Between Jinliangqiao Street and Liangmen Street in Tokyo is the famous Cai Xiangfu, and to the west is Jinliang Bridge, where Jinliang Xiaoyue, one of the eight scenic spots in Bianjing, is located.
There were originally two very lively markets here, and Cai Jing's residence was only the larger of the courtyards. However, after Cai Jing became the Grand Master, the emperor, in order to show his favor, decreed that all the land on the left and right sides be awarded to Cai Jing.
He expanded his mansion.
A whim of the imperial edict turned hundreds of residents living nearby into homeless dogs and were driven out of their homes.
It happened that Cai Jing was building the Yanfu Palace for Zhao Ji, who was very happy with his achievements. All the skilled craftsmen in the world were recruited to Tokyo. Cai Jing appropriated a large part of them to repair his mansion, and all the wood and stones used in the construction were donated by various places to build the Yanfu Palace.
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The Song Dynasty ended the chaotic situation of China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin felt that Kaifeng was undefeated. After unifying the world, he prepared to move the capital to Luoyang and Chang'an. However, he was opposed by Zhao Guangyi and other ministers, and finally gave up the idea of moving the capital.
Because he did not regard Kaifeng as a long-term capital, Zhao Kuangyin did not build a large palace after the founding of the People's Republic of China. He only slightly renovated it based on the original Bianzhou Prefecture. The palace area was only one-tenth of the Daming Palace of the Tang Dynasty, and the Yamen was large.
Some of them are located outside the palace, mixed with residential buildings, and gardens are also scattered inside and outside the city.
Yanfu Palace is a relatively independent palace area outside the palace city. It is also a recreational place for emperors and empresses. It was not large in scale at first.
Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom and the two ethnic minority regimes of Xixia have been harassing it from time to time in the north. The military expenditures were huge, and a large amount of coins had to be transported every year. Therefore, the emperors of the past dynasties were relatively diligent and frugal, and did not build palaces on a large scale.
But after Zhao Ji, who was overjoyed with success, came to the throne, Cai Jing and other treacherous ministers plundered the world, and all the money in the world flowed to the treasury. Cai Jing reported to the emperor that the treasury had a surplus of 50 million guan, which was enough for peace and prosperity, and wealth for gifts.
Zhao Ji suddenly discovered that the Song Dynasty was so "rich" under his own governance, and the small palaces and gardens were naturally unable to satisfy him. So under the instigation of Cai Jing's treacherous ministers, Zhao Ji issued an order to mobilize the power of the whole country to build Yanfu Palace and Gen
Yue.
Yanfu Palace was built under the supervision of various treacherous ministers. In order to please the emperor, various palaces competed for ingenuity and luxury, regardless of work and wealth. The palaces, pavilions and pavilions were endless, with ponds dug into the sea and springs drawn into the palace.
Lake. Bronze sculptures of birds and animals are in various shapes and forms, as well as famous trees and strange rocks.
After the Yanfu Palace was built, Emperor Zhao Ji, who loved luxury, spent most of his time here. After the exquisite Yanfu Palace was built, Zhao Ji became even more interested in Gen Yue and ordered the Suzhou-Hangzhou Construction Bureau to contribute flowers and stones to the palace.
As long as the ship has a gang, the people in the southeast must serve.
Cai Jing and Zhu Meng, who was in charge of the Suzhou-Hangzhou Construction Bureau, searched for flowers and stones under the guise of the emperor, but in fact most of them were embezzled by him. Therefore, Cai Jing's mansion was beautifully built and even better than Yanfu Palace. Zhao Ji was jealous when he saw it.
It is said that "the mansion of the gods in heaven is the home of the prime minister on earth."
Cai Jing's life was extravagant and decadent, and he loved gathering people to feast and have fun. Cai Jing's younger brother Cai Bian did not agree with Cai Jing's political views, so he once reported that he "feasted every day and lived extravagantly." Zhao Ji, who also liked luxury, not only did not blame Cai Jing for this, but also criticized Cai Jing.
