Women's clothing in the Ming Dynasty

As we all know, today's Beijing City was built on the basis of the former site of Yuan Dadu.When the Ming Dynasty was founded, there were only 4000 households in Beijing. Today, more than 100 years later, the city of Beijing is already "increasing in population and full of goods and goods".

The current capital is roughly divided into three parts from the inside to the outside: the Forbidden City, the Imperial City and the Inner City.

Needless to say, the Forbidden City is located in the southeast of the center of the inner city, where the emperor, concubines and various court service personnel lived.

The Imperial City is the venue for royal activities, such as the Sheji Altar, the Taimiao, and Li Chengfeng's workplace, Xiyuan.

The inner city is where ordinary people live. There are not only residential areas, but also commercial areas. For example, Chaoqianmen, where Zhu and Li visited before, is a bustling commercial street.

In recent years, although natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued, the imperial government has been generally stable, so a large number of immigrants have entered the city, and the permanent population alone has exceeded one million.It was once estimated by Wei Dashi that in Beijing now, "people from all over the world get sixty-seven out of ten", that is, more than 60.00% are foreigners.

Naturally, it is far from enough to rely on the inner city to absorb so many people.So even if Zhu Houcong didn't propose to build a city, Beijing was expanding outwards, the so-called "outer city".Nowadays, the "outer city" has become a residential area for foreign merchants and people in the capital, and a large number of small vendors have sprung up outside like mushrooms after rain.It caused congestion outside the city, and sometimes it was even inconvenient for vehicles to and from.

Therefore, when Zhu Houcong said that he wanted to build a city, everyone naturally agreed with it.

But when they heard His Majesty's plan, everyone was dumbfounded.Originally, he thought it was just to extend the southern part of the inner city, but he didn't expect that he wanted to expand it to the east, west, south and north, so as to surround the inner city, Xiannongtan and Tiantan.

I just don't understand this kind of project, but I know it's a big project when I hear it.

First of all, people from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households jumped out to oppose it.

The Minister of the Household Department said that although there was a little spare money in the national treasury recently, it was squeezed out by the Household Department through teeth.Money is needed everywhere now, for example, your majesty, you made drastic reforms to the clan before, even if you have made great achievements for thousands of years, you have to increase the salaries of the clan members in a short period of time, which is not a small expense for the court. In a word, there is no money !

The minister of the Ministry of Industry said that the Ministry of Industry has always been the most tired and despised of the six ministries. Now the imperial mausoleum has not been completed, and the country's water conservancy has yet to be resolved.Next to him is Li Chengfeng, who is watching covetously, thinking all day long to help the Tiangong Bureau poach their corners, in a word, no one!

Mao Cheng, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, also started to go to school, Zhu Houcong was about to laugh angrily, why does this have anything to do with you?

Mao Chengli said bluntly: "Of course! Your majesty has only been enthroned for a short time, how can you make a big effort!" Isn't this a sign of a faint king!

Even Xungui, who has been supporting him recently, said that this is not possible. The amount of such a project is definitely much larger than what you imagined, Your Majesty, and the manpower, material and financial resources will not be able to keep up.

The old God of Emperor Jiajing is here: "This is not a headache for the family, I have already thought of a solution."

The ministers looked at each other, not knowing what the little emperor was up to, so they tried to ask.

Zhu Houcong smiled slightly, and dropped the bomb-like words: "I plan to abolish the craftsman's registration, and all provinces will abolish the craftsman's registration for the people in the future."

Just a few words, but it made everyone unable to recover for a long time.

"Your Majesty! Absolutely no!" The courtiers started arguing.

"Craftsmanship is a rule set by our ancestors. There are laws for scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce. How can we just abolish it?!"

"At that time, the artisan registration was established to facilitate the recruitment of artisans for labor service. If the artisan registration was cancelled, who would serve?"

"In the shops, one more worker works, that is, one less farmer in the field! This move will definitely make all the people work as craftsmen, and there are no people farming in the fields!"

Zhu Houcong's eyes were empty, his mind wandered too far, and he let them argue. It took him a long time before he opened his mouth and said: "I have considered this matter for a long time. As early as when I first came to the throne, I often heard complaints from the Ministry of Works. The means of risking and fleeing are negative and slow down, and the efficiency is extremely poor. Sometimes it is a lot of money just to pay for water. Membership is already useless."

The shift craftsman he mentioned was a kind of craftsman registration system inherited from the Yuan Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, which divided households into three classes: civilian, military, and craftsman.Not only must the craftsman's identity be inherited from generation to generation, but also for the convenience of collages, no division of households is allowed, and the work of shift craftsmen is free of charge, and they must be controlled and exploited by the workers.

