sweeping the world

Chapter 621 Surprised by "Orchid Pavilion Preface"

So far, Jiankang has had two dynasties as the capital here. The first dynasty is Sun Wu, the second is the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and then there are Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and then the Five Dynasties and Ten Dynasties. The Southern Tang Dynasty in China, the Ming Dynasty in Zhu Yuanzhang's period, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and finally the Party State.

If you count carefully, Jiankang (Nanjing) was the ancient capital of ten dynasties, and some of them were very short-lived dynasties, or it should be said that the dynasties with Jiankang as their capital were not long-lived. One hundred and three years. (The Ming Dynasty moved its capital, so it only became the capital of one generation)
Nowadays, Jingzhou and Yangzhou south of the Yangtze River can be considered to have been developed. Among them, Jingzhou has a relatively early development history, and Yangzhou has developed significantly after the "Yiguan Nandu". The other states and counties have not undergone much development, and with the Jiaozhi, Ningzhou, and Guangzhou are the most barbaric, but Jiangzhou was developed during the Soochow period and the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Jiankang used to have a population of nearly 200 million. To accommodate such a large number of people, it must occupy a large area. The walls of the entire city do not have a strict square shape. The walls are actually irregular. line.

In addition to the rammed earth city wall in Jiankang, there is also an oval fence surrounding the city pool. In addition, there are many natural waterways and man-made excavations.It will be built into such a multi-barrier defense belt, mainly because the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty chose to build a city here not far from the territory of the Hulu, because they were afraid that the Hulu would really cross the Yangtze River and approach the city.

If the Jiankang defenders are determined enough to rely on the terrain to resist, it will be difficult for any invading enemy to make strides forward. Besides, Jiankang has a population of nearly 200 million, so if they really want to mobilize hundreds of thousands of people to help defend City, if you want to conquer Jiankang, you will definitely have to pay a big price.

The Han army went south to attack Jiankang, but only lost less than [-] people. It was because the Sima family as a puppet stopped playing, and the family was not of one mind, which led to Jiankang being easily captured by the Han army.

At this moment, Liu Yan is in the stone city west of Jiankang, standing on the edge of the female wall watching the surging river.

The Yangtze River is really long. Its source is on the plateau. The length of the entire waterway exceeds 1 miles, and it flows east to the East China Sea.But now not the entire Yangtze River can be used as a transport waterway, on the contrary, many sections of the river cannot be navigated at all.

Most of the sections of the Yangtze River in Jingzhou, Yuzhou and Yangzhou are navigable. Standing in Stone City and looking towards the Yangtze River, you can see ships passing back and forth on the river, showing a busy scene.

Stone City is just a place name, not to say that it is really a city.The terrain here is very complicated. There is only a small fortress built on the largest mountain, and there are not many buildings in the rest of the place, and there are no acres of fields.

In ancient times, place names were very particular. Where there are many mountains, there will be place names related to mountains. Where the soil should be, there will be corresponding characteristics. Stone City is a place full of strange rocks. How to come here Cultivate farmland?
After the demise of the small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the strategic position of Jiangdu in Xuzhou plummeted. It was only reserved as a docking base for the fleet. The largest military port on the Yangtze River waterway was changed to Jiankang. Standing in Stone City, you can see the side of Xizhou City. There are many warships docked there, and it looks like row after row.

Xizhou City can be regarded as one of the cities within Jiankang. There are quite a few similar cities, each with its own rammed earth walls.There is a tributary of the Yangtze River running through Jiankang. The Wuyi Lane along the Huai River used to be the residential area of ​​the Wang family and the Xie family. Looking from the stone city, you can still see that it is full of mansions.

"Your Majesty." Xun Xian was standing five steps behind Liu Yan, bowing slightly to salute: "East Forest Garden has been properly prepared, and most of the scholars have arrived."

The wind blowing from the Yangtze River was a bit strong, because it came from the direction of the river, and the wind was cool, and the cloak on Liu Yan was dancing wildly with the wind.

The Xun family is a big family in the south. Their history is still very long. It can be traced back to the ancient Yellow Emperor period. It was used as a country name in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it gradually evolved into a surname after the Qin Dynasty swept all over the world.

The surnames of Huaxia are not simple. They usually have their own history worth telling.Due to the customs of the pre-Qin period in ancient times, for example, where a certain family's fief is, that piece of land becomes the family's surname, and the surname changes after changing the fief, so the surname of a family is not fixed.

