The commercial center of the Xisi area is located near the Xisi Archway, which is called Xida City. After Yongle moved its capital to Beijing, in addition to the waterway through Chaoyang Gate in the east, goods from outside the city could enter the city by water, while goods from the northwest region could go by land.
On the west side, Xibianmen enters the city and is gathered near Xizhimen and Zhuochengmen, thus creating the prosperity of the Xisi Pailou commercial area.
In the Ming Dynasty, the pigs, cattle, sheep and other livestock used by Beijing residents for daily dietary consumption came from the northwest region, and were concentrated in the commercial district of Xida City. Over time, special mule and horse markets, sheep markets, and pig markets were formed. At the same time, there was a lot of coal burning in the city.
It is shipped from Xishan, Beijing, and sold in Xida City.
In addition, there are many theaters and brothels concentrated near the Xisi Archway. The Brick Pagoda Hutong outside Xi'an Gate was the famous "Forest of Singing and Blowing" at that time. It was once the activity center of Northern Zaju. This shows the prosperity of the capital's trade at that time!
The reason why Liu Haojia went to Qipan Street was because Emperor Wanli left the palace! And he had been setting up there for nearly two years. Naturally, he wanted to create a chance encounter so that he could get in touch with Emperor Wanli. Otherwise, Gu Ningbo's mansion was too far away from Emperor Wanli
However, it was difficult to win the favor of Emperor Wanli.
When Liu Haojia made this plan at first, he felt that it was very difficult and might not succeed! But when he started to do it, he discovered one thing. The palace looked very strict, but in fact it was as rotten as a sieve! As long as it is given enough
Yinzi, you can find out any information!
Especially those eunuchs at the bottom, their thirst for money has reached an extreme level! Some of the more normal news in the palace are simply marked with clear prices. As for the news that the masters require to keep strictly confidential, they just have different prices.
!They dare to sell even the emperor’s news!
Of course, there is some information that these eunuchs dare not betray, the most important of which is the whereabouts of the emperor! Although they absolutely dare not betray the travel plans of the emperor and other important figures, they can sell their past travel routes and times
!
In other words, Liu Haojia could get information from the eunuchs about the time, route, and accompanying personnel of the emperor's previous departure from the palace, and then he could reasonably deduce the approximate time period when he would leave the palace! Then he would send someone to return to the palace again.
Just wait outside the palace.
After all, the emperor's daily homework schedule is very full, and the rest time is limited, which leaves room for estimation. After all, there is no need to deduce the precise day, only a rough time is enough. As for
The rest is up to luck!
Moreover, Emperor Wanli did not leave the palace often. Because the palace ban may not restrict others, but the restrictions on him were particularly great! So he cherished every opportunity to leave the palace.
At the beginning, Emperor Wanli wanted to go out to the palace to have a good time, so he only planned to take Zhang Jia, his personal eunuch. For this reason, he also specially ordered Zhang Jia to prepare the clothes of a young eunuch in order to try to sneak out. But he
I can’t see the wry smile in Zhang Jia’s eyes!
Emperor Wanli didn't know, but Zhang Jiake knew clearly how many people were around Emperor Wanli and how many pairs of eyes were staring at him! After all, it was no joke that Emperor Wanli was involved in the destiny of the country! So he left the palace for the first time and thought happily that he
When I escaped from the palace, I didn't know that almost all the people around me were good soldiers sent by the palace!
Even when he was preparing to sneak out of the palace, the news had already been reported to the Queen Mother! It was just that the Queen Mother felt pity for his hard work in studying and wanted to give him a chance to play, otherwise he would not be able to leave the palace at all!
Later, the reason why Emperor Wanli was able to see through the fact that he was surrounded was because he got a little carried away when he went out for the first time and spent too much money! As a result, Zhang Jia spent all his monthly money, so Zhang Jia had to wear casual clothes.
He took money from the guards who were following him, and then the guards were exposed!
Although this discovery made Emperor Wanli a little frustrated, after he saw the facts clearly, he gave up the idea of going out and resigned himself to leaving the palace with a large number of guards in civilian clothes. Although it was not fun, it was better than not having any fun at all!
Emperor Wanli, who came here in joy today, was dressed like a rich young man, while Zhang Jia beside him was wearing a green robe and a small hat, looking like a young man from a wealthy family. He got dressed under Zhang Jia's service, holding his belt in his hands
Asked: "What do you think of my outfit today?"
Zhang Jia took a step back and bowed and said: "Long live the Lord, he is naturally a dragon and a phoenix!"
Hearing the flattery, Emperor Wanli hummed proudly and said, "Then get ready to go! Also, do you have enough money with you today?"
He subconsciously touched his waist and said, "Long live my Lord, don't worry, I brought more than ten taels of silver, it must be enough!"
After speaking, he complained in a low voice: "Long live my lord, you should buy less things when you go out! Those things on the market are not as exquisite as those in the palace! The objects in the palace are made by master craftsmen and are better than those outside.
Thousands of times more! Also, the food eaten outside is not as delicious as the food cooked by the imperial chef!"
Emperor Wanli said: "What do you know? This is called fun!"
After finishing speaking, he lowered his head and let himself put on his hat and said: "Do you think that guy who bullied the market will also come out?"
He said to himself: "It's almost time to show up!"
Emperor Wanli raised his legs and walked out, saying as he walked: "That bastard bullies the people so much, why doesn't Shuntian Mansion care about it?"
Zhang Jia followed Emperor Wanli as he walked around and said, "Is it true that no one is going to sue the officials? What is important in this officialdom is that if a person is not promoted by the people, he will not be punished by the officials!"
Emperor Wanli said: "That's not right! Doesn't it mean that a few people who imitated him have been talked about by Shuntian Mansion and their families, and they don't harm the people, so why don't they punish them? Is it possible that he is behind his back?
Isn’t it very powerful?”
Zhang Jia shook his head and said: "I don't know about this slave! But I heard that his family is just a small Gu Ningbo's house. There is no big power! But I can't guess the reason!"
After hearing this, Emperor Wanli waved his hand in an imposing manner and said: "Since Shuntian Mansion can't control him, I will! If we run into this bastard today, I will take him down and hand him over to Shuntian Mansion for disposal! I would like to see him.
How awesome is the backstage!”
Zhang Jiapai said with a smile: "No matter how tough his backstage is, it can't be as tough as Lord Long Live! It's just that I think there must be something fishy in this. Lord Long Live, it's better not to act rashly!"
Emperor Wanli said nonchalantly: "What's so rare about a small Earl's Mansion? I've never heard of his name! Today I will do something heroic!"
At this time, Emperor Wanli and his two men had already left the palace gate. There were fifty or sixty guards in cross-dress waiting outside the main hall. When they saw the little emperor coming out, they immediately bowed down and saluted. Emperor Wanli waved his hand and said, "Excuse me. Hurry up."
Follow me out of the palace to do some heroic deeds!"