eldest son of Ming dynasty

Zhu Houzhao does not know the history of urban planning in the world, but he believes that it must be relatively early in the world to set up official planning agencies and intervene in urban development in this era.

The basic functions of urban planning include beautifying the urban environment, improving the living environment, promoting the fairness of urban public functions, and of course promoting the sustainable and healthy development of the urban economy.

But the benefits are obvious, but you have to keep doing it.

So the real test of this matter is Song Heng.

Of course, he himself was happy to accept the position of the Beijing Normal University Planning Department.

Since Emperor Zhengde came to power, summoning officials and giving special tasks like this has been a symbolic action. Everyone didn't understand it on the first day, but Song Heng himself understood it by this time.

Well done, great future ahead.Jiuqing is not impossible.

If you don't do well, you can only pack up your so-called ability to roll into the corner and say some sour words about your talents.

In fact, having this beginning means that the emperor has noticed you.Back then, Zhang Tianrui, Gu Zuo, and even Yang Yiqing all followed this path.

So Song Heng was very excited about this.

Although he is not a person who pays special attention to fame and fortune, a person always has the urge to do something to realize his ambition.

The whole night after leaving the palace, he devoted himself to this matter, and immediately found two good friends. The room was also full of materials borrowed or bought from other places. With the faint light of candles, they Discuss and discuss together, at least you have to have an idea first.

According to the general logic of handling things, although the emperor gave you this task, it does not mean that you will start to move immediately tomorrow. The key is how to move, where to move, and what plan?
These must also form one thing, and hand it over to the emperor. If he nods, okay, then implement it accordingly.

So Song Heng and his two friends are researching such a thing, and their current state is a bit like a young man who started a business in a garage. When people discover treasures, their potential is unlimited. full of energy.

The two people Song Heng found, one named Song Yue, was actually his younger brother, who did not have the status of Jinshi, but was a Juren. He had been living with him for the past two years for the imperial examination, so as not to have to go back to their hometown in Shaanxi.

The other person is Zhang Chi, who is his colleague in the Shaofu. Because of his similar temperament, he has become a close friend who talks about everything.

Song Heng met the emperor and brought back the official status of the director of the planning department, which actually encouraged the two of them, so Song Heng asked them for help, and the two of them did their best to help without saying a word.

Once they have accomplished this matter, it will be a matter of course to enter the emperor's sight.

Song Heng was the oldest, but not yet thirty, with a short beard. He pointed to the pile of ancient books and various materials, and suggested, "Song Yue, Brother Zhang, I remember His Majesty mentioned the word function area, That is the difference between business and residence, so our results should also reflect this. Besides, there are too many things in this pile, should we draw pictures? This way His Majesty can understand it at a glance."

When the clan brother said this, Song Yue understood.

Because although he has not yet completed the imperial examination, his painting skills are actually very good.

"Then I will write. The scenery in the city is not complicated."

Zhang Chi nodded, "Drawing on paper is a good way, but if you want to draw a big city like the capital, you must have a large paper of several feet."

"It's okay, I'll ask someone to look for it at dawn. Besides, we need to agree on where to draw and what to paint. Otherwise, how can we change it in the middle of the painting?"

Not bad, the other two nodded.

But to get to the point.

"...Although I don't know why His Majesty came up with the idea of ​​planning the capital. But once it is implemented, the reasonable distribution of functional areas is a consideration. In addition, we, as officials of the Shaofu, should all understand that the most important consideration is actually money. Spend it out You have to get it back. Your Majesty's temper, simply spending money is not enough."

Zhang Chi was talking, and Song Heng listened quite seriously. His friend had been in the Shaofu for a longer time, and he had a deeper understanding of the word economy.

"Since it is going to be taken back, Brother Song, when we make plans, we must remember to leave a blank."

Song Heng raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"

"According to His Majesty, only commercial buildings are planned in the commercial area, where businessmen and common people gather, and the income such as rent will naturally increase. In contrast, the residential area does not have such conditions. That is to say..."

