Xia Jing thought of the current situation in the capital, "Now the capital is still short of people. Let's talk about how to change the current situation. If you have any good suggestions, please tell us and let's discuss it."
Although tens of thousands of herdsmen were brought back from the grasslands, tens of thousands of them were resettled in various areas of Gyeonggi Province, but in reality there were not many people.
Otherwise, the soldiers of the Gyeonggi Camp would not be able to race horses in the streets of the capital.
Long Yutian stroked his neatly trimmed beard, "Actually, many people who fled south from the Gyeonggi area survived. After the Gyeonggi area was recovered, the reason why they did not come back was probably because their safety was not guaranteed. They were afraid of Beidi or Beidi.
The rebels counterattacked and once again dragged the Gyeonggi area into the flames of war. They finally returned to Gyeonggi and had to flee."
Xia Jing agreed: "What the supervisor said is reasonable. In the final analysis, the credibility of the court is insufficient, and the people do not believe that the court can protect the Gyeonggi region. What can we do to break this deadlock? What do you think?"
After eating and drinking, Li Chengyi shook his fan and said: "Since the people don't believe in our ability to protect them, we might as well fight a few victorious battles to show the world that Master Wang is not weak and has enough ability to protect them."
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After hearing what his fourth brother Li Chengyi said, Li Chengmu nodded in agreement.
He expressed his opinion: "During the time we came to Gyeonggi, we severely damaged Beidi on the grassland twice. We also changed the equipment for the border army in Bingzhou. All the weapons and armor were replaced with fine steel materials, which was enough for the border army to resist Beidi.
A surprise attack. And we are taking advantage of the autumn harvest to encircle and suppress the rebels entrenched in Yuzhou. If we cannot encircle and suppress them, we will drive them to Yanzhou and Qingzhou!"
Anyway, we will not give them the chance to harm the Central Plains again.
Long Yutian looked at Li Chengmu with relief: "We support His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Xia Jing looked at the people sitting at the bottom and saw that everyone was gearing up. She smiled and said to Yuan Rongcheng: "Rongcheng, you are responsible for sending a letter to your father and asking him to send troops to the border between Jingzhou and Yuzhou. In half a month, we will go to Yuan Rongcheng."
Yuzhou launches an attack. When the time comes, let him adapt accordingly and don't let the rebels take the opportunity to flee to Jingzhou!"
"Okay, I'll make arrangements when I get back." Yuan Rongcheng agreed.
Everyone has been in peace these past few months, and more importantly, everyone is worried about food and grass.
The rebels occupy Yuzhou, Yanzhou and Qingzhou. There have been severe droughts in the past few years, but this year the rains are slightly normal. Before the autumn harvest, the rebels do not want to start a war, because the war will double the consumption of food and grass. They are conserving energy.
Rui, wait until there is food and grass after the autumn harvest before expanding the territory.
Fortunately for the Gyeongsang Province, the troops, horses, and grain and grass led by Xia Jing were all stored in advance and transported from Nanyang and Annan to Lingnan, and then from Lingnan to the Gyeongsang Province.
Before the autumn harvest, they had no worries about food and grass for the time being.
Long Yutian was not sure what Xia Jing was thinking about Jizhou and Youzhou, so he asked softly: "Queen, do we want to inform the governors of Jizhou and Youzhou so that they can take precautions in case the rebels rush out from Yanzhou?"
Entered Jizhou."
Xia Jing glanced at him and said decisively: "No need!"
Once they start a war with the rebels, all forces in the world will know that there is no need to give special notices. They will protect their own territory without warning!
You must know that once they lose their jurisdiction, they lose everything. For the sake of their wealth and life, they will fight to the death!——
On the sixth day of the seventh lunar month in the first year of the Ming Dynasty, King Qian Li Jingfu of the Dayu Dynasty succeeded to the throne and officially ascended the throne as emperor. He named the year Jianyuan. The following year was the first year of Jianyuan, which marked the beginning of his rule of the world.
At the same time, Li Jingfu issued an edict to the world: Princess Xia was canonized as the queen, and Li Chengmu, the fifth legitimate son, was made the prince. Due to the internal and external troubles of Yu the Great, the queen and the prince were specially approved to temporarily live in the capital and command the capital area, in order to ward off foreigners and stabilize the world at home.
Make a contribution.
In mid-July of the same year, Xia Jing appointed Li Chengmu as the counter-rebellion general, Long Yutian as the supervisor, Feng Tu as the left deputy general, Sha Yuliang as the right deputy general, and Sima Lu's sons Sima Yi and Ding Dazhuang as the left and right vanguards.
