Chapter 1238: Carrying on the Past and Opening up the Future (One Hundred and Twenty-Eight) Death Is Like This

Jicheng Avenue is definitely a major sight in Jicheng today. Originally, this road extended from the east city gate to Jicheng Palace. The miles-long street was built straight. As soon as you enter the city gate, you can see the majestic towering mountains in the distance. The Han Palace, and since the reconstruction and expansion project of Jicheng began, this avenue was the first to be constructed. Due to the expansion of the city, this road has now been extended by nearly half, and its width has doubled. In the middle is a wide main road, which can accommodate four carriages running side by side. However, due to the king's suggestion, this main road was divided into two with yellow paint. No matter which direction it is, you can only keep to the right. travel. At first, the people of Jicheng were puzzled by this regulation, thinking that our king was too lenient and even had to regulate where to walk. However, after the regulation was implemented for several months, people suddenly realized that such a The small changes actually made the traffic on this avenue much smoother.

This road named Han Road by Gao Yuan was originally one of the busiest roads in Jicheng. It was usually busy with traffic and often crowded, but now it is basically invisible. Such a scene.

On both sides of the main road, there are rows of evergreen branches several meters high with lush leaves and cloud-like crowns. In the brick flower beds, some varieties with earlier flowering periods have already bloomed towards the sun, dotted with patches of green grass. There are dots of flowers, and behind the flower beds are rows of shops.

At the beginning of the reconstruction, Han Road was regarded as a key reconstruction target. All the houses were demolished and rebuilt to uniform specifications. The uniform three-story buildings stood on both sides of Han Road like two neat armies. These two rows of houses, together with the Han Road in the middle, are also the application of the latest technology in construction during the Han Dynasty. The previous wood and stone structures were abandoned and all were replaced with reinforced concrete structures.

In the process of building the east-west transportation artery, Guo Quan invented the application of cement, a product that hardened the road surface. This greatly reduced his cost of hardening the road. In the past, he wanted to build a road that was strong and not afraid of rain and snow. The high cost was the biggest headache for Guo Quan. Cement successfully solved this problem, and when building bridges At that time, a great craftsman proposed to combine steel bars and cement as the backbone of the bridge, and the piers were also proven in practice. This made Han Dynasty take a big step forward in the history of architecture, and the speed was greatly accelerated.

Gao Yuan was greatly surprised by the invention and application of this technology, you know. These two things have nothing to do with him at all, but are things that craftsmen invented or experimented in practice.

Developing people's wisdom has always been what Gao Yuan wanted.

These two technologies were immediately ordered by Gao Yuan to be applied to Han Road and the buildings on both sides.

Gao Yuan's order was of course not just to show off his prestige and magnanimity. You must know that Han Dao, as a landmark building of the Han Dynasty, will play an important role in promoting the following two technologies. In fact, this is also the case. . After the completion of Han Road, houses with cement and cement frame structures were rapidly promoted in Jicheng, so much so that the construction of new cities outside the old city basically adopted these two new achievements.

Jicheng's cement-hardened roads have been expanding continuously. Gao Yuan estimates that by the end of this year, the roads in the old and new cities of Jicheng will have been hardened, and they will no longer be covered in ashes on sunny days and mud on rainy days. A clean and tidy capital of the Han Dynasty will be presented to the world.

For merchants on both sides of Han Road, today is a special day. Because three days ago, they received a notice that today, all businesses on both sides of Han Road will be closed. When they woke up early in the morning, the merchants were shocked to find that on both sides of the road, heavily armed Young Guards soldiers were standing like javelins on both sides of the road. What surprised them even more was that all the soldiers had helmets on their helmets. A plain white flower.

From the beginning of the palace to the distance, everything has been under martial law. The bustling Han Road in the past is now empty. Slowly, crowds of people began to gather in front of the merchants. Han Road was not allowed to go on, but the streets in front of the merchants People were not allowed to walk in the passage. Gradually, everyone finally knew what day it was.

The Lingshu of Guo Quan, Minister of Industry of the Han Dynasty, returned to Beijing today.

Guo Quanzhi's presence to the people of Jicheng is too weak. However, the case of the Ministry of Industry a few days ago has given the people of Jicheng something new. This is the first time since the founding of the People's Republic of China that a high-ranking official has been executed in a public trial. This is unprecedented. This incident naturally made the people of Jicheng remember the left minister of the Ministry of Industry.

However, the Ministry of Industry has just had a big case. Why did the Minister of Industry receive such high-level treatment after his death? In the midst of surprise and confusion, everyone asked and inquired about each other. Little by little, Guo Quan's deeds were spread by word of mouth, and began to spread on both sides of the Han Road.

"Oh, so that's it!"

"Both avenues were cultivated by Guo Shangshu!"

"He has always been at the forefront of the construction site and commanded, and he rarely sits in the yamen!"

"Then speaking of which, this is a good official!"

