Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 386 Arrival in Beijing
If only Queen Luo Caiyu came to Beijing this time.

So, it was actually a bit beyond the standard for Emperor Li Yi to personally go out of the city to welcome him.

The old scholars in the Tang Dynasty could not help but have some criticisms.

But who can blame Queen Mother Zhao for being in the team?
It is filial piety for a son to go out of town to meet his mother.

No one can say no.

Otherwise, it would be unfilial.

In this era, filial piety is actually a very important thing.

After hearing what Li Yi said, Tang Rui immediately agreed and turned around to prepare.

Li Yi simply washed his face, changed into clean clothes, and set off towards the outer city of the capital.

……

Outside the capital.

The huge team moving the capital arrived in the capital.

Li Yi rode out of the capital city on horseback and came to a carriage.

After arriving in front of the carriage, Li Yi dismounted and personally helped his mother Zhao down from the carriage.

"The unfilial son Li Yi has seen his mother!"

"Long live mother!"

Li Yi took the initiative to salute Zhao.

Zhao quickly reached out and helped her son up, saying with a smile on her face.

"Emperor, please stop being polite!"

"You are the king of a country, how can you bow to an old woman like me in public?"

"How can that be?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yi just continued speaking.

"In front of others, I am the emperor."

"But in front of his mother, a son is always just a son. Today, I am here to pay my respects to my mother as a son. What's wrong with that?"

"Without my mother's hard work and nurturing, how could I have my son today?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao continued to smile and nodded vigorously, looking at Li Yi with warm eyes.

But tears were flowing from the corners of her eyes, and her heart was filled with emotion.

I couldn't help but think of my husband!
How great would it be if my husband were still alive?

Afterwards, Luo Caiyu and others behind Zhao also stepped forward to salute Li Yi, saying, "Your Majesty, I am your servant."

Li Yi reached out and helped Luo Caiyu up, then said.

"Thank you for your hard work, Queen."

"I have been away at war for a long time and have not been able to take care of my family. You must take care of the inner court, be filial to your mother, and raise the prince."

"It's really hard work. I feel so ashamed of you!"

Luo Caiyu just smiled and said.

"I am not suffering."

"These are what I should do."

As she spoke, Luo Caiyu dragged Fu Shanxiang over and said.

"If we talk about hard work, it's Sister Shanxiang who has done the hard work."

"Without Sister Shanxiang's assistance, I would not be able to manage the inner court well."

Li Yi also smiled at Fu Shanxiang and said.

"I am very pleased that the Queen and the Imperial Concubine can live in harmony and not cause any trouble..."

Although the relationship between Luo Caiyu and Fu Shanxiang was certainly not as friendly as it appeared.

But as long as they don't cross the bottom line, Li Yi won't care.

Well, the concubines competed for favor, but the one who benefited in the end was him, the emperor.

Afterwards, Li Yi met with senior officials of the Ministry of the Interior, including Fan Xiyuan, Zhao Ke, Wu Xing, and Guo Songtao.

He encouraged them one by one and affirmed their work.

Afterwards, he led the team to the capital city.

Soon, the group arrived at the Forbidden City.

Li Yi ordered a banquet to be held in the Forbidden City to entertain his ministers.

At the banquet, everyone drank happily, drinking glass after glass of wine, and everyone felt very refreshed.

Everyone understands that the world has been settled!

Their gamble with Zonglong this time was successful.

Next, it will be their turn to enjoy wealth and glory.

As for the idea of ​​the dog being cooked after the rabbit is dead, no one cares.

Because Li Yi is really too young, he is only 25 years old this year.

He is two years younger than the age of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, when he ascended the throne.

With Li Yi's prestige, no one would dare to rebel as long as he was alive.

Given Li Yi's age, he can basically outlive all the founding heroes.

Therefore, there was no need for him to kill the heroes at all.

In that case, what do you have to worry about?
……

After the banquet, all the ministers left the palace and prepared to move into the mansions that Li Yi had prepared for them in the capital.

Well, Li Yi had already started preparing to grant houses to the court officials when he had just conquered the capital.

The source of these granted houses was the mansions of the Manchu nobles in the inner city of the capital.

When the Manchus first entered the Central Plains, they issued the Enclosure Order, the House Occupation Order, the Hair-Cutting Order, and the Border Relocation and Sea Ban Order, which are the famous four tyrannies of the early Qing Dynasty.

Among them, the "Occupy House Order" refers to the Eight Banners descendants who entered the pass and wanted to come to the capital to occupy a house and settle down.

After the house occupation order was issued, almost the entire capital became the private land of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty.

Even Han ministers were not allowed to buy houses in the capital. Although the outer city had become a slum with the development over the years, the inner city was still firmly occupied by the Manchu nobles.

After the Tang Dynasty recovered the capital and confiscated the property of the Eight Banners, all the mansions in the inner city were naturally nationalized.

Li Yi made a simple plan for these mansions, preparing to reward the founding heroes of the Tang Dynasty according to their merits.

Just as the court officials began to look at houses, the same scene was taking place in the Forbidden City.

Li Yi personally took Zhao and others to stroll around the Forbidden City and introduced them to the different uses of each palace.

"What your mother is seeing now are the three main halls: the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Central Harmony, and the Hall of Preserving Harmony. The largest of these is the Hall of Supreme Harmony, also known as the Golden Throne Hall."

