Fenghou

The first thousand and 410 chapters six moving

Early the next morning, when Chen Qing came to the official room, he found that all his tables, chairs and furniture had been removed, and the big room was empty, not even the incense burner placed in the corner.

Joining the army, Pei Wenjin bowed and said, "According to His Highness's instructions, we will start moving today. Early in the morning, the soldiers moved away the tables, chairs and furniture."

Chen Qing's face was gloomy. Before he cleaned it up, the tables and chairs were moved away, and there were still many confidential documents in the drawers. This was not the way to do things.

Fortunately, his wife gave birth to a son yesterday, and Chen Qing was in a good mood, otherwise he would definitely be angry. Chen Qing said lightly, "You can move it, but I need my permission to move my table and chairs next time, understand?"

Pei Wenjin knew he had made a big mistake, he bowed and said, "I know my mistake!"

"Get the carriage ready!"

Pei Wenjin hurriedly prepared the carriage. After a while, Chen Qing got into the carriage, opened the window and asked, "Is Hu Yun here?"

"He has already gone to the new palace!"

Chen Qing nodded and ordered: "Let's go!"

The carriage started and drove towards the new Tai Chi Palace under the escort of hundreds of personal guard cavalry.

The new Taiji Palace was built on the site of the Taiji Palace in the Tang Dynasty. It is only half the size of the original Taiji Palace, but if the East Palace and Yeting Palace are removed, the difference will not be much different.

The new Taiji Palace is composed of two parts. In the Tang Dynasty, it was called Huangcheng and Gongcheng, but Chen Qing could not call it this name. Instead, it was called Suzaku City and Yongwang Palace.

Tai Chi Palace is facing North Street, with a wide view, separated by a wide river, there are three bridges on the river, called Tianjin Bridge, after crossing the Tianjin Bridge, there is an open land, which is the size of three football fields, called Suzaku Square, the main It is used to park carriages, and the front is the magnificent Suzaku Gate.

The main gate is generally not open, and all officials enter through the left and right gates on both sides.

After entering Zhuquemen, Chen Qing's carriage drove slowly along a central axis street. This street, which is about one mile long, is called Guanjie. Both sides are full of temples and government offices. Dozens of government offices are concentrated here. But this is just an official office, and the functional institutions are elsewhere, such as the Military Weapons Supervision, which is only an official office, and the workshop is outside the city. Another example is Dali Temple, which is also an official office, and the prison is also outside the city.

Most of the government offices moved here more than a month ago. Everyone has no sense of novelty and is busy. From time to time, you can see someone running on the official street holding documents.

At the end of the official street is the Duanmen Gate. After passing through the Duanmen Gate is the main hall area. There are three main halls, the Taiji Hall, the Xuanzheng Hall, and the Taihe Hall. Chen Qing has not yet had a court meeting, and the entire main hall area is basically closed.

Chen Qing's official building is currently on the northernmost part of the official street, and it is also the largest building complex on the official street. This is Zhongshumenxia Province, and there is a small hall called Xuanwu Hall in the innermost part. This is Chen Qing's official building.

The official building has three floors, the first floor is the reception area, where the councilors are received, the second floor is his office, the third floor is the rest area, there is a window on the side, and the three main halls are outside the window, with a very wide view.

The tables and chairs were arranged as they were. Chen Qing sat down and looked at the drawer. The drawer had been locked and there was no trace of opening it. This made Chen Qing feel a little relieved. He vaguely remembered that the drawer was locked, but he was not sure. .

Chen Qing took the key from his waist, opened the drawer, and took out a report from it. This is a detailed report on Lin'an written by Lu Gang. It contains very detailed and rich contents, including Lu Gang's visit. The records of various Jiangnan families.

At this time, Pei Wenjin said from downstairs: "Your Highness, Minister Hu please see me!"

"Ask him to come in and sit down!"

Chen Qing put the documents away, then got up and went downstairs, Hu Yun got up and saluted, "See Your Highness!"

