I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 788 This is Hai Mansion

Can you take them there?
Shu Youliang thought about it.

Wanli University, Peking University, Longqing Normal University, and Yanshan University of Technology, which is the former Luanzhou University of Technology which moved from Luanzhou.

These universities are taking shape on the shores of West Lake in Beijing.

There is such a large campus built there, and civilians are allowed to enter and exit. It is not a confidential unit. There should be no problem if we take them there to have a look.

"Okay, but it's getting late today, let's go back to West City first, have dinner, and then you can go back to the hotel and have a good rest.

Get some sleep, and I'll come back tomorrow morning to take you around the West Lake University campus."

"Thank you, Master Shu."

Marcelo and Leon were worried, Condorcet and others just felt fresh and curious, Sophonia was very excited, she pestered Shu Youliang with questions.

Men and women should not touch each other!
Shu Youliang made a bitter face and patiently answered the questions of the Western woman.

The group exited the East Gate of the Temple of Heaven and boarded the Line 5 bus from Guangqumen to Xuanwumen at Jianyu Street, heading to Fuchengmen.

The carriage moved forward slowly along the railroad track in the middle of East-West Sanheli Street. When passing Luomaishi Street, everyone looked out of the window and saw rows of tall and neat buildings standing in the distance.

It is six to eight stories high, with reinforced concrete columns, red brick walls, black tile roofs, and is rectangular, like a red paper matchbox.

The building is surrounded by rows of poplar trees, with a straight cross road in the middle.

A dozen buildings form a group, and dozens of them are lined up together, like mountains and forests standing under the blue sky and white clouds, which is completely different from the gray alley buildings in the east and west urban areas.

"Master Shu," Leon pointed at the building and asked, "When we left Xuanwu Gate and went to Liulichang today, we saw this building from afar. But it was far away then, so we couldn't see it as clearly as we can now.

Now I see it again, may I ask where this place is?"

“This is a model community.”

"Model community?"

“Yes, this area is centered on the former Baoguo Cirenyuan, extending to Xuanwu Street in the east, Xibianmen Street in the west, and Baizhifang in the south. It belongs to the South City Old Town Reconstruction Demonstration Zone.

The demonstration area is divided into two parts. One part is called the commercial area, which is near Xuanwu Street. We saw it when we left Xuanwu Gate this morning. There are commercial buildings on both sides, eight to twelve stories high. There are shopping malls and theaters below, and restaurants and office buildings above.

Marcelo and Leon nodded repeatedly.

As soon as they walked out of Xuanwu Gate, they suddenly discovered that the architectural style on both sides of the street had changed abruptly, becoming more "trendy" than the buildings in Shanghai.

The main style is majestic, tall and broad, while the details are quite different.

Some buildings retain the traditional Ming Dynasty style of flying eaves and corners, some absorb the style of Greek and Roman arch column temples, and some buildings also show the new Italian Renaissance style.

Some are simple and quaint, some are gorgeous, and some are solemn. They are varied and balanced.

These buildings combine various styles to create a solemn, novel, gorgeous and vibrant temperament.

"The other part is a residential area, specifically for people to live in. It is divided into six communities, also called model areas."

"Master Shu, why is it called the Model District?"

“Because those residential buildings are imitations of the residential buildings for factory and mine families in Luanzhou, which are also called Luanzhou model buildings.

Every household has running water, a balcony, a separate kitchen and bathroom, and they are all buildings. They are completely different from the residential buildings before the Ming Dynasty and are the product of the Industrial Revolution.

Those who lived there were not ordinary people. They were advanced elements from various government offices, banks and business headquarters in the capital, or what people often call models.

So everyone calls it a model area.”

Marcelo looked at the model area in the distance and asked, "Master Shu, do we need to repair this model area?"

"Of course it needs to be renovated. Other places in the south city will continue to be renovated. Model areas will be built, and commercial buildings will also be renovated according to the Xuanwu Street model. Not only the south city will be renovated, but also the new west city west of Fuchengmen and east of West Lake does not need to be renovated and can be renovated directly according to the new model."

The sun was setting in the west, still half an arm's height away from the top ridge of the Guangning Gate Tower.

The orange sunlight shone through the white clouds, passed over the long and tall city walls, and formed strings of halos, making the model area in the distance seem as real as a dream.

Marcelo and Leon stared quietly out the window, silently digesting what they had seen and heard today.

The horse's hooves stepped on the concrete road, making a light ticking sound.

