The unexpected contraction of Wang Xian's side made Ji Gang and Han Wang's side, who were full of revenge, pounce on the air, and also made the people who were worried that the tension would continue to escalate uncontrollable, and their mood relaxed a little. otbnkotgt However, the fierce struggle never eased, but only temporarily turned from an open struggle to a secret struggle, and the focus of the struggle shifted from Nanjing to Beijing In June, the sun is blazing in Beijing, and the loess is full of sky.
Millions of people and prisoners, sweating like rain under the scorching sun, are like a swarm of hard-working worker ants, building this new metropolis of the Ming Dynasty on a scale far beyond Beijing.
In fact, since Emperor Yongle succeeded to the throne, he has always attached great importance to the construction of this land of Longxing.
In the first year of Yongle, he first followed Emperor Taizu's approach to Fengyang, established Beiping as Beijing, changed Beiping Mansion to Shuntian Mansion, and was at the same level as the capital.
At the same time, it began to relocate wealthy households from the south of the Yangtze River, merchants from Shanxi and displaced people from all over the country to enrich the imperial capital.
In the fourth year of Yongle, Zhu Di issued an edict to levy 600,000 people, build the Beijing Imperial Palace and city walls, and in seven years, build the Changling Tomb in Changping, near Beijing.
Having built his resting place in Beijing, instead of Nanjing, had clearly revealed to his subjects that the emperor had made up his mind to move the capital In the eighth year of Yongle, Zhu Di ordered a meeting to open the river, re-dredge the Grand Canal, and open up the north-south water transport, and this year, this is a huge project that mobilized millions of people, and finally basically completed, and since then the massive materials needed to build Beijing can be transported to Tongzhou from all over the country relatively economically and conveniently, so that the construction project of Beijing City has been greatly accelerated.
So far, the outer wall of the square with a circumference of forty-five miles has been almost completed, and all that remains is the construction of the magnificent gate.
The stone streets, which are straight and wide enough to accommodate eight cars in parallel, have long been put into use, and the construction of royal palaces and official offices in various parts of the capital has also taken shape, and it is about to enter the stage of fine carpentry work.
Only the construction project of the Forbidden City, the top priority of Beijing's construction, has almost returned to the original point.
Of course, this is not the official in charge of the construction deliberately neglected, or borrowed a hundred of their courage, and did not dare to make the moody Yongle Emperor angry, in fact, the Forbidden City project in all aspects of manpower and material resources, enjoy absolute priority, the reason for the current embarrassment, there is only one reason, that is, the Yongle Emperor is too demanding Compared with the early construction of the Jinling Imperial Capital was a little hasty, Zhu Di has only one requirement for the construction of Beijing City, that is, excellence, no best, only better for Beijing City to burn every piece of green bricks, every piece of vermilion tile, on the side or back are burned with the kiln size and production year, if the bricks and tiles are found to have quality problems during construction, you can check according to the bricks and tiles, as long as the verification is clear, the light one is heavily punished, and the heavy one is beheaded Not only the requirements for materials are very harsh, all the processes of construction should be carried out in a strict layer-by-layer inspection system, requiring the craftsmen who implement the next project, to strictly inspect the previous process, if they think that they are unqualified, they can refuse to build, if there is a problem is not found, or although they know that there is a problem, they still continue to build, once the incident occurs, they must sit with the person directly responsible, and they will be punished equally.
The officials in charge of supervision are the joint supervision team composed of the emperor's most trusted eunuchs, princes, and civil officials, and these officials in charge of supervision carry a sledgehammer to patrol the construction site all day long, and from time to time pick up a sledgehammer to smash a hammer in the east and west.
The person responsible for the problem is often found to have only one outcome, that is, being beheaded and having his home raided Moreover, these supervision officials are extremely conscientious and responsible, and there is no possibility of being bribed, because they know how much His Majesty the Emperor cares about the construction of Beijing City, in fact, an important reason why Emperor Yongle came to Beijing this time is to personally supervise the construction of Beijing City.
From the middle of May, when the holy car arrived in Beijing, the emperor, who was already over fifty years old, immediately inspected the construction work of the capital without resting.
His inspection method is simple and crude, but it is extremely effective, and the emperor will choose a random location and order someone to smash the repaired works to check for any corners.
For example, when inspecting the city wall, he made people smash open the slurry to inspect, and found that the mortar was slightly mixed with mud and soil, and the gap was excessive, and then more than ten craftsmen and foremen in charge of this place were beheaded on the spot.
The next day, a number of supervisory officials who supervised the project here, including the Ministry of Works, the battalion secretary and other directly responsible persons, were severely punished, and the light ones were removed from their posts, and the heavy ones were dismissed Therefore, everyone who is responsible for the construction of Beijing City is trembling, walking on thin ice, and all of them have come up with the highest level to build this ideal city of the emperor.
