Siwu is good for the ancients, and with Pan Qiaolian, the gods and thoughts are crowded around in the flow of people in Daxiangguo Temple.

More than 900 years ago, Kaifeng Mansion was the most lively time in the Yuan Day Festival. The streets and alleys are lit up, and the tiles and fences are open all day long, so you can eat, drink and have fun without stopping. The market at Daxiangguoji Temple is also open from the day of New Year's Eve, and it will not be closed until after the Shangyuan Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

This level of prosperity is no less than that of the metropolis in later generations. It's probably second to none in the world, right?

At this time, the Great Song Dynasty should be the richest country in the world, not only rich in terms of total GDP, but also at the peak of the world in terms of per capita living standards.

Although this dynasty has existed for more than a hundred years, according to the legendary cyclical rate theory, it should be a period of decay close to the end of the world. However, Wu Haogu did not feel much decay at all, although like other Chinese dynasties, the Northern Song Dynasty also faced the two major problems of growing population and increasing concentration of land.

However, the development of industry and commerce and the continuous development of the Yangtze River basin have absorbed the rich labor force and provided sufficient food. Although the civil politics of the Great Song Dynasty caused the weakness of the armed forces, it still did a very good job in terms of people's livelihood and finance, which was many times better than the later Ming officials and Qing officials.

Now is undoubtedly the most beautiful and affluent era of classical China!

Moreover, this is still an era of continuous progress, not the stagnation of the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is a prosperous era of continuous development and progress of science and technology, culture and economy.

Bi Sheng, Yan Su, Su Song, Shen Kuo, Qian Yi, Li Jie, Tang Shenwei...... As Wu Haogu began to lead the compilation of future "university textbooks", the names of great scientists of the Song Dynasty appeared in front of Wu Haogu's eyes.

Among these people, Su Song, Qian Yi, Li Jie and Tang Shenwei are still alive and can be regarded as contemporary scientists. This shows that the Chinese civilization during the Song Dynasty was constantly improving, oh, more accurately, not only the Song Dynasty, but also the dynasties and dynasties before the Song Dynasty, China's economy, culture, and technology were constantly improving.

The Song Dynasty, on the other hand, had more significant achievements in the fields of science, culture, and economics because of its heyday, surpassing those of its predecessors.

Wu Haogu felt that the current era was generally full of positive momentum, and he didn't need to open his own golden finger in science and technology - he actually didn't know much scientific knowledge - as long as he could overcome the Jingkang national disaster and the Mongolian iron horse in the future, he could rely on his own development momentum to evolve a modern oriental civilization!

To put it mildly, in Wu Haogu's view, the stagnation period of ancient Chinese civilization mostly began with the Mongol iron cavalry breaking through the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Jurchen iron cavalry breaking through Kaifeng Mansion was the prelude to the advent of this era of great stagnation......

The entire Daxiangguo Temple is full of residents of Kaifeng City, who are enjoying the prosperity of Kaifeng City, and they are undoubtedly the happiest people in the world in this era - if they have their own houses! In this city with developed industry and commerce, even if you work for people, you can have a few dozen yuan a year, which is enough for the family to live a relatively prosperous life. If you have a craft, it is not difficult to earn a few hundred a year.

If this income is left in the countryside outside Kaifeng Mansion, he will almost be a big landlord!

Such a good era...... It should be possible to sustain it! Ma Zhi, who was supposed to be on the line with Tong Guan during the Xuanhe period, has now touched the ladder to heaven. Although he still follows Tong Guan's line, the current official is Zhao Xu, and the ruling is Zhang Xuan. How can the methods of these two be compared to Zhao Ji and Cai Jing?

The ongoing negotiations with Liao should be different from history, and the current Zhao Xu and Zhang Dian know much more about the inside affairs of Liao than in history.

And this time he went to Liao, obviously to lay the foundation for the future Northern Expedition......

But the life of the official Zhao Xu, after all, is coming to an end, and most of Zhang Xuan will also go into the wilderness by then, and his role in the political life of the Great Song Dynasty will become more and more great. But what do you have to do to guide the Great Song Dynasty to avoid the difficulties of Jingkang?

Unconsciously, Wu Haogu had been taken by Pan Qiaolian to the place behind the Big Buddha Hall near the Zisheng Gate. The stalls here are all selling books, antiques and pictures, and there are fewer tourists than other places, all of whom are literati and doctors.

Pan Qiaolian met an acquaintance here, and suddenly shouted: "Third Brother Zhao, Sister Li, you are also here!" ”

When Wu Haogu heard "Third Brother Zhao", he thought it was Zhao Ji's relative, and when he looked up, he saw a very handsome scholar, and there was a beautiful girl standing beside him. The two of them looked a little familiar, but they couldn't remember who it was for a while?

"Brother Dawu, they are Zhao Defu and Li Yi'an in the matter, you have seen the two of them in Panjiayuan."

As soon as Pan Qiaolian reminded her, Wu Haogu remembered that these two were Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao. They are a well-known pair of talented and beautiful women in Kaifeng Mansion - not only because the talented man is matched with a talented woman, but also because their families belong to the old and new parties.

