Gao Pragmatic's self-proclaimed title seemed a little difficult. There was heated discussion in Beijing for several days, but there was no response from Zhao Hui Jinggongfang. This made the melon-eaters a little disappointed, and they didn't know what Gao Situ was planning.
However, two days later, another news suddenly came from Shangshu Gaofu: the mansion was expanded.
It is said that Duke Cheng Guo sold two mansions north of his Shangshu Gaofu to Gao Situ. After Gao Situ combined them, he simply surrounded the two mansions with Gaofu and rebuilt them.
Along with this news, another thing was spread: Gao Situ planned to build a new building combining Chinese and Western styles in this new mansion. For this reason, he even went to the palace to meet the emperor and explain the building's architecture to the emperor.
The style is very different from the national and dynasty standards, please ask the emperor for permission to accommodate.
No one knows what Gao Situ told the emperor, but the emperor did quickly issue an imperial edict, authorizing Gao Pingshi's mansion to "test new construction methods". Buildings there are "except for dragon shapes, resting mountains, and numbers of animals, etc. are still prohibited."
In addition, it is "not bound by established laws" to show "my intention of being tolerant and seeking innovation".
However, perhaps in order to avoid chaos among the people, the emperor finally added: "The law is limited to this house. Officials, scholars and the people still follow the established system, and no unauthorized changes are allowed."
Do you need the emperor’s special approval to build a house? Yes, it’s really impossible to build a house like Gao Pragmatic without the emperor’s approval. Before the Revolution of 1911, China had always had a very strict hierarchy. If you exceeded the rules, no matter whether you were a
Whether you do this accidentally or deliberately, you will be punished by the court, which can range from a stick and a fine to a person's head being thrown to the ground.
You must know that in ancient times, not only were there hierarchies between people, but even buildings were built according to the identity and status of their owners. Later generations called this system the "ancient Chinese architectural hierarchy." This thing appeared at the latest in
The Zhou Dynasty lasted until the end of the Qing Dynasty. The Revolution of 1911 can probably be regarded as the end date. It existed for more than two thousand years and was one of the most important systems in ancient times.
The architectural style of the Ming Dynasty inherited the French tradition of the Song Dynasty without significant changes, but the architectural design and planning were mainly characterized by grand scale and majesty. The architectural style of the early Ming Dynasty was similar to the Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty, simple and majestic.
, the architectural style in the mid-term tended to be rigorous, but after the end of Jiajing, the architectural style tended to be cumbersome - of course, it can also be said to be more and more refined.
Ming-style architecture has always had strict regulations on the hierarchical system of houses. For example, the homes of first- and second-rank officials have five halls and nine bays, down to the ninth-rank officials, the halls have three rooms and seven bays; while the houses of common people should not exceed three rooms and five bays.
, disable Dougong, color.
In the 26th year of Hongwu's reign, some specific customizations were added: for example, the official halls of the sixth to ninth ranks had three rooms and seven bays, and the main entrance hall had three rooms and three bays; the common people's main hall should not exceed three rooms and five bays. In the thirtieth year of Hongwu's reign, it was reiterated: there can be more houses.
When it reaches one or twenty, the number of racks cannot be increased, but the number of racks cannot be increased. In the 12th year of Orthodoxy, a slight modification was finally made, indicating that the number of racks could be increased, but the number of racks could not be changed.
Therefore, the residential hierarchy system of the Ming Dynasty mainly limited the number of rooms and racks. As for the number of building floors, it could be adapted to local conditions. From the time of Jialong to the fifteenth year of Wanli, the residences of the Ming Dynasty can well express the characteristics of the so-called Ming Dynasty architecture in later generations. Then
It means elegance and stability, exquisite workmanship, exquisite decoration, delicate and elegant carvings and paintings.
In fact, "architecture" can be divided into four major categories of buildings at this time, namely capital buildings, palace buildings, residential buildings, and religious buildings. The mansion Gao Pragmatic rebuilt this time certainly belongs to residential buildings.
In ancient times, a house was not only a place of residence, but also regarded as a symbol of the identity of the owner. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, the imperial court had certain restrictions on the housing shapes of officials and common people, but they were still relatively loose. For example, in the Song Dynasty, the residences of six grades or below were stipulated
Officials are not allowed to build Wutou gates in front of their houses. Common people's houses are only allowed to be five deep and have only one door house. They are not allowed to use cornices, heavy arches, pavilions, caissons and colorful decorations.
It can be seen that the focus at this time was on the status difference between zoning officials and common people. In the early Ming Dynasty, the classification of residential buildings became more stringent. For example, officials were not allowed to use resting hills, double eaves roofs, or heavy arches when building their houses.
And caissons, etc. - According to this imperial edict of Zhu Yijun, the new high-pragmatic mansion has no restrictions on double eaves, double arches and caissons, but it is still not possible to use the top of the Xieshan Mountain (note: in the Ming Dynasty, only the royal family and a certain level of clan could use the top of the Xieshan Mountain).
