Chapter 647: Congratulations (Part 1)
"Tick-tock!" Water drops dripped from the night-leaking copper pot, the sound was encouraging.
The night is not over for ten seconds, and it is almost time for morning greetings.
The servants and maids came back and forth, 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. The bottom of the trench is covered with strips of stone and blue bricks, which are the foundations of the palace wall.
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 the right Sima Yangchen 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 Guanfeng Gate, officials in twos and threes have arrived, including officials from the General's Office and the Liang Kingdom, as well as representatives of state, county and town officials from various places.
Cai Cheng, the minister in the palace, ordered the guards to build several straw sheds for the officials to temporarily protect them from the wind and cold.
However, the straw shed is limited, and only a few high-status staff and generals can sit in it, such as Wang Yan, Secretary of the Left Army, Lu Zhi, Secretary of the Right Army, who came from Luoyang, and Liang Xiang Yuchen. , Yushi doctor Pan Tao, Shangshu Ling Pei Miao and so on.
The middle and low-level officials can only wait outside the open space.
They breathed and stamped their feet and chatted to pass the time.
Someone still had enough head to look inside.
Liang Palace is still relatively shabby.
The palace city has no city walls, only a lonely gate tower. The courtyard and square inside the gate are not paved with bricks, but are only slightly smoothed. There were no lanterns made of silk, and there were no colorful ribbons hanging everywhere. In short, they were not comparable to the gorgeous palace city of Luoyang.
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 those in Luoyang.
"Guanfeng Hall is the main hall of Liang Palace, where the directors are located. Where does it get its name?" someone asked in the cold night before dawn.
"From "The Book of Rites", 'Order the master Chen Shi to observe the people's customs', which means to understand the people's sentiments and understand the gains and losses of governance." The speaker looked at the questioner with a smile but not a smile, as if he was thinking He said he was not good at studying and had not 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, side halls, front hall and back hall, pavilions, gardens, ponds and mountains are all included. It can almost be called a palace." Another person sighed. .
Generally speaking, "palace" is larger than "palace", and palaces are often associated with cities, called "palace cities".
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, towers, pavilions, halls, Courtyards, etc., can all be ancillary buildings of the temple.
This is the case with Guanfeng Hall.
Beside this planned main hall is Li Chuntai, which was named by Mr. Liang himself. Apart from doing business, it is beautiful to take the stage to enjoy the spring scenery and rejuvenate one's temperament.
Opposite the Li Chuntai, there is a secret pavilion with a collection of books that can be viewed 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.
A very tall building will be built in the back wall of Guanfeng Hall, overlooking the whole city. When a person in charge of the world climbs this tower, he will suddenly feel heroic and have undying ambition. It can be said to be an inspiration for progress.
The Huangnu Palace to the west and north of Guanfeng Hall is smaller. If nothing else, it was the residence of part of Liang Gong's family. The whole building was mainly low-rise single-story palaces, but there were also some landscape buildings.
It is rumored that Queen Hui Yang's family lived in Huang Nu 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 can only make do with it. Of course, there may be other reasons, but this is not enough for outsiders.
"Oh!" A rooster crows loudly in the military camp near Liang Palace.
Well, this is not a time signal, it is just a supply sent by Chenliu County to the garrison.
The ancients regarded the rooster's crow as dawn. In fact, this is not very accurate. Many times it crows in the middle of the night, and we don't know what happened.
The lieutenants and generals 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 in the palace, personally arrived at Guanfengmen with more than a hundred soldiers. The sergeant on duty outside the door got out of the way, and the sergeants were divided into two rows according to their status, civil and military ranks, with the humble officers in front and the distinguished officers in the back. They passed through the Guanfeng Gate, which had not yet had time to install the city gate, and arrived at the station in the middle of the square. Certainly.
The morning greeting ceremony has not officially started yet.
Cai Cheng then led the Prime Minister, the imperial censor, the military commander and others to the side halls on both sides to rest briefly 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. Thinking about the difficulties in the past again, my eyes get wet.
It’s not easy, it’s really not easy.
Although Liang Guo was small, it already had the appearance of a serious court. The Yu family of Yingchuan spent almost all of their money and worked hard, and finally got something in return. 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 Liang Gong, 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 and counties outside Yingchuan, Yu Chen only regarded them as bitter.
If you have the ability, your daughter will become Mr. Liang’s wife? Just shut up if you don't have the ability. Do you really think I can't deal with you?
Censor Pan Tao was drinking tea and remembered the strategy of building the 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 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 too 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. But he has always maintained close contact with Liang Gong and has a good relationship with Wang Yan. It is a little surprising that he has reached this point, but it is also reasonable.
Wang Yanze and Lu Zhi talked and laughed in a low voice.
Wen Qiao, Bian Dun, Zu Ying, and Lu Qiuchong, who were serving as military counselors for the two men, also followed Zhan Guang in, but there were no seats and they could only stand.
Lu Zhi was not in a very good mood and did not want to say anything more. Unfortunately, Wang Deng was so eloquent and polite, and as a famous person in the world, he repeatedly flattered him, which put a smile on Lu Zhi's face, and he slowly responded by speaking.
Wen Qiao looked around boredly.
The job of military consultation and wine worship is not difficult to do, and he handles it properly every time.
Liang Gong was so impressed when he saw it that he regarded Wen Qiao as a great talent, which made Wen Qiao's reputation grow day by day.
Oh, everything is good, but the money is a little short.
After his wife died, he never thought about getting married again, but he had no money. If it really doesn't work, the seller can only take it.
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 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 did not have much savings, and nearly 200,000 people came all of a sudden, which was impossible to support.
As a result, under the dual influence of food shortage and military defeat, these newly attached people scattered, most of them went to Jizhou and other places in Bingzhou, and some even returned to Tuoba Dai Kingdom, leaving a Big spectrum.
As for why he returned to Tuoba Dai Kingdom, there is a reason.
First of all, Tuoba Pugen died. He died after just 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 master.
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 on to a big position without being harmed again.
And in such a situation where an orphan and a widowed mother are in power, do you think the Congress will send troops to rescue Liu Kun? Impossible.
The only person who can save Liu Kun now is Liang Gong, and he may not be able to do so.
Besides, Wen Qiao doubted whether Duke Liang was willing to save Liu Kun.
According to his observation, Liu Gong was actually ambitious and not a pure minister. It's just 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 to turn things around, just in case.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the side hall, and it seemed that many people were coming.
Wang Yan, who was speaking, stopped.
Bian Dun went out of the palace to inquire about it, and came back to report: "Five minutes before the end of the night, the servant Yuan Chong, his family members, and his assistants all arrived."
Wang Yan gently Nod.
Liang Guo did not have Da Honglu, so he could only ask the servant Yuan Chong to temporarily step in and preside over the morning greeting ceremony.
Yuan family of Yangxia has a well-educated family background and is very proficient in these etiquette affairs. It is very suitable for him to handle them.
Wang Yan felt a little sleepy after the conversation was interrupted.
I’m getting older, and I get up too early, so I can’t stand it anymore.
So I took off my shoes and went to the couch to take a nap.
This wait lasted for five-quarters of an hour. It was not until the eve of the leakage that the official in the palace called softly, and he stood up and stood in the court.
After all the leaks, Liang Gong slowly appeared.
(There is another chapter in the evening, brothers, please throw your monthly tickets at me and kill me!)
(End of this chapter)