Autumn in Chang'an City is extremely beautiful.

Accompanied by the autumn wind, the ginkgo leaves on both sides of the street were flying all over the sky.

"Your Majesty, the first phase of the Summer Palace has been completed. If you have time, you can find some time to visit and experience the difference between the Summer Palace and the Daming Palace."

Li Kuan attended a court meeting with a rare chance, and after that, he ran to Xuanzheng Hall to find Li Shimin.

"Second brother, has the Summer Palace been built?"

Li Shimin hadn't said anything yet, but Li Zhi was so excited.

During this period, he basically followed Li Shimin in the Xuanzheng Hall in the morning to learn how to deal with the government affairs, and returned to the East Palace in the afternoon to receive the guidance of Yu Zhining and other officials from the East Palace.

This day by day, the more sour it is, the more sour it is, and there is no freedom at all.

“Yes, it’s already built!”

"It is better to choose a day than to meet the day. Since Kuan'er, you are so confident, then I will visit with Ji Nu."

Li Shimin naturally realized that Li Zhi wanted to go out for a walk, and he was indeed quite curious about the Summer Palace in the Workshop City, so he simply chose to leave the palace today.

"No problem, the Summer Palace is ready to welcome the emperor at any time!"

Li Kuan took a walk in the Summer Palace yesterday, and only today dared to invite Li Shimin.

"Lanhe, go and call Xuanling, Wuji and the others will come and have a look!"

It is better to have fun alone than to have fun. Li Shimin was in a good mood today, so he was going to take his ministers to see his long experience.

Li Zhong was already very experienced in Li Shimin leaving the palace at any time. In just half an hour, Li Shimin and his group left Daming Palace in a low-key manner and headed towards the Shufang City.

Since the current positioning of the Summer Palace is a royal garden for Li Shimin to recuperate, this time I went to the Summer Palace, which was not as large as the last time I went to the Daming Palace.

But there were also carriages of Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and more than ten ministers following behind. Passers-by knew at a glance that this convoy could not afford to offend.

"Your Majesty, this is the Summer Palace!"

Accompanied by Li Kuan's voice, everyone came down from the carriage and looked at the newly built palace in front of them.

"What a mighty lion!"

Li Zhi saw two big lions taller than him standing on both sides of the gate, one was a female lion and the other was a male lion, with bright eyes, very majestic.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, look at the male lion stepping on a big stone ball under his feet, which symbolizes power and the throne; while the female lion is a small lion, which represents the successor of the country."

Li Shimin was quite happy to hear Li Kuan's words.

"Go in and take a look!"

Li Shimin walked forward with great strides, and Li Kuan quickly followed.

When you enter the gate, the first thing you see is the numerous towering trees. Although the branches of these trees have been rested, it can still be seen from the outlines of the branches that are all giant trees of great age.

"Ginkgo, magnolia, osmanthus, pine trees and willows, Kuan'er, you have moved so many big trees to the Summer Palace, you have no time?"

After entering the Summer Palace, the scenery inside is completely different from that in the Daming Palace.

Although it was already autumn, Li Shimin was also shocked by the smell of the garden that came to his face.

You should know that if a person moves to live and a tree dies, it is much more difficult to relocate such a large tree than ordinary people think.

Especially in the Tang Dynasty, people who relocated did not pay attention to any skills. It would be good if three of them survived from ten trees.

And there are at least dozens of century-old trees that Li Shimin saw now.

He knew very well how large the project was.

"This is a masterpiece of the Agricultural College of Guanshishan Academy. They studied the best tree transplantation method to reduce the difficulty of transplantation as much as possible, and at the same time improve the survival rate of trees after transplantation. In order to cooperate with the transportation of trees, the Mercedes-Benz four-wheeled carriage workshop specially made an eight-wheeled carriage that was pulled together by six horses. The students of the Academy of Geophysics also used the pulley set to hoist the giant wood. With everyone's cooperation, they completed the task of tree transplantation."

What Li Kuan said was very light, but everyone knows how difficult it is.

"Second brother, why are there some strange stones next to each tree? Just put a stone bench next to it for people to rest, isn't it enough?"

Li Zhi's aesthetic is obviously still at a relatively preliminary stage.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, these strange stones with different postures have four characteristics: thin, wrinkle, leaky, and transparent. When the trees are shady, standing under the trees, you can feel a bit more beautiful in the Summer Palace."

The Summer Palace in front of me was created completely in the style of Jiangnan gardens in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Both Li Shimin and Li Zhi had seen it for the first time.

For some furnishings, they obviously cannot grasp the key points.

But this is good, there are more surprises.

"His Royal Highness, when the Daming Palace was built, you used a lot of reinforced concrete, blue bricks, glass and other materials, but when I saw the pavilions and towers in front of me seemed to have returned to the wooden style. Does this mean that when you built the Daming Palace, you were suspected of cutting corners?"

No matter when Changsun Wuji was looking for opportunities to give Li Kuan eye drops.

But Li Kuan naturally won't be able to bird him.

"The wooden beds, wooden doors, and wooden thresholds are full of antique flavors, but they cannot withstand the wind and rain, and cannot withstand the destruction of time, and are easily damaged. As the imperial palace of my Tang Dynasty, the Daming Palace naturally exists with the eternal foundation of my Tang Dynasty, so they use durable, fashionable and novel materials and construction plans.

The Summer Palace is more about allowing His Majesty to take a leisurely vacation in his spare time. The emphasis is on pavilions and towers to be natural and integrated with the surrounding gardens, so more wood will be used appropriately.

