Chapter 146: The Age of Diao Min
The next day.
"Demolished, demolished!"
Accompanied by a group of officials, Ambassador Yang pointed out the people who were digging the wall in front of him, like a real estate developer inspecting the construction site.
In less than two hours, most of the walls have been torn off......
It's nothing more than rammed earth walls.
And it's not really completely surrounded, in many places it is to block the alley, this ancient city layout is actually very practical in ancient times, after all, there can be no street lighting in ancient times, and the easiest way to prevent thieves and the like is the square wall, and then the outside is patrolled, because there is no concealment on both sides, and you can see it at a glance on the street.
Coupled with the Lookout Tower, it will be easier to ensure law and order.
Actually, it's easy to understand.
Community!
It's just an extra curfew.
Curfew.
Fang wall.
This is true antiquity.
In modern film and television dramas, lonely men and widows travel to the bustling commercial street at night, this kind of thing is impossible except for the Song Dynasty, other dynasties.
It's the same with our Daqing.
Our Qing Dynasty is also a curfew, and there is no difference between the time and the Ming Dynasty, and those who are still out at nine o'clock in the evening will be caught directly to play the board, but there are really those who are still out at nine o'clock in the evening, and they should indeed play the board, after all, the whole city was the same as a ghost town at that time.
Shopping?
Who came out at that time but the thieves?
However, in Yang Feng's view, this urban system has seriously affected him.
"Do you understand what is the most important function of a city?"
He continued to point.
Fu Yin and a group of officials groveled to serve this uncle.
He is what he says.
As long as you don't go berserk.
Now Ying Tianfu has been exhausted by this uncle, in fact, they can't do this kind of thing, after all, this is the capital, but His Majesty the Emperor obviously doesn't want to face Yang Feng now, and they don't have the courage to toss with Yang Feng, so they just pick it up directly.
"Circulation!"
Uncle Yang said.
Then, with the sound of a trumpet, a wall collapsed.
"City, city, city is city.
The surrounding materials converge here, the surrounding business travelers converge here, trade here, manufacture industrial goods here, the larger the trading volume, the more prosperous the city, the more people, and then the trading volume continues to increase, the manufacturing volume also continues to increase, the population also continues to increase, and finally it becomes more and more prosperous.
But you have artificially created all kinds of restrictions.
The walls of the workshop are not allowed to move freely, and the curfew shortens the trading hours.
Do you have a grudge against money?
We wished everyone had slept all night out to trade!"
Uncle Yang said.
"You got one thing wrong, in our Daming City, it is first a city and not a city, this is the capital, not a city, this is a city, the capital still has half a city's military camp, the city is just incidental, you are putting the cart before the horse."
Zhang Xianzong said.
Indeed, Yang Feng deliberately put the cart before the horse and distorted the concept of the city of the Ming Dynasty.
Daming is the city.
Here Nanjing should be Tianfu City.
This is essentially a military fortress, the core of the population is those military households, the main function is to protect the safety of the emperor, and all other populations are also for the emperor, so to speak, an enlarged version of a landlord's mansion.
The military household is the family, the people are the slaves, and then the whole city is a million people serving a family.
The city is nothing more than an appendage of the city, and in order to change its core functions as a subordinate, this is to put the cart before the horse, and to tear off the walls for commercial circulation and destroy the city defense system, which is equivalent to making the landlord weaken his own security for the convenience of slaves. The existence of the square wall is to prevent thieves in peacetime, and it is the defense of the city in wartime, once the enemy army enters the city, it still needs to be confined to the main street, and then face the stubbornness of the square as a unit, and the one-zhang high square wall makes the enemy have to face the city
of small towns.
"Tell me, then, in what wars did this arrangement work?
Did the Tibetans play a role when they invaded Chang'an?
Did the Jurchens play a role when they broke through Bianliang?
Or when Hu Yuan invaded Lin'an, did the residents resist in Lin'an City relying on Fang?
Not once."
Yang Feng said.
"But ......"
Zhang Xianzong wanted to speak and stopped.
It really didn't play a role in the face of foreign invasion, but when it suppressed the civil strife of Diao Min, the effect was really good! After all, once the doors of the fangs are blocked, the people can be sealed in the fang, preventing the people from gathering into an army that can cause serious damage.