These restrictions were originally targeted at common people in the Song Dynasty, but now they are targeted at high-ranking officials. This means that except for members of the royal family, no matter how high your official position is, your residence cannot be built on the top of a hill, but can only be built on a "two buildings" (xuanshan, hard-top).
Mountain).
In addition, the residences of princes and officials were divided into four levels, with strict restrictions on the number, depth, and paint colors of gates and halls. As for common people's houses, they were not allowed to exceed three rooms, and they were not allowed to use brackets and brackets.
color.
But then again, although there were many thieves in the rules of the Ming Dynasty, by the Longwan period, the phenomenon of exceeding the rules had become very common. Of course, this kind of exceeding the rules was generally somewhat "fastidious", at least no one among the people did it in any way.
After death, he would carve a five-clawed dragon shape on the beams and pillars of his house. Generally speaking, the over-the-counter system is mainly about exceeding the number of rooms.
This is actually understandable. For example, in a wealthy family, it happens that no one in the family has been an official in recent generations, but his family is very rich. At this time, if you ask his family to only have three rooms, this is indeed a bit confusing.
Isn't that too much?
The reason why Gao Pragmatic's new residence was approved by the emperor was, of course, because he was a special person in the emperor's mind, and also because the architectural design he submitted was indeed very novel, and it was difficult to apply the old regulations.
To measure, and among them his main house is the most important.
From the emperor's point of view, Gao Pragmatic seemed to particularly like buildings. Not only did he have the now-famous White Jade Building, the main house of this new residence was actually another building.
However, the emperor immediately believed Gao Pingshi's statement that he wanted to experiment with new construction methods after seeing the design drawings, because his main building was actually seven stories high.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! There are seven-story buildings, but the pagoda in the Ming Dynasty is usually called a tower, not a building. "Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda".
However, this kind of tower is not for people to live in. They are just to show their merits. Some of them will enshrine relics, Buddha bones and other holy objects on them.
The building that Gao pragmatically wants to build is actually used to live in people, so the building area is much larger than that of the pagoda. But this is not the main problem, but a building with a large enough base and a height of seven floors, then it
The final height may exceed the symbol of imperial power - Huangji Palace.
This one is the most fatal. When Gao Jingshi presented the design drawings, he also took the initiative to express it to the emperor, saying that according to estimates, if the seven-story building was reduced to five stories, it would definitely be lower than the Huangji Palace. He was willing to let Westerners build it.
The designer modifies the design plan.
But Zhu Yijun thought for a while and shook his head and said no. Zhu Yijun's reason is that since you want to experiment with new construction methods, you have to experiment well. Why only build five floors if you can build seven floors? Since you want to do it, you must do it perfectly, don't just
Do it half way, I will be upset when the time comes.
But Gao Pragmatic was in a dilemma. After all, the design drawings were just made by Westerners to show off their architectural skills. But the Ming Dynasty has its own national conditions here, so we don't necessarily have to follow their intentions.
Who would have thought that Zhu Yijun laughed and actually made a suggestion that stunned Gao Pragmatic: You build your building first, and after you have fully mastered the new construction method or even improved it to a higher level, you will be responsible for helping me renovate the Huangji Palace.
After repairing it, we can also make it taller when the time comes. Wouldn’t this be the best of both worlds?
The idea can't be said to be bad, it's even quite trendy, and it seems to keep pace with the times. However, Gao Pragmatic heard something not so good here - according to the emperor's intention, the money for the new construction of Huangji Palace seems to be
You want me to pay?
He asked in a roundabout way, but Zhu Yijun glared at him confidently and said, "That's natural. Is it difficult for you to help me build a new Huangji Palace for such a special case?"
Gao pragmatic was stunned for a long time, and almost pointed at Zhu Yijun's nose and scolded him for blackmail. This damn palace is Xiuhuangji Palace. Parts of the three main halls were damaged by lightning in the past (this happened often in the Ming Dynasty). Just repairing it would cost twenty or thirty years.
Thousands of liang went up, so that it often dragged on for years, and now you have the nerve to ask me to build a new one for you?
But it was impossible to really scold, so Gao Pragmatic had no choice but to try his best to reduce his losses. First of all, he made a point: since it is going to be built according to the new method, when the time comes when the minister says that stone should be used, stone should be used, cement should be used, and cement should be used.
If you add steel bars, you have to add steel bars. In short, in order to "ensure the quality of the project," I don't plan to use many giant trees.
Zhu Yijun was obviously not very clear about the cost difference. He was very satisfied and said that you have the final say, as long as you don't give me the chance to do something bad here or there every three days.
Gao Pragmatic dared to vouch for this, and even said that building the Huangji Palace according to his new method would avoid lightning damage. Only then did Zhu Yijun become really happy, even extremely happy, and immediately expressed his full agreement.
