Cheng Yaojin was right.
There are 108 squares in Chang'an and 103 squares in Luoyang.
The rankings of the two are exactly the same. It would be strange if someone who has stayed in Chang'an for a long time does not feel familiar when he comes here!
Knowing this, Xiao Han immediately lost interest in the scene around him and urged Li Shimin to leave quickly. He was still waiting to see the luxurious Luoyang Palace that Cheng Yaojin said.
In this way, the group walked through the lonely Tianmen Street, crossed Xingjin Bridge, Tianjin Bridge, and Huangdao Bridge, and finally came to the gate of Ziwei Palace, Zetianmen.
All in all, Ziwei Palace is actually very new.
It was specially built by Yang Su when Yang Guang was building Luoyang. Its purpose was to prepare for moving the capital to Luoyang in the future.
However, Yang Guang did not expect that after spending countless efforts to build the Ziwei Palace, he would be occupied by his former head of bodyguards, Wang Shichong, even after he had lived there for a few years.
It is evident that things are impermanent.
But, no matter what, the original intention of Ziwei Palace was to serve as the new palace of the Sui Dynasty! Therefore, both in terms of scale and design, it is more majestic and spectacular than the Daxing Palace in Chang'an.
A group of people arrived in front of Zetian Gate. Before entering the city, the eyes of Xiao Han, Liu Hongji and others were as wide as copper bells!
What kind of palace gate is this?
Let’s not talk about the palace gate which is fully ten meters high. Let’s talk about the gate tower above it. It is already so high that people can only look up.
"I'll go! If this is lower than ten floors, I'll eat it right away!"
After muttering something, Xiao Han tried his best to move his eyes away from this majestic and outrageous building and look elsewhere.
However, it's okay if he doesn't look at it, but when he looks at it, he can't close his mouth even more!
On both sides of the city gate tower, there are towers, towers, etc. one behind the other.
Not surprisingly, these things are as tall as 12-story buildings in later generations.
The distance between the two towers is almost a hundred meters. There are two overhangs built on the tower, shaped like phoenix wings, spreading their wings to fly.
The two towers face north and are connected to the main body of the city gate through a wall that is large enough for dozens of people to walk side by side.
The entire city gate tower, two towers, and two towers are huge in size, integrated into one, and solemn. When people see it, they feel like they are bowing their heads in worship.
The tall palace door opened little by little.
The confused Xiao Han followed the people around him into the long corridor.
When he came out from the other end of the corridor, Xiao Han finally saw a spectacular scene that far exceeded his imagination!
In front of us, a mountain-like palace is located in the center of the imperial city, with soaring eaves that can almost reach the clouds on the horizon!
"Oh my god! How was this thing... built? Taking a deep breath, Xiao Han felt like he was living in a dream!
He couldn't imagine how these people built it so tall in the Sui Dynasty without modern machinery!
Qin Shubao was very familiar with Luoyang City. Seeing Xiao Han's shocked look, he explained to him in a low voice: "That's the Qianyang Palace, 270 feet high. How about it? It's the first time you've seen something so tall, right?"
"It's not the first time I've seen it...but seeing it here is really beyond imagination..."
270 feet is actually the height of dozens of floors in later generations. This can be seen in any larger city. However, in the Sui Dynasty when there was no reinforced concrete and no tower cranes and earthmoving trucks, Xiao Han thought it over. I don’t know how it was built!
Xiao Han was still looking at Qianyang Palace in shock, but Li Shimin and the others kept walking towards the imperial city.
Just looking from the outside, Ziwei Palace seems to be similar to Daxing Palace in Chang'an, it's just newer, higher, and bigger!
But when you actually step into it, you can immediately find the earth-shaking difference between the two!
There is no way, when the Ziwei Palace was built, Yang Guang almost filled the place with treasures from all over the world!
At that time, all the exotic materials, stones, flowers and plants, as well as rare birds and animals that could be found in the north and south of the Yangtze River were transported to the Ziwei Palace for his own enjoyment.
Compared with Daxing Palace, which he had never lived in for a day, it was simply a small courtyard in a run-down house, and it couldn't even reach the countertop!
Walking all the way in the palace, not to mention Xiao Han, even Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others who claimed to be wise men were speechless.
They were originally from wealthy families, and what they had seen and heard was naturally beyond what others could compare to.
But from what they have seen so far, the most luxurious places they have seen before are not even as good as Ziwei City!
Li Shimin's face had been a bit unsightly since he entered the city, especially when he saw that even the rain urns under the eaves were decorated with gold and gems, his face turned even more livid.
"How can such extravagance not violate the principles of the country?" Li Shimin couldn't help but gritted his teeth as he opened a door and looked at the luxurious decoration in the house.
Wang Shichong showed embarrassment, and replied with a humble hand: "This...this was all done by Yang Guang. I haven't added anything at all since I came..."
Li Shimin squinted his eyes, slowly closed the door to the room, and then looked at the rare and rare plants around him, and said as if he had made up his mind: "If you are extravagant and greedy, you will gain nothing? I would rather not Even if I accept this place, I don’t want to forget my true heart!”
After Xiao Han, who was still walking around a lot, heard this, he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
Seeing that no one noticed him, Xiao Han quickly pulled Xue Shou aside and asked, "What is King Qin doing?"
Xue Shou waved his sleeves expressionlessly and said, "I'm not doing anything, I'm just going to destroy this place!"
"What? Destroyed this place?!" Xiao Han was shocked when he heard this, and quickly asked: "Why? How good are these things? What a pity it is to destroy them!"
Xue Shou rolled his eyes at Xiao Han helplessly, with unspeakable disgust in his eyes.
As for his brother-in-law, when he is smart, he is incredibly smart, but when he is stupid, he can be incredibly stupid!
It is indeed a pity to destroy Ziwei Palace!
But looking at it from Li Shimin's perspective, this is what he must do.
Because the Tang Dynasty has established its capital in Chang'an, and the official palace is Daxing Palace! But there is a larger and more gorgeous Ziwei Palace here. What's going on?
Okay, even treat this place as a palace.
Don’t forget, Ziwei Palace is not just an ordinary palace.
To a certain extent, it also carries part of the memories of Yang Guang’s Sui Dynasty and Wang Shichong and Zheng Guo.
Now that Li Shimin is destroying it, he is making a complete decision with the previous era! At the same time, he announced to the world that from now on, there would be only the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains!
Regarding these things, they all belong to political wisdom.
Xiao Han only had a partial understanding of this, so when Li Shimin really ordered the destruction of Ziwei City, he was still heartbroken.
Fortunately, before destroying it, Li Shimin generously asked his men to search it first.
After all, what he wants to destroy is just the symbol of the past dynasty, and those rare treasures are innocent...
