Chapter 800: The State Banquet
In the Northern Song Dynasty, if it is really an entertainment facility, Keju is counted as one, but it is a disciple of the market, the official eunuchs rarely participate in it, or play by themselves behind closed doors, and the brothels of Qinglou are also relatively developed, but compared with the Dinghai Navy, it is really a huge difference.
Not to mention the sports facilities, there are also some theater bathhouses, and even some small places for children to play, which are several grades higher than those of the Northern Song Dynasty, but among all the facilities, the most satisfying for Han Qi is the restaurant.
As early as the first reception, Han Qi felt the degree of development of Dinghai's catering, although it did not reach the level of Dinghai's full seat, but in a lineage, it was much higher than that of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Fan Lou already represents the limit of the Northern Song Dynasty, even if Han Qi was born in a rich and noble family, it is impossible to eat every meal in Fan Lou, those classic dishes of Fan Lou, he used to have endless aftertaste, but with Fan Lou, compared with Ding Navy, I really don't know how much worse.
Whether it is from the south or from the north, plus some basic innovations, the catering of the navy is the best in the world, this is really not boasting and deceiving people.
Han Qi ate the dishes of Sichuan, Guangdong, Luyu, and felt that it was not the same as what he usually ate, or peculiar, or pursuing truth, or seeking change, and he didn't even know how much better he was in terms of appearance.
The essence of Dinghai is the Dinghai full seat, for the time being, Zhao Xin did not entertain Han Qi and them, to participate in the state banquet, of course, they can't do it, but on the basis of studying the Dinghai full banquet, those chefs bring forth the old and bring forth the new, and pass on the skills.
Or created a lot of dishes, the basic dish system, also basically completed, in the Northern Song Dynasty still took the stir-fry as a good thing to cherish the broom, Ding Haijun, has already popularized the stir-fry.
In the street restaurants of Shenyang City, stir-fried dishes are very common, so that in the people, with the joint efforts of many chefs, the style of various places has been formed.
Han Qi was born in the south of the Yangtze River, grew up in Xiangzhou, went through the north and south, brocade clothes and jade food, and has always been more particular about eating, but he never thought that in Dingjun, he would pay attention to catering to this extent, and said unceremoniously that if you don't bring a duplicate every day, you may not be able to eat it for a year.
Several major cuisines have been formed, each with its own focus and huge differences, and Han Qi who eats it is lingering.
Han Qi wandered around Shenyang easily, Fu Bi had nothing to do, he was at most, and handed over to the officials who were about to become the Chinese ambassador, as the privy deputy envoy, in this mission, he made great contributions, and it was definitely impossible to stay in Shenyang for a long time, and he was also idle.
However, unlike Han Qi, Fu Bi likes to be quiet and does not like to move, before, when observing the industrial and commercial activities in Shenyang, he bought a lot of books, and he has never had time to watch them, but now, he just reads them again.
Han Qi and Fu Bi have their own pleasures, and the same is true of other officials who have no functions, they don't think deeply, even Fu Bi and Han Qi can find something they are interested in in Shenyang, not to mention these low-level officials, the longer they live in Shenyang, the more they feel that Shenyang is terrible, and they seem to be inseparable.
This is not what Zhao Xin deliberated, but the concept of later generations, a city, not only the city itself, whether a city can retain people, fame and degree of development is one aspect, whether it has all the functions of a city, is also the most important.
Really make a city that has nothing but industry, no matter how high the wages are, it will not be able to retain people.
Not only to meet the needs of survival, food, clothing, housing and transportation, but also some spiritual needs, entertainment, culture and education, catering, scenery, these together, everyone can find their own interest from the middle, this is the most terrifying.
Even these people who have read the books of sages for a long time and obtained the imperial examination as officials like it so much, what will happen to those who come here to work in the promotion and fighting, on the premise of satisfying the needs of food and clothing and survival, and meeting many needs.
This has nothing to do with the layout, it is just a basic concept, Zhao Xin has more than Han Qi and others, that is, it is a concept that exceeds the millennium of this era, and once this concept is implemented and becomes a fact, the effect is amazing.
