Chapter 48 4. The ticking time bomb

Next, let’s talk about the Battle of Jingnan and Ming Jian Beijing.Emperor Taizu entrusted these children and grandchildren as vassal kings.He believed in his own family. Emperor Taizu had a total of twenty-five sons, and the eldest son Zhu Biao died early among the twenty-five sons.Because this Zhu Biao was established as the prince, he would be a benevolent king if he could inherit the great cause, but he died in Hongwu twenty-five years.In the 31st year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu died, and he belonged to white hair and black hair. As soon as the prince Zhu Biao died, among Zhu Yuanzhang's remaining twenty-four sons, except for three young ones, the remaining twenty-one were entrusted to various places as vassal kings.The vassal kings hold heavy troops, the most powerful of which is Ning Wang Zhu Quan.Ning Wang Zhu Quan guarded the northeast, with 86,000 elite troops under his command.Then Yan Wang Zhu Di also had 30,000 to 40,000 troops.Therefore, these princes hold heavy troops, and Zhu Yuanzhang believes that the country can maintain long-term stability.That is to say, the same idea as Liu Bang?You don't think about it, your son won't turn against you, but if you go down, it will turn against you.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang took his grandson, the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunqi, to inspect the army of the vassal king. Look at your uncles, the soldiers are strong and strong. If there is any rebellion, let your uncle suppress it.The guy Zhu Yunqi was in his twenties at the time, and he had some ideas, so he asked back.My uncle rebelled, who suppressed it?The emperor was stunned by the question, and he didn't think about it.Then rely on the sky to eat, how can it be such a coincidence?So once the old emperor died, this Zhu Yunwen came to the throne, that is, Ming Huidi.He issued an edict to cut down the vassal. With this edict to cut down the vassal, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, rebelled. He raised troops to launch the Jingnan campaign, seized the country, and moved the capital to Beijing.

Beijing was Youzhou City in the Tang Dynasty, Nanjing City in the Liao Dynasty, and Zhongdu City in the Jin Dynasty. Basically, it is today's Xuanwu, Fengtai, and the southernmost city wall of Yuan Dadu, on today's Chang'an Street.The north city wall is between the third and fourth rings, and there is a Yuan Dadu Ruins Park, that place.In the Ming Dynasty, Beijing City moved Yuan Dadu to the south by five miles, and five miles to the south.So its north wall is probably at the same level as the Second Ring Road today.Then, when Emperor Jiajing was in power, he started to build the outer city. Originally, the outer city wanted to surround the inner city, but when he ran out of money, he built the southern part.It becomes a convex shape like Beijing City.The city gates of Beijing are the inner nine outer seven imperial city four, and the inner city has nine gates, so the old Beijing said that what happens to our four or nine cities.From west to east, Xuanwumen, Zhengyangmen, Chongwenmen in the south, Chaoyangmen and Dongzhimen in the east, Fuchengmen and Xizhimen in the west, Andingmen and Deshengmen in the north, these are the nine city gates. subway.Therefore, on the ring line subway, subway line 2, the station with the most names is the gate, such as Fuxingmen and Jianguomen, which were rebuilt after the republic of China.That is for the convenience of public transportation.The entire old Beijing city is today's Second Ring Road.The outer seven gates are the three gates in the south, Zuo'anmen, Yongdingmen, and You'anmen, and Guangqumen in the east. Guangqumen was originally called Guangningmen, but it was changed to Guangqumen to avoid Emperor Xuanzong Daoguang's taboo.Guang'anmen is on the west, and Xibianmen and Dongbianmen are on the north.There are nine gates in the inner city and seven gates in the outer city.

The four gates of the imperial city, the imperial city, including the Forbidden City, Longevity Mountain, and Taiye Pool.Taiye Pool is the three seas in the north, central and south. The North Sea is open today, and the Zhongnanhai cannot enter.There are also Taimiao and Sheji Altar, the official offices of the six departments and nine ministers.The main gate of the imperial city was called Daming Gate in the Ming Dynasty, Daqing Gate in the Qing Dynasty, and Zhonghua Gate in the Republic of China.It is the top of the mountain, with five gates, the highest level gate in China.This plaque is very precious.So after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the government of the Republic of China wanted to remove this plaque and turn it over to engrave the Gate of China on the back.Turn it over and look, the back is engraved with the Daming Gate!It turned out that the Qing Dynasty did this.This plaque has witnessed the vicissitudes of more than five hundred years.

The north gate is called Di'anmen, and when you leave Di'anmen, you will find the Bell Tower and Drum Tower.A central axis, from Yongdingmen to the Bell and Drum Tower, is eight kilometers long, and the Beijing city can be folded in half, and the buildings are very regular.Aren't the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube also on this central axis?So this central axis extends all the way to the north. This Beijing city can be said to be a miracle. Unfortunately, it has been demolished to nothing.Just like your Tiananmen Square, there is a Great Hall of the People on the left side of Tiananmen Square, which looks like a Greek style.On the right is a National Museum.There is a memorial hall in the middle, imitating the Lincoln Memorial.Then the monument is Chinese style, not a Washington style monument, not bad.A boiled egg on the edge of the Great Hall.Just a few steps to the east of Tiananmen Square, the Oriental Plaza, the big glass wall, and the concrete jungle.Beijing has a history of 3,000 years, but can we find traces of the 3,000-year history?Only ruins.If you go to Europe and have a look, everything is the same as it was hundreds of years ago.What kind of human cultural heritage of the United Nations, Chinese cities are selected, only Pingyao, Shanxi, and Lijiang, Yunnan.You can say that the Temple of Heaven is a cultural heritage, the Forbidden City is, the Great Wall is, the Summer Palace is, can you say that Beijing is?Oriental Plaza, cultural heritage?Is there ten years?When Taiwanese come to the mainland to travel, they say it very well.These historic sites in the mainland, except for the real place names, are all fake, and they were all built later.The Germans say it is a simple and poor imitation of Western cities.