The "Qianqianqianchao" in Sister An's words actually refers to the Yan Dynasty, which was one dynasty away from Da Chu.
The first generation of the ancestors, Sheng Guogong, followed the founding emperor of Yan - the historical Yan Gaozu earned his title by conquering the south and the north.
Today's Kyoto is where Emperor Yan Gaozu started his career.
This base camp was infiltrated by spies from a powerful enemy when he went south to fight.
The other party wanted to capture the capital through internal and external cooperation, but failed.
In a rage, he set fire to the imperial city built by Emperor Yan.
Although the imperial city was not burned to the ground, as far as the eye could see, ruins were everywhere.
It should be said that this Emperor Yan was also a strange person. He knew that his old lair was almost disturbed, but he did not lose his composure. Instead, he burst out laughing, and then waved his hand and ordered his people to completely destroy the imperial city, which was still relatively intact. Destroy it and arrange for manual redesign.
According to historical records, Emperor Gaozu of Yan vowed to build a majestic imperial city that would be unprecedented and unprecedented.
In accordance with his request, dozens of officials argued for more than a month and finally made the decision to "merge the original Kyoto with the five surrounding counties surrounding the capital and establish it as the new capital."
This is the origin of the "six counties combined capital" in history.
When the new Kyoto was built, the supervising officials designated the original capital as the inner city; two-thirds of the inner city was designated as the imperial city; and the other one-third of the inner city was designed as a ten-meter-high rectangle surrounding the imperial city. Eight streets.
When Emperor Gaozu of Yan ascended the throne, he knighted 18 heroes in one fell swoop and gave them the gift of living in these 18 streets. Sheng Guo Gongfu was one of them.
This arrangement is also full of the expectations of Emperor Gaozu of Yan. He hoped that the descendants of his heroes could guard and protect the Emperor of Dayan and the country of Dayan for generations like their ancestors.
It's a pity that time has passed, and Dayan has turned into Dachen, and Dachen has turned into Dachu. Hundreds of years have passed, and these eighteen streets are still there, but the mansions built on the streets have not changed their owners yet. , there are only three houses: Shengguo Gongfu, Anguo Gongfu and Zhengguo Gongfu.
"...according to historical records, the imperial city was built on a huge area, with many high walls and clear tiles, palaces, and several gardens, covering the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, beautiful forests and strange rocks, the solitary smoke of the desert, and the scenery of the grassland; there are also various The entertainment venue is used for Cuju, polo, and horse racing; it is said that there are also several bird and animal pavilions, which house a variety of highly ornamental animals, including ferocious birds and beasts. Let’s put it this way, we can see it in the garden of our house. They are big, but when placed in the imperial city, these become miniature landscapes and are not worth mentioning."
Sheng Xiangxun spoke slowly, and Sheng Yuan's mouth opened wide, and exclamation marks kept popping up in her head!
Good guy, such a magnificent imperial city seems inferior to the legendary palace in her previous life.
Sure enough, when it comes to luxury, he is still an ancient emperor!
Sheng Yuan thought so, her little head shook a little, as if she couldn't bear the thoughts that were pouring out of her head.
Fortunately, her father was afraid that her neck would not be able to bear the shaking of her head, so he decisively held the back of her head with his hand.
Sheng Yuan's head rested on her father's big hand, and she sighed inwardly like a little adult: She is still too young, her head can't bear the weight of thoughts.
"Dad, after such a large imperial city has been built, Emperor Yan is still conquering the world. Aren't you afraid of wasting money and straining the people and financial constraints?" It is obvious that the nine-year-old Sheng An is more in-depth than his younger sister, and his perspective seems to be high-end.
Sheng Yuan tilted her head back and used her father's hand as a pillow to listen to them comfortably.
"Gaozu Yan was born into a powerful family and knew a lot about economics. Not to mention how many aristocratic families he captured during his campaigns in the north and south, his thirty-six caravans were enough to provide him with a steady stream of wealth; not to mention the construction of the imperial city. After starting, he built dozens of treasure ships with the stolen craftsmen. While going to sea to trade with other countries, he also robbed pirates along the way. When the imperial city was built and the Yan Dynasty was established, the national treasury and the private treasury of Emperor Gaozu were sufficient for more than ten generations of descendants. There’s nothing left to eat.”
