Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 701 Postscript (Final Chapter) The Sun Also Rises
"This is the mausoleum of King Qi Wen. Although King Qi Wen is only a vassal king, Emperor Taizong broke the rules and allowed him to be buried with the ceremony of an emperor."

At noon, when it was extremely hot in the north, Zhu Guanlou and the others were quietly listening to a young tour guide's narration.

The young tour guide is not very tall, and he is not handsome, but he is very energetic, with a smile on his face, and he is easy to get close to, so all the tourists around him surround him.

"What's in the tomb of King Wen?"

Suddenly, a child in a round neck robe asked a question.

This question sounds disrespectful to Zhu Guanlou, but to the common people who like to watch the excitement, they are very curious.

But regarding this question, the young man smiled: "Several bones of war horses, a suit of armor, some furniture and weapons."

"King Wen was buried in a simple manner. During the "Wushou Incident", the rebel army was strong and the rebellious prince could not control it. Therefore, someone came to Tianshou Mountain and stole many ritual objects from the Diming Tower."

"When I arrived at Emperor Shizu Wu's place, some people also wanted to come to get it, but they were stopped."

"The person who stopped said that next to Emperor Shizu Wu is the tomb of King Qi Wen. King Qi Wen was very good to the people and us as soldiers. If we took it, we would be sorry for our conscience. That's why the ritual vessels in the two tombs were spared. in difficulty."

"The ritual utensils from King Wen's Mausoleum that you see now are all handed down from more than 200 years ago."

Speaking of this, the young tour guide led the crowd to a stone tablet in front of King Wen's Mausoleum and introduced: "This is a monument of holiness erected during the reign of Emperor Taizong, which records the life of King Wen of Qi."

As he said that, the young tour guide began to tell the story from the life of King Wen of Qi, such as helping his elder brother succeed to the throne at the age of ten, leading the army to fight the rebellion at the age of 12, organizing the campaign to restore the Liao Dynasty at the age of 15, the Northern Expedition to Hetao at the age of 16, and the Northern Expedition at the age of 17...

All of this sounds like a fairy tale, and Zhu Guanlou's good friends can't help but click their tongues:

"When I was 12 years old, I was still asking my mother for living expenses..."

"How dare you compare yourself with King Wen?" Zhu Guanlou couldn't laugh or cry, and the students next to him also grinned: "That's true."

While the two were talking, their instructor stepped forward to discuss with the youth guide for a while, and then brought the youth guide over:

"Students, tour guide Yongzhi will take us to Tiange and the Great Wall."

"Hello everyone, my humble Yongzhi..." Yongzhi saluted, and the students of Qi State also bowed in return.

In the Wuning period, with the emergence of computers, the Internet, and the real-name system on the Internet, there was a trend of calling names but not names in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, when going out, they often reported their own numbers and names, and only when they were working and studying would they call them directly. its name.

Therefore, Zhu Guanlou and the others didn't think too much about Yongzhi's title.

Under the leadership of Yong Zhi, they walked through all the imperial tombs in Tianshou Mountain, and then took the bus rented at the entrance of the scenic spot to the Great Wall in the north.

On the bus, Yong Zhi connected her computer to the TV on the bus, and introduced the customs and prices of Daming with words and pictures.

With such thorough preparations, Zhu Guanlou couldn't help asking curiously, "Has tour guide Yongzhi graduated?"

"No..." Yong Zhi smiled and explained to everyone:
"My family was a farmer. Although I was considered a rich farmer, it was difficult for me to study. Therefore, since I came to Beijing in my freshman year, I have been working as a part-time tour guide every holiday."

"Where is Yong Zhi's tour guide from?" Someone asked boldly, but Yong Zhi was not angry, and calmly explained: "Huguang."

While talking, Yong Zhi began to introduce the customs of Daming, as well as the normal prices of the scenic spots the students went to.

"In the Great Wall scenic area, a bottle of mineral water is five renminbi, and it is two renminbi in normal cities, and the food is also expensive, so after going to the Great Wall, on the way to Tiange, we can eat something in Kaiyuan County thing."

"It's so expensive..." Hearing Yongzhi's words, Zhu Guanlou's classmates couldn't help but speak, and Yongzhi also explained:
"Guochao is different from Qi State. I remember that Qi State is allotted housing and work, and Hanlin and Ph.D. are all paid for tuition, right?"

"It's not the case with Guochao. You need to buy a house and find a job yourself. The state is only responsible for 15 years of compulsory education and subsidies for each semester."

"In addition to the large population demand and close proximity to other countries, the price of goods is slightly higher than that of Qi."

