Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 954 You Don't Understand

"Looking at the palace of Shangyang, the blessed court of Shengxian's family..." Sikong Biao has been observing and building Shangyang Palace for more than a year.

Of course, what he sighed was the grand scene of Shangyang Palace in the past when it was not yet dilapidated, not the present.

There are some positives, though.After two years, the broken walls and ruins have been cleaned up, and the weeds have been swept away.

Useful materials are sorted out and piled up in the open space.A craftsman from nowhere is repairing and polishing it, and it seems that it is going to be used in the construction of the new Miyagi.On this point, King Xia was still very frugal.

Miyagi has not yet built a city wall, because the terrain is relatively high, and it can be seen from the outside.

Sikong Bing found that many canals had been dredged and widened, and materials could be transported to the construction site by boat.Of course, the river will freeze and the ships will be on the shore, but the transportation can only continue after the thaw in February and March.

During the construction of Luoyang Palace City, part of the water transportation was restored, which is indeed a big deal.

"If Luoyang is the capital in the future, Bianzhou may decline rapidly." If Sikong Bing realized something, the change of the water transportation route was decisive, and the rise and fall of many cities came from this.

The streets on the south bank of Luoshui are crowded with people, and restaurants, teahouses, and shops are built one after another, which is a sign of prosperity.

Many private houses appeared one after another in various squares.Some were built in the era of Zhang Quanyi, and some were built successively in the past few years. It can be seen that the population of Luoyang is indeed increasing step by step.

People who do business will not appear for no reason. As the army and officials gather in Luoyang step by step, the future will be more prosperous.

There is a curl of cooking smoke rising in the forbidden garden, which is the artisans cooking.

It's almost the end of the new year, and it is estimated that they will return to their hometown in the next few days, and the construction of the entire Luoyang Palace City will come to an end temporarily, and the work will be fully resumed after the Spring Festival.

The Hehuan Hall is probably the first inhabited hall in Shangyang Palace. It is located in the Forbidden Garden on the southern edge of the Shangyang Palace ruins.

From the outside, it seems that the palace has spent a lot of thought.

The most conspicuous ones are the reliefs on the outer wall. When Sikong Bing came in, he looked at them for a long time, but he didn't understand what he was talking about.After inquiring, it turned out that the story was about the king of Xia leading his army to sweep the river and Long and recover the lost land.

Is it really okay to boast about yourself like this?Not at all reserved.

The Hall of Hehuan faces south and reaches the north bank of Luoshui River.The base of the city wall has been marked out, but it should be built later.

To the north of Hehuan Hall, a small river was dug out, passed around the hall, and flowed into Luoshui.

To the north of Xiaohe, after more than a year of hard work, many buildings have begun to take shape.

Through the thin snow curtain, Sikong Bing tried his best to distinguish, and at the same time tried to correspond to the "Shangyang Wonderland" in people's poems and prose.

"This river should be newly opened by taking advantage of the silted old channel. It can be regarded as a small tributary of Luoshui River."

"The towering tower on the north side should be the main hall, the Guanfeng Hall, facing east from the west. That's right. The two wooden pillars standing on the east side, if you guessed correctly, should be the main entrance of the Guanfeng Hall. Then the main gate of Miyagi Where is the Elephant Gate?"

"It is recorded in the book that there is Guanfengmen in the east of Guanfeng Hall, Yuri Building in the south, Qibao Pavilion in the north, and Lichun Terrace, Yaozhang Pavilion, Jiuzhou Pavilion, etc. in it. They are all found. Well, they are still under construction."

"The walls of these pavilions have been repaired. How many bricks and tiles were used? It is exactly the same as I remember in the book. They are all closed courtyards."

"The courtyard to the west of Guanfeng Hall is very beautiful. Under the snow falling, it is so beautiful. This should be Hongzhiyuan."

"The west side of the main courtyard is the Lichun Hall. That's right. There are Hanlian Pavilion and Furong Pavilion in the hall. Unfortunately, it is a pool of stagnant water, and the flowers and plants are withered. It seems that some mud has been dug out, but it has not been rectified. The Furong and lotus are in full bloom. I don't know when it will recover."

"Is the Gantang Courtyard to the west of the Lichun Hall? There are only a few houses, and the gardens have not been tidied up."

If you look farther away, you can't see clearly. You can only vaguely see that the trees are very messy, lack aesthetic feeling, and there are few buildings. It looks like it has just started, and there seems to be no sign of major construction.

