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 really not that many, and some of them 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 talented 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 served at Gushan Fort in the northwest border, they faced a Mongolian army that was 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 His Highness say? Li Jinglong beside him didn't hear clearly, so he bowed his head and asked.
Zhu Yunxi suddenly realized that he was speechless and said with a smile, "What didn't you say? Haha, I thought she was a fat girl when I heard her name, but I didn't expect that she was not fat at all!"
Li Jinglong smiled and said, I saw her when she was a child, and she was indeed a fat girl!
The girl's eighteenth transformation! The figure disappeared from her eyes. Zhu Yunxi put his hands behind his back and slowly walked towards the steps leading to the bottom of the city wall. The girl's eighteenth transformation was 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 and said, the darling of the Tang family was raised as a boy since he was a child. He is proficient in bows and horses, and proficient in fists, feet, guns and clubs. It is said that when her family performed martial arts, none of her brothers were her opponents!
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.
When 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 was a rare trip to the outer city to have a look. I heard that new houses for the people in the outer city were 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, is that Chen Dewen?
Come here!
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.
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, who was wearing a straw hat, his shoes were covered with mud, and his skin was a little dark. He said softly, "Are you worried, so you came here to have 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 before I can rest assured!
Well, no matter how cautious you are when it comes to the people! Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, how many poor people along the canal can be accommodated in this area?
Three thousand six hundred households! Chen Dewen said that after it is built, it will be a big town. The minister has 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, wasn’t it five thousand households?
Five thousand households were expropriated on land along the canal, but some people were unwilling to stray too far from the canal. Therefore, a piece of land was opened near the city wall to accommodate them. There are also hundreds of households whose houses are private property.
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, looking at Zhu Yunxi's face, although it was not enough to buy a house in the inner city, the land boundary in the outer city was 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.
Kill multiple birds with one stone!
Now these five thousand households 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 good things 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 solemnly said, I will bear in mind His Highness's teachings!
What kind of teaching is this! Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, you still have to do the work! As he said that, looking at the construction site in the distance, the smile on his face became even brighter. Look, it is just a small construction site, but it can give many people a lot of money.
It’s good to have some living money!
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 or how good your policies are, things will change when you get down there.
Without him, the benefits are too great. If there are benefits, some people will have wrong ideas. So you, please keep your mind on things and don’t allow others to fish in troubled waters and taint the good deeds!
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 issued a decree for you to go back!
Got it! Zhu Yunxi took another look at the construction site. Chen Aiqing returned to the palace first and would come back to see it another day.
Sir, I would like to send you to Your Highness!
In an inconspicuous corner of the construction site, among the pergolas, Hu Dong stood on tiptoes 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 felt happy in his heart. Fortunately, he was still showing off these days! Thinking about this, he quickly grabbed a subordinate next to him and told Chen Laowu that the masonry and wood sent must not be adulterated!
Then think about it, Mr. 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 cursed, 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.