"Has Senior Brother Yongzhi been to Qi?" Zhu Guanlou asked curiously, but Yongzhi shook his head:

"I want to see the elegance of the place where King Wen stayed, but I have never had the chance."

"Is the semester subsidy of Guochao the same as that of Qi State? How much is it?" Some students asked curiously.

"One tael in primary school, two taels in middle school, and three thousand taels per semester in college, which is three Ming taels, which is almost enough for a student's living expenses for a month."

Yong Zhi explained, and then asked back: "Where is Qi State?"

"Us?" The students looked at each other, then scratched their heads: "We are No. [-] in elementary school, No. [-] in middle school, and No. [-] in college."

"And our prices seem to be cheaper than yours. Teacher Xi said that this is the benefit of the equalization system, which allows the people of Qi to enjoy high welfare."

"Hmm..." Yong Zhi was silent for a moment, then nodded: "The equalization system is really good, at least there are fewer fights."

Yong Zhi's words made the people in the car wonder what to say, because they all knew that due to distribution problems in Daming, there were many public grievances in society.

In contrast, although the Qi State had many distribution problems, they were all corrected by the Qi King mobilizing the people in a timely manner.

Except for Qi Zhe Wang Zhu Jianjin who died of bowel cancer in his prime and did not make corrections in time, all Qi kings of all dynasties would clean up the powerful class round after round during their tenure.

During the period of Qi Wuwang Zhu Jingkun, Qi State even promulgated the system of "one person is an official, and three generations are not allowed to join the army or politics".

This system caused Qi to suffer a great deal of international public opinion at that time, and it also caused a lot of turmoil in the country. The "three years of political chaos" made Qi's economy fall back for five years. What was done at the time was absolutely correct.

After curbing the collusion between officials, businessmen and the army, Qi State implemented the "four-hour work system" in Wuning in 16, and then implemented the "three-hour work system" in Longwu ten years.

The reason why these systems can be carried out is that most of the state-run institutions in Qi State are state-owned, and a small number of private institutions will also receive state financial subsidies.

Fortunately, Qi State has banned immigration since the Wushou period, otherwise Qi State may be crowded with more than one billion people.

While thinking, the bus had arrived at the Great Wall, and Yong Zhi also introduced some short stories about the Great Wall.

As for the traditional stories, there is no need to explain them because the textbooks in various countries are quite similar.

After looking around, everyone took the high-speed rail station at the foot of the Great Wall to Kaiyuan County. After having a light meal in Kaiyuan County, they continued to take the high-speed rail to the Tiange in Harawen Mountain.

Although the construction of the Tiange is very high, but because there is a cable car to ride, everyone does not feel tired, but rather interesting.

From a long distance, they saw the Tiange, which covers an area of ​​several acres and has been repaired and rebuilt many times, reaching a height of more than a hundred feet.

"The Tiange was first built in the Tianqi period, and after it was repaired and rebuilt by the five emperors Taizong, Gaozong, Chengzong Heping, and Kang, the scale has become several times larger than it was at the beginning."

"But even so, the inside is only repaired to twelve floors, and there are nine emperors from top to bottom: Taizu, Chengzu, Shizu, Xianzong, Taizong, Gaozong, Chengzong, Pingzong, and Kangzong. .”

"In the last years of Wushou, Xuanzong once hinted to the officials that he wanted to enter the Tiange after a hundred years. However, after his death, Zhezong believed that Xuanzong's achievements could not enter the Tiange, so the matter was annulled."

Yongzhi talked about his understanding of Tiange, and the students of Qi State heard that Xuanzong wanted to enter Tiange, and their expressions were more uncomfortable than eating a scavenger.

Xuanzong swayed between Prince Ni and Zhezong. He refused Zhezong's title and let him supervise the country, which led to civil strife in Wushou.

Afterwards, he made all kinds of tricks, confusing the soldiers and civilians all over the world. Even Qi State had to send Chuqiu County King to meet him in person to make sure that he was not held hostage before he dared to let Qi State end.

The civil strife in Wushou made Zhezong and Pingzong wipe their butts for decades, and the armaments of Ming and Qi that could have been hidden for generations were suddenly taken out.

All feudal lords have their own academy of sciences, so after the appearance of these armaments, everyone has a research direction, and in less than 50 years, the armaments have been upgraded to the Yongchang period.

Europe was a little slower, and basically reached the threshold of armaments during the Qiansheng period.

It can be said that if it weren't for Xuanzong, Qi and Daming could have maintained such an advantage for hundreds of years, but in the end they only maintained it for more than 100 years.

