In mid-May, the emperor passed through Tongguan.

The emperor rode a horse and stood on the Tongguan Plateau. He looked at the Yellow River not far away and was very moved. Here, the key points of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan are blocked. The situation is dangerous, with Qinling Mountains in the south and Yellow River in the north.

The Wei and Luo Erhe River meet the Yellow River and walk down the gate, and the west is close to Huayue. The surrounding mountains are connected with mountains and peaks.

"Your Majesty, there is a new pass under the plateau. When the new pass is built, the defense of Tongguan will be stronger. One man should be a pass and ten thousand men will not open."

There are now two Guanchengs in Tongguan. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in order to prevent the chaos in Guanxi, Cao Cao established Tongguan in the first year of Jian'an (196) and abandoned Hangu Pass at the same time.

Tongguan City in the Han Dynasty was built on a plateau on the south side of the Yellow River. The plateau is a unique terrain of the Loess Belt, with high protrusions and valleys around it, making the plateau like a platform.

The Han Tongguan was built on the plateau because the road to Guanzhong at that time had to pass through the plateau.

However, there is a small and banned valley path in the southeast of the plateau. Although the road is small and dangerous, it can pass through Guanzhong. So the imperial court later established this valley as a ban valley and was not allowed to pass. For defense, 12 consecutive cities were built in the valley.

However, the characteristic of the Yellow River is its impermanence and carries a large amount of mud and sand.

During the Han Dynasty, there were steep cliffs on the south bank of the Yellow River north of Tongguan, but by the Sui Dynasty, large areas of river beaches had already accumulated on the south bank, so there was a new road to enter Guanzhong without having to cross the plateau.

Therefore, during the Sui Dynasty, a new Tongguan city was built on the edge of the plateau near the river bank.

But after all, this Guancheng was still built on the plateau. Although it was condescending, it could not directly block the road on the south bank of the Yellow River.

Therefore, the imperial court has now decided to build a pass city on the north side of Tongguan of the Sui Dynasty, directly on the south bank of the Yellow River under the plateau, connecting the Yellow River to the north and the plateau to the south, and directly blocking the road.

Although it is not the time of chaos, after the construction of Xintongguan, it can also play a role in combating smuggling, imposing tariffs, and collecting fugitives and fugitive slaves.

"We also built a military fort to guard the entrance of the bangugou. The Hantong Pass was retained on the plateau and changed it to a military camp fort."

Luo Cheng nodded. Tongguan, which once claimed to be the first dangerous pass, has greatly reduced its role under the unification of the north, but it will still be the three major transportation routes of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan. It is still very necessary to strengthen control.

After passing Tongguan, enter Guanzhong.

The car arrived at Chang'an City, and countless soldiers and civilians came to welcome the car.

The prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall arrived in Chang'an in advance and prepared a more grand entry ceremony. Luo Cheng cooperated. This was his first time entering Guanzhong, and it was necessary to show the power of the court and the authority of the emperor.

The imperial guards and the inner army who accompanied them rested outside the city for three days, changed into brand new military robes, polished weapons, and even the horses were shiny.

On the day of entering the city, the army was in a neat manner and the flags were fluttering.

The emperor rode on a twelve horse-drawn golden robe, and Pei Xingyan and two 10,000 enemies drove.

Luo Cheng was wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, like a god of heaven. As soon as he appeared, countless soldiers and civilians in Chang'an cheered in unison, cheering and celebrating the arrival of the God of War.

Zhuque Street is very wide, fifty feet wide.

Elite troops of the imperial guards drove through the streets in a striking manner. The sides of the street were filled with military and civilians. Everyone looked up and watched, and all were amazed.

Enter the Tai Chi Palace all the way.

As soon as he entered the palace, Luo Cheng issued an edict that the palace maids in the Tai Chi Palace in Chang'an and Guanzhong who were over 25 years old would be repaid. If they were no longer in their hometown, the court could be used as a matchmaker to the imperial guards. And the palace servants over 50 would also be released from the palace and built a nursing home outside the palace to support these elderly palace servants.

This decree made countless palace servants in the palace stunned.

Many white-haired palace people still entered the palace when Kaihuang first entered, and some even came in during the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Although after the founding of the Sui Dynasty, they moved from Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty to this new Daxing City, and then changed its name to Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, these people have been in the palace for the rest of their lives, from young girls to white-haired chicken skins.

Now, the emperor actually wants to let them go out of the palace and support them in their old age. It is simply unbelievable.

The second thing the emperor did when he entered Chang'an was to issue an order to sell all the confiscated houses of the rebellion that had been involved in the riots.

The third thing was that the emperor rejected the previous report from the Censor that Chang'an City has been in chaos recently. Many officials and civilians opened windows and doors on the street, which was not in line with the system, and even vendors were selling along the streets and other illegal acts. The emperor ordered that while retaining the Lifang system, officials and civilians on the streets were allowed to open doors and windows on the streets, and allowed houses on the street to be rented and sold, merchants were allowed to open shops along the streets and sell vendors in designated blocks.

As long as it is not a road-occupying business, it is not a licensed business, it does not defile the streets, etc., it is allowed.

This decree even more exclaimed officials in the court and cheered the people of the whole city.

You should know that before that, there were markets in urban cities, and all shops were concentrated in special markets. For example, Chang'an had two major markets, East City and West City, and Luoyang had three major markets, South City and West City.

Businessmen must concentrate on doing business in the market, and even special areas are divided into the market, and all the lines are operated together.

The people are actually in each fang area. This fang area is like a community in later generations. It is closed and isolated. It has a fangmen wall. Even residents in the fang wall next to the street are not allowed to open doors and windows on the fang wall. Only officials and nobles who are of high rank have the privilege of opening doors and windows on the fang wall.

It is even more not allowed to sell stalls along the street.

The streets are the roads, the markets are the places where business and things are sold, and the malls are only for people.

This design is easy to manage and is conducive to defense, but it is not very convenient.

For example, if the residents of Chang'an City want to buy vegetables, they can only go to the East and West Markets. People living in the South City have to walk several miles to buy vegetables early in the morning.

Moreover, the city gate will not open until dawn, and you will not leave the gate and go out to the streets until dark.

Various regulations have made it extremely inconvenient for people living in huge cities like Chang'an.

And now, after seeing that Chang'an City was in a very depressing state, the emperor issued this order.

People are allowed to break the restrictions of the yard area, open doors and windows on the yard walls, set up shops along the streets, and even vendors are allowed to set up stalls and sell in designated blocks.

All of this is extremely incompatible with the design concept of Chang'an City, completely disrupting the city's defense and management functions, but the emperor insisted on seeing it.

The urban concepts in the past were still too restrictive, and he preferred urban culture like Song and Ming.

The emperor also ordered that hundreds of Buddhist temples, large and small, beauties in Chang'an City be moved out, and the original Buddhist temples and Taoist temples be converted into academies, orphanages, nursing homes, hospitals, etc.

There are 108 fangs in Chang'an, and one Daxingshan Temple occupies a fang area, which is too much.
Chapter completed!