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Chapter 835 Fan Xian Enters Beijing
At the beginning, the common people in the capital did not take the white lines drawn by the Bingmasi seriously and continued to do as they pleased. As a result, many people were caught by the Bingmasi patrol team. Some were fined in silver, and some were sentenced to three days of corvee labor.

For a time, there was widespread complaint in the capital, which immediately attracted the attention of the Censorate. Memorials impeaching Qin Hao floated onto Emperor Qing’s desk like snowflakes.

Since he had previously agreed with Qin Hao to a three-month deadline, Emperor Qing ignored these memorials and only asked the Inspection Institute to keep an eye on them and report at any time.

Qin Hui also found Qin Hao a few days later and asked him to pay attention to the impact. He also said that if he didn't have enough money, he could ask him and not to ruin his future for the sake of short-term benefits.

"If father can pay the military pay that is owed every month, I will immediately call back all the patrol teams."

Qin Hui rolled his eyes when he heard this. The Bingmasi was the army that protected the capital. Privately distributing salaries was tantamount to rebellion. He would not dare to do that even if he had money.

In addition to his adoptive father, the crown prince and the second prince all secretly gave Qin Hao generous gifts. In their opinion, Qin Hao did these strange things just to make money. As for saying that it was to compensate the soldiers of the Bingmasi, it was just an excuse.

A ninth-rank master who is greedy for money and lustful is simply the best target to win over.

Qin Hao was naturally not polite about these gifts and accepted them all with a smile. As for who to join, it depends on who gives enough chips to make him tempted.

Anyway, the main goal is to accept gifts from both sides and not offend anyone.

Soon, a month later, the people of the capital suddenly discovered that the rules set by the Bingmasi were not all bad. In the past, the streets of the capital were in a mess, with garbage everywhere and sewage flowing everywhere.

But ever since the patrol team started arresting people, the only ones who litter are the rich and powerful. Since they have money, they are not afraid of being fined.

There are also those who occupy the road for business. After being fined a few times, they have become more honest, and the streets are now much wider than before.

If these were just subtle changes, what really made the people of the capital applaud was the punishment that the Bingmasi gave to those playboys who rode their horses and injured people in the downtown area.

In the past, when these dandy young men rode their horses and injured people, they would blame the common people for blocking their way. Not only would they not compensate the victims, they would even order their evil slaves to beat people half to death. The prefect of Jingzhao, Mei Zhili, was a bully who only knew how to smooth things over and did not dare to intervene at all.

It is different now. Whenever a playboy rides his horse and injures someone, the victim reports it to the Military Affairs Department, and the patrol soldiers will rush to arrest the person as if they were injected with chicken blood.

No matter whether you are the son of a minister or the nephew of an assistant minister, as long as you fall into the hands of the Military Affairs Commission, there will be no mercy.

At the beginning, there were people who arrested people relying on the high martial arts skills of their guards. Later, Qin Hao killed several eighth-rank masters in a row, and no one dared to provoke the patrol team anymore. After all, if they committed a crime, the worst that could happen was that they had to compensate the victim with money and hand over some fines to the Bingmasi, and then be beaten with dozens of military sticks, and they would be released. Eighth-rank masters are not leeks in the field that can grow again after being cut. How many masters that families have worked so hard to cultivate were killed like this? It's a pity!

The Bingmasi also changed their previous timid attitude. If anything goes wrong, what is there to be afraid of with the commander-in-chief to take charge?
Especially when Qin Hao paid his first salary after taking office, when all the soldiers received the full amount of salary, from that moment on, even if there were mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, as long as Qin Hao gave the order, they were willing to charge forward.

However, this economic system supported by fines began to run into problems from the second month. The Bingmasi patrol team soon discovered that very few people were littering or occupying the road for business, and even those playboys had become much more well-behaved.

In the past, we could not catch all the criminals in a day, but now we can’t catch a single one even after half a day. The commander has also issued a strict order not to “kill innocent people for credit”. If this continues, how are we going to pay the salary this month?
Qin Hao had naturally been prepared for this. He had driven all the mobile vendors to set up stalls in fixed areas and spent a month to gather popularity. The areas where these mobile vendors gathered formed orderly markets in the capital, which were very lively.

The reason why these markets can attract so many people is not only because of the concentration of mobile vendors, but also because of the management of the Bingmasi. Barricades are set up on both sides of the street, and carriages are not allowed to pass, so people can only walk. In addition, there are patrol teams in the market to protect the lives and property of customers.

