Chapter 2219 Flower dispute (one hundred and twenty-eight)

On the sixth day of June, one hides water and exposes one's clothes. On the seventh day of July, one floats the needle. According to the tradition of the festival, any house with a girl should put a bowl of water in the sun. The girl should float the needle gently on the water, and then look at the bottom of the water.

The needle shadow is used to predict whether a girl has a pair of skillful hands. In a sense, it is also predicting her future.

With the introduction of Buddhism and the rise of Taoism, the Ghost Festival on July 15th, also known as the Obon Festival, became another important festival in July. Outside the palace, river lanterns were placed at Shichahai and lotus flowers were enjoyed.

Buddha jackfruit, put river lanterns in Xiyuan.

Because both the admiral and Cao Xi are not allowed to leave the mansion at the moment, it is Nick who accompanies Wan Ning to offer incense. Legend has it that the autumn leaves on the mountain where this temple is located are very beautiful. In the Tang Dynasty, it was once called Gongde Temple because of those

The beautiful red leaves were changed to Qixia Temple.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was desperate and became a monk for eight years. It was not until the Huangjue Temple where he lived was destroyed by war and he was desperate again that he got the auspicious hexagram of "following the hero and then becoming prosperous" from Jialan Bodhisattva, which gave him great hope.

He was greatly inspired by this, and then he ran to Haozhou to join Guo Zixing's peasant uprising army. Within one year of joining the army, he gained Guo Zixing's respect. In just three years, he was promoted from an ordinary soldier to a nine-man soldier and a centurion.

When he first entered Nanjing, Zhu Yuanzhang, one of the heroes at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, probably did not think about his future. The Nanjing people at that time were probably the same as Zhu Yuanzhang, "changing the king's flag at the top of the city." Who knew that this marshal could be in this city?

How long to stay.

Unexpectedly, this man named Zhu actually became the emperor, and because of this man, Nanjing became the capital of China. In history, Nanjing has been the capital more than once, with the prosperity of the Six Dynasties and the scenery of the Southern Tang Dynasty. However,

They are all divided into half of the country, or in other words, not even half of the country.

However, it did not take long for Nanjing to become the capital of a unified country. After the Jingnan Campaign, Zhu Di moved the capital to BJ. Since then, Nanjing has existed as the companion capital of BJ.

Compared to the Forbidden City with its red walls and golden tiles, perhaps the most eye-catching thing about Nanjing is the city wall. This is a feature of the Ming Dynasty. City walls were always being built, the most famous of which is the Great Wall.

BJ is located in the Yanshan Mountains, just on the edge of the agricultural civilization circle. However, the canals dredged by the Yuan Dynasty were too shallow to allow large ships to pass through. Therefore, in the early years of Yongle, during the transportation of military rations to the north, both water transportation and sea transportation were used. Even at this time, due to Japanese pirates, sea transportation

Not very safe.

Nanjing does not have the same political function as BJ, but its economic, cultural, and foreign exchange functions are very prominent. Zheng He made decisions and set out for his voyages to the West. There was an endless stream of tribute missions gathered here. Even after the capital was moved, there were still many tributes by sea.

Stop here and then head north along the canal.

Francis Xavier, a Catholic Jesuit missionary in the 16th century, preached near Guangzhou and was never able to enter the mainland. His successor, Matteo Ricci from Italy, worked hard to settle in Nanjing, make friends with famous officials, and build churches.

, thus kicking off the missionary work.

Zhu Yuanzhang had a grand blueprint in his mind. He might want to use city walls to encircle a huge city that would surpass Daxing in the Sui Dynasty and Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty. However, Nanjing is a mountainous place and not as flat as the Central Plains Plain, so he could only build a city along the city wall.

The building is built in a winding shape along the mountain. It is not as square as the northern city, and has a shape similar to a gourd.

From a practical perspective, Nanjing's tiger-and-dragon disk is completely unreliable, and it is difficult for it to complete a decent defense battle. However, Nanjing's famous city wall cannot be said to be useless, at least it is a symbol of national power. Feng

The Osaka Castle built by Omi Hideyoshi is far smaller than Nanjing in scale. It can be judged at a glance from the length of the city wall. However, its main castle tower is relatively intact, while the Forbidden City built by Zhu Yuanzhang has been preserved because of the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwenfang.

