Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 393
"Liu Shenhong, arrange for the students to settle down first."

Although these people have already graduated, in Zhu Han's eyes, these people will always be his students.

Sometimes he even feels it.

These children are still the frizzy kids from before.

"Yes, my lord!"

Liu Shenhong went down to arrange the students.

Regardless of the fatigue of the journey, Zhu Han took a few guards and headed straight for Yanjing City.

The reason why this journey is so slow is that besides training these students, there is another purpose.

Before they arrived in Yanjing, he wanted to find out the situation in Yanjing first.

After all there is something.

If he went to see it as a prince, he would never see it.

Li Shanchang temporarily sits in Yingtianfu to carry out the overall planning work in the early stage.On Yanjing's side, Liu Ji is now mainly in charge.

He definitely has abilities, but Liu Ji only has one person after all.He can control himself, but he may not be able to check and balance Yanjing's civil servant group.

Zhu Han was actually very dissatisfied with the results Jin Yiwei reported to Zhu Han.

He also wouldn't believe what Jin Yiwei said.Now, Zhu Han wanted to see for himself whether what Jin Yiwei reported was true or not.

As soon as he entered Yanjing, Zhu Han frowned.

For the construction of Yanjing, both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han have a rather grand plan.

According to their thinking, the entire Yanjing was to be demolished and rebuilt.

Originally, the entire Yanjing City would almost turn into a huge construction site.

But now...

Although Yanjing City is bustling and bustling, the streets are full of pedestrians and horses, and many small vendors can be seen along the streets.

But Zhu Han couldn't see the slightest hope from the faces of these people.

These people gave him the feeling that they were ordinary people who lived numbly under the Mongolian Yuan rule before he dragged his elder brother to rebel.

In recent years, Daming has been expanding rapidly.

Although people's lives are getting better and better, it is undeniable that because the territory is too vast, it is inevitable that some places cannot be taken care of.

It's not that Zhu Han can't understand this point. No matter what you do, you have to do it step by step.

But if this happens in Yanjing, it will be more serious.

Now the entire imperial court is supporting the construction of Yanjing, and a lot of money and countless supplies are being sent to Yanjing.

Many projects are under preparation and ready to start.

The jobs that these projects can bring can at least feed millions of people.

For ordinary people, the current Yanjing City should be a golden city full of opportunities and making money everywhere.

It will definitely not be a pool of stagnant water like it is now.

Zhu Han picked a small stall at random, and picked up a relatively rough porcelain vase: "How much is this porcelain vase?"

Although it was a private visit in a micro-clothes, Zhu Han's clothes made him look like he was not an ordinary person.

The peddler's eyes lit up, and he immediately began to sell with all his strength: "This master, you can see that you have a discerning eye. The porcelain here is the top grade in Jingdezhen."

Zhu Han didn't know whether to laugh or cry. If the porcelain vase in his hand really came from Jingdezhen, their brand would be smashed.

"Just tell me how much it is."

"Five..." The vendor said while observing Zhu Han's expression.Seeing him raise his eyebrows, he immediately changed his words: "410 Wen, what do you think, this price is absolutely favorable."

"Okay." Zhu Han couldn't help laughing.

Not to mention Jingdezhen porcelain at this price, even the fragments of Jingdezhen porcelain cannot be bought.

When the boss was looking for a box to wrap porcelain vases, Zhu Han pretended to be shopping for other products, and chatted with the hawker casually.

"What is the boss's name?"

"I don't dare to take it, my surname is Zhao if I laugh."

"It turned out to be Boss Zhao, you are a Geng this year."

"The little one is forty to six."

"It's convenient to inquire, what is the monthly income of a small stall like yours?"

Mentioning this, the vendor heaved a long sigh: "I'll tell you the truth, I've barely got enough food and clothing all year round."

"Master, don't believe me, just talk about my goods. The price of the goods purchased from Dehua County..."

The peddler suddenly realized that he had slipped his tongue, and hurriedly covered his mouth.

Zhu Han laughed: "It's okay, boss, if you continue to talk, just treat it as if I paid for your news."

