Chapter Forty-Six: Godson

The huge Ying Tianfu had already exceeded the original carrying scale of the city, and during the Yongle period, Zhu Zhanji asked to cancel the role of the city wall, and the ministers objected.

But now, the city within the city walls has long been turned into an inner city. The outer city wall built during the Zhu Yuanzhang period has now become the outline of the city of Yingtianfu.

Because of the expansion of the city, it is difficult to say where the center of the city is.

The area of Confucius Temple is the market consumption center of Yingtianfu, the area of Xuanwu Lake is the cultural center, the area of the Imperial Palace is the administrative center, and the area of Jiajiang is the industrial center.

Between these areas, there are also many spontaneously formed commercial centers, and it is these urban clusters with different functions that make the city of Yingtianfu full of charming charm.

However, the rapid development of cities has also brought about many practical problems, such as pollution, such as law and order, as well as the gap between the rich and the poor and social contradictions brought about by urban development.

As the only mega city in the world with a population of 3 million, there are far more urban problems than in later generations due to the lack of supporting facilities or the defects of auxiliary functions.

However, these problems have not become the mainstream of social contradictions now, because everything is hidden under the prosperity of today.

In Zhu Zhanji's view, there are many serious problems, but for the people at present, they are accustomed to it, and even proud of it.

Just like the Jinchuan River, which is the main sewage function of the city, the pollution problem is very serious in the rapid development of the city.

However, people do not take the seriousness of the problem seriously, and even think that the pollution of the Jinchuan River is a sign of urban development.

The same principle is also applied to the big chimneys such as the steel plant in the Jiajiang Industrial Zone, and in Zhu Zhanji's view, the problem that needs to be prevented and dealt with is the pride of Ying Tianfu in the eyes of the people.

The increase in the population of cities has also led to many corresponding problems, such as the reduction of living conditions.

However, many outsiders who work in Yingtianfu can survive by building a shack for their families, and they don't think that this is suffering.

On the urban edge of the southern part of the Jiajiang Industrial Zone, such shack areas are getting bigger and bigger, forming a deformed slum.

But these people would rather stay in Yingtianfu as poor people than leave Yingtianfu and go to other places to become small landowners.

The siphon effect produced by Ying Tianfu is getting stronger and stronger, and not only the Ming people, but even the Dongying people and the Koreans, they are also attracted to it.

Between Shogunate Mountain and Swallow Rock, a large Korean and Dongying settlement area was formed.

After they became coolies in the Ming Dynasty and gained a firm foothold, they also took over their families, forming a foreigner settlement outside the city.

Although they are subordinate and low-level in Daming, in Daming, they don't have to worry about being bullied, and even lose their lives.

For them, it is better to be present here than in their own country.

And the rapid development of the Ming Dynasty is inseparable from them, especially after the choice of the Ming people has increased greatly, even the ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty are not willing to let their children go to the current people.

And the big family can't do without these people, so they can only choose such people from the Koreans and Dongying people who are not much different from the Ming people to serve themselves.

In order to control the foreign population, Ying Tianfu has established a strict qualification screening. However, in the face of a huge manpower gap, many times we can only turn a blind eye.

Because of the large-scale immigration, the Ming Dynasty canceled the original household registration restrictions and allowed the people to move purposefully, which also caused an increase in the floating population.

The number of people who should be immigrated from Tianfu has also increased a lot because of their short-term stay.

All this has brought prosperity to the development of Ying Tianfu, but also brought difficulties in management.

However, in this era of no human rights, rough and brutal management does not lead to much resistance.

For example, in many neighborhoods, officials will be arranged to arrest homeless people, and if they have no identity, no proper employment, and no place to live, they will only be arrested and sent to prison to serve hard labor.

In short, this city is a dream city for today's people, but in Zhu Zhanji, there are still many shortcomings.

For eight-year-old Zhu Youzhang, the bustling market is so bustling, there are countless things to eat, drink, and play, even if it is a small stall selling candy on the street, it is so fun.

Zhu Zhanji accompanied him to stand in front of a candy man's stall for a quarter of an hour, watching him buy a large number of various candy figures, saying that he would go back and give them to his other brothers and sisters.

