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Qin Mu entered the city surrounded by civil and military officials. As soon as you enter Zhengyang Gate, you can see the towering palaces from a distance. Since the overall terrain of the palace city has been filled up a lot, the new palace complex located on it appears more majestic and majestic.
The well-proportioned and layered golden tiles reflect magnificent light in the sun, making it look like a palace made of gold standing in the clouds.
Because of this, the people of Nanjing now privately call this palace the Golden Palace.
Entering the Daqin Gate, you will see the square-like Imperial Street. On the east and west sides of the Imperial Street are the renovated Liubu Yamen and the Fifth Military Governor's Mansion. Just looking at these gives people a feeling of a new dynasty and a new atmosphere.
"Where is Huang Zhenlin?" Qin Mu asked loudly.
Huang Zhenlin is now just the head of the Ministry of Industry, and his position among the ministers is not very high, so he is lagging behind. When Qin Mu asked, the ministers looked at him with some envy.
Huang Zhenlin came out of the crowd, bowed his head calmly and said: "My lord Huang Zhenlin, I respectfully listen to the imperial edict."
Qin Mu said with a smile: "You presided over the construction of this palace. Today you will take me and all the ministers to visit it."
"I obey the order." Huang Zhenlin hugged him again and bowed.
Qin Mu and the ministers listened to Huang Zhenlin's introduction as they walked forward, crossed the Imperial Street, stepped onto the Outer Five Dragons Bridge with white marble railings, and entered the Meridian Gate. Inside the Meridian Gate was the Inner Five Dragon Bridge, and to the north of the bridge was a spacious and magnificent square.
The majestic Zichen Hall, commonly known as the Jinluan Hall, stands in the center of the square.
The base of the main hall alone is four feet high. Looking from a distance, with the blue sky at its back, it is tall and majestic and breathtaking.
There are two pavilions, Xiangyun Pavilion and Qixia Pavilion in front of Zichen Hall. There are Bell Tower and Drum Tower in front of the pavilion. During the court meeting, all the officials of the upper court were under the supervision of the supervisory envoy. Standing under the bell tower waiting to enter the court hall.
There are three "dragon tail roads" in front of the hall, which are the stairs leading from the ground to the main hall. The dragon tail roads are divided into three levels, with white marble stone railings on both sides. The upper railings are engraved with chi head patterns, and the middle and lower railings are engraved with lotus patterns. These two water The symbol not only conforms to the water virtues of Daqin, but also has the meaning of dispelling fire.
The Jinluan Hall is eleven rooms wide and five rooms deep. It is 21 feet long, 12 feet wide, and nearly 12 feet high together with the platform base, which is nearly 40 meters high. It looks extremely majestic.
On top of the tall Danbi in the center of the hall, there are two sundials, one pair of bronze cranes, one pair of bronze turtles, one pair of bronze cranes, and 18 bronze tripods. Turtles and cranes are symbols of longevity. The sundial is a timepiece, and the jialiang is the standard measuring instrument. Both are symbols of imperial power.
In the middle of the Danbi is a Kowloon gold lacquered throne. On both sides of the throne are six giant pillars with gold-plated cloud and dragon patterns. The gold foil is in two colors, dark and light, to make the pattern stand out and distinct.
There are four pairs of furnishings on both sides of the throne: Baoxiang, Luduan, Crane and Incense Pavilion. The treasure elephant symbolizes the stability of the country and the consolidation of political power; the Luduan is a legendary auspicious animal; the crane symbolizes longevity; and the incense pavilion symbolizes the stability of the country.
Above the throne, a caisson shaped like an umbrella cover is placed in the center of the ceiling. There is a giant dragon carved in the middle of the caisson. The dragon's head reaches down, holding a pearl in its mouth.
Qin Mu was very satisfied with this Jinluan Hall. Not only was this hall more magnificent than the Jinluan Hall in Beijing. And everything is brand new, without the gloomy atmosphere of the Forbidden City in Beijing.
Behind Zichen Hall is Xuanzheng Hall;
The Xuanzheng Hall is usually where the emperor meets with his ministers on a daily basis. A place to listen to politics. The east and west corridors of the main hall are at the door, with Rihua Gate in the east and Yuehua Gate in the west. Outside the gate are some offices where ministers work, history museums and academies.
Behind Xuanzheng Hall is Huagai Hall.
The Huagai Hall was the emperor's commissary. The emperor could meet with important or close subordinates and handle government affairs in the commissary. Working in the commissary could avoid the red tape of working in the Xuanzheng Hall.
Zichen, Xuanzheng and Huagai formed the three main halls of the former dynasty.
On both sides of the three main halls are Wenhua Hall, Wenzhao Pavilion, and Ciqing Palace in the east, and Wuying Hall, Renzhi Hall, and Wucheng Pavilion in the west. There are also many institutions such as the imperial edict room, the cabinet, the imperial edict room, and the six sections gallery.
The entire previous dynasty can be described as a series of palaces and pavilions, magnificent and majestic.
