Chapter 766: Ask the Elderly What Generations (Part 2)
Unlike the expected scene of gold, magnificent or carved beams and painted buildings, the interior of Hanyuan Hall actually looks simple and simple. There are no complex and bright reliefs and flower decorations that depict dragons and phoenixes, only thick columns, arch frames, and heads of bright and heavy paintings, and three colors of dark red, dark gray, and mysterious.
The inner space, which seemed towering and profound under the heavy columns, could almost absorb people's eyesight, and the sounds of footsteps and other movements seemed to be infinitely reduced and echoed in the subtle empty light. Even the generals who followed Zhou Huaian in suddenly became cramped and they didn't even dare to speak or exclaim loudly.
Because in the dark and rainy weather, the lamps and fumigators used for lighting are no longer used, so at this moment, only a slightly bright skylight is projecting in from the open door, vertical windows and caisson gaps; it is seen that the land is in a hurry and hastily robbed, and the mess left behind.
All over the place were scattered, with uneven gold and copper beasts, immortals, treasure trees and other furnishing objects, and the gold and powder copper railings on the nine-layer Danbao were also pushed down or crushed. The heavy curtains in front and behind the rings were torn to pieces, and they were scattered on the broken lamp stand. On the left and right sides, there were only some empty frames that were tilted horizontally and vertically, broken and broken chimes and other musical instrument twist ring fragments.
However, this is not surprising. After all, it was already a few times that had passed through the occupation of the government army. In the end, it was crazy plunder and destruction, and almost turned the Hanyuan Palace into a fortress. Therefore, there were holes scattered by cannons on some incomplete windows.
In this scattered mess, there is only the highest position in the middle of the hall, which is like the throne under the tent of the small bedroom-like draped curtain rack, and it still tenaciously maintains its basic appearance. It is as if after the long-term test of time in ancient times, this old empire that once stood at the top of human civilization is now the last symbol of the remaining one.
However, after seeing the scene in the hall, the generals and schoolmen who followed Zhou Huaian could not help but feel disappointed and lost expressions and tone, and amid the echoes in the empty hall, they began to sing and discuss.
"Is this the throne of the emperor?"
"What's this one?"
"Then Polo kid is sitting on this guy asking about politics?"
"Do you think what's going on with the throne?"
"Just this rags?"
The so-called dragon court throne is actually a long foot sling with three sides surrounded by a circular fabric curtain, which looks spacious and comfortable, but it is a bit frivolous and solemn and solemn in such an environment.
However, once Zhou Huaian remembered the daily praise and legendary style of the polo emperor, he felt that it was not surprising. After all, with the style of this lazy and atrocious drama, as long as he put down the curtain in front of him when listening to the court, he could make various more comfortable gestures such as Ge You's paralysis outside the sight of the ministers.
In the process of walking forward, the accompanying generals and military academies also slowed down inadvertently, and fell behind according to the military ranks and ranks, and then stopped under the Dan Pai; Zhou Huaian, who was alone in the forefront, continued to climb up the steps.
Then most of them slowly recalled it, and under the sudden acceleration of heartbeat and blood pumping, they began to pursed their lips and calmed down. In the interweaving of countless eyes that seemed to be able to collide with sparks, the heart was overturned and repeated.
Some of them were inevitably thrilled and filled their eyes with tears. They recalled the little things they had been going through along the way, and were filled with scents in their hearts; or some people felt relieved and had finally waited for this moment. Or some people had a sharp turn for the better and began to think about how they should meet the situation and follow the situation next.
However, in the face of attention and expectation, Zhou Huaian just walked to the imperial throne and touched it with his hand, kicked it a few more times, but did not sit on it and try it. He turned around with his hands behind his back and looked at the generals surrounded by the steps, with a bright and wise look and smiled like a person:
"I guess some of you can't wait to shout something... to make fun of me, right?"
"The governor is really awesome..."
