"This is the mausoleum of King Qiwen, although King Qiwen is only a vassal king, but Taizong made an exception to let him be buried with the rites of the emperor."

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

The young tour guide is not very tall, not handsome, but very energetic, with a smile on his face, it is easy for people to get close, so the tourists around him are surrounded by him.

"What's in King Wen's mausoleum?"

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

This question sounds a little disrespectful to Zhu Guanlou, but for the people who love to watch the excitement, they are very curious.

However, the young man smiled at this question: "The bones of a few war horses, as well as a suit of armor, some furniture and weapons. ”

"When King Wen was buried, it was a simple burial, when the "Wujia Change" was there, the rebels were powerful, and the rebel prince could not be controlled, so someone came to Tianshou Mountain to steal many ritual utensils from the floor of the land. ”

"When I came to Emperor Shizuwu, some people also wanted to come and get it, but they were stopped."

"The person who stopped said that next to Emperor Shizuwu is the mausoleum of King Qi Wen, King Qi Wen is very good to the people and us as soldiers, if we take it, we will be sorry for our conscience, so the ceremonial vessels of these two mausoleums show that the building was spared."

"The ritual vessels of King Wen's Mausoleum that everyone sees now have been handed down from more than 200 years ago."

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

Speaking, the young tour guide began to tell from the life of King Qi Wen, such as helping his brother to succeed to the throne at the age of ten, leading the army to quell the rebellion at the age of twelve, organizing the battle of recovering Liao at the age of fifteen, and the Northern Expedition to Hetao at the age of sixteen, and the age of seventeen......

All of this makes people feel like a fantasy, and Zhu Guanlou's good classmates can't help but sigh:

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

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

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

"Students, the tour guide of Yongzhi will take us to the Heavenly Pavilion and the Great Wall next."

"Hello everyone, contemptible Yongzhi ......" Yongzhi saluted, and the students of Qi also returned the salute.

In the Wuning period, with the emergence of the computer, the Internet, and the network real-name system, the territory of the Ming Dynasty set off an atmosphere of calling the title and not calling the name, so when going out, it is often reported to the self-number and the table, and only the place where you work and study will call it by her name.

Therefore, for the title of Yongzhi, Zhu Guanlou did not think much about it.

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

In the car, Yongzhi connected his computer to the TV of the bus, and introduced the customs and prices of the Ming Dynasty with words and pictures.

Such a thorough preparation made Zhu Guanlou inevitably curious: "The tour guide Yongzhi has graduated?" ”

"No ......" Yongzhi smiled and explained to everyone:

"My family worked as a farmer in the past, and although I was a rich peasant, it was difficult for me to study, so when I came to Beijing as a freshman, I came to work as a part-time tour guide every holiday."

"Where is the tour guide Yongzhi from?" Someone took the liberty to ask, but Yongzhi was not angry, and explained calmly: "Huguang's." ”

While talking, Yongzhi began to introduce the customs of the Ming Dynasty and the normal prices of the scenic spots where the students went.

"In the Great Wall Scenic Area, a bottle of mineral water is five Wen, and the normal city purchase is two Wen, 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."

"It's so expensive......" Hearing Yongzhi's words, Zhu Guanlou's classmates couldn't help but speak, and Yongzhi also explained:

"The dynasty is different from the Qi country, I remember that the Qi country is the allocation of housing packages, the distribution of work packages, and the tuition fees of Hanlin and doctors, right?"

"It's not on the side of the country, you need to buy your own house, you need to find a job, and the state is only responsible for 15 years of compulsory education and subsidies for each semester."

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

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

"I want to see the style of the place where King Wen stayed, but I haven't been able to get it."

"Is the semester subsidy of the national dynasty the same as that of the Qi country? How much? Some of the students asked curiously.

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

Yongzhi explained, and then asked rhetorically: "What about Qi Guo?" ”

"We?" The students looked at it, and then scratched their heads: "We are two taels in primary school, four taels in middle school, and six taels in college." ”

"And our prices seem to be cheaper than yours, and the teaching says that this is the benefit of the equalization system, which can allow the people of Qi to enjoy high welfare."

"Hmm......" Yongzhi was silent for a moment and nodded: "The average production system is really good, at least there is a lot less fighting." ”

Yongzhi's words made the people in the car not know what to say, because they all knew that due to the distribution problem in the Ming Dynasty, there were many grievances in the society.

In comparison, although the State of Qi has also had many distribution problems, they can all be corrected in time by the King of Qi and mobilized by the people.

Except for Zhu Jianyan, the king of Qi Zhe, who died of intestinal cancer in his prime and was not corrected in time, the kings of Qi in successive dynasties would clean up the elite class one after another during their tenure.

