my days with tyrants

Chapter 146
the next day.

"Tear it down, tear it down!"

Accompanied by a group of officials, Ambassador Yang, like a real estate developer inspecting a construction site, pointed to the civilian men who were digging up the wall in front of them.

In less than two hours, more than half of the wall around the square has been removed...

Nothing more than rammed earth walls.

And it is not really completely surrounded. In many places, the alleys are blocked. This kind of ancient city layout is actually very practical in ancient times. After all, it is impossible to have street lighting in ancient times. The easiest way to prevent thieves is to Square wall, and the outside is patrolled, because there is nothing to hide on both sides, and it can be seen from the street.

Coupled with watchtowers and the like, it is easier to ensure law and order.

It's actually easy to understand.

District!
It's just an extra curfew.

curfew.

square wall.

This is real antiquity.

In modern film and television dramas, lonely men and widows visit bustling commercial streets at night. This kind of thing is impossible in other dynasties except the Song Dynasty.

The same is true for our Qing Dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty also had a curfew, and the time was no different from that of the Ming Dynasty. Those who were still walking outside at [-] o’clock in the evening were directly caught and beat the board, but there were indeed people who were still walking outside at [-] o’clock in the evening. Yes, after all, the whole city was like a ghost town at that time.

shop?

Who came out at that time except the thieves?
However, in Yang Feng's view, the current urban system has seriously affected him.

"Do you understand what is the most important function of a city?"

He continued pointing.

Fu Yin and a group of officials served the uncle humbly.

What he says is what he says.

As long as you don't freak out.

Now Ying Tian Mansion has been exhausted by this uncle. In fact, they can't make decisions about such things as paving the wall. After all, this is the capital city, but His Majesty the Emperor obviously doesn't want to face Yang Feng now, and they don't have the guts to talk to Yang Feng. Yang Feng tossed, and simply picked it up.

"Circulation!"

Uncle Yang said.

Then with the sound of the trumpets, a square wall crashed down.

"City, city, city is city.

Materials from all around gather here, business travelers from all around gather here, trade here, manufacture industrial products here, the greater the volume of trade, the more prosperous the city, the more people there are, and then the trade volume continues to increase, and the manufacturing volume also continues to increase. The population also continued to increase, eventually becoming more and more prosperous.

But you artificially create all kinds of restrictions.

Free movement is not allowed on the Xiufang Wall, and the curfew shortens the transaction time.

Do you have a grudge against money?
At that time, we wished that everyone would come out and trade without sleeping all night! "

Uncle Yang said.

"You made a mistake. In our Daming city, the city is first of all a city, not a city. This is the capital, not a city. This is a city. The capital also has half of the city's military camp. The city is just incidental. You It's putting the cart before the horse."

Zhang Xianzong said.

Indeed, Yang Feng deliberately put the cart before the horse and distorted the city concept of Daming.

Daming is a city.

This is Nanjing Yingtianfu City.

This is essentially a military fortress. The core of the population is those military households whose main function is to protect the safety of the emperor. All other populations also serve the emperor. It can be said to be an enlarged version of a landlord's mansion.

Military households are servants, common people are servants, and millions of people in the whole city serve a family.

The city is just a subsidiary of the city. Changing its core functions for the purpose of being a subsidiary is putting the cart before the horse. To tear down the walls of the square and destroy the city defense system for the sake of commercial circulation is equivalent to allowing the landlord to weaken his own security for the convenience of the servants.The existence of the square wall is to prevent thieves in peacetime, and to defend the city in wartime. Once the enemy enters the city, it still needs to be confined to the main street, and then faced with the solid defense of each square, the one-foot-high square wall makes the enemy have to Facing the small towns in the city.

"Then tell me, in what war did this arrangement work?
Did Tubo play a role when it invaded Chang'an?
Did Jurchen play a role in breaking Bianliang?
Or when Hu Yuan invaded Lin'an, the residents in Lin'an City relied on workshops to resist?
Not once. "

Yang Feng said.

"but……"

Zhang Xianzong hesitated to speak.

It really didn't work when facing the invasion of foreign enemies, but it was really effective when suppressing the civil unrest of the unruly people!After all, blocking the gates of the various workshops can seal the unscrupulous people in the workshop, preventing the unscrupulous people from all the workshops from converging into a large army capable of causing serious damage.

