Jiang Yanxian's style of doing things was undoubtedly vigorous and resolute. In the afternoon of that day, the Internal Affairs Hall unanimously approved a proposal to change the old government offices into various local memorial halls.
Early the next morning, Jinzouyuan scattered throughout Beijing and Zhao were notified and came to the Ministry of Household Affairs to receive the keys to the new Jinzouyuan.
This time, when allocating to memorial halls, try to put all the state capitals along the way in one compound. For example, Yanshan Road was assigned to the original Hubu compound. As for how they will subdivide it, it will be decided by internal discussions.
In the morning, everyone who entered the hospital received their keys, and in the afternoon, the old government office that had just fallen silent became lively again.
The first person to move was Jinzouyuan on Yanshan Road. They were evicted by their landlord and could no longer move on. Their internal allocation was also simple. The two largest official rooms were given to Yanshan Mansion. The other official rooms were about the same size, but in different locations. Then they were allocated by each state.
Determined by drawing lots, the rooms are relatively spacious, and each state gets two official rooms, as well as a shared meeting hall and reception hall.
However, the only fly in the ointment is that Xinjinzouyuan does not have a residential function. All officials stationed in Beijing must continue to rent private houses to live in. However, the problem is not big. Most states themselves operate post houses, which are a kind of government-run inns.
In addition to the residence of Jingzhao officials, it is also provided for officials who come to Beijing for business, as well as scholars from the state who come to take the imperial examination and businessmen from the state. Of course, the merchants charge normal rent.
In addition to Jinzouyuan and Post House, this kind of local institution actually also has a guild hall. The guild hall is not a government-run organization, but a non-governmental organization. Instead, it is led by several big businessmen from various states who rent a yard to set up a chamber of commerce to exchange business opportunities.
, keep in touch, help each other, and share the friendship of fellow villagers.
Chambers of commerce in various states are basically outside the city. This is also due to the fact that Jingzhao does not close the city gates day and night, and soldiers do not conduct interrogations, so it is actually very convenient to live outside the city. At first, many people were worried that the city would not be closed at night.
The gate is only a temporary regulation, but three years ago Chen Qing personally issued a century-old order, "If foreign enemies do not enter the pass, the Jingzhao City Gate will not be closed day and night." It was carved into an iron tablet and erected at the Mingde Gate.
What is the Centennial Order, that is, his descendants are not allowed to violate this order, which is the same as the Hundred Years Order of the Song Dynasty not to kill civil servants.
With this hundred-year order, the suburbs of Jingzhao were completely activated. Land prices soared, and houses and shops were built one after another. Three years later, the area within ten miles outside Jingzhao City was connected to the city.
Just like Bianliang City, there is almost no difference between the inside and outside of the city.
There is a small inn outside the east city of Jingzhao called Dong'an Inn. Among the hundreds of inns in Jingzhao, it is inconspicuous. There are only five upper rooms in the inn. Of course, its upper room is actually a single room, so the waiters should be more attentive.
, nothing more.
The five upper rooms are all occupied, and the easternmost upper room is occupied by a young businessman from Hebei. His registered name is Guo Changwu, from Hejian Mansion on Hebei Road, and his identity is a businessman.
But the shopkeeper and the waiter found that this young businessman was a bit strange. He neither went to the market to sell goods nor purchased goods. He either left early and came back late, or stayed in the room all day long. However, interfering with guests is the principle of all inns. This young man
Although it is a little weird, as long as he pays the rent on time and gives enough rewards, the shopkeeper and the waiters will not meddle in his business.
In the room, the tall young businessman sat in front of the bed, carefully dripping liquid from a small porcelain bottle on the tip of an arrow, and then gently spread the green liquid evenly on the tip of the arrow with a cloth, and placed it on the table to dry.
Come on, four identical short arrows have been placed on the table. The arrows are flashing with a faint green light in the sun, and they are highly poisonous at first glance.
Of course, this young man is not a businessman. His name is indeed Guo Changwu. No one in Jingzhao may know him, but in Jizhou, Yanshan Road, everyone knows his name. He is the adopted son of Guo Wei, the head of a wealthy family in Jizhou. He has been known to Guo Wei since he was a child.
He was raised and regarded as his own son. During the brutal purge by the inner guards, the entire Guo Wei family was executed. Guo Changwu escaped because he was not Guo Wei's biological son.
