Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

@@「Is this the capital of Shang Kingdom?」

"What a majestic and majestic city is really shocking."

A foreigner who had just arrived in the capital of the Ming Dynasty couldn't help but sigh with emotion standing under the tall city walls of the capital.

There are 24 provinces in the Ming Dynasty, with the north and south capitals, and the north and south Zhili as the core, not to mention the Nanjing city in the south, which is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. It is a huge city with ancient charm and unique scenery in the south of the Yangtze River.

And since Emperor Yongle ascended the throne and moved the capital to Shuntian, the city of Beijing has gone through transformations, from the former capital of the Yuan Dynasty to the current capital of the Ming Dynasty, a huge and majestic city.

Not only does it occupy a large area, but it also has three layers of inner and outer walls with a thickness of more than 20 meters, as well as various defensive facilities. After all, Suncheon was originally a fortress city.

After experiencing the Battle of Tumu Fort, Oala’s attack on the capital left a very deep impression on the Ming Dynasty. The strong enemies in the north were surrounded, and the cavalry of Altan Khan approached the southern suburbs during the Jiajing period. Made stronger and stronger.

This also created the current capital, with the Forbidden City as the core, the imperial city, the inner city, the outer city, and the urn city layered on top of each other to form this strong Ming capital.

On the tall and majestic city wall in front of you, the flags of the Ming Dynasty fluttered in the wind. Under the brilliance of the sun, the iron armor on the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty on the city wall reflected the golden brilliance, and the heavy general cannons were hidden behind the battlements. There are no traces of it outside, but once attacked by the enemy, the roar of these giant cannons will let the enemy know what price they need to pay to attack the most prosperous and largest city in the world.

The huge city seems to be passing through the gate of a giant city, and there is a constant flow of cars, horses and pedestrians. This largest city in the world has a huge population, and its resident population is as high as one million, not to mention local tourists, businessmen, and tourists. The farmers selling in Beijing waited.

The idea of ​​the previous generations was to reduce the population, after all, the capital is so big.

But the population of the capital cannot keep shrinking. After all, the Ming Dynasty is now a prosperous age. The people have their own fields and jobs, and there is a surplus of income every year. Every family’s granary is full of grain. less, material life is sufficient, so the marriage rate is high, and the birth rate is also increasing.

In addition, Ming Dynasty began to popularize schools and medical clinics, which greatly improved the survival rate of children and women. After all, before, women had a life-and-death situation when they gave birth. , Not everyone has the money to find a doctor, and the mortality rate of young children is extremely high, especially baby girls. Because of the poverty of the family and the influence of various levies and miscellaneous taxes and old ideas, a large number of baby girls were drowned, and the population of the dynasty increased very slowly. .

But even so, the growing population behind has become a heavy burden at the end of each dynasty.

However, today’s Daming doesn’t care. After all, Daming’s land does not belong to the nobles, but to the imperial court. After the imperial court distributes the land equally to each household, there are still a lot of grain fields. At present, there is no development in Annan and Northeast China. Some of the land in Daming is distributed to newborns. .

Therefore, since the new policy was officially implemented in the third year of Tianqi, the birth rate of Ming Dynasty has been increasing every year. In just six or seven years, the population of Ming Dynasty has expanded to more than 3000 million households today, with tens of millions of people.

Except for those who were liberated from slavery and lowly status, refugees and refugees hidden in the mountains and forests returned to places, and more often it was the birth of newborns.

The population of Daming is increasing, which is a good thing. After all, a sufficient population represents sufficient productivity and mobilization, and the population is the size of a country.

But there are also problems with a large population. For example, at present, the imperial court has to consider how to expand the capital to accommodate a larger population.

Not only the capital is like this, but also many big cities such as Nanjing.

The development of industry must be accompanied by farmers moving from the countryside to the factory and then to the city.

Today, the most developed Ming Dynasty is the northern and southern Zhili region with the northern and southern capitals as the core. This area has the largest population in the Ming Dynasty. A large number of farmers have entered the city for a better life and a better future for their children. Going to the factory, which also forced these big cities to consider the issue of expansion.

