The city gate of Datang is not so easy to open

Portrait of Jiang Kui).

There was a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, named Jiang Kui, who wrote a poem "Nian Nujiao, Becoming Red", which was very famous.

The green leaves blow cool, the jade melts the wine, and the mushrooms are sprinkled with rain, shaking Yanran, and the cold fragrance flies on the verses.

The great river goes east, the waves are exhausted, and the characters are merry through the ages. The west side of the base.

Tianbao, this is the era name of Tang Xuanzong Li Longji.

In Chang'an during the Tianbao period, there was a singer named Nian Nu, who was not only beautiful and graceful, but also born with a good voice.

There is such a beauty in the people, of course Tang Xuanzong will not let it go, he is very obsessed with Niannu, and if there is nothing to do, he will summon Niannu to the palace to exchange thoughts and feelings.

Of course, the emperor is very fond of Nian Nu and wants to keep her by his side, but the problem is that Nian Nu is a well-known kabuki in Chang'an City, red and pink, showing up, and her status is too low.

Therefore, the identity of Nian Nu has always been very free, she usually sells her arts in the city, and the emperor has needs, so she enters the palace and comes out after exchanging thoughts and feelings.

It stands to reason that there are three thousand beauties in the harem, what kind of girl does the emperor want, he can't find it? But Li Longji thinks that the palace is full of vulgar fans, and in the face of those concubines who bow their eyebrows all day long and are submissive, he can't be interested at all, but this slave who was born in the dust, the emperor is obsessed with her, and he wants to summon her to serve in the palace at every turn.

Imagine, Comrade Tang Xuanzong, who created the prosperous era of Kaiyuan, must be very busy during the day, he has no time to delay women, and besides, the daytime prostitution is too dishonorable, and the movement is too big, and when the time comes, it will spread to the community, and the people will not laugh at themselves?

Therefore, with a high probability, every time Tang Xuanzong summoned Nian Nu, it was basically at night, and it should be as late as possible.

Yuan Zhi image).

The Tang Dynasty poet Yuan Zhi wrote a poem about this incident, called "Lianchang Palace Ci", in the poem, there is a rough record of this incident:

In the middle of the night, the high strings sounded, and the old pipa set the house.

Lux paging to find the slave, the slave to accompany the Lang stay.

The social atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty is very open, and Yuan Zhi wrote this incident into a poem, not necessarily to criticize Tang Xuanzong's lustful nature, but may just be relishing the romance of a generation of emperors.

But obviously, the eunuch Gao Lishi, who did things for the emperor, would not think so.

Because from the perspective of Gaolis, it is not easy to go out of Chang'an City in the middle of the night.

First of all, Gao Lishi, who was sleeping, would be woken up by Tang Xuanzong and asked him to hurry out of the palace to do something for himself.

When the emperor spoke, Gao Lishi did not dare to slack off, and immediately put on his clothes and ran out along the emperor's bedroom.

As soon as he ran out, it immediately occurred to him that this was not an easy journey.

As the largest palace complex in the world at that time, Chang'an City at night still can't hide its grandeur and splendor.

It's nice to look good, it's magnificent, but the problem is, it's a bit too big.

First of all, Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty was composed of three parts: the city, the palace, and the inner city, which was different from the courtyard where we usually pushed the door to the avenue.

The castle is at the outermost, the royal palace is in the middle, and the inner city is at the innermost.

That is to say, if Gaolishi wanted to pass through the palace from the inner city where the emperor slept, and then from the palace to the city, and finally from the city to Chang'an City, he would have to walk for quite some time.

If the distance is relatively far, then it is enough to walk two steps quickly, and we can also jump and trot, but the problem is that these three parts are not unimpeded, from the inner city to the city, there are six city gates, these six city gates, all of which are heavily guarded, and it is not easy to swagger past.

Daming Palace concept art).

It's not easy to say here, but it refers to the daytime.

First of all, on each city gate, there is a list, on the list, is densely packed with names, it is estimated that there are one or two hundred, only written on the top, only the qualifications to pass through this city gate, there is no list of them, then sorry, whether you are a member of the court or a relative of the emperor, sorry, you still take a detour.

Not only are they qualified, but those on the list who want to pass through the city gate must also carry a fish charm (equivalent to identification, passes, etc.), and the sergeant guarding the city can check that it is correct before they can pass.

If you don't have the qualifications, or if you don't have a Fish Charm and want to trespass, you should be careful.

Some palace gates are sentenced to two years in prison after breaking once, and some city gates are sentenced to two hundred court battles after breaking through (basically killed), while some city gates, as long as they are caught trespassing, they will be shot first and then investigated, so as to ensure that there is not a single unjust, false and wrongful case.

Under such a strict release system, it can be said that it is more difficult to enter and leave the palace at will than to ascend to the sky.