When he was satisfied and about to leave, Zhu Zhanji said: "Today, Great-Ancestor took you out shopping, and when you go back, you will write a 2,000-word travelogue." ”

Zhu Youzhu was dumbfounded, stared at Zhu Zhanji for a long time, and then asked, "Great ancestor, what is a travelogue?" ”

Zhu Zhanji thought that what he wrote was certainly not a travelogue in the ordinary sense, and he did not have that level.

"Even if you come out today, you have to write down the interesting things that happened, and more importantly, write down the impact of everything on you, understand?"

"Two thousand words, great-grandfather, can you write a little less?"

Zhu Zhanji took his hand and continued to walk forward, saying: "If you write well, I will let you come out to play once a month in the future, if you don't write well, don't think about it in the future." ”

"Really!" Zhu Youzhu was overjoyed and immediately said: "My grandson must write well when he goes back......"

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "You can write down the interesting things you haven't seen." But remember, no matter what, learn to look at things from a different perspective. ”

Zhu Youzhu seemed to understand a little, and asked, "Great Ancestor, what is another angle?" ”

"It's empathy." Zhu Zhanji felt that his eight-year-old child still couldn't understand this, so he said in another way: "That is, you must not only look at the problem from the position of an emperor and grandson, but also know how to look at the problem from the position of an ordinary person." ”

"But I am the emperor's grandson, and I was born as a nobleman."

"Then you should treat yourself as an ordinary person's child today, and you are not allowed to use the position of the emperor and grandson to write this article."

He nodded as if he didn't understand and said, "Grandson understands, just like our private interview with Weifu today......"

For an eight-year-old child, although Zhu Zhanji was a little patient, he was almost worn away for a while.

He nodded and said, "Yes, you should write this article as if you were a child of the people." ”

"Great-grandfather, there is a ...... who plays monkey play"

In the southwest corner of the Gongyuan, at the corner of two streets, a small square was built here.

Under a big tree, a group of adults and children formed a circle, one or two hundred people.

In the corner of the Gongyuan, there happened to be an electric lamp illuminating, and a monkey artist with a flat shoulder, picking two boxes, with two children, and seven or eight little marquis, set up a position here.

They tied a long cross-crossed bamboo pole in the center, and the girl struck a gong to attract attention. As the gong sounded, the boy kept turning his head like a monkey, attracting a round of applause.

The two children are not very old, the boy is about eleven or twelve years old, and the girl is seven or eight years old, about the same size as Zhu Youjiao.

Zhu Zhanji frowned, the mandatory three-year compulsory education that Daming is now implementing, such a big girl should not be an artist, but should be in school.

The boy turned his head and spun in circles, until he stopped to the applause of the crowd.

With the sound of a whip from one of the monkeys, the seven little monkeys climbed up along the bamboo poles in turn like marching formations, and waved at the crossbar.

The monkey artist sings slang songs, and the tone is audible. The monkeys listened to his song, somersaulting, carrying water, walking ropes, and climbing high poles.

Zhu Youzhu was dizzying, and the candy man in his hand forgot to eat it.

The little girl stopped beating the gong at this time, and the monkey artist began to say the opening remarks, and the girl took the gong backwards at this time, and it became a house with money.

The crowd of onlookers donated money one after another, most of them were one copper plate, two copper plates, and a few brocade clothes threw down more than seventy or eighty coppers.

Coming to Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Youzhang, Zhu Youzhu stared at a few little monkeys, took out a copper coin of fifty and threw it in. "Hurry up and play monkey, I want to see monkey play."

Zhu Zhanji opened his mouth and asked, "Little lady, why didn't you go to school?" ”

The little girl came out to run the rivers and lakes, not so shy, and said with a smile: "Poor, I can't afford to read." ”

Zhu Zhanji asked again: "You don't need money to go to school!" ”

It's a pity that she was busy asking for money, and flashed over without answering Zhu Zhanji's words.

Li Yuan leaned over and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to check it?" ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded, and Li Yuan immediately arranged it.

Daming now has no conditions for nine-year compulsory education, but only a three-year compulsory education.

Since they only need to learn literacy, arithmetic, nature, geography, and three years of compulsory education, they can also know a little about the world, know one or two thousand words, and calculate simple accounts, but they can also meet their needs temporarily.

For not allowing children to go to school, the punishment of the imperial court is very severe, and under normal circumstances, labor is sent as a punishment.

It costs more money to be exempt from hard labor than it does to send children to school.

Because there is no tuition, you only need to spend a little money for paper, pen and paper, and it will not cost much in three years.

