The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Chang'an City is the first of the four ancient capitals. The entire city covers an area of ​​87 square kilometers.

The capital of the Ming Dynasty only had an area of ​​40 square kilometers.

During the Jiajing period, Zhu Bochen wrote to build the outer city, which totaled about 60 square kilometers inside and outside.

Far lower than Chang'an City!

The city wall was built not just to increase revenue for the court, but because like the Jiajing Dynasty, it faced the problem of population increase.

Moreover, the capital of the Ming Dynasty was not as good as Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, which shows that it was far from its heyday.

Yan Chengjin said: "Let the engineers form a construction bureau, which will be jointly controlled by the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce and the imperial court. They can build mansions for the common people, and can be sent to supervise the construction of prefectures and counties such as Nanjing City, Suzhou City, and Nanchang City in the future."

Although Yan Song was asked to fight overseas, he would not leave the Ming Dynasty.

After the people in the capital have enough food and clothing, the next step will be the prosperity of infrastructure.

Yan Chengjin was not sure whether this step of deduction was correct.

But forty years later, Jiajing would also build the outer city. He just did it forty years ahead of schedule.

Emperor Hongzhi smelled the change, but he did not refute it.

"Where did you get the money to build the mansion?" Cao Yuan asked straightforwardly.

Liu Jian and others nodded, indicating that the doubts in their hearts had been asked.

Yan Chengjin said: "I dreamed of a commodity called futures, which is to buy things ten or twenty years from now at the current price.

Gentlemen could use silver to purchase a mansion in advance, and the money would be delivered to the court. This kind of mansion was also called a future residence. "

Emperor Hongzhi's face darkened. Wasn't this a waste of money?

Liu Jian was the best at judging things and questioned: "You have to pay money before you even see the mansion. Why would anyone buy it? Based on this alone, I believe you are really dreaming."

The Koreans nodded.

If it were them, they would never buy such a mansion, and they all believed that Yan Chengjin was dreaming.

Just believe it, so you don't have to explain how you know it. Yan Chengjin goes straight to the point: "Your Majesty will hand over 100,000 hectares of land outside the capital to the Chamber of Commerce, and I will hand over the silver to Your Majesty."

The price of silk fell, and the bigger the stall became, the more it lost money, and it was difficult for the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce to sustain itself.

Han Wen's jaw almost dropped to the ground in shock: "One hundred thousand hectares? Do you know how much land it is!"

All the princes were also shocked beyond measure.

Emperor Hongzhi implicitly believed in Yan Chengjin. This man always had plans, and he immediately became serious: "How much money can I collect?"

"It depends on the land given by His Majesty."

The cost of a mansion cannot be revealed, so as not to leak it to the public, and then it will be difficult to increase the price.

Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand: "I will give you ten thousand hectares first, but the treasury does not support the money."

He wanted to see if anyone actually bought the method Yan Chengjin said.

Ten thousand hectares is really too little.

Today's capital needs to be expanded by at least 60,000 hectares to be comparable to Chang'an in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Yan Chengjin nodded: "But His Majesty wants to announce his intention to expand the capital to the world."

After leaving the main hall, Wang Qiong chased after him: "My dear nephew, how do you sell this mansion? I will order two of them first."

"I also want two seats. I will go back to my house shortly to send the deposit." Han Wen was a little anxious.

Everyone said they didn't believe it, but their hands held onto Yan Chengjin honestly.

Zhang Fuhua and Cao Yuan, who were standing next to them, looked at this scene with confusion. In the court hall, they did not believe Yan Chengjin and rushed out of the palace gate to hand over the money.

spit!

In just half a day, the news that the imperial court was planning to expand the capital had spread throughout the world.

The gentry and ordinary people were stunned for a moment in disbelief.

Residences in the capital have long been too expensive to afford.

In a remote countryside, buy a small house with half an area of ​​land for 20 taels of silver.

For example, for a large house with three main rooms, three wing rooms, and three front rooms, fifty taels of silver is enough.

Can I buy a house in Beijing with fifty taels? There’s still twenty taels left to buy a bathroom!

However, the expansion of the capital means more mansions.

"Where can I buy a mansion?" Soon a gentleman shouted out.

However, the gentry and common people soon came to the bottom of the list and saw that they had to pay money first and then get a mansion a year later.

"You want to collect money even before the mansion is built. Isn't this taking advantage of you in vain?"

Like a basin of cold water poured on the head, the enthusiasm of the gentry and the people has largely subsided. The court has collected the money. Do you still want to come back?

The gentry were scolding each other in private. The damage of this imperial list was not high, but it was extremely insulting.

