The original Qipan Street was straight and horizontal, but although the streets were neat, the buildings were uneven, and there were also some private houses that looked different in height, which was not very beautiful.

But things are different now. When the blocking guards were removed, what appeared in front of the people of the Ming Dynasty were four completely different buildings and an unusually bright and large square.

The grand theater promised to Zhang Yan by Zhu Youxiao is on the left side behind Zhengyang Gate. The tall cylindrical building gives people the feeling of a colosseum.

Entering inside, you get the same feeling. The entire large building is divided into three floors, and each floor is divided into several performance halls. The first floor has the most performance halls, and the fewer there are as you go up. There are ten on the first floor.

There are six on the second floor, and only three on the third floor.

With the use of a large amount of glass and the installation of kerosene lamps, the interior is as bright as day even at night.

When Zhang Yan saw this huge building, she was stunned.

"Your Majesty...is this...really prepared for my concubine?"

"Of course, Baozhu will be in charge of this grand theater from now on. Baozhu will gather artists from all over the world to perform here, so that all the people in the capital and Westerners can appreciate the operas from all over the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Youxiao laughed.

Although the skit and play that day were just to relieve Zhang Yan's boredom, after the idea of ​​building a large theater came up, Zhu Youxiao did not do it hastily, but made it as big as possible. He wanted to

Create a holy place for the literary and artistic community.

Just like Vienna, the capital of music, Zhu Youxiao also wanted to create such a performance place in the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Whether it was performing music, opera, Huangmei Opera, sketches, story telling, etc., in short, he would bring them all together and perform them together

, after thousands of years, this place will naturally become a holy place, no matter whose family the flowers fall into at that time.

After Zhu Youxiao came to this era, he determined to make a name for future generations and shine for the ages. Agrarian reform was transformed into civil rule, which was enough to shine in the annals of history. Mongolia was destroyed as a military achievement, which was enough to boast about future generations. But to truly surpass his predecessors and shock future generations, these are not enough.

, not to mention others, Qin Emperor, Han Wu, and Tang Zong Yuanzu were all inferior to him.

In this way, if you want to surpass them, you can only come from other aspects. In addition to digging deeply into your martial arts, you must also blossom more.

For example, Chinese Pinyin, punctuation marks, law revision, and re-designation of books. In terms of architecture, it is also a good development direction.

A grand theater established its position in the literary and artistic circles of later generations. Starting from the grand theater, countless performing arts gathered here, collided and merged with each other, and faced the secular world. This change can be called a miracle.

Judging from past history, current events, and future directions, any humanistic things are in a process of continuous secularization. Whether it is writing, literature, music, clothing, etc., it is a process from high to high.

Low diffusion.

Just like the pan-entertainment advocated by later generations, there were also signs of this in the late Ming Dynasty. The large number of novels and the emergence of storytellers were all in this trend.

Zhu Youxiao just started this trend through one of his buildings.

"Baozhu, this is not for you alone, but for everyone in the world. I hope that Baozhu can introduce other operas, and at the same time, carry forward the sketches and stage plays I entrusted to you." Zhu

Yu Xiao said softly.

"Your Majesty, I will definitely live up to your expectations." Zhang Yan nodded solemnly, her eyes already filled with longing for the future.

Think about it, all future singers will have the highest honor to sing here, all future creators will have the honor to perform their works on the stage here, all future performers will have the honor to perform here, the whole

The opera and literary circles of the Ming Dynasty regard this place as a holy place.

This is really an intoxicating achievement, and she will lead here. Thinking of this, Zhang Yan couldn't help but get excited.

Of course, the most important thing is that in the future, you no longer have to sit idle in the palace every day. You can see various interesting performances every day, and you will be happy.

"Your Majesty, what is the building opposite and what is it used for?" After finally calming down, the building opposite the Grand Theater caught her attention again.

"Over there!" Zhu Youxiao explained casually, following Zhang Yan's line of sight, "That's the library over there. I plan to make a copy of the books in Wenyuan Pavilion and store them here. Then I will collect books from all over the world and catalog them."

All the engravings and seals were hidden here, making this the largest collection of books in the world. The Hanlin Academy would also move here later, where laws were formulated and books compiled."

Zhu Youxiao talked about his own imagination. The Sikuquanshu revised during the Qianlong period was a disaster. He didn't know how many books were destroyed. He once heard a saying that Ji Xiaolan always sat among the piles of books when making choices.

Turn it over book by book.

Pick up a book, look at it, it’s okay, keep it, pick up another book, it’s not okay, just tear it up, repair it and destroy it at the same time, I don’t know how many books have just perished.

At that time, it was not like modern times. Books all had electronic versions, and thousands or tens of thousands of them were not printed at one time. Generally, books were printed in very small quantities, and some even only had handwritten copies. Under such circumstances, a book would be destroyed.

After that, it was almost difficult to pass it on.

Nowadays, the Empire Daily News' biggest income is not from the advertising space in the newspaper, but from the hydraulic printing plants located in various places. A large number of booksellers hold money and queue up at the door to print books.