However, during the day, Colliers does not have to follow these rules.

He is a popular man in front of the emperor, the most windy and rainy character in the whole Chang'an City, he walks around the palace during the day, no one stops him, unimpeded, no list, no fish charm.

The reason is very simple, where is there anyone in the entire palace who doesn't know Gao Gonggong, just brush his face.

But it's a pity that this trip came out at night.

I can see your face during the day, but at night it's dark, and even if there is a torch, I can't see it clearly.

Rao is a lot of torches, I can see your face clearly, this is the middle of the night, the matter is big, we don't dare to open the city gate without permission.

It's easy to talk about during the day, but it's really not good at night, and it's really different.

At night, just open the city gates, what if there are rebels coming in? What if an Assassin snuck in? Who can afford that?

In the long run, how much hidden danger will it cause to the safety of the palace by developing such a habit of opening and closing the palace door at night?

So even if your father-in-law wants to go out, you have to follow the process, let's take it step by step.

First of all, if you want to go over, you can't say that you can go over, which doesn't reflect the rigorous attitude of our garrison sergeants, so you have to fill out an application form to open the door first.

The application form reads: when do you want to open the door, when do you want to pass, what are you going out for, where are you going, when are you coming back, how many doors are you going to take, and you also need to write what the round-trip route is.

After taking this application form, Colliers can be regarded as having made a difficulty, everything else is easy to fill in, but why is it not good to fill in too much, this. It's hard to talk about.

If the sergeants know about this, it is difficult to guarantee that the ministers will not know, and if the ministers know, the common people will also know if they don't do it.

Once the emperor's privacy is known, needless to say, the first person to be held accountable is himself, and his own secrecy work is not in place!

Second, the content to be filled in the application form is about to catch up with the length of "Long Hate Song" (of course, there was no Long Hate Song at that time), if 1510 is filled out, it will be dawn by then.

Colliers was not happy, and he immediately said, I am doing things for the emperor, and I don't have the privilege of direct access?

When the sergeants heard this, they shook their heads like rattles, and took out a copy of "Tang Liudian".

As soon as he saw this book, the originally high-spirited Colliers was completely wilted.

Why? Because the "Tang Liudian" is a legal document compiled by Tang Xuanzong himself, it is specifically stipulated that the process must be followed when entering and exiting the city gate, and those who do not meet the process will be dealt with by law.

There is no way to do it in the Six Classics of the Tang Dynasty, Gao Lishi can only fill in the form hard.

He wrote hard, and only his rustling of writing could be heard in the quiet city of Chang'an.

After a sweat and rain, I finally finished writing, and new questions came again.

The sergeants said, you have filled out this form, it is useless to hand it over to us, you have to hand it over to the Zhongshu Sect to save it.

The so-called Zhongshu Menxia Province is about equal to the cabinet of the Tang Dynasty, and all government affairs are out of this, and the emperor will discuss with the ministers here any major national affairs.

During the day, there are ministers who are in charge of government affairs, and at night, there are ministers who work night shifts.

The person on duty, then it is more random, it may be the left and right servants, it may be the imperial doctor, and it may be the priest of the country, and so on.

After hearing the news, Colliers was furious, and after writing it, he had to submit it to other departments, why didn't he say it before? Aren't you kidding me?

But the sergeants ignored him, made a gesture of please, and said nothing.

The meaning is obvious, if you want to go out, just follow the process honestly, and if you don't go out, then get out.

The fist hit the cotton, and Gao Lishi was unable to plead, so he had to run to the door of the Chinese book again.

Fortunately, this department is not too far from the city gate, and it will be there in dozens of minutes.

When I arrived at Zhongshu Gate Province, the ** on duty took the application form and looked at it, tacitly, knowing that there was nothing good about the emperor and Gao Lishi, and he was very unhappy, but he didn't say much, and he picked up the pen and wanted to sign.

But as soon as the hand was raised, it paused in the air for a moment, and then it was lowered again.

Because, the city gate sergeants have a process to follow, and their gate province also has a process to follow.

According to the process, signing and releasing this kind of thing is not something that he can do with a duty **, but requires the joint authorization of the prison keeper, the middle general, and the city gate lang to sign.

City Gate Concept Art).

The keeper is the general in charge of the anti-opening of the Chang'an City Gate.

General Zhonglang is the captain of the night mobile patrol force in Chang'an City.

The city gate lang has a small official position, and his only authority is to keep the key to open and close the city gate.

If one of them disagrees, you won't be able to get out of the door.

The ** on duty is quite diligent, walking around in Chang'an City, and finally calling these three adults, the four of them studied it for a while, and thought that there was no problem with the application form, so they signed their names one after another.

The form was filled in and the words were signed, and Colliers was a little relieved, and immediately ran to the city gate.

