Emperor Ming Dynasty

In mid-October, a cold current from Siberia rushed towards Beijing, turning this ancient city into a country of snow.

Zhu Jing was wearing cotton-padded clothes, cowhide boots, and a machete pinned to his waist. He was riding on the horse's back, and the horse's hooves were wrapped in cloth, which made him look stable.

The cold wind seemed to be getting stronger, making him squint his eyes unconsciously.

In this way, great pressure was given to everyone.

Dozens of officials from the five cities' soldiers and horses followed him, stepping on the snow, quite embarrassed.

"By the way, this General Zhu is really going to patrol the streets?" A broad-faced Baihu rubbed his rough face and tilted his head involuntarily.

"Who says it's not!" The hundred households walking side by side showed helpless and envious expressions:
"I just became a noble, and was ordered to be the commander of the five cities' soldiers and horses. The rank jumped from the sixth rank to the fourth rank."

"The magistrate of Wanping County is only rank six!"

"The four counties in the capital city, with millions of people, water and fire, patrolling thieves, and dredging ditches and streets are all under our jurisdiction. Three to four thousand people, what is the fourth rank?"

The wide-faced Baihu puffed out his chest: "In my opinion, this is appropriate."

"Otherwise, how can it benefit us?"

The two smiled at each other.

Before Bingmasi, the commander was no more than the sixth rank, the deputy commander was the seventh rank, and a hundred households were the ninth rank officials. In Beijing, where a brick could hit a seventh rank official, it was really not enough.

After the restructuring, the military and horse divisions of the five cities set up a commander who was in charge of central coordination, and four deputy commanders, each in charge of a county.

The deputy capital commander also jumped to rank five, and the thousands and hundreds of households under his command also jumped to rank six and rank seven.

The increase in salary and official rank is equivalent to a direct promotion on the spot. Who would not?
The main road in Beijing City is widened to ten feet, while ordinary streets are at most two or three feet wide, and three or four carriages can be blocked in parallel.

The so-called heavy traffic refers to the main road. Even after the snow, it is still crowded with people, so Zhu Jing naturally will not go to patrol.

Seeing so many people behind his buttocks, he couldn't help saying: "Let them go, what's it like to follow behind, parade?"

In this way, the number of people around him has been reduced to a dozen or so, and the four deputy commanders are all behind him.

"Snow clearing is about to speed up."

Zhu Jing glanced at the ground and said casually: "It's not enough to clean the main road, those streets should also be cleaned."

"Yes!" The Deputy Commander in charge of Xuanwu County couldn't help but said, "There are so many people in the outer city, and the population is twice that of the inner city. The soldiers and horses under his command are not enough."

"If you don't have enough, you can recruit more people."

Zhu Jing said coldly: "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, don't be stingy with those three melons and two dates. Even if Shuntian Mansion has no money, the Ministry of Households will give the money."

"Yes!"

"It's coal, the best Jingxi coal——"

"One piece costs only three Wen, and it can burn for two hours—"

At this time, a mule cart was parked on the side of the street, exhaling heat and yelling constantly.

A dozen or so residents surrounded the mule cart, holding dustpans or wooden barrels in their hands, and kept shouting.

And another businessman kept sending pieces of briquette to the box, paying with one hand and delivering the goods with the other.

In the blink of an eye, [-]% of the briquette in a car is reduced, and as time goes by, its quantity will inevitably decrease sharply.

Seeing that the Commander Du was watching intently, the deputy envoy at the side couldn't help but said: "Last night, a heavy snowfall woke up many people who were hugging and waking up."

"This is the best time to sell briquettes."

Zhu Jing continued to stare, but he did not respond.

Although he has been away from Beijing for many years, he has a deep understanding of the lives of ordinary people.

One winter day, the family needs to prepare at least two hundred pieces of honeycomb briquettes, otherwise they will not be able to survive the severe cold in Beijing.

Therefore, the coal consumption of one million people in Beijing is very huge in one winter, and they cannot do without it even on weekdays.

In this way, the mountains and forests near Beijing breathed a sigh of relief and became more green.

It's just that the cinders in that place...

Seeing his gaze down, the deputy envoy hurriedly said: "These cinders will not be easily let go. Those urchins will be called to sweep up the cinders, so we don't need to deal with them."

"Coal is used more in winter, and we still need to pay attention to fires. In winter, it will really kill people."

Zhu Jing said calmly.

"Yes!"

Continue to inspect, Zhu Jing will not let it go easily.

The offices in each street are arranged in the order of thousands of characters, one official and two white servants, responsible for fire prevention, public security, etc. of a street.

He is so natural that it is inevitable to have a real visit.

