Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2220 Flower War (One Hundred and Twenty Nine)

  Nanjing in the time of Emperor Yongle did indeed have a prosperous scene, and to a certain extent was the center of the eastern world.

The city wall designed by Zhu Yuanzhang was not completed until his death, and Zhu Di was not too concerned about whether it could be completed in the end. I engraved my father's great achievements on this huge stone tablet, and I hope to use this method to establish the legitimacy of my succession to the throne.

Fang Xiaoru was the best writer of articles in Nanjing at that time. After Zhu Di entered the city, he made Fang Xiaoru write an edict for his enthronement, but Fang Xiaoru refused. Not only did the other party’s filial piety slaughter the whole family, but also barbaric his ten clans.

  In the official history, there are few scandals about Zhu Di. After all, they were screened. There are various kinds of unofficial history. Nanjing people especially like to talk about it. There is also a trick called "guaman copying", which is even more tragic than the Yi Shi clan. Anyone who is a little involved will be arrested and charged.

Later, the stone tablet of Emperor Yongle was not completed. It was too big and could only lie quietly in the suburbs of Nanjing. Zhu Di revised the "Yongle Grand Ceremony", which preserved various documents before the fifteenth century. The Siku Quanshu of the period can be compared with it.

   There is also a legend that after Zhu Di moved the capital, he still sent people to Chu Chu to find out the whereabouts of Zhu Yunwen. Zheng He went to the West for this purpose.

  In the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang built a new capital city, and moved the rich people from Jiangxi and Zhejiang into Nanjing, Zhu Di moved the capital, and then moved these rich people into BJ.

Although it is said that the snow is a good year, the snow scene of the West Lake is rewarded about once every three years, and the lake water does not freeze, and the place in BJ is so cold that people will freeze to death if they do not store coal, and the Mongolians in the Yuan Dynasty have not completely given up, and the rich are not out of " Voluntary" to go to Shibian, even if Zhu Di offered a five-year tax exemption.

  Fortunately, there is also the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and it is more convenient for the rich to move with the soft. After the establishment of the two Beijing systems, the evaluations were mixed. People like Huang Zongxi believed that the people in the south of the Yangtze River were exhausted in order to transport and transport food. Even though many rich southerners who moved north later began to open up wasteland in the suburbs of BJ, BJ was still unable to be self-sufficient. .

   However, the two-Beijing system also constructed the economic development and cultural exchanges in the North China Plain, the Huanghuai River Basin, and the Yangtze River Basin. If it is only for transporting grain, although the risk of sea transportation is high, it is economical in the long run, and there is no need to invest heavily in the river itself.

   In fact, the smooth flow of the Grand Canal not only guarantees the circulation of materials in the capital, but also promotes the flourishing of countless industries such as shipbuilding, porcelain, brewing, textiles, weaving, printing, and paper making in the towns and villages along the canal, which are densely populated and prosperous. The busy Grand Canal condensed the dynasty and supported the unified situation of the imperial court.

   Caoyun is not only the lifeline of the imperial finance and economy, but also a bottomless pit for spending money. Cases of theft on the canal often occur. If it is an urgent official document, it must be delivered by horse. The letters to BJ are gone.

In Kangxi's daily life notes, he recorded the first time he went to Nanjing. He personally led the ministers, guards, and officials of the ministry to the Xiaoling Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty. A cup libation, and later he wrote an article called "Guo Jinling Lun", just like Jia Yi wrote "Guo Qin Lun", made an evaluation of the decline and fall of Ming Xiaoling, thinking that "the long-standing peace has been neglected in the public security. ", "The Six Dynasties were peaceful, and Fuke was self-reinforcing", "After Wanli, the political history gradually relaxed, and the party and friends of the Huan Temple framed each other." Then he wrote a great record of the great achievements of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and also wrote the imperial monument of "governing the Tang and Song Dynasties", which was left in the Ming Tomb.

   Kunqu Opera originated in Kunshan, but flourished in Nanjing, and then spread all the way along the Grand Canal, including "The Peony Pavilion" written by Tang Xianzu and "Peach Blossom Fan" written by Kong Shangren.

   "Dou E's Injustice" is a Yuan opera, which was popular earlier than Kunqu Opera.

   The actor who plays the emperor on the stage needs to come on stage. The emperor under the stage does not wear pink, but he can also act.