Zhu Youzhu couldn't take his eyes off it, Zhu Zhanji touched his head and asked, "The young lady didn't go to school, what do you think?" ”

He said absentmindedly: "How can it be fun to play monkeys when you go to school......"

Zhu Zhanji said in a deep voice: "Zhu Youji, are you a plaything? ”

Zhu Youzhu heard Zhu Zhanji speak in a deep voice, so he turned his gaze, and when he saw Zhu Zhanji's unhappy eyes, he also became nervous.

"Great-grandfather...... Great-grandfather ......"

Zhu Zhanji's face softened slightly, and he asked: "Why is the Ming Dynasty smooth and rainy, and some people say that they can't afford to go to school?" ”

Zhu Youzhu lowered his head, rubbed his toes on the ground and said, "Grandson doesn't know ......"

"What if you were born in a poor family and can't afford to go to school?"

Zhu Youzhu couldn't answer, and he didn't dare to look up. Zhu Zhanji also felt that letting him answer such a question as a child was a bit beyond his ability.

He asked again: "You just watched the monkey show, and you didn't think about it, why can you be dressed and fed, while a little lady about your age can only perform on the street?" ”

"Great-grandfather, it's because of different backgrounds."

"Raise your head, what the Zhu family needs is children and grandchildren who face problems, not children and grandchildren who avoid problems."

Zhu Youzhu raised his head, stretched out his hand to hold Zhu Zhanji's clothes, and said with a little coquettishness: "Great-ancestor, I will be obedient." ”

Zhu Zhanji squatted down, lifted the power of the hood, looked him in the eye and said: "It's not that you are obedient or disobedient, but you have to learn to observe problems, and you must be able to solve them." No matter how much you like monkey plays, you can't put all your heart and soul into it just because you like it. It's like eating, you can only eat seven or eight minutes full, and you can't eat anymore. ”

He nodded like a little adult and said, "Then the grandson only looks at it with seven or eight points of mind, leaving two points of mind to think about problems." ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and put down the power of the power. "When you go back to write an article on this matter, you have to focus on it, and you have to think more about the people's suffering, not just look at the surface."

Having said that, Zhu Youjiao, an eight-year-old child, was attracted again when he saw those little monkeys open the boxes containing their clothes, and then put on their small clothes one by one, sitting in a row like an official and a prisoner.

A Jinyi Wei Han general whispered a few words to Li Yuan, and was taken by Li Yuan to Zhu Zhanji's side. "The Emperor...... Master, just now I went down and asked my colleagues in the Baihu Institute, this monkey artist came to Ying Tianfu not long after he settled down, and he came from Henan. It should be that the family has no money to spare, so they have not sent their children to school yet. ”

The artists who perform in Ying Tianfu must also be registered in Ying Tianfu and approved before they can come out to perform. So it's very simple to find out where they come from.

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "You stay here, wait for them to close the stall, and tell him the relationship clearly." If the child is not allowed to go to school, he will be sent to the northwest to serve next year. ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhu Youzhu again, he was fascinated. Zhu Zhanji said: "Zhu'er, don't see enough at once, let's go." ”

Zhu Youzhu was reluctant to leave, took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and said, "Great ancestor, is it okay to watch for another quarter of an hour?" ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded, and turned his attention to other places.

When the time came, Zhu Youzhu didn't delay any longer this time, but when he left, he was still a little reluctant. "Great ancestor, I also have a monkey in the palace, okay?"

"No, I can't. Isn't there a monkey at the palace zoo? ”

"But they don't listen......"

Further south along the Gongyuan is the Qinglou District, Zhu Zhanji has no interest in the ancient Qinglou, and Zhu Youzhu doesn't understand it even more.

The grandfather and grandson continued west along the Confucius Temple, admiring the market culture at night.

History has been changed by Zhu Zhanji in a mess, and Ying Tianfu has also become not like an ancient city at all under his influence, and has some prototypes of modern cities.

This change is definitely better than it was in history, and the city is more functional.

Although there are still many shortcomings, it can still give Zhu Zhanji a sense of satisfaction in changing history.

The only pity is that perhaps the management of the city is too strict, not only did he not meet any bad people when he came out this time, but he didn't even meet a single gentleman.

No one offended him, and he didn't even have a chance to pretend to be compared.

(I'm going to go to Zhengzhou temporarily, update four thousand today, and see if there's a chance to make up for it when I come back, cover my face...... )