Chapter 11: State Hall

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This is a modified Zhuzi deep coat. Compared with the previous Zhu Zishen clothes, it is more neat and dignified. Since His Majesty the Emperor wore this when he went out of the palace in casual clothes, it caused the people to follow suit.

His Majesty the Emperor's dragon robe and regular clothes were obviously not something that courtiers could wear at will, but His Majesty obviously did not have this scruple when he wore the improved Zhuzi deep clothes.

There was no fashion circle in these years, but His Majesty the Emperor liked it, and it was indeed good-looking, so it naturally quickly became popular among high-ranking officials.

Clothing fashion is such a thing, it has always been an upward and downward effect. What's more, it is rumored that this is still the queen mother's work to improve for Her Majesty, which naturally triggered the trend.

Song Jicheng, who lives in Jiaodong, once went to Beijing more than ten years ago.

At that time, where could the Jingshi take care of what clothing and fashion, everyone thought about the war in Liaodong, thought about the turmoil in the court, and thought about the internal and external troubles of the Ming Dynasty, even if the scholars wanted to care about some wind and snow, it was also the wine and meat ****** Yanliu Hutong at the moment, but the atmosphere was new, so that Song Jicheng had to sigh that this was the image of the prosperous era.

At this moment, Song Lian pushed the window to look, and Song Jicheng also waved his hand, waved off the maid, and walked onto the balcony.

This is also the new building of Hengxin Hotel, which erected a high-rise building in Beijing, and spent a lot of effort to reconstruct and create a French style, so there is a viewing balcony in the hotel.

The upper part of the floor-to-ceiling glass window has been opened, and the breeze from outside the high-rise building blows in, bringing in the cold air of early spring, which makes people dispel the residual sleepiness of the morning.

Song Jicheng and Song Lian, father and son, sat on the rattan chair, swept towards the Beijing Division, and looked at it with extreme eyes, as if the entire capital was in full view, and a kind of open-mindedness suddenly emerged: "The changes in the Beijing Division are indeed too great." Not to mention anything else, this person is full of smoke, and the prosperous appearance of the market is far better than more than ten years ago. ”

"After all, the war has subsided." Speaking of which, Song Jicheng couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity that your brother Wen Yuqi died in the middle of the battle against the Qing soldiers, but he can't see all this." ”

The Wenyu mentioned by Song Jicheng is the Song Mei mentioned above, Wenyu is his word, the official to the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, and the pillar of the Song family's officialdom.

When Song Lian heard this, he couldn't help but sigh, and said softly: "If Brother Wenyu knows about it, he will also be dumbfounded when he sees that I am in the prosperous world again." ”

After the two gossiped a little, Song Jicheng stared around, but finally his eyes fell on the inner city road: "That direction should be the State Hall where we are going today." ”

The houses of Hengxin Hotel are considered high, but because of safety issues, they are far away from the imperial city. As a result, the view of the inner city is not visible.

However, the two of them had been to the State Hall.

It is a house with a large area, just in Dongjiang Rice Lane. The Great Hall of State was built magnificently, elegantly and magnificently, and it was built with a rare cleanness and speed.

Regarding Zhu Cihong's construction of the State Hall, there was a lot of discussion among the people of the DPRK and China, and the discussion was also intense, with both praise and criticism.

In a derogatory sense, it is natural to accuse His Majesty the Emperor of building a lot of construction and wasting the people's fat and ointment. After all, throughout history, there are many examples of large-scale construction projects that led to the crushing of people's resources, financial collapse, and finally chaos in the country.

But again, there are many praises.

Those who appreciate it believe that the State Hall is magnificently built and that it is a magnificent national prestige. Moreover, Zhu Cihong adopted the model of later generations in building the State Council Hall, allocating funds for bidding, and did not let the court directly organize it, nor did he engage in forced labor.

Although, conscription is free, and the cost of doing so in the court will skyrocket.

However, it is clear that the State Hall built under this model is not only of good quality, but also clearly solves a lot of employment problems. Although corruption is inevitable, with the attention of all the people, everything is manageable.

Aside from that, as far as the State Hall itself is concerned, its extensive use of new technology, stone materials, cement, bricks, and reinforced concrete make the State Hall more magnificent and magnificent than the rest of the buildings.

The convening of the State Council here obviously makes people feel honored and honored, and the style could not be higher.

The father and son chatted for a while, and suddenly there was a knock on the door.

A neatly dressed man with elegant manners smiled and saluted the two: "Two gentlemen, Wang Xingzhi, a subordinate member of the Preparatory Committee of the State Council, hereby invites the two gentlemen to attend the meeting at the State Council Hall. ”

"Wang ......"

Looking at Wang Xingzhi's pale face and treacherous voice, Song Jicheng recognized it sharply and wanted to call his father-in-law. But soon, he realized that something was wrong. If it is a eunuch in the palace, it is obviously a position in the palace. But since people claim to be the function of the Preparatory Committee, it is obviously different.

This reminded Song Jicheng of the eunuchs of the Song Dynasty. At that time, the highest position of a eunuch in the palace was a petty official of about eight or nine grades, and if he wanted to advance, he had to be classified as a government official. Therefore, the promotion of eunuchs was also subject to the same control of the imperial court as civil and military officials.

This obviously made it very convenient for the Song Dynasty to rarely interfere with the power of eunuchs most of the time.

After Zhu Cihong ascended the throne, there were few promotions to eunuchs, and the number of eunuchs was repeatedly reduced. Among them, many people who are quite capable have gone to serve in the rest of the yamen.

For example, this Wang Xingzhi, who seems to have a good demeanor, should obviously be a figure from the study in the palace, and he is to serve in the preparatory committee of the National Affairs Conference.

All this is obviously intended to dilute the identity of other eunuchs, and just treat them as ordinary officials.

At this time, if you continue to call your father-in-law, there is obviously something wrong

"Then there is Lord Lao." Song Jicheng said it to his lips and changed it back.

Wang Xingzhi's smile was obviously much more sincere: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, I have no official or position, I just act under orders and serve all gentlemen." ”

A few more polite words, went downstairs, and sure enough, they saw that a series of carriages at the door had been prepared, and several people got into the car and drove all the way to the State Assembly Hall, unimpeded, and soon arrived at the Shandong Hall of the State Council Hall.

Soon after arriving at the Shandong Hall, I saw that there were other staff members who attracted a few people inside.

Although Song Jicheng was prepared in his heart, he couldn't help but feel shocked when he saw someone coming.

He Jiaodong Song clan can already be regarded as a local tyrant, but these people who come today are actually wealthy families with heads and faces in the whole of Shandong. For example, Mengyin Gong's family. This one is a noble family with a male nai. Gong Nai's ancestor Gong Mian Ren began, and was re-elected as a Jinshi from generation to generation, and to the Gong Nai generation, "the fifth Jinshi, father and son Hanlin", became a famous Jinshi family at the end of the Ming Dynasty. They either have civil governance, or martial arts, and have many achievements, and for a time, the name of Mengyin Gong shines in the sea.

Now, they're here too.