Chapter 830 Palace
Camping in Kyoto, Taiping Palace.
The Taiping Palace was built by Zhang Chong after he entered Kyoto. Although it is called a palace, it is actually a small row house.
Zhang Chong has always been unaccustomed to living in Han Dynasty palaces, because the entire building is too lofty and does not take people's convenience and comfort into consideration.
So after learning that there were a group of construction masters in Kyoto, Zhang Chong had someone build a small villa on an open space east of Beigong.
The villa designed by Zhang Chong and built by master craftsmen was named Taiping Palace as soon as it was completed, which means peace and prosperity in the world.
After the Taiping Palace was completed, Zhang Chong spent most of his time fighting outside. It was not until the Yiluo decisive battle that he had more time to stay in the Taiping Palace.
Since Zhang Chong once again led his armored cavalry to charge against Yuan Shao's main formation in the Yiluo decisive battle, he decided to say goodbye to front-line warfare completely.
There is no other reason than that the benefits and costs are no longer proportional.
He is indeed young and powerful now, and has great system power, but Zhang Chong is still essentially a carbon-based creature, a body of flesh and blood.
The whale is the pinnacle of the world in terms of vitality and strength, but a whaler can kill it with a single speargun.
This is true for whales, let alone Zhang Chong?
Zhang Chong led the Taishan Army to fight all over the world, fighting in the north and south, and finally there were three in the world.
Now, whether it is martial arts or prestige, Zhang Chong can dominate everyone in the army, so even if someone like Han Xin comes next, he would not dare to compete with him.
Not to mention, under his own training, the fierce generals in the army are as powerful as a chariot, and no matter how talented the first or second figures are, they cannot take all the credit.
Therefore, it was time for Zhang Chong to retreat to the center and control all directions.
He has already planned to destroy Kansai this time, which is when he completely lets go.
At this time, in the Taiping Palace, there were green lights and green gauze, a plain and elegant color.
Zhang Chong does not like gorgeous ostentation. In his opinion, the ostentation in the Han Dynasty was just like the countryside and full of ignorance.
He has his own aesthetics and likes something elegant, neat and orderly.
Therefore, the decoration in the Taiping Palace is almost against the trend of this world, but even the talented little concubine Cai saw it and felt that Zhang Chong's aesthetics was good, and this kind of decoration was more popular.
The little concubine Cai is Cai Wenji.
Why did Cai Wenji come? It was because Queen Zhao knew that her husband would be staying in the camp for a long time, so she sent Cai Wenji here.
Cai Wenji understands music, is knowledgeable, and has wisdom. She can help Zhang Chong solve many troubles.
But in fact, Zhang Chong liked Concubine Qian more in his heart. For some reason, this down-and-out eldest daughter of the Zhending royal family was inexplicably similar to a public figure in his later generations.
When Zhang Chong was crossing the Hutuo River from Zhending north, he immediately saw this beauty hiding behind Liu Hui in the chaos.
Zhang Chong is really not a very lustful person. No matter in his past or present life, he strongly believes in love at first sight and the feeling of being right at first sight.
Many people always say that love is all about looks, but Zhang Chong doesn’t think that’s the case.
Sometimes it might be a feeling, sometimes it might be a ray of sunshine shining on her forehead, or even just her suddenly turning her eyes and smiling.
As long as your heart is moved at that moment, that's how it feels.
But Zhang Chong is not a person who is carried away by women. He is very restrained. He only looked at Liu Qian with a brief fascination, and then turned around and was busy with the war.
But such a brief glance was seen by Dong Zhao who was waiting at his side. Later, it was this person who acted as a matchmaker and facilitated the incident between him and Liu Qian.
Zhang Chong knew that to the clan daughter, he might be just a symbol. The reason why he agreed, or because no one would ask for her consent, was because his power could bring benefits to many people.
But Zhang Chong is still trying to get along with her and let each other get to know each other better.
And with her mind at ease, she also showed the carefreeness of her age in front of Zhang Chong.
Liu Qian is really charming like that.
But like everything, as long as it is related to Zhang Chong, many people will be concerned about it, because his matter is the matter of Datai, an emerging force.
Liu Qian's identity brought her huge disadvantages. The old brothers around Zhang Chong didn't like her and felt that she had tarnished the sacred cause.