At present, the expansion plan of Jingshi has been put forward
According to the schedule, Zhu Youxiao is even considering whether to tear down the city wall of the capital.

After all, with the current strength of the Ming Dynasty, the Grassland and the Manchu Qing could no longer pose any threat to the imperial court, let alone a threat to the imperial court, if the imperial court does not beat them right now, they have to be thankful.

Because of the loss of the threat of the northern grassland, the thick city wall has lost its original function.

And with the development of science and technology, the development of industry, the expansion of the city is inevitable.

However, the thoughts of these great figures have nothing to do with Angel, a Gentile.

Blonde hair and blue eyes are not the appearance of people from the Central Plains. It is not surprising that the pedestrians around looked at Angor, a blond barbarian from a foreign country, standing at the gate of the capital city.

After all, with the lifting of the sea ban, more and more countries have traded with Daming, and there are more and more foreigners in Zhili from the north and south. Among them are not only the people of the vassal states, but also people from many foreign countries and city-states in Nanyang.

Different from the previous tribute boat system in the Ming Dynasty, today's Ming Dynasty welcomes overseas trade with a more tolerant and open attitude. This undoubtedly attracts many overseas forces to sell goods in the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, the products of the Ming Dynasty are also brought back to their own country. , which is the beginning of a new economy.

Thanks to the current open policy, Angor, a foreigner, was able to stand on the land of Ming Dynasty as a non-envoy.

After all, in the previous Ming Dynasty, only the vassal states recognized by the Ming Dynasty could send envoys and tribute ships to trade in tribute. Coupled with the repeated sea bans, it was difficult for outside businessmen to have direct contact with the Ming Dynasty, which led to the rise of Nanyang Erdao dealers and The repeated smuggling and smuggling of businessmen in the southeast of Ming Dynasty and the rampant Japanese pirates along the southeast coast.

But now, as long as you come here with friendship and peace, then you can set foot on the land of Ming Dynasty.

Relying on the tooth card guide he received when he went ashore, Angel, who had proved his identity, entered the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the bustling city of Beijing.

The bustling flow of people, the wide and level roads, the clean streets and the shops on both sides all attracted Angel's attention. This powerful and dreamy Eastern Dynasty has always been a holy place for Westerners. It is said that there are countless people here. exhausted wealth.

Angel, who has arrived at the capital of the Ming Dynasty now, is very sure that Daming indeed has innumerable wealth. Everyone here, no matter noble or humble, nobility or commoner, as long as he is willing to work hard, he can eat enough and wear warm clothes. .

According to his understanding, Angel knows that now every commoner in Daming owns their own land, they can cultivate it, and only need to pay very little tax, and the rest is their own, so the commoners of Daming have enough food , They can eat three meals a day, and if they are full, they will naturally be strong.

Moreover, the prices in Ming Dynasty are very low now, and people’s income is not low, so everyone can buy what they want. The price of all kinds of clothes and cloth is very cheap, but the price of these cloth is very expensive when it is sold in Southeast Asia and the West. Outrageous!
In addition, the richness of Daming's products also made Angel sigh. Almost all kinds of food can be found in Daming, and various minerals are also available in Daming. It really deserves to be a dynasty with a vast land and abundant resources.

Walking on the wide and solid street, Angel and his companions looked at all kinds of novelty things and delicious food. Daming's material abundance made Angel extremely envious, and things like Sugar Man were even more enviable. Let Angel feel the magic of Daming.

Some glycolipids are transformed into lifelike villains, animals, and various shapes under the dazzling production. This is undoubtedly a wonderful craft.

And shadow puppetry, storytelling, and juggling also made Angel stop.

Whether it was the fight of a few shadow puppets, the vivid description of the storyteller, or the wonderful performance of juggling knives and guns, Angel felt the vitality of the city.

The capital of Ming Dynasty is too big, and there are too many things that have never been seen before.