"Thank you, please sit down!" Chen Qing smiled and waved his hand.

The situation on Yanshan Road changed drastically. The internal guards led by Zhong Huan were ruthless. After killing the eight wealthy families, they successively wiped out seventeen big families and hundreds of people, completely eradicating the pro-money faction on Yanshan Road.

At this critical moment of turning point, Hu Yun rushed back to report to Chen Qing and asked for instructions on the next step.

Chen Qing admired Hu Yun's attitude very much, he asked himself for instructions in time at important moments, and unswervingly carried out his orders.

The two sat down, Chen Qing said with a smile: "I have read Yang Qin's report, it is quite detailed and valuable, it is worthwhile for us to save him."

King Yong's affirmation made Hu Yun feel relieved. You must know that the first edition written by Yang Qin was rejected by Hu Yun. He asked him to rewrite it, not because Yang Qin's writing was untrue, but because he missed the point. , Talking too much about military affairs and too little about politics.

You know, what King Yong needs is to walk on two legs, and military politics must be detailed.

"Reporting to His Highness, Yang Qin has become an ordinary commoner. He changed his name to Yang Shao, opened a teahouse in Daxing City, and his two sons also entered the state school. If His Highness needs any information, I will ask him."

Chen Qing shook his head, "I don't need it for the time being, it's just that in his report he mentioned a strange monk, Hu Shatu, who developed firearms for Jinbing. I need more detailed information about this person!"

Generally, special people like monks, Taoists, and women, if they are reused, must have something special, so when Chen Qing saw the name of the strange monk Hu Shatu in Yang Qin's report, he immediately became vigilant.

"Inquire about this person when I go back to my humble position."

Chen Qing nodded and said, "How is the situation on Yanshan Road?"

"Xiaozhi wants to show his merits to His Highness for Zhonghuan. Thanks to him, all kinds of turmoil on Yanshan Road were quickly settled down. Some people accused him of killing too hard, even killing innocent people, but Beizhi didn't think so. At this critical moment, he was merciless. If he did not do well, he wiped out 26 rich families and uprooted the forces loyal to the Kingdom of Jin in Yanshan Road, even if there are fish that slipped through the net, it will not be successful, and Yanshan Road has turned from chaos to order."

Chen Qing said with a smile: "Zong Huan is a talent. I have been focusing on cultivating him. He is still young. It is good for him to let him do more things. Go ahead!"

Hu Yun continued: "Also, the census of Yanshan Road has been completed. Seventy percent of the population is Han, [-] percent is Khitan, and [-] percent is other ethnicities. These Khitans and Xi people have also been brutally oppressed by the Kingdom of Jin. , the humble office considers giving them the same status without discrimination, but this is up to His Highness to decide."

Chen Qing thought for a while and said: "In Datong Prefecture, half of the people are Khitans, and even the governor of Datong Prefecture is a Khitan. There are also many Qiang, Tubo, Uighur, and Dangxiang people among my people. Where people are unimportant, the key is to grasp two points. First, there must be no powerful noble leaders. Second, they must identify with the Yong Kingdom. As long as these two points are met, then they are the same as the Han people and should not be discriminated against. .”

"Understood, I still have to ask Your Highness for land matters. We confiscated a large amount of property and 230 hectares of land, 50 million mu, from the big family. The humble official is considering leaving 50 mu as military land and another 130 mu. As official land, the remaining [-] million mu will be allocated to low-level farmers, and each household will be allocated about [-] mu of land. Combined with the tax-free strategy, the people of Yanshan Road will be able to return to their hearts."

Chen Qing said happily: "I agree with this plan, you can write a report! Let the internal affairs hall discuss it, this matter cannot bypass them."

"Humble job understands, the report has been handed in."

Hu Yun hesitated for a moment and said again: "The humble job encountered a little trouble last night, I implore Your Highness to help solve it!"

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Chen Qingxiao asked, "A personal matter?"

