Historically, after the Meiji Restoration of the island country, Japan sent an envoy headed by Iwakura Gushi to visit Europe, and after seeing the industrial achievements of Europe, the mission of the little devils at that time was known as the first shock and the end of the madness, and then Japan embarked on the road of comprehensive westernization. Wen Xiang took a big turn in the industrial zone near Changchun, and saw the life of ordinary people in Changchun, he was also shocked, but he was not drunk or crazy, but fell into a deep confusion.

Guoxinga is definitely a rebel and should be nailed to the pillar of shame in history forever, and all the policies he implements are also deviant and should be spurned by people of insight in the world. But Wen Xiang couldn't figure out why a rebellious deviant act could bring such a rich and happy life to the people, but under the rule of the heavenly court, the people always looked like they were waiting to be fed. The Manchurians have already pursued a lot, and many ordinary people have fallen into the world of materialism, but the people under the rule of the imperial court can only think about eating a major matter. The people should not be like Manchuria, otherwise the emperor's position would be unstable, and Wen Xiang quickly found a basis.

The grand building of Changchun made Wen Xiang have only one word in his mind, that is, it violates the regulations, and almost all of them are beyond the regulations, how can the restaurant of the common people be built so high, and where is the majesty of the royal family. And there is a problem here that makes Wen Xiang very confused, he can't figure it out, why would Guoxinga allow the people to do this, he is not afraid that the people will have a rebellious heart, and he doesn't need etiquette to manage the country?

If Wen Xiang had come to Changchun three years ago, he would have been even more uncomfortable, because the buildings on the street at that time were not only illegal but also Western-style. The small western-style buildings on the street looked like a European city, and Wen Xiang must have suspected that Guoxing'a was going to change the summer with Yi. After all, at that time, all the architects in North Manchurian studied under Europe, and they all studied European architectural theories and design styles, and of course they couldn't get any local characteristics. It wasn't until four years ago that a group of beggar-like people entered Manchuria, and the architecture of North Manchuria returned to the traditional Chinese track.

Guo Xing'a once founded a town in Jiangnan called Little Nanjing, where he met a traditional architectural genius named Yu Wendao, but at that time they had to go their own way. Later, Guoxing's expedition to the east and the west finally sat on the high position of general Fuyuan, but Yu Wendao was still in that town, but life was very difficult. Although Qiqiao Town has the nickname of Little Nanjing, it is just a small town, the Qing Army, the Taiping Army, you sang and I appeared, and in the south of the Yangtze River back and forth, this tenacious town finally became a ruin in the war.

Yu Wendao, who once had to stick to the countryside with the ancestral gods, could only take the remnants of the clansmen to protect the precious gods and wander on the rivers and lakes. Finally one day, Yu Wendao was on the way to beg when he heard a commentary about Guoxing'a, and he remembered the young high-ranking official who had sincerely invited him. The last 300 people of the Yu clan embarked on a journey to Manchuria north while asking for food, and finally walked to Manchuria four years ago, and they walked from Jianghuai to Manchuria for a year and a half.

The entry registration personnel at the Manchuria border station had broken them up and arranged for them to be dispersed and repatriated according to the usual practice, but Yu Wendao called out Guo Xing'a's name, and he repeatedly affirmed that he was not talking nonsense, and that he was Guo Xing'a's old friend. The news was reported to Changchun layer by layer, Guo Xing'a has not forgotten the young man who once fought with Xiande, looking at the face of the past promise, Guo Xing'a made an exception for Yu Wendao, and did not disperse the Yu clan, and arranged them all to Changchun.

Guo Xing'a sent the elite young people of the Yu family, led by Yu Wendao, to the Department of Architecture of Jilin University, so that they could absorb advanced Western knowledge, and then continue to play their own specialties in the field of architecture in the future. Yu Wendao and others were very hard and serious when they first entered the school, but after only studying for more than half a year, they quarreled with a professor from Germany. Yu Wendao believes that Western architecture does have many merits, but it can be used for reference.

For this reason, the Department of Architecture is divided into two factions with clear barriers. The Westerners, led by the German professor Simmons, believed that Western architecture represented the highest level of architectural technology in the world, and was the trend of all architectural development in the future, and the meaning of the existence of other national buildings was to occasionally pay tribute to their ancestors. The localists in charge of the banner of Yu Wendao believe that there are many aspects of Western architecture worth learning, but its role should be to make up for the shortcomings of Chinese architecture, and finally develop Chinese architecture with mortise and tenon joints as the main body.

The two sides have been debating for several months, and naturally no one can convince anyone, and this matter is too advanced and profound, even Guo Xing'a can't be a referee. In the end, the two sides agreed that it would be the mule or the horse that would come out to see whose building was good. Of course, this kind of competition is not to actually build a house, but to make a model that is more than 1,000 times smaller in equal proportions, and then test it to see whose design is good.