"You Confucian scholars often say that the mountains and rivers are solid, and there is no danger in virtue, although I don't like Confucianism, but this sentence is still true, if the people really support the country and work together in the face of foreign invasion, it doesn't matter if there is a wall at that time. The enemy really rushed into the city, and it was not easy to block the streets, so they threw the carts of each family into the alleys, put sand in their pockets and piled them up, and in a blink of an eye, they were done. On the contrary, the common people do not support the country, and the enemy enters the city and surrenders, which is worthy of the country, and it is normal to run out to help hold the ladder.
There is no danger in Germany.
Therefore, the existence of the wall itself is a suspicion of His Majesty the Emperor, thinking that His Majesty's virtue and politics are not enough, and the people's will is not enough to support it.
In addition, the curfew should also be abolished.
The four seas are peaceful, the night is not closed, and there is still a curfew, isn't this a denial of His Majesty the Emperor's achievements in governing the country?
Guard against theft?
How can there be thieves in this best place in the capital?
Are you right?"
Yang Feng shouted at the people.
"Yes!"
The people shouted in unison.
And they all look happy.
Fu Yin looked at these Diao people gloomily......
Of course they are very happy, this square wall is equal to the free passage of people outside, Wutai Mountain is like a holy place for those people, who come to the school to audit, trade, steal teachers, and even worship God. Worship Yang Feng, the god, after all, he has been passed on by the White Lotus Sect to become the Ming King, and it is normal for those foolish people to come to worship, and even if it is not the White Lotus Sect, his temples are still in many places, and it is inevitable that there are true believers among them. And all these people who come, food and lodging must be solved nearby, so these people in the same shop as the embassy can do this kind of business, in the past, at most it was only a fee guarantee, but that is a very small number of daring people.
After all, you have to sit together.
Now that the walls are up, everyone can make money.
It's no wonder you're unhappy!
And this workshop has already been polluted.
Since the previous public day, this fang has been obviously Diao people, and the magistrate has been complaining, saying that the Diao people in this fang are becoming more and more difficult to do, and the people know more, and they are easy to become Diao people.
As they spoke, several outsiders had cautiously stepped over the walls.
Immediately after that, a villager approached.
"How many brothers are?"
He arched his hand.
"I came from Shandong to see Yang Shenxian in Wutai Mountain."
One of them said cautiously.
"Come, come with me, that Yang Shenxian is a person who cultivates immortals, and he doesn't show up often, so go to the cold house with me first, my brother is to deliver food to the mountain, I will ask you when Yang Shenxian will go down the mountain."
If you are interested, I will take you everywhere to see the treasures brought by Immortal Yang."
The townsfolk opened their eyes and told nonsense.
"It's so hard!"
The man said in surprise.
Then he also glanced at Yang Feng and the others suspiciously.
But there are officials, he obviously didn't want to get close to the officials, so he hurriedly followed the people, as for the fees or something, of course this is all known, and those who dare to go out this year, are there
is not well versed in the rivers and lakes, they just talked and left together under the gaze of Fu Yin and others. Fu Yin is almost certain that these are a few White Lotus Sects, Shandong is the hardest hit area of the White Lotus Sect, although the last Qi King incident quickly subsided, but the White Lotus Sect in various parts of Shandong is about to move, but it also makes the imperial court very vigilant.
"Immortal Yang?"
Zhang Xianzong looked at Yang Feng with a smile.
"I didn't know I was so popular!
I can't be blamed for that.
After all, it is Your Majesty's will to build a temple for me, and these people don't understand it, since the temple is repaired, of course in their eyes it is a god, or Your Majesty can give an order to explain, I am talking about science, how can I be an immortal?"
Yang Feng said reservedly.
Zhang Xianzong just smiled.
And these people took the lead, and the idlers around who were originally watching immediately stepped forward and stepped over the wall that was opened, and soon there were more and more such people. It is said that the vast majority of them are Diao people in the eyes of the government, how can good people who are serious and abide by the rules run here, and even some Confucian scholars have to spit in the direction of the embassy when they pass by, so as to show their disdain for the demon. In the past, the pollution range of Wutai Mountain was limited to the vicinity of the capital, because the accent was to check the accent when entering and exiting the fangmen, and outsiders were not allowed to enter unless the government gave special approval, but with the opening of the fangfang wall, outsiders were also free to enter and exit.
And then the messy ideas and all kinds of fallacies and heresies that they brought out from Wutai Mountain will also spread to the entire Ming Dynasty with their footsteps.
The people will be all over the place.