There is no doubt that this is the largest city in the world, and also the most vibrant city. Everything here is so prosperous and full of vitality, just like the oriental dynasty of Ming Dynasty, which is emitting its own dazzling brilliance to attract the world Sight.

Walking, Angel and

The companions were also hungry, so they found a shop and sat down, and bought food with the Datong banknotes that they had exchanged for their silver and gold coins when they went ashore. The fragrant mutton biscuits made them enjoy eating even more, and they even tried many foods such as haggis soup and fried belly.

The people with chubby stomachs were planning to take a rest, but the sound of gongs and drums caught their attention again.

As the sound of gongs and drums was getting closer, Angel saw another novelty of Daming, the lion dance.

It was two fake lions, one red and one yellow, and a young, strong and flexible guy was inside, dancing up and down, as if the lion had come to life, performing various movements vividly.

Angel has some understanding of the culture of the Central Plains. Generally, lion dances are only performed on festive events, such as weddings, New Year's Day, Lantern Festival, Zhengdan and other major festivals.

Is this someone married right now?

Angel asked the guy on the side about the situation, and the guy looked at it and said, "Oh, this, this is to celebrate the Zhili Iron and Steel Company's stock breaking through one or two taels of silver. It is said that Uncle Zhang and Uncle Zhou have made enough money. They spent 10,000+ taels of silver in the capital, which attracted the envy of countless people.”

10,000+ taels of silver!

This amount shocked Angel. They knew how much a tael of silver weighed. Converted according to their silver coins, it was equivalent to hundreds of thousands of silver coins. This is an astonishing amount of wealth. How amazing are Uncle Zhang and Uncle Zhou?
Daming is indeed an extremely powerful dynasty, and just a few people you meet will be so wealthy!

While Angor was feeling emotional, Zhu Youjian, who had just finished his labor reform and returned to the capital, clenched his fists enviously and blushed.

Only after he returned to his Xinwang Mansion did he find out that his old father-in-law's bastard had borrowed money from Daming Bank in his name to do his own business!
In the past few years when I was forced to go outside to reform through labor, I made a lot of money!
Right now, because of the steel company and the IPO with Zhang Guoji, their net worth has doubled several times, buying mansions one by one, buying steam carriages, buying all kinds of rare treasures, such as three-foot-high corals, and such children with big fists. Pearls, I really don't know how these people made so much money!
I don't know why the court doesn't care about it!

This has been the case in all dynasties of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and dynasties. Now that the lowly status has been abolished, look at how arrogant and rampant these businessmen are!
They even openly flaunted and fought for their wealth in the capital!

And that King of Zhou, Zhu Gongyan, is not a good thing either!

The dignified clan of the Ming Dynasty actually went to do some logistics, even if he did it, it really made him money!
Right now, except for those clans who have been deprived of their titles and abolished their thrones, it seems that he, the emperor's younger brother, is the poorest and most miserable at that time.
The vassal kings in the north who were knowledgeable all handed over their land and started business like the king of Zhou, and the emperor did not intend to kill them all, and provided them with a lot of convenience. One by one is trying to make money, and the net worth is more than one.

And what about him?
He is the emperor's younger brother, the former emperor's younger brother, who almost became the emperor.

But the emperor who loved him once was gone.

Now his imperial brother loves Zhang Haogu the female cadre most, not his own younger brother.

This made Zhu Youjian, who returned to the capital, feel that everything is right and wrong.

After all, the current capital has changed so much that he is already unfamiliar with it.

He has been working in the farm these years. Although he knows that Zhang Haogu has been carrying out reforms and new policies, and he also knows that his imperial brother punches the grassland and kicks Annan, making him feel lonely as a master, but he doesn't know that the capital has changed so much. .

"My lord, let's go back to the mansion." The old slave at the side asked cautiously, he could tell that his lord was not in the right mood right now.

Zhu Youjian wanted to say something, but in the end he sighed and returned to his Xinwang Mansion.

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In front of his palace, Zhu Youjian still showed a smile when he looked at the palace that he hadn't seen for several years but looked the same. Anyway, he finally came back.

