Chapter 121: People Arrive at Panyu (Part 2)
The Xingwang Mansion consists of inner city, Guocheng, Renxiaocheng, Xicheng and western city. The inner city includes the palace city and the imperial city, and the south of the imperial city is Guocheng.
In Guocheng, on the streets of Fangshi, there is a densely populated commercial residential area. Renxiaocheng is located in the suburbs of Dongcheng and the northern suburbs. It is a barrier to the palace city. It is a residential area for officials and nobles. There is also a large salt warehouse in the east city.
The western urban area is also a commercial residential area, with Fanfang, which is the residence of the big cannibals. As long as the merchant pays a certain amount of commercial tax, he can choose the location to set up a store and set up a stall.
In other Chinese cities, until the Song Dynasty gradually broke the fang and the city division system was established.
If anyone who has studied history will know that the city of the Song Dynasty broke the boundary between the city and the commerce industry, and the Panyu city was broken early. Liu took the lead and may not have much ideological prescient. However, he was born into a businessman and based on his experience, he believed that this would be more convenient for commercial activities.
Most of the people stayed on the boat, and Li Jia and others took the lead and arrived in Xicheng City. They were surprised by the scene.
The urban area of Xingwangfu is densely populated by residents, with thousands of merchants gathered, and treasures are abundant, which is very lively. This area is intertwined with artificial rivers and beautiful scenery. The rich have built many private gardens, and the Liu family has also specially opened palaces here, forming a garden-like feature.
There are many wealthy people in the western urban area. Guangzhou people call the children of rich families "Xiguan eldest son", and "Miss Xiguan" began since then.
If you want to attack the imperial city, the first step is Ren Xiao City, the first Panyu City built by Ren Xiao at the end of the Qin Dynasty, which was also the beginning of Guangzhou.
The excitement has nothing to do with Ren Xiaocheng. Peaceful and harmonious. The walkers are all wearing beautiful clothes. Even an ordinary slave looks fat and strong, and life is even more enjoyable than the gentry in the countryside.
Turn left and right, the group came to a small courtyard, close to the corner of the wall, located remotely and unattracting.
I knocked on the door, and after a while, there seemed to be figures inside.
"I saw unfairness on the road and shouted—"
"Let's take action when it's time--"
The door was opened with a creak.
"Please come in quickly..." the servant who opened the door said quickly and welcomed everyone in.
The group soon arrived at the inner room, and several young people sat there, looking alert.
"Mr. Lang?" One of them said in a lost voice, pretending to be a Taoist [Biquge www.biquge.info], with a look of surprise on his face.
"Are you?" Someone knew him, and Li Jia was a little confused.
"The youngest one is Li Lin!"
"Li Lin? Oh, I haven't seen each other for a while, and it has changed a lot!" Li Jia suddenly realized and was still confused. However, we can know that this person is from Yongzhou's own family, so this is correct.
"How is it? Ren Xiao's city gate may be taken down?" Li Jia sat down with a smile on her face, not to mention being so friendly to the people.
"The only daughter of Ren Xiao's city gate was forced by the emperor. She already trusted us and opened the city gate in the middle of the night."
"The Xishi City Gate is the most convenient. Just spend some money, and the most important thing is the Palace Gate. The water cannot be completely watered and airtight. It is really difficult for us to do something!" Li Lin said in a low voice.
"I have already expected it. What you said before is that the Tai student incident has resulted now?"
"The imperial court has successively handed over the release of the Tai students, but the emperor insisted on waiting for Gong Chengshu to come back before he was willing to release the people. Now the whole city of Panyu is in panic. Most of these Tai students are rich children or officials, and most of them come from the Xingwang Mansion."
Since ancient times, China has taken good care of the capital. After all, it is under the feet of the emperor. During the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an had to occupy half of the annual Jinshi quotas.
The Southern Han Dynasty was no exception. Half of the Jinshi came from the Xingwang Mansion, especially the Imperial College, which occupied the majority of the imperial examinations.
However, because there is still a way to shelter, the children of officials came to the Imperial College and were not very enthusiastic about the imperial examinations, and they were just a waste of time.
"It's better to continue!" Li Jia said in a deep voice.
Nearly 10,000 people piled up on the boat, even if they entered the West City in batches, they were also eye-catching. Therefore, when some people came ashore, they seized the city gate of the West City, and then the imperial city was then the one.
Ren Xiao City was full of yamen and nobles. If he seized this place, it was equivalent to controlling the city of Guangzhou. Only by holding Liu Yu hostage could he peacefully control the entire Southern Han Kingdom.
"Western City is too far from Ren Xiaocheng, and there is no time left, so we have to divide a group of people into Xicheng first to seize Ren Xiaocheng. Your Sound and Sound Department must arrange your residence. After all, Xicheng has many people and eyes!"
"clear--"
On the first day, 500 people from Feilongdu entered the West City during the day and night. On the second day, 500 people from Feilongdu and Baishadu each entered the West City, with a total of 1,500 people.
In order to avoid the long nights and many dreams, Li Jia decided to take advantage of this rare moment and act quickly.
Before the operation, these people changed into military uniforms and seized them from the left Longhu Army of Yongzhou, with red straps tied to their foreheads and arms.
By the way, hundreds of flags on the side of the king were prepared, and the fonts were very conspicuous.
In 958, the second year of Dabao, March 26, at night, Xishi, cloudy...
"In the middle of the night, be careful of the candle—"
The updater was shouting with no silence. The western market was still bustling in the middle of the night, with dim lights, but there were few pedestrians on the streets.
Suddenly, a black shadow flashed, making him a little confused. Did he have hallucinations?
Bang—
My throat was sweet and I lost all my consciousness.
On this night, the shops facing the street always felt like they were in the middle of the night, and many people passed by, and the footsteps were extremely loud.
However, he is worthy of being a native of the capital, with high political sensitivity, and pretending to be deaf and dumb is the best choice at this time.
"Who are these?" Zhang Tao, the city guard, said nervously.
"This is an important matter to the court, so it's better for the general to know less!" In order to ensure that he entered the city in an instant, Li Lin's parents and children came to supervise.
"These people are imperial guards of the imperial court, and we are just a pawn. The best performance is silence-"
Watching these soldiers enter, Zhang Tao was confused for a moment. What did he participate in? Could it be a coup?
He wanted to go back on his word, but turned his head and glanced at the Taoist priest beside him, and the imperial guards brother beside him was also Kong Wu and couldn't help but swallow.
In less than half an hour, 1,500 people quickly entered Renxiao City, and Zhang Chengshou couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Close the city gate!" He waved his hand and looked relieved.
"It's not time yet!" Li Lin said with a strange smile on his face:
"Li Chengshou, you will be glad that you did today. This will be the wisest move in your life!"
Soon, Zhang Chengshou, who was confused, was suppressed by the sight. The entire Renxiao city gate opened overnight. Countless soldiers entered Renxiao city, accompanied by various weapons, even bed crossbows, bows and arrows.
Chapter completed!