I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 494 We are the loyal martyrs of the Ming Dynasty!
Pan Yinglong showed his token and written order. The officer guarding Chongwenmen checked them carefully, took out a book, recorded something, and asked Pan Yinglong to sign and seal it, and stamp it with the small seal on the ivory plate.

He looked down to make sure it was correct, then waved goodbye and let him go.

The soldiers pulled the bolts, and six people on each side slowly pushed the two gates, opening a gap just big enough for one person and one horse to pass through.

Pan Yinglong took the lead, followed by the others, and the group filed out of Chongwenmen and entered the South City.

The houses here are low, crisscrossed and connected in a dark mass in the night, which is a far cry from the neat and orderly walls and alleys of the wealthy families in East City.

Pan Yinglong pointed to the front and said to the City Hall Mayor, "Mayor Yu, South City is a good place to promote municipal administration."

Yu Dushi replied respectfully: "Please let Shao Yin tell me clearly."

"South City has many residential buildings, which are in a mess. The area is vast and sparsely populated. Apart from the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Mountains and Rivers, there are no other tall buildings. The Surveying and Mapping Bureau has already drawn up a map of South City. I have drawn up a plan to start the transformation of the capital's municipal administration from South City, from west to east.

Xuanbeifang, Baizhifang and Xuannanfang in the west of South City have many workshops, as well as vegetable markets and mule markets. Wastewater flows everywhere and garbage piles up. In summer, there are more flies than people, and they cover the entire place.

I have made a plan. The people in these three districts will first live in the Buddhist temples such as the Fahua Zen Temple, the Fazang Zen Temple and the Longqing Temple in Chongnan District. Xuanbei District, Baizhi District and Xuannan District will all be demolished. The first step in planning the streets is to dig deep ditches, or bury cement pipes, or build underground canals to connect to the sewers.

Each block will have a fire shop, a clinic, a vegetable market, and a garden, as well as several public wells and toilets. The three blocks will build a primary school together. The workshops and mule and horse market will be moved south, and two open spaces will be opened up to directly turn them into workshop areas and cattle, sheep, mules, horses, and camel markets. "

After listening to Pan Yinglong's words, everyone couldn't help but be amazed at how much silver it would cost.

Yu Dushi of the Municipal Bureau asked, "Pan Shaoyin, where did this money come from?"

Yes, if you have money, you can build not only a house like this, but also a Humble Administrator's Garden.

What’s the point of talking if you don’t have money?

“Silver will come naturally.

The four major banks, the six major trading companies, as well as Kaiping Iron and Steel Company, Luanzhou Mining Company, Taiyuan Iron and Steel Company, Shanghai Da Gong Cotton Textile Company, Shunfeng Society and other companies and businesses employ more and more people in Beijing, especially shopkeepers, stewards, managers, accountants and other talents, who need to be won over.

They negotiated with Shuntian Prefecture and funded the project. After Xuanbeifang, Baizhifang, and Xuannanfang were all demolished and rebuilt, in addition to the relocation of the old residents, the extra houses would belong to them and be used to accommodate their employees.

Everyone couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

It turns out that the rich and fat sheep were caught.

These local tyrants, a hair plucked out at random is thicker than other people's thighs. However, they are imperial merchants, directly under the supervision of the Shaofu, and even the Ministry of Revenue dare not easily provoke them.

With them as a guarantee, there won't be any problems and you can repair it however you want.

Our Shao Yin master is really wild! His background is really strong!
Following such a boss, we also feel that we are getting more and more motivated!

Pan Yinglong continued, "After the renovation of Xuanbei, Baizhi and Xuannan, the renovation of Zhengnan and Zhengxi will be done. There is a Liulichang there, and I plan to turn it into a street of antiques, calligraphy and paintings.
The third phase of the South City renovation is the renovation of Zhengdongfang, Chongbeifang and Chongnanfang. I plan to build a large market between Guangqumen and Dongbianmen, the South Market, which will be temporarily divided into five markets: grain and oil, east, south, west, north and south groceries.

Pan Yinglong was speaking excitedly when a noise came from the opposite street.

"Grandson! How dare you run!"

"Brothers, surround them from both sides!"

Then came the sound of hurried and chaotic footsteps, and soon the dull sound of sticks hitting flesh, and miserable pleas for mercy.

"Ah, grandpas, I don't dare to do that anymore. I am your grandson and you are my grandpas!"

"Oh, dear grandpa, please stop beating us. We just threw two pieces of meat and a few cabbages at someone else's house. There's no need to hit us so hard!"

