Tang He's family members galloped day and night to Beijing.
In this era where having more children means more happiness, the number of boys in Tang He's family is not that many, and some are even very few.
The old Duke gave birth to five sons in his life. The eldest son, Tang Ding, died in battle during the expedition to Yunnan. The third and fourth sons died of illness in the army. The second son, Tang Fu, served as the commander of the Taiyuan Guard and was also a good general. The youngest, Tang Li,
Served in the army of the Huaixi Governor's Office.
If the original direction of time and space was followed, the youngest of his family, young Tang Li, would also have died heroically in the Ming Dynasty's conquest of Wukai.
This veteran who made great military exploits for the Ming Dynasty, this family who fought for the Ming Dynasty through life and death, can be called a loyal family. Even a hundred years later, when Tang and his grandson were serving at Gushan Fort in the northwest border, they faced a Mongolian army several times their size.
, fight to the death and never surrender.
Tang Fatty is the posthumous daughter of the eldest son of the Tang family, so she has been doted on since she was a child and is the apple of the Tang family's eye.
When the Tang family's cavalry entered the capital, Zhu Yunxi took Li Jinglong and others to watch secretly at the top of the city.
In fact, she is not fat at all. In Zhu Yunxi's opinion, she even has a slender and beautiful figure like some later generations of models, but she is not as skinny as a model, but has flesh where there should be flesh and is thin where there should be thin.
Speaking of appearance, she is not that kind of soft and beautiful woman, but has a bit of heroic spirit between her eyebrows. In Zhu Yunxi's opinion, she seems to have the flavor of Zhao Min in Hong Kong and Taiwan movies.
Because Tang Pang came to Beijing to be married, Zhu Yunxi could not meet her. He could only quietly look at the woman who was about to become her concubine from a high place at the top of the city.
Tang Fatty rode his horse valiantly and gradually moved away. Zhu Yunxi's eyes were still following him, his thoughts still unfinished.
"Tsk, tsk, these two long legs!" Zhu Yunxi laughed softly.
"What did Your Highness say?" Li Jinglong on the side didn't hear clearly, so he bowed his head and asked.
Zhu Yunxi suddenly realized that he was speechless and said with a smile, "Didn't you say anything? Haha, I thought she was a fat girl when I heard her name, but I didn't expect that she is not fat at all!"
Li Jinglong smiled and said, "I saw her when she was a child, and she was indeed a fat girl!"
"A woman's 18th transformation!" The figure disappeared from his eyes. Zhu Yunxi put his hands behind his back and slowly walked towards the steps leading to the bottom of the city wall. "A woman's 18th transformation is getting better and better!"
Li Jinglong followed him and said with a smile, "Your Highness, I don't know whether to say something or not!"
Zhu Yunxi looked back at him, "When did you learn to tell the truth?"
"This, haha!" Li Jinglong laughed, "The daughter of the Tang family was raised as a boy. She is proficient in bows and horses, and is proficient in fists, feet, guns and clubs. It is said that when her family performed martial arts, none of her brothers liked her.
opponent!"
Zhu Yunxi stopped and looked at Li Jinglong, "Do you think I will be beaten by my wife like you?" After saying that, he walked down the city wall proudly.
As you walk down the city wall, you will be greeted by guards.
"Your Highness, are you going back to the palace?" Fu Rang, the commander of the personal guards, said.
Zhu Yunxi looked at everyone, and his eyes fell on He Guangyi, the commander of the Jinyi Guards. "It's a rare trip to the outer city. I heard that new houses for the people in the outer city are under construction. Let's go and have a look!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people gathered around Zhu Yunxi and headed towards the outer city.
In order not to be conspicuous, everyone did not ride military horses, but dressed in casual clothes like ordinary people. The guards dispersed in groups of three or five and spread out on guard, forming an arc and wrapping Zhu Yunxi in the middle.
The place to resettle the poor people along the canal was chosen on the west side of Qixia Mountain, where there was a small town. Expanding dozens of miles from the small town would be the new residence of the poor people in the future.
At this moment, the originally barren land has turned into a large construction site, filled with heat and smoke. Oxen-horses pulling rollers are leveling the land, workers with bare sticks are digging foundations, women, children and the elderly are carrying baskets of soil, or
It helps transport wood, masonry and other materials.
Although they didn't want to show off, Zhu Yunxi and his party still attracted attention from the construction site after they arrived.
Zhu Yunxi looked at the smoke-filled construction site, waved his hands gently, and said with a smile, "It's really neat. It's only been a few days, and it already has some outlines." After saying that, he looked into the distance, "Hey, over there, isn't it?
Chen Dewen, call him over!"
Ying Tianfu Yin Chen Dewen was also looking here suspiciously. When the Jin Yiwei came up to summon him, he suddenly realized and trotted over quickly.
"My lord, knock..."
"Don't kneel, there are so many eyes watching. If you kneel, the construction site will stop immediately!"
