Chapter 156 The dust has settled in the Main Hall

When Zhu Qizhen mentioned this, Yang Shiqi naturally had to agree to stay, but he also knew that if he stayed, he might not be able to return to his hometown in this lifetime.

He bowed and said: "Your Majesty is so kind to you. How can I live up to your Majesty's kindness? It's just that I have been traveling for decades and haven't returned to my hometown for who knows how many years."

"I beg your Majesty to show mercy and allow me to return to my hometown to visit my grave. After all, after I go back this time, I don't know if there will be a next time."

Zhu Qizhen naturally did not refuse and said: "This is human nature. How dare I refuse to allow you to return to your hometown? I will give you three months' leave and ask you to leave early and come back early. No major event in the world can be separated from you."

Yang Shiqi chose to return to his hometown at this time because he actually wanted to avoid the emperor's sharp influence.

The little emperor did so many things as soon as he came up. Yang Shiqi was not willing to fight against the emperor at first, but he also wanted the little emperor to know that there are too many things in the world, and they are not easy to do.

Also given leave are veterans such as Yang Rong and Yang Pu. They can all take leave to return to their hometowns, but they can only go back to their hometowns in turns. After all, the cabinet cannot be short of people.

Yang Shiqi was finally appeased.

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but sigh: It is indeed the emperor who wants to do something unpleasant.

Under the balance of interests, Zhu Qizhen had to make the same decision as the Empress Dowager.

That is to maintain stability. Maintain the existing political structure and do not change it.

Therefore, when it comes to matters between the main halls, it is better not to have this particularly obvious tendency of the emperor.

Sure enough, stability trumps everything else.

Since Shang Yang's reform, the dynasty that unified the world has rarely had successful cases of reform. This is not without reason, because the larger the country, the greater the need to maintain stability.

Conservatism and stability are what every ruler must think about.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen compromised with Yang Shiqi.

On the second day, the imperial decree was issued that the British Duke Zhang Fu and the Minister of Civil Affairs Wang Zhi jointly promoted the main hall and taught the clan and meritorious deeds.

In addition, Yin Guan, the descendants of ministers at all levels, can also join the main hall.

Zhang Fu accepted this order happily. From the surface, nothing could be seen. It seemed that Zhang Fu had expected such a result before.

As a result, the situation in the main hall will be much more complicated in the future.

However, Zhu Qizhen also has an extra group of manpower.

Previously, the highest academic institution in the Ming Dynasty was the Imperial College. The graduates from the Imperial College had the qualifications to be officials. They had to be above the Imperial College and above the Imperial College.

These disciples from the main hall are naturally qualified to be officials.

"That's fine. It's always good to have more different people in the officialdom." Zhu Qizhen could only comfort himself.

Although this is self-consolation, it is not unreasonable.

The prosperity of the civil service group in the Ming Dynasty, no, it should be the prosperity of the civil service group in ancient China, which has a very close relationship with the imperial examination system.

The civil servants who passed the imperial examination were naturally united by having the same teachers, classmates and subjects.

This is how the civil service group now exists, which Zhu Qizhen does not dare to shake easily.

But even though the people who come out of the main hall are all Yin Guan, if they are well educated, they are still like knives.

However, this knife cannot be used yet.

The two matters of Dahontang and martial arts were settled in this way.

The responsibility of building the main hall fell on Ruan An.

Ruan An immediately went to ask Zhu Qizhen for instructions.

Zhu Qizhen opened the map of the capital and looked around, but for a while he couldn't find any open space.

This is also natural.

Zhu Qizhen attached great importance to the main hall, so he naturally wanted to gather the main hall closer to the palace.

But as the imperial palace is the center of Beijing, there is no free space around it. It is either an official office, the residence of a distinguished noble, or some temples.

If we say there is still room under the city wall.

So at the foot of the Imperial City of Beijing, there is no more empty space.

However, it’s not that there isn’t any open space? If there is, then there is it in the palace.

There is an imperial city in Beijing, and within the imperial city is the Forbidden City.

The Forbidden City is only a part of the imperial city. There are many open spaces in the imperial city. For example, Tuancheng where the emperor summoned Meng Ying, the experimental fields next to Nanhaizi, Beihai, Zhongnanhai, and Nanhai are all in the imperial city.