Then a loud voice sounded.

"I'm beating you not because of how much you stole, but because you bastards ran away when you were called."

"Yeah, you losers, you don't take us, the men of the Crane Control Army, seriously!"

The thieves who were beaten were stunned by what they heard, and they cried and begged for mercy: "Grandpas, if you knew it was you who were on patrol, you would not dare to steal even if you killed us."

"What? You don't dare when we come, but you dare when we don't come? Or do you still ignore us and keep fighting!"

"Oh, grandpas, please spare my life. If you continue to fight, someone will die."

"Nonsense! We are very measured in our actions! We will make sure you are still alive when you are sent to the patrol station."

Xiao Dushi of the Patrol Department's eyes popped out when he heard this. "What? The Control Crane Army is also sent out for patrol? They are the emperor's personal army, and their rank in the Beijing Camp is only slightly lower than that of the Yongwei Camp."

Pan Yinglong glanced at him and said, "Now is a time of trouble, the higher-ups are trying to clear out the five cities in the capital.

Your patrol battalion is short of manpower, and it is too late to transfer guards from other places, so the Supervisory Office asked the Governor's Office of the Beijing Camp to transfer five battalions of soldiers from the Xishan Konghe Army, change them into guard uniforms, and take turns patrolling.

Tomorrow, cadets from Xishan Military Academy and Qinghe Non-commissioned Officers School will also change into Guard uniforms in batches and go out on patrol in the streets.”

When everyone heard this, they immediately realized the seriousness of the situation.

But on second thought, now is the most sensitive time as the late emperor has passed away and the prince is preparing to ascend the throne. It cannot be too careful.

Xiao Dushi asked carefully, "Shao Yin, I heard that the Konghe Army has firearms?"

"The five battalions of the Crane Control Army on duty on the streets have surrendered all their firearms and put them in storage. They only carry swords, guns, bows, arrows and clubs."

Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "Don't dare to use firearms on the ground in the capital. The sound of gunfire would have too much impact."

Pan Yinglong and his party continued forward and soon met the patrol team of the Konghe Army. After checking each other's badges and passwords, Pan Yinglong said, "I am the Shao Yin of Shuntian Prefecture. Now His Highness has issued an order to impose martial law in the capital, loose outside and tight inside. I am also temporarily the commander of the martial law in the five cities of the capital. Have you received the military order?"

The leading officer of the Control Crane Army patrol team bowed and replied: "I have received military orders and will obey the dispatch orders of the Five Cities Martial Law Command in the capital.

Please ask Commander Pan to give the order."

"Okay, send these thieves to the nearest patrol station and lock them up. You continue patrolling the streets and don't miss your job."

"Follow the order!"

The Shuntian Prefecture officials behind him watched and sighed inwardly, saying that he was worthy of being trained in the pre-military shogunate, as his orders were powerful, simple and clear.

Dignity is in every gesture and every movement.

Unlike the previous Five Cities Patrol Censor, who spoke in a pretentious and literary manner, trying to appear dignified but ended up being ridiculous.

Pan Yinglong and his team continued their patrol, first walking south along Chongwen Street, entering Chongnanfang from Chongnan Street, and walking to Fazang Zen Temple at the end.

There was a small woods nearby. Pan Yinglong secretly mobilized three teams of guards and patrol teams of the Control Crane Army, and together with his own troops, surrounded the woods. Then they attacked from all directions and captured forty or fifty thieves from inside.

After a brief interrogation, they found out that they were all ruffians from Shunyi and Tongzhou. After the earthquake last night, they believed that the capital would be in chaos based on their past experience, so they rushed here and hid here first, preparing to make a fortune in the chaos.

It was totally unexpected that with so many soldiers in the capital, they didn't even find a chance to attack and were surrounded.

Pan Yinglong handed these thieves over to a patrol team to deal with, while his team and the other two teams continued patrolling.

They walked from Fahua Zen Temple to Dongsanlihe Road, headed west to Xisanlihe Road, crossed Zhengyangmen Street, entered Zhengxifang, crossed Zhengxifang, passed Liulichang, and entered Xuanbeifang.

Go through Xuanwumen Street, cross the middle area of ​​Xuanbeifang, cross Xixie Street, enter the western area of ​​Xuanbeifang, go south along Xibianmen Street, turn east along Guangningmen Street, and enter Baizhifang.
After an hour and a half, Pan Yinglong and his companions encountered six patrol teams that were catching thieves and bandits.

