Chapter four hundred and sixty third big man like Chang'an
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Liu Xiang worshiped Taiyi God with the Tailuo ceremony on the altar of Jianzhang Palace in the west of the city. The whole ceremony lasted for more than an hour, and he was frozen to the bone.
Returning to Beigong, I still haven’t calmed down. It snowed a few days ago. As the saying goes, if the snow doesn’t get cold, it will turn into cold snow. It’s just the time when it gets cold. On a day like this, you have to walk on a mountain with a height of more than 50 feet.
The gods were worshiped on the platform. It was a 120-meter-high platform. The breeze was so refreshing that the bones were filled with cold air.
What a sin!
He was freezing as soon as he got up there. He wore two extra layers of cotton robes, but they didn't work.
But the bronze pillar immortal on the stage holding the dew tray in his palm is really beautiful. It was made of pure copper. Three hundred years later, it is still well maintained and golden. Liu Xiang estimates that there are more than ten tons of copper. He really wants to melt it and cast it.
Copper coins.
This was created by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to seek immortality.
"Han Shu" records: "There is a divine platform in Jianzhang Palace, built by Emperor Wu. There is a dew receiving plate on it, and there is a bronze immortal holding the plate and jade cup with open palms to catch the dew from the clouds, and serve it with dew and jade shavings in order to seek immortality."
, the cactus has seven large perimeters, made of copper.”
Taking dew and jade shavings orally orally was a technique of taking bait in the Han Dynasty.
Later, when Cao Pi came to the throne, he wanted to move the Bronze Pillar Immortal to Luoyang. As a result, the copper plate broke and was heard for dozens of miles. He reluctantly moved it to the bank of the Ba River. It was too heavy to move forward and was abandoned. Later, it disappeared.
It's recorded, and it's probably melted.
In the Han Dynasty, copper was money. No one was willing to throw it away in the wild, right? Liu Xiang was reluctant to part with it anyway.
If you compare yourself to others, I guess Cao Pi would not be able to part with these dozen tons of copper.
Although I was freezing on the platform, overlooking Chang'an was really refreshing. It was like standing on a thirty or forty-story building, looking at the giant city below, the eight rivers surrounding the city, and the surrounding mountains, forests, and fields. At a glance,
There is no obstruction, everything you can see can be seen.
Climb high and look far, open your mind, and feel heroic in your heart!
It's just that the palace is a bit dilapidated, which is a pity.
Today's Han Dynasty is really similar to Chang'an at that time. It is huge and magnificent, but it is often dilapidated and there are too many places that need to be repaired and rebuilt.
The most dilapidated one is the Jianzhang Palace. Most of the palaces were destroyed by the wars during Wang Mang's new dynasty. When it was intact, it was huge in scale, with thousands of households. It was the largest palace complex in Chang'an, with a circumference of more than 20 miles.
, covering an area of more than seven square kilometers.
The front hall is as high as the main hall of Weiyang Palace.
To the east is the Phoenix Tower, which is more than twenty feet high. There is a chariot road that goes over the city wall and leads directly to Weiyang Palace.
It's a pity that it was burned down, and only the remaining base is left for people to remember.
On the west side outside the city is the semi-encircled structure of Tangzhong, with dozens of miles of land enclosed for raising tigers.
This place was also abandoned, and the tiger probably either escaped or was killed.
To the north of the city is the Taiye Pool, with a terrace in the pool more than twenty feet high. The terrace is a rockery in the lake. There are Penglai, Fangzhang, Yingzhou and Huliang, imitating the sacred mountains in the sea.
In the Han Dynasty, artificial lakes were dug. The rockeries in the lakes were called Jiantai, and they were also found in the Cangchi in Weiyang Palace.
There are Yutang and Bimen in the south of the city, and only the ruins of Big Bird are left.
On the north side of the palace, there are the Shenming Terrace and Jinggan Tower, which are more than fifty feet high, and are connected by a chariot road.
The Shenming Platform is a large square mound with a base length of fifty meters and a width of fifty meters each. The top of the platform is about four to five hundred square meters. Next to it is the Jingqian Tower, which is a well-like tower with an all-wooden structure.
It should have been very spectacular when it was in its heyday. Unfortunately, most of the palaces were burned down and used as military camps by Liu Xiang. Several palaces were converted into military official offices and ordnance workshops.
He didn't want to restore the old view, as it would be too expensive.
