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Chapter 745: Living Map

Qiantang County is the first county in Hangzhou, also known as Fuguo County, which is equivalent to the current satellite city. The county seat is all in Hangzhou. Zhao Bing's journey can only be set up in a private house outside the city. He has been looking at the materials collected by all parties for a long time. It can be said that the more he looks, the more he looks, the more he looks. The officials who once worked in Beijing said that the description of the palace city was probably good, but it was not systematic. The spies focused on the huge city on the garrison, officials and terrain, and the map was not marked clearly, and it was not very detailed, which made him look in a fog.

After a long time, Zhao Bing only figured out the general idea of ​​the city. Lin'an leaned against Fenghuang Mountain in the south, west lake in the west, and the east was a plain, and the city was in a narrow and irregular rectangle with north and south. The palace occupied Fenghuang Mountain in the south, and the entire city block was in the north, forming a pattern of "Nangong Beishi". The Yu Street extending north from the north gate of the palace runs through the city and becomes a prosperous area of ​​the city.

Lin'an takes Yujie as the main road. Yujie starts from the north gate of the palace and Ningmen to the end of Jingling Palace in the north of the city, and is about nine miles long. In addition, there are four north-south roads with similar directions to Yujie. There are four east-west roads, all of which are passages between the east-west city gates. There are also several secondary streets, all leading to the central Yujie. The whole city adapts to local conditions, forming grids of different sizes, and the road directions are mostly oblique and named after "fang".

The southern section of Yujie is the Yasun District, the middle section is the central comprehensive commercial area. There are also several "wazi" with concentrated cultural and entertainment activities in industries, and the Guanfu Commercial District is on the east side of the southern section of Yujie. The commercial area is spread throughout the city, and handicrafts accounts for a large proportion in the city. The residential area is in the middle of the city, and the residences of many high-ranking officials and nobles are located behind the commercial streets next to Yujie. The Guanying Handicraft Zone and Warehouse Zone are in the north of the city. The cultural area composed of Imperial College, Imperial College, and martial arts is in Qiantang Gate near the northwest corner of West Lake, and there are many gardens dotted there.

There are four river channels in the city, of which Yanqiao River is the main transport river, with many downtowns along the river banks. There are many rivers outside the city, connected to the Grand Canal. These rivers and lakes that intersect vertically and horizontally form a water transportation network, playing an important role in the economic development of Lin'an. There are four river channels in the city, of which Yanqiao River is the main transport river, and there are many downtowns along the river banks. There are many rivers outside the city, connected to the Grand Canal.

Lin'an's business shops are all over the city. On both sides of Yu Street are central comprehensive commercial areas, including street markets with special commodities, such as gold and silver transactions, and markets for general commodities. In addition, there are many "wazis", including teahouses, hotels, and places for performing acrobatics. Official handicraft workshops are mostly concentrated in Wulinfang and Zhaoxianfang in the northern part of the city. The official kiln of porcelain is at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain in the south of the city, called Nei kiln. Private handicrafts are spread throughout the city. The silk spinning industry is mostly workshops that are both workers and merchants, concentrated in Guanxiang in the middle section of Yu Street. The shed bridge in the middle section of Yu Street is the largest book market in Lin'an, and the engraving workshop is near the shed bridge.

"Your Majesty, Master Zheng is looking for a meeting!" When Zhao Bing was holding the lights, he was still pieced together the messy information. At this time, Wang De came in and reported softly.

"Oh, let him come in!" Zhao Bing said without raising his head.

"See Your Majesty!" Zheng Huchen came in and said a while ago.

"Sit!" Zhao Bing pointed at the seats in front of him with his fingers, and then complained, "I don't know how you Beijing officials used to be. Except for the palace, you can't forget where the tiles, tram and restaurants are. And your spies are also confused, and the place names are not clearly marked, and they even conflict with each other!"

"Your Majesty atones for his sins, but you can't blame your subordinates at this time!" Zheng Huchen looked at His Majesty's anxious and white face and bowed, "Your Majesty has nothing to know. Lin'an Prefecture has a vast city, and most of the adults who are in court are foreign ministers, just like the left prime minister who has not been in the capital for a long time, and they are only in these places on weekdays. How can you figure it out for a while when Your Majesty often visits privately to observe the people's sentiments? The spies from the Affairs Bureau were mostly sent from Qiongzhou. Ten years ago, a fire burned the palace city to rubble. How could they figure it out for a while?"

"You can't figure it out if you can't figure it out?" Zhao Bing was unhappy at first, and couldn't help but get angry after hearing his words. He grabbed the water cup on the table and wanted to throw it.

"Haha, Your Majesty, don't be anxious. I have found a master for Your Majesty. He knows the geography and people of Lin'an City well!" Zheng Huchen hurriedly took the little emperor's hand, took the cup and put it on the table and said with a smile.

