Chapter 1,789 Design

In the entire Daming Prefecture, the most expanding areas are the industrial area outside the city wall in the north and the handicraft industry area within the city wall, followed by the commercial area in the east of the city.

The mule and horse market in the south of the city has always been lively, while the liveliness in the west of the city is seasonal. Various tea markets, flower markets, and silkworm markets are now held twice a month.

After the carriage entered the inner city, Daming Mansion became much cleaner and tidier.

Daming Mansion is a companion capital, so it has everything that a companion capital should have. Although it is a huge waste, it is also the face of the country.

The center of the inner city is the palace, and the periphery is the government office, government offices, school palaces, and supporting high-end residential areas and commercial areas.

Compared with people outside the city, people in the city are obviously more polite, speak more elegantly, and dress more luxuriously.

Yi An looked at the flow of people outside the car: "This place is much more lively than Luoyang. Dad, why do I feel that Daming Mansion is not as big as Bianjing City?"

Su You smiled and said: "Yi An, you read that right. Before Xining, this Daming Mansion was originally bigger than Bianjing City. But the population is far different."

"Bianjing is an old capital city and no attention was paid to the planning. Damingfu is different. I have sent the development plan of Damingfu to Bianjing for reference by the newly established Planning Bureau of the Ministry of Industry."

After speaking, he pointed to the left side of the road: "The area over there is the demolished school ground. If we move the school ground outside the city, we can get a large piece of land."

"With careful planning, you can create a community where life is convenient and comfortable, and there is no risk of fire."

"In this community, masonry and cement are the main materials. The wood used to build the houses needs to be fireproofed. The roofs must be covered with tiles instead of grass. This will be implemented among wealthy people first, and then gradually spread."

Speaking of fires, Su You was still frightened: "The several fires that have occurred in Bianjing City were so intense..."

The colander couldn't help but shudder.

On April 23rd of the eighth year of Dazhong Xiangfu, a slave from Prince Rong's Mansion, while trying to cause trouble and escape, set a candle on fire and set the curtain on fire, thus triggering a major fire in the imperial city of the Song Dynasty.

The savings and cultural treasures of several dynasties were all destroyed in the flames.

That fire even changed the overall layout of the Inner Imperial City.

During the Zhenzong Dynasty, many princes lived in the northeast corner of the palace, known as the "Six of the East Palace".

At that time, there was a Han maid in Prince Rong's palace who was a "wine and tea palace person", and she had an affair with the marriage officer Meng Gui.

The two of them had dirty hands and feet. While they were in love, they also set their sights on the treasures in Prince Rong's palace and "stealed many treasures."

If you do too many things, you will inevitably reveal your faults. King Rong's wet nurse found out about this, so she reported the two of them.

Seeing that the lives of her lover and herself were almost in danger, Han's maid planned to set fire to Prince Rong's palace and then take advantage of the chaos to escape.

On April 23rd of the eighth year of Dazhong Xiangfu, Han maid entered the Buddhist hall of Prince Rong's Mansion, picked up the wax torch in front of the Buddha statue, and lit the curtain hanging in the hall.

Coincidentally, that night in Bianjing City, a strong wind blew from the northeast.

Soon the fire started. "The six people in the East Palace were wiped out at once, and many people from the palace walked up to the Donghua Gate Tower. Those who couldn't get out, more than a hundred people died."

The belongings of these Tianhuang nobles of the Song Dynasty were burned to the ground in one night.

Among them, King Xiang reacted quickly and had good luck, because the fire entered the palace from the northwest corner and spread slightly slowly.

"Only the prime minister's palace is in the east, and the entrance is from the northwest. The four kings broke through the east wall, and the guards who left the palace transported the treasury and other things out, and they got seven or eight out of ten."

Then, the flames burned into the palace from the imperial kitchen in the west of Prince Rong's Mansion.

On the morning of the 24th, the fire spread to Chengtian Gate, burned Yiluan Si to the west, and burned the rear pavilion door of Chaoyuan Hall and the south corridor of Changchun Hall.

In order to prevent the fire from spreading along the corridors connecting the palaces, the fire fighting army could only demolish the northwest main corridor.

As a result, the fire burned to the south, burning the inner storehouse and the incense storehouse, and then burned the left storehouse to the east.

The Zuozang Treasury and the Neizang Treasury were the most important central financial inventories of the Song Dynasty, that is, the national treasury and the inner treasury.

All the money and treasures accumulated by Song Taizu and Taizong were placed in these two places.

The royal family's expenditures and official salaries all depended on these two places.

The fragrance store houses precious spices from all over the country and tribute from foreign countries.

"Every time the storehouses were burned, the fragrance could be smelled for more than ten miles."

Because there were too many things in the national inventory and could not be burned all at once, many properties were rescued in time at the beginning, but due to the lack of time, they could only be piled on the tower.

However, before everyone had time to rejoice, the wind changed and the fire started burning on the tower.

