East of Juyang City.
A city appears again between mountains and rivers.
"Greetings to His Highness King Yan."
Among the mountains and rivers and outside the city, Yang Xian'an and others, who had arrived in Yandi for more than ten days, respectfully saluted the carriage loudly.
Xu Yi opened the curtain, slowly stepped out of the carriage, waved to everyone and said, "No courtesy."
After finishing his words, Xu Yi looked past Yang Xianan and others towards the solemn and majestic city not far away.
It is said to be a city, but in fact it is just a palace.
All the prince's residences are located at the border, built in the county seat, and resemble an inner city.
There is a moat outside and four gates inside.
There is a city wall between the four gates. The city wall is three feet high and two feet wide. There are arrow towers, lookouts and soldiers' residences on the city walls.
If he loses the battle, the prince will fight according to his residence until the last soldier is left.
For Prince Zhou, the palace is not only his daily residence, but also his last resort.
After a while, Xu Yi came back to his senses and led everyone slowly onto the moat.
The tour of the royal palace officially started.
After crossing the majestic and solid palace gate, we officially entered Prince Yan's Mansion.
The first city gate to welcome Xu Yi and others is Yumen, whose function is equivalent to the Meridian Gate of the imperial palace.
Yumen's three city platforms are connected to the east, west, north and west, surrounding a square square.
The north gate tower is nine rooms wide, with double eaves and green glazed tiles forming the roof of the hall.
The end is majestic.
Cross Yumen and enter Danyemun.
Duanlimen Gate is the main entrance of the palace and is also an important ceremonial center of the palace.
The feudal king entertained guests, held major ceremonies, met with local officials, etc., all were held here.
After passing through Duanli Gate is Chengyun Gate.
Behind the Chengyun Gate is the Chengyun Hall with yellow glazed tiles forming the roof.
It was a place where the feudal king met with the royal officials on a daily basis and handled fiefdom affairs.
The emperor Fengtian and the prince carried it, together they were called Fengtian Chengyun.
For this reason, Chengyun Hall is the main hall of the prince's residence.
Going deeper, after crossing the Chengyun Hall are the Chongxin Gate and Cunxin Hall.
This place was the prince's daily resting place in the previous dynasty.
The corresponding one is the Yangxin Hall in the imperial palace.
Behind the Yangxin Hall is a long wall.
After crossing the Xiao Wall, you will officially enter the harem of Prince Yan's Mansion.
The existence of the Xiao Wall was to isolate the front dynasty from the harem and ensure the tranquility of the harem to a certain extent.
Xu Yi did not enter the harem immediately, but walked towards the east side of the Yangxin Hall.
After passing the Yangxin Hall, you can see two palaces side by side.
The one close to Yangxin Hall is called Yanju Hall, which is where King Yan teaches his descendants on a daily basis.
Juxtaposed with the Yanju Hall is the Prince's Residence, which is the place where the Prince lives.
The eldest son of the prince will be named the crown prince at the age of ten.
At that time, it is necessary to move out of the harem and go to the prince's residence.
If the royal concubine has no legitimate son, the prince can ask the eldest concubine to be crowned as heir apparent when he is forty years old.
In front of the Yanju Hall and the Prince's place is the ancestral temple, which worships the successive kings of Yan.
Next to the ancestral temple is the Dianshan Office, which is responsible for the food and clothing of the former officials of the palace, the prince and others.
Further ahead are dozens of official offices of various sizes.
The official residence is the place where the officials of the Prince of Yan's Mansion work and live.
The Prince's Palace is a city within a city.
All the officials of the royal palace live in their official residence.
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It contains a place for good doctors, a place for good work, and a place for treasures.
It is equivalent to the imperial hospital, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the palace.
The officials in the royal palace all have grades and enjoy the salary of King Yan. They are all required to be ministers to King Yan regardless of whether they are inside or outside the palace.
Now Yang Xian'an and others are temporarily living in the official residence.
Pass the official post and continue forward,
After a while, they arrived at the Chengfeng Department not far from the south gate.
The so-called Chengfeng Division is the eunuch organization in Prince Yan's palace.
They are the same as the subordinate officials of the royal palace, and they are all high-ranking people. Among them, the serving officer is the sixth-rank official, and the left and right minor officials are the subordinate sixth-rank official.
However, after the last King of Yan died in battle, the Crown Prince of Yan asked for the title of Prince of the County and left the Prince of Yan's Mansion.
The original eunuchs died and disappeared in the past twenty years.
Today, there is not even a ghost in the Flattery Department.
This saves Xu Yi a lot of effort.
Xu Yi kept walking and continued walking south.
Not long after arriving, I saw several other courtyards. Compared with the previous official offices and the Chengdu Department, these courtyards were more than a little better in terms of size and environment.
The official name of this place is Neishangfang, which is reserved exclusively for the imperial envoys of the imperial court.
The Tangxi Villa where Xu Yi stayed at Prince Dai's Mansion was the envoy's sleeping quarters.
After crossing the envoy's resting room, we saw another wall.
Within this wall are several large warehouses standing side by side.