Zhang Chi raised his eyes, "Just like the west city is good and the south city is poor, the new urban areas that will be expanded in the future will actually have differences between good and bad. As for the good functional areas, we must pay attention to leaving blank spaces, so that in the future these areas Thousands of gold are hard to come by, can't the money spent by the court be recovered? So..."

He pointed to the area around the Nightless City, "It seems that the outer part of the Nightless City will be vacated and is up for sale. The sheds built under the Zhengyang Gate and near Shuiyunjian will also be demolished and sold to powerful people. Merchant. Brother Song, can you report to His Majesty the meaning of 'land sale'?"

Song Heng fully understood what he meant, because they had already discussed this topic in Shaofu before.

"Look for an opportunity, and I will report to His Majesty." Song Heng said on the street: "In my opinion, no matter how the capital is planned, it still needs to meet two basic functions. One is to allow the people who enter the city to have enough houses to live in, so The residential area should also be carefully planned, so that people from other places can see that the capital is worthy of saying that it is the best place, so that when His Majesty will go out of the palace in the future, he will be able to recognize our achievements."

"The second function is commerce. The Shaofu invested a lot of money to build the city that never sleeps, so commerce cannot be separated from the city that never sleeps. People are used to visiting the south-facing street outside Zhengyangmen, so I think it can be used as a basis for expansion, Reconstruct this north-south street, along the street are shops, and the back of the shops are planned as houses and courtyards for living. It is distributed like a chessboard, and the market is right outside the door, so how good is it?"

"It's good." Song Yue wondered, "It's just that, aren't those houses enough for many people to live in? Or are they built more densely?"

"It can't be crowded." Zhang Chi resolutely rejected this proposal, "The gathering of too many poor people will damage the value of Everbright City as a commercial area, so the courtyards around here should be large and spacious, and it's close to the imperial city. Too dense and not safe enough. Specialized residential areas should be further away.”

"There is also the question of money." Song Heng copied his hand, "There must be enough houses for many people to live in. This amount of money is not a small amount."

Zhang Chi stood up deep, frowning and pacing. At a certain moment, he suddenly thought of something, "Can the people pay for the construction of their own houses? The court only needs to mark out an open space, and then guide the people to build."

"How to guide this?"

Zhang Chi tapped his palms, "The solution depends on people's thinking. Most of the people who go to work in the city today don't want to work for the rest of their lives. Their main goal is to send their children to private schools and take the imperial examination in the future. In fact, private schools The problem itself is becoming more and more prominent, yes, that’s it! Use private schools to attract.”

Zhang Chi said more and more vigorously, "In the concentrated residential area, the imperial court can build some private schools scatteredly, and each private school only recruits students to study nearby, so the investment of the imperial court will be greatly reduced, and the open space next to the private schools can only charge a small amount. The money is used to build private schools, and then the empty land is handed over to the people to build their own houses."

"No way." Song Heng shook his head, "Many people don't have that much money. And the houses made by different people will definitely be different, and it will still be messy."

"It's feasible, Brother Song, believe me. Only in this way can those people who live in a concentrated area disperse actively, otherwise, who would want to build houses by themselves? The imperial court doesn't have enough money to build so many houses at once."

Song Heng thought for a while, "Then this is an option to be determined, and we will see what His Majesty means after reporting it to His Majesty."

Song Yue interjected, "Brother Clan, this is actually a good idea. I think His Majesty will agree, and it will save a lot of construction costs."

"Okay. But after all, I have to report to His Majesty. What about other questions?"

Zhang Chi shook his head, "I don't have any for now."

"Okay." Song Heng took out a piece of paper, "His Majesty actually mentioned another word, let's discuss it together and see where it is more appropriate to put this functional area."

"What?" Both of them were curious.

I saw Song Heng wrote two words on the paper: Industry.