Daming Military Empire

Chapter 420 The Prosperous Capital
In the bustling Dongcheng District of Beijing, the busiest street is East Chang'an Street. This street extends directly from the Chang'an Left Gate of the Imperial City through the newly built East Chang'an Gate. The street is wide, clean and full of shops. , The flow of people coming and going is bustling and endless.

To say that the biggest facades on East Chang'an Avenue are the four major headquarters, which are the headquarters of the four major business houses of the royal family. The richness of it surpasses the entire Dongcheng District, and even the entire world.

It is rumored that as long as you go to the four main offices, you can buy anything you want, so the front of the four main offices is full of traffic and crowded.

By the way, isn’t Daming Royal Nikko Bank in charge of money?Do they sell stuff too?

They sell, of course they sell, they not only sell complete sets of dragon coins, but also sell gold and silver jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, the business is so big that it scares people to death if they tell it. He bought it back at a high price of 300 million taels of silver, which really made him grow old and his business is booming!
Of course, this is just a rumor. On this day, a huge procession appeared near the four headquarters on East Chang'an Avenue, led by two handsome young men. The master followed closely, and there were dozens of strong men on the left and right, lining up the crowd to clear the way for them.

Looking at their posture, they are wealthy sons traveling. This kind of situation is very rare in the capital, because people who dare to be so ostentatious can hardly be found on the ground in the capital, and the flow of people on the street is also consciously moving to the left and right. Separated, no one dared to stand in front of them, just looking for trouble, just kidding. In the boundary of the capital, those who dare to bring a few guards to show off are all big shots. These two directly brought dozens of them. Their status is noble, but It is conceivable that no one has anything to do with this bad luck.

In other words, why are the people who bring a few guards out to show off all the big shots?Because Jinyiwei and the imperial guards are strictly controlled, the capital is at the foot of the emperor, and Jinyiwei spies are usually sent to various streets to practice disguise skills and maintain law and order when they have no mission. It is very likely that a farmer or a ice hoist seller , a porter or even a pregnant woman is a secret agent of Jinyiwei!

Stealing, robbing, cheating, almost all were caught by them during their practice, and later they dared to walk through the city with a large group of guards, and those who oppressed civilians became their targets. Generally, as long as they were a little crazy, they couldn’t leave No matter how far away you are, you will be surrounded by the imperial guards, and you will be taken away one by one. No matter how old the official is, no matter what family the child is, if you are caught, you will be beaten, and you will talk to you after the beating.

Over time, even petty thieves have disappeared from the ground in the capital, and the law and order are so good that ordinary high-ranking officials only dare to walk quietly among the crowd with a few guards, leading a large group of people to swagger through the city. The silly hat is almost extinct.

Seeing the fearful eyes of the common people around, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help asking Wang Zhengnan in a low voice: "Laixian, do they all know my identity, why are they all so afraid?"

You must know that with your identity, you are still lying on the ground and shouting long live. Wang Zhengnan gathered his voice into a thread, and carefully told Zhu Cijiong's ears what happened to those high-ranking officials. Zhu Cijiong couldn't help laughing and raised his head when he heard the words. Thumb praised: "Laixian, you did a good job, and General Qin, did you really catch Tang Wangshizi and beat him up? Why don't I know!"

Just kidding, it is a capital offense for a vassal king to enter the capital without being summoned. Even though the prince of the Tang Dynasty has not inherited the throne, he dare not come to complain to him. Besides, who is Qin Liangyu? If you fight, you will fight, how many people in the world dare not accept it!

Zhu Cijiong looked at Wang Zhengnan's speechless look, and said indifferently: "Actually, it's nothing. Now that the sea ban and civil ban have been lifted, if the royal family and relatives want to visit the capital, let them visit. If they just come to visit secretly , you just pretend you didn’t see it, anyway, there are not many vassal kings now, so there’s nothing wrong with it.”

Now not only the descendants of the vassal king’s family want to come to the capital to see the world, but all the dignitaries and dignitaries of all the vassal states of Ming Dynasty don’t want to come to the capital of Daming to see the world, even many people from the European allies Portugal, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire went to the capital of Daming Come on, there are more people in strange clothes on the street, with blue eyes and white skin, and even ordinary people are not surprised.

The reason why Zhu Cijiong took Zheng Chenggong to wander the streets was not because he had nothing to do, but to check the current flow of people in the capital, because the memorial handed over by Shuntian Mansion said that the number of residents in the capital has exceeded 300 million, and the flow The population is more than 300 million, so they suggested to expand the capital again!
Expansion of the capital is of course a good thing. Zhu Cijiong also wants to expand the capital, but this does not mean that the expansion of the capital can be expanded, and the development after expansion must also be considered. For the sake of political achievements and promotion, they exaggerate. If the flow of people is not enough and they expand at once, it will disperse the consumer groups and cause redundant construction, which is extremely detrimental to the development of the capital.

Looking at it now, Shuntian Mansion did not exaggerate. The capital is indeed overcrowded. It seems that the capital should be expanded.

After Zhu Cijiong returned to the palace, after careful consideration, he issued an edict calling relevant personnel to discuss the expansion of the capital.

The people convened this time were not just people from a certain yamen or a certain aspect, because he wanted to hear opinions from all sides.

When the emperor summoned him, naturally no one dared to be negligent. Soon, all the staff arrived, as usual, Zhu Cijiong sat at the top, and the others sat on the sides one by one.

On the left is Prime Minister Xin Wang Zhu Youjian;

Next is Bi Maokang, Secretary of the Ministry of Industry;
Sun Yuanhua, Shangshu of the Ministry of War;
Cheng Guoxiang, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs;
On the right is Xu Guangqi, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Chief Assistant of the Cabinet;
Jin Yiwei Commander Wang Zhengnan

Next is Zhan Shifu, Zhan Shi Guozijian, offering wine to Zodiac Week

Yin He Ruizheng of Shuntian Prefecture

Apart from being senior officials of Ming Dynasty, these people seem to have nothing in common. Why did the emperor summon them together?

Only Zhu Youjian and Xu Guangqi looked at He Ruizheng thoughtfully, because the memorial of Shuntian Mansion was first handed by Xu Guangqi, and then presented to the emperor by Zhu Youjian. They all knew what was written in the memorial of Shuntian Mansion , Now the emperor has recruited all Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, probably to discuss the expansion of the capital.

Sure enough, after everyone was seated, Zhu Cijiong asked He Ruizheng to read the memorial he presented in public, and then said loudly: "I personally went for a walk in the street today, and it was indeed as said in the memorial. It's a good thing that the crowds are dense, shoulder to shoulder, and the capital can grow to such a scale in just a few years. Now, the capital of Ming Dynasty is already the most well-deserved city in the world, a prosperous capital, and merchants from all over the world can do it. It is a pride to do business in the capital of Ming Dynasty, rich people from all over the world are proud to travel to the capital of Ming Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty should also be proud of it!"

(End of this chapter)