!!Zhu Ying does not have any royal ideological baggage. In his opinion, the best way to maintain the dignity of the Ming Dynasty is to make money to establish officialdom.
As long as we continue to win foreign wars, the majesty of the imperial court will increase day by day.
For the establishment of a merit monument like this, few officials would think of making money. In the words of officials, merit must be dedicated independently. How can it be possible if the court leads the temptation? When can merit be used with money?
To measure it.
Therefore, most people scorn the idea of engraving your name on a merit monument by making a donation.
As for Zhu Yuanzhang, he actually had no ideological baggage here.
"Da Sun's method is good, but you still have to pay attention to the method. After all, the court's face must be taken into consideration."
"Some people who are secretly against our Ming Dynasty will definitely think of ways to throw dirty water on us when they learn about this news."
Zhu Yuanzhang first agreed, and then reminded him.
Zhu Yuanzhang must let his eldest grandson take charge of this matter.
First of all, Zhu Yuanzhang knew very well that without Da Sun's Qunying Chamber of Commerce, it would be difficult for anyone to complete this matter. Let alone complete it in one year, whether it can be completed is still a question.
He dared to open his mouth and built the north-south official road in one year, partly because he knew the details of Da Sun.
Secondly, the position of emperor in the future will naturally belong to the great grandson. After this official road was built, even Zhu Yuanzhang, who did not know much about business, understood it very well.
The convenience of military operations is on the one hand, and it plays a very important role in the development of economic exchanges between the north and the south.
The current situation in the Ming Dynasty is that the south is rich and the north is poor, but Zhu Yuanzhang has never had a good impression of the Jiangnan area. He not only suppresses it, but also wants to develop the northern economy.
However, before that, even if the taxes in the Jiangnan region were continuously increased, the economic gap could not be made up in a short time.
Even though taxes in the south are so severe and taxes in the north are continuously reduced and reduced, the economy of the north is now in great distress.
The main source of famine occurs in the north.
After listening to the old man's words, Zhu Ying said: "It is inevitable to throw dirty water, but the grandson's Di newspaper will be withdrawn soon. The first article published then will be about this article.
The role of the official roads between the north and the south."
"The Sun Children will record in detail the impact of the official roads in the north and south, as well as the benefits to the people of the Ming Dynasty in the future, so that all people of insight will understand that this is a major move to benefit future generations."
"As long as the Di newspaper is published, any rumors in the future will be dispelled, and all the plans of those who secretly cause trouble will be in vain."
In this regard, Zhu Ying has strong self-confidence.
Because in today's Ming Dynasty, except for officials, even most officials have no channels to understand information.
Most of the information that people know is passed on by word of mouth.
Word of mouth is a very mysterious thing. Not to mention that it has passed through the mouths of dozens or even hundreds of people. Even if it is just the same sentence, it will have a completely different meaning after being passed on by three people.
If you want to do something about this, please don't take it too lightly.
After the Di Bao was published, it became the only channel for obtaining official information in the entire Ming Dynasty, and many military and national events were published on it.
Even the people at the lowest level will feel like they understand the country's trends after knowing this information.
Zhu Ying naturally does not have any objective records. For example, some important analyzes will be published at the same time to guide the direction of public opinion.
Regarding the Di newspaper, Zhu Yuanzhang was still very confident. After thinking about it, he basically left it to his eldest grandson, and then ordered:
"How to collect the merit monuments on the north and south official roads? There must be a certain size here. If there are too many, it won't work. Of course, if there are too few, it won't work."
"If it gets too big, you will lose face eventually."
Zhu Ying nodded and said: "Grandpa, don't worry, this is a great plan for your grandson's freedom."
On the one hand, it is unrealistic to rely on merit monuments to cover a large amount of expenses.
The most important thing among them is the seemingly inconspicuous right to travel in officialdom.
Don't underestimate this power. On the contrary, he can better maintain the status division implemented by officialdom.
Especially for businessmen, not only do they gain face, but they also gain credibility.
Nowadays, most common people will walk along the post roads. Only government personnel will get out of the way. Even many post soldiers will see them and will not take them seriously unless they are blocked.
The two-foot path to the left and right is more like a avoidance.
However, once certain businessmen legitimately have this privilege, they will safeguard this right.
In the process of doing business, not only do you have the right of way, but those who dare to fight can also knock others down.
