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Chapter 51 The Palace Museum

Because of the immigration policies for several consecutive years.

Today's Chinese people are no longer so repulsive to immigrating overseas.

Instead, it was under the unremitting propaganda of the Renaissance Army.

Many people agree that sending children out of the family to develop is to help the family flourish, and it is a very honorable thing.

The Chinese people are very malleable in their thinking.

Going to sea is no longer a choice when desperate, but a channel for advancement and a way for ordinary people to change their destiny.

After more than a year of development, New Capital City has undergone tremendous changes.

After the presidential palace and other government offices were moved to the new city in the west.

The original city walls were much more spacious, and the political atmosphere in the city was weakened.

The presence of major academies makes this Forty-Nine City look even more vibrant.

Originally, most of the streets were filled with bannermen who ate the imperial grain, fought cocks and walked birds every day, drank tea and smoked cigarettes, and did not do their jobs, making the whole capital look dull.

Now the streets are filled with more students from academies and people from other provinces who come to Beijing to do business, and the mental outlook of these people is much better.

Therefore, instead of being depressed, the city is becoming more prosperous.

Snacks from all over the country and a wide variety of products. Whether they are traditional small commodities or modern industrial products, you can find them here.

After the roads in the city were renovated, the whole city took on a completely new look.

Officials in Xinjing planned the business district and retained the original classification.

However, the trading areas for various commodities are moved closer together, making shopping more convenient for people.

The original beef and mutton from the grassland, skins, nuts shipped from outside China, various dried mushrooms, millet from Shanxi, rice from Jiangnan, and cloth from Gaoyou.

A commodity trading area is forming.

Many people are willing to go shopping within the city walls because the things here are relatively comprehensive.

Recently, there have been two most sensational things in the new capital. One of them is that the Manchu Imperial Palace is going to be opened to ordinary people.

Anyone can go in and visit as long as they spend one copper dollar to buy a ticket.

Another thing is that the tram from the new town in the west to the old town and then to the newly planned residential area of ​​Nancheng has recently started to run.

This tram with two big braids on its head attracted people's attention from the beginning.

With the completion of Xinjing Railway Station, many people have seen trains.

Everyone is looking for the car's chimney, but no one can find it.

"Xiangzi, let's not go. The entrance fee for our family of four is four copper yuan. You have to take the tram, which will cost a lot of money." Xiangzi's wife advised.

Just last night, Xiangzi announced at the dinner table that he would take the whole family to visit the palace by tram today.

This proposal naturally received the full support of the two little kids in the family.

Only Xiangzi's wife was a little unhappy.

The conditions at home have improved, and Xiangzi's wife has always wanted to buy a larger house in the new residential area built in Nancheng.

But Xiangzi told him not to worry. The government had plans to demolish their old town, and then every family would be allocated a house.

Maybe it was because Xiangzi's wife had money in her hands that she was always worried and always thinking about buying some property.

Xiangzi told her that she really didn't want to panic with money in her hands, so she could use it to join others in buying stocks.

Because you need to meet a certain threshold to buy stocks, you must have a deposit of 5,000 Chinese yuan. Ordinary people have no way to buy them.

So some ordinary people from relatively well-off families came up with a way.

That is, a few familiar people join together, find a trustworthy person to open an account, and pool the money from several families together.

Then use it to buy stocks, and the profits will be divided according to the amount of money each family contributes.

Later, people began to open orders to borrow money to buy stocks.

After making money, repay the principal and interest.

Because this phenomenon was not common at first, and they did it very covertly.

Therefore, the Fuxing Military Office did not discover it.

Xiangzi's family actually just completed the transition from hunger to food and clothing. The little money their family saved was not even enough to buy stocks in partnership with others.

Excluding family expenses, Xiangzi can actually save less than 20 Chinese yuan now.

This is even when Xiangzi's wife is helping out in a clothing store and making money at the same time.

Because both children can go to school, Xiangzi's wife can now go out to work.

Xiangzi can earn about five Chinese dollars a month by riding a tricycle transporting goods. He will receive a bonus at the end of the year, but it will be based on the profit of his car dealership.

Although their car dealership is now affiliated with the Xinjing government, they still have to be responsible for their own profits and losses.

Every month, the dealer has to pay a sum of money to the government to repay the original purchase price of the tricycle.

Fortunately, the current trams only carry passengers, not goods, otherwise Xiangzi's business would have been affected.

Recently, in order to expand its business, the car dealership purchased a batch of covered passenger tricycles.

Xiangzi saw that it was almost the same as the original rickshaw, except that it used to run on two legs, but now it could ride on the car and pedal.

Fortunately, this can save a lot of energy and the speed is faster than a rickshaw.

