Chenyang was the core of the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the Liaodong region. Chenyang was a major city in Liaodong in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It was affiliated with Xiangping County, Liaodong County, Yan State, and was the beginning of the history of Chenyang's city construction.

During the Western Han Dynasty, it was first called "Houcheng" and was affiliated with the Liaodong County of the Han Dynasty. It was the beginning of the formal construction of Chenyang and was renamed "Chenzhou" in the Tang Dynasty.

During the Five Dynasties, Emperor Taizu of Liao immigrated here to build a city of earth, and production developed accordingly. During the Jin Dynasty, Emperor Taizu of Jin captured Chenzhou and continued to use the name "Chenzhou".

In the third year of Yuanzhen in the Yuan Dynasty, Tucheng was rebuilt in the Yuan Dynasty, and Chenzhou was changed to "Chenyang Road" and was under the jurisdiction of Liaoyang Province. Since Chenyang is located in the north of Shenshui, it is based on the traditional Chinese orientation theory, namely "the north of the mountain is Yin, and the north of the water is Yang", Chenzhou is changed to Chenyang. From then on, the name Chenyang officially appeared in historical materials, which has a history of more than 700 years. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, it was also used as the title of the Yuan Dynasty.

After the Qing Taizu Nurhaci defeated the Ming army in Sarhu, he moved the capital from Liaoyang to Chenyang and started to build an imperial palace in Shenyang. In the eighth year of Tiancong, Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty respected Chenyang as "Tianju Shengjing", so he was called "Shengjing". In the first year of Shunzhi, after the young Emperor Shunzhi moved the capital to Beijing, Chenyang became the accompanying capital.

In the sixth year of Shenwu, Zhao Guodong recovered Liaodong under the imperial edict of Zhu Hongsan, changed Shengjing to Chenyang again, and became the governor of the Northeast and the administrative and economic center of the three eastern provinces.

Chenyang had become the center of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty. According to the population statistics of the tenth year of Wanli, there were more than 40,000 households registered in Chenyang City and more than 180,000 people. Of course, these populations are incomparable to Chenyang, which had a population of nearly 10 million in later generations. Even those big cities with a population of one million in the Ming Dynasty at that time, but with a population of nearly 200,000, Liaodong, which is widely and sparsely populated, is already considered the best big city.

However, after a long tug-of-war between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty in the Liaodong region, the population of Chenyang once decreased to only 30,000. With Zhu Hongsan re-occupied Liaodong, in order to develop the economy of the Northeast, one million people moved from Zhili, Shandong, and Shanxi to Liaodong, and Chenyang finally returned to a population of 100,000.

The war has ended for ten years. Chenyang is located in the northeast and is a must-pass place for caravans in the Guandong to purchase medicinal materials and furs. Therefore, Chenyang has developed rapidly in recent years. There are a total of 200,000 people in and outside the city, which has completely returned to its heyday.

It was already November when Zhu Hongsan came to Chenyang. Chenyang was located in the northeast and the road was blocked with heavy snow in November. Zhu Hongsan had no choice but to stay in Shenyang, and planned to go back to Beijing in the spring of the following year.

The second year was the fifteenth year of Shenwu. Zhu Hongsan had lived in Nurhaci's palace for more than a month and spent the Spring Festival here. Although the Chenyang Forbidden City is an imperial palace, its scale and area are simply incomparable to the Forbidden City in Beijing. In addition, there is nothing to do with the snow and ice, so Zhu Hongsan was very depressed. He had nothing to do every day except to study the body structure with his wives.

After the Spring Festival, it is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which is the Lantern Festival. According to tradition, this day is a lantern festival. In the afternoon, Zhu Hongsan's eldest grandson Zhu Shengduo came to find Zhu Hongsan and wanted to go out to play.

Zhu Shengduo is a young man. He has played Chenyang City all over the past month. Although Chenyang is the largest city in Liaodong, it is just a slightly larger government-level unit in the pass. Zhu Shengduo was born in Nanjing and grew up in Beijing. Both cities are of millions, so he naturally plays much more than Chenyang, so Zhu Shengduo was so depressed that he was so depressed.

But today is very good. Zhu Shengduo found out that it was a lantern festival. From the afternoon, traditional folk performances such as dragon lanterns, lions, stilts, rowing dry boats, and dancing yangko will be held in the city. As a young man, Zhu Shengduo naturally wanted to participate, so he came to Zhu Hongsan to run out to attend the lantern festival.

Zhu Hongsan was also upset in the small Forbidden City. He heard Zhu Shengduo say this and wanted to go out and take a look. Although Zhu Hongsan was from Northeast China in his previous life, he had never seen how to celebrate the Lantern Festival in the Northeast during the Ming Dynasty.

The grandparents and grandson made up their minds and dressed neatly and took fifty guards away from the back door of the Forbidden City to the street.

Chenyang City was rebuilt by Nurhaci in Tiancong for ten years. Nurhaci also built the palace into the Nine Gate like the Beijing Palace. Zhu Hongsan and Zhu Shengduo came out of the Tianyou Gate of the palace, and outside was the most prosperous southern city market in Chenyang. At this time, there was no northern market in Chenyang, and the northern market was formed in 1921. In the Qing Dynasty, the most prosperous Shenyang was the southern market, where a large number of merchants who came to do business were gathered here, so it was extremely prosperous, such as taverns, brothels, silk and satin shops.

Chenyang has two walls inside and outside. The outermost wall is the first ring road of Chenyang in later generations. However, in the late Ming Dynasty, it was the outer wall of Chenyang, and the South Market was the Wuai Market for later generations. Because today is the Shangyuan Lantern Festival and the only night without a curfew, people of all kinds came out to watch the lights, strive to get a good start and be safe in the new year.

