Chapter 584: Rebuilding the Nanjing Imperial Palace
There was a slight hint of hesitation in Li Laosi's eyes.
In fact, the situation that developed into today was something he himself never imagined.
Unknowingly, he had become a traitor to the Ming Dynasty.
As if he were drunk and sober, after hearing Hu Jishen's words, Li Laosi began to have many regrets in his heart.
His contact with Hu Jishen was actually with a beautiful woman from Annan, who was also his fourth wife and his most beloved concubine.
No matter it was her figure, appearance, or other aspects, she was fascinated by him.
Not long ago, he got off her body.
Just recalling his changes during this period, Li Laosi suddenly felt as if there was no way forward. Jie
He knew the power of the Ming Dynasty better than Hu Ji Ya in front of him.
Let alone the Ming Dynasty, even His Highness Taisun had no chance of resisting him.
Especially knowing the power contained here made him even more frightened.
The Qunying Chamber of Commerce is not a serious chamber of commerce. It has never shown any tolerance for traitors, and its methods are not at all merciful.
In the past, once any traitor appeared, the implication was secondary.
The traitor who was captured did not just die.
Zhu Ying is very aware that his subordinates are some extremely vicious people, and white-eyed wolves are everywhere.
It is unrealistic to think that you can expect others to work hard just for the sake of a full meal.
In such a world, most people ignore death.
What is more terrifying than death?
That's after death.
There are many small countries in the Western Region, and there are many wizards among them. There are also many kinds of evil rituals, sacrifices, and sacrifices.
Of course, in Zhu Ying's eyes, these so-called wizards are just big liars who pretend to be gods and ghosts.
But this does not affect Zhu Ying's ability to use his methods to intimidate his subordinates.
Whenever there is a traitor, he will summon the wizards he usually supports and use the most evil rituals to make these traitors die in the most terrifying way.
Even after death, his soul will be imprisoned for eternity, never to be reincarnated, and endure tens of thousands of years of torture.
It was such ruthless tactics that made the followers of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce fearful in their hearts.
Before betraying, you must first think about the consequences for yourself.
"Is it too late for me to wake up now?"
Li Laosi suddenly had such an idea in his mind.
When this idea came up, I subconsciously looked at Hu Ji Ya Jie.
Now, only a few people know for sure that he betrayed him.
If I kill him tonight, I will find a way to kill the traitorous brothers who are following me when I go back.
Does that mean that no one will know about his betrayal anymore?
When he thought of this, Li Laosi's eyes revealed a hint of ferocity.
There were only four or five people on the opposite side, and with his own martial arts, he could kill them in the blink of an eye.
Then the corpses were destroyed and traces were destroyed.
Naturally, no one can notice it.
Hu Jisao naturally noticed the change in Li Laosi, and he had no other emotions at the moment. He just coughed twice slightly.
The coughing sound was very loud in the night, and soon after it ended, there were bursts of rustling sounds in the surrounding area.
Li Laosi is very familiar with it. It is the sound made by people touching leaves and grass when moving.
Listening to this sound, there were at least dozens of people lurking around.
'This old fox is really cautious.'
Li Laosi cursed secretly, and the idea of killing someone to silence him naturally faded away.
This means that I can only go to the dark side. Jie
After thinking for a moment, he said, "A hundred taels of gold, a thousand taels of silver, twenty war horses, and a large sea ship."
"After you capture the station, I will need these the next day."
"Can you?"
Li Laosi has already thought that staying in Annan is waiting for death. Only by going further away can he have a chance to survive.
And the distant place must be a place that even the Ming Dynasty cannot reach.
So he planned to take a sea ship all the way west.
He also has more than a dozen brothers who follow him.
Bring enough firearms, matchlocks, and two sets of armor per person.
A dozen cavalrymen did not have the slightest worry even when facing hundreds of people.
Find a place and recruit more troops, even if it's worse, it's better than waiting here to die.
He didn't think Hu Jishen had the slightest chance of winning when facing His Highness Taisun.