Seeing this noble gentleman, he seemed to have no intention of pursuing it, and the vendor owner completely let it go: "When I bring these porcelains back, I have to pay the city tax first, then the commercial tax, and I have to pay the land tax when I set up a stall here. , almost half of the income, all have to pay taxes."

"That's why, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, we reduced and exempted a lot of exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes. If we changed to Mongolian yuan, ordinary people like us would not even think about being able to do business to support ourselves."

Zhu Han pretended to be surprised and said: "It was really difficult in the past, but boss, you will definitely make a lot of money in the future. Isn't the current sage already planning to move the capital to Yanjing?"

"I heard that not only the imperial palace, but also many places will be demolished and rebuilt. At that time, the imperial court will definitely have to hire a lot of people. If there are more people, your business will be easier."

"That's what I said." The peddler didn't take Zhu Han's words seriously: "Those major national events have nothing to do with us small people."

"In the past month, the number of people in Yanjing has increased a lot. But the business..." Sighing, the peddler handed the wrapped porcelain bottle to Zhu Han: "Master, put it away, is there anything else you like? "

Zhu Han went shopping all the way and bought things all the way.

At the same time, in the mouths of these small vendors, the news they want is almost the same in the lobby.

Overall, the situation is not too different from what Jin Yiwei reported.

After that, I went to several projects that had already started construction and took a look.In order not to startle the snake, Zhu Han only took a few glances from a distance.

Even if it was far away, he could clearly see that those workers were simply doing foreign work.

Like moving cement.

One of the workers moved the cement from the cart and put it on the ground, and then stood here waiting.

Two people here, one of them helped, put the cement on the shoulders of the other, and then slowly walked to the door of the house under construction to put it down, and another person came out from inside, and carried the cement into the house.

If this was an assembly line operation, Zhu Han wouldn't say anything.

The key is that in this whole process.As long as one person is moving, the rest will all stop, and the four people can only do the work of one person at most.

Do not!
Even one person is more efficient than the four of them.

If all the projects have this efficiency, I am afraid that it will take 100 years, and the capital of Yanjing will not be well built.

"Liu Ji, what the hell is he doing!"

Zhu Han was really furious now. In order to support the construction of Yanjing, the imperial court almost took out half of his family property.

In the end, these bastards, is this how they work for the court?

At this moment, Zhu Han suddenly understood his elder brother a little bit.

Now he wants to be like Zhu Yuanzhang and kill all the officials in charge of these projects.

but……

Most of Zhu Han's anger dissipated when he saw Liu Ji.

How long has it been since we last seen each other?

Liu Ji seemed to be a different person.

The eye sockets are deep-set, with thick dark circles, and the whole person is thin and out of shape.Even an acquaintance, if you don't look carefully, you may not recognize him.

"Your Majesty Liu Ji, I have met His Royal Highness the King of England."

Looking at Liu Ji who seemed to be ten years old all of a sudden, Zhu Han couldn't bear it, and said in a blunt tone: "Get up."

When Liu Ji stood up, Zhu Han asked with a sullen face, "Tell me, what's going on? Why is the construction of Yanjing so slow?"

Liu Ji lowered his head: "Going back to His Royal Highness King Ying, it's because the officials have limited ability. I didn't expect that the construction of Yanjing would be so complicated."

"Since I came to Yanjing, my subordinates don't go to bed until the third watch every day, and get up early to deal with official duties at the fifth watch. But the construction progress of Yanjing is still slow."

"The lower official is incompetent, so I ask the prince to punish him."

"You, you really let me down." Zhu Han hated that iron can't be made into steel.

Liu Ji is indeed very attentive to the construction of Yanjing.

According to Jin Yiwei's report, he said that he slept in the middle of the night and woke up in the middle of the night, but that was a modest statement.Most of the time, Liu Ji didn't go to bed until a quarter before the fourth watch, and got up before the third watch every day.

He has been sleeping for more than half a month and only sleeps for two hours a day.

If it was Zhu Han and the others, they would be delayed for half a month on the road.When they arrived in Yanjing, Liu Ji might be able to lose weight to only ten catties left.

The reason why it became like this was actually Liu Ji asking for it.

Liu Ji and the others were, after all, of traditional scholar-official background.Although they are also loyal to Daming.

