Stuffy!

This is actually an important reason why Wanli asked Guo Dan to help him build the Royal Horse Farm.

Although he is the emperor, he is also a twenty-year-old guy, who stays in the heavily guarded palace every day, and the key is that he is surrounded by a group of fifty or sixty-year-old old men, who reason with him all day long, and treat him as a little baby, but it is really boring to the extreme.

Guo Dan is also a young man, he understands Wanli's ideas very well, so when he designed the Royal Racecourse, he completely adopted an open design, breaking all traditions.

When Wanli and a cadre of ministers got off the carriage, they were stunned by the scenery in front of them.

It wasn't the first time they had come back to the Royal Racecourse, but it had been renovated and everything was very unfamiliar to them.

I saw that they were in a hilly area, a small river meandered through, the grass was undulating, and the groves were scattered, separating the buildings.

Looking along a wide bluestone road, there is a building with yellow tiles and red walls at the end.

The yellow tile and red wall are for the emperor.

This tradition has not changed, because Guo Dan found that contemporary people do think that these two eye colors are beautiful and symbolize dignity, so he did not switch to other colors.

However, the architectural style is very different from that of the Imperial Palace.

It is no longer a courtyard, it is a relatively long building, solemnly and majestically standing among the grass, giving people a feeling of seeing the mountains at a glance, although there is no carved beams and paintings, but the big stone pillar is also carved with this dragon head, symbolizing the emperor.

The whole building is made of brick and wood, the basement floor is made of bricks and large stones, the upper floors are made of wood, and the second floor has large terraces that derive outward.

On the third floor are a number of staggered attics, seven in all, which add a touch of agility and sophistication to the building, and from a distance it will not seem to be a house there.

This is definitely the largest single building in the Ming Dynasty.

The palace is bigger than here, but it's a complex.

"How did you do this?"

"Yes! What a system this becomes. ”

"It's weird to look at."

......

Many ministers exchanged their heads, whispered, and then shook their heads.

Chinese culture is still relatively restrained, they feel that this building is too public, standing far away to see this splendid building, in the middle is a large lawn, although there are some big trees, but can not be covered at all, and there is no pattern.

Confucianism has penetrated into the architectural civilization, no matter what is built, it must take into account the factors of etiquette, who lives where and where, level by level, but they are very particular, and there is no such thing here.

Interestingly, they didn't like it, and Wanli liked it very much.

This is the house of his dreams.

In the palace, going out is either the eaves or the wall, which is a little too depressing, if the same is true here, then why is he running here?

He just loves the unobstructed design.

Although he heard the ministers talking behind his back, he didn't care at all, but instead handed Guo Dan two approving looks.

Led a group of ministers along the bluestone avenue and walked inside.

"Look, what's that?"

Suddenly, one person was surprised.

Everyone turned their heads to look and heard another exclaim, "Is that a bird's nest?" ”

"What a big bird's nest!"

I saw that there was a huge bird's nest on a big tree, not to mention birds, this person could stuff seven or eight into it.

Wanli also opened his eyes wide, and then beckoned to Guo Dan and said, "Guo Dan, come over quickly, then... Is there a phoenix living in there? ”

The fingers pointing to the nest trembled slightly.

Guo Dan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, it was designed by the grass people themselves, but the appearance is like a bird's nest, but in fact, it is a place for people to rest and cool." ”

"A place to rest?"

Wanli's eyes widened, and he said, "You built it on a tree, how can this person go up?" ”

Guo smiled lightly: "It just looks like it was built on a tree, but it was actually built on a slope, because there is a big tree behind the slope, so it looks like it was built on a tree from a distance." ”

"I see."

Wanli nodded, and couldn't help but show surprise on his face, "Interesting, interesting, what a fun thing you built!" ”

He just likes the personalized designs, and if everyone is the same, it doesn't make much sense.

Yang Mingshen said: "In a cool place, don't you just get a pavilion, make a bird's nest, it's really grandstanding, the old man doesn't believe it, who wants to sit in the bird's nest to rest and cool off." ”

Wanli frowned when he heard this, do your, this was built for me to live in, and it didn't cost the treasury money.

Guo Dan smiled and said: "According to Scholar Yang, the pavilion is not needed, it is not faster to enjoy the shade directly under the tree, and as far as I know, the Mansion of Scholar Yang is also very luxurious." ”

"You're .....!"

Yang Mingshen almost didn't bite his tongue, and glanced at Wanli with a weak heart.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is full of extravagance, and the mansions are becoming more and more luxurious, and Wanli hates this the most.

