Chapter 854 0849 [Emperor’s Holiday]

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The car was not dismantled immediately, but thirty sons of local craftsmen in Luoyang were first selected. The three generations had no adulterers, clean family backgrounds, both parents were present, and they had to be smart and between 10 and 15 years old.

These thirty children were all arranged to live in officials' dormitories and lived together in several courtyards. They could only go home to rest for one day every ten days.

Arrange old craftsmen to teach them traditional mechanical knowledge, and then arrange teachers to teach them reading and literacy, and also learn mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Every six months, they go to factories that build cars, guns, cannons, and ships for two months to learn practical skills.

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When they get older, the government will help them find matchmakers, and the person they want to marry must also have a clean family background.

The car was temporarily hidden in the basement, and was regularly wiped and cleaned by eunuchs. The ground was kept dry with lime and charcoal, and a layer of paint was painted all over the body to prevent the iron products from continuing to rust.

Ju Ming was not in a hurry, because there was no point in rushing.

Lacking relevant and comprehensive new knowledge, ordinary craftsmen will only do random demolition, and they must cultivate a group of available talents themselves.

"By the way, you don't need to clean up yourself, right?" Ju Ming looked at his father who was cleaning the car.

Zhu Guoxiang rushed down with a bucket of water and said with emotion: "The car I just bought must be washed myself."

Ju Ming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he picked up an iron brush to help remove the rust.

It must be cleaned inside and out, flushed, rusted, wiped, and several fires made next to it to dry, and then the rusted areas must be painted.

Anyway, Ju Ming didn't have that spare time, so he helped with the brushing a few times, and then he ran to the palace city and wandered around the imperial city.

The capital move had just been completed, and no one from the emperor to the ministers were familiar with it.

Ju Ming changed the names of the palaces in the palace. Moreover, he chose the most beautiful among the various palaces in the Tang, Song, and Ming dynasties.

For example, the place where the imperial meeting was held was renamed Taiji Hall. Names such as Longtuge from the Song Dynasty were retained, and Wenyuan Pavilion from the Ming Dynasty was added.

The two main gates in the north and south of the imperial city were renamed after Luoyang Palace in the Tang Dynasty, namely Zhuque Gate and Xuanwu Gate.

The Supreme Emperor wants to live in the East Palace?

No way!

The Luoyang Palace built by Zhao Kuangyin is very different from that of the Tang Dynasty. The area of ​​the East City (the eastern side of the imperial city) is too large, almost half of the palace city, and it is impossible to use all of it for the prince's residence and office.

Ju Ming planned to renovate the palace city and build a special east palace.

As for the current Dongcheng, it was changed to the imperial office area and rest area.

For example, the Inspectorate is planning to be located in Dongcheng.

The Dengwen Drum is located outside the East City. When ordinary people beat the Dengwen Drum, the Inspectorate can hear it immediately.

In addition, when officials were waiting to go to court or meet the emperor, they would first wait slowly in the tea room in Dongcheng. If officials had to work overtime, they did not need to go home at night and stayed directly in the rest area in Dongcheng.

A station, stables and parking lot will also be set up in Dongcheng, specifically for officials to take shuttle buses in the imperial city.

Xuanren Gate, the main gate of Dongcheng, was changed to Donghua Gate by Ju Ming.

The Zhuque Gate and its left and right gates will no longer be opened every day and will only be used for various large-scale ceremonies.

The Guanglu and Xingyao squares outside Zhuque Gate were all demolished to flat ground and rebuilt into a square directly south of the imperial city.

Currently, small-scale renovations are underway both inside and outside the imperial city.

There is no need for major repairs, Song Huizong had already renovated it.

Moreover, the crazy Huizong of the Song Dynasty carried out the renovation project of Luoyang Palace, which was the largest in the entire Northern Song Dynasty. It was like moving the capital!

Qin Hui, as the Minister of Industry, is currently inspecting various construction sites in person.

When he saw Ju Ming coming, he quickly ran to greet him and accompanied the emperor around.

