"Tick-tock!" The sound of water dripping from the copper pot leaking at night urged people.
The night is not over for ten seconds, and it is almost time for morning greetings.
The servants and maids came and went, busy doing various preparations.
In the main hall of Guanfeng, the bells are displayed one by one, and the musicians are already in their places.
In the square outside the main hall, braziers and torches are arranged everywhere, illuminating the night as brightly as day.
There are two shallow trenches outside the square, and the bottom of the trench is covered with strips of stones and blue bricks, which are the foundations of the palace city walls.
A tall gate tower has been built in the middle of the southern city wall, which is far away from the main hall of Guanfeng.
There are powerful and powerful characters on the gate tower: "Guanfeng Gate".
This was written by Sima Yangchen, the right-hand minister of the shogunate.
As one of the more famous calligraphers in the dynasty, Yang Chen was very happy to inscribe the gates of Bianliang Palace, Imperial City, and Outer City.
Outside the Guanfeng Gate, officials in twos and threes had arrived, including officials from the General's Office and Liang State, as well as officials from various prefectures, counties, and towns.
Cai Cheng, the minister in the palace, ordered the guards to build several straw huts to temporarily shield the officials from the wind and cold.
However, the straw shed is limited, and only a few high-status staff can sit in it, such as Wang Yan, the left army commander, Lu Zhi, the right army commander, who came from Luoyang, and Liang Xiang Yuchen, and the imperial censor Pan Tao.
, Shangshu Ling Pei Miao and others.
The middle and lower-level officials could only wait outside the open space.
They huffed and stamped their feet and chatted to pass the time.
Some people even raised their heads to look inside.
Liang Palace is still relatively shabby.
The palace city has no city walls, only a solitary gate tower. The courtyard inside the gate and the square are not paved with bricks, but are only slightly smoothed. There are no lanterns made of silk, and there are no colorful ribbons hanging everywhere. In short, it is the same as Luoyang
The gorgeous palace cannot be compared.
But no one dares to look down on Liang Gong.
Compared with Luoyang Palace City, Liang Palace is the real center of power in the world. No matter how dilapidated and shabby it is, the orders it issues are still more effective than Luoyang.
"Guanfeng Hall is the main hall of Liang Palace, where the directors are located. Where did it get its name?" someone asked in the cold night before dawn.
"From "Book of Rites", 'Order the master to write poems to observe the folk customs', which means to understand the sentiments of the people and understand the pros and cons of governance." The speaker looked at the questioner with a half-smile, as if to say that he was not good at learning.
I haven't read all the books.
The man blushed and stopped talking.
"The Guanfeng Hall is indeed the main hall, but it occupies too much space. The main hall has side halls, front halls and back halls, pavilions, pavilions, gardens, ponds and mountains. It encompasses everything. It can almost be called a palace." Someone else sighed.
Generally speaking, "palace" is larger than "palace", and palaces are often associated with cities, which is called "palace city".
But sometimes it happens that the palace is larger than the palace, especially when the palace is the main palace and includes a series of ancillary buildings - gardens, pools, pavilions, terraces, buildings, pavilions, halls, courtyards, etc., they can all be
Ancillary buildings of the temple.
This is what Guanfeng Hall is like.
Next to this planned main hall is Li Chuntai, which was named by Mr. Liang himself. After doing business, it is beautiful to go on the stage to enjoy the spring scenery and nourish one's temper.
Opposite Lichundai, there is a secret pavilion with a collection of books that can be read at any time.
There are also two garden pavilions and several small ponds transformed from swamps, where you can fish and plant flowers when you are tired.
In the back wall of Guanfeng Hall, a very tall building will be built, overlooking the whole city. When those who are in charge of the world climb this building, their pride will suddenly arise and their ambition will never be extinguished, which can be said to be inspiring.
The Huangnu Palace to the west and north of Guanfeng Hall is smaller. If nothing else, it is the residence of some of Liang Gong's family members. The whole palace is mainly low-rise single-story palaces, but there are also a few landscape buildings.
It is rumored that the Yang family of Queen Hui lived in Huangnu Palace, but no one can confirm it.
Mrs. Yu lived with Duke Liang in the Guanfeng Hall.
This place is originally an office space and should not be used for living, but the palace is not finished yet, so we have to make do. Of course, there may be other reasons, but this is not enough for outsiders to understand.
"Oh!" A rooster crows loudly in the military camp near Liang Palace.
Well, this is not a time report, it's just a supply sent by Chenliu County to the garrison.
The ancients regarded the rooster's crow as dawn. In fact, this is not accurate. Many times it crows in the middle of the night, and we don't know what happened.
The officers and generals who gathered outside the Guanfeng Hall stopped whispering and looked solemn.
In the Guanfeng Hall, the attendant Yangman looked at the time: the night was not over for seven seconds.
So he ordered the city gate to be opened.
Cai Cheng, the Minister of the Palace, personally arrived at Guanfeng Gate with more than a hundred sergeants. The sergeants on duty outside the gate gave way, and the generals were divided into two rows according to their status, civil and military, with the humble officers in front and the distinguished officers in the back. They passed through in order.
I had not yet had time to install the city gate, so I stood in the middle of the square.
The morning greeting ceremony has not officially started yet.
Cai Cheng then led the prime minister, imperial censors, military commanders and others to the side halls on both sides for a short rest and served tea and snacks.
