The imperial guards had already cleared the streets along the way, and a large number of people had left the city, much more than the monarchs and ministers had expected.
Clearing the streets does not mean that people are not allowed to walk, but that people should "stick to this side" when walking.
The emperor and his ministers did not expect that there were so many people leaving the city, and they could not see the end of the city.
This is also thanks to Han You’s momentum building.
It is true that the martial arts performance is an official activity, and Han You himself has invested a lot in it, mainly in terms of personal connections.
In order to get more people to actively participate, in addition to notifying merchants and aristocratic families, Han You also asked Beimen Yuyong to contact several government offices to provide convenience to the people as much as possible.
Martial arts performance is not a sports meeting or military parade as Han You first knew it.
It's not only a competition of merit, but also a way to prove something to the people.
Han You knew very well that the people were not disappointed with the court and the military, but rather numb.
During the previous dynasty, all kinds of bad news came one after another. Some people were beaten, and others were confused. It gave the people a feeling that aliens could break through the city gates and enter the capital at any time.
This is a very speechless fact. During the middle and last years of the previous dynasty, the imperial court was there every day to boast about how strong and powerful we were.
As a result, he was easily overthrown by Lao Ba. The Kang Dynasty was gone and became the Zhou Dynasty, but the armies were still the same.
So in the eyes of the people, this is the situation. The army of the previous dynasty was rubbish and was easily defeated by Lao Ba. Lao Ba was very strong, but Lao Ba was very weak. Why? Because the troops under Lao Ba were It's still the same group of rubbish from the previous dynasty, the final result of the formula, a group of powerful Zhou Dynasty troops!
I recall that when the previous dynasty was first established, when the army and the Han army were mentioned, the common people all raised their thumbs up and puffed out their chests with pride on their faces.
Looking back at the previous dynasties and now, the saying "A good man should not be a soldier and a good woman should not be married" is very popular, as if whoever joins the army is finished for the rest of his life. He will not be able to take care of his wife, children and children, and will not even be able to provide food and salary until he gets ahead. Can't get it.
So if the martial arts performance is a great success and the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty shines and becomes the only protagonist, this will undoubtedly give the people a shot in the arm. It will at least restore their confidence in the army and thus also have confidence in the court. Restore some confidence and let the people know that the army of the Zhou Dynasty is still strong, not much worse than that of the previous dynasty when the country was first founded.
Hearing is worse than seeing. Only seeing with your own eyes will make the people happy.
As long as the people in the capital see it with their own eyes, it can spread throughout the world.
What the court urgently needs now is not money, food, and military skills, but confidence, to restore the people's confidence in the emperor, the court, and the country.
Let’s not talk about these things, let’s talk about Han You’s “selfishness”. Wushu performance is Da Zhou’s stage, and it is his stage. It is also a stage he has prepared for many friends. The audience in the audience are all common people, and he is honored. , he thought the friends would also be honored.
The long procession stretched as far as the eye could see. The Emperor and his father were just as loud as when they left the palace, whipping up their horses and whipping up their horses. After walking for less than two miles, they were replaced by imperial guards to lead the horses for him.
There is no move, the team is too long, it is not safe for another one, and it is not suitable for the status of the emperor.
Lao Ba always looked back, thinking that it meant he was bored riding horses and wanted to chat with Han You while passing the time.
Han You pretended not to see anything. He needed to concentrate. After the martial arts performance, it was the stage for the friends. Before the friends entered the stage, he, Han You, and his father, Han Bairen, needed to ensure that the friends could go smoothly. onto the stage.
The two teams, in addition to the imperial court, the people leaving the city also formed a long queue, separated by the Jingwei side by side.
Lao Ba has already asked the Ministry of Rites to post an announcement in advance. When people see the imperial carriages and horses, even if they see the emperor, they don't need to kneel down to salute, they can just move forward.
Even so, many people still knelt on the loess.
If there is one kneeling, there are two, and if there are two, there are twenty, and if there are twenty, there are two hundred, and there are hundreds or even thousands.
Lao Ba sighed, and Han You was helpless.
The two have unprecedented agreement on matters concerning the people.
The common people owe nothing to the court, officials, or the emperor.