"The Lord was joking..."
"Grandmaster Shengming..."
As soon as these words were said, the atmosphere that was originally somewhat stagnant and silent was suddenly broken, and turned into a response of some kind of laughter, surprise and buzzing.
"It's just that although I think a little, it's obviously not time to sit down now..."
Zhou Huaian continued to laugh and said: Then he immediately gained a large number of people who were overwhelmed with words. Some people were disappointed, some were disappointed, some were disbelief and surprised, and some were relieved or relieved.
"For the achievements of the Grand Commander, let alone the great position in Hanyuan Hall, it is worthy of all the three major ones!"
Only then did someone react, but he complimented boldly and cautiously, but he was a very generous general who was quite close to him:
"Do you think that as long as you sit in this position, you can command the world and follow everything? If that were the case, that polo boy would have already defeated the world, so why would he need to go west to Shu?"
Zhou Huaian laughed even more and more:
"The country's tripods must naturally have a matching pattern and general trend, otherwise it will be the archway of the gods held in the hands of others, or the jumping people who secretly occupy their position and become monkeys in the eyes of the world, will eventually suffer the blame."
Speaking of this, Zhou Huaian suddenly felt like he had fired a combo map cannon. However, the generals and schoolmen present bowed down more and more seriously and said unevenly:
"Abide by the teachings of the General Administration..."
“What the Governor teaches is exactly…”
Of course, Zhou Huaian said this not without targeting it, but rather a blind optimistic attitude towards impetuousness, underestimation of the enemy, and arrogance that emerged from the army since he entered and seized Chang'an.
After all, before joining the Taiping Army, most of them were facing the loess and their backs facing the sky, working hard in the soil, running around the stars and moon, and still desperate, their horizons and patterns in this life were just between the dozens of miles of the countryside.
Not to mention that after fighting all the way, we were able to master and take over such a world-leading city and the heart of the state regime. Therefore, even if we have always emphasized the precautions and principles of pipe irrigation before, it may not be able to eliminate the expansion and fluctuation of mentality under these huge contrasts.
Therefore, Zhou Huaian deliberately did not bring those officials from the palace this time; otherwise, he would not know what kind of demon moths would cause on the spot, such as persuading and raising momentum, which was also a faint statement and beating from afar.
"Then... I dare to ask the Grand Governor when is the right time to be in his heart."
Finally, amidst all kinds of feelings and sighs, General Xu Yi, who was one of the six generals who came to Beijing, asked everyone about their thoughts:
"Of course, it was after sweeping away the demonic atmosphere in the universe and completing the social transformation in most parts of the Central Plains..."
Zhou Huaian had a long time ago, and then said meaningfully:
"Okay, let's not talk about these boring things? Next is the time for everyone to lead their own teams and groups to visit. We just happened to take the opportunity to learn about the allusions in the north, otherwise we won't know when we will have the chance next time..."
"By the way, let's take this pouch back too. It's a physical item used by the old dynasty..."
Zhou Huaian Sui remembered something and added to others:
"Afterwards, someone cut this thing into small pieces, and then made a commemorative medal for everyone present to visit. This is also a warning and self-reflection for the rise and fall of the old dynasty."
Next is the real visit time. After all, this is the largest and most extensive classical palace community in the world and even in the entire Chinese history of this era, besides the Afang Palace. It is said to have laid the foundation for the ancient palace system in East Asia and later, and is a model for Chinese palace architecture after the Tang Dynasty.
According to the archaeological excavations in later generations, the discovered base site alone covers an area of 3.2 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the size of the five Forbidden City in Beijing in later generations; not to mention the Eurasian pearl of the Eastern Oro Empire, the Golden Holy Palace in Constantinople, or the Green Holy Palace in the Caliphate City, the city of peace in the Abbasid Dynasty, is simply incomparable.