Time passed slowly, and Zhao Xin had delayed as much as possible, but the time to leave finally came, and after accompanying Concubine Miao for half a month, he finally went back.
The enthronement ceremony is getting closer and closer, and Zhao Xin's work is getting more and more, and even some rehearsal work, which requires Zhao Xin to participate in person, although it is said that in this enthronement ceremony, there is only one foreign guest in the Northern Song Dynasty, but the citizens of his country are still there.
The reason why he is called emperor is because when the territory of the navy is expanded to a certain extent, especially the internal and foreign population has also reached a certain level, and it is necessary to be called the emperor in order to be able to unite the people.
Not to mention democracy and parties, in this era, the whole world, there is no democratic bloodline, and if you really want to practice democracy on this land, you will only make a mess, but it will become a fertile soil for careerists, and make a mess in all aspects.
In later generations, there are some negative things about democracy, the constraints between the two parties, which in itself is a kind of internal friction, the best means to develop the country, that is a dictator of power, but success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He, a dictator's will, when it is excellent, can promote the development of the whole country with his own strength, but when he is stupid or go the wrong way, it will lead the country to the ditch.
Now for the entire Dingjun, there is no more suitable than Zhao Xin, Zhao Xin's courage, Zhao Xin's vision, at least in a period of several decades, or even longer, can promote, Dingjun's rapid development, and wait until the high-speed development slows down the way to consider the future, now, it is better for him to be dictatorial.
Zhao Xin's departure once again made Concubine Miao burst into tears, even if she had known it for a long time, but the feeling of parting was not so comfortable, looking at Concubine Miao and Fukang with pear blossoms and rain, Zhao Xin was also miserable in his heart, and he had the heart to stay, but another kind of persistence still made him leave without hesitation.
Now, the entire Dinghai Navy is at a critical time, at most five years, and the Dinghai Navy can be on the right track, and if there are some coincidences, reunification is not a problem, and when the time comes, it will be the real reunion, not just more than half a month as it is now.
Enthronement ceremony, absolutely worthy of a dynasty, the most important thing, a big country, only when the emperor or dynasty changes, there will be an enthronement ceremony, starting from Qin Shi Huang's unification of China, after more than a thousand years, has already formed a complete system, for example, the etiquette of the entire enthronement ceremony.
However, in Zhao Xin's view, there is no need to get those etiquettes at all, and even these etiquettes are for officials, and only officials above a certain grade can participate in this ceremony, which is different from Zhao Xin's concept.
Zhao Xin advocates the atmosphere of later generations, the leader goes into the people, not to say that he is completely on the front line, but he needs to go to the front line, and those who have first-hand information are not like the feudal dynasty, hiding in the deep palace, and can only rely on his subordinates to grasp the situation outside.
Not to mention the problem of distortion because of the clouds, nor the problem of concealment of losing control, there is no way to do it with a simple life experience, sometimes, it is obviously the right thing, but because of the difference in concept and life background, it cannot be understood, just like the great drought in the world, the hungry people are everywhere, and countless starvation deaths, but the emperor said, why not eat meat without food.
Of course, Zhao Xin does not have this problem, but the dynasty cannot always be controlled by him, and the emperor must also go deep into the people, and even grow up in the people, which requires an open attitude, so it is determined from the beginning, rather than slowly changing later.
This time, the enthronement ceremony was held on the square in front of the Shenyang Forbidden Palace, the Shenyang Forbidden Palace, in fact, referred to the Forbidden City, because Zhao Xin was unwilling to be extravagant, but only used the central axis of the three major halls, and did not copy the 999 rooms of the Forbidden City, but the square outside the noon gate was quite well learned, and it was even larger, as the entire dynasty, large-scale activities and military parades.
The entire enthronement ceremony was held in the open air on the square, except for the inner core area, where there were high-ranking officials and viewing ceremonies, and the external square area could accommodate about 300,000 people.
300,000, for Shenyang, is not a big number at all, may be selected in various areas, each area only a part of the people as a representative to participate, you know, even if this square is large enough, based on the consideration of security, it is impossible to accommodate all, let alone not to accommodate, more than 10 million people, all crowded on the square, it is easy to have problems, or to select out the representative is better.