Yu Chen looked at the middle and lower-ranking generals standing outside in the cold wind, and felt a strong sense of satisfaction. When he thought about the difficulties in the past, his eyes became moist.
It's not easy, it's really not easy.
Although the Liang Kingdom was small, it already had the appearance of a serious court. The Yu family of Yingchuan spent almost all of their wealth and worked hard, and finally got rewards.
Yao recalled how many people secretly laughed at her when she married her daughter - others may not dare to say it to her face, but gossip in private is inevitable, perhaps out of contempt for Mr. Liang, or perhaps out of jealousy of the Yu family.
Slowly I got over it.
By this time, there were very few people speaking privately, at least not in Yingchuan.
As for other counties other than Yingchuan, Yu Chen only regarded them as bitter.
If you have the ability, your daughter will become Mr. Liang’s wife? If you don’t have the ability, just shut up. Do you really think I can’t deal with you?
Pan Tao, the censor doctor, was drinking tea and recalled the strategy of building a Wu Fort that Shao Xun offered to strengthen himself when there was a crack in the relationship between Shao Xun and Sima Yue.
Without the three forts in the Luoshui River Valley, there would be no original Silver Spear Army.
Without the Silver Spear Army, Liang Gong, like most military leaders, could only rely on recruiting young men to fight the war, and it would be difficult to say whether he would win or lose.
Oh, it was also his suggestion to plunder the Xuchang arsenal.
To be honest, I didn't think much about it at first, just because Sima Yue ran back to Xuzhou, Luoyang was in a mess, and he needed to support a military leader to stabilize the situation.
The subsequent development exceeded his expectations. However, he has always maintained close contact with Liang Gong and has a good relationship with Wang Yan. To reach this point today is a little unexpected, but it is also reasonable.
Wang Yanze and Lu Zhi were chatting and laughing in low voices.
Wen Qiao, Bian Dun, Zu Ying, and Lu Qiuchong also followed in, but there were no seats and they could only stand.
Lu Zhi was not in a good mood and did not want to say anything. Unfortunately, Wang Deng was too eloquent and very polite. As a famous person in the world, he repeatedly flattered Lu Zhi, which put a lot of smiles on Lu Zhi's face, and he slowly responded by speaking.
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Wen Qiao looked around boredly.
The job of military consultation and wine worship was not difficult to do, and he handled it properly every time.
When Liang Gong saw it, he was filled with admiration and regarded Wen Qiao as a great talent, which made Wen Qiao's reputation grow day by day.
Alas, everything is good, but the money is a bit short.
After the death of his wife, he never thought about marrying a second time, but he had no money. If it was not possible, he had to sell it to the seller.
I followed Liu Bingzhou back then and got a lot of good stuff. Let’s put it all together - well, maybe it’s not enough. Let’s see if I can do it again later in the year.
Speaking of Liu Kun, he also received news recently, which came from Jizhou in a roundabout way.
After gaining 30,000 Hu and Han people, Kun's army was greatly strengthened, so he went south to Shangdang, but he was defeated miserably at the hands of Liu Yao.
Liu Kun was not convinced, so he fought again a year ago and was defeated miserably for the second time.
In addition, Jinyang didn't have much savings to begin with, and nearly 200,000 people came all of a sudden, which they couldn't afford to support.
As a result, due to the dual impact of lack of food and military defeat, these newly attached people scattered in all directions, most of them went to Jizhou and other places in Bingzhou, and some even returned to Tuoba Dai Kingdom, leaving a big picture.
As for why he returned to Tuoba Dai Kingdom, there is a reason.
First of all, Tuoba Pugen died. He died less than a month after taking office. It was said that he had a sudden illness, but who knows the real situation.
After Pugen's death, his wife Wei became regent and his son Shisheng was appointed as acting head.
Shi Sheng is said to be very talented, but he is too young and is still a child. I don't know if he can hold down a big position without being harmed again.
And in such a situation where an orphan and a widowed mother are in power, do you want to send troops to rescue Liu Kun on behalf of the National Assembly? Impossible.
The only person who can save Liu Kun now is Liang Gong, and he may not be able to do so yet.
Moreover, Wen Qiao doubted whether Liang Gong was willing to save Liu Kun.
According to his observation, Liu Gong is actually ambitious and not a pure minister. It is only a helpless move for him to be a lonely loyalist now.
When Liang Bing entered Jinyang, it was hard to say what would happen to Mr. Liu. He had to think of a way around it just in case.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the side hall, and it seemed that many people had arrived.
Wang Yan, who was talking, stopped.
Bian Dun went out of the palace to inquire about it, and then came back and reported: "Five minutes before the end of the night, the imperial servant Yuan Chong, his family, and his assistants all arrived."
Wang Yan nodded lightly.
The Liang Kingdom did not have Da Honglu, so they could only ask the eunuch Yuan Chong to step in temporarily and preside over the morning greeting ceremony.
The Yuan family of Yangxia has a well-educated family background and is very proficient in these etiquette affairs, so it is very suitable for him to handle them.
After the conversation was interrupted, Wang Yan felt a little sleepy.
As I get older, I get up too early and I can’t stand it anymore.
So I took off my shoes and went to the couch to take a nap.
He waited for five-quarters of an hour. It was not until the eve of the leakage that the palace official called softly, and he stood up and stood in the court.
After all the leaks, Liang Gong slowly appeared.
(There is another chapter tonight, brothers, please use your monthly tickets to hit me and kill me!)
Chapter completed!