Chapter 16: Imperial Capital Luoyang
After all, the demon Taoist Pi Chen is one of the eight masters of evil Taoism. Although he is also under Lou Guan Dao in secret, Ye Ning is the next Taoist master of Lou Guan Dao, and is indeed not suitable to stay with Pi Chen in the public courtyard.
In addition, Pi Chen has now begun to enter the business road. Even in this world, his Luoyang Chamber of Commerce is one of the famous peak chambers of commerce. Naturally, he, the helmator, cannot disappear for a long time.
Therefore, after Pichen told Ye Ning all the news and secrets he knew one by one, Ye Ning asked him to leave directly.
Anyway, with Lou Guandao behind him, he already has the confidence to do things like Meng Huo, the Seventh General of Prime Minister Zhuge back then.
Pi Chen sneaked back to Luoyang City in the dark, while Ye Ning himself walked leisurely and leisurely in the official road in front of everyone, heading towards Luoyang City, a thousand-year-old capital, without caring about how many spies were following him in the dark.
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Luoyang is located on the south bank of the Yellow River, with Mangshan in the north, Luoshui in the south, Huhulao in the east, and Hangu in the west. It is surrounded by mountains. The Luoyang Plain in the middle, with four rivers flowing through the Yi, Luo, Na and Stream. It is not only a dangerous situation, but also beautiful scenery, fertile soil, moderate climate, and convenient canal transportation.
Therefore, since ancient times, the capitals of the Xia, Shang, Eastern Zhou, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Northern Wei, and Sui have been established here.
The so-called Heyang is located in the Central Plains and responds to all directions. Luoyang is the key to the world's transportation and military fortress.
After Yang Guang ascended the throne, he chose another capital in Luoyang and established a new capital.
The new imperial city is located between the King of Zhou and the ancient cities of Han and Wei dynasties. It exceeds the Rangshui in the east, crosses the Luo River in the south, borders the Jian River in the west, and is backed by Mangshan in the north. The city is more than fifty miles around, and it is magnificent.
Yang Guang will also dig a Grand Canal with Luoyang as the center to Hangzhou in the south, Zhuojun in the north, and run across the north and south, connecting the five major water systems of Haihe River, Yellow River, Huaihe River, Yangtze River, and Qiantang River, and Luoyang becomes the central hub for world-wide transportation and commerce.
On that day, the sky was getting bright, and the tall Luoyang city gate had already opened slightly in the "squeaking" sound. The majestic city guards were divided into two teams of guards at the entrance of the city, and a large number of business travelers waiting to enter the city for business, and the farmers who were rushing to the morning market entered the city after a detailed inspection.
Ye Ning, who had already arrived here, was not in a hurry to reveal his identity, but followed the people who entered the city in front of him and slowly entered the city from the south gate of Luoyang toward this thousand-year-old capital.
Luoyang is a small city with three gates, with the south gate opens. The city gate in the middle is called Jianguo Gate, the Baihu Gate on the left and Changxia Gate on the right, which is magnificent.
The Sui court, which was in its final peak period in the fifth year of Daye, was now at its final peak, and Luoyang was the place where the imperial capital was located and the military strategist was the most important place. Because the guards at the gate were extremely strict, they all had at least developed first-class warriors with first-class true energy.
If you want to enter Luoyang City, unless those familiar faces who often come in and out, ordinary strangers must go through several tedious means to enter this famous capital of the ages, the current imperial capital.
However, it is obvious that as long as it is a "land of rule by man", there will inevitably be certain flaws. After all, the desires of human hearts are endless.
As the next Taoist lord of Louguan Dao, Ye Ning's whereabouts were never a secret matter. At least the Louguan Dao Branch Temple near Luoyang had already anticipated his arrival and prepared all the procedures for entering the city for him.
Even at this moment, Luoyang Branch Temple Master personally brought a few apprentices to welcome Ye Ning.
"Passing" The old Taoist saw Ye Ning slowly following the crowd and approaching the gate, and immediately went forward to salute himself.
As for the two disciples he brought, he was sent to talk to the guard guards who were guarding the gate. After a few simple greetings from both, the guards wrote down Ye Ning's name and face and let them into the city without any embarrassment.
At this moment, the famous old Taoist in Luoyang City seemed to have turned into a tour guide, and the situation in Luoyang City slowly came towards Ye Ning.