As for the Houting, I'm sorry, except Qin Mu, all the men stopped. It’s okay if you don’t want to stop. Please wave your sword and commit suicide first.
In fact, even if the ministers were allowed to visit the rear court, they would not be able to walk. Because of the grand regulations and the distance between the various halls, it is forbidden to ride horses in this majestic palace. After visiting the previous halls, everyone was very tired.
Among them, Huang Zhenlin is the only one who is full of energy. During the visit to various halls, Qin Mu praised him three times, making many ministers envious.
Qin Mu ordered the officials to have a banquet the next day before returning to the original palace.
Yang Zhi took Yun Qiaoer, Gu Hanyan, Li Xiangjun and other girls and waited in the backyard. When Qin Mu came back, Yang Zhi took the lead in greeting him, with smiles on their brows and tears in their eyes.
Qin Mu stepped forward to help Yang Zhi up. When he saw the tears in her eyes finally falling down, he couldn't help but hugged her tightly and said softly: "Madam, my husband is back."
Yang Zhi struggled for a while, then put aside her scruples and hugged him with her arms. She called out with a smile in her tears: "Husband..."
"Hahaha... Well, my husband has supervised the Northern Expedition, traveled thousands of miles, and returned in triumph. Well, it's not good to boast in front of the ministers. In your own home, your husband should comfort yourself." Qin When Mu said this, he suddenly heard a cry of a baby, and the word daughter passed through his mind. He laughed again, "Where is our princess of Da Qin? Come up and let me take a look."
Bian Yujing picked up her daughter. In a blink of an eye, her daughter was almost two months old. She was pink and adorable, but it was a pity that she didn't give Qin Mu the dignity of being a father. She cried non-stop when they met her.
"Oh, my little princess, you still want to give daddy a blow, okay, okay, don't cry..." Qin Mu took his daughter over and coaxed her, but unfortunately no matter how he coaxed her, , I just couldn’t coax him, the little guy’s cry was loud and clear.
Qin Mu had no choice but to hand his daughter over to the nanny.
Next, it is natural to say a few gentle words to the girls one by one. On the contrary, this girl, Qiaoer, has grown a lot taller after not seeing her for more than half a year. She is taller and more beautiful, and her eyes are getting brighter and more charming.
"The Yang family grew up in the girl's childhood and was raised in a deep boudoir..."
"I don't want to be Yang Yuhuan." Qiaoer immediately replied cheerfully before Qin Mu could finish.
"Hahaha... .."
Everyone felt pity that he had just come back and was tired. After talking for a while, they dispersed temporarily. Yang Zhi quickly asked the sisters Momo Ruoruo to wait on him to take a bath and wash away the dust from his body.
Then Qin Mu held a family banquet in the flower hall in the backyard and called all the girls to dine together. After another round of laughter, the girls came up to propose a toast to celebrate the victory of the Northern Expedition.
At night, Qin Mu stayed in Yang Zhi's room. The couple had been separated for a long time, and Yang Zhi was in his arms. The palace lantern reflected the blush on her face, making her less dignified and more feminine.
"Madam, there are only ten days left until the auspicious day chosen by Qin Tianjian for his enthronement. Let's move to the new palace tomorrow."
Yang Zhi hugged him and said hesitantly: "Husband, I have something to tell you."
"Well, madam, tell me."
"Husband, when the palace was about to be repaired in July, Mr. Lu Ge and others asked to see me, saying that they wanted to select some beautiful girls to enrich the harem. I thought that the palace was not as good as living in the palace now, and some more people had to be hired to sweep it, so I agreed. My husband won’t blame me for taking matters into my own hands.”
"No wonder, the lady can take care of these things."
Since he is going to be the emperor, he still needs to have the proper pomp and circumstance. If he brings a few women and dozens of maids from the palace to live in Ruoda's palace, and then he can walk for a long time without seeing anyone, then what will happen? look.
Although Qin Mu did not plan to keep 10,000 to 20,000 eunuchs and maids in the harem like the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he still had to have one to 2,000 people, otherwise there would not even be enough manpower to sweep the floors.
"Madam, how many beautiful girls have you chosen now?"
"If I don't have a husband, I don't dare to choose more than one. After repeated selections by the Internal Supervision Department, there were only 381 people."
Each dynasty has strict rules for selecting girls. For example, in the Ming Dynasty, people from all walks of life were first sent to the country to find girls between the ages of 13 and 16.
After the eunuch in charge of the draft took a fancy to a girl from a certain family, he would pay some silver coins as a betrothal gift, and then order her parents to send them to the capital in a certain month and year. After all the beauties gather in the capital, they will be divided into groups. Those with slightly shorter wrists, slightly larger toes, or slightly irritable behavior will be eliminated.
After three days of this, there were basically only one or two people left among the ten people. Wenpo will lead them into the secret room one by one, let the show girls take off their clothes, conduct more detailed inspection and selection, and eliminate the unqualified ones again.
Strictly speaking, every woman selected into the palace is the emperor's woman and is ready to accept the emperor's favor at any time. Thinking of this, Qin Mu had a strange expression.
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