On the third day, on the fourth day, on the fourth day, on the fifth day, on the open source and throttling, and on the sixth day, the city that never sleeps. The bureaucratic elite of the Ming Dynasty gathered in one place to agree on all aspects of the various issues.

In order to facilitate the passage of children from all over the country to the capital, it was set to be held in October.

Zhejiang's collective revolution is good for opening up the sea, but there are also negative effects. Therefore, this initiative is to win over the world's scholars. This thing is the same as the river work, it is not difficult, and the symbolism is half of it.

As for the rule of officials, it is not at this time that the anti-corruption will be started, but that it will continue to reduce redundant personnel on the basis of last year, especially in Beijing. In addition, it is to advocate a practical work style, and try to train technical bureaucrats in combination with the academy.

The main body of implementation is Shaofu. Shaofu has set up a branch college in the academy, and the talents trained can work for Shaofu or run their own business.

Considering the status of a businessman at this time, almost no one would do the second option, and Zhu Houzhao just left an opening.

It is also a routine to open up sources and reduce expenditures. It is nothing more than a further reduction in the use of the palace and the construction of the palace. Speaking of which, the construction of palaces in various places in the middle of the Ming Dynasty is actually an expense, and some princes are idle to repair their mansions to the same as palaces, at this point, Zhu Houzhao is going to pick the door, and the limit of what he can endure is Zhu Yuanzhang's Yulu, no matter how much, he can't bear it.

The city that never sleeps is a little more complicated, as it's a new thing overall.

Not to mention the officials who handled it, even Zhu Houzhao himself had never tried to make such a thing in ancient times......

First of all, the area of this area is relatively large, it belongs to a kind of rectangle as a whole, the two sides are attached to the city wall, the east and west are about 1.6 miles wide, the north and south are about 2.4 miles long, because of the relationship between the city wall, so only the west and north two gates are set up, of which the west gate is the main gate, and there is also an auxiliary door for transporting goods, and the gate here is not open to pedestrians.

There are two longitudinal streets and three horizontal short streets in the city that never sleeps, the center of which is a circular three-story building, which is the highest point, and the rest of the city is a two-story structure. There are 112 shops, allowing all types of shops, including brothels.

In fact, the Department of Corrections has opened a brothel and a casino in it.

Under the Shaofu, the official name of the city that never sleeps was established, and all merchants who leased shops had to sign a contract with the city that never sleeped, paying the rent first, and then operating.

Shaofu never sleeps city itself also has administrative functions, the establishment of the commodity supervision and inspection department, all the goods of the commodity supervision and inspection department from the auxiliary door to enter, by the supervision and inspection department sampling inspection, after confirming that it is correct, signed and released.

If there is a problem in the future, then follow the goods to the merchant, and look for the merchant to find the supervising inspector who signed.

The place is small and slightly easier to manage, so it is not difficult to control.

Zhu Houzhao is deeply involved in these aspects, and he has to help find a way together, otherwise these officials of Daming will not be able to figure it out.

In fact, in places like these, one is the safety and quality of food, and the other is safety and order.

With these two points, other problems can be solved, even if they have some problems.

Needless to say, the Jingying was stationed and swept away all the ghosts, snakes and gods.

In the corner of the city that never sleeps, four houses are built, and the courtyards in the houses are equipped with rockeries and stream gardens.

Jingshi Meifu has paid 20,000 yuan to reserve a place, considering the kinship between Meifu and the royal family, maybe Zhu Houzhao can also go in and live for two days in the future.

The overall style of the city that never sleeps is inclined to luxury, which is contrary to the thrifty atmosphere advocated by the imperial court today, so it attracted some officials to oppose it, but the city that never sleeps was built in the early stage with more than 20,000 workers, in addition to some 'downstream supply chains', which can make 100,000 people have jobs to rely on, which is a very hard fact and cannot be refuted.

In addition, the city that never sleeps will use a large amount of kerosene, candles and other lighting materials, and in addition, in order to meet consumption, goods from all over the world will accelerate the flow of goods into Beijing, and a new urban pattern can be expected.

Because of the drive of the city that never sleeps, tens of thousands of residents have gathered in the southern city of Jingshi, and these people live along the river, which in turn drives the commerce of this area, making the southern city more lively.

Mei's built restaurants and cloth shops here, and merchants from near and far also opened taverns and pharmacies to these places, and more people drove more business, and the bun shop was the most.

This is also a good thing about the city that never sleeps.

In ancient times, there was no such a new term as a big city disease, and people gathered and commerce flourished, which was the prosperous age.

The city that never sleeps, which is scheduled to open in August, is now stepping up construction on all the buildings along the street.

If the action is fast, Zhu Houzhao will start planning, in case the construction is completed and there is nowhere to work, what should these people do?

He can't build these buildings everywhere, one day the business and residential buildings will be saturated, so many people will only build houses, and when there are no houses to build, the court will not be able to support them.

