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Chapter 1036: The Peach Blossom Is Still (Part 1)

Jingushan is a Manchu, born in the Yellow Banner. According to the algorithm in the past, the Eight Banners nobles were called Master everywhere.¥f.¥f, but now these Eight Banners nobles are inferior to chickens with hair. They are all beaten from the clouds to the ground, and their status is worse than that of ordinary people.

The family of Jingushan was pretty good. The old man of their family was foresighted back then. He could see that the court at that time was unreliable, so he did not hang himself on the fallen tree of the Qing Dynasty. He secretly made friends with many revolutionary parties that were classified as traitors at that time, and even used his identity to save the lives of many major revolutionary figures. After the establishment of this kind of behavior of forgetting one's ancestors gave his family a lot of benefits. Not only did his family keep the property accumulated over the years, but he also made the old man become a government official, which was considered rich and powerful.

Later, his old man didn't know what was wrong, and he was a good young master of the rich family went to Yan'an to make a revolution. Later, his family also found that the old man's actions were foresighted. It was this behavior that made their family not classified as the group of people who were liquidated after the founding of the country, but became advanced revolutionaries. The leader even wrote a special character to their family. It was this character of the identity and leader. Even though the four old characters were broken out, the movement was so lively, many Eight Banners children who were similar to their family were beaten up very badly, but it did not have much impact on their family. In order to protect the safety of their family, the government even deliberately transferred their work units to the capital. For example, he became a small director of the Forbidden City, in charge of the hygiene and cleaning of the Forbidden City.

Jin Gushan is very satisfied with his current life. He is not a person with great ambitions and only wants to live a peaceful life. However, no matter how peaceful he is, he will inevitably have a longing for the glory of his tribe after seeing the majestic building of the Forbidden City. However, the reason for the current situation is that their family rarely mentions the past. Most of their understanding of the past comes from documents such as the history of Qing Dynasty. However, after all, it is the past. No matter how brilliant the past is, it is just the past. For him, it is just some imagination and not much awe. He even secretly ran to the Taihe Palace and the Qianqing Palace. While there was no one, he sat on the dragon throne in those two places.

Although there is no problem with the Jingushan family now, they are descendants of the Eight Banners nobles after all, and those who work with him will have some concerns. So he has a faint sign of being isolated in the office. He has no choice but to perform as well as possible, do more things whenever he has nothing to do, and read the quotations of the leader at any time when he has nothing to do, completely block some people's gossip.

Because the atmosphere in the office is not very good, Jingushan rarely stays in the office as long as he has free time, and most of the time he will walk back and forth in the Forbidden City. However, he always holds a broom and dustpan in his hand so that when someone sees it, there is an excuse to say.

As usual, Jin Gushan came to the Forbidden City very early. He stayed in the office and said a few words to his colleague on night shift. Then, he took a broom and a dustpan and walked around the Forbidden City as usual.

Although the Forbidden City is not open to the public, it is not very strict. Especially in the early morning, some nearby residents like to go to the front floor of the Taihe Palace to have morning exercises. Even though it was so cold and it had rained last night, many people still gathered here. Because these people often practice morning exercises in the Forbidden City, they almost knew Jin Gushan. Knowing his family's origin, they would come forward to bow, say to Master, and tease the descendants of the Eight Banners nobles. Now they have no idea. Even the few people who have been able to talk to him before just nodding at him after seeing Jin Gushan, and they have said hello.

Jingushan could also understand the difficulties of these people, so he did not feel angry or angry. Instead, he passed by the front floor and entered the porch on one side. After passing the back three halls, he walked towards the Imperial Garden where outsiders were not allowed to enter.

In some documents, you can read some descriptions of the scenery of the Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City. Although it is not as good as the large gardens like the Summer Palace and the Old Summer Palace, the garden buildings here are also very sophisticated. After all, when the emperor was tired of handling government affairs, he had to come here to relax. The officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs naturally wanted to build this garden to be pleasing to the eye. Whether it is the placement of rockery or the planting of plants, they were very sophisticated. A small garden almost gathered the great achievements of the north and south garden buildings of China.

However, the scenery of the Imperial Garden has long disappeared. After the Qing Emperor was expelled from the Forbidden City, although successive governments have sent people to manage the things in the Forbidden City, the focus is on protecting cultural relics and buildings in the Forbidden City. There is very little protection for the garden, and it will not specifically invite a garden expert to take care of the garden.

