Chapter 16: A Bit of a Brain Pain

The weather in August is crisp in autumn.

The sun was three poles, and the morning sun shone on the dragon bed through the carved exquisite window paper, and Zhu Youxiao opened his eyes in a daze.

"Comfortable...... This is the life of the emperor! ”

Zhu Youxiao got up from the gorgeous dragon bed, stretched, and muttered in his mouth.

After being served and washed by two beautiful palace maids, and having a fragrant breakfast, Shi Shiran walked out of the dormitory slowly.

After inquiring about a palace maid, I learned that the queen had already gotten up, and now she went out of the palace with a thousand-person female escort team that had just been formed.

"Hehe, this Yan'er, so excited to become the royal director?"

He secretly laughed to himself, took the double guns and the Xuantie Divine Sword, strode outside, asked someone to bring the snow god horse Xiaobai, and rode it out of the imperial city without hurry.

Zhu Youxiao did not bring any guards, and there was no need to bring guards at all.

If even he can't cope with the danger, no matter how many guards he has, there is no use.

Along the way, there were teams of three or five soldiers everywhere, shouting and directing the people to carry out the cleaning of the capital, and the men and women were busy sweating profusely.

These men and women are all guilty bodies, and they all want to complete their tasks as quickly as possible, in order to be free.

Because Zhu Youxiao summoned Lu Jiude again last night, gave him some ghost ideas, and made a series of guidelines and instructions to encourage the people to work actively.

Anyway, these sinners are not really sinners, and now they just want to polish their temperament, so that these people can recognize the situation and adapt to the great changes in the capital.

Moreover, people work for the royal family without paying, which is not in line with the "sustainable development plan" that Zhu Youxiao has in mind.

However, cleaning up the capital and cleaning up a clean capital is a process of labor reform for these sinners.

It is necessary for them to be familiar with the rules and know who is the real master of the capital today.

In the future, Zhu Youxiao will not let anyone be idle, including himself and the queen.

When people are too idle, they will think about everything, and they will have all kinds of thoughts that they shouldn't have.

The people of the Ming Dynasty were actually very simple.

They only want their family to be fed and clothed, and they will feel very happy.

If there is still a little surplus food and spare money at home, then the emperor will be grateful.

Comparatively, the purity of the people in this era is stronger than in the 21st century!

At the very least, that kind of materialistic and moral degradation is not seen at all among the nearly 200 million ordinary people of the Ming Empire.

Zhu Youxiao watched as he walked, nodding and waving frequently to the soldiers and people along the way, and received bursts of cheers.

Even those "sinners" who are doing all kinds of dirty work have no hatred in their eyes.

You must know that although it is now a labor reform, there are three meals a day to ensure that you are full, which is a great treatment.

Not to mention, the emperor also promised that as long as he worked actively, he would soon be free.

In this era, ordinary people can't do three meals a day, and in normal times, even if they work for large families, it's just two meals for one person!

Along the way, Zhu Youxiao also found a lot of things that needed to be corrected as soon as possible.

For example, all large and medium-sized shops should be opened as soon as possible.

The 2 million people who have been brought in should be given jobs and shelters as soon as possible.

Also, a wave of new army soldiers needs to be recruited, and a large army that can fight well is formed as soon as possible.

The resumption of production in each Huangzhuang, the start of the workshop, the gathering of craftsmen, etc......

Many big things need to be solved in a short period of time, and Zhu Youxiao felt a little headache!

"Take your time, don't rush, just solve it one by one."

Rubbing his eyebrows, Zhu Youxiao now felt the distress of no one to share his worries.

Unconsciously, Zhu Youxiao came back to his senses and found that the snow treading god horse had taken him to the main square of Chongwenmen Street.

It's a bustling place, and it's crowded with people.

Most of these people are young women, chirping, like hundreds of thousands of sparrows gathered together, and the grand occasion is unprecedented!

More than 100 female officers are directing a woman to line up to register.

Queen Zhang Yan is patrolling the Quartet with a large group of majestic and heavily armed women's troops.

She had just returned from the Fifth Army Campus, and she had gone to the two Colleges and Universities to select the military supplies such as armor and so on, and then returned to the square with more than 100 truckloads of money, food, and weapons.

Zhang Yan made up her mind that she must select 3,000 female officers today, and also form a 3,000 female escort team to prove that she is also capable of doing great things.