At first, there were some petty thieves who wanted to take advantage of the situation, but they were soon caught by the patrol team, and even the teams behind them were uprooted. From then on, the so-called gangs in the capital never dared to target the market again.

With the patrol team's escort, both ordinary people and the wives of officials were happy to visit the market, and its popularity naturally grew.

Of course, if you want to set up a stall here, you must pay some fees.

Compared with fines, the market management fees are a long-term stream of income.

In addition, there are also fees such as parking management fees and garbage disposal fees for wealthy households. These revenues added together are not only enough to cover the salaries of all the soldiers in the Bingmasi, but also have a lot of surplus.

Qin Hao spent part of the money on improving the soldiers' food, and kept the rest in a separate account to give to soldiers whose families were in difficulty to help them out of their plight.

The Imperial Palace of Qing.

Emperor Qing put down his bow and arrow, and Eunuch Hou quickly picked up the arrow that fell on the ground and happily handed it to Emperor Qing.

But this time Emperor Qing did not answer, but suddenly asked a question.

"It's been almost three months since the kid from the Qin family took office, right?"

"Your Majesty, tomorrow will be exactly three months."

Emperor Qing took the arrow and aimed at the armor on the other side: "Oh? There seem to be fewer reports of him now than before. Has that guy restrained himself?"

Another arrow hit the heart-protecting mirror, and this time the arrow shattered it directly. A trace of disappointment flashed across Emperor Qing's eyes. Seeing that Eunuch Hou seemed to be hesitant to speak, he said with a straight face, "Why, now even you are hiding something from me?"

Eunuch Hou was so frightened that he fell to his knees before Emperor Qing.

"Your Majesty, I dare not lie to you, but I just don't know how to start."

"Oh? You should tell me."

Eunuch Hou recounted in detail the changes that had taken place in the capital over the past three months, and Emperor Qing became interested upon hearing it.

"Oh, this is quite strange. You mean, the people in the capital not only don't curse the military department, but also praise them?"

"Everything I say is true, Your Majesty, please understand."

"So, this kid is not only gifted in cultivation, but also has a lot of clever ideas." Emperor Qing waved his long sleeves and said, "Go and call Gong Dian in."

Soon, Gong Dian came to the palace and bowed immediately after seeing Emperor Qing.

"Okay, get up. I need to make some changes to the route I take to the temple for worship tomorrow."

Gong Dian's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. The emperor seldom left the palace and the lines were confidential, known only to a few people. Suddenly changing the lines, could it be that someone wanted to assassinate the emperor?
After dismissing the palace officials, Emperor Qing asked Eunuch Hou again.

"Is there any news from the Inspection Bureau?"

"Your Majesty, the news has just arrived."

Emperor Qing opened the secret letter, which clearly stated: Fan Xian will enter the capital tomorrow.

The next day, Emperor Qing sat in a carriage and left the imperial city. This time he did not ask the palace officials to disperse the people along the way. The carriage drove slowly on the streets of the capital.

Suddenly the carriage stopped, and Gong Dian knelt in front of the carriage and reported: "Your Majesty, Commander Qin is here."

"Well, let him come over."

Qin Hao rode his horse calmly to the carriage and was about to salute when he heard Emperor Qing speak from inside the carriage.

"I heard that in the past three months, Qin Aiqing has made the entire capital look brand new. Come in and tell me how you did it."

Under Gong Dian's envious gaze, Qin Hao got into the carriage.

"Okay, no need to be so polite, just sit down." Emperor Qing changed his usual lazy attire, and although he was not wearing a dragon robe, he was still quite dignified.

As soon as Qin Hao sat down next to Emperor Qing, Emperor Qing asked Gong Dian to start again.

Just as they reached a busy street, Emperor Qing suddenly exclaimed.

"Lord Qin, I noticed that the streets of the capital city seem a little different from before. They seem to be much quieter."

Qin Hao bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, the streets were not planned in the past, and businesses were everywhere. It was often difficult for a carriage to pass. Since I took office, I have formulated a series of rules. Shops are not allowed to occupy the road, mobile vendors can only set up stalls in fixed areas, and carriages are not allowed to park randomly."

Emperor Qing laughed and scolded, "I remember that the memorials impeaching you were so piled up that my desk couldn't even hold them all."

"Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty."