Xun Xian's family has produced quite a few celebrities, especially during the period of the Three Kingdoms. At that time, the Xun family and the Chen family in Yuzhou actually had the same ancestor. Another person with the same ancestor was the Sima family. There were so many different names. The family has the same ancestor, which is actually the reason for the change of fiefdoms in the Spring and Autumn Period.Among them, the Yingchuan Chen family was traced back to the Tian family, the Tian family who bought the entire country through "big fights out and small fights in".

The contemporary Xun family is not considered a powerful family. It is a first-class family supported by a strong background, but the family does not have as many capable people as it did in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Liu Yan has decided to let Xun Xian go abroad. After this southern tour, Xun Xian will go to Jiangxia to become a county magistrate. Xun Xian's history as the king's personal secretary has entered the countdown.

It is not known what noble families or powerful families Jiangxia had before. With the "change of dynasty" going on, and because the Lu family invested in the right people early, Lu Yi's family became Jiangxia's well-deserved first family. Xun Xian arranged to go to Jiangxia, in fact, he also intended to ask the Lu family to help him a lot.

To put it bluntly, the personal secretary Lang is actually doing the job of a modern secretary. Many leaders of the Celestial Dynasty have delegated their secretaries. Whether it is because of direct lineage or faction, they will take care of them as much as possible. A kind of "loose leaves".

Xun Xian has been Liu Yan's personal secretary for such a long time, and he can be regarded as a close minister of the emperor. The killings in the south are so serious, there will definitely be people who will trouble Xun Xian.And because of the relationship Xun Xian had experienced, it was definitely not his own face that was ashamed.

Donglin Garden is within the palace city of Jiankang. After the demise of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the palace city of Jiankang is no longer called the palace city, and its specification is one of Liu Yan's many palaces.

Liu Yan didn't have many palaces, one in Linzi, one in Yecheng, and one in Xiangguo. Anyway, it is not yet determined which is the capital city, and there is no formal palace city.After his southern tour, he will go to Xiangguo, and he will not stay in Xiangguo for too long. He will go to Guanzhong in autumn, and he needs to check the location of the capital.

很多人以为先汉的都城只有两处，也就是长安（今陕1西1省1西1安1市）和洛阳（今河1南1省1洛1阳1市），实际上还有一处是雒阳（今河1南1省1洛1阳1市）。

The capital of the former Zhao (the Xiongnu Han Dynasty) was Chang'an, which was in the original old city. After the end of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Yang Jian replaced Zhou, and the Daxing capital was not built on the site of the former Han Chang'an city. Li Tang actually moved as well.

Now that Chang'an City in Guanzhong is extremely dilapidated, Liu Yan didn't want to repair the old city. What he wanted was to build a new capital city from scratch. He must go there to check the location in person.

"Go down."

Liu Yan said, turned around and took a step.

The passage in the fortress on the Stone City is very narrow, there are torches on both sides of the walls in the dark, and the air has a strong smell of oil.

Through the narrow passage, there will be an indoor hall.This is the place where the fortress gathers soldiers. There were originally many shelves on the four sides where weapons could be placed, but now there are many food bags piled up.

The hall has passages extending in all directions, and the door that exits the fortress appears to be the largest.Walking out of the gate is an open-air square, but the square is only the size of a modern basketball court, and passing through the square is a steep downhill staircase.

When walking on the stairs, you can see an endless fence wall when you look forward. Below it is a place called Shishijin. There are stones of various shapes everywhere, and you will reach the fence wall when you pass through this place. Xilimen.

Xili Gate is some distance away from the palace city, but there is a wilderness in the middle. There are two gates to enter through this route, and Liu Yan chose Ximing Gate.

When the outer city wall of Jiankang was built, the moat was not excavated, and the oval fence wall did not have a moat. Instead, a moat was excavated in the palace city with square walls. The river water was diverted from the Huai River, which is actually the Yangtze River. tributaries.

Liu Yan approached the Ximing Gate and heard a burst of noise, and only after asking did he find out what water and land rituals were being held in the urban area of ​​Xizhou not far away.

"The monk who presides over the water and land rituals is Shi Dao'an. He was originally a scholar who was proficient in Confucianism. Later, he went to the Central Plains to worship Buddha Tucheng." Xun Xian, a secretary, needs to know a lot of things, at least the king needs to be able to answer questions. It can be seen that the secretary is not that easy to do.He hesitated for a moment before continuing: "Recently, Jiankang has gathered a lot of Samanas. The Water and Land Masters are funded by the Samanas themselves. They are said to be soldiers in the battle to save Jiankang, but there is no Jin army."

Liu Yan understood that the Samana specialized in water and land rituals to kill the soldiers of the Han army in order to attract his attention.

