The imperial concubine Ming, the concubine Gong, the concubine He, and the concubine Yelu, together with the eldest prince Zhao Kuo, the second prince Zhao Lian, the third prince Zhao Geng, the fourth prince Zhao Kang, the fifth prince Zhao Xu, as well as the eldest princess Zhao Lin and the second princess
Zhao Rong and the third princess Zhao Bei slowly went north along the Yongji Canal.
That day we finally arrived at Tianjin City. After Zhao Si and his party met up with them, they continued walking north. After four days of walking, they finally arrived at Beiping City.
This is now a large construction site, with more than 200,000 people busy building here.
"Your Majesty, three ladies, your Royal Highnesses the princes and princesses," Zeng Baohua transformed into a gold medal tour guide and introduced to Zhao Si and his party.
At this time, they were standing on the west mountain of Beiping City. In the former Liao Dynasty, Emperor Daozong and Emperor Tianzuo built two large gardens here, which are now converted into palaces and serve as the residence of Zhao Si and his party in Peiping.
Xishan is higher than Beiping City. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can have a clear view of the entire city. But it is far away. Looking up, it looks like a miniature model placed far away.
"The Jinfu in Nanjing in the former Liao Dynasty was expanded on the basis of Youzhou City in the former Tang Dynasty. It has a radius of thirty-six miles, eight gates, and a city wall three feet high. At its peak, there were 300,000 residents. Now the expansion plan of Beiping City is under way.
, it only occupies the southwest corner. Its many palaces and official offices will become many university campuses after restoration and reconstruction."
"Many gardens built by the former Liao Kingdom have been restored and renovated. Some of them are used for cultural and educational facilities such as Gewuyuan, Hongwenyuan, and Lantai Library. Some of them were donated to Jin Mingchi and opened to the common people for recreation.
"Zeng Baohua had someone prepare a large wooden stand early on, which he placed in front of Zhao Si and his party. There was a huge map spread out on it, which was a sketch of the expansion of Beiping City.
He held a slender wooden stick and stood in front of the sketch, pointing at the sketch while talking.
Sometimes he even pointed out the distant city of Beiping, combining the real thing with the map. This tour guide really did his best.
"The entire city of Beiping is divided into the palace city, the court city, the inner city and the outer city. The palace city, also called the Forbidden City, is the core part of the entire Peking New City. In this area, the circumference is 4,200 meters, which is eight miles and one hundred steps.
.It is 1,200 meters long from north to south, 860 meters wide from east to west, and has an area of 1.032 square kilometers. It is a rectangle running from north to south."
"The palace city has eight gates, five gates in the south, namely Chengtian Gate, Duan Gate, Meridian Gate, Zuoye Gate, Right Yemen, Dong'an Gate in the east, Xi'an Gate in the west, and Xuanwu Gate in the north. The central axis in front is the Three Halls
, that is, Xuande Hall, Chuigong Hall and Chongzheng Hall, as well as Wenhua Hall, Wuying Hall, Wenyuan Pavilion, Tiren Pavilion and ancillary buildings on the left and right."
"The Third Hall in the Middle Hall is the place where court ceremonies are held, where foreign vassals are received, where political affairs are discussed before the imperial court, and where officials handle military and state affairs. The two left and right halls and two pavilions are where the Pingzhang Army conducts state affairs, discusses state affairs, and stores important documents and files respectively.
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"This is the front court, which occupies one-third of the Forbidden City. The rest are the harem. In the middle are Qian'an Palace, Jiaotai Palace, and Kunning Palace. Qian'an Palace is the resting place for officials. Jiaotai Palace is where the queen's wife
The place where congratulations from internal and external court are received. The place where Queen Wei of Kunning Palace resides." Ming, He and Yelu looked at each other and continued to listen.
"After Kunning Palace, it is divided into left and right, east and west, each with six palaces and several pavilions. The six east palaces are Yongning, Chang'an, Yonghe, Xianyang, Yanqi, and Jingyang palaces; the six west palaces are Weiyang, Changle,
Wan'an, Chuxiu, Changchun, Xianfu Palace. In addition, there are five Qiandong and five Qianxi residences where the princes and princesses live, a theater building, Changyin Building, and the Imperial Garden and other buildings."
"The palace wall surrounding the Forbidden City is twelve meters high and five thousand meters long. Outside the wall is a 52-meter-wide moat called Yuhe. According to the design, there are 999 buildings of various colors and 6,600 rooms.
Sixty rooms." Hearing Zeng Baohua's voice was a little hoarse, Zhao Si winked at Li Fang.