Hu Yun shook his head hastily, "There is no problem with low-ranking individuals, it is a matter of Yanshan Road."

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "Tell me, what's the trouble?"

Hu Yun sighed and said: "That's right, Yanshan Road rented a house covering an area of ​​three acres in Muren Lane, East Street, as a courtyard. Bringing a group of people to force us out, so to speak, the landlord gave us three days to move out, can His Highness borrow an official residence for Yanshan Road first?"

"Why does the landlord want to drive you away? Is the rent going to be raised?"

"No! He sold the house, and someone else is going to move in. It just so happens that our lease is up, so we are very passive."

Chen Qing chuckled, "Okay, I'll say hello to Jiang Gong later!"

Hu Yun stood up and said goodbye.

Chen Qing thought for a while, and then told Pei Wenjin, "Go and invite Jiang Shenzheng, and invite Duke Zhou along the way!"

Pei Wenjin hurried over. What Hu Yun said was the Beijing Office, which is also an inevitable product of the centralized system and has existed since ancient times.

The Jinzuo Academy is a bridge between the imperial court and the local government. If there are ultimatums in the local area, people are sent to Beijing to send them to the Jinzuo Academy, and then they are handed over to the relevant ministries and temples by the Jinzuo Academy.

Most of the Jinzuoyuans are concentrated in one place. For example, the Jinzuoyuans in the Tang Dynasty were mainly concentrated in Chongrenfang. Jingzhao did not consider this area at first, so the Jinzuoyuans in each prefecture rented their own houses, and the Yongwang Mansion could not provide extra government offices. give them.

But today, when Hu Yun mentioned that Yanshan Road Jinzuoyuan was driven away by the landlord, Chen Qing thought of a solution.

At this time, Jiang Yanxian and Zhou Kuan hurried to Chen Qing's new official room, and when they entered the door, they clasped their fists together and laughed, "Congratulations, Your Highness, on the birth of your son!"

Chen Qing said with a chuckle, "Your news is really insane!"

"Of course, it's a big deal for the princess to have a baby!"

"Let's go! Let's go to the old official building, and then I will treat you to lunch."

The two didn't ask any more questions, and followed Chen Qing in a carriage to the old official building. After a while, the two carriages arrived at their old official building, which was the former official office of King Yong's Mansion.

At this time, all the temples have been moved away, leaving only boxes of documents left in the warehouse, and more than a thousand soldiers are cleaning the warehouse.

Walking into the official room, the inside is empty and nothing is left.

"Has Jiang Gong considered what to do here in the future?"

"The internal government hall is still discussing it for the time being, does your highness have an idea?"

Chen Qing nodded, then talked about Hu Yun's request, and finally said: "We didn't think about entering the Zouyuan before, so that later the Zouyuan was scattered all over the city. On the one hand, it is very inconvenient , On the other hand, it will also increase the burden on the states, just as these government offices are vacant, we will take this opportunity to solve the problem of entering the theater in one fell swoop."

Jiang Yanxian smiled and said: "Previously, Lu Shenzheng proposed to use these old government offices as a window for the temples to the outside world. Ordinary people don't need to enter Suzaku City to do business. However, entering the Zouyuan is indeed a big problem. I support your Highness's plan."

Zhou Kuan also smiled and said: "I also support entering the Zouyuan. As for the external window of the government office, I think it is completely possible to set up a tent on the Suzaku Square, and do not need to enter the Suzaku City, and get things done directly in the square."

Chen Qing said with a smile: "Let's go! Go to lunch, we will have a detailed talk over tea, and we need to find a temporary theater for Yanshan Road, otherwise they will be driven to the street."

Jiang Yan smiled slightly and said: "There are places, I will arrange for them in the afternoon!"

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After the three of them had lunch at Qingfeng Teahouse, Cha Ji served them tea. Zhou Kuan smiled and said, "Your Highness, you don't know! There is also a Qingfeng Teahouse on North Street. The location is very good, just facing the Tianjin Bridge. You can eat and drink tea there at noon."