According to Emperor Taizu’s legacy, the Ming royal family did not build auxiliary palaces. This was implemented by all Ming emperors. Even Emperor Zhengde’s Leopard Room, Emperor Jiajing’s Xiyuan, Nannei, Beiyuan, and Wanshou Mountain were all part of the imperial city.

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In this way, we can see the difference in talents between the Ming and Qing emperors.

No matter how absurd the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were, they only renovated and built houses in their own courtyards. They never had palaces outside of Nanjing and Beijing.

The three mountains and five gardens of the Qing Dynasty, the summer resort, are certainly the treasures of gardens in the world. But in terms of luxury, they are several levels higher than the emperors of the Ming Dynasty.

In this era, the Ming Dynasty had just moved its capital to Beijing twenty or thirty years ago. The city of Beijing had not yet been completed, and there were still large areas in the imperial city that were in a state of desolation.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Zhu Qizhen to open a large experimental field.

But it's not like there's nothing.

The city of Beijing was built on the basis of the capital of the Yuan Dynasty. It can be said that the city of Beijing moved much further north than the capital of the Yuan Dynasty. But even so, there are still many palaces from the Yuan Dynasty in the imperial city.

During Emperor Xuanzong's lifetime, some repairs were made.

But there are still some areas that have not been repaired.

Zhu Qizhen suddenly clicked on the map and said, "There seems to be a garden here, but I don't know what kind of garden it is?"

Zhu Qizhen first chose this place, not because there were any buildings here, but because it was suitable. First of all, although the Imperial City included the Forbidden City, the Forbidden City was not in the center of the Imperial City, but rather to the east.

Three seas, these three interconnected lakes divide the imperial city into two parts.

The Imperial City has four gates, namely Tian'an, Di'an, Xi'an, and Dong'an, because the Forbidden City is to the east of the palace city, and Tian'an and Di'an have the Forbidden City as their central axis.

As a result, the east side of the imperial city has denser buildings and more government offices.

Zhu Qizhen felt that this place was not suitable for these students to hang out.

But this place is different.

This place is just inside Xi'an Gate in the southwest corner of the Imperial City.

It is quite far from the palace, so even some exercises cannot be transmitted here.

Ruan An saw this and said: "This is Tu Tuan, which is the palace of the former dynasty. I also inspected it at that time. This is when the Jin people built the Central Capital, they moved the capital of Tokyo of the former Song Dynasty here. It is almost based on Tokyo

The appearance of Kaifeng Mansion is like that of Zhongdu."

Zhu Qizhen didn't know that there was such a thing here, so he said: "This is what was left from that time."

Ruan An said: "This is the Genqiu built by Song Huizong in Kaifeng Mansion by collecting rare stones from all over the world. It was moved to the location of Jinzhongdu. There is even an interesting story."

"My servant inspected the objects left by the Song Dynasty people. There is a craftsman named Yan Yong on them. Many of the things were made by his supervisor, and their names are engraved on them."

"Your Majesty, think about it, Yan Yong, Yan Yong, isn't it used by Beijing?"

Zhu Qizhen became a little lazy for a while.

The Jingkang Incident seemed to be a very distant event for Zhu Qizhen, but now he saw the things from that time, which made him feel a little sad for a while.

Song Huizong caused a commotion in the world and conquered the southeast. The gardens he created were not used by the Jin people, but the Jin people were destroyed by the Mongols in an instant.

Although the Forbidden City is a Ming Dynasty palace at the moment, it will probably be owned by the Qing Dynasty again two hundred years later.

Things are really unpredictable.

Song Huizong never imagined that the garden he carefully built would be used by Yan.

Zhu Qizhen sighed in his heart. But when Ruan An saw that Zhu Qizhen's face was not very good, he did not dare to express his anger for a while. When Zhu Qizhen came back to his senses, he felt that the burden on his shoulders suddenly became much heavier. Look.

Ruan An looked like one and said, "How is the situation in the Rabbit Garden?"

Ruan An said: "There is a lot of cleaning, but few people go here, and many houses are no longer usable. If the emperor wants to use them well, he must tidy them up."

Zhu Qizhen said: "Okay. Let's build the main hall here. However, except for the students' classrooms, the other gardens will remain as they were during the Song and Yuan Dynasties. No more modifications should be made. Just leave it as it is."

Zhu Qizhen lamented this place very much, and he wanted all those who studied here to understand what it would be like to lose a country and a family.
Chapter completed!