The most important thing is that in today's Ming Dynasty, the contradiction between man and land has become very acute, and peasant uprisings continue.Although the clan had just had their blood drained, the effect would not be visible in a short while.

Zhu Houcong walked from the local to the central. He is not an emperor who does not know the sufferings of the world. Now the court is troubled by internal and external troubles. If it does not reform now, it may not last long.

So he said again: "At this time, I have discussed with the cabinet a long time ago. This time, the city of Beijing must be expanded. Regarding the cancellation of the craftsman's registration, I ordered that the craftsmen of the whole country can pay silver service, but it has to be paid for three years. After the year, the craftsman registration will be automatically cancelled. As for the craftsmen around the capital who can't pay money, they can offset it through the construction of the city. The specific details will be discussed by the ministers."

All the officials are speechless, Your Majesty, you have made all the arrangements, so what do you want us to discuss?However, since Jiajing succeeded to the throne, everyone has been deeply impressed by his tough style, and the cabinet elders have kept silent, so everyone is afraid to speak out. Left and right are just a craftsman's business. It doesn't touch the root of the country.

Jiajing stared at the various forms of beings below, his eyes gradually turned firm, this was only the first step!

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After separating from the little emperor, Li Chengfeng was so tired that he didn't love him. He thought he would bid farewell to the original owner, but he didn't expect to come here even after he became a civil servant.At the same time, this also made him feel a little panicked. After all, he is a master of women's clothing. Although he has dressed up as a woman very well now, the paper still cannot contain the fire.

Now there is the most important question - he actually developed a second time.When he first transmigrated, his body was only about 1.6 meters. Later, over the years, he gradually grew to about 1.7 meters. This height is qualified in Daming.It's a pity that the little emperor was probably well-fed, and his height seemed to be coming from behind, which made Li Chengfeng feel a little sour.But in the past six months, he found that he seemed to have grown another four or five centimeters.

A woman who is 1.7 meters and five meters is a bit too noticeable in Daming.What's even more frightening is that the reduction in body fat rate brought about by the pumping made his original soft outline a bit sharper, which is manifested in women's clothing, and he probably changed from a beautiful beauty to a heroic beauty.

He is very happy to look a little more manly, but will he lose his horse if he continues like this?What to do next?It is true that he can enter the palace for the first time at will, and it is not difficult to escape, but...he glanced in the direction of the Forbidden City hesitantly.

Or... just wait a little longer, it won't be too late when you really can't keep it hidden.He is like the self-consolation of an ostrich.

Li Chengfeng laughed when he learned that Jiajing planned to rebuild the outer city. This can be said to be his old profession, so he generously took out the cement formula.

Since there are no active volcanoes in the basin where the ancient civilization originated in our country, cement was not used in ancient times like in the west. Clay, even glutinous rice, and lime are mainly used as adhesives for construction.Although some have better stability than cement, but after all, the cost is too high and laborious.

But cement is different. The simple earth method of burning cement only needs to grind limestone and clay into flour, and then calcinate the clinker.Grinding with clinker and slag left after ironmaking.The resulting product is not as smooth and fast as modern industrial cement, but it is sufficient.The most important thing is that this thing has high early strength and concentrated heat of hydration, which is conducive to construction when the north is relatively cold.

Of course, building the city is only secondary. The key to this thing is that it can build bridges and roads!We must know that inconvenient transportation in ancient times was definitely one of the most important factors affecting development.With cement, many problems can be easily solved.

When Zhu Houcong heard the function of this thing, he clapped his hands and laughed loudly, said hello three times in a row, and then immediately called courtiers to discuss.

"Wonderful, the cost of this thing is much lower than expected. When the time comes, we will first lay a layer in the capital, so as not to be dusty everywhere when the wind is strong." This is the view of the hedonists.

Elder Jiang Mian and Jiang Ge immediately reprimanded: "Nonsense, with this thing, it is natural to repair the border to Beijing first, so that the problem of military supplies can be easily solved, and how many lives of Daming Erlang can be saved!"

"In my opinion, we still need to build bridges." Everyone chattered and discussed endlessly.

In the end, it was Jiajing who interrupted: "My dear family, in this way, the outer city can be repaired."

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, feeling helpless, as if it was truly blessed by the heavens, and everything the little emperor wanted to do could be successful.No, it's not so much about heaven... He secretly glanced at the female Taoist priest standing quietly at the side, and all the officials present felt that this person was unfathomable.

The production of the cement factory is in full swing, and the preparations for the construction of the city here are also being carried out one by one.

Then there is a problem with the first step...

Because of the huge amount of work to repair the outer city, the first thing to do is to delineate the place.As I said before, a group of people spontaneously gathered outside the city of Beijing long ago, including business people and residential houses.Zhengyangmen, Qianmen, Xuanwumen, and Chongwenmen in Beijing are collectively referred to as the first three gates. Outside these three gates is the hardest-hit area where traders gather, and the work of enclosing land can no longer continue here.

