Nanjing is not Jinan, nor is it Fengyang with the title of Zhongdu, but the actual capital of the Ming Dynasty.
Drawn by the Ming Dynasty (Nandu Fanhui Map), it is called the Ming Dynasty version of the Qingming Shanghe Garden.
There are thirteen inner city gates and eighteen outer city gates, which pass through the city for forty miles and go around the city for more than one hundred and twenty miles. Dozens of streets and hundreds of alleys in the city are densely populated with golden buildings. When the Qinhuai River in the city is full of water, boats are painted, flutes and drums are played day and night.
Outside the city, there are Lin Palace and Buddhist temples, green tiles and red trees.
There are six to seven hundred restaurants, large and small, and more than a thousand teahouses in the streets and alleys... At night, the restaurants on both sides have bright-cornered lanterns, thousands of them on each street, shining like daylight. Pedestrians do not carry lanterns.
This is the Ming Dynasty at this time, Nanjing City.
Emperor Taizu Gao founded his country here.
Emperor Taizongwen ascended the throne here.
There is a complete administrative system here, and it is the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty.
Because of what happened in Jinan, Yujia had no plans to stop at the city gate.
On the city wall, in addition to the soldiers standing straight with alert faces, there were more than thirty painters in various corners of the city wall, urgently painting what they saw as a grand welcoming ceremony. , they recorded the scene of the imperial chariot from far to near in batches. After the painting was completed, they copied it together and recorded the "Picture of the Emperor Entering Nanjing and Departing the Police", which complemented the "Picture of the Emperor Leaving the Capital and Departing the Police" that Zhu Jianshen had when he left the capital.
It will take more than a year to complete the binding and transcribing of the two pictures as planned. Each picture is twenty meters wide and eighty meters long. Once completed, it will become a national treasure of the Ming Dynasty and a priceless treasure of the nation. Fifteen times the size of Along the River During the Qingming Festival, it depicts the environment from the side and focuses on the characters in calligraphy and painting.
A neat army, a guard of honor on horseback, guards holding a sign of silence to clear the way, flag bearers lined up in two rows, and a majestic emperor wearing a royal robe. Although these painters have not seen the emperor on the road, they still have to show their horses. The chariot is painted as a walking chariot, and the appearance of the emperor is also drawn. Most of the other people, including officials, have their faces profiled. Only the emperor appears in the painting and his face is front-facing, and the figure is larger than the surrounding figures. lock up.
The brightly colored and gorgeous official uniforms and majestic armor are also the essence of this painting.
The unique hoods of the Ming Dynasty were worn on the imperial guards holding cloud caps.
The emperor, guards, ceremonial guards, attendants, and accompanying officials were all included in the two paintings for posterity. The grand momentum and grand scene were to show the strength of the Ming Dynasty at this time.
"kneel……"
Civil and military officials, more than two hundred people, heard the sound and knelt down in order.
"Shanhu..."
"Long live your Majesty, long live long live..."
"Shan Hu..."
"Long live your Majesty, long live long live..."
"Zaishanhu..."
"Long live your Majesty, long live long live..."
Zhu Jianshen, who was sitting in the carriage, entered Nanjing amidst the calls of officials.
After Zhu Jianshen's chariot and escort entered Nanjing City, the sound of drum music started.
And Zhu Jianshen also truly entered the place where Lao Zhu’s dream began...
After Zhu Yuanzhang captured Jinling, he asked his counselors for advice. A counselor named Zhu Sheng said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Build walls high, accumulate grain widely, and slowly become king."
This nine-character mantra, converted to modern people's cognition, is easy to understand, but it is insignificant and developed. Don't waste time, we can win...
Zhu Yuanzhang also listened to Zhu Sheng's advice and built Nanjing into a huge city with copper walls and iron walls, known as "a wall that only swallows can fly in". Then, King Yan came in...
At this time, the main road of Nanjing City, the road leading to the imperial city, was under martial law, and there were no other people on both sides of the street except soldiers.
Yu Jia did not stop at all.
After half an hour, Yujia finally arrived at the imperial city.
The imperial driver first circled the imperial city.
Zhu Jianshen, who was in the carriage, kept looking at this majestic imperial city.
The imperial city where my ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang once lived was of course also the imperial city where Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen once lived.
The Forbidden City in Nanjing is not as huge as Beijing, but the three main buildings, Fengtian Hall, Huagai Hall and Jinshen Hall, still exist, as well as the emperor's harem, Fengxian Hall, Rouyi Hall, Chunhe Hall, Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace. The palace and the imperial garden, all the way to the Yudai River at Houzaimen...
