Chapter Seventy-Three: The Palace
When he arrived in the city, Xi Feng let the little guy go home by himself, he turned his horse's head and went towards the palace, the king of Qin did not live in the palace, when the king of Qin supervised Yong, His Majesty the emperor specially allowed the king of Qin to live in the palace, which is an unprecedented honor, before the king of Qin, there was also a prince to supervise Yong, but no one has ever received such an honor, for hundreds of years, all the princes who sat in Chang'an lived in the governor's palace outside the palace.
Chang'an City is the western capital of the Great Jin Dynasty, the palace city is the residence of the emperor, the Jinluan Palace, the imperial study, the imperial garden, the eunuchs, the palace maids are all available, although the emperor has not been to Chang'an for a hundred years, but the palace is still the palace city.
However, the king of Qin shocked the government and the opposition in a way that wrote a letter to protest the decree, "The sage has a saying, the king is the minister, and those who violate this etiquette will be chaotic, and the world will be chaotic." His Majesty bestows the ministers with special graces, but the ministers dare not violate the teachings of the saints, dare not violate the rites of the saints, and dare not disrupt the rules, so the ministers dare not be summoned... ”
This edict spread all over the world, the emperor praised it, showed the ministers, and then issued an order to withdraw the previous order, ordered to expand the Qin Wangfu on the basis of the governor's palace, the Qin king once again resisted the decree, "the minister's family of five, there are dozens of servants and women outside, the governor's mansion is lenient, more than enough, in the inner city, the streets and alleys are connected, the people live and work in peace and contentment, expand the governor's mansion, disturb the people's rest; , the national treasury is tight, the people of the world are distressed and uneasy, the Yellow River bursts the embankment, and the people of the four states of Hebei and Yan are waiting to be fed, His Majesty has issued an order several times, informing the vassals of the world, sympathetic to the difficulties of the country... ”
This anti-sparse bombardment spread to the world, and after the emperor saw it, he ordered the use of the palace to help the victims. The King of Qin only replaced the plaque on the Governor's Mansion with the Qin Palace. The emperor felt his sincerity and gave the king of Qin the right to levy subordinate officials.
Recruiting subordinate officials, every governor and general of the Kaiyi Mansion and the three dukes have this power, and the vassal king naturally has the same right, but this power is only limited to low-level subordinate officials, excluding important positions such as Changshi, joining the army, and Sima, which are still appointed by the imperial court.
But the emperor now gave this power to the king of Qin, this power is very great, because the king of Qin is not only the king of the vassal king, but also the governor of Yongzhou, this is the entire Yongzhou handed over to the king of Qin, according to the regulations of the Great Jin Dynasty, the royal palace is subordinate officials, the big country has more than 30, the small country has more than 10, the king of Qin has a large country, can be placed more than 30 subordinate officials; plus the subordinate officials of the governor's office, the king of Qin can levy more than 100 subordinate officials.
More than 100 subordinate officials, Yongliang scholars are all eagerly looking at each other, but the king of Qin quickly disappointed them, the king of Qin did not recruit so many subordinate officials, he combined the subordinate officials of the royal palace and the subordinate officials of the governor's mansion into one, not only did not increase, on the contrary, some subordinate officials were abolished, and the subordinate official establishment of the entire governor's office was reduced to the minimum, and the king of Qin made it clear to the world that Yongzhou's finances were tight, and the people's livelihood was difficult, and one less official would reduce an expenditure...
The reputation of King Qin rose again, and the government and the opposition praised him.
Therefore, the palace where the King of Qin lived was actually the Governor's Mansion, and the Governor's Mansion was a military mansion. The whole palace is divided into three parts from left to right, the east courtyard and the west courtyard, of which the atrium is the place where the prince deals with government affairs and military affairs, and it is divided into three parts, the front hall, the middle hall, the back yard, the back yard is the garden, for the prince to deal with government affairs for leisure, the front hall is the place to deal with daily affairs, the middle hall is the core of the governor's mansion, whenever the Hu people outside the Saiwai invade the border, or when the war breaks out, here is the command center of the entire Yongzhou border army.
The east and west courtyards, the functions of these two courtyards are different, the east courtyard is a martial arts field, the eagle guard usually practices in this courtyard, at the front end of the courtyard, there are two rows of rooms, these two rows of rooms are the residence of the eagle guard on daily duty, the palace guard, every ten years.
