"Build a new palace?" looked at Lu Sheng in surprise, this proposal had never been thought of. The Imperial Palace, also known as the Imperial City, occupies almost one-third of the capital, and its majestic growth is no longer enough to describe. If you count it in terms of residential courtyards, the Imperial Palace should be the largest residential courtyard in China.

To build a palace, it would cost five million taels to say the least. And that's just the cover, not the decoration inside. Such a huge amount of money is completely extravagant and wasteful for Ji Zheng, who needs to be careful with every penny.

"This palace is very good...... I don't think it's necessary. ”

"The emperor's words are really against his will, and the ministers can see the emperor's disgust. Besides, a thousand-year-old building, unless it is preserved as a cultural relic, is already overwhelmed if it is used for practical purposes. ”

Lu Qing's words are true, but how much does it cost to build a palace? Although Lu Qing's fortune has been more generous over the years, but if you build a new palace...... Let's wait. ”

"What if this palace doesn't need a penny from the emperor or the imperial court?

"Hahaha...... Lu Qing laughed. ”

"The minister didn't dare to laugh in front of the emperor, but to laugh was to bully the king. What if the emperor's palace and the courtiers built it?"

Looking at the smile on Lu Sheng's face, Ji Zheng also thought about this question seriously.

"Where does Lu Qing plan to build?"

Lu Sheng gently came to the map behind Ji Zheng, and slapped his palm lightly, patting it on a plain in Hezhou, Lingjing.

"The Son of Heaven guards the country, so the imperial capital is set in Jingzhou. As long as you are in Jingzhou, it is not considered to be a violation of the ancestral teachings, right? Retreat can enter Hezhou, Qizhou. Whether it is transportation or geography, the advantages are great, water and land links, north and south. ”

Ji Zheng looked at the map, and the doubt on his face became even stronger, "I know that Lu Qing is never untargeted, but I still don't understand what Lu Qing means by this?"

"Your Majesty, the ministers want to help the emperor completely control the hearts of the people in the world, and now from Dongwu to Xilan, from Huguang to Shuzhou in the south, Xuantianfu has completed the control of people's livelihood. The people's food, clothing, housing and transportation are all in the hands of the imperial court, and the imperial court is in the center to regulate and stabilize the balance between the people, merchants, gate valves, and squires.

As long as the court is not deliberately unbalanced, the people of the world all hope that the court can last forever, and the country will be forever. The people of so many places have fallen into the hands of the emperor, but as the people at the feet of the Son of Heaven, they have to rely on the snort of the gate lord and noble.

Merchants have no place to live, and people have no place to live. ”

"Hasn't it been like this for tens of thousands of years?"

"But it has reached the point where it has to change, but the minister also knows that it is easy to shake the place, and it is difficult to shake Jingzhou, so the emperor, who do you think is the biggest gate valve in Jingzhou?"

"Tianbo Palace, Turin Palace, Yuan Ming Mansion?" Seeing Lu Sheng shaking his head again and again, Ji Zheng was in no mood to guess.

"Your Majesty, Lord Lu refers to you, Your Majesty. Shen Ling reminded in a low voice.

"I, Lu Qing, are you going to even do it?"

"But the emperor, have you ever thought about it, this capital gate lord is piled up, and the deep interests involved have long been cut and messed up. The minister wants to promulgate the decree, and the gate lord of the capital will resist in unison, and the commerce and industry of the capital will stop instantly within a day, and then there will be civil unrest.

Why is this? Because the surrounding area of the capital radiates to other prefectures, all walks of life have been occupied by the gate lords and nobles. Others don't say that they meddle, even if they have this idea, they can be beaten to death with a stick.

The proprietors behind all the shops are gate valves, grain shops, cloth villages, and even restaurants without exception. Workshop, farmland, manor, which is not?

Because in this area of the capital, there is no soil for the survival of merchants, peasants, and workers, just like the emperor's palace for a thousand years, which has long been obsolete after thousands of years, and it is useless to mend the seams. So...... If you want to change Gyeongju, you must rebuild the capital.

And the reason why the capital is the capital and where the palace is located is the capital. ”

At this moment, Ji Zheng really understood Lu Sheng's intentions. This is a big deal that breaks and then stands, and it is also a big deal that Ji Zheng has never thought of and dare not think of.

He wants to rebuild a capital in the southwest corner of Jingzhou......

The new capital will implement new decrees and new rules, and even before the emperor moves the palace, the new city is just a few other palaces built for the emperor. After everything was ready in the new city, the emperor moved the palace, and when he arrived in the new capital, he had to follow the rules of the new capital.

Those stubborn gatekeepers can live by the rules of the old capital, but I think ...... Those gate lords will not stupidly guard the old capital and wait for death. ”

"However, it takes a lot of money to build a new palace or even a new capital, right? Even if Lu Qing is rich and rivals the country, you can't pay out of your own pocket, right?"

"Therefore, the minister cheekily begged the emperor to allow the minister and those who participated in the plan to build the new city to have preferential land purchase on the edge of the new palace, not a lot. When the new city is built, and when the new capital is formed, the premium of these land plots will be enough to pay for itself. ”

Listening to Lu Sheng's explanation, a smile appeared on Ji Zheng's face, "Lu Qing, you are really not a qualified businessman, you shouldn't tell me these words." I really don't understand, how did you earn the wealth of this rich country?"