"Oh, why is this a master?" Zhao Bing's face was slower after hearing this, and sat down and asked.

"Your Majesty, this person's name is Zhoumi, and his courtesy name is Gongjin..."

"Zhoumi?" Zhao Bing was stunned when he heard this. The name was very familiar, but he couldn't remember what it was doing.

"Your Majesty knows this person?" Zheng Huchen asked softly when he saw the little emperor frowning and frowning.

"I don't know, I thought you found Zhou Lang and Zhou Gongjin in Jiangdong back then!" Zhao Bing waved his hand and smiled, and he also remembered who this person was. He was the guy who wrote "Old Things in Wulin". Later generations quoted him more about the research on Hangzhou during the Song Dynasty. He also learned an article he wrote when he was in middle school.

"Your Majesty, although the Gongjin found by his subordinates is not the famous Zhou Yu in Jiangdong, he is also a talented man." Zheng Huchen also smiled and said, "This man's ancestral home is Jinan. His ancestors followed the difficulty of Emperor Gaozong. He was born in Hangzhou and was the magistrate of Yiwu County during Baoyou. In the second year of Jingding, he served as the magistrate of Zhejiang West Commander. Xianchun was the chief officer of Liangzheyun. In the first ten years, he was the chief officer of Liangzheyun. In the tenth year of the surveillance of Fengshu Warehouse, he was appointed as the magistrate of Yiwu County in Jingyan."

"After Lin'an's fall, Zhou Mi vowed not to serve in Yuan Dynasty and lived in seclusion in Bianshan. Later, his family business was destroyed by a fire and moved to Guixin Street, Hangzhou. He was good at poetry, calligraphy and painting, and was fond of medicine. He liked to collect old news. He recorded them on paper. He knew all the stories and folk customs of Lin'an very well. He thought this person was useful to Your Majesty, so he invited him out of the city to meet the saint."

"Well, it's the person I need. Let him come quickly. I have something to ask for!" Zhao Bing nodded and said.

However, he also sighed a lot. The Yuan army was at the city, and the Southern Song Dynasty, which was in peace, was in danger. Empress Dowager Xie and Prime Minister Chen Yizhong were stepping up peace talks, begging to exchange large land for the small court. However, the Yuan army did not give the court any room for illusions to discuss peace talks. As a result, a dynasty was exhausted. A literati began to record all the things from the previous dynasty without getting tired of it. This was a material description of the things about to disappear, and it was also a deep nostalgia and regret for the old life. His love for the country was admirable.

"Your Majesty, he is outside the door. Without His Majesty's permission, his subordinates dare not bring him into the hall without authorization." Zheng Huchen said politely.

"Please get up!" Zhao Bing turned his face and said to Wang Deyan.

"The criminal official in Yiwu County, Zhou secretly bowed to my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" A man rushed into the door a few steps, knelt down in front of the case and worshiped him.

"No gifts, let Mr. Gongjin see the seat!" Before Zhao Bing could see the person clearly, he had already knelt down and shouted long live. He could only wait for him to bow and raise his hand to support him.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, since the late emperor Beizhang, I have been looking forward to the return of the king's army. Now I can see Your Majesty Long Yan, even though he has no regrets!" Zhou Mi stood up and said after bowing again. He knew that His Majesty called him his husband, so he no longer pursued his crime of losing his land, but regarded it as a common person.

"No need to be polite. I want to ask Mr. Gongjin for advice if I have something to do." Zhao Bing smiled and signaled him to sit down and talk. He saw that he was about fifty years old, with short beards, wearing a silk scarf, and a plain long dress, showing elegance and slimness.

"I have a little knowledge and knowledge, so how dare I teach you? Your Majesty must know everything if you ask!" Zhou Mi said, then sat half of his butt next to Zheng Huchen.

"Mr. Gongjin, Your Majesty doesn't like to be polite, just answer directly!" Zheng Huchen said softly to Zhou.

"Yes, thank you for giving me some advice!" Zhou Migong bowed and whispered.

"Mr. Gongjin, I have been in the enemy for ten years since Lin'an. I have been wandering overseas and have no idea about the situation in the city. I was still young when I left the capital and I was afraid that I could not find the palace gate. The teacher has lived in seclusion in the city for many years. I would like to ask for some changes." Zhao Bing said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, you are hiding in the city. You like to collect some strange stories, record changes in the market, and draw a city map for your Majesty to see!" Zhou Mi had already learned about the purpose of coming, and made some preparations. She took out a volume of pictures from her sleeve and held them in her hands.

"Wang De, change to Zhang Dali's desk, hold the light!" Wang De took it and opened it. Zhao Bing found that there were both Lin'an general maps and sub-pictures of key areas, and said happily.