Ye Ning listened to the words of the Taoist passing by, and stepped into the city gate. When he first arrived in Guizhou, he quickly gained a general understanding of the prosperity of this big city.
But I saw the "Tianjie" that was a street that was 100 steps wide and ran through the north and south gates, extending straight in front of my eyes, and it was about seven or eight miles long.
There are trees such as cherries, pomegranates, elm, willows, etc., which are the imperial roads for the emperor to visit. During the autumn harvest and winter hiding season, there are still evergreen trees in all seasons, with evergreen flowers in full bloom, and other carved beams and painted buildings, which are extremely skillful, making the scenery nearby picturesque and beautiful.
There are many shops on both sides of the avenue, and there are roads between the Lifang, intersecting with the ten streets that run through the major city gates, in an orderly manner.
After the general situation in Luoyang City was told by the old Taoist, one of his apprentices named Xuan Shen couldn't help but bow slightly and began to introduce the beautiful scenery of Luoyang to Ye Ning: "There are three distinctive beautiful scenery in Luoyang. If the Taoist master is interested, he must know it."
Seeing Ye Ning's eyes gradually moved towards him, Taoist Xuan Shen immediately touched his beard and continued to introduce with a kind face: "First of all, Luoshui Tianjin, with north and south as the central axis, let Luoshui run across the city, divide Luoyang into two districts, and connect north and south with four large bridges."
"The Nei Luo River in the city is connected to the other three rivers of Yi, Neng and Jian, making the rivers in the city linger, moving the scenery of the mountains and rivers into the city, giving people the feeling of being made of heaven and earth."
At this moment, a strange scene suddenly appeared in front of me. A sailboat was sailing by the Luoshui hidden under the house. From their perspective, it was just the top of the sail moving, like a boating on land.
At this time, another mysterious Taoist priest brought by the old Taoist, also said: "Compared with the beautiful scenery of the water towns in Jiangnan, Luoshui is rare in the world, even nearly the only wide, deep and straight. Coupled with the openness of his predecessors, Luoyang has a unique and tunable atmosphere, which is definitely not comparable to ordinary water town cities."
At this time, the sky was bright and there were more and more people and cars on the street.
From time to time, there were teams of soldiers and guards with distinct armor and strict air, with traces of true energy on their bodies. The morning and morning exercise added a little bit of a tough and strict aura to this beautiful imperial city.
"The other feature is the Yanyu Xiyuan. Outside the western wall of the outer city, the Xiyuan is set up because of its natural environment. It reaches Xin'an in the west, Mangshan in the north, and Yique Mountains in the south, and is more than 200 miles away. It is comparable to the Shanglin Garden of Emperor Wu of Han in ancient times. The outer city is connected with the western garden, making Luoyang more large."
Taoist Xuan Shen continued, "But the most beautiful one is Jicui Pond near the west of the city. Jicui Pond is ten miles away. Today, the emperor spent manpower to stack stones in the lake to form mountains, imitating the three fairy mountains in Penglai, Fang Abbot, and Yingzhou. Three rockery have been built. There are towers and towers in the mountains and lakes, and winding corridors are like a fairyland on earth when misty rain is hazy."
The four of them walked along the street, and the passers-by led the way with a smile on their faces, and soon arrived at the south bank of Luoshui.
Taoist Xuanxu pointed to the bridge across the Luoshui River and connecting the north and south, and then said: "This is called Xinzhong Bridge. Just look at the scale of this bridge, you can tell the strictness and persistence of the Xinhuang.
It is said that in order to make Luoyang a capital, the new emperor has moved tens of thousands of wealthy businessmen from all over the country in recent years, and has also placed more than 3,000 craftsmen in Henan to live in the Twelve Floors on the south bank of the Luo River in the southeast corner of Guocheng, so this atmosphere is now available."
"The two scenic spots in Luoyang are so extraordinary, I wonder what the third scenic spot is?"
Ye Ning listened silently to the introduction of Xuan Shen and others. He had never been to Luoyang's ancient city in his past and present lives. He was naturally quite interested in the so-called three scenes of Luoyang. He immediately asked.
The Taoist Xuanxu smiled and said, "Of course, it is the famous "peony flower club" in Luoyang. "Three springs are worthy of peony wondering when the peony is half leaning on the red railing to bloom. There is no flower in the world that is better than this, and the world is more suitable for each other." Peony is the leader among flowers, with the most beautiful beauty!