Many places were burned down by a fire. After Zhu Di became emperor, the palace in Nanjing was no longer restored, and only the royal family and internal ministers were assigned to manage it.

By the time of the Nanming Dynasty, most of the palaces in the Forbidden City had collapsed and the Imperial Ancestral Temple had been burned. Due to limited national power, only part of the buildings including Fengtian Gate were restored. After the Qing Dynasty destroyed the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing was renamed Jiangning, and generals and capitals were established.

The second government office was located in the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty.

After the Qing Dynasty troops peacefully entered Nanjing, they first occupied the northeastern part of the city and divided it into Eight Banners military camps. The NJ citizens who originally lived there had to evacuate to the south and west of the city. Later, Emperor Shunzhi divided the city into Manchu and Han Dynasty and simply divided the entire eastern part of Nanjing.

A city wall was built, dividing the city into two parts like cutting a cake. This wall started from Taiping Gate, along the base of the old imperial city wall, and ended at Tongji Gate. During the construction process, the east and south walls of the old palace were demolished.

During the Kangxi period, stone carvings from the Ming Palace were used to build the Putuo Mountain Temple. By this time, the palaces and walls of the Ming Palace had basically disappeared.

One wall is enough to create two different cultures in one city. The entire city of Nanjing is like a huge military camp, administratively not subject to the management of local prefectures and counties. General Jiangning is the highest officer of the Eight Banners garrison in Nanjing. His responsibilities are military affairs.

However, the daily life of the garrisoned bannermen, such as weddings, funerals, support and relief, must also be taken care of. Except for military service, the Manchus in the city refused to serve in all corvées, including water transportation, and were not allowed to engage in agriculture, industry, commerce and other industries.

The Han people not only have to support these Eight Banners soldiers, but also suffer harassment from bandits, commonly known as "flag thieves". This does not mean that the bannermen are directly involved in theft, but that some unruly local people who have taken refuge with the bannermen are very powerful and do evil. Ordinary people

They were unwilling to be slaves, but later the trend changed, and the Han people took the initiative to become slaves under the flag. After being named, they could not only be exempted from government taxes and servitude. There was a department called the "Council Hall", which contained fellow directors who were in charge of all aspects of the affairs of the banner people.

If a bannerman commits a crime, state and county officials have no power to make judgments and must hand it over to a specific judicial body, that is, the Council of Ministers.

Cao Xueqin, the author of Dream of Red Mansions, is said to be related to Jiangning Weaving. Jiangning Weaving is composed of three parts: Jiangning Weaving Department, Jiangning Weaving House and Jiangning Weaving Bureau. The "Council Hall" in the south of the Governor's Palace is the Jiangning Weaving Department, and Jiangning Weaving House is in the west.

It turned out to be the Admiral's Military Gate, and to the east is the Jiangning Weaving Bureau.

All the officials in the council are Manchus. If you look at it this way, it is impossible for the Cao family, who are the servants of the royal family, to live in Jiangning Textile Department, and it is impossible for Cao Xueqin to be born in Jiangning Textile Department.

In the 33rd year of Qianlong's reign, the Jiangning Weaving Department bought a private house in Huaiqing Bridge and rebuilt it into a new Weaving Department. However, the director's office was next to the Salt Road Department. When Prince Yongrong of Dorozhi was alive, he once dealt with Zhengyang.

The matter of delayed reimbursement of project funds involved a department called the Qinming Incident Investigation and Handling Office, which was reviewed by close ministers appointed by the emperor.

Being an official in the capital is actually very difficult. Except for a few officials like He Shen, most people have to rent a house, and these official houses are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The rent of these rented official houses is also a matter of quality.

The subsidy given to him by Qianlong.

Being appointed by the emperor to serve as an imperial envoy to study politics was a "favor". He could make a fortune while traveling around the mountains and rivers. The imperial envoy Yao who was just sent away by the Yangzhou rich man and Cao Xi was considered to be relatively honest.

The other kind of imperial envoys, like Liu Yong and He Shen, go to Shandong to investigate cases, and they will be treated warmly, but they cannot find out how much silver they have lost, so that is another matter.