Li Fang took a glass of water from a chamberlain, walked gently to Zeng Baohua, and handed it over while talking.
Zeng Baohua nodded gratefully to Li Fang, took the water, and said with a smile: "Three ladies, your highnesses, my mouth is dry when I talk, Rong Chen drinks some water to moisten it."
"They are all members of our own family, please do as you please, Uncle Guo." Ming replied with a smile. Zeng Baohua took a few sips of water, moistened his throat, and continued: "Chaocheng, also called Imperial City, is outside the palace city. Zhou
It is 11.6 kilometers long, that is, 24 miles. It is 3 kilometers long from north to south, 2800 meters wide from east to west, and covers an area of 8.4 square kilometers. It is Miyagi City in the east, Xiyuan in the west, and Taiyuan in the middle.
Yechi."
"Xiyuan and Taiye Pond were expanded on the basis of several royal gardens in the former Liao Dynasty, and introduced the Yuquan Mountain stream and the Yuquan River where the branches of the Sanggan River converge..."
"In the south of Chaocheng City are three provinces and one hospital. There is a large square at the gate of Chengtian Gate, which is 600 meters long from north to south and 500 meters wide from east to west. It is called Fengyun Square. To the south of Fengyun Square is Zhongshu Province, and on the left is
Shangshu Province and Menxia Province, with the Privy Council and Xuanhui Palace on the right."
"There are six gates in the imperial city. The south gate is called Xin Song, the east gate is called Donghua, the west gate is called Xihua, and the north gate is called Chongming. In front of the Xin Song gate is Chang'an Avenue, which turns east and is called Chang'an Left, and turns west and calls Chang'an Right.
"Zeng Baohua's slender wooden stick pointed at the distant Beiping City and gently drew a circle in the void.
"Beyond the imperial city is the inner city, where Beiping government offices and government agencies such as Gewuyuan, Hongwenyuan, and Hanlinyuan are scattered. It is also where the official residences are concentrated. The inner city has a circumference of 24 kilometers, which is 48 miles in total.
It is 6.6 kilometers long from east to west, 5.4 kilometers wide from north to south, and covers an area of 36 square kilometers. It is divided into nine gates, with Zhengyang Gate in the south, Chongwen Gate on the left, and Xuanwu Gate on the right; Chaoyang Gate in the east and south.
To the north is Dongzhimen; to the south of the west is Fuchengmen, and to the north is Xizhimen; to the east of the north is Andingmen, and to the west is Deshengmen."
"The inner city is divided into four cities: east, west, north and middle. To the south, there is also a city planned, called Nancheng, which is actually the outer city and embraces the east and west turrets. The south city is 8.4 kilometers long from east to west, which is sixteen meters long from east to west.
Point eight miles, the north-south width is 4.6 kilometers, totaling 9.2 miles, the total length of the city is 18.4 kilometers, totaling 36.8 miles..."
"No! Uncle, are you wrong? The south city is 8.4 kilometers long and 4.6 kilometers wide. The circumference should be 26 kilometers, which is 42 miles long." Zhao Kuo asked.
According to etiquette, he called the Queen Zeng his mother. As Zeng Baohua's brother, of course he had to call him uncle. Of course, Zhao Si decreed that all princes and princesses could call their biological mothers mother.
Zeng Baohua smiled and gave a thumbs up: "Brother is really smart, and he immediately heard that there was something fishy in it. But there is a reason why the perimeter of Nancheng is only 36.8 miles." Zhao Si waved his hand to stop him from further explanation.
"This question is actually very simple. It will be explained in just one point. It depends on whether you have imagined the entire Peking New City in your mind." Several princes and princesses fell into thinking. Zhao Si stared at the third child, Zhao Geng, and waited for more than ten seconds.
, Zhao Geng couldn't bear it and honestly raised his hands.
"Third brother, tell me." Zhao Geng replied with a helpless expression as if I don't want to show off my intelligence, but fate will always let me get ahead: "The north of Nancheng and the south of the inner city share the same wall, so Nancheng's
The perimeter can only be calculated as the length of the east, south, west and north turrets." Zhao Kuo's eyes lit up.
"Lao San, you are really good at geometry." Zhao Si's face was also slightly pleased, I finally rescued my son from the clutches of the Confucian scholars.
He had included mathematics, geometry, physics, and chemistry as national education subjects, and it finally paid off. He stared at Zhao Geng, and made a plan in his mind. The next time he went to the West, the eldest, second, and third eldest son would all go with him. This chapter has been completed!