Chapter 655: Xiaoyao City

There was also an imperial city in Fengyang, the central capital.

Although the capital of the Ming Dynasty was never located here, the hometown and ancestral tomb of Emperor Taizu were all here. The family of Gao Chi, the "abandoned prince" who came to Fengyang, lived in this imperial city.

The imperial city was strictly guarded by eunuchs sent by the Zhongdu Residential Office and the capital. It was impossible for ordinary people to enter; and the people inside could hardly get out. The huge imperial city was like a cage, and like a cemetery, it was dead and gloomy!

When the eunuch Wu Zhong walked outside the imperial city, the first thing he saw was a stone tablet. The words on the stone tablet were written by the former Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang himself, and then carved by craftsmen.

The preface clearly states Taizu's intentions. He was afraid that the civil and military officials of later generations would only know how to whitewash and flatter,