Chapter seven hundred and fiftieth second female nun
The city was very deserted. Most people had gone to Chang'an City to make a living. Only the elderly and children were left here. There were groups of naked children playing on the street corners. An old woman saw a large group of men on horseback coming and quickly put them there.
The child shouted back and closed the door.
When they passed a temple, more than twenty monks suddenly ran out of it and knelt down in front of their horses. Guo Song was startled and quickly reined in his horses. Only then did he see clearly that they were a group of old nuns.
They were in their fifties or sixties. Although they were wearing coarse monk robes, they were well maintained and their skin was fair. It was obvious that they were no longer young.
"Why hasn't Jing Zhaoyin promised us anything yet?" the leader, the old nun, asked dissatisfiedly.
Du Wenxing's face was full of embarrassment. Why did these old nuns appear in front of King Jin? He glanced at Guo Song's face uneasily.
"Du Shijun, where are they from?" Guo Song asked.
"Reporting to Your Highness, they are all nuns from Ganye Temple."
‘Ganye Temple?’
Guo Song suddenly remembered, isn't Ganye Temple the place where Wu Zetian became a monk?
He looked back at the temple, and sure enough he saw the word "Gan karma" written on the plaque on the door.
At this time, the leading nun asked timidly: "Is this your Excellency His Royal Highness the King of Jin?"
What did Du Wenxing suddenly understand when he said "Report to Your Highness" just now?
Guo Song smiled and nodded, "I am exactly that!"
A large group of nuns suddenly surrounded Guo Song. They knelt in front of Guo Song's war horse and kowtowed: "Please give us a way out, Your Highness!"
Du Wenxing whispered to Guo Song: "These nuns used to be Emperor Xuanzong's concubines. After Emperor Xuanzong died, they were all sent to Ganye Temple to become monks. There were more than a hundred people and only these twenty or so were left."
It turns out that they are all imperial concubines. No wonder they all look good. Guo Song asked: "What difficulties do you have?"
The leader of the nuns cried: "We used to receive grain and rice from the palace every month. After Zhu Si usurped the throne the year before last, the grain and rice were cut off. We can only sell our old jewelry and clothes to make ends meet. Now we really can't survive. We are here."
Yue went to see Du Shijun, and he promised to help us solve our problem, but a month has passed, and there is still no movement. We ran out of food half a month ago, so we can only live from house to house asking for alms every day, and we have been stared at and insulted."
Guo Song glared at Du Wenxing, "Why don't you solve their survival problem for them?"
Du Wenxing smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that I don't want to solve the problem because of my humble position. As long as this hole is opened, tens of thousands of monks in Chang'an will come to block the door."
"But their situation is special. How can they be allowed to beg for alms like ascetics? If the news spreads, will I, Guo Song, lose my face?"
"You know your mistakes when you are in a humble position."
Guo Song turned around and said to his soldiers: "Give them a hundred taels of silver first."
The soldier took out a bag of silver and handed it to the old nun. The nuns were so excited that they clasped their hands and chanted sutras. Guo Song said to them: "The Han Chang'an City will be demolished in the future. There is a Guanyin Yuan in the Daming Palace. It is currently empty. You all can move there.
, from now on, each of you will be given three thousand dollars per month, so that you can spend the rest of your life peacefully."
All the nuns clasped their hands together with tears in their eyes and said, "Amitabha, His Highness King Jin is so merciful and compassionate!"
Guo Song said to Du Wenxing again: "Just as I said, you have settled them all in the past two days. Not only them, but all the concubines of the previous palace who were away from home will be taken back to the Daming Palace to support them."
"The humble job will be completed as soon as possible!"
Guo Song had no intention of continuing his patrol. He comforted the nuns with a few words and then turned his horse back to Chang'an City.
The group of people walked out of Xi'an Gate, but unexpectedly found a group of people standing outside the wall of Weiyang Palace, pointing at Weiyang Palace and discussing something. Guo Song recognized the tall and fat guy among them at a glance, and there was a thin and dry old man next to him.
, who is it if it’s not Ang Lee?
Guo Song laughed, turned around and said to the soldiers: "Go and call them two up."
The soldiers galloped away. Not long after, Zhang Lei and Li An hurried over and saluted Guo Song together. They were a little embarrassed.
Guo Songxiao asked: "Are you two going to the old city, or have you already come back?"
"Lao An woke me up early in the morning. We have finished selecting the location and are preparing to return to Chang'an."
Guo Song smiled and said: "Then let's go have lunch together!"
The two of them met with Du Wenxing again. Du Wenxing was very familiar with them and knew that their relationship with the King of Jin was unusual. He did not dare to neglect and returned the gift quickly.