A buzz of discussion began to ring out from both sides of the quiet street.

The moment the morning sun rose, the melodious sound of horns and bells and drums rang out from the direction of the palace. A group of people slowly walked out from the direction of the palace. As the group of people marched, the people on both sides of Han Road became quiet. Because the person walking in the front was wearing a royal robe and a crown. Although they didn't recognize him, they naturally knew that he was the lord of the Han Dynasty, King Gaoyuan of Han.

Gao Yuan was holding a five-year-old child in his hand. The child looked a little timid, pursed his lips tightly, and looked up from time to time at the tall man who was holding his hand tightly. Behind them are the people discussing politics in the political hall, followed by the officials from various ministries and officials in Beijing, and finally, a team of hundreds of congressmen. Among these people, except Gao Yuan, all of them are wearing official hats. A plain white silk flower was pinned to it.

Everyone guessed the boy's identity from the fact that he was wearing mourning clothes. He should be the son of Guo Quan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. It was said that the minister of the Ministry of Industry married a wife under the king's concubine after he was fifty-five years old. House wife.

Gao Yuan personally led the civil and military officials and infantry for more than ten miles out of the city to meet Guo Quan's spiritual shu, to show his gratitude to this distinguished veteran.

The mourning team led by Zheng Jun stopped at the outskirts of the city. It had only been more than a year since the last time he entered Jicheng to see the king. However, the changes in Jicheng made him dizzy. The original majestic city walls had disappeared and replaced by It is a neatly built house like a block of squares. The avenue under your feet extends to the end of the field of vision. You can faintly see the faint shadow of the palace in the distance. Jicheng has almost doubled in size. Before, standing at the east gate, it was The architecture of the palace can be clearly seen. Next to him was the carriage carrying Guo Quan Lingshu. He had already received notice that General Wang led all the civil and military officials out of the city to receive the spirit.

"Lao Guo, it's really worth living like you do!" Zheng Jun was very envious of this honor. He thought that if he died, he would never get this honor, but think about it. I am not jealous of Guo Quan's achievements in the past ten years. Not everyone can achieve this kind of persistence, at least not myself.

While walking on the road, Zheng Jun received the shocking news of the personnel changes in the imperial court. Li Can resigned, Wu Kai and Cao Tianci were scolded by the king, and what was even more shocking was that the left minister of the Ministry of Industry lost his head. The right minister lost his official title. In Zheng Jun's memory, this was the first time that the Han Dynasty had punished a high-ranking official so harshly since the beginning of the Eastern Army.

Wu Kui had a bad time. If it weren't for Guo Quan's sudden death, or the king wouldn't be so angry, or because the king was heartbroken, Guo Quan worked so hard, and other officials from the Ministry of Industry who stayed behind would actually do such a deplorable thing. , comparing the two, the king's anger can be imagined. If it were a normal time, Wu Kui might not have lost his head. Of course, this was just Zheng Jun's conjecture. He was thinking more about why Wu Kui was executed so quickly. As an old politician, he also smelled some other implications. I'm afraid there are some unknown things in it. Keep it secret.

He shook his head, throwing the thought out of his mind.

A battalion of the Young Guards had already alerted this area. People entering the city had to take a detour today. However, this scene attracted people entering the city. They stopped and watched curiously in groups. With Zheng Jun and his party waiting.

Gao Yuan and his party appeared in his sight, and Zheng Jun calmed down and strode forward to meet them.

"Your Majesty, Zheng Jun, governor of Liaoxi County, respectfully sends Guo Shangshu Lingshu back to the capital!" Zheng Jun paid homage with great salute.

Gao Yuan nodded and stared at Lingshu on the carriage: "Did Mr. Guo go there peacefully?"

"Back to your Majesty, Mr. Guo left very peacefully. When he left, he still had a smile on his face." Zheng Jun laughed at the face that was leaning on the recliner with a smile on his face as if he was asleep. He raised a box with both hands, "This is the box that Mr. Guo held in his arms when he was about to leave. What is inside is Mr. Guo's hard work over the past ten years."

Gao Yuan took the box, slowly pulled out a thick book bound with thread, and slowly turned over the pages. This book condensed Guo Quan's travels in the past ten years and built countless cities, roads, and water conservancy projects. Experience gains and losses, as well as specific information on various inventions. Looking at the handwriting that looked like a chicken scratch, Gao Yuan's eyes became moist.

Striding to the Lingshu, Gao Yuan clasped his fists with both hands and bowed his hands deeply to the ground: "Guo Quan, I'm here to take you home!"

Gao Yuan stood up, turned around and picked up the five-year-old baby beside him, and placed him on the carriage shaft. He took the reins of the horse with his own hands and walked forward slowly. Behind him, Jiang Jiaquan and other ministers came forward one after another. , lined up on both sides of the coffin, held the coffin in their hands and walked forward along the Han Road. (To be continued...)