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

This system led to a great deal of international public opinion at that time, and it also caused a lot of turmoil in the country, and the "three-year political turmoil" set the economy of Qi back by five years, but in the eyes of the current monarchs of Qi, the approach at that time was extremely correct.

After curbing the collusion between officials, merchants and the army, Qi implemented the "four-hour work system" in the sixteenth year of Wuning, and then implemented the "three-hour work system" in the tenth year of Longwu.

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

Fortunately, the State of Qi has banned immigration since the beginning of the Wujia period, otherwise I am afraid that the State of Qi can now be crowded with more than a billion people.

While thinking about it, the bus has arrived at the Great Wall, and Yongzhi also introduced some small stories about the Great Wall.

As for the traditional stories, there is no need to explain them because the textbooks vary greatly from country to country.

After seeing the same, everyone took a car to Kaiyuan County at the high-speed rail station at the foot of the Great Wall, and after having a light meal in Kaiyuan County, they continued to take the high-speed train to the Tiange of Harawen Mountain.

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

From afar, they saw the heavenly pavilion that covers an area of several acres, and after many repairs and reconstructions, it is as high as more than 100 zhang.

"Tiange was built in the Apocalypse year, and then after the repair and reconstruction of the five emperors Taizong, Gaozong, Chengzong Heping, and Kang, the scale has been several times larger than at the beginning."

"But even so, the inside is only repaired to the twelfth floor, and the nine first emperors from top to bottom are Taizu, Chengzu, Shizu, Xianzong, Taizong, Gaozong, Chengzong, Pingzong, and Kangzong."

"In the last years of martial arts, Xuanzong once hinted to the hundred officials that he wanted to enter the Heavenly Pavilion after a hundred years, but after his death, Zhezong thought that Xuanzong's merits could not enter the Heavenly Pavilion, so the matter was annulled."

Yongzhi told about his understanding of the Heavenly Pavilion, and when the students of the Qi Kingdom heard that Xuanzong wanted to enter the Heavenly Pavilion, their expressions were more uncomfortable than eating a scavenger.

Xuanzong swayed between the rebel prince and Zhezong, did not give Zhezong a name, and let him supervise the country, which led to the civil strife in Wujiao.

After that, he made all the tricks, so that the soldiers and civilians of the world were confused, and even the Qi State had to send the King of Chuqiu County to meet him in person, and only after making sure that he was not held hostage did he dare to let the Qi State go.

The civil strife in Wujia was enough for Zhezong and Pingzong to wipe their butts for decades, and the armaments of Daming and Qi that could have been hidden for several generations were taken out at once.

Each domain had its own academy of sciences, so after the appearance of these armaments, everyone had a research direction, and in less than fifty years, the armament was promoted to the Yongchang period.

Europe is a little slower, and it has basically touched the threshold of armaments in the Qiansheng period.

It can be said that if it weren't for Xuanzong, such an advantage, the Qi State and the Ming Dynasty could have been maintained for hundreds of years, but in the end it was only maintained for more than a hundred years.

Now the feudal domains and Europe have touched the military threshold of the Hongguang period, while the Ming and Qi states have only maintained the advantage of two generations.

As soon as they thought of this, the students of Qi couldn't help but be angry.

In addition to their anger, Yongzhi also led them to the elevator entrance of the Tiange to line up.

Zhu Guanlou took a look, and the tourists who came to the Heavenly Pavilion basically went to the upper three floors, that is, the upper three pavilions of Taizu, Chengzu, and Shizu, and then they would go to the middle and lower three pavilions.

At present, there is no emperor in the lower three pavilions, and judging from the current situation, Emperor Longwu should be able to enter the heavenly pavilion.

"It's our turn." Yongzhi reminded him, and then took Zhu Guanlou and them into the elevator.

Since Zhu Guanlou and they were all students of the Qi Kingdom, Yongzhi first took them to the Shizu Wu Emperor's Pavilion on the tenth floor.

When the elevator opens the door, what is presented in front of everyone is a huge exhibition hall with a depth of more than 20 zhang, a width of 6 zhang and a height of 7 zhang.

There are two bronze statues of kings in the hall, seventy-two statues of civil and military, and their projection portraits are also hung above the heads of the bronze statues, and their respective merit tablets are erected next to them.

Inside the palace, hundreds of travelers were looking at these civil and military ministers, but many more stopped in front of the bronze statue of the king.

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

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

"I found that the lineage of Qi Fan has been very handsome since King Wen."