"Because ministers like to make money clearly and honestly. Although he can make more money by hiding the cattiness, the emperor will definitely be unhappy in his heart. It is unwise to bury hidden dangers for the sake of some petty profits. ”

"Hahaha...... I like courtiers like you, so how long are your plans going to take?"

"Seven years, after seven years, the minister will let the emperor's decree run unhindered in Jingzhou, and no one can hinder the implementation of the emperor's decree. ”

"This matter is top secret, Lu Sheng let it go, no one is allowed to reveal this plan when he shouldn't show his sword, and when the plan is revealed, it will be when I move into the new palace. ”

When Lu Sheng and his party were secretly doing things, another group of people in Jingzhou were also secretly doing things.

Seeing that the canonization of the crown prince by the five princes was almost a certainty, the forces that supported the five princes began to suppress the forces of the other three princes, seizing business and co-opting and suppressing.

For a time, the entire Jingzhou was in a state of turmoil. It is precisely because they have muddied the waters of Jingzhou that no one has noticed Lu Sheng's secret layout, and they think that Lu Sheng's layout is only to triple the expansion of the urban area of Beijing, thus diluting the influence of the gate lord Guixun.

The power of the five princes is now proud, but the forces that have also been suppressed have not sat still. It is impossible to fight with the forces of the five princes head-on, so he can only secretly go to Xuantian Mansion in the dark.

"My lord, this is a report letter I just received, saying that Uncle Cheng Guo robbed the people's daughters, sold illegal salt, and embezzled land ......."

"Do you report it with your real name?"

"Anonymous!"

"If you report anonymously, you can leave it alone for the time being. Unless he reports it with conclusive evidence. ”

There is no conclusive evidence, but it is written in detail about a case of forcibly robbing a people's daughter, but it refers to the name, saying that Uncle Cheng Guo forcibly snatched the fiancée of a teaching gentleman to the house half a year ago, and forced the woman to dissolve the marriage contract.

The teacher now spends his days drinking to kill his sorrows, or attacking the court and inciting scholars. ”

"What's that teacher's name?"

"Song Caining. ”

"Send someone to investigate and see if it's true, and if so, send the brethren to follow up. ”

"However, that is Uncle Cheng Guo, and Uncle Cheng Guo is the uncle of the Five Princes. ”

Lu Sheng raised his head and looked at Xiaoyu's puzzled expression in front of him. Xiaoyu touched her cheek and straightened her sideburns, "My lord, I'm ...... What's wrong?"

"How is a brother who thinks like you?"

"What?"

"Forget it, the notice will go down, and the heads of various departments will hold a meeting in Conference Room 3 after a stick of incense. ”

Lu Sheng seems to have forgotten a little, and now almost everyone thinks that Lu Sheng is the right-hand man of the Five Princes, including Xuan Tianwei. At this juncture, did Xuantian Mansion consciously turn a blind eye to the power of the Five Princes?

Therefore, Lu Sheng needs to personally and clearly convey his will, Xuantianfu is not a certain person's power, Xuantianfu always represents the interests of the people, and Xuantianfu will never get involved in party disputes.

Fairness, openness, and justice are the warning lines that Xuantianfu must not ignore.

In this meeting, Lu Sheng spoke impassionedly for an hour, and in general, he was in one sentence, right things and not right people. If there is a report from the people, a report with evidence or a real-name report, no matter what camp or force the other party is, Xuantianfu must treat it fairly.

Even if it is a close confidant of the five princes, this is true.

After the meeting, Xiaoyu stepped forward to report. The scholar named Song Caining had been brought back by Xuan Tianwei, but the preliminary verification was that there was such a thing.

It's just that when he was assisting in the investigation, he encountered a problem, in Xiaoyu's words, this Song Gongzi has a problem with his brain.

Lu Sheng came to the reception room, and Song Caining on the opposite side was very depressed, sweating profusely and without the spirit of a scholar.

Lu Sheng used to be a scholar, but what he looked down on the most was that kind of sour scholar. Boasting all day long, complaining about social injustice if he fails in exams.

The Song Caining in front of him is obviously this kind of scholar.

"Is Gongzi Song going to sue Uncle Cheng Guo for robbing your fiancée?" Lu Sheng asked lightly.

"Yes...... It's not!"

"Is it or isn't it?" Lu Sheng asked coldly, frowning.

"Don't dare...... Your Xuantian Mansion and Uncle Chengguo are the same dog, if I sue, how can I have my life? or don't sue ......"

"This is what you said, this is the application for withdrawal of the case, fill it out yourself. ”

"Ah, the application for withdrawal of the case, why? It's not like I want to sue?"

"I'm going, aren't you the one who just said you wouldn't tell?"

"But Xiaosheng didn't dare to sue, not didn't want to sue, isn't this application for withdrawal going to be written because Xiaosheng doesn't want to sue......?

"If you don't withdraw the case, you want to sue, and if you want to sue, fill out this application for complaint. You now have two applications in front of you, one is an application for withdrawal and the other is an application for filing a case, and you can fill in whichever one you like. ”

Song Caining didn't start writing for a long time.

"What's the matter? Don't have a pen you like?"

"My lord, can I not write an application for filing a case, and you can help me save my fiancée? Xiao Sheng is afraid that you will collude with Uncle Chengguo, and when the time comes, I will be convicted of false accusation. ”

“......”

A sentence of MMP Lu Sheng is like a fish in the throat.