The expansion of the city is not an overnight effort, Lu Su led more than 13,000 people to work hard for more than three months, and only will build the south city wall, if you want to expand all the four city walls, and then build four city towers, it will take about two years to do the least.

In order to welcome the arrival of the Empress Dowager He, Lu Su specially gave the people a morning off, so that the residents of Jinling City, regardless of men, women and children, all changed into clean clothes and welcomed the arrival of the Empress Dowager.

Finally found the glory of the past, sitting in the carriage He Hou was full of spring breeze, waving to the people through the curtain from time to time, the mood was indescribably comfortable, and he secretly sighed in his heart: "If it weren't for the painstaking management of my emperor, I'm afraid that the mourning family would never be able to find the scenery of the world of the mother." As a mother, the mourning family will do their best to send my emperor to the throne again! ”

"You mulberry have worked hard day and night to build the city wall, and you have suffered!"

Surrounded by civil and military staff, Liu Wei rode his horse slowly, and kept thanking the people who welcomed him along the way, and he couldn't hide it with a spring breeze on his face.

20,000 troops were already stationed outside the city, followed by King Hongnong and Empress Dowager Luan into the city, only the military generals and 1,500 Janissaries marched forward in the welcome of the people, and after walking five or six miles into the city, they finally arrived at the newly built palace.

Looking from afar, I saw a majestic and majestic palace gatehouse rising from the ground; The main building of the city gate is as high as 20 zhang, it is built by brick and wood mixture, after being colored and modified by the lacquer craftsman, the eaves are warped, the carved beams are painted, there is really a king in the world. The momentum of the Domination of the Universe!

On both sides of the main building, an auxiliary building protrudes out, which is about 30 zhang long and more than 15 zhang high. Although the momentum is not as good as the main city tower, it is also majestic. Its main role is to protect the palace gate, and when attacked, the Imperial Forest Army can hide on the auxiliary towers on both sides and fire arrows at the enemy troops attacking the gate.

The vermilion palace gate is as high as five zhang, divided into five doors, the middle goes to the emperor, and the left side walks the Wenchen. On the right side are military generals, and on the outermost sides are ordinary people. and palace maids and eunuchs and other lowly people. All in all, the supreme authority of the royal family is vividly displayed on this majestic palace gate.

Liu Wei visited many places of interest and historic sites before traveling, and saw a lot of various city gates. But compared to the huge and majestic palace gate in front of him, it is still a small thing.

"Huang Qing is really amazing, it is really amazing to build such a huge palace gate in just four months!"

Liu Wei turned over and dismounted, accompanied his cheap mother, and took Wenchen and military generals, as well as Tang Ji, Mu Guiying, Feng Yu and other Aiji, standing under the city gate tower to stop and watch, shocked, full of praise for Huang Wan.

Empress Dowager He also bowed her head in approval. The joy in his eyes couldn't be concealed: "Huang Qing really deserves to be an old minister of the Three Dynasties, and he knows the architecture of the East and West Erjing well. This palace gate is built so majestic, even the gates of the two palaces of Weiyang and Changle in Xijing are not as good! ”

Huang Wan laughed loudly: "The Queen Mother and Her Royal Highness have won the award. The expansion of many palaces in the east and west capitals was carried out by the old ministers, so they have a lot of experience. Moreover, Lao Chen was able to contact many skilled carpenters and lacquer craftsmen, and with the concerted efforts, this palace gate was built. Since His Royal Highness intends to regard Jinling as the capital, Lao Chen naturally wants to do his best to build a palace for His Royal Highness that does not lose to Weiyang and Changle. In this way, the majesty of the heavens can be shown and the princes of the world can submit! ”

There was a pause. Huang Wan said again: "This palace has no name yet, so I will ask the Queen Mother and Her Royal Highness to give it a name today!" ”

The queen mother is good at the affairs of the queen mother, but she can't do the thing of naming, she has the ambition of Lu Pheasant, but she does not have the ability of Lu Hou, and looks sideways at Liu Wei: "The emperor is the future son of heaven, the lord of all peoples, and the matter of naming the palace is still by the emperor!" ”

Liu Wei had already chosen a name for the palace in his heart, and he was not polite at the moment, and said loudly: "Since this is the case, the widow will choose a name for this palace, called 'Qianyang Palace', which means 'Qiankun is the only one, and the yang gives birth to all things', what do you think?" ”

After listening to Liu Bian's words, all the civil and military officials applauded in unison, naturally no one would stand up stupidly and sing the opposite, and the name Liu Biao took was indeed imposing, which made people find fault with it.

Liu Wei originally wanted to hear the opinions of the courtiers, or even different opinions, but since he was praised, he didn't think much about it, and made a decision: "Since all the ministers have no objections, this palace will be called 'Qianyang Palace' from now on!" ”

"This majestic palace gate has no name, Your Highness is knowledgeable and full of strategy, please give the palace gate a name!" Huang Wan gestured around the palace gate in front of him and asked Liu Wei to give him his name.

As a traverser, such a question naturally couldn't help Liu Wei, and after thinking about it for a while, he immediately had an idea: "Hehe...... In the opinion of the widow, this palace gate is called 'Xuanwu Gate', taking the meaning of 'Buxuan Dide, Wu'an World'! ”

Since the civil and military officials refused to contradict them, Liu Wei simply stopped asking for their opinions, and directly announced the name of the palace gate, and it sounded extraordinary. The ministers led by Huang Wan and Liu Bowen, as well as the generals led by Qin Qiong and Yue Fei, once again praised in unison.

