On the first day of June in the forty-second year of Kanei, Japan, a group of big shots in Tang suits had gathered outside the Dingding Gate of Heian Jing, Japan.
That’s right, she’s wearing a Tang suit! To be more precise, it is the official uniform of the Tang Dynasty, with a round-necked robe, a futou on the head, black leather boots on the feet, and various belts and fish (turtle) bags. The colors of round-neck robes also vary, including purple, scarlet, dark green, light green, dark cyan, light cyan, etc. If it weren't for the general shrinkage in height, it would really look like he accidentally traveled to the Tang Dynasty.
But what is certain is that Emperor Koiko, who is now in charge of Japan, must be a very enthusiastic Tang fan. According to the "Kan'ei Ryuto" formulated by her, the plain clothing that symbolized the decline of Japanese imperial power was abolished, and the Tang-style clothing of the Nara period, which symbolized the strong Japanese imperial power, was restored.
In addition to restoring the "Tang suit", Emperor Koko also had to complete the "Tang city". Just one year before Edo opened the city without blood, she issued a "general invitation from all over the world" order, ordering the lords of Japan to send civil servants to participate in the Heian Kyoto The construction of this thousand-year-old unfinished project.
After a year and a half of intense construction, the construction of Luocheng in Ping'an Jing was finally completed - Ping'an Jing finally had a ring of rammed earth-brick city walls and several tall and imposing Tang-style city gates. The Dingding Gate where a large group of officials in Tang attire gathered was one of them. The Dingding Gate was located approximately in the area of the original Rashomon. After entering the gate, there was the newly renovated Suzaku Street. In addition to Suzaku Street, there are ten north-south streets and thirteen east-west streets in Heian Capital.
Excluding the areas occupied by the Kyoto Imperial Palace, Sento Imperial Palace, and Nijo Castle, the remaining area within the Heian Capital was divided into eighty-eight squares by these twenty-four streets. These eighty-eight squares are divided into walled official squares and unwalled private squares. There are forty-two of the former, all located in the north of Ping An Jing. Two of them are used by the government offices in Ping An Jing, and the rest are in the capital. The residences of high-ranking officials and protons of daimyo from various places. Most of these high-ranking officials and hostages now put on Tang costumes and gathered outside the Dingding Gate, waiting for the arrival of the distinguished guests.
There are a total of forty-six private houses without walls, all located in the south of Heiankyo. They are the residences of industrialists and merchants or the family members of the emperor's troops. Many of the people living in the private houses in the south of the city had nothing to do and gathered on both sides of the heavily guarded Zhuque Street to watch the excitement.
There are many officers and soldiers of the Northern Army directly under the emperor maintaining order on Suzaku Street. The so-called Northern Army is the army commanded by the Northern Samurai. The equipment, training and tactics are similar to those of the Ming army. They are usually stationed in Nijo Castle, waiting for orders from the emperor and the emperor's men at any time - the current Nijo Castle has undergone several rounds of reconstruction and expansion. It covers a large area and can not only It was used as a residence for the emperor and her men, as well as for the offices of the imperial court and for garrisoning a large number of troops.
When it was almost noon, there was another commotion around Nijo Castle, and then I saw a large group of northern army cavalry, guarding a two-wheeled carriage pulled by six tall maroon horses, driving majestically from Nijo Castle. Come out, go to Zhuque Street, and then go to Dingding Gate.
Sitting on the carriage was Emperor Xingzi, who was wearing a turban dress specially worn by empresses of the Tang Dynasty. Although she was the emperor, she wore it on all occasions except for royal gatherings and ceremonies. Women's clothing in the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, those who could welcome the Emperor in person were the Emperor's man Zhu Cijiong and his brother Zhu Cixiang, the great nephew of the Ming Dynasty.
The two brothers can now see the majestic Dingding Gate from a distance!
Zhu Cixiang glanced at the Tang-style tower of Dingdingmen from a distance, and then turned his attention to his proud and shameless brother Zhu Cijiong.