However, Xiangzi is still running freight, so that he can finish work earlier in the afternoon.

Now Xiangzi finally no longer has to worry about food for his family.

Now we are making more and more money, but food is getting cheaper and cheaper.

My mood every day when I go to work is much better than before.

Recently, everyone is talking about the tram and the palace.

Those who have ridden the tram will show off to everyone they meet, saying that the reason for the tram's noise is that they rely on two pigtails to absorb energy from the wires above to run.

The wheel at the bottom is just like Nezha's hot wheel, it can spin by itself.

The driver sits in the front and just needs to drive in and stop. There is a big speaker installed on the car.

When you reach the intersection, the driver will shout: "The tram is coming, please wait!"

When a horse-drawn carriage occupies the tram lane, the driver will shout: "Please give way to the driver. The people in my car are rushing to work, so don't let your animals block the way."

If someone didn't listen, he would press a button and make a shrill sound.

However, such a situation rarely occurs. If you are seen by the police in front of the tram path, you may be pulled to the side of the road and given a lecture.

Some people say that this tram is so stable that you can drink tea from a small teacup without spilling it.

Children also show off to each other in school, so the two children at home have long been clamoring to take the tram.

Besides, the palace has been said to be open to the public for a long time.

It was said that the purpose was to let the common people see how the Manchu emperors used the common people's money to live a luxurious and luxurious life.

It is said that these words were said by the president. I heard that the president said that both the president and the emperor must lead the people and the country to live a good life.

Everyone needs someone to take the lead, so there is an emperor or president.

But the person who takes the lead must lead well.

Many ordinary people do not understand what Dong Shuheng said.

They went to the palace just to see something new so they could brag to others later.

Especially the people here in Xinjing are always unwilling to lag behind others in this regard.

When chatting together, others are there to talk about their own viewing experiences.

If you can't say anything, you will feel very embarrassed.

Those who come to Xinjing for the first time should also go to the palace to have a look, otherwise they will think that Xinjing is here for nothing.

Many people are opposed to the opening of the palace.

Even Wei Yuan felt that this matter was impossible.

Didn't he think that this would ruin Dong Shuheng's path to becoming emperor?

You know, until now many people still think that Dong Shuheng will become emperor.

Just because he doesn't want it now doesn't mean he won't want it in the future. People will gradually become obsessed with power.

When the time comes when Dong Shuheng becomes obsessed with the feeling of having power, he will still take that path.

Wei Yuan objected because he was worried that opening the palace to people to visit would damage the place.

This is not just the palace of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. This palace has been in use since the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties and has a history of five to six hundred years.

This is a treasure of the Chinese nation.

However, Dong Shuheng believes that as long as a building lacks popularity, it will gradually decay.

The purpose of opening this place is to protect it.

Moreover, a large amount of ticket revenue every year can be used to pay for the renovation of the palace.

The old man Wei Yuan is becoming more and more stubborn now.

But Dong Shuheng rarely sees him now. The old guy is buried in a pile of old papers every day.

He has been keeping all the things in the palace for a year.

Dong Shuheng gave him a lot more things, many of which Shi Dakai and others had snatched back from India.

There are sculptures in ancient temples and many ancient Sanskrit books.

There are even some ancient Chinese books from the Tang Dynasty that were sent to Japan as tribute by the shogunate.

In the end, Dong Shuheng agreed to open only a small area of ​​the palace for the common people to visit. At the same time, he agreed to use the income from ticket prices to support the research and maintenance team of the entire palace.

Under such circumstances, Wei Yuan agreed.

Even if only a small area is opened, it cannot stop the curiosity of these people.

So at the beginning, the Palace Museum could only release a certain number of tickets every day, while supplies last.

It's much better now, there are no longer as many people as there were at the beginning.

Local people who have been there once will generally not go there a second time.

There are not that many people from other places, and they are more scattered and will not gather together to visit.

"Teacher, long time no see." Dong Shuheng approached Wei Yuan with a smile on his face.

Recently, he has become more and more afraid of meeting the teacher.

In order not to be scolded, he specially brought Wei Yuzhen and Xiao Dongxia with him today.

"Dad..." Wei Yuzhen also stepped forward to greet him.

"Why do you have time to visit this ruined temple of mine today?" Wei Yuan said angrily.

Dong Shuheng now spends time with researchers like Xu Shou every day.

Major military and political matters were put aside, and the people below were quite critical of this.

Some people say that he is imitating Emperor Tianqi.

Zeng Xianfeng probably brought all the complaints to his father-in-law.

"Teacher, you are a giant Buddha. Wherever you are, you will shine brightly." Dong Shuheng said with a smile.

Only here with Wei Yuan could he act so relaxed.


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