Chapter 1386 Cannons are mounted on Purple Mountain
Zhu Ping'an went to the outer office of the Punishment Division and met Liu Mu, Liu Dadao and others. Based on the official document of Mr. Tai, he summoned thirty officers from the Sentence Division Yamen and rushed The fifteen carriages coordinated yesterday left the Yamen and rushed to their destination, Zhenwu Camp.
Zhenwu Camp is stationed with the outer wall of Yingtian City, south of the outer city, between the old imperial city and Zijin Mountain. The yamen of Tixingsi is generally in the north of the city, exactly to the south and north of Zhenwuying, and the road distance is quite large.
Zhu Pingan and his party drove the carriage for half an hour before arriving at the south of the city, and saw the Purple Mountain in the distance.
“Zhongshan is a dragon and a pan, and Stone City is a tiger. It is the home of a true emperor.”
Zhu Ping'an looked at Zijin Mountain from a distance. The mountain is slightly arc-shaped, with the mouth of the arc facing south and winding like a giant dragon. He couldn't help but sigh. Emperor Hongwu chose Yingtian to build his capital because he chose this place. The terrain of it.
The outer wall of Yingtian City winds like a dragon, encompassing the entire Purple Mountain.
If you look at it from a distance, the Old Imperial City is at the foot of Purple Mountain.
Oh, I remembered it.
When the Ming Dynasty was first established and Dingdu was built, Purple Mountain was not inside the city, but outside the city.
At that time, Emperor Hongwu built the capital city and recruited more than 200,000 civilians to build Yin Tiancheng. It took several years to complete. The city wall is 70 miles in circumference. It is supported by Zhongshan in the east, the Qinhuai River in the south as a natural moat, and the Yangtze River natural moat in the west. , with Xuanwu Lake as a barrier in the north, it integrates mountains, lakes and rivers into one.
After the completion of Yingtian City, Emperor Hongwu happily took his prince and officials to the Purple Mountain and looked down at Yingtian City. He was very satisfied with it. Such a strong city should be the foundation of eternity.
Emperor Hongwu, who was delighted with Long Yan, proudly pointed at Yingtian City and showed off to the prince and the civil and military officials, "Hehehehe, what do you think of the construction of this capital? My capital has high walls, thick walls, and a long crown. There are a total of thirteen city gates in ancient and modern times. Zhongshan is supported in the east and Qinhuai is located in the south. The moat, with the Yangtze River moat in the west and Xuanwu Lake in the north, is as strong as gold and can be defended for more than a year. "
"The wise Lord, Yingtian City should be the strongest city in the world in ancient times."
"Yingtian City is really a Tiancheng."
"The Holy Spirit has a sharp eye. Such a majestic city with natural barriers is truly impregnable."
"There will be no problem for not just one year, but ten or eight years."
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The civil and military officials all agreed, praising Emperor Hongwu for his wisdom and praising Yingtian City as impregnable.
However, in the midst of the civil and military officials praising our emperor’s wisdom, a discordant voice of a young man whose voice was changing sounded: “Cannons were mounted on Purple Mountain, and the cannons were fired into the Houzai Gate.”
Houzaimen is the gate of the Forbidden City. The boy means that if a cannon is set up on Purple Mountain, the cannon can hit the Forbidden City.
The young man's voice was like a phoenix flying into the forest and chirping. The noisy birds in the forest were suddenly silent. All the civil and military officials fell silent when they heard the young man's comments on his life. .
Everyone followed the sound and saw Zhu Di, the fourth prince of Emperor Hongwu, standing there with a look of pride on his face.
The young man Zhu Di is in his teens, and he is at the age where he likes to show off. He is very proud, proud that he has discovered hidden dangers in the city's defense.
At this moment, he raised his face proudly and looked forward to the praise from his father and the civil and military officials.
The air was quiet, even a little depressing.
Why don’t you praise me? !
The young Zhu Di glanced at the civil and military officials from the corner of his eyes and found nervous expressions on their faces. Well, they should be nervous and worried because they were incompetent and failed to discover hidden dangers in city defense. Punished by his father. Hurry up and praise me, and I will consider interceding on your behalf.