Now the feudal lords and Europe have reached the threshold of armaments during the Hongguang period, while Ming and Qi only maintained their dominance for two generations.

Thinking of this, Qi Guo students couldn't help but get angry.

While they were angry, Yongzhi also took them to the elevator entrance of Tiange to line up.

Zhu Guanlou took a look. Tourists who came to Tiange basically went to the upper three floors, that is, the upper three pavilions of Taizu, Chengzu, and Shizu, and then went to the middle three pavilions and the middle and lower three pavilions.

At present, there is no emperor in the lower three pavilions. Judging from the current situation, Emperor Longwu should be able to take over the Tian Pavilion.

"It's our time." Yongzhi reminded, and then led Zhu Guanlou and the others into the elevator.

Since Zhu Guanlou and the others are students of the Qi State, Yongzhi first took them to the Shizuwu Emperor's Pavilion on the tenth floor.

When the elevator opened the door, what appeared in front of everyone was a huge exhibition hall with a depth of more than twenty feet, a width of six feet, and a height of seven feet.

There are two bronze statues of kings and 72 civil and military statues in the hall. Their projected portraits are hung above the bronze statues, and their respective merit monuments are erected beside them.

In the hall, hundreds of travelers were looking at these civil and military ministers, but more people stopped in front of the bronze statue of the king.

Seeing this, Yongzhi also introduced: "These bronze statues were added during the reign of Emperor Kangzong. The bronze statue of Emperor Shizuwu is three feet high, His Royal Highness King Wen is two feet nine feet high, and the rest of the bronze statues of Wen and Wu are one foot three feet high."

Saying so, Yongzhi led them to the statue of the king, but the eyes of the students of Qi State stayed on the statue of King Wen of Qi and the projection portrait above his head.

"I found out that Qi Fan's lineage has been very handsome since King Wen."

Several students from Qi State looked at the bronze statue of King Qi Wen and the projected portrait above with respect and envy.

"I think King Xiang is the prettiest..." Several female tourists from Ming Dynasty said, they didn't like King Qi Wen's more heroic appearance.

But compared with them, most of the men think King Qi Wen is more handsome.

As for the Emperor Shizu Wu next to him...everyone said he was very approachable.

Hearing these words, Zhu Guanlou couldn't help laughing, and then they visited the bronze statues of Lu Guogong Yan Yinshao, Dai Guogong Sun Chuanting and others under the leadership of Yong Zhi, and saw their deeds.

However, these deeds are basically recorded in the history class, so they just looked at them briefly, and then went to the Tiange of Taizu, Chengzu and other emperors.

By dusk, they had finished visiting the Tiange, and Yongzhi took them back to Beijing city by high-speed train.

The current Beijing city has a population of more than [-] million, but the economic structure is not different from that of hundreds of years ago.

The inner city and the east city are still the most prosperous places, and the hotel Yongzhi booked for them is near Baiwangfang.

In the current era, the hundreds of Prince's Mansions and County Prince's Mansions in Baiwangfang are open for payment at other times, except that the vassals and princes of various countries will stop visiting when they come to do diplomacy.

Zhu Guanlou and the others came to stay at the hotel, and after a brief rest, Yongzhi took them to Jiningfang Night Market next to Baiwangfang.

However, due to the frequent exchanges between the suzerains and vassals, in fact, the cuisines of various countries are not bad, and the cuisines of Qi and Daming are directly copied and pasted, so Zhu Guanlou and the others randomly ordered something to eat.

It's just that when it came time to pay, Zhu Guanlou felt a little pained.

Compared with Qi's low commodity prices, Daming can be regarded as a representative of high commodity prices.

The same two hundred Wen can give Zhu Guanlou and the others two meals in Qi, but only one meal in Daming.

"Guochao's consumption is so high, how much is the normal salary?"

At the dinner table, Zhu Guanlou looked at the food on the table, and asked Yongzhi unavoidably, and Yongzhi responded with a smile when she saw this:

"The minimum wage in the two capitals is [-] Wen per week, [-] Wen in the provincial capital, and [-] to [-] Wen in prefectures and counties, which is [-]-[-]% lower than that in Qi."

"So much lower?" Zhu Guanlou couldn't believe it, but Yong Zhi smiled wryly:

"The country has a large population, so it's not bad to be able to achieve such income and prices. As far as I know, the income of the common people in India is only half of Qi, and the price is about [-]% of Qi. The income is only [-]% of that of Qi State, and the price of goods is about the same as that of Qi State."

"The European vassals are paid half of Qi's wages, and the prices are about the same as those of the Kingdom."