This Annan will inevitably fall into the possession of the Ming Dynasty after this.
As long as I run to a place where His Highness Taisun cannot be found, I can live a good life.
Nor will he be caught by His Highness Taisun.
When Hu Jiya heard this, he said without hesitation: "Yes."
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Zhu Ying didn't pay much attention to Annan's affairs.
Compared with the Ming Dynasty, this place is too small. With an army of 300,000 and two generals who are good at mountain warfare, the result can be imagined and there will be no suspense at all.
Victory is only a matter of time.
At this time, bad news came from Chang'an.
The water and soil erosion in the Wei River is too serious, and it is very weak to withstand ships. Jie
This means that many large ships cannot reach Chang'an through the Wei River.
Once the capital is moved to Chang'an, the population of Chang'an will definitely skyrocket, and the entire economic center will shift along with the center of political power.
With the current population encouraged to have children and the confidence brought by high-yielding crops, the population of Ming Dynasty is currently rising rapidly.
Although there are no effective statistics yet, the number of newborns must be several times higher than before.
This means that once the capital is moved to Chang'an, it is likely that within ten years it will be a burden for millions of people.
Such a burden, if the transportation capacity of the Wei River is lost, will have a huge impact on the entire city of Chang'an, including the surrounding areas.
And because Chang'an has not been the capital of previous dynasties for a long time, it has been in relative decline, and the cost of recovery will be relatively high.
In fact, the capital of later generations, Chang'an, was only lower than Peiping by one vote.
It can be seen that Chang'an is a place of profound significance to the Han people.
Zhu Yuanzhang naturally knew this news.
"It seems that our capital of the Ming Dynasty cannot be located in Chang'an."
Zhu Yuanzhang still has some emotions about Chang'an, but now from all angles, it is not an ideal location in Kyoto.
Then you can only consider other places.
At present, the location of Kyoto can only rely on the Yangtze River Basin.
With the current vigorous development of the navy, especially the dredging of the canal by all parties, there will inevitably be a large amount of goods hoarding and transportation.
The capital's consumption power is increasing day by day, and without terminal transportation, it will have a great impact on economic development.
"Grandpa, in fact, it will cost a lot of money to build a new Kyoto. Why don't we expand the Nanjing side first?"
"Beiping is actually a good choice."
"The black land will be developed soon. If we make Beiping the capital, we can protect it very well."
Zhu Ying said thoughtfully.
The feng shui of Nanjing Imperial Palace is not good, but the location is actually very good. Jie
It would not be a big problem to spend some effort and simply renovate the areas that affect Feng Shui later on.
Besides, the location in Peiping is also good.
Previously, as the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, there had been a certain degree of development, but currently the economy is relatively depressed.
If the capital is moved to Peiping, not only can it better protect the granary land of Liaodong Black Earth, but it can also rely on the Tianjin Port to form a great control over shipping.
The future development direction is shipping.
It may seem that Tianjin is more suitable to be established as Kyoto, but this is not the case.
Regardless of political, cultural, economic, security and other considerations, Tianjin is not suitable as the capital.
In terms of positioning, Tianjin is more suitable as the ‘moat’ of Peiping.
The current situation is stable. If the feng shui problem of the Nanjing palace can be solved, there is no need to rush to move the capital.
Beiping can be used as a backup option for early development and development.
"Big Sun Ke let the news out earlier, and now that we have given up on Chang'an, those businessmen will suffer a lot of losses." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.
The light in his eyes flickered, and he obviously had some other ideas.
Having been influenced by Zhu Ying for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang already had a certain understanding of how to make money through speculation.
As far as the current situation is concerned, the price of land in Chang'an is constantly rising. Many large households in the south are also using various means to take advantage of the loopholes to purchase land in Chang'an. Jie
On the surface, it seems that the land prices in Chang'an have not changed much because of Zhu Ying's intervention.
In fact, secretly, or in terms of ghost market prices, the land in Chang'an has already become very expensive.
This thing is just like the scalpers of later generations. At the normal price, all of them have been sold out long ago. You have no way to buy it even if you have money.