The civil and military officials were worried about my father’s punishment and did not have time to praise me. What about my father? Why didn’t my father praise me?
The young Zhu Di looked in the direction of Emperor Hongwu and found that his father's face had darkened. The young Zhu Di couldn't help but become nervous. What's wrong? Did I see it wrong?
However, the next second, the young boy Zhu Di felt relieved, because his sullen father smiled again, took out an orange from his sleeve with a smile, peeled off the skin, removed the meridians, and handed it to himself to eat the orange. .
This is the reward from my father.
My father always only praised his brother Zhu Biao, but never me. This orange was the first time my father rewarded me. It's not as simple as rewarding oranges. My father peeled oranges for me to eat.
Even the imperial brother does not receive this kind of treatment.
In the eyes of everyone, young Zhu Di took the orange proudly, put it in his mouth, and ate it.
Sweet, very sweet, very sweet, sweet in your mouth and in your heart.
The young Zhu Dijue has never tasted such sweet oranges, and he will never forget them in his life.
After returning to the palace, young Zhu Di paid his respects to Queen Ma. Zhu Di was not Empress Ma's biological child, but he was raised by Empress Ma from childhood. Empress Ma loved him very much and treated him as her own. Zhu Di also regarded Empress Ma as his biological mother, but was not as close to his biological mother as he was to Empress Ma.
Seeing Zhu Di's happy face, Empress Ma couldn't help but smile and asked him if he had a good time visiting Purple Mountain with his father today. The young Zhu Di asked Emperor Hongwu on Purple Mountain with a proud look on his face. Everyone told Queen Ma what happened in Tiancheng.
"How did you answer?" Queen Ma asked curiously with a smile.
"My son climbed up the Purple Mountain and had a panoramic view of the entire Forbidden City. He immediately realized something was wrong. If an enemy occupied the Purple Mountain, wouldn't it be possible to set up artillery on the Purple Mountain to bombard the Forbidden City. So, my son The minister replied, "There are cannons on Purple Mountain, and the cannons will hit the Houzai Gate."
The young Zhu Di looked like he was waiting for Queen Ma's praise, and he proudly repeated his answer.
Hearing this, Empress Ma couldn't help but change her face. She looked at the young Zhu Di nervously and asked, "Did your father say anything after hearing this?"
"Father didn't. Say something, take out an orange from your sleeve, when He peeled the orange and gave it to me to eat. "Mother, do you know that I have never tasted such a sweet orange?"
The young man Zhu Di said proudly that the orange was very sweet. , my face was filled with happiness.
After the young Zhu Di finished speaking, he waited for Queen Ma's praise.
But what surprised Zhu Di was that he did not get any praise, but what he saw was the frightened Queen Ma.
No one understands Emperor Hongwu better than Queen Ma. She understands Emperor Hongwu’s personality and his thoughts. Emperor Hongwu was decisive in killing. He wanted to pass the throne to their eldest son, Zhu Biao, and give Zhu Biao a stable country that would last for ten thousand years. Emperor Hongwu had revealed to her more than once that Zhu Biao had helped them seize it. The world, the good bows and lackeys who now have the ability to threaten the country and the country, she knows the meaning of Emperor Hongwu's actions on the spot.
"My son, run away. Not only will your father kill you, but he will also peel off your skin and cramp your muscles like an orange." Queen Ma suddenly turned pale with fright and urged. And arranged for Zhu Di to escape from Yingtian to Shuntian.
Emperor Hongwu found out that Queen Ma had let Zhu Di go. He thought that the Queen regarded Zhu Di as if she were her own child and had a deep affection for him. He also thought that Zhu Di was also his own child after all, and he was only in his early ten years now, so he did not pursue it any further. .
However, Zhu Di's opinion still made Hongwu Emperor worried, so Emperor Hongwu decided to build the outer wall of Yingtian City to wrap Zijin Mountain, Yuhuatai, and Mufu Mountain within the city.
So, what we have today is what it is today. appearance. (End of this chapter)