Zhu Jianshen saw the Ancestral Temple and the altar of sacrifice.
This time when entering the palace, we entered from the south, which is the famous Hongwu Gate of the Nanjing Forbidden City.
Zhu Jianshen got off the carriage and entered on foot with all the civil and military officials of the capital. They marched along the imperial road. Then the officials and Zhu Jianshen marched separately. The officials went to Fengtian Palace, while Zhu Jianshen went to Qianqing Palace to change clothes and accept the inspection of the Six Ministries of Nanjing. , as well as the worship of civil and military officials above the fifth rank from various places in the south of the Yangtze River. Of course, after accepting the worship, the emperor will also call people into Fengtian Hall to meet the saint. This list is also based on the grade of the official position, because there are too many people, and it is impossible to allow so many Everyone entered the Fengtian Hall.
Zhu Jianshen, who had already packed up the Qianqing Palace, was served by more than a dozen palace maids, put on the Twelve Chapter Gun uniform, and then walked to Fengtian Palace.
At this time, more than 400 civil and military officials lined up outside the Golden Gate Bridge. After Zhu Jianshen arrived at Fengtian Hall from the Harem, he first stood on the Golden Gate Bridge for a moment while the officials began to worship. ŴŴŴ.BIQUGE.biz
Many officials in Nanjing have never seen the emperor. Now that they are far away, they can only see the emperor vaguely.
Zhu Jianshen did not stay on the Golden Gate Bridge for long. After a while, he entered the main hall.
The minister of the Ministry of Rites held the edict in his hand and read it out to the officials who came to the temple to worship.
Officials whose names were read out stood up and stepped forward. Officials whose names were not read out could only stand up after the edict was read out.
Zhu Jianshen sat on the dragon chair in Fengtian Hall in Nanjing, returning to the starting point of the Ming Dynasty.
There are so many things happening here.
And Zhu Jianshen also knew that this time was also a new starting point for him. The number of bureaucrats in Nanjing was second only to that in Beijing.
Similarly, he was on the opposite side of the imperial court in Beijing. After a storm, officials in Beijing, whether they admitted it or not, had become supporters of the new tax system, while officials in Nanjing had always had a vague attitude. Before and now, They all took a wait-and-see attitude and did not play a positive role in accompanying the capital on the new tax reform path in Jiangnan. Instead, they became a bargaining chip in the confrontation between the local gentry and the local government.
Although the six bureaus in Nanjing, except for the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, all other yamen have become fictitious and have become transparent existences as the time of moving the capital increased, but their ranks are kept here, and behind their backs An intricate web of relationships exists.
Nanjing was far away from the emperor, and the core of the political power were close ministers and important ministers, not these six ministry officials.
The Nanjing garrison, Wei Guogong, and the counselor, the Minister of War, were the standing officials of the garrison office and were the core of Nanjing.
The garrison of Nanjing was mostly performed by the Ming Dynasty, and other important military positions were all handed over to the marquis and uncles. Emperor Xuanzong was not very reassured, so he initially set up a garrison eunuch, and later increased it to two, one to serve as a guard. Containment has become a routine in the future. Zhu Jianshen attached great importance to Nanjing, so he personally selected both garrison eunuchs. In order to prevent the eunuchs from becoming bigger, he also changed them every five years. People like Cheng En and others had served as garrison eunuchs in Nanjing.
The garrison eunuchs in Nanjing are "foreign missions of the ceremonial supervisor" and the emperor's "relatives and ministers from three thousand miles away". Therefore, although the garrison has the dignity of a duke, marquis or uncle, they must be condescending. The eunuchs usually "acquire the chief", with the purpose of protecting Nanjing. The core of power and the core of the entire country are highly consistent with the emperor.
At this time, the Nanjing garrison eunuch was standing next to the emperor, uneasy...
The summoned officials and more than sixty people entered the hall.
Then he completed his pilgrimage to His Majesty the Emperor.
These more than 60 people were all ministers, ministers of the Six Ministries of Nanjing, and several deputy censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The officials from the capital who came with Zhu Jianshen were only a few officials from the cabinet, and the other officials were accompanying the emperor. After entering the palace, he left the palace and returned to work in various yamen in Nanjing.
Zhu Jianshen looked at the officials who were kneeling below and said, "I love you all..."
After hearing Zhu Jianshen's words, the officials shouted "Thank you, Your Majesty" in unison, and then slowly stood up...
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