The completion of an imperial palace is far more difficult than the construction of the city wall, just like the Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace in Chang'an, Xijing, two towering and huge building complexes, which began from the Qin Dynasty and went through the expansion and repair of several generations of emperors in the Han Dynasty, so that it has the scale that is proud of the world today.

In just four months, Huang Wan naturally couldn't build this palace perfectly, and only completed the construction of the main hall, the front and rear palace gates, the surrounding palace walls, and hundreds of houses, so that this palace could be put into use. However, it will take at least three or two years to complete all of them and establish auxiliary palaces, concubine palaces, imperial gardens and other facilities. If you want to reach a scale comparable to the two palaces of Weiyang and Changle, even if you pour out the strength of the entire Dongwu, I am afraid that it will take more than ten years to do it.

Under the escort of the Praetorian Guard, a group of more than 1,000 people passed through the Xuanwu Gate in a mighty way, walked for three or four miles, and you could see a hall with 99 steps in front of the door, majestic and majestic, swallowing mountains and rivers.

The main hall is as high as 30 zhang, the steps of white jade masonry are 15 zhang high, the main building of the main hall is 15 zhang high, 200 zhang long, the eaves are warped, the carved railing is made of jade, the flying pavilion is Liudan, the carved beams are painted in the building, the grandeur of the endless is endless!

"This is the palace built by the old minister for His Royal Highness day and night, choose an auspicious day of the zodiac, and His Royal Highness can ascend the throne here and claim the emperor, announcing the world!"

Huang Wan pointed to the majestic hall in front of him and said with emotion. Half a year ago, he was demoted to a commoner by Dong Zhuo, and in a blink of an eye, he once again supported the Son of Heaven to ascend the throne and reascended to the position of the third duke, which is just around the corner!

Without waiting for Liu Wei to speak, Empress Dowager He was already full of praise: "Good, good, good...... Only such a hall can be worthy of the identity of the Son of Heaven! ”

The heavy responsibility of naming the main hall naturally fell on Liu Wei again, and a smart person would not steal the limelight from the future Son of Heaven at this time. Even knowledgeable people like Liu Bowen and Xun Yu know that silence is the truth of gold. It's good to be able to choose a name that satisfies the future emperor, in case it makes the future emperor unhappy, but it is himself who is unlucky!

Liu Wei put his hands behind his back, thought for a long time, and slowly said: "This hall is called Taiji Hall!" ”

It's almost already searched, and Liu Wei doesn't bother to explain the meaning, he has the impression that there is a palace called Taiji Palace in the Tang Dynasty, which shows that there is nothing wrong with these two words being used in the royal palace.

After visiting the palace under construction with hundreds of civil and military officials, everyone was already hungry, so they went to the side hall for a banquet under the guidance of Huang Wan.

In order to let Liu Wei and Empress Dowager He live in this palace without any worries, Huang Wan has recruited dozens of imperial chefs and more than 100 palace maids during this time, and even spent a lot of money to castrate dozens of men who voluntarily entered the palace as eunuchs. For Liu Wei's ascension to the throne, Huang Wan can be regarded as painstaking and exhausted.

After three rounds of drinking, Liu Wei held Huang Wan's hand and said emotionally: "The widow can regain the position of the Son of Heaven, Huang Qing is the greatest, the head of the three princes, you are the only one!" ”

After hearing this, Huang Wan was very happy in his heart, but there was no trace on his face. has been in a high position for a long time, which has long made him confident, and being quiet is just the most basic way to be an official.

"The old minister has received the emperor's grace, and since he has done his best for the royal family, if he is loved by the Son of Heaven, he should do his best to assist!" Huang Wan restrained the joy in his heart and bowed down to thank him.

After the feast, the officials dispersed.

Liu Wei ordered that the 1,500 Praetorian Guards under the command of Wei Jian were renamed the "Imperial Forest Army", and from then on they were responsible for the patrol and defense of the entire Qianyang Palace. Wei Zhuang served as the captain of the Imperial Forest, and Deng Taishan served as the deputy captain of the Imperial Forest, commanding the Imperial Forest Army and defending the palace.

Although the harem has not yet been built, there are already hundreds of houses, and the Empress Dowager He first chose a house as her living area, and selected fifty people from the palace maids to serve her.

After satisfying Empress Dowager He's request, other things will be easy to do. Under Liu Wei's unified distribution, Tang Ji, Mu Guiying, Feng Yu and others were each assigned a house to live in temporarily, and then relocated after the palace was built. And from the remaining palace maids, three concubines and ten palace maids were allocated to serve their diet and daily life, and the remaining twenty or thirty handsome girls were responsible for Liu Wei's diet and daily life.

Of course, the so-called handsome girl is only relative to the palace maid with ordinary appearance, and she is naturally inferior to Mu Guiying, Tang Ji, Feng Yu and other stunners, so Liu Wei naturally does not have the mind to mess with flowers.

In this world, there are countless beauties waiting to be discovered, not to mention Sister Erqiao for the time being, there are other beauties such as Diao Chan, Zhen Mi, Cai Yan and other beauties who will go down in history, so there is no need to focus on the palace maid.

As the Son of Heaven, you must have the ambition of sleeping with the most beautiful woman in the Son of Heaven! In this way, it will live up to the dignity of the emperor!

ps: Finally ask for a monthly pass, there is one day before the end of February, brothers smash it out! (To be continued) R655