Emperor Qing said sternly, "Stop flattering me. I want to ask you, since the streets are so deserted, will these shops fail to recover? How will the common people survive?"

"Your Majesty, you might as well find a shop and ask about their business situation." Qin Hao answered loudly.

Soon, the carriage stopped in front of a restaurant. Emperor Qing stopped Gong Dian from clearing the place and took Qin Hao into the restaurant.

"My Lords, would you like to stay in the private room or the upstairs private room?"

"Let's go to a private room."

"Okay, you two, please go upstairs."

While going upstairs, Emperor Qing was also paying attention to the business of this restaurant. After arriving at the private room, he asked the waiter.

"Your restaurant business is pretty good, has it always been like this?"

The waiter replied with a smile: "Not really. Business has only been picking up in the past two months."

"Oh? Why? Did your boss hire a new chef?" Emperor Qing asked curiously.

"It's still the same chef. It's strange to say, three months ago, the military department was in a mess, business was much quieter, and the boss was so worried that he couldn't eat. But two months ago, this street became much cleaner and tidier, and a parking lot was built in front, so there was a place for the carriages to park, and more guests came to our restaurant to eat."

Emperor Qing glanced at Qin Hao and continued to ask, "Oh? There is also this matter. Your restaurant business is good, how are the other businesses?"

"Of course they are all fine. Look at those people selling cloth and silk, gold and silver jewelry, they are all making a lot of money."

After ordering two side dishes and sending the waiter away, Emperor Qing narrowed his eyes and said to Qin Hao, "My dear Qin, this waiter won't recognize you, right?"

"Your Majesty, you are joking. I was just summoned by Your Majesty. How can I prepare in advance?" Qin Hao looked innocent.

Emperor Qing agreed with what he thought. His travel plan was confidential, and the route had just been modified last night. It was impossible for Qin Hao to know about it in advance.

After eating a few bites, Emperor Qing lost interest and asked Gong Dian to leave a few taels of silver before returning to the carriage.

The carriage slowly drove to an open space at the back of the street. There were lines painted with white paint all around, and carriages with family seals were parked one by one within the white lines.

"Lord Qin, tell me why the streets look deserted, but business is actually getting better?"

Qin Hao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the deserted streets are just a superficial phenomenon. The streets looked lively before, but that was because they were congested. Now that they have been cleared, although they look deserted, there are actually more people shopping."

"Well, blocking is worse than unblocking. It seems to make some sense, but do you not care about the common people?"

"Your Majesty, there is a market that I have redesigned ahead of us. You may want to take a look at it first."

In the market, Gong Dian and a group of Emperor Qing's guards remained extremely alert. On the contrary, Emperor Qing strolled leisurely in the bustling market and bought many rare and strange folk handicrafts.

"My dear brother, is this market so lively every day?"

"I don't deserve your respectful title. To answer your question, the market today is not very lively. If it is the rest period of each ten-day period, it will be very lively. If you come late, there will be no place to stand."

"Oh? Then you can make a lot of money by setting up a stall here, right? Will the military department make a lot of money?"

"Hehe, my lord, you are joking. I am just earning some hard-earned money. As for the military department, it is true that they have to pay some management fees, but it is still fair. Look at the soldiers patrolling the market. Even the children of nobles dare not cause trouble here. It is reasonable to charge some fees."

Coming out of the night market and passing a ditch, Emperor Qing stopped the carriage.

"Lord Qin, I remember that this river used to have a foul odor in the summer, but now it seems to be much clearer."

"Your Majesty, the capital is overcrowded, and the people dump waste and sewage into the river, which naturally makes the river stink. Three months ago, I made a rule that anyone who dumps garbage anywhere will be fined. The people have worked hard to earn some money, so how can they bear to be fined for nothing? Naturally, they dare not dump garbage at will."

"But, all this garbage has to go somewhere, right?"

"I have hired some helpers to transport these things outside the city. After they are left for a while, they can be used to irrigate the farmland."

"My dear Qin, I didn't expect you to be a minister who can govern the country."

"I dare not accept your majesty's praise, but I am just doing my duty to the emperor."

Emperor Qing patted Qin Hao's shoulder with satisfaction.

"If all the civil and military officials in the court could have the same sincere heart as Qin Aiqing, I would be able to rest assured."

"If you have nothing to do today, please come with me to the Qing Temple to worship."

(End of this chapter)