Comrades, friends, fujokovics, otakus, and everyone who is interested in experiencing time and space:

If the Tang Dynasty in Chinese history, especially the prosperous Tang Dynasty before the Anshi Rebellion, was included in the list of time travel destinations by you, please pay attention to this series of short articles.

In the current situation where unscrupulous historical dramas are flying all over the sky, various historical facts and mistakes are emerging one after another, and they are widely misleading the public, these short articles will minimize the various negative emotions such as surprises, disappointments, depressions, desires and dissatisfactions that you may encounter when you pass through the Tang Dynasty, and may even prevent you from making some life-threatening actions.

Of course, since the Tang Dynasty was a period of drastic changes in social systems, the various things mentioned in the article continued to develop and change over time. In addition, the author's level was limited and he was lazy to fill in the pit. If the article did not want to be too long, it would be impossible to describe it in detail and comprehensively. The content of this series of articles can only ensure that it covers more than 60% of the appearance of the thing. If you unfortunately encounter 40% after traveling through the past and have an unpleasant event, the author expresses deep sympathy and spiritual support, and is not responsible.

After you successfully travel to Chang'an City or cities in various places, open your eyes and pay attention to see if it is during the day or at night.

If you are lucky and there is a bright sun in the sky, you can comfortably praise the unpolluted blue tiles and blue sky, pure white clouds, fresh and refreshing air... If you unfortunately land in the middle of the night and are still wandering on the 38 main streets of Chang'an City, then don't look at the stars and the moon. From poetry, songs and essays to philosophy of life, you can find a corner to hide!

So what if you ask if you don't hide? This... isn't true, but every once in a while, the urban management team came to patrol and catch people. Even if you escaped the police who were in the open, there were also the police who visited the dark, and the guys who were called "Wuhou" at that time.

If you fall into their hands, slap you and take a few teeth, it will be considered as if you are in a good mood and have a lighter move. If you meet someone who has just had a fight with his wife and kneels into a dice basin, you will beat you to death or even cut you to death with a knife. It is considered normal business practices, and maybe you can make a small contribution and get some reward.

I deserve it, who told you to "break the night ban".╭(╯_╰)╮

If you want to travel back to the Tang Dynasty and stroll around the night view in Chang'an City, you can only walk legally on the street after sunset unless it is the 15th day of the first lunar month on every year, or if you are very proud of your face, you can only walk legally on the street after sunset. Otherwise, if you go out in the middle of the night, you will either be a traitor or a thief. Whether it is an official or a civilian, you will be caught and beat him first without any negotiation.

Are you scared? What did you say... where can you hide? This... I have to worry about it.

The city of Guocheng in Chang'an is divided into more than 100 residential areas (fang) by thirty-eight streets, each residential area is surrounded by fang walls and fangmen. After the sun sets, all the city gates and fangmen are closed together, so it is technically difficult to sneak into which residential area to hide.

Let’s go, the author, I’ll give you an idea. First of all, you try to run south along the street. The population in Chang'an City is concentrated in the north (also where the imperial palace and government are located). The southern yards are sparsely populated, and the urban management inspection will not be so strong. Then, make sure there are no patrol teams nearby, you can try to climb the walls into the yard. The walls are not too high, and some may not be enough to be left behind. It is still okay to try to flip over them.

However, when climbing the wall, do not use too much force. Because those walls are built with rammed earth, which can easily loosen when exposed to wind, sun and rain. If you accidentally collapse a large piece of soil and fall into the ground, the movement may attract onlookers. There is a "Wuhou Shop" in every corner of the street, that is, the police station. The police officers should also come out to watch, and your wall will be in vain.

So is there any way to hide from the night without climbing the wall? Well... this... there are, but the author, I'm afraid you'll be even more unhappy to use it.

