Chapter 2854
Chapter 2854
Chapter 2854
After a simple welcoming ceremony outside the city, everyone took the carriages prepared in advance, and under the guard of hundreds of armed cavalry, entered the city from Deshengmen, and went through the city to the imperial city where the local government office was located.
Even in the car, everyone could feel that the city of Shenyang was obviously much bigger than the cities in Liaodong that they had visited before.Looking out from the car window, the population density in the city seems to be higher.But judging from the costumes of the people on the street, the residents here are not only Han Chinese, but also many people belong to the indigenous tribes of Liaodong.
At every intersection along the way, Haihan soldiers with loaded guns can be seen guarding. I don't know if this is the norm in the local area, or because of the special security measures taken by the arrival of Beks and his party.
The convoy traveled northward for about five miles before arriving outside the imperial city.
After Nurhachi settled in Shenyang, he began to build palaces and government facilities in the city.Among them, the Dazheng Hall is a facility for holding grand ceremonies and discussing government affairs, while the Ten Kings Pavilion is divided into two rows in the south direction of the Dazheng Hall and arranged in swallow wings.However, the position of king of the left and right wings has been vacant, and it is impossible to verify what Nurhachi thought at the beginning, which is a mystery left over from history.
After Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, he built a series of palaces such as Daqing Gate, Chongzheng Palace, Phoenix Tower, and Qingning Palace on the west side of the former king's palace. It took ten years to complete.
After Haihan occupied Shenyang, he didn't intend to let the imperial city sit idle. After cleaning up the inside, he moved all the government offices in the area into the imperial city, which can be regarded as making the best use of everything.
After everyone got out of the car, they saw in front of them a hard mountain-style building with a width of five rooms, more than two feet high, and the three rooms in the middle were all door openings.The roof is covered with yellow glazed tiles, decorated with green edges, and there are seawater cloud dragons and various animal patterns on the protruding head, all of which are inlaid with colorful glazed tiles, which looks quite grand.
Chen Yixin introduced to Bai Kesi and others: "This is the main gate of the Qing Palace. Its real name is Daqing Gate. I think this name is unlucky, so I removed the plaque on this gate early in the morning."
Under his leadership, everyone walked into the gate of the palace. In front of them was a square with a large area, and the ground was all paved with square stone bricks.At the other end of the square is a conspicuous palace, from a distance you can see the words "Chongzheng Palace" on the plaque under the eaves.
This Chongzheng Hall is actually equivalent to the Jinluan Hall of the Qing imperial palace. The main hall is five rooms wide and three rooms deep, with corridors at the front and back, surrounded by carved stone railings.The roof of the palace is also paved with yellow and green glazed tiles like the palace gate. There are multicolored glazed dragon patterns and flame beads on the ridge of the roof, and there are chi heads spewing water under the eaves.There are even stone coronas and Jialiang in front of the hall, which completely imitate the regulations of the Ming Palace.
"The emperors of the Qing Dynasty used to meet ministers and deal with government affairs here. We didn't have those red tapes, so after taking over here, we emptied the hall and changed it into a large meeting room. We usually hold a battle meeting or something, which can accommodate hundreds of people. It won’t be crowded.” Chen Yixin obviously didn’t have any good impressions of the Manchus, so he only kept these large buildings that were not easy to build, while the other imprints left by the Manchus were completely erased.
Bai Letong noticed that the Qing palace buildings are actually in traditional Chinese style. It is conceivable that most of the craftsmen who designed and built these palaces were Han Chinese.It can be seen that although the Manchu Tartars were of barbarian origin, they couldn't hide their yearning for advanced civilization. Even the ruler's residence had to be built according to the shape of the Han imperial palace.
But having said that, the style of the Shenyang Imperial Palace is obviously much more upright than the palace that Bai Letong saw in Seoul, North Korea last year. It can be seen that the ability of the Koreans to imitate architecture is much worse than that of the Manchus.
Bai Letong asked: "The building here is very well preserved, and it seems that there are no traces of war left. Was it repaired after the war, or was it because there was no fierce battle when the place was taken?"
Ning Zijing said: "I remember seeing the battle report at that time, it only mentioned that our army occupied Shenyang City, but did not mention that the Tartar Emperor was captured here, so it must be that the other party did not defend the imperial city to the death, but was killed before our army entered here. He voluntarily withdrew."
Chen Yixin smiled and said: "Zijing's guess is good, and it is closer to the actual situation. You can ask Sun Zhen later about the unfinished part about the siege battle. He has personally experienced the whole process. How did Shenyang City be won?" Yes, he knows better than me."