The design of the Western school is mainly grand, and the combination of various high-rise buildings has an absolute visual impact. Of course, the localists also want to build high-rise buildings, but they only borrow some of the technology from the West, and the overall planning ideas and construction techniques are still in the oriental style represented by the mortise and tenon structure.

In appearance, the two sides have their own shortcomings and strengths, the Western school is concise and bright, the local school is myriad, and more than a dozen judges from all walks of life can only give a tie answer after several consultations. Jilin University paid for the two models of the building complex, which experienced disasters such as heavy rain, floods, high temperatures, hurricanes, and sandstorms. The earthquake experiment in the last level allowed the localists to lock in the victory, simulating that when the earthquake reached magnitude 8, the Western-style buildings began to collapse, but the localist model persisted to level 10 with only minor damage.

The results of this experiment made the architecture of North Manchurian take a 180-degree turn, and Yu Wendao also became an architectural giant that overtook Simmons. Simmons was very convinced, and he also became a student of Yu Wendao, learning oriental architecture from Yu Wendao. While Yu Wendao was teaching Oriental architecture, he was still a student of Simmons, and he still had too many things to learn about Western architecture.

"Mr. Bochuan, the model designed by Mr. Yu Wendao at that time, the general liked it very much, so he spent a huge amount of money to build the real thing, which is the Fengluan Terrace in front of him!" Zou Degui stood in front of the huge palace group like the Heavenly Palace, and introduced the development of construction in North Manchurian to Wenxiang.

"General Yunxian's palace is really magnificent!" Wen Xiang, who hadn't spoken for a long time, was extremely harsh in every syllable as soon as he opened his mouth. Because his mind was already full of the word transgression, Guo Xing'a was too much, he actually built such a huge palace without permission, and his desire to be the emperor was too obvious.

"Mr. Bochuan misunderstood, the general doesn't live here! The front area in front of the bamboo forest gate of this Fengluan Terrace is the office area of my North Manchurian government, and behind the bamboo forest gate is the residence of my North Manchurian cabinet ministers, and the students' families also live here! Zou Degui was also a little embarrassed, ministers should generally live in their own mansions, but Guo Xing'a forced to arrange a set of palaces or palace groups for cabinet ministers. Zou Degui is the second person in the cabinet, and he is in the Nanyang Palace in Fengluantai, which is not smaller than the palace area of Chengde Summer Resort, and Chengde Summer Resort is a bungalow, and the shortest of his residence is also a five-story building.

"The old man heard that there are more than ten ministers in Manchuria?" Wen Xiang was a little confused.

"One house per person in the back bedroom! The general treats our subordinates very generously! The general did not use Manchuria to support the elderly, but he raised a group of scholars like us! Zou Degui remembered where Guo Xing'a lived and felt ashamed.

"Alas......" Wen Xiang could only sigh, Guo Xing'a is really willing to give up, people raise the world, the queen mother is raised, and he is the minister. However, Wen Xiang was also tired of feeling crooked, any minister who was so courteous to Guo Xing'a would definitely swear allegiance to Guo Xing'a. Wen Xiang asked himself, I'm afraid that it will be inevitable for him, after all, the person who is a confidant will die!

"Take me to General Yunxian!" Wen Xiang didn't want to look at it anymore, he was confused now, maybe when he saw Guo Xing'a, he could have an answer.

The carriage had not gone far, but it was obviously a little remote, and the high-rise buildings were almost extinct, but there were only some low-rise old houses, and there were many fewer shops and the like, so that there were more people in military uniforms. After Zou Degui asked Wen Xiang to get out of the car, Wen Xiang almost couldn't believe his eyes, the towering majestic buildings of Fengluantai were gone, and there was only a very dilapidated and rotten yamen in front of him. The plaque at the gate is the general of Fuyuan, yes, but the plaque seems to be made after the original words of other plaques are cut off, and the seal of Changchun Hall can be seen on the bottom. There seems to be an expansion inside, but the overall regulation is that of a department-level yamen in a small city.

"The general treats me with a thick rank, but he is extremely frugal!" Zou Degui blushed a little, the Fengluantai where he lived and the general Xingyuan of Guoxing'a were completely two worlds.

"Oh!" Wen Xiang was a little numb, if it wasn't for the fact that there was no deep meaning, he suspected that this place was deliberately made by Guo Xing'a to deceive him.

The general's guards were extremely tight, and there were guards and sentry posts almost everywhere, and Wen Xiang and others were admitted only after a few reports. Before he walked a few steps, Wen Xiang saw Guo Xing'a from a distance, this yamen was too small. In the former yamen hall, Guo Xing'a was looking at the sand table intently, with chopsticks in his right hand and noodles in his left hand.