In fact, most of the woods you see are not real wood, and are essentially reinforced concrete. However, after being processed by the unique craftsmen, it makes people look like they are made of wood.

In the entire Summer Palace, it is really made of wood, that is, some doors, windows and statues.”

Li Kuan's attitude of explaining that he did not take Changsun Wuji seriously and made Changsun Wuji very unhappy, but he was hard to say anything.

"Wow, there is a small stream here. The stream is so clear that you can see the sand at the bottom of the water and the fish swimming around."

The group kept walking in, and found a stream among the towering trees and pavilions.

This stream is not simply dug a ditch there, but is designed with winding and winding, decorated with various strange rocks and strange flowers and plants on both sides, making people look natural.

This is the beauty of Jiangnan Gardens.

These days, although some nobles in Chang'an City also need pools at homes, their shape is basically a square puddle, making people unable to find any beauty.

It's not like the stream in front of you, it makes people feel as if they are in the mountains and rivers, and it's so beautiful.

"His Royal Highness of the King of Chu, the style of the Summer Palace should be in the style of Jiangnan gardens. However, I have been in Jiangnan for so many years in the early years and have never seen any garden as clever as the design of the Summer Palace. Yes, Yan Liben's level is of course very powerful, but he should not be able to design such a unique garden, right?"

Xiao Yu, who was already old, was still quite strong. He didn't need anyone to support him after everyone.

"It really doesn't look like Yan Liben's style. Could it be that His Highness the King of Chu invited some master from Jiangnan?"

Cen Wenben has also been to Jiangnan and feels that the Summer Palace gives him a very different feeling.

"Thanks to the love of all the kings, the Summer Palace was planned by the empress, Yan Liben presided over the design, and some craftsmen participated in the improvement. It is different from the style of the Daming Palace, nor is it much the same as the gardens on the Duke's mansion. The style of the Summer Palace is gentle and tender, quiet and intoxicating; it is ink painting, simple and elegant; it is a trickle of flow, with a long history. Only by slowing down and allowing people to appreciate it can they taste the charm.

For example, in the Liuting Pavilion beside us, there is an exquisite ginkgo wood carving above the eaves of the door, with the roots and patterns entangled with each other. This is a magpies climbing the plum blossoms, which means joy. If you don’t appreciate it carefully, you will not feel its charm at all.

The overall appearance of the Liuting Pavilion is like a sea boat, next to a small lake, with windows open around it, and you can see the outdoor scenery in the boat hall.

When the summer heat is hot, Your Majesty sits in the Liuting Pavilion and you can see the beautiful scenery around you and shelter from the rain and shade.

Especially in the midsummer on rainy days, at that time, all the lotus flowers in the small lake were in full bloom, the sound of rain outside dripping, the breeze blew by, and the fragrance of lotus came. That feeling... Isn't it beautiful to listen to the rain and appreciate the lotus!"

Li Kuanwei closed his eyes, as if he was in the beautiful scenery described in the words.

After listening to Li Kuan's description, Li Shimin couldn't help but imagine the scene.

Immediately, he felt that he wanted to move to the Summer Palace to live.

In the past, he thought the Daming Palace was magnificent and lived in a very comfortable place. There was no way to compare Tai Chi Palace with it.

Now, when comparing with the Summer Palace, I just visited a corner and felt the huge difference.

Everyone's styles are completely different.

"I heard from my second brother that, it's true! The pavilion built by the water, the shadows of the tree, are all reflected in the pool, both real and illusory, and they are really beautiful!"

At this time, Li Zhi couldn't help but exclaim.

In terms of play, the Chu Palace is the most powerful!

"These various veranda built beside the pool and houses are also a unique landscape. Walking in it can not only shade and cool down, but also extend to all places, which is quite beautiful with winding paths and secluded places."

Fang Xuanling followed Li Zhi and praised him.

"You seem to have really put your heart into the construction of the Summer Palace!"

Li Shimin was behind his hands, walking forward with joy on his face while admiring the beautiful scenery.

"Your Majesty, I have done everything with my heart! The Daming Palace has the majestic momentum of the Daming Palace, and the Summer Palace has the natural artistic conception of the Summer Palace; it is like a lady from a family and a jasper from a family, each with its own taste."

Li Kuan's metaphor made Li Shimin's eyes jump.

This guy in the entire Tang Dynasty dares to talk to him like this.

"The design of the flower windows that can be seen everywhere in the pavilions and towers in the Summer Palace looks simple and elegant. I think this is the finishing touch of the Summer Palace. Through these flower windows, looking outside from different angles, you will have different compositions and different scenery. The virtual and real are all the same, showing that 're creating a world within a short distance'. His Highness the King of Chu said he was attentive, and I deeply agree!"

Li Kuan turned around and looked at Xiao Yu. He didn't expect that this stubborn old minister would be so powerful today and keep supporting him.

"The styles of the Summer Palace and the Daming Palace are indeed quite different. It is hard to say that the one is better built. But the Summer Palace is obviously more suitable for life. It has mountains, water, small bridges, hills, trees, gardens, and pavilions with unique shapes reflect the unique magnificence of the Summer Palace."

Fang Xuanling was not reserved at all today, and he was not stingy at all in praise.

"Why should I design a hill ahead to block the view?"

When everyone visited the scenery near the gate, they arrived at the foot of a small hill.

"Your Majesty, I have given this mountain a name called Wanshou Mountain, which is formed by digging the soil of the lake in front of it. Wanshou Mountain is the highest point of the Summer Palace and the highest place in the entire workshop city. Standing in the pavilion on Wanshou Mountain, you can see the scenery of the entire Summer Palace, and even the scenery of most workshop city.
To be continued...