I want to be emperor

Chapter 1021 Photos of Chengshun forty-seven years

The convoy moved forward slowly. Sun Xu was sitting in the carriage. Through the glass window of the horse-drawn carriage, he could still see a large number of ordinary people on the roadside watching as if they were still talking about something.

At an intersection, several people were playing with a camera on a stand. As a sudden burst of dazzling white fire flashed from one side of the camera, a black-and-white photo from the 15th day of the first lunar month of the 47th year of Chengshun was created.

The photo shows a wide street. On the other side of the street is a tall palace wall. Through the palace wall, you can see the top of the huge palace.

A large number of two-horse four-wheel carriages were moving forward slowly on the street. The tall Liaoxi horses had their hooves raised as if they had not yet fallen. The driver in formal dress in front of the carriage was not squinting. In the glass of the carriage behind, you could vaguely see a series of streaks. Faces filled with joy or hope.

On one side of the carriage, several Guards soldiers riding top-notch war horses sat upright on their horses, raising their heads and chests, looking ahead.

On the left and right sides, you can still see the cordon set up by patrolmen in uniforms on the opposite side of the road. Outside the cordon is a group of ordinary people full of curiosity and envy.

This photo, taken by personnel from the China Newspaper Department, will be selected and published nationwide, and the negatives and backup photos will be stored in the archives of the China Newspaper Department.

Perhaps tens or even hundreds of years later, people can recall the former glory of the Great Chu Empire from this photo!

It was an era that made almost everyone feel glorious!

It was an empire that made almost all Chinese people proud!

The huge convoy continues to move forward!

At the same time, the road to the palace on the other side was also blocked... A large number of senior officials and generals in Beijing who participated in the imperial meeting, local officials and generals who returned to Beijing from other places, and indispensable even though they did not hold actual positions, A high-ranking aristocrat whose status is still distinguished.

In addition, there are some former counselors and co-organizers who have served in Beijing.

They all rode forward in carriages one after another, and the carriages they rode were also very particular. The current ministers and the duke all rode alone in four-horse carriages.

The current co-organizing ministers, marquises and nobles with slightly lower status were riding in single-person, two-horse four-wheel carriages.

The current ministers who have lower status and have not entered the Senate, the few ministers Zuo who are in charge of ministry affairs, the current military generals, and the very few powerful lieutenant generals in charge of ministry affairs are two people who form a two-horse four-wheel carriage. .

Finally, there are those whose status is even worse, such as those who have not entered the Senate, and do not have ministers of various ministries, foreign governors or other civilian officials of the same level who have no overview of ministry affairs, many lieutenant generals in the military, and lower-ranking third-rank civil servants. As well as military major generals, brigadier generals and other generals, it can only be 20 people riding a large four-horse carriage...well, that is, a public carriage.

Even though you are a majestic governor of the local emperor outside, and a commander of the field army with real power in charge of the life and death of countless vassal states, on today's occasion, you can only get the treatment of riding a public carriage.

There is no way, there are too many people participating in the Great Court Meeting!

This year's Great Court Meeting will be attended by more than 2,400 people, of whom more than 300 are outstanding figures from various industries in the private sector. In addition, there will be more than 100 envoys from various vassal countries.

The remaining nearly two thousand people are all middle and high-level officials, generals, nobles, and senior officials and generals in the empire.

None of these current or former officials have low status... For example, some of the few fourth- and fifth-grade officials who are allowed to participate in the Great Court Meeting are all core mid-level officials from powerful departments or localities who have made achievements.

For example, local officials such as Jiangnan Province's political participation and Songjiang Prefecture magistrate, Songjiang Prefecture's co-prefect and Shanghai County magistrate, and other local officials. Even though they are just prefects, they are actually very powerful.

Today's Songjiang prefects generally participate in the politics of Jiangnan Province full-time and part-time. This is not the key. The most important thing is that fifteen years after Chengshun, every successive prefect of Songjiang will add the title of 'bachelor of the Hanlin Academy', and this title It is the title of the third grade.

In other words, from a staffing point of view, the Songjiang Prefecture magistrate is still a fourth-rank official, but in fact, because he has the additional title of bachelor's degree from the Hanlin Academy, this position is actually a third-rank official position. Same as the director of the department.

When the magistrate of Songjiang Prefecture is promoted, he is either promoted to governor of various provinces, or minister of various ministries... If he is transferred to the third-level position and becomes chief envoy, director of various departments, etc., it is a typical example of being beaten for making mistakes in office.

Why is the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture so special... There is no special reason. It is simply because the total economic volume of Songjiang Prefecture is too large!

The total economic output of the entire Jiangnan Province can account for about 28% of the total economic output of the empire, and the six Jiangnan Prefectures, namely Zhenjiang Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture, and the subsequent additions of Wuxi Prefecture and Taicang Prefecture, Among them, Songjiang Prefecture exclusively occupies the fourth level of economic aggregate in Jiangnan Province!

Songjiang alone accounts for 10% of the empire's total economy, which is an exaggeration.