Diao Min era!
Officials are afraid of this!
At this time, several cavalry galloped over and stopped in front of Yang Feng......
"Ambassador, under the order of the Liang Kingdom, please ask the ambassador to go and inspect the ring, so that the ambassador will not lose and complain about our deliberate manipulation."
An officer said on horseback.
Then he leaned over and handed Yang Feng an invitation.
Yang Feng looked at him, he was obviously very arrogant looking at Yang Feng.
Then he screamed.
Then he had an extra bolt on his arm, which didn't pierce it, but it was visibly pierced to the bone, and the invitation fell to the ground.
The cavalrymen with him drew their swords angrily one by one, but only by drawing their swords, after all, they were surrounded by dozens of crossbows, and the little girls were very serious about aiming at this toy-like weapon. And the one who had just finished shooting, together with her secondary shooter, was using the same miniature version of the winder to easily wind her hand crossbow, and it was with this auxiliary tool that they could use this miniature version of the weapon. A few dozen of these crossbows were enough to keep a group of battle-hardened elites calm, even if any of them could make these goblins cry, but the latter only had to move their fingers, and dozens of crossbow arrows flew towards them.
One soldier bent his bow, and ten officials did not dare to go forward.
A group of Lori wielded crossbows, and the fierce generals had to avoid their edges.
That's what ranged weapons are.
"Go back and tell Liang Guogong that I already know, there is no need to check, I believe him."
Yang Feng said.
The officer clutched his injured arm and looked at the goblins with hatred.
The leprechaun, who had finished winding, grimaced while aiming at him......
"Let's go!"
He said.
Then he turned the horse's head.
The cavalry escorted him, and the gang left in a hurry.
"You, the Duke of Liangguo, are not only arrogant yourself, but even your subordinates are so arrogant."
Yang Feng sighed.
"No matter how arrogant you are, how can you be arrogant?"
Zhang Xianzong said.
"I'm different, I'm a foreign envoy, and I'm not arrogant, I'm just a different way of life from your Ming Dynasty, so my behavior is a little different in your opinion, you should understand this, after all, I am a guest, respecting guests is etiquette, and Ming is a country of etiquette.
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Yang Feng said.
"So I can be arrogant, but you can't be polite?"
Zhang Xianzong was speechless.
"Well, that's a good summary for me."
Yang Feng said shamelessly.
Of course, everyone still agrees that Lan Yu and his subordinates are very arrogant, in fact, he brought a large group of Yizi cavalry into Beijing, which has already provoked the impeachment of the imperial historians, and the dislike of him by the civil officials can be said to be second only to Yang Feng. There is no point in impeaching Yang Feng, but it is enough to impeach Lan Yu, the imperial historians, in the middle of the matter, are venting their old anger in front of Yang Feng on Lan Yu, which makes the relationship between Lan Yu and them very tense these days, and yesterday several of his righteous sons also clashed with a royal history.
Lan Yuyizi has a thousand people, and this time they brought five hundred people into Beijing, and they are used to being in Guangxi.
Blue jade is very brutal in Guangxi.
At least for those toasts, he had even wiped out a toast before, and it is said that the latter would not give him his daughter as a concubine.
Then he said that they colluded with Annan.
Of course, it may also be a real collusion, Guangxi Tusi did rebel in the last years of Hongwu, and it was Yang Wen who led the troops to pacify, so he should have seen that this Tusi was not safe, and he didn't want to go to Annan by himself, and there would be another accident behind his back, so he deliberately found fault and destroyed people again.
Routine operations.
But it is also a fact that the Guangxi toasts were bullied by him.
Civil officials in Guangxi also often complained.
Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't care about this, it's not that he doesn't understand what toast is, Lan Yu is really sensible when he does this, and Toast is everywhere in Guangxi, which is suitable for this kind of governance. Besides, it's all Lan Yu's cruelty, and it's not His Majesty the Emperor's cruelty, His Majesty the Emperor is lenient and merciful, so the Tusi who was destroyed by Lan Yu was quickly pardoned by His Majesty the Emperor, but because of the long distance, when the forgiveness decree arrived, the whole family was already on the road. His Majesty the Emperor sighed, and finally found out one of his distant relatives and re-sealed the inheritance of Tusi, who was moved to tears and knelt on the ground trembling in gratitude for the grace of heaven.
As for Lan Yu's punishment......
Of course, it's a penalty!