The things were prepared quickly, Zhao Bing spread out the picture album on the desk, Zheng Huchen was in his left hand and Zhou Mi was in his right hand, and he asked about unknown places one by one. Zhou Mi explained in detail to him that because he had some understanding of the basic situation of Lin'an, the palace city was burned, so the focus was on this place first. He had an understanding of the palace city, after all, it would still be a place where he would stay for a long time, and it still needed to consider where to attack.

Lin'an was originally the capital of the local regime Wu Yue Kingdom. Due to its good economic foundation, the Song Dynasty moved south and was selected as the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty and was renamed Lin'an. Since then, the original Wu Yue palace was expanded, ritual temples were built, rivers and lakes were added, roads were dredged, transportation was added, commerce and handicrafts were opened, and it became the political, economic and cultural center of the country. Until it was captured by the Mongol Yuan, a total of 138 years had passed.

The palace city is located at the southern end of the city, located at the eastern foot of Fenghuang Mountain, with a circumference of nine miles. The city walls are built on the basis of the original Lin'an Prefecture City. This Southern Song Dynasty imperial palace is quite unique. First: my country has always been respected by the north, and the king faces north and south. The palace is entrenched in the north, but the Southern Song Dynasty imperial palace is abnormal, with the Imperial Street in the north and the Imperial Palace in the south; Second: The Southern Song Dynasty imperial palace is probably the only imperial palace built on the mountain in history. The Phoenix Mountain, which runs north and south, blocks the eastern mountain of Taishan, forming three palace walls and one mountain, with an irregular square with high in the west and low in the east.

Lin'an City has a central street that runs across the north and south, with shops on both sides of the street, making it the most prosperous street in the city. There are two canals on the east side of the street. There are four horizontal streets in the city, with alleys between the horizontal streets. Houses are often front streets and back rivers, making full use of the convenience of the river. This kind of street system with vertical streets and alleys, front streets and back rivers is very suitable for the south.

The ancients were not stupid. The main hall was naturally built on the flat ground at the foot of the mountain. There were mainly pavilions and towers on the mountain. However, in that fire, all the palaces were destroyed, and all the yamen to which the central government were burned. Only some palaces on the mountain and at the foot of the mountain survived. Most of the palace city became the place where the Yuan army was stationed, and the ruins were further destroyed. Yang Lianzhenjia built a temple on the basis of the original hall and demolished the remaining foundation.

What made Zhao Bing feel interesting is that the imperial city was built according to the Forbidden City of Bianliang, but it was not as people imagined. In fact, the houses in the imperial city were still very tight, and even the buildings in the imperial city were not spared. The main palaces are generally not large in size, and their length, width, height, only similar to the halls in the Dazhou Office. The Daqing Hall, located in the south of the imperial city, is functionally equivalent to the Taihe Hall of the Forbidden City in Beijing, and is located in the imperial court. It was actually rebuilt on the basis of the "Shooting Hall" in the old prefecture. At that time, the embarrassing situation of the Song royal family was evident.

What is even more interesting is that the main hall of the main yamen is not only temporarily renovated, but also has to be used for multiple purposes. According to historical records, "In the first and second thoughts, the tents are set up, which is considered as literary virtue, and the Zichen Palace. When the archery is pressed, it is considered as morality, and when the stalkers are considered as morality, the stalkers are considered as heroes." It can be seen that since there are not many palaces arranged, when encountering other matters, they have to temporarily change the hall sign to perform the functions of other palaces.

After Emperor Gaozong Zhao Gou abdicated, he abdicated to his son Xiaozong. He served Emperor Gaozong very respectfully, but the houses in the imperial city were tight, so where could he find a place to support his father? Emperor Xiaozong then fell in love with the Taishi house that he had given to Qin Hui to live. In the 32nd year of Shaoxing, Qin Hui's old house was transformed into Deshou Palace. After retiring, Zhao Gou moved here, named Bei Nei. In the 16th year of Chunxi, Emperor Xiaozong imitated Gaozong's Nei Zen and passed the throne to his son Guangzong, but still retired here, but changed the Deshou Palace to Chonghua Palace. The situation of reconstruction in the palace city in this way or using multiple houses is very common, and it is not as large-scale construction as imagined.

"The palace city built after a hundred years was destroyed by an unknown fire. The fire burned for several days and the people in the city cried bitterly when they looked south. The scene was sighing!" After the Zhou Mi talk, she not only cried continuously.

"Mr. Gongjin, don't be sad. I am here to regain my hometown and return it to my hometown." Zhao Bing sighed and said, "Mr., the palaces in the south of the city are all abandoned, but the market is not damaged!"

"That is, except for the palace city, everyone is spared. The palace city has become a place where foxes and rabbits appear in the wilderness, with few people visiting it. Luocheng was occupied by the Tartars and Semu people, and their offices are all in it. The remains of our dynasty were driven to the outer city and the outer city of the city, and the towns." Zhou Mi said.

"What I saw yesterday was that Lin'an City Defense seems to have been abandoned, right?" Zhao Bing asked again.
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