But the thought of such a magnificent and magnificent building being destroyed by war makes people feel sad.
"My lord, can you really live forever if you drink the heavenly water that the Bronze Immortal received?" Zhao Jing, who followed Liu Xiang on to the high platform and suffered from the cold, asked curiously. He was fascinated by this.
"Emperor Wu drank too much and never saw him live forever."
Zhao Jing took a big sip of the ginger soup and felt it was a pity: "That's right, it's all in vain."
He was not saying that the man who built the high platform and made the copper was in vain, but he was saying that he had spent a long time holding the "Tian Shui" from the dew tray, but it was of no use and he could only make ginger soup.
Liu Xiang smiled and said nothing. Immortality is illusory, but it is extremely destructive to people's minds. Many emperors, generals and ministers were wise and powerful at first, but in the end they became obsessed with the matter of immortality, did too many unimaginable and absurd things, and became stupid and immoral.
Extremely stupid!
It is better to do something serious than to seek longevity.
"It is now the fifteenth day, and the officials transferred from Bingzhou should be arriving soon. It is estimated that it will take some time for Youzhou and Jizhou to go to each county in advance to measure the land as soon as possible and allocate the fields to the people. Ziyu, the reason for this
You make arrangements."
"only."
Liu Xiang thought for a while, the gap in Sanfu's fields was too big, and some people couldn't divide it. If it was not handled well, it would easily lead to a civil uprising. He pondered for a moment and said:
"Sanfu will not allocate land to women for the time being, but will recruit them to work in weaving workshops. Priority will be given to allocating land to those who are already working in agriculture, especially those who are tenant farmers. The number of acres of land will be reduced to ten acres per ding. Those who cannot be allocated will recruit young men.
The strong dug irrigation canals, and the old and weak planted alfalfa in Shanglin Garden."
After a pause, he continued: "Ziyu, please issue a recruitment order to recruit Fa Zheng from Fufeng County, Lu Su from Dongcheng County in Xiapi Kingdom, Liu Ye from Chengde County in Jiujiang County, and Zhou Yu from Shu County in Lujiang County.
Da Sikong Mansion assists the government."
Lu Su, Liu Ye, Zhou Yu, and Fazheng are all rare talents. They should be 18 or 19 years old this year and will start in their twenties. Except for Fazheng, they are not under his rule. Liu Xiang wonders if they will
I will come, but I don’t know if I will be in my hometown.
Try to recruit them, just to see if your reputation can impress these talented people.
"Lord, I have heard about Fa Zheng's reputation. I was handed a famous assassin before, but his family moved away. I don't know where they went."
Xi County is not far from Chang'an and has a good reputation for Fa Zheng. Zhuge Jin wanted to visit it a few years ago, but failed to find anyone.
"Send a letter to Hanzhong and ask." Liu Xiang was not sure whether Fazheng's family moved to Hanzhong or went directly to Bashu.
Thinking of Bashu, his thoughts turned to Liu Yan. This was a man who had long wanted to be the emperor. During this time, he should have made a lot of emperor's utensils, right?
It is recorded in official history that Liu Yan built more than a thousand chariots (chariot frames used by the emperor) in order to proclaim himself emperor.
Now is not the time to attack Yizhou. We need to try to avoid fighting on multiple fronts, which can easily overturn.
"Wen He sent additional Tiqi to keep an eye on Liu Yan's three sons. He sent an order to Tan Mingming to contact the Five Dou Mi Taoists in Ba County to prepare for the capture of Badong and Brazil."
Liu Yan's eldest son, Zuo Zhonglang General Liu Fan, his second son Liu Dan, the official secretary and censor, and his third son Liu Zhang, the captain of the carriage, are all in Chang'an now. Fortunately, they have avoided the whirlpool of "persuading Li Jue to join him" and cannot let him.
They ran away.
First go to Pingliang, then enter Shu, go down the river, seize Jingzhou, and occupy Yangzhou. This is his strategy for going south that he has long thought about.
Sticking to Jianghuai is not a good choice.
The scale of the naval force has not increased, and it cannot take advantage of the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River. Facing the southern region with many rivers and lakes, the cavalry cannot increase its speed, and it is difficult to exert its combat power, but it cannot be stubborn.
Most of the nobles who fled to the Yangtze River Basin were against him and would inevitably stick to the natural dangers in an attempt to block the Anping Army's advance.