Zhao Mingcheng and his father Zhao Tingzhi are the generals of the New Party, the confidants of Zhang Dan, and the officials worship the province of the province. And Li Qingzhao's father Li Gefei is the fourth bachelor of Sumen and the corporal of Han Qimen, who belongs to the elite of the old party, and is now a member of the official worship department.

The two old ones are old enemies of officialdom, and they are fighting happily, but the two younger ones are happy to fall in love, which is even more eye-catching.

On weekdays, Li Qingzhao would definitely be a "cross-dressing lover", but according to the customs of the Song Dynasty, in the days after the Yuan Dynasty, the women of the scholar's family could indulge in the market.

Wu Haogu hurriedly stepped forward and gave a salute: "It turned out to be Brother Defu and Mrs. Li." ”

Li Qingzhao returned the gift, and said with a smile: "Brother Wu, your half of "Touching the Fish" is really well written, I don't know if there is a post-film?" ”

When asked by Li Qingzhao, Wu Haogu's cheeks were slightly hot, he now has a talent for passing on poetry and writing...... Even if he only left half of the "Touching the Fish" word card!

After all, half a piece of good word cards that can be passed down to the world is better than a lot of bad words, so in Pan Qiaolian put Wu Haogu (is it Wu Haogu?) Half of "Touching the Fish. After the love of "What is Love" (because there is no post-film, it is not "Yanqiu Ci") was spread, Wu Haogu barely became a talent.

Wu Dacai blushed and said: "The talent under the bottom is limited, and he only makes a front film, which really makes Li Niangzi laugh." ”

Li Qingzhao said with a smile: "A former film is enough to be handed down, how dare a slave laugh?" ”

Zhao Mingcheng also said: "I heard that Brother Chongdao is recently sorting out Mengxi Zhangren's "Mengxi Writings"? ”

"It is true." Wu Haogu smiled bitterly and said, "But when I started to sort it out, I realized that Mengxi Zhangren's knowledge is too extensive, which is completely beyond the imagination of ordinary people...... I don't know when I will be able to sort out and classify the knowledge of Mengxi Zhangren and compile it into a book. If more well-educated people can participate, the world will see the classified "Mengxi Pen Talk" as soon as possible. ”

In fact, Wu Haogu's knowledge is still enough to complete the classification and sorting of "Mengxi Writings", but he still wants to hook up with more talented people and celebrities of the Song Dynasty to participate in the compilation of "University Textbooks".

After all, the university of the future will not only have textbooks, but also a large number of professors. Wu Haogu himself didn't have the kung fu to be a professor, and Zhao Ji and Mi Youren must also be busy. And Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao in front of them seem to be quite idle......

"Defu," Li Qingzhao really became interested, and said to Zhao Mingcheng, "Defu, why don't we also borrow a few volumes of "Mengxi Pen Talk" to take a look, maybe we can help Brother Wu sort it out." ”

"This ......" Zhao Liangcheng was a little hesitant, he was a prisoner of the country, and he still wanted to show his skills in the spring competition of the third year of Yuanfu, but he didn't have so much effort to spend on miscellaneous studies.

"Let's go and see," Li Qingzhao obviously made up his mind, "Mengxi Zhangren is the first learned person in my dynasty, and it mostly involves practical learning, Defu, if you are an official in the future, you can also use the knowledge in "Mengxi Writings". ”

When Li Qingzhao said this, Zhao Liangcheng was really moved, and he arched his hand at Wu Haogu and said: "I have long heard the knowledge of "Mengxi Zhangren" in Xia, if you can learn one or two, you will also be fortunate in three lives." ”

"Okay," Wu Haogu nodded, "It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, it's better to go to Christie's head office today, and the thirty volumes of "Mengxi Writings" are now there. ”

"It's okay," Zhao Mingcheng nodded and said with a smile, "Anyway, I have to be free today, so let's go and have a look." ”

His father and Li Qingzhao's father are now busy with "greetings on the first day", even if they return to the house, they will rest and rest, and tomorrow is the time for such officials and eunuchs to greet each other. So Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao are free today.

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Wu Haogu and Zhao Mingcheng, two talents, took Pan Qiaolian, Li Qingzhao, Pan Ying'er and Jin Zhu'er out of the Great Xiangguo Temple together. As soon as I got out of the mountain gate, I saw a more turbulent crowd.

The heavy snow that began to fall in the early morning has not stopped, and the trees and roofs are covered with layers of snow. There were also fireworks set off everywhere, and little by little meteors soared into the sky, exploding with a bang, splashing countless starlight.

Looking at Pan Qiaolian beside her, the girl of Yingying Eighteen, just like this era, is the most beautiful.

Perhaps there will be better years waiting for me, Pan Qiaolian and the whole of China in the future.

Under the sparks of snowflakes, I saw a person walking in a car, and slowly walked towards Wu Haogu, who had just walked out of Daxiangguo Temple: "Brother Wu, it's really you, I haven't seen you for many days, do you remember Ximen Xiaoyi?" ”

The man was delicate and upright, wearing a semi-new Confucian robe, wearing a hood, and plum blossoms in his ears and temples.