However, Wanli didn't care about him in general, he was used to it, and he wanted to go to the bird's nest to have a look, but he still couldn't wait to go to the big house to have a look.

"Your Majesty!"

I could hear the excited shouts in front of me.

Wanli looked up and saw an innocent girl standing on the largest terrace on the second floor waving to him.

It was the imperial concubine Zheng.

When the ministers saw it, it was really uncomfortable, looked at each other, and shook their heads and sighed.

What kind of imperial concubine is this, a young girl standing on it, beckoning like this, what is the difference between this and the courtesan of the Qinglou?

This is also one of the reasons why they dislike this architectural style very much, they can't hide it at all, and they see everything in their eyes.

It's embarrassing.

But they still don't know that the innocence and some small willfulness are exactly what impressed Wanli the most in the imperial concubine.

Therefore, when Wanli looked at the imperial concubine on the terrace, he couldn't help but be intoxicated, stopped moving, his eyes became obsessed, and under the oblique light of the sunset, he felt that the imperial concubine was the most beautiful woman in the world.

This is love.

Li Gui saw Wanli looking at the imperial concubine in a daze, which had already aroused the dissatisfaction of the minister, and couldn't help but remind in a low voice: "Your Majesty." ”

Wanli was slightly stunned, consciously gaffe, slightly embarrassed, and nodded with a smile towards the imperial concubine on the terrace, but there was half a point of blame in his eyes, and the pace became faster.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a voice from the left.

Wanli looked back and saw a group of noble ladies walking out of the bird's nest.

Yang Mingshen was immediately dumbfounded.

Because his wife was among them, and he just said ......!

The corners of Wanli's mouth twitched, and he said with a smile: "What did Scholar Yang just say. ”

Yang Mingshen's old face suddenly looked embarrassed like a monkey's ass.

The slap in the face came so quickly that he scolded his wife half to death in his heart.

Wanli didn't continue to joke with Yang Mingshen, walked forward, came to the door that was no less than the gate of the Taiji Palace, stood outside the door and looked inside, only to see that the hall inside was wide and bright, and it was still flashing with colorful light, which was really gorgeous and dazzling!

"It's... What's going on? ”

Wanli looked at the strange light and said in amazement.

Guo Dan hurriedly stepped forward and replied, "Back to Your Majesty, all the windows here are made of glass sheets, and when the sun shines in, they will change into various colors. ”

Wanli subconsciously looked left and right at the next few large windows, only to see that each window was in the shape of fish scales, which was made up of small pieces of glass.

Beautiful!

Luxury to the extreme.

Wang Jiaping, who advocates simplicity, couldn't help but ask: "How much does it cost?" ”

Guo smiled lightly: "If you go back to Wang University, this window itself is actually not valuable, but the manual cost is relatively expensive, and it is said that the craftsmen who make this window now have all lived in a small courtyard." ”

"How is this possible?"

Wang Jiaping said: "This glass is very expensive. ”

Guo smiled lightly: "It is precisely because of this that the cost of this window is not expensive, because to produce a perfect glass utensils, there may be countless pieces of waste before, and we are to break the discarded glass to make this window, which is basically given away for free." ”

That's fine.

Wang Jiaping was speechless for a while.

Wanli praised: "This is what smart people do, they don't need to spend any money, and they can do it beautifully, making people feel luxurious and noble." Ha ha! Guo Dan followed me in. ”

The implication was that the rest of the people were waiting outside the door.

He took Guo Dan and Li Gui and strode in, the floor of the hall is made of special floor tiles for the palace, hard and fine, shiny and bright, like a whole stone slab, each brick is art.

Guo Dan himself likes it very much, but unfortunately this is for the palace.

When he came to the hall, Wan Li asked Guo Dan in a low voice, "How much did it cost?" ”

Guo Dan replied: "Returning to Your Majesty, it will cost a total of 270,000 taels. ”

Wanli took a breath of cold air and said, "Spent so much money? ”

Guo Dan replied: "The humble position actually does not agree with extravagance and waste, and the money still has to be used on the blade, but the humble position believes that His Majesty needs this royal horse farm very much, and if His Majesty can live happily and comfortably here, then the money is well spent." ”

This is the largest amount of money Guo Dan has spent for Wanli so far, and he used to only care about helping Wanli make money.

If you don't spend it, there's no point in making money.

It depends on where the flowers are.

Confidant!

Wanli had an indescribable happiness, because everyone told him not to be extravagant and wasteful, to save, Guo Dan's words actually gave him a feeling of a long drought and a rainy day. "Haha, I love it here."

Still, he hurried upstairs.

He can't wait to find love now.

The picture of the imperial concubine standing on the terrace made him fall in love again.