Chen Qing nodded, "I know, it was opened by my concubine's parents, which is the same as Qingfeng Teahouse here."

The Qingfeng Teahouse on North Street mentioned by Zhou Kuan was opened by Yao Mei's parents. To be precise, it was a joint venture with Lu Jin, with each party holding half of the shares.

At this time, Zheng Tongquan, the trade supervisor, came over to greet him. Chen Qing quickly asked him to sit down, and asked with a smile, "Why is Mr. Zheng here?"

"Beizhi is meeting two old friends from Lin'an, drinking tea next door!"

"Who is it?"

"Your Highness should have heard of it. One is Wang Zhenbang and the other is Yu Wanfeng."

Chen Qing has really admired his great name for a long time. The three big merchants in Lin'an, Zheng Tongquan's family, Wang Zhenbang's family and Yu Wanfeng's family, are all big businessmen with wealth beyond rivals. Unexpectedly, they are all in Jingzhao.

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "You might as well ask them to come and have a seat!"

Zheng Tongquan was overjoyed, and quickly invited two friends to the next door. Taking this opportunity, Chen Qing introduced Jiang Yanxian and Zhou Kuan in a low voice.

Not long after, Zheng Tongquan brought the two of them over and introduced them to Chen Qing. The two respectfully saluted and said, "Xiaomin, refer to His Royal Highness King Yong, refer to Jiang Shen's political affairs, and Zhou Shen's political affairs!"

Chen Qing saw that they were both in their 60s and [-]s. Wang Zhenbang was lean and dark-skinned, while Yu Qingfeng was a little fairer and a little fatter.

"You two don't need to be too polite, please sit down and drink tea, there are exactly six people here!"

Zhou Kuan ordered Cha Ji to serve tea, and the three of them sat down. Chen Qing asked with a smile, "When did you two come to Jingzhao?"

Wang Zhenbang was older, leaned forward and said, "Report to Your Highness, I just arrived yesterday!"

"Is it your first time here?"

Yu Qingfeng smiled and said: "Your Highness doesn't know, we came here three years ago, and each bought a piece of land in Nancheng to build a house, and also bought some land for shops."

Chen Qing nodded, he could understand that with the shrewdness of these big businessmen, they should have done it a long time ago, and they probably bought a lot of land.

"What's the situation in Lin'an now? I heard that the imperial court is going to issue meetings to all merchants, has it started yet?" Chen Qing asked again.

Wang Zhenbang sighed and said: "The opposition was too fierce, the imperial court had to give way, and only issued clubs to 350 large merchants, but not only Lin'an, but also other prefectures, most of them were Pingjiang Prefecture and Guangzhou, each with 2000 merchants. It is said that [-] million yuan will be issued this time, and the average family will be [-] to [-] yuan, which is too ruthless, basically plundering all the wealth of big businessmen."

"Are you two on the list?"

"Of course we can't escape, but we only have the house and a few shops left that cannot be transferred. If the imperial court wants it, just give it to them!"

Zhou Kuan sighed and said, "Killing the chicken and taking the eggs is a sign of the country's subjugation!"

Chen Qing pondered for a while and said, "Can you collect 2000 million guan?"

Wang Zhenbang shook his head, "It's not the first time that he was caught off guard. The same thing has been done twice, and the news spread two months ago. After two months, can the businessman not escape? I It is estimated that half of them can be forced to expropriate, and many of them are houses and shops. Lin'an real estate cannot be sold at all. There are too many, and no one is willing to take over. Once the imperial court sells the confiscated real estate, the housing prices in Lin'an will collapse. The consequences are even more serious, how much money the rich and powerful bought the land at the beginning, and their property has shrunk sharply, you can imagine their resentment towards the emperor and the court."

After everyone drank a cup of tea, Chen Qing said to them again: "You are all well-known maritime merchants, have you considered continuing to engage in overseas trade?"

