Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

Ming Dynasty, the second year of Yongle, April, the capital.

"Your Highness, several ministers, led by the Minister of Works Song Li, went to Sichuan, Huguang, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Shanxi and other places to supervise the people in collecting wood, burning bricks and tiles, and recruiting manpower and materials. The progress is as follows:——"

Zhu Gaochi sat behind the desk in the study.

Listen to the young eunuch reading the thick memorial word by word.

He also has to respond to each one.

The golden nanmu wood for the palace's beams and pillars only exists on the sparsely populated cliffs of the southwest mountains. The logging team led by Minister Song has gone in and out of the mountains several times. Except for the beams and pillars of several halls, the others have been transported along the river.

Zhu Gaochi: Recruit local hunters who are familiar with the mountains and forests to continue searching. The beams and pillars of the main hall must be perfect.

The mugwort bluestone for the stone steps in the middle of the imperial road behind the Baohe Hall has been designed. The stone is 51 feet long, more than 10 feet wide, half a foot thick, and weighs 400,000 kilograms. It is located in a large stone nest in Liangxiang, southwest of Beijing. Because the bluestone is very large, it cannot be moved at present.

Zhu Gaochi: No hurry, the stone steps can be placed last. Dig a well every mile or so on both sides of the road, and wait until the cold winter, then draw water from the well and pour it on the ground to build an ice road, drag it to the imperial city and carve it.

The Ministry of Industry finally selected Yuyao Village in Lumu Town, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province to produce the floor tiles for the small palace. The floor tiles produced in Yuyao Village are hard and have a metallic texture. They make metallic sounds when knocked. They are also called gold bricks. The firing process of gold bricks is strict, sophisticated, and complicated. It takes one and a half years from taking soil and mixing mud to polishing out of the kiln, of which the kiln firing alone takes hundreds of days.

Zhu Gaochi: He ordered that the finished products coming out of the kiln must have fine texture, intact edges and corners, and those with flaws would not be accepted.

The foundation of the Forbidden City was completely rebuilt, and the Ministry of Works recommended the so-called Mantanghong method for rebuilding the foundation, which was to scrape off the foundation of the original building, make a new rammed earth foundation, and then backfill it.

The new foundation is called a piece of jade. The backfill method is to backfill a layer of 37% ash soil and a layer of broken bricks, alternating repeatedly. The broken bricks and ash soil are compacted layer by layer to reduce the hidden danger of ground building settlement.

Zhu Gaochi: It is not uncommon for the ground in the capital to turn over. Sprinkle cooked glutinous rice juice and alum on the 37 ash soil to make the foundation flexible and earthquake-resistant to avoid uneven settlement.

As the question and answer were going on, voices from outside could be heard coming in.

Zhang Xin returned to the palace.

Zhu Gaochi waved to stop the eunuch and stood up to meet the person.

"Are you back? Are you tired? Would you like a bowl of ginger soup?"

It had been raining for the past two days, and he was too lazy to move except to attend court.

But Zhang Xin can't do that.

In addition to being busy with palace affairs, Zhang Xin also has to regularly inspect the royal properties outside the palace.

This made him look like a gigolo. After he said these two words, the feeling of being a gigolo became even stronger. He couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.

"Not bad. Have a bowl. Baotangfang's craftsmanship still needs to be improved. When it rains and becomes humid, the white sugar tends to clump and the pearl sugar is a bit sticky. What are you laughing at?"

Zhang Xin asked Wan Xiu to take off her slightly wet armor from outside, and turned around to see Zhu Gaochi smiling meaningfully.

"No, I just feel a little overwhelmed by my life as a freeloader."

Zhu Gaochi adjusted his expression.

"Nonsense. Where is Zhanji? Where is Zhanyong? Where are the others?"

Zhang Xin ignored Zhu Gaochi's occasional stupidity and waited for him to wash his face and hands before asking.

"Xiao Pang went to pack his things. The others followed Xiao Pang. Er Pang is sleeping."

Zhu Gaochi was very happy.