And Zhu Youjian's return also made Prince Xin's mansion a little more angry. The servants shouted "The prince is back" and "The prince is back", which really made this peaceful palace a lot more lively.

Queen Zhou also came to welcome her husband with great joy.

Seeing the princess running towards him with her skirt up, Zhu Youjian's eyes were red: "My concubine!"

Queen Zhou, on the other hand, looked at Zhu Youjian who had changed greatly in front of her, and was a little dazed.

Now Zhu Youjian is no longer the handsome young man he used to be. His skin is a bit dark, which was caused by long-term exposure to the sun, and his skin has become rough. Both his hands and his face are rough. So, it is the result of continuous farming, sun and rain.

Seeing Zhu Youjian's appearance, the queen of Zhou knew that he had suffered a lot, so she rushed up crying immediately: "My lord, you have suffered."

"My concubine!" Zhu Youjian was also hugging his queen, and the two of them were crying so hard that they couldn't make a sound.

Later, Queen Zhou told Zhu Youjian about the many changes in the capital today, the many changes in the imperial court, such as various policies, various measures of the imperial court, and the current situation of the people, so that Zhu Youjian had a detailed understanding of today's Ming Dynasty. To understanding.

Before he was on the farm, he could only read the Ming Pao, but the news on the Da Ming Pao was too general, and many things and many inside stories would not appear on it. No one knows the inside story.

Just like the biggest thing recently, the downfall of Wei Guangwei, the elder of the cabinet and the great scholar of the Jianji Temple, is said to be rebellious and rebellious, plotting to overthrow the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, how can Wei Guangwei have the ability and courage?
He is purely unlucky, because the New Party doesn't want him to stay in the cabinet any longer, and Wei Guangwei's unlucky younger brother really has something to do with the Yang family, so he was overthrown for nothing.

But how does Zhu Youjian know about this kind of thing?
He also thought that Wei Guangwei was really rebellious and rebellious, or that he was uniting with the Donglin Party to overthrow his fatuous and cruel emperor brother.

After all, didn't the Donglin Party always think that the emperor's brother was fatuous and brutal, a rare fatuous tyrant, and that sooner or later the country and society of Ming Dynasty would be destroyed in his hands?
And wasn't there an assassination king organized by the Donglin Party before?

It's a pity that the assassination of the king failed. Daming is still ruled by his imperial brother. Presumably the Ming Dynasty is riddled with holes, and the wind and rain are uncertain, right?

At that time, Zhu Youjian was even thinking, if his fatuous and cruel emperor brother was really overthrown, who would the loyal ministers and celebrities of the Donglin Party choose as the emperor?

Maybe it's me?

Now hearing what his queen said, Zhu Youjian realized that this is not the case at all. Although some people in the Donglin Party really want to overthrow Zhu Youxiao, it is impossible to succeed in assassinating the king, and the Donglin Party has long recognized In fact, except for a small group of careerists and conspirators, the Donglin Party has already knelt down to Zhu Youxiao.

Today's Daming is not cloudy and full of holes, and my imperial brother is not aggressive. Not only is the life of the people not in dire straits, but they are living very well. The whole of Daming is getting better and better. The emperor is rebuilding the universe and rebuilding the Ming Dynasty and so on.

This made Zhu Youjian heartbroken, saying that the world is going downhill, people's hearts are not old, how can the Ming Dynasty be prosperous today?

Look at these merchants, look at these lowly people, look at these foreigners, and the scholars and scholars who have been knocked into the dust, and those frightened gentry and landlords. Is this what Ming Dynasty should look like?
Can such a Ming Dynasty really last long?
Without the support of scholar scholars and gentry landlords, is Daming still Daming?

Zhu Youjian couldn't understand his imperial brother. His New Deal reform was not only cutting flesh from the world's scholars, scholars, landlords and gentry, but also scraping the bones and flesh of Daming.

After calling out that Daming is in danger, everyone is drunk and I am alone, Zhu Youxiao also has to consider practical issues:
He has no money, or rather, the letter
The palace is too poor.-
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