On the contrary, he was very envious of his luxurious life.
After the renovation of Prime Minister Cai's mansion, the street in front of it was also widened, but the vendors who used to make a living on the street were also driven away. Firstly, it was to keep things clean and show the dignity of the Prime Minister, and secondly, it also prevented someone from ambushing and assassinating Cai Jing.
During his more than ten years in power, he had ruined the lives of both former dignitaries and ordinary people. Therefore, people risked their lives every year to assassinate him. Unfortunately, Cai Jing was cautious and always had guards when he came in and out, so no one succeeded.
Compared with the deserted Liangmen Street, Yunlu Street is very prosperous. There are hawkers selling hawkers along the street. Specialties from the 400 military states and even exotic treasures from overseas countries are transported here for sale. Many of them are sold here.
Pedestrians were attracted and stopped.
Suddenly there was a sudden uproar in front of me, and pedestrians on the road turned to both sides to avoid it.
As soon as the people in the capital saw it, they all ran away to both sides. Before some people who came to Beijing from other places could react, they saw a group of forbidden soldiers approaching with one person in their arms. From time to time, the horsewhip fell on the heads of pedestrians who could not avoid it, beating them and making them run away with their heads in their hands. This
Only then did he realize what was going on, and he quickly followed suit and hid on both sides. Those who couldn't dodge would have to be whipped twice.
The young pear seller went to the pancake stall nearby and said, "Look, Gao Qiu, the Taiwei of the Palace Commander's Mansion, has also gone to the Prime Minister's Mansion. It seems that there will be another big banquet in Prime Minister Cai's Mansion today. I don't know how many more will be there today?"
The quails are going to suffer. I heard that Guo Si sends hundreds of quails to Prime Minister Cai's house every day. The prime minister only wants the quail tongues to make soup, and Guo Si takes the rest away. However, it is an advantage for Guo Si. In a few years
I have bought several houses in the city since I came down. If I can send Yali to the prime minister's house, I will have no worries about food and clothing."
The man selling pancakes glanced at Xiaoliu and said, "If you want to deliver things to Prime Minister Cai's Mansion, you must first honor the general managers. You can collect a few dozens of them first. If not, you should just sell them on the street."
Your pear. Sir, how many pancakes do you want?"
"If I had dozens of strings, my grandson would go to him to suffer."
Xiaoliu said bitterly, seeing that there were customers, he went to the street to hawk his food.
The military attaches rode horses and the civil servants rode in sedans. Although the modes of travel were different, the same thing was that they were surrounded by many people and horses, and everything they passed was the same.
Today, Yunlu Street had just returned to some calm, when there was another burst of chaos.
Across the street, Prime Minister Cai's Mansion had a different scene. Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Gao Qiu and others who arrived first were sitting at the banquet, drinking fine wine. As soon as the wine glass in their hands was empty, the beautiful concubine beside him enthusiastically refilled it.
A few beauties in the middle danced gracefully, their gauze almost seemed transparent, sometimes flying like colorful butterflies, sometimes like willows swaying, with waves of breasts and buttocks, and the few ministers in the hall who were in their sixties were full of enthusiasm.
Gao Qiu looked at one of the plump beauties with gleaming eyes and said with a smile: "The Grand Master is really a fairy among gods. It is a pleasure to have such a beauties waiting for you."
Cai Jing was already over seventy years old at this time. Although he had long been powerless, his hobby of collecting beauties did not stop. There were many beauties in the mansion, and officials from all over the country fell in love with them and paid filial piety to them from time to time.
There are many women in their prime of life serving Cai Jing, an old man in his sixties. Naturally, many of them can't bear the loneliness and attract bees and butterflies. Therefore, there are constant scandals in Prime Minister Cai's house, causing Cai Jing, who has the most power in the world, some headaches.
Few ordinary officials would dare to take ideas from these beauties, but Gao Qiu, who was very favored by the emperor, was not one of them.
Gao Qiu was born as a helper in the market. He was good at playing, singing, dancing, spearing, wielding a stick, and sumo wrestling. It is precisely the work of these idle disciples that Gao Qiu likes. Therefore, Gao Qiu's holy family has not declined for decades.