But he also valued his status as a scholar-bureaucrat.

So most of the time, they still do things in the way of scholar-bureaucrats.

For example, the construction of Yanjing City this time.

First, the Ministry of Finance allocates funds, and then the Ministry of Industry uses the money to hire civilian workers.

Although with the railway, it is no longer difficult to hire civilians to work in other places.However, in order to save money, they are of course more inclined to hire civilian husbands locally.

And this also gave the local bureaucrats a chance to do something wrong.

Even though Zhu Yuanzhang never relents in killing corrupt officials, once the interests are large enough, someone will always take the risk.

When the money passes through a yamen, it is skinned.After changing hands several times, it would be nice if one or two tenths of the money saved could go to the hands of civilian craftsmen.

In this case, the efficiency of the craftsmen can be increased quickly, that is called ghosts.

Craftsmen don't get much money, so naturally they don't consume locally.

Those people who don’t spend their hearts will not only fail to bring vitality to Yanjing, but will become a burden to Yanjing.

"Liu Ji, listen carefully to this king."

"My lord please give me instructions." Liu Ji immediately pricked up his ears.

Liu Ji had seen Zhu Han like this several times.Every time, Zhu Han's proposal can bring about earth-shaking changes in the entire Ming Dynasty.

"From now on, all funding from Shuntian will be suspended!"

Zhu Han's first sentence made Liu Ji feel like being struck by lightning.

"My lord, absolutely not! In order to build Yanjing, the second batch of craftsmen hired by the Ministry of Industry will arrive soon. If we stop funding now and let them go back the same way, it might cause a civil uprising!"

Zhu Han glared at Liu Ji viciously: "Whose fault do you think this is all about?"

"All the recruited civilian husbands will be reissued with one month's salary. At the same time, tell them to let them wait patiently. At most half a month, someone will continue to hire them to work."

After thinking about it, he added: "Just tell the craftsmen and the peasants that this is what the king himself said."

The King of England's prestige among the people is not so high.

It's even taboo to say something.

There may be people in the Ming Dynasty who don't know Zhu Yuanzhang's name, but there is absolutely no one who doesn't know King Ying.

Everything that Zhu Han created has an incomparably far-reaching impact on the world.

"Your official understands." Liu Ji breathed a sigh of relief and asked again: "My lord, the supplies allocated by the court."

"Put these things away first, the king has other uses."

"The next thing I will tell you is the second thing. Except for the imperial palace, all other projects are open to bids from Ming merchants in the Chinese territory."

"Bidding? What is this?" Liu Ji looked at Zhu Han in confusion.

Obviously, there are only two words in the word, and you can recognize each word when you take it apart, but when you put it together, you can't understand it at all.

"We announce to the world every project that needs to be built, the scale of its use, and the time it needs to be completed."

"Let the capable person bid, and transfer the project to the one with the lowest bid."

"As for how they build, we don't care at all, as long as they can deliver the work on time and complete our acceptance." Zhu Han patiently explained.

After all, Liu Ji is also a talented minister, so he immediately understood what Zhu Han meant.

"My lord's idea is really brilliant. In this way, we only need to keep an eye on those merchants. As for how to recruit civilian husbands and how to arrange the construction period, these merchants can solve problems by themselves, without the need for the court to bother. "

After the initial excitement, Liu Ji said distressedly: "But my lord, there are problems with this. Even if we make a request, how can we guarantee that the craftsmen of the merchants can completely follow our standards?"

Since Zhu Han proposed this method, he was naturally prepared: "Of course we can't let them do it casually. We need to send someone to watch them the whole time when they are constructing."

"Once something goes wrong, it should be corrected immediately to avoid greater losses."

"But my lord, we also can't find so many craftsmen who can supervise the construction of merchants."

Zhu Han laughed: "I will solve this problem for you."

He brought so many students from Shuntian Mansion.

These people have always received new education.

Although they are not comparable to those experienced craftsmen, they can all understand the blueprints.

It is a bit embarrassing for them to directly build according to the drawings.However, there is absolutely no problem in picking faults according to the architectural drawings.

Before they really do things independently, this might not be a good opportunity to hone their skills.

(End of this chapter)