Although due to Zhang Chong's huge prestige, no one dared to object in front of him, but in private, everyone called her a disaster for the country.
The numerous comments from outside the court finally frightened this carefree beauty. She seemed to understand that in Da Tai, her identity was a kind of original sin.
Although she felt aggrieved because she never felt that Zhang Chong was her enemy, because when she was born, the Zhending royal line had already declined, and her elder brother who wanted to restore the family business was always teased by the Han royal clan. .
So Liu Qian is actually quite grateful to Zhang Chong.
But now, people outside are calling her a disaster, and she can't distinguish the various reasons and can only blame everything on herself.
Zhang Chong knew this and gave her great encouragement and comfort.
But Zhang Chong also knows that when this pure emotion involves politics, he cannot stay alone.
In order to protect Concubine Qian, he could not express his special feelings for her too much.
Therefore, Zhang Chong himself breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that it was Cai Wenji who came to the camp.
It was the time when he was closing the net on the ministers of the Han Dynasty. If Concubine Qian, a daughter of the Han Dynasty, came here at this time, it would send a wrong political signal to the outside world.
Even though Zhang Chong longed to see her in his heart, Zhang Chong, who had grown into a mature politician, still restrained himself.
After Cai Wenji arrived at the palace, she also brought a lot of interest to Zhang Chong.
After Wenji saw the layout of the Taiping Palace, she immediately fell in love with the simple and elegant style. Later, with Zhang Chong's consent, she made some simple decorations for the Taiping Palace.
Under those simple and elegant curtains, palace lanterns, cups, and other utensils are exquisite and beautiful. They are often placed in inconspicuous corners and do not overwhelm the guests at all. But each one of them is a treasure in the world.
Zhang Chong could only laugh at this.
After all, Wen Ji is a daughter of a wealthy family. Even if she pursues simplicity and elegance, she will inevitably spend some gorgeous products. Of course, perhaps in Wen Ji's eyes, these are already the most elegant appliances.
However, Zhang Chong did not object and allowed Ren Wenji to arrange it this way.
Wen Ji's arrival not only brought changes to the Taiping Palace, but also helped Zhang Chong in handling government affairs.
At this time, Zhang Chong lay on Wen Ji's lap with a rare laziness, listening to her reading the memorial.
Everyone has strict requirements on the sound. Listening to Wen Ji reading the memorial, Zhang Chong felt as if he was listening to a rhythmic piece of music.
At this moment, Zhang Chong suddenly had a thought in his heart:
"Perhaps it would be good to let Wen Ji read memorials in the future." Unlike all princes of this era, Zhang Chong did not object to women participating in political affairs.
Coming from later generations, the difference between women and men is only biological, and all other differences are caused by acquired society.
This era was a strict male society with a strict patriarchal system. All women are subordinate to men, and their social identity can only exist if they rely on men.
Therefore, in such a social structure, it is impossible for men to respect women, and even women themselves are not capable of shouldering intellectual work.
But this is not because women are not intelligent, but because society has created their talentlessness and shaped their cognition and environment.
This is not the case in civil society, but also for a group of noble ladies with the highest status in the Han Dynasty, when their brothers began to be exposed to politics and cruel reality very early.
These graceful and luxurious women are still protected by their fathers and brothers, and are only exposed to non-powerful topics such as romance and love and hate.
Even for a woman like Cai Wenji who came from a high-ranking gentry family, her father was liberal enough and allowed her to read many books that men could not access, giving her more knowledge and wisdom than men.
But Cai Wenji still used her wisdom to play the piano and flowers.
It's not that Zhang Chong doesn't look down on this kind of leisurely elegance. On the contrary, those who are good at one thing are respected in themselves.
But without contact with politics, in fact, you will never be able to understand the truth of the world, let alone control your own destiny.
In history, when the Han Dynasty collapsed due to internal and external troubles, wasn't a noble lady like her taken away by the Huns like artifacts?
At that time, no matter how much romance I knew, there was nothing I could do.
Therefore, if women want to have a place in political society, they must be exposed to politics and be familiar with politics. Only in this way can we have power, instead of just being a decorative vase.
Of course, even if Zhang Chong had this understanding, he didn't think he could change this by himself.
However, this did not prevent him from using some outstanding women as female officials in the palace.