Social status has been significantly improved.
And using the official road, the goods can be transported faster, and naturally there are also lizi.
Relying on this alone, Zhu Ying was confident that he would spend at least half of the cost of building the north-south official road.
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In just two days, the houses on both sides of Zhengyang Avenue were almost completely demolished.
There is no such thing as a nail-biting household. If you are not forced to take your house and you are compensated, that is already called bathing in the emperor's favor. Being grateful is the correct thinking at the moment.
After Zhengyang Avenue was cleared.
This majestic spirit is really amazing.
Although such a wide avenue has existed for a long time in history, standing on this roadside makes everyone sigh.
This has also become a favorite place for foreign ministers to come and visit.
Every day, many foreign ministers wander around here to watch.
"What are they doing there? It looks like they are digging a hole."
"Yes, but this is all arranged by the court, who knows."
"Don't say that. It is said that our Ming Dynasty will launch a Dibao soon. All new news, even major events discussed in the court, will be published in it. Maybe we will know about it by then."
"That thing is quite expensive. We ordinary people may not be able to afford it."
"Don't you know this? I heard that His Highness Taisun said: Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. In order to allow common people like us to participate in it, the price of Dibao only costs three cents.
There is no restriction on identity, even a homeless kid on the street can buy it."
"Don't talk nonsense. There are no street children in our capital now. Those who have a little bit of strength have been forcibly recruited as laborers. They are provided with food and accommodation. As long as they work hard, they are said to be able to get wages."
"Even those children were all sent to the school to study. Good guy, it was great luck to meet His Highness the Grand Sun."
"Yes, originally I wanted to send all my children there, but I heard that the school does not teach the Four Books and Five Classics, but some accounting, weaving, etc., that is, apprentices, so I can only send the older ones.
Private school.”
"That's not bad. The school has included a meal. If it weren't for the fact that it's full now and the homeless children are given priority, I would have sent all those bastards away."
"That's very true. Forget it. Let's not talk about this. Let's go and see what the digging is for."
"Go together, go together."
It is still very easy to build Zhengyang Avenue. This is the capital, and the ground foundation is already very good. If it is leveled, cement can be put on directly.
The current requirement for Zhengyang Avenue is that the height of the cement road is one foot. The current length of one foot in the Ming Dynasty is 31 centimeters in later generations.
A large amount of bamboo was also brought.
Under the current conditions, it is obviously impossible to make a large amount of steel bars, so bamboo bars can only be used instead.
And outside Wulong Square, also known as Zhengyang Square is located.
The construction there is where Zhu Ying is preparing to raise the flag.
That's right, Zhu Ying already wanted to promote the Ming Dynasty flag.
The current Ming Dynasty, or the Central Plains Dynasty, does not have the concept of a national flag. Many flags are mainly pennants, called banners.
"Flags" are commonly used on the battlefield. The surnames of army generals are painted on the flags to show that the army belongs to us.
There is also the function of using flags to carry out military orders and distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
At present, it is equivalent to starting a foreign war, so a symbol like the national flag that melts the hearts of the people and the military will have a very significant effect.
While the Ming Dynasty was developing internal prosperity, the pace of external war had begun.
This can also be a good way to transfer internal conflicts to the outside.
The design of the national flag was basically decided directly by Zhu Ying.
The rectangular flag is entirely red, generally speaking it is red.
Red is the national color of the Ming Dynasty and Zhu Yuanzhang’s favorite color.
In the Ming Dynasty, it belongs to fire and has the virtue of fire.
Zhu is red.
Therefore, there is no controversy at all in setting the red flag.
Regarding the pattern, Zhu Ying really thought about it for a long time, but after thinking about it, the Chinese character for "明" was finally adopted.
At the beginning, I even thought about embroidering the stars, the moon, the sun, and even a landscape.
However, these always feel like something is missing.
Finally, when discussing with the old man, the old man woke Zhu Ying up with one sentence.
"Since it is our national flag of the Ming Dynasty, it naturally uses the word 'Ming'. What's so hard to imagine?"
Suddenly, Zhu Ying became enlightened.
yes.
Why do you always think about the flag styles of later generations? This is really confusing.
The culture of the Central Plains Dynasty was originally dominated by Chinese characters. For example, the current banner of the capital guard station also has yellow characters on a red background with the two characters "Da Ming" embroidered on it.
