Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 484

"If you want to be safe, it's not easy for you to have so many children. It's just that your house has installed it. As an official of the Ministry of Industry in charge of the construction of the capital, what about other families?"

Qin Shao looked at Zhao Huang and asked casually.

"Your Majesty means..."

On the one hand, Zhao Huang was a little dumbfounded, the emperor was really merciless when he mocked him, but the meaning behind the words was...

"The capital city is a model for Ming Dynasty, and environmental sanitation should also be a model. Dry toilets in the suburbs are okay, there are farmlands, and the venue is relatively large, and the smell is okay. Within the capital city..."

Qin Shao didn't want to think about that scene.

When you come to Daming, the food and accommodation are actually pretty good. You can cook whatever you want according to your own ideas, and the food nowadays is all original ecological and healthy food.

There is one thing that he can't stand too much, that is, the sanitation problem of Daming's latrine is indeed a big problem.

Because there were no sewers in this era, even the palace, this bathroom is a dry toilet.

Although it's cold in winter, it's better, but when you walk near the latrine in summer, the smell will be gone.

Many people living in this era are used to that taste, but Qin Shao still finds it difficult to adapt.

Especially in today's capital city, although the urban area is small, compared to other places, such as Anlu Prefecture where he lived before, it can be said that every inch of land is expensive, and the living is relatively crowded, and the smell made by nature is relatively strong.

"Your Majesty, you said it was within the urban area?"

Zhao Huang asked excitedly.

"Well, find someone to plan together. The sewer problem is a big project. As for the money, you can go to the Ministry of Households to discuss with Wang Qiong. It will be taken from the night market in the capital and the general revenue in the past two years. The urban income will naturally be used for urban construction. As for toilets, ordinary people can use simple water tanks, and you can teach them how to make them, and they can choose simple urinals! The kiln factory can burn more toilets of various styles, and promote the ones used in the palace. There are quite a few big households in the city for live advertisements, so they should not have to worry about sales..."

Qin Shao said.

Zhao Huang couldn't help but roll his eyes, he knew that although the new emperor said it was for the good of everyone, he would never do anything in vain, and he would not let so many people spend money from the treasury in vain, cutting leeks and pulling wool Well, the new emperor has never been soft on the rich and powerful in the capital!

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In February, the red apricot branches are full of spring.

A column of cavalry lined up neatly on the empty official road after winter. Under the sun, their armor reflected a piece of silver.

The cold air, the hot breath from the horses and people seemed to form layers of mist, forming a unique landscape.

In front of the cavalry was a maroon war horse, on which sat a man in a wide coat.

That person is none other than Qin Shao, the current Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

He was followed by two brown war horses, which were the commanders of Jin Yiwei, Wang Yin and Wang Yun.

Qin Shao's trip this time was only known to Zhang Cong, Wang Qiong, Yan Song and others in the court, and outsiders only knew that the emperor was resting at the manor on vacation recently.

The officials in the court were not very surprised that the Ming emperor had not been in court for a period of time. After all, the former emperor Zhu Houzhao was in power, and the time in court can be said to be counted on one's fingers.

As for Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty, it was not uncommon for him not to go to court for several months.

Anyway, the ministers of the court and the central government performed their duties, and the Ming court was operating normally.

However, after taking office today, some people are too conscientious, and many people can't stand it.

After all, the big boss often inspects work, and for many officials, the pressure is a bit high.

It's not that they don't work seriously. The new emperor has made drastic reforms. Now everything is thriving. The income of the court has increased, and the treatment of officials has improved a lot.

Because of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty was a bit harsh on the salaries of officials to be honest. If you rely on salary alone, life is indeed a bit difficult to be honest.

After all, standing in this position, it is impossible to just eat and dress. In many cases, the big expenses are often all kinds of entertainment.

Since the new emperor came to the throne, all kinds of large-scale treats and gifts have been prohibited.

Weddings and funerals for officials and family members The court strictly stipulates how many tables, what kind of banquets, and even gifts.

Gifts between officials can only be given some simple etiquette, such as melons and fruits, simple cloth and the like.

For example, Wang Yun, the commander of Jinyiwei, gave birth to another son, becoming a father for the second time.

The new emperor congratulated himself, and brought the same gift as other officials, a bamboo basket with half a basket of eggs in it, and two pieces of cotton cloth on it, and the other officials who participated were the same.

Of course, the banquet is also very simple, a large pot of stewed vegetables with pancakes, and everyone can eat a bowl of it warmly.

Today's banquet etiquette in Ming Dynasty is basically like this, and it must be registered in the register. If it exceeds the specification or someone bribes, once it is found out, it will be dismissed and investigated.