Jingushan itself likes Chinese gardens very much. After working in the Forbidden City, he would take time to sort out the imperial garden of the Forbidden City every day, as if he had used it as his own garden. After a few years, he finally made the imperial garden so hard that it could only be seen. The only thing that made him look a little annoying was the big peach tree located in the middle of the imperial garden that was completely incompatible with the surrounding landscape.

This big peach tree itself is not a plant in the Imperial Garden. It was transplanted here before Jingushan came to the Forbidden City. It was not clear who transplanted it or who was transplanted from that department. It was just that when transplanting this big peach tree, many soldiers were used, and there were approvals from Zhongnanhai. After transplanting this big peach tree, there was a period of time when someone took care of it. Until the big peach tree was completely transplanted and survived, the people who took care of this big peach tree were withdrawn.

Although Jingushan is very unpleasant to see this big peach tree, it is just because of its existence that destroys the overall layout of the imperial garden, making the originally harmonious and integrated garden layout scattered, just like there are cracks on a mirror that should not have, which makes people feel annoying.

However, as far as the big peach tree itself is concerned, Jingushan likes it very much. Even after such a long time, he is still shocked every time he sees it. He feels that such a big peach tree must be worshipped as a divine object when it is put in the past.

This big peach tree is more than ten meters high, and the main trunk requires five people to open their hands to barely keep it. The spreading trunk almost covers half of the sky of the imperial garden. When spring comes, pink peach blossoms are hung on the branches. With a gust of spring breeze, it falls everywhere in the Forbidden City, just like a rain of peach blossoms. Everyone who has seen the blossoming scene of this peach tree cannot help but compare it with the red leaves of Xiangshan, and thinks that these two places are the most beautiful scenery in the capital.

Jingushan once heard an old man in the Forbidden City talk about the magic of this peach tree. Now the size of the peach tree is actually very different from when it was transplanted. According to the old man's description, the peach tree was at first more than ten feet tall, and its separate branches and leaves almost completely covered the imperial garden. However, later the peach tree continued to wither, and most of the surrounding branches and leaves fell, and the trunk also fell a layer of several inches thick skin every year like a snake shed. Finally, it became this size and it was completely stabilized.

Jingushan listened to what the old man said as a story, and did not take it seriously at all, because if this big peach tree is really more than ten meters tall and its branches are so lush, how to move it from the south to the north is a big problem. Even if you go to the north and enter Beijing, it is almost impossible to move it to the Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City without destroying the surrounding buildings. Although it is impossible to tell him such a thing, and it is impossible to have such a tall and lush peach tree, every time he sees this big peach tree, he will not help but feel that what the old man said may be true. And the problems of transporting, transplanting, etc. can be explained by an answer, that is, this peach tree is a sacred tree, and it can move here from outside by itself.

Although this ridiculous idea has appeared in Jin Gushan's mind for many years, he has never mentioned it to others, because even he feels ridiculous when he thinks about it afterwards. If he says it to others, it will only make people think he is a lunatic.

As usual, Jingushan entered the Imperial Garden from a side door, preparing to temporarily put the broom and dustpan into the small utility room beside it, and then took out the scissors used to trim flowers and plants, and trim the flowers and plants in the garden. However, before he could reach the utility room, he was shocked by the scene in front of him, and he was stunned in place and could not react for a long time.

Although it has already entered spring, it is only the south, and it is still biting cold in the north. This big peach tree in the imperial garden cannot bloom at this time. In fact, this magical big peach tree has indeed not violated this natural law in the past few years, and the time for each flowering can be estimated.

But now this big peach tree, which was bare and without leaves yesterday, is now lush with peach blossoms in full bloom, and the petals in the sky blew into the air with the biting north wind, giving people a feeling of being in a dream. If it was just the peach tree blossoming off season, or the branches and leaves overnight, the flowers from scratch, it would not have shocked Jin Gushan so much. The scene that really shocked him completely was the shape of the big peach tree. At this moment, the shape of the big peach tree is just like the old man described, and the branches and leaves covered the entire imperial garden, and the trunk alone was more than ten feet tall, like a shocking behemoth.

I don’t know how long it took, Jin Gushan’s arm seemed a little numb. The broom and dustpan in his hand fell to the ground, and a noise sounded, breaking the tranquility around him and awakening Jin Gushan from the shock.
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