  Nick did not want to be suddenly arrested like Cao Xi, or worse, the Admiral received news yesterday that he was leaving for BJ. It seems that his defense in Nanjing went well.

   Does that mean Nick is going with him too? Or take this opportunity to find a boat and leave? Avoid "throwing yourself into the net".

  In the end, Nick decided to take a risk, and Juren had the same idea, so they set foot on the official ship to BJ together.

  Wanning kept looking gloomy, maybe she was still worried about Cao Xi, he had already gone to the capital one step ahead of them.

Juren's expression also looked a little melancholy. He explained that at the time of the dynasty, there was no official palace in Beijing, so outside the palace, the most eye-catching thing was the Princess Palace. After Yongle moved the capital, there was a boom in building houses in the capital. The famous garden of the giant house is located near Shichahai.

  The Princess Mansion was built by the imperial court, while the Duke Mansion was generally built by itself, subsidized by the imperial court, and the important court officials had the opportunity to obtain the mansion rewarded, but this is public property, and the resignation of the important minister will be taken back.

Nick also didn't know that he was thinking of the "raid" who was a maid at Minister Cullen's wife's house, or he still remembered participating in the imperial examination with him, marrying the daughter of a scholar, and his son marrying a princess, and later he was given suicide. Heshen, but this unpleasant trip is coming to an end soon, and Nick's excitement is beyond words.

  As the boat gradually approached BJ, the scenery on both sides of the strait also changed, and the terrain was ups and downs, not as flat as Jianghuai.

  The entire ancient city is wrapped in lush greenery, the lush effect is like the dense forest around the mausoleum, and the temples and luxury residences are hidden in the middle.

   The scenery seen from the south of the city is like this. If a tourist enters from the north of the city, the tall city wall will block his sight. Each section of the city wall is not far from an arrow tower. The shape of the arrow tower is novel and magnificent.

   There is no big river running through the city of BJ, and the original canal leading to Jishuitan has also tended to dry up, so their boats cannot directly sail to the end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which is also the starting point of BJ - Shichahai.

   They disembarked and boarded the sedan chair, just like the emperor abandoned the ship to land at Qingjiangpu.

After passing through the city wall and entering the city, seeing the tall city wall from a distance will give people the feeling that it will be swept away. The roads in the city are quite wide and straight. Dilapidated, the well is right in the middle of the road, the sewers everywhere are open, exuding a stench, and there are random holes dug at the corners of every small street, and an unpleasant smell wafts from there. This suggests that the refined lifestyle pursued by wealthy Chinese has yet to reach the public.

Although "Yongle Grand Ceremony" has a wealth of information collected, it is not easy to print because of too many volumes. Therefore, only one copy was left during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. It was originally destroyed. .

  In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, copies were stored in the "Historical History of the Emperor", and during the Yongzheng period it was transferred to the Hanlin Academy's library of books in Dongjiaomin Lane.

When it was time to write "Siku Quanshu", Emperor Qianlong accepted the suggestion of AH Xuezheng Zhu Jun, and compiled books and materials that are rarely circulated and hard to see from "Yongle Dadian", and compiled them into "Siku Quanshu", This inventory of "Yongle Dadian" can be used.

However, when Minister of Military Aircraft Ying Lian sent someone to check in the library, they found that there were only 9,000 copies of the book left, and more than 1,000 copies were missing. At that time, the editors lent them from the library and did not return them, so Qianlong ordered Gao Jin, governor of Liangjiang, and Sanbao, governor of Zhejiang, to send people to the homes of Xu Qianxue, Wang Hongxu, and Gao Shiqian, who were repairing books in the palace, and sent people to various places at the same time. After buying books that have been lost to the people, after a lot of tossing, the "Yongle Grand Ceremony" was collected.

   In order to compile ancient books from the "Yongle Encyclopedia", Liu Tongxun Yinglian, Minister of Military Aircraft and President of Siku Quanshu, and others asked for instructions to use the house in the west of the Imperial Academy's Weimen as the office for proofreading "Yongle Encyclopedia". At the same time, due to the huge length of the "Yongle Ceremony", Qianlong decided to select 30 staff members from the officials of the Hanlin Academy to serve as branch schools, and sent a number of military pilots to be responsible for extracting books. Take back the book.