"You Confucian scholars often say that mountains and rivers are solid, and virtue is not in danger. Although I don't like Confucian scholars, this sentence is still true. If the people really support the country and work together when foreign enemies invade, then it doesn't matter whether there are walls or not. The enemy really rushed into the city. It is not easy to block the streets. Throw the carts of each family at the entrance of the alley, fill each pocket with sand and pile them up, and it will be done in a blink of an eye. On the contrary, the common people do not support the country. Surrendering is worthy of the country, and running out to help up the ladder is normal operation.

Germany is not at risk.

Therefore, the existence of the square wall itself is a suspicion of His Majesty the Emperor. He thinks that His Majesty’s benevolent government is not enough, and the people’s support is not enough. Now that the Ming Dynasty is peaceful, His Majesty the Emperor is also supported by all people. Not to mention this square wall, all cities in the world should have square walls. Demolished.

In addition, this curfew should also be abolished.

The world is peaceful, the house is not closed at night, and there is still a curfew just here. Isn't this a denial of His Majesty's achievements in governing the country?

Anti-theft?

How can there be thieves in this most benevolent place in the capital?
you say right? "

Yang Feng shouted at the peasants.

"Correct!"

The peasants shouted in unison.

And all of them looked happy.

Fu Yin looked at these unscrupulous people sadly...

Of course they are very happy. Once the wall is removed, people outside can pass freely. Wutai Mountain is like a holy place for those unscrupulous people who come to the school to listen, trade, steal teachers, and even worship gods.Worshiping the god Yang Feng, after all, he has been passed down by the White Lotus Sect as the King of Ming, so it is normal for those foolish people to come to worship, and even if it is not the White Lotus Sect, there are still many temples of him, and there are inevitably some of them who believe in it.And for all these people who come, the board and lodging must be settled nearby, so those who are in the same workshop as the embassy can do this kind of business. In the past, it was only a fee guarantee at most, but that was only done by a very small number of bold people.

After all, you have to sit together.

Now that the square walls are gone, everyone can make money.

It's no wonder you're unhappy!

And this square has already been polluted.

Since the previous public day, this workshop has been obviously turning into troublesome people. The county magistrate has been complaining, saying that the troublemakers in this workshop are getting more and more difficult to deal with. If the common people know too much, they will easily become troublemakers.

While they were talking, a few outsiders had stepped over the square wall cautiously.

Immediately afterwards, a Fangmin approached.

"How many brothers are they?"

He cupped his hands and said.

"I came here from Shandong because of the reputation, and I wanted to see God Yang in Mount Wutai."

One of them said cautiously.

"Come on, come with me. God Immortal Yang is a cultivator of immortals, and he doesn't show up often. Come and stay in the humble house with me first. My brother is the one who delivers food to the mountain. I'll ask you when God Immortal Yang will go down the mountain.

If you are interested, I will take you to various places to see the treasure brought by Yang Shenxian. "

The resident opened his eyes and spoke nonsense.

"So laborious!"

The man said in surprise.

Then he glanced at Yang Feng and the others suspiciously.

But there were officials there, he obviously didn't want to get close to the officials, so he hurriedly followed the people. As for the fees and the like, of course he was well aware of this. Those who dare to travel far these days, who is not well versed in the world, In this way, under the watchful eyes of Fu Yin and others, they talked and left together.Fu Yin was almost certain that these were some White Lotus Sects. Shandong was the hardest-hit area of ​​the White Lotus Sect. Although the King Qi incident quickly subsided last time, the White Lotus Sect in various parts of Shandong was about to move, which made the court very vigilant.

"God Immortal Yang?"

Zhang Xianzong looked at Yang Feng with a smile.

"I didn't know I was so popular!
It's not my fault.

After all, it is His Majesty's will to build a temple for me, and these people don't understand. Since the temple is built, they will of course be considered a god, or His Majesty can order to explain, I am a science person, how can I be a god? "

Yang Feng said reservedly.

Zhang Xianzong just laughed.

And these few people took the lead, and the idlers around who were waiting and watching immediately stepped forward and stepped over the opened square wall, and soon there were more and more people like this, originally because of the restrictions of the square wall, it seemed very deserted The workshop immediately became lively, and even the people selling melon seeds and tea ran out, and it suddenly became like a market.By the way, the vast majority of them are villains in the eyes of the government, and there are no good people who are upright and law-abiding. Even some Confucian scholars have to spit in the direction of the embassy when they pass by, to show their disdain for that monster.In the past, Wutai Mountain, the scope of pollution was limited to the vicinity of the capital, because the accent was checked when entering and leaving the gate, and outsiders were not allowed to enter unless the government gave special approval.

