjia are high, and the drums are stacked to send the flower basket.
If you present a Yuntai watch, you will receive good fame and success.
Jinling was the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, but it was only after the Ming Dynasty that Jinling truly entered its heyday, with row upon row of golden powder towers for ten miles. On the Qinhuai River, the boats are like shuttles, the oars are like dreams, the mist is misty, the lights are bright and the wine is green, making people drunk. The water is moving, the waves are shaking, the harp is playing, and the flute is singing.
Whether it is morning mist, mist, or night wind, stars and moon, all of them are melodious and touching. Sheng and singing are played all night, and the golden powder of the Six Dynasties is mixed in the breeze with the singing.
What supports the prosperity of Jinling is the hundreds of thousands of households in the city, a population of more than two million, and countless wealth.
Politically, Jinling has extraordinary significance. Although Yongle moved its capital to Yanjing, it remained the capital until the Ming Dynasty and was the central head of the six southern provinces.
Now that the north of the Central Plains is occupied by the Tatars, all the people in the world will naturally gather in the imperial state of Jinling.
Not long after Qin Mu had just passed on the imperial seal, he also captured Jinling. How many people would still doubt his identity as the True Dragon Emperor
This kind of recognition is concretely reflected in the people of Jinling City, that is, tens of thousands of people come to the airport and the whole city comes to welcome them.
Tens of thousands of Qin troops, with banners covering the sun, black armor like clouds, and as vast as waves. Qin Mu, wearing a beam crown on his head and a black royal robe, surrounded by the army, rode northward along the street outside Zhengyangmen. .
There used to be Shenji Camp on the west side of Zhengyangmenwai Street, and the Jingying Grand Campus on the east side. During the Hongwu period, when the armies went out for battle, swearing-in ceremonies were held here. The Grand Campus can accommodate millions of troops. At this moment, the whole station came to greet the people. Looking around, there are huge crowds of people. Endless as far as the eye can see.
Seeing the strict military discipline and majestic military posture of the Qin army, the people cheered.
"The King of Qin is here!"
"What's coming? It's coming back. King Qin is back!"
"Yes, yes, Jinling is the ancestral homeland of King Qin. He is back. King Qin is finally back!"
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The solemn and deep king's flag, full of symbols of power and strength, was fluttering in front of the army in the morning wind. When the people on the roadside saw it, they worshiped and greeted it.
Everywhere in the countryside. When a high official or famous person comes out, all the people in the country feel honored. What's more, a King of Qin came out of Jinling and beat the Tatars to pieces. Can the people of Jinling not be proud of him? Can the cheers of welcome not go straight to the sky
The atmosphere at the scene was extremely lively, and even the branches and walls were covered with people. Liu Meng, Shi Qing, Huang Lianshan, Yan Gaofei and others also greeted them in the south of Zhonghe Bridge. Huang Lianshan also specially brought an old woman, Aunt Li, who was selling pancakes near Wende Bridge.
When Qin Mu saw it from a distance, he got off his horse and shouted to the carriage following him: "Qiao'er, get off the horse."
Yun Qiaoer got out of the car and saw a sea of people around her. He didn't have stage fright, but he subconsciously moved closer to Qin Mu, as if he felt safer this way.
Qin Mu simply held her hand and walked forward under the attention of everyone. Aunt Li was so frightened that she was about to prostrate herself. Qin Mu quickly stepped forward to help her up and said, "Aunt Li, I don't dare to forget the kindness of this meal. If it hadn't been for Aunt Li's help that day, maybe I, Qin Mu, wouldn't be here today." , Qiaoer. Give Mrs. Li a gift for me."
"Prince Qin, you can't do it. You've ruined this bitch. How dare you accept the princess's gift..." Aunt Li was so excited that she couldn't even finish her words. She wanted to bow down again. Qin Mu held on.
Yun Qiao'er followed her instructions and folded her sleeves and said, "Aunt Li is here, please accept Qiao'er's bow."
"King... Princess, please get up quickly. This bitch doesn't deserve the gift of a princess, she doesn't deserve it!"
Being called a princess, Qiaoer's little face turned red. She glanced at Qin Mu with her mouth shut, and explained in a low voice to Aunt Li: "Aunt Li, I am not a princess. By the way, Aunt Li, I want to eat you." I made pancakes, I won’t eat them for nothing this time, I’ve saved some money.”
Qin Mu couldn't help but laugh, this girl!
After receiving Qin Mu's signal, Li Shi held up a box and opened it in front of everyone's attention. There were a hundred gold cakes neatly placed inside, one or two in weight. They shone brightly in the sun, and the people watching couldn't help but burst into laughter. Uproar.
Qin Mu said to Aunt Li: "Aunt Li's kindness cannot be measured in money, but this is the reward Qin promised back then..."
"No, no, no, King Qin, you have already given enough to the bitch. How can the bitch ask for your reward again? King Qin should put it away quickly and destroy the bitch."