One hundred thousand soldiers marched south to quell the rebellion.
The army marched south, and the capital became even more empty.
Taking advantage of the free time before the autumn harvest, Xia Jing walked around the streets and alleys of the capital and basically figured out the layout of the capital.
Except for the inner city, the outer city is basically distributed according to the rich in the east, the rich in the west, the poor in the south and the lowly in the north.
The east and west areas of the outer city have exquisite architecture, while the north and south areas basically have low-rise buildings, stinking water flowing across them, and narrow lanes.
These areas have a great impact on the appearance of the city. Xia Jing really wants to carry out urban reconstruction, but the current situation does not allow her to carry out large-scale construction.
Xia Jing took a thorough look around the capital and found that large-scale construction projects were not allowed in the north of the city, but the streets not far from the east, west, and south gates did not say no.
"My Lady, you have been in the capital for a few days. If you have anything to do, you can ask your servant to do it."
Hongmei followed Xia Jing around the capital for several days, and her legs became thinner.
Xia Jing looked back at her, gritted her teeth and fought back, "No, I have my own plan."
After returning to the palace, Xia Jing stayed in the study writing and drawing, which made the two maids confused. They didn't know what the queen was doing.
Two days later, Xia Jing handed several drawings to Ye Fei: "Here are four drawings. Can you ask someone to take a look at them and see if anyone can build them?"
Ye Fei took the drawings and looked at them carefully. The four drawings were four four-story buildings.
Ye Fei is no stranger to such buildings. There are many such houses built in the north of Lingnan City.
"Your Majesty chose these places close to the city gate to build houses. Do you want to open an inn in these places?"
"That's right. After the building is completed, I want to open several high-end inns integrating accommodation, dining and entertainment."
Of course, there were not many entertainment activities in this era, mainly singing, drinking and storytelling.
The building area is very large. If it is built, it will be one of the few large inns in Beijing for accommodation, dining and entertainment.
She left the construction of the inn to Ye Fei, and Xia Jing sent a letter to Ding Daqiang who was far away in Jiankang.
Jiankang's various businesses are doing well, and the shops and factories are on the right track. Ding Daqiang only needs to hand over the management to the capable deputies below.
And he himself felt that the capital needed him even more.
Xia Jing had no time to spare, and Wei Dong helped with the government affairs in the capital. When she had nothing to do, she hired bricklayers and idle laborers to hire, and people were arranged to lay cement roads in the streets and alleys in the east and west districts.
Ye Fei reluctantly took over the street paving drawings and said, "Madam, the buildings in these two urban areas are very elegant and the houses are solid. Since no one has lived in them for more than a year, except for a few more weeds in the garden, everything else is still in its original state. How can you spend it?"
What is the purpose of putting so much effort into laying cement roads?”
Xia Jing held up her cheeks and said with a smile: "Actually, I would rather lay cement roads throughout the city. If that happens, people's shoes will not get dirty or wet when they go out in the rain."
And the most important point is that these houses now belong to her. She paved the streets before anyone came to the capital. When the real powerful families come to the capital, they will have to pay to buy the houses if they want to take them back.
The reason why roads in the east and west urban areas are paved with cement roads is not to make it easier to sell them at a higher price later to subsidize the state treasury.
You must know that Dayu will be her son from now on. As a mother, she can only save more working capital for him if her health allows.
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On the post road from Jingzhou to the Gyeonggi region, several green cloth carriages were parked on the roadside, and a weak cough could be heard on one of the carriages.
Outside the carriage, a man came in carrying water. There were two quilts spread on the couch of the carriage, and an old man with a haggard appearance lay on them.
The man's name was Zuo Houping, and he was from the capital. The old man lying on the wooden couch was his old father. He was exhausted from running away from famine last year. Before his death, he shouted that the leaves would fall and return to his roots, and insisted on returning to the capital from the comfortable Jingzhou.
Zuo Houping helped the old man up: "Father, come and drink some hot water. If you keep at it, we can enter Gyeonggi Province one day."
The old man drank some hot water and was wheezing but luckily he didn't cough again. After listening to the eldest son's words, he pulled a smile from the corner of his mouth and said breathlessly: "It's great to finally return to the hometown where I was born and raised.
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"Father, you must hold on!" Having already come this far, Zuo Houping had to encourage the old man. He was really afraid that after taking ninety-nine steps, his father would not be able to take the last step and die on the way.
That’s trouble!
