Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1399 The new landlord
Gao Yushi's self-title seems to be a bit difficult to give birth to. There have been heated discussions between Beijing and China for several days, but no response has been seen from Zhaohui Jinggongfang.This disappointed the melon eaters, and they didn't know what Gao Situ was planning.

However, two days later, another news suddenly came out from Shangshu Gaofu: the house was expanded.

It is said that Cheng Guogong sold the two mansions north of Shangshu Gaofu that originally belonged to him to Gao Situ. Gao Situ made a total plan and simply put the two mansions together with Gaofu and rebuilt them.

Along with this news, another thing spread: Gao Situ planned to build a new building combining Chinese and Western styles in this new mansion. For this reason, he even went to the palace to meet the emperor, and told the emperor about the building's construction. The style is very different from the national and imperial standards, please allow the emperor to grant accommodation.

No one knows what Gao Situ told the emperor, but the emperor did issue an imperial decree very quickly, granting Gao Yushi a residence to "experiment a new architectural law", and the buildings here "are still forbidden except for the dragon shape, resting mountains, and the number of animals." In addition, "not bound by established laws" to show "I am lenient and seek innovation".

However, probably in order to avoid civil confusion, the emperor finally added a sentence: "The law is limited to this house, and officials, scholars and people are still in accordance with the established system and cannot be changed without authorization."

Do you need the emperor's special approval to build a house?That's right, building a house like Gao Wushi's can't be done without the emperor's approval.Before the Revolution of [-], China had always had a very strict hierarchical system. If you violated the rules, no matter if you did so accidentally or on purpose, you would be punished by the court, ranging from fines to death.

We must know that in ancient times there were not only ranks between people, but even buildings were built according to the identity and status of their owners.Later generations called this system "ancient Chinese architectural hierarchy".This thing appeared in the Zhou Dynasty at the latest and lasted until the end of the Qing Dynasty. The 2000 Revolution can probably be regarded as the end date. It has existed for more than [-] years and is one of the most important systems in ancient times.

The architectural style of the Ming Dynasty inherited the French-style tradition of the Song Dynasty without significant changes, but the architectural design and planning are characterized by grand scale and majestic atmosphere.The architectural style in the early Ming Dynasty was similar to that of the Song and Yuan dynasties, simple and majestic, while the architectural style in the middle period tended to be rigorous, but after the end of Jiajing, the architectural style tended to be cumbersome—of course, it can also be said to be more and more refined.

Ming-style architecture has always had strict regulations on the hierarchy of residences.For example, the first- and second-rank officials’ houses have five rooms and nine frames in the hall, and the halls of the ninth-rank officials have three rooms and seven frames.

In the 26th year of Hongwu, some specific customizations were added: for example, there are three rooms and seven frames in the official halls of the sixth to ninth ranks, and three rooms in the main entrance; the main hall of the common people should not exceed three rooms and five frames.In the 30th year of Hongwu, it was reiterated: there can be as many as one or twenty houses, but the number of rooms and frames cannot be increased.In the 12th year of Orthodoxy, a slight modification was finally made, indicating that the number of frames can be increased, but the number of rooms still cannot be changed.

Therefore, the residential hierarchy system in the Ming Dynasty mainly limited the number of rooms and the number of frames. As for the number of floors of buildings, it could be adjusted to local conditions.From the time of Jialong to the present Wanli 15 years ago, the residences of Daming can well reflect the characteristics of the so-called Ming Dynasty architecture in later generations, that is, elegant and stable, exquisite workmanship, exquisite decoration, delicate and elegant carvings and colored paintings.

In fact, "architecture" can be divided into four categories of buildings at this time, namely capital buildings, palace buildings, residential buildings, and religious buildings.Gao Yushi's reconstruction of the mansion this time is of course a residential building.

In ancient times, a house was not only a place of residence, but also regarded as a symbol of the identity of the owner of the house.During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the imperial court had certain restrictions on the residences of officials and common people, but they were relatively loose. For example, in the Song Dynasty, it was stipulated that officials below the sixth rank could not build Wutoumen in front of their houses, and common people’s houses were only allowed to be five frames deep. Only one room is allowed in the house, and flying eaves, double arches, four pavings, caissons and colorful decorations are not allowed.

It can be seen that the key point at this time is the identity difference between the district officials and the common people.In the early Ming Dynasty, the classification of residences became stricter. For example, officials were not allowed to use gabled hills and double-eave roofs, and heavy arches and caissons were not allowed to be used in building houses. There are restrictions on eaves, heavy arches and algae wells, but Xieshanding cannot be used (Note: In Ming Dynasty, only the royal family and clans of a certain level could use Xieshanding).