The female official system can be regarded as a kind of internal official system that Zhang Chong came up with after learning from the lessons of the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
As we all know, the Eastern Han Dynasty died in the struggle between eunuchs, relatives, and aristocratic families.
But it is undeniable that the eunuch group is indeed the most despicable and destructive group among the three groups.
In a patriarchal society, eunuchs, a group that has given up on male status symbols, will inevitably breed some kind of anti-social personality.
These people themselves have no face, and they don't care about future generations, so they only look at the present when doing things, and it is easier to break through the bottom line of society.
And this is even more true for the guests and party members surrounding these eunuchs.
At that time, those who could be recruited by these eunuchs were people who did not care about moral evaluation, and these people were more likely to do extreme things.
Therefore, the eunuch group itself has a very destructive effect on society.
But why are all dynasties inseparable from the eunuch group?
For example, Cao Wei could be regarded as absorbing the shortcomings of the Han Dynasty, but it was also inseparable from the eunuchs in the inner dynasty, because this group was the greatest auxiliary to the imperial power.
Imperial power, in the final analysis, means being alone.
But what he has to face is a huge aristocratic family and bureaucratic group. No matter how wise he is, how can he take care of so many people by himself?
Therefore, there must be a group that can only belong to the emperor.
This is the case for the eunuch group.
Since they cut off their male symbols, the entire family and society will not accept these people, but only the emperor will accept them and give them a place to live.
At the same time, because they all live in the palace, they can only rely on the emperor.
In this way, the eunuchs cannot do without the emperor, and the emperors cannot do without the eunuchs.
But Zhang Chong plans to use the female official system to replace this group.
The system of female officials has actually been around for a long time, and even the Eastern Han Dynasty itself used female officials, but Zhang Chong planned to adopt a female official similar to that used by the British royal family.
Fill the inner court with outstanding and intelligent women and establish the royal family's own decision-making system.
At the same time, these female officials did not stay in the inner court all the time and could go home every day. This actually made it easier for Zhang Chong to use the power of these people to grasp the trends of the outer court.
Of course, there are still many problems with this system, but this does not prevent Zhang Chong from thinking that it is much more advanced than the broken eunuch system.
At this time, Wen Ji finished reading another memorial and opened a new one with a smile on her face:
"Your Majesty, Privy Yang sent good news from Longmen, saying that they have entered the pass from there."
As soon as Zhang Chong heard this, he quickly got up. Before Wen Ji could read it aloud, he grabbed the memorial and read it all.
Seeing this, Wen Ji walked to the side and filled a cup of tea for Zhang Chong, then sat quietly beside Zhang Chong, looking at her husband infatuatedly.
Zhang Chong didn't know that Wen Ji was obsessed with him. He was concentrating on Yang Mao's military report.
Yang Mao wrote in detail in the military newspaper, almost every day he was in the army, which shows that he did write every day.
After Zhang Chong quickly scanned it, he directly found the content related to the jade.
Yubi is so famous. Even if Zhang Chong's history is not particularly good, he has heard of the Battle of Yubi.
That Gao Huan could be considered a hero of his generation. He had gone through so many storms, but he collapsed under the Yubi City. Not only did the army suffer heavy losses, but he himself was also angered to death outside the city.
It can be said that it was the Battle of Yubi that completely changed the historical line, otherwise the Sui and Tang dynasties may not have been able to open up in the future.
Therefore, when he learned that Liu Bei had built a fortified city at Yubi before, Zhang Chong lamented that this was a historical necessity?
He was also quite afraid of Yubi. After Zhang Chong finished the Battle of Taiyuan, he did not continue to go south from Fen River to attack Hedong.
Otherwise, walking directly from Hedong, whether entering Chang'an or Luoyang, would be more convenient than running to the party.
Therefore, after learning that the Fenshui camp of the Han army was empty, Zhang Chong asked Yang Mao to go over and give it a try, because he knew Yang Mao well.
Even if you can't beat the jade, you won't suffer a loss.
Anyway, Zhao Yun and Yu Jin, who were his main attackers, both fought smoothly and have now cleared the level.
But what does Zhang Chong see now?
It made King Gao feel sad. The jade jade, known as the first iron wall in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, was solved by Yang Mao like this?
This, is Yang Mao really a military genius?
(End of chapter)