With such an exaggerated economic aggregate and huge influence, the top officials of the empire have already planned to list Songjiang Mansion as a government directly under the jurisdiction of the cabinet. They plan to follow the example of Han Tianfu and Yingtian Mansion and list it as a government directly under the empire.

For such an important place, the prefect cannot be a simple fourth-grade prefect. To be honest, having a third-grade prefect is a bit low.

After all, the economic aggregate of many provinces under the supervision of second-grade governors is a fraction of that of Songjiang Prefecture.

Therefore, the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture cannot be treated simply as a prefect... Of course, such an awesome prefect of Songjiang Prefecture can only interact with the governor of Jiangnan Province, the chief envoy and several others from the second rank and below on an occasion like today. The officials rode together in a public carriage!

Not to mention, this car is really a public carriage, and the words "Jinling Public Carriage" can be vaguely seen on the body.

Although the imperial officials are rich, they still maintain a certain number of large four-wheeled carriages as official vehicles, and even have a certain number of spare vehicles.

But it can’t satisfy such a big occasion as today!

Today, we have to transport thousands of people to the palace at the same time to attend the imperial meeting. Because of the tight time, coupled with the schedule and other factors, it is impossible to travel back and forth several times, so there is a huge demand for carriages. Very big.

At the same time, for the sake of dignity, the style of the carriages must be unified. It is impossible to bring a lot of messy carriages. Under such circumstances, the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs, which prepares these affairs, not only requisitioned carriages from various official agencies, but also requisitioned some carriages. The large four-wheel carriages in the city's car rental companies and public carriage companies were simply decorated, and some of the public carriage words were painted off and arranged for unified use.

Nowadays these carriages carry people who would have been unlikely to ride in such a public carriage in the past to the front hall of the palace.

On one of the public carriages, Qin Yongge, the current governor of Songjiang Prefecture, weighed 200 kilograms, squeezed into an outside seat in the carriage... and the seat inside him was the chief envoy of Jiangnan Province, and he was not good either. If you squeeze in, you can only sit on half of the seats.

Sitting on half the seat, Qin Yongge felt very uncomfortable and complained: "The public carriage here in Yingtian... Well, logically speaking, they are not short of those few steel pennies. Why is this public carriage so messed up?" You are so petty!"

"It's fine today. At least I'm sitting with you, Lao Li, and I can barely occupy half a seat. But last year, the Ministry of Ethics and Education made me sit with people from Guangzhou, Hantian, and Guangzhou. The old men around me also know that the tonnage is not much worse than mine... That day, when we were going back and forth, it was really uncomfortable!"

"Why aren't there any fat people here in Yingtian? Logically speaking, there should be more fat people in this capital city. After all, everyone is so well-oiled, how come they can tolerate such a narrow public carriage?"

"It's not as spacious as the public carriage in Songjiang!"

"And as you know, the urban trains I have built in the past two years have spacious and comfortable carriages. I take the urban train home every week!"

The chief envoy on the side listened to his chatter, but did not answer a word... Could it be that he had to add another sentence: Even if he eats so much that he gets fat, he doesn't need to take this public carriage on weekdays... let alone Like you, I need to take the urban train every week to escape the city and go to a suburban estate to breathe fresh air!

On the other hand, the governor of Jiangnan Province who was sitting in the front laughed and said: "Old Qin, you should lose some weight, otherwise when you see your majesty later, your majesty will think that you are corrupt every day. Otherwise, how can you do it?" It’s so easy to raise such a body of flesh!”

When Qin Yongge heard this, he suddenly became dumbfounded... He could only say helplessly: "I want to, but I really can't do it. You don't know my physique. I gain weight even if I drink water!" Several people around him smiled when they heard this. Don't talk, basically every fat person says this, but it doesn't stop them from eating, drinking, and snacking...

Just like a skinny person who says he can't gain weight no matter how much he eats. If you ask them carefully what they eat every day and then calculate their calorie intake, they will say: You ****, you only eat this little and you still have the nerve to say you can't. fat!

Being fat or thin has nothing to do with anything else. What matters is whether you eat a lot or not... How about taking a look at the lower-class natives in the vassal country and seeing how many fat people there are?

Qin Yongge and the others joked and continued on in the public carriage like the others.

At the other end, more than a hundred envoys from various vassal states also set off in large four-wheeled public carriages.

At this time, the envoys of these vassal countries were also very interesting. Basically no one wore the so-called costumes of their respective countries, but all wore black professional attire.

As the Chu people ruled the world, various customs of the Chu people, especially the clothes that were easiest to imitate, quickly spread throughout the world. In today's Europe, many middle- and upper-class people in various vassal countries have begun to wear Business attire or even Hanfu.

This is the direct cultural influence brought by advanced civilization. It does not mean that the Chu people forced them to change their clothes. The Chu people are not that free yet.

It is these indigenous people who feel that the Chu people are an advanced and civilized country and everything is good, including clothing.

For example, the Kingdom of Scotland launched a civilized dressing movement led by the kingdom's senior leaders the year before last. What is civilized dressing? It means abandoning traditional Scottish skirts and other clothing that represent backwardness and barbarism, and starting to wear the professional attire of Chu people.