The problem is that the Han government has its own way of dealing with the dead soldiers. The soldiers who died in battle will be transported to the martyrs' garden in Changguang County first, and the Taoist priests there will hold religious ceremonies before encoffining.

"Who agrees with them to hold water and land rituals?" Liu Yan got the answer, frowned and said, "Is Sang Yu too busy?"

Xun Xian could only pretend not to hear that it was about the royal envoy, one of the three princes of the dynasty.

The Han Dynasty did not have a national religion, but Liu Yan was actually more inclined to the local Taoism.But Taoism is not actually called by this name now. Anyway, there are many kinds of names. It originated from Zhang Daoling who founded it in Heming Mountain, Sichuan in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, it was called Wudou Rice Sect.

Today's Taoism does not have a general altar, and it does not spread beliefs. It is conveyed to the world in the face of magicians, which gives the world the impression that Taoists are actually alchemists.

Entering from Ximing Gate, the route to Miyagi is to take Taicang.The reason why it is called Taicang is just like its name is a place to store grain. You can see round granaries everywhere, and some old grain will be moved out and spread on the ground to dry in the sun.

Because Liu Yan doesn't pay much attention to Jiankang's Miyagi, he only did a face project before coming here. Of course, the place that should be cleaned is cleaned, but there are still traces of dilapidation, such as some places where the damage is just something Block first.

The style of Jiangnan is different from that of the north. One of them is that there are many kinds of flowers and plants in the forest garden, and the second is that there are many lakes because there is no shortage of water.

Donglin Garden is a place full of rare and exotic plants. Unfortunately, rockeries are not popular nowadays. At most, ponds are dug to raise some strangely colored fish.

Isn't Liu Yan recruiting famous people in the south?Those who came first stayed in Donglin Garden in twos and threes, especially the pavilions and pavilions in each place had the most people, either reciting poems or scribbling pen and ink. The relatively distinctive ones were eating five stone powder and then doing strange behaviors Distribute medicinal power.

"Is this the so-called demeanor of the Jin and Wei Dynasties?" Xu Zheng stood by the window of an attic, and said with a disgusted expression: "Wushi powder is not a good thing, and the behavior after eating it looks like going crazy. "

After taking Wushisan, the medicinal power is indeed like going crazy. It is not special to take off your clothes and run wild, but it is very shameful to ride on a tree trunk and stir up.

Cai You walked to the window curiously, and after a burst of "haha" laughter, he said, "Will that guy break his 'chicken'?"

They, a group of three lords and nine ministers, have been staying in this attic for a long time, in order to observe what the invited celebrities will do.As for why there are five stone powders now, it is because Sangyu Yishizi likes to be prepared specially.Everyone probably knew what Sang Yu was thinking. They just wanted to see the drug addict make a fool of themselves, and they didn't stop them if they were happy to watch a lively scene.

Liu Yan came to the attic in light clothes, waved to the saluting crowd, and stood at the window where Xu Zheng and Cai You stepped aside, just in time to see the tree trunk scene.

"It's been almost a quarter of an hour." Cai You said with a smile before asking: "Do you want the guards to drive you out of the city?"

Liu Yan knew Wu Shi San, and what he understood was a drug that could cause hallucinations, so he didn't ask how he prepared Wu Shi San, and he didn't respond to Cai You's words.

"Your Majesty, it is true that the literary style in the south is flourishing, but there are many absurd people." Sang Yu raised his finger and pointed at the scholar who continued to attack the tree trunk: "There are so many people like this."

It seems, it seems, it is estimated... there are few literati in the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty who did not take drugs?Anyone who can be called a celebrity basically has the habit of taking five stone powder.

Liu Yan remained silent, but turned his gaze to another pavilion, where a large group of people gathered, a middle-aged man was scribbling pen and ink, and beside him was Sun Chuo who was helping to hold the paper scroll.

"That person is Wang Xizhi." Lu Yi explained in detail for Liu Yan: "I heard that he used it to compose the old story of Lanting in Shanyin."

"Lanting?" Liu Yan actually didn't know what Xiuyu was, and suddenly his eyes widened: "You mean, Wang Xizhi is writing about Lanting?"

Xiuxi (xiū xì) originated from an ancient custom in the Zhou Dynasty, that is, on the day of "Siri" in the first ten days of the third month of the lunar calendar (after the Wei Dynasty, it was fixed as March [-]rd), to play by the water to eliminate ominous , called "repair".

As for Wang Xizhi's writing of Lanting, what else could it be other than "Lanting Preface"? !

(End of this chapter)