Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 220 Trip to Kaiping (Part [-])
Before Gao Yushi officially went to work, he really went to Jizhen, but he didn't go directly to Jizhen, but went a little further, and went directly to Yongping Mansion.

Yongping Mansion included most of Tangshan and Qinhuangdao in later generations, and its government was located in Lulong County.However, the real number one official of Yongping Mansion is neither the prefect of Yongping nor the magistrate of Lulong County, but the deputy envoy for the rectification of Yongping Road's sea water conservancy and military equipment, referred to as the Yongping military equipment deputy envoy, also known as the Jizhou military equipment deputy envoy.

The current deputy military envoy of Yongping is Wu Dui, the only student of the Gao family who dared to take the risk to send him off when Gao Gong was forced to leave his post last time.

Of course Gao Yushi went to Yongping to see him, so there is no need to say more.

Wu Dui is forty-six (false) this year, and the age difference between Gao Yushi and Gao Yushi is nearly 40 years old. However, he has also heard frequently that Enxiang's nephew is another prodigy of the Ming Dynasty. Ba also knew very well about being the prince's accompanying student, so he didn't dare to make too much of a big deal when they met, and followed the etiquette of meeting brothers, and gave enough face.

Gao Wushi came to see him mainly with the intention of buying land—not to buy fertile land, but to enclose a large number of wastelands, tidal flats, and barren hills that are useless now. This is easy to say, and it’s not too big Trouble.Especially for tidal flats, the imperial government had a policy many years ago, and the coastal residents had migrated inland several times, so the population is now very small.

It doesn't matter if there are barren mountains or wastelands. Jizhou is a famous military town. In order to avoid being beaten up, the households are relatively concentrated, and most of the areas drawn by Gao Yushi seem to be of this kind. place.According to the customary mentality of local officials in Daming that they basically don't care about the land other than fertile land, Wu Dui patted his chest to ensure that it would be no problem to sell these waste land to Gao Yushi, and the price would be negotiable.

The real trouble is that Gao Wushi took a fancy to Kaiping Zhongtunwei's administrative office - Kaiping Town.

But when Wu Dui frowned and said that this place was the headquarters of the military guards, and there were a lot of troubles in the procedure to buy it, the high-spirited and practical junior brother Gao who had always been very humble and easy-going in front of him, Suddenly it became difficult to talk, and he insisted that he had to buy this land, so he did not hesitate to propose "I will fund myself and build a new city for the Wei and move it."

Wu Dui was stunned when he heard this, and then urged Gao Yushi not to do this...uh, don't spend money like this.

Kaiping Zhongtun Weizhi Office is also called Kaiping Town, nicknamed Sanmenzhuang.In the Qin Dynasty, it belonged to Youbeiping County. In the Han Dynasty, Shicheng County was established here, and later it was renamed Haiyang County. After the Jin Dynasty, it belonged to Liaoxi County.After the Five Dynasties, Emperor Shi Jingtang of the Later Jin Dynasty ceded the land to Khitan (later Liao Kingdom) and belonged to Pingzhou, "set Luanzhou with captive households".

It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, facing Yushan on the upper side, and Yuhe River on the lower side. It governs Yifeng County, Macheng County and Shicheng County successively.Yifeng County, "Original Huangluo City, belonged to Liaoxi County in the Han Dynasty, was abandoned for a long time, and entered Khitan in the late Tang Dynasty after the Five Dynasties. During the reign of Emperor Shizong of Liao Dynasty, the county was established, with four thousand households".

In the first year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1403), Kaiping Zhongtunwei first moved from Shaling, Daning to Zhending (now Zhengding, Hebei Province), and then moved northward to Feixian County, Shicheng in the third year of Yongle. There are heavy troops stationed here, and it has become an important town, and it has been called Kaiping Town since then, and it has been 70 years since then.