The west courtyard is the residence of the prince's dependents, the prince's dependents are not many, the princess and several side concubines, the princess has two sons and a daughter, and the two side concubines each have a son and a daughter. The prince got a son late, the eldest son is now only thirteen years old, four years old enlightenment, now with Yongzhou Confucian Hao first study, in Yongzhou small talent famous.
Xifeng dismounted in front of the palace gate, habitually looked up at the plaque on the palace door, threw the reins to the guards who came over, walked up the steps, and walked into the palace through the side door. The palace is not like an ordinary house, there is no shadow wall, and when you enter the door, you will see the mighty front hall lobby, where four guards are standing in front of the door with swords on their waists, like four tree stumps.
The rules of the King of Qin are very strict, regardless of the front hall or the middle hall, there are people on duty every day for twelve hours, there is no call, no one can enter, violators of the order are dealt with according to military law, a few years ago, when a favorite of the prince passed through the front hall, curiosity rose, unauthorized entry into the front hall, after the prince learned about it, he ordered to be beheaded, and the four guards on duty at that time beat twenty military sticks.
Since then, the prince's family members are not allowed to enter the atrium without the prince's order, even the prince is no exception, and if they want to forcibly break in, the guards on duty can cut them first and then report them.
At this moment, the lobby is quiet, and Xi Feng did not go to the lobby, but to the side wings, the left and right wings have different functions, the left wing room is the waiting place for the officials who usually wait for the prince to summon him, and the right wing room is the place where the officials of the palace handle government affairs. However, the prince is diligent in government, and there are generally not many officials waiting, and half of the left wing of the long row is occupied by the prince's subordinate officials.
The security of the wing room is not strict, there are guards patrolling nearby, but there are no guards guarding the door, only a few scribes on duty are waiting here on weekdays, and there are laughter and laughter in the room from time to time, and Xi Feng did not go in, and did not even glance inside.
The door of the wing room was not closed, and there was a curtain hanging on the door, but it was not tight, and the scene inside could be seen through the cracks, and Xi Feng didn't need to look at it to know that the people inside were chatting.
The king of Qin believed in the rule of inaction, and since the day he arrived in Yongzhou, he followed the words of the sages: "I do nothing, and the people are self-reliant; I am quiet, and the people are upright; I have nothing to do, and the people are rich; I have no desires, and the people are simple." ”
Under this strategy, the King of Qin did not adjust the officials in Yongzhou, did not build a large number of buildings, and all political strategies were based on not disturbing the people. King Qin has been supervising Yongzhou for more than ten years, Yongzhou is peaceful, the people of the Shi clan live and work in peace and contentment, and the world is praised.
The prince ruled by inaction, there were not many political affairs, the officials of the palace did not have much to do, the government affairs reported from all over the country, the small things were directly handled in accordance with the convention, and the big things were reported to the prince, the biggest thing in Yongzhou was nothing more than the Hu people committing the border, these years, Yongzhou was peaceful in all directions, and the Hu people fled to the north, not daring to go south, so there was no major event in Yongzhou.
Rhinoceros did not enter any of the rooms, but entered through the moon door on the side. Moon Gate is a small courtyard, this small courtyard from the outside looks very ordinary, but as soon as you enter the courtyard, there is a burst of coolness, the courtyard is green bamboo like shade, shade the hot sun, the forest path is secluded, occasionally or strange stones tower, savor, but it is original, stroll through the forest, the faint fragrance of flowers through the forest, although the courtyard is not big, but it seems to reveal countless mysteries, people yearn for.
Whenever Xi Feng walks into this courtyard, there is always a kind of quiet and unearthly, and he wants to stay here, never go out again, and no longer pay attention to the mundane world outside.
Passing through the bamboo forest, two huts appeared in front of them, the huts were hidden in the bamboo forest, and the huts could not be seen from the outside.
Xi Feng didn't go straight in, walked behind the white-clothed boy boiling water in the corner of the house and asked softly, "Is Mr. here?"
The little boy sat quietly cross-legged in front of the fire, staring at the red fluttering flames, hearing the sound from behind him, he didn't panic, got up and straightened his clothes, turned to face Xi Feng, and replied softly: "The adults are here, the teacher is in the house, I'll go and report to the adults." ”
After taking two steps, he turned back and said, "Please help me watch the fire, it's overflowing." ”
Rhino Feng agreed with a smile, and the little boy turned around and went in. Xi Feng waited respectfully in front of the house, without a trace of artificiality, a trace of disrespect, not fear, but from the heart.