And the real appearance of the letter room is revealed,

In the alley, almost at the end of the alley, there is a dilapidated house with a broken door and a few wooden boards to fill a lot of gaps, which can barely block the wind.

There are no windows and it appears damp.

A few men nestled in the room warming the fire. An iron pot was hanging, which seemed to be boiling water. A few pie irons were placed on the pot, and the heat was continuously evaporating, making it gradually soften.

In the corner of the wall, gongs and drums, flags, shovels, waist knives, etc. were piled together in a mess.

A few big men curled up to warm up by the fire, many of the cotton coats on their bodies were patched, which made them look downcast.

But Zhu Jing showed no sympathy at all.

After all, the Wucheng Bingma Division is also managed by Beijing City, and some markets are also under its jurisdiction, so there is not much shortage of money.

At the same time, as an official family, the salary of Bingmasi is only one silver dollar and five buckets of grain per month, plus some extra money with high salaries in the distance, which is enough for his family to live a comfortable life.

Today's crudeness is nothing more than the usual frugality of soldiers and horses in the five cities.

Dozens of avenues, thousands of alleys and alleys, even if compressed, there are nearly [-] office buildings in the entire Beijing city.

The consumption of gongs and drums, flags, hoes, etc., especially the office, is even more expensive.

No matter how rich Bingmasi is, the figure of six hundred will seem insignificant.

"Commander—"

When they saw Zhu Jing on the first day of the new year, they were taken aback for a moment, and then they understood after being reminded, and hurriedly saluted.

Seeing the laziness of these people, Zhu Jing kept a cold face, but she didn't get angry, she just said: "The heavy snow has accumulated, you have to take care of the cleaning."

After all, he left.

From these people, he didn't see the military temperament at all, but the philistine's slickness was undoubtedly revealed.

Obviously, Wucheng Bingmasi did not have the military temperament he had at the beginning, and it has disappeared after many years of his departure.

Leading the horse, he walked slowly, thinking about the bloated problem of the Wucheng soldiers and horses.

When inspecting the ditch, there was only a slight blockage, but not serious.

However, the energy of the Wucheng soldiers and horses was divided again.

Are ditches important?
It is of great importance to deal with the mess of the entire capital, and the accumulation of filth in the emperor's mouth will contribute to the plague, etc., of course.

Naturally, fire prevention is also very important, which is a matter of life and death, and even the safety of the emperor and officials.

But the main job of the Wucheng Bingma Division is to catch robbers!
"Change, must change."

The more Zhu Jing inspected, the more he noticed the disadvantages of Wucheng Bingmasi.

I don't mention bad habits and old rules, but the bloated soldiers and horses are the most terrible.

There were [-] regular soldiers, plus nearly [-] white servants. They supported the entire capital of one million people, set fires to relieve disasters, dredged ditches and streets, and even managed household registration and issued residence permits.

But its main job of catching thieves has been neglected.

Thinking of this, he drafted the memorial all night, and went to the emperor all day with dark circles under his eyes.

"Reform the Five Cities Army Division?"

The emperor showed interest, seeing that this article was full of accusations against Bingmasi, he couldn't help asking: "What plan do you have?"

"I thought that the Five Cities Bingma Division must be split up."

Zhu Jing said in a deep voice: "For water leakage, you can set up a fire ban department; to dredge ditches and streets, you can set up a street cleaning department."

"As for the original Bing Ma Si, he is still in charge of catching thieves, but those cunning old officials are unacceptable."

It is a good idea to divide the two soldiers into three parts.

Wait, isn't this fire protection, sanitation, and public security?

Zhu Yixi suddenly realized.

However, when he thought about the plan carefully, he noticed a shortcoming: it was too scattered.

The word room system, set up word rooms in streets, so as to achieve the purpose of strict control and fine control.

But in this way, the soldiers and horses of the five cities are really in the hands of only a few hundred people. For the huge city of Beijing, if an accident occurs, this number of people is simply not enough.

That is, the mobility is not strong.

Therefore, the new reform should combine control and mobility to fill in the loopholes.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yixi fell into thought.

After a long time, he opened his mouth and said: "From now on, the Five Cities Military Division will also be called the Patrol Headquarters. It has jurisdiction over the Fire Department, Street Cleaning Department, Robbery Department, and General Affairs Department."

"The General Patrol Office has a commander-in-chief with the rank of fourth rank; four deputy commander-in-chiefs with the rank of fourth rank."

"The Patrol Bureau also has four major sub-bureaus, each located in Wanping, Daxing, Xuanwu, and Chongwen counties. The sub-bureaus have a commander, five ranks, and four deputy commanders, from the fifth rank..."