The monarch and his ministers came to the northeast corner of the imperial city. Qin Hui stood on the city wall and said: "In the Tang Dynasty, the northeast area was the Daming Palace in Luoyang. Now it has been turned into shops and residences. If your Majesty wants to restore the glory of the Tang Dynasty, you can

That whole area was demolished to build palaces. The Ming Dynasty built the Daming Palace, which was in line with God's will."

Zhu Ming turned around and glared at this guy: "The palace city and imperial city in Luoyang are already far larger than Kaifeng. Do I still want to disregard people's livelihood and demolish several cities and build large-scale construction projects?"

After flattering the horse's leg, Qin Hui quickly changed his flattery: "Your Majesty is wise and kind, which is a blessing to the people of this country!"

Ju Ming gave a few more instructions and then took a walk to the back garden of the palace.

The concubines were playing there, all of them were very curious, and they were wandering around with their children.

The same is true for civil and military officials. During this time, they just hang out after work.

It's a pity that the peony blooming season has passed, otherwise Luoyang City would be even more beautiful.

Ju Ming also gave some houses to ministers, including officials of the third rank and above. However, he was not very generous. He divided one garden into three or four parts and gave it to the gardens left behind by the migration of the wealthy families.

There is no way, the top-notch gardens here occupy too much area.

Since the Northern Song Dynasty, Luoyang's gardens have been "the best in the world". Countless royal family members, retired ministers, and wealthy families have settled in and around Luoyang City and began to build gardens as they lived there.

Even the royal family of the Northern Song Dynasty had a royal garden in Luoyang.

Ju Ming split up and relocated the wealthy families in Luoyang, clearly trying to plunder them by force. However, he did not feel any psychological burden and could only say that those wealthy families deserved what they deserved.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, they concealed their property and population, and the imperial court had no way of checking it. As a result, the registered population of the thirteen counties of Henan Prefecture (where the government was located in Luoyang) was actually worse than that of Daming Prefecture, which suffered from frequent floods due to the overflowing Yellow River.

Should at least half of the wealth accumulated in the previous dynasty be disbursed in the new dynasty?

"Guanjia!"

"Daddy!"

In this garden, Zhao Fujin and his two sisters were playing with their children. When they learned that Ju Ming had arrived, they quickly stepped forward to greet them.

Also with them were the unmarried daughters of Song Huizong. When the capital was moved, they were included in the harem along with Wu's concubines and daughters.

However, all the daughters of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty were granted the title of female officials.

As for the concubines and daughters that Wu begged to buy, they were all reduced to palace maids, and most of them were responsible for washing clothes.

Emperor Shunde Zhao Yingluo, Yifu Emperor Ji Zhao Yuanzhu, Roufu Emperor Ji Zhao Duofu, Baofu Emperor Ji Zhao Xianlang, Renfu Emperor Ji Zhao Xiangyun, Huifu Emperor Ji Zhao Zhuzhu, Yongfu Emperor Ji Zhao Fobao... a total of twelve people, age

The oldest is 23 years old and the youngest is 15 years old. They are all named "noble" or "beautiful".

There are also three minors, named Zhao Jingu, Zhao Jinling, and Zhao Xiaojin, who are temporarily raised in the palace to study and read.

I also don’t know why Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty always named his daughter with gold characters.

But one thing is very clear: Song Huizong's daughters were overall much more beautiful than Wu Qimai's daughters.

The eyes of this large group of former imperial concubines were all bright when they saw Ju Ming.

How can you care about the hatred of country subjugation?

When Zhu Ming led troops to capture Kaifeng, the eldest among them was only sixteen years old. Moreover, Song Huizong had too many children, so these concubines did not enjoy much fatherly love, and they did not even meet their biological father a few times.

Their mothers or brothers were not executed by Ju Ming.

They themselves were also arranged to do needlework in the countryside and help sew official uniforms, military uniforms and so on.

My life was relatively poor, but I still had enough food and clothing.