The main streets in Chang'an City are very wide, with Zhuque Street reaching 150 meters in width, and there are wide and deep drainage ditches on both sides of the street, with a depth of about two to three meters. So, if you can pinch your nose and jump into the drainage ditches on the street, soak in sewage and rain, curl under the wall near the street, pickle **, it's dark and there are no street lights, I guess the urban management officers running around the street will not see you.

Of course, for a long time from now on, I am afraid that the masses will be able to hear you wherever you go.

No matter what, if you are lucky enough to escape the night ban patrol team, and are tired, afraid of being dirty and smelly until dawn is almost dawn, you will be able to witness a very spectacular scene - the bells and drums of the whole city are dawning.

At the fifth o'clock in the winter night, and at the fifth o'clock in the summer night (in ancient times, the first o'clock in the morning was divided into five updates, and the first o'clock in the morning was divided into five updates), on the city tower of Chengtianmen, the main gate of Tai Chi Palace, the first o'clock drum beats, and the drum towers on the streets from north to south followed one after another. As the drum sound spread from inside to outside, the gates of the imperial palace, the gates of the imperial office area (the imperial city), and the gates of each lifang were opened one after another. At the same time, dozens of temples in the city would also ring morning bells, and the sound of the passionate drums and the deep and distant bells intertwined, awakening the entire Chang'an city and welcoming the morning sun that burst out from the eastern sky.

How many sounds do I need to beat the dawn drum? There are records of 300 sounds, and there are also records of 3000 sounds. However, no matter how many sounds, they are not knocked in one go, but are hit by several waves, which lasts for a long time. The author estimates that if residents were awakened by the first wave of drums in their sleep, slowly got up and put on clothes, washed their faces and comb their hair out, and walked to the door of the yard, it might be the second, and the third wave of drums was heard, and the door was just opened. If someone likes to sleep in, they will only get up when the four drums are gone, and they will rush to clean up, and maybe they can go out to work before the fifth drum is finished.

Of course, there are also those who like to get up early and rush out of the yard to rush out. Before dawn, some people in each yard often gather in front of the yard gate, waiting for the "Dongdong Drum (the verbal name of Chang'an people's street drums)" to ring and open the door and let go.

Beside them, the snack bar in the shop started to do business. The firewood was jumping brightly and warmly under the stove. The shirtless Hu master was playing sesame cakes. The white air in the steamer was hot. The freshly baked sesame cakes were golden, crispy, fragrant and crispy. The steamed cakes with filling were oily when you bite it. You should add sour or spicy soup in a large bowl. You don’t have to fight for it. For a while, you should have breakfast first, right? If you are in a hurry to go to the court, you are afraid of being late, the shop also provides packed and take-out service! Of course, if you are unfortunately impeached and demoted by the censor while eating the cakes while eating, it has nothing to do with the shop ╮(╯_╰)╭

Speaking of Chang'an City's commercial service industry, if you want to shop and consume, you have two wrong impressions, which must be corrected.

One impression is that it comes from modern town markets or "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", and I think there are many shops and stalls on both sides of the main street of Chang'an City, soliciting business from passing pedestrians. The traffic flow that is determined to walk on the street is mixed with the shopping flow, making it prosperous and lively.

Unfortunately, you can't see this kind of scene after traveling back to the Tang Dynasty.

Walking on the 38 main streets of Chang'an, you can see the road surface with compacted loess under your feet. There are shaded elm trees and locust trees on both sides of the road. There are deep drainage ditches under the trees beside the road. Outside the ditch are the walls of each fangfang. There are deep eaves and heavy buildings of deep houses, temples and Taoist temples. Occasionally, you can see a very grand house with its own door open on the wall. There are two rows of halberd frames at the door, and there are guards of the Jiashihaos. This is the home of a prince, noble, noble, and noble, and above. With the concession, it can only open the door to the street. Most people's doors can only be facing the courtyard.

Stores are not allowed on the streets, where do you want to go shopping? - Please ask how to get to "East City, West City", which are the two CBD central business districts in Chang'an City.