  While this work was going on smoothly and intensely, an unexpected theft case of "Yongle Grand Ceremony" happened. At that time, Huang Shouling, the editorial official of Shuji, was assigned to compile two of the scattered chapters "Archaeological Questions" and "Tanzhaitong Compilation" in the ceremonies. The proofreading was not completed during the day. When he got off work in the evening, he packed the original 6 volumes of the ceremonies and carried them with him in a wrapping cloth, intending to go home and proofread overnight. When he arrived at Mi Shi Hu, he suddenly had a stomachache, which must have been caused by diarrhea. He hurriedly asked to stop the sedan and went into the toilet. When he came out and got on the sedan, he suddenly found that the book he brought home was no longer in the sedan. . Someone took the sheep by the hand when it passed by the sedan car bypass. He looked around again and found nothing happened, so he had to report it overnight.

   Emperor Qianlong was very angry when he heard about this. He said in the edict: "The Great Classic of Yongle" is a rare book in the world, and it is not allowed to compile it and bring it home without permission. Moreover, Chaoyan has a table to eat every day, everyone has enough to eat and drink, and focus on work. In one day, the school materials are enough to complete the task, and there is no need to go home and continue to work hard. The two of the military aircraft department should take responsibility. If the editor took the book out without knowing it, they should be guilty of oversight. If the editor greeted them, they should be punished with the same crime. The lost book, called Yinglian to step up the investigation, not less than one. For this reason, Huang Shouling, after discussion by the Ministry of Justice, was demoted to remain in office and deducted one year's salary.

   Yinglian and others sent various troops to search and investigate in the capital and even in Zhili. It was at this point that things suddenly reversed. On the evening of July 15th, Huang Shouling's lost 6 volumes of the Great Ceremony were delivered to the guard duty station on the bank of the Imperial River, and the original volumes were recovered. It is speculated that the book has been lost for more than a month. After the book thief took the book, he must have gone to the bookstore or paper shop to sell it, because this person knew that the book belonged to the official family. . But the merchants could see that it was an official book, and did not dare to ask for it. The thief was afraid that the book would catch fire, so he threw it by the river at night and returned it to the official.

  Because of this incident, Qianlong discussed a strict book registration management system. Except for writing book lists and making files, they should be checked every day, and no one would be allowed to carry them out without permission.

  Fortunately, it was summer and the weather was hot, otherwise this "Yongle Grand Ceremony" would have been burned by the thieves as fuel instead of thrown into the imperial river.

Judging from the architectural layout of the Chinese capital, the entire city is divided into the Forbidden City, the Imperial City, the Inner City and the Outer City. The outer walls of the Imperial City are painted red, and the top of the walls are covered with yellow tiles. The inner city is guarded by tall city walls. Still seen as a battlefield, although it has become a veritable market.

   And the outer city, which is the southern suburb of BJ, is also surrounded by city walls, because there are two holy altars for worshiping the sky and praying for the valley. Many merchants from south to north will stay here. Some people regard this area as a distribution center for various goods, and a dazzling array of goods are sold all over BJ City. The territory, without strict military control, quickly became a place of entertainment for the idle rich. Qianmen, Xianyukou and Dashilan are good places for rich people in the city to spend time.

After passing through the two city walls, they came to the Admiral's residence in the capital. This is a military camp, outside the east gate of the imperial city, just a step away from the Russian Literature Museum, and not far from there are three Lama Temples. There is also the famous Jingshan Mountain. Five pavilions are arranged symmetrically on the top of the mountain, overlooking the entire Forbidden City.

   One of the three Lama Temples is the Lama Temple. If the Lama Temple is really the office where the legendary sticking pole is located, then living in the Admiral’s house can easily be monitored.

   The Admiral's house is not big, at least not as big as the Princess Mansion or Heshen's house. Considering that he could not arrange Nick and Wanning at the same time, Nick asked the Admiral where he wanted to live?

"I have considered your difficulties." The Admiral said, "I got an errand for my daughter at the court, and the emperor did not reject my request. Tomorrow, my daughter will go to the palace to learn court etiquette, and you will stay by my side. Bar."

  The European court also sent young men and women to the palace to learn etiquette, but Nick looked at Wanning, who had always been calm, could this be the reason for her sorrow?

   (end of this chapter)