The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

Not long after, Yan Song and others left the city gate and came to the [Outer City].

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Speaking of the outer city of Beijing, we have to talk about its history.

Zhu Di seized his nephew's country, moved the capital to Beijing, and only built the imperial city and the inner city.The east and west walls of the inner city follow the ridge of the Yuan Dynasty, the southern city wall is more than two miles southward, and the north city wall is indented by five miles.

This is the most ideal urban construction mode to meet the political, economic and military needs of ancient Chinese feudal society.The emperor and his concubines lived in the imperial city; there were government offices at all levels in the inner city, inhabited by the imperial relatives, civil and military officials and their families, as well as basic facilities serving the emperor and officials.

As for the common people, that is the outer city, but at that time the Ming army drove the Mongolian forces into the vast desert, and because the economy had not recovered at that time, the military and economic needs for building the outer city were not very urgent, so there was no time to estimate the outer city. .

Therefore, from the very beginning, the outer city was open to the outside world.

Later, Renzong and Xuanzong both planned to restore the capital of Nanjing, so they did not care much about the outer cities of Beijing.

After Yingzong ascended the throne, he decided to make Beijing the capital. With tens of thousands of people, he carried out numerous reconstructions of the city walls built during the Yongle period, built nine gate towers, added the arrow towers outside the city gates and the corner towers at the four corners of the city wall, deepening the city moat. , built the inner side of the city wall with bricks, and so on.These projects exhausted the money saved in the previous dynasty, so they were unable to build the outer city.

(Outer City: "You all bully me, right?")

In a blink of an eye, in the 14th year of Yingzong's orthodoxy, Wacha also first brought the might of the civil fortress to the city of Beijing, which is the so-called "Jisi Change".

There is no wall in the outer city, and the people are simply bewildered.

However, in the following 100 years, although there were occasional movements in the north, they were all minor disturbances and did not threaten Beijing. After more than 100 years of development in the capital, the population has multiplied and businesses have flourished, especially those living outside the city. The number of residents in Guanxiang has exceeded that of the city, among which "the residents of Nanguan are densely populated, and wealth and goods are gathered."

However, at this time, Altan Khan began to become stronger, and invasions became more frequent. Therefore, in order to protect the people and commerce, the requirement to build an outer city was raised again.

Just want to build the outer city, the scale of the project is unimaginable.At first, Jiajing insisted that to reflect the dignity of the king and the domineering emperor, it must be built at the same time on all sides to surround the inner city.Hastily calculated, the outer city alone is about [-] miles away, and the mountains and rivers are alternated along the way, making the construction extremely difficult.

No matter in terms of human and financial resources, the fallen Ming Empire could not afford it.

(Yan Song: "Jiajing wanted to pretend, but he couldn't. It probably hurts.")

(In the original history, Yan Song finally proposed the construction plan, and with Yan Song's vigorous promotion, the outer city was built. Although Yan Song was scolded for various treacherous officials, he was a very prominent official. Great at that.)

This is also the reason why Yan Song thought of building the outer city, which is the great achievement of his original body.

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When I came to the outer city and looked at it, it was an extremely chaotic building that stretched for thousands of meters and was in a mess. Compared with the wide roads and orderly houses in the inner city, it was simply a pot of porridge.

Yan Song looked at it, it was a bit like the slums of later cities, lacking overall planning, and it was common practice to build privately.

Although there are many shops and prosperous business, there is a lack of main roads, inconvenient transportation, low and cramped houses, and cross-flow of sewage.

The surrounding commoners and merchants, seeing Yan Song and others, showed fear and alertness, for fear that Yan Song and others were powerful figures who fished the common people.In the past, there were often many people from the Second Generation Ancestor, Jinyiwei, and Dongxi Factory who rode their horses here. They didn't need to be responsible for killing people. They were very vicious and vicious.

Yan Song did not go in, but rode a horse and walked around the outer city.

Finally, I came to a hillside, overlooking the outer city, which stretched for dozens of miles and was extremely wide.

The more Yan Song looked at it, the more he liked it.

Isn't this the best location for land development?If the real estate developers of later generations knew about it, they would all snot with joy.

It is backed by the capital, and every inch of land is so precious. No matter how big the investment is, it will never go to waste.And there is too much land here, which can be demolished and relocated at will. Moreover, you must know that this place is dedicated to the society, but there is no civilized law enforcement in the 21st century. Under the chaos, those people who do not want to demolish will also be forced to demolish, and some Better place for them isn't it?

"Master, what do you want?"

"I want to re-build an outer city here!" Yan Song pointed at the outer city in the distance, with high spirits. Combined with his words, it was quite heroic to point the country.

"What? Do you want to build an outer city here?" Yan Nian was a little at a loss. Is this possible?How does it feel so unreliable.

Yan Song laughed: "Originally I thought it would be impossible, but now, it's okay!"

Yan Nian couldn't believe it, what a terrible amount of money it would take for such a big construction.But in a blink of an eye, Yan Nian's eyes flashed green light, God, if the outer city were to be built, it would be a huge benefit, just shaving a little bit would be fat and oily!

Yan Nian suddenly realized and flattered: "Master must be trying to take advantage of this opportunity to build a city and make a good profit? Master is so wise."

Get a handful of silver?

Puff~~~

Yan Song almost vomited blood!

Pointing at Yan Nian with the whip.

"Come here, I promise not to kill you!"

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Chapter 47: On the shelves at 4:0 in the morning on the 1th [[-]]

When it comes to the emperors of the Song and Ming dynasties, they are actually quite pitiful. The courtiers below are desperately trying to make money, but if they make a little money when they become emperors, they will be scolded by these profitable courtiers: "Competing with the people for profit."

In the entire imperial court, the only state-owned enterprise was salt and iron, but because of the great benefits, it was also brought to disaster by the courtiers.Then came the agricultural tax, and then to the woes of the land annexation of the gentry.

Then the business tax, the emperor despised business, so he couldn't see that the business tax was the big one in the future. It was dozens and hundreds of times more than the agricultural tax, but the emperor didn't know it, and the courtiers knew it but wouldn't say it, because they are vested body of interest.

When the emperor realized that there were a lot of commercial taxes, he was jealous and wanted to levy taxes. As a result, those courtiers strongly opposed it.

It can be said that in the middle and late stages of feudal society, during the rise of commerce, the courtiers began to confront the emperor because of their interests.

The end of the emperor is that the annual tax is very small, and then he has to support a large number of people in the country, such as officials, such as honorable people, and the army.In the end, the treasury was empty, and if it hadn't been to raid homes from time to time, it would have been impossible to endure it.

It is not easy to be an emperor, even if you want to be diligent in government and love the people, you will be held back by the entire civil service group.