Lu Ping to the Beijing division is not far away, from Changping on the afternoon of the second day, pedestrian corpses through tons, a use to the capital of the majestic figure. In the year of Jiajing, due to the expansion of the population, a heavy city was built in the south of the capital, with a circumference of 28 miles.

It covers an area of nearly 100 square kilometers and has a population of more than one million. At the same time in the West, it was the beginning of the eighteenth century. London and Paris have a population of less than half a million. Daming Jingshi was once the most prosperous place in the world. I don't know how many people yearn for it, and it will prosper for a while. At this time, the Jingshi has already shown the decadence of the last days.

As soon as you approach the capital, you can see the overwhelming number of displaced people, dressed in knots, shivering in the cold wind, just waiting for the relief of the government. There were also hungry and cold cries of children. or the voice is mournful, or the strength is weak, and the state is so miserable that people can't bear to see it.

Wang Dou saw that there were officers and soldiers outside the city who were giving relief, but there were more people and less porridge, so he was afraid that he would not be able to provide relief. And there is a lack of winter clothes, and many of them are afraid that they can't support this winter.

Xie Yike, who was beside Wang Dou, was stunned by the majestic Gu of Jingshi, and when he saw this Beiduo homeless person, he opened his eyes and said, "This is under the feet of the Son of Heaven." There are so many victims too? At least there are not so many hungry people in Baozhou, and those homeless people have at least a bowl of porridge to eat. ”

A few beside him. The guards also nodded, looking at so many hungry people, although the capital division is big, it is better to go to Baoan Prefecture after thinking about it.

Wang Dou glared at Xie Yike: "There is a lot of nonsense. ”

He quietly glanced at Chen An beside him, seeing that he was frowning, and did not hear the words of Xie Yike and the others. Only Wang Dou seemed to hear a heavy sigh from Lu Xiangsheng in the carriage

Sound.

A group of people entered the city from Desheng Gate, and the street pattern of the inner and outer cities of Jingshi was the widest street leading to each city gate, which was the main road of the whole city. Most of these avenues leading to the city gates are also named after the city gates. Such as Chongwenmen Street, Chang'an Street, Xuanwumen Street, West Chang'an Street, Zhuochengmen Street, Andingmen Street, Deshengmen Street, etc. The residential area in the middle of the house is commensurate with the square, the square is called the shop, the whole city has a total of 33 squares, more than 100 6 cards, more than 700 5 shops.

When you arrive in the middle of the city, it is close to the Imperial City and the Forbidden City, and the streets and alleys are the densest. Chessboard Street on the edge of the Imperial City. Not far from the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites and other Ming Yamen, it is even more lively here, and Xie Yike and others were dumbfounded.

The three towns of Xuanda and his party arrived in front of the Hongdonkey Pavilion. There are officials from Honglu Temple here to greet Lu Xiangsheng and his party and arrange for them to take the Hajj examination. Lu Xiang got off the carriage and said to Wang Dou: "Wang Dou, do you have a place to live in Beijing?"

Wang Dou said: "Don't bother the governors, find an inn to live in, and wait for the letter of the seal and other things, and then return to Baozhou City."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Okay, you take over the post and go back after receiving the farewell, Ran wants to covet the prosperity of the capital, and the state city is important." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Wang Dou expectantly. Nodding to him, he led the officials into the Hongdonkey Pavilion.

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng and the others leaving, Wang Dou also felt relaxed, although Ping Xiangsheng appreciated him, he was still uncomfortable with this group of civil officials, especially Wu Zhi, the governor of Yanqing Prefecture, who didn't have a good face when he saw Wang Dou, as if he owed him 10,000 taels of silver and didn't pay it back.

Wang Dou and Xie Yike and others found an inn near Zhengyangmen to stay, and in the next two days, Wang Dou led Xie Yike and others to observe the people's situation in various parts of the Beijing Division, and visited the streets and alleys of the Beijing Division.

The Yamen of the Ministry of War is not far from the Honglu Temple, from the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry to the past, as soon as you arrive at the Yamen, you will see that there are groups of capable men gathered next to the gate. Whenever they saw an official coming, they would crowd around and sell something around him.

When Wang Dou passed, he also surrounded a group of people. One of them said in a low voice: "Official, do you want to borrow interest?" Today, my family is very happy, and the opportunity is rare and cannot be missed."

Wang Dou ignored it, Xie Yike glared, and shouted, "Your uncle has to borrow debts." ”

Some of them went forward, but the man was not discouraged. He shouted after him, "It's really a hard opportunity." Officials should not be missed.

Wang Dou arrived at the gate, but was stopped by a door official and a few guards, frowning and looking at Wang Dou's military registration for a long time, looking at his appearance, Wang Dou signaled Xie Yike, Xie Yike unwillingly took out a few taels of silver and gave it to this door official, and the door official was satisfied with the release.

After Wang Dou and the others entered, the man also followed, but the official smiled and ignored it, this man followed Wang Dou for a long time, like Wang Dou's guard, but Wang Dou didn't react, so he scolded and left.

The Ming Dynasty's military department, in addition to the Shangshu and the left and right attendants, there are several sub-divisions such as the Wuxuan Clearance Division, the Staffing Clearance Division, the Che Driving Clearance Division, and the Arsenal Clearance Division, among which the Martial Election Clearance Division is responsible for the appointment and dismissal of the officers of the Ming Dynasty, the promotion and promotion of grades, and the transfer of personnel. Assessment and awarding of honors and other affairs, the director of Langzhong. Although the member of the foreign lang only has the official rank of five grades and five ranks, his power is very great.

At this time, the person in charge of guarding in the duty room of the Wuxuan Qing Officials Division was a member surnamed Liu, who was facing Wang Dou with a big thunder: "Why don't you kneel when you see this official?"

His hand was pointed directly in front of Wang Dou; "So arrogant and rude, Wang Dou, can you defend the country?"

The thing is very simple, Wang Dou has no problem with all the official formalities, that is, Wang Dou saw that this outsider surnamed Liu was just making a fool of himself and did not kneel, which immediately made this outsider angry and scolded Wang Dou for being rude.

See this. The outsider surnamed Liu was angry. The officials next to him all looked happy.

In the end, needless to say, Wang Dou received the letter of confession, and this foreigner still needs to be carefully dealt with for a few days.

When he came out of the yamen of the Ministry of War, Xie Yike's face was crooked, and Wang Dou didn't expect things to have such twists and turns, but his expression was calm. After returning to the inn, he was contemplating it, when suddenly there was a commotion in the guest money, and then a eunuch with a few brocade guards came in proudly. If you want to know what will happen next, please log in.... More chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!