Before the enthronement ceremony, the entire Central Street, as well as this Wumen Square, were all closed, even if Zhao Xin's strength was very strong and he was not afraid of assassination or the like, but more than 300,000 people gathered, once there was a little problem, there was a stampede, it was a big deal.
In this era, it is far less developed than the consulting of later generations, even if it is a little trampled, it will not affect the stability of Zhao Xin's position, but even the textile industry can be transferred because of the population, not to mention the carefully selected elites.
In order to determine the total population of the navy, the 300,000 people selected, not to mention that each one is one in a hundred, most of them can be counted, not to mention some industry representatives and leaders, these can be said to be the essence of the navy, any person suffers a loss, will shake the future of the navy, in case there are one or two geniuses like Niu Dali, it will be really troublesome.
For this, it is necessary to maintain the entire security, and the steps of the entire enthronement ceremony are only in the hands of a few officials, and these people must be responsible to Zhao Xin.
Walking along the established route, for Zhao Xin, who has deep concentration, just go through it step by step, whether it is memory or heart, Zhao Xin is enough.
However, things are complicated, the closer they get, the more things there are, Zhao Xin himself still thinks that if everything goes well, he can go back to visit Concubine Miao, but unfortunately, until the eve of the enthronement ceremony, he did not spare this effort.
That is, three days before the enthronement ceremony, the entire Dinghai banquet saw Concubine Miao once.
This time, in addition to Han Qi and Fu Bi of the Northern Song Dynasty, as foreign guests, there were also personnel from various functional departments of the Dinghai Navy.
Shenyang is the current core of the Dinghai Navy, with a population of 10 million, but it is not the most populous city in the Dinghai Navy.
The most populous city in Dinghai is still in Dingjun, which currently has a population of 13 million, and these populations will quickly enter Shenyang and other places in the northeast after the enthronement ceremony, and in the end, Dinghai may only leave a very small part of its functions.
In addition to the Dinghai Navy, Jeju Island, Ryukyu, Hokkaido, and even further Hainan, the Dinghai Navy has a series of coastal areas around China, and each of the islands it owns is an independent part, and these belong to the commander-in-chief of the Dinghai Navy.
Even if they don't welcome the Northern Song Dynasty, these delegates need to be welcomed, and a large-scale state banquet has begun.
Ziguang Pavilion, the largest palace in addition to the three major halls, is prepared for the state banquet, enough to set down nearly a hundred tables, can accommodate thousands of people at the same time, this time, but a huge table, Dinghai full seat, the first comprehensive exhibition in front of the world.
Especially in the Northern Song Dynasty, Han Qi has always loved the appetite, and even these catering delicacies in Shenyang have made him linger, not to mention this kind of royal banquet, you know, the Dinghai full banquet is Zhao Xin's creativity on the basis of the state banquet and the Manchu and Han full banquets in later generations, so that his chefs can gradually complete it, not to mention the state banquet of later generations, at this time node in the Northern Song Dynasty, it is definitely possible to hang, especially the most elite ones, it is really the Buddha and the gods to be moved.
Although Concubine Miao was placed in the most honorable position, and Zhao Xin was also the closest, but in addition to the beginning, there was still time to chat, but with more and more people, when the whole banquet was about to start, there was no time to deal with it, Concubine Miao could only look at Zhao Xin blankly, feeling miserable, but she still had to maintain a superficial politeness, this was a state banquet, and she couldn't wait.
On the contrary, Han Qi has relaxed a lot, the contract has been signed, everything he can do has been done, the Northern Song Dynasty and the Ding Navy live in harmony, and there are 100 factories, at this time, this is to enjoy the food.
Whether others are full or not, he doesn't know, but he enjoys the most, the most core eighteen dishes, all of them have been tasted, and by the way, he has eaten some other interests, but even if he eats a round stomach, he hasn't eaten a few, less than a hundred, you must know that there are 1080 dishes in Dinghai.
A banquet of more than 1,000 people, which lasted two hours, finally came to an end, after this day passed, the enthronement ceremony was almost countdown, when the last night fell, the last rehearsal was completed, tomorrow is the day of the enthronement ceremony.