In Luoyang City, whether it is private people or high-ranking families, they all love peonies, so they are widely planted. When flowers bloom, you only need to have a little identity to go to the major families to appreciate all kinds of peonies. If the day of the peony blossom blooms on the day, how could anyone in Luoyang not go?"
Speaking of this, even if you are leading the way, the old Taoist who is a master of the world could not help but smile: "When the Peony Flower Club is indeed the most beautiful place in the world, but this is not the moment of watching peonies. Xuanxu, what are you talking about? The Taoist Master, there is nothing to do today, why would I take you to visit this ancient city of Luoyang?"
"So I wish, I dare not ask for it." Ye Ning smiled slightly and said calmly.
The old Taoist who passed by led Ye Ning and his party to Lifang District where citizens, tourists and merchants gathered.
There are three markets in the Nanshi, Xishi and Beishi in Luoyang City. Among them, Beishi and Nanshi are the main distribution centers for internal and external transactions. For the convenience of trade, the three cities are all located by canals that can sail and canal directly.
Lifang is the place where residential houses, religious temples, and various central or local government offices are located.
The street layout of Lifang includes: east, west, south and north streets, streets and alleys on the inner side of the wall around the fang wall and some other small alleys. In this way, the cross streets and small alleys are separated by curves, which constitutes the internal structure of Lifang in Luoyang during the Sui Dynasty, and the residential houses are distributed in the alleys and curves.
One-third of the Lifang in Guocheng is distributed north of the Luo River. Most of them are poor families. The rest are distributed south of the Luo River. Most of them are residences of high-ranking officials and nobles. Many of them are carefully built into beautiful gardens, and peony is naturally a common thing.
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Ye Ning wandered leisurely in this majestic but exquisite thousand-year-old divine capital. He perceived the prosperous scene of the great Sui Dynasty's heyday and could not help but rise for a moment, and he also had a little more worldly aura from outside the world.
"The northeast of Tianjin Bridge, the west of Dou Pavilion, is so confusing that poetry is fascinating;
The moon is in the evening of the eyebrows and the goddess is born in the evening, and the face is in the spring beside the beautiful girl's dike;
The wind ripples of willows emerge, and the grass is woolly rain is cut;
The report says that the front drive is not yelling, fearing that the yellow bird will not sing.”
When a few people strolled over the Tianjin Bridge across the Luoshui River, the old Taoist passed by said: "Tianjin's Xiaoyue is the first of the scenery of Luoyang. The most charming thing is that when the night is late, the people are quiet and the moon is hanging in the sky, and when the pure Taoist heart comes here to see the bright moon and quiet water. The taste of the situation is really hard to describe."
Ye Ning looked around and saw that although there were beautiful scenery here, it was not the most appropriate viewing moment when it was quiet.
The waterways here are dense and complicated by land traffic, and it seems that all the boats and cars all run here to fill the rivers and streets.
In addition, Chinese and foreign merchants have promoted their spices, brocade silk, silk, or grain and tea, making Luoyang a distribution center for Chinese and foreign goods, which is beyond the reach of other cities.
There was no water flowing on and under the bridge, and there were thousands of people gathered. Hotels and restaurants lined up, connecting the markets from north to south of Luoshui.
If it weren't for the four people who were very human at first sight, and with great martial arts, it would be really not easy to visit this Tianjin Bridge.
Da, da, da!
At this moment, a few rapid horse hooves broke through the prosperity of the place. Passersby before the horse hooves gradually dispersed to both sides with great skill, and did not dare to have any complaints.
When the few looked back, they saw a middle-aged man wearing brocade robe driving a pure black horse running towards the Tianjin Bridge. However, under the bridge, the brocade robe flew off the horse and appeared in front of Ye Ning and others in a few flashes.
Ye Ning's eyes moved slightly, but saw that the person's face was clear and had a few short whiskers, the big yang acupoint was raised high, the lips were slightly thin, and the cold and thin color was hidden in the long and narrow eyes.
Obviously, this person's cultivation is extremely profound in the innate realm, and he practices high-level martial arts, but he has not learned it thoroughly.
Looking at this person's face, he should be a greedy, cold-blooded, cold-blooded, and cunning person, with a higher heart and thinner strength than paper. He seems cunning, but in fact he is incompetent and talentless, and at most he is just a dog guarding the corpse.
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Chapter completed!