Zhu Yunxi smiled and looked at Chen Dewen, whose clothes were covered with dust, wearing a straw hat, shoes full of mud, and his skin was a little dark, and he said gently, "Are you worried, so you came here to take a look?"
"Resettling the poor is a virtuous policy of the imperial court and His Highness. I dare not slack off!" Chen Dewen said with a smile, "I must take a look to feel at ease!"
"Okay, no matter how cautious you are when it comes to the people!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "How many poor people along the canal can be accommodated in this area?"
"Three thousand six hundred households!" Chen Dewen said, "After it is built, it will be a big town. I have personally seen the drawings of the houses. The shacks allocated to the people will only be larger than their original shacks, never smaller."
Zhu Yunxi thought about it, "Isn't it five thousand households?"
"Five thousand households have acquired land along the canal, but some people don't want to be too far away from the canal. So a piece of land has been opened near the city wall to accommodate them. There are also hundreds of households whose houses are private properties.
, some families don’t want to live with poor people. So I thought, buy it at the market price, or give them some money and let them buy it by themselves!"
As he said that, he looked at Zhu Yunxi's face and said, "Although it is not enough to buy a house in the inner city, the land boundary in the outer city is for them to choose!"
"That's great!" Zhu Yunxi nodded and said, "According to statistics from the Ministry of Household Affairs, there are hundreds of thousands of residents in the outer city of the capital. Most of them are poor people who sell their strength to make a living and live a difficult life."
"The outer city of the capital is also under the emperor's feet. Now the imperial court's renovation of the outer city is beneficial to both the country and the people. When the people are settled, their lives will be better. The outer city is clean, the Ming Dynasty's capital is more grand, and business is more prosperous
, accomplish multiple things with one stone!”
"These five thousand households now are just the beginning, and they are just a trial. You, Ying Tianfu, must continue to work hard!"
Improving residents' living conditions and building infrastructure have long been proven in later generations to be a good thing for improving the economy and promoting commercial circulation. Moreover, when implemented at this time, there was no difficulty or resistance from later generations, and the cost was smaller.
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This is not a cosmetic project, but a real project to benefit the people. If the outer city is renovated, the canal will be filled with various docks, warehouses, and shops.
More prosperous businesses can also create more job opportunities. Residents in outer cities may no longer make a living by selling their strength.
Going further, Fengyang has now begun to allocate land to the people and implement the policy of dividing land into acres. Once implemented in the world, a large number of people who have no land will no longer have to be tenants of others, let alone be bound to the land. They will start from
Mud-legged people are transformed into free laborers.
A large number of free workers can promote business prosperity.
At this time, the money issued by the imperial court was only taken from the people for use by the people.
After hearing what Zhu Yunxi said, Chen Dewen said solemnly, "I will bear in mind His Highness's teachings!"
"What kind of teaching is this!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "You still have to do the work!" He said, looking at the construction site in the distance, the smile on his face became wider, "Look, it's just a small construction site, you can give it to me
It’s good that many people have more living money in their hands!”
It was a good sentence, and Chen Dewen's face was full of glory.
"However, there is something I still want to say to you!" Zhu Yunxi said again, "Don't just look at the surface. Look deeper. Sometimes no matter how good your ideas are, no matter how good your policies are, you won't be able to understand what's underneath.
It will change the taste. Without him, the benefits are too great. If there are benefits, some people will have their own evil ideas. So you, please keep your ideas in mind and don’t let others fish in troubled waters and taint the good things!"
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will be watching you all the time!" Chen Dewen said.
As they were talking here, suddenly a guard slowly walked up to Zhu Yunxi and whispered a few words.
"Your Highness, the Emperor has sent an order for you to go back!"
"I know!" Zhu Yunxi looked at the construction site again, "Chen Aiqing, please go back to the palace first and come back to see us another day."
"My lord, I would like to send you to Your Highness!"
In an inconspicuous corner of the construction site, among the pergolas, Hu Dong stood on tiptoe and looked into the distance, with a very uneasy expression. He saw Master Fu Yin rushing forward in a hurry, nodding and bowing to the people over there, and he knew he was coming.
A big shot.
Fortunately, the big shots didn't stay too long and left after saying a few words.
Hu Dong rejoiced in his heart, "Fortunately, I'm still doing it these days!" Thinking, he quickly pulled over a subordinate next to him, "Go and tell Chen Laowu that the masonry and wood delivered must not be adulterated!"
Then the subordinates thought about it, "Master Hu, if we don't adulterate, what will we earn?"
"I said that the things sent must be good, but I didn't say that the materials used for a few days are also good!" Hu Dong scolded, "Put it there for the adults in the government to see, do you understand?"
Naturally, his subordinates didn't understand, but they didn't dare to refute.
At this time, Hu Dong saw Chen Dewen turning back and quickly smiled and went to greet him.