After he came up with the idea of ​​building a grand theater, the legend of the Library of Alexandria came up, which made him move in his heart and decided to build such a theater.

Given the popularity of the Ming Dynasty script, if it were built, its collection of books would definitely become the largest in the world. This would not only be an honor, but also the inheritance of the Ming Dynasty culture.

"The library, if it's going to fill this place, I'm afraid it won't be filled with millions and tens of millions of books." Looking at the huge building, Zhang Yan's little mouth opened wide. It covers an area of ​​dozens of acres, and it has to fill up an area of ​​dozens of acres.

When will that happen? I'm afraid I won't be able to see it in my lifetime.

"Haha, orbs, when there are more treasures hidden in them, I will let our son come here to be a librarian. How about it, haha!" Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing happily.

"Librarian, do you want your son to come here and read a lot of books?" Zhang Yan looked at the emperor in confusion, wondering why he had this idea.

Seeing Zhang Yan's puzzled expression, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but scratch his nose. That's not a good thing in this era. No one can understand some of the jokes.

After explaining the library, Zhu Youxiao's interest suddenly rose, and he pulled Zhang Yan towards the other two buildings.

"Baozhu, look here." Walking back along Zhengyangmen Street, Zhu Youxiao and the two came to the building behind the Grand Theater.

"This is called a gymnasium. You see, there are many venues inside, including football fields, basketball courts, polo fields, horse racing, martial arts competitions, running, archery, and swimming. There are all kinds of competitions. I plan to compete in Tianqi

In five years, when the cabinet changes, a national sports meeting will be held throughout the Ming Dynasty and there will be a big competition. What do you think?" Zhu Youxiao said excitedly.

After holding military competitions, he has always had this idea. According to the Olympic Games in later generations, there will be a national games of the Ming Dynasty. With the influence of the Ming Dynasty at this time, not to mention more, the influence of this games will spread to the entire Southeast Asia.

There is no problem in the Pacific region.

Even with his ability, it is not impossible to become a world-wide sports event. Thinking about the fact that he created an event similar to the Olympic Games, this sense of accomplishment is simply incomprehensible to outsiders.

Well, of course, no one in this era can understand it, so I won’t say it anymore.

"This is good, this is good." Zhang Yan clapped her hands. She liked this kind of large-scale competitions the most. Thinking about the past, her mother would take her to the temple fair every time during the holidays. This was her favorite.

She has been active, but she has never been there since her mother passed away.

"Haha, just like it. Then we can see the strong figures of Ming Dynasty athletes together." Zhu Youxiao laughed and pulled Zhang Yan across Zhengyangmen Street to the library opposite.

Behind the building in front.

"Baozhu, look, this building is called the Research Institute. Do you know the group of houses at the foot of Jingshan Mountain in our Imperial Garden? That's the Tiangong Research Institute. From now on, they will all move here. No one can disturb us anymore."

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"Really, that's great." Zhang Yan had a look of surprise on her face. Tiangong Research Institute may often conduct research on theoretical translation, but many other studies have really made a lot of noise.

For example, some muskets and artillery, such as the ratio of gunpowder, new gunpowder formulas, the ratio of steel, the cutting of rifled muskets, etc., are all noisy research, and often affect everyone in the harem.

Now that we have moved together, the happiest people are these concubines.

"Of course it's true." Zhu Youxiao nodded with a smile.

Nowadays, with the increase in personnel and the increase and expansion of research projects, it is no longer suitable to place the Tiangong Research Institute in the palace. Not only is it inconvenient to communicate in and out, but also the exchange of raw materials and sites is also inconvenient.

Although it is still in the city, the site has been expanded a lot, and many machines can be used without any worries. It is also convenient to go to steel plants, gun factories, hydraulic transmission mechanisms and other places in the western suburbs. Many large-scale experiments can also be carried out in the suburbs.

We found a place to carry out the work, such as testing the power of cannons, improving horse breeds, improving rice seeds, etc.

"Baozhu, you are following me." After introducing the four buildings, Zhu Youxiao was still not satisfied. He led Zhang Yan and ran forward again, passing the spacious research institute and arriving at the end of the street.

Compared with before, Zhengyangmen Street is much shorter. At the end of this place is a huge square. But as soon as she saw this place, Zhang Yan's eyes were attracted by a huge white marble platform on the edge of the square.

There is a tall iron pole on the platform. The iron pole is delicate and swaying in the wind. This platform is located at the entrance of the square, facing the center of the Daming Gate, and is also on the central axis of Beijing. It is such a striking place that people don’t want to miss it.

It’s hard to get there.

"Your Majesty, this is..." Zhang Yan asked doubtfully.

"This, this is the flagpole, the place where the national flag will be raised in the future. The sun and moon flag of the Ming Dynasty will be hung here every day from now on. Whenever the sun just rises, it will be raised!"

Looking at the iron pole, Zhu Youxiao's eyes were blurred and he murmured. He couldn't help but think of the national flag class marching in Tianmen Square in later generations, and his former military career.
Chapter completed!