This actually relieved a lot of burden for many officials.

After all, Chinese people are often burdened with various etiquette.

For example, the weddings and funerals of the boss’s family, as well as those among colleagues, if you do not participate in many times, it will be difficult to integrate. It is difficult to do a good job if you are independent, and it is difficult to tolerate the world.

Not everyone wants to give gifts to curry favor with others, and most of the time they are forced to do so.

There are not so many entertainment expenses, and the salaries of officials have increased compared to before, and the so-called food is not distributed to the current salaries, but completely changed to Daming coins, which makes it more convenient to use the expenses.

In addition, there is a more humane policy that the imperial court specially distributes a departmental friendship fund of 100 yuan of Daming coins to each department every month.

The money is specially used for department dinners.

That is, each small department can go to a nearby restaurant for group dinners and social outings every month. The fellowship fee is 100 yuan, which can be used for dinners and outings, or for outings. Anyway, it is arranged by itself, as long as it does not do illegal things.

Its purpose is that the imperial court T-shirts work hard for everyone, so that people can relax and rest, and at the same time, it can deepen the relationship between employees in the department.

100 yuan of Daming coins may not sound like much, but the purchasing power of Daming coins is very strong.

Even in the more luxurious restaurants in Beijing today, the money is enough for 10 people to have a dinner together and order dishes to eat well.

If you eat frugally, having dinner twice a month is more than enough.

And during the holidays, the imperial court will also distribute various subsidies to officials, sometimes some food, sometimes some shopping vouchers.

For many officials, especially low-level officials, they feel that the current life is not too good.

"Master, we are about to arrive at Hejian Mansion!"

After a group of people walked for more than an hour, Wang Yun walked up to Qin Shao and said.

When Qin Shao came out, Zhang Cong and the others repeatedly asked Qin Shao to bring [-] soldiers from the Beijing camp to follow, saying that it was for the safety of the emperor.

The [-] Beijing battalion followed. It is estimated that such a big battle had not set off from the capital, and the officials along the way probably knew about it.

After some controversy, Qin Shao decided to take 500 people on the trip.

Jiang Bin took the initiative to ask Ying to follow, he was worried about Qin Shao's safety.

Seeing his insistence, Qin Shao had no choice but to follow him and let him lead the four hundred Beijing troops to follow.

Just in order to prevent the target from being too big and disturbing the place, Qin Shao led 50 people on Guan Daoming Road, while Jiang Bin led the rest of the people into two groups to follow and protect.

Although the purpose of Qin Shao's southward trip this time is to go to Guangdong and Guangxi to participate in the merchant ship trip ceremony!
Jiang Hong has been in Guangdong for nearly two years and finally completed the work of opening the sea. He hopes that Qin Shao will visit. This is indeed a temptation for Qin Shao.

But on this trip to the south, Qin Shao also wanted to see the real situation in various places.

The position of the emperor is indeed very attractive to many people. If you master that position, you can overlook and influence the whole world.

But in the capital, many times, it is like being in a well, and you can't really see the outside world clearly. What is the situation under his rule in the past few years?
Need more improvements, really need to see the field to really understand!

No investigation, no right to speak!
Qin Shao doesn't want to be just a person who sits in a well and watches the sky.

There is also the Jiangnan area.

From the memorials of Wang Shouren and Jiang Hong, we can see that further efforts are needed to truly eliminate those stubborn forces in the Jiangnan area.

Although the tax collection in the Jiangnan area has improved a lot, those people are just dormant, centipedes, dead but not stiff!
For those people, suppression is one aspect, and many times they have to be slapped and rewarded with some dates to eat!

Qin Shao has read the previous summary of the history of Daming. Many people said that the landowners in the south of the Yangtze River were indeed subjugated. If you want to save Daming, you must deal with those people quickly!
Qin Shao considered this question a lot.

When Gui E and Jiang Hong were sent to the south earlier, they did use iron and blood policies, but Qin Shao was not completely iron and blood relentless.

Qin Shao also lived in the south for many years in his previous life, and also lived in Huguang before. Qin Shao actually has a lot of feelings for the south.

Compared with northerners who are upright and do not turn around and follow orders step by step, southerners have been smart, capable and restless since ancient times.

It was the same in the previous life, and it is the same in Daming today. There are talents in the south of the Yangtze River!
The soil and water in the south of the Yangtze River have cultivated the spirit of the southerners who are not afraid of hardship, willful, and will do anything when they see money.

Qin Shao felt that blind suppression would not solve the problem. Since they are not afraid of suffering, are capable, and want to make money, they might as well use this energy on the outside, asking for money outside, rather than on internal friction.

However, Qin Shao is still thinking about how to develop it.