"That's why in the recent news, people in Europe are marching, hoping that wages in various countries will increase and prices will be lowered."

Some of Zhu Guanlou's classmates nodded at Yongzhi's words: "In recent years, the number of demonstrations by the people of the various domains has increased a lot."

"Hehe..." Yongzhi smiled wryly, "This kind of conflict should continue to deepen, unless the energy problem can be solved, otherwise..."

After three minutes, Yongzhi didn't continue to talk, but Zhu Guanlou looked at Yongzhi deeply, as if he was thinking about something.

During the meal, there were not many topics related to politics. After all, most of the Qi students came to Daming just to complete their graduation tour, so after eating and drinking, everyone returned to the hotel.

That night, Zhu Guanlou thought a lot, and didn't fall asleep until midnight.

Early the next morning, Yongzhi woke them up, took them to the nearby Baiwangfang, and directly went to the former Qiwangfu.

As the representative site of the friendly relationship between Daming and Qi State, King Qi Mansion has been repaired by emperors of all dynasties, and the interior layout has not been changed at all, which is the same as when King Wen of Qi left.

Walking up Chengyun Hall and walking into Xuqin Palace, Zhu Guanlou and the others looked at the bookshelves on all sides and the "General Map of Emperor Kunyu of the Ming Dynasty" behind the high-hanging table. It seems that here, they can feel the past. history, and the passage of time.

Holding a tablet computer in his hand, Yong Zhi explained to the crowd what happened to King Qi in the Palace of King Qi.

"Qi Wang's Mansion was built in the third year of Tianqi, and King Wen of Qi lived in it in September of the fifth year of Tianqi. Its scale is the largest among many palaces in Baiwangfang, second only to the Forbidden City."

"King Wen lived here for 18 years, until the 23rd year of the Apocalypse."

"According to the official records of Qi Fan's daily life, King Wen got up at Mao every day and came to Xuqin Palace to deal with government affairs. He only had an hour's break at noon in the middle, and then continued to deal with government affairs until midnight."

"In this hall, King Wen processed a total of 160 memorials, an average of 430 copies per day, and an average of 240 five characters per day."

"It is also because of this that nearly a quarter of the Tianqi Year Memorials in stock today are handled by King Wen, so a large number of King Wen's handwriting has been preserved."

"According to the records of Zhuguan, King Wen likes painting, martial arts, horsemanship and martial arts in his spare time, and the average daily sleep time is less than three hours."

"King Wen didn't rest until he went to Qi, which is why King Wen's life expectancy is higher than that of the previous emperors."

"However, of course there is also the reason of King Wen's own body, and the reason lies in the martial arts arena in the palace."

After all, Yongzhi led everyone to the Martial Arts Field of Prince Qi's Mansion, where there are many equipment similar to modern fitness exercises, but most of them are made of iron and stone.

Yongzhi walked to a practice stone and introduced to everyone:
"This is the exercise stone in Prince Qi's mansion. According to the official records, King Wen would come here to use the exercise stone to exercise every day in his spare time, and then practice horsemanship, swords and spears."

"This exercise stone weighs three hundred catties. King Wen Wen of Shi Zai could lift one with one hand and lift it up and down more than sixty times..."

"How much?!" Hearing Yongzhi's words, Zhu Guanlou's classmates couldn't help asking again, but they got Yongzhi's affirmative answer: "Three hundred catties, more than sixty times."

Hearing Yongzhi's words, several students from Qi State stepped forward to touch the practice stone, but just by touching it, they felt a lot guilty.

Obviously, they had a clear understanding of their own strength, and Zhu Guanlou couldn't help sighing for a while.

Afterwards, Yong Zhi took them to other places in the Qi Palace, and they didn't finish visiting all the places in the Qi Palace until dusk.

However, after visiting Prince Qi's mansion, it also announced that Yongzhi would be separated from Zhu Guanlou and the others.

Zhu Guanlou and the others' next destinations are the Northwest and Hezhong regions, and these places Yongzhi is not familiar with.

Besides, Daming's social welfare is not as good as Qi's, and Yong Zhi still needs to continue working as a tour guide in Beijing to save her living expenses for the new semester.

So when they got back to the hotel, everyone started packing their bags.

Zhu Guanlou didn't have much luggage, so he walked to Yongzhi's room unconsciously after packing up.

The door was open, Zhu Guanlou took a look, only saw the back of Yongzhi packing things.

"Can't stay the last night?"

Zhu Guanlou asked Yong Zhi who was in the room, and Yong Zhi who heard his voice was also stunned for a moment, then packed her luggage and carried it on her back.