It is also rectangular, but in vertical strips, with some loose strips underneath.
Finally, when Zhu Ying was thinking about the aesthetic effect, he planned to replace the word "Ming" with the embroidery of the sun and moon.
After much hesitation, I finally decided on ‘Ming’.
The overall layout is similar to the red flag of later generations. The clear words on the front are in the upper left corner, which means that the world is illuminated like the sun and the moon.
Today's Ming Dynasty ranks first in the world in terms of comprehensive national strength and territorial personnel, and is orthodox in the world.
Those foreigners must learn from the Ming Dynasty.
The pattern of the sun and moon is for easier identification, but the national flag with Chinese characters is to inform the world.
If you don’t understand, then come and learn.
Chinese characters from the Central Plains have been passed down through the ages. This is the strongest and best representative of culture.
Zhengyang Square is full of excitement and crowds of people. Even if it is a boring construction site, it is still interesting to watch.
Many wealthy people living in the capital did not have to work on weekdays, and since it happened to be the first month of the year, they followed the construction team to the square before dawn.
"We have already dug half a foot deep. We haven't stopped yet. I don't know how deep we have to dig."
"What is the purpose of digging such a big hole?"
"Who knows, it should be clear once it is built, but I feel that it probably has a lot to do with Zhengyang Avenue."
The hole for the flag-raising platform was dug to bury the flagpole.
This flagpole took a lot of effort.
It is made of fine steel calcined in a blast furnace, with a lot of extraterrestrial meteorite iron added to it, making it corrosion-resistant and polished to an extremely bright finish.
The flagpole is divided into two layers, the lower layer is one foot, which is three meters, and the width is one foot.
On the upper level, you can see the flagpole. The total length is nine feet and five feet, which means the dignity of ninety-five feet, and the width is seven inches.
When this stainless steel flagpole, which was more than ten feet long, appeared in Zhengyang Square.
Everyone who saw it, even the government officials, couldn't help but exclaimed.
It was carried by more than 20 soldiers all the way from the outskirts of the city to Zhengyang Square.
Then insert the flag hole.
Just erecting it upright took nearly an hour. After the school team was speechless, the bluestone was piled up, filled with triple soil, and covered with cement. It will last for hundreds of years.
"There seems to be a rope hanging from it. What is it for?"
"Don't ask me how I know."
"Didn't you say you know a lot of information? How come you don't know it?"
"Don't say it's me, even the ministers in the court probably don't know about it. It's probably the handiwork of His Highness the Grand Sun."
"Such a big stick is really powerful."
Currently, the biggest excitement in Zhengyang Square is the flag-raising platform.
There are many people who speculate, especially the rope, which triggers many associations.
In fact, there are some smart people who think that they should go up with flags, but they have not been recognized.
After the flagpole is fixed, it will be the flag-raising platform.
The entire flag-raising platform is made of white marble.
For the four directions to pass, there are three levels of stairs, composed of twelve jade pillars.
It is engraved with nine dragons, twelve coats of arms and splendid mountains and rivers.
At first glance, it looks luxurious and elegant.
Nearly half a month after it was completed, twelve Jinyi Guards stood guard every day. They were strictly prohibited from approaching and could only look at each other from a distance.
After the flag-raising platform was built, the leveling of Zhengyang Avenue was almost complete.
Zhengyang Avenue is about thirty feet wide and three miles and a half long, that is, about 580 feet. It goes from Zhengyang Gate to Zhengyang Square, and at the end is the flag-raising platform.
The current Zhengyang Avenue is blocked by wooden boards on the left, right and front, one foot high.
In the middle, there are long bamboo partitions every one foot, and at first glance, they are densely packed.
Today is the second day of February, and the dragon raises its head.
Zhengyang Square, burning incense and offering sacrifices...
Shen Shu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, asked: "What time is it now?"
The Minister of Works replied: "Sir, it is exactly three o'clock at noon."
Shen Xu nodded, and then said loudly: "The auspicious time has come, let's start construction!"
As Shen Shu opened his mouth, officials from the Ministry of Works who had been waiting for a long time started shouting.
“The auspicious time has come, let’s start construction!!!”
“The auspicious time has come, let’s start construction!!!”
“The auspicious time has come, let’s start construction!!!”
The sound was passed from Zhengyang Square to the Zhengyang Gate.