"The two smaller ones at the back are the Zhonghe Hall and the Baohe Hall."

Li Yi personally supported Zhao, climbed the imperial steps and walked towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Li Yi pointed at the building with red walls, yellow tiles, red pillars and golden doors in front of him and spoke.

"This Baohe Hall is where the emperor usually holds court and governs the country."

"It was called Fengtian Hall during the Ming Dynasty."

Opening the door of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Zhao looked at the gold-lacquered wooden pillars, the exquisite coiled dragon caisson, and the golden plaque with the words "Jian Ji Sui You" on the top, her eyes full of amazement.

This is the so-called Golden Palace!

Before this, Zhao would never have imagined that an old woman like herself would one day be able to stroll around the Golden Throne Hall.

Li Yi continued.

"When my son officially ascends the throne in the future, the names of the three main halls, including the plaques above, must be changed."

"My son plans to rename the three main halls as Chengtian Hall, Ziji Hall, and Shendu Hall."

"Among them, Chengtian Hall means to accept the will of heaven; Ziji Hall means the infinite purple celestial being, which corresponds to the purple star; Shendu Hall means to think carefully and act steadfastly, symbolizing that the ruling party should think carefully before issuing a decree, and should implement it steadily after issuing it."

“As for the plaque with the inscription ‘建极遂猷’, it would be better to change it to ‘除除塔鹿’, so as to remind our descendants not to forget the hardships our ancestors went through in starting their business.”

Upon hearing this, Zhao nodded.

"The emperor is right."

"It is indeed time to change the name. Our Great Tang is the legitimate dynasty of China. How can we continue to use the name of Tartar in the imperial palace?"

Afterwards, Li Yi took Zhao and others to visit the Qianqing Palace, Kunning Palace, Yiku Palace, Cining Palace, Shoukang Palace...

Luo Caiyu looked at the palaces in front of her and asked with some expectation in her eyes.

"Your Majesty, will I be moving in from now on?"

Li Yi heard this and shook his head.

"Don't live here."

"The Forbidden City was built during the Yongle reign, and now five hundred years have passed. After five hundred years of wind and sun, the Forbidden City may look magnificent on the surface, but many things inside are no longer in shape."

"The windows of the Yangxin Palace even leak air at night!"

"It's really uncomfortable to live here."

"So, my idea is that we should live in the Old Summer Palace."

"As a newly built imperial garden, the Old Summer Palace has beautiful scenery and complete facilities. It is definitely more comfortable to live in than the Forbidden City."

As for the fact that it is far away from the offices of various departments in the court and it is inconvenient to handle government affairs, what should we do?
This is very simple. Just build the Ministry of the Interior, the General Staff and the subordinate court agencies outside the Old Summer Palace, and then build an office building.

Anyway, the Tang Dynasty has added so many government offices now, and the original government offices of the Qing Dynasty in the capital are not enough.

Upon hearing this, Luo Caiyu immediately agreed.

There is a hint of anticipation in his expression!
Although the Forbidden City seemed to be in ruins in Li Yi's words, in Luo Caiyu's opinion, it was luxurious enough.

She couldn't quite imagine what the Old Summer Palace, which Li Yi praised so highly, would look like.

Li Yi continued to add.

"The Queen Mother and the Empress can move to the Old Summer Palace at any time, but I will have to stay in the Forbidden City for a while longer."

"The first is to prepare for the coronation ceremony."

"Secondly, the Yuanmingyuan is speeding up the construction of the offices of various ministries in the court, and it will take some time to complete."

"Naturally, the departments cannot relocate. For the convenience of handling government affairs, I can only postpone the relocation."

Upon hearing this, Luo Caiyu spoke hurriedly.

"I'd better stay with Your Majesty!"

Zhao also said so.

"It's the same for my mother."

"We haven't seen each other for a long time. If we can leave, it will not be easy for me to see the emperor. So let's stay in the Forbidden City first."

Li Yi heard this and nodded.

"That's fine too."

"It's just right. I'll take advantage of this time to order people to add a heating system and a water supply and drainage system to the Old Summer Palace."

"Once all these are installed, living in Yuanmingyuan will only become more comfortable."

As they were talking, Li Yi continued to stroll around the palace with Zhao and others.

After visiting everywhere, Zhao was arranged to stay in Shoukang Palace, Fu Shanxiang went to Yiku Palace, and Li Yi took Luo Caiyu to Yangxin Palace.

The reason why Zhao wanted to go to Shoukang Palace instead of Cining Palace was mainly because after Xiaozhuang's death, her body was kept in Cining Palace for a long time.

After that, no one lived in the Cining Palace.

The empress dowagers of all dynasties moved to Shoukang Palace next to Cining Palace, and Zhao was no exception.

After returning to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, Li Yi ordered the wet nurse to take Li Zai away to look after him, while he picked up Luo Caiyu and carried her horizontally towards the bed.

Luo Caiyu buried her head in Li Yi's chest and said shyly.

"Your Majesty, I haven't bathed yet..."

Li Yi said with a smile.

"No hurry, I have a big business worth hundreds of millions to discuss with the Queen."

"Let's take a shower together after we finish talking..."

Although he advised Luo Caiyu not to rush, he was actually very anxious now...

(End of this chapter)