And then the messy thoughts and all kinds of fallacies and heresies they brought out from Mount Wutai will also spread to the entire Ming Dynasty along with their footsteps.

Troubles will be all over the place.

The era of unscrupulous people!
Officials are afraid of this!

At this time, several cavalry came galloping and stopped in front of Yang Feng...

"Ambassador, I hereby issue an order from the State of Liang to ask the ambassador to check the arena, so that the ambassador will not blame us for deliberate manipulation when he loses."

Said an officer on horseback.

Then he bent over and handed an invitation card to Yang Feng.

Yang Feng looked at him, and he looked at Yang Feng obviously arrogantly.

Then he screamed.

Then there was an extra crossbow arrow on his arm. Although it didn't penetrate the arm, it was obviously stuck in the bone, and the invitation card fell to the ground.

The cavalrymen with him drew their knives angrily, but they were just drawing their knives. After all, there were dozens of hand crossbows around them, and the little girls took aim with these toy-like weapons very seriously. .And the one who just finished shooting is working with her assistant archer to easily wind up her hand crossbow with the same miniature version of the winder. It is because of this auxiliary tool that they can use this miniature version. weapons.Dozens of such hand crossbows are enough to keep a group of experienced elites calm. Even if they can make these goblins cry, as long as the latter moves their fingers, dozens of crossbow arrows will fly to Own.

One man bends his bow, ten officials dare not go forward.

A group of lolitas hold crossbows, and the fierce generals have to avoid their sharp edges.

This is a ranged weapon.

"Go back and tell Duke Liang, I already know, there is no need to check, I believe him."

Yang Feng said.

The officer clutched his injured arm and looked at the goblins bitterly.

The little goblin who has finished winding, is aiming at him while grimacing...

"go!"

He said.

Then he turned the horse's head.

Those cavalry guarded him, and a group of people left in a hurry.

"You Liang Guogong, not only are you arrogant, but your subordinates are also so arrogant."

Yang Feng sighed with emotion.

"No matter how arrogant you are, can you be arrogant?"

Zhang Xianzong said.

"I'm different. I'm a foreign envoy. Besides, I'm not arrogant. I just have a different lifestyle from your Ming Dynasty, so my behavior seems a little different to you. You should understand this. After all, I am a guest, and respecting guests is a courtesy. Daming is a country of etiquette."

Yang Feng said.

"So I can be arrogant, but you can't treat each other with courtesy?"

Zhang Xianzong was speechless.

"Well, this summary does suit me well."

Yang Feng said shamelessly.

Of course, everyone still agrees that Lan Yu and his subordinates are very arrogant. In fact, he brought a large group of adoptive cavalry to Beijing, which has already provoked the impeachment of the censors. To Yang Feng.The impeachment of Yang Feng is meaningless, but it is enough to impeach Lanyu. Yushi and Shizhong are venting their old anger on Lanyu to their heart's content, making Lanyu and them The relationship is also very tense. Yesterday, several of his adopted sons had a conflict with a censor.

There are thousands of Lan Yu's adoptive sons, and this time they brought five hundred to Beijing. They are used to domineering in Guangxi.

Sapphire is very cruel in Guangxi.

At least for those chieftains, he even exterminated a chieftain before who was said to refuse to give him his daughter as a concubine.

Then he said that they colluded with Annan.

Of course, it may also be a real collusion. In the last years of Hongwu, the chieftain of Guangxi did rebel, and it was Yang Wen who led the troops to put it down. Therefore, he must have seen that the chieftain was not safe, and he did not want to go to Annan by himself. People wiped out their families.

normal operation.

But it is also a fact that the chieftains in Guangxi were miserable by being bullied by him.

Civil officials in Guangxi also often complained.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care about this. It's not that he didn't understand what chieftains were. Sapphire was really sensible in doing this. There are chieftains everywhere in Guangxi, which is suitable for this kind of governance.Besides, Sapphire was cruel, not His Majesty the Emperor, but His Majesty the Emperor was merciful, so the chieftain who was killed by Sapphire was quickly pardoned by His Majesty the Emperor, but because of the long distance, when the pardon came, the whole family had already set out on the road up.His Majesty the Emperor sighed unceasingly, and finally found out a distant relative of him and re-appointed the chieftain to inherit the inheritance. The latter was moved to tears and knelt on the ground trembling in gratitude for the grace of heaven.

As for Sapphire's punishment...

Of course it's a fine!

(End of this chapter)