The group entered Chang'an City. Du Wenxing had something to do and returned to the government office first. The three of them came to the West Market and entered the Caishen Restaurant invested by Zhang Lei and asked for a private room to sit down.
Zhang Lei filled a glass of wine for Guo Song. Guo Song picked up the glass and said, "I also visited the old Chang'an City today. My biggest headache right now is how to accommodate the hundreds of thousands of people inside. Do you have any ideas?"
Li An smiled and said: "When His Highness saw us, Zhang Lei and I were discussing this matter. It was actually very inconvenient for many people to live in Han Chang'an City. Chang'an Restaurant had to close early because the waiters had to rush back.
If you go to the Old City, the city gates will be closed if you are late. It is not a big deal if you can't get out of Chang'an City. If you can't enter the Old City, you can only sleep outdoors for one night. The same goes for shopkeepers and people begging for food. When the weather gets hot, inside the city
People go out at night, so they can only go back early, thus missing many opportunities to make money."
"Why would they live anywhere if it's so inconvenient?"
Zhang Lei raised three fingers as thick as carrots and said with a smile: "Two words, cheap!"
Guo Song said angrily: "I can't tell the difference between the second and the third. How can I be a businessman? Please give me more details."
"Currently, the cheapest rent in Chang'an is in Guiyifang, where a house costs 700 wen per month, while the rent in old Chang'an City is 400 wen per month, which is 300 wen cheaper. These 300 wen can buy four buckets of rice. Finally,
The people at the bottom can only earn two guan of money per month. They save 300 cash per month, which is 3,600 cash per year. This is just one acre of farmland in their hometown! So everyone would rather work harder than live in the old town.
city."
"Then how to solve this problem?" Guo Song asked.
"The method is also very simple. The government will build a large number of low-cost rental houses. Each room costs 500 cents per month. It will remain unchanged for a long time and will not drive people away. Although it is 100 cents more expensive than the old city, I believe everyone is willing to live in Chang'an City.
, I won’t go to the old city.”
"shit!"
Guo Song glared at Zhang Lei and said: "There are so many places to build low-rent housing, why should I go to the old city to build official residences?"
Li An said slowly and leisurely: "Your Highness wants to develop the old city, it's not just about building official residences!"
Guo Song nodded, "You are right, I also want to move the Imperial College, Gongyuan, Confucian Temple, Jinzouyuan, Guanyi, etc. there, and the official office of Jingzhao Mansion may also be moved there."
"Isn't that enough? They went over and freed up a large area of land, which can be used to build low-cost rental housing for the government. If His Highness feels it is inappropriate, there is another way."
"What's the other way?"
The institutions that Guo Song wants to move to are currently in the best locations. Guo Song does not want to use these locations to build low-cost rental housing, and the construction will not be cheap.
Li An smiled and said: "I said the other way is actually very simple. Your Highness just needs to abolish one rule."
Guo Song suddenly became interested and asked quickly: "What are the rules?"
Li An smiled mysteriously and said: "Actually, this suggestion has been proposed for many years, but has never been adopted. Your Highness, think about it, there is actually an open space in Chang'an. Where is it?"
Guo Song thought carefully, and suddenly he slapped his forehead, wondering how he had forgotten the open space at the base of the city wall.
In order to protect the safety of the city, residential buildings are not allowed within fifty steps of the Chang'an City Wall. This prohibition has been in place since the Sui Dynasty when Daxing City was built. This prohibition was continued in the Tang Dynasty. Chang'an City was open within fifty steps of the city wall.
It is used by the military. In fact, this is also the case in Taiyuan City and Luoyang City. Taiyuan City used this land to build the Examination Gongyuan.
You can completely use this land to build low-cost resettlement housing.
"You mean to abolish the city wall residence restriction order, is that right?"
Li An nodded, "This is exactly the order, but Your Highness needs to understand why everyone has wanted to use this land for decades, but just can't use it?"
"Tell me, how can we use them?"
Li An said calmly: "To use this land, two conditions must be met. The first is to lift the curfew, and the second is to lift the ban on squares. Therefore, I will give His Highness two auxiliary suggestions. The first is to cancel the curfew and close it.
The city gate, but don't close the square gate. Many shops can stay open all night at night, as well as stalls and performers. In this way, many people no longer want to live in the old Chang'an City.
The second step is to open up all the square walls under the city wall, build opposite gates, or simply open them. In this way, the entire open space at the base of the city wall will be connected into one, and it will be enough to build 100,000 low-rent houses."
Guo Song was overjoyed and raised his glass: "You have solved a big problem for me, come on! Let me toast you two."