Kaiping used to be a low and small earthen city in the early days. In the second year of Chenghua, Li Gong, the right capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, played the quasi-emperor. It took only half a year to build a new city wall with a circumference of 630 nine feet and a height of two feet and three feet. The south gate was opened to face the front; moat.There are gate towers in the east, west and south of the city wall, but there is only a hole in the north, so Kaiping is commonly known as "Sanmenzhuang".In addition, there is a suspension bridge outside the south gate, which was later changed to a stone bridge and named "Puguang Bridge".

It stands to reason that this Kaiping town is not too big, and the cost of building a city by the Ming people is quite low. Even if a new city is built according to the original size, it will cost no more than 5 taels of silver, but the problem is that if you build a small city for others, Not only is the construction of the city finished, but also houses have to be built, relocation, etc., a lot of troubles, and a lot of money to spend.

What's more, since Kaiping Town is a military town, even though he, the deputy military envoy, is in charge of the military and civilians, it is impossible for him to decide the relocation of Kaiping Town at a high level.For this kind of thing, Governor Ji Liao, Governor Shuntian, and Chief Soldier of Ji Town must agree, and then apply for relocation to the imperial court.What's more, Kaiping Zhongtunwei itself belongs to the Wanquandu Division in terms of organizational system, which is also related to the nobles of the capital. With such mutual involvement, if this matter wants to be done, it will buy more wasteland and barren mountains than approve Gao Yushi It's a hundred times harder.

However, Gao Yushi still seemed unwilling to give up, and insisted on going to Kaiping to check in person.Wu Dui wanted to ignore it, but was also afraid that Gao Yushi would cause trouble to his family's benefactor, so he had no choice but to accompany him on a trip.

Gao Wushi made an on-the-spot investigation and found that the Kaiping City planned and built during the Chenghua period had four streets in the city, intersecting in the shape of a cross, and the intersection of the cross streets was the center of the city.It is also the highest point of the city, which is commonly known by the locals as "the pavilion".The southeast and northwest of the pavilion are respectively called: East, West, South and North Streets.There are nine villages, eighteen alleys, nine bridges and four gardens inside and outside the city.

In terms of size, the small old earthen houses probably aren’t worth much. Even if what Gao Yushi said was true, the cost of relocation should be paid for by himself, which can be settled within 10 taels.

However, the trouble Wu Dui mentioned is indeed troublesome. After all, relocating a guard is already a major national event, and the trouble with the Kaiping Zhongtun Guard lies in its organizational system and affiliation. In future generations, this situation belongs to multiple leadership ——Every level above must agree, and then things can be done.

The current governor of Jiliao is Tan Lun, but he will soon be promoted to the capital, and the current governor of Yingtian, Liu Yingjie, will take over next. He is the same year as Zhang Juzheng, but according to Gao's pragmatic view, he can be wooed. Now "Gao Dang" Getting closer to him.The candidate to take over as governor of Shuntian is most likely to be Yang Zhao, and Wu Dui will be promoted to governor of Xuanfu if there is no accident.

For a moment Gao Yushi wanted to keep Wu Dui in Jiliao and serve as the governor of Shuntian, but he couldn't do it after another thought, because if he didn't go to the Xuanfu, he would not be able to get credit for the next tribute, so Not only do you want to be the governor of the Xuanfu, but it is best to be a few months earlier than in history.

Yang Zhao is the incumbent rectifier of Xifeng West Road, Jizhou, who is also known as Miyun to participate in politics.Gao Yushi is not very familiar with this person. I just remember that he is from Shaanxi. He was a Jinshi in Jiajing 35 years ago, and he was one class earlier than Wu Dui, so he has more qualifications. The reason for the governor of Xuanfu.

However, he is neither Gao Dang nor Zhang Dang, and currently there is no clear senior cabinet backer in the court. Generally speaking, it is not impossible to win him over - there is also a prerequisite here, that is, Zhang Juzheng In addition to disciples, he likes to use southerners.But Gao Gong is different. Although he takes care of the same year and his disciples more, he is relatively not particular about the distinction between the north and the south. People have taken care of them a little-this may be because the Jin Party is an ally.

　Some readers suggested that childhood speed up, and I think it makes sense, so start with this chapter to test the waters and see how it goes.

　　
　
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