Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

As early as the Wanli period, Zhang Xie had already given the answer in "The Examination of East and West"...

At least during this period, the Ming Dynasty still crushed the West.

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History is a bitch, anyone can mess with it...

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On the New Year's Day of 1645, outside the Imperial Palace of the Han Dynasty, there was a gathering of Chinese and foreign envoys.

Regardless of official rank, everyone's entourage is holding a lantern.

The traditional red lantern hangs on the palace wall with a hazy red light.

On the tall lamp pole, the glass lampshade swayed gently in the wind, and the lamp shadow swayed.

In the distant sky, colorful fireworks flashed.

In fact, red lanterns have been hung high on both sides of the palace gate, and the square is dotted with bronze cranes and bronze turtles...

The lights are swaying, as if they are dancing!

There were candles everywhere, covering the palace into a sea of ​​lights.

Even the lamps and candles in the hands of officials can be thrown away.

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There were street lights in the Ming Dynasty.

Regardless of whether it is Beijing or Nanjing, at night, there are people pushing oil trucks and lighting the street lamps on the roadside.

Although it cannot be popularized in every street and alley, the important roads are brightly lit.

In Sichuan, the soybean oil that lit the lights was replaced by petroleum.

After Zhu Youjian established the Han capital, he made rigid regulations at the beginning of building the city:

Small streets - street lights are installed at intersections;

Main street - every fifty steps, set up a street light.

Especially after the arrival of Sun Yunqiu, thanks to the increase in glass production, street lights were extended to various docks.

It can be said that today's Handu has become a city that never sleeps.

New year and a new look.

After the victory of Aoerdusi, Ming Dynasty fell into a sea of ​​joy.

The young man who had been partying all night never fell asleep.

Even though it was already close to dawn, there were still fireworks rising into the sky from time to time.

It's New Year's Day again, and all officials gather in the capital. Today's Han capital has become a sea of ​​lights.

At the same time, New Year's Day ceremonies were also being held in two other places.

Capital.

Night shrouded the earth, and on the streets of Beijing, rows of sedan chairs were gathering towards the entrance of the palace.

It is different from the bright lights in Handu, where all the ministers accompanying him hold lanterns to illuminate the master.

These officials in Beijing are not allowed to hold lanterns.

Even lanterns are not allowed to appear on the palace walls.

because……

Lighting is equivalent to - "finding the light"!

A beast who is not even a slave, yet he still wants to find Ming?

I, Shengqing, will kill your whole family!

(Xu Ke, who was elected in the late Qing Dynasty in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, missed the Qing Dynasty very much during the Republic of China, so he wrote "Qing Barnai Lei Chao" and pinned the issue of being unable to light lamps on Wei Zhongxian's head. In fact, this is nonsense.)

When I was an official in the Qing Dynasty, I couldn't light up a lamp to "see the light"!

then--

Wearing the robes of hundreds of officials, with animals painted on their plaits - Han ministers with low status, groping in the dark, gathered outside the Meridian Gate.

After the head count is completed, the officials who are late will be pulled aside and spanked.

After the spanking, you cannot leave. You must go to pay respects to the emperor with your injuries.

You haven't even become a kowtow bug yet, and you want to run away?

I, the Qing Dynasty, don’t want people with backbone...

Then the Meridian Gate opened and officials were about to enter the palace.

Hundreds of officials will wait in front of the Jinshui River.

At this time, the difference was seen.

There are seven bridges on the Jinshui River, among which the five white marble bridges are the most conspicuous and are located in the center of the square.

The middle one is called Yulu Bridge, with white marble dragon-carved columns and cloud panels underneath...

This is something only the emperor can do.

The bridge decks on both sides of the Yulu Bridge are slightly narrower and are called Wanggong Bridge for the royal family and princes to walk.

Even the Han ministers cannot leave!

The bridges on both sides of the Wanggong Bridge are called grade bridges, and only officials of third grade or above can walk there.

What about level three and below?

Don't worry, there are seven Waijinshui Bridges!

The two bridges in front of the Imperial Ancestral Temple and Sheji Altar are called Zhongsheng Bridge. Officials of the fourth rank and below, soldiers and servants can pass through this bridge when they enter the palace.

Because Li Zicheng lit a fire when he evacuated the palace, these bridges were also destroyed.

During this period, the five main bridges have been repaired.

This is the face of the Qing Dynasty!

Dorgon asked Shi Shilei to finish the work even before repairing the three main halls.

However, it is limited to the five stone bridges in the center.

The restoration of the Zhongsheng Bridge on both sides has not yet been completed. Historically, it was not until Kangxi succeeded to the throne that the restoration of the Zhongsheng Bridge was completed.

Without the Bridge of All Living Beings, how can hundreds of officials below the fourth rank participate in the morning court?

Don't worry, a living person will not suffocate to death!

At this moment……

The Bridge of All Living Beings is just a few wooden planks...

That's right - for officials below the fourth rank to enter the palace, there are only a few wooden boards.

Hundreds of officials crowded in the square outside Waijinshui River.

You're blind, you can't see the road!

In the early days, courtiers would still feel their way forward.

However, after falling into the Jinshui River and drowning many people, the officials found a trick to kowtow to the Aisin Gioro family...

High-ranking Mandarins were often given the privilege of lighting lamps in the palace.

When these people walk by, they light up the surrounding road.

Good luck!

I can finally kowtow to the Aixinjueluo family!

The ministers who could not light the lamp rushed forward.

Look how smart the literati are!

The Aixinjueluo family did not allow him to light a lamp to "see the light", so he cleverly learned to use the light.

Therefore, later generations have the word "Zhan Guang"...

This kind of privilege is not a treatment that everyone can have.

Only ministers who sincerely feel comfortable licking people can get the favor of the Mandarin - allowing him to follow behind him and bask in the light.

Usually, only ministers of the third rank and above can pass through the Waijinshui River using other people's lanterns.

And the remaining officials...

These two sentient beings bridges are both narrow and small, because they are paved with wooden planks, making them wobbly when walking on them.

In the shadow of the palace wall, it is impossible to light lamps, and it is even more difficult to pass when the lamp in the hand of the Mandarin flickers.

If you are not careful, you will fall...

If you fall into the water, who will save you?

Just wait until you are full of the Aixinjueluo family's excrement water and you will die...

This is a royal favor to the kneeling literati group!

But, it is better to die than to live. Although it would be a supreme honor to die after drinking the Holy Lord’s excrement, our literati group does not want to die!

——I haven’t enjoyed it enough yet!

So what to do?

Don't worry!

Just wait!

Before going to court, there will be palace maids and eunuchs holding lanterns and walking by the Neijinshui River.

These people are there to decorate the appearance of the court meeting.

The march of the palace maids and eunuchs followed rules and did not last long.

So, these officials of the third rank and below took advantage of this short time to swarm...

They all grabbed the light and rushed towards the Bridge of All Living Beings...

"Let's go!"

In the dark night, an unknown official whispered.

The crowds were surging.

The high-ranking officials in the state and county will tremble whenever they get to the place and stamp their feet, and they no longer care about their official decency...

Rushing toward the Bridge of All Living Beings!