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

"I feel that King Xiang is still the best-looking...... "A few female tourists from the Ming Dynasty said, they didn't like King Qi Wen's more heroic appearance very much.

However, compared to them, most of the men felt that King Qi Wen was more handsome.

As for Emperor Shizuwu next to him...... Everyone said that he was very approachable.

Hearing these words, Zhu Guanlou couldn't help but smile, and then under the leadership of Yongzhi, they visited the bronze statues of Yan Yinshao, the Duke of Lu, and Sun Chuanting, and saw their deeds.

However, these deeds were basically recorded in history classes, so they just took a brief look, and then went to the Heavenly Pavilion of Taizu, Chengzu and other emperors.

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

Beijing today has a population of more than 30 million, but its economic landscape is no different from that of a few hundred years ago.

The inner city and the eastern city are still the most prosperous places, and the hotel that Yongzhi booked for them is near Pak Wong Fang.

In the current era, the hundreds of princes' mansions and county palaces in Baiwangfang are open for a fee, except for the feudal kings and princes of various countries who stop visiting when they come to diplomacy.

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

However, due to the frequent exchanges between the clans and the clans, in fact, the cuisines of various countries are very different, and the cuisines of Qi and Daming are directly copied and pasted, so they ordered something to eat casually in Zhu Guanlou.

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

Compared with the low prices of Qi country, Daming is a representative of high prices.

The same two hundred wen money can allow Zhu Guanlou to eat two meals in Qi country, but only one meal in Daming.

"The consumption of the country is so high, what is the ordinary salary?"

At the dinner table, Zhu Guanlou looked at the food on the table, and couldn't help but ask Yongzhi with pain, and Yongzhi responded with a smile when he saw this:

"The minimum wage in Liangjing is 2,300 wen per week, the provincial capital is 1,500 wen, and the prefecture and county are basically 1,000 wen to 1,200 wen, which is one or two percent lower than that of Qi State."

"So much lower?" Zhu Guanlou couldn't believe it, but Yongzhi smiled bitterly:

As far as I know, the income of the people of the Indian vassal is only half of that of Qi, and the price is about eighty percent of that of Qi, and the income of the Kunlun vassal is only sixty percent of that of Qi, and the price is about the same as that of Qi."

"The European vassals are holding half of the wages of the Qi country, and the prices are similar to those of the national dynasty."

"So in the recent news, people in Europe are marching in the hope that countries will raise wages and lower prices."

Yongzhi's words made some of Zhu Guanlou's classmates nod: "In recent years, the number of demonstrations of the common people of the feudal domains has increased a lot. ”

"Hehe......" Yongzhi smiled bitterly: "This contradiction should continue to deepen, unless the energy problem can be solved, otherwise ......"

After saying three points, Yongzhi did not continue to say more, while Zhu Guanlou looked at Yongzhi deeply, as if he was thinking about something.

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

This 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 went directly to the former Qi Palace.

As a representative place of friendly relations between the Ming Dynasty and the Qi State, the emperors of the past dynasties have repaired this place, and the interior layout has not changed at all, which is no different from when King Qi Wen left.

Walking up to the carrier hall and entering the Qinqin Palace, Zhu Guanlou looked at the four-sided bookshelves that were full, as well as the "General Map of the Great Ming Sect Domain" behind the high hanging table, it seemed that here, they could feel the history of the past, as well as the passage of time.

Yongzhi held a tablet in his hand and explained to everyone the deeds of the former King of Qi in the palace of the King of Qi.

"The Qi Palace" was built in the third year of the Apocalypse, and the King of Qi Wen lived in it in September of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, and its scale is the largest of many palaces in Baiwangfang, second only to the Forbidden City."

"King Wen lived here for eighteen years, until he became a vassal in the twenty-third year of the Apocalypse."

"According to the records of the Qi Domain's living notes, King Wen got up every day at midnight to deal with government affairs in the palace, and only took a break for an hour at noon, and then continued to deal with government affairs until the time of the child."

"In this hall, King Wen handled a total of 1,625,437 books, an average of 247 books per day, and an average of 17,645 words per day."

"Because of this, nearly a quarter of the current inventory of the Apocalypse was handled by King Wen, so a large amount of King Wen's handwriting has been retained."

"In the records of the living officials, King Wen liked to paint, practice martial arts, and practice equestrian and martial arts in his spare time, and slept less than three hours a day on average."

"It was not until he went to Qi that King Wen was rested, which is also the reason why King Wen's lifespan was higher than that of the previous emperors."

"However, of course, this is also due to King Wen's own physical reasons, and this reason is in the martial arts arena of the palace."

