Poor Family Chapter 843

  Chapter 843 officially moved the capital

  The Royal Wharf is different from the Min Wharf where Cao Yun and the others arrived last time. The Min Wharf is the East Moat Wharf, while the Royal Wharf is the Phoenix Mountain Wharf on the south side of the West Lake. After disembarking from the pier, you can enter the Phoenix Mountain Palace.

  At this time, the pier was full of soldiers, and the guards were very tight. Li Yanqing and the officials were already waiting on the pier.

   "Captain, the fleet is coming!"

   Wei Jing, who had just officially become the Shaoyin of Lin'an Prefecture, pointed to the distance and shouted.

  I saw a fleet appearing in the mist several miles away, and the long-awaited fleet finally arrived.

Although the imperial court transferred a lot of large ships with thousands of shi and tens of thousands of shi from the southeast coast, in fact, they only used 3,000 shi cargo ships for their largest business. The capital relocation began last year. In order to avoid the golden soldiers, countless wealth items in the palace were packed into boxes, and tens of thousands of large boxes were piled up in the palace all the time.

This time the capital was moved to Lin'an Prefecture, and it took more than a month to mobilize the ships alone. More than 2,000 thousand-stone cargo ships were loaded with various palace items, and there were more than 600 thousand-stone passenger ships, full of civil and military officials and their families. There are more than 3,000 royal palace people and the forbidden army in front of the palace. Among them, Zhao Gou's boat is a new passenger ship of 3,000 shi, which is gorgeously decorated and has a dragon head. The magnificence is simply incomparable.

  But this time, the 2,600 large ships had to make another trip to transport the mountains of documents and files accumulated by the Song Dynasty for more than 100 years.

Li Yanqing and the others first saw that it was not a dragon boat, but a leading ship of nearly a hundred guards. When the ships docked, teams of guards rushed ashore. There were a total of 4,000 guards on duty in front of the temple. The guards on duty were equivalent to the emperor's guards. , is the highest status in the forbidden army, the forbidden army that directly guards the emperor.

Underneath the Forbidden Army on duty are the Iron Cavalry, Pengri, Shenwei, and Longwei Four Armies, also known as the Shangsi Army, which are the imperial palace guards on the periphery. Under the iron hooves of the golden soldiers.

  After Zhao Huan ascended the throne, he re-established the Forbidden Army on duty and the Fourth Army. In the defense of Tokyo, the 20,000 forbidden army led by Wang Daoqi was the Fourth Army.

   This time when they moved south to Lin'an Prefecture, the 20,000 Fourth Army led by General Gao Jiangong had already entered Lin'an City and took over the defense of Lin'an.

  At this time, Wang Yuan, the deputy commander in front of the palace and the general of the left guard, stepped forward to salute Li Yanqing, "According to the usual practice, now the guards of the wharf and the palace will be taken over by the humble staff. Please forgive me, Li Taibao!"

  Li Yanqing smiled and nodded, "I completely understand, General Wang, please feel free!"

Wang Yuan nodded, and ordered Commander Miao Fu to lead 2,000 troops to the palace first to defend the key points of the palace. He then ordered Commander Liu Zhengyan to lead 2,000 people to take over the area of ​​the wharf. Li Yanqing's 2,000 Jingzhao troops All exit the Royal Docks.

  After being busy for nearly an hour, the imperial guards on duty in front of the Four Thousand Palace finally arrived. At this time, dozens of soldiers shot gunpowder arrows into the sky, and the gunpowder arrows crackled in the air! ' It exploded, and not long after, the fleet reappeared in Nanxi Lake. The first three-thousand-stone ship was the dragon boat on which the emperor Zhao Gou and the empress were riding.

The big ship docked slowly, stopped the ship, boarded the plank, and an **** carefully helped Zhao Gou onto the shore. At this moment, Li Yanqing rushed forward to greet him, bowed and saluted, "My minister Li Yanqing welcomes you!" Your Majesty is coming to Qiantang!"

  Zhao Gou had a smile on his face, "This month, the Taibao conquered the south of the Yangtze River and stabilized the new capital. It's really hard work!"

  Li Yanqing shook his head, "It's nothing more than a bunch of ghosts and monsters, nothing to worry about!"

  At this moment, Empress Xing also came ashore, and Li Yanqing hurriedly saluted, "I see the Empress!"

  Empress Xing smiled slightly, "After I settle down a bit, I will personally preside over the marriage between Diji and Taibao."

   "Thank you Empress Empress!"

Li Yanqing hurriedly arranged dragon and phoenix chariots to send Zhao Gou and the queen to the palace. At this time, Empress Dowager Zheng and Empress Zhu also disembarked, and they also went to the harem in chariots. Three thousand court ladies, concubines, eunuchs and others also disembarked , according to their respective grades, or by car or on foot, they headed for the palace along the winding Phoenix Mountain Road.

Of course, the main buildings of the imperial city could not be built on the mountain, but at the foot of the mountain, but the imperial city included Phoenix Mountain, and built many scenic pavilions and pavilions on the mountain, as the living quarters of the emperor. Inner, that is, Miyagi, is located in the middle of the imperial city, covering an area of ​​about 50 hectares, surrounded by palace walls.