"The sub-bureau is like the main office, and there are also four divisions, which are in charge of the four deputy commanders."

"With five streets and a thousand households as the limit, divide the jurisdiction, establish sub-bureaus, set up seven ranks, and set up four divisions as above..."

To put it bluntly, it is to change the previous total-point to total-point-total.

Establish a Ming version of the police system.

There are one-bedroom houses in one street, which is too scattered.

Zhu Yi digested the emperor's words, he pondered for a long time, and finally said: "Your Majesty, in this way, even if it is an ordinary branch, there will be nearly twenty people."

"Yes."

Zhu Yixi smiled and said, "There must be at least 500 people in the main office, and two hundred people in the branch office."

"A rough calculation, about 1 people!"

"There are not enough people, let's include the white servants!"

Zhu Jing has nothing to do with herself.

After thinking about it carefully, he realized that the Chief Patrol Office has great power, almost overpowering the major county governments.

Instead, money and food came second.

There are 1 horses in the inner and outer cities of the capital, which is a powerful force no matter what.

Of course, there is a capital camp on the city wall, and there is a guard department in the imperial city. These 1 people are nothing at all.

It can even be said that this number is not enough.

Not to mention, there is a patrolling censor watching, who dares to mess around?
Zhu Yixi's psychological arrangement is very good.

The county government handles civil matters, and the patrolmen are responsible for criminal cases and arrests, and each does not violate them.

This is also a preliminary design, if you don't adapt to it, you can fine-tune it.

Under the nose, no matter what, a modern police system must be established.

Even in his lifetime, he wanted to establish a police academy and a police rank system, formally carry it forward, and spread it to all counties.

And the trader in the capital is Zhu Jing.

He took a deep look at Zhu Jing, hoping that he would bring success as always.

As if feeling the emperor's gaze, Zhu Jing's face was full of determination.

Although he couldn't understand such a historical burden, he could already feel the strength of the Patrol Headquarters and the heavy trust given by the emperor.

Back in Wucheng Bingma Division, Zhu Yi made drastic reforms from the beginning.

He first rented a four-entry yard in the inner city to accommodate everyone in the entire Patrol Headquarters.

He has had the original county government rebuilt and expanded.

This is extremely rare for Daming, who has never repaired official offices and displayed a clean and honest style.

Afterwards, the four major bureaus established new yamen as usual.

The same is true for street branches.

The four departments, Street Cleaning Department, Fire Department, and Pirates Department, are clear at a glance, while the General Affairs Department seems vague, but it is responsible for household registration, markets, purchases, etc., and its power is still very heavy.

The four divisions are all miscellaneous tasks, the type of doing more with less work.

When a group of veterans saw that he was going to be serious, they immediately retreated and hesitated.

Zhu Jing couldn't bear it at all, and immediately dismissed one-third of the officials, offending countless people.

After all, in the capital city, the most important thing for nobles and ministers is to have their own people.

For example, if a servant is killed or something, in order to avoid seeing officials and family scandals leaked out, they naturally need them to cover it up.

But Zhu Jing was born in the battlefield, and relying on the emperor's favor, she didn't pay attention to them at all, and still went her own way.

There was no one available under his command, so Zhu Jing directly recruited people from the Beijing camp to use.

In just one month's time, the police system in the capital took shape.

"The main hall..."

When Zhu Jing was in a panic and wanted to get angry, a subordinate suddenly came over with a look of hesitation on his face.

"What?" Zhu Jing's expression changed: "Say something directly."

"A major case occurred in the residence of Princess Kunning, Shuntian Prefecture brought the case over—"

According to the previous rules, criminal cases are basically handled by the patrolmen, and the county government is only responsible for civil lawsuits. Such operations are normal.

But amidst this normality, there is also an abnormality.

Because the county government is reluctant to give up power, how can those general judges be willing to let their power fly away.

The common people are used to reporting cases to the county government, so these general judges decided the cases themselves, and did not report to the Patrol Headquarters at all.

Zhu Jing could only turn a blind eye to this.

It's impossible for him to go to the county government to rob the case, right?

At this time, a big case suddenly came, and the key also involved Princess Kunning, which was very tricky.

"Damn—" Zhu Jing cursed inwardly, but he showed no fear on the surface.

"Tell me, what case is it?"

Zhu Jing asked in a low voice.

Princess Kunning, the daughter of the former Emperor Chongzhen, and now the only heir, is so favored by the emperor!
When it comes to the previous dynasty, everything must be cautious.

"I heard that it was related to the theft of something bestowed by His Majesty. Shuntian Mansion didn't dare to be arbitrary, so they sent it to us..."