Chapter 1157 King 8 Ascends the Throne
Although big battles and small battles continued in other places, Huangfu Chaobo inspected the restoration of the palace in Luoyang City. Originally, Huangfu Chaobo meant to repair the original palace, but he received unanimous opposition from his subordinates. Therefore, the entire original imperial city and palace city were completely emptied, leaving only the walls of the two cities, and new palaces were built inside.
The imperial palace in Luoyang of the Eastern Han Dynasty was divided into two palaces, the south and the north. The two palaces are connected by a roof-covered compound road, seven miles long from north to south. The so-called compound road is three parallel roads. The middle one is the royal road dedicated to the emperor, and the two sides are the roads used by ministers and waiters. There is also a guard every ten steps, standing on both sides, which is very powerful. The north gate of the South Palace and the south gate of the North Palace are opposite each other, which is what "Selected Works and Ancient Poems" said: "The two palaces face each other far away, and the two towers are more than a hundred feet apart." The entire palace plan clearly shows a "LV" shape.
There are four gates with the same name and direction in the south and north palaces. There are towers on both sides of the gate. The Suzaku Gate is in the south, the Canglong Gate is in the east, the Xuanwu Gate is in the north, and the White Tiger Gate is in the west.
The Xuanwu Gate of the South Palace is connected to the Zhuque Gate of the North Palace via a complex road. The Zhuque Gate of the Nangong serves as the south main gate of the imperial palace and is connected to the Pingcheng Gate and leads directly to the outside of the city. Because the emperor often passed through the Zhuque Gate when traveling, this gate was the most noble, and the building was particularly majestic and spectacular. Yanshi, who was forty-five miles away, looked at the Zhuque Gate in the distance, and it seemed to be connected to the sky. It was a wonder of Luoyang in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Nangong is the place where the emperor and his officials congratulate and discuss affairs. The layout of the buildings is neat and orderly, and the palaces and pavilions are lined up in rows. The main palace is located on the north-south central axis, from north to south: Sima Gate, Duanmen, Quefei Gate, Quefei Hall, Zhanghua Gate, Chongde Hall, Zhongde Hall, Qianqiu Long Live Hall and Pingshuo Hall. There are two rows of symmetrical palace buildings on the east and west sides of the central axis. The two rows on the west side are arranged from south to north.
The east row is Hongde Gate, Mingguang Hall, Xuanshi Hall, Chengfu Hall, Jiade Gate, Jiade Hall, Yutang Hall, Xuande Hall, and Jiande Hall; the west row is Yuntai Hall, Xianqin Hall, Hanzhang Hall, and Yang'an Hall. , Yuntai, Lantai, Age, Changqiu Palace, and West Palace. There are two rows on the east side, the west row is the Golden Horse Hall, the Bronze Horse Hall, the Jingfa Hall, the Zhangde Hall, the Lecheng Gate, the Lecheng Hall, the Wende Hall and the East Palace; the east row is the Shizhong Lu, Qingliang Hall, Phoenix Hall, Huanglong Hall, Shou'an Hall, Bamboo Hall, Chengfeng Hall and Dongguan. The four rows of palaces on both sides of the central axis are parallel to the central axis, making the buildings on the central axis more prominent and majestic.
If the five rows of buildings in the north and south are arranged horizontally perpendicular to the central axis, they can be divided into eight rows. In this way, each palace building has straight roads connecting it to other palaces in the front, back, left and right. Therefore, when you look down at the ground of Nangong, you will see a grid-shaped layout, which prominently reflects the regular and symmetrical artistic style of ancient Chinese architecture.