"King Xia has the momentum to devour the world. With his financial resources, can he only afford it to this level?" Sikong Bing shook his head, and then laughed again: "It would be great if some of the large buildings in Shangyang Palace can be restored. The construction progress of the Ziwei Palace should be similar, or even more difficult. The Mingtang in the Empress Wu period should never appear again."

To put it simply, the buildings of Shangyang Palace are mainly enclosed courtyards, which are combined with each other to form the entire Shangyang Palace City.It can be roughly divided into six architectural groups: Guanfeng Palace, Hongzhiyuan, Huachengyuan, Linzhiyuan, Fenfangdian, and Xiaoshangyang Palace.

The entire Shangyang Palace still had some buildings left in the Zhenyuan period, and it was almost abandoned by the time of Emperor Xianzong.When Li Hanzhi, Zhang Quanyi, and Sun Ru fought street battles in Luoyang, they kept demolishing buildings to make barricades, and they even lost their last breath.

Later, Zhang Quanyi repaired the Shangyang Palace for Zhaozong, which can be regarded as paying off the debt, which is really amazing.

After Shao Shude ordered the construction of Luoyang Palace City, Henan Prefecture, Shanzhou, and Guozhou mobilized a large number of manpower to take turns to battle, and it has been more than a year.

From the current point of view, the progress of Shangyang Palace is relatively fast.Shao Shude's seventh largest architectural group, the Hehuan Hall, is nearing completion.

The Guanfeng Temple group including Yuri Tower, Qibao Pavilion, and Lichun Terrace has also entered the later stage.

The group of Hongzhiyuan, mainly including Lichun Temple, Gantangyuan, Hongzhiyuan, Furong Pavilion, etc., entered the middle section.

The Linzhiyuan group, which is dominated by Linzhi Hall, Ganlu Hall, and Xianju Hall, has just started.

The groups of Huacheng Institute and Fragrant Institute have just cleared the ruins and leveled the foundation. Only part of the building materials have been transported to the site, and construction has not yet started.

The Xiaoshangyanggong or Xigong groups are even gone, and they haven't had time to clean up.

The construction of Luoyang Palace City is indeed restrained in terms of progress.The common people at this time have long been accustomed to the uninterrupted collection throughout the year, and the manpower that can be used is beyond the peacetime. However, Shao Shude still did not abuse it too much, so that even the military service of the people in the states participating in the construction was temporarily exempted, so let They rebuilt Luoyang with peace of mind.

As for whether it is better to go to war or work as a construction worker in Luoyang, any fool can tell.

"Sikong Sima, please follow me." A guard officer came over and said.

Sikong Bing hurriedly straightened his robe and followed behind.

After passing through the long corridor, the main entrance of the Hall of Hehuan was approaching, and Sikong Bing followed unhurriedly, and he was already planning to speak.

"A few months ago, he was Inspector Sikong, but now he is the Sima of the Marching Army. Sikong Dalang is now on the rise. Sit down." Shao Shude stretched out his hand and said.

The decoration in the hall is relatively simple, which is actually a big spender. Shao Shude doesn't care about these, so he only asked people to bring in some common wooden beds, desks, tables and chairs to make do with them.

Sikong Bing sat down and said: "Your Highness raised the armored soldiers, defeated the enemy's town, and ruled the palace. You can do everything with ease. I traveled all the way, and saw that the scene of Luoyang has changed a lot. It's admiration. As the saying goes, if you don't see the grandeur of the emperor's residence, you can know that the emperor is respected. With the appearance of Shangyang Palace, what His Highness is thinking about is probably close at hand."

"It doesn't make sense for you to say that." Shao Shude laughed.

"Your Highness." Sikong Bing said with a serious face, "Guanfeng Palace is the place where Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu governed the government and held court meetings. Once the repairs are completed, Your Highness may be able to carry out important events here."

"Is this what Luo Shaowei taught you, or did you mean it?" Shao Shude asked.

"Your Highness, this is not only Luo Shuai's intention, but also..."

"Sikong Sima, you have to stand firm." Shao Shude said: "There is no good end for both ends of the first mouse."

Sikong Bing subconsciously tensed up, and quickly said: "Your Highness, Luo Shuai sent me here for the purpose of guarding."

"Xiangwei has been assigned to Heyang Town, what else can happen?"

"Your Highness." Sikong Bing had a bitter face, and said, "Mr. Wei Bowu doesn't admit it. Many people are clamoring to take back the guards. There is an undercurrent in the town, and Luo Shuai can't bear the pressure."

"Oh?" Shao Shude asked with some interest: "I mean, Luo Shaowei doesn't care much about Xiangwei Erzhou anymore?"