Therefore, on the evening of the sixth day, he summoned Gu Zuo and Mei Kejia into the palace to discuss together. This is a real move for the benefit of the people.

"The courtiers and I said that agriculture is the foundation, business is the end, and now there are too many floating people in the capital, they are not engaged in production, but are keen on work, because the work is not limited by the time, there is no so-called agricultural slack season, do a day's work will be paid a day's wages, and whether it is drought or not, there is always an input. In the long run, won't the people compete to work and end up in a situation where no one cultivates? What do you think? ”

Gu Zuo is now more and more stable, and he replied: "Everyone is born for profit. Whether he works or farms, the people themselves know which one is better, and it is naturally up to him to go. If the people are good, how can the court be bad? On the other hand, if the people are not good, what benefit can the court get? This is one of them. ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, the logic was still clear.

"Second, in my current situation in the Ming Dynasty, there are only people and waits, and there is no land and people, if there is really land that no one cultivates, then the minister and His Majesty don't need to discuss tonight, just send these workers back to their hometowns and distribute the land, wouldn't everything be fine?"

"Not bad. Let the people farm, but there is no land to divide. It's a joke. ”

Nowadays, around Beizhili, land annexation is serious, after all, there are many yamen in the capital, which household is not allowed to occupy a hundred acres of fertile land?

Besides, in fact, the current people still attach great importance to land, but if there is a little surplus wealth, it is to return to their hometowns to buy fields, where will there be people who have land and do not plant? Unless it's unbearable.

】

"Your Majesty, Shao Situ ...... The minister has a word, but he doesn't know whether to say it or not. ”

Mei Kejia said slowly.

"Just say it."

Mei Kejia said: "Your Majesty's worries are the places where more than 20,000 workers will go after the completion of the city that never sleeps. In this regard, the minister has three strategies, the lower policy is to encourage private businessmen like the minister to create more, and digest these workers in the people, otherwise it will always be a burden on the court; The middle strategy is to change places and build another city that never sleeps. Yingtian, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang...... Anywhere. ”

"What about the best policy?"

"Your Majesty, Shao Situ, do you remember that there are not enough shipwrights in the shipyard?"

Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows, he was still a big businessman in the end, and he seemed to have caught something.

Mei Kejia bowed his head slightly, "There are many places to relieve not enough places, although it is a little troublesome, but once and for all, it will kill two birds with one stone." ”

After being reminded, Zhu Houzhao was able to think of a way, "It is enough to open a technical school, which can be free in the early stage, and it can also solve the problem of insufficient shipwork." ”

"In this way, all industries can prosper!" It's very simple, since these people can be guided to work as shipwrights, they can naturally be guided to do other livelihoods, "I'm afraid, some people can't leave their homeland, and they will be unwilling." ”

Mei Kejia lowered his eyebrows, "Young Situ, many people have already left their homeland when they come to Jingshi. And the people who lost their land were all begging for a ration. Whether they are willing or not is not something they consider, how to make a living with a skill is what matters. ”

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing, he thought of a word.

Poor, no choice.

"This is a solution, and it is only March now, about half a year, and the two of you will each run a shipyard, and after you go down, you will publicize it in the place where the city that never sleeps, because after the construction of this place is over, the imperial court will not build such a large-scale building. The learning of shipwrights is based on the principle of voluntariness, by the way, the daily salary should be clearly written, which can be progressive, and the apprentice, teacher, and skilled correspond to different wages. ”

"From the current point of view, the imperial court will not only set up cities in three places, but the scale of maritime trade must gradually expand, so the shipyard should not only build more ships, but also encourage the construction of larger ships!"

"Yes, yes!"

create jobs, encourage entrepreneurship, and re-regulate the job market......

In the environment of the small-scale peasant economy, Zhu Houzhao did everything possible to make some flowers. It is a pity that the objective laws of the economy do not depend on the will of man, for example, so far, changes can only be created through trade with the outside world, and shipbuilding is due to sea trade.

Internally, when it comes to river work and farming, it is actually a little helpless.

Referring to this, he remembered,

"The last time you entered Beijing, the girl you brought back was called ...... Called......"

Mei Kejia comprehended, "Back to Your Majesty, it's called Meng Ying." ”

"Oh, yes, yes." Zhu Houzhao pinched his waist, "Her father should be released from prison, is there any contact?" Can you bring back a sweet potato that can be cultivated? ”

"Your Majesty, Borneo is thousands of miles away. Moreover, the minister recently heard from the returning sea merchants that the Hongyi controlled this property and did not allow it to be taken away from its island at will. ”

"Controlled? Doesn't that mean Borneo exists?! ”

Gu Zuo and Mei Kejia were a little strange about His Majesty's thinking, but in fact, if they thought about it carefully, it was not wrong, "...... It should be. ”

Zhu Houzhao looked at Long Yan Dayue, and waved his big hand, "Xuanjin Yiwei!" What are you afraid of? I'm afraid it doesn't!

As long as there is, grab it back! ”

This is not the time to talk about gentleness and frugality!