, he went from being a helper in the market to becoming a Taiwei in the Imperial Palace.
Although Cai Jing holds a high and powerful position, he knows that many ministers and ministers have been ruined by the emperor's favorites from ancient times to the present. Therefore, he is always careful to make friends with the emperor's favorites Gao Qiu and close ministers Yang Jian. He smiled and said:
"Lieutenant Gao has chosen someone else. I'll just take it away later."
It was obvious that this was not the first time Gao Qiu had done this, so he was not polite. He cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Then I will be disrespectful."
While everyone was talking and laughing, several more people arrived one after another.
At this time, there were already several dancing beauties in the hall. When Cai Jing saw that everyone had arrived, he waved the dancing girl in the hall to go down.
After watching the last woman retreat, Gao Qiu put away his lustful expression and said, "The grand master called us here, why don't you know why?"
Cai Jing looked around and saw that the guests present included Tong Guan, Gao Qiu, Yang Jian, Liang Shicheng, Wang Fu and other favored ministers of the emperor, as well as party members in the court like Song Qiaonian and Hu Shiwen. It can be said to be a small court, with only the hall
When the two parties reach an agreement, all matters in the court can be decided.
Although Master Liang is known as the "Hidden Prime Minister", and there are Gao Qiu, Wang Fu and other party members who are vaguely trying to compete with him, the struggle between everyone is only about power and wealth, but they are consistent with the outside world. Especially when it comes to suppression.
On the issue of Qingliu in the DPRK, everyone has always worked together.
Inviting everyone here today is just a small matter, and I don't think anyone will oppose him because of it.
How many people have been so powerful in the past dynasties? Cai Jingzhi stroked his long beard with satisfaction and said: "Last time, the Liangshan grass bandits robbed my birth plan and looted Yuncheng County. Dongping Prefecture's Xiang army sent troops to suppress the arrest but failed.
, but the Liangshan bandits took advantage of the situation and robbed the city, and all the money and food in the government treasury were looted. I invite you here today to discuss how to deal with it?"
Hu Shiwen and Cai Jing were related by marriage. After Cai Jing became prime minister, he rose through the ranks and became the Minister of Household Affairs, in charge of taxation and other financial matters. Hearing this, he frowned and said, "Dongping Mansion had just collected the Qixia tax, and before it could be transferred, it was looted by the Liangshan bandits."
Empty. Now that the national treasury is empty, this gap cannot be filled."
After the birthday card was robbed, Tong Guan came up with the idea to ask Dongping Mansion to send troops to annihilate it. After Dongping Mansion was breached, he immediately read the distress document sent to the Privy Council by the neighboring state government, but he just pretended not to know and saw Cai Jing point it out.
, said awkwardly: "Our family originally thought that Dong Ping was a man of great martial arts and would be able to hunt down bandits with ease, but we didn't expect that he would fall to his own devices and collude with the Liangshan thieves to rob the Dongping Mansion."
Although Cai Jing complained that Tong Guan didn't know how to judge people, he also knew that this was not the time to hold people responsible. He shook his head and said: "I don't mean to blame the Prime Minister, but the situation is serious now, so I invite everyone to brainstorm and come up with a good plan.
It would be better if we wipe out the Liangshan bandits."
Gao Qiu was in charge of the imperial army. After learning about Tong Guan's plan, he knew that the matter was going to fail. It turned out to be as expected, but he didn't expect that the Liangshan bandits took advantage of the situation and broke into the Dongping Mansion and looted a lot of property. At this time, he heard that: "Xiang
It's okay for the army to do some miscellaneous tasks, but how can we expect them to go into battle to kill bandits? In my opinion, the imperial army must be mobilized to wipe out the Liangshan grass bandits."
