The management of the imperial palace was relatively lax, which was actually due to the beginning of the new dynasty, and the imperial court would have a much stronger degree of trust in its own citizens than the later ones (see the leaders of the Communist Party who could go shopping in the newly liberated city without guards).

Another reason is indeed that the Xu family has not accumulated experience in being an emperor and a royal family, and they do not regard themselves as demigods beyond humans for the time being.

The next day, Zhang Zong came to a side gate of Schönbrunn Palace, and after the Praetorian Guard soldiers guarding the gate asked Zhang Zong about his intentions, someone came in to report it, and after receiving confirmation from the Schönbrunn Palace security office and the colt himself, Zhang Zong was able to enter Schönbrunn Palace with a companion.

The annex where the Wenji couple lived was outside Schönbrunn Palace, which was actually the guest house of Schönbrunn Palace itself, and the Empire's own high-ranking officials were occasionally kept overnight when they were working late at night (especially those officials of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry, who were centered on the Prince of Yanjing and did not usually live in Quancheng), and they would occasionally stay overnight, and they would stay in similar places at this time.

However, there are always some privileges, and the Wenji couple live in a separate courtyard with their family and retinue, which is also part of the Schönbrunn palace complex, but can be kept by people outside the palace for as long as they want.

Entering this partial palace, the scene that catches your eye is very much in line with the northern ......, or in other words, with Xu Shiyang's aesthetics.

The main building is a two-story building with two rows of bungalows on both sides to form a courtyard wall, and there are separate rooms for guards to live at the gate.

In the courtyard there is a pond with pavilions and rockeries, and the pond is planted with lotus flowers and red carp; The paths for walking are paved with cobblestones, flanked by low holly; Behind the holly is a large flat lawn, and a few trees may be planted between the lawns, mainly birch and pine (some people want to plant poplars, but Xu Shiyang does not agree, he especially hates poplars).

In the north, especially in Qi Province and Hebei Province, where the Chinese controlled the area earlier, the streets and main roads of almost all cities, and the courtyards of wealthy families, are almost all in a similar style.

This architectural style was brought out by Schönbrunn Palace, and considering that the architectural style of Schönbrunn Palace was designed by Xu Shiyang, it can be said that this is an architectural style that echoes Xu Shiyang's taste.

However, Zhang Zong felt that if he saw more, this neat and atmospheric style actually had a unique charm.

Wen Ji himself was waiting for him in the small pavilion in the center of the pool, where a four-colored fruit bowl and two pots of warm wine were placed on a stone table, without any maids, eunuchs, or other subordinates to serve him.

"Why don't you ask someone to wait around?"

Zhang Zong smiled and asked:

"Didn't you say that Schönbrunn Palace especially likes to use up the children of the Yan family as palace maids and eunuchs? I haven't tried to make this Tartar royal family serve me. ”

"Nothing special, it's all the same."

Wen Ji shook his head:

"And they're all kids, and they look pitiful."

"You actually think they are pitiful?" Zhang Zong asked in surprise.

Wen Ji's eldest brother died on the battlefield when he moved south, the Wen family has always been known for the main battle faction, and Wen Ji himself used to be a person who did not want to study, and contacted a group of Jianghu rangers all day long, shouting for revenge on the Northern Expedition.

I really didn't expect that such a person would actually sympathize with the Tartar?

"I certainly wouldn't have sympathized with them before."

Wen Ji replied lightly:

"But now, I've already thought about it, all the pseudo-gold culprits are beheaded, and the rest are all slaves and maids, we have already won, and after taking revenge, we deliberately bullied a group of women and children, in fact, it doesn't make much sense, just treat them as ordinary slaves and maids."

"We won?" Zhang Zong smiled and asked, "Who are we?" Brother Wen is planning to stay in the north? ”

"What's the bad about staying here?" Wen Ji smiled and asked: "The north is also Huaxia Zhengshuo, does Brother Zhang like the north or the south?" ”

"The Great Zhou has not lost its deer, the Son of Heaven is still here, how can he claim to be Zhengshuo......"

"The Great Zhou has been in the south of the Yangtze River for 30 years, and Huaxia has rebuilt Shenzhou with its own strength, how can it not be said that it is Zhengshuo?" Wen Ji smiled and shook his head: "Brother Zhang is here today to figure out this matter?" ”

"Is this the choice of the Bunfu?"

"It's my choice." Wen Ji calmly explained: "My father did not interfere, but my brother objected. ”

Zhang Zong didn't say anything more, he already understood the Wen family's choice.

It's just a very simple long bet, Wen Xianggong himself is old, and it is not strange to drive the crane west one day.

Among his sons, there are those who are loyal to the Great Zhou, and there are also those who stand on the side of China to adapt to the new era, no matter how the situation develops in the future, the Wen family at least has a way to go.

"Brother Zhang, I won't hide it from you, I have already met the Son of Heaven." Wen Ji said calmly: "I have my own job here: it is to contact the gentry in Jiangnan. ”

Zhang Zong looked at Wen Ji's face and didn't say a word.

"Now it's ...... It's ......, ah, that's right, it's attracting investment. Wen Ji smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Huaxia's new term is really strange. ”

"My current task is to contact the Jiangnan gentry to attract investment, and if the situation changes in the future, I will be in charge of new work."

As for what kind of work it is, Wen Ji doesn't say it, Zhang Zong can also understand.

The Wen family was originally a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River, the crown princess in the north, and Wen Ji was a concubine in the north, and he could speak well in both the Jiangnan gentry and the northern royal family, once the Civil War broke out, of course, he was responsible for persuading the Jiangnan gentry to submit to the war, so that the war could go more smoothly.

It seems that Wen Ji is planning to work in advance and start from his own side.

"Brother Wen, I have a few questions, I hope Brother Wen will answer them." Zhang Zong naturally knew what answers Wen Ji wanted from his side, and it just so happened that he himself had some questions he wanted to ask clearly, so he would treat it as an exchange.

"Brother Zhang can be blunt."

"One of my servants was not very injured yesterday and was admitted to the No. 2 Hospital in Quancheng."

张宗 says:

"I went to the infirmary, it doesn't look like a place where poor people can afford to see a sick person, but I obviously saw that there are small soldiers living in it, why is that?"

"For the sake of insurance." Wen Ji replied: "There is a thing called insurance in the Huaxia Army, each soldier takes out half of his military salary every month to buy insurance, and the imperial side takes out an additional copy of the same according to the number, and the soldier can get an annuity with insurance after retirement, and if he is injured, the imperial government will also reimburse most of the medical expenses." ”

Wen Ji's explanation is very simple, but fortunately, Zhang Zong can also roughly understand the working principle of insurance.

And Zhang Zong also understood why the Chinese army, which was also a Han army, was so much stronger than the Zhou army - Huaxia treated the soldiers as human beings, was treated well, and the soldiers were willing to fight for Huaxia.

It's a very simple truth, but Da Zhou can't learn it.

"So, the second question, if the north really unifies the world, how does the republican family plan to govern the country? Who governs the country? ”

This is what Zhang Zong is most concerned about:

Huaxia elevated the status of the warriors so much, so after the unification, what was the status of the literati and Confucian scholars?

Does Huaxia plan to rule the country by force like the Tartars, or will it quickly return to tradition and rule the country by force?