She didn't want to disappoint the emperor.

Zhu Youxiao watched from a distance for a while, nodded slightly, and did not alarm the queen, and walked along Chongwenmen Street alone.

Now that the capital has been largely settled, he wants to take a look inside and outside the capital, check and fill in the gaps, and see if there is anything he hasn't thought of, in order to have a psychological preparation.

If nothing is foreseen, nothing will stand.

He had a clear understanding that the greater danger had not yet come, and that he had to be prepared.

He has never been in the habit of being beaten passively.

Zhu Youxiao is ready to spend about a year or two to control the area north of the Yellow River in his own hands.

That's his ultimate goal at the moment.

Anyway, he will never sit idly by and watch the capital besieged by anyone, and if he wants to fight, he will also fight others by himself!

"Well, what's going on?"

When he came to the vicinity of the city gate, Zhu Youxiao saw dense and ragged homeless people.

Their faces were insensitive and they stood or sat with a vegetable, and they gathered on the side of the road in a dejected manner, waiting for the government's treatment.

Zhu Youxiao frowned, looked up at the huge city gate, and was even more surprised!

Outside the city gate, there are more displaced people, at least tens of thousands!

There is no end in sight at a glance!

Due to Lu Jiude's strict implementation of the emperor's orders, the gates of the capital were open all day long, and no one was allowed to enter or exit.

In this way, those displaced people who flocked to the capital had a place to go, and one by one they wanted to enter the city to live.

Because in all dynasties, no emperor would allow too many people to starve to death in the capital.

According to the calculation of the displaced people here, the displaced people gathered near the various gates of the capital definitely exceeded 200,000!

This is a big hidden danger!

Disease, plague, riots and other emergencies are a big hidden danger!

"I'm glad I came out once, otherwise ......"

In Zhu Youxiao's heart, he regarded the ordinary population as more important than anything else, and at least within the scope of his eyes, he was not allowed to starve to death of any ordinary people.

With enough people, there will be everything.

Otherwise, everything is a flower in the water and a moon in the well.

"What's your name?"

Zhu Youxiao immediately stepped forward and asked a city gate official headed by him.

"Ahh

This city gate official followed Lu Jiude to see the emperor yesterday, and when he saw that the emperor had arrived in person, he was immediately shocked!

"Back to the emperor, the last general will be Wang Qinian, the new deputy general of the Yongwei Army!"

He hurriedly shook his armor, knelt down on one knee, and bowed his head.

"Well, Wang Qinian, I've seen you."

Zhu Youxiao is now unforgettable, and he recognized the general who followed Lu Jiude yesterday at a glance.

"You personally go and tell Lu Jiude to accept all the displaced people inside and outside the capital, organize them in the same way, register them, and join in the cleaning up work of the capital."

"Remember, when the register is made, everyone must be given a set of clothes, shoes, and daily necessities, so that they can all take a hot bath and put them on again, and they must ensure three meals a day!"

"If you need any materials, ask Lu Jiude to order someone to fetch them, and the supplies will be supplied to him in unlimited quantities! Be sure to handle it foolproof. ”

"After the sanitation of the capital is sorted out, let the millions of people who are together and then dispatch all the stonemasons and other civil craftsmen in the capital, and let them command everyone to renovate all the roads in the capital, and use bluestone, blue bricks, and sanhe soil to repair!"

"The same is true of the sewers, large and small ditches everywhere, all of which have been deepened and deepened, and built with bluestone, bricks, and triple soil!"

"Also, let the leader of the craftsmen survey and draw a little place at the corners of the roads in the capital, and build a large public latrine first. This is important! ”

"Do you remember?"

Zhu Youxiao looked at the other party and said coldly.

"Your Majesty, the minister remembers."

This Wang Qinian, who looked very shrewd and strong, and had a flexible mind, immediately replied.

"Well, go ahead. Explain things as soon as possible. Zhu Youxiao told him to get up and waved him to leave.

Wang Qinian bid farewell to the emperor, immediately returned to the city gate, and handed over the task of blockading the capital to a general, and then Pegasus left.

"Well, this Wang Qinian is also a talent, much stronger than the British prince and other military attachés of the gods."

Zhu Youxiao saw this guy's old and spicy behavior, looked at his back as he gradually moved away, and nodded.