Fortunately, this ** on duty is very conscientious, grabbed Gao Lishi, and reminded him, it's useless just that we have all signed, you still have to find someone.

Colliers was anxious when he heard it, I found someone for half a night, and I have to continue looking for it?

I won't look for it today, I still have to go out of this city gate, and the king of heaven can't stop me! Unexpectedly, when the ** on duty heard Gao Lishi say this, he was very surprised and said:

Gao Gonggong turns out that you know, yes, that's right, the last authorized person is Tianwang Laozi, you must get the emperor's signature authorization, this application form can be considered effective.

When this sentence is spoken, Colliers is really a frosted eggplant - wilted.

There's no way, go back and go to the emperor to sign.

In the dead of night, the majestic palace was covered with a layer of light under the moonlight, and the sound of gurgling water seemed to be heard from the Taiye Pool in the distance.

When Li Longji heard the footsteps, he thought that Gao Lishi had come back with Niannu, and pushed the door with a smile on his face, only to see a panting Gao Lishi.

Colliers image).

Lao Gao, I thought that you had come back from your errands, and you haven't left for a long time?

Gao Lishi was out of breath and respectfully handed over the application form, and the emperor saw that he understood what was going on, this process was all set by himself, and he could only admit it, so he signed obediently, and then quickly sent Gao Lishi out, and urged him to leave quickly.

When Colliers returned to the city gate out of breath, he would find that a lot of ** had gathered at the city gate.

Some of these ** are responsible for opening the door, some are responsible for closing the door, some are responsible for taking the key, and some are responsible for verifying the identity.

These people took the application form in turn, looking left, right, up, down, muttering, pondering, and handing over ears, for fear that this application form starts with hd90.

A group of people checked and checked, which delayed a lot of time, and Gao Lishi was so anxious that he waited for a long time before the heavy city gates were squeaked open.

Out of the palace, Colliers was as easy as spitting out a bad breath.

My heavenly grandfather, finally out!

But before he could be happy, he soon discovered a very serious problem, that is, there was trouble in the palace, and even more trouble outside.

Because in the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an City was subject to a curfew system.

The so-called curfew means that at night, no one except patrol soldiers is allowed to go out and move around.

The streets are full of patrol guards of the brigade, and when they find that the people who sneak out at night are tied up on the spot, escorted to the county government, and beat you with a 30 board first.

And if you have an urgent matter at night and you have to go out and don't want to be kidnapped by the patrolling soldiers, the only way is to go to the county office in advance to explain the reason and apply for a pass, with which you can come out at night.

Of course, it is not accurate to say that the pass is not applied for, and only urgent matters such as weddings and funerals are eligible to apply to the county office.

But fortunately, after all, Gao Lishi was on an errand for the emperor, he trotted to the county office, no longer talking nonsense, but directly showed the application form filled out in the palace, and the staff of the county government saw it, did not dare to slack off, and immediately gave a pass.

With the pass, this time the efficiency is finally high.

Nannu image).

According to the address, Gao Lishi found Kaki Niannu, as soon as Niannu heard that the emperor had an invitation, he immediately dressed up, and the two of them were ready, and they were about to return, Gao Lishi patted his thigh:

I'll go, it's a bad dish!

What's going on?

Because Gao Lishi suddenly thought that it was no problem for him to go back, and if he went back with Niannu, he would have to go through the process again, and even have to fill in the form again.

This time, it's even more troublesome.

Gao Lishi took Nian Nu from Chang'an Street to enter the palace under the gate, and sure enough, the gate guard saw that there were more people, and immediately another application form, Gao Lishi's face was green at that time.

No way, no way, fill it in.

So, Gao Lishi took Nian Nu and repeated the previous process, and when all the processes were completed, Gao Lishi brought Nian Nu to Tang Xuanzong, and the sky was already half a day old.

The emperor is not angry, let you go and call someone for me, I will wait until the daylily is cold!

Tang Xuanzong Li Longji image).

What else is this talking about? What days are you talking about? I'm going to go to the morning pilgrimage soon, do I still have time?

The emperor didn't know that if Gao Lishi could rush back before daylight, it would already be considered fast.

The above is the author's conjecture based on the palace access control system during the Xuanzong period, if there is anything inappropriate, friends are welcome to correct.

About 732 A.D., about the twentieth year of Kaiyuan, the emperor made a decree for no reason, that is, to order the construction of an unobstructed passage in the palace.

This road does not have so many gates, there are not so many checkpoints, as long as there is an emperor's decree, it can be unimpeded.

Later, when Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei fell in love, the emperor went out of the palace for a tryst, and in most cases took this road.

If Gao Lishi had this mecca to walk, he would not have wandered around the palace in the middle of the night. New Year's Hanfu dress-up