Sun Zhen hurriedly said politely: "It all depends on a few adults who plan strategies and command well. They are just pawns in front of the battle, and they dare not be greedy for merit."
At this time, the sky will be dark, and the activities of visiting the imperial palace will be reserved for the next day.Sun Zhen held a banquet in the Phoenix Tower in the palace to welcome Bai Kesi and his party who came from afar.
Since Chen Yixin and Bai Kesi are highly respected, all those who participated in the banquet were internal personnel.During the dinner, Bai Letong didn't let Sun Zhen go, and asked him about the details of the siege.Ning Zijing is also very interested in this period of history. He heard Chen Yixin say that he broke at the key point earlier, and he was very itchy for a long time. Now he echoed it and invited Sun Zhen to explain in detail how Shenyang City was breached by the Haihan army. .
Seeing Chen Yixin nodding his head slightly, Sun Zhen no longer declined, put down his wine glass and said: "At that time, our army and the Qing army were in a stalemate below the city for more than a month. Finally loosened up."
After the war of attrition between the two sides reached a certain level, Man Qing, who was finally relying on human lives to fill the front line, couldn't stand it anymore.Although the Qing army tried their best, they couldn't really cut off Haihan's supply line. On the contrary, as the fighting time lengthened, Haihan's supply scale increased, and the number of artillery erected outside the city also increased day by day.Although the Qing army has been repairing the city defenses, it has gradually been unable to catch up with the speed at which the Shanghai Han army used shelling to destroy the city defense fortifications.
Seeing that the decline was irreversible, the Manchu and Qing banners also began to have their own calculations.If Shenyang is lost, the Qing court can only continue to retreat northward. At that time, whichever banner has more armed forces in its hands will have a greater right to speak.Now that it is determined that the Haihan army cannot be defeated, then of course preserving strength is the kingly way, and we can't all die in this place.
The power structure of the Manchu Qing Dynasty based on tribal armed forces, as long as one family had selfish intentions, cracks would inevitably appear in the camp.When fighting with the wind, each banner can benefit from sending troops, and such rifts can be covered up by victory.But when it comes to life and death, a single crack is enough to tear an entire camp apart.
(End of this chapter)
After a simple welcoming ceremony outside the city, everyone took the carriages prepared in advance, and under the guard of hundreds of armed cavalry, entered the city from Deshengmen, and went through the city to the imperial city where the local government office was located.
Even in the car, everyone could feel that the city of Shenyang was obviously much bigger than the cities in Liaodong that they had visited before.Looking out from the car window, the population density in the city seems to be higher.But judging from the costumes of the people on the street, the residents here are not only Han Chinese, but also many people belong to the indigenous tribes of Liaodong.
At every intersection along the way, Haihan soldiers with loaded guns can be seen guarding. I don't know if this is the norm in the local area, or because of the special security measures taken by the arrival of Beks and his party.
The convoy traveled northward for about five miles before arriving outside the imperial city.
After Nurhachi settled in Shenyang, he began to build palaces and government facilities in the city.Among them, the Dazheng Hall is a facility for holding grand ceremonies and discussing government affairs, while the Ten Kings Pavilion is divided into two rows in the south direction of the Dazheng Hall and arranged in swallow wings.However, the position of king of the left and right wings has been vacant, and it is impossible to verify what Nurhachi thought at the beginning, which is a mystery left over from history.
After Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, he built a series of palaces such as Daqing Gate, Chongzheng Palace, Phoenix Tower, and Qingning Palace on the west side of the former king's palace. It took ten years to complete.
After Haihan occupied Shenyang, he didn't intend to let the imperial city sit idle. After cleaning up the inside, he moved all the government offices in the area into the imperial city, which can be regarded as making the best use of everything.
After everyone got out of the car, they saw in front of them a hard mountain-style building with a width of five rooms, more than two feet high, and the three rooms in the middle were all door openings.The roof is covered with yellow glazed tiles, decorated with green edges, and there are seawater cloud dragons and various animal patterns on the protruding head, all of which are inlaid with colorful glazed tiles, which looks quite grand.
Chen Yixin introduced to Bai Kesi and others: "This is the main gate of the Qing Palace. Its real name is Daqing Gate. I think this name is unlucky, so I removed the plaque on this gate early in the morning."