Zhu Cijiong couldn't wait to be the emperor, and he openly put on the emperor's imperial uniform in red color - of course not the Ming style, but the Tang style emperor's uniform which was very similar to the Ming emperor's uniform. This outfit coupled with Zhu Cijiong's martial arts style makes him look like Emperor Meiji instead of Emperor Zhenguan, Li Shimin!
Zhu Cixiang looked at himself again... Oh, it was the emperor's regular clothes. The color and style were not much different from Zhu Cijiong's clothes.
But...he will be the real emperor soon! And what about yourself? He is still a nephew of the emperor, and he doesn’t know that he will be a prince until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
I don’t know whether he wanted to comfort Zhu Cihong or anger Zhu Cihong. After Zhu Cijiong saw the Huangluo umbrella cover on the emperor’s car outside Dingding Gate from a distance, he smiled and said to Zhu Cihong: "Brother, Xingzi has come out to greet us two." ...In a few days, she will be the Supreme Emperor and the Empress, and I will be the Emperor of Japan! But I won’t be able to do this for many years. When Renxiao’s child grows up, I will give up the throne to him, and Xingzi will become emperor together, and when the time comes, I will invite my eldest brother to watch the ceremony!"
Do you even want to be the emperor? Zhu Cixiang's face darkened a bit after hearing this.
He doesn't even know when he can become the emperor, but his brother is thinking about becoming the emperor... They were both born into emperors' families, so why are they so different?
Zhu Cijiong’s irritating words are not over yet!
"Actually, I am not the first person in our family to become a Taishang. The fourth child is more fortunate than me. He has been a Taishang for several years."
The fourth child, Zhu Cizhao, has already become too great! But it's not the Supreme Emperor, but the Supreme King. After he won the battle to support Li and destroy Zheng, he unfortunately found that all the direct descendants of Li Dynasty had been brutally killed by Lord Zheng, leaving only one girl, so he named her Queen Annan. In order to prevent the girl from feeling lonely, he generously gave up his son and made him the husband of Prince Annan. After working for several years, the queen felt that being a king was not interesting, so she abdicated the throne to her husband and became the queen herself. And Zhu Cizhao was respected as the Supreme King because his son became the king.
Zhu Cixiang immediately felt bad when he thought that his brothers had worked as emperors until they retired and he was still a nephew of the emperor.
And that's not even worse... What's even worse is that Zhu Cixiang is very likely to skip the emperor and directly live a happy life as the Supreme Emperor.
Because his son, the local tycoon Wang Zhu Hehao, has grown strongly in the past two years and can already lead troops to fight independently. Just before Zhu Cixi came to Japan, he had just led an expeditionary force that defeated the Rakshasa people on the shores of Lake Baikal. Earlier, he had also suppressed the Jurchen rebellion in Heilongjiang, and had not caught the Jurchens who had been causing trouble for many years. The heads of several of Daishan's children and grandchildren were brought back to Beijing.
Although the scale of these two wars was not large, Zhu Cixiang, as a military expert, knew that such small-scale expeditions were very difficult to fight, and the slightest mistake could lead to the annihilation of the entire army. Both Zhu and Hao won very well, which shows that he has extremely high military qualities and is an emperor grandson who knows how to fight...
Oh, by the way, those who followed Zhu Hehao on the expedition were not the troops in front of the emperor's tent in the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Hehao's guards of King Yan. These were his private soldiers!
The private soldiers are so powerful...can I still be willing to be an old prince in the future?
When he was worried, Zhu Cijiong whispered to Zhu Cihong: "Brother, don't be anxious. Once the younger brother is firmly seated on the throne, I will help the elder brother ascend the throne as soon as possible!"
What? Are you serious? Zhu Cixiang turned to look at his good brother, feeling moved and scared at the same time.
Zhu Cijiong smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, eldest brother. The younger brother is a filial son just like the eldest brother. He will never do anything unfaithful or unfilial."
Then how do you force the old man to abdicate? Zhu Cihong said to himself, you want to use this matter as an excuse to defraud money, right?
Zhu Cijiong said: "Brother, tell the truth... I can use my sharp tongue to convince my father to let him give you the Zen position."
persuade? Zhu Cihong said in his heart: I told you it would be so easy...not only do I have a sharp tongue, but I also have countless amounts of money! As much as the old man wants!
