Liu Wanchun, the head of the household, was stunned for a while, he knew that the courtyard of the Duke of Baoguo on the west side of the imperial city and the garden in Mochou Lake were not cheap, but at such a price, it was not uneconomical to settle all the imperial heirs of the Ming Dynasty here.

After all, according to the original plan drawn up by their cabinet, almost all the mansions of the convicts were to be arranged for these feudal kings to be their royal palaces in Beijing.

But they didn't expect His Majesty to build the residences of all the vassal kings and heirs at such a low cost of silver dollars.

Zhu Youzhen asked Song Yingxing to take them through the wall, and then entered the inside, and was stunned to see a large archway, on which was written the words "Heavenly Palace".

"Your Majesty, I don't know why you named this place 'Heavenly Family Leaving Palace', and it is inappropriate for the vassal king's mansion to use the imperial name."

As soon as Gao Hongtu said this, Zhu Youzhen laughed:

"Aiqing doesn't know that my palace is also here, and the only small red building that is nine steps higher than other palaces is my palace;

This place is not only the place where the vassal king lives, but also the place where my Zhu family gathers, I will also come here to enjoy the cool summer, and summon the vassal king here, the plain vassal king cannot leave here at will, and those who go out need to register. ”

After all, the identity of these vassal kings is special, even if they want to be recalled to the capital to live for a long time, they must be strictly controlled, so this is why Zhu Youzhen arranged the residences of the vassal kings in Qixia Mountain in order to be easy to manage and monitor.

Naturally, the civil officials can only say that our emperor is wise, and they have no opinion on Zhu Youzhen's decision.

But when they, like Zhu Youzhen, entered the interior of the nearest No. 1 building under the leadership of Song Yingxing, they were shocked by the interior decoration.

Even Gao Hongtu had to sigh that he had never seen such a white tiled floor and ornate chandeliers, wooden seating that looked more comfortable than a wooden collapse, and a towering dome and bay windows that looked like a wall.

Everything in front of them was a novelty for these civil officials.

"No wonder Your Majesty believes that the vassal kings will like such a residence, but it's a pity that Weichen is not a royal noble, otherwise he can live in such a bright building, at least reading is excellent."

As soon as Gao Hongtu said this, Zhu Youzhen said with a smile: "If Gao Aiqing likes it, he can also buy one here." ”

"Buy?"

Gao Hongtu was a little stunned: "Your Majesty forgives Weichen for his courage, didn't you give it to the vassal kings?" ”

"Aiqing told a good joke, how can the house in the world be given to people casually, although I am the emperor, but there is no spare money, where can I build such a house, these are the people's hard-earned money, where can I give them casually, naturally I want to sell it to them, I have already combined with Song Ge Lao, the price from the ninth to the twentieth is 100,000 silver dollars, and the rest are decreasing in order from this center, the cheapest is 10,000 silver dollars."

When Zhu Youzhen said this, the civil officials present were shocked on the spot, they didn't expect that their great emperor, His Majesty, would be so stingy!

The brightest and most unique buildings were built in the most cost-effective way, but they were not to be given to the vassal kings, but to be sold to the vassal kings!

Liu Wanchun, the secretary of the household department, wanted to say: "My Majesty, the treasury is not out of money now, even if the military expenditure is a lot, there is still a surplus, there is no need to be so picky!" ”

But he still held back, after all, this money was spent on the Ministry of Works, and the money of the Ministry of Industry was allocated from his Ministry of Households, so he could recover more of the money spent by selling it to the vassal king, so that the accounts of the Ministry of Households would look better, and he would be able to get more performance rewards at the end of the year.

Therefore, Liu Wanchun, the head of the household, still chose to remain silent.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the civil officials with a surprised expression and was also very puzzled, these civil officials didn't know how to do business, the cost of such a pavilion was only a thousand silver dollars, and selling it at a high price of 10,000 or even 100,000 yuan by himself was equivalent to earning a large amount of silver from these feudal kings out of thin air.

In this case, half of the money that the national treasury gave to the vassal kings will be recovered, and the money that will be paid in the next few years will also be recovered.

Isn't that a good thing to see?

"Your Majesty, isn't this too much, after all, these people are also royal nobles, if they don't buy it, what should they do, the court can't force people to buy it, right?"

Gao Hongtu felt speechless, but he also tried his best to maintain his demeanor and patiently asked Zhu Youzhen for advice.

Zhu Youzhen smiled and pointed at Gao Hongtu: "Aiqing is really confused, it's impossible for them not to buy it, if they don't buy it, they will sleep on the street directly, anyway, I won't let any inns and officials take them in at that time, otherwise they will be punished for colluding with the vassal king!" ”

Gao Hongtu didn't say anything more, he really wanted to say Your Majesty, these are all relatives of your family, and you are not ashamed of your relatives sleeping on the streets.

Zhu Youzhen really didn't feel this shame, he didn't believe that these vassal kings who had accumulated wealth for hundreds of years and had already been rich enough to rival the country had to sleep on the streets instead of buying gorgeous villas, not to mention that they also had a palace in the Qixia villa area, was this not enough to attract the vassal kings to buy a house here to live?

The civil officials didn't say anything, so they had to continue to visit the Qixia villa area with Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen and Song Yingxing.

What the civil officials didn't expect was that Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen also set aside a section of the villa area as a block, in the center of the block is a square, and the two rows of the block are buildings of different shapes, but there are no walls and gardens, and they are all next to each other, and the door is also very large.

"These are all shops, in the future, the vassal kings will inevitably drink flower wine, listen to opera and sing songs, and even gamble to fight crickets or something, as a royal noble, go elsewhere to naturally lose their identity and disturb the people, it is better to have fun in this is the same, according to Your Majesty's will, merchants who have registered in the household department can buy or rent shops here, and the price of shops from 200,000 silver dollars to 50,000 silver dollars is more than 200,000 silver dollars according to different sizes, and the rent is naturally the same price."

As soon as Song Yingxing said this, the officials present all felt that His Majesty must be crazy to make money, and they could even think of such a method.

Let the vassal kings concentrate on buying houses and living here, and there are no shops in this area now, but the vassal kings are naturally high in demand for life and generous in spending, but if they live here, they will be far away from the prosperous area of Nanjing, and it is naturally very good to open a shop here to make money from the vassal kings.

But now that His Majesty has counted these shops in his own name, merchants who want to come here to earn money from the vassal kings can only come to His Majesty to buy shops at a high price or rent shops.

"Naturally, the sale of this villa and the nearby shops is not easy for me to come forward, so the household department will come forward, and the household department will set up a separate national asset management department, and the department will be responsible for these properties."

As soon as Zhu Youzhen said this, Liu Wanchun, the head of the household department, had nothing to say, he didn't have to think about it to know that if he sold it, his household department would be a big income.

The other ministers of the cabinet are also not easy to say anything, let the treasury earn more money, and they are naturally willing.

(End of chapter)