Sikong choked for a moment, then remembered what Shao Shude had warned him just now, and immediately said: "Yes. I think Luo Shuai means that he lacks confidence in defeating Xia Bing, and he is not very enthusiastic about regaining Xiangwei two states."

"This time the position is very stable." Shao Shude said with a smile: "Luo Shaowei is hesitant, it is understandable. I know about this, you go back and tell him that Xiangwei is already a prefecture of Heyang. To Wei Bo? As I said, the saint will definitely not allow it, so let him stop making trouble."

Sikong Bing's complexion was not very good, and he persuaded again: "Your Highness, Luo Shuai still has something to say, if he returns to Xiangwei Erzhou, Luo Shi is willing to be a vassal of Shao Family forever, and will be loyal. If you violate this oath, the sky will be struck by lightning. "

"Spoken nonsense all day long." Shao Shude smiled, and said: "Sikong Sima, your position just now is not stable, restrain yourself. Between me and Luo Shuai, there is no need to talk about those silly things. Fan Minister? I only have internal ministers, courtiers, and foreign ministers, and there are absolutely no vassals. The disaster of the vassal town is imminent, so I would rather not stop it? Besides, I promise Luo Shaowei as a vassal, what do the generals inside and outside think? Li Yanling, tell me , if I give Luo Shaowei Jiedushi instead of you, what will you think?"

"Your Highness, Lao Li is not very capable. He can't be that Jiedu envoy, so he can just help His Highness do farming work." Li Yanling replied immediately after hearing this.

Shao Shude glared at him.

Old Li understood, and said again: "However, our old brothers were born and died, licking the blood with the knife head, killing from Guanbei to Helong, then to Guanzhong, and then to Henan, trying our best, in the end we are not as good as Luo Shaowei, a young man, indeed Not too convinced. If this continues, His Highness will have great prestige. Everyone only dares to resent in their hearts, but dare not express it. It is not a problem at all. The courage of the soldiers, the resentment in the general's heart, slack in the war, the sergeant can't mention it Work hard, I'm afraid you will lose in a row."

Sikong Bing was speechless after hearing this, because it was the truth.

The general is slack, and if he doesn't manage the army well, the sergeant looks like a fool.If you don't have enthusiasm when fighting, God knows what you will do. Sometimes the victory or defeat is on the line.You can't parachute down with outsiders to command a hundred thousand old troops, can you?Can that win the battle?
For example, at this time, Wang Maozhang, who was stationed in Haizhou, surrendered. Because your old subordinates were dissatisfied and unwilling to contribute, you made Wang Maozhang the marshal and commanded an army of [-] to fight Li Keyong. Can he command well?Even if you think about it with your toes, you know it's impossible.Even changing his name to "Wang Jingren" won't work. He has no prestige, can't be suppressed, and the command is not smooth.Maybe it was because of the eagerness to perform and prove yourself, and made some mistakes that shouldn't be made, so that others won a big victory.

"Didn't Luo Shaowei intend to obey his father's order and attach himself to Li Keyong? What's the reason for sending you here again?" Shao Shude asked suddenly.

"Return to Your Highness. Luo Shuai just wants to protect himself." Sikong Bing replied: "The yamen soldiers like Jin Wang, but Luo Shuai thinks that Jin Wang can't do anything, he is in a dilemma, so he sent me here."

It's still a piece of grass jumping left and right!

"Luo Shaowei is quite knowledgeable." Shao Shude said with a smile.

According to Sikong Bing's words, Luo Shaowei seemed to be coerced by government soldiers and couldn't help himself.But this is half-truth, half-false, is it true that Luo Shaowei is not greedy for the wealth of Jiedushi?He himself is an idiot, and Wei Bo is also an idiot from top to bottom.

"Your Highness, why bother?" Sikong Bing couldn't help persuading: "Your Highness wants to make a big deal, and Luo Shuai is willing to obey His Highness. As far as I know, Wang Rong and Lu Yanwei also have the same opinion. Just..."

"You don't understand." Shao Shude waved his hand and said, "Go back. Tell Luo Shaowei that the government soldiers are the root of all evil. If you continue to tolerate them, you may lose your wealth and life. I think he is quite sensible, and I haven't found him in the past two months." I warn you for the sake of trouble. Go back, if Li Keyong comes, the battle will be fought, so what?"

Sikong Bing was speechless.

"If you really can't stay in Weizhou, come to Luoyang. You have a house in Jishanfang." Shao Shude said again.

Sikong Bing saluted and left.

(End of this chapter)