Generally speaking, few people would find a piece of wasteland to build a house. Most of them would buy other people's houses and renovate them on the basis of their houses. Only local officials, especially imperial merchants like Jiangning Weaving Doctor, could afford to build a house like the Grand View Garden.

house.

Kangxi and Qianlong also lived in Jiangning Weaving Mansion when they went to the south of the Yangtze River. If it was expanded to accommodate the emperor, Jiangning Weaving Office was finally squeezed out, and they went to Huaiqing Bridge to find a piece of land to build another Yamen. They also took this opportunity to talk to the directors.

Tongzhi, the department responsible for managing conflicts between bannermen and Han people, was separated. As a result, it is possible that Cao Xueqin was born in Jiangning Textile Bureau.

Nanjing can be said to be Southern Zhili, but the governor of Jiangsu is not stationed in Nanjing. Jiangsu does not need to "governor the same city" like Guangdong. He can go to Suzhou, and even the governor is considered a higher-level official.

The governor of Jiangsu, Yue Qi, who wrote a memorial to Emperor Jiaqing in the hope of investigating the malpractice of water transportation, was surnamed Eji and was a Manchurian with a white banner. He was currently acting as the governor of Liangjiang and impeached Nanhe Project officials Zhuang Gang and Liu Pu with the help of Cao Xi.

Others embezzled public funds, engaged in private fraud, set up private shops, and transported goods to the dam construction site to hoard and make profits.

Then there is Chang Yingcang. The method used by the Manchu Qing Dynasty to suppress the White Lotus Sect was not like the Battle of Jinchuan and Jinchuan. Instead of sending a large number of soldiers deep into the mountains, they cut off their supplies, causing a large number of religious bandits to starve to death. The group that broke out from Fengjie

Out, the reason why the White Lotus cultists who came down the river wanted to attack Huai'an was for the granary. Even if they couldn't attack Chang Yingcang, they could still go to Taicang. If there were followers of the White Lotus cult in the government, and they were allowed to participate in the rectification of officialdom, causing chaos in Huai'an,

Then the consequences are unimaginable.

The biggest problem with Cao Xi is that he is a Han, especially at this juncture when "anti-Qing and restoration of Ming" are happening everywhere.

It's not like just one person can write secret documents. I'm afraid I have to go to BJ to find out who filed the black complaint.

In the soul-calling case, Funihan had wronged so many people. What punishment did he receive in the end? A Sichuan businessman wrote a letter of complaint for the British. What punishment was it?

Even if it turns out to be a false accusation, there is still a way to escape, and half of Cao Xi's life is involved.

In fact, compared to Qixia Mountain, Purple Mountain is a better place to overlook Nanjing. However, at the southern foot of Purple Mountain is the Xiaoling Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang and his queen are buried there. It is not easy to go there because there is a huge gap between Nanjing and Purple Mountain.

Separated by a whole city, it soon became desolate and wild animals roamed around. Nick would not take a girl to such a place, and without Wan Ning, he would not be able to go to the Purple Mountain.

In Chapter 80 of A Dream of Red Mansions, Ming Yan holds a dream sweet incense in her hand, and Wan Ning also holds a stick of incense in her hand to worship the Buddha. It is precisely because Wan Ning is a girl that she can still leave at this time.

Residence, go to Qixia Mountain to burn incense and worship Buddha, praying for peace.

God does not exist, and so does Bodhisattva, but Nick did not tell her at this time that when plasters are ineffective, hope is a good medicine.

People not only need to live, but also have hope to live. Otherwise, why would those hanged officials seek death when they have enough food and clothing in the palace?

However, the Qing Dynasty would not make the same mistakes as the Ming Dynasty. They had learned from the past, and becoming a palace maid was still a miserable road.

In comparison, Qingdeng Gufo is still lucky, or maybe Nick took her out of the country, and after the house was confiscated, she would have nothing left, except her elderly father.

Nick thought of his father, a father who dared to resist.

He stopped looking at Wan Ning burning incense and turned to look at the outside world. The sun was shining brightly and there were cicadas chirping in the forest. It was hotter than Yangzhou and Nanjing. It would be great if he could always live in this cool mountain to escape the heat.

So pleasant.
Chapter completed!