Chapter 128 New Palace

Speaking of the habit of kneeling, Liu Xuan is not saying that it is not good, but after all, after sitting on a chair for thousands of years, it will definitely feel awkward.

Compared with Liu Xuan, Huang Yueying, who has only been in this world for a few years, is even more unbearable. She usually sits however she feels comfortable at home, and is often criticized by her father Huang Chengyan: "Is she sitting or not?"

But Huang Yueying never took it seriously, and even made a few simple wooden chairs, wicker chairs and the like - she couldn't do it, but the Huang family was considered a wealthy family, and there was no shortage of servants, so she could just find a few ingenious people

That's it.

If that doesn't work, find some carpenters!

After being tormented by her at home, she now came to the palace to make mischief again (Huang Chengyan said), but Huang Chengyan never imagined that these things Huang Yueying did were really in line with Liu Xuan's taste.

In fact, he had wanted to do these things for a long time, but at the beginning he practiced silently to regain his strength as soon as possible, and later he was busy expanding his power. He never paid attention to these trivial things. Now Huang Yueying

Staying in Chang'an can help you deal with these trivial matters.

Anyway, the group of craftsmen in the Jiangzuo Temple raised by the imperial court are idle. Now that the palace in Chang'an has basically been renovated, all they have to do is to carry out maintenance and repairs. Things are undoubtedly much less busy than in previous years.

, the craftsmen who had specially set out the signs are now faced with a situation where they have nothing to do.

Liu Xuan didn't want to raise a bunch of idlers. Although he was not short of a salary, he didn't want his subordinates to be a bunch of wastes eating for nothing.

"The palace in Luoyang wants to be rebuilt. This matter cannot be solved in a short time. However, the tables, chairs, benches and other things you mentioned can be made by Jiangzuo Temple in large quantities first!"

Huang Yueying got such permission, and it was too late to be happy. Thinking that this right was given to her by the person in front of her, she smiled and asked: "Do you want to build a dragon chair for you first?"

"Dragon chair?"

Liu Xuan touched his chin, it was a good idea, but currently there is no place to put it in the Chang'an Imperial Palace unless the interior is renovated.

"We won't discuss the issue of the Dragon Throne until the palace in Luoyang is rebuilt!"

"Then I can do whatever I want!"

"Yes!" Waving his hand, Liu Xuan indicated that Huang Yueying could do whatever she wanted, as long as she didn't demolish the palace.

In other words, looking at Huang Yueying like this, Liu Xuan felt that he was in a much better mood. In addition, he had a plan for the next few years and a goal in his mind, so his mind was no longer chaotic.

"By the way, ask Zhong Yao to call the Minister of Industry to see me when you go out!"

Huang Yueying didn't even look back. She ran out and said, "I got it!" and then disappeared.

"Hey, this girl!"

As soon as Huang Yueying left, Cai Yan came in. The maid beside him was still carrying tea and snacks. She probably saw that Liu Xuan had not left here, so she brought something to take a look.

"His Majesty!"

Seeing that Cai Yan was very polite, Liu Xuan knew that she had such a temperament, so he didn't say anything. When she raised her head again, she called him to sit next to her.

"You haven't had much to do lately, are you feeling bored?"

"It's not boring to have Sister Zhen talk to me and talk about classic poetry collections!"

Liu Xuan didn't expect Cai Yan to feel satisfied so easily, but that's fine, otherwise he would really have to come up with an idea to relieve his boredom, and he really couldn't think of it for a moment.

When she was with Cai Yan, apart from discussing some messy things, she also asked Cai Yan if he had any problems in his cultivation.

During this time, he discovered that these women basically had their own characteristics.

Cai Yan's cultivation speed is not fast, but she has been steadily improving, with almost no bottlenecks. In addition, her status as a queen may have some influence. She looks more and more noble and elegant, and at the same time reveals a bit of majesty.

But apart from that, Cai Yan has no talent at all for any magic. She practiced it earlier than Diao Chan, but until now she can't know almost any magic. Liu Xuan thinks this is because Cai Yan has this in mind.

There is no demand, so this situation occurs.

Otherwise, the magic formulas that Cai Yan obtained are already full of infinite spells. With her current cultivation level, she should have understood a few even if she had no relevant talents. However, she couldn't understand any of them. She can only think that Cai Yan herself did not master them.

I don't want to learn those things.

But this is good. Cai Yan can focus on improving his cultivation and purifying his skills. This is also a good thing for Liu Xuan. At least when he practices with Cai Yan, it will be more helpful to him.

Some.

The situations of Diao Chan and Cai Yan were completely different. In comparison, Diao Chan's cultivation level increased rapidly for a while, then paused for a while, and then quickly increased again after breaking through the layer of window paper.

At the same time, she is also extremely talented in magic...and Diao Chan goes a step further and directly integrates those magic skills into her own habits.

For example, the icicle stab, many generals have understood it, and then used it in a regular manner. Although the effect will be different due to their own skills and proficiency in the skill, it is basically the same.