There is a plaque written on the main entrance of the wall. Inside the plaque are written three characters with flying dragons and phoenixes - Guangzhancang.
It contains the salaries of the royal officials and servants of the royal palace.
At this point, the tour of the east side of Cunxin Hall has been completed.
Xu Yi led the crowd to the city wall slowly and walked toward the west side of the palace.
Walking to the west side of the palace, the first thing that comes into view are two huge altars.
One is the altar of wind, rain and thunder.
The second is the Sheji altar.
The Wind, Rain and Thunder Altar is juxtaposed with the Sheji Altar, both of which are places of worship.
The emperor worshiped the God of Heaven, and the prince worshiped the God of Wind, Rain, and Thunder.
The emperor worshiped the heaven, earth, sun and moon, and the prince worshiped the mountains and rivers of the feudal state.
A prince is as good as the emperor, nothing better than this.
After the Wind, Rain and Thunder Altar and the Sheji Altar is the Dacheng Hall.
It is dedicated to the sage Confucius and Confucian sages of the past dynasties.
This shows that Tianhuang's noble stomach also respects Confucianism and learning.
After Dacheng Hall is Jinde Hall.
Jinde Hall is the place where the prince must visit before important ceremonies.
All important ceremonial costumes, such as Jiuzhao Jiuzhang Prince Qinglong's crown gown, etc. are stored here.
Being cautious means to be cautious about one's own virtue.
Corresponding to it is the Jinshen Hall in the imperial palace.
Further behind is the Cangdaku, which contains the rare treasures of the royal palace and other items.
It's a pity that at this time, the Cangdaku and the Flattery Department were all empty, not even a single ghost.
Not to mention the rare treasures.
Further back is the palace's stable, the palace's garage and the livestock slaughterhouse.
When Xu Yi and others had thoroughly visited the former dynasty, nearly two hours had passed.
Xu Yi said goodbye to Yang Xian'an and others, and walked into Xiaoqiang with Wang Qiujin and dozens of maids carefully selected and purchased on the feudal route.
Within the Xiao Wall, as far as the eye can see are three palaces facing back in sequence.
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The central axis of the three palaces is connected by the royal road, forming a huge king character.
It symbolizes the prince's incomparable dignity.
These three palaces are covered with blue glazed tiles.
It is the place where the prince and princess live daily and where their young children live.
Except for the prince, princess, young children, serving maids, and eunuchs, no one else is allowed to enter the palace without permission.
As for other concubines, they lived on the east and west sides of the three palaces.
The imperial palace has three palaces and six courtyards, and a prince who is the emperor's first rank will naturally have three palaces in the east and west.
These three east and west houses are where other concubines live.
Of course, Xu Yi has no plans to take a concubine now.
Therefore, it is estimated that the three east and west institutes will remain empty for an unknown amount of time.
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In front of it is the library and the family temple.
Both the Book Hall and the Flattery Department were eunuch institutions, but one was located in the former dynasty and the other was located in the harem.
Everything from daily living in the palace to pruning flowers and plants, to correspondence and paperwork were all the responsibility of the eunuchs in the library.
Family temples offer sacrifices to ancestors of past dynasties.
Xu Yi took Wang Qiujin slowly through the three palaces and finally arrived at the back garden of Prince Yan's Mansion.
Because the Prince of Yan's Mansion is located between mountains and rivers, when the first King of Yan selected the site, he not only considered the practicality of the Prince of Yan's Mansion.
It also takes into account future enjoyment.
When Xu Yifang and his party arrived at the back garden, they were slightly shocked by the scene in front of them.
In the deepest part of the back garden of Prince Yan's Mansion, there is a solitary mountain peak.
The peak is called Duxiu Peak. It is said that there were several peaks here at that time.
However, except for Duxiu Peak, all of them were removed by the previous generations of Yan kings with great efforts.
There is no detailed record in the history books, and more than two hundred years have passed since then, so there is no need to verify it.
There is a palace courtyard built on Duxiu Peak. If it were in the past, there must be all kinds of exotic flowers and plants planted in the courtyard.
But it is a pity that at this time, the palace courtyard on Duxiu Peak is bare everywhere.
Dozens of open spaces of varying sizes are divided outside the courtyard, and low-rise buildings are built next to the open spaces.
It is said that this open space was where the kings of Yan tamed various rare birds and animals.
There is a Crescent Lake under Duxiu Peak, with several small boats docked on the lake.
There are rare pavilions and pavilions built around the lake, which together with Duxiu Peak form the back garden.
At this point, Xu Yi has completed the tour of Prince Yan's Mansion.
The Prince Yan's Mansion alone covers an area of more than 2,200 acres.
However, this is just a palace.
Outside Juyang City, Xu Yi has thousands of restaurants and a school ground that can accommodate 21,000 people.
After visiting Prince Yan's Mansion, the sky was already dark.
Xu Yi and Wang Qiujin had a simple dinner.
Then he went to the Chengyun Hall of the former dynasty alone.
As soon as Fang walked out of Xiaoqiang, Zhao Shou followed Xu Yi silently.