All of them suddenly entered the palace this year, which is really an unexpected surprise. I wish I could give birth to a son for the emperor as soon as possible.

Ju Ming subconsciously looked at Zhao Yingluo and Zhao Duofu. They were twins whose biological mother was the royal concubine. Just a few days ago, Ju Ming had exchanged feelings with the two sisters. Last night, the three of them discussed life together.

Get along very harmoniously.

Once the Jin Kingdom was destroyed, the emperor became even more depraved!

"Your brother Zhao Huan, because of his meritorious service in the study of cotton cultivation, has been promoted to the post of director of the Agricultural Research Institute and transferred to the south of the Yangtze River." Zhu Ming announced the good news when they met.

These more than ten former emperors and concubines were all very happy. Although they and Zhao Huan were not born from the same mother, their elder brother was able to be promoted in the new dynasty, which proved that the emperor was completely relieved of the previous dynasty's royal family.

Ju Ming added: "Also, your half-brothers will each be rewarded with an ox, ten bolts of cotton cloth, and fifty copper coins this year."

Quite stingy.

But the symbolic meaning is even greater. After the reward, supervision is completely given up.

The soldiers who used to supervise the princes of the previous dynasty nearby were all reorganized into other troops. The sons of Song Huizong would go wherever they liked from now on, even if they went to Xixia, no one would care about them.

Moreover, everyone was given cattle, cloth, and money, and they themselves had already been allocated land. As long as they worked diligently, they would at least be rich farmers in the future, and they might even become small landowners.

"Thank you for the gift from the officials!" All the girls saluted in unison.

Zhu Ming reached out and picked up a little girl, who was born to him by Zhao Fujin. Her name was Zhu Yue, and she was only five years old this year.

"Is the new palace fun?" Zhu Ming put his daughter on his neck and rode her.

Zhu Yue hugged her father's head and said with a smile: "It's fun. The garden here is bigger, and hide-and-seek can be hidden in many places."

"Hahaha!"

Zhu Ming laughed when he heard this: "In two days, daddy will take you to swim in the lake. There is a Furong Pond outside the city, which is bigger than the Jinming Pond in Kaifeng."

Zhu Yue said: "Then I'm going to row a boat and feed the goldfish!"

"There are no goldfish there, only in the pond in the palace." Ju Ming said.

"We can raise some." Zhu Yue said.

Ju Ming smiled and said, "Well, let's raise a hundred goldfish."

"Okay, okay." Zhu Yue clapped her hands happily.

Zhao Fujin watched the father and daughter chatting, his eyes were so happy that they smiled like two crescents.

The former imperial concubine who had just entered the palace not long ago was extremely envious.

In the harem, there are quite a few women from the Zhao family.

In the past few years, Ju Ming deliberately suppressed not being included in the harem, just to make everyone feel at ease and not think too much.

It doesn't matter now, the prince has been consecrated, and a King of Yu has been consecrated. No matter how many heirs the Zhao family daughter gives birth to, they can't make waves.

After playing here for a while, Zhu Ming went to Zhang Jinping's place again.

On the way, I met Li Shishi, Pei Chang'e and Zhong Miaoyun. The three women were in the garden with their children and were instructing a group of eunuchs to make swings.

Their sons and daughters always wanted to help (make trouble) and excitedly picked up shovels to dig holes and build structures, which made the eunuchs feel helpless.

"Let me help you!"

Zhu Ming rolled up his sleeves and asked the eunuch to hand him a shovel. The princes and princesses immediately shouted happily and even carried small buckets to help his father carry away the excavated soil.

The eunuchs were instantly unemployed because the emperor was busy, and Li Shishi, Pei Chang'e, and Zhong Miaoyun did not dare to be idle.

The swing construction site was crowded, and people waiting for work had no choice but to stand aside.

After working for a long time, Zhu Ming clapped his hands and stood up, feeling that such a day was so pleasant.

Unfortunately, I have to go to work again tomorrow.

(End of chapter)




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