There are several groups of large palaces in the palace, such as the Qinzheng Hall and the Funing Hall, the Emperor's Palace, the Cining Hall and the Ciming Hall are the living halls of the Empress Dowager Zheng and Zhu, and there are several other buildings such as the Renming Hall and the Ciyuan Hall. The palace is where the queen and concubines live, and the East Palace is not needed for the time being, so it has not been built.

In addition to the palace, the palace is dotted with halls, pavilions, rooms, buildings, terraces, pavilions, temples, and pavilions. This is also restricted by the topography of Phoenix Mountain. The luxury of the emperor's residence is not reflected in the palace, but in the garden. Above, all kinds of flower terraces and waterside pavilions, various small bridges and flowing water, the architectural level of the Song Dynasty is vividly reflected here, making the palace city built like a fairyland.

However, compared with the palace in Bianliang, Tokyo, the palace in Lin'an is relatively simple, and the palace is relatively small. Three thousand court ladies and one thousand eunuchs live in it, which is a bit crowded, but Zhao Gou promised that after the capital is moved, the palace will Release 2,000 court ladies and 500 eunuchs to return to their hometowns, and Da Nei will be much more comfortable.

The provinces, temples, and platforms of the imperial city are relatively simple, located in the east of Da Nei, and all the temples are readily available. The main entrance of the imperial city is Lizhengmen, which is ornately decorated. The door is vermilion, decorated with gold nails, and the roof is copper tiles. , engraved with the pattern of dragon, phoenix and heavenly horse, which is dazzling from a distance, and the tower of Lizhengmen is the place where the emperor held amnesty, and there is a square in the middle. place.

  Speaking of it, Zhao Gou was a relatively diligent emperor. On the third day after moving into the palace, he held his first grand dynasty and officially announced the move of the capital to Lin'an.

The dynasty didn't last long, and it ended in just half an hour. It was a very low-key opening, and it really couldn't be high-profile. It's on! Just like what the emperor said in his opening speech, we must make every effort to govern and be ready for the Northern Expedition at any time to regain lost ground.

The ministers returned to the official offices with their own worries. Although it has been the third day since entering the official offices, each official office is a mess, with thousands of things that need to be sorted out, and various documents and files are still piled up in Tokyo and have not yet been shipped. At that time, the state officials had not had time to sit in the capital, which made the imperial court and the local state capitals disconnected, and more importantly, the small officials who did things had not arrived yet.

There were only a few hundred officials who followed Zhao Gouqian to Lai'an, but the imperial court could not be run by a few hundred people. There were tens of thousands of officials stationed in the capital from various prefectures alone. Tens of thousands of small officials are responsible for all aspects of specific affairs.

  The officials of the imperial court only use their mouths and pens, but they do things with a lot of people without official rank, just like Liu Fang, who has been promoted to Ezhou General Judge, was once a small official in Yushitai.

Li Yanqing's official position is the boss of the Privy Council, and he knows the affairs of the Privy Council, but he is only a nominal official who knows the Privy Council. Knowing the Privy Council is actually one of the prime ministers, which is equivalent to participating in political affairs, but although Li Yanqing has the right to participate in the Zhizheng Hall Discussing matters, but he does not have the decision-making and voting rights of the prime minister. This position is actually rather embarrassing, regardless of the actual facts.

  Li Yanqing was about to go to the Privy Council when an **** hurried over and said with a flattering smile: "Li Taibao, the officials invite you to go over."

   "The official family is now in the Imperial Study?"

   "Exactly! A few prime ministers are also here."

  Li Yanqing nodded, turned around and walked towards the imperial study room. Zhao Gou's imperial study room was in the Chui Gong Hall. The Chui Gong Hall was the place where the emperor summoned his ministers. The hall was not big, but the corridor was very long, leading to the Daqing Hall.

Li Yanqing walked into the imperial study room. Outside the imperial study room was a small conference hall, which was very simply furnished. There was only a long sandalwood table surrounded by more than a dozen chairs. Five ministers sat opposite each other at the table. On both sides, Cai Jing was nowhere to be seen, and everyone was silent. When Fan Zhixu saw Li Yanqing coming in, he gave him a wink and told him to sit down.

Li Yanqing sat next to Fan Zhixu, he didn't seem to be particular about it, he just sat down as he wanted, Fan Zhixu was the prime minister on the left, and I didn't see him sitting first on the left, but Xu Churen took the first seat on the left , he glanced at Li Yanqing with a guilty conscience, then quickly lowered his head, wondering what he was thinking?

  Li Yanqing ignored him, but asked Fan Zhixu in a low voice, "Left Prime Minister, what happened?"

  Fan Zhixu sighed, "I'm afraid Cai Xianggong will die."

   Li Yanqing was shocked, he was fine when he disembarked the boat yesterday, and he made a dirty joke about Di Ji with himself, why did he die in just two or three days, no wonder Da Chao didn't see him today.

Gao Shen next to him shook his head and said: "After all, he is eighty years old. If he is careless, he is tired. He was tired after taking the boat south this time. He was blown by the West Lake at noon yesterday, but he couldn't do it at night. All the imperial doctors shook their heads and said that it would take three or four days at most."

  Li Yanqing believed that they were sitting here not discussing Cai Jing's illness, but Cai Jing's seat, which was about to be changed, and Cai Jing was also a tragedy. The new dynasty came to an end in less than two months.

  (end of this chapter)

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