In the flower hall of Shi Fenglai's mansion, the second assistant of the cabinet, several officials who were not too high-ranking were sitting around Shi Fenglai, and bursts of laughter broke out from time to time.

Shi Fenglai just got the news that Li Guopu was beaten during the visit, and as soon as this matter was revealed, it immediately caused a burst of laughter from the protégés who came to pay New Year's greetings.

Everyone knows that the master and Li Ge are at odds with each other, so they are very good at holding the high and stepping on the low.

On the second day, Zhu Youzhen convened a cabinet meeting in the Qianqing Palace, and everyone arrived except for Li Guopu, who did not come.

They naturally knew why Li Guopu didn't come, so in order to give Li Ge Lao dignity, they deliberately didn't mention it.

Starting with Huang Liji, the cabinet members reported their observations and perceptions of the people's feelings in turn, and then handed them over.

Zhu Youzhen has roughly doubled, basically the hardships of the people's livelihood and the cultivation of the people, of course, there is also a rainbow fart to the Son of Heaven.

"What do the people do to the officials?"

Except for Han Yi, Zhu Youzhen saw that no one mentioned the people's distrust of the officials, so he mentioned it himself.

Except for Han Yi, the others didn't understand what Zhu Youzhen meant, so they pretended to be wooden people and waited for Zhu Youzhen to find out.

But Zhu Youzhen saw that everyone didn't speak, so he didn't go on, it was impossible for these people not to know what he meant, but the rule of officials was a big issue related to the country's social affairs, and no one dared to answer rashly.

Although no one spoke, Zhu Youzhen also understood their attitude very clearly, and it seems that no one wants to lift the lid yet.

Zhu Youzhen encouraged the ministers a few words, and then sent them away hastily.

However, after everyone left, Zhu Youzhen still took a closer look at their recitals, which involved the problems of poor living conditions and winter heating.

The capital division of the Ming Dynasty currently has a permanent population of more than 1.2 million, and the floating population is estimated to exceed 2 million.

Although during the Jiajing period, due to the growing population and the need to resist the northern Meda, the capital was expanded on the basis of the inner city.

Emperor Jiajing's original intention was to spread out along the city of Beijing to the east, west, south and north, surround the inner city, the Xiannongtan and the Temple of Heaven, and build corner towers at the four corners of the city to strengthen the vigilance and guard.

However, soon after the start of the project, it was found that the actual amount of work was too large, and the national strength was limited and it was difficult to carry out at the same time, so the southern section of the city wall could only be built first, and then the other walls could be built after the national strength was sufficient.

As a result, from the 32nd year of Jiajing to the 43rd year of Jiajing, which lasted 11 years, the expanded southern city wall was officially completed, which is now the outer city of Beijing.

Because it was part of the four-sided expansion project of the capital, the northern wall of the outer city was wider than the inner city wall, so the northwest and northeast corners of the outer city were connected to the southwest and southeast corners of the inner city.

After the completion of this section of the city wall, the city of Beijing changed from a square to a "convex" shape.

Zhu Youjian watched the recitals of the elders, and combined with his inspection and visit to Beijing City for more than a year, the idea of expanding Beijing City came to his heart.

However, unlike Emperor Jiajing, who did not like the previous dynasty, Zhu Youzhen did not think about building a city wall, but wanted to develop a real estate business.

With the growing population and limited living environment in Beijing, Zhu Youzhen feels that this business is definitely profitable.

Of course, before this, the problem of border troubles must be solved, why the people of the capital are willing to build shacks and live in the city, it is not because they are afraid of the invasion of the northern peoples.

Protected by a city wall more than ten meters high, I naturally have a sense of security in my heart.

Build a strong modern army first, and then clean up the northern Tartars, then you can develop real estate with confidence.

But before that, you can also secretly collect the surrounding land, and when the time comes, it will definitely be multiplied several times when it is demolished.

However, all of this requires capital, and although Zhu Youzhen has plenty of money, he does not need to spend it at all because he needs to expand the new army and navy.

After pondering for a long time, Zhu Youzhen set his eyes on the vassal king again.

Last year, because of the rebellion in Guizhou and the civil uprising in Shaanxi, the annual shareholders' meeting of the vassal kings was not held, although these brothers, uncles and uncles did not openly express their dissatisfaction, but through Jinyiwei, Zhu Youzhen also learned some of their ideas.

Anyway, similar to the voice of "Zhu Youzhen is a big fool and a big liar", he has already received several reports.

After more than a year, it is estimated that they have saved a lot of silver, set up a real estate company, and collect the wool of the vassal kings again. ’

Zhu Youzhen thought about it, and he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, but before that, he still had to prepare the silver for dividends, and if he couldn't see the money back, these misers probably wouldn't invest again.

Regarding the real estate business, Zhu Youzhen put it aside for the time being, and the development of real estate in the capital is a big project, and it needs to be thought about carefully.

But before that, from the recital of the elders, Zhu Youzhen saw another business opportunity.

The capital of the Ming Dynasty is located in the north, and the winter is relatively cold, whether it is a high-gate compound or a low shack, there is a need for heating in winter.

Of course, the Gaomen compound is mostly heated with charcoal, which is not only clean but also basically smoke-free, but the price is expensive.

Small households can not afford charcoal, most of them burn coal for heating, coal mostly comes from Xishan, after Cao Huachun more than a year of soft and hard, the Generalissimo's Xishan coal industry is now also a well-known reputation in Xishan.

Zhu Youzhen has seen the heating facilities of ordinary people's homes, which are basically a brazier, which not only does not conform to the principle of full combustion, resulting in a waste of resources, but also has a low heat use efficiency, and is basically useless except for heating.

What's more, because coal is not burned sufficiently, carbon monoxide poisoning is very susceptible, and hundreds of people die in the capital every winter.

Even in the palace, deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning have occurred repeatedly, and it was not until Zhu Youzhen transformed the fire dragon in the palace that this situation was eradicated.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen remembered the honeycomb coal furnace and honeycomb coal in later generations, which had a simple structure and were easy to produce.

Compared with braziers, the honeycomb coal stove of later generations is more in line with the basic conditions of combustion, not only the combustion is more sufficient, but also the utilization rate of heat is also higher, not only for heating, but also for boiling water and cooking.

More critically, if ventilation is done well, the incidence of carbon monoxide poisoning will be greatly reduced.

In addition, the composition of honeycomb coal part of yellow mud can also reduce costs, improve the efficiency of coal utilization, and make more people affordable.

And in order to further reduce costs, honeycomb coal stoves can also be taught to the people to build themselves, with loess, green bricks and a few iron bars.

Zhu Youzhen believes that the wisdom and wisdom of the Chinese people will not be able to learn as long as the style of the stove is disseminated.