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In the study room of the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
Xu Yi slowly lit an oil lamp, and waited until the light from the oil lamp completely illuminated the study.
Xu Yi walked slowly to the Taishi's chair.
After sitting down, Xu Yi couldn't help but lean back, and at the same time closed his extremely tired eyes.
Although he closed his eyes, his mind was constantly thinking about the follow-up plan.
The reason why I spent a lot of energy and time visiting the palace today.
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It's just for your own safety.
Prince Yan's Mansion is Xu Yi's home in Yandi.
But he had just entered this home for the first time today.
Let’s talk about the familiarity with Prince Yan’s Mansion.
At this time, Xu Yi was not only unable to compare with the county governor Sun Daohua, but even Li Yu.
If the enemy was really desperate and planted a killer in the palace, Xu Yi might not even know how he died.
Although the possibility of this matter is extremely low, Xu Yi has to be on guard against the possibility.
Xu Yi calmed down, slowly opened his eyes and stood up to study ink.
While grinding the ink, I checked and filled in the gaps in my mind.
After all, Prince Yan's Mansion has been idle for more than 20 years. During this period, although Shanggu County and Yuyang County jointly sent people to repair it.
However, since it has been established for more than 200 years, it is inevitable that there will be some areas that cannot be repaired.
Just from a cursory tour today, Xu Yi had already discovered that at least a dozen villas belonging to the government offices had become dilapidated buildings.
The official post will be the backbone of Xu Yi's future strength. If the building is in dilapidated condition, the army will be lost.
That is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world.
It is precisely for this reason that it is urgent to demolish and rebuild dilapidated buildings belonging to government offices.
After a while, Xu Yi slowly wrote down the locations of those dilapidated buildings on rice paper.
"Zhao Shou." Xu Yi put down the wolf brush in his hand and called softly toward the door.
"Sixth Master, Zhao Shou is here." Zhao Shou pushed open the door and walked in, cupping his hands and saluting.
Xu Yi picked up the rice paper where the ink on the book had dried.
After handing it to Zhao Shou, he said, "Give this paper to Xian'an and order him to find someone to arrange the matter tomorrow."
Zhao Shou took the rice paper with both hands and said respectfully, "Follow the order."
"Go." Xu Yi waved his hand slightly and ordered.
"Yes." Zhao Shou agreed and quickly walked out the door.
After Zhao Shou left, Xu Yi crossed his hands and stared at the lamp quietly for a long time.
Solving the hidden dangers in the palace's internal buildings is only the first step Xu Yi needs to take this time.
After a while.
Xu Yi picked up the Langhao pen again and slowly wrote strange names one after another on the paper.
If Zhao Shou were here, it would not be difficult to find that the names written on the paper were clearly the servants and maids that Xu Yi purchased on the road to the feudal lord.
Those servants came from various counties and counties on the road to Yujiu Fan. Each one of them was carefully selected by Xu Yi and had to withstand more than one test before he decided to take him in completely.
The purpose of this move was to completely marginalize the maids given by Emperor Zhengde, and even kick them out of Prince Yan's palace.
Secondly, it was to cultivate some fresh blood in Prince Yan's palace. Because of this, the more than two hundred servants and maids taken in along the way all had special skills.
The third reason was to prevent the possible spies planted by Sun Daohua and Li Yu.
However, after a brief tour today, Xu Yi did not find a strange face in Prince Yan's Mansion.
Did Sun Daohua and Li Yu give up on spying?
Or do Sun Daohua and Li Yu have other plans?
No matter which possibility it is, Xu Yi must stabilize the interior of Prince Yan's palace as soon as possible.
In a short while, Xu Yi slowly dispersed the names of more than two hundred people and distributed them to various corners of the palace.
Among them, the official position is particularly important.
Xu Yi slowly put down the langhao pen in his hand and looked at the rice paper full of names on the table again with a serious look on his face.
After a while, Xu Yi slightly adjusted the arrangements of several people.
Then he slowly put down the Langhao pen.
At the same time, Zhao Shou, who went to the official's office to deliver the letter, had already turned back.
"Zhao Shou." Xu Yi called softly again.
Zhao Shou walked straight into the study without stopping and saluted respectfully: "Sixth Master, Zhao Shou is here."
Xu Yi picked up the rice paper on the bookcase again, handed it to Zhao Shou and said, "Tomorrow, allocate these people according to the roster."
Zhao Shou took the rice paper and said respectfully, "Follow the order."
Xu Yi once again ordered: "When you are taking charge of everything in the previous dynasty, don't forget to inspect the people of the previous dynasty."
"If there is a suitable person, promote him or her."
"If there are people with evil intentions, they should be cut off."
As soon as this statement came out, it was tantamount to placing Zhao Shou in the position of the former great housekeeper.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Shou immediately raised his hands and saluted, saying solemnly: "Sixth Master, don't worry, Zhao Shou knows what to do, and he will certainly live up to Sixth Master's high expectations."
Xu Yi nodded slightly, then stood up and left Chengyun Hall.
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