There was no way, the three main halls of the Ming Dynasty were really in trouble, they were struck by lightning at every turn, and everyone from the emperor to the officials were frightened - hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were spent on each repair, and the court was so poor that it
How can you not be afraid of losing your pants? But there is nothing you can do about it. As the tallest wooden building in the capital, how can it avoid being struck by lightning?
Therefore, when Gao Pragmatic said this, Zhu Yijun immediately agreed, and by the way, he wrote this "sovereign-minister agreement" into the imperial edict in a roundabout way to avoid the foreign court's gibbering.
In short, after they processed this matter, it turned out that in order to test the new construction method of "three-hall-style tall buildings from lightning strikes", Gao Pragmatic tried his own way to build a building first for the emperor to go up the mountain of swords and under the sea of fire, and waded out of the way.
Blood comes...
After the imperial edict was issued and the special approval was obtained, Gao Pragmatic finally announced the name of the building and announced his "self-title".
The building is called Rixin Building, and Gao pragmatically calls it "The Master of Rixin Building".
"Rixin", of course, does not mean to introduce a new person. This word comes from "Da Daxue": "Gou Rixin, daily new, and daily new." The earliest one comes from "Pan Ming" written by Yuanchu Tang.
This sentence was originally a motto engraved on the bathtub of the ancient Ming Dynasty King Shang Tang. The general meaning is "If it can be renewed every day, it should be kept new every day. When it is new, it must be renewed." Later, this sentence was related to "Although Zhou is an old state,
, it was connected with "its destiny to be renewed", so the meaning became more profound, and it contained the idea of advancing with the times.
"Although the Zhou Dynasty was an old state, its destiny was restored" was recently paid attention to in the imperial court because of Gao Pragmatic's "Qi Yong Shu", that is, "Those who tax tax take it from the people and use it to the people."
Now that Gao pragmatically has chosen his own title as "Rixin Louzhu", his intention is naturally obvious to all: the most important thing in my life, Gao pragmatically, is to innovate!
As soon as the news came out, I don't know how many people were nervous, how many people sighed, and how many people breathed a sigh of relief.
In short, the construction of the Rixin Building kicked off at an extremely fast speed. Jinghua Infrastructure demonstrated their true nature as the leading construction maniacs in the Ming Dynasty. A construction team of nearly a thousand people was dispatched in a single day, and the convoy transporting materials almost covered the building several feet wide.
The Royal Street was blocked.
However, it was not convenient for Gao Jingshi to live in this way, so he had to live back in the Baiyu Building on the outskirts of Beijing. Zhu Yingzhen, Zhang Yuangong and others came to say that they still had extra guest rooms for Gao Jingshi to stay temporarily.
It prevented him from rushing back to the city from the suburbs of Beijing early in the morning to be on duty, but Gao pragmatically refused politely.
The reason why Gao pragmatic would rather run more than ten miles in the morning to return to Baiyulou was not because of anything else, but because he wanted to contact Ye He's envoy to establish a relationship.
Oh, instead of looking for Meng Guzhe and Rixin, that matter will have to wait for a while. What he is looking for now is Fei Yingdong.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Since Fei Yingdong can become the first of Nurhaci’s five ministers and is famous for being good at fighting, there is obviously no need to doubt this person’s strength. Gao Wuchen has no doubts at hand.
There was a shortage of generals who could conquer and fight well, but he knew that Ye He was in short supply. Now that he wanted to support Ye He to prevent Nurhachi from rising while the Ming Dynasty concentrated its energy on Chahar, it was necessary to give Ye He a reliable and famous general.
Gao has always been very good at winning over people. Needless to say, in short, after a few days, Fei Yingdong almost wanted to rip his heart out for Gao Pragmatic.
Let's talk about Meng Guzhezhe. It's not that he is pragmatic and not close to women and doesn't want to be new. It's because the previous problem of "buying concubines" has not been solved. He also mentioned this matter when he went to see the emperor, but Zhu Yijun refused to accept it.
He said that he was just acting as a mediator to change the nature of Meng Guzhezhe's matter. He, the great emperor, was not willing to interfere with the specific issue of buying concubines.
Gao Jingshi was a little confused at the time. When he left the palace and returned to his home, he suddenly realized that the reason why Zhu Yijun refused to involve him was probably not a matter of face, but that it was difficult to explain to Princess Yongning.
It's not enough for you, the elder brother, to give my lover a concubine, but you actually collected the money to buy a concubine?
This was the actual reason for Zhu Yijun's refusal, so Gao Pragmatic had no choice but to leave the emperor alone and send someone to quickly contact Ye He. Therefore, the matter of Rixin had to wait until Nalinbulu accepted his money to buy the concubine and put
After the marriage certificate is delivered, Gao Pragmatic can hold the ceremony and formally take over Meng Guzhezhe's house.
"New every day, new every day, new every day" seems not that simple.
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