When his father dies, he will be buried in the coffin with regrets. This is something he does not want to see.
After the old man had rested, the brothers drove several carriages and continued moving forward.
Three days later, they finally arrived in the capital.
There were several convoys at the city gate waiting to enter the city after inspection, and Zuo Houping could only wait in line honestly.
He asked his brother to watch the convoy, while he walked to the front of the group to check the situation. Through inquiries, he found that the first few convoys were caravans.
When they heard that the capital was recovered, they formed a team to transport supplies, hoping to make some money in the unpopular capital.
When the merchants react, Beijing will not know how fierce the competition is.
Zuo Houping returned to his carriage and lamented to his brothers: "Businessmen's noses are always the most sensitive. As long as they smell business opportunities, even the raging war cannot stop them from making money. This time we returned to the capital at the request of our father.
, I don’t know if it’s right or wrong?”
After hearing what he said, the Zuo brothers felt uncertain: "The queen and the prince are all in the capital, so the capital should be safe."
As an emperor, you can't put the prince of a country in danger. Didn't the saint say that a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall? If the Gyeonggi area is really in danger, the queen and the prince will definitely not stay in the capital.
Of course, it is not credible to say that the capital is absolutely safe. In times of war, no matter where you are, it may be unsafe.
The capital is a little different from what they imagined.
When they stopped at the city gate waiting to enter the city, they realized that the road under their feet was extraordinary.
As a result, after entering the city, the main street running from east to west was completely paved with this kind of cement road.
The street is flat, and the carriage can feel no bumps when walking on it, making it very comfortable.
The only dissatisfaction is probably that there are many carriages carrying sand and soil passing by on the road, so the streets are quite dusty.
"The road that used to be bumpy by carriages and pedestrians has been completely paved. This thing called cement is so amazing!" Li Houping noticed the situation outside from the car window.
"With so much sand and gravel transported into the city, construction is going on in the city?" The second son of the Li family was more curious about what the sand and gravel transported into the city was used for.
No one on the bus answered this question because everyone had just entered the city and no one knew what the situation was like in the city.
Without asking anyone, they soon noticed a lot of workers walking out of the alleys on the side of the road. They were all paving roads in the alleys. It was already lunch time, and these workers were going to eat.
Li Houping noticed that the clothes of many people were different from those of the Central Plains people, "Second brother, look at the clothes of these people. It looks like Beidi clothes to me. Are these laborers robbed from Beidi?"
"It's possible!"
The brothers chatted while driving around the city looking for an inn.
I searched many streets but couldn't find any inn. In the end, I had no choice but to ask the government officials on the roadside.
They learned from the government officials that there were currently no inns, restaurants, or grocery stores selling daily necessities in the capital.
The enemy's strong wall and clearing the field are done very well.
"There are no shops, what should we do if we want to stay?"
The yamen servant very patiently pointed to the yamen not far away: "There is not much else in the capital, but there are many houses. If you come to the capital and have no place to live, you can live in ordinary people's homes, or go to the yamen to buy a yard or shop.
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Li Houping hesitated for a moment, then said: "If you don't understand, just ask. We used to have a house in the capital, but the imperial court moved south, and the house under our name was also abandoned in the capital. Now that we are back, we can still live in the original house."
A house?”
Asking this sentence, it can be seen that he also knew that Xia Jing had announced it to the world, and he also knew the content.
The yamen servant finally met someone who asked for directions. He replied patiently: "If you want to live in your own house, it's not impossible. It's just that the entire capital has not come to the capital for a month at that time. The real estate and money in his name are
If you want to live in the original house again after everything is returned to the government, you can only go to the Yamen to register and buy your property back."
After hearing this, the Li family members all wanted to stand up and scold their mother. This was more arrogant than a thief.
"This house originally belonged to our family. Why do we want to go back to our own home now and have to pay money to move in?"
The yamen officer only accepted the street questioning this time. After listening to his words, he explained: "From the day the capital fell, when you abandoned the capital and fled south, all the property in the capital went into Beidi's pocket.
, the empress and the prince worked hard to snatch it back from Beidi, and the property she snatched back was sold to you people who want to settle down in the capital at a low price. What's wrong with that?"
"Besides, the money from selling the shops and houses was used by the empress to build the capital, such as paving roads, repairing city walls, digging ditches, etc. All the money from this account was used."
Therefore, it is called taking from the people and using it for the people.
The Li brothers took a breath when they heard this. The entire Gyeonggi region's industry is under the Queen's name. So how much money can she make from this industry in the next few years?