"Be true to your word and keep your promise. This is the basic principle of life. How can I, Qin Mu, go back on my word? Aunt Li, please accept it."
After Qin Mu finished speaking, Qiao'er also started to persuade her. Aunt Li couldn't refuse three times before she accepted with tears in her eyes.
Qin Mu then bowed to the people watching around him and said loudly: "I, Qin Mu, were born in Jinling. My parents died young. Over the years, I have been able to grow up thanks to the care and care of my fathers and fellow villagers in Jinling. The great kindness of the folks, Qin Mu is grateful to Qin Mu for a moment. dare not or forget;
When Jinling fell, Qin Mu failed to rescue him, leaving the villagers in a foul state and feeling extremely guilty. Today, he led his troops to come, and the villagers had to rise up and respond in order to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop. Qin Mu took note of the friendship between the fathers and fellow villagers;
From now on, as long as Qin Mu is alive, he will not let the Tartars invade our Jinling again. The Qin Dynasty's millions of troops will be the Great Wall to ensure that the villagers live and work in peace and contentment. "
As soon as Qin Mu bowed, the people around him did not dare to stand and receive the salute, but fell down one after another and shouted long live the King of Qin.
The elders came up to toast, and the people all over the city cheered.
Sima watched quietly, knowing very well that with the promise he made to Aunt Li just now, Qin Mu paid homage to the Nanjing City of the Zhu family. From now on, this place would truly become the imperial capital of the Qin Dynasty.
Amid the cheers of millions of citizens, Qin Mu stepped onto the Heqiao Bridge and entered the city from Zhengyang Gate.
To the north from Zhengyang Gate is Hongwu Gate, the main gate of the imperial city. After entering Hongwu Gate, there is the Imperial Street Thousand-Step Corridor.
On both sides of Qianbu Corridor are the central government offices of the former Ming Dynasty. On the west side are high-level military command structures, including the central, left, right, front and rear military governors' offices; as well as Taichang Temple, General Affairs Department, Jinyiwei, Bannerwei, Qintianjian, etc.;
On the east side are the official offices of the six ministries, including the Zongren Mansion, the Ministry of History, the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry, as well as Han Academy, Zhan Shi Mansion, and Taiyuan Hospital.
One thing that is very special is that the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Punishment, which are in charge of criminal law, did not work together with other central agencies in the imperial city like previous dynasties. Instead, they were set up outside Taipingmen in the capital by Emperor Hongwu.
When Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Liu Bowen to build the city of Jinling, he adopted the Feng Shui theory in Taoist Kanyu art, imitated the stars in the universe, made use of the old city walls of Jinling, and the needs of military defense, etc., and designed a plan for the construction of the city walls in the shape of the "South Dipper" and the "Big Dipper". "Aggregation form.
According to the astrology, the place on the east side of Xuanwu Lake outside Taipingmen corresponds to the Guansuo star of Tianshiyuan, that is, Tianlao. Therefore, Emperor Hongwu established the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate here.
Zhu Yuanzhang was pretending to be a ghost. He once told the ministers of the Three Law Departments: I will look up at the sky in the palace every night. If I find a meteor passing by the Guansuo star, it means there is an unjust case, and I will punish you; if a meteor is found, it means there is an injustice. If it is bright, it means there is a big injustice, and I will take big measures.
This kind of imperial thinking can't help but make the officials in charge of criminal law tremble. When they want to do something corrupt and pervert the law, they have to be careful about whether there are shooting stars in the sky.
After passing the Qianbu Corridor, there are three gates, namely Chengtian Gate, Duanmen and Meridian Gate.
On the imperial road in the middle of Chengtianmen, there are five stone bridges, named "Waiwulong Bridge", and under the bridge is the Waiyu River. Between Chengtianmen and Duanmen there is the Ancestral Temple in the east and the Sheji Altar in the west. After passing Duanmen and heading north, you will find the Meridian Gate, the main entrance of Miyagi City.
There were originally five stone bridges within the Meridian Gate, known as the "Inner Five Dragon Bridges". Crossing the bridge was Fengtian Gate, followed by the three main halls of Fengtian, Huagai and Jinshen. Among them, Fengtian Hall was the place where the emperor came to court, that is, Commonly known as the Golden Palace.
After the three main halls is the back court where the emperor and his concubines lived, including Qianqing Palace, Kunning Palace, East Sixth Palace, West Sixth Palace, Imperial Garden, etc.
"Hunting" and "former dynasty" together are collectively referred to as the so-called "imperial court".
But now, the original majestic palace city with numerous carved beams and painted buildings, thousands of households and thousands of doors, has been destroyed by fire. There is only a burnt black ruin left inside the Meridian Gate, and there is still smoke curling up, which makes people sigh endlessly.
When Qin Mu came here, Liu Meng, Huang Lianshan, Yan Gaofei and others couldn't help but knelt down on the ground, bowed their heads and apologized: "My incompetence caused the palace to be burned. Please forgive me, King Qin."
.(To be continued...)
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