He turned around, smiled and shook his head: "Just now a couple from Tang Dynasty sent me a message saying that they need a tour guide. I have to move to their hotel this year, and I will accompany them to visit Beijing in seven days."

"Leave now?" Zhu Guanlou froze for a moment, and glanced at the night outside the corridor window.

"Let's go now. If you come to Daming to visit after graduating from university, or go to my hometown sometime in the future, I will have a drink with you then."

Yongzhi smiled and took out her mobile phone, and signaled Zhu Guanlou to add her contact information. Seeing this, Zhu Guanlou also took out her mobile phone and added her contact information. After hesitating for a moment, she asked instead:

"Are you interested in going to Qi State to study in university? I think with your grades, if you go to Qi State, you should be able to study in the Imperial Academy and Ph.D., and then you can be an official in Qi State."

"Hehe..." Yongzhi smiled: "There are so many talents in Qi State, why do the grandchildren need to recruit me, an ordinary student?"

Yongzhi revealed Zhu Guanlou's identity, and then glanced at the night outside the corridor window.

Looking at the neon lights all over the city, Yong Zhi shook his head: "Qi State has its own problems, but Qi State can solve them by itself."

"I was born in Daming and grew up in Daming. If everyone is like me and goes to Qi for their future, then who in Daming will solve the problem?"

"..." Hearing Yong Zhi's words, Zhu Guanlou felt a little regretful, Yong Zhi was the first helper he wanted to find, but it was a pity that the other party was unwilling to leave Daming with him.

"If I become an official of Ming Dynasty in the future, maybe I will go to Qi State, and then don't embarrass me." Yongzhi's words revealed calmness, Zhu Guanlou didn't stop him anymore when he saw this, and shook his head with a smile shook his head:

"It's weird, we obviously haven't talked much, but I feel like we've met."

"Really?" Yongzhi still had a smiling face, but Zhu Guanlou moved half away when he saw this, and at the same time took out his mobile phone to add a note to Yongzhi's contact information:
"I will come to Daming next year, and then I will go to Huguang to have a look. Where is your hometown?"

"Just go to Changsha and send me a message. I live in Xiangtan, which is very close to Changsha." Yong Zhi said, while packing her luggage, she turned and walked towards the elevator.

Zhu Guanlou escorted him to the elevator entrance, and watched him get on the elevator with his own eyes.

When the elevator door was about to close, Zhu Guanlou suddenly reached out to stop the elevator: "How about a drink before leaving?"

"I have to be a tour guide tomorrow..." Yongzhi couldn't laugh or cry, and Zhu Guanlou shyly withdrew his hand.

After he withdrew his hand, the elevator door slowly closed, Yong Zhi finally did not choose him, the grandson of the Qi Kingdom, but chose the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Guanlou walked to the window in the corridor and waited for a long time before Yongzhi walked out from the hotel entrance.

Zhu Guanlou thought he would take a taxi to the destination, but Yong Zhi walked to the bus stop next to the hotel.

Soon, a bus with the words "Without investigation, no right to speak" came, and many workers got off the bus with their exhausted bodies.

Maybe it was because of the last bus, the people on the bus got off tired, and the only one who got on the bus was Yong Zhi who was still full of vigor.

Seeing him leave, Zhu Guanlou also returned to his room.

In the early morning of the next day, he continued to walk out of the hotel under the instruction notice, the difference was that this time there was no Yongzhi as a tour guide.

He didn't have time to turn on his phone until he got in the car and sat down, and when the phone was turned on, what greeted his eyes was a text message from Yong Zhi in the early morning.

[Traveling all over Qingshan is not old, the scenery here is unique]

"Quite talented..." Looking at this text message, Zhu Guanlou smiled, then put away his phone, leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes to rest his mind.

A quarter of an hour later, with the sound of the siren, Zhu Guanlou also left the bustling Beijing city.

He couldn't help but opened his eyes and took a look. It just so happened that the bus was driving to Chang'anmen Square in front of the Forbidden City.

He stared straight at the banner standing on the Chang'anmen Square. The students next to him saw his appearance and looked over, but couldn't see why, so they couldn't help asking:
"What are you looking at?"

"Watch the sunrise..." Zhu Guanlou turned his head to the side, and glanced at the rising sun that was blocked by the building.

"Can you see this?" The classmate looked hard, but couldn't see any sunrise.

"I can't see..." Zhu Guanlou retracted his gaze while responding, then turned on the phone, looked at the text message sent by Yong Zhi, and couldn't help laughing:
"Some things don't have to be seen with the eyes, anyway, the sun always rises..."

(End of this chapter)