The wheels turned on the rails, making a rhythmic clanging sound, like a blacksmith raising a hammer to forge a red-hot iron block on an anvil, constantly striking the hearts of the two people.

But Marcelo and Leon's hearts were not so hot, but cold.

After dinner, Shu Youliang sent Marcelo and his group to the hotel outside, and then returned to Hai Mansion singing a little tune.

The Hai Mansion is still in Cao Panguan Hutong, Jinchengfang, Xicheng District, and it is still so peaceful.

Yu Yuner married Pharmacist Song and became the mistress of the Beixi Earl's Mansion.

Song Yaoshi made great military achievements in the Western Expedition and was named the Earl of Beixi.

Yu Xiucai worked as an eighth-rank clerk in the Hanlin Academy. He found a second wife, who gave birth to a daughter last year. He lived a comfortable life.

Yu Suiliang was admitted to the Law and Politics School of Peking University from Chongyi Public School and will graduate next year.

The Yu family moved out.

Hai Rui's eldest son Hai Zhongdi graduated from the History Department of Wanli University, took part in the Shuntian Prefecture's provincial examination, and became a ninth-rank minor official in Wuqing County, Shuntian Prefecture.

In the third year of Wanli, he signed up to support the border areas after getting married and took his wife to Guizhou, where he served as the county magistrate of Zhenyuan County, Zhenyuan County.

The second son, Hai Zhongliang, was admitted to the Chinese Department of Longqing Normal University. After graduation, he took part in the Shuntian Prefecture's provincial examination but failed. Later, Shu Youliang secretly found Yang Jinshui and found him a job as a teacher at the Luanzhou Iron and Steel Plant's children's school.

Sanzihai failed to get into Chongyi Middle School and Tiantan Middle School in the high school entrance examination last year, but barely got into Guangping Middle School. He now lives in the school dormitory and only comes back once every ten days.

The eldest daughter and the second daughter are married, and now there is only the thirteen-year-old third daughter Xiu Lian at home. She is arguing with Shu Youliang’s nine-year-old eldest son Shu Jiadong in the yard.

"I told you to do your homework, but it's been half an hour, and you either can't sit still because of a sore butt, or you have to go to the bathroom because of a stomachache. It's getting dark, do you want to do your homework by lighting a kerosene lamp?
Do you know how expensive kerosene is?"

Shu Jiadong and Shu Youliang look exactly like two peas in a pod, both with their heads tilted, chins tucked in, and looking nonchalant.

"Haha, I don't know. I eat eggs and I don't care how the hen lays them."

"Listen carefully, my second brother-in-law said that kerosene must be mined from crude oil in Yan'an County, Shaanxi, and then distilled using a distillation tower, and then transported thousands of miles to the capital. A pound of kerosene costs fifty cents, and a pound of kerosene can only be used for lighting." Hai Xiulian said a lot, leaving Shu Jiadong speechless. He straightened his neck and said unconvincedly: "If I can buy it with money, I don't care how it is produced."

"Haha, you're so generous. You make it sound like you, Uncle Shu, are very rich." Hai Xiu Lian said bluntly.

Shu Youliang's second son, Shu Jiajun, was only six years old. His left nostril was dripping with snot, and he was biting his left index finger. He stood nearby and said with a chuckle, "My eldest brother was scolded by my eldest sister-in-law!"

Before his mother passed away, Hai Rui informed her and she readily agreed to marry his third daughter Xiu Lian to Shu Youliang's eldest son Shu Jiadong.

Hai Xiu Lian's face turned red, but Shu Jiadong's face turned black. He was so angry that he had no place to vent his anger. He bent his leg and kicked Shu Jiajun lightly on the left leg.

In fact, it was not serious, but Shu Jiajun couldn't help falling to the ground, rolling twice, and then crying loudly.

Hai Xiulian's eyebrows suddenly raised.

Although she is the youngest among her siblings, she is now the oldest child in the Hai family. She not only has the status of the eldest sister, but also the status of the eldest sister-in-law.

"How dare you bully Xiao Er? You have learned nothing from your brotherly love!"

Hai Xiu Lian took a broom and chased Shu Jiadong, who was holding his head, until he had no way to go up or down.

Shu Youliang's seven-year-old daughter Shu Xiaolan supported Shu Jiajun who was sitting on the ground, and the two were laughing happily.

When the whole family was having fun and in chaos, Shu Youliang came in humming a little tune.