These restrictions were originally aimed at ordinary people in the Song Dynasty, but now they are aimed at high-ranking officials. This means that except for members of the royal family, no matter how high your official position is, you cannot use Xieshanding as your residence, but only "two buildings" (hanging mountain, hard Mountain).

In addition, the residences of princes and officials were divided into four levels, and the number, depth, and paint color of gates and halls were strictly limited.As for the houses of the common people, no more than three rooms are allowed, and brackets and colorful colors are not allowed.

But then again, although there were many thieves in the rules of the Ming Dynasty, in the Longwan period, the phenomenon of exceeding the rules was very common.Of course, generally speaking, this kind of overreach is still a bit "exquisite". At least no one among the people has done tricks to carve five-clawed dragon shapes on their own beams and columns.

This is actually understandable. For example, in a wealthy family, it happens that none of the family has been an official in recent generations, but his family is very rich. At this time, you require that his family can only have three rooms. That's too much, isn't it?

The reason why the high-practice new mansion was granted by the emperor was, of course, because he was a special person in the emperor's mind, and secondly, because the architectural design drawings he submitted were indeed very novel, and it was really difficult to use the old regulations. To measure, and among them, his main house is the most important.

From the emperor's point of view, Gao Wushi seemed to be particularly fond of buildings, not to mention the now famous Baiyu Building, but the main house of this new mansion was actually another building.

However, when Gao Wushi said that he wanted to experiment with new construction methods, the emperor immediately believed it after seeing the design drawings, because his main building was actually seven floors high.

There are seven-storey buildings, but the pagoda in Daming is usually called a pagoda instead of a building. The pagoda that "saves a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda" is such a pagoda.However, this kind of pagoda is not for people to live in. They are just to show their merits and virtues, and some of them will enshrine relics, Buddha bones and other holy objects.

The building to be repaired by Gao Pragmatic is really used for living people, so the construction area is much larger than that of the Stupa, but this is not the main problem, but a building with a large enough base and seven floors, then it The final height may exceed the symbol of imperial power - Huangji Hall.

This is the most deadly one. Gao Wushi also took the initiative to express it to the emperor when he submitted the design drawings, saying that according to estimates, if the seven-story building is reduced to five floors, it will definitely be lower than the Huangji Hall, and he is willing to let Xiyang come. The designer revises the design proposal.

But Zhu Yijun thought for a while, then shook his head to express that he didn't need it.Zhu Yijun's reason is that since you want to experiment with new construction methods, you have to experiment well. Why only build five floors when you can build seven floors?Since it is going to be done, it must be perfect, don't just do it halfway, and I will be troubled when I see it.

But Gao Pragmatism is in a dilemma. After all, the design drawings are only made by Westerners to show their architectural skills, but I, Ming Dynasty, have my own national conditions here, so I don’t necessarily have to follow their intentions.

Who knew that Zhu Yijun laughed and made a suggestion that stunned Gao Wushi: You repair your building first, and after you have fully mastered the new building method or even improved it, you will be responsible for helping me rebuild the Huangji Hall. After repairing it again, we will also increase the height at that time. Isn't this the best of both worlds?

The idea can’t be said to be bad, it’s even quite trendy, and it’s a bit of keeping pace with the times, but there’s something not so good about Gao Pragmatic here—according to the emperor, the money for the new construction of the Huangji Palace seems to be Want me to pay for it?

He asked around the bush, Zhu Yijun stared back at him confidently and said: "That's natural, given you such a big exception, is it difficult for you to help me build a new Emperor Palace?"

Gao Wushi was stunned for a long while, and almost pointed at Zhu Yijun's nose and scolded him for extortion.This damn is repairing the Huangji Temple. In the past, the three major halls were damaged by lightning strikes (this happened often in the Ming Dynasty). Just repairing it would cost 30 million taels and go up, so that it often dragged on for years. Now you are meow You actually have the nerve to ask me to build you a new one?
But scolding is impossible to really scold, so Gao Yushi had to try his best to reduce the loss for himself. First of all, he put forward one point: since it is going to be built with the new method, when the time comes, the minister said that stone should be used, stone should be used, cement should be used, and cement should be used. If you add reinforcement, you have to add reinforcement. In short, in order to "ensure the quality of the project", I don't plan to use many giant trees.

Zhu Yijun was obviously not very clear about the cost difference, and he said with satisfaction that you have the final say, as long as you don't give me two or three days to spoil one place or another.

Gao Pragmatic dared to guarantee this point, and even said that the construction of the Emperor's Palace according to his new law could avoid lightning damage.It was only now that Zhu Yijun was really happy, even overjoyed, and immediately expressed his full agreement.