But Guo Changwu did not flee to a foreign land and change his name and start a new life. He was determined to avenge his adoptive father and the entire Guo family.
Although the Guo family was purged and killed by the inner guards, Guo Changwu obviously did not take the leader of the inner guards Zhong Huan seriously. He aimed his revenge directly at King Yong Chen Qing. This is correct. The inner guards all acted under the orders of King Yong.
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At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door. Guo Changwu was startled and quickly covered the poisonous arrows on the table with a piece of cloth.
"Who is it?" Guo Changwu asked loudly.
"It's me!" was the voice of the shopkeeper.
Guo Changwu breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward to open the door. The shopkeeper smiled at the door and said, "Sorry for disturbing Mr. Guo!"
"What's up?"
"I'm here to remind Mr. Guo that today is Friday!"
Only then did Guo Changwu realize that he was here to ask for room money. This was the bad thing about this inn. You had to pay first before staying, and you had to pay every ten days.
Guo Changwu frowned, "You only have money, why are you in such a hurry!"
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "This shop is a small business, please forgive me!"
"Wait!"
Guo Changwu closed the door, and the shopkeeper shouted at the door: "There are still five hundred Wen for food!"
"knew!"
Guo Changwu carefully put the five poisonous arrows into the quiver, then took a small piece of broken silver, opened the door and handed it to the shopkeeper, "I'll give you three coins!"
"Just right! Just right!" The shopkeeper smiled brightly and took the broken silver.
"That's right!" Guo Changwu cursed secretly. He knew that the current black market price was one to six, and one tael of silver could be exchanged for six coins. Then the black market merchants took the silver to Lin'an to exchange for copper coins. Lin'an was one to ten, and once it changed hands,
One tael of silver makes a net profit of four ounces.
Guo Changwu only had silver and no copper coins with him, and he did not dare to go to the black market to exchange money for fear of being caught and causing serious problems, so he had to use silver to pay for the house and give rewards, which made the shopkeeper and waiters extremely happy.
At this time, Guo Changwu remembered something and asked: "Excuse me, shopkeeper, when will the city gate close?"
The shopkeeper looked at him strangely, "Don't you know, Mr. Guo? The Jingzhao City Gate is open day and night, everyone knows it."
"Ah! This is my first time coming to Jingzhao, so I don't know this rule."
"No wonder!"
The shopkeeper took a look at the two loads of goods piled in the room and said to him: "If you want to sell medicine, you can go directly to the medicinal materials market. There is a shop there that specializes in collecting medicinal materials. It is at Shanrenfang in the southwest corner of the city."
"I understand, thank you shopkeeper!"
Guo Changwu soon went out with a short crossbow and a sword. His short crossbow was only one foot long and half a foot wide. It was considered a small crossbow and had a range of up to fifty steps. He wore a half-length trousers, short crossbow and
The quiver was inserted into Guzi's bag. This is usually a hidden bag used by merchants to store gold and silver, but he used it to store crossbow arrows.
He soon came to the opposite side of the gate of Prince Yong's Mansion. The small traders doing various businesses in this area were secretly guarded by the inner guards, and Guo Changwu saw this.
Guo Changwu was once a Jinbing spy. After special training, he became a qualified spy and a skilled assassin.
Guo Changwu found that it was unrealistic to assassinate in front of the palace, so he placed the assassination location on the only way for King Yong to go to Taiji Palace. He found that this was a loophole.
Chen Qing's travel was indeed a loophole. The city walls and palace walls of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty were both double walls, that is, two city walls. There was a passage in the middle of the city wall, connecting Taiji Palace, Daming Palace, Xingqing Palace and Qujiang Pond.
When the emperor travels, he always walks along the city walls and usually does not appear on the streets of busy cities. If he occasionally goes to the minister's house to be a guest, he must clean the streets and clear out passers-by. Doors and windows on both sides must be closed. Soldiers have to guard one post at three steps and one post at five steps.
The security is very tight.
It can be said that there is no other monarch like Chen Qing who did not shy away, did not clean the streets, and went out in a carriage with only a hundred cavalry guards.
Of course, this is also related to Chen Qing's strong martial arts skills and his specially made carriage. The walls of his carriage are inlaid with copper sheets, which is several times stronger than a shield. Even a divine arm crossbow cannot penetrate it. The only weakness is the window.
