Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 630: The Modern Capital of the Ming Dynasty
In the 38th year of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, in the late spring, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian left the Forbidden City on an imperial dragon chariot and headed all the way to Xuanwumen.

Today's Beijing city is not the same as it was 14 years ago when the Ming Dynasty first recovered the northern capital. The entire capital city can already be described as overcrowded.

The shuttle bus system has even begun to be implemented within the empire, and the horse-drawn shuttle bus became the first generation of public transportation in the empire.

And there is a square in the center of the city, and a tall tower is built on the square. The tower has a mechanical clock, which replaces the previous golden clock.

As soon as the clock is on time, the sound of the bell will automatically sound, saving the trouble of manually telling the time.

But among the row upon row of shops, many watch shops, clothing stores, large department stores, and black and white slave stores have also been added.

The Empire's "Anti-Slavery Law" is only aimed at the citizens of Ming Dynasty, and these foreigners who are captured are not considered citizens of the Empire. Therefore, in order to meet their own needs of slavery and exploitation, and to avoid legal sanctions, the black-hearted imperial capitalists can only Start trading these foreigners.

With the change of the social atmosphere, the number of female characters on the streets has also increased a lot, and many of them are even young women with gorgeous clothes.

The conservative ones are still wrapped in gauze to show others, and the open ones start to show people their true colors, and can even smile heartily on the street, but at the beginning it is popular to carry bags like canvas pockets, and those who pursue exquisiteness will embroider patterns on them.

The city administration of the empire began to increase city management and traffic guards, and people wearing round caps and red epaulettes could be seen everywhere on the streets, maintaining market order with serious or hippie smiles.

Because of the drizzle, there were not many pedestrians on the road, but you could still see newsboys walking in the rain, men and women going to work, and even imperial students in school uniforms.

Zhu Youjian took a sneak peek and found a bold male student hiding in the alley and kissing a female student's face.

"The social atmosphere of the empire has become so open!"

The sound of jingling bells came from a bicycle. Young people in the Ming Empire now have a soft spot for this kind of car, and they think it is easier to show off than riding a horse. Girls seem to be willing to sit on the back seat of the bicycle and hug The waist of the boy, but his eyes are on the luxurious private carriages coming and going on the main road.

However, scholar-bureaucrats seem to prefer to take rickshaws, which always brings a sense of superiority over others.

After the establishment of the Ministry of Communications, the transportation construction of the empire entered the fast lane.

As the capital, the capital city is naturally the most remodeled, and all the main roads in the city have been widened.

Due to the increase in the number of carriages, the two sides of the main road are two-way four-lane roads, and sidewalks have been specially designated. In addition, there is still a royal road in the center. channel.

The development of surgery and the invention of the microscope led to great progress in bacteriological research and life science research, and made great progress in the Ming Dynasty's medical career. The empire has many hospitals of different specifications, and there are even hospitals that specialize in treating men and women as well as children and adults. Specialized hospitals for liver, gallbladder, spleen and kidney, first aid has also become a specialized medical subject, and ambulances have also appeared.

In the past, the Imperial Hospital of the Ming Dynasty and the pharmacy were not separated, but now the pharmacy has a separate pharmacy, and the hospital is also responsible for medical training, medical research, medical treatment, and pharmaceutical sales. It mainly undertakes medical tasks.

As the wealth of the Ming Dynasty increased and the welfare benefits and quality of life of the citizens of the empire improved, people paid more attention to their health and longevity, and medical issues gradually became the most troublesome livelihood issues for the cabinet.

The emergence of penicillin, tetracycline, streptomycin, etc. reduced the mortality rate of common people in Ming Dynasty, but people were still not satisfied with the status quo. Medical research and drug research gradually became popular. It is harmful to the human body and not beneficial to the human body. It is estimated that there will be an upsurge of alchemy for the whole people, but at least the upsurge of practicing kung fu for the whole people has been pushed up, because the science of the Ming Dynasty has not yet developed to the point where everything can explain any scientific phenomenon. I no longer rely on alchemy to fool people, but only rely on qigong to fool people.

Although not everyone thinks that practicing Qigong is useful, but as the research thinking of the empire gradually became the habitual thinking of the people of Ming Dynasty, some medical experts began to advocate the benefits of exercise. Coupled with the promotion of the government, sports became a national craze, whether it is Aunts and uncles dancing in the square, young men playing Cuju on the court, and girls wearing arrow-sleeved riding boots and short coats galloping horses in parks and green spaces have become symbols of the new era of imperial cities.

Unknowingly, Zhu Youjian discovered that the first-class citizens of the empire can be so leisurely, and even more and more people take leisure as their occupation and engage in spiritual consumption.

I don't know when it started, a singer who sang well was posted all over the conspicuous places of the entire imperial capital, and her travel arrangements and quotations seemed to attract more attention than the emperor herself.

Many imperial officials, especially those old and young in the Hanlin Academy, were particularly disgusted with these phenomena.

But on the contrary, Zhu Youjian, who is an emperor, is not surprised by this at all. Only when people have no worries about food and clothing will they pay more attention to others and even regard them as their idols. This is a sign that society is still in a benign state.

Regarding the political system, Zhu Youjian no longer knows how to change it.

The most political thought he has is to allow the empire to realize the current rule by the elite dictatorship, to allow the economy to be liberalized and marketized as much as possible, but he never forgets to let the government play a role in intervention. This seems to be somewhat contradictory in theory. But more is the extent to which the government under his leadership wants to intervene.

Absolute freedom and marketization are definitely still unattainable. Zhu Youjian wonders if in this world where the law of the jungle is prey to the strong, if there is no supreme ruler to forcefully intervene at the price of blood, will the imperial capitalists only know how to exploit workers and peasants? .

Zhu Youjian had limited knowledge in his previous life, or perhaps limited knowledge, so he can only do this kind of political situation now. At most, he still needs to consider how to choose a better successor, and now he can only focus on the economy. with technology.

As for the political system, he really doesn't know what to do, so he can only leave it to later generations.

Later, he couldn't decide whether the people were internally improved or the bottom people reshuffled the cards. It was impossible for the Zhu family to maintain their power forever because of his appearance.

But what Zhu Youjian can be sure of is that because of the relative independence and increased power of the cabinet and the Grand Marshal's Mansion, even if the cards are reshuffled in the future, it will not have much impact on the royal family, at least the royal family's aristocratic status will still be guaranteed.

Because the royal family has little conflict with them, on the contrary, they need the legitimacy of the royal family to maintain their rationality.

As soon as Xuanwumen arrived, Zhu Youjian had already got out of the car. At this time, Xuanwumen was surrounded by officers and soldiers from the Imperial Guard Battalion. They were all equipped with Chongzhen Type 36 submachine guns. There were also Chongzhen Type 35 sniper rifles at various high points. The military of the empire has indeed reached this point.

But what Zhu Youjian is paying attention to now is not the military weapons of the empire. He is now only staring straight at the railroad track spreading from his footline and the steam locomotive on the railroad track, just like he was staring at it back then. Qi Guiren's body was always so bright.

(End of this chapter)