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In the middle of the night, just as Li Rui was about to stay in bed to rest, there was a knock on the door suddenly.

Standing up and putting on his coat, he approached the door and asked in a low voice, "Who?"

"Brother Li is me, Song Qing!" The young man's voice sounded a bit cramped: "You, you open the door first, I have something to ask you."

Li Rui frowned slightly, feeling very troublesome, but he opened the door to let him in.

"Hey, brother Li, you're going to sleep. I haven't seen you go to the flower house to have a drink so early. Didn't Liu Laowu and the others invite you?" The boy named Song Qing smiled flatteringly.

"If there is something to talk about, I will close the door if there is nothing to do." Li Rui was expressionless.

He has a dark face and deep features, giving people a heavy sense of oppression.Song Qing had always been very afraid of him, but this time when everyone drew lots and she unfortunately won the lottery, she bit the bullet and came here.

"Nothing can be hidden from you, Brother Li. Isn't it so easy? The imperial court said they wanted to build some outer city and wanted to drive us all away. After all, aren't we equivalent to Guanxiang City in Beijing! What else do you want? Outer city!" Song Qing said indignantly.

The Guanxiang city he mentioned refers to the fact that after the Song Dynasty, the city's industry and commerce developed rapidly and gradually prospered. There were many shops and goods on the streets. A city could not meet the living requirements of the people at all, so some small cities around the city were built.

In fact, they are all foreigners, and most of them came to the capital to seek a living because they were close or their families were in trouble.After such a long time, I have already regarded myself as a person from the capital. Now even the locals in Beijing call them "Guanxiang people on the edge of Beijing". run?They absolutely disagree!

"Those officials, we don't take less filial piety than usual! Even Brother Li..." Song Qing paused, looked at Li Rui's face, felt that he was not angry, and said cautiously: "Even Brother Li, you Isn't the month's custody fee paid as usual, and now something happened, and I shrank my head into the bastard, and I couldn't even find anyone! We won't leave!"

Li Rui's expression remained unchanged after listening, but he just said lightly: "So what do you want?"

Song Qing said loudly: "We want to protest! We're going to the Yamen to scold! This is our home! People in Guanxiang don't go anywhere!"

Li Rui nodded, indicating that he understood: "Then you go, what are you looking for me for?"

Song Qing choked for a while, and said after a while: "Brother Li, you are also a member of Guanxiang City! Your paper shop is not a business, is it okay..." Thinking of the other party's deserted business, I couldn't help but feel confident for a while. Insufficient, the voice is getting smaller and smaller.

But soon, he cheered up again. Although this Li Rui has only been here for less than two years, he doesn't like to communicate with people very much.But for some reason, he has a very good friendship with the leader of the Baihu Gang, the largest gang in central Beijing. He once saw the leader of the Baihu Gang come to him for a drink.The White Tiger Gang, even the yamen in Beijing, must be afraid of three points. If they can really get the help of the other party, it must be twice the result with half the effort!

Li Rui shook his head, and said something that he was not interested in, so he wanted to close the door and chase away people.

Song Qing leaned against the door frame with her thin body, and kept begging: "Brother Li, please help us! Most of us grew up in Guanxiang City, and we are from the capital! I'm fine, I'm young, even if Working as a helper at the wharf is a way to earn a living. But many grandparents can’t even walk far. If they have no land, they can only do a small business here to make ends meet. Now their homes have been demolished, ruined If they destroy their stall, it will kill them!"

Song Qing gritted her teeth, knelt down on the ground with a plop, hugged his thigh and cried bitterly: "Brother Li, from the first day I saw you, I knew you were different from us, you are a person with great ability, please look at me Two years of friendship between neighbors, please save us, those people in the government will see that we will not leave, and tomorrow they will say that Jinghua Daoist will come to tell us in person. I heard that she is elusive, she can do magic tricks, and has fascinated the emperor. I can only count on you!"

Li Rui paused for a moment: "You said... Jinghua Daoist is coming?"

"That's right, that demon girl's mana is overwhelming, hehe, but it's definitely not as good as our Brother Li. Brother Li, you..." Song Qing immediately climbed up with a stick, trying to brag about the other party, but she still didn't say anything He was interrupted by Li Rui when he was done.

"Okay, I'll follow up the conversation tomorrow, you can go back." Li Rui still had the same expression.

But Song Qing didn't care at all, she jumped three feet high happily, nodded and went back to her life.

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Li Chengfeng looked at the black crowd in front of him with a headache, and asked the officials around him angrily: "It's been so long, do you want to solve it?"