Under his leadership, everyone walked into the gate of the palace. In front of them was a square with a large area, and the ground was all paved with square stone bricks.At the other end of the square is a conspicuous palace, from a distance you can see the words "Chongzheng Palace" on the plaque under the eaves.
This Chongzheng Hall is actually equivalent to the Jinluan Hall of the Qing imperial palace. The main hall is five rooms wide and three rooms deep, with corridors at the front and back, surrounded by carved stone railings.The roof of the palace is also paved with yellow and green glazed tiles like the palace gate. There are multicolored glazed dragon patterns and flame beads on the ridge of the roof, and there are chi heads spewing water under the eaves.There are even stone coronas and Jialiang in front of the hall, which completely imitate the regulations of the Ming Palace.
"The emperors of the Qing Dynasty used to meet ministers and deal with government affairs here. We didn't have those red tapes, so after taking over here, we emptied the hall and changed it into a large meeting room. We usually hold a battle meeting or something, which can accommodate hundreds of people. It won’t be crowded.” Chen Yixin obviously didn’t have any good impressions of the Manchus, so he only kept these large buildings that were not easy to build, while the other imprints left by the Manchus were completely erased.
Bai Letong noticed that the Qing palace buildings are actually in traditional Chinese style. It is conceivable that most of the craftsmen who designed and built these palaces were Han Chinese.It can be seen that although the Manchu Tartars were of barbarian origin, they couldn't hide their yearning for advanced civilization. Even the ruler's residence had to be built according to the shape of the Han imperial palace.
But having said that, the style of the Shenyang Imperial Palace is obviously much more upright than the palace that Bai Letong saw in Seoul, North Korea last year. It can be seen that the ability of the Koreans to imitate architecture is much worse than that of the Manchus.
Bai Letong asked: "The building here is very well preserved, and it seems that there are no traces of war left. Was it repaired after the war, or was it because there was no fierce battle when the place was taken?"
Ning Zijing said: "I remember seeing the battle report at that time, it only mentioned that our army occupied Shenyang City, but did not mention that the Tartar Emperor was captured here, so it must be that the other party did not defend the imperial city to the death, but was killed before our army entered here. He voluntarily withdrew."
Chen Yixin smiled and said: "Zijing's guess is good, and it is closer to the actual situation. You can ask Sun Zhen later about the unfinished part about the siege battle. He has personally experienced the whole process. How did Shenyang City be won?" Yes, he knows better than me."
Sun Zhen hurriedly said politely: "It all depends on a few adults who plan strategies and command well. They are just pawns in front of the battle, and they dare not be greedy for merit."
At this time, the sky will be dark, and the activities of visiting the imperial palace will be reserved for the next day.Sun Zhen held a banquet in the Phoenix Tower in the palace to welcome Bai Kesi and his party who came from afar.
Since Chen Yixin and Bai Kesi are highly respected, all those who participated in the banquet were internal personnel.During the dinner, Bai Letong didn't let Sun Zhen go, and asked him about the details of the siege.Ning Zijing is also very interested in this period of history. He heard Chen Yixin say that he broke at the key point earlier, and he was very itchy for a long time. Now he echoed it and invited Sun Zhen to explain in detail how Shenyang City was breached by the Haihan army. .
Seeing Chen Yixin nodding his head slightly, Sun Zhen no longer declined, put down his wine glass and said: "At that time, our army and the Qing army were in a stalemate below the city for more than a month. Finally loosened up."
After the war of attrition between the two sides reached a certain level, Man Qing, who was finally relying on human lives to fill the front line, couldn't stand it anymore.Although the Qing army tried their best, they couldn't really cut off Haihan's supply line. On the contrary, as the fighting time lengthened, Haihan's supply scale increased, and the number of artillery erected outside the city also increased day by day.Although the Qing army has been repairing the city defenses, it has gradually been unable to catch up with the speed at which the Shanghai Han army used shelling to destroy the city defense fortifications.
Seeing that the decline was irreversible, the Manchu and Qing banners also began to have their own calculations.If Shenyang is lost, the Qing court can only continue to retreat northward. At that time, whichever banner has more armed forces in its hands will have a greater right to speak.Now that it is determined that the Haihan army cannot be defeated, then of course preserving strength is the kingly way, and we can't all die in this place.
The power structure of the Manchu Qing Dynasty based on tribal armed forces, as long as one family had selfish intentions, cracks would inevitably appear in the camp.When fighting with the wind, each banner can benefit from sending troops, and such rifts can be covered up by victory.But when it comes to life and death, a single crack is enough to tear an entire camp apart.
(End of this chapter)