The Chang'an people who were called by you to ask for directions told you kindly that you should first go to Zhuquemen, the south gate of the imperial city, and walk eastward along the street, and walk eastward to the east of the Sanfang land to the west of the Sanfang land to the west of the West of the - hey, no need to panic. It's still early now. Even if you rushed to the East and West City, the market will not ring until noon on the day, and those shops will not open.

Both the east and west cities have market management committees (city offices) established by the government. At noon every day, the two cities beat drums three hundred times, and each store starts to open. Seven minutes before sunset, gongs three hundred times, the shops close, and customers go home, and they are not allowed to play all night. After nightfall, market security guards patrol, fire, theft and time travelers are prevented.

You said that the central business district only opens in the afternoon, and the time is too short? Well, this is also because of the night ban. Citizens only start activities every morning. Civil servants have to go to work in the morning, and merchants have to buy and prepare goods in the morning. The place in Chang'an City is too big, and there is no car or subway at that time. People who live a little farther away have to walk for most of the day before they can reach the east and west city. The pace of life in the whole society is slow, and 24-hour business is neither necessary nor economical.

As for what you can buy in the East and West Market in the afternoon? That's too many. Women like to go to silk and hood shops, jewelry shops, rouge and powder shops when shopping. Men go straight to mules and horse shops, swords and gun shops, saddles and bridle shops, and scholars can go to the grave bookstore. Farmers carry fruits, vegetables, rice and wheat into the market and sell them before buying iron hoes and pottery bowls. Merchants take money to deposit and withdraw them at the cabinet shop... You like to watch the excitement. There are acrobatics and hundreds of operas on the street, playing the piano and sing fortune tellers. They are thirsty and hungry when they walk. There are restaurants, restaurants, food shops, fruit shops, pancakes and dumplings shops and other foodies.

Where to go, if you are reluctant to eat outside, you can go to the fish shop and buy raw materials and cook your own food. If you are sick, you can have a drink and a medicine shop, you can stay in the evening, and you can't get up and have a coffin shop... Cough. In short, food, clothing, housing, transportation, birth, old age, sickness and death, and everything you use by mortals here - by the way, now we use the word "thing" to refer to all things in the world. There are many sources of it. One of the statements refers to the "east city, west city" in Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty. The two cities include everything, so everything you buy is "buy things".

When talking about the East and West City, we need to mention many people’s second wrong impression of the commercial service industry in Chang'an City.

Some people say that since shops are not allowed to be opened on the street, businesses are concentrated in the east and west cities, and the second city is closed at night, then Chang'an is a city without nightlife. There are no shops in the residential area of ​​Lifang. The city is very deserted and boring, and there is no prosperous atmosphere at all. ╮(￣▽￣)╭

Don’t listen to them. Let’s use our toes to think about it. How large is the scale of a large city with a population of millions? How can the two cities (the area only accounts for four of the city with more than 100 yards in the city) be completely satisfied?

As mentioned earlier, the East and West cities are only equivalent to the CBD Central Business District of Beijing and Shanghai. In the residential areas of more than 100 yards in the city, each yard has its own small commercial service facilities, which is equivalent to convenience stores, canteens, tailor shops, laundry shops, vegetable markets, etc. in each community.

Moreover, the "night ban" in Chang'an City is mainly aimed at 38 main roads across the streets. There is a city management patrol that prohibits walking on the streets at night. Once the doors of each house are closed, the night ban inside the house is not so strict. When you walk on the cross street of Fangli, you see a police officer coming from the opposite side, and quickly turn around and run into the small alleys and turns around a few circles. The Wuhou really may not be able to catch you, so you often turn a blind eye. The snack bar mentioned above, open the door and make pancakes before dawn and the street drums are open to the business, and no one cares about it (the author, I guess the benefits the owner gives to the police officers are inevitable).