Sheng Yuan heard what her father said in detail, as if she had seen it with her own eyes, and couldn't help but say: "How do you know? Which history book is it written in?"
As a temporary illiterate, the three-year-old Sheng Yuan did not know whether there was any historical record, but this did not affect her mood of fighting purely for the sake of leverage, otherwise she would not have spoken so many words.
"It was written in the notes of our ancestors, the first Sheng Guogong!" Sheng Xiangxun pointed to the library not far away seriously and said, "There are copies in there that you can borrow. The first Sheng Guogong stayed away from official duties in his later years and wrote a lot of memories while he was recuperating. The handwriting seems to be in dozens of volumes."
After hearing this, Sheng An looked toward the library with sparkling eyes.
On the other hand, Shengyuan touched her chin with her chubby paw and thought: There are more than ten volumes, how detailed is this? Did Emperor Yan know that his loyal ministers, with their pens engraved with their legends, crossed the paper and stood on a stage full of melons, greatly satisfying the curiosity of the melon-eating people in later generations?
"Dad, our Duke Sheng Guo's Mansion has survived three dynasties. There must be a lot of fun things. Tell me about it!" Sheng An was a curious baby. When her father talked about the first generation of Duke Sheng Guo, she thought about it again. Her father had mentioned "The Records of the Ancients", so she asked her father to pick up some interesting stories and talk about it. After all, she was a little unhappy to have her read so many words.
Sheng Xiangxun was in a good mood at the moment. When he saw his wife smiling and watching him get close to his children, he became more interested in showing off. He picked up interesting stories passed down from the first generation of Sheng Guo Gongfu to the two children.
He held Sheng Yuan with one hand, and occasionally made gestures with the other hand when talking about the battles of the first Sheng Guogong. At first, his mood was relatively calm, but when he talked about several important turning points, his tone began to become passionate. , even the gestures of the right hand are much wider. .
In order to maintain her balance, Sheng Yuan unconsciously grabbed her father's ears with her two paws; but her attention was entirely on her father, and she was mesmerized by the sound of his voice.
To say that Sheng Xiangxun's stay in the Hanlin Academy was not in vain, he described the era and the battlefield where heroes competed and capable people emerged in large numbers in just a few words.
Several big words kept popping up in Shengyuan's mind: I yearn for it!
Of course, although there are many stories about the founding of the country, Sheng Xiangxun originally focused on the deeds of his ancestors and picked and picked the most interesting ones, so he quickly finished telling the story of the era of swords, shadows, drums and horns.
After that, we will mainly tell the story of successive generations of Sheng Guogong who acted in accordance with the ancestral precepts of the third generation Sheng Guogong.
As Sheng Yuan listened, she couldn't help but sigh: It's really not easy for the Sheng Guogong Mansion to exist for five or six hundred years!
Of course, a large part of the reason why Duke Sheng Guo remained standing was that although the country conquered by Emperor Yan changed hands twice, the political power transitioned peacefully whether from Yan to Chen or from Chen to Chu.
Whether it was Emperor Yan Mo who gave the Zen throne to Chen Taizong in order to save his life; or Emperor Chen Mo because there was no one in the royal family to succeed and it was obvious that he hated his uncle for usurping the throne, so he actually gave the throne to his brother-in-law. Anyway, the changes in the three dynasties, The title of Sheng Guogong, who followed the ancestral precepts and hid in the crowd to eat melons, has never changed.
Duke Sheng's government is so lucky!
However, the reason why Duke Sheng Guo's Mansion was tolerated by successive emperors relied not only on good luck, but also on the good attitude of Duke Sheng Guo who was good at doing what he wanted and was willing to do what he wanted.
When the emperor did not need him, the Sheng Guogongs of all dynasties were able to restrain their children, stay away from power, and enjoy life with peace of mind; but when the emperor needed the Sheng Guo Gongfu to send troops to fight, the Sheng Guo Gongfu was really able to send people to conquer foreign tribes, and he was decisive after the victory. Teach military talismans and show no mercy.
Sheng Yuan feels that the long-term strategy is to have the style, speed, quality, and safety saturation like the previous Sheng Guogongs did! Tsk, tsk, tsk, like the Duke of Sheng, who has been through three dynasties, and the emperors of all dynasties have used ministers who have agreed with each other, it is very rare in history!