The two looked at each other the same way, Yu Wanfeng sighed and said, "There are many experienced children in our family, and they all consider going to Quanzhou to resume their old careers, but our Wanshi sea boats have been confiscated by the imperial court for several years, and they will not return them." We are powerless!"

The expressions of the two suddenly became a little unnatural. They just remembered that more than 100 Wanshi sea ships of their two families are in the hands of the opposite King Yong!

Chen Qing said indifferently: "The spoils of war are generally not returned, but if you are willing to redeem them, I can promise each of you to redeem [-] sea-going ships."

The first thousand and 410 eight chapters Yanke

Jiang Yanxian's style of doing things is undoubtedly vigorous and resolute. That afternoon, the Internal Affairs Hall unanimously passed a proposal to change the old government office into a local court.

In the early morning of the next day, the Jinzuoyuan scattered in various places in Jingzhao was notified to come to the household department to receive the key of the new Jinzuoyuan.

This time they were assigned to the Zouyuan, trying to put all the state capitals along the way in one compound. For example, Yanshan Road was allocated to the original household compound. As for how to subdivide them, it was up to their internal discussions.

One morning, everyone who entered the theater got their keys, and in the afternoon, the old government office that had just fallen silent was bustling again.

The first one to move was Jinzuoyuan on Yanshan Road. They were driven away by the landlord and could no longer be dragged on. Their internal distribution was also simple. The two largest official houses were given to Yanshan Mansion, and the other official houses were about the same size, but their locations were different. It was decided by lottery that the rooms were more ample, and each state got two official rooms, as well as a shared meeting hall and reception hall.

But the only fly in the ointment is that the Xinjin Zouyuan has no residential function, and all officials stationed in Jingzhao have to continue to rent private houses to live in, but this is not a big problem. In addition to the residence of Jingzhao officials, it is also available for officials who come to Beijing to do business, as well as scholars from this prefecture to take the imperial examination and merchants from this prefecture. Of course, merchants normally collect housing money.

In addition to the Zouyuan and the posthouse, this kind of local organization actually has a guild hall. The guild hall is not government-run, but a non-governmental organization. It is led by a few big businessmen from various states, renting a yard to form a chamber of commerce to exchange business opportunities. , Connect feelings, help each other, and share the friendship of fellow countrymen.

The chambers of commerce in various states are basically outside the city. This is also due to the fact that Jingzhao never closes the city gates day and night, and the soldiers do not interrogate them. Therefore, it is actually very convenient to live outside the city. At first, many people worried that the city would not be closed at night. The gate is only a temporary regulation, but three years ago, Chen Qing personally issued a century-old decree, "Unless foreign enemies enter the pass, the gate of Jingzhao City will not be closed day and night", and it was engraved into an iron tablet and erected at Mingde Gate.

What is a hundred-year decree, that is, his descendants must not violate this decree, which is the same as the hundred-year decree of the Song Dynasty not to kill civil officials.

With this hundred-year decree, Jingzhao’s suburbs were completely revitalized, land prices soared, and houses and shops were built one after another. Three years later, the area within ten miles outside Jingzhao City was connected to the city, which is exactly the same as Like Bianliang City, there is almost no difference between the inside and outside of the city.

There is a small inn outside the east city of Jingzhao called Dong’an Inn. Among the hundreds of inns in Jingzhao, it is unremarkable. There are only five upper rooms in the inn. Of course, the upper rooms are actually single rooms, and the waiters are more attentive. , that's all.

The five upper rooms were full of people, and the uppermost room in the east was occupied by a young businessman from Hebei. His registered name was Guo Changwu, he was from Hejian Mansion on Hebei Road, and his identity was a businessman.

But the shopkeeper and the staff found that this young businessman was a bit strange. He neither went to the market to sell goods nor bought goods. Although it was a bit weird, as long as he paid the rent on time and gave enough rewards, the shopkeeper and the buddies would not meddle in their own business.