So this creates a strange phenomenon: at dusk, the street drums sounded, and there were about five waves of beating the drums in eight hundred times. The night fell and the market closed. The moon was left on all streets in Chang'an, and the two major CBDs were dark and the sounds were gone, and the communities in each of the Fangfang communities were still lively. Some dignitaries and nobles had a banquet all night in their own mansions, and guests staying in the hotel drank some wine in the restaurants of Tongfang, and they were having a video of the **QQ with Hu Ji, who was serving the wine. They would not be cracked down on pornography by the police.

There are also some lifangs, and the situation is more special. For example, "Pingkangfang" next to the west of the east city, which is... cough cough... The most famous red light district in Chang'an City, commonly known as "Bei Li famous flowers" are concentrated in this yard. There was no rule that officials were not allowed to visit prostitutes in the Tang Dynasty. As for scholars who came to take the imperial examination, visiting the famous girl in Pingkangfang was a semi-official activity. If anyone didn't go, it was not called self-discipline, which was called Tula Village. So after night, although the gate of Pingkangfang was closed, the Qin Tower and Chu Pavilion in the yard was still shining with red candles, singing and dancing, singing and singing, drinking and singing softly...

"Chongrenfang" in the northwest of the East City is a hotel concentration place. If you have money and power after traveling through time but have not bought a house in Chang'an, the author advises you to go to Chongrenfang to find a residence to live in first. The west side of this yard is the Imperial City (the location of the government agency), which is very convenient to go to the official selection exam; the south side is the Pingkangfang, which is easy to talk to geisha ladies... Because of these benefits, this yard has become a residence center for literati who come to Chang'an to select officials and take the imperial examination. The affiliated restaurants and hotels are also extremely prosperous and developed, with noisy day and night, and the lights are endless, just like the nightlife center of Chang'an City.

If you live in this yard, you can invite friends you know to come for dinner or something, so you won’t have to find a hotel that opens. But it should be noted that if your friend lives in another yard, you can’t go back after dinner. You have to prepare a room or a seat for others at your own place, otherwise you will sleep on the same bed... Looking at the sky, Chang'an is full of moon...

This article mainly reference books & in-depth understanding recommendations: "Examination of the Two Capitals of Sui and Tang Dynasties" by Yang Hongnian

This article is attached to the picture: Schematic diagram of the Chang'an City of Tang Dynasty

Also additional explanation: The "add sour and spicy" mentioned above does not refer to "spicy pepper", which was only passed down in the Ming Dynasty.

However, the word "spicy" appeared before the Ming Dynasty, which shows that "spicy" does not equal the "taste of chili".

Spicy, spicy.——"Guangya" (Three Kingdoms)

It is so spicy.——"Popular Text" (Eastern Han Dynasty)

Jiangnan called La, China called Xin.——《Sound Series》 (Three Kingdoms)

So before chili peppers were introduced to China, the ancients used wool seasoning to make a "spicy" flavor? My friend "resolutely dive in" and did a small test:

The main force is ginger and mustard, and there is also a dogwood that is rarely used as seasonings now. Of course, there are peppers, green onions, garlic, leeks, and the peppers introduced by Zhang Qian of the Han Dynasty to the Central Plains into the Western Regions can also provide spicy flavor.

There is a Shandong saying, "The scallion is spicy and the garlic is spicy and the heart is spicy, and the leek is spicy and the neck is broken", which shows that these three commonly used seasoned vegetables will taste very spicy if they are really considered. I don't understand how spicy the onion is, and the garlic is once. Once I ate charcoal-roasted oysters by the beach. The garlic is fresh and sweet. After eating dozens of them, I feel that the stomach and face are hot, and I can't suppress it even if I pour ice beer. It's really amazing.

There is also a certain name for dogwood called "Yuejiao". Before pepper entered China, it was one of the main spicy flavors of the ancients. The one used as seasoning was dogwood. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that dogwood "is spicy and bitter. In August, the natives pounded and filtered to get the juice, and stirred it into lime. It is called mugwort oil, also called spicy rice oil. It tastes spicy and used in food."