After that, Yongzhi led everyone to the martial arts arena of the Qi Palace, and there were many equipment similar to modern fitness exercises, but most of them were iron and stone.

Yongzhi walked in front of a practice stone and introduced to everyone:

"This is the practice stone of the Qi Palace, and the living note official records that King Wen will come here every day to exercise in his spare time and use the practice stone, and then practice equestrianism and swords and guns."

"The weight of this practice stone is three hundred catties, and King Shi Zaiwen can pick up one piece with one hand and lift it up and down more than 60 times......"

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

Hearing Yongzhi's words, several Qi students stepped forward and touched the practice stone, but just this touch made them feel a lot weaker.

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

After that, Yongzhi took them to other places in the Qi Palace, and it was not until dusk that they finished shopping around the Qi Palace.

However, with the end of the Qi Palace, it was also announced that Yongzhi and Zhu Guanlou would be separated.

Zhu Guanlou's next destination was the northwest and the Hezhong region, which Yongzhi was not familiar with.

Moreover, Daming's social welfare is not as good as that of Qi Guo, and Yongzhi still needs to continue to work as a tour guide in Beijing to save up living expenses for his new semester.

So when they got back to the hotel, everyone started to put away their luggage.

Zhu Guanlou had very little luggage, so after he simply packed up, he unconsciously walked to Yongzhi's room.

The door was open, and Zhu Guanlou took a look, only to see the back of Yongzhi packing up his things.

"Don't make it the last night?"

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

He turned around and shook his head with a smile: "Just now, a couple of Tang Guo sent me a message saying that they need a tour guide, and I have to move to their hotel this year, and then accompany them to Beijing in seven days." ”

"Leaving now?" Zhu Guanlou was stunned for a moment and glanced at the night outside the corridor window.

"Let's go now, if you graduate from college in the future, you will come to Daming to travel, or when you will go to my hometown, I will have a drink with you when the time comes."

Yongzhi smiled and took out his mobile phone and motioned to Zhu Guanlou to add his contact information, Zhu Guanlou also took out his mobile phone to add his contact information, and then hesitated for a moment, and then asked:

"Are you interested in going to university in Qi Kingdom? I think with your grades, if you go to Qi State, you should be able to study Hanlin and Ph.D. continuously, and then you can become an official in politics in Qi State. ”

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

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

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

"I was born in Daming, I grew up in Daming, if everyone is like me, for the future to go to Qi country, then who will solve the problem in Daming?"

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

"In the future, if I become an official of the Ming Dynasty, maybe I will have to go to the Qi Kingdom, and then the descendants will not be embarrassed, I will be." Yongzhi's words revealed calmness, and Zhu Guanlou no longer stopped him when he saw this, and shook his head with a smile:

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

"Really?" Yongzhi still had a smiling face, but Zhu Guanlou let go of half of his body when he saw this, and at the same time took out his mobile phone and added notes to Yongzhi's contact information:

"I will come to Daming next year, and I will go to Huguang to see, where is your hometown?"

"You can go to Changsha and send me a message, I live in Xiangtan, very close to Changsha." Yongzhi said, while sorting out her luggage, turned around and walked towards the elevator.

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

When the elevator door was about to close, Zhu Guanlou suddenly stretched out his hand to stop the elevator: "Why don't you have a drink and leave?" ”

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

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

Zhu Guanlou walked to the window of the corridor and waited for a long time before Yongzhi walked out of the door of the hotel.

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

Soon, a bus with the words "No Investigation, No Voice" printed on it arrived, and many workers who had worked all day dragged their tired bodies off the bus.

Perhaps because of the last train, the people on the bus dragged down tired, and only Yongzhi who was still vigorous got on the bus.

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

Early the next morning, he continued to walk out of the hotel with the notice of teaching, but 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, he was greeted by a text message from Yongzhi in the early morning.

[Walking all over Qingshan, people are not old, the scenery is unique here]

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

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

He couldn't help but open his eyes and take a look, and it happened that the bus was driving to the Chang'anmen Square in front of the Forbidden City at this moment.

He looked straight at the banner standing on Chang'anmen Square, and the classmates next to him saw his appearance, but he didn't see the reason, and couldn't help asking:

"What are you looking at?"

"Look at the sunrise...... Zhu Guanlou turned his head sideways and glanced at the rising sun that was blocked by the building.

"Can you see this?" The classmate tried to look, but he couldn't see a little sunrise.

"Invisible" Zhu Guanlou retracted his gaze while responding, then turned on his mobile phone, looked at the text message sent by Yongzhi, and couldn't help laughing:

"Some things don't have to be seen with your eyes, the sun rises anyway......"

(End of chapter)