But this level of effort still could not satisfy the Yongle Emperor, especially the Forbidden City, when after inspecting the three major halls that were about to be completed, Zhu Di came back with a black face, and the next day, the emperor summoned a group of ministers and construction officials to the West Palace to discuss matters.
The so-called West Palace is the royal West Garden of the original Yuan Dynasty.
Originally, when Zhu Di visited Beijing, he lived in his own submersible.
But the Yanwang Mansion was built on the basis of the Yuan Dadu Imperial Palace, which is located in the core of the capital.
In order to build a new Forbidden City, the Yanwang Mansion could only be demolished.
However, he couldn't go north and couldn't have no place to live, so he ordered the Ministry of Works to build the West Palace in the West Garden, which was used as the residence of the Forbidden City before it was completed.
Although it is only a temporary residence, with Zhu Di's great temperament, he naturally can't be sloppy at all.
It is the West Palace that is also built in accordance with the regulations of the imperial palace, and the main hall is also called Fengtian Palace, which is exactly the same as the main hall of the imperial palace of Jingshi At this time, in addition to the officials responsible for building Beijing City, there are also Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, Xue Lu, the Marquis of Yangwu, Xia Yuanji, the chief secretary of the three departments of Xing Zaili, Hu and Bing, and Yang Rong, a cabinet scholar, and other important ministers But when Zhu Di said his plan, the ministers almost fainted together, shouting the same sentence in their hearts, the emperor can't do it for the ministers Because Zhu Di's decision was to tear down and rebuild the three major halls, and not only the three major halls, but also the main buildings such as the Qianqing Palace, Kunning Palace, and Wenhua Palace, they also had to be demolished and rebuilt, because the current buildings were too cramped and obscene, and there was no grandeur and grandeur You must know that the construction of the Forbidden City alone has cost 90,000 taels of silver so far, close to two years of treasury revenue.
The emperor is about to overturn and start over in a word, not to mention that a more ambitious construction plan will definitely cost more, even several times the silver taels, where does the money come from In the Ming Dynasty, where the national strength is embarrassment, it is simply an unsolvable problem Therefore, Xia Yuanji, the great housekeeper of the Ming Dynasty and the secretary of the household department, expressed his opposition on the spot.
He said that the imperial court's money had been completely spent on the Grand Canal, and that the Wudang Mountain project and the Jiaozhi Political Envoy were still sucking blood, and that adding such a huge expenditure would completely collapse the country's finances Looking at the white-haired and exhausted butler, the emperor was finally a little embarrassed and gave him an idea: "Then print more treasure money."
"I still have to print money" Hearing that the emperor still wants to print money, Xia Yuanji not only did not feel comforted, but felt that the sky was about to fall.
"The emperor really thinks that as long as money is printed, the country can continue to use it and there is no harm to the country" "You're too ignorant of me."
Zhu Di was a little unhappy and said: "I don't know that if I print a lot of money, the people will be more miserable, but I don't spend the money on myself, I am for the great plan of my Ming Dynasty" He stood up and said with a slightly excited expression: "I don't wait for the place where the fireworks in the south of the Yangtze River are released, is it because I have a bad feeling for this bitter cold Beijing city, I want the Son of Heaven to guard the country, so that my people will never be harmed by the invasion of the Tartars, and I even sent my own children and grandchildren to Beijing together, shouldn't the people make some sacrifices for my Ming Dynasty?"
"What the emperor said made the ministers and others feel inexplicable" A minister whispered: "It's just the scale of the Forbidden City, it won't affect the eternal stability of my Ming Dynasty."
"Ridiculous" Zhu Di immediately cast a cold gaze: "I want to use the dragon qi of my Ming royal family to suppress the dragon qi of Meng Yuanyu's sins."
What the three major halls are built into, and what the Forbidden City is like, is related to the luck of my Ming Dynasty, do you say that it will affect the eternal stability of my Ming Dynasty?"
The minister hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "The minister is ignorant, the minister is vain, please forgive the emperor" "Hmph" Zhu Di snorted coldly: "Reading your first offense, you will only be fined for half a year with a staff of forty and a penalty, if someone dares to enter this country in the future, there will be no forgiveness for killing."
"The ministers obey."
The ministers hurriedly responded.
"Xia Aiqing, do you agree" Zhu Di also knew that he could toss by temperament, and he couldn't do without the tossing and turning of Xia Yuanji, a financial genius, and now it was the time to use money, so it was very different from him.
"Emperor" Xia Yuanji looked at Zhu Di, struggled fiercely in his heart for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Please forgive the ministers for their difficult orders" "You" Zhu Di's face turned black instantly.
"The emperor Mingjian, the court is no longer Yin eating grain, but eating Yin eating Chen grain, Si grain and even noon grain" Xia Yuanji wiped his sweat and said stubbornly: "This is all caused by the excessive distribution of treasure money, these years, the minister racked his brains, and the banknote law still did not improve."
If we continue to print money, I'm afraid there will be a big mess."
"Don't be alarmist," Zhu Di's gaze was already cold
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