"At that time, a large number of people were rescued from Zuozangku. The chariot brought out pieces of gold, silver and silk, whose number was unknown, and they were piled up on the city wall. The turrets were also burned. The wind blew from the northeast and burned them again. The smoke and flames were so high that the rescuers could not be caught off guard."

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Song Zhenzong cried to Prime Minister Wang Dan that night: "I will not waste what I have accumulated in two dynasties. It would be a pity to waste it all in one dynasty."

However, it was not over yet. After burning the two major financial sources of the Song Dynasty, the fire began to destroy the cultural center of the empire.

Soon, the fire spread to the secret pavilion and history museum where ancient historical books were preserved.

"The books in the three secret halls of the Secret Pavilion are all available at once."

People at that time also recorded the spectacular scene after the "Secret Pavilion History Museum" was burned down. In the fire that filled the sky, there were fragments of books glowing with sparks, and some even floated to the south bank of the Bianhe River more than ten miles away in the strong wind: "There are things floating in the wind."

Those who bring books to the south of Bianshui River".

By noon on the 24th, the fire had reached the east corner tower of Qianyuan Gate and spread westward to the court hall.

The soldiers worked hard to rescue and save the place.

But the fire was still rampant, and later burned Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and Gusi one after another.

It was equivalent to the State Department being burned down.

In order to prevent any changes, all senior officials from the two houses including the Prime Minister and Privy Council were arranged to live in the palace that night.

By the evening of the 24th, more than 2,000 houses had been burned by the fire, and 1,500 soldiers had died fighting the fire.

Mrs. Cao Wang couldn't bear the burning of all her belongings, and even wanted to commit suicide by throwing herself into the fire. "If you are going to be thrown into the fire, you will be saved."

The number of other palace residents who were burned to death in the fire is even more difficult to count: "I often see palace residents crushing each other and dying in the smoldering ashes, and there are still some who can move their limbs... I don't know the number of palace residents who fell into the fire."

"All the big trees in the forbidden area were burned, and the rest were withered."

This fire turned the princes into bachelors living under the city walls. It was only after Qian Weiyan donated the mansion that Taizu had built for King Wu Yue that everyone had a temporary place to stay.

Because the fire burned so fast, Han Maid was captured by the people who came before she could leave.

Afterwards, the Han maidservant's hands and feet were cut off, and she was shown to the public for three days before being executed.

King Rong sat with his servants and set fire to the palace. He was imprisoned for a long time, seized Wu Xin Festival, surrendered to King Feng Duan, and left his former consort, Captain Shi Baoji.

After that, "Every time I see the emperor, I feel pain."

The roads, bridges, water supply and drainage, and fire protection in a big city are inseparable from advance planning arrangements. In the past, there may have been some planning on the ground, and the rest such as underground facilities, water supply and drainage projects, and public facilities such as public toilets, garbage stations, and fire wells.

category, I'm afraid it won't be considered.

Because of this, people in Guangzhou had to wait until the colander was gone before they could drink the sweet spring water, and people in Hangzhou had to wait until Su Shi was gone before they could have water in the city and dredge the West Lake.

The advantage of Daming Prefecture is that it is large enough but the population is far less exaggerated than that of Bianjing City. When the population started to increase, Su You intervened in time and intervened in advance.

The promotion of multi-story masonry and cement buildings can free up more intervals for homesteads, which is also good for fire protection.

After talking about this, Su You asked Yi An: "Is your new house finally ready? I've seen Duan Wang's design. It's quite exquisite. The renderings look more comfortable than traditional gardens, but I can't tell what makes them comfortable.

Come."

Yi An smiled and said: "Actually, Prince Eleven is good at making tricks. He just does subtraction very well."

"According to the traditional garden design method, like the Du Garden, three steps leads to a small scene, and ten steps leads to a large scene. It is appropriate to place it in the Du Garden surrounded by scenery, but it is appropriate to place it in the West Garden in downtown Guangzhou.

It seems a bit 'crowded'."

"Therefore, our houses need to do more subtractions to achieve the perfect combination of natural scenery and corridors and pavilions."

"For example, replacing the green water with a clear spring that allows you to see the bottom of the pool can increase the sense of transparent space."

"For example, replacing small windows with large windows can increase lighting and reduce the sense of oppression caused by the wall."

"For example, we will reduce the plants arranged to take care of the four seasons, only use evergreen plants, and achieve the landscaping effect through pruning and layering."

"In addition, there are a lot of simplifications. Some bodies are simplified into surfaces; some surfaces are simplified into lines. The final result is to not only retain the charm of ancient gardens, but also to incorporate a large number of the latest art research results, new technologies and products.

Only by applying it to design can we achieve a landscape effect that seems simple but can also change scenery with every step."

"The traditional courtyard is more than calm in style, but not lively enough. The space is tight and the landscape is complicated."
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