The Daming Palace is known as a palace with hundreds of halls and thousands of gates. There are more than 100 main halls and functional buildings in historical books alone. Therefore, if you only visit with two legs, you can basically not go through most of the areas in ten days or half a month.
Therefore, Zhou Huaian only visited some of the more famous key buildings and landmark places, mainly concentrated in the Houting area north of the three dynasties and five gates of Hanyuan Hall, Zichen Hall, and Yanying Hall.
For example, when the Emperor Li Yuan, who was still the retirement place of the Supreme Emperor of the Daming Palace, dug out the Qin Dynasty bronze mirror from dozens of feet of foundation, which triggered the allusion of "people-based learning" between Taizong and Wei Zheng, and was specially dedicated to the Pearl Mirror Hall that suppressed the scenery.
For example, the Linde Hall on the west side of the back court is opposite the Hanlin Academy, which was built in the 14th year of Kaiyuan of Xuanzong, and was specially designed for the imperial examinations of literary and artistic and technical scholars. It is also the Hanlin Academy, where the dream of being aspiring scholars such as Li Bai and others were dreaming of being broken; and the location of the academicians who were in charge of "the four directions, the comments on both sides of the country and the outside world, or the imperial examinations were released from the imperial examinations."
There was also Emperor Dezong of Tang who returned from Fengtian after the Jingyuan Incident. He built the Chenhui Tower, which was dedicated to astronomical observations on the Beigong Gate left by the Daming Palace, surrounded the inner corridor of most of the Taiye Pool, and the Huiqing Pavilion, which was specially used to entertain Jinshi in front of Linde Hall.
There was also a place where Emperor Xianzong of Tang, known as the Little Taizong, built 400 corridors on the west side of Taiye Pond; a place dedicated to external vassals to bring back Buddhist bones and to support them in the east side of the inner court - Mingde Hall (Shim).
In addition, there was also a Baiqi Tower built during the reign of Emperor Muzong of Tang Dynasty to specialize in practicing kimono and alchemy, which caused many dissatisfaction among the court officials, "there are many internal and external affairs, the civil engineering work has been repeatedly promising, and the matter is noisy." He also began to suffer a stroke and gradually died here.
After Emperor Jingzong of Tang ascended the throne, he demolished the old and established the new in the Daming Palace, and built the Qingsi Hall, which was built with three thousand bronze mirrors, yellow and platinum thin 100,000 times" to avoid the government, and the first polo court in the north opened in the front yard of the Qingsi Hall.
There is also the Taoist temple built in the Linde Hall during the Huichang period when Emperor Wuzong of Tang Dynasty who had just ascended the throne, and a "Nine Heavens Temple" built high above to facilitate the personal acceptance of the Dharma; and the Spirit Talisman Yingsheng Academy and Wangxiantai built by the Longshou Pool.
Even the Polo Emperor, who is known for his all-round skills, music, chess, cockfighting, goose gambling, Cuju, riding and shooting, and swordsmanship, is specialized in the management and expansion of Baileyuan.
It can be said that every grass, wood, brick and tile here embodies the many historical changes in the history of the Tang Dynasty and the allusions of time. Even the desolation and decadence of the weeds cannot be concealed, it makes people amazed and do not feel much annoyed at all.
Time was arranged in waves after wave, and the Taiping Army generals and sergeant representatives who were visiting specially, flew by the sounds and noises that were disturbed, as well as the movements of ants searching and checking around.
During this period, the envoys from Huang Chao outside the city also came one after another, and the requirements and conditions made by Lin Yan were constantly superimposed; and Zhou Huaian even had time to secretly bring Nie Wushuang, who was with the army, into the backyard; and then in some condescending open places, he had some fun of "furious hair and rushing out of the railing".
It was not until the sixth day after the Taiping Army entered the territory of the Danei that Zhou Huaian finally got the news that the work of the temporary working groups in the three major areas had been basically completed. He turned to Lu Yan, who came to report the progress of the work:
Chapter completed!