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On the third day, he was appointed as an official, on the fourth day he was governed by officials, on the fifth day he increased income and reduced expenditure, and on the sixth day he went to the city that never sleeps.The bureaucratic elite of the Ming Dynasty gathered in one place to discuss all aspects of various issues.

To become an official, it was decided that the imperial court would add an imperial examination in the first year of Zhengde. In order to make it easier for candidates from all over the country to go to the capital, it was scheduled to be held in October.

Zhejiang's collective reform of fame is good for opening up the sea, but there are also negative effects.So this move is to win over scholars from all over the world.This matter is the same as that of the river worker. It is not difficult, and the symbolic meaning accounts for half of it.

As for the administration of officials, it is not at this time to start anti-corruption, but to continue to reduce redundant staff on the basis of last year, especially the capital.In addition, it advocates a practical work style and combines it with academies to try to cultivate technical bureaucrats.

The executive body of this is the Shaofu.The Shaofu established the Duzhi College in the academy, and the talents cultivated can serve for the Shaofu or run their own businesses.

Considering the status of a businessman at this time, almost no one would do the second option, and Zhu Houzhao just left an opening.

It is also routine to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.It is nothing more than a further reduction in palace expenses and palace construction.Speaking of it, the construction of royal palaces in various places in the mid-Ming Dynasty was actually an expense. Some princes had nothing to do to build their mansions to look like palaces. On this point, Zhu Houzhao was going to be stingy. The limit he could endure was set by Zhu Yuanzhang. No amount of salary, he couldn't bear it.

The city that never sleeps is a little more complicated, because it is a new thing as a whole.

Not to mention the officials in charge, even Zhu Houzhao himself has never tried to make such a thing in ancient times...

First of all, the area of ​​this area is relatively large, and it is a kind of rectangle as a whole, with two sides attached to the city wall, about 1.6 miles wide from east to west, and about 2.4 miles long from north to south. Because of the relationship between the city wall, only two gates, west and north, are set up. It is the main gate, and there is an auxiliary gate for transporting goods. The gate here is not open to pedestrians.

There are two vertical long streets and three horizontal short streets in the city that never sleeps. The center is a circular three-story building, which is the highest point, and the rest are two-story structures.There are 112 shops, allowing all forms of shops, including brothels.

In fact, Jiaofang Division opened a brothel and a casino in it.

Under the Shaofu, the official name of Everbright City was established. All merchants renting shops must sign a contract with Everbright City, paying the rent first, and then operating it.

Shaofu Everbright City itself also has administrative functions, and a commodity supervision and inspection department has been set up. All products from the commodity supervision and inspection department enter through the auxiliary gate, and the supervision and inspection department conducts random inspection and verification.

If there is a problem in the future, then follow the product to find the merchant, and find the merchant to find the supervisory inspector who signed.

The place is small and a little easier to manage, so it is not difficult to control.

Zhu Houzhao has been deeply involved in these aspects, and he has to help figure out a solution, otherwise these officials of Ming Dynasty may not be able to figure it out.

In fact, like these places, one is food safety and quality, and the other is safety and order.

With these two points, other problems can be solved even if there are some problems.

Needless to say about safety, the Beijing camp entered and swept away all ghosts and monsters.

In the corners of the city that never sleeps, four houses are built, and the houses are equipped with rockeries, streams and gardens.

The Mei Mansion in Beijing has already paid 2 yuan to reserve a place. Considering the relationship between the Mei Mansion and the royal family, Zhu Houzhao may be able to live in it for two days in the future.

The overall style of the city that never sleeps tends to be extravagant, which is contrary to the ethos of thrift advocated by the imperial court today, so it has attracted some opposition from officials. Tens of thousands of people have jobs to rely on. This is a very hard fact and cannot be refuted.

Furthermore, the city that never sleeps needs to use a lot of kerosene, candles and other lighting. In addition, in order to satisfy consumption, goods from all over the country will flow into the capital at an accelerated rate. A brand new urban structure can already be expected.

Driven by the city that never sleeps, tens of thousands of residents gathered in the southern city of the capital. These people lived along the river, which also drove the commerce in this area, making the southern city even more lively.

The Mei family built restaurants and opened cloth shops here, and merchants from far and near also opened taverns and medicine halls to these places. More people will drive more business, and bun shops are the most.

This is also the benefit of the city that never sleeps.

In ancient times, there was no such a fresh saying as big city disease. People gathered and commerce flourished. This is a prosperous age.

The city that never sleeps is scheduled to open in August, and all the buildings along the street are currently under construction.

If the action is quick, Zhu Houzhao will start planning. What will these people do if the construction is completed and there is nowhere to work?
He can't build these buildings everywhere. One day, the commercial and residential buildings will be saturated, and so many people will only build houses. When there are no houses to build, the court will have no way to support them.

So on the night of the sixth day, he called Gu Zuo and Mei Kejia into the palace to discuss together.This is a real act of benefiting the people.

