Xianren Palace has been sorted out, and the emperor can move in as soon as his car arrives.
All the troops and brigades in the retinue also had places to go. The garrison troops guarded the outskirts of the imperial city, the guards on the left and right guarded the gates, and the Yulin army stayed in the imperial palace.
Luoyang is a big city. With just a few people entering, it won't make much waves.
At this time, the number of people in Luoyang City gradually increased to more than 20,000 households, almost 70,000 to 80,000 people. It is obvious at a glance that this ratio cannot form a healthy social structure at all.
Most of them are young men and women, and there are very few old people and children. Without the strong intervention of the imperial court, it will take some time for Luoyang to restore its old outlook.
How could the imperial court intervene? Pei Ju had made it very clear that it was just immigration, which was almost a matter of Li Po's words, and normally no one in the imperial court would object to this kind of thing.
As long as Li Po has the will.
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Yang Guang really liked building cities.
He divided the imperial city into several parts and built several city walls similar to satellite cities in the north of the city, separated from the imperial city by high walls.
The outermost perimeter is the Round Wall City, Yaoyi City, and Xuanwu City. To the west is the Zuojia City and the West Separation City. To the east is the Youjia City and the East Separation City. The core is the inner garden of the palace.
The firewall is not built so comprehensively, right?
Even if you enter Luoyang, it will not be easy to take down the inner city. I wonder if Yang Guang was guarding against those from Kansai who came to attack him?
What's even more different from Chang'an is that there are some neighborhoods to the east of the imperial city, where all dignitaries live.
Well, don’t always talk about Yang Guang. In another time and space, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty were not bad either.
Emperor Gaozong built Shangyang Palace and Wu Zetian built Ziwei Palace. They were both built with the utmost of national power, not much worse than Yang Guang.
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Maybe it's because there are too many palaces and high walls, which obscure the view, making it a bit eerie. Yang Guang connected it with the West Garden, which was really big, similar to Shanglin Garden on the east side of Chang'an in the Han Dynasty.
of a place.
It's just that the so-called Xiyuan Garden has long been trodden down by the rebels. When Duan Da's rebels finally besieged the city, they even dug up the ancestral graves of the nobles around Luoyang, and the damage was very complete.
If the rebels are allowed to enter Luoyang, they may even set off a fire and burn Yang Guang's hard work...
The large group of troops did not go through the main gate of Luoyang, but entered the imperial city directly from the west side.
Pei Ju couldn't stop introducing the layout of Luoyang Palace to the emperor.
"The three-layered city in the north, plus the small city in the east and west, is protected by the inner garden with the meaning of Beichen. The two layers in the east are the residence of the prince, and the two layers in the west are for the princesses.
For food and drinks in the palace, Hanjiacang in the northeast is specially provided..."
Li Po listened silently and stopped making any strange remarks. He just wanted to look at the drawings of Luoyang. The city was built layer by layer. It really felt like entering the palace gate was as deep as the sea.
To put it nicely, it sounds like it's heavily guarded and very impressive, but in reality it's far less grand and upright than the one in Chang'an, and it just makes people feel rather wretched.
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The Mingde Hall complex was a place where the emperor handled government affairs and rested. Functionally, it mixed the various functions of Taiji Hall, Ganlu Hall and Liangyi Hall in Chang'an Taiji Palace.
The accompanying ministers were placed in the west part of the city, and Li Po, his concubines, and the accompanying palace officials naturally lived in the Mingde Hall.
By the time everything was settled, it was already dark.
Li Po was not in a hurry to meet anyone, so he asked Pei Ju and others to hold a reception banquet tomorrow night. After walking all the way, he felt a little tired, so he didn't go out to hang out at night. After listening to Luo Shixin and Ashina Rongzhen,
After reporting the situation of the guard, he returned to the palace and fell asleep soundly with his wife in his arms.
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Although Pei Ju is old and frail, he still has to hold on to his health and discuss with Liu Jingsheng and others to arrange everything, mainly to check for deficiencies and make up for them.
Before the emperor's arrival, the entire city of Luoyang was already on alert. No idlers were allowed to come in and out at will, and all construction projects that could be stopped were stopped.
After the emperor's car arrived, everything went smoothly, but there were still many things that everyone was prepared to do, such as accompanying the emperor to see where he wanted to go.
And the emperor's visit to the Eastern Capital was not just for fun. Everyone should be prepared to answer questions in person. Needless to say, these are important to everyone's official career, and no one dares to ignore them.
By the time Liu Jingsheng and others were sent away, it was already late at night, and Pei Ju's waist could no longer straighten up. This shows that being an official is not that easy.
Pei Ju thought clearly. He only complained about his old age, but he would not complain about the hard work of being an official.
He couldn't sleep at this moment either. Two pretty little maids came in and rubbed his shoulders, legs and feet.
Pei Ju squinted his eyes, feeling that something was wrong with his body, but in his mind, he was still recalling every bit of what happened when he met the driver today.
What did the emperor say and how did he answer it correctly? Play it back over and over again, pondering each word to avoid forgetting something.
He had the habit of taking notes, but when he had questions and answers with the emperor, he could not write them down and could only keep them in his mind.
While I was thinking about it, someone came to see me.
It was his aide Zhang Zhi who came. He greeted Pei Ju as he entered the room.
Pei Ju sat up on the couch, looked at Zhang Zhi's expression, and waved his hand to retreat.
When no one was around, Pei Ju said, "Why did you come to see me late at night in the evening?"
Zhang Zhi came closer and reported in a low voice: "Ming Gong, someone came to report. Those great monks blocked the road to see the driver, and they followed the driver when they entered the city..."
Pei Ju frowned slightly, "Didn't you go back to Jiangdu? You are quite courageous, and you dared to block the road..."
Zhang Zhi shook his head slightly and said: "Those monks are eloquent, and if they come close to you, it may be detrimental to Ming Gong."
Pei Ju rolled his eyelids, curved the corners of his mouth, waved his hands gently and said: "It's not a big deal, the time when the monks and Taoists became popular has long passed.
If Li Yuan conquered the world... he would have to be careful, but now, he is not afraid of a few monks stirring up trouble. He just drove them away, so there is no need to worry too much about it.
Have you completed the revision of the Luoyang Miscellaneous Notes that I asked you to compile? I will submit it in the near future, but don’t miss my important event."
Zhang Zhi bowed slightly and said: "It has been written into a book. I will correct it again and again to make sure there are no omissions."
Pei Ju nodded with satisfaction. This was his usual tactic, but Dou Jiande was too vulgar, and Old Dou couldn't understand what he wrote, so he couldn't show his full ability.
When he arrived in Luoyang, he had the opportunity to repeat his old tricks. In the past two years, he asked his staff to visit the Eastern Capital for anecdotes and research the historical records. He followed the example of the Xijing Miscellaneous Notes written by Liu Xin during the Han Dynasty, and used rural anecdotes to support the historical records.
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When the work of He Chou written by He Chou reached Luoyang, Pei Ju read it several times and felt indescribable envy and jealousy towards He Chou.
His previous writings were all written by the collective efforts of many people, and most of them were only essays. Their purpose was not simple, so they were not accessible to the eyes of the Fang family.
The same is true for Luoyang Miscellaneous Notes, which cannot be compared with He Chou's hard work...
Please remember the first domain name of this book: ._