Naturally, Tong Guan did not want to admit that he had made a mistake last time. Hearing this, he said: "Everyone knows that the Forbidden Army has strong combat effectiveness, but the Forbidden Army on Jingdong East Road is all in Qingzhou, and the ground in Qingzhou is not peaceful. The prefect there is Concubine Murong's brother. If he is transferred
If there is a ban on the army from there, if something goes wrong in Qingzhou, who can bear the consequences?"
Tong Guan was originally a eunuch, but because of the emperor's favor and trust, he became the first military attache. He was Gao Qiu's immediate superior.
Gao Qiu relied on the emperor's favor and the support of Liang Shicheng, but he looked down upon Tong Guan who was weighing on him. He did not hesitate to slap him in the face: "Although the Jingdong Forbidden Army is not suitable for mobilization, only half of the world's Forbidden Army is stationed in various places.
There is still half of the road in Gyeonggi. But the Gyeonggi area is peaceful. We can dispatch a forbidden army from the Gyeonggi area to wipe out the Liangshan grass bandits."
Cai Jing nodded and said: "What Lieutenant Gao said is true. If the imperial army is mobilized to go on an expedition, why worry about the grass bandits in Shuibo being immortal? But I don't know where the troops and horses can be used?"
Gao Qiu thought for a while and said: "Last year I inspected the Imperial Guards in various states in Gyeonggi Province. I remembered that the Imperial Guards in Ru Prefecture had strong soldiers and horses. Hu Yanzhuo, the commander of the capital of Ru Prefecture, was a direct descendant of Hu Yanzan, the founding general. He had two bronze whips and had the courage of ten thousand men. If Tiao Tiao
If he has the troops and horses to attack Liangshan, he will surely succeed immediately."
After Gao Qiu took charge of the Forbidden Army, he occupied the land of the military camp to build a private residence. The Forbidden Army in Beijing also became his long-term workers, building a private residence for him. Those who were unskilled could only spend money to hire craftsmen to serve on their behalf. Those who were rich spent money.
Naturally, there is no need to drill to eliminate disasters; those who have no money can only find a job to make money and hire craftsmen, and drills cannot be taken into account. Within a few years, the discipline of the army has been weakened, and military and political affairs have not been repaired.
In order to cope with the emperor's review, Gao Qiu came up with a fancy show. When the emperor reviewed, the imperial troops lined up in four colorful boats, with various military dramas on them, such as big flags, lions and leopards, swords, wild cards, gods and ghosts, and dramas.
And so on. There were two more boats, and they were all in a club. They played and played in a variety of ways, and it was quite lively. Zhao Ji was very satisfied after seeing it, so Gao Qiu was firmly in a high position.
Of course, as Gao Qiu, who is in charge of the national imperial army, he will not just be satisfied with exploiting the imperial army in the capital. Therefore, he has the official duty of inspecting the imperial army in various states in Gyeonggi every year. Gao Qiu also takes the opportunity to accept bribes wantonly. Those who are sensible can continue to serve the country. Those who are not sensible can continue to serve the country.
The young man had to go home without work, so it was necessary to test whether the generals in various places had "great wisdom" and whether they wanted to be honest officials or continue to serve the country. Without great wisdom, Gao Qiu naturally could not let him die.
In the early Song Dynasty, there were a series of strict regulations for the selection of the Forbidden Army, and the salary of the Forbidden Army was much higher than that of the Xiang Army. However, after Gao Qiu came to power, these regulations were in vain. As long as those who were tall and qualified could be given some silver, they could be converted into the Imperial Army.
At that time, Tong Guan was confused by the seemingly tall and burly Forbidden Army, and chose thousands of Forbidden Army as his own soldiers to fight against Xixia. Only when he went to the battlefield did he realize that they were all silver-like wax gun heads, which could not be reused, and almost killed him. Therefore,
He was very worried about the Forbidden Army. Later, when Fang La was pacified, he also called in the Northwest Frontier Army.
Naturally, Cai Jing also knew something about the Forbidden Army. Seeing that Gao Qiu recommended someone other than the Imperial Guard, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "I have heard about the reputation of General Hu's family many times, so I would like to ask the Taiwei to recruit this person to see me."
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