"The ministers in the imperial court told me that agriculture is the foundation and business is the end. Now there are too many floating industry people in the capital. They are not engaged in production, but are keen on work. Because work is not restricted by the weather, there is no so-called slack season. One day's work is paid for one day's wages, and it doesn't matter if there is a drought or not, there is always income. If things go on like this, wouldn't the common people compete to work and end up in a situation where no one is farming? What do you think, Li Qing?"

Gu Zuo is becoming more and more stable now. He replied: "Everyone lives for profit. Working or farming, the people know which is better, so it is natural for him to go. The people are good, how can the court be bad? Conversely Say, if the people are not good, what benefits can the court gain? This is one of them."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, the logic is still clear.

"Secondly, the current situation of my Ming Dynasty is that there are only people waiting for land, and there is no land waiting for people. If there is really uncultivated land, the minister and His Majesty don't need to discuss it tonight. We just need to send these workers back to their hometowns and divide them up. and the land, wouldn’t everything be fine?”

"That's right. Let the people farm the land, but there is no land to divide. This is really a joke."

Nowadays, in the surrounding areas of Beizhili, land mergers are serious. After all, there are so many yamen in the capital, which family can't occupy a hundred acres of fertile land?

What's more, in fact, the common people still value the land very much. If they have a little surplus money, they will go back to their hometown to buy land. How can there be people who have land but don't plant it?Unless you can't survive.

"Your Majesty, Young Situ... I have something to say, but I don't know whether to say it or not."

Mei Kejia said slowly.

"Just say it."

Mei Kejia said: "What your Majesty is worried about is the whereabouts of more than [-] workers after the completion of the city that never sleeps. For this, I have three strategies. The worst strategy is to encourage private businessmen like me to build more , digest these workers among the people, otherwise it will always be a burden on the court; the middle strategy is to change the place and build a city that never sleeps. Yingtian, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang... can be anywhere."

"What's the best policy?"

"Your Majesty, Young Master Situ, do you still remember that there are not enough boatmen in the shipyard?"

Zhu Houzhao raised his brows. After all, he was still a big businessman. He seemed to have caught something.

Mei Kejia lowered his head slightly, "Relieve what is too much and what is not enough. Although it is a bit troublesome, it will kill two birds with one stone once and for all."

After being reminded, Zhu Houzhao was able to think of a way, "It is enough to open a technical school, which can be free of charge in the early stage, and it can also solve the problem of insufficient boatmen."

"In this way, all industries can prosper!" It's very simple, since these people can be guided to become boatmen, they can naturally be guided to do other jobs. "I'm afraid that some people will not want to leave their homeland."

Mei Kejia lowered his eyebrows, "Young Situ, many people have already left their homeland when they came to the capital. Moreover, the people who lost their land are all in search of a ration. Whether they want it or not is not a matter for them to consider. It is important to have a skill and a job.”

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing, he thought of a word.

The poor have no choice.

"This is a way, and now it's just March, and it will take about half a year. You two will each run a shipyard. After you go down, you will publicize it in the place where the city that never sleeps is built, because after the construction here is over, the court will not Then build such a large-scale building. The principle of learning for boatmen is voluntary. By the way, the daily wages must be clearly written and can be progressive. Apprenticeship, apprenticeship, and proficiency correspond to different wages."

"As far as the current situation is concerned, the imperial court will not only set up shipping departments in three places, but the scale of maritime trade will gradually expand. Therefore, the shipyard must not only build more ships, but also encourage the building of larger ships!"

"Yes, obey the order!"

Creating jobs, encouraging entrepreneurship, reregulating the job market...

In the environment of the small-scale peasant economy, Zhu Houzhao did everything possible to make some tricks.It's a pity that the objective laws of the economy do not depend on human will. For example, so far, changes can only be created through trade with the outside world. Shipbuilding originated from maritime trade.

But internally, when we talk about river engineering and land farming, we are actually somewhat helpless.

Mentioning this he remembered,
"The girl you brought back when you entered Beijing last time was called... called..."

Mei Kejia understood, "Return to Your Majesty, it's Meng Ying."

"Oh, that's right." Zhu Houzhao pinched his waist, "Her father should have been released from prison, have you got in touch? Can you bring back cultivable sweet potatoes?"

"Your Majesty, Borneo is thousands of miles away. Moreover, the merchants who returned from the sea recently said that Hongyi has controlled this object and is not allowed to take it away from its island at will."

"There is control? Doesn't that mean that Borneo has it?!"

Gu Zuo and Mei Kejia were a little surprised by His Majesty's way of thinking, but actually thinking about it carefully, it's not wrong, "...it should be so."

Zhu Houzhao's long face was joyful, and he waved his hand, "Xuan Jinyiwei! Why are you afraid of control? I'm afraid it doesn't exist!

As long as you have it, grab it and get it back! "

This is not the time to talk about being gentle, courteous and frugal!
(End of this chapter)