Fuliu vine, an ancient name, belongs to the Pepper Family, and is produced in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangdong and Guangxi. It has "special energy and spicy taste". It was first seen in the Records of the Grand Historian. It is also recorded in "Tang Bencao". It is the main raw material for making konjac in ancient times. Konjac is also used to refer to Fuliu vine. Konjac is one of the very precious foods in ancient times, and it even reached the point of smuggling. Konjac was made after the Ming Dynasty. Modern konjac refers to konjac, which is the best weight loss product that MMs love most - konjac.

Tang Shuo Guide: Sorry, this dynasty does not provide the "Emperor Chengyun's edict"

What are we going to gossip today?

August 18th is the "Imperial Issue" that is crucial to the country.

When you successfully pass through the Tang Dynasty, first go to the Tai Chi Palace or the main hall of the Daming Palace in Chang'an, the capital, and attend the spectacular court meeting scene of "Nine Heavens Changhe Palace, the clothes and crowns of all nations" to visit the spectacular court meeting, which should be a good start. But if you are expecting a large eunuch holding a golden jade shaft with the words "Imperial Imperial" written on the back of the court meeting, standing on the steps and shouting "Inheriting the will of heaven, the emperor's edict said, blablablabla-----------" then you will be disappointed.

The "Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial I

So what did the imperial edicts of the Tang Dynasty look like?

Let me put it this way, if your time travel is of high quality and good effect, you can become the emperor himself and then fight and settle down in the throne, what should you do next?

You should first reward your relatives, best friends and ministers who have made meritorious first, right? By the way, you can modify the major provisions that are not favored by the old rules and regulations and are unfavorable to you?

The imperial edict issued at this time is the first type of "book making". Specifically, the following should be divided into three sub-categories: the empress and crown prince, the prince and the third rank or above are called "books", which are written on bamboo slips - yes, the very stylish antique bamboo slips - the second sub-category is called "book making", which is used to perform great rewards and punishments, award high-ranking officials, reform major old systems, pardon prisoners of war, etc., and are written on silk yellow paper that will not cause insects; the third sub-category is called "comfort book making", which is a letter of praise and certificate issued to ministers, which should also be written on silk yellow paper.

The content and format of these three types of imperial edicts are similar, so they can be collectively called "book-making imperial edicts". The general format is as follows:

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Subordinate: [Fill in the content of the imperial edict here, such as: My wife is very tough, I want to sign her as the queen/Zhang San and I have a strong JQ, I want to worship him as the prime minister/The old rules that are not allowed to be late for me to go to court are too bad, I want to abolish them, etc.]. The master implements it.

Year A, B, Month C (the number of this C is sometimes filled in by the emperor)

Secretary of the Secretariat [Zhao Ada] Xuan

Secretary of the Secretariat [Qian A Er] Feng

The minister of the Secretariat [Sun A San]

Shizhongchen [Li A Si]

Huangmen Minister [Zhou Awu]

The minister of the minister [Wu Aliu] and other words:

The book is made as right, please

Implementation outside the system, please be careful

D year E month F day

Make (the original copy of the word "光" was signed by the emperor)

H Year I/J Day

The specific departments responsible for the implementation of government affairs in the Shangshu Province

Shangshu Left Master Shechen [Zheng Aqi]

Shangshu's Right servant Shechen [Wang Aba]

A minister of a certain department... a minister of a certain department... (The above are the signatures of a bunch of relevant leaders and staff in the Shangshu Province)

Sue [Party Party to Government Affairs Content Feng Ajiu]

Quilted

Make a book like the right, and the talisman is to follow it

Head Officer [Chen Ashi]

Lingshi [Chu Shiyi]… (The above is the signature of a low-level clerk who is responsible for copying books and archiving)

Year X, Y, Z, Z

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To be continued...