As for Hanfu, there has not been any promotion. After all, Hanfu has stronger attributes of Chu... At the same time, Hanfu is now commonly worn in the Chu Empire. It is generally used as formal dress or home wear. It is spacious and elegant, and is no longer as popular as in the early days. Some of the shorts in the Hanfu are worn for work.

This also means that the contemporary so-called Hanfu in the Chu Empire are almost all wide and elegant styles, and this style is not suitable for daily work.

Contemporary Chu people basically wear professional attire in their daily work and have further evolved from professional attire. It is very similar to some of the daily attire of modern people in the original time and space.

Therefore, the civilized dress that has been launched in various vassal countries is basically based on professional attire. Of course, it is inevitable that some indigenous people will further pursue the Chu culture and will also wear some large and elegant Hanfu.

As for the envoys in these vassal states, they are basically all Chu people who have a lot of contact with the people of Chu. If they are not familiar with the situation in Chu, it is impossible for people who have not dealt with people of Chu to be sent here to negotiate with them. Dealing with Chu people.

Just like Andre, he was the main noble responsible for dealing with Chu people in the country before, and he could even speak awkward Chu dialect.

Nowadays, he is also dressed in black fine cashmere business attire, black leather shoes, and a round black gauze hat. At the same time, his hair has been shaved early and he has no beard. With his bald head, he has a white face and no beard.

If it weren't for his pair of blue eyes and tall, curved nose, he would actually look no different from ordinary Chu people.

Not only Andre, but also the envoys of the other vassal states are all dressed in black professional attire. At the same time, except for their black hair color, the others are also all bald and white-faced without beards!

why?

No reason, just because I don’t want to look like a monkey in front of the people of Chu... The natives also want to have face.

Appearance features such as blonde hair, red hair, blue eyes and even dark skin may be liked by many people in later generations and may be considered good. Even if they don’t like them, they won’t think there is anything wrong with them... But that was the original time and space and later generations, deeply loved by Europe and the United States. The result of hundreds of years of cultural influence.

But in the contemporary Chu Empire...the above-mentioned physical characteristics are typical of indigenous barbarians.

If their children don't sleep at night, their parents will use words like red-haired ghosts to scare them.

What do ordinary Chu people today call red-haired natives? Red-haired ghost, this is not a nice word.

And as the Chu people traveled around the world and ruled the world, the preferences of the Chu people naturally affected the people in the indigenous countries, especially the dignitaries of the indigenous countries who moved closer to the Chu people... Well , those who did not move closer to the Chu people were basically all dead.

These indigenous dignitaries naturally accepted some of the aesthetic values ​​​​of the Chu people, and then felt that their colorful hair was very annoying!

Therefore, after the Chu people arrived in Europe, what was the biggest impact they had on the local appearance?

Shaved!

Contemporary Europeans especially like to shave their heads nowadays!

Only some Europeans with black hair don't have this problem.

At the same time, the aesthetics of the entire European society began to regard black hair and dark eyes as beautiful... This gave some Mediterranean ethnic groups, such as Italians, Spanish and even Ottomans, some inexplicable advantages in appearance.

This is very strange!

However, in the eyes of the Chu people, they are all barbarians... there is not much difference.

The overseas expansion of the Chu people not only brought a rich variety of raw materials to the Chu people, but in turn also brought a strong cultural influence of the Chu people to overseas countries.

Nowadays in Europe, reading, literacy and learning Chinese are indispensable... Without learning Chinese, you can't even understand the instructions for ordinary Chu products, the railways, docks and other signs built by the Chu people. Not to mention contacting the people of Chu and entering the middle and upper class society.

As for these things, the Chu people didn't force them... In fact, the Chu people didn't care much about what these natives were doing internally. It was the European natives who had done it themselves.

There is no way, the Da Chu Empire is like a 100,000-meter mountain in front of them... Whether you want to approach, climb over, escape or go around... you must face it!

The influence of the Great Chu Empire on every corner of the contemporary earth has been profound and even long-lasting!

Even the chiefs of some indigenous tribes in Africa who are still in a primitive tribal state and are far from being civilized have begun to wear professional attire...

Even the polar bears, under the gunpoint of Chu hunters, began to gradually change their living habits and migrate north, because the polar bears that did not change became the bearskin coats worn by Chu people...

Of all the continents in the world, only the penguins in Antarctica are still arrogantly ignoring the Chu people and still maintaining the original ecology of penguin society.

Penguin said: In Antarctica, the Chu people are nothing!

In fact, this is indeed the case. According to technological development, even if it takes another hundred years, the Chu people will not be able to replace the penguins and become the actual masters of Antarctica.

Today's so-called administrative rule in Antarctica is only in name. The Chu people have not even opened a single settlement in South Jizhou...

The place was covered in ice and snow, and there was nothing you could ask for. Why open a settlement?

Get some people to go over and stare at the penguin, and then be frozen into a popsicle and laughed at by the penguin?

(End of this chapter)