"Oh, such a clumsy trick. The gentry are all businessmen, how can they not see through it?" Wang Hao was wearing Confucian clothes and stood not far from the imperial list.

Beside him were Zhang Fuhua and Cao Yuan, two new ministers who had joined the Sixth Ministry.

Cao Yuandao: "I think Yan Chengjin established the General Construction Administration because he was afraid that engineers would be classified as craftsmen. Han Wen and Wang Qiong were afraid that they would not be able to get their money back."

Businessmen traveling from south to north felt excited when they heard that the capital was going to be expanded.

It can be seen that the money was paid first, and they secretly cursed the court for being shameless.

The next day, it was early in the morning.

Emperor Hongzhi was concerned about this matter. When he was changing clothes in front of the bronze mirror, he asked: "Yesterday when the imperial list was posted, how much money did Yan Chengjin receive?"

There was some expectation in his heart, Yan Chengjin was a person who only spoke when he was sure.

Xiao Jing tied the jade belt for Emperor Hongzhi, a little afraid to raise his head: "Master Han and Master Wang paid the money."

Han Qing's family and Wang Qing's family must also have expectations for Yan Chengjin. Emperor Hongzhi said again: "Even Han Wen and Wang Qiong paid money, and there are many people in the market who paid money, right?"

Xiao Jing almost lowered his head to his chest and whispered: "There is no such thing."

"No?" Emperor Hongzhi lost his voice slightly.

Did the Yan family miscalculate this time? Standing there in a daze, like pulling up pants after sex, he gradually calmed down.

Blame me for being too impatient.

"Today, Lord Yan sent someone to ask for leave."

Emperor Hongzhi remained silent.

In the morning court,

Han Wen and Wang Qiong had gloomy faces, as if someone owed them money. It was said that they were the only ones who paid the money yesterday.

Although the ministers did not say anything, they all looked at them as if they were fools.

I wish I could find a big vase to hide in.

Wang Ao bowed and said, "Yan Chengjin asked your majesty for an imperial decree. Now the gentry in the capital know that the capital should be expanded, but they cannot receive money. I said at the beginning that this matter cannot be done."

If the treasury does not pay silver, the capital cannot be expanded.

Cao Yuan said, "Yan Chengjin did not come today, I am afraid that he is worried about being held accountable by your majesty. He should be punished for the crime of rashly asking for an imperial decree."

The last position in the cabinet was empty.

Emperor Hongzhi was in a dilemma. If he didn't ask for an imperial edict, he could turn a blind eye.

Now, the imperial edict has been issued to the streets. If the gentry don't pay money, the national treasury will pay money.

He wanted to make money, but he lost money instead.

"What is Yan Chengjin doing?"

Mou Bin bowed and said, "Early in the morning, he led Wang Bushui and a group of gentry to the outside of Zhengyang Gate."

At this time, in the courtyard, a Jinyiwei ran to the palace gate like a vanguard charging in front of the battle.

In front of the palace gate, he shouted inside: "Lord Wang, Lord Yan asks you to send someone to count the silver."

It was the morning court, and the ministers suddenly quieted down and turned their heads.

The Jinyiwei realized that he had lost his manners, but he was so shocked that he wanted to report his merits, so he shouted it out.

Emperor Hongzhi did not blame him because he heard three key words, counting silver!

"What silver are you counting? Hurry up and tell me!"

"Many gentry are competing to hand in silver, asking for, asking for future houses, and we have received more than one million taels."

The hall was silent, like an uninhabited wilderness.

Wang Ao's eyes widened, and a goose egg could be stuffed in his mouth.

Zhang Fuhua was shocked as if he had just woken up, and forgot where he was.

All officials were immersed in horror.

Some book friends commented that the protagonist is a university scholar, and he is still being held in a trap. This logic is equivalent to being held in a high position, so nothing can be done about him. To detoxify, in the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial Academy students without a high rank could also impeach the imperial relatives and the first-rank university scholars, but they just had to be prepared to bear the consequences of the impeachment. When Yan Song was in power, there was also a seventh-rank official who impeached him, and that person was skinned alive. This is a question of whether you dare or not and whether you want to, and it has nothing to do with the size of the official position. As everyone knows, there were many loyal officials in the Ming Dynasty who didn't care about their lives, like Hai Qingtian. The power of the Grand Secretaries of the Ming Dynasty was divided by Zhu Houzhao, and it was different before and after. For example, Yang Tinghe could nominate Jiajing as the emperor, and later Zhang Cong, Xia Yan, Yan Song, Xu Jie, and Zhang Juzheng, not every Grand Secretaries had the same power. The protagonist's upgrade route is still very long.