"Second father." Hai Xiulian quickly put down the broom and bowed gracefully.

"My daddy."

Shu Jiadong, who was beaten all over his head, rushed up, hugged Shu Youliang's legs, and shouted miserably.

Shu Youliang kicked him aside and said, "Xiu'er, deal with him as hard as you can. Second father has delegated power to you, and your father has also betrothed you to him. You have to deal with your own husband yourself.

Iron cannot become steel without being forged, and jade cannot become a useful tool without being carved.

You should discipline him well, make him a decent man and have some achievements. If you want to have a satisfactory husband with whom you can live a good life in the future, you have to start now."

Hai Xiulian blushed and replied, "Yes, Second Father."

Shu Jiadong sighed to the sky, extremely sad, "Dad, I am your biological son."

"Haha, if you weren't my biological son, I would have found you a wife when you were three or four years old. I, your father, didn't get married until I was forty, and only then did I give birth to a bastard like you."

As Shu Youliang spoke, he staggered into the second courtyard.

Shu Youliang's family lived in this courtyard, and Hai Rui's family lived in the third courtyard inside.

"The head of the family is back. Have you eaten?" Shu's wife Wang hurried out from the east wing room, holding a broom and brushing the dust off Shu Youliang's clothes and pants.

Shu Youliang let her brush him a dozen times, and replied, "I ate it. Did you guys eat it?"

"I just finished it with Liang Ma in the kitchen. Liang Ma was heating up the last soup. I came in to have a drink of water."

"Is the master back?"

"He just came back about twenty minutes ago and said he had eaten in Xiyuan."

"Oh, the emperor wants to talk to you alone. It seems that he wants you to stay in Beijing."

Wang was pleasantly surprised and said, "Not going to be put outside?"

"No more exiles, stay in Beijing."

Wang clasped her hands together and thanked the gods and Buddhas in the sky, "Namo Amitabha, the compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva, I can finally live a few more years of peace and tranquility."

"Go and invite the wife and concubine, call the children in, and prepare dinner. I will go in and talk to the master."

"it is good."

Shu Youliang went straight to the east wing of the third courtyard. That was Hai Rui's study. He basically stayed there when he got home except for eating and sleeping.

"master!"

Hai Rui's voice rang out in the study, "Youliang is back, come in quickly."

Shu Youliang pushed the door open and saw Hai Rui sitting behind the desk.

A kerosene lamp was lit on the table, and the light shone through the glass cover, illuminating the tabletop. Hai Rui was wearing a straight-cut shirt, with his hair wrapped in a piece of cloth, and holding a roll of documents in his hand.

Shu Youliang walked in, poured himself a cup of tea on the coffee table next to him, and drank it in one gulp.

"Youliang, where did you take them today?"

"We went to Liulichang, Nanyuan, and the Temple of Heaven School. I promised to take you to the West Lake University District tomorrow."

Hai Rui frowned slightly, "This Marcelo is very insightful."

Shu Youliang laughed, “Master, it’s useless even if he has reached the bottom.

Even if Lao Ma is the Portuguese Zhuge Liang plus Shang Yang, Zhang Liang plus Wang Anshi, the four great gods possessed together, he still has no way to do anything. He can only watch the various new policies and reforms of my Ming Dynasty with tears in his eyes and sigh sadly! "

Hai Rui narrowed his eyes and nodded slowly: "That's right, carrying out reforms and promoting new policies is destroying other people's pots and cutting off their financial resources. It's like taking in white knives and taking out red knives.

The Ming Dynasty had a holy emperor in power, who used all sorts of means to implement the Wanli New Deal to the point it is today.

Otherwise, even if Uncle Zhang drained all his blood and energy, he would only be able to make a pot of half-cooked rice."

Shu Youliang squinted his lips and smiled meaningfully: "Master, half-cooked rice is the most unpalatable thing in the world, but at least there is food to eat. If Europe wants to implement new policies, Portugal and Spain probably can't do it.

According to Marcelo and Leon, the power of their nobles and priests is so great that even the monarch and the king are under their coercion.

If they want to start over and open up a new path, there must be a great upheaval, with a large number of monarchs, nobles, clergy and common people dying, and the existing constraints being broken, before they have a chance.

Now"

Shu Youliang shook his head. "Even if I gave them the homework to copy, they wouldn't be able to understand it."

Hai Rui stroked his beard and glared at them with his triangular eyes, "Why do you want them to copy your homework?"

(End of this chapter)