The next day, after breakfast, the family of three returned to the British Government House.
Huo Nian and several younger siblings were waiting to pick them up at the door of the house early.
"Sister, brother-in-law."
"Uncle!" "Hey, little Yu'er, come and hold me!" Huo Nian held Xiao Yu'er in his arms. This little nephew is good-looking, well-behaved and cute, and everyone loves him.
Zhang Mao helped Huo Xi get out of the carriage, and the brothers and sisters walked to the house together.
When they arrived at the main hall of the outer courtyard, the whole family was there, welcoming them with smiles.
Xiao Yuer was snatched into Zhang Fu's arms again. Grandfather and grandson were as good as one person, and they even whispered to each other, which made people laugh.
Mrs. Tai has stopped doing things in the past few years. She spends most of January burning incense and worshiping Buddha in the ancestral hall, and her whole person looks a little more fragrant.
Except for Bizhu and Biyue who are already married, the other juniors in the house and Huo Xi's generation are still in the house. However, several of them have reached the age of marriage.
The eldest young master, Zhang Bin, was also seventeen years old. Hou would attend this banquet and that flower party from time to time. Sometimes he would drag Huo Xi along and ask her to help with the eyes.
It’s just that I haven’t picked a lovable daughter-in-law yet.
The third young master, Zhang Jie, has become a bit more peaceful over the years. He has lost some of the squeamishness and irritability he had when he was a boy. I heard that he has good academic performance. If he cannot take the imperial examination and become an official, he can still find a job with his father's ability.
Not a bad job.
And Zhang Mao has followed Huo Nian to Zhang Fu and works in the army. It seems that he really wants to become a military advisor.
Everyone gathered together to talk about their daily routine for a while, and then talked about the matter of moving the capital that the emperor had mentioned yesterday.
"I'm afraid that as soon as the Forbidden City is repaired, the emperor will issue an edict to the world. When our Zhang family moved from the north, it was a lot of trouble. Now we have to move back and it's still a lot of trouble. Those who abandoned their families and careers,
There are so many houses and so many people in the clan, how will we arrange them when we get to the north?"
Yesterday at the Shuo Wang Dynasty, Zhang Shi was also in the Fengtian Palace. He was also a military attache. Although he agreed to move the capital, how could it be that easy to move the capital?
It is not easy for this big family to buy a house in the north.
"Now there is only one imperial edict left to declare to the world. Our family should make preparations early." Zhang Fu was also here yesterday. The emperor's determination is so firm that it cannot be changed.
As military attachés, he and his eldest and second brothers would definitely move to Beijing with the royal family.
It should be said that most officials will move to Beijing. At that time, all families and ethnic groups will buy houses and settle down in Beijing. I'm afraid everything will be in chaos.
Their family has the title of eldest brother, and the emperor will grant him a mansion, but they still want to have their own private property with two and three bedrooms. Otherwise, when the children and grandchildren divide their homes, they will not be able to buy a house in the inner city and will be squeezed to the outer city.
How embarrassing.
"Although our family doesn't have to worry about housing, if our clan members want to move to Beijing, we have to make preparations early."
Zhang Fu let the little fisher pull out his beard and played with it, and said with a serious expression.
Mu Yan nodded in agreement: "It's time to make preparations in advance. When the time comes, everyone will squeeze in, lest they fall behind."
After listening to everyone talking about the house, Huo Xi finally understood the official housing system of the David Dynasty.
When Taizu founded the country and made Nanjing its capital, he ordered the Ministry of Industry to build residences for officials.
Officials from other provinces are not allowed to buy houses in other places. They will live in the yamen. The court will even provide furniture for you, so you can just go to work as an official in other places to serve the people.
For Beijing officials, a housing rationing system was implemented.
Military officers are noble, and they follow Taizu to conquer the world. Of course, the palace must be rewarded and distributed, and civil servants are of course indispensable. They all bear the responsibility for distribution.
In Huo Xi's words, all civil servants have a house to live in.
But how good are the private residences built by the Ministry of Industry for officials stationed in Beijing? They are just model houses. Moreover, the situation of each house is different. Some families have large families, and the heads of each house live together, making it difficult to move around.
After Taizu established Nanjing as his capital, a population of one million people immediately crowded the Qinhuai River.
"All the residences for the army and civilians in the capital were provided by the officials, and they were better than the houses without gaps." That is to say, the houses were much built, and there were not even any gaps.
There is no way, the place is small and crowded.
Now that Emperor Yongkang wants to move the capital and build the Forbidden City, the residences of Beijing officials must not be left out.
However, the residences assigned by officials must be returned to the court if they are sent to other places, demoted, or retired. If the children and grandchildren have no future, they will all live in vain. Should the family live on the street or return home?
Township?
And how big can the house allocated by the imperial court be?
If you want to live comfortably, do you need to buy something else?
Otherwise, you don’t even have to sit under the wall to hear the voices of your colleagues next door scolding their wives and children, beating and scolding the servants. How can the living experience be good?
Nowadays, if you want to buy a private property with two or three bedrooms, if your clan members want to move there, they will naturally have to buy a house to live in. Of course, you can also rent a house. But this is not a long-term solution.
"I heard that Xi'er bought a house in Peiping a few years ago? Xi'er has a good vision and sees the long term. Now I don't know how much money a house there costs?"
Mrs. Hou is a little worried. Now she wants to buy some property for their second house, and her natal family has no future either. Should they stay in Nanjing or follow them to Beijing?
Hearing this, everyone looked at Huo Xi.
Huo Xi smiled and said, "When I heard that the emperor sent people to the north to find auspicious soil to build a mausoleum, I noticed some signs. I happened to want to check some properties along the river, so I went to Peiping. Zhaizi Shop Zhuangzi,
I did buy some at the beginning. If any clan members want to move to the north with us, I can help resettle some of them."
Everyone looked at her in surprise.
How old was she when the emperor wanted to build the Changling Mausoleum? It was ten years ago, right?
Also bought a lot of houses, shops and Zhuangzi?
"Sister Ning, you are this..." Zhang Fu gave her a thumbs up. Sister Ning did a good job of taking precautions.
Wu swallowed her saliva and wondered how much money it would cost. "Xi'er, how much money does the house you want to buy cost?"
"It wasn't expensive for me to buy it. A five-cent house in the inner city can be bought for five hundred, thousand."
"A five-level house in the inner city only costs five hundred and one thousand taels?" Everyone's eyes widened.
Huo Xi laughed and said, "What do you think? It would be good to have tens of thousands of people in Peiping at that time. The original people have all moved south in large numbers. How many people are there in Beiping City? There are vacant houses everywhere. Although I bought
It’s cheap, but it’s cost a lot of money to repair it over the years.”
Wu and Hou clicked their tongues and sighed, "Sister Ning, you still have good taste. Now if you want to buy a house with five jin in the inner city, you probably won't be able to buy it if it doesn't cost a few thousand taels."
It makes my body ache just thinking about it.
Now that all the civil and military officials in the dynasty know that the capital is to be moved, those who want to buy houses and shops are afraid that they will have to get together. I wonder if they can still buy shops and villages if they send their servants to the north.
Why don't they have the vision of Sister Ning?
"If the second aunt and the third aunt want to buy property, it's still too late. We just announced yesterday that we would move the capital, and construction of the Forbidden City has just started. I'm afraid it won't be possible to move in the next few years, but we can still buy it at a low price."
The two of them were very excited when they heard it.
Zhang Fu thought for a while and said, "In the afternoon, I will call the clan elders and heads of the houses to come to the mansion to discuss matters, and also ask them what they want. If you are interested in moving to the north with us, you'd better make preparations in advance."