But officials and the court always seemed to be brainwashing the people intentionally or unintentionally. They owed it so much that they would never pay it off in their lifetime.
The Beijing guards who were leading the way at the front have arrived at the North City Gate. There are six gates in total, one large, two middle, and four small, all of which are wide open.
The team began to shrink, and the emperor drove his car to the main entrance, followed by officials from the three provinces, officials from the six ministries, and officials from the nine temples.
The imperial guards and the capital guards walked through the middle gates on both sides, followed by the envoys from various countries, while the common people walked through the small gate on the outside, which was the gate that usually entered the city.
After the team reached the official road, the speed began to increase, and the people on the official road moved to both sides.
Han You breathed a sigh of relief. After leaving the city, he had a wide view. The people on both sides of the official road were far away from the convoy. There were also the imperial guards who formed a human wall in the middle. Compared with the city, the chance of chaos outside the city was very high. Low.
The closer we get to the stadium, the wider the official road becomes.
Only then did anyone think of one thing. Last winter, the Ministry of Industry announced that Four Seasons Villa would build a stadium in the north of the city, next to Majia Village. It was said that Four Seasons Villa would slightly widen the official road. , and at the same time, another road will be opened, directly connected to the stadium.
At that time, no one, including Lao Ba, thought much about it. The idea was just to build one more road.
As a result, many people who came to the official road in the north of the city for the first time were dumbfounded.
It is completely different from what they thought. A normal official road can only have four carriages running abreast. Like the official road outside Beijing, six carriages can run abreast. It is the widest official road.
Then everyone was more and more dumbfounded as they walked forward, the road became wider and wider, especially when they reached the fork in the road, eight, ten, twelve, and finally reached the sixteen that stunned the emperor and his ministers!
"Han You!"
Lao Ba suddenly turned around: "Did your Four Seasons Villa build this new road?"
"OK."
Han You's face was full of dissatisfaction, but he knew about this and was quite helpless.
At first, there were only two reasons for building roads. One was to facilitate transportation, and the other was to improve the efficiency of transporting stone materials.
At that time, Ji Ying also settled an account. It would save time to build the road rather than wait for the materials and stones to be transported slowly.
In the later period, the roads became wider and wider, and they were originally thought to be completely sufficient. However, in the winter, the stadium was almost completed and did not require so many manpower. Beimen Yuyong and others thought, if they can't continue to build it, just We should find some work for the people. Anyway, the villa is not short of money, and the most likely thing is to take it from the palace members.
Then this official road, which is not an official road, becomes wider and smoother as it is built.
The ministers began to whisper among themselves, insisting that Han You had money to burn.
It is still the disadvantage brought by a bad reputation. If a road is built with a good reputation, everyone will definitely praise it loudly. After all, there will be no corpses when building bridges and roads... No, it is building bridges and building roads that warms people's hearts. It is a kind deed, a big kind deed.
As a result, when we got to Han You, he just had money to burn and pretended to be an uncle. He didn't know what to do with the money.
"This..." Lao Ba felt his heart hurt a little: "How much food will it cost?"
Looking around, the broad road is flat and spacious. Instead of feeling comfortable riding on it, Lao Ba feels pain, severe pain, and heartache, as if this road is paved with money. It's still his money!
Han You looked at Lao Ba's back and knew what he was thinking without having to guess.
Young Master Han still doesn’t take it seriously and doesn’t take any action. Who told you to only take the dividends? If you are a good person, you will take all the shares. After taking them, you can spend them as you want. If you can’t take them, I will spend them as I want. How to spend it, just a little bit.
"Oh, I just want to find a job for the people in the capital. It's almost the Chinese New Year at that time, the weather is freezing cold, and what's happening with the Changyuan victims..."
Before he finished explaining to Lao Ba, Han You was stunned, Lao Ba was also stunned, and the entire long team seemed to be stunned.
"Then...then...that's..."
The old man grinned widely, as if he could swallow a fifteen-centimeter-long chicken...egg: "That's the gymnasium?!"
Han You was also stunned and said subconsciously: "It seems like...!"
"The gymnasium, such a gymnasium, is so strong..." Lao Ba was also stunned in the middle of the sentence, and then he spurred his horse and raised his whip, and glared at Han You fiercely: "You are a prodigal son who has no chance to shine!"
