Whether it is modern or ancient, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Great Song Dynasty, Zheng Guang lives in the warm and humid land of South China, the Great Song Dynasty, Zheng Guang's Northern Expedition failed to hit the Yangtze River, continue to the north, the era of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Guang lived in Suzhou City for more than ten years and has not left, the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, especially the southeast and Lingnan, Zheng Guang has deep feelings, and the scenery of the north is completely different from the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, Zheng Guang has not yet appreciated. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Crossing the Yangtze River and crossing the Huai River, the cold wind of the north hit Zheng Guang and his party head-on, and the biting cold wind even Zheng Guang, a perennial martial arts person, couldn't stand it, not to mention the fat Xu Fat, who hid in the carriage all day long and didn't come out, except for eating and sleeping in the inn, most of the time he hid in the carriage to keep warm, and it was called studying in the carriage, in fact, in the rickety carriage, I would feel dizzy when I read a book for a while, not to mention the dim light.

However, considering that Xu Pang's body is indeed difficult to withstand such a cold in a short period of time, Zheng Guang still let him stay in the carriage, considering that Xu Pang is likely to get sick after arriving in Beijing because of the water and soil, Zheng Guang also prepared a two-handed strategy, just so that Xu Pang would not be seriously ill after arriving in Beijing, so that he could not participate in the examination.

Xu Pang is an indispensable member of Zheng Guang's overall plan, in this Yiwu incident, if there is no situation where Xu Pang runs around to encourage Zheng Guang to maintain business operations, Zheng Guang is a doppelganger, he can't do it while training and developing the place, at least for now, his energy is not enough, Xu Pang's appearance has greatly reduced Zheng Guang's burden, so let Xu Pang and himself be admitted to the Jinshi Officer, which is Zheng Guang's ultimate goal.

In the winter of the northern country, there are few people on the street, even if you enter some big cities, you rarely see city residents and pedestrians coming and going, it seems that they will only come out to buy some meat, and the rest of the time they stay at home, the streets are very neat and clean, and the people of Daming are still quite concerned about public health, but the kind of things in the imperial examination room make Zheng Guang quite dissatisfied.

Randomly found a hotel, Zheng Guang and his party lived in, let the store boil some hot water to take a bath, read a book, and went to bed early, this is the most thing Zheng Guang did during the trip, and he didn't have the heart to enjoy the beautiful scenery in winter, and there were few people to talk and chat, he left very suddenly, and he had to be so sudden, so some friends in Suzhou who were also going to take the exam didn't have time to say hello, and along the way, it was quite lonely.

Twenty days later, on the second day of December, Zheng Guang and his entourage finally arrived at the city of Beijing, the Beijing division at the foot of the Son of Heaven, the majestic outer city wall appears extremely tall, compared with the city wall of Suzhou City, the city wall of Suzhou City is like an earthen city wall, close up, the outer city wall is not brand new and complete, there are gaps, there are scars, these are Beijing City was attacked by the Mongol cavalry left behind.

It is not the first time that Beijing City is the first line to resist the Mongol invasion, and what Zhu Di said at the beginning is not a lie, but whether it is true or false, it is difficult to say, after all, as an emperor, no one wants to be in danger, and the fact that Emperor Yingzong was captured by Wara is still a pain in the Ming Dynasty, but the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty army is even more unbearable than that of Emperor Yingzong.

In my memory, in a few years, after the emperor killed Xia Yan and Zeng Mo successively, it was the Mongolian leader Alta who hit the city of Beijing, and was forced to carry out the second defense of Beijing.

This extremely smart and powerful emperor, if there is a diligent heart, the Ming Dynasty will go to another peak with his rule, and all this ends with the end of the Great Rites Discussion, the emperor lost his diligence, eliminated all enemies, and stabilized his position and the situation of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor entered the year of establishment, and the emperor after the year of establishment, began to pay attention to health, pay attention to the way of immortality, and after some ill-intentioned demons approached the emperor, the emperor's heart was completely different from before.