Zhu Hongsan looked at it early and said to Zhu Shengduo: "Boy, we're out early. Find a place to rest and wait for a while to see the fireworks!"

As Zhu Hongsan's personal bodyguard, Ding Wei naturally did not dare to be careless. He heard the emperor say this and quickly found a very large restaurant to let the emperor and grandson rest.

This restaurant is called Yuehailou. You don’t have to think that it was a Guangdong man. Zhu Hongsan walked in and saw that it was a Guangdong decoration.

Today is a lantern festival, and there are many people coming to have dinner and play. The first floor of Yuehai Building is already full, but money can help the gods. At the high price of Zhu Hongsan paying ten silver dollars, the restaurant prepared Zhu Hongsan the best room on the third floor to rest.

Zhu Hongsan led Zhu Shengduo to the third floor private room. The location was very good. You could see the entire Nan Market by opening the window. At this time, the sky was getting darker, and some merchants had already started preparing lanterns for the evening, and the streets were brightly lit.

When I arrived at the Guangdong restaurant, I naturally ordered Guangdong cuisine. Zhu Hongsan has lived in Guangdong for more than ten years, so I naturally had some dishes that were cooked. Zhu Hongsan ordered seven or eight side dishes casually, and ate and drank here with his grandson Zhu Shengduo, while waiting for the fireworks to be set off after dark. Although this Yuehai Tower is located in the northeast, it seems that the shopkeeper really came from Guangdong. Several Guangdong side dishes were prepared very well, and they already had the 70% or 80% heat of Cantonese cuisine, which is not suitable.

Zhu Hongsan was in a very good mood, chatting with Zhu Shengduo and drinking, sharing the joy of family life. At this moment, a noise came from the downstairs of Yuehai Tower. Ding Wei, who was the leader of Zhu Hongsan's guard, frowned and gave a wink at a Jinyiwei beside him. The Jinyiwei quickly went downstairs to see what was going on.

After a while, the Jinyiwei walked up again and said a few words in Ding Wei's ear. Ding Wei frowned and Zhu Hongsan asked, "What's going on?"

Ding Wei heard the emperor's question and quickly bowed and replied, "Go back to the emperor, a gangster is causing trouble. He doesn't pay for it after drinking too much. The shopkeeper's report to the official, but the inspection department did not come. The gangster's brother arrived, so he got into a group downstairs!"

Zhu Hongsan didn't think much about it. The inspection department must not have enough staff during this lively season. Zhu Hongsan said, "Send a few people to drive the gangster away!"

Ding Wei nodded and sent two Jinyiwei to solve this problem. Who is Jinyiwei? The gangsters were so scared that they ran away all over the place when they saw the Jinyiwei's waist card. Afterwards, the shopkeeper of Yuehailou came up to thank Zhu Hongsan in person to thank him.

The shopkeeper knew that those who could use the Jinyiwei were either rich or noble. Now the emperor is in Shenyang City. This middle-aged man must be a royal relative, so it is better to be careful.

The shopkeeper was not called the master and said directly: "Thank you, sir, for helping the siege. If it weren't for the reputation of the escort, those gangsters wouldn't leave!"

When Zhu Hongsan heard that the shopkeeper had a Guangdong accent, he couldn't help but ask in Cantonese: "It turns out that the shopkeeper is also from Guangdong. I don't know where he is from Guangdong?"

The shopkeeper was stunned. He didn't expect to meet fellow villagers in Liaodong, but the shopkeeper didn't care. Now, because the new emperor is from Huguang and has made a fortune in Guangdong, a large number of nobles have emerged in Huguang and Guangdong. The middle-aged man opposite is from Guangdong, which can explain well why his guard is the Jinyiwei.

The shopkeeper quickly stood up and asked respectfully: "The villain is from Guangzhou, I wonder where the adult is from?"

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "I am from Huguang, but after staying in Guangzhou with His Majesty the Emperor for more than ten years, you and I are half a fellow villager!"

The shopkeeper understood Zhu Hongsan's words and quickly bowed and said, "It turns out that it is the royal relative, please forgive the villain for being rude!"

Zhu Hongsan waved his hand and said, "What royal relative? I was just an old man from Huguang to His Majesty. After the revival of the Ming Dynasty, I would just give me a bite of food!"

After Zhu Hongsan finished speaking, he didn't want to say anything more about his identity, and then asked: "Shopkeeper, I heard that the security in Shenyang is very good. Why is the inspection department so late today?"

Shenyang is located in Liaodong, with many ethnic minorities here. These guys are very good at fighting, so the number of inspection departments in Shenyang City is twice that of other places. The inspection departments can still come late, and Zhu Hongsan couldn't help but feel something was wrong.

The shopkeeper heard Zhu Hongsan say this and said, "The inspection department came very quickly before, but today it was the Shangyuan Lantern Festival. Tens of thousands of people gathered here in the South Market. It is also worth noting that the inspection department is understaffed!" The shopkeeper didn't know what Zhu Hongsan's identity, so he said a good thing for the local inspection department. After all, the shopkeeper wants to do business in Shenyang, so it is better not to offend the local snakes such as the inspection department.

Zhu Hongsan heard the shopkeeper say this and thought about it. Perhaps he was suspicious. When Zhu Hongsan thought of this, he felt relieved and let the shopkeeper go.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, and it was time to set off fireworks. Zhu Shengduo's child quickly opened the window and saw fireworks everywhere in the entire South Market, which was very beautiful.
Chapter completed!