If you really want to buy it, you can only trade it secretly in the ghost market, and the price will have increased ten times or even ten times.
After all, due to the decline of the capital, the prices in Chang'an have always been relatively low. Now that it is suddenly revealed that Chang'an may be the next Kyoto, the prices are almost one price every hour.
"My grandson understands that matters regarding the capital should be postponed for a few months."
"For the land title that has been acquired here, Sun'er will arrange some people to slowly take action in the ghost market. When it is almost done, we will make public the cancellation of Chang'an Kyoto." Jie
Zhu Ying said with a smile.
As a grandson from Kyoto, it is just a matter of words.
On a political level, there is no need to consider the interests of businessmen at all.
Even if there is a big loss, it has nothing to do with Zhu Ying.
From the very beginning, speculation in Changan housing prices has been strictly prohibited. From a legal perspective, the behavior of these southern real estate speculators is actually an illegal act, and the interests involved are not protected by Ming law.
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If you lose, it's all in vain, and there's absolutely no room for reasoning.
In fact, the person who currently owns the most land deeds is Zhu Ying himself.
Who would mind having too much money?
Even if they sell the shares of the employment guild, they have already received 1.8 billion yuan in treasure money. A little more is not too much.
Harvesting like this is not something that can be done very often.
If you want to continue harvesting once, you have to wait for the leeks to grow again.
The sale of land deeds in Chang'an here can earn about 7 to 8 million, which is only a fraction of the 1.8 billion. In fact, it is still relatively large for the national treasury.
The current annual tax revenue, even under relatively good economic circumstances, is only about 50 million yuan, which is quite a lot.
"In this case, let's make some repairs to the palace here." Jie
"Now that we are rich, we don't have to worry about some things so much. It doesn't matter if the project is huge. As long as we can solve this problem, it will be worth it."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and then talked about repairing the Nanjing Imperial Palace.
Zhu Ying replied: "My grandson is planning to publish a reward in the capital's newspaper in two months' time, after the land deed in Chang'an is released, offering a reward to anyone who knows Feng Shui."
"Qin Tianjian took the lead to hold a Feng Shui conference and summoned all the Feng Shui masters in the world to the capital to discuss together and find ways to deal with the issues related to the Feng Shui in the palace."
"Even if the whole piece at the back is torn down and rebuilt, my grandson thinks it doesn't matter."
The issue of Feng Shui is a bit superstitious, but as an emperor, even Zhu Ying, who grew up in materialism, had to pay great attention to it.
After all, there are too many things that even the science of later generations has no way to prove. Jie
It's just that if you spend more money, you can at least get peace of mind, which is worth it.
With the economic development of the Ming Dynasty and the gradual material satisfaction, Zhu Ying also wanted to simultaneously develop the construction of spiritual and cultural civilization.
Among them, Feng Shui metaphysics has always been relatively mysterious, and in today's world, people respect it more.
Zhu Ying thought it was a good idea to hold a Feng Shui conference for him, which was unprecedented in previous dynasties and later generations.
Zhu Yuanzhang naturally agreed. At this age, he values these things more than before.
There are many folk talents, and people like Liu Rixin are folk talents.
The territory of Ming Dynasty is so vast, who can say that no other talents have appeared yet. Jie
Although Qin Tian Jian has some inheritance, some things also depend on the specific situation. It is not surprising that there are several experts who emerge, even surpassing Liu Rixin.
Most people who study Feng Shui are indifferent to fame and fortune.
However, things like the Feng Shui Conference, especially if it is held by the royal family, are definitely attractive enough to the Feng Shui masters of various generations.
Zhu Ying has already thought about it. When the time comes, there will be a ranking competition. The top ten Feng Shui masters will not only be given titles, but also generous rewards.
In fact, Feng Shui masters are generally very poor. There are not many Feng Shui masters who use heavenly secrets to make money, and there are some taboos here.
For this conference, Zhu Ying is prepared to provide full round-trip accommodation and travel expenses for Feng Shui masters who are willing to participate.