There is no way, the three main halls of the Ming Dynasty were full of disasters, and they were struck by lightning at every turn. Everyone from the emperor to the officials were terrified. Can you not be afraid that you almost dropped your pants?But this is helpless, as the tallest wooden building in the capital, can it not be struck by lightning?

So when Gao Wushi made such a statement, Zhu Yijun immediately agreed, and by the way, wrote this "junker-subject agreement" into the imperial decree in an oblique way, so as to prevent the foreign court from talking about it.

In short, after they processed this matter, it became a highly pragmatic one. In order to test the new construction method of "three hall-style tall buildings from lightning strikes", he tried his own way to build a building first for the emperor. blood way...

After the imperial decree was issued and the special approval was obtained, Gao Yushi finally announced the name of the building, and announced his "self-name" by the way.

The building is called Rixin Building, while Gao Wushi is called "Rixin Louzhu".

"Ri Xin", of course, is not a new person. This word comes from "Great Learning": "Gou Ri Xin, Ri Ri Xin, and Ri Xin again", and it originated from Tang's "Pan Ming" at the earliest.

This sentence was originally a motto engraved on the bathtub of Tang Wang, the king of Ming Dynasty in ancient times.Later, this sentence was connected with "Although Zhou is an old state, its destiny is to restore the new", so the implication became more profound, with the idea of ​​advancing with the times in it.

The phrase "Although Zhou is an old state, its destiny is to restore the new" was recently paid attention to in the court because of Gao Yushi's "Qiyongshu", that is, "Taxers take from the people and use it for the people".

Now Gao Yushi has taken his own name as "Rixin Landlord", and his intention is obvious to all: the most important thing in my Gao Yushi's life is to innovate!

As soon as the news came out, I don't know how many people were nervous, how many people let out a long sigh, and how many people breathed a sigh of relief.

In short, the construction of Rixin Building kicked off at an extremely fast speed. Jinghua Infrastructure showed their true qualities as the leading construction madman in Ming Dynasty. A construction team of nearly a thousand people was dispatched in a single day, and the convoy transporting materials was almost several feet wide. Royal Street is blocked.

It's just that Gao Yushi himself felt uncomfortable living in this way, so he had to live back in the Baiyulou in the suburbs of Beijing.Zhu Yingzhen, Zhang Yuangong and others all came to say that they had a spare guest house for Gao Yushi to live in temporarily, so as to prevent him from rushing back to the city from the suburbs of Beijing early in the morning to be on duty, but Gao Yushi politely refused.

The reason why Gao Wushi would rather go back to Baiyulou after running more than ten miles in the morning is not because of anything else, but because he wants to contact Ye He's mission.

Oh, it's not Meng Gu Zhe Zhe Rixin, it will have to wait for a while, what he is looking for now is Fei Yingdong.

Since Fei Yingdong can become the head of the five ministers of Nurhachi, and he is famous for his combat skills, there is obviously no need to doubt his strength.Gao Wuzhen has no shortage of generals capable of recruiting good fighters, but he knows that Ye He is in short supply. Now that he wants to support Ye He to prevent Nurhachi from taking advantage of the energy of Ming Dynasty to concentrate in Chahar, it is very important to give Ye He a reliable general. It is necessary.

Gao has always been very good at courting people, so I don't need to say more about the specifics. In short, after a few days, Fei Yingdong can't wait to pity Gao Pragmatically.

Let’s talk about Meng Gu Zhezhe, it’s not that he is too pragmatic and unfeminine and doesn’t want to improve every day, it’s that the problem of “buying a concubine” hasn’t been resolved.He also mentioned this matter when he went to see the emperor, but Zhu Yijun refused to take this issue, saying that he was just being a man, and changed the nature of Meng Gu Zhezhe's matter. He will discuss the specific issue of buying a concubine tomorrow. The son is not willing to intervene.

Gao Wushi was a little dazed at the time, but when he left the palace and returned to the mansion, he suddenly realized that the reason why Zhu Yijun refused to involve himself was probably not a matter of face, but rather that Princess Yongning was difficult to explain.

It's not enough for you as an elder brother to give my lover a concubine, and you really put away the money for buying a concubine?
This was the actual reason for Zhu Yijun's refusal, so Gao Wushi had no choice but to ignore the emperor, and sent someone to contact Ye He as soon as possible.Therefore, for Rixin, he has to wait for Nalin Bulu to accept his money for buying a concubine and deliver the marriage certificate before Gao Pragmatic can hold the ceremony and formally accept Meng Gu Zhezhe's house.

"Gou Rixin, day by day, and day by day" does not seem to be that simple.
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