The North Palace was mainly the palace where the emperor and his concubines lived. Its status was more important than that of the South Palace, so the buildings were extremely luxurious. There are fewer palaces in the North Palace than in the South Palace, and the buildings are not as regular and symmetrical as the South Palace. The buildings located on the central axis are: Wenhui Hall, Anfu Hall, Hehuan Hall, Deyang Gate, Deyang Hall, Xuanming Hall, Shuoping Department, and Pinghong Hall. There is only half a row of buildings to the west of the central axis, from south to north: Chongde Hall, Chongzheng Hall, and Yongle Palace. There are two gates in the south of Chongde Hall, Jinshang in the east and Shenhu in the west. There are two temples to the south of the two gates, the Zengxi Temple in the east and the White Tiger Temple in the west. There are two rows of buildings on the east side of the central axis, from south to north: Tianlu Hall, Zhangtai Hall, Hande Hall, Shou'an Hall, Zhangde Hall and Chongde Hall in the west. To the east are Yongning Hall, Yingchun Hall, Yanxiu Hall, Anchang Hall, Jingfu Hall and Yongan Palace.
Historically, the two palaces in Luoyang, the North and South, were not symmetrical up and down. Instead, the South Palace was located in the east by south, and the North Palace was located in the west by north. However, in the game, they are closely adjacent to each other, with only a narrow road in the middle. There is a complex road connecting it above.
Huangfu Chaobo did not have many requirements for the palace buildings in the city. However, in addition to the palaces in the middle, Taicang and the arsenal must be built in the royal city in the front. As for the palace city in the back, they can just leave it to them. Well, after all, I am not a professional.
Like the Tang State, the other feudal vassal states are also seizing the time to make various preparations. Among the various vassal states,
The first person to make preparations for the ceremony of enthroning the king was Wei Wang Yuan Shao. The reason why it was so fast was because Yuan Shao was originally wealthy and had already begun to overhaul the palace when Yuan Shu became emperor. However, it was not as big as it is now. It was usually just blatant. After he was granted the title of Duke, Yuan Shao began to build the Duke's Mansion and overhauled the buildings in Nanpi City. Unexpectedly, he encountered Yuan Shao's title of king shortly after the repairs were completed, which came in handy.
Compared with Yuan Shao, Sun Ce was slightly slower. The construction of Ye City was originally a newly built city by Sun Ce's army. It had been built since Sun Ce took control of Danyang County, and it was basically completed after he was granted the title of Duke. Its scale It was no longer inferior to an ordinary palace. Now that Sun Ce was granted the title of King of Wu, he slightly changed it and changed it to the Palace of the Duke of Wu.
Although Cao Cao's Qi Palace is a little slower, it still has the foundation of the original Qi Palace. In addition, Cao Cao's army has been unfavorable in the war in recent years. Everyone in Cao Cao's army hopes to take advantage of this to boost the morale of the army and the people, so After repairing the main palaces of the Qi Palace and intensifying the construction and improvement of some palaces, the king's ceremony was quickly held.
The king of Shu in the southwest, although he had long been disobedient in Yizhou and overhauled his palace in Rongcheng, did not make the first move and became the fourth prince among the princes to hold an enthronement ceremony.
Although Zhao Wang Lv Bu, Yan Wang Gongsun Zan and Qin Wang Dong Huang were ranked before Huangfu Chaobo, their coronation ceremonies were much more hasty than those of the previous four princes. This was mainly because the three of them were of ordinary or even low birth, and they were not as ambitious as the previous four, so they were somewhat surprised to be able to obtain the throne, so they were not as well prepared as others for the coronation ceremony.
In comparison, Dong Huang was the most shabby. Lv Bu and Gongsun Zan at least set up their royal cities in the old capitals of Yan and Zhao, so they had some foundation there, while Dong Huang was more embarrassed because the old capital of Qin, Xianyang, was next to Chang'an, so in the end they could only set up their royal city in Linjing, so their coronation ceremony was also hasty.
On the contrary, Huangfu Chaobo, who was the first to be crowned king, had his coronation ceremony held last. It was not until November that the Tang Palace was finally built, and the Circular Mound for Heavenly Offerings outside the city was also fully prepared. Tian Feng had a circular altar built at the foot of Mang Mountain in the north of Luoyang. On the auspicious day that had been chosen long ago, the Tang King would lead his civil and military officials to offer sacrifices to heaven and pray for blessings. Afterwards, they would need to go to the Taimiao in the city to worship their ancestors. After going through such a set of procedures, they would finally return to the main hall of the royal city to accept the kneeling worship of their officials.