Yu Dushi from the City Hall couldn't help but sigh: "This South City is really a mixed bag, it's extremely complicated."

Xiao Dushi immediately said, "Thanks to Pan Shaoyin for dispatching a large number of people to South City. If we only relied on those few people from the South City Patrol Bureau, it would have been a mess long ago."

Pan Yinglong and his team worked overtime on patrol all night, while in the study of Wang Lin’s mansion, the wise men were still discussing enthusiastically.

Wang Lin said passionately: "Now the channels for speech are closed. We have no way to submit memorials. They are either intercepted by treacherous officials or kept by the eunuch party. All our loyal words are in vain.

Instead of doing this, we should print posters and books widely, put our heartfelt words into words and broadcast them to the people."

Cheng Wenyi said excitedly: "Yes, there is no place for us to speak in the court, so we will speak in the rivers and lakes. The officials are afraid of the treacherous power and dare not speak out, so we will speak to the people.

"Justice always stirs people's hearts. The great principles of heaven will eventually enlighten the people. As long as we enlighten the people and win their hearts, we can fight the evil ones to the end!"

Li You, Zhao Zhongyi and others echoed, "Yes, we are righteous people. We uphold the righteousness of heaven and earth and follow the will of the people. We will definitely be able to clear away the haze and clear up the government!"

At this time, someone said: "The Taichang Temple has a clear decree that it is not allowed to publish newspapers, books, etc. without permission."

Dong Chuanze said sternly, "You are confused! We are committed to pursuing greater principles and do not mind trivial matters."

Ding Shimei said excitedly: "Yes! Taichang Temple is the lair of the traitor Li Zhi. The laws and decrees it made are just nonsense and waste paper to upright people like us!"

"Correct!"

Everyone agreed.

Wang Lin was very pleased to see the high morale of the crowd: "The common people have such great talents! How fortunate! The Ming Dynasty has such great talents, how wonderful! The Holy Clergy have such great talents, how magnificent!"

After saying this, Wang Lin felt extremely sad and regretful. He was full of knowledge, so why couldn't he write a great article like "On Youthful China"?
After regretting, I felt a little resentful.

Your Highness, since you have such a gift for writing, you should join the holy religion and walk with the great scholars! Why would you write such a great article for the new school?

Nowadays, students of new studies often recite this article in unison, and their momentum immediately overwhelms those of students of old studies, no, those of mainstream studies.

It’s so hateful and annoying!
Wang Lin suppressed his inner turmoil and continued, "You are all talented people, please write freely and express your aspirations. Once you are done, I will print them all for you!
Then spread it to the capital, the surrounding areas, and across the country, so that all knowledgeable and sensible people in the world can see our voices and hear our cries.

We will enlighten the people, gather their hearts and minds, and fight against evil to the end! "

Cheng Wenyi said at the side: "Ji Jin Gong Gaoyi! We want to tell the people of Ming loudly that the recent frequent strange phenomena are warnings from heaven.

If the imperial court does not put order, the heavens will send even greater signs, and it will be a great natural disaster for the common people, with lives lost and corpses strewn all over the land!"

Li You immediately responded, "Yes, the heavens showed strange signs to warn all living beings! The Crown Prince and the court must put the people of the country first, reflect on themselves, and take the blame!"

Zhao Zhongyi then shouted, "That's right. We must gather the people's hearts and minds, ask the crown prince to issue an edict of guilt, then dismiss the treacherous and corrupt officials, imprison the evil, and then bring in righteous and virtuous people to the court to restore order and rectify the government!"

Someone said timidly: "In a few days, it will be time to go to the Three-Entry Table. I am afraid that we will be in such a situation."

Cheng Wenyi interrupted the man without hesitation: "What are you afraid of? If we don't seize this great opportunity, I'm afraid there will be no place for the Holy Religion and the Confucianism in the future!"

Gao Yongchun said with tears in his eyes: "Yes, what we are doing is righteous! Ladies and gentlemen, the spirits of the ancestors and martyrs in heaven, please watch over us!

The heaven and earth have righteous energy, which is mixed and flowing. Below it is the rivers and mountains, and above it is the sun and stars.

Everyone followed suit and recited, "In human terms, it is called Haoran, which is so abundant that it fills the sky. The imperial road should be clear and peaceful, and the court should be harmonious and bright. When times are tough, one's loyalty is revealed, and each one is recorded in red and blue."

Wang Lin's face was covered with tears. He looked up to the sky and sighed, "Ming is so lucky to have such virtuous and loyal people like you!"

(End of this chapter)