The official smiled embarrassingly and said: "I didn't expect such a big trouble before. It's the dereliction of duty, the dereliction of duty." It is imperative to build an outer city this time, and I just hope that there will be no serious troubles, so that he can wear the black hat safely, so he is even more flattering to Li Chengfeng.

"What did you tell them before? Let me hear it."

"At first it was said that no one would pay half a tael for the resettlement fee, and later it was added to one tael. Now it is talked about three taels, but the result is still not agreed!" The official said angrily, he felt that this group of people did not know good from bad at all!Sure enough, the ancestors were a bunch of refugees!

Li Chengfeng sneered, nonsense, what is three taels of silver enough for in the capital, even if you go back to your hometown, you have to pay for travel expenses, right?

The official added fuel to the side and said: "This place itself does not belong to them. They have taken advantage of it for so long and haven't taken it enough. They are all thieves!"

"Then why didn't you drive these people away in the first place?" Li Chengfeng said lightly, if you really want to establish rules, you must establish them at the very beginning. Some people have lived here for nearly a hundred years, and they didn't lose money , Now start driving people away.

The official was silent, and he was also one of the people who often searched for the fat and anointing of the people here.

Li Chengfeng stepped forward and stood in the front row. Looking at the excited crowd, he raised his voice and said, "Li Chengfeng met all of you in Xia Yuan En Palace. This time, I came here for the demolition."

He has been in a high position all year round, and his aura is naturally extraordinary, and the people below suddenly became quiet.After a long time, a weak voice said: "This is our home! We are not going anywhere!"

After taking a glance, Li Chengfeng smiled and said: "The emperor understands the public opinion and knows your sufferings. Regarding the demolition. Do you think this will work? The outer city must be built, but the location can be reserved for you. Money to rebuild houses for everyone."

Everyone was stunned, is there such a good thing?They all expressed their disbelief, they must have made it up to deceive others in order to drive themselves away!

Li Chengfeng sighed, look, this is a manifestation of the government's lack of credibility.

He was too lazy to talk one by one, and asked directly who could represent the people below, and he told them in detail.

After a long time, two people, one old and one young, walked out from the crowd.The young man was tall and tall, with a stern face.Li Chengfeng looked at the young man's dark skin and fell into thought. Why did he feel so familiar?

The young man held the document given by the government in his hand, folded the paper lightly, and gestured.Li Chengfeng immediately realized that this action was often done by Li Blind who gave him false certificates at that time. This person was the black-faced boy at that time!

It is a joy to meet an old acquaintance in a foreign country, but the black-faced boy, no, the black-faced boy told him not to talk too much with his eyes.Then the two sides had a difficult negotiation, and the biggest obstacle was how to make the other party believe in themselves.Fortunately, there were black-faced youths who dealt with each other openly and secretly, and finally a deal was reached.

The state paid for their houses to be refurbished, and it was guaranteed to be better than before. Everyone in Guanxiang City can help build the outer city temporarily, just like the craftsmen, with food and housing included. The elderly can also go to the kitchen to help with cooking and so on. In the end, the wages will be unified together.

Thinking that the old man had quite a status in the crowd, he had spoken out, and most of them agreed. There were still one or two troublemakers left, and Li Chengfeng handed it over to the local officials to solve it.

Then he waited for the crowd to disperse, and pulled the black-faced youth aside: "I never thought I'd meet you here, where is your father? How have you been these years?"

"The old man didn't want to help others to make a fake, but he got into trouble and was killed. I wandered around and came to the capital two years ago to settle down." The young man said calmly.

"What? Who is it?" Li Chengfeng was startled. He didn't expect that such a shrewd person as Blind Li would miss it. Thinking about it, they had helped him before, and they still wanted to help if they could.He looked at the young man and didn't know how to comfort him for a while.

"Needless to say, our profession has already pinned our heads to our trouser belts, and life and death have already been taken lightly."

"Then...do you want to come to the Yamen to do something?" Li Chengfeng asked hesitantly.

The young man shook his head: "I'm not that kind of material either. I'm used to being a family all over the world. This time I just stood up and spoke because of others' begging." He took a deep look at the female Taoist opposite, and then said goodbye: "After I will take my leave when this is done.”

Li Chengfeng felt a little regretful: "I just met and I'm leaving. I don't know your name yet."

"Li Rui" the young man spat out two words, turned and left without looking back.

The author has something to say: The outer city of Beijing in history was also built by Jiajing Rang.At first, I wanted to build it into the kind mentioned in the article, but I started to build it from the bottom, and I ran out of money after only one-third of the repair, so it finally became a convex shape. This kind of Beijing city lasted for 500 years.

In addition, the demolition in the article is also true. At that time, Jiajing ordered the demolition. As a result, "the people were terrified" and the project stopped soon.