This time they set off on a dry road. If it was a short distance from the capital to Hejian Mansion in the previous life, it would take a lot of time now.

The sea in Guangdong only opened in June, so this trip was not in a hurry, they just happened to be able to go around, and they didn't need to rush to rush, so it was just a trip.

"Master, do we want to enter the Hejian Mansion?"

Wang Yin knew that Qin Shao had good physical strength. When they were traveling in the capital and Anlu Prefecture in the early years, they marched non-stop for several days and nights, but since they were not in a hurry now, he didn't want Qin Shao to be too tired.

"The donkey meat in Hejian Mansion is very civilized in the world, since we pass by, of course we can't miss it!"

Qin Shao laughed.

After leaving the capital, looking at thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, I can't help but feel refreshed, and then taste that there is nothing wrong with the various places, life can be described as happy!

"Master, this Hejian Mansion is really good, it's on par with Shuntian Mansion!"

Wang Yun grew up in the capital, but he really doesn't have many opportunities to go out of Beijing, so he is very happy to come out this time.

He thinks that the capital city is relatively luxurious and prosperous, and he has been to other places before, and they are generally dilapidated and backward. Unexpectedly, the small Hejian mansion is full of traffic and high-rise buildings, and the Hejian mansion is not inferior to the Shun of the capital city. Tianfu Ya.Even slightly better.

A small place is actually built more luxuriously than the government office in the capital, isn't that a bit...

When a group of people entered the city, Qin Shao asked the cavalry to take off their armor and put on casual clothes to enter the city.

"This place has a long history. It used to be called Yingzhou. It was a famous place during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It was also the place where the king of Hejian lived in the Han Dynasty. It is naturally rich and prosperous. The government office is also a renovation of the previous building, not a new one!"

Qin Shao explained.

Qin Shao had visited Hejian in his previous life. At that time, it was considered a tourist, in order to eat authentic Hejian donkey meat, and he visited the Hejian government office at that time.

A college classmate who happened to be from Hejian specially entertained them and chose a beautiful little tour guide to explain to them. The tour guide was beautiful and spoke softly and nicely.

The Hejian government office is very famous, and it is known as the first government in the south of Beijing.

Qin Shao has a good memory, and he still remembers it to this day.

Of course, what he saw in his previous life was repaired, and what he sees now is even more original and simple, but the architecture is still very shocking.

It is really not easy for a skilled craftsman to do this without the help of mechanical technology.

"Your Majesty, do you want Niu Tianlin, the magistrate of Hejian Prefecture, to meet him?"

Jiang Bin stationed the guards he brought outside the city, and he followed Qin Shao into the city to guard.

Because of the previous accident of Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao, Jiang Bin is now sometimes in a state of panic when it comes to the safety of the new emperor, which makes Qin Shao sometimes dumbfounded, but he also understands the sequelae of his previous problems, and generally goes along with it. with him.

Originally entering the city this time, Qin Shao felt that he was tired of leading those people to follow in the dark to detect the situation, and wanted him to rest outside with the Beijing soldiers, but Jiang Bin was worried and insisted on following.

Qin Shao directly joked that he was jealous that they wanted to eat donkey meat, and Jiang Bin also went down the slope, saying that he really wanted to try the so-called authentic Hejian donkey meat.

Because Hejian is not very far from the capital, the capital also sells Hejian donkey meat, and they have all eaten it, but they don't know if it is any different from the real Hejian local one.

"Don't use it for now! We just wanted to come in to see the situation, and try the local snacks by the way. It's not beautiful to mobilize people like that!"

Qin Shao directly refused.

He asked people to find out which local donkey meat was delicious, and they heard that there was a restaurant in Laosuntou, Hejian, that had the best donkey meat. According to the fingerprints of passers-by, they ran towards that restaurant and that street together.

"If you want to eat, go to the river!"

"Dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground!"

"Burning donkey meat!"

As soon as I arrived at that street, I heard an endless stream of shouts, obviously this is a street of snacks.

There are various restaurants lined up on both sides of the street, Gaomana, Yingxiangge, Qinglin... There are many signboards, all of which are authentic donkey meat.

"Old man, where is Laosuntou's restaurant?"

Seeing too many wine shops, but not finding the signboard of Lao Suntou, Qin Shao was a little puzzled, and asked the old man selling sugar.

"Are you newcomers to Hejian from outside? Are you going to Laosun's restaurant? Donkey meat? Let me tell you, you can't go to that restaurant!"

The old man suddenly approached Qin Shao and said mysteriously.

Because the old man approached suddenly, Wang Yin and the others became alert instantly, and Jiang Bin even took out his saber directly.

(End of this chapter)