Zheng Guang could feel the strange atmosphere of this Beijing city, and Zheng Guang even had a premonition that once he entered the city, in a sense, he would never be able to get out again.

After entering the city of Beijing, Zheng Guang's sense of the city of Beijing is a little strange, compared with the simple commercial town of Suzhou, the size, scale and population of both sides are about the same, at most the scale of Beijing City is larger than Suzhou, covering a wide area, after all, it is the capital of the empire, but in terms of vitality, Zheng Guang clearly feels the gap between the political and military center of North China and the economic center of South China.

Beijing is very big, very majestic, the road is very wide, after entering the city of Beijing, you can see almost enough for twenty cavalry to walk side by side on the wide and flat road, there are sparse residents or travelers walking on both sides of the road, and occasionally see some small vendors who come out to set up stalls on cold days, most of them are small vendors who buy some hot snacks, and some small craftsmen who buy some handicrafts.

Walking on the street, you can't see the prosperity of the warm season, but Zheng Guang can also feel the charm of the city as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, clean, tidy, from time to time you can see the guards patrolling with spears, the buildings on the street are tall, spacious, beautiful, showing wonderful Chinese architectural art, people's faces can not see smiling faces, but also can not see the color of despair and confusion, everyone seems to be fighting for the future, in order to live and strive hard.

After coming to the Ming Dynasty for so long, Zheng Guang felt that the people of the Ming Dynasty were very charming and polite, at least, those ugly images with confused eyes and ragged clothes in the photos of foreigners in the late Qing Dynasty, Zheng Guang did not see that in the cities and countryside of the Ming Dynasty, even if they were illiterate villagers, Zheng Guang had never seen their confused looks, even if it was a beggar, Zheng Guang could see the yearning for brilliance in their eyes.

Zheng Guang knows that the Ming Dynasty is definitely not the image of the Manchu literati after trying their best to scandalize, people who have lost hope, any country in any era exists, that is a personal problem, the suffering of the people, and it is also something that no country in this era can avoid, even in modern times, no country dares to really say that there is no poverty in our country, there is no crime and death, and the people of the Ming Dynasty are indeed poor, which is irrefutable.

However, those ugly images with braids definitely do not belong to the Ming Dynasty, every scholar Zheng Guang sees, regardless of good or evil, maintains their appearance, and every person he sees is desperately trying to maintain their dignity, they may be illiterate, or have a low status, they may have been bullied, or they have been bullied, but unlike those photos, their eyes have never lost the brilliance of hope.

Perhaps, this is the real charm of the Ming Dynasty, this is the reason why the Ming Dynasty can be described as a prosperous and powerful country by so many missionaries from the West, even if the Ming Dynasty at that time has entered its old age and is terminally ill, but the late Ming Dynasty written by those missionaries is definitely not the hell on earth described in the Manchu "history books".

Zheng Guang had a deep sympathy and respect for the Ming Dynasty, and was full of longing for the group of political and cultural elites who once represented the highest level in the world, even if he did not agree with their ideas and ideas, although he did not support their practices and reforms, but this did not prevent Zheng Guang from showing respect for this group of Chinese elites who were born in the common people.

They have their own independent thoughts and personalities, have their own courage and determination, they will not be like the cultural elite after the conquest of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, kneeling on the ground, calling themselves "slaves", or kneeling on the ground, bowing their heads, to the high rulers, the literati of the Ming Dynasty, even if there are thousands of wrong, everything wrong, but they have never yielded to the emperor, and even the emperor is strictly bound by them.

During this period, the Chinese system was envied by Europeans, who expressed their yearning for this system, and they described such a system, saying that even the emperor could not overturn the unanimous decision of his courtiers, and that the emperor could not arbitrarily grant official positions or increase the power of any person, and that all of this required the approval of the "imperial court" to be implemented, not the will of the emperor alone.

And I, who have come to this era and participated in this real world, how can I do what I want to do? How can I overcome all the obstacles and bring this country and nation to the right path?

Zheng Guang sighed slightly, and led the group to the Zheng family's courtyard that Zheng Jiang had prepared.