Diao Chan is different, she can actually use it freely with her hands...and each blow is delivered without anyone expecting it at all. Although the direct power is much weaker, its practicality is higher.

Liu Xuan was also surprised at the time, because among the training techniques he gave his subordinates, they had to practice to a higher level before this situation would gradually appear, and finally they would master it and form their own unique tactics or techniques, but Diao Chan was actually like this

I have realized it a long time ago, which shows that this girl's talent is indeed strong.

As for Zhen Mi, although she has not been practicing for a long time and has just started, Liu Xuan has already seen that this girl's situation seems to be between Diao Chan and Cai Yan. As for how far she will develop in the future, it is not easy to do now.

judge.

The only person Liu Xuan can't understand is Huang Yueying. At least I haven't seen anything special about her cultivation yet. However, although the speed of her skill improvement is not as good as that of Diao Chan, it is still a little faster than Zhen Mi. Maybe it's because

young?

While he was talking and giving some pointers on Cai Yan's skills, Huang Chengyan had already arrived.

Liu Xuan let him in without saying anything nonsense or making any preparations. He just said directly: "I want to move the capital again, and tentatively return the capital to Luoyang. However, the northern and southern palaces of Luoyang have been burned to the ground and need to be rebuilt.

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As soon as these words came out, Huang Chengyan knew what the emperor was looking for, which was to rebuild the Luoyang Palace so that the emperor could return his capital to Luoyang.

"This..." After silently calculating in his mind, Huang Chengyan had no idea about moving the capital or not. He just wanted to rebuild the palace. He didn't know whether the emperor wanted to restore and use the northern and southern palaces or to completely rebuild them? "No.

Do you know whether His Majesty wants to restore the Northern and Southern Palaces or..."

"Build a new palace!"

The northern and southern palaces could not meet his requirements, and reconstruction was meaningless. Otherwise, it would be better to continue living in Chang'an!

"I wonder what your Majesty's request is?"

Generally speaking, the emperor does not need to bother building a new palace. He only needs to say: "I want to build a new palace!" The people below will naturally solve the problem, but first, we must ask, what are the emperor's requirements for the new palace?

For example, do we need more pavilions? Or do we need to build bigger gardens or something?

After knowing the requirements, we gathered the best craftsmen to design and presented a rough drawing to the emperor. Once the emperor was satisfied, construction started directly.

Some even started construction directly, and then modified it if the emperor felt dissatisfied with it - it was nonsense in front of the emperor to waste people and money, and even the ministers in the court would not care about these things.

What's more, the Emperor has a rather evil reputation nowadays, and the construction of a new palace was proposed by the Emperor himself. Who dares to compete with the Emperor at this moment?

Liu Xuan had already known about this, so he directly asked Cao Bao to take out the map of Luoyang and surrounding areas.

After the map was laid out in front of Liu Xuan, he called Huang Chengyan to come forward, and then in front of the minister of the Ministry of Industry, he started writing and swaying. After a while, the map changed drastically.

Huang Chengyan is indeed proficient in mechanism skills and can understand drawings and so on at a glance. His expression changed as soon as Liu Xuan drew the pen. When the rough outline was drawn, his expression became very excited. But when Liu Xuan finished the drawing,

Huang Chengyan made a calculation in his mind, and his face suddenly turned pale.

"Your Majesty...this..."

Shivering, Huang Chengyan dragged the drawing in his hand and thought for a while before sorting out his words: "Is this new palace too big?"

If the original South Palace and North Palace were already quite huge building complexes, then in front of this new palace, the two together cannot compare to this new palace.

Given the size of this palace, it would be impossible to build it unless the entire Luoyang City was demolished.

After looking at the drawings, Huang Chengyan finally understood what Liu Xuan meant - to directly demolish the northern city of Luoyang and even the city walls, and then build this new palace.

In this case, it can be extended directly to the north... Seeing Liu Xuan's intention, he would like to circle directly to the Yellow River.

"I will announce this matter directly when I go to court tomorrow. Huang Shangshu will go back with this picture to see what needs he has and what problems he has to solve? After tomorrow, we will finalize the regulations as soon as possible!"

Liu Xuan thought for a while and suddenly said: "By the way, the new palace must be built before the eleventh year of Jian'an!"

"Eleven years before Jian'an?"

Huang Chengyan almost knelt down when he heard this.

"Your Majesty, this...is really...impossible!"

It has been eight years since the construction was completed. It was completed eleven years ago? It took three years to complete such a huge building complex? Huang Chengyan felt that he would have been happier if he just hit it head-on.

Liu Xuan did not change his mind because of Huang Chengyan's words, but emphasized it again: "If you want people, I will give you people; if you want materials, I will give you materials; if you have technical problems, I will also find a way to help you solve them; the entire court and even the entire

Everyone in the world will help Huang Shangshu build the new imperial city. I have only one request: build the new imperial palace for me before the eleventh year of Jian'an!"

p.s: How about calling the new palace the Forbidden City? By the way...how about moving the capital directly to Youzhou? It is the current capital...

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