That bunch of annoying people finally left. It’s been so long since he had dinner alone with Zhang Xin!

As soon as he saw the group of people leaving today, he immediately asked the wet nurse to give Erpang another meal of milk, and then coaxed him to sleep immediately, so that Zhang Xin wouldn't have to stop eating.

"Did Dad reply?"

Zhang Xin asked again.

Pack up your things and set off, the battle with my father-in-law is officially over.

"Well, they said they would go back to the capital directly, and let all the little ones go with them."

Zhu Gaochi waved his hand to have dinner served, then he pulled Zhang Xin to sit at the table.

"What about us?"

Zhang Xin is used to the fact that Zhu Xiaopang is always dominated by his parents-in-law.

"We are the only two in the capital, the others are all in the capital..."

When Zhu Gaochi said this, his eyebrows were dancing with joy.

"Oh."

"The mountains are high and the emperor is far away, hehehe——"

"There's no monkey as fat as you."

"Zhang Dahua!!!"

"Whether your parents are here or not, don't you have to go to court?"

Zhang Xin felt that Zhu Gaochi was much more childish now than he was in his previous life.

"It felt different."

Zhu Gaochi was just sharing his joy, so he didn't really care whether Zhang Xin could feel it or not.

Over the years, Zhang Xin has always been a straightforward and not very delicate person.

The more he got along with her, the more he felt that Zhang Xin had a good personality.

Not pleased, not to have compassion.

It's just right for him, they complement each other perfectly.

"Whatever you think is good."

Zhang Xin saw that the dinner had been served, and she responded. The couple then ate seriously.

After the meal, Zhu Gaochi took out the map of the imperial city that Zhu Di had approved and pointed out the location of the Wenhua Hall to Zhang Xin.

"My father said that we should not live outside the palace at that time, and let us live in Wenhua Hall. When I go out of Xiehe Gate, I will be in Taihe Hall. It will be very convenient for attending court."

"What about my second and third brothers?"

Zhang Xin always thought that she would live outside, but she didn't expect it to be the same as in her previous life.

"Before I was crowned king, I lived in the Imperial City. It's a big place!"

Zhu Gaochi pointed at the buildings in the circle outside the inner imperial city.

After the blueprint of the imperial city was completed, it was sent to Zhu Di immediately.

This was the first time Zhang Xin had read it. Of course, she had read it before, but she had only glanced at it at that time. She had never spread it out in the study with Zhu Gaochi and read it carefully like she did now.

The entire Forbidden City appears to be a vertical rectangle running from north to south on paper.

The dimensions are marked on the edge - 236.2 meters from east to west, and 302.95 meters from north to south.

In the Forbidden City, in addition to the city surrounded by Tongzi River, it also includes Wansui Mountain in the north, Taimiao in the southeast, Sheji Altar in the southwest, as well as the West Garden and the East Garden.

The Western Garden is located to the west of the Forbidden City, including the North Sea, the Middle Sea, the South Sea and their surrounding gardens. The three seas are collectively called the Taiye Lake. To the west of the Middle Sea is a complex of buildings with the Wanshou Palace as its center.

The map also indicated that Xiyuan would be built according to the standard of royal gardens.

According to Zhang Xin's experience, Xiyuan is magnificent and luxurious, majestic and rugged.

The East Garden is located to the east of the Forbidden City. Although it does not have the vast scenery of lakes and mountains like the West Garden, it has quite a bit of Jiangnan water village scenery, with small bridges over flowing water, fragrant grass hedges, lush trees, and a quiet and elegant atmosphere.

Looking at this map, it almost completely overlaps with the imperial city in my memory from my previous life.

Zhang Xin really felt like she was dreaming of her past life.

One year during the Dragon Boat Festival, her father-in-law was not away fighting, so he asked her to prepare a banquet.

Not only did all the royal family members attend, but many court officials were also invited.

It's in Dongyuan.

At that time, the East Garden was planted with rare flowers and trees contributed from all over the country, melons and vegetables were planted in the open space, and water was filled in jars, making it look like a village.